<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<!-- __ _ _ _ __| |_ (_)__ _____
    / _` | '_/ _| ' \| |\ V / -_)
    \__,_|_| \__|_||_|_| \_/\___| -->
  <head data-release=aff0e1b5 data-node="www09.us.archive.org">
    <title>Full text of &quot;The Journals of the House of Commons  November 15, 1837-December 4, 1838: Vol 93&quot;</title>

          <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"/>
    
        <meta name="google-site-verification" content="Q2YSouphkkgHkFNP7FgAkc4TmBs1Gmag3uGNndb53B8" />
    <meta name="google-site-verification" content="bpjKvUvsX0lxfmjg19TLblckWkDpnptZEYsBntApxUk" />

    <meta name="baggage" content="sentry-trace_id=a0985b189d714842a4da485da67ef9ac,sentry-sample_rate=0.001,sentry-transaction=%2Fdownload.php,sentry-public_key=94bf3037c1e245c8a927aaa4daad2dbb,sentry-environment=production,sentry-sampled=false,sentry-sample_rand=0.062159"/>    <meta name="sentry-trace" content="a0985b189d714842a4da485da67ef9ac-f126e11912474266-0"/>
    <script  nonce="d4d12399f9865115a54d99fc66f5235b" >
/* @licstart  The following is the entire license notice for the
 * JavaScript code in this page.
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 *
 * @licend  The above is the entire license notice
 * for the JavaScript code in this page.
 */
</script>
        <meta charset="UTF-8">
                      <meta property="mediatype" content="texts">
                      <meta property="primary_collection" content="">
            <script src="//archive.org/includes/athena.js?v=aff0e1b5" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="//archive.org/includes/apollo.js?v=aff0e1b5" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="//archive.org/components/npm/lit/polyfill-support.js?v=aff0e1b5" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="//archive.org/components/npm/@webcomponents/webcomponentsjs/webcomponents-bundle.js?v=aff0e1b5" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script nonce="d4d12399f9865115a54d99fc66f5235b" >
      window.__realDefine = customElements.define.bind(customElements);
      customElements.define = function() {
        try {
          return window.__realDefine.apply(this, arguments);
        } catch (e) {
          console.warn(e);
        }
      }
    </script>    <script src="//archive.org/includes/build/js/ia-topnav.min.js?v=aff0e1b5" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script src="//archive.org/includes/build/js/archive.min.js?v=aff0e1b5" type="text/javascript"></script>
<link rel="canonical" href="https://archive.org/details/sim_great-britain-house-of-commons-journal_november-15-1837-december-4-1838_93">
    <link href="//archive.org/includes/build/css/archive.min.css?v=aff0e1b5" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
    <link rel="SHORTCUT ICON" href="https://archive.org/images/glogo.jpg"/>
  </head>
  <body class="navia ">
    <a href="#maincontent" class="hidden-for-screen-readers">Skip to main content</a>

    <!-- Wraps all page content -->
    <div id="wrap"
          >
                    <div class="ia-banners">
              <div
        class="ia-banner hidden save-wayback-20260601"
        data-campaign="save-wayback-20260601">
        <p>Keep the news in the Wayback Machine. <a href="https://www.savethearchive.com/NewsLeaders" rel="ugc nofollow">Sign Fight for the Future's letter</a>.</p>
        <form class="banner-close" action="" method="get" data-action="ia-banner-close">
          <fieldset>
            <button aria-label="Close Banner" type="submit"></button>
          </fieldset>
        </form>
      </div>
          </div>
                    <div id="topnav">
              <input class="js_nav_tweaks" type="hidden" value='[]'/>
    <!-- Shady DOM styles for icon-hamburger -->
<style scope="icon-hamburger-1">
  .icon-hamburger-1 svg.icon-hamburger {
    display: block;
    height: 4rem;
    width: 4rem;
  }

  .icon-hamburger-1 .fill-color.icon-hamburger {
    fill: #fff;
  }
</style><!-- Shady DOM styles for login-button -->
<style scope="login-button-1">
  .login-button-1 .dropdown-toggle.login-button {
    display: block;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: #ccc;
    cursor: pointer;
  }
  .login-button-1 .dropdown-toggle.logged-out-menu {
    display: inline-block;
    vertical-align: middle;
    background: inherit;
    border: medium;
  }

  .login-button-1 .dropdown-toggle.login-button svg.login-button {
    height: 100%;
    width: 4rem;
  }

  .login-button-1 .dropdown-toggle.login-button .fill-color.login-button {
    fill: #999;
  }

  .login-button-1 .dropdown-toggle.login-button:active .fill-color.login-button,
  .login-button-1 .dropdown-toggle.login-button:focus .fill-color.login-button,
  .login-button-1 .dropdown-toggle.login-button:hover .fill-color.login-button {
    fill: #fff;
  }

  .login-button-1 .active.login-button {
    border-radius: 1rem 1rem 0 0;
    background: #333;
  }

  .login-button-1 .active.login-button .fill-color.login-button {
    fill: #fff;
  }

  .login-button-1 span.login-button {
    display: none;
    font-size: 1.4rem;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: #999;
  }

  .login-button-1 span.login-button a.login-button {
    color: inherit;
    text-decoration: none;
    outline: 0;
  }

  .login-button-1 a.login-button:hover,
  .login-button-1 a.login-button:active,
  .login-button-1 a.login-button:focus {
    color: #fff !important;
    outline: none !important;
    outline-offset: inherit !important;
  }

  @media (min-width: 890px) {
    .login-button-1 .logged-out-toolbar.login-button {
      padding: 1rem 0.5rem;
      vertical-align: middle;
    }

    .login-button-1 .active.login-button {
      background: transparent;
    }

    .login-button-1 .dropdown-toggle.login-button {
      display: inline-block;
      vertical-align: middle;
    }

    .login-button-1 .dropdown-toggle.login-button svg.login-button {
      height: 3rem;
      width: 3rem;
      display: block;
    }

    .login-button-1 span.login-button {
      display: inline;
      vertical-align: middle;
    }

  }
</style><!-- Shady DOM styles for media-button -->
<style scope="media-button-1">
  .media-button-1 a.media-button {
    display: inline-block;
    text-decoration: none;
  }

  .media-button-1 .menu-item.media-button {
    display: inline-block;
    width: 100%;
    padding: 0;
    font-size: 1.6rem;
    text-align: left;
    background: transparent;
    -webkit-box-align: center;
    -ms-flex-align: center;
    align-items: center;
  }

  .media-button-1 .menu-item.media-button:focus {
    outline: none;
  }

  .media-button-1 .label.media-button {
    display: inline-block;
    padding: 0;
    font-weight: 400;
    color: #fff;
    text-align: left;
    vertical-align: middle;
  }

  .media-button-1 .menu-item.media-button>.icon.media-button {
    display: inline-flex;
    vertical-align: middle;
    -webkit-box-align: center;
    -ms-flex-align: center;
    align-items: center;
    -webkit-box-pack: center;
    -ms-flex-pack: center;
    justify-content: center;
  }

  .media-button-1 .menu-item.media-button>.icon.media-button>svg.media-button {
    height: 4rem;
    width: 4rem;
  }

  .media-button-1 .menu-item.selected.media-button .icon.media-button {
    background-color: #333;
    border-radius: 1rem 0 0 1rem;
  }

  .media-button-1 .icon.media-button .fill-color.media-button {
    fill: #999;
  }

  .media-button-1 .icon.active.media-button .fill-color.media-button {
    fill: #fff;
  }

  .media-button-1 .donate.media-button .fill-color.media-button {
    fill: #f00;
  }

  @media (min-width: 890px) {
    .media-button-1 .menu-item.media-button {
      width: auto;
      height: 5rem;
      color: #999;
      display: inline-flex;
    }

    .media-button-1 .menu-item.media-button:hover,
    .media-button-1 .menu-item.media-button:active,
    .media-button-1 .menu-item.media-button:focus {
      color: #fff;
    }

    .media-button-1 .menu-item.media-button:hover .fill-color.media-button,
    .media-button-1 .menu-item.media-button:active .fill-color.media-button,
    .media-button-1 .menu-item.media-button:focus .fill-color.media-button {
      fill: #fff;
    }

    .media-button-1 .label.media-button {
      display: none;
    }

    .media-button-1 .label.media-button,
    .media-button-1 .web.media-button:after {
      padding-right: 1rem;
      font-size: 1.3rem;
      text-transform: uppercase;
      color: inherit;
    }

    .media-button-1 .web.media-button:after {
      display: none;
      content: "web";
    }

    .media-button-1 .donate.media-button,
    .media-button-1 .more.media-button {
      display: none;
    }

    .media-button-1 .menu-item.selected.media-button {
      background: #474747;
    }

    .media-button-1 .menu-item.selected.media-button .label.media-button,
    .media-button-1 .menu-item.selected.web.media-button:after {
      color: #fff;
    }

    .media-button-1 .menu-item.selected.media-button .icon.media-button {
      background: transparent;
    }

    .media-button-1 .web.selected.media-button .fill-color.media-button {
      fill: #ffcd27;
    }

    .media-button-1 .texts.selected.media-button .fill-color.media-button {
      fill: #faab3c;
    }

    .media-button-1 .video.selected.media-button .fill-color.media-button {
      fill: #f1644b;
    }

    .media-button-1 .audio.selected.media-button .fill-color.media-button {
      fill: #00adef;
    }

    .media-button-1 .software.selected.media-button .fill-color.media-button {
      fill: #9ecc4f;
    }

    .media-button-1 .images.selected.media-button .fill-color.media-button {
      fill: #aa99c9;
    }

  }

  @media (min-width: 1200px) {

    .media-button-1 .label.media-button,
    .media-button-1 .web.media-button:after {
      display: inline;
    }

    .media-button-1 .web.media-button .label.media-button {
      display: none;
    }

  }
</style><!-- Shady DOM styles for media-menu -->
<style scope="media-menu-1">
  .media-menu-1 {
    outline: none;
  }

  .media-menu-1 .media-menu-inner.media-menu {
    z-index: -1;
    top: -40rem;
    background-color: #222;
    margin: 0;
    overflow: hidden;
    transition-duration: 0.2s;
    transition-property: top;
    transition-timing-function: ease;
  }

  .media-menu-1 .menu-group.media-menu {
    position: relative;
    line-height: normal;
  }

  @media (max-width: 889px) {
    .media-menu-1 .media-menu-inner.media-menu {
      position: absolute;
      width: 100%;
    }

    .media-menu-1 .open.media-menu .media-menu-inner.media-menu {
      top: 0;
    }

    .media-menu-1 .overflow-clip.media-menu {
      position: absolute;
      z-index: -1;
      top: 4rem;
      left: 0;
      height: 0;
      width: 100%;
      overflow: hidden;
      transition-duration: 0.2s;
      transition-property: height;
    }

    .media-menu-1 .open.media-menu .overflow-clip.media-menu {
      height: 40rem;
    }

  }

  @media (min-width: 890px) {
    .media-menu-1 .media-menu-inner.media-menu {
      display: block;
      position: static;
      width: auto;
      height: 5rem;
      transition-property: none;
    }

    .media-menu-1 .menu-group.media-menu {
      font-size: 0;
    }

  }
</style><!-- Shady DOM styles for primary-nav -->
<style scope="primary-nav-1">
  .primary-nav-1 button.primary-nav:focus,
  .primary-nav-1 input.primary-nav:focus {
    outline: none;
  }

  .primary-nav-1 nav.primary-nav {
    position: relative;
    display: flex;
    height: 4rem;
    grid-template-areas: 'hamburger empty heart search user';
    -ms-grid-columns: 4rem minmax(1rem, 100%) 4rem 4rem 4rem;
    grid-template-columns: 4rem auto 4rem 4rem 4rem;
    -ms-grid-rows: 100%;
    grid-template-rows: 100%;
    background: #222;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #333;
  }

  .primary-nav-1 .right-side-section.primary-nav {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    margin-left: auto;
    user-select: none;
  }

  .primary-nav-1 button.primary-nav {
    background: none;
    color: inherit;
    border: none;
    font: inherit;
    cursor: pointer;
  }

  .primary-nav-1 .branding.primary-nav {
    position: static;
    float: left;
    margin: 0 !important;
    padding: 0 5px 0 10px;
    -webkit-transform: translate(0, 0);
    -ms-transform: translate(0, 0);
    transform: translate(0, 0);
  }

  .primary-nav-1 slot.primary-nav,
  .primary-nav-1 .branding.primary-nav {
    display: flex;
    justify-content: left;
    align-items: center;
  }

  .primary-nav-1 media-menu.primary-nav {
    flex: 1;
    justify-self: stretch;
  }

  .primary-nav-1 .ia-logo.primary-nav {
    height: 3rem;
    width: 2.7rem;
    display: inline-block;
  }

  .primary-nav-1 .ia-wordmark.primary-nav {
    height: 3rem;
    width: 9.5rem;
  }

  .primary-nav-1 .ia-logo.primary-nav,
  .primary-nav-1 .ia-wordmark.primary-nav {
    margin-right: 5px;
  }

  .primary-nav-1 .hamburger.primary-nav {
    -ms-grid-row: 1;
    -ms-grid-column: 1;
    grid-area: hamburger;
    padding: 0;
  }

  .primary-nav-1 .hamburger.primary-nav svg.primary-nav {
    height: 4rem;
    width: 4rem;
    fill: #fff;
  }

  .primary-nav-1 .mobile-donate-link.primary-nav {
    display: inline-block;
  }

  .primary-nav-1 .mobile-donate-link.primary-nav svg.primary-nav {
    height: 4rem;
    width: 4rem;
  }

  .primary-nav-1 .mobile-donate-link.primary-nav .fill-color.primary-nav {
    fill: rgb(255, 0, 0);
  }

  .primary-nav-1 .sr-only.primary-nav {
    position: absolute;
    width: 1px;
    height: 1px;
    margin: -1px;
    padding: 0;
    border: 0;
    overflow: hidden;
    white-space: nowrap;
    clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);
    -webkit-clip-path: inset(50%);
    clip-path: inset(50%);
    user-select: none;
  }

  .primary-nav-1 .search-trigger.primary-nav {
    padding: 0;
  }

  .primary-nav-1 .search-trigger.primary-nav svg.primary-nav {
    height: 4rem;
    width: 4rem;
  }

  .primary-nav-1 .search-trigger.primary-nav .fill-color.primary-nav {
    fill: #999;
  }

  .primary-nav-1 ia-dropdown-search-bar.primary-nav {
    display: none;
    font-size: 1.6rem;
    --dropdownFontSize: 1.4rem;
    --dropdownItemButtonPadding: 0 10px;
  }

  @media (max-width: 889px) {
    .primary-nav-1 ia-dropdown-search-bar.search-open.primary-nav {
      --search-bar-width: 100%;
      display: flex;
      align-items: center;
      position: absolute;
      top: 0;
      right: 4rem;
      bottom: 0;
      left: 4rem;
      z-index: 3;
    }
  }

  .primary-nav-1 .upload.primary-nav {
    display: none;
  }

  .primary-nav-1 .upload.primary-nav span.primary-nav {
    display: none;
  }

  .primary-nav-1 .upload.primary-nav svg.primary-nav {
    height: 3rem;
    width: 3rem;
  }

  .primary-nav-1 .screen-name.primary-nav {
    display: none;
    font-size: 1.3rem;
    vertical-align: middle;
    text-transform: uppercase;
  }

  .primary-nav-1 .user-menu.primary-nav {
    color: #999;
    padding: 0.5rem;
    height: 100%;
  }

  .primary-nav-1 button.user-menu.primary-nav:hover,
  .primary-nav-1 button.user-menu.primary-nav:focus {
    color: #fff;
    outline: none;
  }

  .primary-nav-1 .user-menu.active.primary-nav {
    border-radius: 1rem 1rem 0 0;
    background: #333;
  }

  .primary-nav-1 .user-menu.primary-nav img.primary-nav {
    display: block;
    width: 3rem;
    height: 3rem;
  }

  .primary-nav-1 .link-home.primary-nav {
    text-decoration: none;
    display: inline-flex;
  }

  .primary-nav-1 a.link-home.primary-nav:focus,
  .primary-nav-1 a.link-home.primary-nav:focus-visible {
    outline-offset: 1px;
  }

  @media only screen and (min-width: 890px) and (max-device-width: 905px) {
    .primary-nav-1 .branding.second-logo.primary-nav {
      padding-right: 0;
    }

  }

  @media (min-width: 906px) {
    .primary-nav-1 .branding.second-logo.primary-nav {
      padding-right: 20px;
    }

  }

  @media (max-width: 889px) {
    .primary-nav-1 slot.primary-nav[name='opt-sec-logo'] {
      display: none;
    }

    .primary-nav-1 .right-side-section.primary-nav {
      display: initial;
    }

    .primary-nav-1 .right-side-section.primary-nav .user-info.primary-nav {
      float: right;
    }

  }

  @media (min-width: 890px) {
    .primary-nav-1 {
      ;
    }

    .primary-nav-1 nav.primary-nav {
      display: flex;
      z-index: 4;
      height: 5rem;
      padding-right: 1.5rem;
    }

    .primary-nav-1 slot.primary-nav[name='opt-sec-logo-mobile'] {
      display: none;
    }

    .primary-nav-1 .ia-logo.primary-nav,
    .primary-nav-1 .ia-wordmark.primary-nav {
      margin-right: 10px;
    }

    .primary-nav-1 .hamburger.primary-nav,
    .primary-nav-1 .search-trigger.primary-nav,
    .primary-nav-1 .mobile-donate-link.primary-nav {
      display: none;
    }

    .primary-nav-1 .user-info.primary-nav {
      display: block;
      float: right;
      vertical-align: middle;
      height: 100%;
      padding: 1rem 0.5rem;
    }

    .primary-nav-1 .user-info.primary-nav .user-menu.primary-nav img.primary-nav {
      height: 3rem;
      width: 3rem;
      margin-right: 0.5rem;
    }

    .primary-nav-1 .user-menu.primary-nav {
      padding: 1rem 0.5rem;
    }

    .primary-nav-1 .user-menu.active.primary-nav {
      background: transparent;
    }

    .primary-nav-1 .user-menu.primary-nav img.primary-nav {
      display: inline-block;
      vertical-align: middle;
      margin-right: 0.5rem;
    }

    .primary-nav-1 .upload.primary-nav {
      display: block;
      padding: 1rem 0.5rem;
      float: right;
      font-size: 1.4rem;
      text-transform: uppercase;
      text-decoration: none;
      color: #999;
    }

    .primary-nav-1 .upload.primary-nav:active,
    .primary-nav-1 .upload.primary-nav:focus,
    .primary-nav-1 .upload.primary-nav:hover {
      color: #fff;
    }

    .primary-nav-1 .upload.primary-nav:focus-visible {
      outline: none;
    }

    .primary-nav-1 .upload.primary-nav svg.primary-nav {
      vertical-align: middle;
      fill: #999;
    }

    .primary-nav-1 .upload.primary-nav:hover svg.primary-nav,
    .primary-nav-1 .upload.primary-nav:focus svg.primary-nav,
    .primary-nav-1 .upload.primary-nav:active svg.primary-nav {
      fill: #fff;
    }

    .primary-nav-1 ia-dropdown-search-bar.primary-nav {
      display: block;
      position: static;
      margin-right: 0.5rem;
    }

  }

  @media (min-width: 990px) {
    .primary-nav-1 .screen-name.primary-nav {
      display: inline-block;
      text-overflow: ellipsis;
      overflow: hidden;
      white-space: nowrap;
      max-width: 165px;
    }

    .primary-nav-1 .upload.primary-nav span.primary-nav {
      display: inline;
      vertical-align: middle;
    }

  }
</style><!-- Shady DOM styles for user-menu --><!-- Shady DOM styles for ia-wayback-search --><!-- Shady DOM styles for wayback-search -->
<style scope="wayback-search-1">
  .wayback-search-1 {
    font: normal 1.2rem/1.5 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
  }

  .wayback-search-1 form.wayback-search {
    max-width: 600px;
  }

  .wayback-search-1 p.wayback-search {
    margin-top: 0;
    font-weight: 200;
  }

  .wayback-search-1 a.wayback-search {
    font-weight: 500;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #fff;
  }

  .wayback-search-1 fieldset.wayback-search {
    padding: 0.7rem 2rem;
    margin: 1.5rem 0;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    text-align: center;
    border: none;
    border-radius: 7px;
    background-color: #fcf5e6;
    box-shadow: 3px 3px 0 0 #c3ad97;
  }

  .wayback-search-1 label.wayback-search {
    display: none;
  }

  .wayback-search-1 img.wayback-search {
    width: 100%;
    max-width: 215px;
    max-height: 60px;
    margin-bottom: 1.3rem;
    vertical-align: middle;
  }

  .wayback-search-1 input.wayback-search {
    display: block;
    width: 100%;
    height: 3rem;
    padding: 0.5rem 1rem 0.5rem 2.5rem;
    font: normal 1.2rem/1.5 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
    color: #858585;
    box-sizing: border-box;
    border: 1px solid #ccc;
    border-radius: 2rem;
    background: #eee;
  }

  .wayback-search-1 input.wayback-search:focus {
    border-color: #66afe9;
    box-shadow: inset 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.075), 0 0 8px rgba(102, 175, 233, 0.6);
    outline: none;
  }

  .wayback-search-1 .search-field.wayback-search {
    position: relative;
    overflow: hidden;
  }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

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

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

  @media (min-width: 890px) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

      grid-column-gap: 2.5rem;
    }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  }

  @media (min-width: 890px) {

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

  }

  @media (min-width: 990px) {

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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








<ia-topnav locallinks="true" waybackpagesarchived="1 trillion" class="x-scope ia-topnav-1"><!---->
  <div class="topnav style-scope ia-topnav">
    <primary-nav class="style-scope ia-topnav x-scope primary-nav-1"><!---->
      <nav class="style-scope primary-nav">
        <button class="hamburger style-scope primary-nav" title="Open main menu"
          data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|NavHamburger">
          <icon-hamburger class="style-scope primary-nav x-scope icon-hamburger-1"><!---->
            <svg viewBox="0 0 40 40" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-labelledby="hamburgerTitleID hamburgerDescID"
              class="style-scope icon-hamburger">
              <title id="hamburgerTitleID" class="style-scope icon-hamburger">Hamburger icon</title>
              <desc id="hamburgerDescID" class="style-scope icon-hamburger">An icon used to represent a menu that can be
                toggled by interacting with this icon.</desc>
              <path
                d="m30.5 26.5c.8284271 0 1.5.6715729 1.5 1.5s-.6715729 1.5-1.5 1.5h-21c-.82842712 0-1.5-.6715729-1.5-1.5s.67157288-1.5 1.5-1.5zm0-8c.8284271 0 1.5.6715729 1.5 1.5s-.6715729 1.5-1.5 1.5h-21c-.82842712 0-1.5-.6715729-1.5-1.5s.67157288-1.5 1.5-1.5zm0-8c.8284271 0 1.5.6715729 1.5 1.5s-.6715729 1.5-1.5 1.5h-21c-.82842712 0-1.5-.6715729-1.5-1.5s.67157288-1.5 1.5-1.5z"
                fill="#999" fill-rule="evenodd" class="style-scope icon-hamburger"></path>
              </svg>
              </icon-hamburger>
        </button>

        <div class="branding  style-scope primary-nav">
          <a title="Go home" class="link-home style-scope primary-nav" href="/"
            data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|NavHome"><!--?lit$49386103$-->
            <svg class="ia-logo style-scope primary-nav" viewBox="0 0 27 30" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
              aria-labelledby="logoTitleID logoDescID">
              <title id="logoTitleID" class="style-scope primary-nav">Internet Archive logo</title>
              <desc id="logoDescID" class="style-scope primary-nav">A line drawing of the Internet Archive headquarters
                building façade.</desc>
              <g stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd" class="style-scope primary-nav">
                <mask id="mask-2" fill="white" class="style-scope primary-nav">
                  <path
                    d="M26.6666667,28.6046512 L26.6666667,30 L0,30 L0.000283687943,28.6046512 L26.6666667,28.6046512 Z M25.6140351,26.5116279 L25.6140351,28.255814 L1.05263158,28.255814 L1.05263158,26.5116279 L25.6140351,26.5116279 Z M3.62469203,7.6744186 L3.91746909,7.82153285 L4.0639977,10.1739544 L4.21052632,13.9963932 L4.21052632,17.6725617 L4.0639977,22.255044 L4.03962296,25.3421929 L3.62469203,25.4651163 L2.16024641,25.4651163 L1.72094074,25.3421929 L1.55031755,22.255044 L1.40350877,17.6970339 L1.40350877,14.0211467 L1.55031755,10.1739544 L1.68423854,7.80887484 L1.98962322,7.6744186 L3.62469203,7.6744186 Z M24.6774869,7.6744186 L24.9706026,7.82153285 L25.1168803,10.1739544 L25.2631579,13.9963932 L25.2631579,17.6725617 L25.1168803,22.255044 L25.0927809,25.3421929 L24.6774869,25.4651163 L23.2130291,25.4651163 L22.7736357,25.3421929 L22.602418,22.255044 L22.4561404,17.6970339 L22.4561404,14.0211467 L22.602418,10.1739544 L22.7369262,7.80887484 L23.0420916,7.6744186 L24.6774869,7.6744186 Z M9.94042303,7.6744186 L10.2332293,7.82153285 L10.3797725,10.1739544 L10.5263158,13.9963932 L10.5263158,17.6725617 L10.3797725,22.255044 L10.3556756,25.3421929 L9.94042303,25.4651163 L8.47583122,25.4651163 L8.0362015,25.3421929 L7.86556129,22.255044 L7.71929825,17.6970339 L7.71929825,14.0211467 L7.86556129,10.1739544 L8.00005604,7.80887484 L8.30491081,7.6744186 L9.94042303,7.6744186 Z M18.0105985,7.6744186 L18.3034047,7.82153285 L18.449948,10.1739544 L18.5964912,13.9963932 L18.5964912,17.6725617 L18.449948,22.255044 L18.425851,25.3421929 L18.0105985,25.4651163 L16.5460067,25.4651163 L16.1066571,25.3421929 L15.9357367,22.255044 L15.7894737,17.6970339 L15.7894737,14.0211467 L15.9357367,10.1739544 L16.0702315,7.80887484 L16.3753664,7.6744186 L18.0105985,7.6744186 Z M25.6140351,4.53488372 L25.6140351,6.97674419 L1.05263158,6.97674419 L1.05263158,4.53488372 L25.6140351,4.53488372 Z M13.0806755,0 L25.9649123,2.93331338 L25.4484139,3.8372093 L0.771925248,3.8372093 L0,3.1041615 L13.0806755,0 Z"
                    id="path-1" class="style-scope primary-nav"></path>
                  </mask>
                  <use fill="#FFFFFF" xlink:href="#path-1" class="style-scope primary-nav"></use>
                  <g mask="url(#mask-2)" fill="#FFFFFF" class="style-scope primary-nav">
                  <path d="M0,0 L26.6666667,0 L26.6666667,30 L0,30 L0,0 Z" id="swatch" class="style-scope primary-nav">
                  </path>
                  </g>
                  </g>
                  </svg>
                  <!--?lit$49386103$-->
            <svg class="ia-wordmark stacked style-scope primary-nav" viewBox="0 0 95 30" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
              <g fill="#fff" fill-rule="evenodd" class="style-scope primary-nav">
                <g transform="translate(0 17)" class="style-scope primary-nav">
                  <path
                    d="m3.07645967 2.60391777c.09263226-.31901841.26275495-.97477846.26275495-1.10630359 0-.74950669-.57227138-.76816274-1.19041353-.88009902v-.41183224h2.90678232l3.77209227 12.60682378h-1.60725868l-1.16012991-3.8963154h-3.94266032l-1.15968456 3.8963154h-.95794221zm-.69607795 5.4317081h3.41670507l-1.76223957-5.469953z"
                    class="style-scope primary-nav"></path>
                  <path
                    d="m13.2661876 2.75363255c0-1.85487748-.0316196-1.85487748-1.469201-2.13611739v-.41183224h3.8032666c1.1601299 0 4.3599508 0 4.3599508 3.35342446 0 2.13518459-1.143652 2.84737918-2.3652399 3.0903742l2.8448791 6.16302512h-1.7773814l-2.7366596-5.82581707h-.9588329v5.82581707h-1.7007817zm1.7007817 3.35295806h.8817878c1.0042583 0 2.411556-.33674165 2.411556-2.43508055 0-2.0237147-.9588329-2.58572812-2.2579112-2.58572812-1.0354326 0-1.0354326.33720805-1.0354326 1.68650665z"
                    class="style-scope primary-nav"></path>
                  <path
                    d="m30.9386422 12.2878054c-.5250645.2817063-1.3761234.7121946-2.9682403.7121946-3.3552471 0-4.5612478-2.4537366-4.5612478-6.66860403 0-3.4089262.86531-6.18214759 4.3136347-6.18214759 1.3761234 0 2.3812724.28077351 3.0920468.56201342l.0930776 3.12908549h-.4484648c-.0619033-.95612241-.9125167-2.79187744-2.5821241-2.79187744-2.2726076 0-2.6440273 2.94065941-2.6440273 5.28292612 0 2.95931547.8510588 5.61966783 2.9994146 5.61966783 1.4692009 0 2.2267368-.5620135 2.7059306-.9551897z"
                    class="style-scope primary-nav"></path>
                  <path
                    d="m35.4546446 2.67900836c0-1.48129014-.0926322-1.64966096-1.5466914-1.83622143v-.41276504l3.2470277-.43002189v5.80669465h4.2049699v-5.60101173h1.7007816v12.60682378h-1.7007816v-6.12571303h-4.2049699v6.12571303h-1.7003363z"
                    class="style-scope primary-nav"></path>
                  <path
                    d="m46.0300434 12.3447063c1.0973359 0 1.3137748-.2807735 1.3137748-1.7420083v-8.05568117c0-1.46123489-.2164389-1.741542-1.3137748-1.741542v-.46919958h4.3287765v.46919958c-1.0826395 0-1.3137748.28030711-1.3137748 1.741542v8.05568117c0 1.4612348.2311353 1.7420083 1.3137748 1.7420083v.4678004h-4.3287765z"
                    class="style-scope primary-nav"></path>
                  <path
                    d="m55.1990352 2.60391777c-.494781-1.7051627-.6341747-1.7051627-1.8709043-1.98640261v-.41183224h2.9994145l3.0301436 10.26548988h.0307289l2.9535438-10.26548988h1.0042584l-3.771647 12.60682378h-1.344949z"
                    class="style-scope primary-nav"></path>
                  <path
                    d="m67.7842867 2.75363255c0-1.85487748-.0463161-1.85487748-1.4687557-2.13611739v-.41183224h7.4061269l.0463161 2.77228859h-.433323c0-1.49854698-.6488711-1.89218957-1.6696073-1.89218957h-1.2060007c-.7726777 0-.9735293.07462419-.9735293.97431206v3.7279446h1.8709043c1.0657162 0 1.174381-.82366447 1.2674586-1.44164603h.4324323v3.93316112h-.4324323c0-1.01162415-.3402454-1.61141607-1.2674586-1.61141607h-1.8709043v4.17755538c0 1.0489362.2008516 1.0867147.9735293 1.0867147h1.7168141c.8804518 0 1.2977423-.3749865 1.3908199-1.835755h.433323l-.0472068 2.715854h-6.1685065z"
                    class="style-scope primary-nav"></path>
                  </g>
                <path
                  d="m1.55575146 9.89647882v-7.6678574c0-1.39053729-.25677019-1.65867172-1.55575146-1.65867172v-.44528687h5.12561364v.44528687c-1.28118091 0-1.55575146.26813443-1.55575146 1.65867172v7.6678574c0 1.39097468.27457055 1.65735948 1.55575146 1.65735948v.4461617h-5.12561364v-.4461617c1.29898127 0 1.55575146-.2663848 1.55575146-1.65735948z"
                  class="style-scope primary-nav"></path>
                <path
                  d="m9.92299051 2.28198586c0-1.65823431-.25588017-1.58649851-1.83032201-1.88962601v-.39235985h3.8626781l5.7664266 9.70008019h.0364907v-9.70008019h1.1534634v12h-1.7577856l-6.0405521-10.14492965h-.0369358v10.14492965h-1.15346329z"
                  class="style-scope primary-nav"></path>
                <path
                  d="m25.631543.83808413h-1.2633805c-1.4458343 0-1.8668128.44572428-1.977175 1.74834147h-.5122054l.0729815-2.5864256h9.3727795l.0734265 2.63935263h-.5126504c0-1.37304075-.5860768-1.8012685-1.9954203-1.8012685h-1.2442452v11.16191587h-2.0141107z"
                  class="style-scope primary-nav"></path>
                <path
                  d="m36.1050097 2.42502005c0-1.7654006-.0556262-1.7654006-1.7399852-2.0326602v-.39235985h8.7684573l.0551811 2.63935263h-.5126504c0-1.42684261-.7685305-1.8012685-1.9762849-1.8012685h-1.4284789c-.9153835 0-1.1534633.0717358-1.1534633.92775388v3.54829773h2.2152547c1.2629356 0 1.3906532-.7851571 1.5010154-1.37391558h.5130954v3.74513378h-.5130954c0-.96274696-.4022881-1.53313407-1.5010154-1.53313407h-2.2152547v3.97608803c0 .9986149.2380798 1.033608 1.1534633 1.033608h2.0319111c1.0439911 0 1.5375061-.356492 1.6469783-1.74702926h.5135404l-.0551812 2.58511336h-7.3034876z"
                  class="style-scope primary-nav"></path>
                <path
                  d="m48.1689385 2.42502005c0-1.7654006-.0364908-1.7654006-1.7382052-2.0326602v-.39235985h4.5026011c1.3732977 0 5.1621043 0 5.1621043 3.19180579 0 2.03309761-1.3537173 2.71065102-2.8004416 2.94248013l3.3682731 5.86571408h-2.1053376l-3.2396655-5.54552745h-1.1352179v5.54552745h-2.0141107zm2.0141107 3.19136837h1.0439911c1.189064 0 2.8556227-.32018663 2.8556227-2.31697893 0-1.92680615-1.1352179-2.46132536-2.673169-2.46132536-1.2264448 0-1.2264448.32062404-1.2264448 1.6057447z"
                  class="style-scope primary-nav"></path>
                <path
                  d="m61.4610921 2.28198586c0-1.65823431-.2567702-1.58649851-1.830767-1.88962601v-.39235985h3.8622331l5.7659816 9.70008019h.0369357v-9.70008019h1.1534633v12h-1.7568955l-6.0414421-10.14492965h-.0364908v10.14492965h-1.1530183z"
                  class="style-scope primary-nav"></path>
                <path
                  d="m75.1550889 2.42502005c0-1.7654006-.0547361-1.7654006-1.7390952-2.0326602v-.39235985h8.7684573l.0551811 2.63935263h-.5126504c0-1.42684261-.7694205-1.8012685-1.9771749-1.8012685h-1.4280339c-.9149385 0-1.1530183.0717358-1.1530183.92775388v3.54829773h2.2148098c1.2633805 0 1.3906531-.7851571 1.5010153-1.37391558h.5130954v3.74513378h-.5130954c0-.96274696-.4022881-1.53313407-1.5010153-1.53313407h-2.2148098v3.97608803c0 .9986149.2380798 1.033608 1.1530183 1.033608h2.0319111c1.0439911 0 1.5379511-.356492 1.6478683-1.74702926h.5126504l-.0551811 2.58511336h-7.3039327z"
                  class="style-scope primary-nav"></path>
                <path
                  d="m89.2335734.83808413h-1.2624905c-1.4462793 0-1.8672578.44572428-1.97762 1.74834147h-.5122054l.0734265-2.5864256h9.3718895l.0734265 2.63935263h-.5122054c0-1.37304075-.5856318-1.8012685-1.9958653-1.8012685h-1.2446902v11.16191587h-2.0136657z"
                  class="style-scope primary-nav"></path>
                </g>
                </svg>

          </a>
          <!--?lit$49386103$-->
        </div>
        <media-menu class="style-scope primary-nav x-scope media-menu-1"><!---->
          <div class="media-menu-container closed style-scope media-menu">
            <div class="overflow-clip style-scope media-menu">
              <nav class="media-menu-inner style-scope media-menu" aria-expanded="false">
                <div class="menu-group style-scope media-menu">
                  <!--?lit$49386103$--><!---->
                  <media-button class="style-scope media-menu x-scope media-button-1" data-mediatype="web"><!---->
                    <a class="menu-item web  style-scope media-button" href="https://web.archive.org"
                      data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|NavMenuWeb" title="Expand web menu">
                      <!--?lit$49386103$-->
                      <span class="icon  style-scope media-button">
                        <!--?lit$49386103$-->
                        <svg height="40" viewBox="0 0 40 40" width="40" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
                          aria-labelledby="webTitleID webDescID" class="style-scope media-button">
                          <title id="webTitleID" class="style-scope media-button">Web icon</title>
                          <desc id="webDescID" class="style-scope media-button">An illustration of a computer
                            application window</desc>
                          <path class="fill-color style-scope media-button"
                            d="m8 28.7585405v-8.1608108-9.3577297h24v9.3577297 8.1608108zm14.2702703-15.8863783h-12.43243246v2.6114594h12.43243246zm7.7837838 14.0365946v-7.0727027-1.8497838h-20.21621626v1.8497838 7.0727027zm-3.7837838-14.0365946h-2.7027027v2.6114594h2.7027027zm4 0h-2.7027027v2.6114594h2.7027027z"
                            fill-rule="evenodd"></path>
                          </svg>

                      </span>
                      <span class="label style-scope media-button"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Wayback Machine</span>

                    </a>
                    </media-button>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <media-button class="style-scope media-menu x-scope media-button-1" data-mediatype="texts"><!---->
                    <a class="menu-item texts  style-scope media-button" href="/details/texts"
                      data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|NavMenuTexts" title="Expand texts menu">
                      <!--?lit$49386103$-->
                      <span class="icon  style-scope media-button">
                        <!--?lit$49386103$-->
                        <svg height="40" viewBox="0 0 40 40" width="40" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
                          aria-labelledby="textsTitleID textsDescID" class="style-scope media-button">
                          <title id="textsTitleID" class="style-scope media-button">Texts icon</title>
                          <desc id="textsDescID" class="style-scope media-button">An illustration of an open book.
                          </desc>
                          <path class="fill-color style-scope media-button"
                            d="m10.3323235 11.0007023h6.9060825c.8851083 0 1.5847122.3064258 2.0988114.9192774v14.4324451h-.6460032c-.1435563-.120323-.3528315-.2434552-.6278257-.3693964-.2749942-.1259413-.5201585-.2191097-.7354929-.2795053l-.3048241-.1081503h-5.7042647c-.3108832 0-.5621067-.0601615-.7536705-.1804846-.0717781-.0599274-.1256117-.1439663-.1615008-.2521166-.0358891-.1081502-.0598928-.2043619-.0720112-.2886348v-13.8741368zm19.1752505 0v13.603761c-.0717781.3361555-.2211606.5943584-.4481473.7746089-.0717781.0599274-.1733862.1079162-.304824.1439663-.1314379.0360501-.2451643.0601615-.3411793.0723343h-5.5965975c-.9568865.2640552-1.5068748.5164059-1.649965.757052h-.6634817v-14.4324451c.5140992-.6128516 1.2076439-.9192774 2.0806339-.9192774h6.92426zm1.3814961.6489017-.1796783 15.2976474c-.0955489 0-1.0342578.0119386-2.8161268.035816-1.7818691.0238773-3.3006293.0898911-4.5562806.1980414-1.2556514.1081503-1.9613144.2884008-2.1169891.5407514-.0955488.1924233-.5439291.273419-1.345141.2429871-.8012118-.0304319-1.3155441-.1776755-1.5429969-.4417308-.334654-.3843783-3.4558378-.5765674-9.36355164-.5765674v-15.3875385l-.96830576.3960828v16.2702977c6.4096947-.2041278 9.7760429-.0840388 10.0990445.3602669.2391051.276228.9864833.414342 2.2421347.414342.1915638 0 .4187835-.0210682.6816593-.0632047s.4810068-.0870821.6543929-.1348367c.1733862-.0477547.2719646-.0838048.2957353-.1081503.0838965-.1563732.9599161-.2675666 2.6280587-.3335805 1.6681426-.0660138 3.3213703-.0931684 4.9596831-.0814638l2.4392915.0182591v-16.2344816z">
                          </path>
                          </svg>

                      </span>
                      <span class="label style-scope media-button"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Texts</span>

                    </a>
                    </media-button>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <media-button class="style-scope media-menu x-scope media-button-1" data-mediatype="video"><!---->
                    <a class="menu-item video  style-scope media-button" href="/details/movies"
                      data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|NavMenuVideo" title="Expand video menu">
                      <!--?lit$49386103$-->
                      <span class="icon  style-scope media-button">
                        <!--?lit$49386103$-->
                        <svg height="40" viewBox="0 0 40 40" width="40" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
                          aria-labelledby="videoTitleID videoDescID" class="style-scope media-button">
                          <title id="videoTitleID" class="style-scope media-button">Video icon</title>
                          <desc id="videoDescID" class="style-scope media-button">An illustration of two cells of a film
                            strip.</desc>
                          <path class="fill-color style-scope media-button"
                            d="m31.0117647 12.0677966c0 .4067797-.2823529.6779661-.7058823.6779661h-1.2705883c-.4235294 0-.7058823-.2711864-.7058823-.6779661v-.6779661c0-.4067797.2823529-.6779661.7058823-.6779661h1.2705883c.4235294 0 .7058823.2711864.7058823.6779661zm0 3.2542373c0 .4067797-.2823529.6779661-.7058823.6779661h-1.2705883c-.4235294 0-.7058823-.2711864-.7058823-.6779661v-.6779661c0-.4067797.2823529-.6779661.7058823-.6779661h1.2705883c.4235294 0 .7058823.2711864.7058823.6779661zm0 3.2542373c0 .4067796-.2823529.6779661-.7058823.6779661h-1.2705883c-.4235294 0-.7058823-.2711865-.7058823-.6779661v-.6779661c0-.4067797.2823529-.6779661.7058823-.6779661h1.2705883c.4235294 0 .7058823.2711864.7058823.6779661zm0 3.3898305c0 .4067797-.2823529.6779661-.7058823.6779661h-1.2705883c-.4235294 0-.7058823-.2711864-.7058823-.6779661v-.6779661c0-.4067797.2823529-.6779661.7058823-.6779661h1.2705883c.4235294 0 .7058823.2711864.7058823.6779661zm0 3.2542373c0 .4067796-.2823529.6779661-.7058823.6779661h-1.2705883c-.4235294 0-.7058823-.2711865-.7058823-.6779661v-.6779661c0-.4067797.2823529-.6779661.7058823-.6779661h1.2705883c.4235294 0 .7058823.2711864.7058823.6779661zm0 3.2542373c0 .4067796-.2823529.6779661-.7058823.6779661h-1.2705883c-.4235294 0-.7058823-.2711865-.7058823-.6779661v-.6779661c0-.4067797.2823529-.6779661.7058823-.6779661h1.2705883c.4235294 0 .7058823.2711864.7058823.6779661zm-4.0941176-10.440678c0 .5423729-.4235295.9491525-.9882353.9491525h-11.5764706c-.5647059 0-.9882353-.4067796-.9882353-.9491525v-6.9152542c0-.5423729.4235294-.9491526.9882353-.9491526h11.5764706c.5647058 0 .9882353.4067797.9882353.9491526zm-.1411765 11.2542373c0 .5423729-.4235294.9491525-.9882353.9491525h-11.5764706c-.5647059 0-.9882353-.4067796-.9882353-.9491525v-6.9152542c0-.5423729.4235294-.9491526.9882353-.9491526h11.5764706c.5647059 0 .9882353.4067797.9882353.9491526zm-14.9647059-17.220339c0 .4067797-.2823529.6779661-.7058823.6779661h-1.27058828c-.42352941 0-.70588236-.2711864-.70588236-.6779661v-.6779661c0-.4067797.28235295-.6779661.70588236-.6779661h1.27058828c.4235294 0 .7058823.2711864.7058823.6779661zm0 3.2542373c0 .4067797-.2823529.6779661-.7058823.6779661h-1.27058828c-.42352941 0-.70588236-.2711864-.70588236-.6779661v-.6779661c0-.4067797.28235295-.6779661.70588236-.6779661h1.27058828c.4235294 0 .7058823.2711864.7058823.6779661zm0 3.2542373c0 .4067796-.2823529.6779661-.7058823.6779661h-1.27058828c-.42352941 0-.70588236-.2711865-.70588236-.6779661v-.6779661c0-.4067797.28235295-.6779661.70588236-.6779661h1.27058828c.4235294 0 .7058823.2711864.7058823.6779661zm0 3.3898305c0 .4067797-.2823529.6779661-.7058823.6779661h-1.27058828c-.42352941 0-.70588236-.2711864-.70588236-.6779661v-.6779661c0-.4067797.28235295-.6779661.70588236-.6779661h1.27058828c.4235294 0 .7058823.2711864.7058823.6779661zm0 3.2542373c0 .4067796-.2823529.6779661-.7058823.6779661h-1.27058828c-.42352941 0-.70588236-.2711865-.70588236-.6779661v-.6779661c0-.4067797.28235295-.6779661.70588236-.6779661h1.27058828c.4235294 0 .7058823.2711864.7058823.6779661zm0 3.2542373c0 .4067796-.2823529.6779661-.7058823.6779661h-1.27058828c-.42352941 0-.70588236-.2711865-.70588236-.6779661v-.6779661c0-.4067797.28235295-.6779661.70588236-.6779661h1.27058828c.4235294 0 .7058823.2711864.7058823.6779661zm20.0470588-20.4745763h-.8470588v.27118644.6779661c0 .40677966-.2823529.6779661-.7058823.6779661h-1.2705883c-.4235294 0-.7058823-.27118644-.7058823-.6779661v-.6779661-.27118644h-16.5176471v.27118644.6779661c0 .40677966-.2823529.6779661-.7058823.6779661h-1.27058828c-.42352941 0-.70588236-.27118644-.70588236-.6779661v-.6779661-.27118644h-1.12941176v24h1.12941176v-.2711864-.6779661c0-.4067797.28235295-.6779661.70588236-.6779661h1.27058828c.4235294 0 .7058823.2711864.7058823.6779661v.6779661.2711864h16.6588235v-.2711864-.6779661c0-.4067797.282353-.6779661.7058824-.6779661h1.2705882c.4235294 0 .7058824.2711864.7058824.6779661v.6779661.2711864h.8470588v-24z"
                            fill-rule="evenodd"></path>
                          </svg>

                      </span>
                      <span class="label style-scope media-button"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Video</span>

                    </a>
                    </media-button>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <media-button class="style-scope media-menu x-scope media-button-1" data-mediatype="audio"><!---->
                    <a class="menu-item audio  style-scope media-button" href="/details/audio"
                      data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|NavMenuAudio" title="Expand audio menu">
                      <!--?lit$49386103$-->
                      <span class="icon  style-scope media-button">
                        <!--?lit$49386103$-->
                        <svg width="40px" height="40px" viewBox="0 0 40 40" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
                          aria-labelledby="audioTitleID audioDescID" class="style-scope media-button">
                          <title id="audioTitleID" class="style-scope media-button">Audio icon</title>
                          <desc id="audioDescID" class="style-scope media-button">An illustration of an audio speaker.
                          </desc>
                          <g stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd" class="style-scope media-button">
                            <g transform="translate(10, 8)" class="fill-color style-scope media-button">
                              <path
                                d="M19.4264564,11.8585048 L19.4264564,20.7200433 C19.4264564,22.3657576 18.8838179,23.2519114 16.8489237,23.2519114 C12.2364969,23.125318 7.75972977,23.125318 3.14730298,23.2519114 C1.24806842,23.2519114 0.569770368,22.492351 0.569770368,20.7200433 L0.569770368,2.74377955 C0.569770368,1.09806526 1.11240881,0.211911416 3.14730298,0.211911416 C7.75972977,0.338504822 12.2364969,0.338504822 16.8489237,0.211911416 C18.7481583,0.211911416 19.4264564,0.971471855 19.4264564,2.74377955 C19.2907967,5.78202131 19.4264564,8.82026306 19.4264564,11.8585048 L19.4264564,11.8585048 Z M10.0659432,2.74377955 C8.16670861,2.74377955 6.67445288,4.13630702 6.67445288,5.90861471 C6.67445288,7.6809224 8.16670861,9.07344988 10.0659432,9.07344988 C11.9651777,9.07344988 13.4574335,7.6809224 13.4574335,5.90861471 C13.4574335,4.13630702 11.8295181,2.74377955 10.0659432,2.74377955 L10.0659432,2.74377955 Z M10.0659432,11.4787246 C7.21709133,11.4787246 5.04653754,13.6308125 5.04653754,16.1626806 C5.04653754,18.8211422 7.35275094,20.8466367 10.0659432,20.8466367 C12.914795,20.8466367 15.0853488,18.6945488 15.0853488,16.1626806 C15.0853488,13.6308125 12.7791354,11.4787246 10.0659432,11.4787246 L10.0659432,11.4787246 Z"
                                class="style-scope media-button"></path>
                              <ellipse cx="10.2016028" cy="16.5690777" rx="1.35659611" ry="1.34075134" class="style-scope media-button"></ellipse>
                              </g>
                              </g>
                              </svg>

                      </span>
                      <span class="label style-scope media-button"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Audio</span>

                    </a>
                    </media-button>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <media-button class="style-scope media-menu x-scope media-button-1" data-mediatype="software"><!---->
                    <a class="menu-item software  style-scope media-button" href="/details/software"
                      data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|NavMenuSoftware" title="Expand software menu">
                      <!--?lit$49386103$-->
                      <span class="icon  style-scope media-button">
                        <!--?lit$49386103$-->
                        <svg width="40" height="40" viewBox="0 0 40 40" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
                          aria-labelledby="softwareTitleID softwareDescID" class="style-scope media-button">
                          <title id="softwareTitleID" class="style-scope media-button">Software icon</title>
                          <desc id="softwareDescID" class="style-scope media-button">An illustration of a 3.5" floppy
                            disk.</desc>
                          <path class="fill-color style-scope media-button"
                            d="m32 30.6900373v-21.44521088c0-.82988428-.4156786-1.24482642-1.2470357-1.24482642h-21.50592858c-.83135715 0-1.24703572.4221795-1.24703572 1.26653851v21.44521089c0 .8588337.41567857 1.2882506 1.24703572 1.2882506h21.48327168c.8458575 0 1.2687863-.4366542 1.2687863-1.3099627zm-5.9950155-20.4410268v6.114667c0 .6694561-.3428744 1.0041841-1.0286232 1.0041841h-10.1294464c-.2622159 0-.4773054-.0802141-.6452685-.2406423s-.2519447-.3642806-.2519447-.6115572v-6.1363791l.0217506-.1311772h12.0326259zm-4.9437353.8295827v5.0010178h3.0405558v-5.0010178zm-9.7134658 18.8035735v-7.753025c0-.5241057.1604108-.9025595.4812325-1.1353613.1897138-.1453504.4011782-.2180256.6343932-.2180256h14.7451099c.3208217 0 .5905898.1091636.8093044.3274907s.3280719.5023936.3280719.8521995v7.8181612l-.0217506.1094652h-16.9772676z">
                          </path>
                          </svg>

                      </span>
                      <span class="label style-scope media-button"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Software</span>

                    </a>
                    </media-button>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <media-button class="style-scope media-menu x-scope media-button-1" data-mediatype="images"><!---->
                    <a class="menu-item images  style-scope media-button" href="/details/image"
                      data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|NavMenuImages" title="Expand images menu">
                      <!--?lit$49386103$-->
                      <span class="icon  style-scope media-button">
                        <!--?lit$49386103$-->
                        <svg height="40" viewBox="0 0 40 40" width="40" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
                          aria-labelledby="imagesTitleID imagesDescID" class="style-scope media-button">
                          <title id="imagesTitleID" class="style-scope media-button">Images icon</title>
                          <desc id="imagesDescID" class="style-scope media-button">An illustration of two photographs.
                          </desc>
                          <path class="fill-color style-scope media-button"
                            d="m20.8219178 15.3769871c0 1.1136708-.8767123 1.8932404-1.8630137 1.8932404s-1.9726027-.8909367-1.9726027-1.8932404c0-1.0023038.8767123-1.8932404 1.9726027-1.8932404.9863014 0 1.8630137.8909366 1.8630137 1.8932404zm-5.9178082-3.7864808h15.4520548v6.0138225l-1.9726028-3.3410125-2.6301369 6.3479237-2.1917809-2.67281-6.1369863 5.1228859h-2.5205479zm-1.7534247-1.6705063v14.9231892h18.8493151v-14.9231892zm-2.9589041 7.2388604c.2191781 0 1.9726028-.3341012 1.9726028-.3341012v-2.0046075l-4.1643836.5568354c.43835616 4.7887846.87671233 9.9116704 1.31506849 14.700455 6.02739731-.5568354 13.26027401-1.5591391 19.39726031-2.1159746-.1095891-.5568354-.1095891-2.0046075-.2191781-2.67281-.4383562.1113671-1.4246575 0-1.8630137.1113671v.8909367c-5.1506849.4454683-10.3013699 1.1136708-15.4520548 1.6705062.109589-.111367-.5479452-7.0161262-.9863014-10.8026071z"
                            fill-rule="evenodd"></path>
                          </svg>

                      </span>
                      <span class="label style-scope media-button"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Images</span>

                    </a>
                    </media-button>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <media-button class="style-scope media-menu x-scope media-button-1" data-mediatype="donate"><!---->
                    <a class="menu-item donate  style-scope media-button" href="/donate/?origin=iawww-mbhmbgrmenu"
                      data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|NavMenuDonate"
                      title="Expand donate menu">
                      <!--?lit$49386103$-->
                      <span class="icon  style-scope media-button">
                        <!--?lit$49386103$-->
                        <svg width="40" height="40" viewBox="0 0 40 40" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
                          aria-labelledby="donateTitleID donateDescID" class="style-scope media-button">
                          <title id="donateTitleID" class="style-scope media-button">Donate icon</title>
                          <desc id="donateDescID" class="style-scope media-button">An illustration of a heart shape
                          </desc>
                          <path class="fill-color style-scope media-button"
                            d="m30.0120362 11.0857287c-1.2990268-1.12627221-2.8599641-1.65258786-4.682812-1.57894699-.8253588.02475323-1.7674318.3849128-2.8262192 1.08047869-1.0587873.6955659-1.89622 1.5724492-2.512298 2.63065-.591311-1.0588196-1.4194561-1.9357029-2.4844351-2.63065-1.0649791-.69494706-2.0039563-1.05510663-2.8169316-1.08047869-1.2067699-.04950647-2.318187.17203498-3.3342513.66462439-1.0160643.4925893-1.82594378 1.2002224-2.42963831 2.1228992-.60369453.9226769-.91173353 1.9629315-.92411701 3.1207641-.03715043 1.9202322.70183359 3.7665141 2.21695202 5.5388457 1.2067699 1.4035084 2.912594 3.1606786 5.1174721 5.2715107 2.2048782 2.1108321 3.7565279 3.5356901 4.6549492 4.2745742.8253588-.6646243 2.355647-2.0647292 4.5908647-4.2003145s3.9747867-3.9171994 5.218707-5.3448422c1.502735-1.7723316 2.2355273-3.6186135 2.1983769-5.5388457-.0256957-1.7608832-.6875926-3.2039968-1.9866194-4.3302689z">
                          </path>
                          </svg>

                      </span>
                      <span class="label style-scope media-button"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Donate</span>

                    </a>
                    </media-button>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <media-button class="style-scope media-menu x-scope media-button-1" data-mediatype="more"><!---->
                    <a class="menu-item more  style-scope media-button" href="/about/" data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|NavMenuMore"
                      title="Expand more menu">
                      <!--?lit$49386103$-->
                      <span class="icon  style-scope media-button">
                        <!--?lit$49386103$-->
                        <svg height="40" viewBox="0 0 40 40" width="40" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
                          aria-labelledby="ellipsesTitleID ellipsesDescID" class="style-scope media-button">
                          <title id="ellipsesTitleID" class="style-scope media-button">Ellipses icon</title>
                          <desc id="ellipsesDescID" class="style-scope media-button">An illustration of text ellipses.
                          </desc>
                          <path class="fill-color style-scope media-button"
                            d="m10.5 17.5c1.3807119 0 2.5 1.1192881 2.5 2.5s-1.1192881 2.5-2.5 2.5c-1.38071187 0-2.5-1.1192881-2.5-2.5s1.11928813-2.5 2.5-2.5zm9.5 0c1.3807119 0 2.5 1.1192881 2.5 2.5s-1.1192881 2.5-2.5 2.5-2.5-1.1192881-2.5-2.5 1.1192881-2.5 2.5-2.5zm9.5 0c1.3807119 0 2.5 1.1192881 2.5 2.5s-1.1192881 2.5-2.5 2.5-2.5-1.1192881-2.5-2.5 1.1192881-2.5 2.5-2.5z"
                            fill-rule="evenodd"></path>
                          </svg>

                      </span>
                      <span class="label style-scope media-button"><!--?lit$49386103$-->More</span>

                    </a>
                    </media-button>
                    <!---->
                    </div>
                    </nav>
                    </div>
                    </div>
                    </media-menu>
        <div class="right-side-section style-scope primary-nav">
          <!--?lit$49386103$-->
          <a class="mobile-donate-link style-scope primary-nav" href="/donate/?origin=iawww-mbhrt">
            <!--?lit$49386103$-->
            <svg width="40" height="40" viewBox="0 0 40 40" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
              xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" aria-labelledby="donateTitleID donateDescID" class="style-scope primary-nav">
              <title id="donateTitleID" class="style-scope primary-nav">Donate icon</title>
              <desc id="donateDescID" class="style-scope primary-nav">An illustration of a heart shape</desc>
              <path class="fill-color style-scope primary-nav"
                d="m32.6,8.12c-1.57,-1.51 -3.46,-2.21 -5.65,-2.11c-1,0.03 -2.14,0.51 -3.42,1.44c-1.28,0.92 -2.28,2.09 -3.03,3.51c-0.71,-1.41 -1.72,-2.59 -3,-3.51c-1.29,-0.93 -2.43,-1.41 -3.41,-1.44c-1.46,-0.07 -2.8,0.23 -4.02,0.88c-1.23,0.65 -2.21,1.6 -2.94,2.83c-0.74,1.24 -1.11,2.63 -1.12,4.17c-0.05,2.56 0.85,5.01 2.68,7.37c1.46,1.88 3.52,4.21 6.19,7.04c2.66,2.81 4.53,4.71 5.62,5.69c1,-0.88 2.85,-2.75 5.55,-5.6s4.81,-5.23 6.31,-7.13c1.81,-2.36 2.71,-4.81 2.66,-7.37c-0.04,-2.35 -0.83,-4.28 -2.4,-5.77z">
              </path>
              </svg>

            <span class="sr-only style-scope primary-nav">"Donate to the archive"</span>
            </a>

          <!--?lit$49386103$-->
          <ia-dropdown-search-bar
            class="style-scope primary-nav"
            categories="[
              {&quot;id&quot;:&quot;all&quot;,&quot;label&quot;:&quot;All&quot;},
              {&quot;id&quot;:&quot;texts&quot;,&quot;label&quot;:&quot;Books/Docs&quot;},
              {&quot;id&quot;:&quot;fulltext&quot;,&quot;label&quot;:&quot;Text Contents&quot;},
              {&quot;id&quot;:&quot;radio&quot;,&quot;label&quot;:&quot;Radio&quot;},
              {&quot;id&quot;:&quot;tv&quot;,&quot;label&quot;:&quot;TV&quot;},
              {&quot;id&quot;:&quot;movies&quot;,&quot;label&quot;:&quot;Video&quot;},
              {&quot;id&quot;:&quot;audio&quot;,&quot;label&quot;:&quot;Audio&quot;},
              {&quot;id&quot;:&quot;software&quot;,&quot;label&quot;:&quot;Software&quot;},
              {&quot;id&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;label&quot;:&quot;Images&quot;},
              {&quot;id&quot;:&quot;etree&quot;,&quot;label&quot;:&quot;Live Music&quot;},
              {&quot;id&quot;:&quot;collection&quot;,&quot;label&quot;:&quot;Collections&quot;},
              {&quot;id&quot;:&quot;data&quot;,&quot;label&quot;:&quot;Data&quot;},
              {&quot;id&quot;:&quot;web&quot;,&quot;label&quot;:&quot;Web Sites&quot;}
            ]"
          ></ia-dropdown-search-bar>
          <!--?lit$49386103$-->
          <div class="user-info style-scope primary-nav">
            <!--?lit$49386103$-->
            <login-button class="style-scope primary-nav x-scope login-button-1"><!---->
              <div class="logged-out-toolbar style-scope">
                <button aria-label="Toggle login menu" class="logged-out-menu dropdown-toggle login-button" data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|NavLoginIcon" aria-expanded="false">
                  <!--?lit$49386103$-->
                  <svg width="40" height="40" viewBox="0 0 40 40" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
                    aria-labelledby="userTitleID userDescID" class="style-scope login-button">
                    <title id="userTitleID" class="style-scope login-button">User icon</title>
                    <desc id="userDescID" class="style-scope login-button">An illustration of a person's head and chest.
                    </desc>
                    <path class="fill-color style-scope login-button"
                      d="m20.7130435 18.0434783c-3.5658385 0-6.4565218-2.9198821-6.4565218-6.5217392 0-3.60185703 2.8906833-6.5217391 6.4565218-6.5217391s6.4565217 2.91988207 6.4565217 6.5217391c0 3.6018571-2.8906832 6.5217392-6.4565217 6.5217392zm-12.9130435 16.9565217c0-7.9240855 5.7813665-14.3478261 12.9130435-14.3478261s12.9130435 6.4237406 12.9130435 14.3478261z"
                      fill-rule="evenodd"></path>
                    </svg>
                </button>
                <span class="style-scope login-button">
                  <a class="style-scope login-button" href="/signup">Sign up</a>
                  |
                  <a class="style-scope login-button" href="/account/login">Log in</a>
                </span>
                </div>
                </login-button>

          </div>
          <!--?lit$49386103$-->
          <a class="upload style-scope primary-nav" href="/upload">
            <!--?lit$49386103$-->
            <svg width="40" height="40" viewBox="0 0 40 40" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
              aria-labelledby="uploadTitleID uploadDescID" class="style-scope primary-nav">
              <title id="uploadTitleID" class="style-scope primary-nav">Upload icon</title>
              <desc id="uploadDescID" class="style-scope primary-nav">An illustration of a horizontal line over an up
                pointing arrow.</desc>
              <path class="fill-color style-scope primary-nav" d="m20 12.8 8 10.4h-4.8v8.8h-6.4v-8.8h-4.8zm12-4.8v3.2h-24v-3.2z"
                fill-rule="evenodd"></path>
              </svg>

            <span class="style-scope primary-nav">Upload</span>
            </a>
          <!--?lit$49386103$-->
          <button class="search-trigger style-scope primary-nav" data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|NavSearchOpen">
            <!--?lit$49386103$-->
            <svg height="40" viewBox="0 0 40 40" width="40" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
              aria-labelledby="searchTitleID searchDescID" class="style-scope primary-nav">
              <title id="searchTitleID" class="style-scope primary-nav">Search icon</title>
              <desc id="searchDescID" class="style-scope primary-nav">An illustration of a magnifying glass.</desc>
              <path class="fill-color style-scope primary-nav"
                d="m32.4526364 29.8875889-8.1719472-7.9751279c1.1046135-1.4876138 1.7652549-3.3102407 1.7652549-5.2846451 0-.101185-.0142895-.1981539-.030573-.2944743.0166158-.0976175.0309053-.196208.0309053-.2990145 0-4.9814145-4.152935-9.0343271-9.2572866-9.0343271-.0907218 0-.1781206.01394537-.2655193.02594487-.0880633-.0119995-.1747974-.02594487-.2655193-.02594487-5.1046839 0-9.25761889 4.0529126-9.25761889 9.0343271 0 .1011849.01395722.1981539.03057294.2947985-.01694804.0976176-.03090525.1958838-.03090525.2986903 0 4.9814145 4.1526027 9.0346514 9.2572866 9.0346514.0907218 0 .1777882-.0139454.2658516-.0262692.0873987.0123238.1741328.0262692.265187.0262692 1.7306942 0 3.3467399-.4747911 4.7338208-1.2852439l8.2882574 8.0886366c.3652137.3564177.843082.53414 1.3212826.53414.4782007 0 .9567336-.1780467 1.3212827-.53414.7294304-.7118622.7294304-1.8660845-.0003323-2.5782711zm-15.9526364-7.8875889c-.0832667-.0118703-.1652765-.0253024-.2513711-.0253024-2.8781993 0-5.2197212-2.3278242-5.2197212-5.1891862 0-.0974612-.013197-.1908615-.0289077-.2836371.0160249-.0940251.0292219-.1889874.0292219-.2880105 0-2.861362 2.3418361-5.1891861 5.2200354-5.1891861.0854662 0 .1677902-.0131198.2510569-.0246777.0826383.0115579.1649623.0246777.2510569.0246777 2.8781993 0 5.2197212 2.3278241 5.2197212 5.1891861 0 .0974612.0135112.1908616.0289077.2839496-.0157107.0940251-.0295361.1886749-.0295361.287698 0 2.861362-2.3415219 5.1891862-5.2197212 5.1891862-.0860946 0-.1684187.0134321-.2507427.0253024z"
                fill-rule="evenodd"></path>
              </svg>

          </button>

        </div>
      </nav>
    </primary-nav>
    <media-slider class="style-scope ia-topnav x-scope media-slider-1" tabindex="-1"><!---->
      <div class="media-slider-container style-scope media-slider">
        <div class="overflow-clip closed style-scope media-slider">
          <div class="information-menu closed style-scope media-slider">
            <div class="info-box style-scope media-slider">
              <media-subnav menu="audio" class="hidden style-scope media-slider x-scope media-subnav-1"><!---->
                <h3 class="style-scope media-subnav"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Internet Archive Audio</h3>
                <div class="icon-links style-scope media-subnav">
                  <!--?lit$49386103$--><!---->
                  <a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/etree" data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|LiveMusicArchiveAudio"><img
                      loading="lazy" class="style-scope media-subnav" src="/services/img/etree"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Live Music
                    Archive</a>
                  <!----><!---->
                  <a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/librivoxaudio"
                    data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|LibrivoxFreeAudioAudio"><img loading="lazy" class="style-scope media-subnav"
                      src="/services/img/librivoxaudio"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Librivox
                    Free Audio</a>
                  <!---->
                  </div>
                  <div class="links featured style-scope media-subnav">
                    <h4 class="style-scope media-subnav">Featured</h4>
                    <ul class="style-scope media-subnav">
                      <!--?lit$49386103$--><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/audio"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|AllAudioAudio"><!--?lit$49386103$-->All Audio</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/GratefulDead"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|GratefulDeadAudio"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Grateful Dead</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/netlabels"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|NetlabelsAudio"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Netlabels</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/oldtimeradio"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|OldTimeRadioAudio"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Old Time Radio</a>
                    </li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/78rpm"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|78RPMsAndCylinderRecordingsAudio"><!--?lit$49386103$-->78 RPMs
                        and Cylinder Recordings</a></li>
                    <!---->
                    </ul>
                    </div>
                    <div class="links top style-scope media-subnav">
                      <h4 class="style-scope media-subnav">Top</h4>
                      <ul class="style-scope media-subnav">
                        <!--?lit$49386103$--><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/audio_bookspoetry"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|AudioBooks&amp;PoetryAudio"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Audio Books
                        &amp; Poetry</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/audio_tech"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|Computers,TechnologyAndScienceAudio"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Computers,
                        Technology and Science</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/audio_music"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|Music,Arts&amp;CultureAudio"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Music, Arts
                        &amp; Culture</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/audio_news"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|News&amp;PublicAffairsAudio"><!--?lit$49386103$-->News &amp;
                        Public Affairs</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/audio_religion"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|Spirituality&amp;ReligionAudio"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Spirituality
                        &amp; Religion</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/podcasts"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|PodcastsAudio"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Podcasts</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/radio"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|RadioNewsArchiveAudio"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Radio News
                        Archive</a></li>
                    <!---->
                    </ul>
                    </div>
                    </media-subnav>
              <media-subnav menu="images" class="hidden style-scope media-slider x-scope media-subnav-1"><!---->
                <h3 class="style-scope media-subnav"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Images</h3>
                <div class="icon-links style-scope media-subnav">
                  <!--?lit$49386103$--><!---->
                  <a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/metropolitanmuseumofart-gallery"
                    data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|MetropolitanMuseumImages"><img loading="lazy" class="style-scope media-subnav"
                      src="/services/img/metropolitanmuseumofart-gallery"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Metropolitan Museum</a>
                  <!----><!---->
                  <a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/clevelandart"
                    data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|ClevelandMuseumOfArtImages"><img loading="lazy" class="style-scope media-subnav"
                      src="/services/img/clevelandart"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Cleveland
                    Museum of Art</a>
                  <!---->
                  </div>
                  <div class="links featured style-scope media-subnav">
                    <h4 class="style-scope media-subnav">Featured</h4>
                    <ul class="style-scope media-subnav">
                      <!--?lit$49386103$--><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/image"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|AllImagesImages"><!--?lit$49386103$-->All Images</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/flickrcommons"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|FlickrCommonsImages"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Flickr Commons</a>
                    </li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/flickr-ows"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|OccupyWallStreetFlickrImages"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Occupy Wall
                        Street Flickr</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/coverartarchive"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|CoverArtImages"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Cover Art</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/maps_usgs"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|USGSMapsImages"><!--?lit$49386103$-->USGS Maps</a></li>
                    <!---->
                    </ul>
                    </div>
                    <div class="links top style-scope media-subnav">
                      <h4 class="style-scope media-subnav">Top</h4>
                      <ul class="style-scope media-subnav">
                        <!--?lit$49386103$--><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/nasa"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|NASAImagesImages"><!--?lit$49386103$-->NASA Images</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/solarsystemcollection"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|SolarSystemCollectionImages"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Solar System
                        Collection</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/amesresearchcenterimagelibrary"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|AmesResearchCenterImages"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Ames Research
                        Center</a></li>
                    <!---->
                    </ul>
                    </div>
                    </media-subnav>
              <media-subnav menu="software" class="hidden style-scope media-slider x-scope media-subnav-1"><!---->
                <h3 class="style-scope media-subnav"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Software</h3>
                <div class="icon-links style-scope media-subnav">
                  <!--?lit$49386103$--><!---->
                  <a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/internetarcade"
                    data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|InternetArcadeSoftware"><img loading="lazy" class="style-scope media-subnav"
                      src="/services/img/internetarcade"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Internet
                    Arcade</a>
                  <!----><!---->
                  <a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/consolelivingroom"
                    data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|ConsoleLivingRoomSoftware"><img loading="lazy" class="style-scope media-subnav"
                      src="/services/img/consolelivingroom"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Console Living Room</a>
                  <!---->
                  </div>
                  <div class="links featured style-scope media-subnav">
                    <h4 class="style-scope media-subnav">Featured</h4>
                    <ul class="style-scope media-subnav">
                      <!--?lit$49386103$--><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/software"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|AllSoftwareSoftware"><!--?lit$49386103$-->All Software</a>
                    </li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/tosec"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|OldSchoolEmulationSoftware"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Old School
                        Emulation</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/softwarelibrary_msdos_games"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|MS-DOSGamesSoftware"><!--?lit$49386103$-->MS-DOS Games</a>
                    </li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/historicalsoftware"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|HistoricalSoftwareSoftware"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Historical
                        Software</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/classicpcgames"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|ClassicPCGamesSoftware"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Classic PC
                        Games</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/softwarelibrary"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|SoftwareLibrarySoftware"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Software
                        Library</a></li>
                    <!---->
                    </ul>
                    </div>
                    <div class="links top style-scope media-subnav">
                      <h4 class="style-scope media-subnav">Top</h4>
                      <ul class="style-scope media-subnav">
                        <!--?lit$49386103$--><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/kodi_archive"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|KodiArchiveAndSupportFileSoftware"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Kodi
                        Archive and Support File</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/vintagesoftware"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|VintageSoftwareSoftware"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Vintage
                        Software</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/apkarchive"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|APKSoftware"><!--?lit$49386103$-->APK</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/softwarelibrary_msdos"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|MS-DOSSoftware"><!--?lit$49386103$-->MS-DOS</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/cd-roms"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|CD-ROMSoftwareSoftware"><!--?lit$49386103$-->CD-ROM
                        Software</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/cdromsoftware"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|CD-ROMSoftwareLibrarySoftware"><!--?lit$49386103$-->CD-ROM
                        Software Library</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/softwaresites"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|SoftwareSitesSoftware"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Software Sites</a>
                    </li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/tucows"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|TucowsSoftwareLibrarySoftware"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Tucows
                        Software Library</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/cdbbsarchive"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|SharewareCD-ROMsSoftware"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Shareware
                        CD-ROMs</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/softwarecapsules"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|SoftwareCapsulesCompilationSoftware"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Software
                        Capsules Compilation</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/cdromimages"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|CD-ROMImagesSoftware"><!--?lit$49386103$-->CD-ROM Images</a>
                    </li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/softwarelibrary_zx_spectrum"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|ZXSpectrumSoftware"><!--?lit$49386103$-->ZX Spectrum</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/doom-cds"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|DOOMLevelCDSoftware"><!--?lit$49386103$-->DOOM Level CD</a>
                    </li>
                    <!---->
                    </ul>
                    </div>
                    </media-subnav>
              <media-subnav menu="texts" class="hidden style-scope media-slider x-scope media-subnav-1"><!---->
                <h3 class="style-scope media-subnav"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Texts</h3>
                <div class="icon-links style-scope media-subnav">
                  <!--?lit$49386103$--><!---->
                  <a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="https://openlibrary.org/"
                    data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|OpenLibraryTexts"><img loading="lazy" class="style-scope media-subnav"
                      src="/images/widgetOL.png"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Open Library</a>
                  <!----><!---->
                  <a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/americana"
                    data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|AmericanLibrariesTexts"><img loading="lazy" class="style-scope media-subnav"
                      src="/services/img/americana"><!--?lit$49386103$-->American
                    Libraries</a>
                  <!---->
                  </div>
                  <div class="links featured style-scope media-subnav">
                    <h4 class="style-scope media-subnav">Featured</h4>
                    <ul class="style-scope media-subnav">
                      <!--?lit$49386103$--><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/texts"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|AllTextsTexts"><!--?lit$49386103$-->All Texts</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/smithsonian"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|SmithsonianLibrariesTexts"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Smithsonian
                        Libraries</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/fedlink"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|FEDLINK(US)Texts"><!--?lit$49386103$-->FEDLINK (US)</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/genealogy"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|GenealogyTexts"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Genealogy</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/lincolncollection"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|LincolnCollectionTexts"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Lincoln
                        Collection</a></li>
                    <!---->
                    </ul>
                    </div>
                    <div class="links top style-scope media-subnav">
                      <h4 class="style-scope media-subnav">Top</h4>
                      <ul class="style-scope media-subnav">
                        <!--?lit$49386103$--><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/americana"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|AmericanLibrariesTexts"><!--?lit$49386103$-->American
                        Libraries</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/toronto"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|CanadianLibrariesTexts"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Canadian
                        Libraries</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/universallibrary"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|UniversalLibraryTexts"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Universal
                        Library</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/gutenberg"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|ProjectGutenbergTexts"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Project
                        Gutenberg</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/iacl"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|Children'sLibraryTexts"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Children's
                        Library</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/biodiversity"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|BiodiversityHeritageLibraryTexts"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Biodiversity
                        Heritage Library</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/booksbylanguage"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|BooksByLanguageTexts"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Books by
                        Language</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/folkscanomy"
                      data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|FolkscanomyTexts"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Folkscanomy</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/government-documents"
                      data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|GovernmentDocumentsTexts"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Government Documents</a></li>
                    <!---->
                    </ul>
                    </div>
                    </media-subnav>
              <media-subnav menu="video" class="hidden style-scope media-slider x-scope media-subnav-1"><!---->
                <h3 class="style-scope media-subnav"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Video</h3>
                <div class="icon-links style-scope media-subnav">
                  <!--?lit$49386103$--><!---->
                  <a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/tv" data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|TVNewsVideo"><img
                      loading="lazy" class="style-scope media-subnav" src="/services/img/tv"><!--?lit$49386103$-->TV News</a>
                  <!----><!---->
                  <a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/911" data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|Understanding9/11Video"><img
                      loading="lazy" class="style-scope media-subnav" src="/services/img/911"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Understanding
                    9/11</a>
                  <!---->
                  </div>
                  <div class="links featured style-scope media-subnav">
                    <h4 class="style-scope media-subnav">Featured</h4>
                    <ul class="style-scope media-subnav">
                      <!--?lit$49386103$--><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/movies"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|AllVideoVideo"><!--?lit$49386103$-->All Video</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/prelinger"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|PrelingerArchivesVideo"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Prelinger
                        Archives</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/democracy_now_vid"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|DemocracyNow!Video"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Democracy Now!</a>
                    </li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/occupywallstreet"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|OccupyWallStreetVideo"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Occupy Wall
                        Street</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/nsa"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|TVNSAClipLibraryVideo"><!--?lit$49386103$-->TV NSA Clip
                        Library</a></li>
                    <!---->
                    </ul>
                    </div>
                    <div class="links top style-scope media-subnav">
                      <h4 class="style-scope media-subnav">Top</h4>
                      <ul class="style-scope media-subnav">
                        <!--?lit$49386103$--><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/animationandcartoons"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|Animation&amp;CartoonsVideo"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Animation
                        &amp; Cartoons</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/artsandmusicvideos"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|Arts&amp;MusicVideo"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Arts &amp; Music</a>
                    </li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/computersandtechvideos"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|Computers&amp;TechnologyVideo"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Computers
                        &amp; Technology</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/culturalandacademicfilms"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|Cultural&amp;AcademicFilmsVideo"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Cultural
                        &amp; Academic Films</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/ephemera"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|EphemeralFilmsVideo"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Ephemeral Films</a>
                    </li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/moviesandfilms"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|MoviesVideo"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Movies</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/newsandpublicaffairs"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|News&amp;PublicAffairsVideo"><!--?lit$49386103$-->News &amp;
                        Public Affairs</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/spiritualityandreligion"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|Spirituality&amp;ReligionVideo"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Spirituality
                        &amp; Religion</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/sports"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|SportsVideosVideo"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Sports Videos</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/television"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|TelevisionVideo"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Television</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/gamevideos"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|VideogameVideosVideo"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Videogame
                        Videos</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/vlogs"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|VlogsVideo"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Vlogs</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope media-subnav"><a class="style-scope media-subnav" href="/details/youth_media"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|YouthMediaVideo"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Youth Media</a></li>
                    <!---->
                    </ul>
                    </div>
                    </media-subnav>
              <media-subnav menu="web" class="hidden style-scope media-slider x-scope media-subnav-1"><!---->
                <wayback-slider class="style-scope media-subnav x-scope wayback-slider-1"><!---->
                  <div class="grid style-scope wayback-slider">
                    <wayback-search class="style-scope wayback-slider x-scope wayback-search-1"
                      waybackpagesarchived="1 trillion"><!---->
                      <form action="" method="post" class="style-scope wayback-search">
                        <p class="style-scope wayback-search">
                          Search the history of more than <!--?lit$49386103$-->1 trillion
                          <a data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|WaybackMachineStatsLink"
                            href="https://blog.archive.org/2016/10/23/defining-web-pages-web-sites-and-web-captures/"
                            class="style-scope wayback-search">web pages</a>.
                          </p>
                          <fieldset class="style-scope wayback-search">
                          <a data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|WaybackMachineLogoLink" href="https://web.archive.org"
                            class="style-scope wayback-search"><!--?lit$49386103$-->
                            <svg height="55" viewBox="0 0 205 55" width="205" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
                              class="style-scope wayback-search">
                              <g fill="none" class="style-scope wayback-search">
                                <path
                                  d="m41.5442526 5.47625158v36.05869762s-.0825635.8039669.6808836.8039669c.7634442 0 .5779563-.8039669.5779563-.8039669v-36.05869762h5.4674088l.0001982 44.76728562c.0070059.1547261.1602174 4.7191467-6.1484876 4.7191467-6.1999371 0-6.1018528-4.697561-6.0880787-5.0160398l.0008628-1.7899844h5.5092566l.0006247 1.8215446c.0064131.111431.0698016.5292973.6598981.5292973.6808836 0 .5564693-.5981684.5564693-.5981684v-4.3726361s-.9489378 1.6294184-3.4044061 1.2370455c-2.4554712-.39237-2.8060919-1.8148639-2.9712219-2.4967105-.1651328-.6795829-.2680542-1.174855-.2680542-2.0625 0-.8599178-.0383122-34.61864321-.0406109-36.64339281l-.0001077-.09488771zm30.6351382 1.09344342c6.9117365 0 6.7805382 5.4445918 6.7805382 5.4445918v39.5210721h-5.7365952v-1.1522413s-2.086754 2.4978424-5.1507198.8955592c-3.0650979-1.6011513-2.5436924-5.1879097-2.5436924-5.1879097l.0000351-8.8028589c.0025794-.2398669.0684122-2.0251881 1.4352444-3.3674745 1.4669498-1.4405832 3.4553051-1.2178245 3.4553051-1.2178245h2.5425603v-20.4327721s-.0656021-.8966882-.7170766-.8966882c-.6526037 0-.6854033.9566179-.6854033.9566179v16.080489h-6.030665l-.0005626-16.2852138c-.0087587-.3366877-.0366527-5.555347 6.6510318-5.555347zm28.5031432-6.569695v31.41468l.711418.0192211c.593792 0 .593792-.4941403.593792-.4941403v-24.86759869h5.897202v21.90049339s.079171 1.404399-.791723 2.512539c-.870895 1.1081429-1.820962 1.1477197-1.820962 1.1477197s.989654.3946337 1.860548 1.4439758c.870894 1.0482132.791724 2.4921889.791724 2.4921889v14.4024477h-5.936789l-.000309-13.3243353c-.002165-.043998-.019484-.2297601-.158037-.3860879-.158343-.1775284-.277102-.1775284-.277102-.1775284h-.890123v13.8879516h-5.8180296v-49.9715266zm-14.2340414 8.02384579c5.9675612 0 6.2060902 4.59291681 6.2148001 5.06804611l.0002664 15.2041578h-5.556805v-15.4269123s-.0531603-.5009227-.6062332-.5009227c-.5519582 0-.5790885.42064-.5790885.42064v32.2254321s.079173.4477782.6582614.4477782c.4900102 0 .5467595-.3205986.552623-.4192443l.00045-8.2163433h5.4775891l.000339 7.8754281c.0126595.1654646.3391417 5.1294029-6.0570166 5.1294029-6.504565 0-6.1358477-5.1867779-6.1358477-5.1867779l-.0006428-31.5032204c-.0096883-.3249184-.0495263-5.11746431 6.0313048-5.11746431zm-73.7580006-5.70016816v42.49270187h.5575988s.2081099.2374581.5010473-.0554082.1956685-.3901121.1956685-.3901121v-42.04605262l5.7004019.00115789.0007682 41.01721663c.015678.1470376.248026 2.5994908-1.4903372 4.3374305-1.792686 1.7922473-4.4053704 1.6101973-4.4053704 1.6101973h-7.83579091s-2.61381542.18205-4.40650134-1.6101973c-1.79268592-1.7922503-1.48843833-4.344369-1.48843833-4.344369v-41.01027813l5.69927118-.00115789v42.04605262s-.09726862.0972458.19566849.3901121c.29293741.2928663.50217829.0554082.50217829.0554082h.55646783v-42.49270187zm44.8442957-.59701342s2.8128759.11081342 4.2515488 1.54913579 1.3572386 4.52302632 1.3572386 4.52302632v20.17269738s.1085791 1.6825658-.8324397 2.4967105c-.9410187.8141447-1.5743967.9950658-1.5743967.9950658s1.0495978.5789474 1.6105898 1.3026316c.5609919.7236842.7419571 1.3930921.7419571 2.3881579l.0007115 7.6426204c.0126941.1435677.1783816 2.2493941-.8874408 3.6468533-1.1038873 1.4473684-2.4430294 2.1348684-5.2298927 2.1348684h-6.4604558v-46.85176739zm14.5337626 35.74095399s-.1673942-.0203558-.3777654.1843136c-.2092421.2069274-.1459043.3301795-.1459043.3301795v8.4524058s.1673942.4523026.7329089.4523026c.5643854 0 .648084-.4523026.648084-.4523026v-8.9465489zm-44.3104484-34.72101373c5.9643432 0 6.16707 4.5349604 6.1720848 5.00409423l-.0000412 36.6461958h-5.2231058v-1.0674342s-1.8990049 2.3135258-4.6881295.8299731c-2.7891246-1.4824208-2.3140925-4.8057147-2.3140925-4.8057147l.0000416-8.1558683c.0025667-.229176.064831-1.8776574 1.3051717-3.1166422 1.3357486-1.3354261 3.1454001-1.1273669 3.1454001-1.1273669h2.3140896v-18.92660288s-.0588122-.831105-.6526037-.831105-.6232005.88538132-.6232005.88538132v14.89545606h-5.4888988l-.0005553-15.08585244c-.0080458-.3266358-.0237133-5.14451389 6.0538395-5.14451389zm28.932117 33.13115253-.4776089-.0000064v8.3947599h.705764c.5067025 0 .560992-.7236842.560992-.7236842v-6.712171c0-.9769737-.7962466-.9589047-.7962466-.9589047zm-29.0339092-4.5105709s-.1526883-.0203529-.3438338.1707431c-.1900134.191099-.1323304.305305-.1323304.305305v7.8282282s.1515591.419511.6661776.419511c.5146186 0 .5915302-.419511.5915302-.419511v-8.2861842zm29.0087131-25.54039926c-.6808813 0-.5443092.01385177-.4995274.01731471l.0109215.0007774v25.52796055s1.3391421.1085526 1.3391421-1.3569079v-23.35690792s.1085791-.83223684-.8505362-.83223684z"
                                  fill="#ab2e33" class="style-scope wayback-search"></path>
                                <path
                                  d="m164.347608 2.25946661v7.4442539c.21729-.35229187 1.198489-1.67028746 3.735798-1.67028746 3.534354 0 3.281982 3.91684325 3.281982 3.91684325v39.9180342h-3.988173l-.000094-38.4191634c-.002249-.1296195-.058484-1.7498629-1.464346-1.7498629-1.087582 0-1.450864.5267465-1.565167 1.1683005v39.1020256h-4.190748v-49.71014369zm23.367699 5.4959617c3.58528 0 3.32838 3.94160559 3.32838 3.94160559v40.1712766h-4.045888l-.000761-38.6884533c-.008742-.2394578-.118025-1.7360686-1.484053-1.7360686-1.103423 0-1.471231.5301234-1.587799 1.1750516v39.3496435h-4.250729v-43.92154285h4.250729v1.38890288c.220685-.35566881 1.216596-1.68041542 3.790121-1.68041542zm11.392998-.52112204c6.124855 0 5.736674 5.39691513 5.736674 5.39691513v24.2844279h-7.17056l.000077 9.2728055c.001997 1.1852594.055922 2.3291557 1.511897 2.3291557 1.511974 0 1.588933-1.3483852 1.588933-1.3483852v-6.1679026h4.108134l-.00035 5.6892637c-.01289 1.7887967-.410235 4.8333128-5.736327 4.8333128-5.22451 0-5.490421-3.8596058-5.502952-4.1455025l-.000589-34.6706379s-.65866-5.47345253 5.465063-5.47345253zm-72.839588-6.23430627c4.55044 0 4.748706 4.49835393 4.756437 5.01739476l.000233 44.68489444h-4.246265l-.000015-45.39546442c-.001065-.11122824-.038841-1.27912478-1.155468-1.27912478-.689016 0-1.239407-.0003988-1.575847-.00072723l-.366181-.00042531v46.67574174h-4.288077v-46.69262361h-1.942025c-1.0608 0-1.147931 1.05402663-1.154906 1.2547936l-.00058 45.43783001h-4.296023l.000269-45.03840883c.008379-.46638804.223774-4.66388037 5.263374-4.66388037zm12.746531 4.73059864c5.939252 0 5.529572 4.80151166 5.529572 4.80151166v39.1864407h-3.791254v-1.7040541s-.748065 1.776088-2.920962 1.8481219-4.418224-.1913422-4.418224-3.9371049l.000537-10.0356421c.009666-.3007246.1911-3.4583326 3.548528-3.4583326h3.5253l-.000596-22.2422593c-.009853-.1121552-.157986-1.45801702-1.592862-1.45801702-1.497271 0-1.484813 1.94491522-1.484813 1.94491522v17.4051907h-3.99949l-.000952-17.7112484c-.014831-.304231-.125641-4.63952176 5.605216-4.63952176zm12.457944.74622797c5.704988 0 5.452616 4.56852529 5.452616 4.56852529v16.2188817h-3.836522v-16.7703934s-.202578-1.40578478-1.51537-1.40578478c-1.193447 0-1.427274 1.16180558-1.459925 1.37304298l-.004518.0327418v32.5368129c0 .9038006.353096 1.9584201 1.565167 1.9584201 1.212068 0 1.363719-1.3551363 1.363719-1.3551363v-9.239474h3.786725l.000848 7.3579585c.013087 2.5821014.10472 5.9480539-5.301813 5.9480539-5.604264 0-5.201371-4.7699955-5.201371-4.7699955l-.000475-31.3866454c-.017056-.171763-.453979-5.06700779 5.150919-5.06700779zm26.215101 3.66584829v37.0051649h-3.533221v-37.0051649zm-37.199548 25.1702202h-1.714552s-.530775.0720339-.917823.4558391c-.385924.3838082-.409681.9848389-.409681.9848389v8.5236357s.096195 1.56111 1.568559 1.56111c1.473497 0 1.473497-1.6095052 1.473497-1.6095052zm58.697648-25.2264959c-1.433886 0-1.511974 1.7344408-1.511974 1.7344408v21.9725922h3.100907v-22.1256642s-.155047-1.5813688-1.588933-1.5813688zm-23.264712-5.31700073c1.129455 0 2.045015.68657238 2.045015 1.53184407 0 .84639831-.91556 1.53184695-2.045015 1.53184695s-2.045012-.68544864-2.045012-1.53184695c0-.84527169.915557-1.53184407 2.045012-1.53184407z"
                                  fill="#211e1e" class="style-scope wayback-search"></path>
                              </g>
                            </svg>
                          </a>
                          <div class="search-field style-scope wayback-search">
                            <label for="url" class="sr-only">Search the Wayback Machine</label>
                            <input type="text" name="url" id="url" placeholder="enter URL or keywords" class="style-scope wayback-search">
                            <!--?lit$49386103$-->
                            <svg height="40" viewBox="0 0 40 40" width="40" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
                              aria-labelledby="searchTitleID searchDescID" class="style-scope wayback-search">
                              <title id="searchTitleID" class="style-scope wayback-search">Search icon</title>
                              <desc id="searchDescID" class="style-scope wayback-search">An illustration of a magnifying
                                glass.</desc>
                              <path class="fill-color style-scope wayback-search"
                                d="m32.4526364 29.8875889-8.1719472-7.9751279c1.1046135-1.4876138 1.7652549-3.3102407 1.7652549-5.2846451 0-.101185-.0142895-.1981539-.030573-.2944743.0166158-.0976175.0309053-.196208.0309053-.2990145 0-4.9814145-4.152935-9.0343271-9.2572866-9.0343271-.0907218 0-.1781206.01394537-.2655193.02594487-.0880633-.0119995-.1747974-.02594487-.2655193-.02594487-5.1046839 0-9.25761889 4.0529126-9.25761889 9.0343271 0 .1011849.01395722.1981539.03057294.2947985-.01694804.0976176-.03090525.1958838-.03090525.2986903 0 4.9814145 4.1526027 9.0346514 9.2572866 9.0346514.0907218 0 .1777882-.0139454.2658516-.0262692.0873987.0123238.1741328.0262692.265187.0262692 1.7306942 0 3.3467399-.4747911 4.7338208-1.2852439l8.2882574 8.0886366c.3652137.3564177.843082.53414 1.3212826.53414.4782007 0 .9567336-.1780467 1.3212827-.53414.7294304-.7118622.7294304-1.8660845-.0003323-2.5782711zm-15.9526364-7.8875889c-.0832667-.0118703-.1652765-.0253024-.2513711-.0253024-2.8781993 0-5.2197212-2.3278242-5.2197212-5.1891862 0-.0974612-.013197-.1908615-.0289077-.2836371.0160249-.0940251.0292219-.1889874.0292219-.2880105 0-2.861362 2.3418361-5.1891861 5.2200354-5.1891861.0854662 0 .1677902-.0131198.2510569-.0246777.0826383.0115579.1649623.0246777.2510569.0246777 2.8781993 0 5.2197212 2.3278241 5.2197212 5.1891861 0 .0974612.0135112.1908616.0289077.2839496-.0157107.0940251-.0295361.1886749-.0295361.287698 0 2.861362-2.3415219 5.1891862-5.2197212 5.1891862-.0860946 0-.1684187.0134321-.2507427.0253024z"
                                fill-rule="evenodd"></path>
                              </svg>

                          </div>
                          </fieldset>
                          </form>
                          </wayback-search>
                          <div class="link-lists style-scope wayback-slider">
                            <div class="style-scope wayback-slider">
                              <h4 class="style-scope wayback-slider">Mobile Apps</h4>
                              <ul class="mobile-apps style-scope wayback-slider">
                          <!--?lit$49386103$--><!---->
                          <li class="style-scope wayback-slider">
                            <a class="style-scope wayback-slider" href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wayback-machine/id1201888313"
                              data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|WaybackWaybackMachine(iOS)" target="_blank"
                              rel="noreferrer noopener"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Wayback Machine (iOS)</a>
                          </li><!----><!---->
                          <li class="style-scope wayback-slider">
                            <a class="style-scope wayback-slider"
                              href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.internetarchive.waybackmachine"
                              data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|WaybackWaybackMachine(Android)" target="_blank"
                              rel="noreferrer noopener"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Wayback Machine (Android)</a>
                          </li><!---->
                          </ul>
                          <h4 class="style-scope wayback-slider">Browser Extensions</h4>
                          <ul class="browser-extensions style-scope wayback-slider">
                          <!--?lit$49386103$--><!---->
                          <li class="style-scope wayback-slider">
                            <a class="style-scope wayback-slider"
                              href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wayback-machine/fpnmgdkabkmnadcjpehmlllkndpkmiak"
                              data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|WaybackChrome" target="_blank"
                              rel="noreferrer noopener"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Chrome</a>
                          </li><!----><!---->
                          <li class="style-scope wayback-slider">
                            <a class="style-scope wayback-slider" href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/wayback-machine_new/"
                              data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|WaybackFirefox" target="_blank"
                              rel="noreferrer noopener"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Firefox</a>
                          </li><!----><!---->
                          <li class="style-scope wayback-slider">
                            <a class="style-scope wayback-slider" href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wayback-machine/id1472432422?mt=12"
                              data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|WaybackSafari" target="_blank"
                              rel="noreferrer noopener"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Safari</a>
                          </li><!----><!---->
                          <li class="style-scope wayback-slider">
                            <a class="style-scope wayback-slider"
                              href="https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/wayback-machine/kjmickeoogghaimmomagaghnogelpcpn?hl=en-US"
                              data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|WaybackEdge" target="_blank"
                              rel="noreferrer noopener"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Edge</a>
                          </li><!---->
                          </ul>
                          </div>
                          <div class="style-scope wayback-slider">
                            <h4 class="style-scope wayback-slider">Archive-It Subscription</h4>
                            <ul class="archive-it style-scope wayback-slider">
                          <!--?lit$49386103$--><!---->
                          <li class="style-scope wayback-slider">
                            <a class="style-scope wayback-slider" href="https://www.archive-it.org/explore"
                              data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|ArchiveItExploreTheCollections" target="_blank"
                              rel="noreferrer noopener"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Explore the Collections</a>
                          </li><!----><!---->
                          <li class="style-scope wayback-slider">
                            <a class="style-scope wayback-slider" href="https://www.archive-it.org/blog/learn-more/"
                              data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|ArchiveItLearnMore" target="_blank"
                              rel="noreferrer noopener"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Learn More</a>
                          </li><!----><!---->
                          <li class="style-scope wayback-slider">
                            <a class="style-scope wayback-slider" href="https://www.archive-it.org/contact-us"
                              data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|ArchiveItBuildCollections" target="_blank"
                              rel="noreferrer noopener"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Build Collections</a>
                          </li><!---->
                          </ul>
                          </div>
                          </div>
                          <save-page-form class="style-scope wayback-slider x-scope save-page-form-1"><!---->
                      <form action="//web.archive.org/save" method="post" class="style-scope save-page-form"
                        data-event-submit-tracking="TopNav|SavePageSubmit">
                        <h3 class="style-scope save-page-form">Save Page Now</h3>
                        <p class="style-scope save-page-form">Capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted
                          citation in the future.</p>
                        <div class="style-scope save-page-form">
                          <label for="url_preload" class="sr-only">Enter a URL to save</label>
                          <input type="text" id="url_preload" name="url_preload" placeholder="https://" class="style-scope save-page-form">
                          <input type="submit" value="Save" class="style-scope save-page-form">
                          </div>
                          <p class="error style-scope save-page-form">Please enter a valid web address</p>
                          </form>
                          </save-page-form>
                          </div>
                          </wayback-slider></media-subnav>
              <media-subnav menu="more" class="hidden style-scope media-slider x-scope media-subnav-1"><!---->
                <more-slider class="style-scope media-subnav x-scope more-slider-1"><!---->
                  <ul class="style-scope more-slider">
                    <!--?lit$49386103$--><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope more-slider"><a class="style-scope more-slider" href="/about/"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|NavMoreAbout"><!--?lit$49386103$-->About</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope more-slider"><a class="style-scope more-slider" href="https://blog.archive.org"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|NavMoreBlog"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Blog</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope more-slider"><a class="style-scope more-slider" href="/events"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|NavMoreEvents"><!--?lit$0049150236$-->Events</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope more-slider"><a class="style-scope more-slider" href="/projects/"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|NavMoreProjects"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Projects</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope more-slider"><a class="style-scope more-slider" href="/about/faqs.php"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|NavMoreHelp"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Help</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope more-slider"><a class="style-scope more-slider" href="/donate?origin=iawww-TopNavDonateButton"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|NavMoreDonate"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Donate</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope more-slider"><a class="style-scope more-slider" href="/about/contact"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|NavMoreContact"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Contact</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope more-slider"><a class="style-scope more-slider" href="/about/jobs"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|NavMoreJobs"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Jobs</a></li>
                    <!----><!---->
                    <li class="style-scope more-slider"><a class="style-scope more-slider" href="/about/volunteer-positions"
                        data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|NavMoreVolunteer"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Volunteer</a></li>
                    </ul>
                    </more-slider></media-subnav>
            </div>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </media-slider>
  </div>
  <!--?lit$49386103$-->
  <signed-out-dropdown class="style-scope ia-topnav x-scope signed-out-dropdown-1" tabindex="-1"><!---->
    <div class="nav-container style-scope signed-out-dropdown">
      <nav class="initial style-scope signed-out-dropdown" aria-hidden="true">
        <ul class="style-scope signed-out-dropdown">
          <!--?lit$49386103$--><!---->
          <li class="style-scope signed-out-dropdown"><!--?lit$49386103$--><a class="style-scope signed-out-dropdown"
              href="/signup" tabindex="-1" data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|NavAvatarMenu-Signup">
              <!--?lit$49386103$-->
              <!--?lit$49386103$-->Sign up for free
              <!--?lit$49386103$-->
            </a></li>
          <!----><!---->
          <li class="style-scope signed-out-dropdown"><!--?lit$49386103$--><a class="style-scope signed-out-dropdown"
              href="/account/login" tabindex="-1" data-event-click-tracking="TopNav|NavAvatarMenu-Login">
              <!--?lit$49386103$-->
              <!--?lit$49386103$-->Log in
              <!--?lit$49386103$-->
            </a></li>
          <!---->
          </ul>
          </nav>
          </div>
          </signed-out-dropdown>

        <desktop-subnav class="style-scope ia-topnav x-scope desktop-subnav-1"><!---->
          <ul class="style-scope desktop-subnav">
            <!--?lit$49386103$--><!---->
            <li class="style-scope desktop-subnav">
        <a class="about style-scope desktop-subnav" href="/about/"><!--?lit$49386103$-->About<!--?lit$49386103$--><!--?--></a>
        </li>
      <!----><!---->
      <li class="style-scope desktop-subnav">
        <a class="blog style-scope desktop-subnav"
          href="https://blog.archive.org"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Blog<!--?lit$49386103$--><!--?--></a>
        </li>
      <!----><!---->
      <li class="style-scope desktop-subnav">
        <a class="events style-scope desktop-subnav"
          href="/events"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Events<!--?lit$49386103$--><!--?--></a>
        </li>
      <!----><!---->
      <li class="style-scope desktop-subnav">
        <a class="projects style-scope desktop-subnav"
          href="/projects/"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Projects<!--?lit$49386103$--><!--?--></a>
        </li>
      <!----><!---->
      <li class="style-scope desktop-subnav">
        <a class="help style-scope desktop-subnav"
          href="/about/faqs.php"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Help<!--?lit$49386103$--><!--?--></a>
        </li>
      <!----><!---->
      <li class="style-scope desktop-subnav">
        <a class="donate style-scope desktop-subnav"
          href="/donate?origin=iawww-TopNavDonateButton"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Donate<!--?lit$49386103$-->
          <svg width="40" height="40" viewBox="0 0 40 40" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
            aria-labelledby="donateTitleID donateDescID" class="style-scope desktop-subnav">
            <title id="donateTitleID" class="style-scope desktop-subnav">Donate icon</title>
            <desc id="donateDescID" class="style-scope desktop-subnav">An illustration of a heart shape</desc>
            <path class="fill-color style-scope desktop-subnav"
              d="m30.0120362 11.0857287c-1.2990268-1.12627221-2.8599641-1.65258786-4.682812-1.57894699-.8253588.02475323-1.7674318.3849128-2.8262192 1.08047869-1.0587873.6955659-1.89622 1.5724492-2.512298 2.63065-.591311-1.0588196-1.4194561-1.9357029-2.4844351-2.63065-1.0649791-.69494706-2.0039563-1.05510663-2.8169316-1.08047869-1.2067699-.04950647-2.318187.17203498-3.3342513.66462439-1.0160643.4925893-1.82594378 1.2002224-2.42963831 2.1228992-.60369453.9226769-.91173353 1.9629315-.92411701 3.1207641-.03715043 1.9202322.70183359 3.7665141 2.21695202 5.5388457 1.2067699 1.4035084 2.912594 3.1606786 5.1174721 5.2715107 2.2048782 2.1108321 3.7565279 3.5356901 4.6549492 4.2745742.8253588-.6646243 2.355647-2.0647292 4.5908647-4.2003145s3.9747867-3.9171994 5.218707-5.3448422c1.502735-1.7723316 2.2355273-3.6186135 2.1983769-5.5388457-.0256957-1.7608832-.6875926-3.2039968-1.9866194-4.3302689z">
            </path>
            </svg>
            </a>
            </li>
      <!----><!---->
      <li class="style-scope desktop-subnav">
        <a class="contact style-scope desktop-subnav"
          href="/about/contact"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Contact<!--?lit$49386103$--><!--?--></a>
        </li>
      <!----><!---->
      <li class="style-scope desktop-subnav">
        <a class="jobs style-scope desktop-subnav" href="/about/jobs"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Jobs<!--?lit$49386103$--><!--?--></a>
        </li>
      <!----><!---->
      <li class="style-scope desktop-subnav">
        <a class="volunteer style-scope desktop-subnav"
          href="/about/volunteer-positions"><!--?lit$49386103$-->Volunteer<!--?lit$49386103$--><!--?--></a>
        </li>
      <!----><!---->
    </ul>
    </desktop-subnav>
    <div id="close-layer" class="style-scope ia-topnav"></div>
    </ia-topnav>
                  </div>

        <!-- Begin page content -->
        <main id="maincontent">
          <div class="container container-ia">

                  <h1>
          Full text of "<a href="/details/sim_great-britain-house-of-commons-journal_november-15-1837-december-4-1838_93">The Journals of the House of Commons  November 15, 1837-December 4, 1838: Vol 93</a>"
        </h1>
        <h2 class="pull-right">
          <small><a href="/details/sim_great-britain-house-of-commons-journal_november-15-1837-december-4-1838_93">See other formats</a></small>
        </h2>
        <br class="clearfix" clear="right"/>
      <pre>





JOURNALS 


OF THE 


HOUSE of COMMONS. 











VOL. 93. 











JOURNALS 


OF THE pov sor. 


HOUSE of COMMONS. | 








From NovemBER the 15th, 1837, 


In the First Year of the Reign of 


QUEEN VICTORIA. 


To DEcEMBER the 4th, 1838, 


In the Seconp Year of the Reign of 





QUEEN VICTORIA. 


aetna 


Sess. 1837—1838. 


— 





— 


Printed by Order of The House of Commons. 


—=—_==_——— 

















Vo. 93. A2 


























JOURNALS 


OF THE 


HOUSE of COMMONS. 











VOL. 93. 


Vot, 93. B 











By The QUEEN. 
A PROCLAMATION, 


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


VICTORIA R. 


Ww EREAS We have thought fit, by and with 
the advice of Our Privy Council, to dissolve 
this present Parliament, which stands prorogued to 
Thursday, the tenth day of August next: We do, 
for that end, publish this Our Royal Proclamation ; 
and do hereby dissolve the said Parliament accord- 
ingly; and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and 
the Knights, Citizens and Burgesses, and the Com- 
missioners for Shires and Burghs, of the House of 
Commons, are discharged from their Meeting and 
Attendance on the said Thursday, the tenth day of 
August next. And We being desirous and resolved, 
as soon as may be, to meet Our People, and to have 
their advice in Parliament, do hereby make known 
to all Our loving Subjects Our Royal will and pleasure 
to call a new Partiament: And do hereby further 
declare, That, with the advice of Our Privy Council, 








We have given order that Our Chancellor of that 
part of our United Kingdom called Great Britain, 
and Our Chancellor of Ireland, do respectively, upon 
Notice thereof, forthwith issue out Writs, in due 
form and according to Law, for calling a new Par- 
liament. And We do hereby also, by this Our Royal 
Proclamation under Our Great Seal of Our United 
Kingdom, require Writs forthwith to be issued ac- 
cordingly by Our said Chancellors respectively, for 
causing the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Com- 
mons, who are to serve in the said Parliament, to 
be duly returned to, and give their attendance in, 
Our said Parliament; which Writs are to be return- 
able on Monday, the eleventh day of September 
next. 


Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this 
seventeenth day of Ju/y One thousand eight 
hundred and thirty-seven, and im the first year 
of Our reign. 


GOD save The QuEEN. 





Parliament 
prorogued. 


JOUR 


NALS 


OF THE 


HOUSE of COMMONS. 








Lune, 11° die Septembris ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1837. 


o hte Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty having, 
by Her Royal Proclamation (hereunto annexed) 
dated the 17th day of July 1837, dissolved the last 
Parliament; and by Her Writ of Summons issued 
under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing teste 
at Westminster on the said 17th day of July, and 
also by Her Writ of Summons under the same Great 
Seal, bearing teste the same day of the same month, 
and returnable on this day, called a new Parliament, 
several Members appeared: And Her Majesty hav- 
ing been pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy 
Council, by an Order of Council, dated the 21st day 
of August last, to declare that the said Parliament 
should be this day prorogued by Writ, the said 
Members went directly, without going into the House 
of Commons, or expecting any Message from the 
Lords, up to the door of the House of Peers; and, 
after a short stay there, the Yeoman Usher of the 
Black Rod opening the door, they, with the Clerk 
Assistant, went up to the bar of the House: And 
they being there, the Lord Chancellor standing up 
uncovered, declared that there was a Writ issued 
under the Great Seal for proroguing the Parliament. 

Which Writ lying on the Table, his Lordship di- 
fected the Clerk to read: And the same was read 
accordingly, for proroguing the Parliament until 
Monday, the 2d day of October next ensuing; as 
followeth ; 


VICTORIA RB. 


Vi CTORTIA, by the Grace of God of the United 

Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, 
Defender of the Faith. To Our well-beloved and 
faithful the Prelates, Nobles and Peers of Our said 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and 
to Our beloved and faithful the Knights, Citizens and 
Burgesses of Our said United Kingdom, called and 
chosen to Our Parliament, to be begun and holden 
at Our city of Westminster on the eleventh day of 
the month of September now next ensuing, and to 
every of you, Greeting. Whereas We, for certain 
arduous and urgent affairs concerning Us, the state 
and defence of Our said United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, and the Church, did ordain the 
said Parliament to be holden at the day and place 
aforesaid; and did command you by Our several 
Writs to be present at the city and day aforesaid, 
to treat, consent and conclude about those things 
which in Our said Parliament then and there should 
be proposed and treated of: Nevertheless, for certain 
causes and considerations Us at this time especially 


Vot. 93. 


moving, We have thought fit that Our said Parlia- 
ment be prorogued unto Monday, the second day of 
October next ensuing ; so that neither you nor any 
of you should be held or obliged to appear on the 
said eleventh day of September at the aforesaid city : 
We also will that you and every of you be wholly 
discharged, as to Us, therefrom ; commanding, and, 
by the tenor of these Presents, strictly requiring 
you, and every of you, and all others whom this 
may concern, That you, and every of you, do per- 
sonally appear, and be present, on the said second 
day of October, at Our said city of Westminster, to 
treat, do, act and conclude upon those things, which, 
in Our said Parliament, by the common council of 
Our said United Kingdom (by God’s assistance), 
shall happen to be ordained. Witness Ourself at 
Westminster, the twenty-first day of August, in the 
first year of Our reign. 


By The QUEEN Herself, 


Signed with Her own Hand. 
EpMuNDs. 


By The QUEEN. 
A PROCLAMATION. 
VICTORIA R. 


\ N 7 HEREAS Onur Parliament stands prorogued 
to Monday, the second day of October next : 
We, with the advice of Our Privy Council, do hereby 
ublish and declare, That the said Parliament shall 
e further prorogued on the said second day of 
October next to Wednesday, the fifteenth day of 
November next: And We have given order to Our 
Chancellor of that part of Our United Kingdom 
called Great Britain, to’prepare a Writ Patent for 
proroguing the same accordingly ; And We do fur- 
ther hereby, with the advice aforesaid, declare Our 
Royal will and pleasure, That the said Parliament 
shall, on the said fifteenth day of November next, be 
held and sit for the dispatch of divers urgent and 
important Affairs: And the Lords Spiritual and 
Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens is Burgesses, 
and the Commissioners for Shires and Boroughs of 
the House of Commons, are hereby required and 
commanded to give their attendance accordingly, at 
Westminster, on the said fifteenth day of November 
next. 


Given at Our Court at Windsor, this twentieth 
day of September One thousand eight hundred 
and thirty-seven, and in the first year of Our 
reign. 


GOD save The QuEEN. 





B 2 











Parliement 
prorogued. 





1837. 








Luna, 2° die Octobris ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1837. 


EVERAL Members this day appeared; and 

Her Majesty having been pleased, by and with 
the advice of oe Privy Council, by an Order of 
Council, dated the 20th day of September last, to 
declare that the Parliament should be this day again 
prorogued by Writ ; the said Members went directly, 
without going into the House of Commons, or ex- 
pecting any Message from the Lords, up to the 
door of the House of Peers; and, after a short stay 
there, the Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod opening 
the door, they, with the Clerk Assistant, went up 
to the bar of the House: And they being there, the 
Lord Chancellor standing up uncovered, declared 
that there was a Writ issued under the Great Seal 
for further proroguing the Parliament until Wed- 
nesday, the fifteenth day of November next ensuing ; 
which Writ is as followeth ; 


VICTORIA R. 


Vi CTORTIA, by the Grace of God of the United 

Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, 
Defender of the Faith. To Our well-beloved and 
faithful the Prelates, Nobles and Peers of Our said 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and 
to Our beloved and faithful the Knights, Citizens 
and Burgesses of Our said United Kingdom, called 
and chosen to Our Parliament, to be begun and 
holden at Our city of Westminster on the second day 
of October next, and to every of you, Greeting. 
Whereas We, for certain arduous and urgent affairs 
concerning Us, the state and defence of the said 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and 
the Church, did ordain the said Parliament to be 
begun and holden at the city of Westminster upon 
the eleventh day of September instant ; and did com- 
mand you by Our several Writs to be present at the 
city and day last aforesaid, to treat, consent and 
conclude about those things which in Our said Par- 
liament then and there should be proposed and 








treated of: And whereas We (by Our Writ), for 
certain causes and considerations Us thereunto espe- 
cially moving, have thought fit to prorogue Our said 
Parliament from the said eleventh day of September 
instant to and until the second day of October now 
next ensuing, so that neither you, nor any of you, 
should be held or obliged to appear on the said 
eleventh day of September at the aforesaid city, 
being willing that you, and every of you, be wholly 
discharged, as to Us, therefrom ; and, by the same 
Writ We very lately commanded you, and every of 
you, to appear and be present on the said second 
day of October at Our said city, to treat, do, act 
and conclude upon those things which in Our said 
Parliament should happen to be ordained: Never- 
theless, for certain pressing causes and considera- 
tions Us especially scree J moving, Our said Par- 
liament, from the said second day of October to and 
until the fifteenth day of Movember next ensuing, 
We have thought fit further to prorogue, so that 
neither you, nor any of you, should be held or obliged 
to appear on the said second day of October at the 
aforesaid city: We also will that you, and every of 
you, be wholly discharged, as to Us, therefrom, com- 
manding, and, by the tenor of these presents, strictly 
requiring you, and every of you, and all others whom 
this may concern, that you, and every of you, do 
personally appear and be present on the said fifteenth 
day of November at Our said city of Westminster, 
to treat, do, act and conclude upon those things 
which in Our said Parliament, by the common 
council of Our said United Kingdom (by God’s ase 
sistance) shall happen to be ordained. Witness 
Ourself at Westminster, the twentieth day of Septem- 
ber, in the first year of Our reign. 


By The Queen Herself, 
Signed with Her own Hand. 


EpmunpDs. 





Parliament 
meets, 


Message to 
attend the 
Lords Commnis- 
Sioners, 


Parliament 
“opened by 
Commission. 


J OUR 


OF 


HOUSE of 


NALS 


THE 


COMMONS. 





Sess. 1837—1838. 








Parliamentum, inceptum et tentum apud civitatem Westmonas- 


teriensem, die Mercurii, 1 


5° die Novembris, anno regni 


Domine nostra Vicror1#, Dei gratia, Britanniarum, Reginz 


Fidei Defensoris ; Annoque 


O N which day, being the first day of the meet- 
ing of this Parliament for the dispatch of 
business, pursuant to a Proclamation (hereunto an- 
nexed), John Henry Ley, Esquire, Clerk of the 
House of Commons, and John Rickman and Wil- 
liam Ley, Esquires, Clerks Assistant, attending in 
the House, and the other Clerks attending, accord- 
ing to their duty, Leonard Edmunds, Esquire, Clerk 
of the Crown in Chancery in Great Britain, deli- 
vered to the said John Henry Ley, Esquire, a Book, 
containing a List of the names of the Members 
returned to serve in this Parliament. 
Several of the Members repaired to their Seats. 


A Message was delivered by Sir Augustus Clif- 
ford, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod ; 


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


Accordingly, the House went up to the House of 
Peers ; where the Lord Chancellor, and other Lords 
named in the Commisssion, sitting on a Form, be- 
tween the Throne and the Woolsacks, 

The Lord Chancellor said, 


My Lords and Gentlemen of the House of Com- 


mons, 


H this day in Her Royal Person, has been pleased 
in order to the opening and holding of this Par- 
liament, to cause Letters Patent to be passed under 
Her Great Seal, constituting us, and several other 
Lords therein named, Her Commissioners, to do all 


things in Her Majesty’s name, on Her part, necessary 
VoL. 93. 


ER Majesty not thinking fit to be here present | 


Domini 1837. 


to be performed in this Parliament; this will more 


fully appear by the Letters Patent themselves, which 
must now be read. 


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


VICTORIA RB. 


ICTORIA, by the Grace of God, of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
Queen, Defender of the Faith: To all to whom 
these presents shall come, Greeting. Whereas, by 
| the advice of Our Council, for certain arduous and 
urgent affairs concerning Us, the state and defence 
of Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, and the Church, We have ordered a certain 
Parliament to be holden at Our City of Westminster, 
on Wednesday the fifteenth day of November in- 
stant: And forasmuch as, for certain causes, We 
cannot conveniently be present in Our Royal Person 
in Our said Parliament on the said fifteenth day of 
November instant, Know ye, That We, trusting in 
| the discretion, fidelity and care of Our most dear 
Uncles and faithful Councillors Ernest Augustus 
| Duke of Cumberland, Augustus Duke of Sussex, 
| Adolphus Duke of Cambridge; the most Reverend 
Father in God, and Our faithful Councillor William 
Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate and Metropolitan 
of all England ; Our well-beloved and faithful Coun- 
cillor Charles Christopher, Lord Cottenham, Our 
Chancellor of that part of Our United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland called Great Britain ; 
the most Reverend Father in God, and Our faithful 
Councillor Edward Venables Archbishop of York, 
Primate and Metropolitan of England; Our most 








dear Cousin and Councillor Henry Marquis of Lans- 
B3 down, 














6 15° Novembris. 


down, President of Our Council ; Our well-beloved 
and faithful Councillor John William Lord Dun- 
cannon, Keeper of Our Privy Seal ; Our most dear 
Cousins and Councillors Bernard Edward Duke 
of Norfolk, Earl Marshal of England ; George Wil- 
liam Duke of Argyle, Steward of Our Household ; 
Charles Duke of Richmond, George William Fre- 


derick Duke of Leeds, John Duke of Bedford, | 


William Spencer Duke of Devonshire, Alexander 
Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, James Duke of 
Montrose, William Henry Duke of Portland, Charles 
Duke of Dorset, Hugh Duke of Northumberland, 
Augustus Frederick Duke of Leinster, Arthur Duke 
of Wellington, Richard Duke of Buckingham and 
Chandos; Francis Nathaniel Marquis Conyngham, 
Chamberlain of Our Household; Charles Ingoldsby 
Marquis of Winchester, Groom of Our Stole ; James 
Brownlow William Marquis of Salisbury, Francis 
Charles Marquis of Hertford, Richard Marquis 
Wellesley, Howe Peter Marquis of Sligo, John 
Jeffreys Marquis Camden, Henry William Marquis 
of Anglesea, George Horatio Marquis of Cholmon- 





A, 1837. 


|of Devonshire, Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, 


| Duke of Montrose, Duke of Portland, Duke of 


Dorset, Duke of Northumberland, Duke of Leinster, 
Duke of Wellington, Duke of Buckingham and 
Chandos, Marquis Conyngham, Marquis of Win- 
chester, Marquis of Salisbury, Marquis of Hertford, 
Marquis Wellesley, Marquis of Sligo, Marquis Cam- 
dak unsie of Anglesea, Marquis of Cholmondeley, 
Marquis of Londonderry, Marquis of Clanricarde, 
Marquis of Westminster, Earl of Denbigh, Earl of 
Westmorland, Earl of Chesterfield, Earl of Carlisle, 





| Jersey, Earl of Errol, Earl of Haddington, Earl of 
| Lauderdale, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, Earl of 
| Aberdeen, Earl of Roseberry, Earl of Tankerville, 
Earl of Macclesfield, Earl Spencer, Earl of Clarendon, 
Earl Talbot, Eari of Mount Edgecumbe, Eari of 
| Roden, Earl of Clare, Earl of Wilton, Earl of Clan- 
| carty, Earl of Powis, Earl of Gosford, Earl Grey, 
| Earl of Harrowby, Earl of Mulgrave, Earl of Minto, 
| Earl Cathcart, Earl De Grey, Earl of Eldon, Ear! 
| Howe, Earl Amherst, Earl of Lichfield, Earl of 


Earl of Shaftesbury, Earl of Albemarle, Earl of 


deley, Charles William Marquis of Londonderry, Munster, Earl of Durham, Ear! Granville, Earl of 
Ulich Marquis of Clanricarde, Robert Marquis! Ripon, Viscount Hereford, Viscount Falkland, Vis- 
Westminster, Basil Percy Earl of Denbigh, John| count Strangford, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount 
Earl of Westmorland, George Earl of Chesterfield, | Melville, Viscount Sidmouth, Viscount Beresford, 
George Earl of Carlisle, Cropley Earl of Shafies-| Viscount Combermere, Viscount Canterbury, Lord 
bury, William Charles Earl of Albemarle, George Bishop of London, Lord Glenelg, Lord Willoughby 
Earl of Jersey, William George Earl of Errol, | de Eresby, Lord Holland, Lord Foley, Lord Carteret, 
Thomas Earl of Haddington, James Earl of Lau- | Lord Berwick, Lord Auckland, Lord Arden, Lord 
derdale, Thomas Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, | Saint Helens, Lord Ellenborough, Lord Manners, 





George Earl of Aberdeen, Archibald John Earl of 
Roseberry, Charles Augustus Earl of Tankerville, 


George Earl of Macclesfield, John Charles Eatl | 


Spencer, John Charles Earl of Clarendon, Charles 
Earl Talbot, Richard Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, 
Robert Earl of Roden, John Earl of Clare, Thomas 
Earl of Wilton, Richard Earl of Clancarty, Edward 
Earl of Powis, Archibald Earl of Gosford, Charles 
Earl Grey, Dudley Earl of Harrowby, Constantine 
Henry Earl of Mulgrave, Gilbert Earl of Minto, 
William Earl Cathcart, Thomas Philip Earl De 
Grey, John Earl of Eldon, Richard William Earl 
Howe, William Pitt Earl Amherst, Thomas Wii- 
liam Earl of Lichfield, George Earl of Munster, 
John George Earl of Durham, Granville Earl Gran- 
ville, Frederick John Earl of Ripon, Henry Vis- 
count Hereford, Lucius Viscount Falkland, Percy 
Clinton Sydney Viscount Strangford, William Vis- 


Lord Hill, Lord Maryborough, Lord Bexley, Lord 
Farnborough, Lord Wharneliffe, Lord Lyndhurst, 
Lord Fitzgerald and Vesey, Lord Plunkett, Lord 
| Cowley, Lord Stuart de Rothesay, Lord Heytesbury, 
Lord Wallace, Lord Wynford, Lord Brougham and 
Vaux, Lord Denman, Lord Abinger, Lord Ash- 
burton, Lord Hatherton, and Lord Langdale, or any 
three of them, full power in Our name to begin and 
hold Our said Parliament, and to open and declare, 
| and cause to be opened and declared, the causes of 
holding the same, and to proceed upon the said 
affairs in Our said Parliament, and in all matters 
arising therein, and to do every thing which for Us, 
and by Us, for the good government of Our said 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and 
other our Dominions thereto belonging, shall be 
there to be done ; and also, if necessary, to continue, 
adjourn and prorogue Our said Parliament ; com- 





count Melbourne, Robert Viscount Melville, Henry | manding also, by the tenor of these Presents, with 
Viscount Sidmouth, William Carr Viscount Beres- | the assent of Our said Council, as well all and every 


ford, Stapleton Viscount Combermere, Charles Vis- | the Archbishops, Bishops, Earls, Viscounts, Barons 


count Canterbury, the right Reverend Father in | and Knights, as all others whom it concerns, to meet 
God, and our faithful Councillor, Charles James |i our said Parliament, that to the same Duke of 
Lord Bishop of Zondon ; our well-beloved and faith- | Cumber land, Duke of Sussex, Duke of Cambridge, 
ful Councillors Charles Lord Glenelg, one of our | Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Cottenham, Arch- 
Principal Secretaries of State, Peter Robert Lord | bishop of York, Marquis of Lansdown, Lord Dun- 
Willoughby D’ Eresby, Henry Richard Lord Holland, | cannon, Duke of Norfolk, Duke of Argyle, Duke 
Thomas Henry Lord Foley, George Lord Carteret,| of Richmond, Duke of Leeds, Duke of Bedford, 


William Noel Lord Berwick, George Lord Auck-| Duke of Devonshire, Duke of Hamilton and Bran- ’ 


land, Charies George ord Arden, Alloyne Lord | don, Duke of Montrose, Duke of Portland, Duke 
Saint Helens, Edward Lord Ellenborough, Thomas | of Dorset, Duke of Northumberland, Duke of Lein- 
Lord Manners, Rowland Lord Hill, William Lord | ster, Duke of Wellington, Duke of Buckingham 
Maryborough, Nicholas Lord Bexley, Charles Lord | and Chandos, Marquis Conyngham, Marquis of Win- 
Farnborough, James Archibald Lord Wharncliffe, chester, Marquis of Salisbury, Marquis of Her tford, 
John Singleton Lord Lyndhurst, William Lord Fitz- | Marquis Wellesley, Marquis of Sligo, Marquis Cam- 
gerald and Vesey, William Lord Plunkett, Henry | den, Marquis of Anglesea, Marquis of Cholmondeley, 
Lord Cowley, Charles Lord Stuart de Rothesay, | Marquis of Londonderry, Marquis of Clanricarde, 
William Lord, Heytesbury, Thomas Lord Wallace, | Marquis of Westminster, Earl of Denbigh, Earl of 


William Draper Lord Wynford, Henry Lord Broug- 
ham and Vaux, Thomas Lord Denman, James Lord 
Abinger, Alexander Lord Ashburton, Edward John 
Lord Hatherton, and Henry Lord Langdale, by the 
advice of our said Council, do give and grant, by 
the tenor of these presents, unto the said Duke of 
Cumberland, Duke of Sussex, Duke of Cambridge, 
Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Cuttenham, Arch- 
bishop of Vork, Marquis of Lansdown, Lord Dun- 
cannon, Duke of Norfolk, Duke of Argyle, Duke of 
Richmond, Duke of Leeds, Duke of Bedford, Duke 





| Westmorland, Earl of Chesterfield, Earl of Carlisle, 
Earl of Shaftesbury, Earl of Albemarle, Earl of 
| Jersey, Earl of Errol, Earl of Haddington, Ear| of 


| Lauderdale, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, Earl 


of Aberdeen, Earl of Roseberry, Earl of Tankerville, 
| Earl of Macclesfield, Earl Spencer, Earl of Clarendon, 
'Earl Talbot, Earl of Mount Edgecumbe, Earl of 
Roden, Earl of Clare, Earl of Wilton, Earl of Clan- 
carty, Earl of Powis, Earl of Gosford, Earl Grey, 
Ear! of Harrowby, Earl of Mulgrave, Earl of Minto, 
| Earl Cathcart, Earl De Grey, Earl of — 
owe, 


























































Lord 
Charlcellor’s 
Speech. 


Mr. Abercromby 





1 Vicroriz. 15°—16°—17°—18° Novembris. 7 


Howe, Earl Amherst, Earl of Lichfield, Earl of 
Munster, Earl of Durham, Earl Granville, Earl of 
Ripon, Viscount Hereford, Viscount Falkland, Vis- 
count Strangford, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount 
Melville, Viscount Sidmouth, Viscount Beresford, 
Viscount Combermere, Viscount Canterbury, Lord 
Bishop of London, Lord Glenelg, Lord Willoughby 
de Eresby, Lord Holland, Lord Foley, Lord Carteret, 
Lord Berwick, Lord Auckland, Lord Arden, Lord 
Saint Helens, Lord Ellenborough, Lord Manners, 
Lord Hill, Lord Maryborough, Lord Bexley, Lord 
Farnborough, Lord Wharneliffe, Lord Lyndhurst, 
Lord Fitzgerald and Vesey, Lord Plunkett, Lord 
Cowley, Lord Stuart de Rothesay, Lord Heytesbury, 
Lord Wallace, Lord Wynford, Lord Brougham and 
Vaux, Lord Denman, Lord Abinger, Lord &lt;Ash- 
burton, Lord Hatherton and Lord Langdale, and 
any Three of them, they diligently intend in the 
premises in the form aforesaid. In Witness whereof, 
We have caused these Our Letters to be made 
Patent. Witness Ourself at Westminster, the thir- 
teenth day of November, in the first year of Our 


we" By The QUEEN Herself, 
Signed with Her own Hand, 
EpMunDs. 
And then the Lord Chancellor said, 


My Lords and Gentlemen, 


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


And, the House being returned ; 
Charles Shaw Lefevre, Esquire, addressing himself 


chosen Speaker to the Clerk, (who, standing up, pointed to him, 


and then sat down,) proposed to the House for 
their Speaker, The Right Honourable James Aber- 
cromby, and moved, “ That the Right honourable 
James Abercromby do take the Chair of this House 
as Speaker,” which Motion was seconded by Edward 
Strutt, Esquire, and supported by the Richt ho- 
nourable Sir Robert Peel, Baronet. 


The House then calling Mr. Abercromby to the | ° 


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


The House then again unanimously calling Mr. 
Abercromby to the Chair, he was taken out of his 
place by the said Mr. Shaw Lefevre and Mr. Strutt, 
and conducted to the Chair; where, standing on the 
upper step, he returned his humble acknowledg- 
ments to the House for the great honour they had 
been pleased to confer upon him by unanimously 
choosing him to be again their Speaker. 


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

Then the Right honourable Lord John Russell, 
having congratulated Mr. Speaker elect, moved that 
the House do now adjourn ; 


The House accordingly adjourned till To- 
mo!row. 


VoL. 93. 


Jovis, 16° die Novembris ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1837. 


i - House being met; and Mr. Speaker elect Mr, Speaker 
having taken the Chair ; approved of by 
A Message was delivered by Sir Augustus Clif- T* @xee 

ford, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod: 


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


Accordingly Mr. Speaker elect, with the House, 
went up to the House of Peers, where he was pre- 
sented to the said Lords Commissioners for sd 
Majesty’s Royal approbation. 

Then the Lord Chancellor, one of the said Lords 
Commissioners, signified Her Majesty’s approbation 
of Mr. Speaker elect. 


The House being returned ; 
Mr. Speaker reported, that the House had been 
in the House of Peers; Where Her Majesty was 
pleased, by Her Commissioners, to approve of the 
choice the House had made of him to be their 
Speaker; and that he had, in their name, and on their 
behalf, by humble Petition to Her Majesty, laid 
claim to all their ancient Rights and Privileges, 
articularly that their Persons, their Estates, and 
Servants, might be free from Arrests and all Moles- 
tations ; that they may enjoy Liberty of Speech in 
all their Debates; may have access to Her Majesty’s 
Royal Person whenever occasion shall require ; and 
that all their Proceedings may receive from Her 
Majesty the most favourable construction ; which, 
he said, Her Majesty, by Her said Commissioners, 
had confirmed to them in as full and ample manner 
as they have been heretofore granted or allowed by 
Her Majesty, or any of Her Royal Predecessors. 
And then Mr. Speaker repeated the most respect- 
ful acknowledgments to the House, for the high 
honour they had done him. 


Mr. Speaker then put the House in mind, that the 
first thing to be done was to take and subscribe the 
Oaths by Law required. 


And thereupon Mr. Speaker first alone, standing Mr, speaker 
upon the upper step of the Chair, took the Oaths of takes the Oaths, 
Allegiance and Supremacy, and took and sub- 
scribed the Oath of Abjuration. 

Then several Members took the Oaths of Alle- Members 
giance and Supremacy, and took and subscribed the take Oaths. 
Oath of Abjuration, and delivered to the Clerk of 
the House an account of their Qualification. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Veneris, 17° die Novembris ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1837. 


PRAYERS. 
EVERAL other Members took the Oaths of Members 
Allegiance and Supremacy, and took and sub- las 
scribed the Oath of Abjuration ; and delivered to 
the Clerk of the House an Account of their Quali- 
fication. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Sabbati, 18° die Novembris ; 


Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1837. 








PRAYERS. 


EVERAL other Members took the Oaths of Members 
Allegiance and Supremacy, and took and sub- take Oaths. 
scribed the Oath of Abjuration; and delivered to 
the Clerk of the House an Account of their Quali- 
fication ; and one Member, being one of the people 





called Quakers ; and another Member, being one of 
B4 the 








MPA ea ee 


ae riarns 


a 
Sn re 


Le an ph myn A 


Weta 2i~ 








ee 





8 18°—20° Novembris. 


the United Brethren called Moravians, made the 
Affirmation required by Law, and delivered to the 
Clerk of the House an Account of their Qualification. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 





Lune, 20° die Novembris ; 


Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1837. 
PRAYERS. 


Members EVERAL other Members took the Oaths of 
take Oaths, Allegiance and Supremacy, and took and sub- 
scribed the Oath of Abjuration ; and delivered to the 
Clerk of the House an Account of their Qualification. 
Message A Message from Her Majesty, by Sir Augustus 
to atten 


Clifford, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 


The Queen commands this Honourable House to 


attend Her Majesty immediately in the House of 
Peers : 


Her Majesty. 


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


Several other Members took the Oaths of Allegi- 
ance and Supremacy, and took and subscribed the 
Oath of Abjuration, and delivered to the Clerk of 
the House an Account of their Qualification. 


Members take 
Oath, 


Outlawries Bill, 


, A Bill for more effectually preventing Clandestine 
read, 


Outlawries, was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


a and Ordered, That all persons who will question any 
esviutions. ~—_ Returns of Members to serve in Parliament for any 
Petitions 


County, City, Borough or place in Great Britain, 
do question the same within fourteen days next, and 
so within fourteen days next after any new Return 
shall be brought in. 

Ordered, That all persons who will question any 
Returns of Members to serve in Parliament for Jre- 
land, do — the same by presenting a Petition 
to this House within fourteen days next, and so | 
within fourteen days next after any new Return shall 
have been brought into the Office of the Clerk of the 





against Returns 
(Great Britain.) 


D° - (Ireland. 








A. 1837. 


Ordered, That all persons who shall question any Petitions alley 
Return of Members to serve in the present Parlia- 8 Bribery. 
ment, upon any allegation of bribery and corrup- 
tion,and who shall in their Petition specifically allege 
any payment of money or other reward to have been 
made by any Member, or on his account, or with his 
privity, since the time of such Return, in pursuance 
or in furtherance of such bribery or corruption, 
may question the same at any time within twenty- 
eight days after the date of such payment; or, if 
this House be not sitting at the expiration of the 
said twenty-eight days, then within fourteen days 
after the day when the House shall next meet. 

Resolved, That no Peer of this Realm, except such Peers. 
Peers of Ireland as shall for the time being be ac- 
tually elected, and shall not have declined to serve, 
for any County, City or Borough of Great Britain, 
hath any right to give his vote in the election of any 
Member to serve in Parliament. 

Resolved, That it is a high infringement of the Peers of 
liberties and privileges of the Commons of the !eland.. 
United Kingdom, for any Lord of Parliament, or 
other Peer or Prelate, not being a Peer of Ireland 
at the time elected, and not having declined to serve 
for any County, City or Borough of Great Britain, 
to concern himself in the Election of Members to 
serve for the Commons in Parliament, except only 
any Peer of Jreland, at such Elections in Great 
Britain respectively, where such Peer shall appear 
as a Candidate, or, by himself, or any others, be 
a to be elected ; or for any Lord Lieutenant 
or Governor of any County to avail himself of any 
authority derived from his Commission, to influence 
the Election of any Member to serve for the Com- 
mons in Parliament. 

Resolved, That, if it shall appear that any person Bribery. 
hath been elected or returned a Member of this 
House, or endeavoured so to be, by Bribery, or any 
other corrupt practices, this House will proceed 
with the utmost severity against all such persons as 
shall have been wilfully concerned in such Bribery 


or other corrupt practices. 


Resolved, That if it shall appear that any person Witnesses.. 
hath been tampering with any Witness, in respect of 
his evidence to be given to this House, or any Com- 


Crown of Great Britain, or by lodging a Petition | mittee thereof, or directly or indirectly hath endea- 
in the Office of the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland, | voured to deter or hinder any person from appear- 
within fourteen days next, and so within fourteen | ing or giving evidence, the same is declared to be a 
days next after any new Return shall have been high crime and misdemeanor; and this House will 


brought into the said Office of the Clerk of the | proceed with the utmost severity against such of- 
Crown in Great Britain. fender. 


Transmissionof | Ordered, That when any such Petition shall have | 
Petitions from been lodged in the said Office of the Clerk of the 
ae. Crown in Jreland, within the time before limited, the 


Resolved, That, if it shall appear that any person 
hath given false evidence, in any case before this 
House, or any Committee thereof, this House will 


Double 
Returns. 


said Clerk shall forthwith make a Copy thereof, to | proceed with the utmost severity against such of- 
be preserved in the said office,and immediately there- | fender. 
upon shall transmit such original Petition (in the| Ordered, That the Serjeant-at-Arms attending 
method used in conveying Returns of Writs) to the | this House do, from time to time, take into his 
Speaker of the House of Commons, to be by him laid | custody any Stranger or Strangers that he shall see 
before the House; and that, in case no such Petition | or be informed of to be, in the House or Gallery, 
shall have been lodged in the said Office within the ; while the House, or any Committee of the whole 
time before limited, the said Clerk of the Crown shall | House, is sitting; and that no person, so taken into 
forthwith transmit a certificate in the like manner to | custody, be discharged out of custody without the 
the Speaker of the House of Commons, signed by | special Order of the House. 
himself, or his Deputy, specifying the time when| Ordered, That no Member of this House do pre- 
such Return was made, and that no such Petition | sume to bring any Stranger or Strangers into the 
had been lodged in his Office previous to the date of | House or Gallery thereof, while the House is sitting. 
such certificate. Ordered, That the Constables and other Officers 
Ordered, That all Members who are returned for | of Middlesex and Westminster, do take care that 
two or more places in any part of the United King-| during the Session of Parliament the passages 
dom, do make their Election for which of the places | through the streets between Temple Bar and West- 
they will serve, within one week from and after the | minster Hall shall be kept free and open ; and that 
expiration of the fourteen days before limited for | no obstructions be made, by cars, drays, carts or 
presenting Petitions, provided there be no question | otherwise, to hinder the passage of the Members to 
upon the Return for that lace; and if any thing ‘and from this House; and that the Serjeant-at- 
shall come in question touching the Return or Elec-| Arms attending this House do give notice of this 
tion of any Member, he is to withdraw during the | Order to the Officers aforesaid. 
time the matter is in debate; and that all Members, Ordered, That the Constables in waiting do take 





returned upon double Returns do withdraw till their | care that there be no Gaming or other disorders in 
| Westminster Hall, or the passages leading to the 
House, 


Returns are determined. 


Strangers. 


Constables... 








Le 





lley- 
ys. 


Footmen. 


Letters. 


Prayers. 


Votes and 
Proceedings. 


Mr. Speaker 
reports 

Her Majesty’s 
Speech. 





1 Vicroriz. 


House, during the sitting of Parliament, and that 
there be no annoyance by chairmen, footmen or 
otherwise, therein or thereabouts. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ordered, That the said Orders be sent to the 
Postmaster General. 

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

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

Ordered, That the Votes and Proceedings of this 
House be printed, being first perused by Mr. Speaker ; 
and that he do appoint the printing thereof; and 
that no person but such as he shall appoint do pre- 
sume to print the same. 


Mr. Speaker reported, that the House had this 
day, attended Her Majesty in the House of Peers, 
where Her Majesty was pleased to make a most 
gracious Speech from the Throne to both Houses 
of Parliament ; of which Mr. Speaker said he had, 
for greater accuracy, obtained a Copy, which he 
read to the House, as followeth ; 


My Lords and Gentlemen, 


Ihave thoughtit right to assemble you for thetrans- 
action of public business at the earliest convenient 
period after the dissolution of the late Parliament. 

It is with great satisfaction that I have received 
from all Foreign Powers the strongest assurances of 
their friendly disposition, and of their earnest desire 
to cultivate and maintain with Me the relations of 
amity ; and I rejoice in the prospect that I shall be 
able to promote the best interests of My Subjects 
by securing to them the advantages of peace. 

I lament that civil war still afflicts the kingdom 
of Spain. I continue to execute with fidelity the 
engagements of My Crown with the Queen of Spain, 
according to the stipulations of the Treaty of Quad- 
ruple Alliance. , 


I have directed a Treaty of Commerce which 
VoL. 93. 

















ee ee ee 


20° Novembris. 9 


I have concluded with the Confederation of Peru and 
Bolivia to be laid before you, and I hope soon to be 
able to communicate to you similar results of My 
negotiations with other Powers. 

T recommend to your serious consideration the 
state of the Province of Lower Canada. 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


The Demise of the Crown renders it necessary that 
a new provision should be made for the Civil List. 

I place unreservedly at your disposal those Here- 
ditary Revenues which were transferred to the 
public by My immediate predecessor; and I have 
commanded that such Papers as may be necessary 
for the full examinaticn of this subject shall be pre- 
pared and laid before you. 

Desirous that the Expenditure in this, as in every 
other department of the Government, should be 
kept within due limits, I feel confident that you will 
gladly make adequate provision for the support of 
the honour and dignity of My Crown. 

The Estimates for the Service of the next year are 
in course of preparation, and will be laid before you 
at the accustomed period. 

I have directed that the utmost economy should 
be enforced in every branch of the Public Expen- 
diture. 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


The external peace and domestic tranquillity which 
at present happily prevail are very favourable for 
the consideration of such measures of reformation 
and amendment as may be necessary or expedient ; 
and your attention will naturally be directed to that 
course of legislation which was interrupted by the 
necessary dissolution of the last Parliament. 

The result of the inquiries which have been made 
into the condition of the Poor in Ireland has been 
already laid before Parliament, and it will be your 
duty to consult whether it may not be safe and wise 
to establish by law some well-regulated means of 
Relief for the destitute in that country. 

The Municipal Government of the Cities and 
Towns in Jreland calls for better regulation. 

The laws which govern the collection of the Tithe 
Composition in Jreland require revision and amend- 
ment. 

Convinced that the better and more effectual 
administration of justice is amongst the first duties 
of a Sovereign, I request your attention to those 
measures which will be submitted to you for the 
improvement of the Law. 

ou cannot but be sensible of the deep import- 
ance of these questions which I have submitted to 
you, and of the necessity of treating them in that 
spirit of impartiality and justice which affords the 
best hope of bringing them to a happy and useful 
termination. 

In meeting this Parliament, the first that has 
been elected under My authority, I am anxious to 
declare My confidence in your loyalty and wisdom. 

The early age at which Iam called to the So- 
vereignty of this kingdom renders it a more im- 
perative duty that, under Divine Providence, | 
should place My reliance upon your cordial co- 
operation, and upon the love and affection of all 


My people. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being potion for 
yore That an humble Address be presented to an Address. 


er Majesty, to return to Her Majesty our most 
humble thanks for Her most gracious Speech from 
the Throne : 

To acknowledge with gratitude Her Majesty’s 
goodness, in having assembled Her Parliament for 
the transaction of Public Business at the earliest 
convenient period after the late dissolution : 

To assure Her Majesty, that we partake of Her 
Majesty’s satisfaction in learning that Her Majesty 
has received from all Foreign Powers the strongest 
assurances of their friendly disposition, and of their 

c earnest 





IR RR cad cao on 











10 20° Novembris. 


sity of treating them in that spirit of impartiality 
and justice, which affords the best hope of bringing 
them to a happy and useful termination : 

To return to Her gp meg Presa cordial thanks for 


earnest desire to cultivate and maintain with Her 
Majesty the relations of amity ; and that we rejoice 
with Her Majesty in the prospect that Her Majesty 
will be able to promote the best interests of Her 
Majesty’s subjects, by securing to them the ad- 
vantages of peace: 

That, while we lament with Her Majesty that 
civil war still afflicts the Kingdom of Spain, we learn 
with satisfaction that Her Majesty continues to 
execute with fidelity the engagements of Her Crown 
with the Queen of Spain, according to the stipula- 
tions of the Treaty of Quadruple Alliance : 

To express to Her Majesty our thanks for having 
directed to be laid before us the Treaty which Her 
Majesty has concluded with the Confederation of 
Peru and Bolivia, and our gratification at the hope 
declared by Her Majesty, that Her Majesty will 
soon be able to communicate similar results of Her 
negociations with other Powers : 

To assure Her Majesty, that we will give our 
serious consideration to the state of the Province of 
Lower Canada : 

To assure Her Majesty, that, in acknowledging 
Her Majesty’s gracious communication, that the 
demise of the Crown renders it necessary that a new 
provision should be made for the Civil List, we desire 
to express to Her Majesty our unfeigned gratitude 
for the confidence which Her Majesty reposes in 
us, by placing unreservedly at our disposal those 
Hereditary Revenues which were transferred to the 
public by Her Majesty’s immediate Predecessor: 

To offer our humble thanks to Her Majesty for 
having commanded that such Papers as may be 
necessary for the full examination of this subject, 
shall be prepared and laid before us ; and to express 
our gratitude for the expression of Her Majesty’s 
desire that the Expenditure in this, as well as in 
every other department of the State, should be kept 
within due limits, and to assure Her Majesty that 
we will gladly make adequate provision for the sup- 
port of the oa and dignity of Her Majesty’s 
Crown: 

To thank Her Majesty for acquainting us that the 
Estimates for the service of the next year are in 
course of preparation, and will be laid before us at 
the accustomed period ; and to express to Her Ma- 
jesty our grateful satisfaction, at learning that Her 
Majesty has directed that the utmost economy 
should be enforced in every branch of the Public 
Expenditure : 

i o assure Her Majesty, that we pn in the 
opinion that the external peace and domestic tran- 
quillity which at present happily prevail, are very fa- 
vourable for the consideration of such measures of 
reformation and amendment as may be necessary or 
expedient, and that our attention will be directed to 
that course of legislation which was interrupted by 
the necessary dissolution of the last Parliament: 

To assure Her Majesty, that, the result of the 
inquiries which have been made into the condition 
of the Poor in Jreland having been already laid 
before Parliament, we shall deem it our duty to 
consult whether it may not be safe and wise to 
establish by law some well-regulated means of relief 
for the destitute in that country : 

That we are very sensible that the Municipal Go- 
vernment of the Cities and Towns in Jreland calls 
for better regulation : 

That we entirely agree that the laws which 
govern the collection of the Tithe Composition in 
freland require revision and amendment : 

That, sharing in Her Majesty’s conviction that 
the better and more effectual administration of 
justice is amongst the first duties of a Sovereign, we 
shall apply our attention to those measures which 
Her Majesty has graciously informed us, will be 
submitted to us for the improvement of the Law: 

To assure Her Majesty, that we are deeply sen- 
sible of the importance of those questions which 
Her Majesty has submitted to us, and of the neces- 





A, 1837. 


the confidence which Her Majesty, in meeting this 
Parliament, the first which has been elected under 
Her authority, has been pleased to repose in its 
loyalty and wisdom, and to express the satisfaction 
and gratitude with which we receive Her Majesty’s 
gracious declaration, that the early age at which 
Her Majesty is called to the rine | of this 
Kingdom, renders it a more imperative duty that, 
under Divine Providence, Her Majesty should place 
Her reliance upon the cordial co-operation of Her Par- 
liament, and the love and affection of all Her people: 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by inserting, after the words “ dissolution 
“ of the last Parliament,” the words, “ That this 
“ House embraces the earliest opportunity of res- 
“ pectfully assuring Her Majesty, that it will in the 
“ present Session of Parliament take into consi- 
‘ deration the state of the representation of the 
People in this branch of the legislature, with 
a view to insure by law an equitable extension of 
“ the Elective Franchise :” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Wakley, ‘s P 

Yeas, Sir William Molesworth: J) ~~’ 

Tellers for the { Mr. Charles Wood, or 

Noes, Mr. Edward John Stanley: { ~~~’ 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by inserting in the same place the 
words, “ That this House respectfully acquaints 
“ Her Majesty, that it will, in the present Session 
“ of Parliament, take into consideration the neces- 
“ sity of protecting the people in the free exercise 
of the Elective Franchise, by enacting a Law to 
* establish a system of secret voting, by means of 
“ Ballot.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted :—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Question, by inserting in the same place the 
words, “ That this House also takes the present 
“* opportunity respectfully to assure Her Majesty, 
that it will, in the present Session of Parliament, 
take into consideration the propriety of repealing 
“ the Septennial Act.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted :—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Question, by adding at the end thereof, the 
words, “ That, whilst this House is desirous of 
“ making the most liberal provision for the support 
“ of the becoming splendour and just dignity of the 
“ Crown, they feel that the same ought to be 
“ derived from obvious and direct sources; and 
that to such end every branch of the Hereditary 
Revenues of the Crown ought to be placed, with- 
out reserve and without exception, under the 
direct control of Parliament, as the surest means 
of protecting the Crown against exaggerated im- 
pressions of their amount, and as a security 
against their misapplication : 

“ That in the arrangement of the Civil List we 
“ confidently rely upon the ready co-operation of 
“ Her Majesty, in promoting all needful inquiry 
“ into the claims of persons to be continued as 
“ recipients of state provision, being deeply mm- 
“ pressed with the obligation of applying to them 
“ a test similar to that which has been recently in- 
“ troduced, and is now in force, amongst a less for- 
“ tunate portion of Her Majesty’s subjects.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there added :—It passed in the Negative. 


n 


“ 
“ 


n 


‘ 


n 


. 


‘ 
“ 


n 
nn 


Then 











1 Vicroriz. 


Then the main Question being put ; 

Resolved, That an humble po wae be presented 
to Her Majesty, to return to Her Majesty our most 
humble thanks for Her most gracious Speech from 
the Throne : 

To acknowledge with gratitude Her Majesty’s 
goodness, in having assembled Her Parliament for 
the transaction of Public Business at the earliest 
convenient period after the late dissolution : 

To assure Her Majesty, that we partake of Her 
Majesty’s satisfaction in learning that Her Majesty 
has received from all Foreign Powers the strongest 
assurances of their friendly disposition, and of their 
earnest desire to cultivate and maintain with Her 
Majesty the relations of amity ; and that we rejoice 
with Her Majesty in the prospect that Her Majesty 
will be able to promote the best interests of Her 
Majesty’s subjects, by securing to them the advan- 
tages of Peace: 

That, while we lament with Her Majesty that 
civil war still afflicts the Kingdom of Spain, we learn 
with satisfaction that Her Majesty continues to exe- 
cute with fidelity the engagements of Her Crown 
with the Queen of Spain, according to the stipula- 
tions of the Treaty of Quadruple Alliance : 

To express to Her Majesty our thanks for having 
directed to be laid before us the Treaty which Her 
Majesty has concluded with the Confederation of 
Peru and Bolivia, and our gratification at the hope 
declared by Her Mujesty, that Her Majesty will soon 
be able to communicate similar results of Her nego- 
ciations with other Powers: 

To assure Her Majesty, that we will give our 
serious consideration to the state of the Province of 
Lower Canada: 

To assure Her Majesty, that, in acknowledging 
Her Majesty’s gracious communication, that the 
demise of the Crown renders it necessary that a new 
provision should be made for the Civil List, we desire 
to express to Her Majesty our unfeigned gratitude 
for the confidence which Her Majesty reposes in us, 
by placing unreservedly at our disposal those Here- 
ditary Revenues which were transferred to the public 
by Her Majesty’s immediate Predecessor : 

To offer our humble thanks to Her Majesty for 
having commanded that such Papers as may be ne- 
cessary for the full examination of this subject, shall 
be prepared and laid before us; and to express our 
gratitude for the expression of Her Majesty’s desire 
that the Expenditure in this, as well as in every other 
department of the State, should be kept within due 
limits, and to assure Her Majesty that we will gladly 
make adequate provision for the mais of the 
honour and dignity of Her Majesty’s Crown: 

To thank Her Majesty for acquainting us that the 
Estimates for the service of the next year are in 
course of preparation, and will be laid before us at 
the accustomed period ; and to express to Her Ma- 
jesty our grateful satisfaction at learning that Her 
Majesty has directed that the utmost economy 
should be enforced in every branch of the Public 
Expenditure : 

To assure Her Majesty, that we participate in the 
opinion that the external peace and domestic tran- 
quillity which at present happily prevail, are very fa- 
vourable forthe consideration of such measures of 
reformation and amendment as may be necessary or 
expedient, and that our attention will be directed to 
that course of legislation which was interrupted by 
the necessary dissolution of the last Parliament : 

_ To assure Her Majesty, that, the result of the 
inquiries which have been made into the condition 
of the Poor in Ireland having been already laid 
before Parliament, we shall deem it our duty to 
consult whether it may not be safe and wise to esta- 


20°—21° Novembris. 


i 
{ 


11 


That we entirely agree that the laws which govern 
the collection of the Tithe Composition in Ireland 
require revision and amendment : 

That, sharing in Her Majesty’s conviction that 
the better and more effectual administration of justice 
is amongst the first duties of a Sovereign, we shall 
apply our attention to those measures which Her 

ajesty has graciously informed us, will be sub- 
mitted to us for the improvement of the Law: 

To assure Her Majesty, that we are deeply sen- 
sible of the importance of those questions which 
Her Majesty has submitted to us, and of the necessity 
of treating them in that spirit of impartiality and 
justice, which affords the best hope of bringing them 
to a happy and useful termination : 

To return to Her Majesty our cordial thanks for 
the confidence which Her Majesty, in meeting this 
Parliament, the first which has been elected under 
Her authority, has been pleased to repose in its 
loyalty and wisdom, and to express the satisfaction 
and gratitude with which we receive Her Majesty’s 

racious declaration, that the early age at which Her 
ajesty is called to the Sovereignty of this Kingdom, 
renders it a more imperative duty that, under Divine 
Providence, Her Majesty should place Her reliance 
upon the cordial co-operation of Her Parliament, and 
the love and affection of all Her people. 


Ordered, That a Committee be a to draw 
up an Address to be presented to Her Majesty upon 


pointed of Lord Leveson, Mr. Gibson Craig, Lord 
John Russell, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir 
John Hobhouse, Mr. Poulett Thomson, Lord Viscount 
Morpeth, Lord Viscount Howick, Mr. Attorney Ge- 
neral, Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Bernal, Mr. Ed- 
ward John Stanley, Mr. Baring, Mr. Robert Steuart, 
or any Five of them: And they are to withdraw 
immediately. 

Ordered, That Her Majesty’s most gracious 
Speech to both Houses of Parliament be referred to 
the Committee. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Martis, 21° die Novembris ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1837. 


PRAYERS. 


EVERAL other Members took the Oaths of 

Allegiance and Supremacy; and took and sub- 
scribed the Oath of Abjuration ; and delivered to 
the Clerk of the House an Account of their Qualifi- 
cation. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 
more effectually repairing the Road from Jesus- 
lane, in the town of Cambridge, to Newmarket Heath, 
in the county of Cambridge, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for amending and enlarging the term and powers 
of the said Act, and for altering and increasing the 
Tolls, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 





A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 
|Tepairing the Roads from Warminster and from 
| Frome to the Bath Road, and from Woolverton to 
| the Trowbridge Road, in the counties of Wilts and 
| Somerset, and for making certain new lines of Road 


| branching out of such Roads to and towards Bath, 


| for leave to bring in a Bill for altering and amend- 


‘ing the said Act, and for enabling them to"raise a 
‘further sum of money, was presented, and read ; 


| and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


the said Resolution: And a Committee was ap- Ad 


Comunittee 
to draw up 
dress, 


Speech 
referred. 


Members 
take the Oaths 


Cambridge and 
Newmarket 


Heath Road. 


Warminster and 
Frome Roads, 


blish by law some well-regulated means of relief | _ A Petition of Rate-payers under the Act for paving, Milton-next- 


for the destitute in that country : 
That we are we sensible that the Municipal Go- 


vernment of the Cities and Towns in Ireland calls 
for better regulation : 


Vo. 93. 


cleansing, lighting and watching the Streets, 
and other public Passages and Places within the town 
of Milton-next-Sittingbourne, in the county of Kent, 
and for removing and preventing encroachments, 

c2 obstructions 


Lanes Sittingbourne 
Improvement, 

















12 21° Novembris. 


obstructions, nuisances and annoyances therein, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for amending and altering | 
the powers and provisions of the said Act, and for 
increasing and altering the Rates, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Brecon Market. A Petition of the Corporation of the borough of 
Brecon, for leave to bring ina Bill for erecting a new 
Market-house in the said borough, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sheriffs’Courts; A Petition of Bankers, Merchants, Traders and 
_ sag others, of Brighton, praying the House to pass a 
’ Bill to extend the recovery of Debts in the Sheriffs’ 
Courts to sums under Fifty Pounds ; and also a Bill 
to amend the Law of Coverture, was presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Licensed A Petition of Licensed Victuallers of Brighton, 








Victuallers. praying that they may be relieved from the respon- 
sibility which they are at present under to make 
restitution for charters, money, securities for money, 
books of accounts, jewels, watches, trinkets and 
other articles which guests may bring to their re- 
spective inns, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Flogging(Army &lt;A Petition of Magistrates, Ministers and Inhabit- 

and Navy.) ants of Pollokshaws, praying for the abolition of 
Flogging in the Army and Navy, was presented, 
and + J and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Postage. Petitions from Perth ;—Banff ;—Elgin ;—and, 
Chairman and Members of the Chamber of Com- 
merce and Manufacturers of Dundee; praying the 
House to take the subject of the Revenue of the 
Post Office under their early consideration, and 
adopt the plan proposed by Mr. Rowland Hill, of 
an uniform rate of Postage payable in advance by 
the purchase of stamped penny Covers, carrying 
letters of half an ounce in weight, in whole or under 
such modifications as to them shall seem proper,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Sir William Robert Sydney, Knight, 
complaining of the amount of Fees in regard to Con- 
troverted Elections; and praying forrevision, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Election Fees. 


Private Bills. Resolved, That this House will not receive any 
No.1. Petition for Private Bills after Friday, the 16th day 
of February next. 
Resolved, That no Private Bill be read the first 
time after Monday, the 26th day of March next. 
Resolved, That this House will not receive an 
Report of such Private Bill after Monday, the 11t 
day of June next. 
Ordered, That the said Resolutions be printed. 


Resolutions Several Petitions complaining of undue Elections 
classing Flec- and Returns being offered to be presented ; 
¢4) Resolved, That whenever several Petitions com- 
plaining of undue Elections or Returns of Members 
to serve in Parliament shall at the same time be 
offered to be presented, veel evan! shall direct such 
Petitions to be all of them delivered at the Table, 
where they shall be classed, and read in the follow- 
ing order ; viz. 

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

Such as complain of double Returns, in the se- 
cond cMss. 

Such as complain of the Election or Return of 
Members returned to serve for two or more places, 
in the third class. 

Such as complain of Returns only, in the fourth 
class: And, 

The residue of the said Petitions in the fifth class. 

And the names of the places to which such Peti- 
tions (contained in the first class, if more than 





A. 1837. 


one) shall relate, shall, in the first place, be written 
on several pieces of paper of an equal size; and the 
same pieces of paper shall be then rolled up, and 
put by the Clerk into a box, or glass, and then 
publicly drawn by the Clerk; and the said Peti- 
tions shall be read in the order in which the said 
names shall be drawn; and then the like method 
shall be observed with respect to the several Peti- 
tions contained in the second, third, fourth and fifth 
classes respectively. 

Then the said Petitions were delivered in at the 
Table accordingly; and (being all of them Petitions 
of the last class,) were put into the glass at the 
Table, and drawn by the Clerk in the following 
order: 

A Petition of the Honourable Francis Scott, of Roxburgh 
the Middle Temple, London, Barrister at Law, was County 
read ; setting forth, That at the last election of a Peto 
Member to serve in Parliament for the County of 
Roxburgh, in the month of August last, the Peti- 
tioner and the Honourable John Edmund Elliot 
were Candidates to represent the said County in 
Parliament, and that there were no other Candi- 
dates; that the said Election was held on the 3rd 
and 4th days of August last, and that the said John 
Edmund Elliot was declared to have had the ma- 
jority of votes thereat, and was returned as duly 
elected to represent the said County in Parliament; 
that in the said County there were at the last Elec- 
tion three separate polling places, one at Jedburgh, 
one at Hawick, and one at Kelso; that previous to 
and during the said Election riots of the most alarm- 
ing, tumultuous and violent description took place 
in the said town of Hawick, by means of which 
riots the electors in the interest of the Petitioner 
were greatly interrupted, insulted, and assaulted, as 
well in going to as in returning from the said poll- 
ing place at Hawick aforesaid, and divers of the said 
electors who would have voted for the Petitioner 
were in consequence thereof deterred and prevented 
from so doing, and others were influenced by fear, 
threats and violence to vote for the said John Ed- 
mund Elliot, in violation of the freedom of Elec- 
tion, and of the rights of the said electors, and of 
the Petitioner; that the said riots were countenanced 
and encouraged by the partisans and friends of the 
said John Edmund Elliot, and by divers persons in 
his interest, or the interest of his party, for the pur- 
pose of intimidating and preventing the electors and 
ee having a right to vote in the choice of the 
Member for the said County from supporting and 
voting for the Petitioner; that on the day before the 
polling at Hawick, and on the two days on which 
the poll was taken, a great mob, consisting of many 
persons who had not the right to vote for the said 
County, publicly paraded the streets of the said 
town of Hawick, and committed divers gross out- 
rages and assaults upon the persons of numerous 
electors in the interest of the Petitioner; that nume- 
rous electors in the interest of the Petitioner, in 
their way to Hawick aforesaid, and in their progress 
to a certain place in the said town of Hawick, called 
the Tower Inn, and while remaining in the said inn, 
and in proceeding to and returning from the poll 
booth, and to their respective places of abode, and 
elsewhere, were violently assaulted, and beaten, 
stripped of their clothing, and put in danger of 
their lives; and others of the said electors were by 
the said unlawful mob carried to the river Slittrig, 
which passes through the said town, and to much 
personal hazard and to the danger of their lives 
were thrown and forced into the same; and in the 
course of these excesses divers electors in the in- 
terest of the Petitioner sustained grievous injury 
and bodily harm; that all the electors and voters, 
known to be in the interest of the said John Ed- 
mund Elliot, had free access to the said poll booth, 
and were allowed to poll and leave the same with- 
out injury or molestation from the said mob ; that 





from the experience of what took place in the said 
town 





1 Victoriz. 


town of Hawick at former Elections for the said 
County, which were had in the years 1832 and 1835, 
and from threats which had been held out previously 
to the last Election to voters in the interest or sup- 
posed to be in the interest of the Petitioner, a 
written requisition or communication was made to 
the Sheriff of the said County of Roxburgh by nu- 
merous voters of the same County, stating their con- 
viction that riots and disturbances would take place 
at the said Election at Hawick, and that the ordi- 
nary civil force was insufficient for the preservation 
of the peace during the Election ; that, by authority 
of Her Majesty’s Advocate for Scotland, the respon- 
sibility of keeping the peace at Hawick aforesaid, 
during the said Election, was devolved on the Ma- 
gistrates of the said town of Hawick; that the said 
Magistrates of Hawick greatly misconducted them- 
selves in the discharge of the duty so devolved upon 
and undertaken by them, by. affording no protection, 
or insufficient protection, to the voters in the interest 
of the Petitioner, and treating with indifference the 
outrages committed upon the said voters, and so 
behaving themselves throughout the said Election, 
as to destroy all confidence in their ability or desire 
to afford effective protection to such voters, or to 
preserve the peace of the said town of Hawick; 
that in the course of the said first day of polling at 
Hawick aforesaid, on the said third day of August 
last, the Sheriff Substitute taking the poll, did, on 
account of the riotous and tumultuous proceedings 
which had already taken place, publicly declare at 
the polling booth, that he did adjourn the poll for 
the space of two hours, but, although after such 
public declaration, the a Hawick was stopped 
for some time, yet the said Sheriff did illegally, after 
a short interval, resume the taking of the poll, not- 
withstanding the said declaration ; that the Sheriff 
Substitute at Hawick further acted illegally, in 
reckoning the day upon which the said adjournment 
was made and declared, as one of the two polling 
days for the said district, and in not appointing ano- 
ther polling day in terms of the statute in such case 
made and provided, to the manifest injury of the 
Petitioner, and of the voters who were prevented 
from voting at the said Election; that the said 
John Edmund Elliot was, by himself and his 
agents, guilty of divers acts of bribery and corrup- 
tion, in order to ly or procure, and did by him- 
self and his agents, friends, managers, and others 
on his behalf, by gifts, presents, money, rewards and 
promises, agreements and securities for money, gifts 
and rewards, and by threats, intimidations, undue 
influence, and promises of undue influence, and other 
corrupt, illegal, or improper practices, corrupt and 
procure divers persons having, or claiming to have, 
votes at such Election, some to refrain from voting 
at such Election, and others to give their votes in 
favour of the said John Edmund Elliot, and to for- 
bear to give the same in favour of the Petitioner ; 
and that the said John Edmund Elliot, by the said 
corrupt and illegal practices, was and is wholly dis- 
abled and incapacitated to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the said County of Roxburgh, and the 
Return of the said John Edmund Elliot was and is 
wholly null and void; that by these and other 
undue, illegal and unconstitutional means and prac- 
tices, the sense of the electors of the said County of 
Roxburgh has not been legally and properly taken 
in the matter of such Election, and no due and valid 
Election has been had for the said County; the Pe- 
titioner therefore humbly prays, that the House will 
be pleased to take the premises into their considera- 
tion, to declare that the said John Edmund Elliot 
was not duly elected, and ought not to have been 
returned, and that the said Election was null and 
void ; and the Petitioner further humbly prays, that 
justice may be done in the premises, and such relief 
be granted to the Petitioner and the electors of the 
said County of Roxburgh, touching the said griev- 
ances, as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 

Vou. 93. 


21° Novembris. 





13 


consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of De- 
cember next, at two of the clock in the afternoon. 

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


A Petition of the several Persons whose names are Ipswich 
thereunto subscribed, Electors of the Borough of Election. 


Ipswich, m the county of Suffolk, on behalf of them- 
selves and others, claiming a right to vote for Mem- 
bers to serve in Parliament for the said Borough, 
was read; setting forth, That the Petitioners were 
at and during the last Election of Members to serve 
in Parliament for the Borough of Zpswich, in the 
county of Suffolk, and still are, electors of the said 
Borough, and claim to have had a right to vote, and 
did vote, at the same; that at the said Election, 
Thomas Gibson, Henry Tufnell, Fitzroy Kelly, and 
Rigby Wason, Esquires, were Candidates to repre- 
sent the said Borough, and that a poll being de- 
manded, the same was granted, and proceeded on, 
and Frederick Francis Seekamp, Esquire, acted 
thereat as Mayor and Returning Officer ; that, at 
the close of such poll, the numbers of votes in favour 
of the said several Candidates were declared to be 
for Thomas Gibson, Esquire, 601 ; for Henry Tufnell, 
Esquire, 595 ; for Fitzroy Kelly, Esquire, 593; and 
for Rigby Wason, Esquire, 593 ; whereupon the said 
Returning Officer declared the said Thomas Gibson 
and Henry Tufnell, Esquires, to be duly elected and 
returned ; that at the said Election divers persons 
were admitted to vote, and did vote, for the said 
Henry Tufnell, who were not duly registered as 
electors for the said Borough, and who were not 
entitled to be registered as voters for the said Bo- 
rough, or to vote at the said Election, and whose 
votes ought to be struck off the poll accordingly ; 
that divers persons were admitted to vote, and did 
vote, at the said Election for the said Henry Tufnell, 
who had not at the time they so voted, the same 
qualifications for which their names had been ori- 
ginally inserted in the Register of voters then in 
force for the said Borough, and whose votes ought 
to be struck off the poll accordingly; that divers 
ersons were admitted to vote, and did vote at such 
lection for the said Henry Tufnell, who were regis- 
tered as electors for the said Borough, but had 
become disqualified to vote at such Election sub- 
sequently to the time of their being so registered, 
and previously to their so voting, by receiving alms 
or parochial relief, or by not residing, or having 
ceased to reside within the said Borough, or within 
seven miles thereof, or of any part thereof, or by 
other legal or personal disqualifications and inca- 
pacities, and whose votes ought to be struck off the 
poll accordingly; that divers persons were admitted 
to vote, and did vote, at the said Election for the 
said Henry Tufnell who were disabled or disqualified 
from, or incapable of, voting at the said Election, by 
reason of their being, or having been within twelve 
months previously to such Election, concerned or 
employed in the charging, collecting, levying or 
managing Duties of Excise, Customs or other Duties 
or Revenues, or in some other disabling office or 
employment, and whose votes ought to be struck 
off the poll accordingly ; that divers persons were 
admitted to vote, and did vote, at the said Election 
for the said Henry Tufnell, who were or had been 
either during such Election, or within six calendar 
months previous to such Election, or within fourteen 
days after it was completed, employed at such Elec- 
tion as counsel, agent, attorney, poll-clerk, flagman, 
or in some other capacity, for the purposes of such 
Election, and had, either before, during or after such 
Election, accepted or taken from the said Candi- 
dates, or some or one of them, or from some other 
person, for or in considerntion of, or with reference 
to such employment, a sum or sums of money, or a 
retaining fee, office, place or employment, or a pro- 
mise or security for a sum or sums of money, or a 
c3 retaining 








et 





14, 21° Novembris. 


retaining fee, office, place or employment, and whose 
votes were therefore utterly void, and ought to be 
struck off the poll accordingly ; that divers persons 
were admitted to vote, me did vote, at the said 
Election for the said Henry Tufnell, who had asked, 
received and taken money or other reward, by wav 
of gift, loan or other device; or had agreed or con- 
tracted for money, gift, office, employment or other 
reward, and had been bribed to give their votes to 


_ the said Henry Tufnell, and to refuse or forbear to 


give their votes to the said Fitzroy Kelly; and 
divers persons were admitted to vote, and did vote, 
at the said Election, who, by themselves, or persons 
employed by them, did, by gifts or rewards, or by 
promises, agreements, or securities for gifts or re- 
wards, corrupt, procure and bribe, or attempt to 
corrupt, procure and bribe, persons to give their 
votes for the said Henry Tufnell, and to refuse or 
forbear to give them to the said Fitzroy Kelly, and 
whose votes ought to be struck off the poll accord- 
ingly; that divers other persons were admitted to 
vote, and did vote, at the said Election in favour of 
the said Henry Tufnell, who were, for various and 
different reasons, capable of so voting, and who 
laboured under personal disabilities to vote, different 
to those which feos hereinbefore been mentioned, 
and whose votes ought to be struck off the poll ac- 
cordingly ; that divers persons who were duly regis- 
tered as electors at the said Election, and who were 
entitled to vote at such Election, claimed to vote 
thereat for the said Fitzroy Kelly, at the proper 
polling places, and they were illegally and impro- 
perly excluded from voting by the said Returning 
Officer, or his Deputy, presiding at the booths at 
which such votes were respectively tendered, and 
whose votes ought to be inserted on the poll accord- 
ingly; that the votes of divers electors of the said 
Borough, duly registered and qualified to vote at 
the said Election, were thereat tendered in favour 
of the said Fitzroy Kelly, and were nevertheless 
agneste and erroneously rejected and refused to 
be reckoned upon the poll, whereas such votes ought 
to be added to the poll in favour of the said Fitzroy 
Kelly ; that the votes of divers electors of the said 
Borough, duly registered and qualified to vote at 
the said Election, were tendered and given in favour 
of the said Fitzroy Kelly, and were nevertheless in- 
correctly and erroneously entered upon the —. in 
favour of tie said Henry Tufnell and Rigby Wason, 
or one of them, and improperly and unduly reckoned 
in favour of one or both of the last-mentioned Can- 
didates, whereas such votes ought to be struck off 
the poll of the said last-mentioned Candidates, or 
one of them, and added to that of the said Fitzroy 
Keily ; that the said Henry Tufnell was by himself, 
his friends, agents and managers, and others on his 
behalf, guilty of acts of notorious bribery, corruption 
and treating at the said Election, and, with reference 
to the same, in order to be elected, and for being 
elected as Member to serve in Parliament for the 
said Borough; that, by the improper admission of 
the said bad and imvalid votes, and the several 
illegal ways, and by the other corrupt and unlawful 
means aforesaid, the said Henry Tufnell obtained a 
colourable and fictitious majority of voters over the 
said Fitzroy Kelly, and procured himself to be re- 
turned, and was returned, to serve for the said Bo- 
rough in this present Parliament, whereas the said 
Fitzroy Kelly had a legal majority of votes at the 
said Election over the said Henry Tufnell, and was 
duly elected, and ought to have been returned in his 
stead; the Petitioners therefore humbly pray the 
House to take the premises into consideration, and 
to declare the said Election and return of the said 
Henry Tufnell wholly null and void, and that he is 
not, nor ought to be, deemed Member to serve in 
Parliament for the said Borough of Ipswich, and 
that the name of the said Henry Tufnell may be 
erased from the said return, and that the said Fitzroy 
Kelly may be declared duly elected to serve in this 
Parliament for the said Borough, and that his name 





A. 1837. 


may be substituted in the said return instead of that 
of the said Henry Tufnell, and that the House will 
grant to the Petitioners such further and other relief 
as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of De- 
cember next, at five minutes after two of the clock 
in the Afternoon. 

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


A Petition of William Garnett, of Salford, in Salford 
the county of Lancaster, Esquire, and of John Election. 


Bradshaw Wanklyn, William Jenkinson, Lot Gar- 
diner, Robert Hindley and James Wheater, of Sal- 
ford aforesaid, merchants, was read ; setting forth, 
That at the last Election of a Member to serve in 
Parliament for the Borough of Salford, the Peti- 
tioners, William Garnett, John Bradshaw Wankiyn, 
William Jenkinson, Lot Gardiner, Robert Hindley 
and James Wheater, were electors of the said Bo- 
rough, and claim to have had a right to vote at the 
said Election, and the Petitioner, the said William 
Garnett and Joseph Brotherton, Esquire, were Can- 
didates thereat to represent the said Borough in 
Parliament ; that the said Election took place on 
the 26th day of July last; and at the conclusion 
thereof the Returning Officer of the said Borough 
declared the said Joseph Brotherton tobe duly elected 
to serve as Member for the said Borough, and re- 
turned him as such Member; that at the time of 
such Election, many persons whose names were con- 
tained in the then existing Register, or List of Voters 
for the said Borough, had since their registration 
ceased to be qualified to vote at the said Election, 
by having ceased to occupy and removed from the 
occupation of the premises for and in respect of 
which their names were respectively inserted in the 
said Register, but although they were no longer 
entitled to vote at the said Election, were neverthe- 
less improperly admitted to vote, and did vote, thereat 
in favour of the said Joseph Brotherton, and whose 
votes ought to be declared bad, void and invalid, 








and to be struck off the poll accordingly ; that many 
other persons whose names appeared upon the said 
Register had, during the period intervening between 
their registration and the time of their so voting, 
ceased to be qualified to vote at the said Election, 
by having ceased to occupy and removed from the 
occupation of a considerable portion of the premises 
in respect of which their names were imserted in 
such Regiaen, but were nevertheless improperly and 
unduly admitted to vote, and did vote, at the said 
Election in favour of the said Joseph Brotherton, 
whose votes ought to be disallowed, and struck off 
the poll accordingly; that other persons whose names 
appeared upon the said Register, had become dis- 
qualified at the time of the said Election, by having 
within the same period received alms or parochial 
relief, but were, notwithstanding such disqualifica- 
tion, admitted to vote, and voted, at such Election 
for the said Joseph Brotherton, whose votes were 
utterly illegal and void, and ought to be struck off 
the poll accordingly; that certain other persons 
were admitted to vote, and voted, at such Election 
for the said Joseph Brotherton, who were respectively 
aliens or otherwise disqualified from voting thereat 
by means of legal incapacities, and whose votes 
ought to be struck off the poll accordingly ; that 
certain other persons were admitted to vote, and 
voted at such Election for the said Joseph Brother- 
ton, who had received bribes or promises of money 
or other advantage or reward for giving such votes, 
or who had wagered or bet sums of money upon, or 
were otherwise pecuniarily interested in the result 
of the said Election, and in the Election and Return 
of the said Joseph Brotherton, who were thereby 
incapable of voting at the said Election, and whose 
votes ought to be struck off the poll eeneys 

that 











1 Vicroriz. 


that certain other persons were admitted to vote, 
and voted at such Election for the said Joseph Bro- 
therton, who, during such Election, or within six 
months previous thereto, or within fourteen days 
after it was completed, were employed thereat as 
agents, attorneys, poll-clerks, flagmen, or in some 
other capacity, for the purpose of such Election, and 
who either before, during or after such Election, 
accepted or took from the said Joseph Brotherton, 
or from some other person, with reference to such 
employment, certain sums of money, retaining fees, 
offices, places or employments, or promises or secu- 
rities for sums of money, retaining fees, offices, places 
or employments, and whose votes were therefore 
utterly void and of none effect, and ought to be struck 
off the poll accordingly ; that certain other persons 
were admitted to vote, and voted, at such Election 
for the said Joseph Brotherton, who were not regis- 
tered as voters for the said Borough, and who had 
no colour of claim or title to vote at the said Elec- 
tion, but who falsely and fraudulently personated, 
and voted in the name of, other persons, which last- 
mentioned persons were duly registered as voters, 
but were at the time of the said Election absent 
therefrom, and did not vote thereat; that these last- 
mentioned votes were clearly fraudulent and illegal, 
and ought to be struck off the poll accordingly; 
that certain other persons who, upon the tender of 
their votes at the said Election, had refused to 
answer, or who had answered in the negative the 
first and third questions, or one of them, by law 
authorized to be put at the time of polling, were 
nevertheless admitted to vote, and did vote, at the 
said Election for the said Joseph Brotherton, al- 
though they ought to have been then rejected, and 
should now be struck off the poll accordingly ; that 
certain other persons tendered their votes at the said 
Election for the Petitioner, William Garnett, who 
declined or were unable to answer the aforesaid 
questions, or one of them, in the affirmative, owing 
to an erroneous entry in the Register of their names, 
or a misdescription therein of their qualifications, 
and whose votes were consequently rejected, although 
such persons were possessed of a proper qualifica- 
tion, and were entitled to vote at such Election not- 
withstanding such verbal error as aforesaid, and 
whose names ought now to be added to the poll ac- 
cordingly ; that certain other persons tendered their 
votes at such Election for the said Petitioner, Wil- 
liam Garnett within the time allowed by law, and 
before the proper time for closing the poll, whose 
votes were erroneously rejected by the Returning 
Officer, whereas they ought to have been admitted, 
and ought now to be added to the poll accordingly ; 
that the votes appearing upon the poll-books of the 
said Election for the said Joseph Brotherton were 
miscounted by the Returning Officer, there being, 
in fact, only 889 votes entered therein for the said 
Joseph Brotherton, and not 890 votes as by mistake 
declared by him; that the said Joseph Brotherton, 
by himself, his agents, friends and managers, and 
others on his behalf, was, before, at and during the 
said Election, guilty of acts of notorious bribery and 
corruption, in order to induce and procure the electors 
of the said Borough to give their votes to him, and 
to forbear to give them to the Petitioner, William 
Garnett, and in order to procure him, the said 
Joseph Brotherton, to be returned at the said Elec- 
tion to serve in Parliament for the said Borough ; 
that the said Joseph Brotherton did, after the teste 
of the Writ for holding the said Election, and pre- 
vious to his return, by himself, his agents, friends, 
and managers, and others on his behalf, give and 
allow to divers electors of the said Borough, money, 
meat, drink, entertainment and provision, and make 
promises, agreements and engagements to give and 
allow to the said electors money, meat, drink, enter- 
tainment and provision in order to be elected, and 
for being elected to serve in Parliament for the said 
Borough ; that, by reason of the premises, the said 
Joseph Brotherton obtained an apparent and colour- 
Vor, 93. 


21° Novembris. 








15 


able majority over the Petitioner, the said William 
Garnett, whereas the majority of legal electors and 
voters was in favour of the said Petitioner, the said 
colourable majority comprising many persons not 
qualified to be electors according to the provisions 
of the Act passed in the second year of his late Ma- 
jesty King William the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act 
to amend the Representation of the People of Eng- 
land and Wales,” or who had ceased to be qualified 
and had become disqualified in virtue of the pro- 
visions of the said Act, or other Acts of Parliament, 
or the Law of Parliamant, from voting as electors 
of a Member to serve in Parliament for the said 
Borough at such Election ; the Petitioners therefore 
humbly pray the House to take the premises into 
consideration, and to declare that the said Joseph 
Brotherton was not duly elected, and ought not to 
have been returned at the said Election; and that 
the Petitioner, William Garnett, was duly elected, 
and ought to have been returned thereat, and to 
direct that the said return may be amended accord- 
ingly by the substitution therein of the name of the 
said Welliam Garnett for that of the said Joseph 
Brotherton, or that the said Election and Return 
my be declared wholly null and void, or that the 
House will afford to the Petitioner such further and 
other relief in the premises as to the House shall 
seem fit. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of De- 
cember next, at: ten minutes after two of the clock 
in the Afternoon. 

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


A Petition of Henry Plumptre Gipps, of Bedford- Canterbury 


place, in the county of Middlesex, Esquire, was 
read ; setting forth, That at the last Election of two 
Members to serve in this present Parliament for the 
City of Canterbury, James Bradshaw, Esquire, the 
Petitioner, Albert Denison Conyngham, Esquire, 
commonly called Lord Albert Denison Conynyham, 
and Frederick Villiers, Esquire, were the Candidates ; 
that on the show of hands the numbers were declared 
by the Sheriff, the Returning* Officer for the said 
City, to be in favour of the said Lord Albert Denison 
Conyngham and Frederick Villiers, whereupon a poll 
was demanded by or on behalf of the said James 
Bradshaw and the Petitioner, and was granted by 
the Sheriff; that the said Sheriff appointed seven 
places in the said City for taking the said poll, and 
numbered them respectively 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, (that 
is to say), No. 1, the Guildhall, where he appointed 
one Thomas Wilkinson, a solicitor, and one of the 
council for the said City, as his deputy to take the 
poll; No. 2, the Butter Market, where he caused 
a booth to be erected, and appointed one Charles 
Pitt as his deputy to take the poll; No. 3, the Corn 
Market, where he caused to be erected a booth, and 
appointed one Charles Sandys, a solicitor, as his 
deputy to take the poll; No. 4, the Workhouse, 
where he appointed one Henry Cooper, a tanner, and 
one of the aldermen, and also a Justice of the Peace 
of the said City, as his deputy to take the poll; 
No. 5, Lady Wootton’s Green, where he caused a 
booth to be erected, and he appointed one Thomas 
Thorpe De Lasaux, a solicitor, as his deputy to take 
the poll ; and he caused a booth to be erected in the 
Cattle Market (No. 6.), where he &lt;2 one 
William Bowman, a tailor, and one of the council 
of the said City, as his deputy to take the poll ; and 
he caused another booth to be erected in the said 
Cattle Market (No. 7), where he appointed one Ste- 
phen Plummer, a solicitor, and one of the council 
for the said City, as his deputy to take the poll ; 
that such deputies were all warm and active partisans 
of the said Lord Albert Denison Conyngham and 
Frederick Villiers, or one of them, and that the 
deputies hereinafter more particularly named had, 

c4 before 











16 21° Novembris. A. 1837. 


before their appointment, taken a conspicuous part 
in promoting the interest of the last-mentioned Can- 
didates at such Election; that the said Thomas 
Wilkinson and Charles Pitt respectively acted most 
illegally, and in violation of the freedom of election, 
by closing the poll at the said Guildhall and Butter 
Market booths respectively before four of the clock 
of the day appointed for taking the poll at the said 
Election, whereby the freemen and electors, who 
were desirous of giving their votes in favour of the 
Petitioner on such day, were prevented from doing 
so, and many freemen and electors who were not in, 
or intending to be in, the said City on such day, or 
meaning, or intending to vote at the said Election, 
and some of whom had left the said City in order to 
avoid the exercise of their franchise at such Elec- 
tion were brought to the said several booths on the 
following day, and polled in favour of the said Lord 
Albert Denison Conyngham; that other persons who 
claimed to be entitled to vote at the said Election, 
who were not entitled to vote, but, if they were en- 
titled to vote, were bound by law to poll, and give 
their votes at booths which remained open until the 
legal hour, and at which no adjournment had taken 
place, were allowed to poll and vote at one or other 
of the booths at which the polling had been so ille- 
gally adjourned, at which they ought not to have 

een allowed to poll; that, although the poll at the 
said booths respectively was closed upon the alleged 
ground of riot, the Petitioner is prepared to prove 
that no such riot or disturbance did in fact take 
place at the said booths, or either of them, as to 
prevent or delay taking the poll thereat respectively, 
or to justify the closing of the poll at such booths, 
or either of them as aforesaid, but that, on the con- 
trary, the electors in the interest of the Petitioner 
were peaceably tendering their votes at each of the 
said last-mentioned polling places, at the time when 
they were so closed as aforesaid, and the poll might 
have continued at such booths respectively, without 
difficulty, had not the said Thomas Wilkinson and 
Charles Pitt respectively closed the same ; that the 
said Thomas Wilkinson and Charles Pitt respec- 
tively closed the said several polls for the illegal 
purpose of unduly forwarding the interest of the 
said Lord Albert Denison Conyngham, to the injury 
of the Petitioner, by affording an opportunity to 
electors who were not in or near to Canterbury, or 
were not able to vote on the day appointed for taking 
the said poll, to vote on the following day as afore- 
said ; that such conduct, in so closing the poll at such 
booths, upon such unfounded pretences as are above 
stated, were a gross violation of the law late passed 
for shortening the period of Election in Boroughs, 
and would, if allowed, render the said law nugatory, 
and wholly defeat the beneficial objects thereof, and 
afford to persons acting in official situations at elec- 
tions, ood interested in favour of particular candi- 
dates, opportunities and pretence for closing such 
booths, as suited the interest of the Candidates whose 
interest they espoused; that, at the times that the 
said Thomas Wilkinson and Charles Pitt respectively 
closed the poll at the said several last-mentioned 
booths, and also at the close of the poll at the other 
five polling places, at four of the iat of the first 
day, the Petitioner had a majority of legal votes 
cver the said Lord Albert Denison Conyngham, and 
the said Sheriff ought to have returned the Peti- 
tioner as the Candidate having a majority of votes, 
and the Member duly elected instead of the said 
Lord Albert Denison Conyngham ; that, in addition 
to this violation of the rights of the Petitioner, and 
of the electors who voted for the Petitioner, in not 
returning the Petitioner on the first day’s poll, the 
Petitioner further states, with reference to the final 
close of the poll, that the said Thomas Thorpe De 
Lasauzx, as Deputy Sheriff of the No. 5, Lady Woot- 
ton’s Green Booth, in violation of the law passed 
for amending the representation of the people, which 
defines and limits the duties of Returning Officers, 
and expressly prohibits any examination or scrutiny 








of votes, except in the way specifically prescribed 
by the Act of the second year of his late Majesty 
~ William the Fourth, illegally altered the poll, 
after the same had been taken by the poll-clerk, by 
striking out four votes which had been some hours 
previously recorded for the Petitioner by the poll- 
clerk at the said booth, and by marking the said 
four votes for the said Lord Albert Denison Conyng- 

ham, instead of the Petitioner, as they respectivel 
previously stood recorded by the poll-clerk, as will 
appear by reference to, and mapeenen of, the poll, 
by reason whereof the said Sheriff was induced 
erroneously to count, and did count the said four 
votes in favour of the said Lord Albert Denison 
Conyngham instead of the Petitioner; that the said 
Charles Sandys, as Deputy Sheriff presiding at the 
Corn Market Booth (No. 3), a short time before the 
oll at such last-mentioned place was closed (that 
is to say), about a quarter before four of the clock, 
ordered the poli-clerk to enter upon the poll, and 
the poll-clerk accordingly did enter upon the poll, 
the name of one Henry Richard Baz, as voting for 
the said Lord Albert Denison Conynham, whereas 
in fact the said Henry Richard Bax had no legal 
right to vote at the said Election, and was not then 
resent at the poll-table to give his vote, but, well 
Renehes that he had no right to vote, had, in the 
early part of the same day, offered himself merely 
as atender for the said Lord Albert Denison Conyng- 
ham, and the poll-clerk had thereupon entered his 
name in the list of tendered votes kept by him in 
another part of the poll-book, and headed ‘“ Ten- 
dered Votes,” and from which last-mentioned list 
of tendered votes the said Charles Sandys caused 
the said poll-clerk to expunge the said name of 
Henry Richard Baz, and transferred such name to 
the poll in favour of the said Lord Albert Denison 
Conyngham, in the absence of the said Henry Richard 
Baz; that the Petitioner had in fact a majority of 
votes duly entered upon the poll by the poll-clerks, 
and that the apparent majority, as counted by the 
Sheriff, was occasioned by such illegal alterations, 
which the Sheriff ought not to have allowed, and 
that the Petitioner was entitled to be returned by 
the said Sheriff as the Member duly elected, instead 
of the said Lord Albert Denison Conyngham, and 
that such alterations of the poll by the said Thomas 
Thorpe De Lasaux and Charles Sandys respectively, 
as such Deputy Sheriffs aforesaid, was in violation 
of the law, of the freedom of election, and of the 
rights of the electors of the said City of Canter- 
bury ; the Petitioner is therefore prepared to show 
and prove that he had a majority of votes upon the 
oll, and ought to have been returned as one of the 
Seite to serve for the said City in the present 
Parliament, instead of the said Lord Albert Denison 
Conyngham, and that the said Sheriff made an ille- 
gal and false return of the said Lord Albert Denison 
Conyngham instead of the Petitioner, to the great 
prejudice and injury of the Petitioner, and in viola- 
tion of the rights of the legal electors of the said 
City, and of the privileges of the House; that, in 
addition to and independently of the votes so im- 
properly recorded as aforesaid, the votes of many 
persons were accepted and recorded at such Election 
in favour of the said Lord Albert Denison Conyng- 
ham who were not entitled to be registered, or whose 
names were improperly retained on the register of 
voters for the said City by the Barristers who revised 
the same; that many persons who were registered 
as electors or freemen, or in respect of property, 
occupation and residence, for the said City, by the 
Revising Barrister, became disqualified as electors 
for the said City, at the said Election, between the 
thirty-first day of July, One thousand eight hun- 
dred and thirty-six, and the time of the holding of 
the said last Election for the said City, by having 
ceased to reside as freemen within the said City, or 
the limits or distance prescribed by the said Act, 
or by having parted with, or sold, or otherwise ceased 
to be possessed of, or to occupy, the property in 
respect 








1 Victrorr. 


respect of which they were registered as electors for 
the said City, or to reside within the said City, or 
the limits prescribed by the said Act, and thereby 
ceased to possess the title or qualification, whether 
as freemen or other electors, in respect of which 
they had been registered, and others were disqualified 
by receiving bribes or promises of money, or bribes 
or other rewards for giving their votes at the last 
Election, or by receiving of alms or parochial relief 
or otherwise, after they had been so registered as 
aforesaid, or as holding situations in the revenue of 
Customs or Excise, or as aliens, or as personating 
voters ; but all such persons were, nevertheless, 
allowed to vote, and other persons, who were not 
registered, and who were neither freemen, or if free- 
men did not reside within the said City, or the 
limits prescribed by the said Act, nor electors other- 
wise qualified or entitled to vote as electors of the 
said City, under the provisions of the said Act, and 
who respectively were not entitled at the last Elec- 
tion of Members to serve in Parliament for the said 
City, and others who were not entitled to vote, being 
aliens or personating voters, did nevertheless vote at 
the said Election for the said Lord Albert Denison 
Conyngham ; that the votes of many other persons 
were accepted and recorded in favour of the said 
Lord Albert Denison Conyngham, who at the time 
of the said Election were not legally entitled, or 
were disqualified, or have since become disqualified 
to vote at such Election ; and the votes of persons 
who were entitled to vote, and who offered and ten- 
dered their votes, and were desirous of voting in 
favour of the Petitioner, were rejected and not 
allowed for the Petitioner ; that several undue and 
illegal practices were resorted to at the said Election 
by the said Lord Albert Denison Conyngham and 
his agents, managers and friends, to procure votes 
for the said Lord Albert Denison Conyngham, and 
to cause him to be returned by the said Sheriff, and 
the said deputies made many illegal and erroneous 
decisions, and were guilty of great partiality in 
favour of the said Lord Albert Denison Conyngham 
during the said Election ; that the said Lord Albert 
Denison fnyngham, by himself, his agents, friends, 
supporters and managers, and by persons acting 
and employed on his behalf, did, after the teste of 
the Writ for the said Election, before and at and 
during the said Election, give presents to and al- 
lowed to various persons having, or claiming to have, 
votes for the said City, money, meat, drink, presents, 
rewards and entertainments, and made and entered 
into promises, obligations and agreements to give 
and allow money, meat, drink, presents, rewards, 
office, place and entertainments to and for such 
persons, and to and for the use and advantage, 
benefit, emolument, profit and preferment of such 
persons, in order that he the said Lord Albert Denison 
Conyngham might be elected, and for his being 
elected as a Member to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the said City ; that the said Lord Albert 
Denison Conyngham, by himself, his agents, friends, 
supporters and managers, and by oe acting for 
and employed by him, and on his behalf, before and 
at and during the said Election, were guilty of open 
and extensive bribery and corrupt practices, in order 
to corrupt and procure, and did corrupt and procure, 
persons having, or claiming to have, a right to vote 
at the said Election, to vote for him the said Lord 
Albert Denison Conyngham at the said Election, 
and to forbear to vote for the Petitioner, in order to 
procure the said Lord Albert Denison Conyngham 
to be returned to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said City; that the said Lord Albert Denison 
Conyngham, by his agents, friends, supporters and 
managers, and by persons employed by and for him, 
and on his behalf, before and at and during the time 
of the said Election, was guilty of various corrupt 
acts of bribery and illegal practices, and used various 
threats and promises, and employed undue influence, 
and other illegal and improper means, and gave and 


21° Novembris. 





17 


caused to be given divers sums of money, and gave 
and entered into divers gifts, rewards, promises, 
agreements and engagements to several persons 
having, and claiming to have, a right to vote, in 
order to procure them to vote at the said Election 
for the said Lord Albert Denison Conyngham, and 
to forbear to vote for the Petitioner, and in order to 
procure the said Lord Albert Denison Conyngham 
to be returned to serve in the present Parliament 
for the City aforesaid ; that by the several illegal 
ways, decisions, proceedings and practices afore- 
said, the said ia Albert Denison Conyngham ob- 
tained acolourable majority, and was improperly 
and illegally returned to serve in Parliament for the 
said City ; and that the said Return was a false 
Return, in open violation of the law and freedom of 
election, and to the great prejudice of the Petitioner 
and the electors of the said City, the Petitioner 
having, as he submits it will appear upon an inspec- 
tion of the poll as taken on the day appointed for 
taking the poll, and at the close of the several polls 
on that day, and also at the close of the poll on the 
following day, a majority of good and legal votes 
over the said Lord Albert Denison Conyngham, and 
ought therefore to have been returned as a Member 
to serve in Parliament for the said City; the Peti- 
tioner therefore humbly prays, that the House will 
take the premises into consideration, and declare 
that the r sour of the said Lord Albert Denison 
Conyngham was an illegal and false Return, and 
wholly void, and that the Petitioner ought to have 
been declared duly elected and returned, and that 
the said Return may be amended, and the Peti- 
tioner’s name may be inserted in the place of the 
said Lord Albert Denison Conyngham to take his 
seat as one of the Members to represent the said 
City in Parliament, or otherwise to declare the said 
Election, so far as regards the said Lord Albert 
Denison Conyngham, to be wholly void, and that the 
Petitioner ought to have been returned, and was 
and is duly elected to serve in Parliament, and to 
cause the Return tc be amended accordingly, and 
that the House will grant such further relief to the 
Petitioner as the merits of this case may require. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of De- 
cember next, at a quarter of an hour after two of 
the clock in the afternoon. 


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


the County of Longford, and William Shirley Ball, aa 
of Harcourt-street, in the City of Dublin, Esquires, 
freeholders of the said County, as well on behalf of 
themselves as of several other freeholders of the 
same County, who claimed to vote, were entitled to 
vote, and did vote, at the last Election in and for 
the said County of Longford, was read; setting 
forth, That the Petitioners are, and at the last 
general Election of Knights of the Shire for the 
County of Longford, held in the town of Longford, 
were, freeholders of the said County, and were en- 
titled to vote at the said Election; that at the said 
Election, Anthony Lefroy, Charles Fox, Luke White 
and Henry White, were Candidates to represent said 
County in Parliament; that a poll being demanded, 
the same was granted and proceeded on, and Hugh 
Morgan Tuite, Esquire, High Sheriff of the said 
County, acted thereat as Returning Officer, and at 
the close of the poll, on the eighteenth day of 
August last, widely declared the said Luke White 
and I Henry White to be duly elected; that by the 
Act of 2d and 3d year of King William the Fourth, 
c. 88, it is provided that no person shall be admitted 
to vote at any Election of a Member or Members 





Vou. 93. 


D to 





A Petition of Barry Fox, of Annavilla, in the Longfora 
King’s County, Samuel W. Blackall, of Colamber, in County 





18 21° Novembris. 


to serve in any future Parliament, unless such 

rson shall have been qualified as therein specified, 
and duly registered pursuant to the provisions of 
said Act ; and it is further provided that no registry 
made after the passing of said Act shall be valid, 
unless made conformably to said Act ; that a Special 
Session was, under and by virtue of the provisions 
of said Act, appointed by the Lord Lieutenant to 
be holden in and for the County of Longford, to 
commence at Longford, on Wednesday the Tenth 
day of October One thousand eight hundred and 
thirty-two, and that John Francis Fosberry, Esquire, 
Barrister-at-Law, was, by warrant under the hand 
of the said Lord Lieutenant, appointed for the duty 
of presiding at the Special Session so first appointed 
to be holden, and all the duties, rights and privi- 
leges of the Assistant Barrister of the said County 
ot Longford, were by virtue of such warrant given 
to and imposed upon the said John Francis Fos- 
berry; that the said John Francis Fosberry under- 
took the said duty, and proceeded with the registra- 
tion of voters accordingly; that the said Special 
Session was continued by several adjournments from 
the said Tenth day of October One thousand eight 
hundred and thirty-two, until the Fifteenth day of 
November in the same year, when James Doherty, 
Esquire, Barrister-at-Law, was, by like warrant, 
appointed for the duty of presiding as deputy to 
the Assistant Barrister of said County of Longford, 
at the said Special Session ; that from and after the 
said respective times of their appointments, the said 
John Francis Fosberry and James Doherty sat daily 
in the court-house of Longford, in separate courts, 
and each separately determined upon the validity of 
the claims of persons coming forward to register, 
and each adjudicated and declared claimants to be 
entitled to be registered, and each signed certificates 
declaratory of the right of such persons to vote; 
that by many illegal and erroneous decisions of the 
said John Francis Fosberry and James Doherty, a 
great number of persons it were not qualified, of 
persons who were disqualified, of: persons who had 
ceased to be qualified, of persons who were not 
entitled by estate, and of persons who were not 
entitled by value to be registered as voters for the 
said County of —— were unduly admitted to 
be registered, and unduly obtained certificates, 
which so long as they continue, will entitle them to 
vote, and also to re-register on the production 
thereof, without further proof; and a large number 
of persons whose registry was invalid, in not being 
conformable to law, did, in like manner, unduly 
procure crtificates, objectionable as aforesaid ; that 
a large number of persons, whose claims ought to 
have been rejected, were admitted to be registered 
as aforesaid as freeholders, by virtue of alleged 
freehold, under leases of land, for a life or lives 
made by a lessor, who had not at the time of 
making the same a freehold estate therein; that 
a large number of persons were admitted to be 
registered, and obtained certificates objectionable 
as aforesaid, who held the lands or tenements out of 
which they claimed to register by leases made by 
landlords whose interest had been evicted ; that a 
large number of persons were admitted to be regis- 
tered, and obtained certificates objectionable as 
aforesaid, who held the lands and tenements out of 
which they claimed to register, by leases made by 
landlords whose interest in the lands and premises 
had ceased to exist or had expired; that a large 
number of persons were admitted to be registered 
as leaseholders, and obtained certificates objection- 
able as aforesaid, who held the lands and tenements 
out of which they claimed to register by leases, 
perperting to be made for aterm of Twenty years, 

y a landlord who had not at the time of making 
same, an unexpired term of Twenty years therein ; 
that a large number of persons were admitted to be 
registered, and obtained certificates objectionable 
as aforesaid, who had no title in the lands and 





A. 1837. 


tenements out of which they claimed to register, 
and who did not produce any deed, lease or instru- 
ment duly stamped, by virtue of which they claimed 
to register, or sufficiently account for the non- 
production thereof, and who did not otherwise 
establish their right to be registered as such voters ; 
that a large number of persons were admitted to be 
registered, and obtained certificates objectionable 
as aforesaid, whose leases imported to have been 
executed under a power of attorney, but were not 
executed in the name of the person granting such 
power, or were executed under some alleged power, 
the existence of which was not shown, or which 
power, if it existed, was not sufficient to authorize 
such lease, and which leases were not sufficiently 
stamped, according to the circumstances under 
which they were made; that a large number of 
persons were admitted to be registered, and obtained 
certificates objectionable as aforesaid, whose leases 
imported to be made by joint lessors, or by persons 
having a joint power, and were only executed by 
one of such lessors or persons, and did not convey 
a sufficient estate or interest to entitle them to re- 
gister and vote for Members to serve in Parliament 
for said County; that a large number of persons 
were admitted to be registered, and obtained cer- 
tificates objectionable as aforesaid, who had ceased 
to be qualified in respect of the lands and tene- 
ments in respect of which they claimed to register, 
having sub-let and sub-divided same, without re- 
taining sufficient qualification therein; that a large 
number of persons were admitted to register, and 
obtained certificates objectionable as aforesaid, who 
held as joint tenants under leases made since the 
year One thousand eight hundred and twenty- 
three ; that a large number of persons were admitted 
to be registered, and obtained certificates objection- 
able as aforesaid, who had become insolvent, and 
others who had become bankrupt, whose interest in 
lands and tenements out of which they claimed to 
register, were legally vested in their respective as- 
signees; that a large number of persons were ad- 
mitted to be registered and obtained certificates 
objectionable as aforesaid, by said John Francis 
Fosberry and James Doherty, who had not, in the 
lands and tenements from which they sought to 
register, a beneficial interest of the clear yearly 
value of not less than Ten pounds over and above 
all rent and charges, as required by the said Act in 
that case made and provided; that the said John 
Francis Fosberry and James Doherty took an erro- 
neous view, and acted on false principles in the 
mode of ascertaining the value of the premises out 
of which the claimants sought to register; that 
during the said Special Session, excitement prevailed 
to an alarming and dangerous extent, and great and 
undue influence, as well by promise as by threats 
and intimidations, was exercised on the electors of 
the County, by persons notoriously disturbers of the 
peace and of loose and dangerous character, and 
likewise by the acts and denunciations of the clergy 
of the Roman Catholic persuasion, by means where- 
of a large number of persons in whose names 
notices had been served, were induced and coerced. 
to come forward and claim to be registered, and to 
put a false and exaggerated value upon the lands 
out of which they proposed to qualify, although in 
many instances they did not possess the qualifica- 
tion, but declared that they dare not refuse to come 
forward and swear as they were desired; that by 
reason of many erroneous and illegal decisions of 
the said John Francis Fosberry and James Doherty, 
and of such undue influence and intimidation, a 
great number of persons who ought not to have 
been, and who were not entitled to be, admitted to 
be registered, were unduly put upon the Registry of 
the said County of Renahed, as qualified voters, 
and unduly became possessed of certificates on 
parchment, declaring them to be registered voters 
of said County, and entitled to vote at Elections of 

Members 





er 





1 VicToriz. 


Members of Parliament to represent said County ; 
that, shortly after said Special Registry Session, that 
is to say, on the Eighteenth day of December, in 
the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty- 
two, in pursuance of a Writ for that purpose to him 
directed, Willoughby Bond, Esquire, the then High 
Sheriff of said Sout of Longford, proceeded to 
hold his court for the Election of two Knights of 
the Shire, to represent the said County of Longford 
in Parliament; that the Candidates at the said 
Election were the Right honourable Lord Viscount 
Forbes (since deceased), Anthony Lefroy, Luke 
White and James Halpin Rorke; that at the close 
of the poll at said Election, the said Returning 
Officer declared the said Luke White and James 
Halpin Rorke duly elected to serve in Parliament 
as Knights of the Shire for said County of Long- 
ford ; that a Petition was presented by some of the 
Petitioners and other freeholders of said County, 
complaining of an undue Return, and praying the 
House to take into consideration several matters 
and things contained therein, and to remove from 
the Registry of said County the names of such 
persons as should appear to have been fraudulently 
and improperly registered, and that the said Viscount 
Forbes and Anthony Lefroy might be delared duly 
elected, as appears by the Journals of the House; 
that a Committee was struck, for the purpose of 
inquiring into the matters and allegations contained 
in the said Petition, and lists were exchanged in the 
usual way; that the lists given in on the part of 
the Petitioners contained the names of certain 
voters impeached by them as objectionable and bad; 
that a scrutiny was gone into by said Committee, 
and the majority by which the said Luke White and 
James Halpin Rorke were returned was taken 
down, and a majority being established for said 
Viscount Forbes and Anthony Lefroy, they were 
thereupon declared by the said Committee to be 
duly elected, and the same having been reported to 
the House, the Return was amended accordingly ; 
that the votes declared by the said Committee to 
be bad votes, and so reported to the House, were, 
in obedience to the Speaker’s warrant, duly re- 
moved from the Registry of said County; that, 
besides the votes so successfully impeached before 
said Committee, and taken off the Registry, there 
was a considerable number of votes impeached 
by the then Petitioners, and included by them 
in their exchanged lists, which it was not com- 
petent for said Petitioners to proceed to invalidate, 
after a majority had been established sufficient to 
seat said Lord Forbes and Anthony Lefroy, whereby 
such votes, though equally objectionable with those 
ordered to be struck off the Registry, still continue 
on the Registry of said County ; that, since the deci- 
sion of the said Committee, Plaiegs French, Esquire, 
the Chairman of the said County of Longford, or 
Frederick Lindesay, Esquire, in his stead, have held 
the usual Quarter Sessions for the registry of voters 
for said County pursuant to the said Act; that by 
many illegal and erroneous decisions of the said 
George French, and Frederick Lindesay, a great 
number of persons who were not qualified, of per- 
sons who were disqualified, of persons who had 
ceased to be qualified, of persons who were not 
entitled by estate, and of persons who were not 
entitled by value to be registered for said County of 
Longford, were, from time to time, unduly admitted 
to be registered, and unduly obtained certificates, 
and a large number of persons whose registry was 
invalid and not conformable to law, did, in like 
manner, unduly procure certificates objectionable as 
aforesaid; that a large number of persons whose 
claims ought to have been rejected were admitted 
to be registered by the said George French and 
Frederick Lindesay, as freeholders by virtue of 
alleged freeholds, under leases of lands for a life or 
lives made by a lessor, who had not, at the time of 


making the same, a freehold estate therein; that a 
Vo. 93. : 





21° Novembris. 





19 


large number of persons were admitted to be regis- 
tered, and ‘obtained certificates objectionable as 
aforesaid, who held the lands out of which the 
claimed to vote by leases made by landlords whose 
interest had been evicted ; that a large number of 
persons were admitted to be registered, and obtained 
certificates objectionable as aforesaid, who held the 
lands out of which they claimed to register by leases 
made by a landlord whose interest in the lands and 
ee had ceased to exist, or had expired ; that a 
arge number of persons were admitted to be regis- 
tered, and obtained certificates objectionable as 
aforesaid, who held the lands out of which they 
claimed to be registered by leases ante-dated, and 
purporting to be for a term of Twenty years, and 
made by a landlord who had not, at the time of 
making same, an unexpired term of Twenty years 
therein; that a large number of persons were admitted 
to be registered, and obtained certificates objection- 
able as aforesaid, who had no title in the lands and 
premises out of which a claimed to register, and 
who did not produce any lease, deed, or instrument 
duly stamped, by virtue of which they claimed to 
register, or sufficiently account for the non-produc- 
tion thereof, and who did not otherwise establish 
their right to be registered as such voters; that a 
large number of persons were admitted to be regis- 
tered, and obtained certificates, objectionable as 
aforesaid, whose leases imported to have been exe- 
cuted under a power of attorney, but were not exe- 
cuted in the name of the person granting such pawer, 
or were executed under some alleged power, the 
existence of which was not shown, or which power, 
if it existed, was not sufficient to authorize such 
lease, and which leases were not sufficiently stamped 
according to the circumstances under which they were 
made; that a large number of persons were admitted 
to be registered, and obtained certificates objection- 
able as aforesaid, whose leases imported to be made 
by joint lessors, or by persons having a joint power, 
and were only executed by one of such lessors or 
persons, and did not convey a sufficient estate or 
interest to entitle them to register and vote for Mem- 
bers to serve in Parliament for said County ; that a 
large number of persons were admitted to be regis- 
tered, and obtained certificates objectionable as 
aforesaid, who had ceased to be qualified in respect 
of the lands out of which they claimed to register, 
having sub-let and sub-divided same without retain- 
ing a sufficient qualification therein; that a large 
number of persons were admitted to be registered by 
the said George French and Frederick Lindesay, 
who held as joint tenants under leases made since 
the year One thousand eight hundred and twenty- 
three ; that a large number of persons were admitted 
to be registered, and obtained certificates, objection- 
able as aforesaid, who had become insolvent, and 
others who had become bankrupt, whose interest in 
the lands and premises out of which they claimed to 
register were legally vested in their respective as- 
signees; that a large number of persons were ad- 
mitted to be registered as leaseholders of the value 
of Ten pounds, and obtained certificates objection- 
able as aforesaid, who held the lands out of which 
they claimed to register by leases purporting to be 
made for a term of Twenty years, by landlords who 
had not at the time of making the same an unex- 
pired term of Twenty years therein; that the said 
George French and Frederick Lindesay took upon 
themselves to re-register and to issue certificates to 
a number of the persons whose claims to vote for 
Knights of the Shire for the said County of Long- 
ford had been inquired into by said Committee, and 
whose votes had been declared to be bad votes, and 
directed to be removed from the Registry of said 
County as aforesaid, and which had been so re- 
moved, although the said claimants produced no 
other or better qualification than that by virtue of 
which they had formerly registered; that a number 
of persons were admitted to be registered by the said 








D2 George 


i 
! 
i 
i 
! 
i 
\ 
j 


20 21° Novembris: 


George French and Frederick Lindesay, who had 
not in the lands or premises out of which they sought 
to register a beneficial interest of the clear yearly 
value of not less than Ten pounds over and above all 
rent and charges, as by the Act required ; that the 
said George French and Frederick Linden took an 
erroneous view, and acted on a false construction of 
said Act, in their mode of ascertaining the value of 
the premises out of which the persons claiming to re- 
gister sought to vote ; that at the said several Quarter 
Sessions a great number of notices for registering 
were served upon the Clerk of the Peace for the 
said County of Longford, without the knowledge, and 
contrary to the desire, of the persons whose names 
were affixed to the said notices, and whose property 
or interest in the lands held by them was altogether 
insufficient to entitle them to be registered; that 
great and undue influence and intimidation were 
exercised in manner as aforesaid, to induce and com- 
pel the said persons for whom notices had been so 
served, to attend at the said Quarter Sessions, and 
that they, by false representations, and by such 
undue influence and threats, were induced and co- 
erced to place false and excessive value upon the 
lands out of which they claimed to register ; that by 
reason of the many erroneous and illegal decisions 
of the said George French and Frederick Lindesay, 
and of such undue influence and intimidation so 
exercised as aforesaid, a number of persons who 
&lt;r not to have been, and who were not entitled 
to be, registered, were unduly put upon the Registry 
of the County of Longford, and illegally appear 
thereon as qualified voters, and unduly became 
possessed of certificates on parchment, declaring 
them to be entitled to vote at Elections of Members 
of Parliament to represent the said Couuty, to the 
great injury of the duly qualified electors thereof ; 
that a vacancy occurred in the representation of said 
County of Longford owing to the death of said 
Viscount Forbes; that, in pursuance of a Writ for 
that purpose to him directed, Sir Percy Nugent, 
baronet, the then High Sheriff of the County of 
Longford, on the Twenty-sixth day of December, 
Onethousand eight hundred and thirty-six, proceeded 
to hold his court for the Election of a Knight of the 
Shire to represent said County in Parliament, in the 
room of said Lord Viscount Forbes, deceased ; that 
Charles Fox and Luke White appeared as Candidates 
at said Election, and a poll having been demanded 
and proceeded upon, the same was continued from 
said Twenty-sixth day of December until Friday the 
Thirtieth day of December, when the said Returning 
Officer declared the said Luke White duly elected, 
to serve in Parliament as Knight of the Shire for 
said County ; that a Petition was presented by some 
of the Petitioners and other freeholders of said 
County having a right to vote therein, and another 
Petition by said Charles Fox, complaining of an 
undue Return, and praying the House to take the 
several matters and things therein mentioned into 
their consideration, and remove from the Registry of 
said County the names of such persons as should 
appear to have been fraudulently and improperly 
admitted to be registered, and that the said Luke 
White might be declared not duly elected, and that 
the said Charles Fox might be declared duly elected, 
as appears by the Journals of the House; that a 
Committee was struck, for the purpose of inquiring 
into the several matters and allegations contained in 
said Petition, and lists were exchanged in the usual 
way ; that the lists given in on the part of the Pe- 
titioner’s contained the names of certain voters im- 
peached by them as objectionable and bad, on the 
several grounds hereinbefore stated ; that a scrutiny 
was gone into by the said Committee, and the ma- 
jority by which the said Luke White was returned 
was taken down, and a majority was established for 
said Charles Fox, and he was thereupon declared by 
the said Committee duly elected, and the same 
having been reported to the House, the Return was 








A. 1837. 


|amended accordingly; that the Committee altered 


the poll by striking off ninety-four votes, as not 
having a right to vote thereat, and so reported to 
the House ; that two of those votes were objected to 
and struck off by the said Committee, as having 
been adjudicated upon by a former Committee, on 
the Petition of Anthony Lefroy, and said Viscount 
Forbes aforesaid, and having been struck off by the 
Registry, and that the remaining ninety-two votes 
were objected to and struck off the poll, inasmuch 
as the property in respect of which such persons 
were registered as voters in said County, and by 
virtue of which they voted at said Election, was not 
of the nature and value prescribed by said Act of 
the 2d and 3d Williamthe Fourth, chapter eighty- 
eight; that besides the votes ‘so successfully im- 
peached before the said Committee and taken off 
the poll, there was a considerable number objected 
to by the then Petitioners, and included by them in 
their exchanged lists, which it was not competent 
for them to invalidate after the majority had been so 
established to seat the said Charles Fox; that in 
pursuance of a Writ to him for that purpose directed, 
Hugh Morgan Tuite, High Sheriff of the County of 
Longford, proclamation of the time and place of 
holding thereof having been duly made, proceeded 
on the Fourteenth day of August in this year, One 
thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, to hold 
his Court for the Election of two Knights of the 
Shire, to represent said County in Parliament ; that 
Anthony Lefroy, Charles Fox, Luke White, and 
Henry White, were Candidates at said Election, and 
a poll having been demanded, the same was granted, 
and continued from said Fourteenth day of August 
until Friday the Eighteenth day of said month, 
when the said Returning Officer unduly declared the 
said Luke Whiteand Henry White to be duly elected 
as Knights of the Shire, to serve in Parliament for 
said County; that at the said Election the said 
several persons so objected to and struck off the 
poll by the said last-mentioned Committee, as not 
having propertyof the nature and value prescribed by 
said Act of od and 3d William the Fourth, chapter 
eighty-eight, although severally cautioned against 
voting at the said Election, did notwithstanding 
tender their votes for the said Luke White and Henry 
White, and were received ; that during the continu- 
ance of said poll very many of the persons who had 
been illegally, unduly, and erroneously registered by 
the said John Francis Fosberry andJames Doherty 
at said Special Session, and by the said George 
French and Frederick Lindesay at said several 
Quarter Sessions, tendered their votes for the said 
Luke White and Henry White, and were received ; 
that many persons, who, since the time of being 
registered, and procuring certificates on parchment 
as registered voters of said County, but who had 
ceased to be qualified by reason of their having 
parted with their freeholds, and sold or sub-let, and 
subdivided the lands out of which they registered, 
or who had been ejected or removed therefrom, and 
of persons who had parted with the possession in 
the whole or in part of the lands from which they 
registered, of persons whose interest in the lands out 
of which they registered had ceased by expiration 
of the term for which the lands were held, of persons 
whose title had ceased by expiration of the term for 
which the lands were held, of persons whose title 
had ceased to exist by reason of the lease or title 
out of which their interests were derived having 
expired, of persons who registered as freeholders and 
whose qualifications as such freeholders had ceased 
by the falling of the life or lives in their leases, of 

rsons am, be registered out of two, three or more 
instruments, and where the interest derivable under 
one or more of such instruments had dropped and 
ceased to exist, of persons who had become bank- 
rupt, and of persons who had become insolvent ; that 
a eae cvk of persons whose title and interest 
in the lands out of which they registered _ 

cease 





1 Vicroriz. 


ceased by the death or deaths of the life or lives for 
which they held, of persons whose votes had been 
ordered by the Resolution of the House to be re- 
moved from the Registry of said County, as being 
bad votes, and who had, cert me yom been 
unduly and improperly re-registered as aforesaid, 
tendered their votes at said Election, and were re- 
ceived for said Luke White and Henry White, of 
persons who were bribed to vote, of persons who 
were unduly treated at and before said Election, of 
persons whose registry was imperfect and informal, 
tendered their votes for the said Luke White and 
Henry White, and were received ; that objections 
having been made to the votes of said persons, the 
Returning Officer and his assessor declared them- 
selves bound by the production of the certificates 
on parchment, which they decided to be conclusive 
evidence of their right of voting, and directed the 
votes of the said persons to be admitted, and to be 
entered on the poll for the said Luke White and 
Henry White; that a number of persons who were 
duly registered tendered their votes at said Elec- 
tion for said Anthony Lefroy and Charles Fox, but 
were illegally and unduly rejected ; that, from the 
time the vacancy in the representation of said County 
was made known, and that said Anthony Lefroy 
and Charles Fox were announced as ‘Candidates, up 
to the time of holding the said Election, and during 
the continuance thereof, a violent agitation was 
excited in the different districts of said County, to 
raise a bad and hostile feeling against the said 
Anthony Lefroy and Charles Fox, as Candidates to 
represent said County, and by night armed parties 
went about to the houses of the voters supposed to 
be in the interest of the said Anthony Lefroy and 
Charles Fox, who took from their beds the said 
voters, threatened them, and, after placing them on 
their knees, swore them on pain of death and de- 
struction to themselves and their families not to 
vote for the said Anthony Lefroy or Charles Foz, 
but to vote for the said Luke White and Henry 
White, and, in order further to intimidate, in many 
instances dug graves near the residences of said 
voters; that the Clergy of the Roman Catholic 
persuasion, both publicly and in the chapels, during 
said period, denounced the said Anthony Lefroy and 
Charles Fox as enemies of the people, and called 
over, standing at the altars and doors of said chapels, 
the names of the voters in their parishes who were 
usually in the habit of attending at said chapels, 
and doen and then caused and compelled said 
voters to stand forward and sign a paper or put 
their marks thereto, pledging themselves to vote for 
said Luke White and Henry White; that the said 
Luke White and Henry White, by themselves, their 
agents, friends and managers, committee-men and 
partisans, and others on their behalf, were guilty of 
the most flagrant and notorious acts of intimidation, 
thereby basely and unlawfully procuring by threats 
divers other persons, being qualified to vote at the 
said Election, through fear of being persecuted and 
themselves and their families injured and ill used, 
to forbear to give their votes for the said Anthony 
Lefroy and Charles Fox, in violation of the rights 
of Election, the privileges of Parliament and freedom 
of Election ; that the said Luke White and Henry 
White, by themselves, their agents, managers and 
friends, and others on their behalf, before and at 
and during the Election, were guilty of open and 
notorious acts of bribery and corruption of the 
electors of said County, in order to influence them 
to give their votes for the said Luke White and 
Henry White, and to refuse and forbear to give their 
votes for said Anthony Lefroy and Charles Fox, 
and also for attempting and endeavouring to bribe 
and corrupt the electors of said County to give their 
votes to the said Luke White and Henry White, and 


to refuse and forbear to give their votes for the said 
Anthony Lefroy and the said Charles Fox, in order 


that the said Luke White and Henry White might 
Vat. 93, 





21° Novembris. 





Q1 


be returned to serve in Parliament for said County ; 
by all which means, and by other illegal practices, 
the said Luke White and Henry White obtained a 
colourable majority over the said Anthony Lefroy 
and Charles Fox on the poll taken at the said Elec- 
tion, and were illegally returned as Knights of the 
Shire to serve in Parliament for said County of 
Longford, to the prejudice and injury of the Peti- 
tioners, and of the said Anthony Lefroy and Charles 
Fox, who were duly elected by a majority of legal 
votes given for them, and who ought to havi been 
returned Knights of the Shire to serve in Parliament 
for the sae of Longford; the Petitioners, there- 
fore, inasmuch as no scrutiny or investigation of the 
persons illegally admitted to be registered could or 
was permitted to take place at the said Election, 
and inasmuch as the examination of matters and 
things affecting the freedom of Elections, the cor- 
rection of abuses, and the removal of fraudulent 
voters are most important, most humbly pray that 
the House will take the several matters and things 
above stated into their consideration, and remove 
from the poll the names of such persons as ought 
not to have been permitted to vote at said Election, 
and remove from the Registry of the said County of 
Longford the names of such persons as shall appear 
to them to have been improperly admitted to be 
registered, or since their registry to have ceased to 
be qualified, and who were improperly admitted to 
vote as aforesaid, and to place upon the poll the 
names of such voters as appear to have been im- 
properly and illegally refused by the Returning Officer 
at said Election, and that the said Luke White and 
Henry White may be declared not duly elected or 
returned, and that the said Anthony Lefroy and 
Charles Fox may be declared duly elected to serve 
in Parliament for the said County of Longford, and 
their names to be substituted in the said Return, or 
declare the Election and Return of the said Luke 
White and Henry White to be null and void; and 
that the House may make such order, and give such 
further relief in the premises, for securing the free- 
dom of Election in the said County, as the House 
shall think fit. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of De- 
cember next, at twenty minutes after two of the 
clock in the Afternoon. 

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


A Petition of the thereundersigned Electors of Belfast 


the Borough of Belfast, who claimed a right to vote, 
and who did vote, at the last Election for Members 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
Borough of Belfast, was read; setting forth, That 
the Petitioners are, and were at and during the last 
Election of Members to serve in this Parliament for 
the said Borough of Belfast, Electors of the said 
Borough, and had a right to vote, and did vote, for 
Members to serve in Parliament at the said Elec- 
tion for the said Borough; that at the said Election 
for the said Borough, James Emerson Tennent, 
George Dunbar and James Gibson, Esquires, and 
the Karl of Belfast, were Candidates to represent 
said Borough of Belfast in Parliament; that John 
Agnew, Esquire, was then and still is the Sovereign 
and Returning Officer for the said Borough; that 
the polling commenced upon Tuesday, the First day 
of August last, and continued until the same was 
closed by law, on Saturday, the Fifth day of August 
last ; that at the close of the said Election, the said 
Sovereign declared the said James Gibson and Earl 
of Belfast duly elected as Burgesses to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Borough of Belfast afore- 
said ; that the said James Gibson is not qualified in 
point of estate to serve in Parliament; that many 
persons were permitted to vote for the said James 

D3 Gibson 








Petersfield 
Election. 


22 


Gibson and Earl of Belfast who were disqualified 
from voting; that many persons voted at the said 
Election for the said James Gibson and Earl of 
Belfast who were not entitled to vote thereat ; that 
the said James Gibson and Earl of Belfast, by 
themselves and their agents, were guilty of bribery, 
and used corrupt, undue and illegal means, in order 
to obtain their Return as Members for the said 
Borough ; that the Return of the said James Gibson 
and Earl of Belfast was, for the reasons aforesaid, 
and by means of other unconstitutional and improper 
acts, illegal, and that they ought not to be allowed 
to sitas Representatives for said Borough of Bel- 
fast; the Petitioners therefore, humbly pray the 
House to take the premises into their consideration, 
and to declare the Election and Return of the said 
James Gibson and Earl of Belfast, wholly null and 
void, and that the said James Emerson Tennent and 
George Dunbar were duly elected, and ought to 
have been returned to serve in Parliament for the 
said Borough, or that the House will afford the 
Petitioners such further and other relief in the 
premises as to the House shall seem fit. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of De- 
cember next, at twenty-five minutes after two of the 
clock in the Afternoon. 

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


A Petition of Cornthwaite John Hector, of Peters- 


field, in the county of Hants, Esquire, was read ; 


setting forth, That at the last Election of a Burgess 
to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough 
of Petersfield, in the county of Hants, Sir William 
George Hylton Jolliffe, Baronet, and the Petitioner, 
were Candidates to represent the said Borough in 
this present Parliament; that Daniel Quarrier, Es- 
quire, Doctor of Medicine, acted as the Returning 
Officer at the said Election, and that the said Elec- 
tion was held on Monday the Twenty-fourth and 
Tuesday the Twenty-fifth days of July, in this present 
year of our Lord, One thousand eight hundred and 
thirty-seven, the poll being taken on the said Twenty- 
fifth day of July aforesaid; that at the conclusion 
of the said Election, the said Sir William George 
Hylton Jolliffe was declared to have the majority of 
votes, and was returned as duly elected to serve as 
a Member for the said Borough in this present Par- 
liament ; that although at the Courts held in the 
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and 
thirty-six, for revising the lists of voters for the said 
Borough, by the Barrister or Barristers appointed in 
that behalf, according to the statute or statutes in 
that case made and provided, the several lists of 
voters for the said Borough were revised, settled 
and signed by such Barrister or Barristers, yet such 
lists were not copied into a book provided by the 
Returning Officer of such Borough according to the 
said Acts, nor was any such book ever made or 
completed as amg by the said Acts, but that 
Mr. Thomas Baker, beng Mayor and Returning 
Officer for the said Borough at the time of revising, 
settling and signing the said lists, did afterwards, 
and whilst he was such Mayor and Returning Officer 
as aforesaid, cause books to be printed and made 
from the said several lists so revised, settled and 
signed as aforesaid, with every name thereon num- 
bered, and with the nature of the several qualifica- 
tions and the local descriptions thereof, as the same 
were stated in the said lists, so revised, settled and 
signed as aforesaid, which said books were and are 
entitled as follows, that is to say, “ A Register of 
the Electors to vote in the choice of a Member for 
the Borough of Petersfield, dated the 29th day of 
October 1836, Thomas Baker, Mayor,” and the said 
printed books were afterwards published as and for 
copies of the Register of Electors for the said Bo- 


21° Novembris. 





A. 1837. 


rough, and such printed books were used at the 
said Election, not only by the agents of the Peti- 
tioner but also by the agents of the said Sir William 
George Hylton Jolliffe and by the said Daniel 
Quarrier, the then Returning Officer for the said 
Borough, and by the Clerks employed in taking the 
poll thereat; that the names of many persons who 
were not entitled or qualified according to the pro- 
visions of an Act of Parliament passed in the second 
year of the reign of his late Majesty King William 
the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act to amend the Re- 
presentation of the People in England and Wales,” 
to have their names inserted in any of the said Lists 
of Voters for the said Borough, or to be registered 
as voters in any Election of a Member to serve in 
Parliament for the said Borough, which might take 
place between the First day of December, in the 
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and 
thirty-six, inclusive, and the First day of November, 
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hun- 
dred and thirty-seven, in respect of any premises as 
mentioned in the said Act, or in respect of their 
occupation of, or of the value of, any such premises, 
or in respect of their residence in, or within the 
ae 0 distance from, the said Borough, or as 
having been duly rated to the rates for the relief of 
the poor in respect of their respective premises, or 
as having duly paid their poors’-rates as required by 
the said Act, and also the names of many other 
persons who were not entitled or qualified according 
to the said recited Act, to have their names inserted 
in any such lists, or to be registered as voters as 
last aforesaid, by reason of their not being of full 
age, or by reason of their being subject to some 
legal incapacity for voting at any such Election as 
last aforesaid, either as being concerned and em- 
ployed in the collecting, receiving or managing 
certain stamp duties, or in the collecting, receiving 
or managing certain rates and duties granted and 
made payable by an Act passed in the fiftieth year 
of the reign of his late Majesty King George the 
Third, intituled, ‘“‘ An Act for placing the Duties of 
Hawkers and Pedlars under the management of the 
Commissioners of Hackney Coaches,” or as being 
persons appointed by the Commissioners for distri- 
buting stamps, or as having received parochial relief 
or other disqualifying alms within Twelve calendar 
months next previous to the said Thirty-first day of 
July, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight 
hundred and thirty-six, were nevertheless inserted 
in the said lists, or some or one of them, by the re- 
spective overseers of the poor, and were retained 
therein by the said Barrister or Barristers who re- 
vised the same, and the said several lists were so 
revised, settled and signed as aforesaid with the said 
names so retained therein, and the said names were 
afterwards printed in the said printed books, and 
divers and very many of such persons voted at the 
said last Election for the said Borough for the said 
Sir William George Hylton Jolliffe, and that many 
other persons who were not entitled or qualified 
according to the provision of the first recited Act, 
to have their names inserted in any of the said lists 
of voters for the said Borough, or to be registered 
as voters in any such Election for such Borough, 
which might take place between the times aforesaid 
as hereinbefore in that behalf mentioned, in respect 
of any premises as mentioned in the said recited 
Act, or in respect of their occupation of, or of the 
value of, any such premises, or in respect of their 
residence in, or within the prescribed distance from, 
the said Borough, or as having been duly rated to 
the rates for the relief of the poor in respect of their 
respective premises, or as having duly paid the poor’s 
rates as required by the said Act, and also the names 
of many other persons who were not entitled or 
qualified to have their names inserted in any of the 
said lists, or to be registered as voters as last afore- 
said, by reason of their not being of full age, or by 
reason of their being subject to some legal — 

city 


1 Vicroriz. 


city for voting at any such Election as last afore- 
said, either as being concerned or employed in the 
collecting, receiving, or managing certain stamp 
duties, or in collecting, receiving, or managing cer- 
tain rates and duties granted and made payable by 
the said Act of the fiftieth year of the reign of our 
late said Majesty George the Third, or as being 
ersons appointed by the commissioners for distri- 
tient of stamps, or as having received parochial 
relief, or other disqualifying alms as aforesaid, were 
nevertheless inserted in the said lists, or some or 
one of them, by the respective overseers, and were 
retained therein by the said Barrister or Barristers 
who revised the same, although such persons had 
been duly objected to, and although the party so 
objecting to the said several persons respectively did 
appear by himself, or by some one on his behalf, 
before such Barrister or Barristers at the revision of 
the said lists, in support of such several objections ; 
and the said several lists were so revised, settled 
and signed as aforesaid, with the said names so re- 
tained therein as last aforesaid, and such names 
were afterwards printed in the said printed books, 
and divers and very many of such persons did vote 
at the said Election for the said Borough for the 
said Sir William George Hylton Jolliffe; that the 
names of many other persons who were not entitled 
or qualified to have their names inserted in any of 
the said lists of voters for the said Borough, or to be 
registered as voters in any Election for the said 
Borough, which might take place within the times 
hereinbefore mentioned in that behalf, were never- 
theless inserted in the said lists, or some or one 
of them, by the said respective Overseers, and such 
names were retained in such lists by the Barrister 
or Barristers who revised the same as aforesaid, and 
the said several lists were so revised, settled and 
signed as aforesaid, with the said last-mentioned 
names so retained therein, and such names were 
afterwards printed in the said printed books, and 
divers and very many of such persons did vote at 
the said last Election for the said Borough for the 
said Sir William George Hylton Jolliffe; that the 
names of many other persons who were not entitled 
to have their names inserted in any of the said lists 
_ of voters for the said Borough, or to be registered 
as voters in any Election of a Member for the said 
Borough, which might take place within the times 
hereinbefore mentioned, were nevertheless inserted 
in the said lists, or some or one of them, by the said 
respective overseers, and such names were retained 
in such lists, or some or one of them, by the Bar- 
rister or Barristers who revised the same as afore- 
said, although such persons had been and were 
duly objected to, and although the party so object- 
ing to the said several persons — did a 
pear by himself, or by some cne on his behalf at the 
said revision thereof, in support of such several 
objections ; and the said several lists were so settled 
and signed as aforesaid, with the said several names 
so retained therein, and such names were after- 
wards printed in the said printed books, and divers 
and very many of such persons did vote at the said 
last Election for the said Borough for the said Sir 
William George Hylton Jolliffe; that many other 
persons who were not entitled or qualified according 
to the provisions of the said first recited Act, to 
have their names inserted in any of the said lists 
of voters for the Borough, or to be registered as 
voters in any election of a Member to serve in Par- 
liament for the said Borough, which might take 
place between the first day of December in the year 
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and thirty- 
six inclusive, and the first day of November in the 
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 
thirty-seven, in respect of, any premises as mentioned 
in the said first recited Act, or in respect of their 
occupation of, or of the value of, any such premises, 
or in respect of their residence in, or within the pre- 
scribed distance from, the said Borough, or as having 
Vou, 93. 


21° Novembris. 





23 


been duly rated to the rates for the relief of the 
_ in respect of their respective premises, or as 
aving duly paid their poor’s rates, as required by the 
said Act; did, nevertheless, claim to have their 
names inserted in some or one of the said lists, as 
having been entitled on the last day of July, in the 
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and 
thirty-six, and the names of such persons were in- 
serted in some or one of such lists, by the Barrister 
or Barristers at the revision thereof, as aforesaid ; 
and the said lists were settled and signed as afore- 
said, with the said last-mentioned names therein, 
and such names were afterwards printed in the 
— books, and divers and very many of the 
ast-mentioned persons did vote at the said last 
Election for the said Borough for the said Sir 
William George Hylton Folligfe ; that many other 
persons who were not entitled to be registered as 
voters in any Election of a Member for the said 
Borough, which might take place within the times 
hereinbefore mentioned in that behalf, did, neverthe- 
less, claim to have their names inserted in some or 
one of the said lists of voters, as having been entitled 
on the last day of July in the year of our Lord One 
thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and the 
names of such persons were inserted in some or one 
of the said lists, by the Barrister or Barristers at 
the revision thereof, as aforesaid, and the said lists 
were settled and signed as aforesaid, with the said 
last-mentioned names thereon, and such names 
were afterwards printed in the said printed books, 
and divers and very many of the said last-mentioned 
ersons did vote at the said last Election for the said 
orough, for the said Sir William George Hylton 
Jolliffe; that many other persons whose names 
were improperly retained, and many other persons 
whose names were improperly inserted in the said 
several lists of voters, or some or one of them, in 
consequence of the decision of the Barrister or Bar- 
risters who revised the said lists, did vote at the 
said Election for the said Sir William George Hylton 
Jolliffe; that the names of many other persons were 
improperly retained, and the names of many other 
persons were improperly inserted in some or one of 
the said lists, in consequence of the decision of the 
said Barrister or Barristers; and the said lists were 
settled and signed as aforesaid with such names 
thereon, and such names were afterwards printed in 
the said printed books, and divers and very many 
of such persons voted at the said last Election for 
the said Sir William George Hylton Jolliffe; that 
many persons whose names were on the said lists 
after the same had been so revised, settled and 
signed as aforesaid, and which said names were 
printed in the said printed books, were disqualified 
and incapacitated as voters for the said Borough at 
the said last Election, some of them having become 
so disqualified and incapacitated before, and others 
of them between the Thirty-first day of July in the 
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and 
thirty-six, and before the revising, settling and 
signing of the said lists, and others between the 
time when the said lists were so revised, settled and 
signed as aforesaid, and the time of the said last 
Election, and their voting thereat, either by having 
parted with, sold, or otherwise ceased to be pos- 
sessed of, or to occupy, the premises, or have the 
qualification in respect of which their names were 
upon the said lists, and in the said printed books as 
voters for the said Borough, or by having at and 
between the several times aforesaid parted with, 
sold, or otherwise ceased to be possessed of, or to 
occupy, so large a part thereof, that the residue 
became and was insufficient to confer a qualification 
to vote under the said first recited Act of Parliament, 
or by having at and between the said several times 
ceased to reside within the said Borough, or the 
limit prescribed by the said Act, and thereby or 
otherwise ceased to have the same qualification for 
which their names had been originally inserted in 
D4 the 








24 


the said lists, or for which their names were upon 
the said lists, and printed in the said printed books 
as aforesaid, or by having received at and between 
the several times aforesaid parochial relief or other 
disqualifying alms ; and others were disqualified or 
incapacitated as voters as aforesaid at the said last 
Election, by receiving bribes or promises of bribes, or 
other illegal rewards for giving their votes at the said 
last Election, as well before as after the said revising, 
settling, and signing of the said lists; nevertheless 
all such persons so disqualified or incapacitated, as 
last aforesaid, were allowed to vote at the said last 
Election, and did vote thereat for the said Sir Wil- 
liam George Hylton Jolliffe, notwithstanding their 
said respective disqualifications and incapacities, 
and want of qualification, right and title to vote at 
that Election as above described ; that many others 
who were incapable of voting at the said last Elec- 
tion, by reason of their having during such Election, 
or within Six calendar months previous thereto, or 
Fourteen days after the said Election was completed, 
been employed as agents or in certain other capa- 
cities for the purpose of the said Election, and 
having, therefore, during or since such Election 
accepted from certain persons with reference to 
such employments, certain fees, promises, rewards, 
or promises of money, and other emoluments, and 
many others who were incapacited from voting at 
the said last Election, by reason of their being 
officers or persons concerned or employed in col- 
lecting, receiving or managing certain stamp duties, 
or of their being persons appointed by the commis- 
sioners of stamps, for distributing stamps, or by 
being officers or persons concerned and employed in 
collecting, managing or receiving certain rates and 
duties granted and made payable by the said Act of 
the fiftieth year of the reign of his late Majesty 
George the Third, did respectively vote at the said 
last Election for the said Sir William George Hylton 
Jolliffe, notwithstanding their said several respective 
incapacities and disqualifications above described, 
and certain other persons were allowed to vote, and 
did vote, at the said last Election for the said Sir 
William George Hylton Jolliffe, although the names 
of some of such persons were not inserted in the 
said lists so revised, settled and signed as aforesaid, 
or in the said printed books, and the names of 
others of the said persons were omitted from, or 
were not inserted, or were illegally and insufficiently 
inserted therein, and certain others were allowed to 
vote, and did vote, as last aforesaid, although their 
christian or first name or names were wholly omitted, 
or illegally and insufficiently described therein, and 
others were allowed to vote, and did vote, as last 
aforesaid, by and in wrong christian name or names ; 
that divers other persons voted for the said Sir Wii- 
liam George Hylton Jolliffe, at the said last Elec- 
tion, in respect of qualifications not described, or 
other than such as were described in the said lists 
and printed books, or whose names, qualifications, 
and places of abode were not entered in the poll as 
the same were respectively entered in the said lists 
and printed books, but in a manner differing from, 
and at variance with, the said lists and books, and 
certain other persons were allowed to vote, and did 
vote as last aforesaid, although such persons 
neglected and refused to answer, and did not pro- 
perly and sufficiently answer some one or all of the 
questions directed to be put by the fifty-eighth sec- 
tion of the said first-mentioned Act of Parliament, 
although the same were duly required to be put to 
such voters on behalf of the said Petitioner; that, 
in consequence of the erroneous decisions of the said 
Barrister or Barristers who revised the said lists as 
aforesaid, certain other persons who were duly qua- 
lified and entitled according to the said first recited 
Act of Parliament to be registered as voters in an 

Election for a Member for the said Borough, which 
might take place between the times hereinbefore in 
that behalf mentioned, and whose names were duly 


21° Novembris. 











A. 1837. 


inserted in the lists delivered to be revised by the said 
Barrister or Barristers as aforesaid, were expunged and 
struck out of the said lists and improperly omitted 
by the said Barrister or Barristers therefrom, and 
the said lists were so settled and signed as aforesaid, 
the said names so being first expunged and struck 
out and omitted therefrom, and divers and very 
many of the said persons tendered their votes at the 
said last Election for the Petitioner, but the same 
could not be admitted and allowed as votes at such 
Election, as they ought and otherwise would have 
been but for the said decisions of the said Barrister 
or Barristers, and the expunging and striking out 
and omission of the said names of the said persons 
as aforesaid; and by reason of the premises the said 
Sir William George Hylton Jolliffe obtained an ap- 

arent and colourable majority of votes at the said 

lection over the Petitioner, and was illegally re- 
turned to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
Borougu of Petersfield, whereas the majority of legal 
electors and voters at that Election was in favour of 
the Petitioner, who ought to have been returned a 
Member to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough, instead of the said Sir William 
George Hylton Jolliffe; the Petitioner therefore 
humbly prays, that the House will take the premises 
into their consideration, and declare the said Sir 
William George Hylton Jolliffe not duly elected, 
and that his said Election and Return were and are 
null and void, and that the Petitioner was duly 
elected a Member to serve in this Parliament for the 
said Borough, and ought to have been returned as 
the Member to serve in this Parliament for the said 
Borough, and that the Return may be amended 
accordingly, and that such further and other relief 
may be granted in the premises as to the House shall 
seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of De- 
cember next, at half an hour after two of the clock 
in the Afternoon. 

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


A Petition of Robert Pigot, of Patshull, in the Bridgnorth 
County of Stafford, Esquire, who was a Candidate Election. 


at the last Election of Members to serve in this 
resent Parliament for the Borough of Bridgnorth, 
in the County of Salop, was read; setting forth, 
That, in obedience to a precept from Thomas Henry 
Hope, Esquire, Sheriff of the said County of Salop, 
to James Shepley, Esquire, the Returning Officer 
for the said alae directed, the said Return- 
ing Officer did, on Monday, the 24th day of July 
now last past, proceed to the election of Members 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
Borough ; that at the said Election, Thomas Charl- 
ton Whitmore, Esquire, Henry Hanbury Tracy, Es- 
uire, and the Petitioner, were the only Candi- 
ates; that a poll having been duly demanded at 
the said Election, the same was commenced on 
Tuesday the 25th day of July now last past, being 
the day next following the said day of Election ; 
that the said 24th and 25th days of July were the 
days fixed for holding the Salop Assizes, at which 
several electors of the said Borough favourable to 
the Return of the Petitioner were as jurors or wit- 
nesses bound to attend ; that application was made to 
the said Returning Officer to ix the day of Election 
on a more convenient day, but without effect ; that, 
previous to the requisition hereinafter mentioned, 
the said Returning Officer gave notice of his inten- 
tion to provide three polling places for taking the 
poll at such Election ; that two of the polling places 
so selected by the Returning Officer were highly in- 
convenient and incommodious for the electors sup- 
posed to be favourable to the Return of the Peti- 
tioner, and highly convenient and commodious ~e 
e 


1 Vicroriz#. 


the Election supposed to be favourable to the Re- 
turn of the said Henry Hanbury Tracy, Esquire ; 
that the mode in which the said Returning Officer 
proposed to divide and arrange the booths at which 
the electors should be respectively allotted to poll, 
so that not more than 300 electors should be allotted 
to poll at any one booth, was privately made known 
by the said Returning Officer to the agent of the 
said Henry Hanbury Tracy, Esquire, one, day at 
least before the said Returning Officer would com- 
municate the said division and arrangement to the 
Petitioner or his agents, although requested so to 
do; that the Petitioner had reason to believe, and 
did and doth kelieve, that such arrangement had 
been made in concert with one of the said Henry 
Hanbury Tracy’s agents; that it appeared to the 
Petitioner that the selection of two of the said 
three booths before referred to, and also the arrange- 
ment and allotment of the districts to poll at the 
respective booths, were calculated to produce great 
and undue advantage to the said Henry Hanbury 
Tracy, Esquire,and injury to the Petitioner, and that, 
therefore, a requisition was made according to law 
by the Petitioner and the said Thomas Charlton Whit- 
more, Esquire, that the said Returning Officer would 
so divide and arrange the booths that not more than 
100 electors should be allotted to poll in each such 
booth; that, accordingly, eight booths, numbered 
consecutively from one to eight inclusive, were di- 
vided and arranged by the said Returning Officer; 
that two of the said booths were situate in the Town 
Hall of the said Borough, from one of the windows 
of which the flag of the said Henry Hanbury Tracy, 
Esquire, was, with the knowledge of the said Re- 
turning Officer, suspended during the whole time of 
taking the poll at the said Election; that two others 
of the said booths were situate in factories from 
which the flag of the said Henry Hanbury Tracy, 
Esquire, was flying for some days previous to and 
during the said Election, which said factories were 
in the possession of violent partisans of the said 


Henry Hanbury Tracy, Esquire, having a_ great | 


number of workmen and voters under their influence 
and control, which said several facts were respec- 
tively known to the said Returning Officer, when he 
selected the said two last-mentioned booths ; that 
by the said appointment of booths, several of the 
electors favourable to the Petitioner were deterred 
and intimidated from presenting themselves at the 
poll; that a large body of special constables employed 
by the said Returning Officer at the said Election 
were selected exclusively by the agents and partisans 
of the said Henry Hanbury Tracy, were brought 
from a distance, and preceded into the said Borough 
by the band and colours of the said Henry Hanbury 
Tracy, Esquire, were quartered at his expense during 
the Election at the public houses opened by the 
said Henry Hanbury Tracy, were during the said 
Election under the control and direction of the said 
Henry Hanbury Tracy, his agents and partisans, 
and were paid after the Election at his committee- 
room, which said several facts were respectively 
known to the said Returning Officer; that the poll- 
ing at the said booths commenced, according to law, 
at Eight of the clock in the Forenoon of the day next 
following the day fixed for the Election; that shortly 
before Three of the clock in the Afternoon of the da 

of taking the poll at the said Election, John Willis, 
an elector for the said Borough, who had previously 
promised to poll for the Petitioner, was brought from 
the house of the said Returning Officer, accompanied 
by the said Henry Hanbury Tracy, Esquire, and 
several of his partisans, in order that his vote should 
be polled at booth No. 4; that, in consequence of 
this proceeding, the polling at the said last-men- 
tioned booths was obstructed by a riot and open 
violence ; that thereupon, and before the said hour 
of Three of the clock in the Afternoon of the said 
day, the said Returning Officer did in person pro- 
ceed to the Town Hall, at which place no riot or 

Vor. 93. 








21° Novembris. 95 


open violence had been manifested, and did illegally 
and partially close the poll at booths No. 1 and 
No. 2, there situate, and did forthwith partially and 
illegally send directions to the deputies at the re- 
maining booths to forthwith close the poll at the 
same respectively, although no riot or open violence 
had been manifested at any polling place in the said 
Borough, except at booth No. 4, as above men- 
tioned ; that in consequence of the said partial and 
illegal directions, the poll was forthwith illegally 
closed at booths Nos. 4, 5, 6 and 8, respectively; that 
at booth No. 3, the poll was illegally adjourned for 
a quarter of an hour by the deputy of the said Re- 
turning Offcer thereat, in consequence of the said 
partial and illegal directions of the Returning Officer, 
and was thence kept open till Four of the clock in 
the Afternoon of said day; that at booth No. 7, the 
poll was not closed by the deputy presiding thereat 
till Four of the clock in the Afternoon of the same 
day ; that after the said partial and illegal directions 
to close the poll were made known, no elector pre- 
sented himself to poll at either of the two last-men- 
tioned booths ; that after the poll had been closed as 
above mentioned at booth No. 4, and after the booth 
had been prostrated by the violence above men- 
tioned, the said John Willis who was allotted to 
poll thereat was partially and illegally admitted by 
the deputy returning officer of the said booth to poll 
for the said Henry Hanbury Tracy, Esquire, on the 
spot where the said booth stood, no one being pre- 
sent to represent the Petitioner, his agents and 
check-clerk having previously departed in conse- 
quence of the closing of the said poll; that the said 
Returning Officer did not nor would open the poll 
at any one of the said eight booths on the day 
following that on which the said interruption or ob- 
struction of the proceedings at booth No. 4, took 
place ; that on the day next following the said day 
of polling, the eerie: | Officer, in spite of the 
remonstrance and protest hereinafter mentioned, did 
illegally and partially declare the state of the poll, 
and make proclamation of the said Thomas Charlton 
Whitmore, Esquire, and the said Henry Hanbury 
Tracy, Esquire, as the Members chosen to serve in 
Parliament for the said Borough, and did proceed 
to make the Return accordingly; that the numbers 
so declared by the Returning Officer were, for the 
said Thomas Charlton Whitmore, Esquire, 429 votes, 
for the said Henry Hanbury Tracy, Esquire, 371 
votes, for the Petitioner 367 votes, which number 
of 371 votes was inclusive of the vote of the said 
John Willis so illegally admitted to poll as above 
mentioned ; that at the time when the poll was so 
partially and illegally closed as above meutioned 
at booths Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 8, the number of 
electors who were allotted to poll at one or other of 
these last-mentioned booths, and who remained un- 
polled and entitled to poll, was less than the majo- 
rity of the said Tomas Charlton Whitmore, Esquire, 
over the Petitioner, but far greater than the majority 
of the said Henry Hanbury Tracy, Esquire, over 
the Petitioner ; that for some time previous to the 
said partial and illegal closing of the poll at the 
said booths the majority of the said Henry Hanbury 
Tracy, Esquire, over the Petitioner had been steadily 
diminishing ; that the said partial and illegal act of 
the said Returning Officer, in closing the poll as 
above mentioned, was done at the personal sugges- 
tion and request of the said Henry Hanbury Tracy ; 
that at the time when the poll was so illegally and 
artially closed by the said Returning Officer, the 
Petisiones, by his agent, remonstrated with him on 
the illegality of his conduct; that before the said 
Returning Officer proceeded to declare the final 
state of the poll, and to make proclamation of the 
Members, as above stated, a protest in writing of 
one James Fitz Williams, signing himself to be an 
elector of the said Borough, and who was an elector 
of the said Borough entitled to vote at the said 
Election, was served upon the said Returning Of- 
E ficer, 














Rese 


ee ee oll 


TRE ae 


———— 


26 


ficer, which said protest was as follows: “‘ To James 
Shepley, Esquire, Mayor of the Borough of Bridg- 
north; 1 hereby give you notice that the proceedings 
which you have taken with regard to the present 
Election for the said Borough of Bridgnorth, by 
closing the poll at all the polling places yesterday, 
previously to the time fixed by Act of Parliament, 
and your proceedings since that time, are altogether 
illegal, and I therefore give you notice not to declare 
the final state of the poll, nor to make any Return 
of Members for the said Borough: dated this 26th 
day of July, 1837: J. F. Williams, an elector for 
the Borough of Bridgnorth ;” that the said protest 
was also read in open court at the time when the 
said Returning Officer declared the final state of the 
poll, and made the Return: On these grounds, and 
in consequence of divers other partial and ay 
proceedings of the said Returning Officer, the Pe- 
titioner submits that the sense of the electors at 
large has not been taken, nor any legal Election had 
of Members to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said Borough, and that in anywise the sense of 
the electors has not been taken, nor any legal Elec- 
tion had, in respect of the said Election and Return 
of the said Henry Hanbury Tracy, Esquire, to serve 
in this present Parliament for the said Borough ; 
the Petitioner therefore humbly prays, that the 
House will take the premises aforesaid and the 
above allegations into consideration, and will declare 
the said Election and Return of Members for the 
said Borough to be wholly illegal, null and void, or 
otherwise that it will declare the said Election to be 
wholly illegal, null and void, so far as regards the 
said Henry Hanbury Tracy, Esquire, and that the 
House will make such further order, and give such 
further relief in the premises as the House shall 
think fit. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into | 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of De- | 
cember next, at twenty-five minutes before three o 
the clock in the Afternoon. 

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


A Petition of Burton Phibbs, Robert George 
Tyler, James Winterscale and John Wood, all of 
Sligo, in the County of Sligo, Esquires, Electors of 
the Borough of Sligo, in that part of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called 
Treland, on behalf of themselves and others claim- 
ing a right to vote, and who voted and were entitled 
to vote, at the Election of a Member to serve in 
Parliament for the said Borough of Sligo, held on 
the Second day of August One thousand eight 
hundred and thirty-seven, was read ; setting forth, 
That pursuant to the usual Writ, which was in due 
form issued and directed to the Sheriff of the Count 
of Sligo, and to the precept of the said Sheriff 
directed to the Provost of the said Borough of 
Sligo, requiring him to proceed to the Election of 
a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said Borough of Sligo, pursuant to the urgency 
of the saidWrit, an Election was held on the Second 
dav of August One thousand eight hundred and 
thirty-seven, at the Court-house, in the said Borough 
of .Sligo, and all the Petitioners are and were 
electors of the said Borough of Sligo, and were 
entitled to vote, and did vote, as such at the said 
‘Election; that at the said Election, John Ormsby, 
Esquire, the Provost of the said Borough of Sligo, 
was, and acted as, the Returning Officer, and John 
Martin, of Sligo, in the County of Sligo, Esquire, 
and John Patrick Somers, late of the city of Zon- 
don, now of the city of Dublin, were severally put 
in nomination as Candidates; that at the said 
Election, the poll, which was duly demanded, com- 
menced on Wednesday the Second day of August, 
and continued until the following Saturday, the 


21° Novembris. 








A. 1837. 


Fifth of the same month ; that on the first day of 
holding the said Election, and pending the same, 
the said John Patrick Somers was required b 

Abraham Dobbin and Jones Irwin, two of the Elec- 
tors of the said Borough of Sligo, and entitled to 
vote, and who did vote, at the said Election, on 
behalf of themselves and others, electors of the 
said Borough, to take and subscribe the oath of his 
qualification tu serve as such Burgess in Parliament, 
which oath was duly administered to the said John 
Patrick Somers accordingly, by the said Returning 
Officer, in the manner prescribed by the statute in 
that case made and provided, and was made and 
taken by the said John Patrick Somers, on the said 
day, in the words following ; that isto say, “1, John 
Patrick Somers, do swear, that I truly and bond fide 
have such an estate in law or equity, to and for my 
own use and benefit, of or in the lands, tenements 
and hereditaments (over and above what will satisfy 
and clear all incumbrances that may affect the 
same) of the annual value of Three hundred pounds, 
above reprisals, as doth qualify me to be elected 
and returned to serve as Bam Ber for the Borough 
of Sligo, according to the tenor and true meaning of 
the Act of Parliament in that behalf, and that my 
said lands, tenements or hereditaments are lying 
or being in the town-lands of Knockatolane and 
Cappagh, in the parish of Killoran; Tubbercurry 


Land Oaghum, in the parish of Achonry, in the 


barony of Liney, and County of Sligo; in the town- 
lands and parish of Killavill, barony of Corran, and 
County of Sligo; the town and lands of Lurgava- 
dogue otherwise Cleragh, parish of Rossinver, half 
barony of Rosselougher, County of Leitrim; in the 
town and lands of Corneneagh, in the parish of 
Robin, barony of Kilmaine, in the County of Mayo;” 
that Petitioners have caused diligent search and 
inquiry to be made, and have been unable to find 
or ascertain that the said John Patrick Somers was 
or is now seised of or entitled to lands, tenements 
or hereditaments in the town-lands or parishes or 
Counties in which he so stated his qualification to be 
situate, to his own use and benefit, of the clear 
yearly value of Three hundred pounds, over and 
above all charges and incumbrances affecting the 
same; but on the contrary, the Petitioners allege 
the fact to be, that the said John Patrick Somers 
not being the eldest son or heir apparent of any 
Peer or Lord of Parliament, or of any person 
qualified to serve as Knight of the Shire, had not, 
and was not at the time of such Election, and of 
the Return hereinafter stated, nor is he at this 
present time, duly and bond fide seised of, or entitled 
to such an estate, freehold or copyhold for his own 
life, or for some greater estate, either in law or 
equity, to and for his own use and benefit of or in 
lands, tenements or hereditaments, over and above 
what will satisfy and clear all incumbrances that 
may affect the same, of the annual value of Three 
hundred pounds, above reprizes, sufficient to qualify 
him to serve in Parliament as a Member for the 
said Borough of Sligo, as required by the statutes 
in such cases made and provided; that during the 
said Election, and previous to the commencement 
of the said poll, public notice was given to the said 
Returning Officer, and to the electors or voters of 
the said Borough of Sligo, before they tendered 
and gave their votes for the said John Patrick So 
mers, that the said John Patrick Somers was not 
duly qualified as aforesaid in respect of property, to 
be elected or returned as a Member to serve m 
Parliament for the said Borough of Sligo; and the 
said several electors of the said Borough were, 
previous to their voting, fully apprized that the said 
John Patrick Somers was ineligible to be elected 
and returned, and were cautioned against voting for 
the said John Patrick Somers, and informed that all 
votes given at the said Election for the said John 
Patrick Somers, would, on account of his said 
ineligibility, be altogether thrown away ; and coe | 
suc 


hm PN BR AI 


A Mow 
Sree ee aed 








1 Vicroriz. 


such Election, printed notices to such effect were 
posted up in the said Borough of Sligo, and were 
given to and left at the dwelling-house of each of 
the electors in the interest of the said John Patrick 
Somers, previous to voting; that notwithstanding 
such notices and caution so given to the said 
electors of the said Borough of Sligo, several of 
the said electors, and others claiming to be electors, 
well knowing that the said John Patrick Somers 
was not duly qualified as aforesaid, tendered and 
gave their votes for the said John Patrick Somers ; 
and the Petitioners submit, that under the circum- 
stances aforesaid, all such votes so tendered and 
given for the said John Patrick Somers were wholly 
thrown away, and should not be reckoned on the 
poll for the said John Patrick Somers ; that at the 
final close of the said poll, the number of the votes 
were declared by the said Returning Officer to be 
for the said John Patrick Somers, 262, for the 
said John Martin 208; and the said Returning 
Officer declared, but, as the Petitioners submit, 
unduly declared, the said John Patrick Somers, 
to have obtained a majority of votes and to be 
elected ; and thereupon the said Returning Officer 
returned the said John Patrick Somers as duly 
elected to serve as a Burgess in Parliament for 
the said Borough of Shgo; that the said John 
Patrick Somers, not having been at the time of 
the said Election and Return duly qualified in 
respect of property, according to the tenor and 
true meaning of the statutes in such case made 
and provided, is not capable to sit or vote as a 
Member of the House for the said Borough of 
Slico, and that the said Election and Return of the 
said John Patrick Somers is null and void, and that, 
due notice of such want of qualification and ineli- 
gibility of the said John Patrick Somers having 
been so given to the said electors and to the said 
Returning Officer, and that the same having been 
well known in the said Borough of Sligo, and to the 
electors thereof, the said John Martin was dul 

elected, and ought to have been returned at ak 
Election to serve in Parliament for the said Borough; 
that the said majority of votes appearing on the 
poll for the said John Patrick Somers, over the said 
John Martin, was colourable only, and obtained and 
procured by the admission of illegal and fraudulent 
votes for the said John Patrick Somers, and by the 
illegal and unconstitutional means hereinafter men- 
tioned; that the said John Martin had a majority 
of legal and valid votes at the said Election, and 
should have been returned in place of the said 
John Patrick Somers ; that several persons were ad- 
mitted to vote at the said Election for the said John 
Patrick Somers, who were not legally entitled or at 
all qualified to vote at said Election, and who had 
either been unduly and improperly registered as 
electors for the said Borough of Sligo, or who since 
the time of their registry had ceased to be qualified, 
or who had become disqualified from voting at the 
said Election ; that many persons were admitted to 
poll, and did poll, at the said Election, for the said 
John Patrick Somers, who, at the time of said Elec- 
tion, were in arrear for more than one half year’s 
grand jury or municipal cesses, rates or taxes, then 
due and payable, in respect of the premises in right 
of the occupation of which such persons were re- 
gistered and claimed to vote, and who were thereby 
incapacitated from voting at the said Election ; that 
several persons were admitted to poll, and did poll, 
at said Election, in favour of the said John Patrick 
Somers, who had been unduly and improperly re- 
gistered, not having at the time of such registry, 
held or occupied for the space of Six calendar 
months next previous to the time of such registry, 
any house, warehouse, counting-house or shop, 
within the said town or free Borough, which, either 
separately or jointly with any land within the said 
town occupied therewith by them under the same 
landlord, or occupied therewith by them as owners, 

Vor. 93. 


21° Novembris. 





27 


was bond fide of the clear yearly value of not less 
than Ten pounds ; that several persons were ad- 
mitted to poll, and did poll, at the said Election, for 
the said John Patrick Somers, who did not, at the 
time of their alleged registration, take the oath or 
affidavit prescribed, or took an oath or affidavit 
differmg in substance from that prescribed by law ; 
that several persons were admitted to poll, and did 
poll at the said Election, for the said John Patrick 
Somers, who, since the time of their registry, had 
ceased to hold or occupy the premises in respect of 
which they had been so registered, and in right of 
which they claimed to vote,and who had thereby 
become disabled and disqualitied from voting at the 
said Election; that the said John Patrick Somers 
did, after the teste of the Writ, by himself, his 
friends, committees, partisans and agents, and others 
employed in his behalf, directly and indirectly give, 
present and allow to persons having votes at such 
Election, money, meat, drink, entertainment and 
provision, and did make promises, agreements, obli- 
gations and engagements to give and allow money, 
meat, drink and provisions, presents, entertainments 
and rewards, to and for sok persons having votes 
in such Election, and to and for the use, advantage, 
benefit, employment and profit of such persons, in 
order to procure the said John Patrick Somers to be 
elected to serve in Parliament for the said Borough 
of Sligo; that the said John Patrick Somers, by 
himself, his agents, friends, supporters, managers, 
and by persons acting for and employed in his behalf, 
before, and at, and during the said Election, were 
guilty of bribery and corrupt practices, in order to 
corrupt and procure, and did corrupt and procure, 
persons having or claiming to have a right to vote 
at the said Election, to vote for the said John Patrick. 
Somers, at the said Election, and to forbear to vote 
for the said John Martin, in order to procure the 
said John Patrick Somers to be returned to serve in 
the present Parliament for said Borough; that pre- 
vious to and during the said Election, acts of undue 
influence and of gross and flagrant intimidation, by 
threats and violence, and inflammatory harangues, 
and by outrage committed on the persons and pro- 
perty of electors in the interest of the said John 
Martin, were had recourse to, and perpetrated by 
the agents, friends, managers, committees, partisans 
and others acting for and in the interest of the said 
John Patrick Somers, thereby unlawfully procuring 
persons, to be qualified to vote at the said Election, 
through fear of being persecuted, and themselves 
and their families injured, to forbear to give their 
votes for the said John Martin, and to vote for the 
said John Patrick Somers, in violation of the rights 
and privileges of Parliament, and of the freedom of 
Election; that great and riotous crowds were as- 
sembled during the said Election, in divers places 
throughout the said town of Sligo, and that by the 
violent demeanour of such crowds who attacked the 
houses of several electors in the interest of the said 
John Martin, and oftentimes by actual force employ- 
ed by them, many electors who would otherwise 
have voted for the said John Martin, were withheld 
and prevented from so doing, and many others were 
compelled to vote for the said John Patrick Somers; 
that before and during the time of said Election, 
several persons who had a right of voting at said 
Election, and who would otherwise have voted for 
the said John Martin, were, by the said John Patrick 
Somers, his friends and agents, and persons em- 
ployed or acting on his behalf, forcibly seized upon, 
detained and placed under duréss and in confine- 
ment in a certain house or hotel in said Borough, 
and were only liberated or released therefrom upon 
the terms, and under promise of their voting at said 
Election, for the said John Patrick Somers; that 
by the corrupt and illegal proceedings aforesaid, as 
also by the threats, intimidations and menaces of 
Roman Catholic clergymen and others, threatening 
the spiritual as well as temporal welfare of several 

E2 persons 








Bristol 
Election. 


28 


persons entitled to ote at said Election, and by 
other undue means used and practised towards 
several of the said voters at and during said Elec- 
tion, vy the said John Patrick Somers, his friends 
and agents, and persons acting on his behalf, the 
said John Patrick Somers obtained an apparent and 
colourable majority of votes over the said John Mar- 
tin, and procured the said John Patrick Somers to 
be returned to serve for the said Borough of Sligo, 
whereas the said John Martin had a large majority 
of legal votes at the said Election, and ought to 
have been returned to serve in Parliament for the 
same, to the manifest injury of the said John Martin, 
and of the Petitioners, and the other duly qualified 
electors of the said Borough ; the Petitioners there- 
fore humbly pray, that the House will be pleased to 
take the premises into consideration, and to declare 
the said Election and Return of the said John 
Patrick Somers wholly null and void, and that the 
said John Martin was duly elected, and ought to 
have been returned to serve in Parliament for the 
said Borough of Sligo, and that his name may be 
substituted in the place and stead of the said John 
Patrich Somers, in the said Return, or to declare the 
said Election and Return of the said John Patrick 
Somers wholly null and void, or that the House will 
make such other order, and afford the Petitioner 
such further and other relief in the premises as to 
the House shall seem fit. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 


21° Novembris. 








consideration upon Tuesday the 12th day of De- 
cember next, at twenty minutes before three of the 
clock in the Afternoon. 

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


A Petition of Henry Bush, Joseph Cookson and 
Charles Payne, of the parish of Clifton, in the city 
and county of Bristol, Electors of the said city and 
county, claiming a right to vote for Members to 
serve in Parliament for the said city and county, 
was read; setting forth, That all the Petitioners 
were, at and during the last Election of Members to 





A. 1837. 


forbear to vote for the said William Fripp, and in 
order to procure the said Francis Henry Fitzhard- 
inge Berkeley to be returned to serve in this present 
Parliament, contrary to the law and custom of Par- 
liament, and the laws and statutes of the realm 
enacted for the prevention of bribery and corruption ; 
that certain of the agents and managers of the said 
Francis Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley, being also at 
the time of the said Election trustees of divers public 
charities within the said city, and by virtue of such 
office entitled to dispose of the funds of such chari- 
ties according to the respective trusts under which 
the funds thereto appertaining are placed at the 
disposal of the trustees, before, at and during the 
said Election, were openly guilty of various corrupt 
acts, and employed undue influence, and other illegal 
and improper means, and gave and caused to be 
given divers sums of money, and gave and entered 
into, and caused to be made, given and entered into, 
divers gifts, rewards, agreements and engagements, 
and made and held out divers promises, expectations 
and inducements with respect to the monies pro- 
ceeding from the said charities, and with respect to 
other advantages, profits, emoluments and offices 
connected therewith, to several persons having and 
claiming to have a right to vote, in order to procure 
them to vote at the said Election for the said Francis 
Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley, and to forbear to vote 
for the said William Fripp, and in order to procure 
the said Francis Henry Pitzhardinge Berkeley to be 
returned to serve in this present Parliament for the 
City and County aforesaid; that extensive bribery 
and treating was resorted to and practised by divers 
persons at the said Election, and that the Return of 
the said Francis Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley, at 
the said Election for the said City and County of 
Bristol, was procured by means of such bribery, 
treating and ws illegal practices; that at the taking 
of the poll at the said Election, the votes of divers 
persons were accepted and recorded in favour of the 
said Francis Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley, although 
such persons were not entitled, and had no legal 
right to vote at such Election; that the votes of 
divers persons who were legally entitled to vote at 
the said Election, and who tendered their votes for 





serve in this present Parliament for the City and 
County of Bristol, electors of the said City and 
County, and had and claim to have had, a right to 


ithe said William Fripp, were illegally and impro- 
| perly rejected ; that, by means of the premises, the 
\said Francis Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley obtained 


vote for Members to serve in Parliament at the last | a colourable majority over the said William Fripp, 
Election of Members to serve in Parliament for the | in open violation of the rights and privileges of all 
said City and County; that at the said Election, | the Petitioners, and to the great prejudice of the 
William Fripp, Esquire, Philip William Skynner | said William Fripp; whereas the Petitioners humbly 
Miles, Esquire, and Francis Henry Fitzhardinge insist that a great majority of good and legal votes 
Berkeley, Desai otherwise called the Honourable | were given and tendered in his favour, and that he, 
Francis Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley, were Candi- | the said William Fripp, ought to have been returned 
dates to represent the said City and County in Par-_ to serve in Parliament for the said City and County; 
liament ; that the said Francis Henry Fitzhardinge the Petitioners therefore humbly pray that the 
Berkeley, by himself, his agents and managers, and | House will take the premises into their consideration, 
by persons employed on his behalf, did, after the | and declare that the said William Fripp is duly 
teste of the Writ for the said Election, and at and | elected, and ought to have been returned to serve 
during the said Election, and before his Election to | in the present Parliament for the said City and 
serve in this present Parliament for the said City | County of Bristol; and that the said Francis Henry 
and County of Bristol, give, present and allow to | Fitzhardinge Berkeley is not duly elected, and will 
various persons, having or claiming to have votes | cause the Return to be amended, by erasing the name 
in the said Election, money, meat, drink, presents, of the said Francis Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley, 
rewards and entertainments, and promises, agree- | and inserting that of the said William Fripp, and that 
ments, obligations and engagements to give and , the House will grant such further relief to the Peti- 
allow money, meat, drink, presents, rewards and | tioners as to the House shall seem meet. 

entertainments to and for such persons, in order to | Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
be elected, and for being elected a Member to serve | consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of De- 
in this present Parliament for the said City and | cember next, at a quarter of an hour before three of 


County of Bristol; that the said Francis Henry | 
Fitzhardinge Berkeley, by himself, his agents, friends 

and managers, and by persons employed on his be- | 
half, before and at and during the time of the said 
Election, was guilty of open and extensive bribery | 
and corrupt practices, in order to procure persons | 
having, or claiming to have, a right to vote at the 

said Election, to vote for the said Francis Henry | 
Fitzhardinge Berkeley at the said Election, and to | 


the clock in the Afternoon. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant, 
or Warrants, for such persons, papers and records, 


_as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 


on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of Sir Alexander Cray Grant, of No. Honiton 
16, Lower Grosvenor-street, in the parish of Sainé Election. 


George, Hanover-square, Baronet, who was a Can- 
didate 





21° Novembris. 29 


didate at the last Election of Members to serve in | or Warrants, for such persons, papers and records, 
this present Parliament for the Borough of Honiton, | as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
in the county of Devon, was read; setting forth, on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 
That at the last Election of Members to serve in this | 
resent Parliament for the said Borough, Colonel| A Petition of Jonathan Robinson, of No. 10, Pine Marylebone 
Hugh Baillie, James Stewart, Esquire, and the Pe- | Apple Place, Edgware-road, in the parish of Sainé Election. 
titioner, were the only Candidates; thata poll having) Marylebone, in the county of Middlesex, Gentle- 
been duly demanded at the said Election, the same man, and John Cumberland, of No. 2, Cumberland 
was granted and proceeded on by the Returning! Terrace, Camden New Town, in the parish of Saint 
Officer for the said Borough, and after the final} Pancras, in the said county, Gentleman, Electors of 
close thereof, the said Colonel Hugh Baillie, and|the Borough of Marylebone, in the said county, 
the said James Stewart were proclaimed and re-|on behalf of themselves and others, claiming to have 


1 Vicrortz. 


turned as Members to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough ; that at the time of such 
Election, and before the poll had commenced, the 
said James Stewart was duly requested ;by the 
Petitioner to take the oath prescribed by the statute 
passed in the ninth year of the reign of her late 
Majesty Queen Anne, intituled, “« An Act for securing 
the Freedom of Parliaments by the further qualifying 
the Members to sit in the House of Commons ;” 
that the Returning Officer of the said Borough ac- 
cordingly administered an oath in that behalf to the 
said James Stewart, and certified the taking thereof 
into Her Majesty’s High Court of Chancery, agree- 
ably to the provisions of the said statute, which said 
certificate is as follows, “ I, James Stewart, Esquire, 
do swear that I truly and bond fide have such an 
estate in law or equity to and for my own use and 
benefit of or in lands, tenements or hereditaments, 
over and above what will satisfy and clear all in- 
cumbrances that may affect the same, of the annual 
value of Three hundred pounds, above reprizes, as 
doth qualify me to be elected and returned to serve 
as a Member for the Borough of Honiton, in the 
County of Devon, according to the tenor and true 
meaning of the Act of Parliament in that behalf, 
and that my said lands, tenements or hereditaments 
are lying or being within the parish of Saint John, 
in the city of Westminster ;’ “I do hereby certify 
that the above-written oath was taken by the above- 
named James Stewart, at the general Election of 
Burgesses to serve in Parliament for the Borough 
of Honiton, in the County of Devon, upon the Twenty- 
fifth day of July One thousand eight hundred and 
thirty-seven, before me, B. Woodward, Portreeve ;” 
that the particulars of qualification in the above 
oath, and the particular described in the paper or 
account signed by the said James Stewart, and pro- 
duced and delivered in according to law, to the 
Clerk of the said House, at the table in the middle 
of the said House, is too vague, loose and indefinite ; 
that the Petitioner believes that the said James 
Stewart has not, nor had at the time of such Elec- 
tion and Return, truly and bond fide such an estate 
in law or equity to and for his own use and benefit, 
of or in lands, tenements or hereditaments, over and 
above what will satisfy and clear all incumbrances 
that may affect the same, of the annual value of 
Three hundred pounds, above reprizes, as doth qualify 
him to be elected and returned to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough; on these grounds, the 
Petitioner submits that the said James Stewart was 
not entitled to be a Candidate at the said Election, 
or to be returned a Member to serve in Parliament 
for the said Borough; the Petitioner therefore 
humbly prays that the House will take the premises 
aforesaid and the above allegations into its consi- 
deration, and will declare the Election and Return 
of the said James Stewart to be void, or otherwise 
that it will declare the Election and the Return of 
the said James Stewart to be void, and that the Pe- 


had a right to vote for Members to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough, at the last Election for 
the said Borough, and who did vote at the said last 
Election, was read; setting forth, That the Peti- 
tioners were, at and during the last Election of 
Members to serve in this Parliament for the Borough 
of Marylebone, in the County of Middlesex, electors 
of the said Borough, and had, and claim to have had, 
a right to vote for Members to serve in Parliament 
at the last Election for the said Borough ; that the 
said last Election took place on the Twenty-fourth 
of July last, and that at such Election Sir Samuel 
Saint Swithin Burden Whalley, Knight, Sir William 
Horne, Knight, Benjamin Hall, Esquire, George 
Ainslie Young, Esquire, and the Right honourable 
Charles John Lord Teignmouth, of the Kingdom of 
Ireland, were Candidates, to represent the said Bo- 
rough in Parliament; that a poll was duly demanded 
at the said Election on behalf of the said Charles 
| Johu Lord Teignmouth, and that such poll was taken 
accordingly on the Twenty-fifth day of the said month 
of July last, and upon the termination of such poll 
| the said Benjamin Hali and Sir Samuel Saint Swithin 
Burden Whalley, were declared by the Returning 
Officer to be elected Members for the said Bo- 
rough; that the said Charles John Lord Teign- 
mouth was declared to be the third upon the said 
poll in point of numbers of votes, and next below 
the said Sir Samuel Saint Swithin Burden Whal- 
ley; that the Petitioners allege, and beg to re- 
present to the House, that the said Sir Samue 

Saint Swithin Burden Whalley was not at the 
time of his said Election and Return seised or 
| saticggong of or entitled to a sufficient estate at 
law or in equity, in lands, tenements or heredita- 
/ments, to qualify him to be elected, or to serve as 
a Member in Parliament for the said Borough of 
| Marylebone; that the Petitioners surther allege, that 
at the said Election, divers persons who had no 
legal right to vote, and others who had become dis- 
qualified to vote, were allowed to vote, and did vote, 
for the said Sir Samuel Saint Swithin Burden 
Whalley ; that the Petitioners further allege, and 
represent to the House, that divers persons, electors 
of the said Borough, and who attended at the said 
Election for the purpose of voting for the said Charles 
John Lord Teignmouth, were prevented from voting 
at the said Election by the tumult and disturbance 
existing at several of the polling booths, and that 
the votes of divers other electors of the said Borough. 
which were tendered for the said Charles John Lord 
Teignmouth were not recorded in any manner upon 
the said poll, but were, on the contrary, improperly 
rejected and refused to be received; that the said 
Sir Samuel Saint Swithin Burden Whalley obtained 
a colourable majority of votes over the said Charles 
John Lord Teignmouth, and was returned to serve 
for the said Borough; that the said Charles John 
Lord Teignmouth had a legal majority of votes at 
the said Election over the said Sir Samuel Saint 











titioner was duly elected, and ought to have been | Swithin Burden Whalley, and ought to have been 
returned, and that the House will give such further | returned as the Member for the said Borough instead 
relief in the premises as it shall think fit. lof the said Sir Samuel Saint Swithin Burden Whal- 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into | dey; that for the reasons aforesaid, the Election and 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of De-| Return of the said Sir Samuel Saint Swithin Burden 
cember next, at ten minutes before three of the clock Whalley was and is wholly null and void; the Peti- 
in the Afternoon. tioners therefore humbly pray the House to take the 


Or dered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant, | premises into consideration, and to declare that the 
Vo. 93. | E3 said 

























































pone rere 




















a nn a eae wn AA a 


























Lanarkshire 
Election. 


30 


said Charles John Lord Teignmouth was duly elected, 
and ought to have been returned to serve in Par- 
liament for the said Borough of Marylebone, instead 
of the said Sir Samuel Saint Swithin Burden Whal- 
ley, or to declare the said Election and Return of 
the said Sir Samuel Saint Swithin Burden Whalley 
to be wholly null and void, or that the House will 
afford the Petitioners such further and other relief 
in the premises as to the House shall seem meet, 
and that the Petitioners may be heard by themselves, 
their counsel and agents in support of this their 
Petition. 

Ordered, That said Petition be taken into con- 
sideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of December 
next, at five minutes before three of the clock m 
the afternoon. 





21° Novembris. 





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


A Petition of the Honourable Charles Augustus 
Murray, was read ; setting forth, That at the last 
Election for choosing a Member to serve in this 
present Parliament for the County of Lanark, the 
Petitioner and Alexander M‘Donald Lockhart, Es- 
quire, of Carnwaith, were the only Candidates ; that, 
when in pursuance of an Act passed in the second 





and third years of the reign of his late Majest 


A. 1837. 


claims were bad, objectionable and null, and who 
were not qualified and entitled to be registered as 
such voters, or to be continued on the Register of 
voters, or to vote at such Election ; that the Sheriffs, 
who formed the court of appeal under the said re- 
cited Act, did in like manner act illegally and erro- 
neously in rejecting and refusing to admit to regis- 
tration various persons duly qualified, and who 
claimed to be registered as voters, and to vote in the 
Election of a Member to serve in Parliament for the 
said County, and who were in the interest of, and 
would have voted for, the Petitioner, and in admitting 
and registering the claims, and continuing the names 
on the Register of various persons in the interest of 
the said Alexander M‘Donald Lockhart, who had 
no right or qualification to be admitted or continued 
on the said Register, or to vote on such Election, 
whereby the persons so illegally and erroneously 
rejected and omitted were prevented from voting 
for the Petitioner at the said Election, and the per- 
sons whose claims were so erroneously admitted or 
continued on the Register, were allowed to vote 
thereat for the said Alexander M‘ Donald Lockhart ; 
that several persons who had claimed and had been 
admitted to registration as voters for the said County 
had, subsequently to such their claiming admission 
and registration, been, and, at the time of the said 
Election were, divested of the qualification in respect 


of which they had so claimed, been admitted and 





King William the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act to| — and such eg ought not to — vas 
amend the Representation of the People in Scot-| admitted to vote, yet such persons were admitte 
land,” the fs. of divers persons to “a registered | to vote, and did unlawfully vote, for the said Alez- 
were taken into consideration by the Sheriff of the ander M‘Donald Lockhart at the late Election, and 
said County, the said claims were objected to on | that various other persons who were not qualified 
various grounds, and the said Sheriff rejected the | to vote at such Election, by reason of their being at 
said claimants, and refused to admit them to regis-| the time of such Election aliens, paupers, of un- 
tration, but that nevertheless, upon appeal to the|sound mind, or under lawful age, and on various 
Sheriffs, who formed the court of appeal under the | other grounds, or by being absolutely disqualified 
said recited Act, the said Sheriffs so forming the from voting at Elections of Members of Parliament 
said court of appeal did erroneously and illegally by various Acts of Parliament, were rong 
admit the said claimants to registration, and the | admitted to vote, and did unlawfully vote at such 
said claimants were registered accordingly, and were | Election for the said Aleaander M‘ Donald Lockhart ; 
by virtue of the said last-mentioned decisions of the | that at the said Election divers persons who had 
said Sheriffs forming the said court of appeal, ille- | been put upon the lists and Registers of voters for 
gally, erroneously and improperly continued on the | the said County, accordin to the character and 
corrected Registry for the years One thousand eight | description in such lists and Registers contained, were 
hundred and thirty-five and One thousand eight hun- unduly and b pens ee to ran _ = votes 
dred and thirty-six, and were admitted to vote, and| were entered upon the poll, at the sai ection, 
did saletilip ate, for the said Alexander M‘Donald| under, and by . different character and description 
Lockhart at the late Election ; that when, in pur-| of qualification from that under which they had 
suance of the said Act, the claims of divers other) been registered, and the votes of the said persons 
persons to be registered were taken into considera-| were unduly and illegally entered, and counted upon 
tion at the several Registries for the years One thou- | the poll for the said Alexander M‘Donald Lockhart ; 
sand eight hundred and thirty-five and One thousand | that the said Alexander M‘Donald Lockhart, by 
eight hundred and thirty-six by the Sheriff of the | himself, his mr ey ama. —_ = 0 
said County, the said claims were objected to, on| acting and employed by and for him and on his 
the ground that the lands, houses, Sedation or | behalf, before and " and during the said Election, 
other heritable subjects in the said claims mentioned | — guilty _ peer and pap a he 
were not locally included within the said County of) undue and illegal practices and means, and used 
Lanark, and on various other grounds; that the | various threats a employed undue influence in 
said Sheriff did erroneously and illegally admit the | order to procure various persons, having or claiming 
said claimants to registration, and the said claimants | to have a right to vote at the said Election, to vote 
were registered accordingly, and have been continued | for him the said Alexander M‘Donald Lockhart at 
thereon, and were admitted to vote, and did unlaw-| the said Election, and to forbear to vote for the 
fully vote for the said Alexander M‘ Donald Lockhart | Petitioner, and divers — eo would have 
at the late Election ; that the Sheriff of the said | voted for the Petitioner at the said Election, were 
County at the registration preceding the said Elec- | by force and violence, and by personal restraint and 
tion, illegally and erroneously rejected and refused | intimidation, used by the agents, rome ——- 
to admit to registration various persons who were | and others acting and employed by and for the said 
duly qualified and entitled, and chenanih to be regis- | Alexander M‘ Donald Losbhare on on his behalf, 
tered as voters, and to vote in the Election of a| withheld and prevented from voting at the said 
Member to serve in Parliament for the said County, | Election in favour of the Petitioner, in order to 7 
and omitted the names of persons who had been! cure the said Alexander M‘ Donald Lockhart to 
already duly registered and ~ entitled to be con-| returned to serve in this present spree = ar 
tinued on the Register, and which said persons so/| said County of Zanark; that by such illegal an 
rejected or omitted were in the interest of, a would | erroneous sasesedibias and unconstitutional ways 
have voted for, the Petitioner, and that he admitted! and means, and other irregular and illegal means 
and registered the claims, and continued on the Re-| and proceedings, the said Alexander M* Donald 
gistry, the names of various persons in the interest| Lockhart, though he had the smallest number of 
of the said Alexander M‘Donald Lockhart, whose | legal votes, obtained a colourable majority of votes 
over 








Tynemouth 
Election. 





1 VicroRiz. 


over the Petitioner, and was, and procured himself 
to be, returned to serve in Parliament for the said 
County of Lanark, to the hurt and prejudice of the 
Petitioner, who had the majority of legal votes, and 


_who therefore ought to have been returned; the 


Petitioner therefore humbly prays, that the House 
will be pleased to take the premises into considera- 
tion, and to find that the Petitioner was duly elected, 
and ought to have been returned the Member to 
serve in Parliament for the said County of Lanark, 
or that the said Election of the said Alexander 
M*‘Donald Lockhart was null and void, and to grant 
to the Petitioner such relief in the premises as to 
the House shall seem fit. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of De- 
cember next, at three of the clock in the Afternoon. 

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


A Petition of Sir Charles Edward Grey, of the 
Oaks, in the county of Surrey, Knight, and one of 
Her Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council, was 
read; setting forth, That at the last Election of 
Members to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Tynemouth, in the month of July now 
last past, George Frederick Young, Esquire, and the 
Petitioner, were Candidates to represent the said 
Borough in Parliament; that Alexander Crighton, 
Esquire, was, or acted as, the Returning Officer at 
that Election, and that the poll at such Election 
was taken on the Twenty-sixth of July aforesaid ; 
that the said George Frederick Young was declared 
by the said Alexander Crighton to have had a ma- 
jority of votes at the Election, and was returned as 
duly elected to represent the said Borough in this 
present Parliament; that many persons who were 
not qualified or entitled, under and by virtue of the 
Act passed in the second year of his late Majesty’s 
reign, intituled, ‘“‘ An Act to amend the Representa- 
tion of the People in England and Wales,” as 
electors in the said Borough in respect of occupa- 
tion or residence within the same, or within the dis- 
trict prescribed in the said Act of Parliament, or in 
respect of being rated, or paying rates or taxes in 
the manner prescribed by the said Act, to be in- 
serted in the Register to be made under the said Act 
of Parliament, of the electors to vote in the choice 
of a Member of Parliament for the said Borough, 
for this Parliament, did nevertheless procure their 
names to be inserted in the list to be delivered to be 
revised by the Barristers appointed under the pro- 
visions of the said Act to revise such lists and Re- 
gister for the said Borough ; and many other persons 
who were not qualified im respect of, occupation or 
residence, or otherwise, under the provisions of the 
said Act, or in respect of being rated or paying 
rates or taxes as aforesaid, were improperly inserted 
in the lists by the overseers, or persons who were 
authorized and required by the said Act of Parlia- 
to make out such lists, and such persons so included 
m such lists, were by the said Barrister who revised 
the same retained on such Register in many cases, 
on the ground, or supposed or alleged ground, of no 
objections being made to the insertion of such un- 
qualified persons before such Barrister in such lists ; 
and in many other cases, on the ground, or supposed 
or alleged ground, of alleged or supposed irregu- 
larities in the form or mode or manner of making 
objections to such unqualified persons, and many 
persons who claimed to be entitled in respect of pro- 
perty, as owners or occupiers, and residence, to be 
voters and electors under the provisions of the said 
Act, but who are respectively subject to legal inca- 
pacities, or being by the receipt of alms or parochial 
relief within the period specified in the Act disqua- 
lified, and who were not entitled to be registered, 


or to vote in the Election of Members to serve in 
Vo. 93. 


21° Novembris. 





31 


Parliament for the said Borough, did nevertheless 
~— their names to be inserted in the lists of voters 
or the said Borough as electors, or were improperly 
inserted in the said lists, and were retained on the 
lists, and registered by the Revising Barrister, and, 
no scrutiny of votes beg by the said Act allowed by 
or before the Returning Officer, many of such persons 
so not entitled or qualified as electors as aforesaid, 
and many persons who were legally disqualified as 
aforesaid, did vote at the said Election in favour of 
the said George Frederick Young ; that many per- 
sons who were registered as electors, in respect of 
occupation or residence, for the said Borough by the 
Revising Barrister, became disqualified as electors for 
the said Borough between the 31st day of July in 
the year 1836, and the time of the holding of the 
said Election for the said Borough, or between the 
riod of the Register being revised and signed by the 
arrister, and the time of holding the said Election, 
and were disqualified and were not entitled to vote 
at the said Election, by having parted with, or sold, 
or otherwise ceased to be possessed of, or to occupy, 
the property in respect of which they were registered 
as Electors for the said Borough, or to reside within 
the said borough, or the limits prescribed by the 
said Act, and thereby ceased to possess the title or 
qualification in 1espect of which they had been re- 
gistered, and otherwise were disqualitied by receiving 
alms or parochial relief, or had become or became 
otherwise, and were disquilified as paid agents or 
otherwise, under the provisions of the different 
statutes made for securing the freedom of Election ; 
that many persons not registered or entitled to vote, 
but who personated electors whose names were in- 
serted in the register, and many persons who had 
become bankrupt or insolvent, or who had received 
bribes and rewards, or promises of rewards for their 
votes, or who had given and made, or offered such 
bribes, or rewards, or promises of rewards as afore- 
said, or who had made or accepted bets or wagers 
on the result of the said Election, or touching the 
aforesaid Election, were nevertheless allowed to vote, 
and other persons who were not registered, nor other- 
wise qualified or entitled to vote as Electors of the 
said Borough under the provisions of the said Act, 
at the said last Election of Members to serve in 
Parliament for the said Borough, and many persons 
who were disqualified and not entitled as voters, and 
whose votes are null and void, did nevertheless vote 
at the said Election for the said George Frederick 
Young, and by reason of the premises the said George 
Frederick Young obtained an apparent and colour- 
able majority of votes over the Petitioner, whereas 
the majority of legal Electors and votes were in 
favour of the Petitioner, and the freedom of Election 
has thereby been violated, inasmuch as the con- 
stituency intended to be established by the said Act 
has not returned a Member for the said Borough, 
but the said Election and Return has been made by 
persons not qualified to be electors according to the 
provisions of the said Act, or who were disqualified 
according to the provisions of the said Act of Par- 
liament, and the Law of Parliament, from voting as 
Electors of Members to sit in Parliament for the said 
Borough ; that the said George Frederick Young, 
by himself, his agents, supporters and managers, 
and by persons acting and employed on his behalf, 
did, as well before as after the teste of the Writ for 
the said Election, and before and at and during the 
said Election, give presents to, and allowed tovarious 
persons, having or claiming to have votes for the 
said Borough, money, meat, drink, presents, rewards 
and entertainments, and made and entered into pro- 
mises, obligations and agreements, to give and allow 
money, meat, drink, presents, rewards and entertain- 
ments to and for such persons, and to and for the 
use and advantage, benefit, emolument, profit and 
preferment of vee persons, in order that he the said 
George Frederick Young might be elected as a 
Member to serve in this present Parliament for the 
E4 said 








| 


i 
4 
q 


en aiewed 
= a - 
SE Se 





Youghal 
Election. 


39 21° Novembris. 


said Borough, and was by himself, his agents, friends, 
supporters and managers, and by persons acting for 
and employed by him, and on his behalf, before and 

at and during the said Election, guilty of bribery 

and corrupt practices, and employed undue influence 

and other illegal and improper means thereat, in| 
order that he the said George Frederick Young might 

be returned to serve in the present Parliament for the 

Borough aforesaid ; the Petitioner therefore humbly 

prays, that the House will take the premises into 

their consideration, and declare the said Election 

and Return of the said George Frederick Young to 

be void, and that the said George Frederick Young 

was not duly elected a Member to serve in this 

Parliament for the said Borough of Tynemouth, and 

ought not to have been returned, but that the Pe- 

titioner was duly elected a Member to serve in this 

Parliament for the said Borough, and ought to have 

been returned, and that the said Return may be 

amended, by directing the name of the said George 

Frederick Young to be erased therefrom, and the 

name of the Petitioner to be inserted therein in the 

place and stead of the name of the said George 
Frederick Young, and that the Register of voters for 
the said Borough may be corrected, and the poll at 
the last Election may be scrutinized and amended 

accordingly, and that the House will grant to the 
Petitioner such further relief in the premises as to 
the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of De- 
cember next, at five minutes after three of the clock 
in the Afternoon. 











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


A Petition of John Musgrave Wigmore, Gentleman, 
Felix M‘Neal, Slater, Daniel Harris, Brazier, and 
John Hall, Baker, all of Youghal, in the county of 
Cork, in that part of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and freland called Ireland, Electors of the 
Borough of Youghal, and legally entitled to vote at 
the last Election for the said Borough, was read ; 
setting forth, That at the said Election William 
Nicol and Frederick John Howard, Esquires, were 
Candidates to represent the said Borough of Youghal ; 
that a poll being demanded at the said Election, the 
same was granted and proceeded on, and William 
Andrews Lamb, Esquire, Mayor of the said town of 
Youghai, acted as and was the Returning Officer at 
said Election, and at the close of the poll at said 
Election, on Tuesday the Eighth day of August last, 
declared the said Frederick John Howard to be duly 
elected a Burgess to represent said Borough in 
Parliament, although the said William Nicol had a 
majority of legal votes over the said Frederick John 
Howard, and ought to have been returned to serve 
in Parliament for the said Borough ; that the said 
Returning Officer admitted a large number of persons 
to poll for the said Frederick John Howard, who 
did not respectively hold and occupy within said 
Borough of Youghal, as tenants or owners thereof, 
any houses, warehouses, counting houses, or shops, 
which, either separately or jointly with any land 
within said Borough, occupied therewith by them 
respectively as tenants under the same landlord, or 
occupied by them respectively as owners, were of the 
clear yearly value of Ten pounds respectively ; that 
the said Returning Officer admitted many other 
persons to poll forthe said Frederick John Howard, 
whose warehouses, counting houses, shops or other 





premises, in respect of which they claimed to vote, 
were respectively situate beyond the legal limits of | 
the said Borough; that the said Returning Officer 
admitted many other persons to poll for the said 
Frederick John Howard, who, between the time of | 
their being registered and the time of their voting at| 
the said Election, had quitted the houses or tene- | 





A, 1837. 


ments out of which they had so respectively registered, 
and in respect of which Registry alone they claimed 
a right to vote, and by which they had lost such 
right of voting, and also admitted many other per- 
sons to poll for the said Frederick John Howard, 
whose houses in respect of which they were registered 
became, after their registermg, and before said last 
Election, of insufficient value to entitle said persons 
to vote at said Election; that the said Returning 
Officer admitted many persons to poll for the said 
Frederick John Howard as householders, who, at 
the time of their so voting, owed more than one half 
year’s grand jury or municipal cesses, rates, and 
taxes, in respect of the premises mentioned in the 
certiticate of Registry ; that the said ['rederick John 
Howard, by himself, his agents, friends, and ma- 
nagers, partisans and others on his behalf, was, 
during the said Election, guilty of the most flagrant 
and notorious acts of intimidation, thereby unlawfully 
procuring, by threats, divers persons being qualified 
to vote at the said Election, through fear, to forbear 
to give their votes for the said William Nicol, and 
to vote for the said Frederick John Howard, in viola- 
tion of the rights of Election, and the privileges of 
Parliament ; that the said Frederick John Howard, 
by himself, his agents, managers, and friends, and 
others on their behalf, before and at and during the 
Election were guilty of open and notorious acts of 
bribery and corruption of the electors of the said 
Borough, in order to influence the said electors to 
give their votes for the said ['rederick John Howard, 
and to refuse and forbear to give their votes for the 
said William Nicol, and that the said Frederick John 
Howard, after the dissolution of the last Parliament, 
and at,and during the said Election, by himself and 
his agents, managers, and friends, and others on his 
behalf, did give, present, and allow to divers persons, 
having and claiming to have voices in the said 
Election, money, presents, gifts, and rewards, and 
did make promises, agreements, obligations, and 
engagements to give, and did allow rewards, gifts, 
and money to and for divers persons having voices 
in the said Election, and to and for the use, advan- 
tage, benefit, and emolument, profit, and preferment 
of such persons, in order to be elected, and for being 
elected to serve in Parliament for the said Borough 
of Youghal, and that the said Frederick John Howard, 
by himself, his agents, managers, and by other per- 
sons on their behalf, as well before as at and during 
the said Election, did by gifts and rewards, and by 
threats and promises, agreements, and securities for 
gifts and rewards, corrupt, procure, and attempt and 
endeavour to corrupt and procure, divers persons, 
being and claiming to be the electors of the said 
Borough of Youghal, to refuse and forbear to give 
their votes for the said William Nicol, and to vote 
for the said Frederick John Howard, in order that 
the said Frederick John Howard might be elected 
and returned to serve in this present Parliament as 
Member for the said Borough ; by all which means, 
and by other alleged practices, the said Frederick 
John Howard obtained a colourable majority over 
the said William Nicol on the poll taken at the said 
Election, and was illegally returned as a Burgess to 
represent the said Borough of Youghal in this Par- 
liament ; and Petitioners therefore pray the House to 
take the premises into its consideration, and that, for 
the reasons aforesaid, it may be declared that the 
said Frederick John Howard was not duly elected,. 
and ought not to have been returned as a Burgess to 
serve in Parliament for the said Borough of Youghal, 
and that the said William Nicol may he declared 
duly elected to serve as a Burgess in Parliament for 
the said Borough, and that his name may be sub- 
stituted in the said Return for the name of said 
Frederick John Howard, and that such order may 
be made, and such further relief given in the pre- 

mises as to the House shall seem fit. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of De- 
cember 





1 Vicroriz. 


cember next, at ten minutes after three of the clock 
in the Afternoon. 

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


A Petition of Henry Pitman, of East-street, | 
North Side, Robert Giles, of High-street, East Side, | 


and James Preddy, of Shuttern, North Side, all in 
the Borough of Taunton, Electors of the said Borough, 
and having had a right to vote at the last Election 
for the said Borough, was read; setting forth, That 
at the last Election of Members to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough of Taunton, the Peti- 
tioners were Electors for the said Borough, and 
claimed to haveand had aright to vote, and did vote, at 
such Election ; that at such Election, the Right Hon- 
ourable [Henry Labouchere, Edward Thomas Bain- 
bridge, Esquire, and Robert Newton Lee, Esquire, 
were Candidates to represent the said Borough in 
Parliament; that at the close of the poll for the said 
Election, which took place on the Twenty-fifth day 
of July last, the said Henry Labouchere and Edward 
Thomas Bainbridge were declared by the Returning 
Officers for the said Borough to have the majority 
of votes at the said Election, and were returned by 
the said Returning Officers as duly elected to serve 
in Parliament for the said Borough; that the majority 
of votes appearing for the said Edward Thomas 
Bainbridge was five only, and such a majority was 
colourable only, and not a majority of good and valid 
votes; that the said Robert Newton Lee had a ma- 
jority of good and legal votes at the said Election 
over the said Edward Thomas Bainbridge, and 
ought to have been returned with the said Henry 
Labouchere; that the Returning Officers for the 
said Borough, by themselves and their deputies, re- 
ceived on the poll at the said Election, in favour of 
the said Edward Thomas Bainbridge, the votes of 
many persons who had been improperly and unduly 
registered, and of many other persons who had no 
right to vote at the said Election, and others who 
were incapacitated and disqualified to vote at such 
Election, and of many other — who had ceased 
to be qualified to vote at such Election, and rejected 
the votes of many persons who tendered their votes 
for the said Robert Newton Lee at the said Election, 
and who were legally entitled to vote at such Elec- 
tion; that other persons were allowed to poll twice, 
or the votes of such persons were entered and counted 
twice for the said Hdward Thomas Bainbridge at 
the said Election, and other persons having no right 
to vote, personated voters having a right to vote, 
and in such manner voted for the said Edward 
Thomas Bainbridge; that divers persons voted at 
the said Election for the said Edward Thomas Bain- 
bridge, who during the said Election, or within six 
months previous thereto, or within fourteen days 
after, were employed as agents, attorneys, or in some 
other capacity for the purposes of the said Election, 
for money, fees, or other reward or promises, or 
security for money, fees or other reward, accepted or 
taken by such persons, and by reason thereof were 
disqualified from voting at the said Election; that 
by such means a colourable majority was obtained 
on the poll for the said Edward Thomas Bainbridge, 
over the said Robert Newton Lee, whilst the said 
Robert Newton Lee hada majority of good and 
legal votes at such Election ; that the said Edward 
Thomas Bainbridge did, by himself, agents, friends 
and other persons employed by or acting on his 
behalf, and before and after, and at and during the 
said Election, directly and indirectly, give, present, 
make and allow, and did promise and agree to give and 
allow to various persons having or claiming to have 
votes at the said Election, money, meat, drink, en- 


tertainment and promises, agreements, obligations 
and engagements to give and allow, money, meat, 


drink, presents, rewards and entertamments to and 
Vox. 93. 





21° Novembris. 








33 


for such persons, in order to induce or procire such 
at to vote for the said Edward Thomas Bain- 
ridge, and in order that the said Edward Thomas 
Bainbridge might be elected, and for being elected 
a Member to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough; that the said Edward Thomas Bain- 
bridge, his agents, friends and managers after the 
teste of the Writ of Summons to Parliament, and at 
and during the time of the said Election, were guilty 
of treating and various corrupt and illegal acts, in 
order to procure the return of the said Edward 
Thomas Bainbridge, and that the said Return was 
thereby procured, and that the said Edward Thomas 
Bainbridge, by his agents, friends and managers, 
and by persons on his behalf, after the teste of the 
said Writ, and at and during the time of the said 
Election, gave and caused to be given to several 
electors of the said Borough, and to persons claiming 
a right to vote at said Election, money, meat, drink 
and entertainment, to vote, or procure them to vote 
at said Election for the said Edward Thomas Bain- 
bridge, and entered into divers engagements and 
agreements to several persons having or claiming to 
have a right to vote, to provide meat, drink and en- 
tertainment for them, in order to procure them to 
vote at said Election for the said Edward Thomas 
Bainbridge, and in order to procure the said Edward 
Thomas Bainbridge to be returned to serve in this 
“ent Parliament as Representative for the said 

orough of Taunton; that the Return of the said 
Edward Thomas Bainbridge, was, and is also by 
such means wholly null and void; the Petitioners 
humbly pray that the House may be pleased to 
take the premises into consideration, and to declare 
that the said Edward Thomas Bainbridge is not 
duly elected, and ought not to have been returned, 
and that the said Rodert Newton Lee, was duly 
elected, and ought to have been returned to serve 
in Parliament for the said Borough, and that the 
Return made on the said Election, may be amended 
accordingly, by striking out the name of the said 
Edward Thomas Bainbridge, and inserting the 
name of the said Robert Newton Lee therein, in the 
room and stead of the said Edward Thomas Bain- 
bridge, or that the Return of the said Edward Thomas 
Bainbridge may be declared null and void, and that 
the House may be pleased to make such further 
order, and to grant such other relief to the Peti- 
tioners as the merits of the case may require, and as 
to the House in their wisdom shall seem meet. 

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

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


Ordered, That all Petitions complaining of undue Electiou 


Elections and Returns, be printed. 


The House was moved, That the sixth, seventh Elections 


and eighth sections of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 22, “ to Petitions 
1 Recognizances, 


consolidate and amend the laws relating to the Tria 
of Controverted Elections or Returns of Members 
to serve in Parliament,” might be read ; and the 
same were read, as follow: 

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

“ VII. And be it Enacted, That the said Recog- 
nizances shall be entered into before the Speaker - 

F the 


a 


a 


nee 


: 
: 
i 
} 
{; 
; 
t 
i 
j 


oe 


SA sins Al 





34 


the House of Commons, who is hereby authorized 
and empowered to take the same ; and the suffi- 
ciency of the Sureties named therein shall be judged 
of and allowed by the said Speaker, on the report 
of two persons appointed by him to examine the 
same, of which two persons the Clerk or one of the 
Clerks Assistant of the House of Commons shall 
always be one, and one of the following officers, not 
being a Member of the said House, shall be the 
other, (that is to say,) Masters of the High Court 
of Chancery, Clerks in the Court of on Bench, 
Prothonotaries in the Court of Common Pleas, and 
Clerks in the Court of Exchequer; and the said 
persons so appointed are hereby authorized and re- 
quired to examine the same, and to report their 
judgment thereupon, and are also hereby authorized 
to * seared and receive such Fees for such examina- 
tion and report as shall be from time to time fixed 
by any resolution of the House of Commons: Pro- 
vided always, that Seven clear days at the least shall 
intervene between the day on which the names shall 
have been delivered im and enter¢d in a Book kept 
in the office of the Clerk as aforesaid, and the day 
on which the sufficiency of the Sureties shall be 
examined, as hereinbefore directed.” 

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

Resolved, That for the due execution of the 
said Act, so far as the same respects the Recog- 
nizances thereby required to be entered into, it is 
expedient that the Examiners of Sureties, to be 
appointed by virtue of the said Act, should attend 
for the purpose of examining the sufficiency of any 
Surety or Sureties to be named in such Recognizance, 
in one of the Committee rooms belonging to this 
House, at such time or times (within the time limited 
by the said Act) as shall be appointed by such 
Examiners ; and that such Examiners do give Three 
clear days’ notice in writing, to be affixed in the 
Lobby of the House of Commons, of the time and 
place of such examination. 


Lord John Russell cep ien by Her Majesty’s 
command,—Copy of the Report of the Tithe Com- 
missioners to Lord John Russell, one of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Principal Secretaries of State. 

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


Lord Leveson reported from the Committee ap- 
pointed yesterday to draw up an Address to be pre- 
sented to Her Majesty, That they had drawn up an 
Address accordingly; and the same was read, as 
followeth : 


Most gracious Sovereign, 


~ We Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal sub- 
jects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of 


21° Novembris. 














A. 1837. 


Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, 

beg leave to return Your Majesty our humble 

thanks for Your most gracious Speech from the 
rone : 

We acknowledge with gratitude Your Majesty’s 
goodness, in having assembled Your Parliament for 
the transaction of Public Business at the earliest 
convenient period after the late Dissolution : 


We assure Your Majesty, that we partake of 
Your Majesty’s satisfaction in learnmg that Your 
Majesty has received from all Foreign Powers the 
strongest assurances of their friendly disposition, 
and of their earnest desire to cultivate and maintain 
relations of amity with Your Majesty; and we re- 
joice with Your Majesty in the prospect that Your 
Majesty will be able to promote the best interests 
of Your Majesty’s subjects, by securing to them the 
advantages of Peace : 


While we lament with Your Majesty that civil 
war still afflicts the Kingdom of Spain, we learn 
with satisfaction that Your Majesty continues to 
execute with fidelity the engagements of Your 
Crown with the Queen of Spain, according to the 
stipulations of the Treaty of the Quadruple Al- 
liance : 

We beg leave to express to Your Majesty our 
thanks for having directed to be laid before us the 
Treaty which Your Majesty has concluded with the 
Confederation of Peru and Bolivia, and our grati- 
fication at the hope declared by Your Majesty, that 
Your Majesty will soon be able to communicate 
similar results of Your negociations with other 
Powers : 

We assure Your Majesty, that we will give our 
serious consideration to the state of the Province of 
Lower Canada : 

In acknowledging Your Majesty’s gracious com- 
munication, that the demise of the Crown renders it 
necessary that a new provision should be made for 
the Civil List, we desire to express to Your Majest 
our unfeigned gratitude for the confidence nee | 
Your Majesty reposes in us, by placing unreserved] 
at our disposal those Hereditary Revenues hick 
were transferred to the public by Your Majesty’s 
immediate Predecessor : 


We humbly thank Your Majesty for having 
commanded that such papers as may be neces- 
sary for the full examination of this subject, shall 
be prepared and laid before us; and we receive 
with gratitude the expression of Your Majesty’s 
desire that the Expenditure in this, as well as in 
every other department of the State, should be kept 
within due limits, and we assure Your Majesty that 
we will gladly make adequate provision for the 
support of the honour and dignity of Your Majesty’s 
Crown : 

We thank Your Majesty for acquainting us that 
the Estimates for the Service of the next year are 
in course of preparation, and will be laid before us 
at the accustomed period ; and we learn with grate- 
ful satisfaction, that Your Majesty has directed that 
the utmost Economy should be enforced in every 
branch of the Public Expenditure : 


We participate in the opinion Your Majesty has 
been pleased to express, that the external peace and 
domestic tranquillity which at present happily pre- 
vail, are very favourable for the consideration of 
such measures of reformation and amendment as 
may be necessary or expedient, and we assure Your 
Majesty that our attention shall be directed to that 
course of Legislation which was interrupted by the 
necessary Dissolution of the last Parliament : 

The result of the inquiries which have been made 
into the condition of the Poor in Ireland having 
been already laid before Parliament, we shall deem 
it our duty, in accordance with Your Majesty’s 
desire, to consult whether it may not be safe and 
wise to establish by Law some well-regulated means 
of relief for the destitute in that Country : - 

e 





Queen’s Speech 
tobeconsidered. 


Controverted 
Elections Bill. 


Election Peti- 
tions Trial Bill. 


Sheriffs’ Courts. 


Law of 
Coverture. 


Licensed 
Victuallers, 


1 VicToriZ£. 


We are very sensible that the Municipal Govern- 
ment of the Cities and Towns in Jreland calls for 
better regulation : 

We entirely agree with Your Majesty that the 
Laws which govern the collection of the Tithe Com- 
position in Jreland require revision and amendment : 

Sharing in Your Majesty’s conviction that the 
better and more effectual administration of justice 
is amongst the first duties of a Sovereign, we shall 
apply our attention to those measures which Your 
Majesty has graciously informed us will be sub- 
mitted to us for the improvement of the Law: 

We assure Your Majesty, that we are deeply 
sensible of the importance of those questions which 
Your Majesty has submitted to us, and of the neces- 
sity of treating them in that spirit of impartiality 
and justice, which afford the best hope of bringing 
them to a happy and useful termination : 

We return Yue Majesty our cordial thanks for 
the confidence which Your Majesty, in meeting this 
Parliament, the first which has been elected under 
Your Majesty’s authority, has been pleased to re- 
pose in its loyalty and wisdom, and we receive with 
satisfaction and gratitude Your Majesty’s gracious 
declaration, that the early age at which Your Ma- 
jesty is called to the Sovereignty of this Kingdom, 
renders it a more imperative duty that, under Divine 
Providence, Your Majesty should place Your re- 
liance upon the cordial co-operation of Your Par- 
lament, and upon the love and affection of all Your 
Majesty’s people. 

The said Address being read a second time ; 

Resolved, That this House doth agree with the 
Committee in the said Address to be presented to 
Her Majesty. 

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

Ordered, That such Members as are of Her Ma- 
jesty’s most honourable Privy Council, do humbly 
know her Majesty’s pleasure, when She will be at- 
tended by this House. 


Ordered, That Her Majesty’s most gracious Specch 
to both Houses of Parliament be taken into con- 
sideration To-morrow. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the Law for the trial of Controverted 
Elections, or Returns of Members to serve in Parlia- 
ment: And that Mr. Charles Buller and Mr. Strutt 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to establish a new mode of Trial of Controverted 
Election Petitions: And that Mr. O’Connell and 
Mr. Wakley do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
extend the Recovery of Debts in the Sheriffs’ Courts 
to sums under Fifty Pounds :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Law of Coverture :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion ‘was made, and the Question being put, 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill for the Pro- 
tection of Licensed Victuallers; to relieve them 
from the liability of making good the Value of 
Articles brought by Guests into Hotels, Inns, &amp;c., 
without the same being placed under the actual 
care of the Keepers thereof ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the Captain Pechell, 71 39 

Yeas, Sir George Strickland : Pas 

Tellers for the § Mr. Attorney General, } 97 

Noes, { Mr, Williams Wynn : : 


21°—22° Novembris. 


35 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- London and 
osed, That a Select Committee be appointed to Glesgow, &amp;c. 
inquire into the causes of the irregularities and delays wer 
which have taken place in the transmission of the 
mails between London and Manchester and Liver- 
pool, and between London and Edinburgh and Glas- 
gow, by the Railway from Birmingham to Man- 
chester and Liverpool :—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Hereditary 
an Account showing the Amount of Monies which ea sou of 
would have been applicable to the Civil Government ‘"° “°"™ 
in England, if the Hereditary and the Temporary 
Revenues of the Crown enjoyed by his Majesty 

King George 2 had been enjoyed by succeeding 
Sovereigns ; distinguishing their reigns, that is to 

say, by his Majesty King George 3, from 25 Octo- 

ber 1760 to 29 January 1820; by His Majesty 

King George 4, from 29 January 1820 to 26 June 

1830; and by his Majesty King William 4, from 

26 June 1830 to 21 June 1837; and, in each reign, 
distinguishing the receipts of each year, and distin- 
guishing also the Hereditary and the Temporary 
Revenue of the Crown respectively ; showing, also, 

first, the Amount of the Annuity received by their 

late Majesties in lieu of those Revenues; secondly, 

the Amount of Monies granted by Parliament for 

the Discharge of the Civil List Debt during the said 

period ; and, thirdly, the Difference to the Nation 

upon the Balance of the said Account, in respect to 

each reign, so far as the same can be ascertained. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, sittings of the 

That it being desirable, except in particular cases, House. 

that the Sittings of this House should not be con- 

tinued after midnight, when any Motion, the subject 

matter of which has not been under Debate previous 

to Twelve o’clock, is brought on after Twelve o’clock 

at night, and a Member rises to speak to Order, 

and moves that the further Debate on such Question 

be adjourned to a future day, such Motion being 

supported by four other Members rising in their 
laces, Mr. Speaker shall immediately declare the 

Debate adjourned without putting the Question to 

the House, and proceed to the other Orders of the 

Day; ° 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the New Lobby ; 


The Noes to the Old ag * 
Tellers for the Yeas, mg Heda } 26. 
Tellers for theNoes,{ - favae Steuart, } 76. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Coutroverted 
Elections Bili. 


No. 2. 


Mr. Charles Buller presented a Bill to amend 
the Law relating to the trial of Controverted Elec- 
tions or Returns of Members to serve in Parliament : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Monday next; and to 
be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Mercurii, 22° die Novembris ; 
Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1837. 


PRAYERS. 
A MEMBER took the Oaths of Allegiance and 4 Member 
Supremacy, and took and subscribed the Cath takes the Oaths. 
of Abjuration. 


Mr. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in’; Hereditary 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to Order,—An ry sonal 
Account, showing the Amount of Monies which &gt; ’ 
would have been applicable to the Civil Govern- 0. 3. 











ment in England, if the Hereditary and the Tempo- 





So it passed in the Negative. 
VoL. 93. 





rary Revenues of the Crown enjoyed by his Ma- 
F2 Jesty 





Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Newspapers, 


Newspapers. 


Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Standing 
Orders. 


ford, Mr. cong 


36 


jesty King George 2, had been enjoyed by succeed- 
ing Sovereigns; distinguishing their reigns, that is 
to say, by his Majesty King George 3, from 25 
October 1760 to 29 January 1820; by his Majesty 
King George 4, from 29 January 1820 to 26 June 
1830; and by his Majesty King William 4, from 
26 June 1830 to 21 June 1837; and, in each reign, 


distinguishing the Receipts of each year, and dis- | 


tinguishing also the Hereditary and the Temporary 
Revenue of the Crown respectively ; showing, also, 
first, the Amount of the Annuity received by their 
late Majesties in lieu of those Revenues ; secondly, 
the Amount of Monies granted by Parliament for 
the discharge of the Civil List Debt during the said 
period ; and, thirdly, the difference to the Nation 
upon the Balance of the said Account, in respect to 
to each reign, so far as the same can be ascer- 
tained ; such Account being in reference to the 
Account marked Appendix (C.) to the Report of 
the Select Committee upon the Civil List, ordered 
by the House of Commons to be printed 16 June 
1815, No. 401, and in reference to No. 18 of (III.) 
Civil List, ordered by the House of Commons to 
be printed 12 November 1830, No. 22; and in con- 
tinuation of No. 121 (Civil List Acts), ordered by 
the House of Commons to be printed 7 February 
1832. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of any Order under the new Poor Law Act for 
withholding out-of-door Relief to the able-bodied ; 
the Names of the Unions to which such Order has 
been sent, and the Date of sending the same to 
each Union, up to the present time. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Abstract of the Gross and Net Amount of Duty 
received from Newspapers in the United Kingdom, 
in each of the Three past years, up to the 1st No- 
vember 1837, distinguishing each year. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Abstract of the number of Newspapers which 
have passed through the Post Offices in the United 
Kingdom, in the Three years ending 31st October 
1837, so far as the same can be made out, distin- 
guishing each year. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills be appointed :—And a Committee 
was appointed of Mr. Aglionby, Mr. Baines, Mr. 
Bingham Baring, Mr. Bell, Mr. Bowes, Mr. Bram- 
ston, Sir John Yarde Buller, Mr. George Cavendish, 
Mr. Chalmers, Lord Viscount Clements, Mr. Robert 
Clive, Mr. Compton, Mr. Gibson Craig, Mr. Craw- 
Lord Viscount astnor, Mr. 
Tatton Egerton, Captain Gordon, Mr. Greene, Mr. 
Halford, Mr. Handley, Mr. Hodges, Mr. Henry 
Thomas Hope, Captain Jones, Mr. Hope Johnstone, 
Mr. Shaw Lefevre, Mr. Mildmay, Mr. Morgan John 
O’ Connell, The O’ Conor Don, Mr. Robert Palmer, 
Mr. Pease, Mr. George Philips, Mr. Poulter, Mr. 
Ayshford Sanford, Mr. Stansfield, Mr. Villiers 
Stuart, Mr. Strutt, Sir Charles Style, Sir Harry 
Verney, Mr. Wodehouse, Lord Worsley and Mr. 
Wrightson. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, 
to whom shall be referred all Reports from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, in which it 
shall be stated that any of the Standing Orders of 
this House have not been complied with; and to 
report their opinion thereupon from time to time to 
the House :—And a Committee was appointed of 
Lord Viscount Clive, Lord Viscount Ebrington, 
Mr. Estcourt, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Mr. Montagu 
Chapman, Sir Edward Knatchbull, Mr. Wilson 
Patten, Mr. Pendarves, Sir Robert Price, Lord 
Viscount Sandor, Sir George Strickland, Sir Mat- 
thew Wood, Mr. George Wilbraham, Mr. William 


22°—93° Novembris. 





A. 1837. 


Miles and Mr. Pringle, with Power to send for per- 
sons, papers and records. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Queen’s Speech 
into consideration Her Majesty’s most gracious sidered. 
Speech to both Houses of Parliament, and the same 
| was again read by Mr. Speaker. 
| And a Motion being made, That a Supply be 
granted to Her Majesty ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into a Committee, to consider of that 
Motion. 





Lord John Russell reported to the House, That The Queen 
| Her Majesty having been waited upon, pursuant to @ppoints to be 
| their Order of yesterday, humbly to know Her Ma- **"4e¢- 
jesty’s pleasure when the will be attended by this 
House, had been pleased to appoint to be attended 
this day at two o’clock, at Buckingham Palace. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 23° die Novembris ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1837. 


PRAYERS. 


EVERAL Members took the Oaths of Al- Members take 
legiance and Supremacy, and took and sub-the Oaths. 
scribed the Oath of Abjuration; and delivered to 
the Clerk of the House an Account of their Qualifi- 
cation. 


Mr. Speaker reported to the House, that the Answer to 
House had attended Her Majesty yesterday with Address. 
their Address, to which Her Majesty was pleased to 
give this most gracious Answer : 


“ T thank you for your loyal and dutiful Address. 

It is My anxious wish to see My People happy 
and united. 

I rely with confidence on the temper and wisdom 
of the House of Commons; on their resolution to 
support the dignity of My Crown, and their desire to 
promote the welfare of the whole community.” 


Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That an humble 
| Address be presented to Her Majesty, to return Her 
| Majesty the thanks of this House for Her most 
gracious Answer to their Address. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this iene as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 








A Petition of Proprietors of lands and heredita- Bratton Fleming 
ments within the parish of Bratton Fleming, in the Inclosure. 
county of Devon, for leave to bring in a Bill for in- 
closing, dividing and allotting certain commonable 
lands within the said parish, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Committee-men acting in execution South Holland 
of the several Acts for draining lands in South Hol- Drainage. 
land, and for maintaining and repairing a certain 
Bank, and the Road thereon, from Spalding High 
Bridge to Brother House, all in the county of Lin- 

}coln; and of Owners and Occupiers of lands within 

the district called South Holland, for leave to bring 

in a Bill for altering and amending the said Acts, 

was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 
| 
| Ordered, That the Petition for the Warminster Warminster 


. : a d Frome 
and Frome Roads Bill, which was presented upon ot sq 





| Tuesday last, be referred to the Select Committee on 
| Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Cambridge and Cambridge and 
Newmarket Heath Road Bill, which was presented nena 
upon Tuesday last, be referred to the Select Com-"“ ; 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 





Ordered, 


Mi 





1 Vicrortiz. 


Milton-nexte Ordered, That the Petition for the Milton-next- 

Sittingbourne Si¢¢ingbourne Improvement Bill, which was pre- 

Improvemen's ented upon Tuesday last, be referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition for the Brecon Market 
Bill, which was presented upon Tuesday last be re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Sheffield, praying 
for the establishment of a National System of Edu- 
~_ cation, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
“upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Sheffield, Members 
of the Committee of the Sheffield Reform Associa- 
tion, stating that the present system of preparing 
and revising the Lists of Parliamentary Electors is 
defective; and praying the House to provide an 
adequate remedy, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Brecon Market. 


Education. 


Registration 
of Voters. 


Registration A Petition of the Clergy of the Deaneries of Ri- 
and Marriages, pon and Borobridge, in the diocese of Ripon, praying 


23° Novembris. 





&amp;c, Acts. that the Registration and Marriages Acts may, in 
many of their clauses be repealed or amended, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Postage. Petitions from the Provost, Magistrates and 


Council of Aberdeen ;—and, Merchants, Manufac- 
turers, Bankers and Shipowners of Aberdeen; pray-| 
ing for the establishment of a uniform and low rate 
of Postage on Letters,--were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Several Petitions complaining of undue Elections 
and Returns being offered to be presented, the same 
were delivered in at the Table. 


And the names of the places to which the said 
Petitions related (being all of them Petitions of the 
last class) were put into the glass at the Table, and 
drawn, by the Clerk, in the following order : 


A Petition of Edmund Staples, of Donmore, in the 
Queen’s County, Esquire, and James Hans Hamilton, 
of Sheephill, in the county of Dublin, Esquire, Free- 
holders and Electors of the said Queen’s County, on 
behalf of themselves and others, claiming a right to 
vote, and who were entitled to vote, and voted, at 
the last Election of Members to serve in Parliament 
for the said county, was read; setting forth, That 
an Election for two Members to serve in Parliament 
for the said County was held at the Court-house in 
Maryborough, on Wednesday, the Ninth day of 
August, One thousand eight hundred and thirty- 
seven, and all the Petitioners are and were electors 
of the said County, and claimed to have, and had, a 
right to vote, and did vote, as such at the said Elec- 
tion; that at the said Election, Peter Gale was, and 
acted as, the Sheriff and Returning Officer for said 
County, and Sir Charles Henry Coote, Baronet, the 
Honourable Thomas Vesey, John Wilson Fitzpatrick, 
Esquire, Baron Robeck, and Charles Henry Cvote, 
Esquire, were Candidates to represent the said 
County; that a poll having been demanded, the 
said Sheriff proceeded to take the said poll at the 


Queen’s County 
Election. 





37 
John Wilson Fitzpatrick, over the said Honourable 
Thomas Vesey, of 49; that the said Sheriff afterwards 
on Tuesday, the Fifteenth day of August aforesaid, 
declared the said Sir Charles Henry Coote, and John 
Wilson Fitzpatrick, Esquire, duly elected ; that the 
said majority in favour of the said John Wilson Fitz- 
patrick was but a colourable majority, and not a 
majority of legal votes, and was procured, not only 
by said Returning Officer allowing persons to vote 
for the said John Wilson Fitzpatrick at said Elec- 
tion who were not duly qualified, or who were dis- 
qualified to do so, but also by reason of the rejection 
by the said Returning Officer of the votes of persons 
duly qualified to vote at said Election, and who 
tendered, declared and gave their votes at the same 
for the Honourable Thomas Vesey, and also by undue 
and unconstitutional influence, and by violence, 
terror and intimidation, and by the grossest perjury, 
bribery and treating of the electors, and by the 
payment of large sums of money, by and on behalf 
of the said sitting Member, John Wilson Fitzpatrick, 
to electors and to other persons capable of influencing 
electors of the said County, and of procuring, and 
endeavouring to procure, votes for the purpose of 
securing his Return, and by other undue, illegal, 
corrupt and unconstitutional means ; that the official 
power and influence of the agents and servants of 
the Crown in Ireland, were directly, urgently and op- 
pressively exerted to procure, and did ee 
tribute to procure, the Return of the said John Wilson 
Fitzpatrick as Member of the said County, in dis- 
obedience to the Resolutions of the House, in con- 
tempt of its privileges and dignity, and in abuse of 
the royal name and authority, to the great peril of 
public liberty, and in open violation of the inde- 
pendence and purity of Elections ; that several per- 
sons were permitted and allowed by the said Re- 
turning Officcr to poll as freeholders and leaseholders 
in favour of the said John Wilson Fitzpatrick who 
were not entitled to vote at the said Election, they 
not having been duly registered according to the 
Statutes in force at the time of such registration for 
the registering of freeholders and leaseholders in 
Ireland; and such persons at the time of their alleged 
registration, or at all, not having taken or subscribed 
such oaths or affidavits as are by said Act or Statutes 
directed and prescribed to be taken and subscribed 
by persons claiming to register as leaseholders or 
freeholders, and such affidavits not having been 
lodged or deposited with the Clerk of the Peace for 
the said County, or his deputy, or filed among the 
records of the said County, and the affidavits which 
were in fact lodged or filed being insufficient and 
not conformable to the laws now in force in respect 
thereof; that several other persons, as well claiming 
to be freeholders as leaseholders, were by the said 
Sheriff admitted to poll at the said Election for the 
said John Wilson Fitzpatrick, who were not entitled 
to vote at the said Election, although such persons 
appeared to have been registered as voters for the 
said County, masmuch as many of such persons 
procured the Deputy Assistant Barrister and the 
Assistant Barrister to admit them to register by 
means of fraud, misrepresentation and perjury, and 
ought not to have been allowed to register, and were 
not duly qualified or entitled to do so, several of 
said persons so registered, not having, at the time 


said Election of and for the said County, on the | of such registration, or at all, any sufficient title 


Tenth day of August, and continued to do so upon | 


that day and the following days, until Monday, the 
Fourteenth day of August, when the poll finally 
closed; that the number of persons who appeared 
on the poll, at the final close thereof, as having voted, 
or been allowed to vote, at said Election, were, for 
the said Sir Charles Henry Coote, 1,224; for the 
said John Wilson Fitzpatrick, 943; for the said 
Honourable Thomas Vesey, 894; for the said Baron 
Robeck, 4; and for the said Charles Henry Coote, 


Esquire, 40 ; making an apparent majority of the said 
OL. 93. 





whatsoever to the lands and premises in respect of 
which they were so registered, and the freeholds 
and leaseholds of others of said persons, in respect 
whereof they were so admitted to register, not having 
been, at the time of such registration, of sufficient 
yearly value to qualify or entitle them to register 
thereat, and divers others of said persons not having 
been for six months previous to the time of the re- 
spective registrations, in possession of the premises 
out of which they claimed to register, under or by 
virtue of any sufficient or other title or estate con- 

F3 ferring 








38 


ferring the franchise or right of voting, and others 
of the persons so registered having claimed or pro- 
fessed to register in right of leases made by persons 
who at the time of granting same, or at all, were not 
entitled to a sufficient estate or interest to enable 
them to make or grant such leases; that several 
other persons who were admitted and received by 
the said Sheriff to poll as freeholders and lease- 
holders in favour of the said John Wilson Fitzpatrick 
at the said Election, were ‘not entitled to vote at said 
Election, inasmuch as the qualifications of such per- 
sons as registered voters for said County did not 
continue at the time that they so polled at said 
Election, but had ceased and determined after the 
time of such registration, and previous to said Elec- 
tion, by various means, and amongst others by the 
expiration of the terms and interests in right of which 
such persons had so registered, or by surrender or 
assignment of, or by eviction from, the same, or by 
such persons having parted with, sold or otherwise 
ceased to be possessed of, or to occupy either in the 
whole or in part, the property in respect of which 
they had registered, or by becoming bankrupts, or 
having been discharged as insolvent debtors, pur- 
suant to the statutes for the relief of insolvent 
debtors in Ireland, after the time of their registra- 
tion, and before the time of the said Election ; that 
divers other persons were admitted to vote, and did 
vote, for the said John Wilson Fitzpatrick at the 
said Election, who were legally disqualified from so 
doing, and, amongst other things, by the receipt of 
bribes, or promises of nioney as bribes, or other 
rewards, for giving their votes at the said Election, 
or by the holding of offices disqualifying them from 
voting at said Election; that other persons were 
admitted to vote, and did vote, for the said John 
Wilson Fitzpatrick at the said Election, who were 
never qualified so to do as registered voters for said 
County, but who fraudulently personated other per- 
sons who had been qualified as such registered 
voters; that the said John Wilson Fitzpatrick did, 
either by himself, or by some person or persons on 
his behalf, before and at the said Election, give, or 
cause to be given, or promised or agreed to give, 
divers sums of money, gifts or rewards, to certain 
other persons, upon some engagement, contract or 
agreement that such person to whom, or to whose 
use, or on whose behalf such gift or promise was 
made, should procure or endeavour to procure the 
Return of the said John Wilson Fitzpatrick at the 
said Election to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said County ; that the said John Wilson Fitz- 
patrick, by himself, his friends or agents, or by per- 
sons employed by him or in his behalf, did after 
the teste of the said Writ of summons for said Elec- 
tion, and during the said Election, and before his 
Election to serve in this present Parliament for said 
County, give, present and allowance to various per- 
sons having or claiming to have votes in said Election, 
money, meat, drink, entertainment and provisions, 
and did make and enter into promises, agreements, 
obligations and engagements to give and allow 
money, meat, drink, provisions, presents, rewards 
and entertainments to and for such persons, in order 
to procure their votes, and to be elected, or for being 
elected, a Member to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said Queen’s County; that, previous to 
und during the said Election, the priests and Roman 
Catholic clergy of the said County interfered with 
and influenced the electors of the Roman Catholic 
persuasion in a most illegal, vivlent and unconstitu- 
tional manner, in order to coerce and compel them 
to vote for the said John Wilson Fitzpatrick; that, 
previous to and in contemplation of the said Elec- 
tion, the said priests and Roman Catholic clergy 
not only used their utmost exertion and influence 
to excite a rancorous hostility against the said Ho- 
nourable Thomas Vesey, but availed themselves of 
the superstition of many of the most ignorant Roman 


23° Novembris. 








A. 1837. 


Catholic voters, to induce them to believe that they 
would be highly criminal, and incur the risk of 
damnation if they voted for the said Honourable 
Thomas Vesey; that the said priests and Roman 
Catholic clergy did not only exert all their spiritual 
influence against the said Honourable Thomas Vesey, 
but in many instances threatened several electors 
who were unwilling to vote against the Honourable 
Thomas Vesey, with the censure and condemnation, 
not only of the Roman Catholic church, but with 
danger and injury to their properties and persons, 
in case they resisted or disobeyed the commands of 
the said priests, or refused to submit to their dic- 
tation, and did in many instances, where they could 
not otherwise effect their purpose, aided and assisted 
by the said agents and managers of the said John 
Wilson Fitzpatrick, and by persons employed by 
him and on his behalf, and by large mobs or assem- 
blages of people, carry off, both by night and by 
day, by force and against their will and inclination, 
electors who were desirous to vote at the said Elec- 
tion for the Honourable Thomas Vesey, and did 
detain and imprison them, and thereby prevent them 
from voting at the said Election for the said Ho- 
nourable Thomas Vesey ; that the said priests and 
Roman Catholic clergy did shortly previous to the 
said Election enter into a general plan or confederacy 
to attend thereat, and to remam at the different 
booths during the time of taking the poll, with the 
view and intent of thereby intimidating and con- 
trolling the Roman Catholic electors of said County 
in the exercise of their elective franchise, and de- 
terring them either from voting at all at said Elec- 
tion, or compelling them to vote in accordance with 
the commands which they had previously received 
from said priests ; that in pursuance of such plan 
and determination several Roman Catholic priests 
not only acted as agents for the said John Wilson 
Fitzpatrick during the said Election, and in seizing 
upon and bringing up the electors by force and against 
their will, to the places of polling, and detaining 
them there by force until they polled, but also at- 
tended in each polling booth during the entire time 
of polling each day, and took up and occupied con- 
spicuous positions therein, so as to be themselves 
visible to, and to command a view of, every ones 
coming to poll, by means whereof, and of the in- 
fluence which the said priests had and exercised over 
the Roman Catholic voters, the freedom of said 
Election was most materially obstructed and violated. 
and the said electors voting under the eye of their 
priests, were not permitted to enjoy the free and 
uncontrolled exercise of their elective franchise, but 
were in many cases, contrary to their inclinations, 
compelled to vote against, and in others prevented 
from voting for, the Honourable Thomas Vesey ; that 
the priests and other Roman Catholic clergy of the 
said County did, in addition to the acts aforesaid, 
resort to other violent, illegal and unconstitutional 
methods of terrifying and intimidating the electors 
of the said County, in the exercise of the elective 
franchise, against the said Honourable Thomas Vesey; 
and, in order to secure the Return of the said i. 
Wilson Fitzpatrick as a Member to serve in the 
present Parliament for the said County; that the 
said John Wilson Fitzpatrick, by himself and his 
agents, solicited and made use of the services and 
exertions of the Roman Catholic clergy aforesaid at 
the said Election, and employed them as agents and 
partisans thereat, and availed himself of their acts 
and conduct aforesaid before and during the said 
Election, although he was fully aware of the undue 
and unconstitutional power and influence possessed, 
and which would be and was exercised by them, 
and of the illegal and unjustifiable means which had 
been and would be resorted to by them, to invade 
and violate the freedom of said Election ; that by 
means of such unconstitutional interference and 
influence of the Roman Catholic clergy in said 

County, 





1 Victoriz. 


County, great prejudice and animosity was created 
and excited amongst the lower orders of the — 
against the said Honourable Thomas Vesey and his 
friends and supporters, both before and at the said 
Election; that tumultuous and riotous mobs were 
collected and assembled during the said Election, 
as well in the County town where the said Election 
was held, as also in divers parts of said County, who 
by threats, intimidation and violence, obstructed, 
deterred and prevented divers persons willing and 
desirous to vote for the said Honourable Thomas 
Vesey from going to or voting at the said Election, 
and compelled and constrained others to vote con- 
trary to their wishes and inclinations against the 
said last-mentioned Candidate, while the electors in 
the interest of the said John Wilson Fitzpatrick 
had free and unobstructed access to the hustings, 
and were allowed to poll without injury or molesta- 
tion at said Election; that the violence and fury of 
said mobs was in some instances carried to such 
excess, that the friends and supporters of the said 
Honourable Thomas Vesey were attacked and as- 
saulted in their way to and from the County town, 
and some of them so beaten and injured that one 
of them is still in great danger, and it is apprehended 
will die of the wounds he received; that the terror 
and apprehension of similar violence and danger to 
their lives operated to prevent and deter other per- 
sons desirous to vote for the said Honourable Thomas 
Vesey, from —— to do so, or from attending 
or voting at said Election; that by reason of the 
premises the said John Wilson Fitzpatrick obtained 
an apparent and colourable majority of votes over 
the said Honourable Thomas Vesey, and was re- 
turned to serve in Parliament for the said County, 
in open violation of the law and freedom of Election, 
and to the great prejudices of the Petitioners, and 
of the said Honourable Thomas Vesey, who had 
upon the said Election, as it is submitted it will 
appear upon a fair scrutiny of the poll, and an in- 
vestigation of the qualification of the persons who 
voted, a great majority of the good and legal votes, 
and ought therefore to have been returned as one 
of the Representatives for said County; the Pe- 
titioners humbly pray, that the House may take 
the premises into their consideration, and may de- 
clare that the said John Wilson Fitzpatrick was not 
duly elected, and that the said Honourable Thomas 
Vesey was duly elected, and ought to have been 
returned to serve in this present Parliament as one 
of the Members for the Queen’s County aforesaid, 
and may direct the Clerk of the Crown to erase the 
name of the said John Wilson Fitzpatrick from the 
said Return, and to substitute and insert therein in 
the place of the said John Wilson Fitzpatrick the 
name of the said Honourable Thomas Vesey, as a 
Knight to represent the said County in Parliament, 
or otherwise to declare the said Election and Return, 
as far as relates to the said John Wilson Fitzpatrick, 
null and void, and that the votes of the several per- 
sons who were improperly registered, or who were 
improperly allowed to poll as aforesaid, and who 
were not duly qualified, or who were disqualified to 
vote at the said Election, may be struck off the poll, 
and that the Registry of the County may also be 
amended by striking off the Register of the County 
the names of all such persons who having voted at 
said Election shall appear to have been unduly or 
improperly registered, or who have lost their quali- 
fication to vote since they registered, and that the 
House may make such further order, or to grant 
such further relief to the Petitioners, as the House 
may think fit, and the nature and merits of the case 
may require. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of De- 
cember next, at twenty minutes after three of the 
clock in the Afternoon. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant, 


or Warrants, for such persons, papers and records 
Vot. 93. 





23° Novembris. 





39 


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


A Petition of Ambrose Moore, of Milk-street, London City 
Cheapside, in the City of London, Silk-merchant, Election. 


Citizen and Weaver, Sebastian Smith, of Queen-street, 
Cheapside, in the said City, Wine-merchant, Citizen 
and Draper, James Martin Knight, of Gracechurch- 
street, in the said City, Citizen and Fishmonger, Wii- 
liam Cooper, of Wood-street, Cheapside, in the said 
City, Warehouseman, Citizen and Poulterer, Charles 
James, of Lower Thames-street, in the said City, 
Wine and Spirit-merchant, and Samuel Hanson, of 
Botolph-lane, in the said City, Fruit-merchant, being 
Electors of the City of Eien was read; set- 
ting forth, That the Petitioners are electors of the 
City of London, and claim to have had a right to 
vote, and did vote, at the last Election for Members 
to serve in this present Parliament for the same ; 
that upon the dissolution of Parliament after the 
decease of his late most gracious Majesty, by Her 
present Majesty Victoria, Queen of these Realms, 
a Writ was in the usual form directed to the Sheriffs 
of the City of London, commanding them to cause 
to be elected Four sober and discreet citizens of the 
said City of London, to serve in Parliament for the 
said City of London, and which said Writ was tested 
at Westminster, the Seventeenth day of July last, 
and was returnable at the usual term; that such 
Writ was duly delivered to the said Sheriffs of the 
said City of London, who, in obedience thereto, 
duly caused proclamation to be made on the Eigh- 
teenth day of July last, and a Common Hall was 
duly called by the said Sheriffs for the Election of 
Four sober and discreet citizens of the said City of 
London to serve in Parliament for the said City, for 
Saturday, the Twenty-second day of July, One 
thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven; that at 
such Common Hall for the said City of London, 
Matthew Wood, Esquire, one of the Aldermen of 
the said City, and of the Company of Fishmongers, 
now Sir Matthew Wood, Baronet, George Grote, 
Esquire, citizen and needle-maker, William Craw- 
ford, Esquire, citizen and spectacle-maker, and 
James Pattison, Esquire, citizen and _ spectacle- 
maker, were Candidates at, and were duly put in 
nomination as Candidates to serve in Parliament for 
the said City of London; that at such Common Hall, 
John Horsley Palmer, Esquire, citizen and mercer, 
was also duly put in nomination, as a Candidate 
to serve in Parliament for the said City of London ; 
that the said Sheriffs, on the show of hands being 
taken at such Common Hall, declared that the said 
Matthew Wood, Esquire, William as Esquire, 
James Pattison, Esquire, and George Grote, Esquire, 
were elected as such Members to serve in Parliament 
for the said City of Zondon, and thereupon a poll 
was demanded in due form of law, of and from the 
said Sheriffs by certain electors of the said City, for 
and on behalf of the said John Horsley Palmer, 
Esquire, which was duly granted by the said Sheriffs ; 
that pursuant thereto the said Sheriffs of the City 
of London did, on Monday the Twenty-fourth day 
of July last, proceed to take the poll of electors for 
the said City, and on Tuesday the Twenty-fifth day 
of July last, declared the poll of the electors of the 
said City, at the final close thereof, to be as follows, 
videlicet ; for Matthew Wood, Esquire, 6,517 ; Wil- 
liam Crawford, Esquire, 6,071 ; James Pattison, 
Esquire, 6,070 ; George Grote, Esquire, 5,879 ; 
John Horsley Palmer, Esquire, 5,873 ; and there- 
upon the said Sheriffs declared that Matthew Wood, 

squire, citizen and fishmonger, William Crawford, 
Esquire, citizen and spectacle-maker, James Pat- 
tison, Esquire, citizen and spectacle-maker, and 
George Grote, Esquire, citizen and needle-maker, 
were duly elected to serve as Members of Parlia- 
ment for the said City of London, and the said 
Matthew Wood, Esquire, William Crawford, Es- 
quire, James Pattison, Esquire, and George Grote, 





F4 Esquire, 








40 


Esquire, were thereupon returned by the said Sherifts 
of London as rekon to represent the said City 
of London in Parliament as duly elected ; that the 
Petitioners, electors of the said City of London, are 
aggrieved by such Return of the said Sheriffs, for 
the reasons and upon the facts hereinafter in that 
behalf stated; in the first place, the Petitioners 
complain that the Return, so far as it relates to the 
said George Grote, is an erroneous and false Return, 
for that the votes actually taken at the said Election 
(without entering into any scrutiny of the validity 
or invalidity of any such votes, or the qualification 
or want of qualification or disqualification of any of 
the voters at the said Election), the said John Hors- 
ley Palmer had a clear and indisputable majority in 
his favour over the said George Grote, and ought 
accordingly to have been returned thereat by the 
said Sheriffs in place of the said George Grote ; 
that the Petitioners do not impute to the said Sherifts 
any wilful misconduct, or corrupt or improper motive 
in making the said false and erroneous Return, but 
the Petitioners are prepared to prove that several 
votes, which were actually given and declared at the 
said Election in favour of the said John Horsley 
Palmer, by certain electors, whose names appear 
upon the poll books, were, by mistake, accident, 
negligence, or from some other cause, unduly entered 
and counted in the said poll-books in favour of all 
or some, or of one of the said Candidates, for whom 
the said votes had not been really given and declared, 
and were not counted in favour of the said John 
Horsley Palmer, for whom such votes were in truth 
and in fact given and declared, whereas the said 
votes ought then to have been reckoned in favour of 
the said John Horsley Palmer, and ought now to 
be added to the poll in his favour accordingly, and 
to be deducted from the numbers erroneously de- 
clared at the said Election in favour of the said 
other Candidates, or some or one of them, as the 
case may be; that several other votes, which were 
given and declared in favour of the said John Hors- 
ley Palmer, at the said Election, by certain other 
electors whose names appear upon the poll-books, 
were erroneously omitted to be reckoned, and were 
not, in fact, counted in the casting up of such poll- 
books, and form no part of the number of votes 
declared by the said Sheriffs in favour of the said 
John Horsley Palmer, whereas they ought then to 
have been reckoned and counted in his favour, and 
ought now to be added to the poll accordingly ; that 
several other votes, which were given and declared 
at the said Election in favour of the said William 
Crawford by certain other electors, whose names 
appear upon the poll-books, were erroneously entered 
and counted in the said poll-books in favour of the 
said George Grote, instead of the said William Craw- 
ford, whereas, in truth and in fact, they were not 
given or declared in favour of the said George Grote, 
and ought not then to have been reckoned or counted 
in his favour, and ought now to be deducted and 
struck off from the numbers declared by the said 
Sheriffs in his favour; that several other votes, which 
were given and declared at the said Election in 
favour of the said James Pattison, by certain other 
electors whose names appear upon the poll-books, 
were erroneously entered and counted in the said 
poll-books in favour of the said George Grote in- 
stead of the said James Pattison, whereas, in truth 
and in fact, they were not given or declared in favour 
of the said George Grote, and ought not then to 
have been reckoned or counted in his favour, and 
ought now to be deducted and struck off from the 
numbers declared by the said Sheriffs in his favour ; 
that several other votes which were given and declared 
at the said Election in favour of the said Matthew 
Wood, by certain other electors whose names appear 
upon the poll-books, were erroneously entered and 
counted in the said poll-books in favour of the 
said George Grote instead of the said Matthew 
Wood, whereas, in truth and in fact, they were not 


23° Novembris. 











A. 1837. 


given or declared in favour of the said George Grote, 
and ought not then to have been reckoned or counted 
in his favour, and ought now to be deducted and 
struck off from the numbers declared by the said 
Sheriffs in his favour ; that several other votes which 
were given and declared at the said Election in 
favour of the said John Horsley Palmer by certain 
other electors, and which were so entered and reck- 
oned in upon the poll-books, were also erroneously 
re-entered and re-counted, and reckoned a second 
time in the said poll-books in favour of the said 
George Grote, and of one or more of the other Can- 
didates in the same interest, whereas such votes ought 
not then to have been so re-entered and counted a 
second time in favour of the said George Grote, or of 
any one or more of the said other Candidates, and 
ought now to be struck off and deducted from the 
numbers declared by the said Sheriffs in favour of 
the said George Grote, and of the other Candidate 
or Candidates for whom respectively they were so 
erroneously entered and reckoned; that several 
votes were erroneously entered and reckoned in the 
poll-books at the said Election in favour of the said 
George Grote and of some one or more of the other 
Cand:dates in the same interest, where no name of 
any elector or of any other person appears in the 
said poll-books as having given or declared the said 
votes in favour of the said George Grote, or of the 
other Candidates last above mentioned, and when 
in fact no such votes were given or declared in favour 
of the said George Grote or the said other Candi- 
dates, whereas such votes ought not then to have 
been thus erroneously and falsely reckoned, and 
ought now to be deducted and struck off from the 
numbers declared by the said Sheriffs in favour of 
the said George Grote and of the other Candidate 
or Candidates last above mentioned; that divers 
other persons who were duly registered as electors 
for the City, and entitled to vote as such at said 
Election, and who tendered their votes thereat for 
the said John Horsley Palmer, were, on various 
illegal and absurd pretences, such as a variance or 
mistake in the Christian name, or other name or 
names of such voters respectively, and on other 
pretences, refused and rejected at the said Election, 
and were not allowed to enter their votes for the 
said John Horsley Palmer, and their votes were not 
reckoned or counted in his the said John Horsley 
Palmer’s favour, whereas the said votes ought then 
to have been received, and ought now to be added 
to the poll accordingly; the Petitioners humbly 
submit, that if the said errors and false entries in 
the said poll-books be corrected, and the said mis- 
takes in the casting up of the numbers declared by 
the said Sheriffs in favour of the respective Candi- 
dates be rectified, it will clearly appear upon the 
votes actually given at the said Election, without, 
as above stated, even entering upon any question or 
examination as to the legal validity of any such 
votes, that the said John Horsley Palmer had a 
decided and sufficient majority of votes over the 
said George Grote, and ought to have been returned 
by the said Sheriffs, and ought now forthwith to be 
substituted in the Return made by the said Sheriffs, 
instead and in place of the said George Grote ; 
and the Petitioners further allege, that the said 
Matthew Wood, William Crawford, James Pattison, 
and George Grote, having combined and coalesced 
together for the purposes of the said Election, by 
themselves, or some one or more of them, by them- 
selves or himself, or by their friends, agents and 
managers on their behalf, and by persons employed 
by them or on their behalf, were, or was guilty, 
before and at, and during the said Election, of 
scandalous and corrupt bribery, and of corrupting 
and procuring, and endeavouring to corrupt and 
procure, divers Electors to give their votes for the 
said Matthew Wood, William Crawford, James 
Pattison, and George Grote, or for some or one of 


a and to forbear giving their votes for the said 


John 





1 Vicroriz. 


John Horsley Palmer at the said Election ; and did 
in like manner give or cause to be given, and did 
promise or agree to give to certain electors of the 
said City, certain sums of money, gifts and rewards, 
in order to procure the Return of them the said 
Matthew Wood, William Crawford, James Pattison, 
and George Grote, as Members to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said City; and also that 
the said Matthew Wood, William Crawford, James 
Pattison, and George Grote, or some or one of them, 
by themselves or their agents, after the teste of the 
said Writ for the ‘said Election, and at, and during 
the said Election, and before the Return of them the 
said Matthew Wood, William Crawford, James Pat- 
tison, and George Grote, to. serve in this present 
Parliament for the said City, did give, present and 
allow to divers persons being, or claiming to be, 
electors for the said City of London, money, pre- 
sents and rewards, and also meat, drink and other 
entertainment, and did make, or cause to be made 
and given, divers promises, agreements, obligations, 
and engagements to give and allow money, meat, 
drink, presents, rewards, and entertainment, to and 
for such persons, in order that they the said Matthew 
Wood, William Crawford, James Pattison, and 
George Grote, or some or one of them might be 
elected, and for being elected to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said City; and the Petitioners 
further allege, that at the said Election the said 
John Horsley Palmer, Esquire, citizen and mercer, 
had a majority of good and legal votes over the 
other Candidates, or some or one of them, and was 
in consequence thereof entitled to be returned as 
duly elected, and was duly elected thereat; and 
the Petitioners humbly charge and allege that the 
said John Horsley Palmer ought to have been so 
returned; that divers persons who were aliens and 
foreigners by birth, and subjects of other countries, 
owing their allegiance to a foreign sovereign or 
state, and not to Her most gracious Majesty Vic- 
toria, Queen of these Realms, and who were not 
naturalized by Act of Parliament, or by virtue of the 
various statutes in that behalf made, nor had ob- 
tained letters of denization, and who were, there- 
fore, subject to a legal incapacity, were admitted to 
poll, and did poll, at the said Election for the said 
Matthew Wood, William Crawford, James Pattison, 
and George Grote, or for some one or more of them, 
and that their votes ought to be struck off the poll 
accordingly ; that divers persons who voted at the 
said Election for the said Matthew Wood, William 
Crawford, James Pattison, and George Grote, or 
for some one or more of them, had not at the 
time they so voted the same qualification for 
which their names were originally inserted in the 
Register of voters, in force at the time of the 
said Election for the said City of London, but 
had parted with and removed from the same pre- 
vious to the Election, which said persons were 
nevertheless admitted to poll, and did poll, at the 
said Election, and their votes were counted as good 
votes in favour of the said Matthew Wood, William 
Crawford, James Pattison, and George Grote, or 
for some or one of them, whereas such votes were 
altogether bad and invalid, and ought to be struck 
off the poll accordingly; that divers persons who 
refused, or otherwise declined, or were unable from 
circumstances to answer in-the affirmative the ques- 
tion whether they had the same qualification for which 
their names were originally inserted in the Register 
of voters for the said City of London, were never- 
theless wrongfully admitted by the said Sheriffs, 
their substitutes or assessors, by some or one of 
them, to poll as electors for the said Matthew Wood, 
William Crawford, James Pattison, and George 
Grote, or for some or one of them, that the votes of 
such persons are bad and invalid votes, and ought 
to be struck off the poll accordingly; that divers 
other persons who actually were, or who professed 


themselves to be upon the list of Freemen of the 
Vor. 93. 


23° Novembris. 


4} 


said City of London, being Liverymen of some or 
one of the Companies, entitled to vote in the Elec- 
tion of Members of Parliament for the said City of 
London, but who actually lived and resided, and 
had for a long time previous lived and resided beyond 
the limits of Seven miles from the place of pollin 
for the said City, were admitted to poll, and di 
actually vote as electors for the said City of London, 
at the said Election for the said Matthew Wood, 
William Crawford, James Pattison, and George 
Grote, or for some or one of them, and that the 
votes of such persons ought to be struck off the 
poll ; that divers other persons actually voted at the 
said Election for the said Matthew Wood, William 
Crawford, James Pattison, and George Grote, or 
for some or one of them, as being Liverymen of the 
said City of London, although such persons had not 
been Twelve calendar atin on the Livery before 
the Thirty-first day of July One thousand eight 
hundred and thirty-six, and had not paid their 
Livery fines, whereas the votes of such persons 
were bad and invalid; that divers other persons 
claiming to be Liverymen of the said City of Zon- 
don, in like manner voted at the said Election for 
the said Matthew Wood, William Crawford, James 
Pattison, and George Grote, or for some or one of 
them, although such persons had received back 
their Livery fines, or some allowance in respect of 
them, or who had, within Two years previous to 
such Thirty-first day of July One thousand eight 
hundred and thirty-six, been discharged from pay- 
ing, and had ceased to pay, their rates and taxes, 
contrary to the statute in such case made and pro- 
vided, and had thereby become disqualified from 
being registered and from voting as electors of the 
said City of Zondon; that divers other persons, who 
claimed to be electors of the said City of Lon- 
don, as occupiers of a house, warehouse, shop, or 
counting-house within the said City of London, 
were improperly admitted to poll, and did poll, for 
the said Matthew Wood, William Crawford, James 
Pattison, and George Grote, or for some or one of 
them, although such persons were not, at the time 
of the said Election, nor had been during Six calen- 
dar months next previous to the last day of July, 
One thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, resident 
within the said City, or within Seven statute miles 
thereof, or of any part thereof, whereas the votes of 
such persons were bad, illegal and invalid votes ; 
that divers persons, who had become bankrupt 
between the Thirty-first day of July One thousand 
eight hundred and thirty-six, and the day of Elec- 
tion, the Twenty-fourth day of July One thousand 
eight hundred and thirty-seven, were admitted to 
poll, and did vote at the said Election for the said 
Matthew Wood, Wiiliam Crawford, James Pattison, 
and George Grote, or for some or one of them, as 
householders, or of that class of electors, although 
such bankrupts were not bond fide in possession of 
the same qualification for which their names were 
originally inserted in the Register of voters for the 
said City, and had thereby become disqualified from 
voting at said Election; that divers other persons 
who had been in the habit of receiving, and who had 
received, parochial relief, or other alms, within 
Twelve calendar months next previous to the 
Thirty-first of July One thousand eight hundred and 
thirty-six, and persons who had received such paro- 
chial relief, or other alms, subsequent to the said 
Thirty-first day of July One thousand eight hundred 
and «tran within Twelve calendar months pre- 
vious to the day of Election, were admitted to poll, 
and did actually vote at the said Election for the 
said Matthew Wood, William Crawford, James Pat- 
tison, and George Grote, or for some or one of them, 
although they were disqualified from so voting, and 


ought to be struck off the poll accordingly ; that 
divers other persons voted for the said Matthew 
Wood, William Crawford, James Pattison, and 
George Grote, or for some or one of them at the said 

G 





Election, 








42 


Election, who by law were incapable of voting at 
such Election, by reason of their having, during such 
Election, or within Six calendar months previous 
thereto, or within Fourteen days after its completion, 
been employed thereat as agent, attorney, poll-clerk, 
or in some other disabling capacity, for the purpose 
of such Election, and having before, during or since 
such Election, accepted or taken from the said 
Matthew Wood, William Crawford, James Pattison, or 
George Grote, or from some or one of them, or from 
some other person in consideration of and with re- 
ference to such employment, certain sums of money, 
retaining fees, offices, places, or employments, or 
certain promises and securities for the same — 
tively, and such votes were, notwithstanding, unduly 
admitted and entered in the poll-books as good votes 
for the said Matthew Wood, William Crawford, James 
Pattison, and George Grote, or for some or one of 
them, whereas such votes are wholly null and void, 
and ought to be struck off the poll accordingly ; 
that divers other persons who were incapacitated and 
disqualified from voting by virtue of the various 
statutes for the regulation of Elections, and for 
better securing the freedom thereof, as the holders 
of certain offices or appointments, were admitted to 
poll, and did poll, and were counted at the said 
Election m favour of the said Matthew Wood, Wil- 
liam Crawford, James Pattison, and George Grote, 
or for some or one of them, whereas such votes are 
wholly null and void, and ought to be struck off the 
poll accordingly; that divers other persons who 
were entitled to poll at the said Election as Freemen 
and Liverymen of the said City of Zondon, and who 
tendered their votes thereat for the said John Horsley 
Palmer, Esquire, were improperly excluded from 
voting thereat on the ground that they had changed 
their residence, although such Liverymen were, and 
had been, for the period required by law, actually 
resident within the requisite distance of Seven miles 
from the Guildhall of the said City, and that the 
votes of such persons ought to be added to the poll 
in favour of the said John Horsley Palmer, Esquire ; 
that divers other persons, whose names were not on 
the Register of electors then in force for the said 
City of London, were admitted to poll, and did poll, 
at the said Election in favour of the said Matthew 
Wood, William Crawford, James Pattison, and 
George Grote, or for some or one of them, 
whereas the votes of such persons are utterly 
illegal and bad, and ought to be struck off the 
poll accordingly ; that divers other persons who had 
already polled once at the said Election, were ad- 
mitted to vote and did vote a second time at the 
same falsely and fraudulently in favour of the said 
Matthew Wood, William Crawford, James Pattison 
and George Grote, or in favour of some or one of 
them, and that their votes ought to be struck off 
the poll accordingly; that divers other persons, 
having or claiming a right to vote at the said Elec- 
tion, were refused to be allowed to vote thereat, 
and accordingly such persons tendered their votes 
at the said Election in favour of the said John 
Horsley Palmer, or in favour of the said John 
Horsley Palmer in conjunction with one or more 
of the said other Candidates, but such tenders 
were not recorded in the poll-books, or were falsely 
end incorrectly and maccurately recorded, or were 
recorded as having tendered votes, but without spe- 
cifying for which one or more of the said Candidates 
such electors or persons claiming to be electors ten- 
dered such their votes; that the names of divers 
persons were improperly omitted from the Register 
for the said City at the time of such Election, in 
consequence of the decision of the Barristers or Bar- 
rister who had revised the lists from which such Re- 
gister had been formed, notwithstanding such per- 
sons had a lawful right to be put on coal Register, 
and such persons tendered their votes at such Elec- 
tion on behalf of the said John Horsley Palmer, 
Esquire, which votes ought to be added to the poll 


23° Novembris. 








A. 1837. 


accordingly in his favour; that, in consequence of 
the decision of the Barristers or Barrister who re- 
vised the lists of,voters from which such Register was 
formed, the names of divers persons who at the said 
Election voted for the said Matthew Wood, William 
Crawford, James Pattison and George Grote, or 
for some or one of them, were improperly retained 
or inserted in such Register, and the votes of such 
persons were admitted and allowed, and were en- 
tered on the poll-books for the said Matthew Wood, 
William Crawford, James Pattison and George 
Grote, or for some or one of them, whereas they 
were not entitled to be registered as electors, or to 
vote at the said Election; that divers other persons, 
whose names appeared upon the said Register, not 
having been called in question before the Barristers 
or Barrister who revised the said lists of voters, 
claimed to poll, and did poll, at the said Election 
for the said Matthew Wood, William Crawford, 
James Pattison and George Grote, or for some or 
one of them, although such persons had no qualifi- 
cation whatever whereon to vote, and were thereby 
disqualified to vote at the same ; that divers other 
rsons, whose names appeared upon the Register, 
ut who had, from various causes not hereinbefore 
specified, become disqualified, or were incapable, or 
had no qualification to be registered, and were not 
entitled to be registered or to vote at the said Elec- 
tion, were nevertheless admitted to poll, and did 
poll, thereat in favour of the said Matthew Wood, 
William Crawford, James Pattison and George 
Grote, or some or one of them, and whose votes 
ought to be disallowed and struck off the poll ; that 
divers persons, who were actually electors for the 
said City of London, and whose names appeared 
on the Register of electors for the said City, but 
who did not vote or attend to vote at the said Elec- 
tion, were personated and fraudulently represented 
by other persons, which said last-mentioned per- 
sons were admitted to poll, and did poll, in the name 
of such electors respectively, in favour of the said 
Matthew Wood, William Crawford, James Pattison 
and George Grote, or for some one or more of them ; 
that the names of such electors ought therefore to 
be struck off the poll; that divers other persons, 
whose names appeared on the said Register as 
electors for the said City, but who had departed 
this life previous to the day of the said Election, were 
in like manner personated and falsely and fraudu- 
lently represented by other persons, which said last- 
mentioned persons, were admitted to poll, and did 
poll, at the said Election, inthe names of such deceased 
ones respectively, in favour of the said Matthew 
ood, William Crawford, James Pattison and George 
Grote, or for some or one of them, in contempt of 
truth and justice, and to the destruction of purity of 
election, and whose names ought to be struck off 
the poll accordingly ; that the votes of several per- 
sons were admitted and reckoned at the said Elec- 
tion in favour of the said Matthew Wood, William 
Crawford, James Pattison and George Grote, 
Esquires, who had been bribed and corruptly pro- 
cured to give their votes in favour of all or some or 
one of the said last-mentioned Candidates, and to 
forbear to give them to the said John Horsley Pal- 
mer, Esquire, which votes ought to be struck off 
the poll, as bad, illegal, and mvalid ; that several 
duly qualified electors for the said City attended at 
the several polling places during the said Election, 

for the purpose and with the intention of givin 
their votes for the said John Horsley Palmer, but 
so soon as such intention on their part was disco- 
vered and made known, were, by force and violence 
on the part of the adherents and supporters of the 
opposing Candidates and others, wrongfully and 
illegally prevented from giving their votes in favour 
of the said John Horsley Palmer, to the great 
grievance of the said electors and of the Petitioners, 
and in contempt and violation of the independence 
and freedom of Election; that several voters were 
admitted 


Newcastle. 
under-Lyme 
ection, 





1 Vicroriz. 
admitted to poll, and did poll at the said Election 


for the said Matthew Wood, William Crawford, 
James Pattison and George Grote, who were intimi- 
dated and compelled, by threats and menaces, to 
vote for said last-mentioned Candidates, and to 
forbear to vote for the said John Horsley Palmer ; 
that by the several ways and means aforesaid, the 
said Matthew Wood, William Crawford, James Pat- 
tison and George Grote, respectively obtained co- 
lourable and fictitious majorities of votes at the said 
Election over the said John Horsley Palmer, Esquire, 
and procured themselves to be returned to serve for 
the said City, whereas the said John Horsley Pal- 
mer, Esquire, had in reality a great apery | of legal 
votes thereat over one or more of the said four Can- 
didates, and ought to have been returned as Member 
to serve in Parliament for the said City; that the 
said Matthew Wood, William Crawford, James Pat- 
tison and George Grote, by such practices and other 
undue, corrupt and illegal practices, are wholly in- 
capacitated and disabled, and are ineligible to serve 
in the present Parliament for the said City, and that 
the several Returns of the said Matthew Wood, 
William Crawford, James Pattison and George 
Grote, Esquires, are wholly null and void; the Pe- 
titioners therefore most humbly pray that the House 
will take the premises into their consideration, and 
will adjudge and declare that the Return of the said 
George Grote is a false Return, and wholly null and 
void, and that the said John Horsley Palmer ought 
to have been returned instead of the said George 
Grote, by the said Sheriffs, and that the name of 
the said John Horsley Palmer should now be sub- 
stituted in the Return accordingly; and further, 
that the Election of the said Matthew Wood, Wil- 
liam Crawford and James Pattison, or some or one 
of them, was wholly null and void, and that the 
said last-mentioned Candidates, or some or one of 
them, were incapable of being elected, and were 
not duly elected, and ought not to have been re- 
turned at the said Election ; or that the House will 
adjudge and declare that the said John Horsley 
Palmer was duly elected, and ought to have been 
returned at the said Election, and that the name of 
the said John Horsley Palmer should now be in- 
serted in the said Return accordingly, and that the 
Election and Return of the other four Candidates, 
Matthew Wood, William Crawford, James Pattison 
and George Grote, was wholly null and void, and 
that the said last-mentioned Candidates were inca- 
pable of being elected, and were not duly elected, 
and ought not to have been returned, or that the 
House will declare that the said Election and Re- 
turn for the said City of London was altogether a 
void Election and Return, and that the House will 
take such further steps for carrying into effect the 
resolutions and decisions which it may be the plea- 
sure of the House to declare and adjudge upon the 
premises, and for granting other and further relief 
and redress to the Petitioners as to the House may 
seem fit. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday the 12th day of Decem- 
ber next, at twenty-five minutes after three of the 
clock in the Afternoon. 

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


A Petition of Richard Badnaill, of Cotton Hall, 
in the county of Stafford, Esquire, was read ; setting 
forth, That at the last Election of Members to serve 
in this present Parliament, for the Borough of New- 
castle-under-Lyme, in the County of Stafford, Wil- 
liam Henry Miller, Esquire, Spencer Horsey de 
Horsey, Esquire, and the Petitioner, were Candi- 
dates to represent the said Borough in Parliament ; 
that a poll being demanded at the said Election, 
™ + on in by Thomas Ward, Esquire, the 

OL. F 





23° Novembris. 








43 


Returning Officer of the said Borough, and the said 
Henry William Miller and Spencer Horsey de Hor- 
sey, were by the said Returning Officer declared 
duly elected and returned as Members to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough of Vew- 
castle-under-Lyme; that before and at and during 
the said Election, the said William Henry Miller, 
was by himself and by his agents, guilty of divers 
acts of bribery and corruption, in order to corrupt 
and procure, and did by himself and by his agents, 
friends, managers and other persons employed in his 
behalf, by gifts, presents, money, rewards and pro- 
mises, and agreements and securities for money, 
gifts and rewards, and by threats, intimidation, 
promises, undue influence, and other corrupt, illegal 
and improper practices, acts and means, attempt to 
corrupt and procure, and did in fact corrupt and 
procure, divers persons having or claiming to have 
votes at such Election, to give their votes in favour 
of the said William Henry Miller, and to forbear 
to give them in favour of the Petitioner, in order 
that he, the said William Henry Miller, might be re- 
turned to serve in Parliament for the said Borough 
of Newcastle-under-Lyme ; that after the places in 
Parliament to be supplied by such Election became 
vacant, and as well before as after the teste or 
issuing out of the Writ for the said Election, and 
at and during the said Election, the said William 
Henry Miller did by himself, and by his agents, 
friends and partisans, by divers ways and means, at 
his charge, directly and indirectly, give, present 
and allow to persons having votes at such Election, 
money, meat, drink, lodging, entertainment, provi- 
sion and reward, and did make presents, gifts, re- 
wards and promises, agreements and obligations, 
and engagements to give money, meat, drink, pro- 
vision, rewards and entertainment, to and for per- 
sons having votes as aforesaid, and to and for the 
use, advantage, benefit, enjoyment, profit and pre- 
ferment of such persons, in order that he the said 
William Henry Miller might be elected, and for 
being elected to serve in Parliament for the said 
Borough; that extensive bribery and treating was 
resorted to and practised by divers persons on be- 
half of the said William Henry Miller at the said 
Election, and that the Election and Return of the 
said William Henry Miller at the last Election for 
the said Borough of Newcastle-wnder-Lyme, was 
procured by means of bribery, treating and other 
corrupt, illegal practices; that the said William 
Henry Miller, by the said corrupt and illegal prac- 
tices hereinbefore mentioned, was and is wholly dis- 
abled and incapacitated and ineligible to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough of 
Newcastle-under-Lyme, and the Return of the said 
William Henry Miller thereby became and is wholly 
null and void ; that at the said Election, the votes of 
many persans were accepted and recorded in favour 
of the said William Henry Miller, although such 
persons were disqualified from voting at such Elec- 
tion, in consequence of such persons having re- 
ceived bribes, money, gifts and rewards, or pro- 
mises of bribes, money, gifts or other rewards for 
giving their votes at such Election, and that by 
means of the votes of such persons so as aforesaid 
given, the said William Henry Miller obtained a 
colourable majority of votes, and procured himself 
to be returned as a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough of Newcastle-under- 
Lyme; the Petitioner therefore humbly prays, that 
the House will take the premises into their conside- 
ration, and will declare that the Petitioner, Richard 
Badnail, is duly elected, and ought to have been 
returned to serve in this present Parliament for the 


said Borough of MNewcastle-under-Lyme, and will 
direct the Clerk of the Crown to erase the name of 
the said William Henry Miller from the said Return, 
and to insert the name of the Petitioner, Richard 
Badanail, therein, or otherwise to declare the said 
Election and Return of the said William Henry 

G2 


Miller 








Durham City 
Electioi 





44, 


Miller to be wholly void, and to grant to the Peti- 
tioner such other relief as to the House shall seem | 
meet. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday the 12th day of Decem- 
ber next, at half an hour after three of the clock in 
the Afternoon. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers and re- 
cords, as shall be thought necessary by the seyeral 
Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 


) 
| 


A Petition of Thomas Colpitts Granger, of the 
Inner Temple, Barrister-at-law, was read; setting 
forth, That the Honourable Arthur Hill Trevor, 
William Charles Harland, Esquire, and the Peti- 
tioner, were Candidates to represent the City of 
Durham, at the last Election of Members to serve 
in Parliament for that City ; that the Mayor of the 
said City is the Returning Officer, and that 7’homas 
Greenwell, Esquire, was such Mayor and Returning 
Officer at the said Election; that, on the nomina- 
tion of the said Candidates, the show of hands was 
declared by the said Returning Officer to be in fa- 
vour of the Petitioner and the said Arthur Hill 
Trevor, whereupon a poll was demanded by the said 
William Charles Harland, and was granted by the 
said Returning Officer ; that the said poll was had 
and taken on the Twenty-seventh day of July now 
last, and that the said Arthur Hill Trevor and 
William Charles Harland were declared by the said 
Returning Officer to have had the majority, and 
were returned as duly elected to represent the said 
City in this present Parliament; that divers persons 
were admitted to vote, and did vote, at the said 
Election for the said William Charles Harland, who 
were not upon the Register in force at the said Elec- 
tion, and who were not entitled to vote at the said 
Election, and other persons voted thereat for the 
said William Charles Harland, as being persons 
whose names were inserted in the Register in force 
at the said Election, although they were not such 


23° Novembris. 





A. 1857. 


or Revenues, or in some office or employment, dis- 
ao the holders thereof, by virtue of the Act 
or better securing the freedom of Elections of 
Members to serve in Parliament, by disabling cer- 
tain officers employed in the collection or manage- 
ment of His Majesty’s Revenues, from giving their 
votes at such Elections; that divers persons were 
admitted to vote, and did vote, at the said Election 
for the said William Charles Harland, who were or 
had been either during such Election, or within Six 
calendar months previous to such Election, or within 
Fourteen days after it was completed, employed at 
such Election, as counsel, agent, attorney, poll- 
clerk, flagman, or in some other capacity, for the 
purposes fof such Election, and had either before, 
during, or after such Election, accepted or taken 
from the said Candidates, or some or one of them, 
or from some other person, for or in consideration 
of, or with reference to such employment, a sum or 
sums of money as a retaining fee, office, place, or 
employment, or a promise or security for a sum or 
sums of money, or a retaining fee, office, place, or 
employment; that divers persons who were dul 

registered and entitled to vote at the said Election, 
and who attended at the poll for the purpose of 
voting for the said William Charles Harland and 
the Petitioner, were, after voting for the said Wil- 
liam Charles Harland, illegally prevented from 
voting also for the Petitioner, by being improperly 
compelled or induced to leave the booths or places 
where the said poll was taken, by the agents and 
partisans of the said William Charles Harland; and 
that such persons, on returning to the said polling- 
booths or places, and tendering their votes for the 
Petitioner, and demanding to be put on the poll for 
him, were illegally rejected as voters for the Peti- 
tioner, and were not entered on the poll as voters, 
or as having tendered their votes for the Petitioner, 
all which votes ought to have been added to the 
numbers on the poll for the Petitioner; that divers 
persons who were duly registered and entitled to 
vote at the said Election, and who tendered their 
votes at such Election for the Petitioner, and de- 
manded to be put upon the poll, were illegally 





persons, nor were registered, nor entitled to vote; 
that divers persons were admitted to vote, and did 
vote, at the said Election for the said William Charles 
Harland, who had not at the time they so voted 
the same qualification for which their names had 
been originally inserted in the Register of voters 
then in force for the said City of Durham; that 
divers persons were admitted to vote, and did vote, 
at the said Election for the said William Charles 
Harland, who at the time they so voted had parted 
with, sold, or otherwise ceased to be possessed of 
or to occupy, or who had ceased to be and were not 
rated, or fad not -paid their rates for, the property 
in respect of which their names had been originally 
inserted in the Register of voters then in force for 
the said City of Durham; that divers persons who 
were registered as electors for the said City, became 
disqualified to vote as electors at such Election, 
and subsequently to the period of the list of elec- 
tors being revised and _ for the purpose of 
such Register, and previously to their so voting, by 
receiving alms or parochial relief, or by not residing 
within the said City, or within Seven miles thereof, 
or any part thereof, or by other legal or personal 
cisqualifications and incapacities, and they and 
divers other persons who had no legal right to vote, 
were nevertheless admitted to vote, and did vote, at 
the said Election for the said William Charles Har- 
land; that divers persons were admitted to vote, and 
did vote, at the said Election for the said William 
Charles Harland, who were disabled and disqualified 
from, or incapable of, voting at the said Election, by 
reason of their having been, within Twelve months 
previously to such Election, concerned or employed 
in the charging, collecting, levying, or managing 
Duties of Excise, Customs or other Duties, Taxes, 











and unjustly rejected as voters for the Petitioner, 
and were not entered upon the poll as voters, or 
as having tendered their votes for the Petitioner, 
and all of which votes ought also to have been 
added to the numbers on the poll for the Peti- 
tioner; that divers persons who were duly regis- 
tered and entitled to vote at the said Election, after 
voting for the Petitioner and the said William 
Charles Harland, and after having been entered 
upon the poll as having voted for the Petitioner and 
the said William Charles Harland, were illegally 
prompted and induced by the agents, attornies and 
partisans of the said Wélliam Charles Harland to 
withdraw and retract their votes for the Petitioner, 
and to vote for the said William Charles Harland 
alone, and that such persons were illegally allowed 
by the deputies of the said Returning Officer, or 
some of them, to withdraw and retract their votes for 
the Petitioner, and to vote forthe said William Charles 
Harland alone; and that such Deputies illegally 
ordered such votes so entered for the Petitioner and 
the said William Charles Harland, to be erased and to 
be re-entered and recorded as votes for the said William 
Charles Harland alone ; that divers persons who were 
duly registered, and entitled to vote at the said Elec-- 
tion, after voting for the Petitioner, and after having 
been entered upon the poll as having voted forthe Pe- 
titioner, were illegally allowed by the said Deputies 
of the said Returning Officer, or by some of them, 
| to withdraw and retract their votes for the Peti- 
_tioner, and to vote for the said William Charles 
| Harland; and that such Deputies illegally ordered 
, such votes so entered for the Petitioner to be erased, 
,and to be re-entered and recorded as votes for the 
| said William Charles Harland ; that divers persons 
| ho were duly registered and entitled to vote at “0 
sal 





1 Victoriz. 


said Election, after voting for the Petitioner, and after 
having been entered upon the poll as having voted for 
the Petitioner, were illegally allowed by the said De- 
puties of the said Returning Officer, or some of them, 
to withdraw and retract their votes for the Petitioner, 
and their votes so entered for the Petitioner were 
illegally erased from the said poll, and were not 
counted thereon for the Petitioner ; that divers per- 
sons were admitted to vote, and did vote, at the said 
Election for the said William Charles Harland, who 
had asked, received and taken money, or other re- 
ward, by way of gift, loan, or other device, or had 
agreed or contracted for money, gift, office, employ- 
ment, or other reward, some to give their votes tc 
the said William Charles Harland, and others to 
refuse or forbear to give their votes to the Peti- 
tioner ; and divers persons were admitted to vote, 
and did vote, at the said Election, who, by them- 
selves or persons employed by them, did, by gifts or 
rewards, or by promises, agreements, or securities 
for gifts or rewards, corrupt or procure, or ae 
to corrupt or procure, eee to give their votes for 
the said William Charles Harland, or to forbear to 
give their votes to the Petitioner, and others were 
admitted to vote, and did vote, for the said William 
Charles Harland, who had asked or received money, 
bribes or rewards, to give, or for giving, their votes 
in or at the said Election ; that divers persons were 
admitted to vote, and did vote, at the said Election 
for the said William Charles Harland, some whose 
names were improperly inserted in the lists of voters 
for the said City, and were also improperly retained 
by the Revising Barrister in such lists or Register of 
voters for the said City, in force at the said Election, 


23° Novembris. 





and others whose names were improperly inserted 
in such lists or Register, by such Barrister, such per- 
sons not being qualified or entitled, either as free- 
men, or as owners, or tenants, or occupiers of pro- 
perty, or as having been duly rated, or as having 
paid their rates, or because they were subject to 
legal incapacity or other disqualification; that as 
well before as after the dissolution of the late Par- 
liament, and as well before as after tlie teste or is- 
suing out of the Writ for the said Election, the said 
William Charles Harland did, by himself and by 
his agents, friends and partisans, by divers ways 
and means, on his behalf, and at his charge, di- 
rectly and indirectly give, present, and allow to per- 
sons having votes at such Election, money, meat, 
drink, lodging, entertainment, provision and re- 
ward, and did make presents, gifts, rewards and 
promises, agreements, obligations and engagements, 
to give and allow money, meat, drink, provision, 
presents, reward and entertainments, to and for per- 
sons having votes as aforesaid, and to and for the 
use, advantage, benefit, enjoyment, profit and pre- 
ferment of such persons, in order that he the said 
William Charles Harland might be elected, and for 
being elected to serve in Parliament for the said 
City; that, before and at and during the said Elec- 
tion, the said William Charles Harland was, by him- 
self and by his agents, guilty of divers acts of bri- 
bery and corruption, in order to corrupt and procure, 
and did by himself and by his agents, friends, ma- 
nagers and other persons employed on his behalf, 
by gifts, presents, money, rewards and promises and 
agreements, and securities for money, gifts and re- 
wards, and by threats, intimidation, promises, undue 
influence, and other corrupt, illegal or improper 
practices, acts and means, corrupt and procure, di- 
vers persons having or claiming to have votes at 
such Election, to give their votes in favour of the 
said William Charles Harland, and to forbear to 
give them in favour of the Petitioner; that the said 

illiam Charles Harland, by the aforesaid corrupt 
and illegal practices, was and is wholly disabled and 
incapacitated and ineligible to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said City of Durham, and the 
Return of the said William’ Charles Harland was 


and is wholly null and void; that, by the several 
Vo, 93, 








45 


illegal “—_ and means aforesaid, the said William 
Charles Harland obtained a colourable majority of 
votes over the Petitioner, and procured himself to 
be returned to serve for the said City, whereas the 
Petitioner had a legal majority of votes at the said 
Election, and was duly elected: and ought to have 
been returned to serve in this Parliament for the 
said City ; the Petitioner, therefore, humbly prays 
the House to take the premises into cénsideration, 
and to declare the said Election and Return of 
the said William Charles Harland wholly null and 
void, and that he is not nor ought to be deemed 
a Member to serve in Parliament for the said City 
of Durham ; and that the name of the said William 
Charles Harland may be erased from the said Re- 
turn, and the Petitioner, Thomas Colpitts Granger, 
may be declared duly elected to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the said City, and that the name of the 
Petitioner may be substituted in the said Return, 
and that the House will afford the Petitioner and 
the Electors of the said City such further and other 
relief in the premises, as to the House shall seem 
meet. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration ,upon Tuesday, the 12th day of De- 
cember next, at Twenty-five minutes before four of 
the clock in the Afternoon. 


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


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of Huntingdon 
and who had a right to County 


the county of Huntingdon, 
vote at the last Election of Knights of the Shire to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said County 
of Huntingdon, was read; setting forth, That at 
the last Election of Knights of the Shire to serve 
in Parliament for the said County of Huntingdon, 
John Bonfoy Rooper, Esquire, George Thornhill, 
Esquire, and Edward Fellowes, Esquire, were Can- 
didates to represent the said County ; that the said 
George Thornhill and Edward Fellowes, after the 
seat to be supplied by the said Election became va- 
cant, as well before as after the teste, or issuing out 
of the Writ for the said Election, and at and during 
the said Election, did, and each of them did, by 
themselves or himself, and by their and each or one 
of their agents, friends and partisans, by divers ways 
and means, at their and each or one of their charges, 
directly and indirectly give presents, and allow to 
persons having votes at such Election, money, meat, 
drink, entertamment and provision, and did make 
presents, gifts, rewards and promises .agreements 
and obligations, and engagements to give and allow 
money, meat, drink, provisions, presents, rewards 
and entertainment, to and for persons having votes 
as aforesaid, and to and for the use, advantage, be- 
nefit, enjoyment, profit and preferment of such per- 
sons, in order that they the said George Thornhill and 
the said Edward Fellowes, or either of them, might be 
elected, and for being elected, to serve in Parliament 
for the said County ; that before and at, and during 
the said Election, the said George Thornhill and 
the said Edward Fellowes were, or one of them was, 
by themselves or himself, and by their and each or 
one of their agents, friends and managers, and others 
on his or their behalf, guilty of divers acts of bri- 
bery and corruption, in order to corrupt and procure, 
and the said George Thornhill and the said Edward 
| Fellowes did, or one of them did, by themselves or 
himself, and by their and each or one of their 
agents, friends, managers and other persons em-~- 
ployed in their and each or one of their behalf, by 
gifts, presents, money, rewards, and promises, and 
agreements, and securities for money, gifts and re- 
wards, and by other corrupt, illegal and improper 
practices, acts and means, corrupt and procure, and 
attempt to corrupt and procure, divers persons, hav- 

G3 ing 











Bread 
(Treland.) 


Tin (Duchy of 
Cornwall.) 


Haileybury 


Coliege. 


No. 5. 


Civil List. 


46 23° Novembris. 


ing or claiming to have votes at the said Election, 
to give their votes in favour of the said George 
Thornhill and the said Edward Fellowes, or either 
of them ; and to forbear to give their votes in fa- 
vour of the said John Bonfoy Rooper, in order that 
they the said George Thornhill and Edward Fel- 
lowes, or either of them, might be elected, and for 
being elected and returned as Knights of the Shire 
to serve in Parliament for the said County of Hun- 
tingdon; that by the aforesaid corrupt and_ illegal 
practices the said George Thornhill and Edward 
Fellowes procured themselves to be returned as 
Members to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said County of Huntingdon at the said Election 
for the said County, whereas by the said corrupt 
and illegal practices, the said Election and Return 
of the said George Thornhill and Edward Fellowes, 
and of each of them, was and is entirely null and 
void to all intents and purposes ; and they the said 
George Thornhill and Edward Fellowes have, and 
each of them has, become disabled and incapa- 
citated to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said County of Huntingdon, and the said Election 
and Return of the said George Thornhill and the said 
Edward Fellowes, or of either of them, was and is con- 
trary to law,a manifest violation of the rights and pri- 
vileges of the electors of the said County, and highly 
injurious to the Petitioners and the electors of the 
said County ; the Petitioners therefore humbly pray 
that the House will take the premises into consi- 
deration, and declare the Election and Return of 
the said George Thornhill and Edward Fellowes, or 
of either of them null and void, and will order the 
same to be set aside, and will grant such other re- 
lief to the Petitioners as to the House shall seem 
meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday the 12th day of De- 
cember next, at twenty minutes before four of the 
clock in the Afternoon. 

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


A Petition of Solomon Rounds, of Wicklow, In- 
ee of Weights and Measures, praying the 

ouse to establish a general standard for Bread, 
in Ireland, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Lords Adventurers and Merchants, 
interested in the Tin Mines of Cornwall, complaining 
of the Duty on Tin; and stating that the Duty paid 
to the Duchy of Cornwall of Four shillings in the 
hundred of One hundred and twenty pounds, con- 
stitutes, in effect, a bounty to that extent in favour 
of the produce of foreign mines, and to the preju- 
dice of our own ; and praying, that in the arrange- 
ments about to be entered upon to provide for Her 
Majesty’s household, and the honour and dignity 
of Her Crown, compensation may be made to Her 
Majesty, and the impost on Tin be abolished, was 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Mr. Robert Gordon presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Rules and Re- 
gulations to be observed with respect to the exami- 
nation of Candidates for admission to the East India 
College at Haileybury. 

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


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by 
Her Majesty’s command,—An Account, showing the 
Payments which have been made in respect of the 
Charge on the Civil List, between 1st January 1831 
and 31st December 1836. 











A. 1837. 


An Account of the Income and Expenditure of 
the Civil List, during the years commencing 1st Ja- 
nuary 1831 and ending 31st December 1836. 

An Account of the Expenditure, classed under 
the respective Trades, &amp;c., and of Miscellaneous 
Payments in the Lord Chamberlain’s Department, 
for Six years ending 31st December 1836 ; distin- 
guishing each year. 

An Account of the Expenditure in the Depart- 
ment of the Lord Chamberlain, on the Third Class 
of the Civil List, for Six years, ending the 31st 
December 1836; showing the Amount for each of 
the Royal Palaces in each year. 

An Account of the Expenditure on the Third 
Class of the Civil List, in the Department of the 
Lord Steward of the Royal Household, from Ja- 
nuary 1831 to December 1836. 

An Account of the Expenditure of the Master of 
the Horse’s Department, from ist January 1831 to 
the 31st December 1836 ; showing the Amount under 
each Head of Expense. 

An Account of the Expenditure imcurred in the 
Department of the Master of the Robes, since the 
year 1830. 

An Account of Payments applied to the Public 
Service, arising from the casual Hereditary Revenues, 
during the reign of his late Majesty King William 
the Fourth, under the Civil List Arrangements made 
at the commencement of the reign, and which 
would otherwise, as in former reigns, have been 
applicable to the uses of his late Majesty’s Privy 
Purse. 

An Estimate of the probable future Annual 
Charge in respect of the Civil List of Her Majesty. 

Detailed Estimate of the probable future y= 
diture of the Civil List, compared with the Civil 
List of his late Majesty. 

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


The House was moved, That so much of Her Civil List. 


Majesty’s most gracious Speech to both Houses of 
Parliament, at the opening of the Session, as relates 
to the Civil List, might be read ; and the same was 
read, as followeth : 


“The demise of the Crown renders itnecessary that 
a new provision should be made for the Civil List. 
I place unreservedly at your disposal, those Here- 
ditary Revenues which were transferred to the 
Public by My immediate Predecessor; and I have 
commanded that such Papers as may be necessary 
for the full examination of this subject, shall be 
ne and laid before you. Desirous that the 

xpenditure in this, as in every other department of 
the Government, should be kept within due limits, 
I feel confident that you will aladly make adequate 
provision for the support of the honour and dignity 
of My Crown.” 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
roposed, That the said Papers be referred to a 
Select Committee ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by adding, at the end thereof, the words 
“and that such Committee do cause full examina- 
“tion to be made into the circumstances under 
“which each existing Pension was granted, and 
“ whether the continuance of the same be justified 
“ by any public service or special circumstances.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there added :—The said proposed Amend- 
ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the said Papers be referred to a 
Select Committee. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do consist of 
Twenty-one Members :—And a Committee was ap- 
pointed of Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. 
Goulburn, Mr. Hume, Lord John Russell, Sir Robert 
Peel, Mr. Strutt, Mr. Baring, Sir Thomas Acland, 
Mr. Hawes, Lord Viscount Ebrington, Mr. Gowge 

vans, 


Sli 





Sligo 
Ma gistratese 


Postage. 


Committee on 
Motion for 
Supply 5 


Queen’s Speech 


referred, 


Tralee Election. 


- 
1 Vicroriz. 


Evans, Mr. William Miles, Mr. Grote, Sir Thomas 
Fremantle, Mr. Bannerman, Mr. Robert Palmer, 
Mr. Villiers Stuart, Mr. William Evans, Mr. Lucas, 
Mr. Sanford and Mr. Macleod. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of a Memorial forwarded to the Lord 
Lieutenant of Freland, from certain Magistrates of 
the County of Sligo, and others, impugning the 
conduct of Major Brown (Government Magistrate), 
during the late contested Election for that County, 
with the signatures attached thereto :—Also, a Copy 
of the Report of the tribunal to which the investi- 
gation founded thereupon was entrusted ; together 
with the decision of the Lord Lieutenant, as com- 
municated in a letter signed by Mr. Under Secretary 


Drummond. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the present rates and mode of 
charging Postage, with a view to such a reduction 
thereof as may be made without injury to the 
Revenue ; and for this purpose to examie especially 
into the mode recommended for charging and col- 
lecting Postage, in a pamphlet published by Mr. 
Rowland Hill. 

Ordered, That the Committee be nominated To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House 
to resolve itself into a Committee to consider of the 
Motion made Yesterday, that a Supply be granted 
to Her Majesty ; 

Ordered, That Her Majesty’s most gracious 
Speech to both Houses of Parliament, he referred 
to the Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of the 
Borough of 7'ralee, complaining of the undue Elec- 
tion and Return of John Bateman, Esquire, as a 
Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said borough, was delivered in, and read; setting 
forth, That all the Petitioners claim to have had a 
right to vote, and had a right to vote, at the last 
Election of a Member to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the Borough of Tralee, in the County of 
Kerry, and were at the said Election, and still are, 
electors of the said Borough ; that the Election for 
the said Borough of Tralee commenced on Thursday, 
the Third day of August last; that Caleb Chute, 
Esquire, was the Provost and Returning Officer for 
the Borough of Tralee at the time of the said Elec- 
tion and previous thereto; that Maurice O’ Connell 
and John Bateman, Esquires, were Candidates at 
the said Election to represent the said Borough in 
Parliament; that the said Maurice O’ Connell and 
John Bateman were severally proposed and seconded, 
and offered themselves to the electors of the said 
Borough, as fit and proper persons to represent the 
said Borough in the present Parliament; that after 
a show of hands by the electors of said Borough, the 
Provost declared the majority to be in favour of the 
said Maurice O’Connell, whereupon a poll was de- 
manded by or on the behalf of the said John 
Bateman; that the said Provost proceeded on the 
said third day of August to poll the said Bo- 
rough, and continued to do so until Monday the 
Seventh day of August following, when he de- 
clared the majority of votes to be in favour of 
the said John Bateman, who was thereupon de- 
clared in the Return by the said Provost as duly 
elected ; that the number of votes which appeared 


on the poll at the close thereof, were for the said 
Vox. 93. 





23° Novembris. 








47 


John Bateman 75, and for the said Maurice O’ Con- 
nell 64, making a colourable majority for the said 
John Bateman over the said Maurice O’ Connell of 11; 
that the said majority in favour of the said John 
Bateman was but a colourable majority, and that 
the said Return of the said Bateman was an un- 
due Return, and was procured by the grossest per- 
jury, bribery, terror and intimidation, and by the 
payment and promise of payment of large sums of 
money by and on behalf of the said John Bateman 
to electors, and to other persons capable of influ- 
encing electors, of the said Beroughs and of «pro- 
curing, and endeavouring to procure votes for the 
purpose of securing his Return, and by other undue, 
illegal, corrupt, scandalous and unconstitutional 
means; and the Petitioners further show that, in 
addition to the fraudulent and illegal practices of 
the said Bateman and his agents, friends and com- 
mittee, the said Return was obtained by reason of 
the grossly improper conduct and ay ye | of 
the said Provost, his Assessor, George Blake Hick- 
son, Esquire, Barrister-at-law, and his the said Pro- 
vost’s deputy, Blennerhassett Thompson, Esquire ; 
and the said Provost was served with a written 
notice by or on behalf of the said Maurice O’ Connell 
more than a week previous to the said Election, re- 
que him, the said Provost, to _— one of three 
arristers therein named, to wit, Thomas Fitzgerald, 
John Waller, or William R. Creed, Esquires, as his 
Assessor at said Election, suggesting the said three 
Barristers as quite unconnected with the political or 
party feelings in said Borough, and each of them 
m every way unexceptionably qualified to act as As- 
sessor at the said Election, but the said Provost 
refused to appoint any of the said gentlemen, and 
was proceeding, and declared his intention to act 
without an Assessor ; but the said Hickson having 
arrived in Tralee by a secret concert and agreement 
at that time unknown to the Petitioners, and having 
been twice before, that is, at two former Elections, 
Assessor for the said Borough, the said Maurice 

O’ Connell consented to his appointment, believin 
at the time that he would not act so illegally ond 
indecently as to reject the votes of electors who had 
already voted at such former Elections ; that during 
the said Election many persons were admitted to 
poll, and did poll, for the said John Bateman, who 
were not entitled to vote thereat upon any legal 
grounds whatever, and who had been unduly and im- 
properly registered as electors for the said Borough, 
or who since the time of their registry had from 
various causes ceased to be qualified or become dis- 
qualified, from voting at said Election; that more 
than sixty-nine voters who were duly registered ac- 
cording to law, and duly qualified to vote at said 
Election, and who did vote or duly tender their 
votes according to law at said Election for the said 
Maurice O’ Connell, had their votes rejected and dis- 
allowed by the said Returning Officer though said 
voters had actually given their votes in the polling 
booth im the manner required by law before the De- 
puty of the said Provost, and had their names duly 
entered on the poll-book of the said Election by the 
proper officer, yet the said Returning Officer, by the 
advice of his said Assessor, removed the said votes 
from the poll, and disallowed and rejected the same, 
on the pretence that the certificates and affidavits 
of the said electors were not such as the law re- 
quires, while many other electors with similar certi- 
cates and affidavits, were admitted by the said Pro- 
vost to poll, and actually did poll, for the said John 
Bateman, the affidavits and certificates of the said 
electors so admitted to poll for the said John Bate- 
man being precisely similar in form and substance to 
those which the said Returning Officer and his As- 
sessor decided to be defective in the cases of the 
sixty-nine electors who gave or tendered their votes 
for the said Maurice O’ Connell ; that eight persons 
were admitted to poll, and did poll for the said John 
Bateman, who were burgesses or honorary freemen, 
G4 admitted 






















































































48 23° Novembris. 


admitted as such burgesses or honorary freemen since 
the Thirty-first of March One thousand eight hun- 
dred and thirty-one, and were not entitled to their 
freedom of said Borough by birth, marriage or servi- 
tude, but were mere honorary freemen or burgesses, 
and therefore not qualified by law to vote at said 
Election, and though all the objections prescribed 
by law were duly made on such persons tendering 
their votes, yet their votes were admitted and re- 
ceived by the said Provost; that the said Provost in 
pespceiee admitted one of the said burgesses or 
onorary freemen to vote at said Election, though 
the said person was not registered Six months before 
the teste of the writ for holding the said Election, 
and was therefore, and for other reasons, not quali- 
fied to vote at said Election; that many persons 
who were registered and claimed as occupiers, as 
tenants or owners of houses, warehouses, countin 
houses or shops, were admitted to poll, and did poll, 
for the said John Bateman, who, since the time of 
their registry had ceased to hold or occupy the pre- 
mises in respect of which they had been so regis- 
tered, and in right of which they claimed to vote, 
and who had thereby become disabled and disqua- 
lified from voting at said Election; that many other 
persons who were registered, and claimed to vote as 
tenants or occupiers as aforesaid were admitted to 
poll, and did poll, in favour of said John Bateman, 
who were disabled and disqualified, because, that 
since the time of their registry they under-let or sub- 
let part and parcel of the premises in respect of 
which they had been so registered, and in right of 
which they claimed to vote, and did not retain in 
their own possession a part of sufficient value to 
entitle them to vote, or of the bond fide value of Ten 
pounds yearly; that many other persons who re- 
gistered, and claimed to vote as such tenants or oc- 
—— as aforesaid, were admitted to poll, and did 
poll, in favour of the said John Bateman, who did 
not at the time of such polling, hold or occupy the 
premises in respect of which they had been so re- 
gistered, and in right of which they claimed to vote, 
separately, or in their own right, but as joint tenants, 
jomtly with another person or other persons, and 
therefore were disabled and dieqialthed Sean voting 
at said Election ; that many were induced and com- 
pelled to vote, and did vote in favour of the said John 
Bateman, in consequence of the various threats, in- 
timidation and corrupt measures countenanced and 
practised by the said John Bateman, his friends, 
agents, supporters and partisans; that.the said Caleb 
Chute, acting as Returning Officer, as aforesaid, re- 
ceived votes of many persons who, during the said 
Election, or within Six calendar months previous to 
it, or within Fourteen days after it was completed, 
were employed by or on behalf of the said John 
Bateman, as agents, attornies, poll-clerks, flagmen, 
or in other capacities, for the purpose of said Elec- 
tion, and who, either before or during or after said 
Election, accepted and took from the said John 
Bateman, or some other person or persons on his 
behalf, payment in money or security for mone 
for and in consideration, or with reference to suc 
employment, and who were not therefore legally 
entitled to vote at said Election, but who tendered 
their votes, which were received for said Bate- 
man, and whose votes ought to have been rejected ; 
that the said John Bateman, by himself, his friends 
or agents, and by a person or persons employed on 
his behalf, Wefore, and at and after the teste of the 
Writ of summons to Parliament for holding the said 
Election, in order to procure him the said John Bate- 
man to be returned to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough, directly, or indirectly, 
gare, presented, or allowed to a person or persons 
aving, or claiming to have a right to vote at said 
Election, money, meat, drink, entertainment or pro- 
visions, also made presents, gifts, rewards or enter- 
tainments, and did promise, agree, oblige and engage 


ts 
A. 1837. 


sents, entertainment or reward, to or for such per- 
son or persons having, or claiming to have a vote or 
votes at said Election, or for the use, advantage, 
benefit, employment, profit or preferment of such 
aa or persons, in order to be elected, or for his 

eing elected, to serve in Parliament for the said 
Borough, and whereby the said John Bateman dis- 
abled and incapacitated himself to serve in Parlia- 
ment for said Borough; that the said Provost dis- 
allowed the vote of an elector duly qualified to vote, 
who did vote duly in the polling booth, and had his 
vote duly recorded there, yet, because said voter 
would not allow the said Assessor of said Provost 
to administer an oath to him in his, the said As- 
sessor’s room, which the said Assessor had no_right 
in law to administer, the vote of said elector was 
by said Provost’s or Assessor’s orders struck off 
the poll; that the Deputy of said Provost acted 
throughout the whole Election the part of a violent, 
outrageous, and infuriated partisan, that he com- 
mitted one elector to custody, because he whis- 
pered to said Maurice O’ Connell, the said Candidate, 
and that he committed the Inspector of said Maurice 
O’ Connell, because said Inspector as agent, served 
a cautionary notice on a disqualified person who was 
tendering his vote for said John Bateman, and said 
Deputy capriciously stopped the polling, and ordered 
the polling booth to be cleared without any just 
grounds whatever; that the said Deputy Assessor 
and Returning Officer acted as the friends and par- 
tisans of the said John Bateman, and in collusion 
with him and with his committee or agents, and such 
undue and illegal Return of the said John Bateman 
was the consequence of such collusion; that by the 
several fraudulent and illegal means aforesaid, and 
by divers other turbulent, corrupt, improper and un- 
constitutional practices, the said John Bateman 
obtained said colourable majority of votes over the 
said Maurice O’ Connell, and procured himself to be 
returned to serve for the said Borough of Tralee, 
whereas the said Maurice O’Connell had a large 
majority of legal votes at said Election, and ought 
to have been returned to serve in Parliament for the 
same; and, for all the causes aforesaid, the Peti- 
tioners humbly pray the said John Bateman may 
be declared not duly elected, and that the said 
Maurice O'Connell may be declared to be duly 
elected, and may be declared in the place of the 
said John Bateman as a Burgess duly elected to 
serve in this present Parliament for said Borough, 
and that the votes of the several persons improperly 
allowed to poll as aforesaid may be struck off the 
poll, and that the names of all who tendered their 
votes for said Maurice O’ Connell be placed on said 
poll, as of right they should, and that the Registry 
of the Borough may be amended by striking there- 
out the names of all such persons as shall appear to 
have been unduly and improperly registered, par- 
ticularly the names of the eight burgesses or hono- 
rary freemen so unduly registered as aforesaid, and 
also that such proceedings may be taken, and orders 
given as will in future prevent and restrain the Pro- 
vosts of the said Borough from making undue 
Returns of Members to serve in Parliament for the 
said Borough, and that the House may grant such 
further relief to the Petitioners as the merits of their 
case may require. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of De- 
cember next, at a quarter of an hour before four of 
the clock in the Afternoon. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





to give or allow money, meat, drink, provision, pre- 











| 











Lists of 
Committees. 


No. 6. 


Ramsey and 
Chatteris Road. 


Oakham, &amp;c. 
Small Debts. 


Horseley and 
Wootton 
Inclosure. 


Bishoprick of 
Sodor and 
Man, 


Vote by Ballot. 


Postage, 


Freedom of 
Election, 


1 VicToriz. 


Veneris 24° die Novembris. 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1837. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Speaker acquainted the House, that the 
Clerk had caused to be prepared Sessional 
Lists of Members to serve on Committees upon 
Private Bills. 
Ordered, That the said Lists be printed. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the 
Acts for embanking, draining and preserving cer- 
tain Fen Lands and Low Grounds in the Parish of 
Ramsey, in the County of Huntingdon, and in the 
Parishes of Doddington, March, Benwick, Wim- 
blington and Chatteris, within the Isle of Ely, in 
the County of Cambridge, and for amending the 
Road from a certain Bridge in the Parish of Chat- 
teris aforesaid, called Carter's Bridge, by a Drain 
called Vermuydens or the Forty Feet Drain, toa 
Bridge called the Forty Feet Bridge, in the said 
Parish of Ramsey, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
continuing the terms and powers of the said Acts so 
far as they relate to the said Road, and for increasing 
or altering the Tolls, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of Gentlemen, Merchants, Trades- 
men and others, Inhabitants of the towns and vil- 
lages in the county of Rutland, and of the seve- 
ral parishes within the distance of eight miles or 
thereabouts, from the market towns of Oakham 
and Uppingham, situate im the adjoining counties 
of Leicester and Nottingham, for leave to bring 
in a Bill for a more easy and speedy method of 
recovering Small Debts within the said towns, vil- 
— and parishes, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Right Reverend Father in God, 
Lord Bishop of Lichfield, Lord of the Manor of 
Eccleshall, in the county of Stafford, and of Free- 
holders and other Proprietors of lands within the 
townships of Horseley and Wootton, within the manor 
and parish of Eccleshall aforesaid, for leave to bring 
in a Bill for dividing, allotting and inclosing cer- 
tain Commons and Waste Lands and Commonable 
Grounds within the said townships, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions from Whitchurch, in the county of Salop; 
—and, the Isle of Wight ; praying that the Bishop- 
rick of Sodor and Man, may be preserved separate 
and entire in all its rights and privileges, and not 
be annexed to the See of Carlisle,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Cirencester, praying 
the House to pass an Act for establishing Fors by 
Ballot at Elections of Members to serve in Parlia- 
ment, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Stock Exchange 
and others connected therewith, praying for the 
establishment of a uniform and low rate of Postage 
on Letters, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Postage. 


_ A Petition of Inhabitants of Beverley, complain- 
ing of an interference with the Freedom of Election, 
by a party to petition against the Return of nearly 
the whole of the Members for Zreland, and praying 
that a Commission may be issued, in order that the 


24° Novembris. 


49 


authors and abettors may be speedily brought to 


justice, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Liverpool Brougham Education. 
Institute, praying for the adoption of a Plan of 
National Education, unfettered by sectarian condi- 

tions, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 

upon the Table. 


Y 


A Petition of Friends to the Abolition of Slavery, Negro _ 
residing in Southampton, praying the House not only Population. 
to carry into effect the Slavery Abolition Act, but 

also to secure, at the earliest possible period, the 
unconditional liberty of the whole Negro population, 

was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 

the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Prisoners. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 

to give directions that there be laid before this House, 

a Return from every Gaoler and every Keeper of 

a Gaol and House of Correction in England and 

Wales of the Number of Prisoners in his custody, 

on the 27th November 1837, for trial at Sessions. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 

Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 

of Her Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Marriages 
Return of the Number of Publications of the Banns chester.) 
of Matrimony in the Collegiate Church of Man- 

chester during the year 1821, with the Amount of 

Fees in each case when the Marriage was not after- 

wards solemnized ; the Number of Marriages by 

Banns solemnized during the same year; with a 

Statement of Fees allotted in each case to the Chap- 

lains, Clerks and Choristers. 


A Petition of the several persons whose names Reading 
are thereunto subscribed, Electors of the Borough of Election. 
Reading, in the county of Berks, was delivered in, 
and read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners were, 
at the last Election of Members to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough of Reading, 
electors of the said Borough, and were registered as 
such electors, and had, or claimed to have had, a right 
of voting for Members for the said Borough at the 
said Election, and did vote thereat ; that at the said 
Election of Members to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough of Reading, inthe month 
of July now last past, Charles Russell, Esquire, 
Thomas Noon Talfourd, Esquire, Serjeant-at-law, 
and Charles Fyshe Palae, Basics, were Candi- 
dates to represent the said Borough in Parliament ; 
that William Tuppen, Esquire, the Mayor of the 
said Borough, was, oracted as, the Returning Officer 
at that Election, and that the poll at such Election, 
was taken on the Twenty-fourth day of July afore- 
said ; that the said Thomas Noon Talfourd and Charles 
Fyshe Palmer, were declared by the said William 
Fusina, to have had a majority of votes at the said 
Election, and were returned as duly elected to re- 
present the said Borough in this present Parliament; 
that the ancient and reserved right of voting in the 
said Borough is in the inhabitants only, paying scot 
and lot; that the said majority for the oad Charles 
Fyshe Palmer was only an apparent and colourable 
majority, inasmuch as the votes of divers persons 
were accepted and recorded in favour of the said 
Charles Fyshe Palmer, who were not legally entitled, 
and had no lawful right, to vote at the said Election; 
that many persons who were not qualified or entitled, 
under or by virtue of the Act passed in the second 
year of his late Majesty’s reign, intituled, “ An Act 
to amend the Representation of the People in Eng- 
land and Wales,” as electors in the said Borough, in 


respect of occupation or residence within the same, 
or within the district prescribed in the said Act of 
Parliament, or in respect of being rated, or paying 





Vou. 93. 


x 


rates 











50 


rates or taxes in the manner prescribed by the said 
Act, to be inserted in the Register to be made under 
the said Act of Parliament of the electors to vote in 
the choice of Members of Parliament for the said 
Borough for this Parliament, and many persons who 
were not so qualified or entitled under and by virtue 
of the reserved right of voting in the said Borough 
by reason of inhabitancy, or ba rated, or paying 
rates, or otherwise, did nevertheless procure their 
names to be inserted in the lists to be delivered to 
be revised by the Barristers appointed under the 
witow g" of the said Act to revise such lists and 

egister for the said Borough, and many other per- 
sons who were not qualified in respect of occupation or 
residence, or otherwise, under the provisions of the 
said Act, or in respect of being rated, or paying 
rates or taxes as aforesaid, or in respect of inhabi- 
tancy, or being rated or paying rates or otherwise, 
under and by virtue of the said reserved right, were 
improperly inserted in such last-mentioned lists by 
the overseers or persons who were authorized and 
required by the said Act of Parliament to make out 
such lists, and such persons so included in such 
lists, were, by the said Barristers who revised the 
same, retained on such Register, in many cases on the 
ground, or supposed or alleged ground, of no objec- 
tions being made to the insertion of such unqualified 
persons before such Barristers in such lists, and in 
many other cases on the ground, or supposed or 
alleged ground, of alleged or supposed irregularities 
in the form or mode or manner of making isin 
to such unqualified persons ; and many persons who 
claimed to be entitled, in respect of property, as 
owners or occupiers and residents, to be voters and 
electors, under the provisions of the said Act, or as 
inhabitants, and being rated, and having paid their 
rates or otherwise, by virtue of the said reserved 
right, but who were respectively subject to legal in- 


24° Novembris. 





capacities, or being, by the receipt of alms or paro- 
chial relief within the period specified in the Act, 
disqualified, and who were not entitled to be regis- 
tered or to vote in the Election of Members to serve 
in Parliament for the said Borough, did nevertheless 
procure their names to be inserted in the lists of 
voters for the said Borough as electors, or were im- 
properly inserted in the said lists, and were retained 
on the lists and registered by the Revising Barristers, 
or were unduly inserted in such lists and Register by 
the said Barristers, and no scrutiny of votes being 
by the said Act allowed, by or before the Returning 
Officer, many of such persons so not entitled or 
qualified as electors, or in respect of property, occu- 
pation, or residence as aforesaid, or of inhabitancy 
or being rated or paying rates or otherwise, and 
many persons who were so legally disqualified as 
aforesaid, did vote at the said Election in favour of 
the said Charles Fyshe Palmer; that many persons 
who were registered as electors in respect of occupa- 
tion or residence for the said Borough, by the 
Revising Barristers, became disqualified as electors 


and Register being revised and signed by the Barris- 
ters, and of the holding of the said Election for the 
said Borough, and were disqualified, and were not 
entitled to vote at the said Election, by having 
parted with, or sold, or otherwise ceased to be pos- 
sessed of, or to occupy, the property in respect of 
which they were registered as electors for the said 
Borough, or having ceased to reside within the said 
Borough, or the limits prescribed by the said Act, 


A. 1837. 


pose of the said Election, and under the provisions 
of the different statutes made for securing the free- 
dom of Election; that many persons not registered 
or entitled to vote, but who personated electors whose 
names were inserted in the Register, and many per- 
sons who were minors or aliens, or had become 
bankrupt or insolvent, or who had received bribes 
and rewards or promises of rewards, or employments, 
for their votes, or for voting at the said Election, or 
who had given and made or offered such bribes or 
rewards or promises of rewards as aforesaid, were 
nevertheless allowed to vote, and other persons who 
were not registered, nor otherwise qualified or en- 
titled to vote as electors for the said Borough, under 
the provisions of the said Act, at the said last Elec- 
tion of Members to serve in Parliament for the said 
Borough, and many persons who were disqualified 
and not entitled as voters, and whose votes are null 
and void, did nevertheless vote at the said Election 
for the said Charles Fyshe Palmer ; that the names 
of divers persons duly qualified as electors for the 
said Borough, as well = virtue of the said first- 
mentioned Act of Parliament, as by the said reserved 
right, and who tendered their votes for the said 

arles Russell, were refused and rejected at the 
poll, on the ground that their names were not upon 
the Register, although their names had been omitted 
therefrom by the mistake of the said Revising Bar- 
risters, who had decided to retain or insert them in 
such Register, and whose names but for such mis- 
take and accident would have appeared and ought 
to have appeared and been inserted therein ; that 
the names of other persons who voted and tendered 
their votes for the said Charles Russell, and whose 
votes were recorded for the said Charles Russell on 
the said poll, were improperly erased or expunged 
from the poll, and re-entered upon the poll as not 
having voted for the said Charles Russell, or as having 
voted for the said Charles Fyshe Palmer and Thomas 
Noon Talfourd ; that the names of other persons who 
voted and tendered their votes for the said Charles 
Russell and Thomas Noon Talfourd, were improperly 
entered upon the poll as having voted for the said 
Charles Russell and Charles Fyshe Palmer, and the 
votes of such persons were reckoned upon the poll 
in favour of the said Charles Fyshe Palmer, although 
such persons had not voted or tendered their votes 
for the said Charles Fyshe Palmer, and ought not 
to have been entered upon the poll, or counted in 
favour of the said Charles Fyshe Palmer ; that the 
votes of divers persons who were duly registered as 
electors of and for the said Borough, and who were 
well and legally entitled to vote at the said Election, 
and who tendered their votes in favour of the said 
Charles Russell, were improperly and illegally re- 
jected and refused to be entered upon the poll at 
the said Election, but the votes of the said persons 
ought to be added to the poll in favour of the said 
Charles Russell; that, by reason of the premises, 





jand of various alterations unduly made in the poll 
for the said Borough between the period of the lists | 


at the said Election, and other irregularities, the said 
Charles Fyshe Palmer obtained the said apparent 
and colourable majority of votes over the said Charles 
Russell, whereas the majority of legal electors and 
voters were in favour of the said Charles Russell, 
and the freedom of Election has thereby been viola- 
ted, inasmuch as the constituency intended to be 
established by the said Act has not returned the 














Member for the said Borough, but the said Election 
and Return has been made by persons not qualified 


and thereby ceased to possess the title or qualifica- | to be electors, or who were disqualified according to 


tion inrespect of which they had been registered ; and 
others who were registered in respect of the said re- 
served right, became disqualified between the period 
of registration and of the said Election, by ceasing 


the provisions of the said Act of Parliament, and the 
| Law of Parliament, from voting as electors of Mem- 
| bers to sit in Parliament for the said Borough ; that 
| extensive bribery and treating, as well before as after 


to be inhabitants, or to be rated, or by not paying | the teste of the Writ for the said Election, was re- 
rates or otherwise ; and others were disqualified by | sorted to and practised by the said Charles Fyshe 


receiving alms or parochial relief, or had become or 


| Palmer, his agents and friends, and many others, in 


became, and were, disqualified as agents or attorneys, | order to induce persons entitled to vote to give their 
or flagmen, or in some other capacity, for the pur- | votes in favour of the said Charles Fyshe Palmer, 


| or 





County Rates. 


Margate 
Improvement. 


Public 
Business, 





1 VicTorIz. 


or to forbear to vote for the said Charles Russell ; the 
Petitioners therefore humbly pray, that the House 
will take the premises into their consideration, and 
declare the said Election and Return of the said 
Charles Fyshe Palmer to be null and void, and that 
the said Charles Fyshe Palmer was not duly elected 
at the said Election, and ought not to have been 
returned, but that the said Charles Russell was duly 
elected thereat, and ought to have been returned as 
one of the Members to represent the said Borough 
in this Parliament, and that the said Return may be 
amended by directing the name of the said Charles 
Fyshe Palmer to be erased therefrom, and the name 
of the said Charles Russell to be inserted in the place 
and stead of the name of the said Chrales h she 
Palmer, and that the House will grant to the Peti- 
tioners such other and further relief in the premises 
as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of De- 
cember next, at ten minutes before four of the clock 
in the Afternoon. 

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


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of Land in 
the county of Stafford, praying that the whole regu- 
lation of the County Rate may be placed under the 
management of a body of representatives elected 
by the Rate-payers, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the 
Acts for the maintenance and support of the Pier 
and Harbour, and Paving and Lighting the town of 
Margate, in the county of Kent, for leave to bring 
in a Bill to alter, amend and enlarge the powers of 
the said Acts, and to increase and alter the Rates 
and Tolls by the said Acts authorized to be collected, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Resolved, That in the present Session of Parlia- 
ment, all Orders of the day, set down in the Order 
Book for Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, shall 
be disposed of, before the House will proceed upon 
any Motions, of which Notices shall be entered in 
the Order Book. 

Resolved, That upon days appropriated to Orders, 
and a Question being put from the Chair, that any 
Order of the day be read, no Amendment shall be 
proposed, except, that the other Orders of the day, 
or that any Order set down for the same day, be 
now read; but that this regulation shall not apply 
to the case of a Committee of Supply, or of a 
Committee of Ways and Means. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That, with the exception of Notices already 
given, it shall not be permitted to any Member to 
fix any day for a Notice given by him, beyond the 
term of Fifteen days from the time of givig such 
Notice :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be adjourned till Monday 
next ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old rng 5 

r Mr. Hume 

Tellers for the Yeas,{ Mr. Wak ley 

: Mr. Charles Wood, 
acon for the Noes, Mr. Solicitor General: 
So it passed in the Negative. 


And the Question being again proposed, That 
with the exception of Notices already given, it shall 
not be permitted to any Member to ‘fix any day for 


a Notice given by him, beyond the term of Fifteen 
Vo . 93. 


1 66. 
Ss 


} 354. 


24° Novembris. 





51 


days from the time of giving such Notice:—The said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 
A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That no Notice shall hereafter be given 
beyond the period which shall include the Four days 
next following on which Notices are entitled to 
precedence, due allowance being made for any 
intervening adjournment of the House, and the 
eriod bemg in that case so far extended as to 
include Four Notice days falling during the sitting 
of the House ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the first word “ Four,” 
and inserting the word “ Eight” instead thereof. 
And the Question bemg put, That the word 
“ Four” stand part of the Question :—It was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That no Notice shall hereafter be tee 
beyond the period which shall include the Four 
days next following on which Notices are entitled to 
precedence, due allowance being made for any inter- 
vening adjournment of the House, and the period 
being in that case so far extended as to include 
Four Notice days falling during the sitting of the 
House. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee,to whom 
it was referred to consider of the Motion made upon 
Wednesday last, That a Supply be granted to Her 
Majesty, a Resolution ; and the same was read, as 
followeth ; 

Resolved, That a Supply be granted to Her 
Majesty. 

The said Resolution being read a second time ; 

Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That this House 
doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolu- 
tion, That a Supply be granted to Her Majesty. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of 
the Supply granted to Her Majesty. 


Estimate of the Charge of Wages and Victuals for ** 
the Seamen and Marines to serve in Her Majesty’s 
Fleet, to the 31st March 1839. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Estimate of the Ordinary of the Navy, to the 31st 
March 1839; with an Estimate of the Half-Pay 
of Officers of the Navy, and such of the Officers of 
=, Royal Marines as were employed in the last 

ar. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Estimate of the Charge for Works in Her Majesty’s 
Yards, and for Payment of the hire of Transports, 
to the 31st March 1839. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Estimate of the Charge for Guards, Garrisons and 
other Land Forces, to the 31st March 1839. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Estimate of the Charge of the Office of Ordnance, 
for Land and Sea Service, to the 31st March 1839. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of Services incurred, and not provided for 
by Parliament. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Estimate of the Debt of Her Majesty’s Navy, to 
the 31st March 1838. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions to the proper Officers, to lay before 
this House the said Estimates and Account. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 


Her Majesty by such Members of this House as 
are of Her Majesty’s most honourable Privy 
Council. 


upon Tuesday the 12th day of December next, the - 








H 2 Petition 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Navy, Army, 


The House was moved, That the Order made Roxburgh 
upon Tuesday last, for taking into consideration County 


Metropolis 
Police Offices. 


Manor Courts 
(Ireland.). 


Municipal 
Officers Decla- 
ration Bill. 


Pensions. 


Police Force 
(Ireland.) 


Transportation. 


Public Works 
(Ireland.) 


River A’eaver, 
&amp;c. 


52 


Petition of the Honourable Francis Scott, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the County 
of Roxburgh, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

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


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
inquire into the provisions of the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, 


24° Novembris. 





c. 19 (Metropolis Police Offices), with a view to 
the further improvement of the same:— And a 
Committee was appointed, of Mr. Hawes, Lord 
Viscount Howick, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Hume, Lord 
Hotham, Mr.Clay, Mr. Estcourt, Mr. Poulett Scrope, 
Mr. Robert Clive, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Ward, Lord 








Dalmeny, Mr. Charles Lushington, Sir Eardley 
Wilmot and Sir Matthew Wood, with Power to send 
for persons, papers and records. 

rdered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the operation of the Small Debt 
Jurisdiction of Manor Courts in Jreland, the abuses 
which may exist therein, and the remedies proper to 
be applied. 

Ordered, That the Committee be nominated on 
Wednesday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the relief of Persons elected to Municipal Offices, 
and entertaining conscientious objections to sub- 
scribe the Declaration required by the latter part of 
the 50th section of the Act for the regulation of 
Municipal Corporations in England and Wales: 
And that Mr. Baines and Dr.Lushington do pre- 


pare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all Pensions granted under the provi- 
sions of the Acts of 57 Geo. 3. c. 65, 6 Geo. 4, c. 90, 
and 4 &amp; 5 Will. 4, c. 24, showing what Pensions 
have been granted from the passing thereof, with 
the date of each grant, and which of them are now 
in force; also, showing what further number of 
Pensions might have been granted by virtue of the 
said Statutes. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Order and Circular Letter of Colonel 
Shaw Kennedy, dated the 7th of September last, 
relative to the employment of the Police Force in 
Ireland. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the system of Transportation, its 
efficacy as a punishment, its influence on the moral 
state of society in the penal Colonies, and how far it 
is susceptible of improvement :—And a Committee 
was appointed of Sir William Molesworth, Lord John 
Russell, Sir George Grey, Mr. Leader, Mr. Ward, 
Mr. Hawes, Mr. Ord, Lord Viscount Howick, Sir 
Thomas Fremantle, Mr. Francis Baring, Sir Robert 
Peel, Mr. Charles Buller, Lord Viscount Ebrington, 
Sir Charles Lemon and Mr. French; with Power to 
send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all applications made to the Lord 
Lieutenant of Jreland, for the execution of Public 
Works, under the Act 1 Victoria, c.22; specifying 
the nature of the Work proposed, the estimated Cost 
thereof, by whom the application was made, and 
whether refused or acceded to. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account, showing the Amount received for Ton- 
nage Dues, on the River Weaver and the Westow 





A. 1837. 


in each year to the improvement and maintenance 
of the Navigation; the Balance remaining each year 
in the hands of the Treasurer, and the Amount ap- 
propriated each year towards the amending and 
— the public Bridges within the County of 
Chester, and such other public Charges upon the 
said County as may have been ordered, directed or 
appointed by the Justices of the Peace for the said 
County in Quarter Sessions assembled. 


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


the House, this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


A Petition of the persons whose names are there- Evesham 
unto subscribed, being Electors of the Borough of Election. 


Evesham, in the county of Worcester, and who had, 
and claim to have had a right to vote at the last 
election of Members to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the said borough, was delivered in, and 
read ; setting forth, That at the said last Election 
for Members to serve in this present Parliament, for 
the said Borough of Evesham, Peter Borthwick, 
Esquire, George Rushout Bowles, Esquire, and Arthur 
Marcus Cecil Hill, Esquire, commonly called Lord 
Marcus Hill, were Candidates to represent the said 
Borough; that a poll being demanded at the said 
Election, was proceeded in by Thomas Beale Cooper, 
Esquire, the Returning Officer of the said Borough, 
and the said Peter Borthwick and George Rushout 
Bowles, were by the said Returning Officer declared 
duly elected, and returned as Members to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough ; that 
before and at, and during the said Election, the said 
Peter Borthwick and George Rushout Bowles were, 
or one of them was, by themselves, and by their 
agents, friends and partisans, guilty of divers acts of 
bribery and corruption, in order to corrupt and 
procure, and did by themselves, and by their agents, 
friends, managers and other persons employed in 
their behalf, by gifts, presents, money, rewards and 
promises, offers and agreements, and securities for 
money, gifts and rewards, and by intimidation, pro- 
mises, undue influence and other corrupt and illegal 
practices, acts and means, attempt to corrupt and 
procure, and did, in fact, corrupt and procure, divers 
rsons having or claiming to have votes at such 
Election, to give their votes in favour of the said 
Peter Borthwick and George Rushout Bowles, and 
to forbear to give their votes to the said Lord Marcus 
Hill, in order that they the said Peter Borthwick 
and George Rushout Bowles might be returned as 
Members to serve in Parliament for the said Borough 
of Evesham; that after the place in Parliament to 
be supplied by such Election became vacant, and 
as well before as after the teste or issuing out of 
the Writ for the said Election, and at and during 
the said Election, the said Peter Borthwick and 
George Rushout Bowles did, or one of them did, by 
themselves, and by their agents, friends and partisans, 
by divers ways and means, at their and each or 
one of their costs and charges, directly and indi- 
rectly give, present and allow to persons. having 
votes at such Election, money, meat, drink, lodging, 
entertainment, provision and reward, and did make 
presents, gifts, rewards and promises, agreements, 
obligations and engagements to give money, meat 
drink, provision, presents, rewards and entertainment 
to and for persons having votes as aforesaid, and to 
and for the use, advantage, benefit, enjoyment, profit 
and preferment of such persons, in order that they, 
the said Peter Borthwick and George Rushout 
Bowles might be elected, and for being elected, to 
serve in Parliament for the said Borough; that 
before and at and during the said Election, gross, 
notorious, general and systematic bribery and cor- 
ruption was carried on and practised by the said 
Peter Borthwick and George Rushout Bowles, and 
by divers other persons in their interest and behalf ; 





Canal, for each year from the year 1795 inclusive, to 
the present time; also, the Amount appropriated 





| Borthwick and George Rushout Bowles were pro- 


and that the Election and Return of the said Peter 


cured 





1 Vicroriz. 


cured by means of bribery and treating, and other 
corrupt and illegal practices; that the said Peter 
Borthwick and George Rushout Bowles, by reason 
of the said corrupt and illegal practices hereinbefore 
mentioned, were and are, and each of them was 
and is, wholly disabled and incapacitated and in- 
eligible to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough of Evesham, and the Return of the 
said Peter Borthwick and George Rushout Bowles 
was and is wholly null and void ; that at the time of 
the said Election of Members to serve in Parliament 
for the said Borough as aforesaid, the said Peter 
Borthwick was not the eldest son or heir apparent 
of any Peer or Lord of Parliament, nor of any per- 
son qualified by law to serve as a Knight of the 
Shire, and the said Peter Borthwick was not, at the 
time of such Election, seised of or entitled to an 
estate, freehold or copyhold, for his own, or for any 
greater estate, either at law or in equity, to and for 
his own use and benefit, of or in lands, tenements 
or hereditaments, over and above what would satisfy 
and clear all incumbrances that might affect the 
same, lying or being within the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, of the annual value of 
Three hundred pounds, above reprizes, and therefore 
that the said Peter Borthwick was not entitled to 
stand as a Candidate to represent the said Borough 
in this Parliament, or capable to sit or vote as a 
Member of the House for the said Borough of Eve- 
sham; that at the taking of the poll at the said Elec- 
tion as aforesaid, divers persons were admitted to 
vote, and did vote, for the said Peter Borthwick and 
the said George Rushout Bowles, or one of them, 
who had asked, received and taken money or other 
reward, by way of gift, loan or other device, or had 
agreed or contracted, for money, gift, office, employ- 
ment or other reward, to give their votes to the said 
Peter Borthwick and George Rushout Bowles, or 
one of them, and to refuse or forbear to give their 
votes for the said Arthur Marcus Cecil Hill, com- 
monly called Lord Marcus Hill; and divers persons 
were admitted to vote, and did vote, at the said 
Election, who, by themselves, or persons employed 
by them, did, by gifts or rewards, or by promises, 
agreements or securities for gifts or rewards, corrupt 
or procure, or attempt to corrupt or procure, persons 
to give their votes for the said Peter Borthwick and 
George Rushout Bowles, or one of them, or to for- 
bear to give their votes to the said Lord Marcus 
fill; that divers persons were admitted to vote, and 
did vote, at the said Election for the said Peter 
Borthwick and George Rushout Bowles, who were 
or had been, either during such Election, or within 
six calendar months previous to such Election, or 
within fourteen days after it was completed, em- 
ployed at such Election as counsel, agent, attorney, 
poll-clerk, flagman, or in some other capacity, for 
the purpose of such Election, and who, fe before, 
during or after such Election, accepted or took from 
the said Candidates, or some one of them, or from 
some other person, for or in consideration of, or 
with reference to, such employment, a sum or sums 
of money, or retaining fee, office, place or employ- 
ment, or a promise or security for a sum or sums of 
money, or a retaining fee, office, place or employ- 
ment ; that divers persons were admitted to vote, 
and did vote, at the said Election for the said Peter 
Borthwick and George Rushout Bowles, or one of 
them, who were not duly registered as electors of 
the said Borough of Evesham, and who were not 
entitled to vote at the said Election; that divers 
persons were admitted to vote, and did vote, at the 
said Election for the said Peter Borthwick and 
George Rushout Bowles, or one of them, who had 
not, at the same time they so voted, the same quali- 
fication for which their names had been originally 
inserted in the Register of voters then in force for 
the said Borough of Evesham; that divers persons 
who were registered as electors for the said Borough, 


became disqualified to vote as electors at such Elec- 
Voi. 93. 





24° Novembris. 53 


| tion, subsequently to the aes of the list of electors 


being revised and signed for the purpose of such 
registry, and previously to their so voting, by receiving 
alms or parish relief, or by not residing within the 
said Borough, or within seven miles thereof, or an 
part thereof, or by other legal or personal disquali- 
fications and incapacities, and they and divers other 
persons who had no legal right to vote, were never- 
theless admitted to vote, and did vote, at the said 
Election for the said Peter Borthwick and George 
Rushout Bowles, or one of them ; that divers persons . 
were admitted to vote, and did vote, at the said 
Election for the said Peter Borthwick and George 
Rushout Bowles, who were disabled or disqualified 
from or incapable of voting at the said Election, by 
reason of their having been, within twelve months 
previously to such Election, concerned or employed 
in the charging, collecting, levying or managing 
Duties of Excise, Customs, or other Duties or Reve- 
nues, or in some other office or employment; that 
all such persons who were so admitted to vote, and 
did vote, as aforesaid, and divers other persons who 
voted at the said Election for the said Peter Borth- 
wick and George Rushout Bowles, or one of them, 
were disabled or disqualified from voting, or incapable 
or unqualified, or incompetent to vote at the said 
Election; that, by the several illegal ways and means 
aforesaid, the said Peter Borthwick and George 
Rushout Bowles obtained a colourable majority of 
votes over the said Arthur Marcus Cecil Hill, com- 
monly called Lord Marcus Hill, and procured them- 
selves to be returned to serve for the said Borough ; 
whereas the said Lord Marcus Hill had a legal ma- 
jority of votes at the said Election, and was duly 
elected, and ought to have been returned to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough; the 
Petitioners therefore humbly pray that the House 
will take the premises into consideration, and will 
set aside the said Election and Return of the said 
Peter Borthwick and George Rushout Bowles, or 
either of them, and will order the names of the said 
Peter Borthwick and George Rushout Bowles, or 
either of them, to be erased from the said Return, 
and that the said Arthur Marcus Cecil Hill, com- 
monly called Lord Marcus Hill, may be declared 
duly elected to serve in Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough, and that the name of the said Arthur Marcus 
Cecil Hill may be substituted in the said Return, or 
will declare the said Election and Return of the said 
Peter Borthwick and George Rushout Bowles to be 
wholly null and void, and that the said Peter Borth- 
wick and George Rushout Bowles are not, nor ought 
to be deemed, Members to serve in Parliament for 
the said Borough of Evesham, or that the House 
will grant to the Petitioners such other relief in the 
premises, as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, 'That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of De- 
cember next, at five minutes before four of the clock 
in the Afternoon. 

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


Lord John Russell presented, pursuant to the di- Ecclesiastical 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Order of Her Commission. 


Majesty in Council, dated 21st June 1837, approving 
a Scheme of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for 
England and Wales for fixing the future annual 
Payments to be made from certain of the larger 
Sees, towards the augmentation of the smaller 
Bishopricks. 


Order of Her Majesty in Council, dated 21st 
June 1837, approving a Scheme of the Ecclesiastical 
Commissioners for England and Wales, for com- 
pleting certain augmentations of poor Benefices, 
agreed to be granted by the late Bishop of Durham, 





but left uncompleted at the time of his death. 
H 3 Order 



































































































































































































East India 


Company. 


54 Q4°-97° Novembris. 


Order of Her Majesty in Council, of the 12th July | 
1837, approving a Scheme of the Ecclesiastical Com- 
missioners for England and Wales, for augmenting 
the Income of the Bishoprick of Lichfield. 

Order of Her Majesty in Council of the 19th July 
1837, approving a Scheme of the Ecclesiastical 
Commissioners for England and Wales, for appro- 
priating Durham Castle to the use of the University 
of Durham. 

Order of Her Majesty in Council, of the 12th July 
1837, approving a Scheme of the Ecclesiastical Com- 
missioners for England and Wales, for augmenting 
the Income of the Bishoprick of Chichester. 

Order of Her Majesty in Council, of the 19th July 
1837, approving a Scheme of the Ecclesiastical Com- 
missioners for England and Wales, for making cer- 
tain Territorial changes in the Dioceses of Salisbury, 
Gloucester and Bristol, Bath and Wells, and Wor- 
cester. 

Order of Her Majesty in Council, of the 19th July 
1837, approving a Scheme of the Ecclesiastical Com- 
missioners for England and Wales, for augmenting 
the Income of the Bishop of Oxford, and for trans- 
ferring the County and Archdeaconry of Bucking- 
ham from the Diocese of Lincoln to that of Oxford, 
upon the next vacancy of the latter See. 

Order of Her Majesty in Council, of the 21st Au- 
gust 1837, approving a Scheme of the Ecclesiastical 
Commissioners for England and Wales, for augment- 
ing the Income of the Bishop of Hereford. 

Order of Her Majesty in Council, of the 21st Au- 
geet 1837, approving a Scheme of the Ecclesiastical 

ommissioners for England and Wales, for trans- 
ferring the County and Archdeaconry of Leicester 
from the Diocese of Lincoln to that of Peterborough, 
for augmenting the Income of the Bishop of the 
latter See, and for transferring the County and 
Archdeaconry of Nottingham from the Province and 
Diocese of York to the , ve ho of Canterbury and 








Diocese of Lincoln, on the first avoidance of the 
See of Peterborough. 

Order of Her Baits in Council of the 21st Au- 
gust 1837, approving a Scheme of the Ecclesiastical 
Commissioners for England and Wales, for augment- 
ing the Incomes of the Bishops of Carlisle and 
Chester. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. ; 


And then the House adjourned till Monday 
next. 





Lune, 27° die Novembris ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1837. 


PRAYERS. 


MM Campbell, from the Court of Directors of 
the East India Company, was called in; and 
at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament,—List, No. 73, specifying the 
particulars of the Compensation proposed to be 
granted to certain Persons reduced from the East 
India Company’s Service in England, under an 
arrangement sanctioned by the Board of Commis- 
sioners for the Affairs of ZJndia, and laid before the 
Eonourable the House of Commons on the 20th 
March 1834. 

List, No. 74, specifying the particulars of the 
Compensation proposed to be granted to certain 
Persons who belonged to the late Maritime Service 
of the East India Company, under an arrangement 
sanctioned by the Board of Commissioners for the 
Affairs of India, and laid before the Honourable the 
House of Commons on the 26th February 1835. 

List, No. 75, specifying the particulars of the 
Compensation proposed to be granted to certain 
Persons who belonged to the late Maritime Service 
of the East India Company, under an arrangement 





A. 1837. 


sanctioned by the Board of Commissioners for the 


| Affairs of India, and laid before the Honourable the 


House of Commons on the 26th February 1835 :— 
And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, that he had Electioa 
é — from 
reland : 


received from the Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper 
in Ireland, Petitions complaining of undue Elections 
and Returns for the following places, viz.; the Bo- 
rough of Sligo, the Queen’s Bom the Borough of 
Carlow ; and, the County of Carlow. 

And the said Petitions were laid upon the 
Table. 


And two of the said Petitions appearing to relate Sligo Borough 
to the Elections and Returns of places, concerning Election. 


which the House had received Petitions on former 
days, the same were read, as follow: 

A Petition of John Wood, James Winterscale and 
Robert George Tyler, all of Sligo, in the county of 
Sligo, Esquires, Electors of the Borough of Sligo, 
in that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland called Ireland, on behalf of themselves 
and others claiming a right to vote, and who voted 
and were entitled to vote, at the Election of a Mem- 
ber to serve in Parliament for the said Borough of 
Sligo, held on the Second day of August One thou- 
sand eight hundred and thirty-seven, was read ; 
setting forth, That, pursuant to the usual Writ, which 
was in due form issued and directed to the Sheriff of 
the County of Sligo, and to the precept of the said 
Sheriff directed to the Provost of the said Borough 
of Sligo, requiring him to proceed to the Election 
of a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said Borough of Sligo, pursuant to the urgency 
of the said Writ, an Election was held on the Second 
day of August One thousand eight hundred and 
thirty-seven, at the Court House, in the said Bo- 
cas of Sligo, and all the Petitioners are and were 
electors of the said Borough of Sligo, and were en- 
titled to vote and did vote as such at the said Elec- 
tion ; that at the said Election John Ormsby, Esquire, 
the Provost of the said Borough of Sligo, was, and 
acted as, the Returning Officer, and John Martin, 
of Sligo, in the County of Sligo, Esquire, and John 
Patrick Somers, late of the city of London, now of 
the city of Dublin, were severally put in nomination 
as Candidates; that at the said Election the poll, 








which was duly demanded, commenced on Wednes- 
day, the Second day of August, and continued until 
the following Saturday, the Fifth of the same month ; 
that on the first day of holding the said Election, 
and pending the same, the said John Patrick 
Somers was required by Abraham Dobbin and Jones 
Irwin, two of the electors of the said Borough of 
Sligo, and entitled to vote, and who did vote, at the 
said Election, on behalf of themselves and others, 
electors of the said Borough, to take and subscribe 
the oath of his qualification to serve as such Burgess 
in Parliament, which oath was duly administered 
to the said John Patrick Somers accordingly, by 
the said Returning Officer, in the manner prescribed 
by the Statute in that case made and provided, and 
was made and taken by the said John Patrick 
Somers, on the said day, in the words following, that 
is to say, “ 1, John Patrick Somers, do swear, that 
I truly and bond fide have such an estate in law or 
equity, to and for my own use and benefit, of or in 
lands, tenements and hereditaments (over and above 
what will satisfy and clear all incumbrances that 
may affect.the same), of the annual value of Three 
hundred pounds, above reprisals, as doth qualify me 
to be elected and returned to serve as a Member for 
the Borough of Sligo, according to the tenor and 
true meaning of the Act of Parliament in that be- 
half, and that my said lands, tenements or here- 
ditaments are lying or being in the town lands of 
Knockatolane and Cappagh, in the parish of Killoran, 
Tubbercurry and Oaghum, in the parish of Achonry, 


In 









s from 


rough 








1 Vicroriz. 


in the barony of Liney, and County of Sligo, in the 
town lands and parish of Killavill, barony of Corran 
and County of Sligo, the town and lands of Lurga- 
vadogue, otherwise Cleragh, parish of Rossinver, half 
barony of Rosselougher, County of Leitrim, in the 
town and lands of Corneneagh, in the = of 
Robin, barony of Kilmaine, in the County of Mayo ;” 
that Petitioners have caused diligent search and in- 
quiry to be made, and have been unable to find or 
ascertain that the said John Patrick Somers was or 
is now seised of or entitled to lands, tenements or 
hereditaments, in the town lands or parishes, or coun- 
ties, in which he so stated his qualification to be 
situate, to his own use and benefit, of the clear 
yearly value of Three hundred pounds, over and above 
all charges and incumbrances affecting the same ; 
but on the contrary the Petitioners allege the fact 
to be, that the said John Patrick Somers not being 
the eldest son or heir apparent of any Peer or Lord 
of Parliament, or of any person qualified to serve 
as Knight of the Shire, had not, and was not at the 
time of such Election, and of the Return hereinafter 
stated, nor is he at this present time, duly and bond 


fide seised of, or entitled to, such an estate, freehold 


or copyhold for his own life, or for some greater 
estate, either in law or equity, to and for his own 
use and benefit, of or in lands, tenements or here- 
ditaments, over and above what will satisfy and 
clear all incumbrances that may affect the same, of 
the annual value of Three hundred pounds, above 
reprizes, sufficient to qualify him to serve in Parlia- 
ment as a Member for the said Borough of Sligo, 
as required by ‘the statutes in such case made and 
provided ; that during the said Election and previous 
to the commencement of the said Fa public notice 
was given to the said Returning Officer, and to the 
electors or voters of the said Borough of Sligo, before 
they tendered and gave their votes for the said John 
Patrick Somers, that the said John Patrick Somers 
was not duly qualified as aforesaid, in respect of pro- 
perty, to be elected or returned as a Membet to 
serve in Parliament for the said Borough of Sligo ; 
and the said several electors of the said Borough 
were, previous to their voting, fully apprized that 
the said John Patrick Somers was ineligible to be 
elected and returned, and were cautioned against 
voting for the said John Patrick Somers, and in- 
formed that all votes given at the said Election for 
the said John Patrick Somers would, on account of 
his said ineligibility, be altogether thrown away ; 
and during such Election, printed notices to such 
effect were posted up in the said Borough of Sligo, 
and were given to and left at the dwelling-house of 
each of the electors in the interest of the said John 
Patrick Somers previous to voting; that notwith- 
standing such notices and caution so given to the 
said electors of the said Borough of Sligo, several 
of the said electors, and others claiming to be electors, 
well knowing that the said John Batrick Somers 
was not duly qualified as aforesaid, tendered and 
gave their votes for the said John Patrick Somers ; 
and the Petitioners submit that, under the circum- 
stances aforesaid, all such votes so tendered and 
given for the said John Patrick Somers were wholly 
thrown away, and should not be reckoned on the 
poll for the said John Patrick Somers; that at the 
final close of the said poll, the number of the votes 
were declared by the said Returning Officer to be 
for the said John Patrick Somers, 262; for the said 
John Martin, 208 ; and the said Returning Officer 
declared, but, as the Petitioners submit, unduly 
declared, the said John Patrick Somers to have ob- 
tained a majority of votes and to be elected, and 
thereupon the said Returning Officer returned the 
said John Patrick Somers as duly elected to serve as 
a Burgess in Parliament for the said Borough of 
Sligo; that the said John Patrick Somers, not 
having been at the time of the said Election and 
Return duly qualified in respect of property, accord- 


ing to the tenor and true meaning of the statutes 
VoL. 93. 





27° Novembris. 55 


in such case made and provided, is not capable to 
sit or vote as a Member of the House for the said 
Borough of Sligo, and that the said Election and 
Return of the said John Patrick Somers is null and 
void, and that, due notice of such want cf qualifica- 
tion and ineligibility of the said John Patrick Somers 
having been so given to the said electors and to the 

said Returning Officer, and that the same havin 
been well known in the said Borough of Sligo, and 
to the electors thereof, the said John Martin was 
duly elected, and ought to have been returned at 
such Election to serve in Parliament for the said 
Borough ; that the said majority of votes appearing 
on the poll for the said John Patrick Somers over 
the said John Martin was colourable only, and ob- 
tained and procured by the admission of illegal and 
fraudulent votes for the said John Patrick Somers, 
and by the illegal and unconstitutional means here- 
inafter mentioned ; that the said John Martin had 
a majority of legal and valid votes at the said Elec- 
tion, and should have been returned in place of the 
said John Patrick Somers; that several persons 
were admitted to vote at the said Election for the 
said John Patrick Somers who were not legally en- 
titled or at all qualified to vote at said Election, and 
who had either been unduly and improperly regis- 
tered as electors for the said Borough of Sligo, or 
who since the time of their registry had ceased to 
be qualified, or who had become disqualified from 
voting at the said Election; that many persons 
were admitted to poll, and did poll, at the said 
Election for the said John Patrick Somers, who at 
the time of said Election were in arrear for more 
than one half year’s grand jury or municipal cesses, 
rates or taxes, then due and payable, in respect of 
the premises in right of the occupation of which 
such persons were registered and claimed to vote, 
and who were thereby incapacitated from voting at 
the said Election; that several persons were admitted 
to poll, and did poll; at said Election, in favour of the 
said John Patrick Somers, who had been unduly 
and improperly registered, not having at the time 
of such registry held or occupied for the space of 
six calendar months next previous to the time of 
such registry, any house, warehouse, counting-house 
or shop, within the said town or free borough, which, 
either separately or jointly with any land within the 
said town occupied therewith by them under the 
same landlord, or occupied therewith by them as 
owners, was bond fide of the clear yearly value of 
not less than Ten pounds ; that several persons were 
admitted to poll, and did poll, at the said Election 
for the said John Patrick Somers, who did not, at the 
time of their alleged registration, take the oath or 
affidavit Sins or took an oath or affidavit dif- 
fering in substance from that prescribed by law; 
that several persons were admitted to poll, and did 
poll, at the said Election for the said John Patrick 
Somers, who since the time of their registry had 
ceased to hold or occupy the premises in respect of 
which they had been so registered and in right of 
which they claimed to vote, and who had thereby 
become disabled and disqualified from voting at the 
said Election ; that the said John Patrick Somers 
did, after the teste of the Writ, by himself, his 
friends, committees, partisans and agents, and others 
employed in his behalf, directly and indirectly give, 
resent and allow to persons having votes at such 
Election, money, meat, drink, entertainment and 
provision, and did make promises, agreements, ob- 
ligations and engagements to give and allow money, 
meat, drink and provisions, presents, entertainments 
and rewards to and for such persons, having votes 
in such Election, and to and for the use, advantage, 
benefit, employment and Di of such persons, in 
order to procure the said John Patrick Somers to 
be elected to serve in Parliament for the said Borough 
of Sligo; that the said John Patrick Somers, by 
himself, his agents, friends, supporters, managers, 
and by persons acting for and employed in his be- 
H 4 half, 














56 


half, before and at and during the said Election, | 
were guilty of bribery and corrupt practices, in order | 
to corrupt and procure, and did corrupt and procure, | 
persons having or claiming to have a right to vote 
at the said Election, to vote for the said John Patrick 
Somers at the said Election, and to forbear to vote 
for the said John Martin, in order to procure the 
said John Patrick Somers to be returned to serve in 
the present Parliament for said Borough ; that pre- 
vious to and during the said Election, acts of undue 
influence and of gross and flagrant intimidation, by 
threats and violence and inflammatory harangues, 
and By outrage committed on the persons and pro- 
perty of electors in the interest of the said John 
Martin, were had recourse to, and perpetrated by 
the agents, friends, managers, committees, partisans, 
and others acting for and in the interest of the said 
John Patrick Somers, thereby unlawfully procuring 
persons being qualified to vote at the said Election, 
through fear of being persecuted, and themselves 
and their families injured, to forbear to give their 
votes for the said John Martin, and to vote for the 
said John Patrick Somers, in violation of the rights 
and privileges of Parliament, and of the freedom 
of Election; that great and riotous crowds were 
assembled during the said Election in divers places 


27° Novembris. 





throughout the said town of Sligo, and that by 
the violent demeanour of such crowds who attacked 
the houses of several electors in the interest of the 
said John Martin, and oftentimes by actual force 
employed by them, many electors who would other- 
wise have voted for the said John Martin were 
withheld and prevented from so doing, and many 
others were compelled to vote for the said John 
Patrick Somers; that before and during the time of 
said Election, several persons who had a right of 
voting at said Election, and who would otherwise 
have voted for the said John Martin, were by the 





‘A. 1837. 


consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of De- 
cember next, at the same time that the Petition of 
Burton Phibbs and others, is ordered to be taken 
into consideration. 

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


A Petition of George Adair, of Bellegrove, and Queen's Comy 
Robert Fitzgerald, of Lavally, both in the Queen’s Election, 


County, Esquires, Freeholders and Electors of the 
said Queen’s County, on behalf of themselves and 
others claiming a right to vote, and who were 
entitled to vote and voted, at the last Election of 
Members to serve in Parliament for the said County, 
was read; setting forth, That the Writ of Sum- 
mons, bearing teste the Twenty-fourth day of July, 
One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, hav- 
ing been issued and directed, and delivered to the 
Sheriff of the said Queen’s County, commanding 
him to proceed to the Election of Knights of the 
Shire for the said County to serve in the present 
Parliament, he, in obedience thereto, did, on the 
Ninth day of August One thousand eight hundred 
and thirty-seven, proceed to the Election of Knights 
of the Shire to represent the said County in the 
present Parliament ; that at the said Election, Sir 
Charles Henry Coote, Baronet, the Honourable 
Thomas Vesey, John Wilson Fitzpatrick, Esquire, 
Baron Robeck, and Charles Henry Coote, Esquire, 
were Candidates to represent the said County; that 
a poll having been demanded, the said Sheriff pro- 
ceeded to take the said poll at the said Election of 
and for the said County, on the said Tenth day of 
August, and continued to do so upon that day and 
the following days, until Monday, the Fourteenth © 
day of August, when the poll closed; that the num- 





said John Patrick Somers, his friends and agents, 
and persons employed or acting on his behalf, forci- 
bly seized upon, detained, and placed under duress 
and in confinement in a certain house or hotel in 
said Borough, and were only liberated or released 
therefrom upon the terms and under promise of their 
voting at said Election for the said John Patrick 
Somers ; that by the corrupt and illegal proceedings 
aforesaid, as also by the threats, intimidations and 
menaces of Roman Catholic clergymen and others, 
threatening the spiritual as well as temporal welfare 
of several persons entitled to vote at said Election, 


and by other undue means used and practised to- 


wards several of the said voters at and during said 
Election, by the said John Patrick Somers, his 
friends and agents, and persons acting on his behalf, 
the said John Patrick Somers obtained an apparent 
and colourable majority of votes over the me John 
Martin, and procured the said John Patrick Somers 


to be returned to serve for the said Borough of 


Sligo, whereas the said John Martin had a large 
majority of legal votes at the said Election, and 
ought to have been returned to serve in Parliament 
for the same, to the manifest injury of the said John 
Martin and of the Petitioners, and the other duly 
qualified electors of the said Borough; the Peti- 
tioners therefore humbly pray, that the House will 
be ro to take the premises into consideration, 
and to declare the said Election and Return of the 
said John Patrick Somers wholly null and void, and 


that the said John Martin was duly elected, and 
ought to have been returned to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough of Sligo, and that his 
name may be substituted in the place and stead | 
of the said John Patrick Somers in the said Re- 
turn, or to declare the said Election and Return 
of the said John Patrick Somers wholly null-and all, not having taken or subscribe 


ber of persons who appeared on the poll at the close 
thereof, as having voted, or been allowed to vote, at 
said Election, were, for the said Sir Charles Henry 
Coote, 1,224; for the said John Wilson Fitzpatrick, 
943; for the said Honourable Thomas Vesey, 894 ; 
for the said Baron Robeck, 4; and for the said 
Charles Henry Coote, Esquire, 40; making an ap- 





parent majority of the said John Wilson Fitzpatrick, 
over the said Honourable Thomas Vesey, of 49; that 
the said Sheriff afterwards, on Tuesday, the Fifteenth 
day of August aforesaid, declared the said Sir Charles 
Henry Coote and John Wilson Fitzpatrick, Esquire, 
duly elected ; that the said majority in favour of the 
said John Wilson Fitzpatrick was but a colourable 
majority, and not a majority of legal votes, and was 
procured, not only by allowing nore to vote at 
said Election who were not qualified, or were dis- 
qualified to do so, but also by undue and uncon- 
stitutional influence, and by violence, terror and in- 
timidation, and by the grossest perjury, bribery and 
treating of the electors, and by the payment of large 
sums of money by and on behalf of the said Sitting 
Member John Wilson Fitzpatrick, to electors and to 
other persons capable of influencing electors of the 
said County, i of procuring and endeavouring to 
procure votes for the purpose of securing his Re- 
turn, and by other undue, illegal, corrupt and un- 
constitutional means ; that several persons were per- 
mitted and allowed by the said Sheriff to poll, as 
freeholders and leaseholders in favour of the said 
John Wilson Fitzpatrick, who were not entitled to 
vote at the said Election, they not having been duly 
registered according to the statutes in force at the 
time of such registration for the registering of free- 
holders and leaseholders in Ireland; and such per- 
sons, at the time of their alleged registration, or at 

d such oaths or 





void, or that the House will make such other| affidavits as are by said Acts or statutes directed 
e 


order, and afford the Petitioners such further and | and prescribed to 


taken and subscribed by per- 


other relief in the premises as to the House shall| sons claiming to register as leaseholders or free- 


seem fit. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into | or deposited with the Clerk of the Peace for 


holders, and such affidavits not having been lodged 
the said 
County, 











’ 
'S County 
a 


1 VictorRi&amp;. 


County, or his Deputy, or filed among the records of 
the said County, and the affidavits which were in 

fact lodged or filed beg insufficient and not con- 

formable to the laws now in force in respect thereof; 

that several other persons, as well claiming to be 

freeholders as leaseholders, were by the said Sheriff 
admitted to poll at the said Election for the said 

John Wilson Fitzpatrick, who were not entitled 

to vote at the said Election, although such persons 

appeared to have been registered as voters for the 

said County, inasmuch as many of such persons 

procured the Deputy Assistant Barrister and the 
Assistant Barrister to admit them to register by 
means of fraud, misrepresentation and perjury, and 
ought not to have been allowed to register, and 
were not duly qualified or entitled to do so, several 
of said persons so registered not having, at the time 
of such registration, or at all, any legal or vested 
title whatsoever to the lands and premises in respect 
of which they were so registered, and the freeholds 
and leaseholds of others of said persons, in respect 
whereof they were so admitted to register, not hav- 
ing been, at the time of such registration, of suf- 
ficient yearly value to qualify or entitle them to re- 
gister thereout ; and divers others of said persons not 
having been for six months previous to the time of 
their respective registrations in possession of the 
premises out of which they claimed to register, under 
or by virtue of any sufficient or other title or estate 
conferring a franchise or right of voting, and others 
of the persons so registered having claimed or pro- 
fessed to register in right of leases made by persons 
who at the time of granting the same, or at all, were 
not entitled to a sufficient estate or interest to enable 
them to make or grant such leases; that several 
other persons who were permitted and received by 
the said Sheriff to poll as freeholders and lease- 
holders in favour of the said John Wilson Fitzpatrick 
at the said Election were not entitled to vote at said 
Election, inasmuch as the qualifications of such per- 
sons as registered voters for said County did not 
continue at the time that they so polled at said Elec- 
tion, but had ceased and determined after the time 
of such registration, and previous to such Election, 
by various means, and amongst others by the ex- 
piration of the terms and interests in right of which 
such persons had so registered, or by surrender or 
assignment of, or eviction from, the same, or by such 
persons having parted with, sold, or otherwise ceased 
to be possessed of, or to occupy, either in the whole 
or in part, the property in respect of which they had 
registered, as by becoming bankrupt, or having been 
discharged as insolvent debtors, pursuant to the 
statutes for the relief of insolvent debtors in Jre- 
land, after the time of their registration and before 
the time of the said Election; that divers other per- 


27° Novembris. | 57 


Election, to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said County ; that said John Wilson Fitzpatrick, by 
himself, his friends or agents, or by persons em- 
ployed by him, or on his behalf, did, after the teste 
of the said Writ of Summons for said Election, and 
during the said Election, and before his election 
to serve in this present Parliament for said County, 
give, present and allow to various — having, 
or claiming to have votes in said Election, money, 
meat, drink, entertainment and provisions, and did 
make and enter into promises, agreements, obliga- 
tions and engagements to give and allow money, 
meat, drink, provisions, presents, rewards and en- 
tertainments to and for such persons, in order to 
procure their votes, and to be elected, or for being 
elected, a Member to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said Queen’s County ; that by reason of 
the premises the said John Wilson Fitzpatrick ob- 
tained an apparent and colourable majority of voters 
over the said Honourable Thomas Vesey, and was 
returned to serve in Parliament for the said County, 
in open violation of the law and freedom of Elec- 
tion, and to the great prejudices of the Petitioners 
and of the said Honourable Thomas Vesey, who had 
upon the said Election, as it is submitted it will appear 
upon a fair scrutiny of the poll and an investigation 
of the qualification of the persons who voted, a great 
majority of the good and legal voters, and ought, 
therefore to have been returned as one of the Re- 
gran for said County ; the Petitioners hum- 
ly pray, that the House may take the premises 
into their consideration, and may declare that the 
said John Wilson Fitzpatrick was not duly elected, 
and that the said Honourable Thomas Vesey was 
duly elected, and ought to have been returned to 
serve in this present Parliament as one of the Mem- 
bers for the Queen’s County aforesaid, and may 
direct the Clerk of the Crown to erase the name of 
the said John Wilson Fitzpatrick from the said Re- 
turn, and to substitute and insert therein, in the 
place of the said John Wilson Fitzpatrick the name 
of the said Honourable Thomas Vesey, as a Knight 
to represent the said County in Parliament, or other- 
wise to declare the said Election and Return, as far 
as relates to the said John Wilson Fitzpatrick null 
and void, and that the votes of the several persons 
improperly registered, and allowed to poll as afore- 
said, and who were not duly qualified, or were dis- 
ualified to do so, may be struck off the poll, and 
that the Registry of the County may also be amended 
by striking off the Register of the County in the 
hands of the Clerk of the Peace, the names or all 
such persons as shall appear to have been unduly or 
improperly registered, and that the House may 
grant such further relief to the Petitioners as the 
merits of their case may require. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 





sons were permitted to vote, and did vote, for the 
said John Wilson Fitzpatrick at the said Election, 
who were legally a from so doing, and, 
amongst other things, by the receipt of bribes, or 
promises of money or bribes, or other rewards, for 
giving their votes at the said Election, or by the 
holding of offices disqualifying them from voting at 
said Election ; that other persons were —— to 
vote, and did vote, for the said John Wilson Fitz- 
patrick, at the said Election, who were never quali- 
fied so to do as registered voters for said County, 
but who fraudulently personated other persons who 
had been qualified as such registered voters; that 
the said John Wilson Fitzpatrick did, either by 
himself or by some person or persons on his 
behalf, before and at the said Election, give, or 
cause to be given, or promised or agreed to give di- 
vers sums of money, gifts or rewards, to certain other 
persons upon some engagement, contract or agree- 
ment, that such person to whom, or to whose use, or 
on whose behalf such gift or promise was made, 
should procure, or endeavour to procure, the Return 


of the said John Wilson Fitzpatrick at the said 
Vot. 98. 








consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of De- 
cember next, at the same time that the Petition of 
Edmund Staples and James Hans Hamilton, Esquires, 
is ordered to be taken into consideration. 

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


Then the names of the places to which the residue 
of the said Petitions related (being all of them Peti- 
tions of the last class) were put into the glass at the 
Table,and drawn bythe Clerk, in the following order : 

A Petition of Wi 
Carlow, Nicholas Byrne, of the said town of Carlow, 
and Thoms Rawson, of the said town of Carlow, all 
in the county of Carlow, Esquires, holders and occu- 

iers of houses within the Borough of Carlow, and 
Electors of the said borough, on behalf of them- 
selves and others claiming a right to vote for a Mem- 
ber to serve in Parliament for the said borough, was 
read ; setting forth, That all the Petitioners were, at 
I and 





lliam Fishbourne, of the town of Carlow Borough 








SS 27° Novembris: 


and during the last General Election of a Burgess 
to serve jo fiesliamestt for the said Town and Borough 
of Carlow, holders and occupiers of houses within 
the said Borough of the annual value of Ten pounds, 
and were also and still are duly registered Electors 
of said Borough, and had and claimed to have had a 
right to vote fora — to serve in Parliament 
at the said Election for the said Borough; that 
George Rous Keogh, the High Sheriff of the County 
of Carlow, being the County wherein the said Bo- 
rough is situated, having made and delivered his 
precept to Robert Clayton Browne, the Sovereign of 
the said Borough, directing and commanding him 
to proceed to the Election of a Burgess to serve in 
the present Parliament for the said Borough, the 
said Robert Clayton Browne, as such Sovereign, in 
obedience to such precept, did on the Third day of 
August One thousand Eight hundred and thirty- 
seven, proceed in the Election of a Burgess to re- 

resent the said Borough of Carlow in the present 
Parliament ; that at the commencement of the said 
Election Francis Bruen and William Henry Maule, 
Esquires, were Candidates to represent said Borough 
in the present Parliament; that the said Francis 
Bruen and William Henry Maule were severally pro- 

osed and seconded, and offered themselves, on the 
said Third day of August, being the first day of said 
Election, as fit and proper persons to represent the said 
Town and Borough in the present Parliament ; that, 
after a show of hands by the electors, a poll being 
in the usual manner duly demanded, the Sovereign 
himself, on the same day, proceeded to take the poll 
at the said Election, and continued to do so until the 
Fifth day of August following, when Philip Bagnall, 
Esquire, was duly proposed and seconded, and 
offered himself also as a Candidate to represent the 
said Borough in Parliament, and on the same day 
the said Sovereign declared the majority of votes to 
be in favour of the said William Henry Maule, who 
was thereupon declared and returned by the said 
Sovereign as duly elected; that the number of 
voters which appeared on the poll at the close 
thereof were, for the said William Henry Maule 
180, and for the said Francis Bruen 158, and 
for the said Philip Bagnall 2, making a majority 
for the said William es Maule over the said 
Francis Bruen of 22, and over the said Philip 
Bagnall of 178; that the said majority in favour 
of the said William Henry Maule, was but co- 
lourable, and that the said Return of the said 
William Henry Maule was an undue Return, and 
was procured not only by violence, terror, threats 
and intimidation, but by the grossest perjury, bri- 
bery and by payment of, and promises of, large 
sums of money, by and on behalf of the said Wil- 
liam Henry Maule to electors and to other persons 
capable of influencing electors of the said Borough, 
and of procuring and endeavouring to procure vo- 
ters for the purpose of securing the Return of the 
said William Henry Maule, and by other undue, 
illegal, corrupt and unconstitutional means; that 
said Borough of Carlow is not a County in itself, and 
that the right to elect a Burgess to represent same 
in Parliament is vested in the Sovereign and Bur- 
gesses, together with all persons of full age duly re- 
gistered according to the provisions of a certain sta- 
tute passed in the second and third years of the 
reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, 
intituled, “ An Act toamend the Representation of 
the People of Ireland,” and who hold and occupy 
within the said Borough, any house, warehouse, 
counting-houses or shop, which, either separately or 
jointly with any land within the said Borough occu- 
pied by such person therewith as tenant under the 
same landlord, or occupied by him therewith as 
owner, of the clear yearly value of not less than Ten 
pounds ; that several ie persons claiming to be 
holders and occupiers of houses, warehouses, count- 
ing-houses, shops and lands held therewith within 


A. 1837. 


the said Borough, were admitted to poll for the said 
William Henry Maule, who were not entitled to vote 
at the said Election, though they appeared upon the 
face of the Registry for said Borough to have been 
regularly registered, many of such last-mentioned 
persons having in fact and truth prevailed on and 
induced the Deputy Assistant Barrister or Assistant 
Barristers for the time being to admit them to re- 
gister, by means of the grossest fraud, misrepresen- 
tation and perjury, and several of them so registered 
not being in fact and truth at the time of their said 
registry, or at all, holders and occupiers of such the 
houses, warehouses, counting-houses, shops and 
lands held therewith, in respect of which they were 
so registered, and in fact and truth, the houses, ware- 
houses, counting-houses, shops and lands held 
therewith, of several other of said persons in respect 
whereof they were so admitted to register, not being 
of the yearly value of Ten pounds, or at all of suffi- 
cient value to entitle them to register or to confer the 
qualification required by law to entitle persons to 
vote at an Election for a Representative in Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough ; and others of said per- 
sons having been unduly and illegally registered by 
the said Deputy Assistant Barrister and Assistant 
Barristers, although they had not been for six 
months previous to the time of their respective re- 
gistries such owners and occupiers as aforesaid, or 
in possession of the premises out of which they 
claimed to register, their possession of such premises 
having commenced immediately previous or within 
six months prior to the date of said registries, and 
having been obtained by them with the view and in- 
tent of manufacturing votes at Elections ; that seve- 
ral other persons polled at said Election in favour 
of the said William Henry Maule, who were not at 
all entitled to vote thereat, inasmuch as previous 
thereto and subsequent to their being admitted to 
register they had surrendered, assigned, given up or 
otherwise departed with, and did not hold and occu- 
Py» the houses, warehouses, counting-houses or 
shops, and the lands held therewith, or other the 
premises, in respect of which they had so registered ; 
that several other persons not duly qualified so to 
do were admitted to poll for the said William Henry 
Maule, at said Election, and their votes included in 
the said majority, although not legally or at all qua- 
lified to vote at said Election, inasmuch as between 
the time of their being admitted to register as elec- 
tors for the said Borough, and the holding of the 
said Election, they had given up, assigned, surren- 
dered, or had otherwise departed ik, portions of 
the premises in respect whereof they were so regis- 
tered, so that at the time of such Election they had 
ceased to hold and occupy the entire of same, the 
residue thereof remaining in their possession not 
being of sufficient annual value to confer a qualifica- 
tion to vote at said Election, as the Petitioners could 
have proved at said Election, if allowed any oppor- 
tunity so to do, and could still prove the same; and 
also, that the said William Henry Maule and his 
agents respectively well knew, previous to and at the 
time of said Election, that aid persons had not a 
right to vote thereat; that said William Henry 
Maule himself, and by his agents and managers, 
and by persons employed by him and them, and on 
his behalf, did after the teste of the Writ for said 
Election, and during the said Election, and before 
the commencement of same, give, present and allow 
to various persons having or claiming to have votes 
in said Election, money, meat, drink and entertain- 
ment, and did make and enter into promises, agree- 
ments, obligations and engagements to give and 
allow money, meat, drink, presents, rewards and 
entertainments to and for such persons, in order to 
procure their votes, and to be elected, and for being 
elected, Member to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said Borough of Carlow; that for a consi- 
derable time previous to and during the said Elec- 





&gt; tion, 






C; 
Q 











Cuiow County 
Lection, . 





1 Victroriz. 


tion, divers priests and Roman Catholic clergy in- 
terfered with and influenced the electors of the Ro- 
man Catholic persuasion in a most illegal and un- 
constitutional manner, in order to compel them to 
vote for the said William Henry Maule; that the 
said William Henry Maule accepted and availed 
himself af the aforesaid acts and conduct of the 
Roman Catholic clergy, and accepted and made use 
of their services and exertions, and employed them 
as agents during the said Election, although he was 
fully cognizant of the said illegal and unconstitu- 
tional acts committed by the said persons, and of 
the means resorted to by them to control and defeat 
the freedom of Election; that by the above and 
other undue means, and by many illegal, erroneous 
and unjust decisions made by the Deputy Assistant 
Barrister and Assistant Barristers on the occasion 
of their registering the said electors in and for the 
said Borough of Carlow, the said William Henry 
Maule obtained a colourable majority, and was re- 
turned to serve in Parliament for the said Borough, 
in open violation of the law, and freedom of Elec- 
tion, and to the great prejudice of the Petitioners, 
and of the said Francis Bruen, who had at the said 
Election, as it is submitted it will appear upon a fair 
scrutiny of the poll, and an investigation of the qua- 
lification of persons who voted, a great majority of 
the good and legal votes, and ought, therefore, to 
have been returned as Representative and Burgess 
for the said Borough of Carlow, to serve in the pre- 
sent Parliament; that, unless the House shall be 
pleased to grant such scrutiny, irremediable mischief 
will ensue to the freedom of Election, and a most 
unconstitutional power be given to the Lord Lieute- 
nant of Ireland for the time being, in whom the se- 
lection of persons to fill the office of Assistant Bar- 
rister of counties and boroughs in Jredand is vested, 
the more especially as no appeal lies from the decision 
of such Assistant Barrister admitting persons to re- 
gister, save to the House, a defect in the law which 
has produced the most injurious effects in the said 
Borough of Carlow; and for all causes aforesaid the 
Petitioners humbly pray, that the said William 
Henry Maule may be declared not duly elected, and 
that the said Francis Bruen may be declared duly 
to be elected, and may be substituted in the place of 
the said WilliamHenry Maule, to take his seat as a 
Burgess to represent the said Borough in this pre- 
sent Parliament, or that the said Return and Elec- 
tion may be declared null and void, and the parties 
sent to a new Election, and that the votes of the se- 
veral persons improperly registered and allowed to 
poll as aforesaid, may be struck off the poll, and that 
the Registry of the pucenighs may also be amended 
by striking off the books of the Borough in the 
hands of the Town Clerk of the Borough, or the 
Clerk of the Peace of the said County, the names of 
all such persons as shall appear to have been unduly 
or improperly registered, and that such steps may 
be taken, and directions given, as will effectually 
prevent persons who shall, m compliance with the 
prayer hereof, be so struck off, from polling, or at- 
tempting to poll, at any future Election for said Bo- 
rough, and that the House may grant such further 
relief to the Petitioners as the merits of their case 
may require. 

_ Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into con- 
sideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of December 
next, at ten minutes before four of the clock in the 
Afternoon. 

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


A Petition of William Fitzwilliam Burton, of Bur- 


27° Novembris. 





59 
of Carlow, Esquires, Freeholders, and Electors of the 
said County of Carlow, on behalf of themselves and 
others claiming a right to vote for Members to serve 
in Parliament for the said County, was read; set- 
ting forth, That all the Petitioners now are, and were 
at and during the last General Election of Members 
to serve in Parliament for the said County of Car- 
low, electors of, and had, and claim to have had, a 
right to vote for, Knights of the Shire to serve in 
Parliament at the said Election for said County ; that 
the Writ having been issued and directed to the 
Sheriff of the said County of Carlow, commanding 
him to proceed to the Election of Knights of the 
Shire for the said County to serve in the present 
Parliament, and the same having been delivered to 
George Rous Keogh, Esquire, the High Sheriff of 
the said County, he, in obedience thereof, did on the 
Seventh day of August One thousand eight hundred 
and thirty-seven, proceed in the Election of Knights 
of the Shire to represent the said County in the pre- 
sent Parliament; that at the said Election, Henry 
Bruen, Thomas Bunbury, Nicholas Aylward Vi- 
gors and John Ashton Yontes, Esquires, were Can- 
didates to represent the said County; that the said 
Henry Bruen and Thomas Bunbury, as also the said 
Nicholas Aylward Vigors and John Ashton Yeates, 
were severally proposed and seconded, and offered 
themselves on the said Seventh day of August, as fit 
and proper persons to represent the said Count of 
Carlow in the present Parliament ; that after a show 
of hands by the electors, a poll being in the usual 
manner demanded, the Sheriff appointed Deputies 
and allotted booths or polling places for the electors 
of the said County, pursuant to the statutes in such 
case made and provided ; that the said Sheriff pro- 
ceeded on the Eighth day of August to poll the said 
County, and continued to do so until the Eleventh 
day of August following, when he declared the ma- 
jority of votes to be in favour of the said Nicholas 
Aylward Vigors and John Ashton Yeates, who were 
thereupon declared in Return by the said Sheriff as 
duly elected; that the number of voters which 
appeared on the poll at the close thereof were, for 
the said Nicholas Aylward Vigors 730, for the said 
John Ashton Yeates 730, for the said Henry Bruen 
643, and for the said Thomas Bunbury 643, making 
a majority over the said Thomas Bunbury and 
Henry Bruen of 87; that the said majorities in 
favour of the said Nicholas Aylward Vigors and 
John Ashton Yeates were but colourable, and that 
the said Return of the said Vigors and Yeates was 








an undue Return, and was procured not only by 
| violence, terror, threats, and intimidation, but by 
the grossest perjury, bribery, and by the pay- 
| ment and promise of — of large sums of 
money, by and on behalf of the Sitting Members, 
to electors, and to other persons capable of in- 
fluencing electors, of the said County, and of pro- 
curing and endeavouring to procure voters, for the 
purpose of securing their Return,and by other undue, 
illegal, corrupt, and unconstitutional means ; the 
Petitioners further show, that said majorities were 
in part composed of the votes of sundry persons who 
polled at said Election, and whose names were 
received and placed on the poll as voters for the 
said Nicholas Aylward Vigors and John Ashton 
Yeates, although they were in no wise qualified to 
vote at said Election, such persons’ names not ap- 
pearing on the register of said County, and there 
not bemg any affidavits of registry purporting to 
be made by such persons, as required by law, in the 
hands or custody of the Clerk of the Peace for the 
said County, or his Deputies, the names of such par- 
ticular persons having been in due course of law 
struck off the Register of the said County, by virtue 
of an order for that purpose directed to the Clerk 
of the Peace for the said County, under the hand of 





ton Hall, Philip Bagnall, of the town of Carlow, | the Speaker of the last House of Commons, bearing 
| date the Twenty-fourth day of August One thousand 
eight hundred and thirty-five, and issued, pursuant 
12 


Robert Clayton Browne, of Viewmount, and Samuel 
age of the town of Carlow, ail in the County 
OL. Yo. 


to 








60 
to and in conformity with a Report, bearmg date 
the Nineteenth day of August One thousand eight 
hundred and thirty-five, and made by a Select Com- 
mittee of said House, duly appointed to try the 
merits of a certain Petition presented to said House 
in the month of July One thousand eight hundred 
and thirty-five, against the Returnof the said Wicholas 
Aylward Vigors and one Alexander Raphael, as 
Members for the said County, and on which occasion 
the said Nicholas Aylward Vigors and Alexander 
Raphael, having been returned by a majority which 
was in part composed of the same votes who com- 
rised the entire colourable majority at the last 

lection, were unseated ; and the Petitioners fur- 
ther show, that the votes of certain other persons 
were also received at said last Election, and their 
names placed on the poll for the said Nicholas Ayl- 
ward Vigors and John Ashton Yeates, although the 
names of said last-mentioned persons did not, nor 
ought to, appear on the Register of the said County, 
they not in fact being electors thereof, or qualified 
to vote at said Election, inasmuch as they had been 
struck off the Register of the said County, by virtue 
of the said Order of the said Speaker of the said 
House, pursuant to the said Report of the said 
Select Committee; the Petitioners further show, 
that all said several persons were admitted to vote 
and placed on the poll, as deriving their right 
to be electors of the said County by virtue of re- 
gistry effected by them respectively, prior to the 
said Order of the said Speaker and the said Report 
of the said Select Committee, and which said 
several registries were by said Report and Order 
declared to be null and void, the said several per- 
sons not having in fact and in truth at the time of 
such their respective alleged registries any sufficient 
qualifications entitling them to be electors of the 
said County, and having procured themselves to be 
registered by means of fraud and perjury ; the Pe- 
titioners show, that certain other persons were ad- 
mitted to vote at said Election, and their names 
placed on the poll for the said Nicholas Aylward 
Vigors and dike Ashton Yeates, although such 
last-mentioned persons had not been duly or at 
all registered as electors of the said County for six 
months previous to the teste of the Writ under 
which the said Election was holden; that several 
persons voted at said Election as freeholders and 
leaseholders in favour of the said Nicholas Aylward 
Vigors and John Ashton Yeates, who were not en- 
titled to vote thereat, they not having been duly 
registered according to the Acts and statutes now in 
force for the registry of persons entitled to vote at 
Elections in end, inasmuch as they had not at 
the time of their alleged registry, or at all, taken or 
subscribed such oaths or affidavits as by said Acts 
or statutes are directed and prescribed to be taken 
and subscribed by persons claiming to register as 
leaseholders or freeholders, nor were any such 
affidavits ever lodged or deposited with the Clerk of 
the Peace for the said County or his Deputy, or 
filed among the Records of the said County, the 
affidavits which were in fact lodged or filed being 
insufficient, and not conformable to the laws now in 
force in respect thereof; that several other persons, 
as well claiming to be freeholders as \ecaioliiats; 
voted, and were admitted to poll forthe said Nicho- 
las Aylward Vigors and deka Ashton Yeates who 
were not entitled to vote at the said Election, 
though they appeared upon the face of the County 
books to have been regularly registered, many of 
such last-mentioned persons having in fact and 
truth prevailed on and induced the Deputy As- 
sistant Barrister or Assistant Barristers for the time 
being, to admit them to register, by means of the 
grossest fraud, misrepresentation and perjury, and 
several of them so registered, not having in fact and 
truth, at the time of their said registry, or at all, 
any legal or vested title whatsoever to the lands 
and premises out of which they were so registered, 


27° Novembris. 








A, 1837. 


and in fact and truth, the freeholds and leaseholds 
of several other of said persons, in respect whereof, 


they were so admitted to register, not being of 
sufficient yearly value to entitle them to do so, or 
to confer the qualification required by law to entitle 
persons to vote at an Election for Repebsistitatives 
of the said County; and others of said persons 
having been unduly and illegally registered by the 
said Deputy Assistant Barrister and Assistant Bar- 
rister, although they had not been for six months 
previous to the time of their respective registries in 
possession of the premises out of which they claimed 
to register, under or by virtue of any sufficient or 
other title or estate conferring a franchise, or a right 
to register or vote, their respective titles and estates 
having been granted and conveyed to them imme- 
diately previous, or within six months prior, to the 
date of their said registries, for the purpose, and 
with the view and intent of manufacturing votes at 
Elections; and several other of the persons so 
registered, although apparently having sufficient 
estates on the faces of their respective leases, yet in 
fact and truth, not having any such, the said leases 
having been executed by persons not competent to 
grant same, and not having any sufficient estate or 
title to enable them to make or grant such leases, 
and the leases or instruments of several other of the 
persons so registered and permitted to poll, and 
under which such persons claim to hold, being 
in fact altogether insufficient to confer a title to 
register or vote; that several other persons polled 
as freeholders and leaseholders at said Election in 
favour of the said Nicholas Aylward Vigors and 
John Ashton Yeates, who were not at all entitled to 
vote thereat, inasmuch as previous thereto and sub- 
sequent to the registry of their freeholds or lease- 
holds the estates or interest in right of which they 
had so registered, had, either in the whole or in part, 
been, sublet and divided, or assigned, surrendered, 
evicted, or otherwise determined, or they had become 
bankrupts or insolvents, or otherwise departed with 
their estates, so as not to leave any sufficient quali- 
fication to vote in said persons at the time of the 
said Election, as the Petitioners could have proved 
at said Election, if allowed any opportunity so to 
do, and could still prove the same; and also that 
the said Nicholas Aylward Vigors and John Ashton 
Yeates respectively, well knew previous to and at 
the time of said Election, that said persons had no 
right to vote thereat; that said Nicholas Aylward 

igors and John Ashton Yeates, themselves, and by 
their agents and managers, and by persons employed 
by them and on their behalf, did, after the teste of the 
Writ for said Election, and during the said Election, 
and before the commencement of same, give, pre- 
sent, and allow, to various persons having or claim- 
ing to have votes in said Election, money, meat, 
drink, entertainment, and did make and enter into 
promises, agreements, obligations, and engagements 
to give and allow money, meat, drink, presents, 
rewards, and entertainments to and for such persons, 
in order to procure their votes, and to be elected, 
and for being elected, Members to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the said County of Carlow ; 
that for a considerable time previous to and during 
the said Election, the priests and Roman Catholic 
clergy of the said County interfered with and in- 
fluenced, as well by payments and loans of money 
as otherwise, the electors of the Roman Catholic 
persuasion, in a most illegal, violent and uncon- 
stitutional manner, in order to compel them to vote 
for the said Nicholas Aylward Digors and John 
Ashton Yeates; that thesaid Nicholas Aylward Vigors 
and John Ashton Yeates accepted and availed them- 
selves of the aforesaid acts and conduct of the said 
Roman Catholic clergy, and accepted and made use 
of their services and exertions, and employed them 
as agents during the said Election, although they 
were fully cognizant of the said illegal and uncon- 
stitutional acts committed by the said persons, _ 

"0 


1 Vicroriz. 


of the means resorted to by them to control and defeat 
the freedom of Election; that by the above and other 
undue means, and by the many illegal, erroneous 
and unjust decisions made by the Deputy Assistant 
Barrister and Assistant Barristers of the said County 
on the occasion of their registering the said electors, 
in and for the said County, the said Nicholas Ay/- 
ward Vigors and John Ashton Yeates obtained a 
colourable majority, and were returned to serve in 
Parliament for the said County, in open violation of 
the law and freedom of Election, and to the great 
prejudices of the Petitioners, and of the said Henry 
Bruen and Thomas Bunbury, who had upon the 
said Election, as it is submitted it will appear upon 
a fair scrutiny of the poll, and an investigation of 
the qualification of the persons who voted, a great 
majority of the good and legal votes, and ought, 
therefore, to have been returned as Representatives 
of said County, and that if all the votes of the 
persons not duly qualified, whose votes were received 
at said Election, be (as they ought to be) struck off 
the poll, there will remain a large majority of the 
bond fide and legal votes of the electors of the said 
County for the said Henry Bruen and Thomas Bun- 
bury, who ought to be the Sitting Members for said 
County ; that unless the House shall be pleased to 
grant such scrutiny irremediable mischief will ensue 
to the freedom of Election, and a most unconsti- 
tutional power be given to the Lord Lieutenant of 
Ireland tor the time being, in whom the selection of 
persons to fill the office of Assistant Barrister of 
counties in Jreland is vested, the more especially as 
no appeal lies from the decision of such Assistant 
Barristers admitting persons to register, save to the 
House, a defect in the law, which has produced the 
most injurious effects in the County of Carlow since 
the appointment of the present Assistant Barrister, 
since which time numerous persons have been ad- 
mitted to Register who had been rejected on full 
investigation by each of the three preceding Assistant 
Barristers, and also by juries on appeal from such 
decisions, as well as many other persons who had 
been struck off the register pursuant to the decision 
of a Committee of the last House of Commons, and 
by virtue of the Warrant of its Speaker, so that the 
Petitioners and the other duly qualified electors of 
the said County can have no redress save directl 

through the intervention of the House ; and for all 


2'7° Novembris. 





the causes aforesaid, the Petitioners humbly pray, 
that the said Nicholas Aylward Vigors and John 
Ashton Yeates may be declared not duly elected, and 
that the said Henry Bruen and Thomas Bunbury 
may be declared to be duly elected, and may be 
substituted in the place of the said Nicholas Aylward 
Vigors and John Ashton Yeates, to take their seats 
as Knights to represent the said County in this 
present Parliament, or that the said Return and 
Election may be declared null and void, and the 
parties sent to a new Election, and that the votes 
of the several persons improperly registered and 
allowed to poll as sinonid, may be struck off the 
poll, and that the Registry of the County may also 

e amended by striking off the books of the County, 
in the hands of the Clerk of the Peace, the names 
of all such persons as shall appear to have been 
unduly or improperly registered, and that such steps 
may be taken and directions given as will effectually 
prevent persons who have been struck off the Registry 
of said County, in manner aforesaid, or who shall, in 
compliance with the prayer hereof, be so struck off, 
from polling, or attempting to poll, at any future 
Election, and that the House may grant such further 
relief to the Petitioners as the merits of their case 
may require. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of De- 
cember next, at five minutes before four of the clock 
m the Afternoon. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 


or Warrants for such persons, papers and records, 
Vot. 93. 








61 


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





A Petition of Harry Stoe Man, of Halsted, com- Register of 
vee, of having been struck off the Register of Voters. 


oters for the county of Kent, on the ground that 
Halsted Hall was the property of his wife; and 
praying relief, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That a Standing Committee of Sixteen Library of the 
Members be appointed, to assist Mr. Speaker in the House. 


direction of the Library, to whom shall be referred 
all matters relating thereto :—And a Committee was 
appointed of Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer, Sir Robert Peel, Sir Henry 
Hardinge, Dr. Lushington, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Shaw, 
the Lord Advocate, Mr. Williams Wynn, Mr. War- 
burton, Lord Viscount Clive, Mr. Shaw Lefevre, Mr. 
Gladstone, Mr. Fazakerley, Mr. Gally Knight, and 
Mr. Acland. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


A Petition of Inhabitants and Visitors of Chel- Education. 


tenham, praying that no system of National Educa- 
tion may receive the sanction of the House, which 
does not secure the daily reading of the Holy Scrip- 
tures, according to the authorized version, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of the Boroughreeve and Constables 
of Salford, praying for the establishment of a 
National system of Education, was also presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the British Medical Poor Law 
Association, praying for the amendment of the Poor Amendment 


Law Act, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


ct. 


Petitions from Baptist Missionaries of Jamaica; Negro Appren- 
— Hanley and Shelton ;— Hanley (Independents) ;— tees. 


Hanley (Primitive Methodists) ;— Hanley (Wesleyan 
Methodists) ;—and, Swansea, preying for the aboli- 
tion of the system of Men se pprenticeship in the 
Colonies,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
lie upon the Table. 


praying the House to 

ardent Spirits and other intoxicating Liquors in 

Ireland, during the whole of the Sabbath, was 

ema and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Returns of the Names of the Mates in Her Ma- 
jesty’s Navy on the 1st January 1838, the Date of 
their Examination for Lieutenant, and the Ship in 
which they are serving :—Of the Names of Midship- 
men in Her Majesty’s Navy, on the 1st January 
1838, the date of their entry into the Service, and 
the Ship in which they are serving ;—and, Of the 
Names of Volunteers, first Class, in Her Majesty’s 
Navy, on the 1st January 1838, the Date of their 
entry into the Service, and the Ship in which they 
are serving. 


received by the Treasurer of Greenwich Hospital, 
from 12th July 1819 to 28th November 1837. 


made from the Select Committee yer to in- 
quire into the facts of the case of the late Speaker 
and Officers of the Houses of Parliament, who 
suffered by the Fire of the former Houses of Parlia- 








ment, and to report the same; be reprinted. 
13 Mr. 


day of July, in the last Session of Parliament, was () 


A Petition of Sabbath School Teachers of Belfast, sale of Spirits 
rohibit entirely the sale of (Ireland.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Navy. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Greenwich 
a Return of the Total Amount of Freight Money Hospital. 


Ordered, That the Report, which upon the 10th Losses by Fire 


late Houses of 
arliament. ) 


No. 8. 





Municipal 
Officers’ Decla- 
ration Bill. 


No. 7. 


Londonderry 
Bridge, &amp;c. 


Controverted 
Elections Bill. 


Supply. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Walsall 
Election. 


62 97° Novembris. 


Mr. Baines presented a Bill for the relief of 
Persons elected to Municipal Offices, and enter- 
taining conscientious objections to subscribe the 
Declaration required by the latter part of the fiftieth 
section of the Act for the regulation of Municipal 
Corporations in England and Wales: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to beread a 
second time upon Thursday next ; and to be printed. 


A. 1837. 


Election was held on the Twenty-fourth day of July 
last, and that a poll being demanded on behalf of 
the said Charles Smith Foster, the same was pro- 
ceeded in on the Twenty-fifth day of July last, after 
which, the said Francis Finch was, by the Return- 
ing Officer of the said Borough, desheses duly 
elected, and the said Francis Finch was, by the 
said Returning Officer, returned as duly elected to 
serve in Parliament for the said Borongh; that 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Trustees of|many illegal votes were received and recorded at 


Londonderry Bridge, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to amend the several Acts relating to the Bridge, 
and to the City and Port of Londonderry, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Controverted Elections Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon Monday the 12th day of February 
next.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

. Mr. Charles Buller, \ . 

Tellers for the Yeas,J yy. Parnen Suith: } 214, 
Sir rama naga 
Mr. Henry Baring : ~_— 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Friday the 8th day of December next. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; . 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the administration of the 
the Poor, under the Orders and Regulations issued 
by the Commissioners appointed under the prov - 
sions of the Poor Law Amendment Act. 


such Election in favour of the said Francis Finch, 
and that the votes of many persons were improperly 
accepted and recorded at such Election in favour of 
the said Francis Finch, whose names were impro- 
perly placed on the lists of voters for the said 
orough by the parties making the same, or whose 
names were improperly retained on the Register of 
voters for the said Borough by the Barristers ap- 
— to revise the lists of voters for the said 
orough ; that the votes of many persons were im- 
properly accepted and recorded at such Election in 
favour of the said Francis Finch, who, at the time 
of such Election, were not legally entitled, or were 
disqualified or incapacitated, or have since become 
disqualified or incapacitated, to vote at such Elec- 
tion, or whose votes were otherwise null and void, 
and ought not to have been received or recorded ; 
that at the said Election many legal votes tendered 
or offered for the said Charles Smith Foster, and 
which ought to have been received, were unduly re- 
jected by the Returning Officer and his Deputies, 
and that at the said Election the votes of man 
persons who were legally entitled to vote at oat 
Election, and who tendered their votes in favour of 
the said Charles Smith Foster, and also the votes 
of other persons who were so legally entitled as last 
aforesaid, and who offered to vote at such Election, 
were improperly and unduly rejected by the Return- 
ing Officer and his Deputies at the said Election, 
some or one of them, and were not recorded in fa- 
/vour of the said Charles Smith Foster; that the 
| said Francis Finch, by himself, his agents, friends, 
managers and others on his behalf, before, at and 
during such Election as aforesaid, was guilty of bri- 
bery and corruption of the Electors of the said 
Borough, in order that he the said Francis Finch 


elief of; might be elected to serve in this present Parlia- 


ment for the said Borough, and did by money, 
gifts, rewards and employments, and by promises, 
offers, agreements and securities for money, gifts, 








Ordered, That the Committee do consist of | rewards, employments, advantages or other emolu- 


Twenty-one Members :—And a Committee was ap 
y0inted of Lord John Russell, Mr. mye igs r. 
Richard Walker, Mr. Poulett Scrope, Mr. Baines, 
Mr. Bolling, Mr. Lister, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Mr. 
Barneby, Mr. Liddell, Mr. Thomas Estcourt, Mr. 
Ward, Lord Viscount Howick, Mr. Wakley, Mr. 
Villiers, Mr. William Miles, Mr. Law Hodges, Mr. 
Chichester, Mr. Slaney, Mr. Freshfield and Mr. John 
Fielden ; with Power to send for persons, papers and 
records. 


Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Several Petitions, complaining of undue Elections 
and Returns, being offered to be presented, the 
names of the places to which the said Petitions re- 
lated (being all of them Petitions of the last class), 
were put into the glass at the Table, and drawn by 
the Clerk in the following order : 

A Petition of the several persons whose names 
are thereunto subscribed, Electors of the Borough 
of Walsall, in tine county of Stafford, who had, and 
claim to have had, a right to vote at the last Elec- 
tion of a Member to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough, was read ; setting forth, 
That at the said Election Charles Smith Foster, 
Esquire, of the said Borough of Walsall, banker, 
and Francis Finch, Esquire, of Great Barr, in the 
said County of Stafford, were Candidates to repre- 
sent the said Borough in Parliament; that the said 


ments, and other illegal and corrupt practices, cor- 
rupt and procure, and attempt and endeavour to 
corrupt and procure, divers persons having or claim- 
ing to have a right to vote at the said Election, to 
give their votes at the said Election for the said 
rancis Finch, or to refuse and forbear to give their 
votes for the said Charles Smith Foster, contrary to 
the law and custom of Parliament, and the laws 
and statutes of the realm enacted for the prevention 
of bribery aud corruption; that the said Francis 
Finch, before, at and during such Election, and 
after the issuing the Writ commanding such Elec- 
tion, did, by himself, his agents, friends, managers, 
partisans and others on his behalf, give and allow 
to divers persons, having or claiming to have a right 
to vote for the said Borough at the said Election, 
money, meat, drink, entertainment and provision, 
and made presents, gifts, rewards and entertain- 
ments, and promises, agreements and engagements, 
to allow money, meat, drink, provisions, presents, 
rewards and entertainments, to and for persons 
having or claiming to have a right to vote at the 
said Election, and to and for the use, advantage, 
benefit, emolument, profit and preferment of such 
re, in order to his, the said Francis Finch, 
eing elected to serve in Parliament for the said 
Borough ; that by means of the premises, the said 
Francis Finch obtained an apparent and colourable 
majority of 20 votes over the said Charles Smith 
Foster, 














Dublin 


Electic 








Dublin City 


Election. 








1 Victoriz. 


Foster, in manifest violation of the rights and pri- 
vileces of the Petitioners and others, the real 
electors of the said Borough of Walsall, and to the 
prejudice of the said Charles Smith Foster ; whereas 
the Petitioners humbly insist that the said Charles 
Smith Foster had a majority of legal votes at the 
said Election, and ought to have been returned ac- 
cordingly ; the Petitioners, therefore, humbly pray 
that the House will take the premises into their 
consideration, and declare that the said Charles 
Smith Foster is duly elected, and ought to have 


been returned to serve in this present Parliament 


for the said Borough of Walsall, and will cause the 
Return to be amended, by erasing the name of the 
said Francis Finch, and substituting that of the 
said Charles Smith Foster, or otherwise to declare 
the said Election and Return of the said Francis 
Finch to be wholly void, and to grant to the Peti- 
tioners such other relief as to the House shall seem 
meet. 

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

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


A Petition of Edward Cottingham, of Belfield, 
in the county of Dublin, Esquire, Roger Chambers 
Walker, of No. 2, Granby-row, in the city of Dublin, 
Esquire, Barrister-at-law, John Phayre, of No. 62, 
William-street, in the city of Dublin, Builder, and 
William Evans, of No. 27, Aungier-street, in the 
city of Dublin, House painter, Electors of the city 
and county of the city of Dublin, on behalf of 
themselves and others, claiming a right to vote, and 
who were entitled to vote, and voted, at the last 
Election of Members to serve in Parliament for the 
said city and county of the same, was read ; setting 
forth, That an Election for two Members to serve in 
Parliament for the said City and County of the City 
of Dublin, was held at the Sessions House, in Green- 
street, in the said City, on Monday the Thirty-first 
day of July One thousand eight hundred and thirty- 
seven, and all the Petitioners are and were electors 
of the said City and County of the City of Dublin, 
and were entitled to vote and did vote as such at the 
said Election; that at the said Election Loftus 
Anthony Bryanand John Veevers, Esquires, Sheriffs 
of the said City, were and acted as the Returuing 
Officers, and George Alexander Hamilton, Esquire, 
John Beatty West, Esquire, Daniel O’Conuell, 
Esquire, and Robert Hutton, Esquire, were seve- 
rally put in nomination as Candidates at the said 
Election; that at the said Election the poll com- 
menced on Tuesday, the First day of August last, and 
finally closed on the following Saturday, the Fifth 
day of the same month, when the numbers of votes 
on the said poll were declared by the said Return- 
ing Officers to be, for the said Daniel O’ Connell 
3,556, for the said Robert Hutton 3,542, for the said 
George Alexander Hamilton, 3,467, and for the said 
John Beatty West 3,461, and thereupon the said 
Returning Officers declared (but as the Petitioners 
submit, and hereafter show, unduly declared) the 
said Daniel O’ Connell and Robert Hutton to have 
obtained a majority of votes at the said Election, 
and they accordingly returned the said Daniel 
O’ Connell and Robert Hutton as elected to serve as 
Members for the said City and County of the same 
m this present Parliament; that the said alleged 
majority of votes on the said poll for the said Daniel 
O'Connell and Robert Hutton, over the said George 
Alexander Hamilton and John Beatty West, respec- 
tively, was only a fictitious and colourable majority, 
and procured and obtained by means of the rejec- 
tion, by the said Returning Officers, of the votes of 


a great number of duly qualified electors, who ten- 
Vou. 93. : 








27° Novembris. 63 


dered, declared and gave their votes for the said 
George Alexander Hamilton and John Beatty West, 
and by the admission of illegal and fraudulent votes 
for the said Daniel O’ Connell and Robert Hutton, 
and by the undue and illegal and unconstitutional 
means hereinafter stated ; that the said George Alex- 
ander Hamilton and John Beatty West, at the said 
Election, had a majority of legal and valid votes 
over the said Daniel O’ Connell and Robert Hutton, 
and should have been declared to have been elected, 
and should have been returned at the said Election, 
in the place and stead of the said Daniel O’Connell 
and Robert Hutton, as, the Petitioners submit, will 
appear upon an examination of the said poll; that 
a great number of persons, members, or under the 
influence of a certain political association, called 
“ The Trades’ National Political Union,” of which 
the said Daniel O’Connell is President, have from 
time to time come forward at the Sessions held for 
that purpose, claiming to be registered as voters 
for the said City and County of the City of Dublin, 
by virtue of alleged qualifications, as occupiers of 
houses, warehouses, counting-houses and shops, but 
which qualifications they did not, at the time of the 
said registry, in fact possess, many of them being 
merely lodgers or room-keepers, holding as weekly 
tenants, and at weekly rents, of from two to three 
shillings, upper rooms or garrets, many of them 
being occupiers of small shops, workshops or sheds, 
by the week, at the like weekly rents, others of 
them occupying cellars under ground, and stalls or 
sheds in markets, others of them not occupying at 
all the premises described in their notices, others oc- 
cupying such premises merely as servants or ma- 
nagers, and others claiming to register out of pre- 
mises which did not actually exist; that a great 
number of persons have from time to time come 
forward, and claimed to be registered as house- 
holders, who were at the time of such registry in 
arrear for more than one half year’s amount of the 
grand jury cess, and other municipal cesses, rates 
or taxes, or some one or more of them legally due 
and payable by them, in respect of the houses, 
warehouses, counting-houses or shops, in right of 
which they so claimed, but who were nevertheless 
unduly sihiaitanl to be registered, and still appear 
upon the — as householders entitled to vote 
for the said City and County of the same, and who 
unduly obtained certificates of such admission, and 
of their right to vote for the same; that a great 
number of persons, whose claims ought to have 
been rejected, have been from time to time unduly 
admitted to be registered, and still appear upon the 
Register as householders, and have obtained certifi- 
cates, declaring their right to vote as such, for the 
said City and County of the same, who did not, 
at the time of such registry, hold or occupy any 
house, warehouse, counting-house or shop, within 
the meaning of the Act of the 2d and 3d William 4, 
c. 88; that a great number of persons, whose 
claims ought to have been rejected, have been 
from time to time admitted to be registered, and 
still appear upon the Register as householders, and 
have obtained certificates as such, who did not, at 
the time of such registry, hold or occupy the pre- 
mises mentioned in their said certificates, and in 
the affidavits then by them made; that a great num- 
ber of persons, whose claims ought to have been 
rejected, have been from time to time admitted to 
be registered, and still yew upon the Register as 
householders, and have obtained certificates as such, 
in respect of alleged qualifications of houses, ware- 
houses, counting-houses and shops, which were not, 
at the time of such registry respectively, of the clear 
yearly value of Ten pounds, and which the said 
claimants held merely as weekly tenants or lodgers, 
or at will; that a great number of persons, whose 
claims ought to have been rejected, have been from 
time to time admitted to be registered, and still ap- 
pear upon the Register as householders, and have 

14 obtained 











































a 





64 


obtained certificates as such, who were at the time 
of their said registry, joimt occupiers of the houses, 
warehouses, counting-houses and shops, in respect 
of which they so registered as voters; that several 
ag te whose claims ought to have been rejected, 

ave been from time to time admitted to be regis- 
tered, and still appear upon the Register as house- 
holders, in respect of alleged qualifications from 
houses, warehouses, counting-houses and shops, each 


of whom registered, in conjunction with others, out | 


of one and the same house, warehouse, counting- 
heuse or shop, as the case may be ; that several per- 
sons, whose claims ought to have been rejected, have 
been from time to time admitted to be registered and 
still appear upon the Register as householders, and 
have obtained certificates as such, in respect of 
certain houses, warehouses, counting-houses and 
shops, which did not at the time of such registry 
exist; that several persons, whose claims ought to 
have been rejected, have been from time to time 
admitted to be registered, and still appear upon 
the Register as freeholders and leaseholders and 
have obtained certificates as such, who had not, 
at the time of such registry, in the houses and 
premises out of which they so registered respec- 
tively, a beneficial interest of the amount and value 
required by law; that several persons, whose claims 
ought to have been rejected, have been from 
time to time admitted to be registered, and still 


appear upon the Register as freeholders, lease- 


holders or householders, who at the time of such 
registry had become bankrupts or insolvents, 


and whose interest in the houses, lands and pre- 
mises out of which they so claimed to register, 
had then become and were then vested in their re- 
spective assignees, or in other persons; that several 
peeone whose claims ought to have been rejected 
rave been from time totime admitted to be registered, 
and still oe upon the Register as freeholders by 

alleged freeholds under leases of lands, 
houses and premises, for a life or lives, made by or 
derived under lessors, who at the time of the making 
the said alleged leases, had not themselves, and 
were therefore incapable of conveying to others, any 
freehold estate or interest in the premises therein 
mentioned ; that several persons, whose claims ought 
to have been rejected, have been from time to time 
unduly admitted to be registered, and still appear 
upon the Register as leaseholders, and have obtained 
certificates as such, although the said persons being 
sub-lessees, or the assignees of under-leases, were 
not at the time of such registry, or for the entire 
term of six calendar months next previous thereto, 
in the actual occupation of the premises, in respect 
of which they were so admitted to be registered ; 
that several persons whose claims ought to have been 
rejected have been from time to time unduly ad- 
mitted to be registered, and still appear upon the 
Register as freeholders and leaseholders, and have 
respectively obtained certificates as such, who had 
not, at the time of their said registrationrespectively, 
any freehold or leasehold estate or interest in the 
premises in respect of which they so claimed and 
were admitted to be registered ; that several persons 
have been from time to time unduly and irregularly 
registered, and still appear upon the Register as 
voters, and have obtained certificates as such, who 
were not entitled to be so registered, by reason that 
they did not respectively take and subscribe at the 
time of their alleged registration, or at all, the oath 


virtue of 


or affidavit required bythe Act 2 and 3 Will. 4,.¢.88 


that many persons have been from time to time unduly 
and irregularly registered, and still appear upon the 
Register as voters, and have obtained certificates as 
such, who took and subscribed at the time of their 
alleged registration, defective oaths and affidavits, 
different in substance from those prescribed by the 
said Act; that thus a great number of persons who 
ualified or were disqua- 


for other causes were not 


dified, or who had ceased to be qualified, and who were 





27° Novembris. 





A. 1837. 


not entitled at the time of their respective registries, 
have been from time to time mnaly admitted to be 
registered and still appear upon the Register as 
voters for the said City, and have unduly obtained 
certificates as such ; that, during the continuance of 
the poll at the said last Election, a great number of 
the said persons who had been so unduly and ille- 
gally registered as aforesaid, upon the various false 
and unfounded claims and defective qualifications 
above mentioned, were nevertheless admitted to vote 
and did vote for the said Daniel O’ Connell and Ro- 
bert Hutton, and whose votes ought to be disallowed 
and struck off the poll as bad, invalid, and illegal 
votes ; that several persons voted at the said Elec- 
tion, and their votes were admitted and counted upon 
the poll in favour of the said Daniel O’ Connell and 
Robert Hutton, who were not registered as voters 
for the suid City, and had no colour of right or title 





'to vote for the same, but who personated, and falsely 
and fraudulently represented other — whose 
names did appear upon the Register of voters for the 
said City, but who were at the time of the said Elec- 
tion either dead or absent from the same; that all 
such votes are utterly bad and invalid, and ought to 
be struck off the poll; that a great number of persons 
were admitted to vote and did vote at the said Elec- 
tion in favour of the said Daniel O'Connell and 
Robert Hutton, as householders occupying houses, 
warehouses, counting-houses or shops, by whom 
more than one half year’s grand jury or municipal 
cesses, rates or taxes, were at the time of their so 
voting due and payable in respect of the premises in 
their certificates and affidavits of registry respectively 
mentioned, and in respect of which they were regis- 
tered and claimed to vote, whereas the votes of such 
persons are bad, illegal and invalid, and ought to be 
disallowed and struck off the poll ; that several per- 
sons were admitted to vote, and voted, as householders 
at the said Election for the said Daniel O’ Connell 
and Robert Hutton, whose qualifications as registered 
voters for the said City did not continue at the time 
when they so voted, but had ceased to continue 
previous to the said Election, and subsequent to the 
time of their registry, and whose votes ought to be 
struck off the poll accordingly, inasmuch as they had 
ceased to hold ot occupy as owners, or tenants, the 
premises in respect of which they had been respec- 
tively registered ; that several persons were admitted 
to vote, and voted, at the said Election for the said 
Daniel O’ Connell and Robert Hutton as freeholders, 
leaseholders or householders, who had become 
bankrupts or insolvents since the time of their re- 
spective registries, and whose estate and interest 
respectively in the premises in respect of which they 
had registered, were then or had been in the interval 
between the time of their registration and the time 
of their so voting, legally vested in their respective 
assignees, or other persons, and whose qualifications 
as such registered voters did not then continue, and 
whose votes ought to be struck off the poll accord- 
ingly ; that several persons were admitted to vote, 
and voted at the said Election for the said Daniel 
O’Connell and Robert Hutton as freeholders or 
leaseholders who had been evicted from the houses 
and premises in right of which they had been re- 
spectively registered, or whose interests respectively 
in such houses or premises had expired, or had other- 
wise determined, since their registry, and whose 
qualification as registered voters had thereby ceased, 
and did not then continue, and whose votes were 
therefore null and invalid, and ought to be struck off 
the poll accordingly ; that several persons voted at 
the said Election for the said Daniel O’ Connell and 
Robert Hutton, as Ten pound freeholders or Ten pound 
leaseholders, or as leaseholders being sub-lessees, 
or the assignees of under-leases, who at the time of 
their so voting, had respectively ceased to occupy 
the premises out of which they so registered, and 
whose qualification as registered voters, therefore, 
did not then continue, and whose votes ought = - 
struc 


&gt; 











1 Vicroriz. 


struck off the poll accordingly ; that several persons 
claiming to be electors and registered as freeholders, 
leaseholders or householders respectively, voted at 
the said Election for the said Daniel O’ Connell and 
Robert Hutton, who had not been registered for a 

eriod of six calendar months previous to the teste 
of the Writ for holding the said Election, and the 
votes of such persons were nevertheless admitted 
and entered, and reckoned upon the poll, for the said 
Daniel O’ Connell and Robert Hutton, although the 
parties so voting were not at the time entitled{to vote, 
and their votes ought to be disallowed accordingly ; 
that several persons disqualified from voting at the 
said Election by the provisions of different statutes, 
as the holders of certain offices or official situations, | 
were nevertheless admitted to vote and voted thereat 
for the said Daniel O’ Connell and Robert Hutton, 
in defiance of the objections raised against their 
votes, whereas such votes are null and #oid to all in- 
tents and purposes whatsoever, and ought to be 
struck off the poll accordingly ; that several persons 
were admitted to vote, and voted for the said Daniel 
O'Connell and Robert Hutton at the said Election, 
who were during the said Election, orwithin fourteen 
days after the same was completed, or who had been 
within six calendar months previous thereto, em- 
ployed as counsel, agents, attornies, poll-clerks, or 
in other capacities, for the purposes of such Election, 
and had, either before, during, or after such Election, 
accepted or taken from the said Daniel O’ Connell 
and Robert Hutton, or one of them, or from some 
other person or persons, for or in consideration of 
or with reference to such employment, a sum or sums 
of money, retaining fees, offices, places, or employ- 
ments, or promises or securities for a sum or sums of 
money, retaining fees, offices, places or employments, 
although such persons were incapable of voting at 
such Election, and their votes are utterly void and 
of none effect, and ought therefore to be struck off 
the poll; that many other persons who were other- 
wise ene or had ceased to be qualified, were 
admitted to vote at the said Election, and voted for 
the said Daniel O’ Connell and Robert Hution, but 
whose votes ought to be struck off the poll; that a 
great number of the said persons who were so dis- 
qualified, and who were so admitted to vote for the 
said Daniel O’Connell and Robert Hutton at the 
said last Election, had at the previous Election for 
the said City and County of the City of Dublin, and 
which took place on the Twelfth day of January 
One thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, voted, 
and their votes were struck off the poll of the said 
previous Election, by a Committee of the House, as 
not being duly qualified electors of the said City ; 
that many other persons were admitted to vote and 
voted at the said Election for the said Daniel 
O’ Connell and Robert Hutton, whose votes had been 
procured by the corrupt, illegal and unconstitu- 
tional means hereinafter stated ; that, previous to and 


27° Novembris. 


65 


urgently and oppressively exerted to procure, and 
did mainly contribute to procure, the Return of the 
said Daniel O’ Connell and Robert Hutton as Mem- 
bers for the said City, in disobedience to the Resolu- 
tions of the House, in contempt of its privileges and 
dignity, in abuse of the &lt;i name and authority, 
to the great peril of public liberty, and in open vio- 
lation of the iadiapestiontl and purity of Elections ; 
that the said Daniel O’ Connell and Robert Hutton, 
by themselves, their agents, friends and managers, 
and by persons employed on their behalf, were guilty 
of the most flagrant acts of intimidation in the course 
of the said Election, and by illegal threats and me- 
naces caused several electors of the said City, through 
fear of persecution and injury to themselves and 
their families, to forbear and abstain from giving their 
votes for the said George Alexander Hamilton and 
John Beatty West, and in some instances to give their 
votes for the said Daniel O’Connell and Robert 
Hutton, to the great grievance of the Petitioners and 
their fellow subjects throughout the realm; that the 
said Daniel O’ Connell and Robert Hutton, by their 
agents, friends and managers, before, at and during 
the said Election, were guilty of extensive bribery 
and corruption, and employed undue influence, and 
gave, and caused to be given, divers sums of money, 
meat, drink and entertainment, and other gifts and 
rewards, and made, and caused to be made, divers 
agreements with, and promises to, persons having 
or claiming a right to vote, in order to procure 
them, and each of them, to vote at the said Election 
for the said Daniel O’Connell and Robert Hutton, 
and to forbear to vote for the said George Alexander 
Hamilton and John Beatty West, and in order to 
procure them, the said Daniel O’ Connell and Robert 
Hutton to be returned as Members for the said City 
and County of the same ; that many persons were 
induced and procured to vote, and voted, at the said 
Election for the said Daniel O'Connell and Robert 
Hutton, by the above corrupt and illegal means, and 
the votes of such persons so bribed, corrupted, com- 
pelled and intimidated, were admitted and entered, 
and reckoned upon the poll in favour of the last- 
mentioned Candidates, and which ought to be dis- 
allowed and struck off; that several persons, electors 
or voters of the said City and County of the City of 
Dublin, who had been duly admitted to the freedom 
of the said City, by reason of birth, marriage, or 
service, and who had been respectively duly regis- 
tered, and had obtained certificates of such registra- 
tion, duly signed, pursuant to the provisions of the 
said Act of the 2d and 3rd Will. 4, c. 88, and who were 
fully entitled to vote at the said Election, attended at 
the booths during the continuance of the said Election, 
and tendered, declared and gave theirvotes for the said 


George Alexander Hamilton and John Beatty West, 


and the names of such electors and the nght in 
which they voted were duly entered on the poll-books 
as electors who had voted for the said George Alex- 





during the said Election, several persons holding 
official situations in the household of His Excellency 
the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and other servants | 
of the Crown, and members or dependents of the | 
Queen’s Government in Ireland, unconstitutionally | 
interfered in the said Election, by canvassing, soli- | 
p as procuring and compelling the votes of divers | 

ctors of the said City on behalf of the said Daniel ' 
O’ Connell, and Robert Hutton, whom they designa-| 
ted as the Government Candidates, and in some 
cases by threats, and in others by promises and | 
solicitations, caused several of the said electors, | 
who but for such indecent and wrongful inter- | 
ference would have voted and were desirous of | 
voting for the said George Alexander Hamilton | 
and John Beatty West, to give their votes for the | 
said Daniel O'Connell and Robert Hutton, or | 
to forbear giving them to the said George Alex-| 
ander Hamilton and John Beatty West; that the | 
official power and influence of the agents and 


servants of the Crown in Jreland were directly, 
Voz. 93. | 


ander Humilton and John Beatty West, but upon ob- 
jection being taken to the said voters by the agents of 
the said Daniel O’ Connell and Robert Hutiton,on the 
futile and immaterial pretext that they had been regis- 
tered within six calendar months previous to the teste 
of the Writ for holding the suid Election, the said Re- 
turning Officers or their Assessor directed that the 
votes of the said electors should be marked as re- 
jected on the said poll-books, and should not be 
reckoned upon the poll for the said George Alexander 
Hamilton and John Beatty West, that the votes of 
the said electors were accordingly omitted to be 
reckoned upon the poll, although they were fully 
entitled to be placed and counted thereon, and ought 
now to be added thereto; that several persons, 
electors or voters of the said City and County of 
the same, who had been duly admitted to the free- 
dom of the City, by reason of birth, marriage or 
service, and who had been respectively duly regis- 
tered, and had obtained certificates of such regis- 
tration duly signed pursuant to the provisions 4 = 
K al 











66 97° Novembris. 


said Act, and were duly qualified to vote, tendered 
their votes at the said Election for the said George 
Alexander Hamilton and John Beatty West, but 
their said votes so tendered were unduly and im- 
properly rejected and refused by the said Returning 
Officers, and the votes of the said last-mentioned 
electors were not reckoned upon the poll for the 
said George Alexander Hamilton and John Beatty 
West, whereas such votes were good, valid and 
legal votes, and ought now to be entered and reck- 
oned upon the poll accordingly ; that several other 
electors of the said City and County of the same, 
and who were duly registered and qualified to vote 
at the said Election; tendered or gave their votes 
thereat for the said George Alexander Hamilton and 
John Beatty West, but the votes of the said last- 
mentioned persons were rejected by the said Return- 
ing Officers, and were not entered and reckoned 
upon the poll for the said George Alexander Hamil- 
ton and John Beatty West, as they ought then to 
have been, and ought now to be; that if the votes 
of the said electors of the said City of Dublin, which 
were thus, as the Petitioners submit, unduly and 
erroneously rejected and removed from the said poll 
by the said Returning Officers, had been reckoned 
upon the poll, and if the various illegal and invalid 
votes which, as above mentioned, were unduly ad- 
mitted in favour of the said Daniel O’ Connell and 
Robert Hutton had been rejected, there would have 
been at the close of the wil poll a large majority of 
legal votes for the said George Alexander Hamilton 
and John Beatty West; that by the admission of 
the said bad, illegal, fraudulent and invalid votes of 
the said persons who as aforesaid voted at the said 
Election for the said Daniel O’ Connell and Robert 
Hutton, and by the rejection or removal from the 
poll of the said duly qualified electors who voted or 
tendered their votes he the said George Alexander 
Hamilton and John Beatty West, and by the above 
and other illegal and unconstitutional means, the 
said Daniel O’ Connell and Robert Hutton obtained 
a colourable, fictitious and fraudulent majority over 
the said George Alexander Hamilton and John 
Beatty West, on the poll taken at the said Election, 
and were illegally declared to have been elected, 
and were illegally returned to serve in Parliament 
for the said City and County of the City, to the 
manifest prejudice and grievance of the Petitioners, 
and the other duly qualified electors of the said 
City, and of the said George Alexander Hamilton 
and John Beatty West, who were, as the Petition- 
ers submit, duly elected by a large majority of legal 
votes, given for them at the said Election, and ought 
to have been returned thereat as Citizens to serve 
in Parliament for the said City and County of the 
same; the Petitioners therefore humbly pray, that 
inasmuch as the votes of the said freemen, who were 
duly qualified electors, and other duly qualified 
electors who voted for the said George Alexander 
Hamilton and John Beatty West, but who were so 
rejected as aforesaid, ought to have been reckoned 
on the poll, and inasmuch as no scrutiny of the 
persons so illegally admitted to be registered and to 
vote was permitted to take place at the said Elec- 
tion, and inasmuch as the examination of matters 
and things affecting the freedom of Election, the cor- 
rection of abuses, and the removal of fraudulent 
votes from the Registry, are most important to the 
fair and free representation of the people, and the 
due administration of government, the House will 
be pleased to take into their consideration the several 
matters and things hereinbefore stated, and will 
order and direct that the said Return of the said 
Daniel O’ Connell and Robert Hutton, so made by 
the said Sheriffs of the City of Dublin, be amended 
by erasing the names of the said Daniel O’ Connell 
and Robert Hutton therefrom, and by inserting 
therein the names of the said George Alexander 
Hamiiton and John Beatty West, or that the House 
ee that the said Daniel O'Connell and 








A. 1837. 


Robert Hutton respectively were not duly elected, 
and ought not to have been returned, but that the 
said George Alexander Hamilton and John Beatty 
West were duly elected and ought to have been 
returned, and will declare that the said Election 
and Return of the said Daniel O’ Connell and Robert 
Hutton was and is wholly null and void, and that 
the names of the said George Alexander Hamilton 
and John Beatty West may accordingly be sub- 
stituted in the said Return in the place of the said 
Daniel O’ Connell and Robert Hutton, or that the 
said Election and Return for the said City and 
County of the same may be delared wholly null and 
void, or that the House may make such other order, 
and give such further relief in the premises, for 
securing the freedom of Election in the said Cit 

and County of the same, as the House shall think fit, 
and the nature and merits of the case may require. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of De- 
cember next, at five minutes after four of the clock 
in the Afternoon. 

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


The House was moved, That the Act 4 Geo. 4, Cork Sessions 
c, 93, to divide the County of Cork, for the purpose B#- 


of holding additional General Sessions therein, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend and enlarge the provisions of the said Act: 
And that Mr. Mahony and Mr. Attorney General 
for Ireland do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Railroads. 


to consider the present state of the Communication 
by Railroads, so far as it affects the regularity and 
convenience of the Transmission of Letters, and the 
Post Office in general ; to ascertain on what terms 
Mails are now conveyed by the Railroads in opera- 
tion, and what measures it may be just and expe- 
dient to adopt for the purpose of securing to the 
public, in future, the benefit of the conveyance 
of the Mails by Railroads:—And a Committee 
was appointed of Mr. Baring, Mr. Wallace, Mr, 
Ridisadhats Lord Viscount Lowther, Mr. Gillon, 
Lord Viscount Sandon, Mr. Hutton, Mr. Scholefield, 
Mr. Greene, Lord Seymour, Mr. Easthope, Lord 
Granville Somerset, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Sir Ro- 
bert Ferguson and Mr. Loch, with Power to send 
for persons, _—— and records. 
Ordered, hat Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Commissions of 
continue, for a limited time, all such Commissions the Peace Bil. 


of the Peace as were in force at the time of the 
demise of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, 
and as have not been superseded, determined or 
made void, during the reign of Her present Ma- 
jesty: And that Mr. Solicitor General and Mr. At- 
torney General do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon postage. 


Thursday last, That aSelect Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the present rates and mode of charg- 
ing Postage, with a view to such a reduction thereof 
as may be made without injury to the Revenue, 
and for this purpose to examine especially into the 
mode recommended for charging and collecting 
Postage, in a pamphlet published —— Rowland 
Hill, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Wallace, 
Mr. Poulett Thomson, Lord Viscount Lowther, Lord 
Seymour, Mr. Warburton, Sir Thomas Fremanile, 
Mr. Raikes Currie, Mr. Morgan John O’ Connell, 
Mr. Thornely, Mr. Chalmers, Mr. Pease, Mr. Ma- 
hony, Mr. John Parker, Mr. George William Wood 
and Mr. Villiers, with Power to send for persons, 

apers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

Ordered, 


Printi 


Com! 
the 


Imp: 
Ligh 


Rail 


For 
fact 


tice 








Printing. 


Commissions of 
the Peace Bill. 


Imperial Gas 


Light Company, 


Railways. 


Foreicn Manu- 
factured Goods, 


Negro Appren- 
liceship, 


1 Victrortz. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to assist Mr. Speaker in all matters which relate to 
the Printing executed by Order of this House, and 
for the purpose of selecting and arranging for print- 
ing Returns and Papers presented in pursuance of 
Motions made by Members of this House, which 
may be referred to the said Committee :—And a 
Committee was appointed of Mr. Labouchere, Mr. 
Hume, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Sir Thomas Fre- 
mantle, Mr. Baring, Lord Viscount Lowther, Mr. 
Vernon Smith and Mr. Strutt, with Power to send 
for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered. That Three be the Quorum. 


Mr. Solicitor General presented a Bill to continue, 
for a limited term, all such Commissions of the 
Peace as were in force at the time of the demise of 
his late Majesty King William the Fourth, and as 
have not been superseded, determined or made void, 
during the reign of Her present Majesty: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time To-morrow. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Martis, 28° die Novembris ; 
Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1837. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Filer, from the Imperial Gas Light and 
Coke Company, was called in, and at the 
bar presented, pursuant to the directions of an Act 
of Parliament,—A Return of the Contingency Fund 
of the Imperial Gas Light and Coke Company :— 
And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Parkin, of the city of 
Londen, praying the House to pass a Bill, appoint- 
ing a Board of competent persons, to inspect all 
Railways for the conveyance of passengers, and to 
prohibit travelling on any Railway, unless the said 
Board certify, prior to its being opened, and every 
Three months afterwards, that the same is fit and 
safe for passengers ; the expenses of the said board 
to be a charge on Railways, in such manner as to 
the House shall seem meet, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Manufacturers of Sheffield, com- 
plaining of Articles of Foreign manufacture being 
admitted in bond to this country, and afterwards 
exported to the British Colonies, and elsewhere, 
with the names and marks of British manufacturers 
imposed thereon, and sold and passed as British 
manufactured goods; and praying the House to 
remedy the grievance complained of, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Returns made of all the Chil- 
dren who may have been apprenticed in the Colonies 
under the provisions of the Slavery Abolition Act; spe- 
cifying the Number so apprenticed in each Colony. 

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


Two Petitions, complaining of undue Elections 
and Returns being offered to be presented, the same 
were delivered in at the Table. 

And one of the said Petitions appearing to relate 
to the Election and Return for a place concerning 
which the House had received a Petition upon a 


former day ; the same was read, as followeth ; 
Vot. 93, 


27°—28° Novembris. 





67 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of Tralee Election. 


the Borough of Zralee, complaining of the undue 
Election and Return of John Bateman, Esquire, as 
a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said Borough, was read; setting forth, That 
the Petitioners had a right, and claimed to have 
had a right, to vote at the last Election of a 
Member to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Tralee, in the County of Kerry, and 
were at the said Election, and still are, electors of 
the said Borough; that the Election for the said 
Borough of Tralee commenced on Thursday, the 
Third a August last; that Caleb Chute, Esquire, 
was the Provost and Returning Officer for the Bo- 
rough of Tralee at the time of the said Election 
and previous thereto; that Maurice O’ Connell and 
John Bateman, Esquires, were Candidates at the 
said Election, to represent the said Borough in Par- 
liament ; that the said Maurice O’ Connell and John 
Bateman were severally proposed and seconded, and 
offered themselves to the electors of the said Bo- 
rough, as fit and proper persons to represent the 
said Borough in the present Parliament; that after 
a show of hands by the electors of said Borough, 
the Provost declared the majority to be in favour of 
the said Maurice O'Connell, whereupon a poll was 
demanded by and on the behalf of the said John 
Bateman; that the said Provost proceeded on the 
said Third day of August, to poll the said Borough, 
and ousionh to do so until Monday the Seventh 
day of August following, when he declared the ma- 
jority of votes to be in favour of the said John 
Bateman, who was thereupon declared in the Return, 
by the said Provost, as duly elected; that the 
number of votes which appeared on the poll, at the 
close thereof, were, for the said John Bateman 75, 
and for the said Maurice O’ Connell 64, making a 
colourable majority for the said John Bateman over 
the said Maurice O’ Connell, of 11 votes; that the 
said majority in favour of the said John Bateman, 
was but a colourable majority, and that the said 
Return of the said John Bateman was an undue 
Return, and was procured by perjury, bribery, terror 
and intimidation, and by the payment and promise 
of payment of large sums of money by and on 
behalf of the said John Bateman, to electors, and 
to other persons capable of influencing electors, of 
the said Borough, and of procuring and endeavouring 
to procure votes for the purpose of securing his 
Return, and by other undue, illegal, corrupt, scan- 
dalous and unconstitutional means ; that during the . 
said Election, many persons were admitted to poll, 
and did poll, for the said John Bateman, who were 
not entitled to vote thereat upon any legal grounds, 
and who had been wens: es improperly registered 
as electors for the said Borough, or who, since the 
time of their registry, had, from various causes, ceased 
to be qualified, or become disqualified from voting 
at said Election; that more than sixty-nine voters 
who were duly registered according to law, and dul 

qualified to vote at said Election, and who did vote, 
or duly tendered their votes according to law, at the 
said Election, for the said Maurice O’ Connell, had 
their votes rejected and disallowed by the said Re- 
turning Officer, though said voters had actually 
given their votes in the polling booth, in the manner 
required by law, before the deputy of the said 
Provost, and had their names duly entered on the 
poll-book of the said Election, by the proper officer, 
yet the said Returning Officer, by the advice of his 
assessor, George Blake Hickson, Esquire, removed 
the said votes from the poll, and disallowed and 
rejected the same, on the alleged ground that the 
certificates and affidavits of the said electors were 
not such as the law requires, while many other 
electors, with similar certificates and affidavits, were 
admitted by the said Provost to poll for the said 
John Bateman, the affidavits and certificates of the 
said electors so admitted to poll for the said John 
Bateman, being precisely similar in form and sub- 


K 2 stance, 
e 








SSS 


cee a eS RN RET RAR i tan RS 


ncaa ee eee ae 








68 28° Novembris. A. 1837. 


stance to those which the said Returning Officer 
and his Assessor decided to be defective in the cases 
of the sixty-nine electors who gave, or tendered their 
votes for the said Maurice O’ Connell; that eight per- 
sons were admitted to poll, and did poll, for the 
said John Bateman, who were burgesses or honorary 
freemen, admitted as such burgesses or honorary 
freemen since the Thirty-first of March One thou- 
sand eight hundred and thirty-one, and were not 
entitled to their freedom of said Borough by birth, 
marriage or servitude, but were mere honorary free- 
men or burgesses, and not qualified by law to vote 
at said Election; that none of the burgesses who 
voted at said Election were admitted burgesses 
conformably to the charter of said Borough, but 
their admission was contrary to the provisions of 
said charter, and in other respects contrary to law, 
and none of said burgesses were entitled to be 
registered as such, or to vote at said Election; that 
the said Provost, in particular, admitted one of the 
said burgesses or honorary freemen to vote at said 
Election, though the said person was not registered 
for six months before the teste of the Writ for 
holding the said Election, and was, for that and 
other reasons, not qualified to vote at said Election; 
that many persons who were registered and claimed 
as occupiers, as tenants, or owners of houses, ware- 
houses, counting-houses or shops, were admitted to 
poll for the said John Bateman, who, since the time 
of their registry, had ceased to hold or occupy the 
premises in respect of which they had been so re- 
gistered, and in right of which they claimed to vote, 
and who had thereby become disabled and disqua- 
lified from voting at said Election; that many other 
persons who were registered and claimed to vote as 
tenants or occupiers as aforesaid, were admitted to 
poll, and did poll, in favour of the said John Bate- 
man, who were disabled and disqualified, because 
that since the time of their registry they under-let 
or sub-let part and parcel of the premises in respect 
of which they had been so registered, and in night 
of which they claimed to vote, and did not retain 
in their own possession a part of sufficient value 
to entitle them to vote, or of the bond fide value of 
Ten pounds yearly; that many other persons who 
registered and claimed to vote as such tenants or 
occupiers as aforesaid, were admitted to poll, and 
did poll, in favour of the said John Bateman, who 
did not at the time of such polling hold or occupy 
the premises in respect of which they had been so 
registered, and in right of which they claimed to 
vote, separately, or in their own right, but as joint 
tenants jointly with another person or other persons, 
and therefore were disabled and disqualified from 
voting at said Election; that many were induced 
and compelled to vote, and did vote, in favour of the 
said John Bateman, in consequence of the various 
threats, intimidation and corrupt measures counte- 
nanced and practised by the said John Bateman, his 
friends, agents, supporters and partisans; that the 
said Caleb Chute, acting as such Returning Officer 
as aforesaid, received votes of many persons who, 
during the said Election, or within six calendar 
months previous to it, or within fourteen days after 
it was completed, were employed, by or on behalf of 
the said John Bateman, as agents, attornies, poll- 
clerks, flagmen, or in some other capacity, for the 
purpose of said Election, and who, either before or 
during or after said Election, accepted and took 
from the said John Bateman, or some other person 
or persons on his behalf, payment in money, or 
security for money, for and in consideration or with 
reference to such employment, and who were not 
therefore legally entitled to vote at said Election, 
but who tendered their votes which were received 
for said John Bateman, and whose votes ought to 
have been rejected; that the said John Bateman, 
by himself, his friends or agents, and by some 
person or persons employed on his behalf, before 
and at, and after the teste of the Writ of Summons 


s 








for holding the said Election, in order to procure 
him the said John Bateman to be returned to serve 
in this present Parliament for the said Borough, 
directly or indirectly gave, presented or allowed to 
divers persons having or claiming to have a right 
to vote at the said Election, money, meat, drink, 
entertainment or provision, also made presents, gifts, 
rewards or entertainments, and did promise, agree, 
oblige and engage to give or allow money, meat, 
drink, provision, presents, entertainment or reward, 
to or for such persons having or claiming to have a 
vote or votes at said Election, or for the use, advan- 
tage, benefit, employment, profit or preferment of 
such person or persons, in order to be elected, or for 
his being elected, to serve in Parliament for said 
Borough, and whereby the said John Bateman be- 
came, and was, disabled and incapacitated to serve 
in Parliament for said Borough; that the said 
Provost disallowed the vote of an elector duly 
qualified to vote, who did vote duly in the polling 
booth, and had his vote duly recorded there, yet, 
because said voter would not allow the said Assessor 
of said Provost to administer an oath to him in his 
the said Assessor’s room, which the said Assessor 
had no right in law to administer, the vote of said 
elector was, by said Provost’s or Assessor’s orders, 
struck off the poll; that by the several fraudulent 
and illegal means aforesaid, and by divers other 
corrupt, improper and unconstitutional practices, 
the said John Bateman obtained said colourable 
majority of votes over the said Maurice O’ Connell, 
and procured himself to be returned to serve for the 
said Borough of Tralee, whereas the said Maurice 
O’ Connell ind a large majority of legal votes at 
said Election, and ought to have been returned to 
serve in Parliament for the same; the Petitioners 
therefore humbly pray, that the said John Bateman 
may be declared not duly elected, and that the said 
Maurice O'Connell may be declared to be duly 
elected in place of the said John Bateman, as a 
Burgess duly elected to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the said Borough, and that the Return 
may be amended accordingly, and that the votes of 
the several persons improperly allowed to poll as 


| aforesaid, may be struck off the poll, and that the 


names of all who tendered their votes for said 
Maurice O’ Connell be placed on the said poll, as of 
right they should, and that the House may grant 
such further and other relief in the premises, as to 
the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of De- 
cember next, at the same time that the Petition of 
the there-undersigned Electors of the Borough of 
Tralee, is ordered to be taken into consideration. 

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


Then the other Petition (being a Petition of the 
last class) was read, as followeth ; 


A Petition of Frank Rawson of the Borough Kingston-opor 
of Kingston-upon- Hull, Whartinger’s Clerk, George Hull Electom 


Binks the younger, of the same place, Painter, 
and John Bickerton of the same place, Potato- 
dealer, who were, at the late Election of Members 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, Electors of and 
for the said Borough, and were registered as such 
Electors, and had, or claim to have had, a right 
of voting for Members for the said Borough at 
the said Election, and who did vote thereat, was 
read; setting forth, That he said Election was held 
on Saturday the Twenty-second day of July last, 
and that the polling took place on Monday the 
Twenty-fourth day of July, now last past; that at 
such Election William Hutt, Esquire, Sir Walter 
Charles James, Baronet, William Wilberforce, Es- 


quire, 








1 Victoriz£. 


quire, and Benjamin Wood, Esquire, were the Can- 
didates, and Joseph Sykes, Esquire, was the Return- 
ing Officer, or acted as the Returning Officer, at the 
said Election ; that at the close of the said poll, 
the said Joseph Sykes declared the Election to have 
fallen on William Wilberforce, Esquire, and Sir 
Walter Charles James, Baronet, and the said Wil- 
liam Wilberforce and Sir Walter Charles James were 
accordingly returned as duly elected Members to 
represent the said Borough in this present Parlia- 
ment; that the said William Wilberforce not being 
the eldest son or heir-apparent of any Peer or Lord 
of Parliament, or of any person qualified to serve 
as Knight of a Shire, and not having an estate, free- 
hold or copyhold, for his own life, or for some 
greater estate, either in law or equity, to and for his 
own use and benefit, of or in lands, tenements or 
hereditaments, over and above what would satisfy 
and clear all incumbrances affecting the same, of 
the annual value of Three hundred pounds, above 
reprizes, is not capable to sit or vote as a Member 
of the House of Commons, and that the said Wi/- 
liam Wilberforce, not having been at the time of his 
said Election and Return seised of or entitled to 
such an estate as aforesaid, the Election and Return 
of the said William Wilberforce was and is null and 
void ; that the majority for the said William Wil- 
berforce and Sir Walter Charles James was apparent 
and colourable only, inasmuch as many persons 
were admitted to vote, and did vote, at the said 
Election for the said William Wilberforce.and Sir 
Walter Charles James who were not entitled to vote 
thereat, and whose names ought therefore to be 
struck off the poll; that many. persons were ad- 
mitted to vote, and did vote, at the said Election 
for the said William Wilberforce and Sir Walter 
Charles James, or one of them, who at the time 
of their so voting had ceased to be qualified, or 
had become disqualified from voting thereat, and 
whose names ought therefore to be struck off the 
poll; that many persons were admitted to vote, and 
did vote, at the said Election for the said William 
Wilberforce and Sir Walter Charles James, or one 
of them, whose names appeared upon the Register 
of voters for the said Borough as occupiers of houses, 
warehouses, counting-houses, shops and other build- 
ings, or of such houses, warehouses, counting- 
houses, shops and other buildings together with 
land in the said Borough, but who, at the time of 
their so voting, had not the same qualification for 
which their names were originally inserted in the 
said Register, inasmuch as since the time of their 
respective registry, and _— to the time of 
their so voting at the said Election, they had ceased 
to occupy the premises in right of the occupation of 
which they had been so severally registered as afore- 
said, and did not at the time of their so voting con- 
tinue to occupy the same, or had ceased to occupy 
the premises for which they had been so registered, 
and for which they voted at the said Election, and 
did not at the said Election continue to occupy the 
same; that many persons were admitted to vote, 
and did vote, at the said Election on behalf of the said 
William Wilberforce and Sir Walter Charles James, 
or one of them, whose names appeared upon the 
Register of voters for the said Borough, as occu- 
piers of certain premises in the said Register spe- 
cified and set forth, who at the time of their so 
voting had not the same qualifications for which 
their names were originally inserted in the said Re- 
gister, inasmuch as since the time of their respec- 
tive registry, and previous to the time of their so 
voting at the said Election they had ceased to oc- 
cupy some part of the said premises, and did not in 
fact, at the time of their so voting as aforesaid, con- 
tinue to occupy the whole thereof, or had ceased to 
be rated, or had not paid their rates in respect of 


98° Novembris. 








69 


William Wilberforce and Sir Walter Charles James, 
or one of them, as owners or ages ee of certain 
premises within the said Borough, who were not en- 
titled to vote thereat, inasmuch as before and at the 
time of the registration of such persons, either the 
premises in right of which they voted were not re- 
spectively of the clear yearly value of Ten pounds, 
or the said voters were not themselves the legal and 
actual owners or occupiers of the same, or were not 
duly rated, or had not paid their rates in respect 
thereof, but the said votes were nevertheless impro- 
perly inserted or retained in the Register in conse- 
quence of the decision of the Barrister revising the 
same; that the names of many voters appear upon 
the poll, and were counted on the said poll in fa- 
vour of the said William Wilberforce and Sir Walter 
Charles James, or one of them, who did not in point 
of fact vote for them, but who were personated and 
fraudulently represented by other persons who had 
themselves no title to vote, but who fraudulently 
tendered their votes, and were improperly admitted 
to vote in the names and characters of the said first- 
mentioned voters; that many persons were admitted 
to vote, and did vote, at the said Election for the said 
William Wilberforce and the said Sir Walter Charles 
James, or one of them, at one of the several booths 
erected for taking the poll thereat, who had already 
voted or tendered their votes, and whose votes had 
been already either admitted or rejected at another 
of the said booths; that many persons were ad- 
mitted to vote, and did vote, at the said Election; 
for the said William Wilberforce and Sir Walter 
Charles James, or one of them, although they voted, 
and were admitted to vote, at certain booths which 
were not allotted to the parish, district or part 
wherein the property was situate in respect of which 
they obtained a vote, or wherein their place of 
abode as described in the said Register was situate ; 
that many persons were admitted to vote, and did 
vote, at the said Election for the said William Wil- 
berforce and the said Sir Walter Charles James, or 
one of them, as freemen or burgesses, who were not 
entitled to vote thereat, inasmuch as at the said 
Election or previous to such Election, they had 
ceased to be resident within the said Borough, or 
within Seven statute miles thereof, or within Seven 
statute miles of the place where the poll for the 
said Borough was taken, prior to the Seventh day of 
June One thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, 
and who were thereby disqualified and incapacitated 
from voting thereat by the statute in that behalf 
made and provided; that many persons were ad- 
mitted to vote, and did vote, at the said Election, 
for the said William Wilberforce and Sir Walter 
Charles James, or one of them, who were disabled 
and disqualified from voting thereat by the receipt 
of alms, or parochial relief, some within Twelve 
months before their registration, others within 
Twelve months of the said Election, and others be- 
tween the time of their registry and the said Elec- 
tion ; that many persons were admitted to vote, and 
did vote, at the said Election on behalf of the 
said William Wilberforce and of the said Sir 
Walter Charles James, or of one of them, who 
had been bribed to give their votes thereat, and 
who were thereby disqualified or incapacitated from 
voting ; that many persons were admitted to vote, 
and did vote, at the said Election for the said 
William Wilberforce and for the said Sir Walter 
Charles James, or for one of them, who had given 
or offered bribes to other persons claiming to be 
electors of the said Borough, to induce and procure 
the said last-mentioned persons to give their votes 
to the said William Wilberforce and the said Sir 
Walter Charles James, or to forbear to give them to 
the said William Hutt and Benjamin Wood, or to 
one of them, and who were thereby incapacitated 


such premises ; that many persons were admitted to | and disabled from voting at the said Election; that 


“= — vote, at the said Election for the said | many persons were admitted to vote, and did vote, 
OL. 93, 


K3 at 








70 28° Novembris. A. 1837: 


at the said Election for the said William Wilber- 
force and for the said Sir Walter Charles James, or 
for one of them, who were disqualified and disabled 
from voting, inasmuch as they were at the said 
Election, or within twelve months previously there- 
to, respectively concerned or oe my lee charging, 
collecting, levying or managing the Duties of Excise 
or Customs, or in collecting, receiving or managing 
the Duties on stamped vellum, parchment and paper, 
or were severally appointed by the Commissioners 
for the distributing of Stamps, or inasmuch as they 
were at the said Election, or within twelve months 
previous thereto, respectively employed by or under 
the Postmaster, or Pestnaster General, or his or 
their deputy, in receiving, collecting or managing 
the Revenue of the Post Office, or part thereof; 
that many persons were admitted to vote, and did 
vote, at the said Election for the said William Wil- 
berforce and for the said Sir Walter Charles James, 
or for one of them, who were disqualified and inca- 
pable of voting thereat, inasmuch as they were re- 
spectively, either during the said Election, or within 
six months previous to the said Election, or within 
fourteen days after it was completed, employed at 
such Election as agents, attornies, poll-clerks, flag- 
men, or in some other capacity, for the purpose of 
such Election, and accepted or took from the said 
William Wilberforce and Sir Walter Charles James, 
or one of them, or from some other person, in consi- 
deration of or with reference to such employment, 
sums of money, retaining fees, offices, places or 
employments, or the promise of or some security 
for the same; that many persons were admitted to 
vote, and did vote, at the said Election for the said 
William Wilberforce and Sir Walter Charles James, 
or one of them, who had been unduly registered 
as freemen or burgesses of the said Borough, but 
who at the time of the said registry had not resided 
for six months previous thereto within the said Bo- 
rough, or within Seven statute miles thereof; that 
many persons were admitted to vote, and did vote, 
at the said Election for the said William Wilber- 
force and Sir Walter Charles James, or one of them, 
who had been unduly registered as the occupiers of 
premises within the said Borough, inasmuch as the 
premises in respect of which they were so respec- 
tively registered, were not at the time of their registry 
of the clear yearly value of not less than Ten 
pounds, or that the said persons were not respec- 
tively in the legal or actual occupation of the same, 
or had not occupied the same for twelve months 
previous, or that they were not respectively rated in 
respect thereof, or had not on or before the twen- 
tieth day of July next previous to such registry, 

aid all the poor-rates and assessed taxes which had 
eens payable by them respectively, in respect of 
such premises previously to the Sixth day of April 
next preceding the said registry; that many persons 
were admitted to vote, and did vote, at the said 
Election for the said William Wilberforce and Sir 
Walter Charles James, or one of them, who were 
incapable of voting thereat, by reason of their being 
convicted of felony, or being minors or aliens, and 
not having been naturalized or become denizens of 
the realm; that many persons were admitted to 
vote, and did vote, at the said Election for the said 
Wiiliam Wilberforce and Sir Walter Charles James, 
or for one of them, who since the time of their re- 
gistry, and previous to the time of their voting, had 
become bankrupts or insolvents, and had thereby 
lost their qualification and become disqualified from 
voting; that many persons were admitted to vote, 
and did vote, at the said Election for the said Wil- 
liam Wilberforce and Sir Walter Charles James, or 
for one of them, who from various other causes, 
besides those hereinbefore enumerated, were inca- 
pacitated and disentitled to vote thereat, and whose 
names, as well as those of the persons above-men- 
tioned, ought to be struck off the poll accordingly, 





whereby a targe majority of legal votes will appear 
on behalf of the aforesaid William Hutt and Benja- 
min Wood ; that divers persons were rejected at the 
poll at the said Election, who tendered their votes 
for the said William Hutt and Benjamin Wood, or 
for one of them, and who were improperly omitted 
or refused to be inserted on the Register in conse- 
quence of the erroneous decisions of the Barristers 
revising the same ; that, as well before as after the 
teste or issuing out of the Writ for the said Elec- 
tion, the said William Wilberforce and Sir Walter 
Charles James did, by themselves, their agents and 
partisans, and by persons employed and acting for 
them, or one of them, by divers ways and means on 
their and each of their behalf, at their and each of 
their charge, before the said Election, directly or 
indirectly, give, present or allow to persons having 
a voice or vote in such Election, money, meat, drink, 
entertainment and provisions, and did make pre- 
sents, gifts, rewards and entertainments, or pro- 
mises, agreements, obligations or engagements, to 
give or allow money, meat, drink, provisions, pre- 
sents, or rewards and entertainments to or for the 
said last-mentioned persons, and to or for their use, 
benefit, employment, profit or preferment, in order 
to be elected, and for being elected, to serve in Par- 
liament for the said Borough; that the said William 
Wilberforce and Sir Walter Charles James, by them- 
selves, their agents, friends and managers, and by 
persons employed by and acting for them, and on 
their behalf, before, at and during the said Elec- 
tion, were guilty of open, extensive and notorious 
bribery and corrupt and illegal practices, in order 
to corrupt and procure, and did endeavour thereby 
to corrupt and procure, and did thereby corrupt and 
procure, divers persons having or claiming to have a 
right to vote at the said Election, to give their votes 
in favour of them the said William Wilberforce and 
Sir Walter Charles James, or one of them, or to for- 
bear to give them in favour of the said William 
Hutt and Benjamin Wood, or one of them, in vio- 
lation of the rules, orders and privileges of the 
House, to the grievous scandal and detriment of 
the Petitioners and the other electors of the said 
Borough, and in contempt and defiance of the free- 
dom and purity of Election; the Petitioners there- 
fore humbly pray, that the House will take the pre- 
mises into their consideration, and will declare that 
the said Election and Return. of the said William 
Wilberforce, Esquire, and Sir Walter Charles James, 
Baronet, is wholly null and void, and that the said 
Willkam Hutt, Esquire, and Benjamin Wood, Esquire, 
were duly elected, and ought to have been returned 
at the said Election, and will direct that the names 
of the said William Wilberforce and Sir Walter 
Charles James be forthwith erased from the said 
Return, and the names of the said William Hutt 
and Benjamin Wood substituted therein in their 
place, and to grant to the Petitioners such further 
and other relief as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of De- 
cember next, at ten minutes after four of the clock 
in the Afternoon. 

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


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of No- Postage. 


blemen, Gentlemen, Commissioners of Supply, Jus- 
tices of the Peace and Magistrates of towns, in the 
county of Renfrew, praying for a reduction of the 
rates of Postage on Letters, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Poor Law 
Guardians of the Preston Union, praying for the — 


amendment of the Poor Law Amendment Act, was 
presented, 


Cheste 
Inclosv 


Swave 
Inclos 


Caml 
and 


Road 


Lint 
Incl 


Tim 


fi 





Chesterton 
Inclosuree 


Swavesey 
Inclosure, 


Cambridge 
and Arrington 
Road. 


Linton 
Inclosure. 


Timber, 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Registration of 
J oters 
( Ireland.) 


Treasurers 
of Counties 
(Jreland.) 


Charities, 


Fictitious Votes 
(Ireland) 





1 Vicroriz. 


presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Poor Law Amendment Act. 


A Petition of Persons interested in the open and 
common fields, common meadows, common pastures, 
commons and other commonable lands and waste 
grounds lying within the parish of Chesterton, in 
the county of Cambridge, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for dividing, inclosing and allotting the said open 
and Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common 
Pastures, Commons and other Commonable Lands 
and Waste Grounds, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of Persons interested in the open and 
common fields, common meadows, common pastures, 
commons and other commonable lands and waste 
grounds lying in the parish of Swavesey, in the 
county of Cambridge, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
dividing, inclosing and allotting the said Open and 
Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common Pas- 
tures, Commons and other Commonable Lands, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts for 
repairing the Road from Cambridge to the Old North 
Road near Arrington Bridge, in the County of Cam- 
bridge, for leave to bring in a Bill for continuing the 
term, and altering and amending the said Acts, and 
for increasing or altering the tolls, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Persons interested in the open and 
commen fields, common meadows, common pastures, 
commons and other commonable lands and waste 
grounds lying within the parish of Linton, in the 
county of Cambridge, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
dividing, inclosing and allotting the said Open and 
Common Fields, Common Meadows, Common Pas- 
tures, Commons and other Commonable Lands, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account, showing the several Amounts paid as 
Drawback on Timber imported for and used in the 
Mines of Tin, Lead or Copper, in the Counties of 
Devon and Cornwail, in each year, since such Draw- 
back has been by law allowed. 


Ordered, That the Petition of the Members of the 
British Medical Association, which was presented 
yesterday, be referred to the Select Committee on 
the Poor Law Amendment Act. 


Petitions from the county of Tipperary ;—and, 
Clonmel; praying the House to pass a Law, giving 
to the people of Jreland a Revision of the Registra- 
tion of Voters, similar to that Annual Revision enjoyed 
by the people of England,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Robert Stewart presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of the 
Order of the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland in Council, 
appointing Rules or Regulations for regulating the 
Audit of the Accounts of Treasurers of Counties and 
Counties of Cities in Ireland. 

‘ — That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s 
command, — The Thirty-second Report of the 
Commissioners for inquiring concerning Charities 
(Part I.) 


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


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire how far the intentions of the Reform Bill 
are defeated by creating and registering Fictitious 


and improper Votes in Ireland. 
Vou. i 


28° Novembris. 


71 


Ordered, That the Committee be nominated To- 
morrow. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Sees of Carlisle 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to snd Sodor and 
relieve the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of England” *"’ 
and Wales from the duty of laying before Her 
Majesty in Council a Scheme for uniting the Sees 
of Carlisle and Sodor and Mann :—And a Debate 
arising thereupon—— 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrar and Message from 
Sir Giffin Wilson : ie. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Meugens’ 
for naturalizing Peter Joseph Meugens ; to which the Nat. Bill. 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Patry’s 
for naturalizing James Patry ; to which the Lords N+: Bil. 
desire the concurrrence of this House :—And then 
the Messengers withdrew. 


Then the House resumed the said Debate: 

And the Question being put, That leave be given Sees of Carlisle 
to bring in a Bill to relieve the Ecclesiastical Com- nd Sodor and 
missioners of England and Wales from the duty of _— 
laying before Her Majesty in Council a Scheme for 
uniting the Sees of Carlisle and Sodor and Mann; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the { Sir Harry Verney, L 53 
Yeas, Sir Robert Harry Inglis: f °°* 
Tellers for the f Lord Seymour, 7 159 


Noes, 1 Mr. Baring: 
So it passed in the Negative. 


J 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Grand Juries. 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to abolish 
Grand Juries in England and Wales ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Pryme, VL os 
Yeas, Mr. Warburton : Sir 
Tellers for the f Mr. Edward John Stanley, \ 196 
Noes, | Lord Dalmeny : | amas 
So it passed in the Negative. 


The House was moved, That the Act 39 and 40 Custody of 
Geo. 3. c. 94, for the safe Custody of Insane Persons 5° Persons. 
charged with Offences, might be read ; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill - 
to repeal so much of the eaid Act as authorizes Ma- 
 opnanen to commit to Gaols or Houses of Correction 

ersons who are apprehended under circumstances 
that denote a derangement of mind, and a purpose 
of committing a crime, and.to make other provisions 
for the safe Custody of such Persons: And that Mr. 
Barneby and Mr. Nicholl do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Ordered, That a Select Committee be pnt Highway Act. 
to inguire into the operation of an Act pore in the 
5th and 6th years of the reign of his late Majesty, 
relating to Highways in that part of Great Britain 
called England :—And a Committee was appointed 
of Mr. Barneby, Mr. Shaw My ae Lord Viscount 
Lowther, Sir Robert Price, Sir Eardley Wilmot, Lord 
Worsley, Lord Viscount Clive, Sir George Strickland, 

Mr. Bethell, Mr. Handley, Mr. Edward Stanley, Mr. 

Edward Buller, Lord Eliot, Mr. Bowes, and Mr. 

Tatton Egerton; with Power to send for persons, 
apers and records. 


Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Recovery of 
facilitate the Recovery of Possession of Tenements Tenements Bill. 
after due determination of the Tenancy: And that 
Mr. Aglionby and Mr. Warburton do prepare, and 
bring it in. 

K4 





Ordered, 








72 


Controverted Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 

Election Fees. +4 inquire into the several Fees charged under au- 
thority of Mr. Speaker, upon the trial of Contro- 
verted Elections ; and to consider how far the Pub- 
lic Interests may be promoted by an alteration in or 
repeal of these Fees:—And a Committee was ap- 
pointed of Mr. Hume, Mr. Robert Gordon, Sir Tho- 
mas Fremantle, Colonel Davies, Mr. John Parker, 
Mr. Lascelles, Mr. William Smith O’Brien, Sir 
James Duke, Mr. Aglionby, Mr. Mackinnon, Mr. 
Guest, Sir Stratford Canning, Mr. Williams Wynn, 
Mr. Charles Buller, and Captain Pechell, with Power 
to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five ™ the Quorum. 


Ordered, That the First Report of the Commis- 
sioners appointed toinquire into the Fees, Perquisites 
and Emoluments of certain Public Offices, (dated 
11th April 1786), which was presented upon the 
11th day of June 1793, be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the First Report of the Committee 
appointed by the Lords Commissioners of His Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury, to inquire into the Fees, Gratuities, 
Perquisites and Emoluments of Public Offices, which 
was presented upon the 22d day of March, in the 
last Session of Parliament, be referred to the Com- 
mittee. 

Ordered, That the Second and final Report of the 
said Committee, which was presented upon the 4th 
day of May in the same Session of Parliament, be 
referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Petition of Sir William Robert 
Sydney, which was presented upon Tuesday last, be 
referred to the Committee. 


Papers referred. 


Post Office. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Names of Persons in the employ of 
the Post Office in Great Britain and Ireland, against 
whom any complaints have been made for having 
voted at the late Election of Members of Parliament, 
and - those who have been dismissed for having 
voted. 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to the Eccle- 
siastical Commission, which were presented upon 


Friday last, be printed. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission. 


No. 10. 


The Commissions of the Peace Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House. 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee :—The a 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee ; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Sir Robert Price reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Sir Robert Price reported the Bill accordingly ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Commissions of 
the Peace Bill. 


Cerete of Mr. Barneby presented a Bill to repeal so much 
Insane Persons of an Act passed in the thirty-ninth and fortieth 
Bill. years of the reign of King George the Third, as au- 

No.9. — rhorizes Magistrates to commit to Gaols or Houses 


of Correction Persons who are apprehended under 
circumstances that denote a derangement of mind, 
and a purpose of committing a crime, and to make 
other provisions for the safe Custody of such Per- 
sons: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Friday next; 
and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





28°—99° Novembris. 





A. 1837. 


Mercuri, 29° die Novembris. 


Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1837. 





PRAYERS. 


M*® Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in ; Herring 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to the Fishery. 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Report, 

by the Commissioners for the Herring Fishery, of 
their Proceedings, year ended 5th April 1837, being 
Fishing 1836. 

Abstract of the Accounts of the Commissioners Of Northern 
the Northern Lighthouses, for the three quarters Lights. 
ending 31st December 1836. 

Copy of Warrant granting a Compensation Allow- Court of Sesion 
ance of 300/, per annum to William Carmichael, Scotland.) 
late Assistant Clerk of Session (Scotland) 1837. 

A Return of Monies issued out of the Conso- Mint. 

lidated Fund for effecting the purchase of Bullion 
for Coinage, or of Advances otherwise received by 
the Master of the Mint, in order to provide Coin for 
the Public Service, showing the Amount of the 
purchases of Bullion at the market and Mint prices, 
with the Seignorage accruing on the Coinage :— 
Also, of the several Sums paid from time to time 
into Her Majesty’s Exchequer for the use of the 
Consolidated Fund out of Cash received by the 
Master of the Mint in payment for Coin delivered, 
being in repayment of the advances so made, and 
on account of the Seignorage accruing on the coin- 
age, from the 5th day of April to the 31st day of 
October 1837 :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Smee, from the Bank of England, was called Bauk of 
in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to the direc- apt. 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—An Account of the 
Amount of Balances of Sums issued for the pay- 
ment of Dividends due and not demanded, and for 
the payment of Lottery Prizes, or Benefits which had 
not been claimed, and which remained in the hands 
of the Governor and Company of the Bank of Eng- 
land on the there under-mentioned days, being those 
next before the issue from the Exchequer of Money 
for the payment of Dividends on account of the 
National Debt, for each of the four preceding 
Quarters respectively :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Sh 


Mr. Tierney, from the Tax Office, was called in; Assessed Taxes 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions 
of an Act of Parliament,—Return, by the Solicitor 
for the Affairs of Taxes in England, of Copies of all 
Cases which have been stated and signed by Com- 
missioners acting in the execution of the Acts re- 
lating to the Assessed Taxes subsequent to the 
10th day of February 1837, being the date of a like 
Return made under the directions of the same Act 
in the last Session of Parliament:—And then he 
withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Return dolie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Right Honourable John Lord Exmouth 
Rolle, of Stevenstone, in the county of Devon, for Barbet. 
leave to bring in a Bill for the better regulation of 
the Market House erected by the Petitioner, in the 
town of Exmouth, for fixing the amount of Tolls, 
rents and dues to be paid within the same, and for 
preventing the Sale of Marketable Produce in the 
streets and thoroughfares of the said town, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Patry’s Naturalization Bill was read the first eat oe 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. : 


A Petition of the Minister, Churchwardens, Over- Paddington 
seers of the Poor, and Inhabitants, Householders of Estates. 
Paddington, for leave to bring in a Bill for vesting 

in 


xe, 


Shaftesbury 
Election. 


1 Victrortiz. 


in Trustees certain lands belonging to the said parish, 
called or known by the name of the Bread and 
Cheese Lands, situate at Bayswater and Westbourne, 
in the said parish, and for enabling the Trustees 
to demise or lease the said lands, or any part thereof, 
for any term or number of years not exceeding 
ninety-nine years, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of George Benvenuto Mathew, of the 
Lyth, in the county of Salop, Esquire, a Captain in 
the Army, William Swayne, of Shaftesbury, in the 
county of Dorset, Bookseller, and of Edmund God- 
win, of the same place, Innkeeper, was delivered in, 
and read; setting forth, That at the last Election of 
a Member to serve in Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough of Shaftesbury, in the month of July now 
last past, the said Petitioner George Benvenuto 
Mathew and John Sayer Poulter, Esquires, were 
Candidates to represent the said Borough in this 


29° Novembris. 





present Parliament, and the said Petitioners, William 
Swayne and Edmund Godwin were electors of and | 
for the said Borough, and were registered as such | 
electors, and had, or claim to have had, a right of 
voting for a Member at the said Election, and did | 
vote thereat; that the Mayor of the said Borough | 
is the Returning Ofticer for the said Borough, and 
that William Burridge, Gentleman, was such Mayor, 
and took the poll at the said Election; that the said 
poll was had and taken on the Twenty-sixth day of 
July now last past, and the said John Sayer Poulter 
was declared to have had the majority of votes, and 
was returned as duly elected to represent the said Bo- 
rough in this present Parliament; that the ancient 
and reserved right of voting for the said Borough 
is only in the inhabitants of the said Borough pay- 
ing scot and lot, and that the persons entitled to 
vote in any Election of a Member for the said Bo- 
rough, are persons possessed of a franchise under 
the said ancient and reserved right, and persons 
possessed of a franchise by virtue of the new rights 
conferred in and by the Act passed in the second 
year of the reign of his late Majesty King William 
the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act to amend the Re- 
presentation of the People in England and Wales ;” 
that the said majority upon which the said John | 
Sayer Poulter was so returned as duly elected to | 
represent the said Borough in this Parliament was 
a colourable majority only, masmuch as many per- 
sons who were not entitled to vote at the said Elec- 
tion were admitted to vote thereat for the said John 
Sayer Poulter; that many persons were admitted 
to vote at said Election, and are on the poll, for the 
said John Sayer Poulter, who had not at the time 
of polling any such qualification in respect of pro- 
perty, or occupation, or value, or inhabitancy, or 
rating, or payment of rates, or otherwise, as is re- 
quired by law to entitle them to vote at such Elec- 
tion; that many persons were allowed to vote, and 
are on the poll, for the said John Sayer Poulter, 
who had not at the time of voting the qualification 
in respect of which they were registered, but had 
ceased to possess or changed, or otherwise departed 
with the same ; that many persons were allowed to 
vote at the said Election for the said John Sayer | 
Poulter in respect of the right reserved in the said 
Borough, who were not entitled to vote in respect 
of such reserved right by reason of their not having 
had at the said Election any property in respect of 
which they could be or were rated to the rate for the 
relief of the poor, and others who had ceased to be 
in the occupation of such property, and others who 
were disqualified by reason of their not being rated, 
or of having refused to pay or not having paid their 
rates ; that divers other persons not entitled to vote 
in the Election for the said Borough, or to have their 
names inserted in the lists of electors on the Register 


for the said Borough, by reason of their not having 
Vot. 93. 








73 


any lawful qualification in respect of property or oc- 
cupation or value, or inhabitancy, or rating, or pay- 
ment of rates or otherwise, had nevertheless their 
names inserted in the lists delivered to the Revising 
Barristers, and were retained or inserted therein by 
the said Barristers, and were and are upon the Re- 
gister in force at the time of the said Election, some 
by reason of their not being objected to before the 
said Barristers, and others by reason of the illegal 
decisions of the said Barristers upon objections duly 
made, and the said persons were allowed and ad- 
mitted to vote at the said Election, and voted for 
the said John Sayer Poulter; that divers other per- 
sons whose names appear in the said Register for 
the said Borough, were not by law entitled to vote 
at the said Election for the qualifications described 
in such Register, and divers others were not entitled 
to vote by reason that their respective places of 
abode, or the nature of their respective qualifications, 
or the local or other description of their respective 
properties, by law required to be described, is or are 
incorrectly or insufficiently described in the said Re- 
gister, and that the said persons voted at the said 
Election for the said John Sayer Poulter ; that divers 
persons who were by law incapable of voting at the 
said Election, by reason of their having during such 
Election, or within six calendar months of such 
Election, or within fourteen days after such Election, 
been employed as agents, attornies, flag-men, poll- 
clerks, or in some other capacity, at or for the pur- 
— of such Election, and by reason of their 

aving, either before or during or since such Election, 
accepted and taken from the said John Sayer Poulter, 
or from some other person, in consideration of, or 
with reference to, such their several employments, 
certain sums of money, retaining fees, offices, places 
or emoluments or rewards, were nevertheless allowed 
and admitted to vote at the said Election, and did 
vote for the said John Sayer Poulter ; that divers 
other persons were allowed to vote at the said Elec- 
tion, and voted for the said John Sayer Poulter, 
who were disabled or disqualified from or incapable 
of voting at the said Election, by reason of their 
being at the time of the said Election, or within 
twelve months previous to such Election, concerned 


| or employed in the charging, collecting, levying or 


managing the duties of Excise or Customs, or as 
Postmasters or their deputies, or persons employed 
by or under them, in receiving, collecting or ma- 
naging the revenue of the Post-office, or some part 
thereof; that divers other persons voted at the said 
Election for the said John Sayer Poulter who were 
disqualified from voting at the said Election ; that 
divers other persons voted at the said Election for 
the said John Sayer Poulter who were by law dis- 
abled or disqualified from voting, or incompetent to 
vote at the said Election; that divers persons duly 
registered, and entitled to vote at the said Election, 
and who would have voted thereat for the said Peti- 
tioner George Benvenuto Mathew, were prevented 
from voting thereat, and from tendering their votes 
at the poll for the said Petitioner, by reason of their 
being wilfully and purposely obstructed in their way 
to the Town Hall, where the said poll was taken, by 
the friends and voters and other persons in the in- 
terest of the said John Sayer Poulter, so that they 
were unable to present themselves at the polling 
place, and to tender their votes before the expiration 
of the time limited by law for taking the poll; and 
divers other such persons who would have voted 
for the said Petitioner George Benvenuto Mathew 
were prevented from voting at the said Election, 
and tendering their votes at the poll for the said 
Petitioner, by reason of their being refused admit- 
tance into the said Town Hall, where the said poll 
was taken as aforesaid, by the constables and others 
who were stationed at the outer gates of the said 
hall, and being prevented from entering the said 
hall, in consequence of the said outer gates being 

L closed 








74 


closed by the said persons stationed thereat, although 
at the time of such refusal, and when they were so 
prevented from entering the said hall as aforesaid, 
the lawful time for closing the said se had not 
arrived, but the said poll was or ought by law to 
have been, and remained open, and the said persons 
ought to have been admitted to tender their votes, 
and were by law entitled and ought to have been 
placed upon the poll in favour of the said Petitioner ; 
that there was no legal list or Register, and that no 
persons were legally registered for the parish of 
Stower Provost mm the said Borough, nor were any 
persons voting in respect of their being registered 
in and for the said parish entitled to vote at the said 
Jast Election, but that divers persons illegally regis- 
tered in and for the said parish voted at that Elec- 
tion; that the list for the said parish, which ought 
to have been delivered to the Revising Barristers, 
together with the other lists for the said Borough, 
at the opening of the first Court to be held by such 
Barristers for revising the lists for the said Borough, 
and which Court was held by the said Barristers on 
the Twenty-fourth day of October in the year One 
thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, at the Town 
Hall in the said Borough, was not delivered to the 
said Barristers at that Court, as by law it ought to 
have been, but the Petitioners have been informed, 
and believe, that such list was afterwards delivered 
by the overseer of the said parish to one of the 
said Barristers only, to wit, on the Third day of No- 
vember in the year last aforesaid, and was then 
signed by such Barrister, no public notice whatever 
having been given of any Court to be held on the 
said Third day of November, by reason of which 
premises no persons were in attendance to object to 
the names of sundry persons —— inserted in 
the said list, nor were any such objections made, 
and the said list was illegally delivered to be revised, 
and was illegally settled and signed by the said 
Barrister, and is and was wholly null and void ; and 
the said Register in force at the said Election, or the 
said Register, so far as the same relates to the said 
list, is also null and void, and the persons inserted 
in the said list and in the said Register, or the per- 
sons inserted in the said Register in respect of the 
said list, were incapable of voting at the said Elec- 
tion, but all such persons did vote thereat, and the 
persons in the said Register whose names were in- 
serted in the said list, are upon the said _ and 
were counted in the said poll by the said Mayor at 
the close of the said Election; that the said John 
Sayer Poulter not being the eldest son or heir ap- 
parent of any Peer of Parliament, or of any person 


serving or qualified to serve as a Knight of the Shire, | 


and not having an estate of freehold or copyhold 
for his own life or for some greater estate, either in 
law or equity to and for his own use and benefit, of 
or in lands, tenements or hereditaments, over and 
above what will satisfy and clear all incumbrances 
affecting the same, of the annual value of Three 
hundred pounds, above reprizes, is not capable to sit 
or vote as a Member of the House of Commons, 
and that his said Election and Return are void ; that 
by reason of the premises in this Petition set forth, 
and from other irregularities and illegal proceedings 
in the conduct of the said poll and Election, the 
said majority for the said John Sayer Poulter was 
an apparent and colourable majority only, and the 
said Return is illegal and erroneous, and ought to 
be corrected and amended, or the said Election de- 
clared null and void ; the Petitioners therefore hum- 
bly pray, that the said Election and Return of the 
said John Sayer Poulter may be declared null and 
void, and that the said Petitioner, George Benvenuto 
Mathew may be declared to have been duly elected, 
and that the name of the said John Sayer Poulter 
may be erased from the said Return, and the name 
of the said Petitioner, George Benvenuto Mathew 
may be substituted in lieu thereof, or that the said 


29° Novembris. 


A, 1837. 


Election and Return may be declared null and void ; 
and that such further or other relief may be granted 
in the premises as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of Decem- 
ber next, at a quarter of an hour after four of the 
clock in the Afternoon. 

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


A Petition of the Chamber of Commerce and Postage. 
Manufactures established by Royal Charter in the 
city of Glasgow, praying for a uniform and low rate 
of Postage on Letters, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Postage. 
W 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Crown Rights 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Seollend.) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of any Rights belonging to the 
Crown along the Sea Shores of Scotland which may 
have been granted since the Union; distinguishing 
the nature of such Rights, to whom granted, and 
for what consideration. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Maicsty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Meugens’ Naturalization Bill was read the first Meugens’ 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. Nat. Bill 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s Poor Laws 
command,—Second Report of George Nicholls, (rl) 
Esquire, to Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of 
State for the Home Department on Poor Laws, 
Ireland. 

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


The House was moved, That the Order made upon Manor Courts 
Friday last, That a Select Committee be appointed (!telan4.) 
to inquire into the operation of the Small Debt Juris- 
diction of Manor Courts in Jreland, the abuses 
which may exist therein, and the remedies proper to 
be applied, might be read; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Morgan 
John O'Connell, Mr. Attorney General for Lreland, 

Mr. Lynch, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Villiers Stuart, Mr. 
French, Sir Edmond Hayes, the Earl of Hiilsbo- 
rough, Mr. Jephson, Mr. Wyse, Mr. Mackinnon, 
Mr. Bridgeman, Mr. Maher, Captain Meynell, and 
Mr. Litton; with Power to send for persons, papers A 
and records. : 
Ordered, Five be the Quorum. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House was moved, That the Order made Fictitious Votes 
yesterday, That a Select Committee be appointed to (Ireland) 
inquire how far the intentions of the Reform Bill 
are defeated by creating and registering Fictitious 
and improper Votes in Treland, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Lord Granville 

Somerset, Mr. O’ Connell, Mr. Lefroy, Mr. Curry, 
Mr. Serjeant Jackson, Mr. Beamish, Mr. Lucas, Mr. 
Morgan John O’ Connell, Mr. Gaskell, Mr. Serjeant 
Bail, Mr. Hogg, Mr. French, Mr. Litton, Mr. 
Dennistoun, and Sir Robert Ferguson ; with Power 
to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


for a limited term, Commissions 


The ingrossed Bill to continue, Dil 


all such Commissions of the Peace as were in force t* 





at 


William Smith. 


Danish Claims. 


Patents for 
Inventions Bill, 


Church 
Commissions. 


No. 11. 


Treasurers 

of Counties 

(Ireland.) 
No. 12, 


ill, 


1 Vicroriz. 


at the time of the demise of his late Majesty King 
William the Fourth, and as have not been superseded, 
determined or made void during the reign of Her 
present Majesty, was, according to Order, read the 
third time; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to continue, for Six calendar 
Months all such Commissions of the Peace as were 
in force at the time of the Decease of his late Ma- 
jesty King William the Fourth, and as have not been 
superseded, determined, or made void during the 
reign of Her present Majesty. 

Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor General do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- 
jesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give 
directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of any Correspondence which may _ have 
passed between the Secretary of State for the Home 
Department and the Chairman of the Quarter Sessions 
for the County of Northampton, relative to the libe- 
ration of William Smith, who was convicted of de- 
stroying his father’s Will, and sentenced to Trans- 
portation for Seven years :—It passed in the Ne- 
gative. 


A Petition of Merchants and others, sufferers by 
the confiscation of “ Goods on Shore” in Denmark, 
in the year 1807, whose claims for compensation 
have been rejected on the ground that such claims 
were not delivered in, or else that the evidence in 
support of them was not completed, within the Three 
months allowed for those purposes by the Lords of 
the Treasury, and who have been thereby excluded 
from the compensation awarded them by the House, 
and which has been received by others having pre- 
cisely similar and no better grounds of claim; and 
praying for an investigation of their case by a Com- 
mittee of the House, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Law of Patents, and to secure to Indi- 
viduals the benefit of their Inventions: And that 
Mr. Mackinnon and Mr. Baines do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That Copies of the Communications 
addressed to His Majesty’s Commissioners appointed 
to consider the state of the Established Church in 
England and Wales, with reference to Ecclesiastical 
Duties and Revenues, and to the Ecclesiastical Com- 
missioners for England relating to the union of the 
Bishoprick of Sodor and Mann with that of Carlisle ; 
and also, Copies of the Communications made to the 
same Commissioners from Cathedral and Collegiate 
Churches in England and Wales, and from their 
several Chapters, Dignitaries, Members and Officers, 
which were presented upon the 12th day of April 
and the 19th day of May in the last Session of Par- 
liament, be reprinted. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Treasurers of 
Counties (Ireland), which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Vot. 93. 


20°—30° Novembris. 











Jovis, 30° die Novembris ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1837. 


PRAYERS. 


A PETITION of Proprietors of Estates in the sutton 
parish of Sutton in the Isle of Ely and county Inclosure. 
of Cambridge, for leave to bring in a Bill for dividing, 
allotting and enclosing several Open Fields, Com- 
monable Lands, Meadow and Lammas Lands, and 

divers Waste Lands and Grounds within the said 

parish, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 

Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Cheltenham, praying Education. 
for the adoption of a system of National Education, ’ 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from the Dean and Chapter of the Ca- Diocese of 
thedral Church of Wells;—and, Clergy, Gentry and Sodor and 
Tradesmen of Wem ; praying that the Bishopric of ~*"" 
Sodor and Mann may not be annexed to the See of 


Carlisle,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Turnpike 
Returns of all Turnpike Trust Roads which the Post- Roads. 
master General has felt it necessary to cause to be 
indicted on account of their inefficient state of Re- 
pair during the last Twelve months; and of all 
‘Turnpike Trust Roads which the Postmaster General 
has had occasion to communicate with on account 
of their inefficient state of Repair, during the last 
Twelve months. 


A Petition of the several persons whose names are Reading 
thereunto subscribed, Electors of the Borough of Election. 
Reading, in the county of Berks, was delivered in, 
and read; setting forth, That the Petitioners were 
at the last Election of Members to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough of Reading, 
electors of the said Borough, and were Registered 
as such electors, and had, or claimed to have had a 
right of voting for Members for the said Borough at 
the said Election, and did vote thereat ; that at the 
said last Election of Members to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the said Borough of Reading, in 
the month of July now last past, Charles Russell, 
Esquire, Thomas Noon Talfourd, Esquire, Serjeant- 
at-law, and Charles Fyshe Palmer, listen were 
Candidates to represent the said Borough in Parlia- 
ment; that William Tuppen, Esquire, the Mayor of 
the said Borough, was, or acted as, the Returning 
Officer at that Election and that the poll at such 
Election was taken on the Twenty-fourth day of 
J Wy aforesaid ; that the said Thomas Noon Talfourd 
and Charles Fyshe Palmer were declared by the 
said William Tuppen to have had a majority of votes 
at the said Election, and were returned as duly 
elected to represent the said Borough in this pre- 
sent Parliament ; that the ancient and reserved right 
of voting in the said Borough is in the inhabitants 
only paying scot and lot; that the said majority for 
the said Charles Fyshe Palmer was only an apparent 
and colourable majority, inasmuch as the votes of 
divers persons were accepted and recorded in favour 
of the said Charles Fyshe Palmer, who were not 
legally entitled, and had no lawful right, to vote at 
the said Election ; that many persons who were not 
qualified or entitled under and by virtue of the Act 
passed in the second year of his late Majesty’s 
reign, intituled, “ An Act to amend the Representa- 
tion of the People in England and Wales,” as electors 
in the said Borough, in respect of occupation or 
residence within the same, or within the district 
prescribed in the said Act of Parliament, or in re- 
spect of being rated, or paying rates or taxes in the 
manner prescribed by the said Act, to be inserted in 
the Register to be made under the said Act of Par- 
liament, of the electors to vote in the choice of Mem- 
bers of Parliament for the said Borough for this 

L2 Parliament, 








76 30° Novembris. 


Parliament, and many persons who were not so 
qualified or entitled under and by virtue of the re- 
served right of voting in the said Borough by reason 
of inhabitancy, or being rated, or paying rates, or 
otherwise, did nevertheless procure their names to be 
inserted in the lists to be delivered to be revised by 
the Barristers appointed under the provisions of the 
said Act to revise such lists and Register for the said 
Borough ; and many other persons who were not 
qualified in respect of occupation or residence, or 
otherwise, under the provisions of the said Act, or in 
respect of being rated, or paying rates or taxes as. 
aforesaid, or in respect of inhabitancy, or being rated 
or paying rates or otherwise, under and by virtue of 
the said reserved right, were improperly inserted in 
such last-mentioned lists by the overseers or persons 
who were authorized and required by the said Act of 
Parliament to make out such lists, and such persons 
so included in such lists were, by the said Barristers 
who revised the same, retained on such Register, 
in many cases on the ground, or supposed or al- 
leged ground, of no objections being made to 
the insertion of such unqualified persons before 
such Barristers in such lists, and in many other 
cases on the ground, or supposed or alleged ground, 
of alleged or supposed irregularities in the form 
or mode or manner of making objections to such 
unqualified persons ; and many persons who claimed 
to be entitled, in respect of property, as owners or 
occupiers, and residents, to be voters and electors, 
under the provisions of the said Act, or as inhabitants, 
and being rated, and having paid their rates or other- 
wise, by virtue of the said reserved right, but who 
were respectively subject to legal incapacities, or 
being by the receipt of alms or parochial relief, within 
the period specified in the Act disqualified, and who 
were not entitled to be registered or to vote in the 
Election of Members to serve in Parliament for the 
said Borough, did nevertheless procure their names 
to be inserted in the lists of voters for the said 
Borough, as electors, or were improperly inserted in 
the said lists, and were retained on the lists and 
registered by the Revising Barristers, or were unduly 
inserted in such lists and Register by the said Bar- 
risters, and no scrutiny of votes being by the said 
Act allowed, by or before the Returning Officer, 





A. 1837. 


serted in the Register, and many persons who were 
minors or aliens, or had become bankrupt or insol- 
vent, or who had received bribes and rewards, or 
promises of rewards or employments, for their votes 
or for voting at the said Election, or who had given 
and made or offered such bribes or rewards or pro- 
mises of rewards as aforesaid, were nevertheless 
allowed to vote; and other} persons who were not 
registered, nor otherwise qualified or entitled to vote 
as electors of the said Borough, under the provi- 
sions of the said Act, at the said last Election of 
Members to serve in Parliament for the said 
Borough, and many persons who were disqualified 
and not entitled as voters, and whose votes are null 
and void, did nevertheless vote at the said Election 
for the said Charles Fyshe Palmer ; that the names 
of divers persons duly qualified as electors for the 
said Borough, as well ‘by virtue of the said first- 
mentioned Act of Parliament as by the said reserved 
right, and who tendered their votes for the said 
Charles Russell, were refused and rejected at the 
poll, on the ground tiat their names were not upon 
the Register, although their names had been omitted 
therefrom by the mistake of the said Revising 
Barristers, who had decided to retain or insert them 
in such Register, and whose names but for such mis- 
take and accident would have appeared and ought 
to have appeared and been inserted therein ; that 
the names of other persons who voted and tendered 
their votes for the said Charles Russell, and whose 
votes were recorded for the said Charles Russell on 
the said poll, were improperly erased or expunged 
from the poll, and re-entered upon the poll as not 
having voted for the said Charles Russell, or as 
having voted for the said Charles Fyshe Palmer and 
Thomas Noon Talfourd; that the names of other 
persons who voted and tendered their votes for the 
said Charles Russell and Thomas Noon Talfourd, 
were improperly entered — the poll as having 
voted for the said Charles Russell and Charles Fyshe 
Palmer, and the votes of such persons were reckoned 
upon the poll in favour of the said Charles I’yshe 
Palmer, although such persons had not voted nor 
tendered their votes for the said Charles Fyshe Pal- 
mer, and ought not to have been entered on the poll, 
or counted in favour of the said Charles Fyshe 








many of such persons so not entitled or qualified as 
electors, or in respect of property, occupation or 
residence as aforesaid, or of inhabitancy or being 


rated or paying rates or otherwise, and many per- | 


sons who were so legally disqualified as aforesaid, 
did vote at the said Election in favour of the said 
Charles Fyshe Palmer ; that many persons who were 


registered as electors in respect of occupation or | 


residence for the said Borough, by the Revising 
Barristers, became disqualified as electors for the 
said Borough between the period of the lists and the 
Register being revised and signed by the Barristers,and 
of the holding of the said Election for the said Borough, 
und were disqualified, and were not entitled to vote at 
the said Election, by having parted with, or sold, or 
otherwise ceased to be possessed of, or to occupy, 
the property in respect of which they were regis- 
tered as electors for the said Borough, or having 


Palmer ; that the votes of divers persons who were 
duly registered as electors of and for the said 
Borough, and who were well and legally entitled to 
vote at the said Election, and who tendered their 
| votes in favour of the said Charles Russell, were im- 
properly and illegally rejected and refused to be 
entered upon the poll at the said Election, but the 
votes of the said persons ought to be added to the 
poll in favour of the said Charles Russell; that, by 
reason of the premises, and of various alterations 
unduly made in the poll at the said Election, and 
other irregularities, the said Charles Fyshe Palmer 
obtained the said apparent and colourable majority 
of votes over the said Charles Russell, whereas the 
majority of legal electors and voters were in favour 
of the said Charles Russell, and the freedom of 
Election has thereby been violated, inasmuch as the 
constituency intended to be established by the said 





ceased to reside within the said Borough, or the 
limits prescribed by the said Act, and thereby ceased 


Act has not returned the Member for the said 
Borough, but the said Election and Return has been 


to possess the title or qualification in respect of which | made by persons not qualified to be electors, or who 


they had been registered; and others who were | 
‘ . . . 
registered in respect of the said reserved right, be- | 


came disqualified between the period of registration 
and of the said Election, by ceasing to be inhabit- 
ants, or to be rated, or by not paying rates or other- 
wise ; and others were disqualified by receiving alms 
or parochial relief, or had become or became, and 
were, disqualified as agents or attorneys, or flag-men, 
or in some other capacity, for the purpose of the said 
Election, and under the provisions of the different | 
statutes made for securing the freedom of Election ; | 
that many persons not registered or entitled to vote, 


_were disqualified according to the provisions of the 
said Act of Parliament and the Law of Parliament, 
from voting as electors of Members to sit in Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough; that extensive bribery 
and treating, as well before as after the teste of the 
Writ for the said Election, was resorted to and 
practised by the said Charles Fyshe Palmer, his 
agents and friends, and many others, in order to 
induce persons entitled to vote to give their votes in 
favour of the said Charles Fyshe Palmer, or to for- 
bear to vote for the said Charles Russell; the Pe- 
titioners therefore humbly pray, that the House will 





but who personated electors whose names were in- 


take the premises into their consideration, and de- 
clare 


Cart 


Rai 
Col 


Carts, 


Railway 
Colonnades. 


Education. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Saffran’s 
Nat, Bill. 


Schwann’s 
Nat. Bill, 


Rating of 
Tenements Bill, 


Lieutenant 
Aichard Blake, 


1 Vicroriz. 30° Novembris. 77 


clare the said Election and Return of the said Charles 
Fyshe Palmer to be null and void, and that the said 
Charles Fyshe Palmer was not duly elected at the 
said Election, and ought'not to have been returned, 
but that the said Charles Russell was duly elected 
thereat, and ought to have been returned as one of 
the Members to represent the said Borough in this 
Parliament, and that the said Return may be 
amended by directing the name of the said Charles 
Fyshe Palmer to be erased therefrom, and the name 
of the said Charles Russell to be inserted in the place 
and stead of the name of the said Charles Fyshe 
Palmer, and that the House will grant to the Peti- 
tioners such other and further relief in the premises 
as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday the 12th day of De- 
cember next, at the same time that the Petition of 
the several persons whose names are thereunto sub- 
scribed, Electors of the Borough of Reading, in the 
county of Berks, is ordered to be taken into con- 
sideration. 

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


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of the 
the Trustees of the turnpike road leading from 
Hinckley to Nuneaton, and from thence to Coventry, 
praying the House to grant to Trustees of Turnpike 
Roads the power of weighing One-horse Carts, 
and limiting the carriage and the loading thereof to 
the weight of One ton and Ten hundreds, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Robert Thomas Webb, of Seymour 
Place, Saint Mary-le-bone, Surgeon suggesting a plan 
for erecting Railway Colonnades over the footways in 
and near London, and praying for the appointment 
of a Committee to investigate its merits, was pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to consider the best means of providing useful Edu- 
cation for the children of the poorer classes in large 
towns, throughout England and Wales. 

Ordered, That the Comnaities be nominated To- 
morrow. 


A Message from the Lords by Mr. Roupell and 

Mr. Brougham : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for naturalizing Henry Joseph Edward Saffran, to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for naturalizing Frederick Schwann, to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House :—And 
then the Messengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to render the Owners of Small Tenements liable to 
the Payment of the Rates assessed thereon: And 
that Sir Harry Verney and Sir Charles Lemon do 
prepare, and bring it in. 




















A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- | 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Copy | 
of the Charges, finding and sentence of a general | 
Court Martial, held at Harwich, on the 9th August | 
1814, and continued by adjournment to the 26th of 
the same month, upon Lieutenant Richard Blake 
of the 55th Regiment, together with the approval of | 
his Royal — the Prince Regent, and the | 
orders of his Royal Highness the Commander in 
Chief in reference thereto:—And the said Motion | 


was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 
Vo . 93. | 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Chief 
That there be laid before this House, a Return of Constables 
the Names of Chief Constables submitted to the“? 
Lord Lieutenant of Jreland for Promotion under the 
new Bill by the Inspector General, distinguishing 
the Names of those promoted, if any :—It passed in 
the Negative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill First Fruits and 
for the Consolidation of the Boards of First Fruits, — few, 
Tenths, and Queen Anne’s Bounty: And that Mr.~'* 

Gally Knight and Lord Viscount Sandon do pre- 


pare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Electors 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Registered, &amp;c. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, in Alphabetical order, from every 
County, City and Borough in England and Wales, 
of the Number of Electors registered in each, for 
1836 and 1837, classifying them under their respect- 
ive Qualifications :—A similar Return for Scotland: 
—A similar Return for Jreland:—A Return of the 
Number of Electors who actually polled in every 
County, City and Borough of England and Wales, 
at the late General Election, classifying them under 
their respective Qualifications :—A similar Return 
for Scotland :—A similar Return for Jreland:—A 
Return of the Number of Freemen in each City and 
Borough in England and Wales on the Register of 
1837, as entitled to vote in the Election of Members 
to serve in Parliament; specifying the Number of 
such Freemen who are not entitled to vote by virtue 
of any other Qualification for Members of Parlia- 
ment, and the Number of such Freemen who are 
not Municipal Electors : —and a Return of the Total 
Number of Municipal Electors on the Register in 
each City and Borough returning a Member to serve 
in Parliament in England and Wales after the revi- 
sion of 1837; stating the Number of such Electors 
who are not also qualified to vote for Members to 
serve in Parliament, and of those who are so quali- 
fied as freemen only. 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Highway Rates 
to authorize the application of a portion of the! 
Highway Rates to Turnpike Roads: And that Mr. 

Shaw Lefevre and Mr. Mildmay do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Act 9 Geo. 4, Salmon 
c. 39, for the preservation of the Salmon Fisheries Fisheries | 
in Scotland, might be read; and the same being ‘ uneieduu 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the said Act: And that Mr. Edward 
Ellice and Mr. Walter Campbell do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


The Municipal Officers’ Declaration Bill was, ac- Municipal 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Officers’ Decla- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for” Bul. 
Monday next. 


Mr. Gally Knight presented a Bill for the Con- First Fraits, 
solidation of the Boards of First Fruits, Tenths and Tenths, &amp;., 
Queen Azne’s Bounty: And the same was read the . 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time No. 13. 
upon Monday, the 12th day of February next; and 
to be printed. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre presented a Bill to authorize Highway Rates 
the application of a portion of the Highway Rates Bill. 
to Turnpike Roads in certain cases: And the same No. 14. 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Wednesday next; and to be 
printed, 
L3 ° A Petition 








Kerry County 
Election. 


78 30° Novembris. 


A Petition of Frederick William Mullins, of Beau- 
fort House, in the county of Kerry, Esquire, was 
delivered in, and read; setting forth, That at the 
last Election of two Knights of the Shire to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said county of Kerry, 
Arthur Blennerhassett, Samuel Murray Hickson, 
Morgan John O’ Connell, Esquires, and the Peti- 
tioner, were Candidates ; that on Monday, the 7th 
day of August last, Henry Arthur Herbert, Esquire, 
the High Sheriff of the saidCounty, did, in pursuance 
of the Writ, directed to him for that purpose, pro- 
ceed to hold the said Election; that the polling 
commenced on the Eighth day of the said month of 
August ; that upon the final close of the poll, the 
Sheriff declared a majority of 48 in favour of the 
said Arthur Blennerhassett over the Petitioner, and 
a still greater majority in favour of said Morgan 
John O’ Connell, and accordingly declared the said 
Morgan John O’ Connell and Arthur Blennerhassett 
duly elected to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said County; that the said Arthur Blenner- 
hassett was and is incapacitated and ineligible to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said County 
of Kerry, for that, as well before as after the teste 
and issuing out of the Writ for the said Election, 
and before, at, during and after the said Election, 
the said Arthur Blennerhassett was, by himself and 
by his agents, friends and partisans, guilty of divers 
acts of open and notorious treating, and of bribery and 
corruption, in order to corrupt and procure, and did, 
by himself, and by his agents, friends and managers, 
and other persons employed on his behalf, by gifts, 
presents, money, rewards, promises, agreements, and 
securities for money, gifts and rewards, and by 
threats, intimidation, menaces, undue influence, and 
divers modes of coercion, and other corrupt, illegal 
and improper practices, acts and means, corrupt 
and procure, and coerce, divers persons having or 
claiming to have votes at the said Election, to give 
their votes in favour of the said Arthur Blenner- 
hassett, and to forbear to give their votes to the Pe- 
titioner; that several members of the committee of 
the said Arthur Blennerhassett did, directly and 
indirectly, for and in behalf of said Arthur Blen- 
nerhassett, by themselves and by agents employed 
by them, offer bribes and rewards, and hold out 
other illegal and corrupt encouragements, and use 
divers threats and other means of coercion, to induce 
persons having or claiming to have votes at the said 
Election, to give their votes in favour of the said 
Arthur Blennerhassett and Samuel Murray Hickson, 
or to give single votes to the said Arthur Blenner- 
hassett, or to give one vote to the said Arthur Blen- 
nerhassett and the other vote to the said Morgan 
John O’ Connell; that before, at and during the said 
Election, extensive and systematic bribery and cor- 
ruption, and extensive and systematic. intimidation 
and coercion of the voters, were carried on and 
practised, in order to promote and effect the Elec- 
tion of the said Arthur Blennerhassett ; that divers 
persons entitled to vote at the said Election were 
taken from or induced to leave their homes, and, by 
persons in the interest of the said Arthur Blenner- 
hassett, were carried to certain places, where they 
were supplied with drink, and kept in a state of 
intoxication, and detained in such places until they 
were carried to the tally rooms of the said Arthur 
Blennerhassett, and thence to the poll, to give their 
votes for the said Arthur Blennerhassett, although 
the said voters had promised to vote, and would 
otherwise have voted, for the Petitioner; that a great 
number of persons voted at the said Election in 
favour of the said Arthur Blennerhassett, who were 
registered as rent-chargers, but they were incapa- 
citated from voting, inasmuch as they never sought 
or derived any benefit under such rent-charges, and 
had and have consequently no interest therein ; that 
divers other persons voted as last aforesaid, for said 
Arthur Biennerhassett, who had no qualification, or 
right to be registered as voters, or to vote at any 








A. 1837. 


Election for the said County ; that a number of the 
persons who voted for the said Arthur Blennerhassett, 
being registered as leaseholders or freeholders, had 
previously to the said Election, sold, or assigned, or 
sub-let, or by the dropping of lives, or becomin 

bankrupts, or — taken the benefit of the Act 
for the relief of Insolvent Debtors in Zreland, or by 
and from various other causes, lost the interests 
upon which they had registered, and were conse- 
quently incapable of voting at the said Election for 
the said County; that a number of the persons who 
voted for the said Arthur Blennerhassett at the said 
Election had no right to vote thereat, but personated 
other persons having or supposed to have such right, 
and who were either dead or were prevented by in- 
firmity, absence from the County, or some other 
cause, from appearing and voting at the said Elec- 
tion; that many persons voted from affidavits that 
were informal, some of them not containing the 
place of residence specifically set out, others the 
addition of the voter or the particular date of re- 
gistry, and others being informal and insufficient 
in various other respects ; that upon the third day 
of polling, the booth, No. 3, was closed by order of 
the High Sheriff, upon the ground, or the alleged 
ground, of the requisite number of voters not having 


polled in the said booth on that day; that a number - 


of voters, who had been prevented by illness, or 
residence at a distance, or other causes, from coming 
before the closing of the said booth, No. 3, and 
who were entitled to poll in the said booth, No. 3, 
and who tendered their votes, and claimed to poll 
in one of the two remaining booths which continued 
open till the final close of the poll, were not allowed 
to give their votes at either of the said booths, but 
that the Sheriff’s Deputies in each of the said booths 
refused to take the votes of such persons, whereby 
they were wholly prevented from giving their votes 
for the Petitioner at the said Election ; that various 
irregularities took place in the polling at the said 
Election, and also various vexatious impediments 
and delays, and other improper proceedings, where- 
by the Petitioner was prevented from obtaining a 
majority on the first and second day’s poll, which 
he otherwise would have done, and the not obtain- 
ing of which deceived and misled many of the Peti- 
tioner’s voters, who resided in distant parts of the 
country, into the belief that it would be out of the 
Petitioner’s power to overcome the majority against 
him on the succeeding days, and caused them to 
absent themselves during the remaining days of 
polling, or to poll in favour of the said Arthur 
Blennerhassett ; the Petitioner further states that 
the members of the committee of the said Arthur 
Blennerhassett, his agents, friends and partisans, 
did, without sufficient or any cause, make repre- 
sentation to the commanding officer of the district, 
and others in authority, which induced him or them 
to place at the disposal of the High Sheriff a mili- 
tary force which was employed in various parts of 
the county, under the colour of protecting the voters 
in the said Arthur Blennerhassett’s interest; whereas 
the interference of the said force was wholly unne- 
cessary, there being a large and sufficient force of 
the constabulary on duty at the said Election, effec- 
tually to preserve the peace of the said County, as 
well as at the place of polling; that a guard of 
soldiers was constantly in attendance at the com- 
mittee-rooms of the said Arthur Blennerhassett in 
Tralee, in which a number of the voters who were 
believed and known to be in favour of the Petitioner 
were confined, until they were placed upon tallies 
and sent to the poll; that by the foregoing, and 
many other illegal, corrupt and improper practices 
on the part of his committee, his frends, agents 
and partisans, the said Arthur Blennerhassett ob- 
tained a colourable ere | of 48 over the Peti- 
tioner, who would otherwise have had a considerable 
majority. of good and legal votes over the said Arthur 
Blennerhassett ; that Petitioner therefore humbly 


prays 


East. 
Comy 


Poste 


Finsb 
Small 


Bridg 
Elect 


Elect 
Franc 


East India 
Company. 


Postage. 


F; insbury 


Small Debts, 


Bridgwater 
Elections, 


Elective 
Franchise, 





1 VicroriZ. 


prays that the House will be pleased to take the 

remises into consideration, and to declare the said 

lection and Return of the said Arthur Blenner- 
hassett to be null and void, and that the Petitioner 
was duly elected, and ought to have been returned 
a Member to serve in Parliament for the said County, 
and that the said Return may be amended accord- 
ingly, and that the House will grant to the Petitioner 
such further or other relief in the premises as to 
the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of De- 
cember next, at twenty minutes after four of the 
clock in the Afternoon. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Veneris, 1° die Decembris ; 
Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1837. 


PRAYERS. 


Ms Campbell, from the Court of Directors of 
the East India Company, was called in; and 
at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of 
several Acts of Parliament, — Resolutions of the 
Court of Directors of the East India Company, 
being the Warrants or Instruments granting any 
Pension. 

Resolutions of the Court of Directors and General 
Court of the East India Company, being the 
Warrants or Instruments granting any Salary or 
Gratuity. 

List, No. 76, specifying the Particulars of the 
Compensation proposed to be granted to certain 
Reduced Servants of the East India Company in 
England, under an Arrangement sanctioned by the 
Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, 
and laid before The Honourable the House of Com- 
mons on the 26th February 1835 :—And then he 
withdrew. 

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


A Petition of the Company of Merchants of the 
city of Edinburgh, praying for a uniform and low 
rate of Postage on Letters, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitant Rate-payers, Traders and 
Shop-keepers of the borough of Finsbury, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for the establishment of a Court 
of Requests for the recovery of Small Debts within 
the said Borough, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition from Bridgwater, complaining of bri- 
bery and corruption at 2 Elections, and at the 
last Election, br that Borough, was offered to be 
presented :—And the said Petition was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Sheffield, setting 
forth, That the Petitioners are deprived of the Elective 
Franchise in consequence of the Act for amending 
the Representation of the People in England and 
Wales, not permitting in boroughs, as it does in 
counties, tenements held under different landlords 
to be joined together, for the purpose of making up 
the amount in value necessary to confer the right of 
voting, and others of the Petitioners who pay large 
annual rents for the use of steam or wheel power, 


Vou. 93. 


30° Novembris.—1° Decembris. 





79 


are likewise deprived of the elective franchise, owing 
to the said Act not conferring upon the occupiers 
of such property the right of voting, unless they 
occupy a distinct building; and praying the House 
to remove the above-mentioned impediments, so as 
to confer upon the Petitioners, and all others under 
similar circumstances, the privilege of voting in the 
election of Members of Parliament, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That, in pur- Controverted 


suance of the Act 42 Geo. 3, c. 106, for regulating 
the Trial of Controverted Elections or Returns of 
Members to serve in the united Parliament for Jre- 
land, he had received from Christopher Fitzsimon, 
Esquire, Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper in Jreland, 
Lists of Barristers-at-Law of above six years’ stand- 
ing, who have consented, under their hands and 
seals, to act as Commissioners, or as Chairmen to 
the Commissioners, for the purposes of the said 
Act. 

Ordered, That the said Lists be deposited in the 
Office of the Clerk of this House. 


Elections 
(Ireland.) 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had An Election 


received from the Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper 
in Ireland, a Petition, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Newry. 

And the said Petition was laid upon the Table. 

And several other Petitions, complaining of undue 
Elections and Returns, being offered to be presented, 
the same were delivered in at the Table. 

And one of the said Petitions appearing to relate 
to the Election and Return for a place, concerning 
which the House had received a Petition on a former 
day, the same was read as followeth ; 


Petition 
received from 
Treland. 


A Petition of John Sharp, of No. 26, Clement’s- London City 


lane, in the city of London, Cook, Joshua Bower, 
of No. 8, Botolph-lane, in the city of London, 
Fruit salesman, and Jonathan Crocker, of No. 86, 
Wailing-street, in the city of London, Warehouse- 
man, Citizen and Wheelwright, Electors of the city 
of London, was read; setting forth, That the Pe- 
titioners are electors of the City of London, and 
claim to have had a right to vote, and did vote, at 
the last Election for Members to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the same; that upon the dis- 
solution of Parliament after the decease of his late 
most Gracious Majesty, by Her — Majesty 
Victoria, Queen of these realms, a Writ was, in the 
usual form, directed to the Sheriffs of the City of 
London, commanding them to cause to be elected 
Four sober and discreet citizens of the said City of 
London, to serve in Parliament for the said City of 
London, and which said Writ was tested at West- 
minster, the Seventeenth day of July last, and was 
returnable at the usual term; that such Writ was 
duly delivered to the said Sheriffs of the said City 
of London, who, in obedience thereto, duly caused 
proclamation to be made on the Eighteenth day of 
July last, and a Common Hall was duly called by 
the said Sheriffs for the Election of Four sober and 
discreet citizens of the said City of London to serve 
in Parliament for the said City, for Saturday, the 
Twenty-second day of July One thousand eight 
hundred and thirty-seven ; that at such Common 
Hall for the said City of London, Matthew Wood, 
Esquire, one of the aldermen of the said City, and 
of the company of fishmongers, now Sir Matthew 
Wood, Baronet, George Grote, Esquire, citizen and 
needle-maker, William Crawford, Esquire, citizen 
and spectacle-maker, and James Pattison, Esquire, 
citizen and spectacle-maker, were Candidates at, 
and were duly put in nomination as Candidates to 
serve in Parliament for the said City of London; 
that at such Common Hall, John Horsley Palmer, 
Esquire, citizen and mercer, was also duly put in 
nomination as a Candidate to serve in Parliament 
for the said City of London; that the said Sheriffs, 
on the show of Lentil being taken at such Common 


L4 Hall, 


Election. 








80 


Hall, declared that the said Matthew Wood, Esquire, 
William Crawford, Esquire, James Pattison, Esquire, 
and George Grote, Esquire, were elected as such 
Members to serve in Parliament for the said City, 
and thereupon a poll was demanded in due form of 
law, of and from the said Sheriffs by certain electors 
of the said City, for and on behalf of the said John 
Horsley Palmer, Esquire, which was duly granted 
by the said Sheriffs ; that pursuant thereto the said 
Sheriffs of the City of Zondon did, on Monday, the 
Twenty-fourth day of July last, proceed to take the 
poll of electors for the said City, and on Tuesday, 
the Twenty-fifth day of July last, declared the poll 
of the electors of the said City, at the final close 
thereof, to be as follows; videlicet, for Matthew 
Wood, Esquire, 6,517; William Crawford, Esquire, 
6,071; James Pattison, Esquire, 6,070; George 
Grote, Esquire, 5,879 ; John Horsley Palmer, Esquire, 
5,873; and thereupon the said Sheriffs declared 
that Matthew Wood, Esquire, citizen and fishmonger, 
William Crawford, Esquire, citizen and spectacle- 
maker, James Pattison, Esquire, citizen and spec- 
tacle-maker, and George Grote, Esquire, citizen and 
needle-maker, were duly elected to serve as Members 
of Parliament for the said City of London, and the 
said Matthew Wood, Esquire, William Crawford, 
Esquire, Janes Pattison, Esquire, and George Grote, 
Esquire, were thereupon returned by the said Sheriffs 
of London as Members to represent the said City 
of Zondon in Parliament as duly elected; that the 
Petitioners, electors of the said City of London, are 
aggrieved by such Return of the said Sheriffs, for 
the reasons and upon the facts hereinafter in that 
behalf stated; in the first place, the Petitioners 
complain that the Return, so far as it relates to the 
said George Grote is an erroneous and false Return, 
for that of the votes actually taken at the said Elec- 
tion (without entering into any scrutiny of the va- 
lidity or invalidity of any such votes, or of the qualifi- 
cation, or want of qualification, or disqualification 
of any of the voters at the said Election), the said 
John Horsley Palmer had a clear and indisputable 
majority in his favour over the said George Grote, 
and ought accordingly to have been returned thereat 
by the said Sheriffs in place of the said George Grote; 
that the Petitioners do not impute to the said 
Sheriffs any wilful misconduct, or corrupt or impro- 
“ motive in making the said false and erroneous 

eturn, but the Petitioners are prepared to prove 
that several votes, which were actually given and 
declared at the said Election in favour of the said 
John Horsley Palmer, by certain electors, whose 
names appear upon the poll-books, were by mistake, 
accident, negligence, or from some other cause, 
unduly entered and counted in the said poll-books 
in favour of all or of some, or of one of the said 
other Candidates, for whom the said votes had 
not been really given and declared, and were not 
counted in favour of the said John Horsley Palmer, 
for whom such votes were in truth and fact given 
and declared, whereas the said votes ought then 
to have been reckoned in favour of the said John 
Horsley Palmer, and ought now to be added to 
the poll in his favour accordingly, and to be de- 
ducted from the numbers erroneously declared at 
the said Election in favour of the said other 
Candidates, or some or one of them, as the case 
may be; that several other votes which were given 
and declared in favour of the said John Horsley 
Palmer, at the said Election, by certain other 
electors whose names appear upon the poll-books, 
were erroneously omitted to be reckoned, and were 
not, in fact, counted in the casting up of such 
poll-books, and form no part of the number of 
votes declared by the said Sheriffs in favour of 
the said John Horsley Palmer, whereas they ought 
then to have been reckoned and counted in his 
favour, and ought now to be added to the poll ac- 
cordingly ; that several other votes, which were 
given and declared at the said Election in favour of 


1° Decembris. 








A. 1837. 


the said William Crawford by certain other electors, 
whose names appear upon the poll-books, were 
erroneously entered and counted in the said poll- 
books in favour of the said George Grote, instead 
of the said William Crawford, whereas in truth and 
in fact, they were not given or declared in favour of 
the said George Grote, and ought not then to have 
been reckoned or counted in his favour, and ought 
now to be deducted and struck off from the numbers 
declared by the said Sheriffs in his favour; that 
several other votes, which were given and declared 
at the said Election in favour of the said James 
Pattison, by certain other electors whose names 
appear upon the poll-books, were erroneously entered 
and counted in the said poll-books in favour of the 
said George Grote instead of the said James Pat- 
tison, whereas, in truth and in fact, they were not 
given or declared in favour of the said George Grote, 
and « :ght not then to have been reckoned or counted 
in his favour, and ought now to be deducted and 
struck off from the numbers declared by the said 
Sheriffs in his favour ; that several other votes which 
were given and declared at the said Election in 
favour of the said Matthew Wood, by certain other 
electors whose names appear upon the poll-books, 
were erroneously entered and counted in the said 
poll-books in favour of the said George Grote in- 
stead of the said Matthew Wood, whereas, in truth 
and in fact, they were not given or declared in favour 
of the said George Grote, and ought not then to 
have been reckoned or counted in his favour, and 
ought now to be deducted and struck off from the 
numbers declared by the said Sheriffs in his favour ; 
that several other votes which were given and de- 
clared at the said Election in favour of the said 
John Horsley Palmer by certain other electors, and 
which were so entered and reckoned in upon the 
poll-books, were also erroneously re-entered and re- 
counted, and reckoned a second time in the said 
poll-books in favour of the said George Grote, and 
of one or more of the other Candidates in the same 
interest, whereas such votes ought not then to have 
been so re-entered and counted a second time in 
favour of the said George Grote, or of any one or 
more of the said other Candidates, and ought now 
to be struck off and deducted from the numbers 
declared by the said Sheriffs in favour of the said 
George Grote, and of the other Candidate or Can- 
didates for whom respectively they were so erro- 
neously entered and reckoned ; that several votes 
were erroneously entered and reckoned in the poll- 
books at the said Election in favour of the said 
George Grote, and of some one or more of the other 
Candidates in the same interest, where no name of 
any elector or of any other person appears in the 
said poll-books as having given or declared the said 
votes in favour of the said George Grote, or of the 
other Candidates last above mentioned, and when 
in fact no such votes were given or declared in favour 
of the said George Grote or the said other Candi- 
dates, whereas such votes ought not then to have 
been thus erroneously and falsely reckoned, and 
ought now to be deducted and struck off from the 
numbers declared by the said Sheriffs in favour of 
the said George Grote, and of the other Candidate 
or Candidates last above mentioned; that divers 
other persons who were duly registered as electors 
for the City, and entitled to vote as such at said 
Election, and who tendered their votes thereat for 
the said John Horsley Palmer, were, on various 
illegal and absurd pretences, such as a variance or 
mistake in the christian name or other name or 
names of such voters respectively, and on other 
pretences, refused and rejected at the said Election, 
and were not allowed to enter their votes for the said 
John Horsley Palmer, and their votes were not 
reckoned or counted in his the said John Horsley 
Palmer’s favour, whereas the said votes ought then 
to have been received, and ought now to be added 
to the poll accordingly ; the Petitioners humbly 

submit, 





1 Vicroriz. 


submit, that if the said errors and false entries in the 
said poll-books be corrected, and the said mistakes 
in the casting up of the numbers declared by the 
said Sheriffs in favour of the respective Candidates 
be rectified, it will clearly appear upon the votes ac- 
tually given at the said Election, without, as above 
stated, even entering upon any question or examina- 
tion as to the legal validity of any such votes, that 
the said John Horsley Palmer had a decided and 
sufficient majority of votes over the said George 
Grote, and ought then to have been returned by 
the said Sheriffs, and ought now forthwith to be 
substituted in the Return made by the said Sheriffs, 
instead and in place of the said George Grote ; and 
the Petitioners further allege, that the said Matthew 
Wood, William Crawford, James Pattison and 
George Grote, having combined and coalesced to- 
gether for the purposes of the said Election, by 
themselves, or some one or more of them, by them- 
selves or himself, or by their friends, agents and 
managers on their behalf, and by persons employed 
by them or on their behalf, were or was guilty, 
before and at and during the said Election, of 
scandalous and corrupt bribery, and of corrupting, 
procuring, and endeavouring to corrupt and procure, 
divers electors to give their votes for the said Mat- 
thew Wood, William Crawford, James Pattison and 
George Grote, or for some or one of them, and to 
forbear giving their votes for the said John Horsley 
Palmer at the said Election, and did in like manner 
give or cause to be given, and did promise or agree 
to give, to certain electors of the said City, certain 
sums of money, gifts and rewards, in order to pro- 
cure the Return of them the said Matthew Wood, 
William Crawford, James Pattison and George 
Grote, as Members to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said City ; and also that the said Mat- 
thew Wood, William Crawford, James Pattison and 
George Grote, or some or one of them, by themselves 
or their agents, after the teste of the said Writ for 
the said Election, and at and during the said Elec- 
tion, and before the Return of them the said Mat- 
thew Wood, William Crawford, James Pattison and 
George Grote, to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said City, did give, present and allow to 
divers persons being, or claiming to be, electors for 
the said City of London, money, presents and re- 
wards, and also meat, drink and other entertainment, 
and did make, or cause to be made and given, divers 
promises, agreements, obligations and engagements 
to give and allow money, meat, drink, presents, re- 
wards and entertainment, to and for such persons, 
in order that they the said Matthew Wood, William 
Crawford, James Pattison and George Grote, or 
some or one of them might be elected, and for being 
elected, to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said City ; and the Petitioners further allege, that 
at the said Election the said John Horsley Palmer, 
Esquire, citizen and mercer, had a majority of good 
and legal votes over the other Candidates, or some 
or one of them, and was in consequence thereof en- 
titled to be returned as duly elected, and was duly 
elected thereat, and the Petitioners humbly charge 
and allege that the said John Horsley Palmer ought 
to have been so returned ; that divers persons who 
were aliens and foreigners by birth, and subjects of 
other countries, owing their allegiance to a foreign 
sovereign or state, and not to Her most gracious 
Majesty Victoria, Queen of these realms, and who 
were not naturalized by Act of Parliament, or by 
virtue of the various statutes in that behalf made, 
nor had obtained Letters of Denization, and who 
were therefore subject to a legal iucapacity, were 
admitted to poll, and did poll, at the said Election 
for the said Matthew Wood, William Crawford, 
James Pattison and George Grote, or for some one 
or more of them, and that their votes ought to be 
struck off the poll accordingly ; that divers persons 
who voted at the said Election for the said Matthew 


oe - Crawford, James Pattison and George 


1° Decembris. 





81 


Grote, or for some one or more of them, had not at 
the time they so voted the same qualification for 
which their names were originally inserted in the 
Register of voters in force at the time of the said 
Election for the said City of London, but had parted 
with and removed from the same previous to the 
Election, which said persons were nevertheless ad- 
mitted to poll, and did poll, at the said Election, 
and their votes were counted as good votes in favour 
of the said Matthew Wood, William Crawford, 
James Pattison and George Grote, or for some or 
one of them, whereas such votes were altogether 
bad and invalid, and ought to be struck off the poll 
accordingly ; that divers persons who refused, or 
otherwise declined, or were unable from circum- 
stances to answer in the affirmative the question 
of whether they had the same qualification for 
which their names were originally inserted in the 
Register of voters for the said City of London, 
were nevertheless wrongfully admitted by the said 
Sheriffs, their substitutes or assessors, by some or 
one of them, to poll as electors for the said Mat- 
thew Wood, William Crawford, James Pattison and 
George Grote, or for some or one of them, that the 
votes of such persons are bad and invalid votes, 
and ought to be struck off the poll ats 
that divers other persons who actually were, or who 
professed themselves to be, upon the list of freemen 
of the said City of London, being Liverymen of 
some or one of the Companies, entitled to vote in 
the Election of Members of Parliament for the 
said City of London, but who actually lived and re- 
sided, and had for a long time previous lived and 
resided, beyond the limits of seven miles from the 
place of polling for the said City, were admitted to 
poll, and did actually vote as electors for the said 
City of London at the said Election for the said 
Matthew Wood, William Crawford, James Pattison 
and George Grote, or for some or one of them, and 
that the votes of such person» ought to be struck 
off the poll: that divers other persons actually voted 
at the said Election for the said Matthew Wood, 
William Crawford, James Pattison and George 
Grote, or for some or one of them, as being Livery- 
men of the said City of London, although such 
persons had not been twelve calendar months on the 
Livery before the Thirty-first day of July One thou- 
sand eight hundred and thirty-six, and had not paid 
their Livery fines, whereas the votes of such persons 
were bad and invalid; that divers other persons 
claiming to be Liverymen of the said City of Lon- 
don, in like manner voted at the said Election for 
the said Matthew Wood, William Crawford, James 
Pattison and George Grote, or for some or one of 
them, although such persons had received back 
their Livery fines, or some allowance in respect of 
them, or who had, within two years previous to 
such Thirty-first day of July One thousand eight 
hundred and thirty-six, been discharged from paying, 
and had ceased to pay, their rates and taxes, con- 
trary to the statute im such case made and provided, 
and had thereby become disqualified from being 
registered and from voting as electors of the said 
City of London; that divers other persons who 
claimed to be electors of the said City of London, 
as occupiers of a house, warehouse, shop or count- 
ing-house within the said City of London, were 
improperly admitted to poll, and did poll, for the 
said Matthew Wood, William Crawford, James Pat- 
tison and George Grote, or for some or one of them, 
although such persons were not, at the time of the 
said Election, nor had been during six calendar 
months next previous to the last day of July One 
thousand eight hundred and _ thirty-six, resident 
within the said City, or within seven statute miles 
thereof, or of any part thereof, whereas the votes of 
such persons were bad, illegal and invalid votes ; 
that divers persons, who had become bankrupt be- 
tween the Thirty-first day of July One thousand 
eight hundred and thirty-six, and the day of Elec- 

M tion, 





82 


tion, the Twenty-fourth day of July One thousand 
eight hundred and thirty-seven, were admitted to 
poll, and did vote at the said Election for the said 
Matthew Wood, William Crawford, James Pattison 
and George Grote, or for some or one of them, as 
householders, or of that class of electors, although 
such bankrupts were not bund fide in possession of 
the same qualification for which their names were 
originally inserted in the Register of voters for the 
said City, and had thereby become disqualified from 
voting at said Election; that divers other persons, 
who had been in the habit of receiving, and who 
had received, parochial relief, or other alms, within 
twelve calendar months next previous to the thirty- 
first day of July One thousand eight hundred and 
thirty-six, and persons who had received such 
parochial relief, or other alms, subsequent to the 
said Thirty-first day of July One thousand eight 
hundred and thirty-six, within twelve calendar 
months previous to the day of Election, were ad- 
mitted to poll, and did actually vote, at the said 
Election for the said Matthew Wood, William 
Crawford, James Pattison and George Grote, or 
for some or one of them, although they were dis- 
qualified from so voting, and ought to be struck off 
the poll accordingly ; that divers other persons 
voted for the said Matthew Wood, William Craw- 
ford, James Pattisonand George Grote, or for some 
or one of them, at the said Election, who by law 
were incapable of voting at such Election, by reason 
of their having, during such Election, or within six 
calendar months previous thereto, or within fourteen 
days after its completion, been employed thereat as 
agent, attorney, poll-clerk, or in some other disabling 
capacity, for the purpose of such Election, and hav- 
ing before, during or since such Election, accepted 
or taken from the said Matthew Wood, William Craw- 
ford, James Pattison, or George Grote, or from 
some or one of them, or from some other person, in 
consideration of and with reference to such employ- 
ment, certain sums of money, retaining fees, offices, 
places or employments, or certain promises and 
securities for the same respectively, and such votes 
were, notwithstanding, unduly admitted and entered 
in the poll-books as good votes for the said Mat- 
thew Wood, William Crawford, James Pattison 
and George Grote, or for some or one of them, 
whereas such votes are wholly null and void, and 
ought to be struck off the poll accordingly; that 
divers other persons who were incapacitated and 
disqualified from voting, by virtue of the various 
statutes for the regulation of Elections, and for 
better securing the freedom thereof, as the holders 
of certain offices or appointments, were admitted to 
poll, and did poll, and were counted at the said 
Election in favour of the said Matthew Wood, William 
Crawford, James Pattison, and George Grote, or 
for some or one of them, whereas such votes are 
wholly null and void, and ought to be struck off the 
poll accordingly ; that divers other persons who were 
entitled to poll at the said Election as freemen and 
liverymen of the said City of London, and who ten- 
dered their votes thereat for the said John Horsley 
Palmer, Esquire, were improperly excluded from vot- 
ing thereat,on the ground that they had changed their 
residence, although such liverymen were,'and had 
been, for the period required by law, actually resi- 
dent within the requisite distance of seven miles 
from the Guildhall of the said City, and that the 
votes of such persons ought to be added to the poll 
in favour of the said John Horsley Palmer, Esquire ; 
that divers other persons whose names were not on 
the Register of electors then in force for the said 
City of London, were admitted to poll, and did poll, 
at the said Election in favour of the said Matthew 
Wood, William Crawford, James Pattison, and 
George Grote, or for some or one of them, whereas 
the votes of such persons were utterly illegal and 
bad, and ought to be struck off the poll accord- 
ingly ; that divers other persons who had already 


1° Decembris. 





A. 1837. 


polled once at the said Election were admitted to 
vote, and did vote, a second time at the same, falsely 
and fraudulently, in favour of the said Matthew 
Wood, William Crawford, James Pattison, and 
George Grote, or in favour of some or one of them, and 
that their votes ought to be struck off the poll accord- 
ingly ; that divers other persons, having or claiming 
a right to vote at the said Election, were refused to 
be allowed to vote thereat, and accordingly such 
persons tendered their votes at the said Election 
in favour of the said John Horsley Palmer, or 
in favour of the said John Horsley Palmer in 
conjunction with one or more of the said other 
Candidates, but such tenders were not recorded in 
the poll-books, or were falsely and incorrectly and 
inaccurately recorded, or were recorded as having 
tendered votes, but without specifying for which 
one or more of the said Candidates such electors or 
persons claiming to be electors tendered such their 
votes; that the names of divers persons were im- 
properly omitted from the Register for the said City 
at the time of such Election, in consequence of the 
decision of the Barristers or Barrister who had re- 
vised the lists from which such Register had been 
formed, notwithstanding such persons had a lawful 
right to be put on such Register, and such persons 
tendered their votes at such Election on behalf of 
the said John Horsley Palmer, Esquire, which votes 
ought to be added to the poll accordingly in his 
favour; that, in consequence of the decision of the 
Barristers or Barrister who revised the lists of voters 
from which such Register was formed, the names of 
divers persons who at the said Election voted for the 
said Matthew Wood, William Crawford, James Pat- 
tison, and George Grote, or for some or one of them, 
were improperly retained or inserted in such Re- 
gister, and the votes of such persons were admitted 
and allowed, and were entered on the poll-books 
for the said Matthew Wood, William Crawford, 
James Pattison, and George Grote, or for some or 
one of them, whereas they were not entitled to be 
registered as electors, or to vote at the said Election ; 
that divers other persons whose names appeared 
upon the said Register, not having been called in 
question before the Barristers or Barrister who re- 
vised the said list of voters, claimed to poll, and 
did poll, at the said Election for the said Matthew 
Wood, William Crawford, James Pattison, and 
George Grote, or for some or one of them, although 
such persons had no qualification whatever whereon 
to vote, and were thereby disqualified to vote at the 
same; that divers other persons whose names ap- 
peared upon the Seciaun, en who had, from various 
causes not hereinbefore specified, become disquali- 
fied, or were incapable, or had no qualification to 
be registered, and were not entitled to be registered, 
or to yote at the said Election, were nevertheless ad- 
mitted to poll, and did poll, thereat in favour of the 
said Matthew Wood, William Crawford, James Pat- 
tison, and George Grote, or some or one of them, 
and whose votes ought to be disallowed and struck 
off the poll; that divers persons who were actually 
electors for the said City of London, and whose 
names appeared on the Register of electors for the 
said City, but who did not vote, nor attended to vote 
at the said Election, were personated and fraudu- 
lently represented by other persons, which said last- 
mentioned persons were admitted to poll, and did 
poll, in the name of such electors respectively, in 
favour of the said Matthew Wood, William Craw- 
ford, James Pattison, and George Grote, or of some 
one or more of them; that the names of such elec- 
tors ought, therefore, to be struck off the poll; that 
divers other persons, whose names appeared on the 
said Register as electors for the said City, but who 
had departed this life previous to the day of the said 
Election, were in like manner personated falsely 
and fraudulently represented by other persons, 
which said last-mentioned persons were admitted to 
poll, and did poll, at the said Election in the names 





of 





1 Vicroriz. 


of such deceased persons respectively in favour of 
the said Matthew Wood, William Crawford, James 
Pattison, and George Grote, or for some or one of 
them, in contempt of truth and justice, and to the 
destruction of purity of Election, and whose names 
ought to be struck off the poll accordingly ; that the 
votes of several persons were admitted and reckoned 
at the said Election in favour of the said Matthew 
Wood, William Crawford, James Pattison, and 
George Grote, Esquires, who had been bribed and 
corruptly procured to give their votes in favour of 
all, or some or one of the said last-mentioned Can- 
didates, and to forbear to give them to the said 
John Horsley Palmer, Esquire, which votes ought 
to be struck off the poll as bad, illegal and invalid ; 
that several duly qualified electors for the said City 
attended at the several polling places during the 
said Election, for the purpose and with the intention 
of giving their votes for the said John Horsley 
Palmer, but, so soon as such intention on their 
part was discovered and made known, were, by force 
and violence on the part of the adherents and sup- 
porters of the opposing Candidates and others, 
wrongfully and illegally prevented from giving their 
votes in favour of the said John Horsley Palmer, 
to the great grievance of the said electors and 
of the Petitioners, and in contempt and violation 
of the independence and freedom of Election ; that 
several voters were admitted to poll, and did poll, 
at the said Election for the said Matthew Wood, 
William Crawford, James Pattison, and George 
Grote, who were intimidated and compelled by 
threats and menaces to vote for said last-mentioned 
Candidates, and to forbear to vote for the said 
John Horsley Palmer; that by the several ways 
and means aforesaid, the said Matthew Wood, 
William Crawford, James Pattison, and George 
Grote, respectively obtained colourable and fictitious 
majorities of votes at the said Election over the said 
John Horsley Palmer, Esquire, and procured tliem- 
selves to be returned to serve for the said City, 
whereas the said John Horsley Palmer, Esquire, had 
in reality a great majority of legal votes thereat over 
one or more of the said four Candidates, and ought 
to have been returned as Member to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the said City; that the said Matthew Wood, 
William Crawford, James Pattison, and George 
Grote, by such practices and other undue, corrupt 
and illegal practices, are wholly incapacitated and 
disabled, and are ineligible to serve in the present 
Parliament for the said City; and that the several 
Returns of the said Matthew Wood, William Craw- 
ford, James Pattison, and George Grote, Esquires, 
are wholly null and void; the Petitioners therefore 
most humbly pray that the House will take the pre- 
mises into their consideration, and will adjudge and 
declare that the Return of the said George Grote is a 
false Return, and wholly null and void, and that the 
said John Horsley Pulmer ought to have been re- 
turned instead of the said George Grote by the 
said Sheriffs, and that the name of the said John 
Horsley Palmer should now be substituted in the 
Return accordingly ; and further, that the Election 
of the said Matthew Wood, William Crawford, and 
James Pattison, or some or one of them, was wholl 
null and void, and that the said last-mentioned Candi- 
dates, or some or one of them, were incapable of 
being elected, and were not duly elected, and ought 
not to have been returned at the said Election, or 
that the House will adjudge and declare that the 
said John Horsley Palmer was duly elected, and 
ought to have been returned at the said Election, 
and that the name of the said John Horsley Palmer 
should now be inserted in the said Return accord- 
ingly, and that the Election of the other four Can- 
didates, Matthew Wood, William Crawford, James 
Pattison, and George Grote, was wholly null and 
void, and that the said last-mentioned Candidates 
were incapable of being elected, and were not duly 


elected, and ought not to have been returned, or 
Vot. 93. 


1° Decembris. 








83 


that the House will declare that the said Election 
and Return for the said City of London was altoge- 
ther a void Election and Return, and that the 
House will take such further steps for carrying into 
effect the resolutions and decisions which it may be 
the pleasure of the House to declare and adjudge 
upon the premises, and for granting other and further 
relief and redress to the Petitioners as to the House 
may seem fit. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this 
instant December, at the same time that the Peti- 
tion of Ambrose Moore, and others, is ordered to be 
taken into consideration. 

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


Then the names of the places to which the residue 
of the said Petitions related (being all of them Pe- 
titions of the last class), were put into the glass 
at the Table, and drawn by the Clerk in the follow- 
ing order ; 


A Petition of Sir Thomas Buckler Lethbridge, Bridgwater 
Baronet, and of the Persons whose names are =!ecton. 


thereunto subscribed, was read ; setting forth, That 
the Petitioners, with the exception of the said Sir 
Thomas Buckler Lethbridge, ave electors of the Bo- 
rough of Bridgwater, in the County of Somerset, 
and had a right to vote, and hereby claim to have 
had a right to vote, at the last Election of Members 
to serve in Parliament for the said Borough ; that at 
the last Election of Members to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough of Bridgwater, the 
Petitioner, the said Sir Thomas Buckler Lethbridge, 
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Esquire, Henry Broad- 
wood, Esquire, and Philip Courtenay, Esquire, were 
Candidates to represent the said Borough in Parlia- 
ment; that the said Henry Broadwood and Philip 
Courtenay were, by Robert Ford, Esquire, being the 
Returning Officer of the said Borough, declared 
duly elected, and were by him returnedas Burgesses 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
Borough of Bridgwater ; that before, at and during 
the said Election, the said Hexry Broadwood and 
Philip Courtenay were, or one of them was, by 
themselves and by their agents, guilty of divers acts 
of bribery and corruption, in order to corrupt and 
procure, and did, or one of them did, by themselves, 
and by their agents, friends, managers, and other 
persons employed in their behalf, by gifts, presents, 
money, rewards, and promises and agreements and 
securities for money, gifts and rewards, and by 
threats, intimidation, promises and undue influence, 
and other corrupt, illegal or improper practices, acts 
and means, attempt to corrupt and procure, and did 
in fact corrupt and procure, divers persons having, 
or claiming to have, votes at such Election, to give 
their votes in favour of them, the said Henry Broad- 
wood and Philip Courtenay, or one of them, and to 
forbear to give their votes in favour of the said Sir 
Thomas Buckler Lethbridge and Richard Brinsley 
Sheridan ; that, after the place in Parliament to 
be supplied by such Election became vacant, and 
as well before as after the teste or issuing out of the 
Writ for the said Election, and at and during the 
said Election, the said Henry Broadwood and Philip 
Courtenay did, or one of them did, by themselves 
and by their agents, friends and partisans, by divers 
ways and means, at their and each or one of their 
charge and behalf, directly and indirectly give, pre- 
sent and allow to persons having votes at such Elec- 
tion, money, meat, drink, lodging, entertaintment, 
provision an‘l reward, and did make presents, gifts, 
rewards and promises, agreements, obligations and 
engagements to give money, meat, drink, provisions, 
presents, reward and entertainment, to and for per- 
sons having votes as aforesaid, and to and for the 
use, advantage, benefit, enjoyment, profit, and prefer- 

M 2 ment 








84 


ment of such persons, in order that they the said 
Henry Broadwood and Philip Courtenay might be 
elected, and for being elected, to serve in Parliament 
for the said Borough; that in the month of May 
of the present year, a vacancy having occurred in 
the representation of the said Borough of Bridg- 
water, by reason of John Temple Leader, Esquire, 
who had before been returned to serve in the then 
Parliament as one of the Burgesses for the said 
Borough, having accepted a certain office com- 
monly called the Stewardship of the Chiltern Hun- 
dreds, and a Writ having been issued, by virtue of 
a warrant of the Right Honourable James Aber- 
cromby, Speaker of the House of Commons, for the 
electing of a Burgess to serve in Parliament for the 
Borough of Bridgwater in the room of the said John 
Temple Leader, on the Fifteenth day of May an 
Election was held by virtue of and conformably to 
the said Writ, by Robert Ford, Esquire, Returning 
Officer for the said Borough, for the Election of a 
Burgess to serve in the said Parliament for the said 
Borough of Bridgwater, at which Election the said 
Henry Broadwood and the said Richard Brinsley 
Sheridan were Candidates ; that at and before the 
said last-mentioned Election, the said Henry Broad- 
wood was, by himself and his agents, friends, mana- 
gers and others in his behalf, guilty of gross and 
notorious bribery and corruption, in order to cor- 
rupt and procure, and did bv himself and by his 
agents, friends, managers, and other persons em- 
ployed in this behalf, by gifts, presents, money, 
rewards, and promises and agreements, and securi- 
ties for money, gifts and rewards, attempt to corrupt 
and procure, and did in fact corrupt and procure, 
divers persons having or claiming to have votes at 
such last-mentioned Election, to give their votes 
in favour of the said Henry Broadwood,and to forbear 
to give them in favour of the said Richard Brinsley 
Sheridan; and that before and at and during the 
said last-mentioned Election, the said Henry Broad- 
wood, by himself and his agents, and others in his 
behalf, did give and allow meat, drink and enter- 
tainment to and for persons having or claiming to 
have votes at such last-mentioned Election, and to 
and for the use of such persons, in order to his being 
elected, and for being elected, to serve in the then 
Parliament ; and that by means of the said last- 
mentioned acts of bribery and corruption, and the 
said gifts, presents, rewards and promises, so as 
aforesaid recently made at the said last-mentioned 
Election, and of the meat, drink and entertainment, 
so as last aforesaid given and allowed, the said 
Henry Broadwood was enabled at the last Election 
of Members to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said Borough, to exercise a corrupt, illegal, and 
undue influence, and did in fact exercise a corrupt, 
illegal, and undue influence, over divers persons 
having votes at the said Election, and to procure 
such persons to give their votes for the said Henry 
Broadwood, whereas such persons would otherwise 
have foreborne to give their votes for the said Henry 
Broadwood and Philip Courtenay, or either of them, 
or would have given their votes for the said Sir 
Thomas Buckler Lethbridge, and the said Richard 
Brinsley Sheridan, or either of them ; that extensive 
bribery and treating was resorted to and practised 
by divers persons at the said Election of Members 
to serve in this present Parliament on behalf of the 
said Henry Broadwood and Philip Courtenay, and 
that the Return of the said Henry Broadwood and 
Philip Courtenay, at the said last Election for the 
said Borough of Bridgwater, was procured by means 
of bribery, treating, and other corrupt and illegal 
practices; that the said Henry Broadwood and 
Philip Courtenay, by the said corrupt and illegal 
practices, were and are, and each of them was and 
is, wholly disabled and incapacitated and ineligible 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
Borough of Bridgwater, and the Return of the said 


Henry Broadwood and Philip Courtenay was and is | 


1° Decembris. 








A. 1837. 


wholly null and void ; that, at the time of the said 
Election of Members to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment as aforesaid, the said Philip Courtenay was 
not the eldest son or heir apparent of any Peer or 
Lord of Parliament, nor of any person qualified by 
law to serve asa Knight of the Shire, and the said 
Philip Courtenay was not, at the time of such Elec- 
tion, seised of or entitled to an estate, freehold or 
copyhold, for his own, or any greater estate, either 
at law or in equity, to and for his own use and 
benefit, of or in lands, tenements or hereditaments, 
over and above what would satisfy and clear all 
incumbrances that might affect the same, lying or 
being within the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland, of the annual value of Three hundred 
pounds, above reprizes, and, therefore, that the said 
Philip Courtenay was not entitled to stand as a 
Candidate to represent the said Borough in this 
Parliament, or capable to sit or vote for the said 
Borough of Bridgwater; the Petitioners therefore 
humbly pray the House to take the premises into 
consideration, and to declare the Election of the 
said Henry Broadwood and Philip Courtenay, or 
either of them, null and void, and to afford the Peti- 
tioners such other relief in the premises as to the 
House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this 
instant December, at twenty-five minutes after four 
of the clock in the Afternoon. 

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


A Petition of Denis Caulfield Brady, Esquire, of Newry 
Newry, in the county of Armagh, in that part of the Pecton 


United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
called Ireland, whose name is thereunto subscribed, 
being a Candidate at the last Election for a Mem- 
ber to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Newry, was read; setting forth, That 
in pursuance of a writ in due form issued, for making 
an Election for a Member to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Newry, the said Elec- 
tion was duly held on the First day of August now 
last past; that at the said Election John Ellis, Es- 
quire, and the Petitioner were the sole Candidates 
for the representation of the said Borough; that 
a poll being demanded the same was granted, and 
was proceeded with on the First, Second, Third and 
Fourth days of August now last past ; and that, at 
the said Election and polling, the said John Ellis 
polled and obtained 338 votes, and the Petitioner 
polled and obtained 305 votes, and that thereupon 
the said John Ellis was declared by the Returning 
Officer of the said Borough to be duly elected, and 
was afterwards by him returned as having been 
duly elected and chosen to serve in Parliament as 
a Member for the said Borough; that the said 
John Ellis was required and requested at the time 
of such Election, by certain persons having a right 
to vote at such Election, to state whether he had 
such an estate as did qualify him according to 
the law to be elected and returned to serve in Par- 
liament as a Member for the said Borough of 
Newry, and that the said John Ellis thereupon did 
wilfully refuse to comply with such request ; and 
the Petitioner further saith, that the said John Ellis 
had not, as the Petitioner is informed and fully 
believes, at the time of such Election and Return, 
truly and bona fide such an estate in law or equity, 
to and for his own use and benefit, of or in lands, 
tenements or hereditaments (over and above what 
will satisfy and clear all incumbrances that may 
affect the same) of the annual value of Three hun- 
dred pounds, as doth qualify him the said John 
Ellis to be elected and returned to serve in Parlia- 
ment as a Member for the said Borough of Newry, 


according to the tenor and true meaning of the 
statute 

















1 VicrorizZ. 


statute in that behalf made and provided; and that 
the said John Ellis was, at the time of the said 
Election and Return, incapable of bring elected and 
sitting in Parliament, and the Petitioner is further 
informed, and fully believes, that the said John 
Ellis hath not now the necessary estate or property 
to qualify him to serve in Parliament as a Member 
for the said Borough of Newry; that due notice was 
given and delivered at the opening of the poll on 
the First day of August aforesaid, being the First 
day of polling, and before a single vote was recorded 
at the said Election, to the Returning Officer of the 
said Borough at the hustings where the poll was 
taken, and in the presence and hearing of divers of 
the electors of the said Borough at the said Elec- 
tion, that all votes given for the said John Ellis at 
the said Election would be thrown away and lost, 
by reason of the said John Ellis being disqualified 
by law from being elected to serve in Parliament 
as a Member for the said Borough, and that the 
said notice was also publicly given and delivered to 
each elector separately at the time of his voting and 
before his vote was recorded, on the said several 
days of polling, being the First, Second, Third and 
Fourth days of August now last past, at the said 
polling place or hustings ; and the Petitioner further 
saith, that the said John Ellis, by himself, his 
agents and managers, and by persons employed on 
his behalf, did, after the teste of the Writ for the said 
Election, and at and during the said Election, and 
before his Election to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough of Newry, give, present, 
and allow to various persons having or claiming 
to have votes in the said Election, money, meat, 
drink, presents, rewards, and entertainments to and 
for such persons, in order to be elected, and for 
being elected, a Member to serve in the present 
Parliament for the said Borough of Newry; and 
the Petitioner further saith, that the said John Ellis, 
by his agents ‘and persons employed in his behalf, 
before and after the teste of the Writ for the said 
Election, and at and during the said Election, did, 
by violence, threats, intimidation, and other undue 
and illegal means, interfere with and influence per- 
sons having or claiming to have votes in the said 
Election, who were known to be in the interest 
of the Petitioner, in order to be elected, and for 
being elected, a Member to serve in this present 
Parliament; and the Petitioner further saith, that 
the said John Ellis, by himself and his agents, 
after the issuing and teste of the Writ for the said 
Election, did, by gifts and rewards, and by promises, 
agreements, and securities for gifts and rewards, 
corrupt and procure persons who had a right to vote 
in the said Election to give their votes to the said 
John Ellis, and did in like manner corrupt and 
procure persons who had a right to vote in the said 
Election, to forbear to give their votes in such Elec- 
tion, contrary to the statute enacted for prohibiting 
such practices ; the Petitioner therefore humbly sub- 
mits to the House that by reason of the premises 
respectively the Election and Return of the said 
John Ellis to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said Borough of Newry was and is wholly null 
void, and prays the House to take the premises into 
consideration, and to declare the said Election and 
Return of the said John Ellis wholly null and void, 
and that the Petitioner was duly elected, and ought 
to have been returned to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment as a Member for the said Borough, or to afford 
the Petitioner such other relief as to the House shall 
seem fit, and order that he be heard by his Counsel. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this 
instant December, at half an hour after four of the | 
clock in the Afternoon. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant, 





1° Decembris. 


A Petition of Robert Slade, of the town and Poole Election. 





or Warrants, for such persons, papers and records, 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties | 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. | 

Vo. 93. | 








85 


county of Poole, Merchant, and John Henning, of 
the same place, Wine-merchant, Electors of the Bo- 
rough and town and county of Poole, on behalf of 
themselves and others claiming a right to vote for 
Members to serve in Parliament for said Borough, 
was read ; setting forth, That at the last Election of 
Members to serve in Parliament for the Borough 
and Town and County of Poole, Sir Henry Wil- 
loughby, Baronet, then residing at No. 20, Cork- 
street, in the parish of Saint James, Piccadilly, in 
the County of Middlesex, and Sir John Ben Walsh, 
Baronet, of No. 28, Berkley-square, in the parish of 
Saint George, Hanover-square, in the County of 
Middlesex, and Charles Frederic Ashley Cooper 
Ponsonby, of No. 50. Portland-place, m the parish 
of Saint Marylebone, in the said County of Middle- 
sex, and of Great Canford, in the County of Dorset, 
Esquire, and George Richard Philips, of No. 12, 
Hiill-street, Berkeley-square, in the parish of Saint 
George, Hanover-square, in the County of Middle- 
sex, Esquire, were Candidates; that such Candi- 
dates were duly put in nomination, and that a poll 
being demanded, the same was granted and pro- 
ceeded on, and John Adey, Esquire, acted thereat as 
Sheriff and Returning Officer ; that, at the close of 
such poll, the number of votes in favour of the 
several Candidates were declared to be as follows: 
for Charles Frederic Ashley Cooper Ponsonby, Es- 
quire, 278; for George Richard Philips, Esquire, 
259; for Sir Henry Willoughby, 242; and for Sir 
John Ben Walsh, 222; whereupon the said Return- 
ing Officer declared the said Charles Frederic Ash- 
ley Cooper Ponsonby, Esquire, and George Richard 
Philips, Esquire, to be duly elected and returned ; 
that at the said Election divers persons were admitted 
to vote, and did vote for the said Charles Frederic 
AshleyCooper Ponsonby and George Richard Philips, 
who were not duly registered as electors for the said 
Borough, and who were not entitled to be regis- 
tered as voters for the said Borough, and had no 
colour of claim or title to vote at the said Election, 
but who falsely and fraudulently personated voters 
having aright to vote, and in such manner voted for 
the said Charles Frederic Ashley Cooper Ponsonby 
and George Richard Philips, at the said Election, 
and that the said voters, having such right to vote, 
tendered their votes for the said Sir Henry Wil- 
loughby and Sir John Ben Walsh, but whose votes 
were rejected by the said Sheriff, his Deputy and 
assessors, and that the said votes, so admitted by 
the said Deputy Sheriff, were clearly fraudulent and 
illegal, and ought to be struck off the poll accord- 
ingly ; that divers persons were admited to vote, and 
did vote, at the said Election for the said Charles 
Frederic Ashley Cooper Ponsonby and George Ri- 
chard Philips, who had not at the time they so 
voted the same qualifications for which their names 
had been originally inserted in the Register of voters 
in force at the time of the said Election for the said 
Borough of Poole, but had parted with, and removed 
from the same, or who had ceased to be resident 
within the said Borough, or within seven statute 
miles thereof, or of any part thereof, previous to the 
said Election, which said persons were, nevertheless, 
admitted to poll, and did poll, at the said Election, 
and their votes were counted as good votes in favour 
of Charles Frederic Ashley Cooper Ponsonby and 
George Richard Philips, or for one of them, whereas, 
such votes were bad and invalid, and ought to be 
struck off the poll accordingly ; that many other 
persons whose names appear upon the said Register ; 
had, during the period intervening between the re- 
gistration and the time of their so voting, ceased to 
be qualified to vote at the said Election, by having 
ceased to reside as freemen, or having ceased to oc- 
cupy, and having removed from the occupation of, 
a considerable portion of the premises in respect of 
which their names were inserted in such Register, 
but were nevertheless improperly and unduly ad- 

M 3 mitted 








86 


1° Decembris. 


A. 1837. 


mitted to vote, and did vote at the said Election in that divers other persons were admitted to vote, and 
favour of the said Charles Frederic Ashley Cooper | did vote, at the said Election in favour of the said 
Ponsonby and George Richard Philips, or one of | Charles Frederic Ashley Cooper Ponsonby and George 


them, whose votes ought to be disallowed and struck 
off the poll accordingly; that divers persons were 
admitted to vote, and did vote, at such Election for 
the said Charles Frederic Ashley Cooper Ponsonby 
and George Richard Philips, who were registered 
as electors for the said Borough, but had become 
disqualified to vote at such Election subsequently 
to the time of their being so registered, and pre- 
viously to their so voting, by having, within twelve 
months of the said Election, received alms or paro- 
chial relief, or by not residing, or having ceased to 
reside within the said Borough, or within seven 
miles thereof, or of any part thereof, or by not 
having paid or by being in arrear for their poor- 
rates, assessed and other taxes, for and in respect 
of the premises for which they were so registered, 
or by other legal or personal disqualifications and 
incapacities, and whose votes ought to be struck off 
the poll accordingly ; that divers persons were ad- 
mitted to vote, and did vote, at the said Election for 
the said Charles Frederic Ashley Cooper Ponsonby 
and George Richard Philips, who were disabled or 
disqualified from or incapable of voting at the said 
Election, by reason of their being, or having been, 
within twelve months previously to such Election, 
concerned or employed in the charging, collecting, 
levying or managing Duties of Excise, Customs or 
other Duties or Revenues, or in the charging, collect- 
ing, levying or managing the Duties on windows 
and houses, or in some other disabling office or 
employment, and whose votes ought to be struck off 
the poll accordingly ; that divers persons were ad- 
mitted to vote, and did vote, at the said Election 
for the said Charles Frederic Ashley Cooper Pon- 
sonby and George Richard Philips, or one of them, 
who by law were incapable of voting at such Elec- 
tion, by reason of their having, during such Election, 
or within six calendar months previous to such Elec- 
tion, or within fourteen days after it was completed, 
been employed at such Election as counsel, agent, 
attorney, poll-clerk, flag-man, or in some other 
capacity, for the purposes of such Election, and had, 
either before, during, or after such Election, accepted 
or taken from the said Candidates, or one of them, 
or from some other person, in consideration of, or 
with reference to such employment, certain sums of 
money, retaining fees, offices, places or employments, 
or certain promises and securities for the same re- 
spectively, and such votes were, notwithstanding, 
unduly admitted, and entered on the poll-book as 
good votes for the said Charles Frederick Ashley 
Cooper Ponsonby and George Richard Philips, or 
one of them, whereas, such votes are wholly null 
and void, and ought to be struck off the poll accord- 
ingly ; that divers persons were admitted to vote, 
and did vote, at the said Election for the said Charles 
Frederic Ashley Cooper Ponsonby and George Ri- 
chard Philips, or one of them, who had asked, 
received and taken money or other reward, by way 
of gift, loan or other device, or had agreed and con- 
tracted for money, gift, office, employment or other 
reward, and had been bribed to give their votes to 
the said Charles Frederic Ashley Cooper Ponsonby 
anil George Richard Philips, and to refuse or for- 
bear to give their votes to the said Sir Henry Wil- 
loughby and Sir John Ben Walsh; that divers per- 


sons were admitted to vote, and did vote, at the said 








| 


Richard Philips, or one of them, who were, for 
various and ditferent reasons, incapable of so voting, 
and who laboured under personal disabilities to vote 
different to those which have hereinbefore been 
mentioned, and whose votes ought to be struck off 
the poll accordingly ; that the said Charles Frederic 
Ashley Cooper Ponsonby and George Richard Philips, 
or one of them, by themselves, their agents, friends, 
supporters, managers, and by persons employed by 
and for them, or one of them, and on their behalf, 
after the teste of the Writ for the said Election, 
before, and at and during the time of the said Elec- 
tion, and before and after the Return of the said 
Charles Frederic Ashley Cooper Ponsonby and George 
Richard Philips to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said Borough of Poole, did give, present and 
allow to various persons having or claiming to have 
votes in the said Election, money, presents and re- 
wards, and also meat, drink and other entertainments, 
and did make or cause to be made, divers promises, 
agreements, obligations and engagements, to give 
and allow money, meat, drink, presents, rewards 
and entertainments to and for such persons, in order 
that the said Charles Frederic Ashley Cooper Pon 

sonby and George Richard Philips, or one of them, 
might be elected, and for being elected, a Member 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough of Poole; that the said Charles Frederic 
Ashley Cooper Ponsonbyand George Richard Philips 
were, by themselves, their friends, agents and ma- 
nagers, and others on their behalf, guilty of acts of 
notorious bribery, corruption and treating at the 
said Election, and with reference to the same, in 
order to be elected, and for being elected, as Mem- 
bers to serve in Parliament for the said Borough ; 
and the Petitioners further allege, that the said 
Charles Frederic Ashley Cooper Ponsonby and 
George Richard Philips having combined and co- 
alesced together for the purpose of the said Election, 
by themselves, or one of them by himself, or by 
their friends, agents and managers on their behalf, 
and by persons employed by them or on their be- 
half, were or was guilty, before and at and during 
the said Election, of scandalous bribery, corruption 
and treating, and of bribing, corrupting and pro- 
curing, and endeavouring to bribe, corrupt and pro- 
cure, divers electors to give their votes for the said 
Charles Frederic Ashley Cooper Ponsonby and George: 
Richard Philips, or one of them, and to forbear 
giving their votes for the said Sir Henry Willoughby 
and Sir John Ben Walsh at the said Election, and 
did in like manner give or cause to be given, and 
did promise or agree to give to certain electors of 
the said Borough, certain sums of money, gifts and 
rewards, in order to procure the Return of them the 
said Charles Frederic Ashley Cooper Ponsonby and 
George Richard Philips to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the said Borough ; that after the teste 
of the said Writ, and previous to and during the 
said Election, the said Charles Frederic Ashley 
Cooper Ponsonby and George Richard Philips, by 
themselves, their agents and managers, committee- 
men and partisans, and others on their behalf, were 
guilty of the most flagrant and notorious acts of in- 
timidation, thereby basely and unlawfully procuring 
by threats other persons being qualified to vote at 
the said Election, through fear of being persecuted, 


Election, who, by themselves, or persons employed | and themselves and their families ill-used and injured 
by them, did, by gifts or rewards, or by promises, | in their trades and occupations, to give their votes 
agreements or securities for gifts or rewards, corrupt, ‘to the said Charles Frederic Ashley Cooper Ponsonby 
procure and bribe, or attempt to corrupt, procure | and George Richard Philips, and to forbear to give 
and bribe, persons to give their votes for the said | their votes to the said Sr Henry Willoughby and 
Charles Frederic Ashley Cooper Ponsonby and George | Sir John Ben Walsh; and the said Charles Frederic 
Richard Philips, or one of them, and to refuse or | Ashley Cooper Ponsonby and George Richard Philips, 
forbear to give them to the said Sir Henry Willoughby | by themselves, their agents, managers, supporters, 


and Sir John Ben Walsh, or one of them, and whose | committee-men or partisans, and b 


| ployed by 


a) 


votes ought to be struck off the poll accordingly ; 


ersons em- 
them, and in their behalf, and by large. 
mobs 


Tamworth 
Election, 


1 Vicrori2#. 


mobs and assemblages of people, procured, hired 


1° Decembris. 


and paid to, and who did carry off both by night | 
and by day, by force, and against their will and in- | 


clination, electors who were desirous of voting at the 


said Election for the said Sir Henry Willoughby and | 


Sir John Ben Walsh, by means whereof the freedom 
of the said Election was most materially obstructed 
and violated ; that, in addition to, and independently 


_of, the votes so improperly recorded as aforesaid, 


the votes of divers other persons were accepted and 


87 


Robert Peel, Baronet, and Edward Henry A’ Court 
were returned as duly elected ; that at the said Elec- 
tion, the said Edward Henry A’ Court was required, 
by one or two electors having a right to vote at the 
said Election, to take the oath prescribed by the’ 
statute passed in the ninth year of the reign of her late 
Majesty Queen Anne, intituled, “ An Act for securing 


the freedom of Parliaments, by the further quali- 


recorded at the said Election in favour of the said | 


Charles Frederic Ashley Cooper Ponsonby and George | 


Richard Philips, or one of them, and which votes 
were improperly retained or inserted in the Register 
of voters for the said Borough by the Barrister or 
Barristers who revised the list of voters from which 
such Register was formed, whereas they were not 
entitled to be registered as electors, or to vote at the 
said Election, and ought to be disallowed and struck 
off the poll accordingly ; that, by the improper ad- 
mission of the said bad and invalid votes, and by 
other corrupt and unlawful means, the said Charles 
Frederic Ashley Cooper Ponsonbyand George Richard 
Philips obtained a colourable majority of votes over 
the said Sir Henry Willoughby and the said Sir John 
Ben Walsh, and procured themselves to be returned, 
and were returned, to serve for the said Borough, 
whereas the said Sir Henry Willoughby and the said 
Sir John Ben Walsh had a legal majority of votes 
at the said Election over the said Charles Frederic 
Ashley Cooper Ponsonby and George Richard Philips, 
and were duly elected, and ought to have been re- 
turned to serve for the same Borough in their stead ; 
the Petitioners therefore humbly pray the House 
will take the said premises into their consideration, 
and declare the said Election and Return of the said 


Charles Frederic Ashley Cooper Ponsonby and George | 


Richard Philips wholly null and void, and that 
they are not nor ought to be deemed Members to 
serve in Parliament for the said Borough of Poole, 
and that the names of the said Charles Frederic 
Ashley Cooper Ponsonby and George Richard Philips 
may be erased from the said Return, and that the 
said Sir Henry Willoughby and Sir John Ben Walsh 
may be declared duly elected to serve in this Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough, and that their names 
may be substituted in the said Return instead of 
those of the said Charles Frederic Ashley Cooper 
‘Ponsonby and George Richard Philips, and that the 
House will be pleased to grant to the Petitioners 
such further and other relief as to the House shall 
seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this 
instant December, at twenty-five minutes before 
five of the clock in the Afternoon. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant, | 


or Warrants, for such persons, papers and records 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 


A Petition of the several Persons whose names are 
thereunto subscribed, Electors of the Borough of 
Tamworth, in the counties of Warwick and Stafford, 
on behalf of themselves and others, claiming a right 
to vote for Members to serve in Parliament for the 
said borough, was read; setting forth, That the 
Petitioners were, at and during the last Election of 
Members to serve in Parliament for the Borough 


of Tamworth, in the Counties of Warwick and | 


Stafford, and still are, electors of the said Borough, 
and claim to have had a right to vote, and did vote, 
at the same Election; that at the said last Elec- 




















fying the Members to sit in the House of Commons,” 
and that the said Edward Henry A’ Court accord- 
ingly took and subscribed such oath, and thereby 
deposed, that he truly and bond fide had such an 
estate in law or equity to and for his own use and 
benefit, of or in lands, tenements, or hereditaments, 
over and above what would satisfy and clear all in- 
cumbrances that might affect the same, of the annual 
value of Three hundred pounds, above reprizes, as 
quatified him to be elected and returned to serve as 
a Member for the said Borough of Tamworth ; and 
that his said !ands, tenements, or hereditaments, 
were lying or being within the parish, township, or 
precinct of Amington, in the County of Warwick ; 
that the said Edward Henry A’ Court was not at the 
time of such Election the eldest son or heir apparent 
of any Lord of Parliament, nor of any person qualified 
by law to serve as a Knight of the Shire, and that 
the said Edward Henry A’ Court was not, as the 
Petitioners allege and believe, at the time of such 
Election, seised of or entitled to any estate, freehold 
or copyhold, for his own life, or for any greater 
estate either in law or in equity, to and for his own 
use and benefit, of or in lands, tenements, or here- 
ditaments, over and above what would satisfy and 
clear all incumbrances that might affect the same, 
lying: or being within the said parish of Amington, 
or elsewhere within the United Kingdom, of the 
annual value of Three hundred pounds, above re- 
prizes, and therefore, that the said Edward Henry 
A’Court was not entitled to stand as a Candidate 
to represent the said Borough in this Parliament, or 
capable to sit or vote as a Member of the House for 
the said Borough of Tamworth, of which want of qua- 
lification the electors had notice at the said Election ; 
the Petitioners therefore humbly pray the House to 
take the premises into consideration, and to declare 
that the Election of the said Edward Henry A’ Court 
is wholly null and void, and order the same to be set 
aside, and that the said John Townshend may be 
declared duly elected to serve as a Burgess in Par- 
liament for the said Borough, and that his name may 
be substituted in the said Return for the name of 
the said Edward Henry A’ Court, or that the House 
will make such other order and afford the Petitioners 
such further and other relief in the premises as to 
the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this 
instant December, at twenty minutes before five of 
the clock in the Afternoon. 

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


A Petition of John Bertram Orde, of Longridge Berwick-upcn- 
House, in the parish of Norham, in the county of Tweed Election. 


Durham, Esquire, and of the several Persons whose 
names are thereunto subscribed, Electors of the 
Borough and town of Berwick-upon-Tweed and 
county of the same, on behalf of themselves and 
others claiming a right to vote for Members to serve 
in Parliament for the said Borough and town and 
county of the same, was read; setting forth, That 


tion of Burgesses to represent the said Borough | the Petitioners were, at and during the last Election 
in Parliament, which took place in the month of | of Members to serve in this present Parliament for 
July last, the Right honourable Sir Robert Peel, | the Borough and Town of Berwich-upon-Tweed and 
Baronet, Edward Henry A’ Court, Esquire, Captain | County of the same, electors of the said Borough, 
in the Royal Navy, and John Townshend, Esquire, | Town and County, and had and claim to have had a 
Captain in the Royal Navy, respectively offered | right to vote for Members to serve in Parliament at 
themselves as Candidates, and that the said Sir| the last Election for the said Borough, Town and 


Vou. 93. 


M 4 County 








88 1° Decembris. A. 1837. 


County of the same; that at the said Election, | or Warrants for such persons, papers and records as 
William Holmes and Richard Hodgson, Esquires, | shall be thought necessary by the several Partieson 
and Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin were Candidates to | the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 
represent the said Borough and Town and County | re 

of the same; that at the said Election, William! A Petition of Henry Thomas, Co 
Riddell, Esquire, the Sheriff for the said Borough | Order of the Bath, and Colonel in 
and Town and County of the same, declared that the | Army, and Lieutenant Colonel of the 20th Regiment 
said Richard Hodgson and William Holmes had the | of Foot, Candidate at the last election to serve in 
majority of votes, and thereupon they were returned , Parliament for the town and Borough of Kinsale in 
by the said Sheriff as duly elected; that the said | Zreland, was read ; setting forth, That the last Elec- 
Richard Hodgson and William Holmes, by them-| tion for the said Town and Borough of Kinsale 
selves, their agents, friends, and managers, and by commenced on Friday the Fourth day of August, 
persons employed on their behalf, did, after the teste | One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, on 





gga of the Kinsale 
er Majesty’s Election. 


of the Writ for the said Election, and at and during | 
the said Election, and before their said Election to | 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Borough | 
and Town of Berwick-upon- Tweed and County of the | 


. : | 
same, give, present, and allow to various persons, | 
2 = ! 


having or claiming to have votes in the said Election, | 
money, meat, drink, entertainments and promises, | 


agreements, obligations, and engagements, to give 
and allow, money, meat, drink, presents, rewards 
and entertainments to and for such persons in order 
to be elected, and for being elected, Members to serve 
in this present Parliament for the said Borough and 
Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed and County of the 
same; that the said Richard Hodgson and William 
Holmes, by themselves, their agents, friends, and 
managers, and by persons employed on their behalf, 
before and at and during the time of the said Election 
were guilty of open and extensive bribery and corrupt 
practices in order to procure persons having or claim- 
ing to have a right to vote at the said Election to 
vote for them the said Richard Hodgson and William 
Holmes, and in order to procure the said Richard 


Hodgson and William Holmes to be returned to serve | 
in this present Parliament for the said Borough and | 


Town of Berwich-upon-Tweed and County of the 
same, and that the said bribery and corrupt practices 
of the said Richard Hodgson and William Holmes, 
and of their agents, friends, and managers, were open 
and notorious in the said Borough, and well known 
to the electors ; that the said Richard Hodgson and 
William Holmes, by themselves, their agents, friends, 
and managers, and by persons employed in their 
behalf, before and at and during the time of the said 


Election, were guilty of various corrupt acts, and | 


employed undue influence and other illegal and im- 
proper means, and gave and caused to be given divers 
sums of money, and gave and entered into, and caused 
to be made, given and entered into, divers gifts, re- 
wards, and agreements and engagements, to several 


persons having and claiming to have a right to vote, | 
in order to procure them to vote at the said Election | 


for them the said Richard Hodgson and William 
Holmes, and in order to procure the said Richard 
Hodgson and William Holmes to be returned to serve 


in this present Parliament for the said Borough and | 


Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed and County of the 


same, which said several unlawful and corrupt acts of 


the said Richard Hodgson and William Holmes, and 


other their friends, agents, and managers, are con- | 


trary to the freedom of Election, in violation of the 
Standing Orders of the House, and the laws and sta- 
tutes of the Realm for preventing bribery and corrup- 


tion in the Election of Members to serve in Parlia- , 


ment, and have rendered the Election and Return 


of the said Richard Hodgson and William Holmes | 
wholly nulland void ; the Petitioners therefore hum- | 
bly pray the House to take the premises into con- 
sideration, and to declare the said Election and | 
Return of the said Richard Hodgson and William 
Holmes wholly null and void, or that the House will | 
afiord the Petitioners such further and other relief 


in the premises as to the House shall seem meet. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this 
instant December, at a quarter of an hour before 


five of the clock in the Afternoon. 


which day the Petitioner and Pierce Mahony, 
Esquire, were put in nomination as Candidates for 
the representation of the said Town and Borough in 
Parliament, by Edward Heard, Esquire, the Sove- 
reign of the said Town and Borough, and who acted 
as the Returning Officer thereof; that a poll having 
been demanded on behalf of the Petitioner, the said 
Returning Officer proceeded on the said Fourth day 
of August to take the same, which poll continued 
open until Monday the Seventh day of August fol- 
lowing, when the same finally closed, and the said 
Returning Officer declared the state of the poll to be, 
for the said Pierce Mahony 103 votes, and for the Peti- 





tioner 98 votes, whereupon, thesaid Returning Officer 
declared the said Pierce Mahony duly elected ; that the 
majority in favour of the said Pzerce Mahonywas but a 
colourable majority, and that the Return of the said 
Pierce Mahony was an undue Return, and was pro- 
cured by violence, threats, and intimidation, and by 
means of bribery practised and put in force by and on 
behalf of the said Pierce Mahony to electors and other 
persons capable of influencing electors of said Borough, 
and by other illegal, corrupt, and unconstitutional 
means ; that for a considerable time previous to and 
| during the said Election the Roman Catholic priests 
and clergy took a most violent and conspicuous part 
in said Election, and interfered with, and influenced 
the electors of the Roman Catholic persuasion in a 
most illegal and unconstitutional manner in order to 
compel them to vote for the said Pierce Mahony ; 
that previous to, and in contemplation of, and during 
said Election, the said Roman Catholic priests and 
clergy used their utmost exertions to excite a ran- 
corous hostility against the Petitioner, his friends 
/and supporters, and not only threatened the Roman 
Catholic electors with injury to their persons, and 
destruction of their properties if they voted for the 
| Petitioner or any other person but the said Pierce 
| Mahony, but also availed themselves of the super- 
stition of many of the most ignorant of these Electors 
to induce them to believe that they would incur the 
risk of eternal punishment if they voted otherwise 
than the said priests dictated to them ; that in con- 
sequence of such conduct of the said priests and 
clergy many of the said electors were compelled to 
vote, contrary to their own wishes and inclinations, 
against the Petitioner, and for the said Pierce Ma- 
hony ; that many of the Roman Catholic priests and 
clergy of the said Town and neighbourhood, appa- 
rently acting by previous concert and arrangement, 
attended as agents for the said Pierce Mahony 
during the whole of the said Election, and took up 
the most conspicuous positions in the polling booth, 
where every person coming to poll must necessarily 
see them, and by such conduct, endeavoured to, and 
did actually, intimidate and deter the Roman Ca- 
'holic electors from coming forward to vote for the 
Petitioner, and compelled the most part of them to 
| vote for the said Pierce Mahony; that from the dis- 
solution of the last Parliament, and the declared 
intenticn of the said Pierce Mahony to become a 
| Candidate for the representation of said Borough in 
Parliament up to the time of holding said Election 
and during the continuance thereof, great excitement 
prevailed in. said Borough, noted agitators and de- 
| magogues traversed its streets by day, making violent 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant | harangues calculated to inflame the minds of the 


people, 








1 VicroriI2Z. 


people, and to excite a bad and hostile feeling against 
the Petitioner; and by night armed parties went about 
to the houses of the electors known to be in the 
interest of the Petitioner, and threatened them and 
their families with destruction if they voted for him ; 
that, as evidence of the corrupt, unconstitutional, 
and violent means which were used by or on behalf 
of the said Pierce Mahony, so as to exclude the 
possibility of a fair exercise of the elective franchise 
by numerous electors, Petitioner showeth, that one 
George Fuller, who is a Protestant, and who resided 
for some years before the said Election, and still 
resides, within the limits of said Borough, and who 
was duly qualified by law to vote at said Election, 
had actually and unreservedly promised to vote for 
the Petitioner, as he had done at the former Election, 
all which the said Pierce Mahony, his friends, 
agents and partisans, well knew before the Second 
day of August last; that, on the evening of the said 
Second day of August, whilst the said George Fuller 
was on the highway near to the said town, he was 
violently seized by one Lawrence Murphy, an agent 
for the said Pierce Mahony, and at whose house the 
committee for conducting the Election of the said 
Pierce Mahony met, and who was aware of the 
promise so made by the said George Fuller to vote 
for the Petitioner, and the said Lawrence Murphy, 
having his face disguised, and being assisted by 
three other persons, violently and illegally conveyed 
the said George Fuller, contrary to his will and con- 
sent, toa house about four or five miles from the 
said town, and there detained him during that night 
and the whole of the following day, and until it was 
dark on Thursday night, when he was removed to 
another place about fifteen miles distant from his 
said first place of confinement, and there detained a 
prisoner until Monday night, after said Election was 
closed, and said Pierce Wakouy had been declared 
duly elected, when the persons who were placed over 
him to prevent his escape, conducted him from his 
place of confinement, until they came within about 
four or five miles of Kinsale, when they set him at 
liberty, by which illegal, unconstitutional and out- 
rageous conduct, the Petitioner was deprived of the 
vote of the said George Fuller ; that. as further evi- 
dence of the undue, illegal and unconstitutional 
means resorted to by the said Pierce Mahony, to 
obtain his said Return for said Borough, after he had 
been put in nomination by the said Returning Of- 
ficer, the said Pierce Mahony, in open court, from 
the hustings, in his address to the electors, declared 
that several Peers of the Realm had not only of- 
fered to support him by the influence of their friends, 
but had actually interfered themselves with the elec- 
tors to procure their votes and support for him, and 
the said Pierce Mahony, in confirmation of his said 
declaration, addressed letters to various persons con- 
taining similar statements ; that the said Returning 
Officer — many persons to poll for the said 
Pierce Mahony, whose alleged respective rights to 
vote at said Election, was not derived from any 
holding and occupation within the said Borough, as 
tenants or owners of any house, warehouse, count- 
ing-house or shop, which, either separately or jointly 
with any land within the said Borough occupied 
therewith by them respectively, as tenants, under the 
same landlord, or occupied by them respectively as 
owners, was of the bond fide clear yearly value of 
Ten pounds, but on the contrary were respectively 
considerably less than of the clear yearly value of 
Ten pounds; that the said Returning Officer per- 
mitted many other persons to poll for the said 
Pierce Mahony, who had registered as householders, 
but whose qualifications as such registered voters 
had, prior to the said Election, ceased to exist ; that 
the said Returning Officer permitted many other 
persons to poll for the said Pierce Mahony, out of 
wiose premises more than one half year’s grand jury 
or municipal cesses, rates or taxes were then due and 


a 7 4 such voters respectively, in respect of the 


1° Decembris. 





89 


premises, in their respective certificates or affidavits of 
registry mentioned; that the said Returning Officer 
permitted many other persons to poll for the said 
Pierce Mahony, who daimed to vote as freemen, 
but whose admissions to their respective freedom, 
and their right to vote at such Election, were de- 
nied and objected to by the Petitioner or his agents, 
and who, although called upon by the Petitioner or 
his agents, refused to produce the roll of freemen, 
or their admission duly stamped according to law ; 
that the said Returning Officer permitted many other 
persons to poll for the said Pierce Mahony, whose 
names did not, and do not, appear in any certificate 
or affidavit of registry upon record for the said Town 
and Borough ; that the said Returning Officer per- 
mitted other persons to poll for the said Pierce 
Mahony, who were severally disabled and disqua- 
lified from voting, by the laws now in force in Jre- 
land, by reason of dignity, office or employment ; 
that the said Returning Officer received the vote of 
one Cornelius Donovan in favour of the said Pierce 
Mahony, although the said Cornelius Donovan was 
of unsound mind at the time of his voting, and al- 
though his vote was objected to on behalf of the 
Petitioner on this and other grounds; that this said 
Returning Officer received the votes of various other 
persons, not qualified or entitled by law to vote, 
who had personated other persons whose names 
were upon the Registry, but who were either dead, 
or had abandoned the premises, or quitted the said 
Borough, and ceased to reside therein at the time of 
the said Election ; that the said Returning Officer 
received the votes of many other persons, and placed 
them on the poll for the said Pierce Mahony, such 
et being Papists, or persons professing the 
oman Catholic religion, who did not take and sub- 
scribe the oaths and declarations required by the 
Act of the 10th Geo. 4, c. 7, now in force in Lreland, 
for the relief of Roman Catholics, in order to enable 
them to vote at Elections for Members to serve in 
Parliament, and who, therefore, were not legally en- 
titled to vote at said Election; that the said Re- 
turning Officer received the votes of many persons, 
who, «Bese the said Election, or within six calen- 
dar months previous thereto, or within fourteen 
days after it was completed, were employed at such 
Election, by or on behalf of the said Pierce Mahony, 
as agents, attornies, poll-clerks, flag-men, or in some 
other capacity, for the purpose of said Election, 
and who, either before or during or after the said 
Election, accepted and took from the said Pierce 
Mahony, or some other person on his behalf, pay- 
ment in money, or security for money, for or in 
consideration of or in reference to such employ- 
ment; that the said Returning Officer permitted 
various persons to poll for the said Pierce Mahony, 
though objected to on behalf of Petitioner, some of 
whom were neither tenants nor owners of the pre- 
mises out of which they polled, and whose only 
right to vote was by reason of a temporary and per- 
missive right to reside in the said premises, and 
from which residence they were liable to be re- 
moved by the owners thereof at pleasure ; others 
of them who voted out of premises not situate and 
not to be found within the limits of said Borough, 
others who were unable to read or write, or tu exe- 
cute or sign any affidavit, instrument or writing, in 
any other manner than by affixing their respective 
marks thereto, and who could not identify them- 
selves with the respective affidavits of registry or 
certificates produced to them, nor were they respec- 
tively able to show they were the same persons who 
appeared before the —— Barrister at the 
time of registration, neither were they, or any of 
them, identified as the same persons who put their 
marks to said affidavits by the person or persons 
who certified at the foot thereof his knowledge of 
the deponent, and that he had truly read their re- 
spective affidavits to them respectively ; others who 
voted out of premises which were falsely described, 
N or 





90 


or so described in their respective affidavits, as to 
render it impossible to ascertain whether they were 
legal voters or not, or where their respective pre- 
mises were situated, and others, who were illegally 
registered, because of their not having been six 
calendar months in occupation as tenants or owners 
of their respective premises previous to the time of 
their registering their votes; that the said Return- 
ing Officer received the vote of one Andrew Copely 
in favour of the said Pierce Mahony, although ob- 
jected to on behalf of Petitioner, without hearing 
the merits of the said objection, notwithstanding 
such objection was duly delivered by the Deputy in 
the polling-booth to the Returning Officer in the 
usual manner, and which objection the said Return- 
ing Officer now alleges is lost, although the same 
should have been attached to the poll-book at the 
close of the said Election, pursuant to 1st Geo. 4, 
¢. 11, s. 12, and which said vote ought to have been 
rejected ; that the said Returning Officer improperly 
rejected the votes of many persons who were duly 
qualified to vote at said Election, and who had ten- 
dered their votes for the Petitioner, and whose 
votes ought to have been, as Petitioner hereby 
humbly prays they may be, placed upon the poll for 
him ; that the said Pierce Mahony by himself, his 
agents, friends and managers, and by persons em- 
ployed on his behalf, before, at, and during the said 
Election, was guilty of open and extensive bribery, 
and of corrupt practices, in order to procure persons 
having or Cnilsingy to have a right to vote at the 
said Election to vote for the said Pierce Mahony, or 
to forbear to vote for the Petitioner, and in order to 
procure the return to Parliament of the said Pierce 
Mahony ; that the said Pierce Mahony, by himself, 
his agents, friends and managers, and by persons 
employed by him, and on his behalf, after the teste 
of the Writ for said Election, and at and during 
said Election, did give, present and allow to various 
persons having or claiming to have votes at the said 
Election, money, meat, drink, entertainment or pro- 
vision, and did make presents, gifts and rewards, 
and also promises, agreements, obligations and en- 
gagements to give and allow money, meat, drink, 
provision, presents, entertainments and rewards to 
and for such persons, or for the use, advantage, be- 
nefit, employment, profit or preferment of such per- 
sons, in order to be elected a Member to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough ; that 
by the above corrupt and unconstitutional, and other 
undue means, the said Pierce Mahony obtained a 
colourable majority of Five votes on the poll over 
the Petitioner, and was in consequence thereof de- 
clared by the said Returning Officer to be duly 
elected, and was returned to serve for said Borough 
in Parliament, whereas, in fact, the Petitioner ought 
to have been returned, having had a large majorit 
of legal votes over the said Pierce Mahony ; for all 
the causes aforesaid, Petitioner humbly prays the 
House to take the premises into their consideration, 
and to declare the Return of the said Pierce Mahony 
wholly null and void, and that the Petitioner was 
duly elected, and ought to have been returned to 
serve in Parliament for said Borough of Kinsale, and 
that the Return of the said Pierce Mahony may be 
set aside, and the name of Petitioner substituted 
for the name of the said Pierce Mahony in the said 
Return, and that the Petitioner may have such fur- 
ther and other relief in the premises as to the House 
may seem meet. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this 
instant December, at ten minutes before five of the 
clock in the Afternoon. 


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


1° Decembris. 











A. 1837. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Upper Canaé, 
command,—Copy of an Act to provide for the dis- 
posal of the Public Lands in the Province of Upper 
Canada, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 





Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment, 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


The Custody of Insane Persons Bill was, accord- Custody of 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed [sane Perso 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply 5 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House was moved, That the Order made Education, 
yesterday, that a Select Committee be appointed to 
consider the best means of providing useful Educa- 
tion for the Children of the Poorer Classes in Large 
Towns, throughout England and Wales; might be 
read ; and the same being read; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Slaney, Sir 
Robert Peel, Mr. Poulett Thomson, Sir Harry Ver- 
ney, Lord Viscount Sandon, Mr. John Parker, Mr. 
Wyse, Lord Ashley, Mr. Poulett Scrope, Sir Strat- 
ford Canning, Mr. George William Wood, Mr. Est- 
court, Sir George Strickland, Mr. Hawes and Mr. 
Vernon Smith; with Power to send for persons, 
papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The House was moved, That so much of Her Poor —, 
Majesty’s most gracious Speech to both Houses off") B™ 
Parliament, at the opening of the Session, as relates 
to the condition of the Poor in Jre/and, might be 
read; and the same was read, as followeth : 


“‘ The result of the inquiries which have been 
made into the condition of the Poor in Jreland has 
been already laid before Parliament, and it will be 
your duty to consult whether it may not be safe and 
wise to establish by Law some well-regulated means 
of relief for the destitute in that Country.” 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the more effectual Relief of the Destitute Poor 
in Lreland: And that Lord John Russell and Lord 
Viscount Morpeth, do prepare and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Registration 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to °f bts 
effect a Registration of Letters sent by the Post 
Office in the United Kingdom :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Several Petitions complaining of undue Elections 
and Returns being offered to be presented, the 
names of the places to which the said Petitions re- 
lated (being all of them Petitions of the last class), 
were put into the glass at the Table; and drawn by 
the Clerk in the following order : 

A Petition of James Bond, of Sidbury, in the cit Worcester, 
of Worcester, Artist, Thomas Jones, of the parish City le™ 
of Saint John, in the said city and borough of 
Worcester, Furrier, William Bristow, of All Hal- 
lows-well, parish of All Saints, city of Worcester, 

Currier, and William Pugh, of London Road, parish 
of Saint Peter, borough of Worcester, Painter, was 
read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners are, and at 
the last Election of burgesses or citizens to serve in 
Parliament for the City of Worcester, were, electors 
of the same City, and entitled and had right to vote 
at the said Election; that the time and place fixed 
for such Election was Saturday the Twenty-second 
day of July last, One thousand eight hundred and 





thirty-seven, at the Guildhall in the said City of 
Worcester, 








ada, 


ut, 


ONS 


of 
Bill. 


on 


tion. 





Portarlington 
lection, 


1 Vicroriz. 


Worcester, when George Richard Robinson, of the 
City of London, Pages Joseph Bailey, of Glen 
Usk Park, in the County of Brecknock, Esquire, 
Colonel Thomas Henry Hastings Davies, of Elmley 
Park, in the County of Worcester, and James Mor- 
ison, of Fore-street, in the City of London, Esquire, 
Christopher Henry Hebb, of the City of Worcester, 
Esquire, then Mayor of the said City, and Robert 
Berkley, of Spetchley, in the County of Worcester, 
Esquire, were severally put in nomination by the 
electors, then and there assembled, as fit and pro- 
per persons to represent the said City in Parliament; 
that Francis Thomas Gibb, Esquire, the Sheriff and 
Returning Officer of the said City of Worcester, re- 
fused and omitted to put, and did not put, the said 
several persons, or any or either of them so nomi- 
nated as aforesaid, to the choice of the said electors, 
or take the sense of the said electors then and there 
met as aforesaid for the purpose of making choice of 
citizens to serve as Representatives in Parliament 
for the said City, but, without taking a show of hands, 
or in any other manner whatsoever ascertaining the 
sense of the said electors, the said Sheriff and Re- 
turning Officer of his own mere will and motion, 
contrary to his duty, in violation of the Privileges 
of Parliament, and against the wishes of the elec- 
tors then and there assembled, proceeded to declare, 
and did declare, the said Joseph Bailey and Thomas 
Henry Hastings Davies to have been and to be duly 
elected Representatives in Parliament for the said 
City, whereby the Petitioners, and other the electors 
of the said City, have been, and were on the occa- 
sion aforesaid, altogether and entirely precluded 
from expressing their opinions, and were debarred 
and deprived of their just rights and privileges of 
choosing Burgesses to represent them in Parlia- 
ment, and otherwise interrupted in the due exercise 
of their just and undoubted rights as electors as 
aforesaid ; that, at a very numerous meeting of the 
electors of the said City, called by public notice, 
and holden at the Guildhall of the said City on 
his the Sixth day of October last, to take into 
consideration the subject of the said Return at the 
said late Election, it was, amongst other things, 
unanimously resolved that, in the opinion of the 
said Meeting, the late Return of Members to serve 
in Parliament for the said City was (as the Peti- 
tioners allege the fact to be) unduly made, the sense 
of the electors not having been taken, and that it 
was the opinion of the said meeting, that the lega- 
lity of such Return should be questioned by a Pe- 
tition to the House; the Petitioners therefore Laeuhle 
pray, that the House will be pleased to declare the 
said Return to be void and of no effect, and will 
order and direct that a new Writ do issue for the 
Election of two Burgesses or Citizens to serve in 
Parliament for the said City of Worcester, and that 
the House will afford to the Petitioners, and other 
the electors of the said City, the free and full right 
of exercising their elective franchise, and grant such 
other relief in the premises as to the House may 
seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday the 12th day of this 
instant December, at five minutes before five of the 
clock in the Afternoon. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant or Warrants, for such persons, papers and re- 
cords as shall be thought necessary by the several 


Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 


A Petition of the several Persons whose names 
are thereunto subscribed, Householders of the Bo- 
rough of Portarlington, in Ireland, claiming to have 
had a right to vote at the last Election of a Member 
to serve in Parliament for the said Borough, was 
read ; setting forth, That all the Petitioners were, 
at and during the last Election of a Member to 


~~ ay bas Parliament for the said Borough of 


1° Decembris. 


91 


Portarlington, in the Queen’s County, in Ireland, 
electors of the said Borough, and had and claimed 
to have had a right to vote for a Member to serve 
in Parliament at the last Election for the said Bo- 
rough ; that at the last general Election for a Bur- 
me to serve in this present Parliament for the said 

orough of Portarlington, George Lionel Dawson 
Damer, Esquire, of Came, in Dorsetshire, in that 
part of the United Kingdom called England, and 
Francis Dunne, Esquire, of Brittas, in the Queen’s 
County, were Candidates to represent the said Bo- 
rough ; that the Third day of August last was the 
day fixed for the said Election, and that a poll 
being demanded, the same was granted and pro- 
ceeded on, and the said Election lasted until the 
Fifth day of August last, on which day last men- 
tioned the poll was closed by the Reverend Richard 
Clarke, the Sovereign and Returning Officer of the 
said Borough, who declared the said George Lionel 
Dawson Damer to be duly elected a Burgess to 
serve for the said Borough of Portarlington in the 
present Parliament; that prior to the said Election 
many persons who were not possessed of sufficient 
property or estate, or qualified in respect of occu- 
pation or payment of grand jury, municipal cesses, 
rates and taxes, and also many persons who were 
not freemen of said Borough, and also other per- 
sons who had ceased to be freemen thereof, and 
also other persons who had ceased to be burgesses 
thereof, and also many other persons who were 
elected and admitted freemen and burgesses of the 
said Borough since the Thirty-first day of March 
One thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, but 
who were not so admitted by reason of birth, mar- 
riage, service, or of any statute in furce at the time 
of passing the Act next hereinafter mentioned, and 
had no legal qualification as such freemen and 
burgesses, or as burgesses or otherwise, to be 
electors of said Borough, or to be registered as voters 
for said Borough, according to the provisions of 
an Act passed in the 2d and 3d years of the 
reign of his late Majesty King William 4, inti- 
tuled, “ An Act to amend the Representation of the 
People of Ireland,” procured their names to be in- 
serted, or were, by the persons authorized to prepare 
lists of persons claiming to be registered as voters 
for the said Borough, improperly put upon and in- 
serted, in such lists, and, notwithstanding such want 
of legal title or qualification, many of such persons 
were afterwards, at a Special Sessions held in pur- 
suance of said Act in said Borough of Portarlington, 
and also at a General Quarter Sessions of the Peace 
held subsequently at different periods since the 
passing of said Act, at Stradbally, and also at Mary- 
borough, in and for the said Queen’s County, wrong- 
fully and illegally declared and adjudged by the 
Assistant Barrister for said County, or his Deputy, 
to be entitled to be registered as voters for the said 
Borough, and were registered as such accordingly ; 
that at the said Election, divers of the persons so 
wrongfully and illegally registered as voters for the 
said Borough, and divers other persons who had 
no legal right to vote, and divers other persons who 
had ceased to possess the qualifications in respect 
of which they had been respectively registered as 
voters for the said Borough, and divers other per- 
sons legally disqualified and any from voting 
by reason of their being employed in the collection 
and management of the Revenues of the Excise, 
and of the Revenue of the Post Office, and of the 
Duties on Stamps, were allowed to vote for the said 
George Lionel Dawson Damer ; that divers persons 
who were not freemen of said Borough, and divers 
other persons who had ceased to be freemen thereof, 








and divers persons who had ceased to be burgesses 
thereof, and divers other persons who were not en- 
titled to vote at said Election in any corporate right 
or character, or otherwise, and divers other persons 
who were elected and admitted freemen and bur- 
gesses of said Borough since the Thirty-first day of 





N2 March 


































































= vee 


a 


ee 


92 1° Decembris. A. 1837. 


March One thousand eight hundred and thirty-one, 
and who were not so admitted in respect of birth, 
marriage or service, or of any statute in force at the 
time of the passing of the said Act, were allowed to 
vote at od Election for the said George Lionel 
Dawson Damer ; that divers persons who voted at 
the said Election for the said George Lionel Dawson 
Damer, did ask, receive and take money, and other 
rewards, and promises of money, gifts and rewards 
for giving their votes for the said George Lionel 
Dawson Damer at the said Election; that divers 
persons who voted at the said Election for the said 
George Lionel Dawson Damer were guilty of various 
corrupt acts, and employed undue influence and 
other illegal and improper means, and gave and 
cause to be given divers sums of money, and gave 
and entered into, and caused to be given and en- 
tered into, divers gifts, rewards, agreements and 
engagements to several persons having and claiming 
to have a right to vote at the said Election, in order 
to procure them to vote for the said George Lionel 
Dawson Damer, and to forbear to vote for the said 
Francis Dunne, and in order to procure the said 
George Lionel Dawson Damer to be returned to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough; that the said George Lionel Dawson Damer, 
by himself, his friends and other persons employed 
by him and by his agents and managers, and per- 
sons who conducted and aided in conducting the 
said Election on behalf of the said George Lionel 
Dawson Damer, before and at and during the time 
of the said Election, was guilty of open and extensive 
bribery, abduction of voters, undue influence and 
other corrupt and illegal ewes in order te pro- 
cure persons having or claiming to have a right to 
vote at the said Election, to vote for the said George 
Lionel Dawson Damer at the said Election, and to 
forbear to vote for the said Francis Dunne, and in 
order to procure the said George Lionel Dawson 
-Damer to be returned to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the said Borough, and that the said 
bribery, abduction and other corrupt and illegal 
practices of the said George Lionel Dawson Damer, 
and of his agents, friends and managers, were open 
and notorious in the said Borough, and well known | 
to the electors; that the said George Lionel Dawson | 
Damer, by himself, his agents and managers, and 

by persons employed in his behalf, before, and at and | 
during the said Election, was guilty of various cor- | 
rupt and illegal acts, and employed undue influence | 
and other illegal and improper means, and gave and | 
caused to be given divers sums of money, and gave | 
and entered into, and caused to be made, given and | 
entered into, divers gifts, benefits, rewards, agree- 
ments and engagements to several persons having 





and claiming to have a right to vote at the said | 


Election, in order to procure them to vote at the 
said Election for the said George Lionel Dawson 
Damer, and to forbear to vote for the said Francis 
Dunne, and in order to procure the said George 
Lionel Dawson Damer to be elected and returned 
a Member in this present Parliament, to serve for 
the said Borough ot Portarlington; and that he the 
said George Lionel Dawson Damer also, by himself, 
his agents and managers, and by other persons on 
his behalf, both before and at and during the said 
Election, did, by gifts and rewards, and by threats, 
promises, agreements, and securities for gifts and 
rewards, corrupt and procure, and attempt and en- 
deavour to corrupt and procure, divers persons being 
and claiming to be electors of the said Borough of 
Portarlington to refuse and forbear to give their 
votes at the said Election for the said Francis Dunne, 
in order that he the said George Lionel Dawson 
Damer might be elected and returned.a Member to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Borough 
of Portarlington; that the said George Lionel Daw- 
son Damer did, by himself, his friends or agents, or 
persons employed in his behalf, after the teste of 
the Writ for said Election, and at and during the 





said Election, and before his Election to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough, give, 
present and allow to divers persons having or claim- 
ing to have votes at the nid Election, money, meat, 
drink, entertainment, and promises, agreements, 
obligations and engagements to give and allow 
money, meat, drink, provisions, presents, entertain- 
ments and rewards to and for such persons, in order 
to induce such persons to give their votes for the 
said George Lionel Dawson Buse at the said Elec- 
tion, and in order to his the said George Lionel 
Dawson Damer’s being elected, and for his being 
elected, to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough ; that the said George Lionel Dawson 
Damer, by the said corrupt and illegal practices, 
was and is wholly disabled, incapacitated and in- 
eligible to serve in Parliament for the said Borough 
of Portarlington, and the Return of the said George 
Lionel Dawson Damer was and is wholly null and 
void ; that by the several illegal ways and means 
aforesaid, the said George Lionel Prine Damer 
obtained a colourable majority of votes over the said 
Francis Dunne, and procured himself to be returned 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough of Portarlington, whereas the said Francis 
Dunne had a legal majority of votes at the said 
Election over the said George Lionel Dawson Damer, 
and ought to have been returned to serve for the 
said Borough, which said several unlawful and cor- 
rupt acts of the said George Lionel Dawson Damer, 
and others, his friends, agents and managers, are 
contrary to the freedom of Election, in violation of 
the Standing Orders of the House and the laws 
and statutes of the Realm for preventing bribery 
and corruption in the Election of Members to serve 
in Parliament, and have rendered the Election and 
Return of the said George Lionel Dawson Damer 
wholly null and void, and that notice of such con- 
duct and practices having been duly given to the 
Returning Officer and to the electors, and being 
well known in the said Borough, the said Francis 
Dunne was duly elected, and ought to have been 
returned at such Election to serve in Parliament for 
the said Borough of Portarlington; the Petitioners 
humbly pray the House to take the premises into 
consideration, and to declare that the said Francis 
Dunne was duly elected, and ought to have been 
returned to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough of Portarlington, and that the said 
Return may be amended, and the name of the said 
George Lionel Dawson Damer be erased from the 
said Return, and the name of the said Francis Dunne 
may be substituted in his place, or that the said 
Election and Return of the said George Lionel Daw- 
son Damer may be declared to be wholly null and 
void, and that the Peritioners may have such other 
relief in the premises as to the House may seem 
meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into con- 
sideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this instant 
December, at five of the clock in the Afternoon. 

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


Lord John Russell presented a Bill for the more Poor Rel 
effectual Relief of the Destitute Poor in Jreland : (Ireland) BE 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered No. 14. 


to be read a second time upon Monday, the 11th 
day of this instant December ; and to be printed. 


Schwann’s Naturalization Bill was read the first Schwam’s 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Saffran’s Naturalization Bill was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Total Number of Persons who i 
een 


Soc 


She 
(Ir 


(I 








Royal Dublin 
Society. 


Sheriffs 
(Ireland.) 


Crown Lands 
{Ireland.) 


Postage, 


Fire, Life, 
and Marine 
Insurances. 


Bill. 


Municipal 


Officers’ Decla- 


tation Bill, 





1 VicroriZ. 


been committed to Prison since 1st January 1831, 
in consequence of any Proceedings connected with 
the Recovery of Tithe; of the Total Number of 
Writs or other processes which have issued out of 
the Superior Courts of Law in Jreland, since 1st 
January 1831, in Proceedings for the Recovery of 
Tithe, classifying under distinct heads the stages 
at which such Proceedings have arrived, and their 
final result; and of the Total Number of Decrees 
which have been obtained in the Assistant Barristers’ 
Courts in each County in Jreland, since 1st January 
1831, in proceeding for the Recovery of Tithes, with 
a general Summary for the whole of Jreland; such 
Return to include all Committals and Decrees which 
have taken place up to Ist November 1837. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of any Communications which have taken 
place between the Jrish Government or the Treasury 
and the Royal Dublin Society, since the Report of 
the Select Committee on the Dublin Society was 
laid upon the Table of the House ; also, a Statement 
showing how far the recommendations of that Com- 
mittee have been complied with. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Total Amount of the Salary and 
Emoluments attached to the Office of High Sheriff 
and Sub Sheriff in each County, County of a City, 
and County of a Town in Jreland, as far as the 
same can be ascertained, for each of the last Three 
years 1834, 1835 and 1836 ; specifying in detail the 
sources, whether legal or customary, from which 
such total increase has been derived, and the pro- 
ceeds from each source; and exhibiting the increase 
or diminution of Income which has resulted, or will 
probably hereafter result, from the operation of the 
Act of 6th and 7th Will. 4, c. 75, intituled, “ An 
Act to regulate the Proceedings of the Civil Bill 
Courts in Jreland ;” also, stating in detail the Ex- 
penses incidental to each Office. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Report upon the Experimental Im- 
provements on the Crown Estate at Pobble O’ Keefe, 
m the County of Cork, submitted to Her Majesty’s 
Commissioners of Woods and Forests, for the year 
1837. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday 
next. 








Lune, 4° die Decembris ; 
Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1837. 


PRAYERS. 


HE House being informed, that the Sheriffs of 
the City of London attended at the door; they 
were called in, and at the bar presented,—A Petition 
of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the 
City of London, in Common Council assembled :— 
And then they withdrew. 
And the said Petition, praying the House that 
a uniform and low rate of Postage, payable in ad- 
vance, may be established instead of the present 
varying and high rate of Postage, was read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Postage. 


The House being informed, that the Sheriffs of 
the City of Zondon attended at the door ; they were 
called in, and at the bar presented,—A Petition of 
the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the 
City of Lozdon, in Common Council assembled :— 
And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition, praying for the repeal of 
the Duties upon Fire, Life and Marine Insurance 
Policies, was read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House being informed, that the Sheriffs of 
the City of Zondon attended at the door ; they were 
called in, and at the bar presented,—A Petition of 
the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the 


1°—4° Decembris. 





93 
City of London, in Common Council assembled :— 
And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition, praying the House to 
extend the provisions of the Municipal Officers’ De- 
claration Bill, so as to include, not only Quakers 
and Moravians, but all classes of Her Majesty’s 
subjects, having conscientious scruples, was read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, that he had 
received from the Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper 
in Ireland, Petitions complaining of undue Elec- 
tions and Returns for the following places; viz. 
For the Borough of Newry (three Petitions); the 
County of Limerick ; the County of Wicklow ; and, 
the Borough of Downpatrick. 

And the said Petitions were laid upon the Table. 

And several other Petitions complaining of undue 
Elections and Returns being offered to be presented, 
the same were delivered in at the Table. 

And six of the said Petitions appearing to relate 
to the Elections and Returns for places, concerning 
which, the House had received Petitions upon 
former days ; the same were read, as follow : 

A Petition of Robert Francis Gordon, of Castle 
Place, in the borough of Belfast, in Ireland, Mer- 
chant, Jonathan Cordukes, of York-street, in the 
borough of Belfast, in Ireland, Merckant, Thomas 
O’ Neill, of Donegall-street, in said borough, Mer- 
chant, Samuel Hart, of Academy-street, in the said 
borough, Merchant, Edward Ledger, of Rosemary- 
street, in said borough, Apothecary, William Ridge- 
way, of North-street, in said borough, Merchant, 
and William John Elliott, of Rosemary-street, in 
said borough, Flour Merchant, Electors of the Bo- 
rough of Belfast, in that part of the said United 
Kingdom called Jreland, on behalf of themselves 
and others, Electors of the said Borough, claiming 
a right to vote, and who voted, and were entitled to 
vote, at the last Election for Members to serve in 
Parliament for the said Borough, was read ; setting 
forth, That an Election for two Members to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough of 
Belfast, was held at the usual place of Election in 
the said Borough of Belfast, on the Thirty-first day 
of July last, pursuant to the usual Writ, in due form 
issued and directed to the Sheriff of the County of 
Antrim, commanding him that he should cause to 
be elected two Burgesses to represent the said 
Borough of Belfast in the Parliament to be holden 
at Westminster, on the Eleventh day of September 
One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, and 

ursuant to the precept or mandate of the said 

heriff, bearing date in the month of July last, 
directed to and requiring the Sovereign of the said 
Borough of Belfast, the Returning Officer of the 
same, to cause two Burgesses to be elected for the 
said Borough, according to the exigency of the said 
Writ ; that all the Petitioners are and were electors 
of the said Borough of Belfast, and were entitled 
to vote, and did vote, as such at the said Election ; 
that at the said Election, John Agnew, Esquire, the 
Sovereign of the said Borough of Belfast, was and 
acted as the Returning Officer, and James Emerson 
Tennent, of the Lodge, and George Dunbar, of Bel- 
fast, in the County of Antrim, Esquires, the Honour- 
able George Hamilton Chichester, commonly called 
the Earl of Belfast, and James Gibson, of Belfast, 
aforesaid, Esquire, were severally put in nomination 
as Candidates to represent the oad Borough in Par- 
liament ; that at the said Election, the poll which 
was duly demanded, commenced on Tuesday, the 
First day of August last, and was finally closed on 
the following Saturday, the Fifth day of the same 
month; that the said James Gibson one of the said 


of any Peer or Lord of Parliament, or of any person 
qualified to serve as Knight of the Shire, had not, 


the Return hereinafter mentioned, and is not now, 





Vou. 93. 


N3 


Election 
Petitions 
received from 
Ireland. 


Belfast 
Election. 


Candidates, not being the eldest son or heir apparent 


and was not, at the time of the said Election, and of 


seised — 





94, 4° Decembris. 


seised of or entitled to, such an estate in lands, so stated and described y him, over and above what 
tenements or hereditaments, as qualified him to will satisfy and clear all incumbrances that may 
appear as a Candidate, or to be elected or returned, | affect the same, of the annual value of Three hundred 
or to sit or vote, as a Member for the said Borough | pounds, above reprizes, and was not qualified to be 
of Belfast in Parliament; that during the said | elected or returned, and is not capable to sit or vote 
Election, James Kelly Patterson and Richard Ca-| as a Member for the said Borough of Belfast ; that 
hoon, two electors entitled to vote at the same,|the said Election and Return of the said James 


A. 1837. 





requested the said Returning Officer to administer | 
the oath to the said James Gibson as to his qualifi- 
cation to sit in Parliament, which oath was admin- 
istered to him accordingly in the manner prescribed 
by the statute in such case made and provided, and 
is in the words following, that is to say: “ 1, James 
Gibson, do swear, that I truly and bond fide have 
such an estate in law or equity, to and for my own 
use and benefit, of or in lands, tenements or here- 
ditaments, over and above what will satisfy and clear 
all incumbrances that may affect the same, of the | 
annual value of Three hundred pounds, above re- | 
prizes, as doth qualify me to be elected and returned | 
to serve asa Member for the Borough of Belfast, | 
according to the tenor and true meaning of the Act 
of Parliament in that behalf; and that my said 
lands, tenements or hereditaments, are lying or being | 
within the several parishes, townsh.ps or precincts | 
of Killead and Belfast, in the County of Antrim— 
James Gibson : Sworn before me at Belfast, in the 
Borough of Belfast, in the County of Antrim, this 
Thirty-first day of July One thousand eight hundred 
and thirty-seven, John Agnew, Sovereign of Belfast 
and Returning Officer for the Borough of Belfast ;” 
that previous to the commencement of the said poll, 
and before any elector had given his vote, and 
during the continuance of the said poll, due notice 
was publicly given to the said Returning Officer, | 
and to the electors or voters of the said Borough of, 
Belfast, before they gave or tendered their votes for 
the said James Gibson, that the said James Gibson | 
was not duly qualified, in respect of property, to be | 
elected or returned as a Member to serve in Parlia-| 
ment for the said Borough of Belfast, and that all | 
votes given for the said James Gibson at the said | 
Election would be thrown away and lost, and the 
said electors were cautioned against giving their 
votes for the said James Gibson ; that notwithstand- 
ing the said notice so given to the said electors, 
several of the said electors, and others claiming to 
be electors, tendered and gave their votes for the 
said James Gibson; and the Petitioners submit that 
under the circumstances aforesaid, all such votes so 
tendered and given for the said James Gibson were 
wholly thrown away and lost, and should not be 











Gibson was, and is, for the reasons aforesaid, null 
and void, and that due notice of such want of quali- 
fication of the said James Gibson having been so 
or to the said electors, and to the said Returning 

flicer, the said James Emerson Tennent, being the 
the third on the said poll, ought to have been returned 
at the said Election to serve in Parliament for the 
said Borough of Belfast; that the said majority of 
votes appearing on the poll for the said James Gib- 
son and the said Earl of Belfast was colourable only, 


and procured by the admission of illegal and frau- 


dulent votes for the said James Gibson and the said 
Earl of Belfast, and by the illegal, corrupt and uncon- 
stitutional means hereinafter stated; that the said 
James Emerson Tennent and George Dunbar had at 


_ the said Election a majority of legal and valid votes 


over the said James Gibson and the said Earl of 
Belfast, and should have been returned at the said 
Election to serve as Members in Parliament for the 
said Borough of Belfast in the place and stead of 
the said James Gibson and the said Earl of Belfast, 
as, the Petitioners submit, will appear upon a scrutiny 
of the said poll; that previous to the passing of the 
Act of the 2d and 3d years of the reign of his late 
Majesty King William the Fourth, c. 88, intituled 
“ An Act to amend the Representation of the People 
of Ireland,” and of another Act of the same year and 
reign, intituled “ An Act to settle and describe the 
limits of Cities, Towns and Boroughs in Ireland, so 
far as respects the Election of Members to serve in 
Parliament,” the right of returning one Member to 
serve in Parliament for the said Borough of Belfast 
was exercised by the Sovereign and Free Burgesses 
of the said Borough; that by the said first-men- 
tioned Act, the said Borough of Belfast became 
entitled to return one Member to serve in each 
future Parliament in addition to the Member which 
it was at the time of the passing of the said Act 
entitled to return; and it was by the said Act 
enacted, that at all Elections ofa Member or Mem- 
bers to serve in any future Parliament for any City, 
Town or Borough in Jreland, not being a County in 
itself, every male person of full age, and not subject 
to any legal incapacity, and duly registered accord- 
ing to the provisions of the said Act, who should 




















reckoned on the poll for the said James Gibson ;| hold and occupy within such City, Town or Borough, 
that at the final close of the said poll, the numbers | as tenant or owner, any house, warehouse, counting- 
of votes were declared by the said Returning Officer | house or shop, which, either separately or jointly with 
to be for the said James Gibson 941, for the said) anyland within such City, Town or Borough, occupied 
Earl of Belfast, 922, for the said James Emerson | therewith by him as tenant under the same landlord, 
Tennent, 901, and for the said George Dunbar, 869 ;| or occupied therewith by him as owner, should be 
and thereupon the said Returning Officer declared, | bond fide of the clear yearly value of not less than 
but, as the Petitioners submit, unduly declared, the | Ten pounds, should be entitled to vote in the choice 
said James Gibson and the Earl of Belfast to have| ofa Member or Members to serve in any future 
obtained a majority of legal votes, and to be duly| Parliament for such City, Town or Borough ; and it 
elected, and he accordingly returned the said James| is by the said Act also enacted and provided, that no 
Gibson and the said Earl of Belfast, as duly elected Hi 4 occupier as last aforesaid, should be admitted 
to serve as Members in Parliament for the said | to be registered under the said Act, unless he should 
Borough ; that the Petitioners have caused diligent! have occupied such premises as aforesaid, for six 
search and inquiry to be made, but have been unable | calendar months next previous to the time of registry, 
to find that the said James Gibson was at the time | nor unless such occupier should have paid or dis- 
of the said Election and Return seised of, or entitled | charged all such grand jury and municipal cesses, 
to, an estate for his own life, or for some greater) rates and taxes, if any, as should have been legally 
estate, either at law or in equity, for his own use and | due and payable by hm in respect of such premises, 
benefit in the lands in which he has so stated and! over and above and except one half year’s amount 
described his qualification to be situate, of the of such cesses, rates and taxes as aforesaid ; aid it 
annual value of Three hundred pounds, above re- is by the said Act further enacted, that every voter 
prizes, but on the contrary, the fact is, that the shall, if required by any Candidate or agent on his 
said James Gibson had not, and was not, at the time behalf at polling, take the oath in the Schedule (B) 
of the said Election and Return, seised of or entitled to the said Act annexed, and that every householder 
to an estate, freehold or copyhold, for his own life, in Cities, Towns and Boroughs shall, in addition to 
or for some greater estate, either in law or equity, to| the other matters stated in the said oath, swear that 
and for his own use and benefit, of or in the lands | not more than one half year’s grand jury or — 
cipa 








1 Vicroriz. 


cipal cesses, rates or taxes, are (at the time of poll- 
ing) due or payable by him in respect of the pre- 
mises in the certificate of his registry mentioned ; 
and it is by the said Act further enacted, that no 
person shall be admitted to vote at any Election of 
a Member or Members to serve in any future Par- 


liament, unless such persons shall have been qualified | 


as therein specified, and duly registered under the 
said Act; and it is further enacted, that no registry 
made after the passing of the said Act, shall be 
valid unless made conformable to the provisions of 
the said Act; that by virtue of the provisions of 
the said Act, all such holders and occupiers of such 
premises, of such description, and of such value, and 
with such interest, and subject to such provisions as 
in the said Act specified, and hereinbefore stated, 
within the said Borough of Belfast, the boundaries 
and limits whereof were fixed and described by the 
said second Act above mentioned, became entitled, 
if duly qualified, and if duly registered according to 
the provisions of the Act first above mentioned, to 
vote in the Election of Members to serve in Par- 
liament for the said Borough of Belfast ; that by 
several Acts of Parliament, grand jury cess is 
assessed and applotted upon and — by all the 
inhabitants holding and occupying houses or lands 
within the said limits of the said Borough of Belfast, 
as fixed and described by the said Act above men- 
tioned ; and that by several local Acts the following 
municipal cesses, rates or taxes, that is to say, 
the paving, lighting, cleansing, and watch tax, or 
rate in the said Town of Belfast, called and known 
by the name of the Police Rate or Tax, were and 
had been for several years previous to the passing 
of the said Act of the 2d and 3d years of the 
reign of his late Majesty King William 4, and sub- 
sequent thereto, and at the time of the said last 
Election, respectively rated, assessed and applotted 
in the manner following; that is to say, the said 
police rate or tax upon all and every person or per- 
sons who should rent or occupy, within the said 
Town of Belfast, or the precincts thereof, any house, 
tenement or other hereditament within the said 
Town or the precincts thereof, of the annual value 
of from Five pounds and not exceeding Twenty 
pounds, at the rate of Sixpence in the pound, and 
upon such premises of the annual value of from 
Twenty pounds and not exceeding Eighty pounds, 
at the rate of One shilling in the pound, and upon 
all premises exceeding the annual value of Eighty 
pounds, at the rate of One shilling and sixpence in 
the pound, and the said water-tax, rate, or rent upon 
the owners and occupiers of all houses, messuages, 
tenements and hetositasnenti in the said town of 
Belfast, of the annual value of Five pounds or up- 
wards, and upon the said premises themselves, in 
certain sums, according to the annual value of the 
said premises; and which said several cesses, rates 
or taxes, were and are recoverable by distress and 
sale of the goods and chattels of the occupiers of the 
said several premises; that since the passing of the 
said Acts of the 2d and 3d years of the reign of his 
late Majesty King William 4, a great number of per- 
sons have, from time to time, come forward at the 
special and the several other subsequent sessions, 
held for the wee of the registry of voters in the 
said Borough of Belfast, claiming to be registered 
as householders thereof, under the provisions of the 
said Act, by virtue of alleged qualifications in re- 
spect of houses, warehouses, counting-houses and 
shops; which qualifications they did not in fact pos- 
sess, many of them being merely lodgers or room- 
keepers, holding, as weekly tenants, and at weekly 
rents of from Two to Three shillings, upper rooms, 
many of them being occupiers of small shops, 
work-shops or sheds, by the week, at the like 
weekly rents, others of them occupying cellars 
under ground, or stalls or sheds, and some of them 
not occupying the premises described in their 


notices, and others occupving such remises merel 
Vo . 93. Pyms P y 


4° Decembris. 








95 


as servants, agents or managers, and not as tenants 
or owners; that the only evidence, in many in- 
stances, in support of their alleged claims, was the 
uncorroborated statements of the claimants them- 
selves, and that, owing to their false or imperfect 
evidence, a great number of persons, whose claims 
ought to have been rejected, were admitted to be 
registered as householders, and obtained certificates, 
declaring their right to vote as such for the said 
Borough of Belfast, and which certificates will, 
when produced, entitle the said persons to be again 
registered, and to obtain new certificates under the 
said Act, without further proof or oath; that a great 
number of persons, whose claims ought to have been 
rejected, were thus unduly admitted to be regis- 
tered, and obtained such certificates as aforesaid as 
householders, who did not hold or occupy houses, 
warehouses, counting-houses or shops, within the 
meaning of the said statute of the 2d and 3d years 
of the reign of King William 4, c. 88 ; that a great 
number of persons, whose claims ought to have been 
rejected, were unduly admitted to be registered and 
obtained such certificates as aforesaid as house- 
holders, in respect of alleged qualifications of 
houses, warehouses, counting-houses and shops, 
which were not respectively of the clear yearly 
value of Ten pounds, as required by the said statute, 
several of the said houses and premises not being 
rated or assessed for the said municipal cesses and 
taxes in the said town of Belfast, as being respec- 
tively under the yearly value of Five pounds; that 
a great number of persons, whose claims ought to 
have been rejected, were admitted to be registered 
and obtained such certificates as aforesaid as house- 
holders, who were, at the time of their said regis- 
try, joint occupiers of the houses, warehouses, 
counting-houses and shops, in respect of which they 
were so registered as electors of the said Borough ; 
that several persons, whose claims ought to have 
been rejected, were admitted to be registered, and 
obtained such certificates as aforesaid as house- 
holders, who had not been for six calendar months 
next previous to their respective registry as afore- 
said, in the possession and actual occupation of the 
houses, warehouses, counting-houses and shops, in 
respect of which they were so registered as afore- 
said, as required by the said statute ; that since the 
close of the year One thousand eight hundred and 
thirty-five, several persons, who previously had been 
adjudged disentitled, and their claims to be regis- 
tered had been rejected, and from which rejection 
they had not appealed, applied to be admitted to be 
registered in respect of the same alleged qualifica- 
tions of houses, warehouses, counting-houses and 
shops, which had been declared insufficient, and 
were, notwithstanding such former rejections, un- 
duly admitted to be registered, and obtained such 
certificates as aforesaid as householders ; that, since 
the said last-mentioned period, several persons, 
whose claims ought to have been rejected, were ad- 
mitted to be registered, and obtained such certifi- 
cates as aforesaid as householders, in respect of 
alleged qualifications of houses, warehouses, count- 
rues, wot and shops, the former occupiers of which 
premises had been adjudged disentitled, and their 
claims to register out of the same alleged qualifica- 
tions had been rejected, and from which rejections 
there had been no appeals; that a great number of 
persons who were not qualified, of persons who 
were disqualified, of persons who had ceased to be 
qualified, and of persons who were not entitled, 
were thus unduly admitted to be registered, and ob- 
tained certificates declaring them entitled to vote ; 
that several persons were irregularly and unduly 
registered as voters, and obtained such certificates 
as aforesaid, inasmuch as they did not respectively 
take and subscribe, at the time of their alleged re- 
gistration, or at all, the oath or affidavit required 
by the said Act of the 2d and 3d Will. 4, c. 88; 
that several persons were unduly and irregularly re- _ 

n4 gistered 













































































96 4° Decembris. A. 1837. 


gistered as householders, obtained such certificates 
as aforesaid, and who severally and respectively 
took and subscribed at the time of their alleged re- 
gistration, an oath or affidavit, differing in sub- 
stance from that prescribed by the said Act of the 
2d and 3d of Will. 4, c. 88; that during the conti- 
nuance of the poll at the said late Election for the 
said Borough of ies the said several persons, 
who had been so unduly and illegally 4 ge as 
aforesaid, tendered and gave their votes for the said 
James Gibson and the said Earl of Belfast, some of 
whom produced to the said Returning Officer or to 
his Deputies, the said certificates which had been 
so unduly granted to them, and others referred to 
their affidavits, or alleged affidavits of their regis- 
try, in the cusiody of the Clerk of the Peace or 
his Deputies, and the said Returning Officer and his 
Deputies declared themselves bound by the said 
certificates and affidavits so produced, which they 
decided to be conclusive of the right to vote of the 
persons respectively named therein, and that no 
further inquiry or scrutiny of such right could be 
gone into or allowed; and the said unqualified per- 
sons were accordingly admitted to vote, and their 
votes were entered and reckoned upon the poll for 
the said James Gibson and the said Earl of Belfast ; 
that several persons, whose votes ought to have been 
rejected at the said Eiection, were unduly admitted to 
vote at such Election, from certificates and affida- 
vits, in which were stated and contained an illegal 
qualification of houses and shops, houses and ware- 
houses, shops and warehouses, counting-houses and 
warehouses, and which distinct subjects of qualifi- 
cation by the statute could not be so paras 3 and 
which double qualification invalidated the said affi- 
davits and certificates; that several persons voted 
at the said Election for the said James Gibson and 
the said Earl of Belfast, who, at the time they so 
voted, had ceased to hold or occupy the premises 
in respect of which they had been registered, and 
whose qualifications as such registered voters had 
ceased or determined previous to their voting ; that 
several persons voted at the said Election for the 
said James Gibson and the said Earl of Belfast as 
such householders, who had become bankrupts or 
insolvents since the time of their respective regis- 
tries, and whose interests in the several premises in 
respect of which they had been registered, were 
then legally vested in their respective assignees, or 
in other persons, and that the votes of the said 
last-mentioned persons were also admitted, and en- 
tered and reckoned upon the poll for the said James 
Gibson and the said Earl of Belfast; that several 
persons voted for the said James Gibson and the 
said Earl of Belfast at the said Election as house- 
holders, occupying houses, warehouses, counting- 
houses and shops, who, at the time of their voting, 
were ialaselincly in arrear more than one half year’s 
amount of the said grand jury or municipal cesses, 
rates or taxes then due or payable by them respec- 
tively, in respect of the premises in their said certi- 
ficates and affidavits of registry mentioned, and 
that the votes of the said last-mentioned persons 
were admitted and entered, and reckoned upon the 
poll of the said Election for the said James Gibson 
and the said Earl of Be/fast; that several persons, 
who were not electors or voters of the said Borough, 
came forward at the said Election, and personated 
some of the registered electors who were dead, and 
others who at the time of the said Election were 
absent from the said Borough of Belfast, or who 
did not attend at the said Election, and such per- 
sons so personating such electors voted for the said 
James Gibson and the said Earl of Belfast, and 
their votes were admitted and entered, and reckoned 
upon the poll for the said James Gibson and the 
said Earl of Belfast; that several persons, disqua- 
lified by the provisions of different statutes, made 
for securing the freedom of election, voted at the 
said Election for the said James Gibson and the 


said Earl of Belfast, and notwithstanding objec- 
tions were made against the votes of the said last- 
mentioned persons by the agents of the said James 
Emerson Tennent and George Dunbar, the votes 
of such persons were admitted and entered, and 
reckoned upon the poll for the said James Gibson 
and the said Earl off Belfast; that several persons 
voted for the said James Gibson and the said 
Earl of Belfast, who were disqualified and inca- 
pable of voting at such Election, by reason of 
their having been, during such Election, or within 
six calendar months previous to such Election, 
or within fourteen days after the same was com- 
pleted, employed as counsel, agents, attornies, 
poll-clerks, or in some other capacity, for the 
urposes of such Election, and by reason of their 
aving, either before, during or since such Elec- 
tion, accepted and taken from the said James 
Gibson and the said Earl of Belfast, or one of 
them, or from some other persons, in considera- 
tion of and with reference to such their several em- 
ployments, certain sums of money, retaining fees, 
offices, places or employments, emoluments or re- 
wards, or some promise or security for money, re- 
taining fees, offices, places or employments, con- 
trary tothe statute in that behalf, and the votes of 
such persons were admitted and entered, and 
reckoned upon the poll for the said James Gibson 
and the said Earl of Belfast; that many other per- 
sons were admitted to vote for the said James Gibson 
and the said Earl of Belfast, who were otherwise 
disqualified, or had ceased to be qualified, or whose 
votes had been procured by the corrupt, illegal and 
unconstitutional means hereinafter stated, and that 
the votes of such persons were admitted and en- 
tered, and reckoned upon the poll for the said 
James Gibson and the said Earl of Belfast; that 
the official power and influence of the agents and 
servants of the Crown in Ireland, were directly and 
indirectly exerted to procure, and did procure, the 
Return of the said James Gibson and the said 
Earl of Belfast, as Members for the said a 
of Belfast, in violation of the resolutions of the 
House for upholding its dignity and independence, 
and preserving the freedom of Election; that the 
said James Gibson and Earl of Belfast, by them- 
selves, their agents, friends and managers, parti- 
sans, and others on their behalf, were guilty of the 
most flagrant and notorious acts of intimidation, 
thereby unlawfully procuring, by threats, divers 
other persons being qualified to vote at the said 
Election, and by fear of being persecuted, and 
themselves and their families injured and ill used, to 
forbear to give their votes for the said James Emer- 
son Tennent and George Dunbar, in violation of 
the privileges of Parliament and the rights and free- 
dom of Election; that the said James Gibson and 
Earl of Belfast, by themselves, their agents, friends 
and managers, and by persons employed on their 
behalf, before, at, and during the said Election, were 
guilty of extensive bribery and corruption, and em- 
plozes undue influence and other improper means, 
and gave and caused to be given divers sums of 
money, and other gifts and rewards, and made and 
caused to be made divers agreements, engagements 
and promises, to several persons having or claim- 
ing a right to vote, in order to procure them to 
vote at the said Election in favour of the said 
James Gibson and Earl of Be/fast, and to for- 
bear to vote for the said James Emerson Tennent 
and George Dunbar, and in order to procure them 
the said James Gibson and Earl of Belfast to be 
returned to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough aforesaid ; that the said James Gibson and 
Earl of Belfast, by themselves, their agents and 
friends, and others employed by them in managing 
and conducting the said Election, and by friends, 
and by others acting for and sanctioned by them, 
and by various ways and means, after the teste of 
the said Writ for such Election, and at and during 








the 


1 Vicroriz. 


the said Election, and before the Return of the said 
James Gibson and Earl of Belfast at such Election, 
did give and present, and allow to divers persons 
having votes, or claiming to have votes, at such Elec- 
tion, money, meat, drink, entertainment and pro- 
visions, and did make presents, gifts, rewards and 
entertainments, and did make promises, agreements, 
obligations and engagements to give and allow 
money, meat, drink, provisions, presents, rewards 
and entertainments to and for the use and advantage, 
preferment, profit, benefit and emolument of such 

ersons, in order that they, the said James Gibson 
and Earl of Belfast, might be elected, and for the 
purpose of ——_s and securing their being 
elected, as Members to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said Borovgh; that before, and at, and 
during the time of the said Election, several persons 
who had a right of voting at said Election, and 
who would otherwise have voted for the said James 
Emerson Tennent and George Dunbar at the said 
Election, were, by the said James Gibson and Earl 
of Belfast, their agents and friends, and others em- 
ployed by them in managing and conducting the 
said Election, and by friends and by others acting 
for and sanctioned by them, removed and sent away 
from the said Borough of Belfast to distant parts 
from said Borough, and kept away from said Bo- 
rough, and prevented from returning thereto, until 
after the poll for said Election had closed, and were 
thereby prevented from giving their votes at said 
Election for the said James Emerson Tennent and 
George Dunbar ; that the said James Gibson and 
Earl of Belfast, by themselves, their agents and 
others on their behalf, fraudulently carried away 
some of the voters who had promised to vote for 
the said James Emerson Tennent and George Dunbar, 
and took them to the houses of the said James Gib- 
son and Earl of Belfast, where they were kept and 
detained, and ate and drank, and were entertained 
during the said Election, and until the same was 
past, and that for the purpose of concealing the 
real object and view in taking away such voters, 
the said James Gibson and Earl of Belfast, or their 
agents, or others on their behalf, falsely represented 
and caused to be falsely represented to them that 
their life was in danger in case they remained at 
their own home, and the said voters were thus kept 
out of the way until after the said Election was 
past ; that by the above and other undue, illegal 
and unconstitutional means and practices, the said 
James Gibson and Earl of Belfast obtained a colour- 
able majority over the said James Emerson Tennent 
and George Dunbar on the poll taken at the said 
Election, and were illegally elected and returned 
Burgesses to represent the said Borough of Belfast 
in this Parliament, to the great prejudice of the 
Petitioners, and the other duly qualified electors of 
the said Borough of Belfast, and of the said James 
Emerson Tennent and George Dunbar, who were, as 
the Petitioners submit, duly elected by a large ma- 
jority of legal votes given for them, and ought to 
have been returned Burgesses to serve in Parliament 
for the said Borough of Belfast; the Petitioners 
therefore humbly pray, that inasmuch as no scrutiny 
of the persons so illegally admitted to be registered 
and to vote was permitted to take place at the said 
Election, and inasmuch as the examination of matters 
affecting the freedom of Election, the correction of 
abuses, and the removal of fraudulent votes from 
the Registry are most important, the House will be 
pleased to take into consideration the several matters 
and things hereinbefore stated, and remove from 
the Registry of the said Borough of Belfast the 
names of such persons as shall appear to have been 
improperly admitted to be registered as aforesaid, 
and also strike off the poll of the said Election the 
names of such persons so improperly admitted to 
be registered and to vote, and of all other persons 
so improperly admitted to vote for the said James 


Gibson and the said Earl of Belfast as aforesaid, 
VoL. 93. 


4° Decembris. 





97 
and that the said James Gibson and the said Earl 
of Belfast may be declared to have been not duly 
elected, and that the said Election and Return of 
the said James Gibson and the said Earl of Belfast 
may be declared null and void ; and that the said 
James Emerson Tennent and George Dunbar may 
be declared to have been duly elected ; and that the 
said Return for the said Borough of Belfast may be 
amended, by erasing therefrom the names of the 
said James Gibson and the said Earl of Belfast, and 
that the names of the said James Emerson Tennent 
and George Dunbar may be inserted and substi- 
tuted in the said Return in the stead of the said 
James Gibson and the said Earl of Belfast, or that 
the said James Gibson may be declared to have 
been unduly elected and returned by reason of his 
not being duly qualified in respect of property, to 
sit or vote as a Burgess in Parliament and that 
the Election and Return of the said James Gibson 
may be declared null and void, and that the name 
of whichever of the said James Emerson Tennent 
and George Dunbar shall appear to the House to 
be entitled thereto, may be substituted in the said 
Return in the place of the said James Gibson; or 
that the said Election and Return of the said James 
Gibson and the said Earl of Belfast may be declared 
null and void, or that the House may make such 
other order, and give such further relief in the pre- 
mises for securing the freedom of Election in the 
said Borough of Belfast, as the House shall think 
proper, and the circumstances and the merits of the 
case may require. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this 
instant December, at the same time that the Petition 
of the there-undersigned Electors of the Borough of 
Belfast, is ordered to be taken into consideration. 

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


A Petition of Denis Caulfield Brady, Esquire, Newry 
of Newry, in the county of Armagh, in that part of Election 


the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 
called Jreland, whose name is thereunto subscribed,, 
being a Candidate at the last Election fora Member 
to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough 
of Newry, was read; setting forth, That in pur- 
suance of a Writ in due form issued, for making an 
Election for a Member to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the Borough of Newry, the said Election 
was duly held on the First day of August now last 
past; that at the said Election John Ellis, Esquire, 
and the Petitioner were the sole Candidates for the 
representation of the said Borough; that a poll 
being demanded the same was granted, and was 
proceeded with on the First, Second, Third and 
Fourth days of August now last past; and that, at 
the said Election and polling, the said John Ellis 
polled and obtained 338 votes, and the Petitioner 
polled and obtained 305 votes, and that thereupon 
the said John Ellis was declared by the Returning 
Officer of the said Borough to be duly elected, and 
was afterwards by him returned as having been duly 
elected and chosen to serve in Parliament as a Mem- 
ber for the said Borough; that the said John Ellis 
was required and requested at the time of such Elec- 
tion, by certain persons having a right to vote at 
such Election, to state whether he had such an 
estate as did qualify him according to the law to be 
elected and returned to serve in Parliament as a 
Member for the said Borough of Newry, and that 
the said John Ellis thereupon did wilfully refuse to 
comply with such request ; and the Petitioner fur- 
ther saith, that the said John Ellis had not, as the 
Petitioner is informed and fully believes, at the time 
of such Election and Return, truly and bond fide 
such an estate in law or equity, to and for his own 

Oo use 








98 


use and benefit, of or in lands, tenements or here- 
ditaments (over and above what will satisfy and 
clear all incumbrances that may affect the same) of 
the annual value of Three hundred pounds, as doth 
qualify him the said John Ellis to be elected and 
returned to serve in Parliament as a Member for the 
said Borough of Newry, according to the tenor and 
true meaning of the statute in that behalf made and 
provided, and that the said John Ellis was, at the 
time of the said Election and Return, incapable of 
being elected and sitting in Parliament; and the 
Petitioner is further informed, and fully believes, 
that the said John Ellis hath not now the necessary 
estate or property to qualify him to serve in Parlia- 
ment as a Member for the said Borough of Newry; 
that due notice was given and delivered at the open- 
ing of the poll on the First day of August aforesaid, 
being the first day of polling, and before a single 
vote was recorded at the said Election, to the Re- 
turning Officer of the said Borough at the hustings, 
where the poll was taken, and in the presence and 
hearing of divers of the electors of the said Borough 
at the said Election, that all votes given for the said 
John Ellis at the said Election would be thrown 
away and lost, by reason of the said John Ellis 
being disqualified by law from being elected to serve 
in Parliament as a Member for the said Borough ; 
and that the said notice was also publicly given and 
delivered to each elector separately at the time of 
his voting and betore his vote was recorded, on the 
said several days of polling, being the First, Second, 
Third and Fourth days of August now last past, at 
the said polling-place or hustings; and the Peti- 
tioner further saith, that the said John Ellis, by 
himself, his agents and managers, and by persons 
employed on his behalf, did, after the teste of the 
Writ for the said Election, and at and during the 
said Election, and before his Election, to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough of 
Newry, give, present and allow to various persons, 
having or claiming to have votes in the said Election, 
money, meat, drink, presents, rewards and enter- 
taimments, to and for such persons, in order to be 
elected, and for being elected, a Member to serve in 
the present Parliament for the said Borough of 
Newry; and the Petitioner further saith, that the 
said John Ellis, by his agents and persons employed 
in his behalf, before and after the teste of the Writ 
for the said Election, and at and during the said 
Election, did, by violence, threats, intimidation and 
other undue and illegal means, interfere with and 
influence persons having or claiming to have votes 
in the said Election, who were known to be in the 
interest of the Petitioner, in order to be elected, and 
for being elected,.a Member to serve in this present 
Parliament; and the Petitioner further saith, that 
the said John Ellis, by himself and his agents, after 
the issuing and teste of the Writ for the said Elec- 
tion, did, by gifts and rewards, and by promises, 
agreements and securities for gifts and rewards, 
corrupt and procure persons who had a right to vote 
in the said Election to give their votes to the said 
John Ellis, and did in like manner corrupt and pro- 
eure persons who had a right to vote in the said 
Election to forbear to give their votes in such Elec- 
tion, contrary to the statute enacted for prohibiting 
such practices; the Petitioner therefore humbly 
submits to the House, that by reason of the premises 
respectively, the Election and Return of the said 
John Ellis to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said Borough of Newry, was and is wholly null 
and void, and prays the House to take the premises 
into consideration, and to declare the said Election 
and Return of the said John Ellis wholly null and 
void, and that the Petitioner was duly elected, and 
ought to have been returned to serve in this present 
Parliament as a Member for the said Borough, or to 
afford the Petitioner such other relief as to the 
House shall seem fit, and order that he be heard by 
his counsel. 





4° Decembris. 








A. 1837. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this 
instant December, at the same time that his former 
Petition is ordered to be taken into consideration. 

A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of 
the Borough of Newry, complaining of the undue 
Election and Return of John Ellis, Esquire, as a 
Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough, was also read; setting forth, That all 
the Petitioners claim to have had a right to vote, 
and had a right to vote, at the last Election of a 
Member to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Newry, in the County of Down, and 
were at said Election, and still are, electors of the 
said Borough ; that the Election for the said Borough 
of Newry commenced on Tuesday, the First day of 
August last, and that Isaac Glenny, Esquire, was 
Seneschal and Returning Officer for the said Bo- 
rough of Newry at the time of the said Election, 
and previous thereto; that John Ellis and Denis 
Caulfield Brady, Esquires, were the only Candidates 
at the said Election to represent the said Borough 
in Parliament; that a poll being demanded, the said 
Seneschal and Returning Officer proceeded on the 
said First day of August last to poll the said Borough, 
and continued to do so until Friday the Fourth day of 
August aforesaid, when he declared the majority of 
votes to be in favour of the said John Ellis, who was 
thereupon declared in the Return by the said Senes- 
chal and Returning Officer as duly elected ; that 
the number of votes which appeared on the poll at 
the close thereof, were for the said John Ellis 338, 
and for the said Denis Caulfield Brady 305, mak- 
ing a colourable majority for the said John Ellis 
over the said Denis Caulfield Brady of 33; that 
the said majority in favour of the said John Ellis 
was but a colourable majority, and that the said 
Return of the said Ellis was an undue Return, 
and was procured by the grossest perjury, bribery, 
terror and intimidation, and by the payment, and 
promise of payment, of largé sums of money, by 
and on behalf of the said John Ellis, to electors, 
and to other persons capable of influencing electors 
of the said Borough, and of procuring, and endea- 
vouring to procure, votes for the purpose of securing 
his Return, and by other undue, illegal, corrupt, 
scandalous and unconstitutional means; that, during 
the said Election many persons were admitted to 
poll, and did poll, for the said John Ellis, who were 
not entitled to vote thereat upon any legal grounds 
whatever, and who had been unduly and improperly 
registered as electors for the said Borough, or who 
since the time of their registry had, from various 
causes, ceased to be qualified, or become disqualified 
from voting at said Election; that many persons 
who were registered, and claimed as occupiers, as 
tenants, or owners of houses, warehouses, counting- 
houses or shops, were admitted to poll, and did poll, 
for the said John Ellis, who since the time of their 
registry had ceased to hold or occupy the premises 
in respect of which they had been so registered, and 
in right of which they claimed to vote, and who had 
thereby become disabled and disqualified from voting 
at said Election ; that many other persons who were 
registered, and claimed to vote as tenants or occu- 
piers as aforesaid, were admitted to poll, and did 
poll, in favour of the said John Ellis, who were dis- 
abled and disqualified, because that since the time 
of their registry they under-let or sub-let part and 
woe of the premises in respect of which they had 

een so registered, and in right of which they 
claimed to vote, and did not retain in their possession 
a part of sufficient value to entitle them to vote, or 
of the bond fide value of Ten pounds yearly ; that 
many other persons who registered and claimed to 
vote as such tenants or occupiers as aforesaid, were 
admitted to poll, and did poll, in favour of the said 
John Ellis, who did not, at the time of such polling, 
hold or occupy the premises in respect of which 
they had so registered, and in right of which they 
claimed 


1 Vicroriz. 


claimed to vote, separately or in their own right, 
but as joint tenants jointly with another person, or 
other persons, and thereby were disabled and dis- 
qualified from voting at said Election ; that many 
were induced and compelled to vote, and did vote 
in favour of the said John Ellis, in consequence of the 
various threat, intimidation, and corrupt measures 
countenanced and practised by the said John Ellis, 
his friends, agents, supporters and partisans; that the 
said Isaac Gilenny, acting as such Returning Officer 
as aforesaid, received votes of many persons who, 
during the said Election, or within six calendar 
months previous to it, or within fourteen days after 
it was completed, were employed by or on behalf of 
the said John Ellis, as agents, attornies, poll-clerks, 
flag-men, or in other capacity, for the purpose of 
said Election, and who, either before, or during or 
after the said Election, accepted and took from the 
said John Ellis, or some other person or persons on 
his behalf, payment in money or security for money, 
for and in consideration or with reference to such 
employment, and who were not therefore legally en- 
titled to vote at said Election, but who tendered 
their votes, which were received for said Ellis, and 
whose votes ought to have been rejected ; that the 
said John Ellis, by himself, his friends or agents, 
and by a person or persons employed on his behalf, 
before, and at and after the teste of the Writ of 
Summons to Parliament for holding the said Elec- 
tion, in order to procure him, the said John Ellis, 
to be returned to serve in this present Parliament 
for the same Borough, directly or indirectly gave, 
presented or allowed to a person or persons having 
or claiming to have a right to vote at said Election, 
money, meat, drink, entertainment or provision, 
also made presents, gifts, rewards or entertainments, 
and did promise, agree, oblige, and engage to give 
or allow money, meat, drink, provision, presents, 
entertainment or reward, to or for such person or 
persons having or claiming to have a vote or votes 
at said Election, or for the use, advantage, benefit, 
employment, profit or preferment of such person or 
persons, in order to be elected, or for his being 
elected, to serve in Parliament for said Borough, 
and whereby the said John Ellis disabled and inca- 
pacitated himself to serve in Parliament for said 
Borough ; that by the several fraudulent and illegal 
means aforesaid, and by divers other turbulent, cor- 
rupt, improper and unconstitutional practices, the 
said John Ellis obtained said colourable majority of 
votes over the said Denis Caulfield Brady, and pro- 
cured himself to be returned to serve in Parliament 
for the said Borough of Newry, whereas the said 
Denis Caulfield Brady had a large majority of legal 
votes at said Election, and ought to have been re- 
turned to serve in Parliament for the same; that 
the said John Ellis is not qualified in point of estate 
to serve in Parliament, and that, not being the eldest 
son or heir apparent of any Peer or Lord of Parlia- 
ment, or of any person qualified to serve as Knight 
of the Shire, he has not, nor had he at the time of 
such Electionand Return, truly and bond fide such an 
estate, freehold or copyhold for his own life, or for 
some greater estate in law or equity, to and for his 
own use and benefit, of or in lands, tenements or 
hereditaments, over and above what would satisfy 
and clear all incumbrances that may affect the 
same, of the annual value of Three hundred pounds, 
above reprizes, as doth qualify him to be elected and 
returned to serve in Parliament for the said Borough 
of Newry, as required by the statutes in such case 
made and provided; and the Petitioners submit 
that the said John Ellis was not entitled to be a 
Candidate at the said Election, or entitled to be re- 
turned as a Member to serve in Parliament for the 
said Borough; the Petitioners therefore humbly 
pray, that the House will take the premises afore- 
said and the above allegations into its consideration, 
and will declare the Election and the Return of the 


said John Ellis to be void, or otherwise that it will 
Vo. 93. 


4° Decembris. 








99 


declare the Election and Return of the said John 
Ellis to be void, and that the said Denis Caulfield 
Brady was duly elected and ought to have been re- 
turned, and that said Writ and Return may be 
amended accordingly, and that the House will give 
such further relief in the premises as to the House 
shall seem meet. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this 
instant December, at the same time that the Peti- 
tion of Denis Caulfield Brady, Esquire, is ordered 
to be taken into consideration. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of 
the Borough of Newry, rs of the undue 
Election and Return of John Ellis, Esquire, as a 
Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough, was also read ; setting forth, That all 
the Petitioners claim to have had a nght to vote, and 
had a right to vote, at the last Election c. a Member 
to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough 
of Newry, in the County of Down, and were at said 
Election, and still are, electors of the said Borough ; 
that the Election for the said Borough of Newry 
commenced on Tuesday the First day of August last, 
and that Isaac Glenny, Esquire, was Seneschal and 
Returning Officer for the said Borough of Newry, 
at the time of the said Election, and previous thereto; 
that John Ellis and Denis Caulfield Brady, Es- 
quires, were the only Candidates at the said Elec- 
tion to represent the said Borough in Parliament ; 
that a poll being demanded, the said Seneschal and 
Returning Officer proceeded on the said First day of 
August last to poll the said Borough, and continued 
to do so until Friday the Fourth day of August 
aforesaid, when he declared the majority of votes 
to be in favour of the said John Ellis, who was 
thereupon declared in the Return by the said Senes- 
chal and Returning Officer as duly elected; that 
the number of votes which appeared on the poll at 
the close thereof, were, for the said John Ellis 338, 
and for the said Denis Caulfield Brady 305, mak- 
ing a colourable majority for the said John Ellis 
over the said Denis Caulfield Brady of 33; that 
the said majority in favour of the said John Ellis 
was but a colourable majority, and that the said 
Return of the said Ellis was an undue Return, 
and was procured by the grossest perjury, bribery, 
terror and intimidation, and by the payment, and 
promise of payment, of large sums of money, by 
and on behalf of the said John Ellis, to electors, 
and to other persons capable of influencing electors 
of the said Borough, and of procuring, and endea- 
vouring to procure, votes for the purpose of securing 
his Return, and by other undue, illegal, corrupt, 
scandalous and unconstitutional means ; that during 
the said Election many persons were admitted to 
poll, and did poll, for the said John Ellis, who were 
not entitled to vote thereat upon any legal grounds 
whatever, and who had been unduly and improperly 
registered as electors for the said Borough, or who 
since the time of their registry had from various 
causes ceased to be qualified, or become disqualified 
from voting at said Election; that many persons 
who were registered, and claimed as occupiers, as 
tenants or owners of houses, warehouses, counting- 
houses or shops, were admitted to poll, and did poll, 
for the said John Ellis, who, since the time of their 
registry had ceased to hold or occupy the premises 
in respect of which they had been so registered, 
and in right of which they claimed to vote, and who 
had thereby become disabled and disqualified from 
voting at said Election; that many other persons 
who were registered, and claimed to vote as tenants 
or occupiers as aforesaid, were admitted to poll, and 
did poll, in favour of the said John Ellis, who were 
disabled and disqualified, because that since the time 
of their registry they under-let or sub-let, part and 
veaege of the premises in respect of which they had 

een so registered, and in right of which they claimed 


02 to 





100 


to vote, and did not retain in their possession a part | 


of sufficient value to entitle them to vote, or of the 
bond fide value of Ten pounds yearly ; that many 
other persons who registered and claimed to vote as 
such tenants or occupiers as aforesaid were admitted 
to poll, and did poll, in favour of the said John Ellis, 
who did not at the time of such polling hold or 
occupy the premises in respect of which they had 
so registered, and in right of which they claimed to 
vote, separately, or in their own right, but as joint 
tenants jointly with another person or other persons, 
and thereby were disabled and disqualified from 
voting at said Election; that many were induced 
and compelled to vote, and did vote, in favour of the 
said John Ellis, in consequence of the various 
threats, intimidation and corrupt measures coun- 


tenanced and practised by the said John Ellis, his 


friends, agents, supporters and partisans; that the | 


said Isaac Glenny, acting as such Returning Officer 
as aforesaid, received votes of many persons who, 


4° Decembris. 





A. 1837, 


provided ; and the Petitioners submit that the said 
John Ellis was not entitled to be a Candidate at 
the said Election, or entitled to be returned as a 
Member to serve in Parliament for the said Borough ; 
the Petitioners therefore humbly pray that the House 
will take the premises aforesaid and the above alle- 
gations into its consideration, and will declare the 
Election and Return of the said John Ellis to be 
void, or otherwise that it will declare the Election 
and Return of the said John Ellis to be void, and 
that the said Denis Caulfield Brady was duly elected 
and ought to have been returned, and that said 
Writ and Return may be amended accordingly, and 
that the House will give such further relief in the 
premises as to the House shall seem meet. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this 
instant December, at the same time that the Peti- 
tion of Denis Caulfield Brady, Esquire, is ordered 


to be taken into consideration. 








during the said Election, or within six calendar 
months previous to it, or within fourteen days after 
it was completed, were employed by or on behalf of 
the said John Ellis, as agents, attornies, poll-clerks, 
flag-men, or in other capacity, for the purpose of said 
Election ; and who, either before, or during, or after 
said Election, accepted and took from the said John 
Ellis, or some other person or persons on his behalf, J TS | 
payment in money, or security for money, for and | rough of Portarlington, in Ireland, claiming to have 
in consideration, or with reference to, such employ- | had a right to vote at the last Election of a Member 
ment, and who were not therefore legally entitled to | to serve in Parliament for said Borough, was read ; 
vote at said Election, but who tendered their votes, setting forth, That all the Petitioners were at and 
which were received for said Ellis, and whose votes | during the last Election of a Member to serve in 
ought to have been rejected; that the said John | this Parliament for the said Borough of Portar- 
Ellis, by himself, his friends or agents, and by a | lington, in the Queen’s County, in Ireland, electors 
person or persons employed on his behalf, before, of the said Borough, and had and claimed to have 
and at and after the teste of the Writ of Summons | had a right to vote for a Member to serve in Par- 
to Parliament for holding the said Election, in order | liament at the last Election for the said Borough ; 
to procure him, the said John Ellis, to be returned that at the last general Election for a Burgess to 
to serve in this present Parliament for the same | serve in this present Parliament for the said Borough 
Borough, directly or indirectly gave, presented or | of Portarlington, George Lionel Dawson Damer, 
allowed to a person or persons having or claiming | Esquire, of Came, in Dorsetshire, in that part of the 
to have a right to vote at said Election, money, | United Kingdom called England,and Francis Dunne, 
meat, drink, entertainment or provision, also made | Esquire, of Brittas, in the Queen’s County, were 
presents, gifts, rewards or entertainments, and did | Candidates to represent the said Borough; that the 
promise, agree, oblige and engage to give or allow | Third day of August last was the day fixed for the 
money, meat, drink, provisions, presents, entertain- | said Election, and that a poll being demanded, the 
ment or reward to or for such person or persons | same was granted and proceeded on, and the said 
having, or claiming to have, a vote or votes at said | Election lasted until the Fifth day of August last, 
Election, or for the use, advantage, benefit, employ- | on which day last mentioned the poll was closed 
ment, profit, or preferment of a person or persons | by the Reverend Richard Clarke, the Sovereign and 
in order to be elected, or for his being elected, to | Returning Officer of the said Borough, who declared 
serve in Parliament for said Borough, and whereby | the said George Lionel Dawson Damer to be duly 
the said John Ellis disabled and incapacitated him- | elected a Burgess to serve for the said Borough of 
self to serve in Parliament for said South ; that | Portarlington in the present Parliament ; that prior 
by the several fraudulent, and illegal means afore- | to the said Election many persons who were not 
said, and by divers other turbulent, corrupt, improper | possessed of sufficient property or estate, or qualified 
and unconstitutional practices, the said John Ellis | nm respect of occupation, or payment of grand jury, 
obtained said colourable majority of votes over the | municipal cesses, rates and taxes, and also many 
said Denis Caulfield Brady, and procured himself persons who were not freemen of said Borough, and 
to be returned to serve in Parliament for the said | also other persons who had ceased to be freemen 
Borough of Newry, whereas the said Denis Caulfield | thereof, and also other persons who had ceased to 
Brady had a large majority of legal votes at said | be burgesses thereof, and also many other persons 
Election, and ought to have been returned to serve | who were elected and admitted freemen and bur- 
in Parliament for the same; that the said John Ellis | gesses of the said Borough since the Thirty-first day 
is not qualified in point of estate to serve in Parlia- | of March One thousand eight hundred and thirty- 
ment, and that, not being the eldest son or heir appa- | one, but who were not so admitted by reason of 
rent of any Peer or Lord of Parliament, or of any | birth, marriage, service, or of any statute in force 
person qualified to serve as Knight of the Shire, he | at the time of passing the Act next hereinafter 
has not, nor had he at the time of such Election | mentioned, and had no legal qualification as such 
and Return, truly and bond fide such an estate, free- | freemen and burgesses, or as burgesses and other- 
hold or copyhold for his own life, or for some greater | wise, to be electors of said Borough, or to be regis- 
estate in law or equity, to and for his own use and | tered as voters for said Borough, according to 
benefit, of or in lands, tenements or hereditaments, | the provisions of an Act passed in the 2d and 3d 
over and above what would satisfy and clear all | years of the reign of his late Majesty — Wil- 
incumbrances that may affect the same, of the | liam 4, intituled, “ An Act to amend the Repre- 
annual value of Three hundred pounds, above re- | sentation of the People of Zre/and,” procured their 
prizes, as doth qualify him to be elected and returned | names to be inserted, or were, by the persons aul- 
to serve in Parliament for the said Borough of Newry, | thorized to prepare lists of persons claiming to be 
as required by the statutes in such case made and | registered as voters for the said Borough, improperly 


put 


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








A Petition of the several Persons whose names Portariington 
are thereunto subscribed, Householders of the Bo- E&lt;ction. 


1 Vicroriz. 


put upon and inserted in such lists, and, notwith- 
standing such want of legal title or qualification, 
man of such persons were afterwards, at a Special 
Sessions held in pursuance of said Act in said Bo- 
rough of Portarlington, and also at General Quarter 
Sessions of the Peace held subsequently at different 
periods since the passing of said Act, at Stradbally, 
and also at Maryborough, in and for the said Queen’s 
County, wrongfully and illegally declared and ad- 
judged by the Assistant Barrister for said County, 
or his Deputy, to be entitled to be registered as 
voters for the said Borough, and were registered as 
such accordingly; that at the said Election divers 
of the persons so wrongfully and illegally registered 
as voters for the said Borough, and divers other 
persons who had no legal right to vote, and divers 
other persons who had ceased to possess the quali- 
fications in respect of which they had been respec- 
tively registered as voters for the said Borough, and 
divers other persons legally disqualified and pro- 
hibited from voting by reason of their being em- 
ployed in the collection and management of the 
Revenues of the Excise, and of the Revenues of the 
Post Office, and of the Duties on Stamps, were 
allowed to vote for the said George Lionel Dawson 
Damer ; that divers persons who were not freemen 
of said Borough, and divers other persons who had 
ceased to be freemen thereof, and divers persons 
who had ceased to be burgesses thereof, and divers 
other persons who were not entitled to vote at said 
Election in any corporate right or character, or 
otherwise, and divers other persons who were elected 
and admitted freemen and burgesses of said Borough 
since the Thirty-first day of March One thousand 
eight hundred and thirty-one, and who were not so 
admitted in respect of birth, marriage or service, or 
of any statute in force at the time of the passing of 
the said Act, were allowed to vote at said Election 
for the said George Lionel Dawson Damer ; that 
divers persons who voted at the said Election for 
the said George Lionel Dawson Damer, did ask, 
receive and take money, and other rewards and 
promises of money, gifts and rewards, for giving 
their votes for the said “reorge Lionel Dawson 
Damer at the said Election; that divers persons 
who voted at the said Election for the said George 
Lionel Dawson Damer were guilty of various corrupt 
acts, and employed undue influence and other ille- 
gal and improper means, and gave and caused to 
be given divers sums of money, and gave and entered 
into, and caused to be given and entered into, divers 
gifts, rewards, agreements and engagements to se- 
veral persons having and claiming to have a right 
to vote at the said Election, in order to procure 
them to vote for the said George Lionel Dawson 
Damer, and to forbear to vote for the said Francis 
Dunne, and in order to procure the said George 
Lionel Dawson Damer to be returned to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough; that 
the said George Lionel Dawson Damer, by himself, 
his friends and other persons employed by him, and 
by his agents and managers, and persons who con- 
ducted and aided in conducting the said Election 
on behalf of the said George Lionel Dawson Damer, 
before and at and during the time of the said Elec- 
tion, was guilty of open and extensive bribery, ab- 
duction of voters, si influence and other corrupt 
and illegal practices, in order to procure persons 
having or claiming to have a right to vote at the 
said Election, to vote for the said George Lionel 
Dawson Damer at the said Election, and to forbear 
to vote for the said Francis Dunne, and in order to 
procure the said George Lionel Dawson Damer to 
be returned to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said Borough, and that the said bribery, ab- 
duction and other corrupt and illegal practices of 
the said George Lionel Dawson Damer, and of his 
agents, friends and managers, were open and no- 
torious in the said Borough, and well known to the 


electors; that the said George Lionel Dawson Damer, 
Vor. 93. 


4° Decembris. 





101 


by himself, his agents and managers, and by per- 
sons employed in his behalf, before at and during 
the said Election, was guilty of various corrupt an 
illegal acts, and employed undue influence and other 
illegal and improper means, and gave and caused 
to be given divers sums of money, and gave and 
entered into, and caused to be made, given and en- 
tered into, divers gifts, benefits, rewards, agreements 
and engagements to several persons having and 
claiming to have a right to vote at the said Election, 
in order to procure them to vote at the said Elec- 
tion for the said George Lionel Dawson Damer, and 
to forbear to vote for the said Francis Dunne, and 
in order to procure the said George Lionel Dawson 
Damer to be elected and returned a Member in this 
present Parliament, to serve for the said Borough 
of Portarlington; and that he the said George 
Lionel Dawson Damer also, by himself, his agents 
and managers, and by other persons on his behalf, 
both before and at and during the said Election, 
did, by gifts and rewards, and by threats, promises, 
agreements, and securities for gifts and rewards, 
corrupt and procure, and attempt and endeavour to 
corrupt and procure, divers persons being and claim- 
ing to be electors of the said Borough of Portarling- 
ton to refuse and forbear to give their votes at the 
said Election for the said Francis Dunne, in order 
that he the said George Lionel Dawson Damer might 
be elected and returned a Member to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough of Port- 
arlington; that the said George Lionel Dawson 
Damer did, by himself, ‘his friends or agents, or 
persons employed on his behalf, after the teste of 
the Writ for said Election, and at and during the 
said Election, and before his Election to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough, give 
present and allow to divers persons having or claim - 
ing: to have votes at the said Election, money, meat, 
drink, entertainment and promises, agreements, obli- 
gations and engagements to give and allow money, 
meat, drink, provisions, presents, entertainments and 
rewards, to and for such persons, in order to induce 
such persons to give their votes for the said George 
Lionel Dawson Damer at the said Election, and in 
order to his, the said George Lionel Dawson Damer’s, 
being elected, and for his being elected, to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough ; that 
the said George Lionel Dawson Damer, by the said 
corrupt and illegal practices, was and is wholly dis- 
abled, incapacitated and ineligible to serve in Par- 
liament for the said Borough of Rortarlington, and 
the Return of the said George Lionel Dawson Damer 
was and is wholly null and void ; that by the several 
illegal ways and means aforesaid, the said George 
Lionel Dawson Damer obtained a colourable ma- 
jority of votes over the said Francis Dunne, and 
procured himself to be returned to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough of Port- 
arlington, whereas the said Francis Dunne had a 
legal majority of votes at the said Election over the 
said George Lionel Dawson Damer, and ought to 
have been returned to serve for the said Borough ; 
which said several unlawful and corrupt acts of the 
said George Lionel Dawson Damer, and others, his 
friends, agents and managers, are contrary to the 
freedom of Election, in violation of the Standing 
Orders of the House, and the laws and statutes of 
the realm for preventing bribery and corruption in 
the Election of Members to serve in Parliament, 
and have rendered the Election and Return of the 
said George ‘Lionel Dawson Damer wholly null and 
void, and that, notice of such conduct and practices 
having been duly given to the Returning Officer and 
to the electors, and being well known in the said 
Borough, the said Francis Dunne was duly elected, 
and ought to have been returned at such Election 
to serve in Parliament for the said Borough of Port- 
arlington; the Petitioners humbly pray the House 
to take the premises into their consideration, and to 
declare that the said Francis Dunne was duly elected 
03 and 








102 


and ought to have been returned to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough of Port- 
arlington, and that the said Return may be amended, 
and the name of the said George Lionel Dawson 
Damer be erased from the said Return, and the 
name of the said Francis Dunne may be substituted 
in his place, or that the said Election and Return 
of the said George Lionel Dawson Damer may be 
declared to be wholly null and void, and that the 
Petitioners may have such other relief in the pre- 
mises as to the House may seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this 
instant December, at the same time that the Peti- 
tion of the several Persons whose names are there- 
unto subscribed, Householders of the Borough of 


4° Decembris. 





Portarlington, is ordered to be taken into con- 
sideration. 

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


A Petition of Frederick William Mullins, of Beau- 
fort House, in the County of Kerry, Esquire, was 
read ; setting forth, That at the last Election of Two 
Knights of the Shire to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said County of Kerry, Arthur Blen- 
nerhassett, Samuel Murray Hickson, Morgan John 





O’ Connell, Esquires, and the Petitioner, were Can- | 
didates ; that on Monday, the Seventh day of Au- | 
gust last, Henry Arthur Herbert, Esquire, the High | 
Sheriff of the said County, did, in pursuance of the | 
Writ directed to him for that purpose, proceed to 


A. 1837. 


and extensive and systematic intimidation and co- 
ercion of the voters were carried on and practised, 
in order to promote and effect the Election of the 
said Arthur Blennerhassett; that divers persons 
entitled to vote at the said Election were taken 
from or induced to leave their homes, by persons in 
the interest of the said Arthur Blennerhassett, and 
were carried to certain places in various parts of the 
county, where they were supplied with drink, and 
kept in a state of intoxication, and detained in such 
places until they were carried to the tally rooms of 
the said Arthur Blennerhassett, and thence to the 
poll, to give their votes for the said Arthur Blenner- 
hassett, although the said voters had promised to 
vote, and would otherwise have voted, for the Peti- 
tioner ; that a great number of persons voted at the 
said Election in favour of the said Arthur Blenner- 
hassett, who were registered as rent-chargers, but 


| that they were incapacitated from voting, inasmuch 


as they never sought or derived any benefit under 
such rent-charges, which were and are altogether 
fictitious, and had and have consequently no interest 
therein; that divers other persons voted as last 
aforesaid, for said Arthur Blennerhassett, who had 
no qualification or right to be registered as voters 
or to vote at any Election for the said County of 
Kerry, as will appear on a fair scrutiny of the poll 
before the Committee of the House; that a number 
of the persons who voted for the said Arthur Blen- 
nerhassett, being registered as leaseholders or free- 


holders, had, previously to the said Election, sold or 


assigned or sub-let, or, by the dropping of lives, or 
becoming bankrupts, or having taken the benefit of 
the Act for the relief of Insolvent Debtors in Jreland, 


_orby and from various other causes, lost, the interests 





hold the said Election ; that the polling commenced | upon which they had registered, and were conse- 
on the Eighth day of the said month of August ; | quently incapacitated from voting at the said Elec- 
that upon the final close of the poll, the Sheriff tion for the said County, as will appear upon an 


declared a majority of 48 in favour of the said | 
Arthur Blennerhassett over the Petitioner, and a| 
still greater majority in favour of the said Morgan | 
John O’ Connell, and accordingly declared the said | 
Morgan John O’ Connell and Arthur Blennerhassett 
duly elected to serve in this present Parliament for | 
the said County; that the said Arthur Blennerhassett | 
was and is incapacitated and ineligible to serve in | 
this present Parliament for the said County of Kerry, 
for that, as well before as after the teste and issuing 
out of the Writ for the said Election, and before, at, 
during and after the said Election, the said Arthur 
Blennerhassett was, by himself and by his agents, 
friends, and partisans, guilty of divers acts of open 
and notorious treating, and bribery and corruption, 
in order to corrupt and procure, and did, by himself 





and by his agents, friends, managers, and other 


investigation before a Committee of the House; 
that a number of the persons who voted for the said 
Arthur Blennerhassett at the said Election had no 
right to vote thereat, but personated other persons, 
having or supposed to have such right, and who 
were either dead or were prevented by infirmity, 
absence from the County, or some other cause, from 
appearing and voting at the said Election; that 
many persons voted for the said Arthur Blenner- 
hassett at the said Election from affidavits that were 
informal, some of them not containing the place of 
residence specifically set out, others the addition of 
the voter or the particular date of the registry, and 
others being informal and insufficient in various 
other respects ; that upon the third day of polling, 
the booth, No. 3, was closed by order of the High 


Sheriff, upon the ground, or the alleged ground, of 


persons employed on his behalf, by gifts, presents, | the requisite number of voters not having polled in 
money, rewards, promises, agreements, and securities | the said booth on that day ; that a number of voters, 
for money, gifts, and rewards, and by threats, inti- who had been prevented by illness, or residence at 
midation, menaces, undue influence, and divers | a distance, or other causes, from coming before the 
modes of coercion, and other corrupt, illegal, and | closing of the said booth, and who, under the arrange- 


improper practices, acts, and means, corrupt and 
procure, and coerce, divers persons having or claiming 
to have votes at the said E'ection, to give their votes 
im favour of the said Arthur Blennerhassett, and to 
forbear to give their votes to the Petitioner; that 
several members of the Committee of the said Arthur 
Blennerhassett did, directly and indirectly, for and 
in behalf ofthe said Arthur Blannerhassett, by them- 
selves and by agents employed by them, offer bribes 


and rewards, and hold out other illegal and corrupt | 


encouragements, and use divers threats and other 
means of coercion, to induce and compel persons 
having or claiming to have votes at the said Election, 
to give their votes in favour of the said Arthur 


Blennerhassett and Samuel Murray Hickson, or to | 


give single votes for the said Arthur Blennerhassett, 
or to give one vote to the said Arthur Blennerhassett 
and the other vote to the said Morgan John O’ Con- 
nell; that before, at and during the said Election, 
extensive and systematic bribery and corruption, 





ment of the Baronies, were entitled to poll in the 
said booth, No. 3, having tendered their votes, and 
claimed a right to poll for the Petitioner in one of 
the two remaining booths which continued open till 
the final close of the poll, were not allowed to give 
their votes at either of the said booths, but that the 
Sheriff’s Deputies in each of the said booths refused 
to take the votes of such persons, whereby they were 
wholly prevented from giving their votes for the 
Petitioner at the said Election ; that various irregu- 
larities took place in the polling at the said Election, 
and also various vexatious impediments and delays, 
and other improper proceedings, whereby the Peti- 
tioner was prevented from obtaining a majority on 
the first and second day’s poll, which he otherwise 
would have done, and the not obtaining of which 
deceived and misled many of the Petitioner’s voters 
who resided in distant parts of the County into the 
belief that it would be out of the Petitioner’s power 
to overcome the majority against him on the succeed- 

ing 








1 Victroriz. 


ing days, and caused them either to absent them- 
selves during the remaining days of polling, or to 
poll in favour of the said Arthur Blennerhassett ; 
the Petitioner further states, that the Members of 
the Committee of the said Arthur Blennerhassett, 
his agents, friends, and partisans, did, without 
sufficient or any cause, make representations to the 
commanding officer of the district, and others in 
authority, which induced him or them to place at 
the disposal of the High Sheriff a military force, 
which was employed in various parts of the County, 
under the colour of protecting the voters in the said 
Arthur Blennerhassett’s interest, whereas the inter- 
ference of the said force was wholly unnecessary, 
there being a large and sufficient force of the con- 
stabulary during and at the said Election, effectually 
to preserve the peace of the said County, as well as 
at the place of polling ; that a guard of soldiers was 
constantly in attendance at the committee-rooms of 
the said Arthur Blennerhassett, in Tralee, in which 
a number of the voters who were believed and known 
to be in favour of the Petitioner were confined, until 
they were placed upon tallies and sent to the poll; 
that by the foregoing and many other illegal, corrupt, 
and improper practices on the part of his committee, 
his friends, agents, and partisans, the said Arthur 
Blennerhassett obtained a colourable majority of 
48 over the Petitioner, who would otherwise have 
had a considerable majority of good and _ legal 
votes over the said Arthur Blennerhassett ; the Pe- 
titioner therefore humbly prays, that the House will 
be pleased to take the premises into consideration, 
and to declare the said Election and Return of the 
said Arthur Blennerhassett to be null and void, 
and that the Petitioner was duly elected, and 
ought to have been returned a Member to serve in 
Parliament for the said County, and that tlie said 
Return may be amended accordingly, and that the 
House will grant to the Petitioner such further or 
other relief in the premises as to the House shall 
seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this 
instant December, at the same time that his former 
Petition is ordered to be taken into consideration. 

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


Then the names of the Places to which the residue 
of the said Petitions related, (being all of them 
Petitions of the last class) were put into the glass at 
the Table ; and drawn by the Clerk in the following 
order : 

A Petition of Daniel Jones, Esquire, junior, a 
Candidate at the last Election, in and for the County 
of Sligo, claiming to have a right to be returned 
as duly elected thereat, was read; setting forth, 
That at the last general Election of Knights of 
the Shire to serve in Parliament for the County 
of Sligo, Edward Joshua Cooper, Alexander Per- 
ceval, Charles Joseph M‘Dermott, Esquires, and 
the Petitioner, were Candidates to represent said 
County; that a poll being demanded, the same was 
granted and proceeded on, and Daniel Jones, Es- 
quire, senior, High Sheriff of the said County, 
acted thereat as Returning Officer, and at the close 
of the poll on the Seventeenth day of August last, 
declared the said Edward Joshua Cooper and 
Alexander Perceval duly elected as Members to 
serve in the present Parliament for the said County ; 
that the Petitioner had the next greatest number of 
votes, having a large majority over the said Charles 
Joseph M‘ Dermott; that the said Alexander Perceval 
is not qualified in point of estate to serve in Parlia- 
ment, and that, not being the eldest son or heir 
apparent ofany Peer or Lord of Parliament or of any 
person qualified to serve as Knight of the Shire, he 
hasnot, nor had he at the time of such Election and 

Vox. 93. 





4° Decembris. 





103 


Return, truly and bond fide, such an estate, freehold 
or copyhold for his own life, or for some greater 
estate in law or equity, to or for his own use and 
benefit, of or in lands, tenements or hereditaments, 
over and above what would satisfy and clear all in- 
cumbrances that may affect the same, of the annual 
value of Six hundred pounds, above reprizes, as doth 
_— him to be elected and returned to serve in 

arliament for the said County of Sligo, as required 
by the statutes in such case made and provided; 
and the Petitioner submits, that the said Alexander 
Perceval was not entitled to be a Candidate at the 
said Election, or entitled to be returned as a Member 
to serve in Parliament for the said County; the 
Petitioner therefore humbly prays that the House 
will take the premises aforesaid and the above alle- 
gations into its consideration, and will declare the 
Election and Return of the said Alexander Perceval 
to be void, or otherwise that it will declare the 
Election and Return of the said Alexander Perceval 
to be void, and that the Petitioner, who had the 
next greatest number of votes at said Election, 
was duly elected and ought to have been returned 
with the said Edward Joshua Cooper as a Member 
to serve in Parliament for said County, and that 
said Writ and Return may be amended accordingly, 
and that the House will give such further relief in 
the premises as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this 
instant December, at five minutes after five of the 
clock in the Afternoon. 

A Petition of John Gallaher, Michael Conlan, 
Matthew Gilgan, and Patrick Nelson, Electors of 
the county of Sligo, as well on behalf of themselves 
as of several other Electors of the same county, who 
claimed to vote, were entitled to vote, and did vote, 
at the last Election, in and for the County of Sligo, 
was also read; setting forth, That the Petitioners are, 
and at the last General Election of Knights of the 
Shire for the county of Sligo, held in the Town of 
Sligo, were, Electors of the said County, and were 
entitled to vote at the said Election; that, at the said 
Election, Edward Joshua Cooper, Alexander Per- 
ceval, Daniel Jones, junior, and Charles M‘ Dermott, 
Esquires, were Candidates to represent said County 
in Parliament ; that a poll being demanded, the same 
was granted and proceeded on, and Daniel Jones, 
Esquire, senior, High Sheriff of the said County, acted 
thereat as Returning Officer, and at the close of the 
poll on the Seventeenth day of August last declared 
the said Edward Joshua Cooper and Alexander Per- 
ceval duly elected as Members to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the said County ; that the said 
Alexander Perceval is not qualified in point of estate 
to serve in Parliament, and that, not being the eldest 
son or heir apparent of any Peer of Lord of Parlia- 
ment, or of any person qualified to serve as —- of 
the Shire, he has not, nor had he at the time of such 
Election and Return, truly and bond fide such an 
estate, freehold, or copyhold for his own hfe, or for 
some other greater estate, in law or equity, to and 
for his own use and benefit, of or in lands, tenements, 
or hereditaments (over and above what would satisfy 
and clear all incumbrances that may affect the same), 
of the annual value of Six hundred pounds, above 
reprizes, as doth qualify him to be elected and re- 
turned to serve io adamant for the said County of 
Sligo, as required by the statutes in such case made 
and provided ; and the Petitioners submit, that the 
said Alexander Perceval was not entitled to be a 
Candidate at the said Election, or entitled to be re- 
turned to serve in Parliament for the said County ; 
the Petitioners, therefore, humbly pray, that the 
House will take the premises aforesaid,and the above 
allegations, into its consideration, and will declare 
the Election and Return of the said Alexander 
Perceval to be void, or otherwise that it will declare 
the Election and Return of the said Alexander Per- 
ceval to be void, and that the said Daniel Jones, 

o4 junior, 





i 
it 
i 
i 


Maldon 
E-ection. 


104 4° Decembris. 


junior, (who had the greatest number of votes at said 
Election), was duly elected, and ought to have been 
returned with the said Edward Joshua Cooper asa 
Member to serve in Parliament for said County, and 
that said Writ and Return may be amended accord- 
ingly, and that the House will give such relief in the 
premises as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this 
instant December, at the same time that the last 
preceding Petition is ordered to be taken into con- 
sideration. 

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


A Petition of Alfred May, of the Borough of 
Maldon, in the county of Essex, Auctioneer, and 
Henry Harridance, of the same place, Corn-mer- 
chant, both respectively Electors, and Persons having 
and claiming to have had a right to vote, and who 
did vote, at the last Election of Members to serve 
in Parliament for the Borough of Maldon, in the 
county of Essex, was read; setting forth, That at 
the last Election for Two Burgesses to serve in the 
present Parliament for the Borough of Maldon, 
Quintin Dick, Esquire, John Round, Esquire, and 
Thomas Barrett Lennard, Esquire, were Candidates 
to represent the said Borough in Parliament; that 
a poll was taken at the said Election on the Twenty- 
sixth day of July now last past, and that on the 
same day the said Quintin Dick and the said John 
Round were declared to be duly elected, and were 
returned as Burgesses to represent the said Borough 
in this Parliament; that the names of divers per- 
sons who were not freemen, and of divers other 
persons who were not legal freemen, and of divers 
other persons who were not legally admitted freemen 
of the said Borough, and of divers other persons 
who, being freemen, were not qualified to vote in the 
Election of Members to serve in Parliament for the 
said Borough, were in the year One thousand eight 
hundred and thirty-six improperly inserted by the | 
town clerk of the said Borough, in the list of 
persons entitled to vote in the Election of Members 
for the Borough of Maldon, made out by the said 
town clerk, to be revised by the Barristers appoint- 
ed to revise the list of voters in that year; that 
names of divers persons legally entitled to have 
their names inserted in the said list of freemen 
were improperly omitted by the said town clerk 
therefrom ; that the names of divers persons who 
were not qualified, in respect of property, occupa- 
tion or residence, or otherwise, were improperly 
inserted in the list of persons entitled to vote in 
respect of property occupied within the several | 
parishes in the said Borough, made out by the 
overseers of the said several parishes, and the names 
of divers other persons who were entitled to have 
their names inserted in the said lists were improperly 
omitted therefrom; that the said lists so made out 
by the said town clerk and the said overseers, 
were in the same year One thousand eight hundred 
and thirty-six, revised by Henry Revell Reynolds, 
junior, and James Espinasse, Esquires, the Barristers 
appointed for that purpose, according to the provi- 
sions of the Reform Act, which lists so revised, 
came in force as the Register of electors for the said 
Borough on the First of December in the same 
year One thousand eight hundred and _ thirty-six, 
and were the lists and Register in force at the time 
of the said last Election for Members to serve in 
Parliament for the said Borough; that the names 
of divers persons were improperly retained by the 
said Revising Barristers on the said several lists and 
Register of voters, such persons not being qualified 
or entitled, either as freemen or occupiers of pro- 
perty, to be registered or to vote, or being subject to 
legal incapacity or other disqualification ; that the 














A. 1837. 


names of divers persons were improperly omitted 
or struck out by the said Revising Barristers from 
the said lists and Register of voters, notwithstand- 
ing such last-mentioned persons had a lawful right 
to remain, or to be put upon the said lists and Re- 
gister, and such persons tendered their votes at the 
said Election for the said Thomas Barrett Lennard, 
and such persons would, if their names had been 
inserted in the said Register, have had full right to 
vote at the said Election, and were in all respects 
qualified and entitled to vote at such Election ; that 
divers persons voted at the said Election for the 
said John Round, who were incapable of or dis- 
qualified from voting at such Election, on the 
ground of having, during such Election, or within 
six calendar months previous to such Election, or 
within fourteen days after the completion thereof, 
been employed as agent, attorney, poll-clerk, flag- 
man, or in some other capacity, for the purpose of 
such Election, and having accepted or taken from 
some or one of the Candidates at such Election, or 
some other person, for or in consideration of, or with 
reference to, such employment, money, place or 
employment, or promise of money, place or employ- 
ment; that divers persons who were registered as 
electors for the said Borough by the said Revising 
Barristers, had become disqualified as electors for 
the said Borough between the Thirty-first of July 
One thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, up to 
which time the said lists were made up by the said 
town clerk and overseers, and investigated by the 
said Revising Barristers, and the time of holding 
the said Election, by receiving alms or parochial 
relief, or by having parted with, sold or otherwise 
ceased to be possessed of, the property in respect 
of which they were registered, or by removal of 
their occupation or residence, or otherwise ; that at 
the said last Election for the said Borough, the 
said several persons so improperly inserted by the 
said town clerk and overseers, and the said several 
persons so improperly retained on the said lists and 
Register bythe said Revising Barristers, and the said 
several persons who became disqualified and incapa- 
citated by law from voting, did respectively vote, and 
their respective votes were received at the said 
Election, for the said John Round; that the votes of 
several other persons were accepted and recorded 
in favour of the said John Round, although such 
persons had been bribed to give their votes at the 
said Election ; that the votes of many other persons 
were received at the said Election in favour of the 
said John Round, although such persons were not 
qualified or entitled to vote thereat; that the said 
John Round did, by himself, his agents, managers, 
friends and others on his behalf, and at his cost and 
charge, before and at, and during the said Election, 
and after the teste and issuing of the Writ for the 
Return of Members to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment, and before the Return of the said John 
Round, give, present and allow to divers persons 
having and claiming to have votes at the said 
Election, money, meat, drink and entertainment, 
and provision, and make presents, gifts, rewards and 
entertainments, and make promises, agreements, 
obligations and engagements to give and allow 
money, meat, drink, provision, presents, rewards 
and entertainments to and for such persons having 
and claiming to have votes at the said Election, and 
to and for the use, benefit, advantage, emolument, 
ee and preferment of such persons, in order to 
is the said John Round being elected, and for being 
elected, a Member to serve in Parliament for the 
said Borough of Maldon, in violation and defiance 
of the Standing Orders and Regulations of the 
House, and of the laws and statutes of this realm, 
for preventing charge and expense in the Election 
of Members to serve in Parliament; that the said 
John Round did, by himself, his agents, managers, 
and by other persons on his behalf, both before, and 
at, and during the said Election, by gifts and 
rewards, 


Ele 








1 Vicrortiz. 


rewards, and by threats, promises, agreements, and 
securities for gifts and rewards, corrupt and procure, 
and attempt and endeavour to corrupt and procure, 
divers persons having and claiming to have votes at 
the said Election, to give their votes for him the 
said John Round, that he the said John Round 
might be elected and returned a Member in this 
present Parliament to serve for the said Borough ; 
and that he the said John Round, did, ‘by himself, 
his agents, managers, and by other persons on his 
behalf, both before, and at, and during the said 
Election, by gifts and rewards, and by threats, 
promises and agreements, and securities for gifts and 
rewards, corrupt and procure, and attempt and 
endeavour to corrupt and procure divers persons 
having and claiming to have votes at the said 
Election, to refuse and forbear to give their votes at 
the said Election for the said Thomas Barrett Len- 
nard, in order that the said John Round might be 
elected and returned a Member to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough, and that 
by the aforesaid means, and divers other illegal and 
corrupt practices, the said John Round obtained a 
colourable majority of votes over the said Thomas 
Barrett Lennard, and was returned a Member to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough of Maldon, although the said Thomas Barrett 
Lennard was duly elected by a majority of legal 
voters, given or tendered for the said Thomas Barrett 
Lennard, and ought to have been returned a Mem- 
ber, with Quintin Dick, Esquire, to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough of Maldon; 
the Petitioners therefore humbly pray the House to 
take the premises into consideration, and declare 
the Election and Return of the said John Round to 
be wholly null and void, and declare that the said 
Thomas Barrett Lennard was duly elected, and ought 
to have been returned a Member to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the said Borough of Maldon, and 
that the Petitioners may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel, agents and witnesses against the Re- 
turn of the said John Round, and in the matter of 
their Petition, and that the House will afford the Pe- 
titioners such relief as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday the 12th day of this 
instant December, at ten minutes after five of the 
clock in the Afternoon. , 

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


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of 
the town and county of the town of Carrickfergus, 
as well on behalf of themselves as of several other 
Electors of the said town and county of the town, 
who claimed to vote, and were entitled to vote, and 
did vote, at the last Election in and for the said 
town and county of the town of Carrickfergus, was 
read ; setting forth, That at the said Election, Peter 
Kirk and Mathew Bolton Rennie, Esquires, were 
Candidates to represent the said Town and County 
of the Town of Carrickfergus; that a poll being 
demanded at the said Election, the same was 
granted and proceeded on, and George Forsyth and 
John Legg, Esquires, were the Sheriffs of the said 
Town ad County of the Town, and acted as, and 
were, the Returning Officers at the said Election, 
and at the close of the poll at said Election, on 
Friday the Fourth day of August last, declared the 
said Peter Kirk to be duly elected a Member for 
the said Town and County of the Town, although 
the said Mathew Bolton Reints had a majority of 
legal votes over the said Peter Kirk, and ought to 
have been returned to serve in Parliament for the 
said Town and County of the Town; that the said 
Returning Officer admitted a large number of per- 
sons to poll for the said Peter Kirk, who did not 
og hold and occupy, within said Town and 

Vor. 93. 


4° Decembris. 





105 


County of the Town of Carrickfergus, as tenants or 
owners thereof, any house,. warehouses, counting- 
houses or shops, which, either separately or jointly 
with any land within said Town and County of the 
Town, occupied therewith by them respectively as 
tenants under the same landlord, or occupied by 
them respectively as owners, were of the clear 
yearly value of Ten pounds respectively; that the 
said Returning Officers admitted many other persons 
to poll for the said Peter Kirk, whose warehouses, 
counting-houses, shops or other premises in respect 
of which they claimed to vote, were respectively 
situate beyond the legal limits of the said Town and 
County of the Town; that the said Returning 
Officers admitted many other persons to poll for the 
said Peter Kirk, who, between the time of their 
being registered, and the time of their voting at the 
said Election, had quitted the houses or tenements 
out of which they had so respectively registered, 
and in respect of which registry alone they claimed 
aright to vote, and by which they had lost such 
right of voting, and also admitted many other 
persons to poll for the said Peter Kirk, whose 
houses, in respect of which they were registered, 
became, after their registering, and before said last 
Election, of insufficient value to entitle said persons 
to vote at said Election; and the said Returning 
Officers admitted many persons to poll for the said 
Peter Kirk as householders, who, at the time of 
their so voting, owed more than one half year’s 
grand jury or municipal cesses, rates and taxes, 
in respect of the premises mentioned in the certi- 
ficate of registry; that many persons who, since 
the time of being registered, and procuring certi- 
ficates on parchment as registered voters of the said 
Town and County of the Town, but who had ceased 
to be qualified by reason of their having parted with 
their freeholds, and sold, sub-let or sub-divided the 
lands out of which they registered, or who had been 
ejected or removed therefrom, and of persons who had 
parted with the possession in the whole or in part of 
the lands from which they registered, of persons 
whose interest in the lands out of which they regis- 
tered had ceased by expiration of the term for which 
the lands were held, of persons whose title had ceased 
by expiration of the term by which the lands were 
held, of persons whose title had ceased to exist by 
reason of the lease or title out of which their interests 
were derived having expired, of persons who regis- 
tered as freeholders and whose qualifications as such 
freeholders had ceased by the falling of the life or 
lives in their leases, of persons who had registered 
out of two or three or more instruments, and 
where the interest derivable under one or more 
such instruments had dropped and ceased to exist, 
of persons who had become bankrupts, and of 
persons who had become insolvents; that a large 
number of persons whose title and interest in the 
lands out of which they registered had ceased b 
the death or deaths of the life or lives for whieh 
they held, of persons who were bribed to vote, of 
persons who were bribed to withhold their votes 
from the said Mathew Bolton Rennie, and not to 
vote at all at said Election, and who would other- 
wise have given their votes for the said Mathew 
Bolton Rennie at said Election, and of persons who 
were unduly treated at and before said Election, and 
tendered their votes for the said Peter Kirk and 
were received ; that objections having been made to 
the votes of said persons, said Returning Officers 
declared themselves bound by the production of the 
certificates on parchment, which they decided to be 
conclusive evidence of their right of voting, and 
directed the votes of the said persons to be ad- 
mitted and to be entered on the poll for the said 
Peter Kirk; that the said Peter Kirk, by himself, 
his agents, friends, and managers, partisans, and 
others on his behalf, were during the said Election 
guilty of the most flagrant and notorious acts of in- 
timidation, thereby unlawfully procuring by threats 
Pp divers 





= 


ee ote 


106 4° Deceabris. A. 1837. 


divers persons being qualified to vote at the said | 
Election, through fear, to forbear to give their votes | 


for the said Mathew Bolton Rennie, and to vote 
for the said Peter Kirk, in violation of the rights of 
Election and the privileges of Parliament ; that the 
said Peter Kirk, by himself, his agents, managers 
and friends, and others on their behalf, before and 
at and during and after the Election, were guilty of 
open and notorious acts of bribery and corruption 
of the electors of the said Town and County of the 
Town, in order to influence the said electors to give 
their votes for the said Peter Kirk, and to refuse and 
forbear to give their votes for the said Mathew Bolton 
Rennie; and that the said Peter Kirk, after the dis- 
solution of the last Parliament, and at and during the 
said Election, by himself and his agents, managers 
and friends, and others on his behalf, did give, pre- 
sent, and allow, to divers persons having and claiming 
to have voices in the said Election, money, presents, 
gifts, and rewards, and did make promises, agreements, 
obligations, and engagements to give, and did allow 
rewards, gifts and money, to and for divers persons 
having voices in the said Election, and to and for 
the use, advantage, benefit and emolument, profit 
and preferment of such persons, in order to be 
elected, and for being elected, to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the said Town and County of the Town of 
Carrickfergus; and that the said Peter Kirk, by 
himself, his agents, managers, and by other persons 
on their behalf, as well before as at and during the 
said Election, did, by gifts and rewards, and by 
threats and promises, agreements and securities for 
gifts and rewards, corrupt and procure, and attempt 
and endeavour to corrupt and procure, divers per- 
sons, being and claiming to be electors of the said 
Town and County of the Town of Carrickfergus, to 
refuse and forbear to give their votes for the said 
Mathew Bolton Rennie, and to vote for the said 
Peter Kirk, in order that the said Peter Kirk might 
be elected and returned to serve in this present Par- 
liament as a Member for the said Town and County 
of the Town; by all which means, and by other 
alleged corrupt practices, the said Peter Kirk ob- 
tained a colourable majority over the said Mathew 
Bolton Rennie on the poll taken at the said Elec- 
tion, and was illegally returned as a Member to 
represent the said Town and County of the Town 
of Carrickfergus in Parliament; and Petitioners 
therefore humbly pray the House to take the pre- 
mises into its consideration, and that, forthe reasons 
aforesaid, it may be declared that the said Peter 
Kirk was not duly elected, and ought not to have 
been returned as a Member to serve in Parliament 
for the said Town and County of the Town of Car- 
rickfergus; and that the said Mathew Bolton Rennie 
may be declared duly elected to serve as a Member 
in Parliament for the said Town and County of the 
Town, and that his name may be substituted in the 
said Return for the name of the said Peter Kirk, 
and that such order may be made, and such further 
relief given in the premises, as to the House shall 
seem fit. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this 
instant December, at a quarter of an hour after five 
of the clock in the Afternoon. 

A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of 
the town and county of the town of Carrickfergus, 
as well on behalf of themselves as of several other 
Electors of the said town and county of the town, 
who claimed to vote, and were entitled to vote, and 
did vote, at the last Election, in and for the said 
town and county of the town of Carrickfergus, 
was also read; setting forth, That at the said 
Election Peter Kirk and Mathew Bolton Rennie, 
Esquires, were Candidates to represent the said 
Town and County of the Town of Carrickfergus ; 
that a poll being demanded at the said Election, 
the same was granted and proceeded on, and George 
Forsythe and John Legg, Esquires, were the Sheritfs 

















of the said Town and County of the Town, and 
acted as and were the Returning Officers at the said 
Election, and at the close of the poll at said Elec- 
tion, on Friday the Fourth day of August last, de- 
clared the said Peter Kirk to be duly elected a 
Member of the said Town and County of the Town, 
although the said Mathew Bolton Rennie had a 
majority of legal votes over the said Peter Kirk, and 
ought to have been returned to serve in Parliament 
for the said Town and County of the Town ; that 
the said Returning Officers admitted a large number 
of persons to poll for the said Peter Kirk, who 
did not respectively hold and occupy within said 
Town and County of the Town of Carrickfergus as 
tenants or owners thereof, any house, warehouses, 
counting houses or shops, which, either separately 
or jointly with any land within said Town and 
County of the Town, occupied therewith by them 
respectively, as tenants under the same landlord, or 
occupied by them respectively as owners, were of 
the clear yearly value of Ten pounds respectively ; 
that the said Returning Officers admitted many 
other persons to poll for the said Peter Kirk, whose 
warehouses, counting houses, shops, or other pre- 
mises in respect of which they claimed to vote were 
respectively situate beyond the legal limits of the 
said Town and County of the Town; that the said 
Returning Officers admitted many other persons to 
poll for the said Peter Kirk, who between the time 
of their being registered and the time of their voting 
at the said Election, had quitted the houses or tene- 
ments out of which they had so respectively regis- 
tered, and in respect of which registry alone they 
claimed a right to vote, and by which they had lost 
such right of voting, and also admitted many other 
rsons to poll for the said Peter Kirk, whose 
nouses, in respect of which they were registered, 
became after their registering, and before said last 
Election, of insufficient value to entitle said persons 
to vote at said Election; and the said Returning 
Officers admitted many persons to poll for the said 
Peter Kirk as householders, who at the time of 
their so voting owed more than one half year’s grand 
jury or municipal cesses, rates and taxes, in re- 
spect of the premises mentioned in the certificate of 
registry ; that many persons who since the time of 
being registered and procuring certificates on parch- 
ment as registered voters of the said Town and 
County of the Town, but who had ceased to be 
qualified by reason of their having parted with their 
freeholds, and sold, sub-let, or subdivided the lands 
out of which they registered, or who had been 
ejected or removed therefrom, and of persons who 
had parted with the possession in the whole or in 
part of the lands from which they registered, of 
persons whose interest in the lands out of which 
they registered had ceased by expiration of the 
term for which the lands were held, of persons 
whose title had ceased by expiration of the term for 
which the lands were held, of persons whose title had 
ceased to exist by reason of the lease or title 
out of which their interests were derived having 
expired, of persons who registered as freeholders 
and whose qualifications as such freeholders had 
ceased by the falling of the life or lives in their 
leases, of persons who had registered out of two or 
three or more instruments, and where the interest 
derivable under one or more such instruments had 
dropped and ceased to exist, of persons who had 
become bankrupts, and of persons who had become 
insolvents; that a large number of persons whose 
title and interest in the lands out of which they re- 
gistered had ceased by the death or deaths of the 
lite or lives for which they held, of persons who were 
bribed to vote, of persons who were bribed to with- 
hold their votes from the said Mathew Bolton 
Rennie, and not to vote at all at said Election, and 
who would otherwise have given their votes for the 
said Mathew Bolton Rennie at the said Election, 
and of persons who were unduly treated at and _ 
ore 











1 Vicroriz. 


fore said Election and tendered their votes for the 
said Peter Kirk, and were received ; that objections 
having been made to the votes of said persons, 
said Returning Officers declared themselves bound 
by the production of the certificates on parchment, 
which they decided to be conclusive evidence of 
their right of voting, and directed the votes of the 
said persons to be admitted, and to be entered on 
the poll for the said Peter Kirk ; that the said Peter 
Kirk, by himself, his agents, friends, and managers, 
partisans, and others on his behalf, were during the 
said Election guilty of the most flagrant and noto- 
rious acts of intimidation, thereby unlawfully pro- 
curing by threats divers persons being qualified to 
vote at the said Eiection through fear to forbear to 
give their votes for the said Mathew Bolton Rennie, 
and to vote for.the said Peter Kirk, in violation of 
the rights of Election and the privileges of Parlia- 
ment; that the said Peter Kirk, by himself, his 
agents, managers and friends, and others on their 
behalf, before and at and during and after the Elec- 
tion, were guilty of open and notorious acts of bri- 
bery and corruption of the electors of the said Town 
and County of the Town, in order to influence the 
said electors to give their votes for the said Peter 
Kirk, and to refuse and forbear to give their votes 
for the said Mathew Bolton Rennie ; and that the said 
Peter Kirk, after the dissolution of the last Parlia- 
ment, and at and during the said Election, by him- 
self and his agents, managers and friends, and 
others on his behalf, did give, present, and allow to 
divers persons having and claiming to have voices 
in the said Election, money, presents, gifts, and re- 
wards, and did make promises, agreements, obliga- 
tions, and engagements to give, and did allow re- 


wards, gifts, and money, to and for divers persons | 


having voices in the said Election, and to and for 
the, use, advantage, benefit, and emolument, profit 
and preferment of such persons, in order to be 
elected, and for being elected, to serve in Parliament 
for the said Town and County of the ‘Town of Car- 
rickfergus; and that the said Peter Kirk by himself, 
his agents, managers, and by others persons on 
their behalf, as well before as at and during the 
said Election, did by gifts and rewards, and by 
threats and promises, agreements and securities for 
gifts and rewards, corrupt and procure, and attempt 
and endeavour to corrupt and procure, divers per- 
sons being and claiming to be the electors of the said 
Town and County of the Town of Carrickfergus, 
to refuse and forbear to give their votes for the said 
Mathew Bolton Rennie, and to vote for the said 
Peter Kirk, in order that the said Peter Kirk might 
be elected and returned to serve in this present Par- 
liament as Member for the said Town and County 
of the Town; by all which means, and by other 
alleged corrupt practices, the said Peter Kirk ob- 
tamed a colourable majority over the said Mathew 
Bolton Rennie on the poll taken at the said Elec- 
tion, and was illegally returned as a Member to 
represent the said Town and County of the Town of 
Carrickfergus in Parliament ; and Petitioners there- 
fore humbly pray the House to take the premises 
into its consideration, and that, for the reasons 
aforesaid, it may be declared that the said Peter 
Kirk was not duly elected and ought not to have 
been returned as a Member to serve in Parliament 
for the said Town and County of the Town of Car- 
rickfergus, and that the said Mathew Bolton Rennie 
may be declared duly elected to serve as a Mem- 
ber in Parliament for the said Town and County of 
the Town, and that his name may be substituted in 
the said Return for the name of the said Peter Kirk, 
and that such order may be made, and such further 


relief given in the premises, as to the House shall | 


‘seem fit. 


_ Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into con- 
sideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this instant 
December, at the same time that the last preceding 


Petition is ordered to be taken into consideration. 
Voi. 93. 


4° Decembris. 


107 


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


the said city of Limerick, Esquire, James Peacocke, 
of the said city of Limerick, Esquire, George Tut- 
hill, of Faha, in the county of Limerick, Esquire, 
and Andrew Evans, of Ulla Hills, in the said county 
of Limerich, Esquire, Freeholders and Electors of and 
for the said County of Limerick, and who had or 
claimed to have had aright to vote at the last Elec- 
tion for Members to‘ serve in Parliament for that 
county, was read; setting forth, That the Peti- 
tioners, and each and every of them, now are, and 
at the time of the holding of the said Election for 
the said County of Limerick, as hereinafter men- 
tioned, were, freeholders and electors of and for 
the said County of Limerick, and then had and 
claimed to have a right to vote at the said Elec- 
tion for Knights of the Shire for the said County ; 
that on or about the Twenty-seventh day of July in 
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred 
and thirty-seven, the usual Writ for the holding of 
an Election for the County aforesaid, was, in due 
form of law, delivered to Stephen Edward Spring 
Rice, Esquire, then and there being the High Sheriff 
of the said County; that the said High Sheriff, 
having received the said Writ, afterwards, to wit, on 
the Twenty-eighth day of July aforesaid, caused a 

roclamation to be made in due form of law, that 
a would on Tuesday, the Eighth day of August 
then next, proceed to the Election of Two Knights 
of the Shire to serve in this present Parliament for 
‘the said County; that at a County Court held on 
the said Eighth day of August, the said High Sheriff 
‘proceeded to hold said Election pursuant to said 
proclamation, and in pursuance of the said Writ, 
and which he accordingly did; that the Honourable 
|Colonel Richard Hobart Fitz-Gibbon, William 
| Smyth O’Brien, Esquire, and Augustus Stafford 
| O’Brien, Esquire, were the only Candidates put in 
| nomination on that day for the representation of the 
said County in Parliament; that the said Candidates 
having been then and there severally proposed and 
seconded as fit and proper persons to represent the 
said County in Parliament, and a show of hands 
having been taken, the said Sheriff declared the 
same to be in favour of the said Colonel Richard 
Hobart Fitz-Gibbon and William Smyth O’ Brien, 
whereupon a poll was duly demanded for and on 
behalf of the said Augustus Stafford O’ Brien, and 
also on behalf of certain electors of the said County ; 
that the said High Sheriff having, on the said Eighth 
day of August aforesaid, appointed Deputies and 
allotted booths for the polling of the electors, and 
also booths for the qualification of Roman Catholic 
electors, proceeded on the morning next following, 
to wit, on the Ninth day of August aforesaid, to 
take the poll, and that before any votes had been 
tendered or received, and before the commencement 
of the polling, Henry Maunsell, Esquire, was pro- 
posed and seconded as a Candidate to represent the 
said County in Parliament; that on the aforesaid 
Eighth day of August, being the said day of nomi- 
nation, it became and was the object and design 
of the friends and partisans of the said Colonel 
| Richard Hobart Fitz-Gibbon and William Smyth 
| O’Brien, to intimidate and terrify the electors who 
'were friends and supporters of the said Augustus 
| Stafford O’ Brien, from voting for him at the said 
Election ; and that during the proceedings attendant 
on the said nomination, and in the public court 
where the said High Sheriff was then presiding, a 
riotous and violent mob, composed of supporters 
and partisans of the said Colonel Richard Hobart 
Fitz-Gibbon and William Smyth O’ Brien, furiously 














assaulted the friends and supporters of the said 


P2 Augustus 


A Petition of the honourable George Eyre Massy, Limerick 
of the city of Limerick, Robert George Maunsell, of © 


jounty 
ection, 








108 


Augustus Stafford O’ Brien, and after inflicting the 
most severe personal injuries on many of them, 
finally succeeded in drivmg them from the court- 
house in which the said Election was in progress ; 
that on the morning after the said Ninth day of 
August, before the commencement of the polling, 
several large bodies of men assembled together, were 
arranged under separate leaders, and manifestly 
acted in obedience and according to the orders of 
such leaders; that the said persons so assembled 
entered the City of Limerick at different points, and 
proceeded to parade those parts of said City adjacent 
to the court-house, where the polling booths were 
situate, with the avowed intent of obstructing and 
preventing the electors who were in the interest of 
the said Augustus Stafford O’ Brien, and who wished 
to tender their votes on his behalf, from obtaining 
access to the polling booths; that very few, if any, 
of the said persons so assembled were electors cf 
the said County, but that their attendance at the 
said Election had been procured by the friends, 
partisans and agents of the said Colonel Richard 
Hobart Fitz-Gibbon and William Smyth O’ Brien, 
aided and assisted by several Roman Catholic priests, 
for the expressed and avowed object of intimidating 
the electors of the said County from the free exer- 
cise of their franchise, and of compelling them either 
to vote for the said Colonel Richard Hobart Fitz- 
Gibbon and William Smyth O’ Brien, or to abstain 
from voting for the said Augustus Stafford O’ Brien, 
or from voting at the said Election ; that for a con- 
siderable time previous to and during the said Elec- 
tion, the priests and Roman Catholic clergymen of 
the said County, interfered with and influenced 
the electors of the Roman Catholic persuasion, in 
the most illegal, violent and unconstitutional manner, 
in order to compel them to vote for the said Colonel 
Richard Hobart Fitz-Gibbon and William Smyth 
O’ Brien, and did actually beat and violently assault 
some of the said electors who refused to promise to 
vote according to the wishes and orders of the said 


4° Decembris. 





priests and Roman Catholic clergymen; that in 
order to insure the Return of the said Colonel 
Richard Hobart Fitz-Gibbon and William Smyth 
O’ Brien, several Roman Catholic priests used their 
influence in collecting the said mobs, which the 

afterwards headed and led on in attacking the friends 
and supporters of the said Augustus Stafford O’ Brien 
and Henry Maunsell, and did also, in the most un- 
constitutional manner, endeavour to intimidate and 
deter the Roman Catholic electors from coming 
forward to vote for the said Augustus Stafford 
O’ Brien and Henry Maunsell; but that, although 
every effort was made by the partisans of the said 
Colonel Richard Hobart Fitz-Gibbon and William 
Smyth O’ Brien to intimidate the friends and sup- 
porters of the said Augustus Stafford O’ Brien, yet 
before the poll had proceeded two hours the said 
Augustus Stafford O’ Brien had obtained a majority 
over both the said Colonel Richard Hobart Fitz- 
Gibbon and William Smyth O’ Brien, some of the 
persons who were supposed likely to have been in- 
timidated by the riotous mobs so assembled by the 
friends and partisans of the said Colonel Richard 
Hobart Fitz-Gibbon and William Smyth O’ Brien 
‘raving voted for the said Augustus Stafford O’ Brien; 
that the leaders of the said mob, and other the par- 
tisans of the said Colonel Richard Hobart Fitz- 





Gibbon and William Smyth O’ Brien, finding that if 
the said Election had been allowed to proceed in a} 
quiet and peaceable manner, the said Augustus 
Stafford O’ Brien would have a majority of legal | 
votes, thereupon publicly declared that it would be | 
necessary to take decisive and immediate measures 
to prevent or deter the friends and supporters of the | 
said Augustus Stafford O’ Brien from coming up to | 
vote for him or for the said Henry Maunsell; that 
with such view and intent, severai mobs headed by 
Roman Catholic priests and other partisans of the 


said Colonel Richard Hobart Fitz-Gibbon and Wil- 








A. 1837. 


liam Smyth O’Brien, and consisting for the most 
part of persons not having a right to vote at the 
said Election, not only continued publicly to parade 
the streets of the said City of Limerick in a revolting 
and alarming manner, but proceeded to commit 
divers gross outrages and assaults on the electors in 
the interest of the said Augustus Stafford O’ Brien 
and Henry Maunsell, and emg | prevented and 
intimidated them from voting for the two last-men- 
tioned Candidates as they otherwise would have 
done; and finally, the said mob, between the hours 
of ten and eleven o’clock in the forenoon of the said. 
first day of polling, attacked and broke and forced 
their way into the committee or tally room of the 
said Augustus Stafford O’ Brien and Henry Maunsell, 
where several of the electors of the said County who 
were the supporters of the two last-mentioned Candi- 
dates, had assembled for the purpose of proceeding 
therefrom tothe polling booths to vote for the said Au- 
gustus Stafford O’ Brien,and atthe instigation of their 
said leaders and of the friends and partisans of the 
said Colonel Richard Hobart Fitz-Gibbon and Wii- 
liam Smyth O’ Brien, brutally assaulted and severely 
injured several electors who intended to vote for said 
Augustus Stafford O’Brien and Henry Maunsell, 
many of whom fled from the said City of Limerick, from 
the fear of losing their lives, and other bodily harm, 
if they remained ; that by such their illegal, violent, 
riotous and unconstitutional proceedings, and also 
by the most alarming threats and menaces, so great 
and general a fear and terror was produced in the 
minds of the said electors who were friends and 
supporters of the said Augustus Stafford O’ Brien 
and Henry Maunsell, that the said electors did not 
dare to go to the polling booths, and were so illegally 
and by violence prevented from voting at the said 
Election for the said Augustus Stafford O’ Brien or 
either of them; that the electors in the interest 
of the said Augustus Stafford O’Brien and Henry 
Maunsell could not, after the hour of eleven o’clock 
on the said first day of polling, with safety to their 
lives, have exercised their privilege of voting at the 
said Election ; and that, so successful was the said 
mob in exciting the fears of the said electors, that 
great numbers of the said electors who had so left 
and departed altogether from the saidCity of Limerick 
and returned to their houses, were afraid to leave 
same or to return to the said City of Limerick during 
the said Election; that a majority of the legal and 
duly qualified electors of the said County of Limerick 
would have voted at the said Election for the said 
Augustus Stafford O’Brien and Henry Maunsell, 
had they not been terrified and prevented from so 
doing by the riotous and unconstitutional conduct 
of the friends and partisans of the said Colonel 
Richard Hobart Fitz-Gibbon and William Smyth 
O’ Brien, and by the gross and brutal outrages com- 
mitted by them; that by reason of such outrages 
and riots, and in consequence of the electors in the 
interest of the said Augustus Stafford O’ Brien and 
Henry Maunsell being not only prevented and de- 
terred by violence from executing their right of 
voting, whilst those in the opposite interest had free 
access to the hustings and were allowed to poll 
without injury or molestation, the said Augustus 
Stafford O’ Brien and Henry Maunsell being unable 
to obtain a free and fair Election, and free and safe 
access to the poll for their friends and supporters, 
and having in vain attempted to procure an adjourn- 
ment of the said poll, did between the hours of ten 
and eleven o’clock, ante meridiem, of the first da 
of polling, announce to the said High Sheriff, that 
as they could not, without danger to the lives of 
their supporters and friends, continue to contest, 
they would not make any further exertions to bring 
them to the poll, but would seek to avoid the said 
Election altogether; that at that time the now Sitting 
Members had not, nor had either of them, a majority 
over the said Augustus Stafford O’ Brien, but with 
respect to him they were each in a minority; = 
e 





Wicklow 
County 
Election. 


1 Vicroriz. 


the polling was continued solely by voters on behalf 
of the said Colonel Richard Hobart Fitz-Gibbon 
and William Smyth O’Brien until the evening of 
Thursday, the Tenth day of August, in the said year 
One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, when 
the poll was closed, the numbers then being for 
Colonel Richard Hobart Fitz-Gibbon, 859; for 
William Smyth O’ Brien, 355; for Augustus Staf- 


ford O’ Brien, 14; and, for Henry Maunsell, none ; 


and the said Colonel Richard Hobart Fitz-Gibbon 
and William Smyth O’ Brien were declared by the 
said High Sheriff, to be duly elected, notwithstand- 
ing they had not been able, although no opposition 
was offered by the said Augustus Stafford O’ Brien 
or Henry Maunsell, to poll more than one-third of 
the constituency of the said County of Limerick; that 
the Return and Election of the said Colonel Richard 
Hobart Fitz-Gibbon and William Smyth O’ Brien 
was effected by means of the most violent, brutal 
and unconstitutional outrages as aforesaid, offered to 
the persons of the electors opposed to them, and of 
the terror and intimidation occasioned thereby in 
the minds of the electors of the said County, in open 
violation of the law and freedom of Election, and 
to the great prejudice of the Petitioners and others, 
electors of the said County; and that but for such 
illegal, unjust and violent misconduct on the part of 
the friends and partisans of the said Colonel Richard 
Hobart Fitz-Gibbon and William Smyth O’ Brien, 
Esquire, and the terror and intimidation occasioned 
thereby, they would not havehad a majority of legal 
votes, but that on the contrary the said Augustus Staf- 
ford O’ Brien, Esquire,and Henry Maunsell, Esquire, 
would have had a majority, and ought to have been 
declared the Sitting Members ; the Petitioners there- 
fore humbly pray that the House will take the 
above circumstances into consideration, and that 
the said Return and Election of the said Colonel 
Richard Hobart Fitz-Gibbon and William Smyth 
O’ Brien, Esquire, may be declared null and void, 
and that such other relief may be granted to the 
said Petitioners in the premises as to the House 
may seem meet ; that the House will take into their 
serious and grave consideration the intimidation 
and violence aforesaid, on the part of the Roman 
Catholic priests, and the mobs of non-electors as- 
sembled there to control and illegally influence 
electors, and to adopt such legislative measures as 
will effectually prevent a recurrence of the same, and 
that the House may grant such further relief to the 
Petitioners as the merits of the case may require. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this 
instant December, at twenty minutes after five of 
the clock in the Afternoon. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant, or Warrants, for such persons, papers and _ re- 
cords as shall be thought necessary by the several 
Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. 


A Petition of John Evans, of Crone, in the county 
of Wicklow, Farmer, Andrew Morris, of Ballyman, 
in the county of Dublin, Farmer, and Robert Sandys, 
of Dargle Cottage, in the said county of Wicklow, 
Esquire, Electors of the County of Wicklow, on behalf 
of themselves and others claiming a right to vote, 
and who were entitled to vote and who voted at the 
last Election of Members to serve in Parliament for 
the said County of Wicklow, was read; setting forth, 
That the usual Writ having been issued, and directed 
and delivered to the Sheriff of the said County of 
Wicklow, commanding him to proceed to the Election 
of two Knights for the said County to serve in this 
present Parliament, Edward Symes Bayly, Esquire, 
the High Sheriff of the said County, in obedience to 
the said Writ, did on the Seventh day of August One 
thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, proceed to 
the Election of Two Knights to represent the said 


County in this present Parliament, and was and 
Von. 93. 


4° Decembris. 





109 


acted as the Returning Officer at the said Election $ 
that all the Petitioners are and were electors of the 
said County of Wicklow, and were entitled to vote, 
and did vote, as such at the said Election, and that 
William Acton, Esquire, John Humphreys, Esquire, 
James Grattan, Esquire, and Ralph Howard, Es- 
quire, having been duly proposed and seconded, were 
severally put in nomination as Candidates to repre- 
sent the said County in Parliament; that at the said 
Election the poll, which was duly demanded, com- 
menced on Tuesday, the Eighth day of August last, 
and finally closed on the followmg Friday, the 
Eleventh day of the same month, when the numbers 
of votes on the said poll were declared by the said 
Returning Officer to be, for the said James Grattan, 
697; for the said Ralph Howard, 696 ; for the said 
William Acton, 623; for the said John Humphreys, 
6; and thereupon the said Returning Officer declared 
the said James Grattan and Ralph Howard to be 
duly elected, and he accordingly returned the said 
James Grattan and Ralph Howard as Knights to 
serve in Parliament for the said County of Wicklow; 
that the said majority of votes appearing on the said 
poll for the said James Grattan and Ralph Howard 
over the said William Acton was fictitious and 
colourable only, and procured and obtained by the 
admission of illegal and fraudulent votes, for the said 
James Grattan and Ralph Howard, and by the ille- 
gal, corrupt and unconstitutional means hereinafter 
stated ; that the said William Acton had, at the said 
Election, a majority of legal and valid votes over the 
said James Grattan and Ralph Howard, and should 
have been returned as a Knight to serve in Parliament 
for the said County of Wicklow, as the Petitioners 
submit will appear upon an examination of the said 
poll; that during the said Election many persons 
were admitted to poll,and did poll, for the said James 
Grattan and Ralph Howard, who were not entitled 
to vote thereat, and who had either been unduly and 
improperly registered as electors of the said County 
of Wicklow, and who never were qualified, or who 
since the time of their registry had ceased to be 
ualified, or had become disqualified from voting at 
the said Election; that several persons who claimed 
to vote as freeholders and leaseholders, were ad- 
mitted to poll, and did poll, at the said Election, in 
favour of the said James Grattan and Ralph Howard, 
who were not entitled to vote thereat, they not 
having been duly registered pursuant to the statutes 
in such case made and provided, inasmuch as they 
did not at the time of their alleged registration, or 
at all, respectively take and subscribe such oaths 
or affidavits as by the said statutes are directed and 
required to be taken and subscribed by persons 
claiming to be registered as freeholders or lease- 
holders; that several persons who claimed to vote 
as freeholders and leaseholders were admitted to poll 
and did poll at the said Election in favour of the 
said James Grattan and Ralph Howard, who were 
not entitled to vote thereat, they not having been 
duly registered pursuant to the said statutes, inas- 
much as they respectively took and subscribed at 
the time of their alleged registration defective oaths 
or affidavits, different in substance from those directed 
and required by the said Acts to be taken and sub- 
scribed by persons claiming to be registered as free- 
holders or leaseholders; that several persons were 
admitted to poll, and did poll, at the said Election in 
favour of the said James Grattan and Ralph Howard, 
who were not registered as voters for the said County 
of Wicklow, and had no colourable right or title to 
vote for the same, but who personated and fraudu- 
lently represented other persons who were registered 
as voters for the said County, and who were at the 
time of the said Election either dead or absent from 
the said Election; that several other persons, some 
of whom claimed to vote as freeholders, and others 
as leaseholders, and were admitted to poll and did 
poll at the said Election in favour of the said James 
Grattan and Ralph Howard, who were not entitled 
P3 to 








110 


to vote at the said Election, though they appeared 
upon the Registry books of the said County of 
Wicklow to have been registered, such last-mentioned 
persons having been unduly and improperly admitted 
to be registered, and in many instances by means of 
false or imperfect evidence, and by fraud or misre- 
presentation, and several of them so registered not 
having had at the time of their said registry, or at 
all, any legal or any other estate, title or interest 
whatsoever in or to the lands, houses and premises 
out of and in respect of which they were so regis- 
tered, and the alleged freeholds and leaseholds of 
several other of the said persons in respect whereof 
they were so admitted to be registered not being at 
the time of such registry of sufficient yearly value 
to enable them to do so, or to confer the qualification 
required by law to entitle persons to be registered 
and to vote at an Election of Members for the said 
County, and others of said persons having been un- 
duly and iilegally registered, although they had not 
been, for six months previous to the time of their 
respective registries, in possession of the lands or 
premises out of which they claimed and were ad- 
mitted to be registered, under and by virtue of any 
sufficient title, estate or interest, conferring a fran- 
chise, or a right to register, or to vote, their respective 
titles, estates or interests having been granted or 
conveyed to them immediately previous to or within 
six months prior to the date of their said registries ; 
and several other of the persons so registered, 
although apparently having sufficient estates or 
interests on the faces of their respective leases, deeds 
or instruments, yet in fact not having any such, the 
said leases, deeds or other instruments having been 
executed by persons not competent to grant same, 
and not having any sufficient estate or title to enable 
them to make or grant such leases or other instru- 
ments, and the leases, deeds or instruments of several 
other of the persons who were so registered and 
admitted to poll, and in right of which such persons 
claim to hold and to vote, being in fact altogether 
insufficient to confer a title to register or to vote, 
and several other of the persons so registered did 
not in fact produce at the time of their respective 
registries any deed, lease, instrument, grant or de- 
mise, in support of their alleged claims, but produced 
fraudulent and fictitious papers, torn and effaced, 
alleging they held under the same, but upon which 
no trace of any execution by grantor or grantee, nor 
the nature of the tenure, quantity of land, or yearly 
rent, could be discovered, nor any stamp visible 
thereon, and several other of the persons so regis- 
tered having in fact, at the time of their said registries, 
ceased to be qualified in respect of the lands and 
ecg out of which they claimed to register, they 
1aving, in fact, age to their respective registries, 
either in the whole or in part, assigned, surrendered 
or sub-let the same, and several other of the said 
persons so admitted to register being, in fact, joint 
tenants, and holding the lands, tenements and 
premises out of which they claimed and were 
admitted to be registered under leases, deeds or 
instruments made since the Twenty-seventh day of 
June in the year One thousand eight hundred and 
twenty-three ; that several other persons were ad- 
mitted to poll, and did poll, as freeholders and lease- 


hclders at the said Election in favour of the said | 


James Grattan and Ralph Howard, who were not at 
all entitled to vote thereat, and whose qualifications 


did not then continue, inasmuch as previous thereto, | 


and subsequent to the registry of their freekolds or 
leaseholds, the estates or interests in right of which 


they had been so registered, and in respect of which | 


they claimed to be entitled to vote, in the whole or in 
part, had been sub-let, assigned, surrendered, evicted, 
or had ceased, by reason of the expiration of the 
term for which the said last-mentioned persons held 
such lands and premises, or by reason of the lives or 
title on which the estates or interests of such last- 
mentioned persons depended, having expired or 


4° Decembris. 





A. 1837. 


otherwise determined, or by reason of several of the 
said last-mentioned persons having become bank- 
rupts or insolvents, or having otherwise parted with 
their interests, so as not to leave any sufficient qua- 
lification to vote at the time of the said Election; 
and several other of the persons so registered as 
leaseholders, and who were admitted to poll, and 
did poll, at the said Election in favour of the said 
James Grattan and Ralph Howard, who respectively 
derived their title under separate and distinct leases 
of separate and distinct parts of the premises in 
right of which they were so registered and claimed 
to vote, such separate and distinct leases having 
been made in several instances by different landlords 
or lessors; that several persons disqualified from 
voting at the said Election by the provisions of 
different statutes, as the holders of certain offices or 
official situations, were nevertheless admitted to poll 
and did poll at the said Election for the said James 
Grattan and Ralph Howard; that several persons 
were admitted to poll and did poll at the said Elec- 
tion for the said James Grattan and Ralph Howard, 
who were, during the said Election, or within four- 
teen days after the same was completed, or who had 
been within six calendar months previous thereto, 
employed as counsel, agents, attornies, poll-clerks, 
or in other capacities for the purposes of such Elec- 
tion, and had, either before, during, or after such 
Election, accepted or taken from the said James 
Grattan and Ralph Howard, or one of them, or from 
some other person or persons, for or in consideration 
of, or with reference to, such employment, a sum or 
sums of money, retaining fees, offices or places, and 
such persons were incapable of voting at such Elec- 
tion ; that thus a great number of persons, who, for 
the causes aforesaid, or for other causes, were not 
qualified, or were disqualified, or had ceased to be 
qualified, and of persons who were not entitled, at 
the time of their respective registries, to be regis- 
tered, were admitted to poll and did poll at the said 
Election in favour of the said James Grattan and 
Ralph Howard, and appear and were reckoned upon 
the poll of the said Election in favour of the said 
James Grattan and Ralph Howard, whose votes 
ought to be disallowed and struck off the said poll 
as invalid and illegal votes; that many other persons 
were admitted to poll and did poll at the said Elec- 
tion for the said James Grattan and Ralph Howard, 
whose votes were procured by the illegal and un- 
constitutional means hereinafter mentioned; that 
the said James Grattan and Ralph Howard, by 
themselves, and by their agents and managers, and 
by persons employed by them and on their behalf, 
did, after the teste of the writ, and during the said 
Election, and before the commencement of same, 
give, present and allow to several persons having or 
claiming to have votes in the said Election, money, 
meat, drink, entertainment, and did make and enter 
into promises, agreements and engagements, to give 
and allow money, meat, drink, presents, rewards and 
entertainments to and for such persons, in order to 
procure their votes, and in order to procure them 
the said James Grattan and Ralph Howard to be 
elected Members for the said County of Wicklow; 
that several persons voted at said Election for said 
James Grattan and Ralph Howard, who being 
Roman Catholics, and professing to be such, did 
not take or subscribe the oath required by law to be 
by them taken as such Roman Catholics previous to 
voting, or obtain certificates of having taken same ; 
that for a considerable time previous to and during 
| said Election, the Roman Catholic clergy of the said 
County, both publicly and privately, and in the 
chapels of said County, illegally interfered with and 
influenced the electors of the Roman Catholic persua- 
sion in a most violent and unconstitutional manner, 
in order to compel them to vote for the said James 
Grattan and Ralph Howard; that the said James 
Grattan and Ralph Howard accepted and availed 
themselves of the aforesaid acts and conduct of _ 
sa) 














1 Vicroriz. 


said Roman Catholic clergy, and accepted and made 
use of their services and exertions, and employed 
them as agents during the said Election, although 
they were fully cognizant of the said illegal and 
unconstitutional acts committed by the said persons, 
and of the means resorted to by them to control and 
defeat the freedom of Election ; that certain peers of 
Parliament, and others, large landed proprietors in the 
said County of Wicklow, illegally and unconstitution- 
ally interfered by the most undue influence, and, by 
threats held out and made use of by their agents and 
underagents, caused their tenants, who were registered 
voters of the said County, to vote at the said Elec- 
tion against their wishes and against their con- 
sciences, in favour of the said James Grattan and 
Ralph Howard, and who would have voted for the 
said William Acton, and publicly declared that they 
would have so voted, if they had not been so threa- 
tened and coerced ; that, by the admission of the 
said illegal, fraudulent and invalid votes of the said 
persons who so voted as aforesaid at the said Elec- 
tion for the said James Grattan and Ralph Howard, 
and by the above and other undue and unconstitu- 
tional means, the said James Grattan and Ralph 
Howard obtained a colourable, fictitious and fraudu- 
lent majority over the said William Acton, on the 
poll taken at the said Election, and were illegally 
returned to serve in Parliament for the said County 
in violation of the freedom of Election, and to the 
great prejudice of the Petitioners and the other 
duly qualified electors of the said County, and of 
the said William Acton, who had upon the said 
Election, as it is submitted will appear upon a fair 
scrutiny of the poll, a great majority of good and 
legal votes, and ought therefore to have been re- 
turned as a Member to serve in Parliament for the 
said County ; and that if the votes of the persons 
not duly qualified, whose votes were received at the 
said Election, be, as they ought to be, struck off the 
poll, there will remain a large majority of the valid 
and legal votes of the electors of the said County 
for the said William Acton; the Petitioners there- 
fore humbly pray, inasmuch as no scrutiny of the 
persons so illegally admitted to be registered and 
to vote, was permitted to take place at the said 
Election, and inasmuch as no appeal lies from 
the decisions of the registering Barristers admit- 
ting persons to be registered, save to the House, 
and inasmuch as the examination of matters and 
things affecting the freedom of Election, the cor- 
rection of abuses and the removal of fraudulent 
votes from the Registry are most important, that the 
House will be pleased to take into their considera- 
tion the several matters and things hereinbefore 
stated, and set forth, and remove from the Registry 
of the said County of Wicklow, the names of all 
such persons who were so improperly admitted to 
be registered as aforesaid, and who voted for the 
said James Grattan and Ralph Howard; and also 
strike off the poll of the said Election the names of 
all such persons who shall appear to have been so 
improperly registered, and of all such other persons 
who shall appear to have been unduly admitted to 
vote as aforesaid for the said James Grattan and 
Ralph Howard, and that such steps may be taken, 
and directions given as will effectually prevent per- 
sons who shall be struck off the Registry of the 
said County in compliance with the prayer hereof, 
from polling or attempting to poll at any future 
Election, and that the House will declare that the 
said James Grattan and Ralph Howard, respec- 
tively, were not duly elected, and ought not to have 
been returned, but that the said William Acton was 
duly elected, and ought to have been returned, and 
that the said Election and Return of the said James 
Grattan and Ralph Howard was and is wholly null 
and void, or that the House will declare the said 
Election and Return of either of them the said 
James Grattan. and Ralph Howard was and is 
wholly null and void, and that the said William 
Vor. 93. 


4° Decembris. 





11] 


Acton was duly elected, and ought to have been 
returned, and that the said Return so made by the 
said Sheriff of the said County of Wicklow, may be 
amended by substituting and inserting therein the 
name of the said William Acton, or that the said 
Election and Return for the said County of Wick- 
low, of the said James Grattan and Ralph Howard 
may be declared wholly null and void, or that the 
House may make such other order, and give such 
further relief in the premises for securing the free- 
dom of Election in the said County of Wicklow, as 
the House shall think fit, and the nature and merits 
of the case may require. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday the 12th day of this 
instant December, at twenty-five minutes after five 
of the clock in the Afternoon. 

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


A Petition of the several Persons whose names Leicester 
are thereunto subscribed, being Electors of the Bo- Borough 
rough of Leicester, in the county of Leicester, who E!o" 


were registered as such Electors, and had or claimed 
to have had a right to vote for Members to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said borough at the 
said Election, and who did vote thereat, was read ; 
setting forth, That at the said last Election for Mem- 
bers to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
Borough of Leicester, Edward Goulburn, Esquire, 
Thomas Gladstone, Esquire, John Easthope, Esquire 
and Samuel Duckworth, Esquire, were Candidates 
to represent the said Borough; that a poll being 
demanded at the said Election, the same was pro- 
ceeded in by Thomas Paget, Esquire, the Returning 
Officer of the said Borough, and the said John 
Easthope and Samuel Duckworth were, by the said 
Returning Officer, declared duly elected and re- 
turned as Members to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough ; that before and at and 
during the said Election, the said John Easthope 
and Samuel Duckworth were, or one of them was, 
by themselves or himself, and by their or his agents, 
friends, partisans and managers, guilty of divers 
acts of bribery and corruptign, in order to corrupt 
and procure, and did, by themselves or himself, and 
by their or his agents, friends, managers and other 
persons employed in their behalf, by gifts, presents, 
money, rewards and promises offers and agree- 
ments, and securities for money, gifts and rewards, 
and by intimidation, promises, undue influence and 
other corrupt and illegal practices, acts and means, 
attempt to corrupt and procure, and did in fact cor- 
rupt and procure, divers persons having or claiming 
to have votes at such Election, to give their votes in 
favour of the said John Easthope and Samuel Duck- 
worth, and to forbear to give their votes to the said 
Edward Goulburn and Thomas Gladstone, in order 
that they, the said John Easthope and Samuel 
Duckworth might be returned as Members to serve 
in Parliament for the said Borough of Leicester ; 
that as well before as after the teste or issuing out 
of the said Writ for the said Election, and at, and 
during the said Election, the said John Easthope 
and Samuel Duckworth, or one of them, did, . 
themselves or himself, and by their or his agents, 
friends, partisans and managers, by divers ways and 
means, at their or his costs and charges, directly 
and indirectly give, present and allow to persons 
having votes at such Election, money, meat, drink, 
lodging, entertainment, provision and reward, and 
did make presents, gifts, rewards and promises, 
agreements, obligations and engagements to give 
money, meat, drink, provision, presents, rewards and 
entertainment to and for persons having votes as 
aforesaid, and to and for the use, advantage, benefit, 
enjoyment, profit and preferment of all persons, 
p4 








112 


in order that they the said John Easthope and 
Samuel Duckworth might be elected, and for being 
elected, to serve in Parliament for the said Borough; 
that before and at and during the said Election, 
gross, notorious, general and systematic bribery and 
corruption was carried on and practised by the said 
John Easthope and Samuel Duckworth, and by di- 
vers other persons in their interests and behalf, and 
that the Election and Return of the said John 
Easthope and Samuel Duckworth were procured by 
means of bribery and treating, and other corrupt 
and illegal practices ; that certain persons were ad- 
mitted to vote, and voted, at the said Election for 
the said John Easthope and Samuel Duckworth, 
although such persons were not entitled and had no 
legal right to vote at such Election; that the votes 
of divers persons who were legally entitled to vote 
at the said Election, and who tendered their votes 
for the said Edward Goulburn and Thomas Glad- 
stone, were illegally and improperly rejected ; that 
before and during the time of the said Election, 
several persons who had a right of voting at the 
said Election, and who would have voted for the 
said Edward Goulburn and Thomas Gladstone, were, 
by the said John Easthope and Samuel Duckworth, 
their friends, agents, partisans and managers, and 
persons employed or acting on their behalf, for- 
cibly seized upon, detained, carried away and placed 
under duress and in confinement during the said 
Election, and prevented from voting thereat ; that cer- 
tain of the agents, friends, partisans and managers 
of the said John Easthope and Samuel Duckworth, 
being alsoat the time of the said Election, Magistrates 
and Justices in and for the said Borough of Leicester, 
and by virtue of such offices, entitled to grant li- 
censes to persons to sell ale, beer and other excise- 
able liquors within the said Borough, before, at, and 
during the said Election, were openly guilty of va- 
rious corrupt acts, and employed undue influence, 
and other illegal and improper means, and made 
and held out divers promises, expectations and in- 
ducements with respect to the granting of such 
licenses, and with respect to other advantages, pro- 
fits, emoluments and patronage belonging to them 
and at their disposal, as Magistrates and Justices 
of the Peace of the said Borough, to several per- 
sons having, and claiming to have a right to vote, 
in order to procure them to vote at the said Election 
for the said John Easthope and Samuel Duckworth, 
and to forbear to vote for the said Edward Goulburn 
and Thomas Gladstone, and in order to procure the 
said John Easthope and Samuel Duckworth to be 
returned to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough; that certain of the agents, friends, 
partisans and managers of the said John Easthope 
and Samuel Duckworth, being also at the time of 
the said Election Magistrates and Justices of the 
Peace in and for the said Borough of Leicester, and 
by virtue of such offices charged and invested with 
the preservation of the public peace of the said 
Borough, before, at and during the said Election, 
permitted and encouraged bands of persons armed 
with sticks, bludgeons and other weapons, to per- 
ambulate and keep guard in the different streets 
of the said Borough, in order to intimidate the 
voters in the interest of the said Edward Goulburn 
and Thomas Gladstone, and the said bands of per- 
sons so armed with sticks, bludgeons and other 
weapons, did, as well before as during the said Elec- 
tion, perambulate the streets, especially in the night 
time, and intimidate and assault persons passing 
through the streets, whom they supposed to be in 
the interest of the said Edward Goulburn and Tho- 
mas Gladstone, and by means of such intimidation 
and outrages, very many persons in the interest of 
the said Edward Goulburn and Thomas Gladstone 
were deterred from the free exercise of their privi- 
leges and franchise at the said Election, and that 
the said Magistrates of the said Borough being so 
agents, friends, partisans and managers of the said 


4° Decembris. 














A. 1837. 


John Easthope and Samuel Duckworth at the time 
of the said Election, greatly misconducted them- 
selves in discharge of the duty which devolved upon 
and was undertaken by them as the conservators of 
the public peace of the said Borough, by affording no 
protection, or insufficient protection, to the voters 
and other persons in the interest of the said Edward 
Goulburn and Thomas Gladstone, and treating with 
indifference the outrages committed upon the said 
voters, and other persons in the interest of the said 
Edward Goulburn and Thomas Gladstone, and so 
behaving themselves throughout the Election as to 
destroy all confidence in their ability or desire to 
afford effectual protection to such voters, and to 
preserve the peace of the said Borough ; that cer- 
tain of the agents, friends, partisans and managers 
of the said John Easthope and Samuel Duckworth, 
being also, at the time of the said Election, trus- 
tees, patrons and visitors of divers public charities 
and hospitals within the said Borough, and by vir- 
tue of such offices entitled to dispose of the funds 
of such charities, and of certain patronage and ap- 
pointments connected therewith, before, at and 
during the said Election, were openly guilty of va- 
rious corrupt acts, and employed undue influence, 
and other illegal and improper means, and corruptly 
used and employed their said patronage, and gave 
and caused to be given divers sums of money, and 
gave and entered into, and caused to be made, given 
and entered into, divers gifts, rewards, agreements 
and engagements, and made and held out divers 
promises, expectations and inducements with re- 
spect to the monies, patronage and appointments 
proceeding from the said charities and hospitals, and 
with respect to other advantages, profits, emolu- 
ments and offices connected therewith, to several 
persons having and claiming to have aright to vote, 
in order to procure them to vote at the said Election 
for the said John Easthope and Samuel Duckworth, 
and to forbear to vote for the said Edward Goulburn 
and Thomas Gladstone, and in order to procure the 
said John Easthope and Samuel Duckworth to be 
returned to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough of Leicester ; that the said John East- 
hope and Samuel Duckworth, by reason of the said 
corrupt and illegal practices hereinbefore mentioned, 
were and are, and each of them was and is, wholly 
disabled and incapacitated, and ineligible to serve 
in this present Parliament for the said Borough of 
Leicester, and the Return of the said John Easthope 
and Samuel Duckworth was and is contrary to law, 
a manifest violation of the rights and privileges of 
the electors of the said Borough, and highly in- 
jurious to the Petitioners and the electors of the 
said Borough; the Petitioners therefore humbly 
pray, that the House will be pleased to take the 

remises into their consideration, and declare the 

lection and Return of the said John Easthope and 
Samuel Duckworth, or of one of them, to be null 
and void, and will grant such other relief to the Pe- 
titioners as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday the 12th day of this 
instant December, at half an hour after five of the 
clock in the Afternoon. 

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


A Petition of William Meryweather Turner, of Over- padicy 
bury Court, in the county of Worcester, Esquire, was Electien 


read ; setting forth, That at the last Election of a 
Member to serve in Parliament for the Borough of 
Dudley, in the county of Worcester, the Petitioner 
and Thomas Hawkes, Esquire, were the Candidates 
to represent the said Borough in Parliament; that 
the said last Election took place on the Twenty- 
fourth day of July last; that the show of hands 


was 





Downpatrick 
Election. 


1 Victrortiz. 


was declared by William Jenkins, the Returning 
Officer, to have been in favour of the Petitioner ; 
that a poll was demanded at the said Election on 
behalf of the said Thomas Hawkes, and that such 
poll was taken accordingly on the Twenty-fifth day 
of the said month of July last, and upon the ter- 
mination of such poll, the said Thomas Hawkes was 
declared by the said William Jenkins, the Returning 
Officer as aforesaid, to be elected Member for the 
said Borough; that the Petitioner has been in- 
formed, and believes, that the said Thomas Hawkes 
was not, at the time of his said Election and Re- 
turn, seised of, or possessed of, or entitled in his 
own right to, a sufficient estate at law or in equity, 
in lands, tenements or hereditaments, to qualify him 
to be elected, or to serve as a Member in Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough of Dudley ; that the par- 
ticulars of qualification described in the paper or 
account signed by the said Thomas Hawkes, and 
produced and delivered in, according to law, to the 
Clerk of the House, is vague, loose and indefinite ; 
the Petitioner therefore humbly prays, that the 
House will take the premises aforesaid and the 
above allegations into its consideration, and will 
declare the Election and Return of the said Thomas 
Hawkes to be void, or otherwise that it will declare 
the Election and Return of the said Thomas Hawkes 
to be void, and that the Petitioner was duly elected 
and ought to have been returned. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday the 12th day of this 
instant December, at twenty-five minutes before 
six of the clock in the Afternoon. 


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


A Petition of James Christie Whyte, of Bury- 
street, Saint James’s, in the city of Westminster, 
Esquire, a Candidate at, and who claims to have 
had a right to be returned as duly elected to serve 
in Parliament, for the Borough of Downpatrick at 
the last Election, was read; setting forth, That at 


' the last Election of a Member to serve in Parlia- 


ment for the said Borough of Downpatrick, in the 
present month of August One thousand eight hun- 
dred and thirty-seven, David Ker, Esquire, John 
Keown, Esquire, Thompson, Esquire, and the 
Petitioner, were Candidates to represent the said 
Borough in Parliament; that the Seneschal of the 
said Borough of Downpatrick is the Returning 
Officer, and that John Graham was such Seneschal 
at the said last Election for the said Borough; that 
a poll was taken at the said Election on Wednesda 

the second, Thursday the Third, Friday the Fourth, 
and Saturday the Fifth days of thé said month of 
August now last past, and the said David Ker was 
declared duly elected, and was accordingly returned 
Member to represent the said Borough in this pre- 
sent Parliament ; that the said David Ker, Esquire, 
by himself, his agents, friends and managers, and 
by persons crys in his behalf, did, after the 
teste of the Writ for the said Election, before the 
same Election, and at and during the said Election, 
give, present and allow to various persons having, 
or claiming to have, votes in the said Election, 
money, meat, drink, presents, entertainments and 
rewards, and made and entered into promises, 
agreements, engagements and obligations, to give 
and allow money, meat, drink, presents and en- 
tertainments to and for such persons, and to and 
for the use and advantage, preferment, profit, bene- 
fit and emolument of such persons, in order that he, 
the said David Ker, Esquire, might be elected, and 
for the purpose of promoting and securing his being 
elected as a Member to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the said Borough; that the said David 
=a Es _ by himself, his agents, friends and 

OL. 93. 





4° Decembris. 





113 
managers, and by persons employed for him be- 
fore, and at, and during the time of the said Elec- 
tion, was guilty of open and extensive bribery and 
corrupt practices, in order to corrupt and procure, 
and did corrupt and procure, persons having or 
claiming to have a right to vote at the said Election, 
to vote for the said David Ker, Esquire, at the said 
Election, and in order to procure the said David Ker, 
Esquire, to be returned to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the said Borough ; that the said David 
Ker, Esquire, by his agents, friends and managers, 
and by persons employed on his behalf, before and 
at an during the time of the said Election, was 
guilty of various corrupt acts of bribery and illegal 
practices, and used various threats and promises, 
and employed undue influence and other illegal 
and improper means, and gave, and caused to be 
given, divers sums of money, and gave and entered 
into, and caused to be made and given and entered 
into, divers rewards, gifts, and promises, engage- 
ments and agreements, to several persons having, 
or claiming to have a right to vote, in order to pro- 
cure them to vote at the said Election for the said 
David Ker, Esquire, and in order to procure the 
said David Ker, Esquire, to be returned to serve 
in this present Parliament for the said Borough; 
that in pursuance and furtherance of the bribery 
and corruption hereinbefore mentioned, divers pay- 
ments of money have been made by the said David 
Ker, Esquire, on his account, or with his privity, 
since the time of the Return of the said David Ker, 
Esquire, as a Member for the said Borough ; that 
the said David Ker, Esquire, by himself, his agents, 
friends, managers, and by persons employed on his 
behalf, before and at and during the time of the said 
Election, was guilty of open and extensive bribery 
and corrupt practices, in order to corrupt and pro- 
cure, and did corrupt and procure, persons having 
or claiming to have a right to vote at the said Elec- 
tion, to vote for the said David Ker, Esquire, at 
the said Election, and in order to procure the said 
David Ker, Esquire, to be returned to serve in the 
present Parliament for the said Borough; and that 
in pursuance and furtherance of such bribery and 
corrupt practices, divers payments of money and 
other rewards have been made to, for, or on account 
of divers persons who claimed to have a right to 
vote, and who did vote, at the said Election, ty the 
said David Ker, Esquire, or on his account, or with 
his privity, since the time of such Return; that the 
said David Ker, Esquire, by himself, his agents, 
friends, managers, and by persons employed on his 
behalf, before and at and during the time of the said 
Election, was guilty of open and extensive bribery 
and corrupt practices, in order to corrupt and 
procure and did corrupt and procure persons having 
or claiming to have a vote at the said Election 
to vote for the said David Ker, Esquire, at the 
said Election, and in order to procure the said 
David Ker, Esquire, to be returned to serve in 
the present Parliament for the said Borough ; and 
that in pursuance and furtherance of such bribery 
and corrupt practices, divers payments of money 
and other rewards have been made to, for, or on 
account of divers persons, who claimed to have a 
right to vote and who did vote at the said Elec- 
tion, by the said David Ker, Esquire, or on his 
account, or with his privity, since the time of such 
Return ; that the said David Ker, Esquire, by him- 
self, his agents, friends, managers, and by persons 
employed on his behalf, before at and during the 
time of the said Election, was guilty of open and 
extensive bribery and corrupt practices, in order to 
corrupt and procure, and did corrupt and procure, 
persons having or claiming to have a right to vote . 
at the said Election, to vote for the said David Ker, 

Esquire, at the said Election, and in order to pro- 
cure the said David Ker, Esquire, to be returned to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough; and that in pursuance and furtherance of 
Q such 











aA ee Ze 


Newcastle 
and Carlisle 
Railway. 


Thames 
Improvement 
Company, and 
Drainage 
Manure Asso- 
ciation, 


Witcham 
Tuclosure. 


Warminster 
and Frome 
Roads. 


114 


such bribery and corrupt practices, divers payments 
of money and other rewards have been made to 
divers voters, who claimed to have a right to vote 
and who did vote at the said Election, on divers 
days since the said Return; and that such pay- 
ments were made for and on account of the said 
David Ker, Esquire, by one of the agents of the 
said David Ker, Esquire, or by some persons, with 
his privity and consent, or by his orders and direc- 
tions ; that many of the persons who gave their 
votes at the said Election for the said David Ker, 
Esquire, were induced so to give them by bribery 
and corrupt promises and contracts, and other cor- 
rupt practices, and that the apparent majority of 
votes in favour of the said David Ker, Esquire, was 
obtained by the votes of persons who were bribed 
or induced to give their votes to the said David Ker, 
Esquire, by such corrupt promises, contracts and 
practices ; that the said David Ker, Esquire, by the 
use of the said corrupt and illegal practices, was and 
is wholly incapacitated, disabled and ineligible to 
serve in Parliament for the said Borough of Down- 
patrick, and the Return of him was and is wholly 
null and void; that at the said last Election a gross, 
open, and extensive system of bribery and corrup- 
tion was pursued and practised by certain persons 
desirous to obtain and procure the Return of the 
said David Ker, Esquire, to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough, and that in con- 
sequence, in a great degree, of such gross, open 
and extensive bribery and corruption by the said 
persons, the said David Ker, Esquire, has been re- 
turned accordingly to serve for the said Borough ; 
the Petitioner therefore humbly prays, that the 
House will take the premises into their considera- 
tion, and declare the Election of the said David 
Ker, Esquire, null and void, and that he is not, and 
ought not to be deemed a Member, to serve in Par- 
liament for the said Borough, and that the Return 
may be declared void, and that the Petitioner may be 
heard by himself, his counsel, agents and witnesses, 
against the said Return, and on the matters of his 
Petition, and that the House will afford the Peti- 
tioner such relief as to the House shall seem meet. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday the 12th day of this 
instant December, at twenty minutes before six of 
the clock in the Afternoon. 


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


A Petition of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Car- 
lisle Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill 
to enable them to raise a further sum of money, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Members of a proposed Company, 
to be called “ The Thames Improvement Company, 
and Drainage Manure Association,” for leave to 
bring in a Bill for incorporating the said Company, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


4 Petition of Proprietors of estates in the parish 
of Witcham, in the Isle of Ely, and county of Cam- 
bridge, for leave to bring in a Bill for inclosing, 
dividing and allotting several Open Fields, Com- 
monable Lands, Meadow and Lammas Lands, and 
divers Waste Lands and Grounds in the said parish, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Warminster and Frome Roads 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 


4° Decembrvs. 








A. 1837. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Fs 

to alter and enlarge some of the provisions of an 
Act passed in the Third year of the reign of his 
late Majesty King William the Fourth, for better 
repairing the Roads from Warminster and from 
Frome to the Bath Road, and other Roads therein 
mentioned: And that Mr. Sheppard and Mr. Wil- 
liam Miles do prepare, and bring it in. 


_ Patry’s Naturalization Bill was read a second Patry’s 
time ; and committed to Mr. Divett and the Mid- Nat. Bill 
dlesex List. 


_ Meugens’ Naturalization Bill was read a second Meugens’ 
time ; and committed to Mr. Wakley and the Mid- Nt. Bill. 
dlesex List. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Ashby-de-la- 
and several other parishes, townships, hamlets and —— 
places in the counties of Leicester, Derby, Warwick” 
and Stafford, for leave to bring in a Bill for the 
more easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts 
within the said several parishes, townships, hamlets 
and places, was presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


A Petition of Joseph Hutton, of Saint Cross, in Rating of 
Eckington, praying the House not to pass any Bill Tenements. 
compelling Landlords of small Tenements to pay 
Parish Rates, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners and other Danish Claims. 
Inhabitants of Recceaial Claimants for 

losses sustained by the seizure of their ships and 

goods in Denmark and in the Baltic in the year 

1807, praying the House to take their case into 
consideration, and afford them relief, was presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Henry Jones, a Settler and Magis- Court ot Session 
trate of the county of Kent, in Upper Canada, com- (Scotland) 
plaining of dilatory proceedings in the Court of 
Session in Scotland; and praying the House to render 
the administration of justice cheap, speedy and 
efficient, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Petitions from Brighton ;—Lord Provost, Magis- Postage. 
trates and Council of Edinburgh ;—and, Provost, 
Magistrates and Town Council of Montrose; pray- 
ing for a uniform and low rate of Postage on Letters, 
—were presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Postage. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Regalia 
Council of the city of Edinburgh, praying the House (Seot!4"4.) 
to give free admissions to the Regalia of Scotland, 
and to all other institutions where national and 
ese objects of curiosity or works of art, natural 

istory or science are maintained at the national 
expense for exhibition, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Brentford ;—and, Lincoln; pray- Vote by Ballot. 
ing that the Votes at Elections for Members to serve 
in Parliament be taken by Ballot,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Several Petitions complaining of undue Elections 
and Returns being offered to be presented, the same 
were delivered in at the Table. 

And two of the said Petitions appearing to relate 
to the Elections and Returns for places concerning 
which the House had received Petitions upon former 
days, the same were read as follow ; a 

A Petition 


1S. 


Ipswich 
Election. 





1 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of the several Persons whose names 
are thereunto subscribed, was read; setting forth, 
That at the last Election of Members to serve in 
Parliament for the Borough of Jpswich, the Peti- 
tioners were electors of the said Borough, and claimed 
to have had aright to vote at the said Election ; 
that Thomas Gibson, Henry Tufnell, Rigby Wason 
and Fitzroy Kelly, Esquires, were Candidates at 
the said Election to represent the said Borough in 
Parliament, and that such Election took place on 
the Twenty-sixth day of July last; that the next 
day the Returning Officer declared the said Thomas 
Gibson and Henry Tufnell to be duly elected and 
returned to serve in Parliament as Membhers for the 
said Borough, and declared the numbers for the 
respective Candidates to be as follows, viz.; for 
Thomas Gibson, Esquire, 601; for Henry Tufnell, 
Esquire, 595; for Fitzroy Kelly, Esquire, 593; for 
Rigby Wason, Fsquire, 593 ; that at the said Elec- 
tion, the said Thomas Gibson and Fitzroy Kelly, 
Esquires, were Candidates in the same interest, and 
generally canvassed together as personal friends, 
and when canvassing alone each canvassed and 
solicited votes for the other as well as himself; that 
a Committee of the House appointed to try the 
merits of a Petition against the Election and Return 
of the said Fitzroy Kelly, in January One thousand 
eight hundred and thirty-five, unanimously reported 
to the House that Robert Adam Dundas and Fitzroy 
Kelly, Esquire, were, by their friends and agents, 
guilty of bribery and corruption at the late Election 
for the Borough of Ipswich; that such Committee 
also reported, that some of the personal friends of 
the said Fitzroy Kelly, and managers at the said 
Election, had been guilty of bribery and corruption ; 
that such Committee also reported to the House, 
that other of the personal friends of the said Fitzroy 
Kelly, and managers at the said Election, were 
guilty of absconding to avoid being examined on 
behalf of the Petitioners against the Return of said 
Fitzroy Kelly; that such Committee also reported, 
that other of the friends of the said Fitzroy Kelly, 
and managers and agents thereof, had been guilty 
of aiding and abetting such persons in keeping 
out of the way, to avoid giving their evidence 
before this Committee, to prevent their being exa- 
mined as witnesses on behalf of the Petitioners ; 
that the whole of such parties against whom the 
Committee had so reported to have been guilty of 
such several corrupt and illegal practices, confessed 
their guilt, either at the bar of the House of Com- 
mons, or pleaded guilty to informations filed against 
them by the Attorney General for having been guilty 
of bribery and corruption, that notwithstanding the 
conduct of such parties was well known to the said 
Thomas Gibson, he nevertheless employed such per- 
sons to manage the Election for himself and the said 
Fitzroy Kelly, and that before and at and during 
the said Election, the said Thomas Gibson was, by 
himself and by his agents, friends, partisans and 
managers of the said Election, guilty of divers acts 
of bribery and corruption, in order to corrupt and 
procure, and did by himself, and by his agents, 
friends, partisans and managers of the said Election, 
and by other persons employed by them, or on their 
or ‘his behalf, by gifts, presents, money, rewards 
and promises, offers and agreements and_ securities 
for money, gifts and rewards, and by intimidation, 
promises, undue influence and other corrupt and 
illegal practices, acts and means, attempt to corrupt 
and procure, and did in fact corrupt and procure, 
divers persons having or claiming to have votes at 
such Election, to give their votes in favour of the 
said Thomas Gibson and Fitzroy Kelly, and to for- 
bear to give their votes to the said Henry Tuffneil 
and Rigby Wason, in order that they the said Thomas 
Gibson and Fitzroy Kelly might be returned as 
Members to serve in Parliament for the said Borough 
of Ipswich ; that after the said Thomas Gibson and 
—— ae had commenced their canvass for the 

ou. 93. 


4° Decembris. 





115 


said Borough, and as well before as after the teste 
or issuing out of the Writ for the said Election, and 
at and during the said Election, the said Thomas 
Gibson did, by himself and by his agents, friends, 
partisans and managers of the said Election, by 
divers ways and means, and at their or some or one 
of their costs and charges, directly and indirectly 
give, ee and allow to persons having votes at 
such Election, money, meat, drink, tickets for drink, 
lodging, entertainment, provision and reward, and 
did make presents, gifts, rewards and promises, 
agreements, obligations and engagements to give 
money, meat, drink, tickets for drink, provisions, 
presents, rewards and entertainments to and for 
persons having votes as aforesaid, and to and for the 
advantage, benefit, enjoyment, profit and preferment 


‘of such persons, in order that he the said Thomas 


Gibson might be elected, and for being elected, to 
serve in Parliament for the said Borough ; that at 
the said Election divers persons were admitted to 
vote, and did vote, for the said Thomas Gibson and 
Fitzroy Kelly, or one of them, who were not duly 
registered as electors for the said Borough, and who 
were not entitled to be registered as voters for the 
said Borough, or to vote at the said Election, and 
whose votes ought to be struck off the poll accord- 
ingly ; that divers persons were admitted to vote, 
and did vote, at the said Election for the said Thomas 
Gibson and Fitzroy Kelly, or one of them, who had 
not at the time they so voted, the same qualifications 
for which their names had been originally inserted 
in the Register of voters then in force for the said 
Borough, and whose votes ought to be struck off 
the poll accordingly ; that divers persons were ad- 
mitted to vote, and did vote, at such Election for the 
said Thomas Gibson and Fitzroy Kelly, or one ot 
them, who were registered as electors for the said 
Borough, but had become disqualified to vote at 
such Election subsequently to the time of their 
being so registered, and previously to their so voting, 
by receiving alms or parochial relief, or by not re- 
siding or having ceased to reside within the said 

Borough, or within seven miles thereof, or of an 
part thereof, or by other legal or personal disquali- 
fications and incapacities, and whose votes ought to 
be struck off the poll accordingly ; that divers per- 
sons were admitted to vote, and did vote, at the said 
Election for the said Thomas Gibson and Fitzroy 
Kelly, or one of them, who were disabled or dis- 
ualified from, or incapable of voting at the said 
lection, by reason of their being, or having been 
within twelve months previously to such Election, 
concerned or enpioged. in the charging, collecting, 
levying or managing Duties of Excise, Customs, or 
other Duties or Revenues, or in some other disabling 
office or employment, and whose votes ought to be 
struck off the poll accordingly ; that divers persons 
were admitted to vote, and did vote, at the said 
Election for the said Thomas Gibson and Fitzroy 
Kelly, or one of them, who were or had been, either 
during such Election, or within six calendar months 
previous to such Election, or within fourteen days 
after it was completed, employed at such Election, 
as counsel, agent, attorney, poll-clerk, flag-man, or 
in some other capacity, for the purposes of such 
Election, and had, either before, during or after such 
Election, accepted or taken from the said Candi- 
dates, or some or one of them, or from some other 
person, for or in consideration of or with reference 
to such employment, a sum or sums of money, or 
a retaining fee, office, place or employment, or a 
promise or security for a sum or sums of money, or 
a retaining fee, office, place or employment, and 
whose votes were therefore utterly void, and ought 
to be struck off the poll accordingly ; that divers 
persons were admitted to vote, and did vote, at the 
said Election for the said Thomas Gibson and Fitzroy 
Kelly, or one of them, who had asked, received and 
taken money, or other reward, by way of gift, loan 
or other device, or had agreed or contracted for 
Q2 money, 


ca a tet at rte ap aa teat os lil len gia AE RE BAPE tah 











116 


money, gift, oftice, employment or other reward, and 
had been bribed to give their votes to the said 
Thomas Gibson and Fitzroy Kelly, or one of them, 
and to refuse or forbear to give their votes to the said 
Henry Tufnell and Rigby Wason, or one of them ; 
and divers persons were admitted to vote, and did 
vote, at the said Election, who, by themselves or 
persons employed by them, did, by gifts or rewards, 
or by promises, agreements or securities for gifts or 
rewards, corrupt, procure and bribe, or attempt to 
corrupt, procure and bribe, persons to give their 
votes to the said Thomas Gibson and Fitzroy Kelly, 
and to refuse or forbear to give them to the said 
Henry Tufnell or Rigby Wason, and whose votes 
ought to be struck off the poll accordingly; that 
divers other persons were admitted to vote, and did 
vote, at the said Election in favour of the said 
Thomas Gibson and Fitzroy Kelly, or one of them, 
who were for various and different reasons incapable 
of so voting, and who laboured under personal dis- 
abilities to vote different to those which have herein- 
before been mentioned, and whose votes ought to be 
struck off the poll accordingly ; that divers persons 
who were duly registered as electors at the said 
Election, and who were entitled to vote at such 
Election, claimed to vote thereat for the said Henry 
Tufnell and Rigby Wason, or one of them, at the 
proper ape ry and they were illegally and 
improperly excluded from voting by the said Re- 
turning Officer, or his Deputy, presiding at the booths 
at which such votes were respectively tendered, and 
whose votes ought to be inserted on the poll accord- 
ingly ; that the votes of divers electors of the said 
Borough, duly registeied and qualified to vote at 
the said Election, were thereat tendered in favour of 
the said Henry Tufnell and Rigby Wason, or one 
of them, and were, nevertheless, improperly and 
erroneously rejected, and refused to be reckoned 
upon the poll, whereas such votes ought to be added 
to the pail in favour of the said Henry Tufnell and 
Rigby Wason, or one of them; that the votes of 
divers electors of the said Borough, duly registered 
and qualified to vote at the said Election, were ten- 
dered and given in favour of the said Henry Tufnell 
and Rigby Wason, or one of them, and were, never- 
theless, incorrectly and erroneously entered. upon 
the poll in favour of the said Thomas Gibson and 
Fitzroy Kelly, or one of them, and improperly and 
unduly reckoned in favour of one or both of the 
last-mentioned Candidates, whereas such voters 
ought to be struck off the poll of the said last-men- 
tioned Candidates, or one of them, and added to 
that of the said Henry a and Rigby Wason, 
or one of them; that, by t 
the said bad and invalid votes, and the several ille- 
gal ways, and by the other corrupt and unlawful 
means aforesaid, the said Thomas Gibson obtained 
a colourable fictitious majority of voters over the 
said Rigby Wason, and procured himself to be _re- 
turned, and was returned, to serve for the said Bo- 
rough in this present Parliament, whereas the said 
Rigby Wason had a legal majority of votes at the 
said Election over the said Thomas Gibson, and 
was duly elected and ought to have been returned in 
his stead; the Petitioners therefore humbly pray 
the House to take the premises into consideration, 
and to declare the said Election and Return of the 
seid Thomas Gibson wholly null and void, and that 
he is notnor ought to be deemed Member to serve 
in Parliament for the said Borough of Ipswich, 
and that the name of the said Thomas Gibson may 
be erased from the said Return, and that the said 
Rigby Wason may be declared duly elected to serve 
in this Parliament for the said Borough, and that 
his name may be substituted in the said Return in- 


stead of the said Thomas Gibson; and that the 
House will grant to the Petitioners such further and 
other relief as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this 


4° Decembris. 


e improper admission of 


A. 1837, 


instant December, at the same time that the Petition 
of the several Persons whose names are thereunto 
subscribed, electors of the Borough of Ipswich, is 
ordered to be taken into consideration. 

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


in the county of Kerry, Electors of the County of 
Kerry, as well on behalf of themselves as of several 
other Electors of the said county, who claimed to 
vote, were entitled to vote, and did vote, at the last 
Election in and for the County of Kerry, was read ; 
setting forth, That the Petitioners are, and at the 
last General Election of the Knights of the Shire 
for the County of Kerry, held in the town of Tralee, 
were, electors of the said County, and were entitled 
to vote at the said Election; that at the said last 
Election of Two Knights of the Shire to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said County of 
Kerry, Arthur Blennerhassett, Samuel Murray Hick- . 
son, Morgan John O’Connell and Frederick Wii- 
liam Mullins, Esquires, were Candidates, and that 
on the Seventh day of August last, Henry Arthur 
Herbert, Esquire, the High Sheriff of said County, 
did, m pursuance of the Writ directed to him for 
that purpose, proceed to hold the said Election ; 
that the polling continued until the termination of 
the fifth day after the day of nomination ; that upon 
the final close of the poll, the Sheriff declared a 
majority of 48 in favour of said Arthur Blenner- 
hassett over said Frederick William Mullins, and 
a still greater majority in favour of said Morgan 
John O’ Connell, and accordingly declared the said 
Arthur Blennerhassett and Morgan John O’ Connell 
duly elected to serve in Parliament for said County ; 
the Petitioners submit, that said Arthur Blenner- 
hassett was and is wholly incapacited and ineligible 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
County of Kerry, for that, as well before as at and 
during the said Election, the said Arthur Blenner- 
hassett did, by himself and by his agents, friends 
and partisans, by divers ways and means, at his or 
their or one of their charges and behalf, directly 
and indirectly give, present and allow to persons 
having votes at such Election, money, meat, drink, 
provision, lodging, entertainment and reward, and 
did make presents, gifts, rewards and promises, 
agreements, and obligations and engagements to 
give money, meat, drink, provision, presents, rewards 
and entertainments, to and for persons having votes 
as aforesaid, and to and for the use, advantage, 
benefit, employment, profit and preferment of such 
— in order that he, the said Arthur Blenner- 
assett might be elected, and for being elected, to 
serve in Parliament for said County; that before 
and at and during the said Election, the said Arthur 
Blennerhassett was, by himself, his committee, and 
others his agents and partisans, guilty of divers 
acts of bribery and corruption, in order to corrupt 
and procure, and did, by himself and by his agents, 
friends, managers and other the persons employed 
on his behalf, by gifts, presents, money, rewards, 
promises, purchases made at prices exceeding the 
value, agreements and securities for money, gifts 
and rewards, and by threats, intimidation, promises, 
undue influence, concealment and confinement, and 
other corrupt, illegal or improper practices, acts and 
means, corrupt and procure, and coerce divers per- 
sons having, or claiming to have, votes at said 
Election, to give their votes in favour of the said 
Arthur Blennerhassett, and to forbear to give their 
votes to said Frederick William Mullins; the Pe- 
titioners state, that several members of the com- 
mittee of said Arthur Blennerhassett did, directly 
and indirectly, for and in behalf of the said Arthur 
Blennerhassett, employ agents to offer bribes and 














rewards, 





A Petition of Patrick Cahill, Gentleman, and Kerry County 
John Tuomy, Shopkeeper, both of the town of Tralee, Election. 








1 Vicroriz. 


rewards, and hold out other illegal and corrupt in-| 


ducements to persons having, or claiming to have, 
votes at said Election, to give their votes in favour 
of said Arthur Blennerhassett and Samuel Murray 
Hickson, or to give plumpers or single votes to said 
Arthur Blennerhasseti, or to give one vote to said 
Arthur Blennerhassett and the other vote to said 
Morgan John O'Connell; the Petitioners further 
state, that one of the members of the said Arthur 
Blennerhassett’s committee, who, by reason of his 
being a Receiver under the Court of Chancery, 
pending a family suit over extensive estates in said 
County of which said Frederick William Mullins 
is co-proprietor, exercises extensive local influence, 
did, in abuse of the powers vested in him by the 
said Court of Chancery, directly and indirectly 
menace, coerce, and, in many cases, by promises, 
encouragements and rewards, induce a number of 
the voters upon said estates to break their promises 
previously made to vote for the said Frederick 
William Mullins, that he ordered houses to be 
opened on various parts of said estates for the pur- 
pose of bringing the voters together, and affording 
them, and did afford them, meat, drink, provision, en- 
tertainment and reward, and of enabling his ageuts 
to take them from said houses, while in a state of in- 
toxication, to the said Arthur Blennerhassett’s com- 
mittee rooms in Tralee, where they were detained 
against their inclinations, and forced to the places 
of polling, where, under the threats of Election 
agents who accompanied them, and in the presence 
of said Receiver, who sat opposite, with a book open 
in which he entered their names, they were frightened 
into polling for said Arthur Blennerhassett ; the Pe- 
titioners further state that said Receiver did, by 
himself, and his agents and bailiffs, promise to and 
actually grant to such voters on said estates as 
voted for his friend the said Arthur Blennerhassett, 
acquittances for rent and arrears of rent due by 
them, extension of period of payment of said rent, 
and arrears, allowances and other encouragements, 
while he punished others whom he could not win 
over to vote against said Frederick William Mullins, 

revious to, and during, and subsequent to said 

lection, by distresses and other oppressive means, 
which his office of Receiver afforded him a colour- 
able pretext for adopting; the Petitioners assert 
that similar oppressive modes of proceeding were 
not only adopted on the estates m question, but 
that other persons, being members of said Arthur 
Blennerhassett’s committee, or his friends, agents 
or partisans, pursued similar courses in respect to 
the voters in various parts of said County, who were 
suspected to be in the interest of said Frederick 
William Mullins, and that in consequence of the 
unmerited severity with which said voters were 
treated, while their neighbours were in every pos- 
sible way indulged and benefited, under the con- 
dition of voting for said Arthur Blennerhassett, many 
of said voters who had previously promised and 
tendered their votes to said Frederick William 
Mullins, felt themselves compelled to vote against 
said Frederick William Mullins, and break their 
pledges made in his favour; the Petitioners state, 
that numbers of such oppressed persons declared 
publicly, after they had so polled against said Fre- 
derick William Mullins, that they were ready to 
make oath that they were forced by those who ex- 
ercised certain control over them by reason of their 
connexion with the properties on which they resided, 
and who at the same time were acting as members 
of the said Arthur Blennerhassett’s committee, or 
as his agents, friends or partisans, to vote for said 
Arthur Blennerhassett, in opposition to said Fre- 
derick William Mullins; that if they had been left 
to follow the dictates of their consciences they 
would have voted for said Frederick William Mul- 
lins, but that with ruin staring them in the face they 
had no alternative; the Petiticners further state, 
that a great number of persons who voted at said 

VoL. 93. 


4° Decembris. 117 


Election in favour of said Arthur Blennerhassett 
had registered as rent-chargers, but that they were 
and are incapacitated from voting, inasmuch as the 

never sought or derived any benefit under suc 

rent-charges, and have consequently no interest 
therein, as the Petitioners submit will appear upon 
a fair scrutiny of the poll and an investigation of 
the qualifications of the persons who voted ; the 
Petitioners also assert, that a number of the persons 
who voted for said Arthur Blennerhassett, being re- 
gistered as leaseholders or freeholders, had, pre- 
viously to said Election, sold or assigned or sub-let, 
or, by dropping of lives, becoming insolvents, or by 
and from various other causes, lost, the interests 
upon which they had registered, and were and are 
consequently incapable of voting for any Candidate 
at said Election, or any future one, as the Petitioners 
submit will appear upon a fair scrutiny of the poll 
and investigation into the respective qualifications 
of said persons who voted for said Arthur Blenner- 
hassett ; that Petitioners further state, that a num- 
ber of persons who voted for said Arthur Blenner- 
hassett at said Election had not previously registered, 
but personated persons who had, and who were 
either dead or prevented by infirmity, absence from 
the country, or some other cause, from appearing 
and voting at said Election ; the Petitioners state, 
that these facts can be clearly proved on an investi- 
gation into the qualification and right of voting of 
such persons ; that many persons voted from affi- 
davits which were informal, some of them not con- 
taining the place of residence specifically set out, 
others the addition of the voter or the particular 
date of registry; the Petitioners further assert, that 
upon the third day of polling? the booth, No. 3, 
was closed by order of the High Sheriff, in con- 
sequence of the requisite number not having polled 
in said booth on that day; that there were a num- 
ber of voters who subsequently arrived, having been 
prevented by illness, residence in distant parts of 
Lreland, and other causes, from coming sooner, who 
were entitled to poll in said booth, that said voters 
claimed their right as freeholders to poll in either 
of the two remaining booths which continued open 
till the final close of the poll, but that the Sheriff’s 
Deputies in each booth peremptorily refused to take 
such votes so tendered, or to acknowledge any such 
rights, that in consequence objections were made 
by the inspectors of said Frederick William Mullins, 
and said objections laid before the Sheriff’s Assessor, 
who, after hearing the various arguments of counsel 
in favour of said rights and claims, decided against 
receiving the tendered votes of such persons being 
freeholders, by which decision the said Frederick 
William Mullins lost several votes, as will appear 
upon inquiry into said matter before a Committee 
of the a the Petitioners also state, that the 
Deputies appointed by the High Sheriff for each 
booth, were previously well knowr. to be _poli- 
tical partisans and friends of said Arthur Blenner- 
hassett, and the persons in said County who held 
similar opinions, and that said Deputies, contrary 
to the spirit and intention of the statutes providing 
for taking the poll in Counties in Ireland, threw 
various vexatious impediments in the way of the 
voters polling quickly, on their coming to the poll ; 
that in consequence the inspectors of the said Fre- 
derich William Mullins were obliged to make frequent 
complaints to the Assessor, and that, notwithstand- 
ing his being obliged frequently to reprimand them 
in their respective booths, they still persisted in 
such improper and partial proceedings, thereby pre- 
venting the said Frederick William Mullins from 
obtaining a majority on the first and second day’s 
poll, which he fairly anticipated, and would have 
had but for such proceedings, and the loss of which 
deluded many of said Frederick William Mullins’ 
voters, who resided in distant parts of the County, 
into the belief that it would be out of the power of 





said Frederick William Mullins to overcome such 
Q3 a majority 





















\ 
i 
| 
| 




















Stirlingshire 
Election. 


118 


a majority on the succeeding days, and caused them 
to absent themselves during the remaining days of 
the polling; the Petitioners further show, that the 
members of the committee of said Arthur Blenner- 
hassett, his agents, friends and partisans, did, without 
sufficient or any cause, make representations to the 
commanding officer of the district, and others in 
authority, which induced him or them to place at 
the disposal of the High Sheriff a large military 
force, which was employed in various parts of the 
County, under the colour of protecting the voters 
in the said Arthur Blennerhassett’s interest from 
violence, but in reality to prevent many voters who 
had previously promised said Frederick William 
Mullins their support, from escaping from the houses 
and vehicles in which they were confined ; the Pe- 
titioners state, that a guard of soldiers were con- 
stantly in attendance at the committee rooms of the 
said Arthur Blennerhassett in Tralee, and in which 
a number of voters who were believed and known 
to be in favour of said Frederick William Mullins, 
were confined until they were placed on tallies; that 
by the foregoing and many other illegal, corrupt 
and improper practices upon the part of his com- 
mittee, his friends, agents and partisans, the said 
Arthur Blennerhassett obtained a colourable majority 
of 48 over said Frederick William Mullins, who 
would otherwise have had a considerable majority 
of good and legal votes over said Arthur Blenner- 
hassett ; the Petitioners therefore submit, that said 
Arthur Blennerhassett having been so elected a 
Knight of the Shire for said County, in consequence 
of bribery, corruption, coercion, intimidation and 
other illegal and corrupt practices resorted to and 
committsd and practised upon the persons who 
voted at said Election by the said Arthur Blenner- 
hassett, his committee and others his friends, agents 
and partisans, and also in consequence of said 
Arthur Blennerhassett having received the votes of 
a number of persons who, for the reasons, and from 
the causes hereinbefore set out and explained, were 
totally incapacitated and ineligible to vote at the 
said Election for said County, and also for the various 
other reasons herein detailed by the Petitioners, he 
the said Arthur Blennerhassett is disqualified from 
sitting or voting in the House, and that the said 
Frederick William Mullins, who had a majority of 
good and legal votes at said Election, ought to have 
been returned as Representative for said County 
with said Morgan John O’ Connell; the Petitioners 
therefore humbly pray, that the House will be pleased 
to take the premises into consideration, and to de- 
clare the said Election and Return of the said 
Arthur Blennerhassett to be null and void, and that 
the said Frederick William Mullins was duly elected 
and ought to have been returned a Member to serve 
in Parliament for said County, and that the said 
Return be amended accordingly, and to grant to the 
Petitioners such further or other relief in the pre- 
mises as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this 
instant December, at the same time that the Peti- 
tion of Frederick William Mullins, Esquire, is ordered 
to be taken into consideration. 

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


Then the names of the places to which the residue 
of the said Petitions related (being all of them Peti- 
tions of the last Class) were put into the glass at 
the Table, and drawn by the Clerk, in the following 
order : 

A Petition of Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable 
George Ralph Abercromby, at present residing at 
Leamington, in the county of Warwick, was read ; 
setting forth, That at the last Election for choosing 


4° Decembris. 








A. 1837. 


a Member to serve in this present Parliament for 
the County of Stirling, the Petitioner and William 
Forbes, Esquire, of Callendar, were the only Candi- 
dates ; that when, in pursuance of an Act passed 
in the 2d and 3d year of the reign of his late Ma- 
jesty King William 4, intituled, “ An Act to amend 
the Representation of the People in Scotland,” the 
claims of divers persons to be registered were taken 
into consideration by the Sheriff of the said County, 
at the various Registration Courts held in the said 
County, by virtue of the said Act, the said Sheriff 
illegally and erroneously refused to admit to regis- 
tration, and rejected, various persons who were duly 
qualified and entitled to be registered as voters, and 
to vote in the Election of a Member to serve in 
Parliament for the said County of Stirling, and who 
claimed to be registered as voters for the said 
County, and who would have voted for the Peti- 
tioner at. the said Election for the said County, and 
admitted to registration and registered the claims 
of various persons whose claims were duly objected 
to, and whose claims were bad and objectionable, 
and who were not qualified and entitled to be regis- 
tered as voters and to vote at such Election, and 
who voted for the said William Forbes at such Elec- 
tion, and also admitted to registration, and registered 
the claims of various other persons whose claims 
were bad, objectionable and null, and who were not 
qualified and entitled to be registered as such voters, 
or to vote at such Election, and who voted for the 
said William Forbes at such last Election; that the 
Sheriffs who formed the Court of Appeal under the 
said Act, did in like manner act illegally and erro- 
neously at the various Appeal Registration Courts 
held in the said County, i virtue of the said Act, 
in rejecting and refusing to admit to registration 
various persons who were duly qualified and entitled 
to be registered as voters, and to vote in the Elec- 
tion of a Member to serve in Parliament for the said 
County of Stirling, and who claimed to be regis- 
tered as voters for the said County, and who would 
have voted for the Petitioner at the said last Elec- 
tion for the said County, and in admitting to regis- 
tration the claims of various persons whose claims 
were bad, objectionable and null, and who were not 
qualified and entitled to be registered as such voters, 
or to vote at such Election, whereby the persons 
who were so illegally and erroneously rejected by 
the said Sheriff and Appeal Sheriffs were prevented 
from voting for the Petitioner at the said Election, 
as they otherwise would have done, and the persons 
whose claims were so illegally and erroneously ad- 
mitted by the said Sheriff and Appeal Sheriffs were 
allowed to vote thereat, and did vote thereat, for the 
said William Forbes; that various persons not legally 
qualified or entitled to be registered, or to vote, were 
admitted to be registered as voters, and did unlaw- 
fully vote, for the said William Forbes at the said Elec- 
tion ; that after the passing of the said Act, various 
persons described as freeholders on the old roll, were 
erroneously and illegally transferred into the roll of 
electors for the said Shire of Stirling, and regis- 
tered as voters in the parish of Alva, in the said Shire, 
although the said parish of Alva is expressly declared 
by the said Act to form part of the Shire of Clack- 
mannan, for the purposes of the said Act, whereby 
these persons were illegally and erroneously allowed 
to vote and did vote for the said William Forbes 
at the said Election ; that the said Sheriff and Ap- 
peal Sheriffs did also act toa Sens erroneously at 
the said Registration and Appeal Registration Courts, 
in expunging from the roll the names of persons 
who were legally entitled to continue on the roll, in 
virtue of valid qualifications, and in refusing to ex- 
punge from the roll the names of persons who were not 
legally entitled to continue on the roll, and to whom 
valid objections had been duly lodged and intimated 
in terms of the said Act, whereby the persons who 
were so illegally and erroneously expunged from 
the roll were prevented from voting for the Peti- 

tioner 





1 Victoriz. 


tioner at the said Election, as they otherwise would 
have done, and the persons who were so illegally 
and erroneously continued on the roll were allowed 
to vote thereat, and did vote, for the said William 
Forbes; that, notwithstanding of the said erroneous 
and ara penceeng? of the said Sheriff and — 
peal Sheriffs, various persons who were erroneously 
and illegally rejected as aforesaid, and who were 
erroneously and illegally expunged from the roll as 
aforesaid, tendered their votes and voted for the 
Petitioner under protest, but such votes were not 
allowed to be ection or counted in summing up 
the poll; that at the said Registration Courts, per- 
sons or a person in the interest of the Petitioner 
were or was admitted to registration by the said 
Sheriff, but whose names or name were or was er- 
roneously and illegally omitted to be inserted by 
the Sheriff Clerk, in the list or Register of voters for 
the said County, whereby the said persons or person 
were or was prevented from voting for the Petitioner 
at the said Election, and although some of the said 
persons, or one thereof, tendered their or his votes 
or vote, and voted for the Petitioner, yet the said 
votes or vote were or was refused to be taken by 
the Polling Sheriff, and were or was not reckoned 
or counted in summing up the poll; that at the said 
Election, voters or a voter tendered their votes, or 
his vote, and voting for the Petitioner, were or was 
unlawfully and erroneously marked and reckoned 
as having voted for the said William Forbes, and 
voters or a voter were or was unlawfully and er- 
roneously permitted to vote twice for the said Wil- 
liam Forbes, and the votes or vote of such voters or 
voter were or was twice reckoned for the said 
William Forbes in summing up the poll; that vari- 
ous persons who had claimed and been admitted to 
registration as voters for the said County had, sub- 
sequently to such their claiming admission and re- 
gistration, been, and at the time of the said Elec- 
tion were, divested wholly or partially of the quali- 
fications in respect of which they had so claimed, 
been admitted and registered, or such qualifications 
had, since such admission and registration, undergone 
such alterations as rendered them inadequate, un- 
available, null and bad, and such persons ought not 
to have been allowed to remain upon the said Re- 
gister, or been admitted to vote, yet such persons 
were allowed to remain upon the said Register, and 
were admitted to vote, and did unlawfully vote, for 
the said William Forbes at the said Election, and, 
in particular, several of the said persons who voted 
for the said William Forbes, at the said Election, 
notwithstanding such disqualification, have since 
been expunged from the said roll of electors by the 
said Sheriff and Appeal Sheriffs, at the Registration 
and Appeal Registration Courts, held subsequent to 
the said Election, in consequence of objections to 
the said persons continuing on the roll, which were 
duly lodged and intimated by the Petitioner’s agents 
long prior to the said Election; that at the said 
Election various persons who had been admitted to 
registration as voters for the said County, according 
to the character and description contained in the 
Register of the said County, were illegally and er- 
roneously allowed to vote, and did vote, for the said 
William Forbes, under and by a different character 
and description of qualification from that under 
which they had been registered, and the votes of 
such persons were illegally and erroneously entered 
and counted upon the poll for the said William 
Forbes ; that the said William Forbes, by himself, 
his agents, friends, managers, supporters and others 
acting and employed by and for him, and on his 
behalf, did, after the teste of the Writ for the said 
Election, and before, and at and during the said 
Election, give presents to and allowed to various 
persons having, or claiming to have, votes for the 
said County, money, meat, drink and entertainments, 
and made and entered into promises, obligations 


and agreements, to give and allow, presents, money, 
Vox. 93. ; 


4° Decembris. 











119 


meat, drink and entertainments, and various valu- 
able considerations, in order to procure and bring 
about the Election of the said William Forbes; and 
the said William Forbes, by himself, his agents, 
friends, managers, supporters and others acting and 
employed by and for him and on his behalf, before 
and at and during the said Election, were guilty of 
bribery and intimidation and other unconstitutional, 
illegal and corrupt practices and means, and used 
various threats, and gave promises, and employed 
undue influence in order to corrupt or procure vari- 
ous persons having, or claiming to have, a right to 
vote at the said Election, to vote for him, the said 
William Forbes, at the said Election, and to forbear 
to vote for the Petitioner, in order to procure the 
said William Forbes to be returned to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said County of Stirling ; 
that by such illegal and erroneous proceedings and 
unconstitutional ways and means, and other irre- 
gular and illegal means and proceedings, the said 
William Forbes, although legally disqualified and 
incapacitated, and although he had the smallest 
number of legal votes, obtained a colourable majo- 
rity, and was, and procured himself to be, returned 
to serve in Parliament for the said County of Stir- 
ling, to the hurt and prejudice of the Petitioner, 
who had the majority of legal votes, and who there- 
fore ought to have been returned ; the Petitioner 
therefore humbly prays, that the House will be 
pleased to take the premises into consideration, and to 
find and declare that the said William Forbes was not 
duly elected, and ought not to have been returned, 
and that the Petitioner was duly elected, and ought 
to have been returned the Member to serve in Par- 
liament for the said County of Stirling, and to grant 
to the Petitioner such further relief as to the + 
shall seem just. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this 
instant December, at a quarter of an hour before 
six of the clock in the Afternoon. 

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


A Petition of the undersigned Persons, Electors Norfolk County 


of the eastern division of the county of Norfolk, and 
having and claiming to have a right to vote for 
Members to serve in Parliament for the said eastern 
division of the said County, was read; setting forth, 
That the Petitioners were, at and during the last 
Election of Members to serve in this present Par- 


liament for the Eastern Division of the County of 


Norfolk, electors of the said Division of the said 
County, and had, and claimed to have had, a right 
to vote for Members to serve in Parliament at the 
last Election of Members to serve in Parliament 
for the said Division of the said County ; that at 
the said Election, Edmond Wodehouse, Esquire, and 
Henry Negus Burroughes, Esquire, and William 
Howe Windham, Esquire, and Richard Hanbury 
Gurney, Esquire, were Candidates to represent the 
said Division of the said County in Parliament ; 
that at the said Election a poll was duly demanded 
on behalf of the said William Howe Windham and 
Richard Hanbury Gurney, and that such poll was 
taken accordingly on the Eighth and Ninth days of 
August last past, and upon the termination of such 
poll the said Edmond Wodehouse and Henry Negus 
Burroughes were declared by the Returning Officer 
to be elected Members for the said Division of the 
said County ; that the said William Howe Windham 
was declared to be the third upon the said poll, in 
point of number of votes, and next below the said 
Henry Negus Burroughes, and the said Richard 
Hanbury Gurney was fourth upon the said poll ; 
the Petitioners allege, and beg to represent to the 
House, that the said Edmond Wodehouse was not, 
at the time of his said Election and Return, seised or 

Q4 possessed 


(Eastern Divi- 


sion) Election. 

















120 


possessed of, or entitled to,a sufficient estate at law 
or in equity, in lands, tenements or hereditaments, 
to qualify him to be elected, or to serve as a Member 
of Parliament for the said Division of the said 
County; that the said Edmond Wodehouse and 
Henry Negus Burroughes, by themselves, or one of 
them by himself, their or one of their agents and 
managers, and by persons employed on their or 
his behalf, did, after the teste of the Writ for the said 
Election, and at and during the said Election, and 
before their Election to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said Division of the said County, give, 
present and allow to various persons having or 
claiming to have votes in the said Election, money, 
meat, drink, presents, rewards and entertainments, 
and promises, agreements, obligations, and engage- 
ments to give and allow money, meet, drink, presents, 
rewards and entertainments to and for such persons, 
in order to be elected Members to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Division of the said 
County; that the said Edmond Wodehouse and 
Henry Negus Burroughes, by themselves, or one of 
them, by himself, their or his agents, friends and 
managers, and by persons employed on their or his 
behalf, before and at and during the time of the said 
Election, were, or one of them was, guilty of open 
and extensive bribery and corrupt practices, in order 
to procure persons having, or claiming to have, a 
right to vote at the said Election, to vote for the 
said Edmond Wodehouse and Henry Negus Bur- 
roughes, and to forbear to vote for the said William 
Howe Windham and Richard Hanbury Gurney, 
and in order to procure the said Edmond Wodehouse 
and Henry Negus Burroughes to be returned to 
serve in this present Parliament, contrary to the 
law and custom of Parliament, and the laws and 
statutes of the realm enacted for the prevention of 
bribery and corruption, and that the Return of the 
said Edmond Wodehouse and Henry Negus Bur- 
roughes, at the said Election, for the said Division of 
the said County, was procured by means of such 
bribery, treating and other illegal practices; that 
at the taking of the poll at the said Election, the 
votes of divers persons were accepted and recorded 
in favour of the said Edmond Wodehouse and Henry 
Negus Burroughes, although such persons were not 
entitled, and had no legal right, to vote, at such 
Election ; that the votes of divers persons who were 
legally entitled to vote at the said Election, and 
who tendered their votes for the said William Howe 
Windham and Richard Hanbury Gurney, or one of 
them, were illegally and improperly rejected ; that at 
the taking of the said poll at the said Election, divers 
votes were accepted and recorded for and on behalf 
of the said Edmond Wodehouse and Henry Negus 
Burroughes, or one of them, as being votes given 
by electors who in fact did not vote at the said 
Election ; that by means of the premises, the said 
Edmond Wodehouse and Henry Negus Burroughes 
obtained a colourable majority of votes over the said 
William Howe Windham and Richard Hanbury 
Gurney, in open violation of the rights and privi- 
leges of the Petitioners, whereas the Petitioners 
humbly insist that a great majority of good and 
legal votes were given and tendered in favour of the 
said William Howe Windham and Richard Hanbury 
Gurney, and that they ought to have been returned 
to serve in Parliament for the said Division of the 
said County; the Petitioners therefore pray the 
House to take the premises into consideration, and 
to declare that the Election and Return of the said 
Edmond Wodehouse and Henry Negus Burroughes, 
or one of them, is null and void ; and that the said 
William Howe Windham and Richard Hanbury 
Gurney, or one of them, ought to have been re- 
turned to serve in Parliament for the said Division 
of the said County, or that the House will afford 
the Petitioners such further and other relief in the 
premises as to the House shall seem meet, and that 
the Petitioners may be heard by themselves, their 


4° Decembris. 





A. 1837. 


counsel and agents, in support of this their Pe- 
tition. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this in- 
stant December, at ten minutes before six of the 
clock in the Afternoon. 

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


to give directions that there. be laid before this 
House, an Account of the Averages of Sales in the 
several Colonies affected by the Act for the Abolition 
of Slavery, upon which the sum of Twenty Millions, 
voted as Compensation to the Owners of Slaves, 
was apportioned among the several Colonies ; of the 
periods for which those Averages were taken, and 
of the rate of compensation per head which was 
allotted to each. 

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


Common Council of the city of Glasgow, praying 
the House to pass a law for throwing open to free 
admission all public edifices for the reception of 
Works of Art, and all national depositories of His- 
torical and Literary Monuments, or of objects of 
Natural History, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Several Petitions, complaining of undue Elections 
and Returns, being offered to be presented, the same 
were delivered in at the Table. 

And one of the said Petitions appearing to relate 
to the Election and Return fora place concerning 
which the House had received a Petition on a for- 
mer day, the same was read, as followeth: 








therley, Wine and Spirit Merchant, William Smith, 
Chemist and Druggist, Thomas Dixon Hadaway, 
Butcher, and Richard Wake, Grocer, all of the 
township of Tynemouth, in the parish of Tynemouth, 
in the county of Northumberland, Electors of the 
Borough of Tynemouth, in the said county of 
Northumberland, having a right to vote for a Mem- 
ber to serve in Parliament for the said Borough, was 
read ; setting forth, That all the Petitioners were, at 
and during the last Election of a Member to serve 
in this Parliament for the said Borough, registered 
electors of the said Borough, and had a legal right to 
vote, and did vote, accordingly, at the said Election ; 
that at the said Election George Frederick Young, 
Esquire, and the Right honourable Sir Charles Ed- 
ward Grey, Knight, were Candidates to represent 
the said Borough in Parliament; that Alexander 
Crighton, Esquire, was, or acted as, the Returning 
Officer at that Election, and that the poll at such 
Election was taken on the Twenty-sixth day of July 
One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven ; that 
the said George Frederick Young was declared by 
the said Alexander Crighton to have had a majority 
of votes at the said Election, and was returned as 
duly elected to represent the said Borough in this 
present Parliament ; that many persons who were 
registered as electors in respect of occupation or 
residence for the said Borough, by the Revising 
Barristers, became disqualified as electors for the 
said Borough, between the Thirty-first day of July 
in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty- 
six, and the time of holding the said Election for the 





'said Borough, or between the period of the Register 
being revised and signed by the Barrister, and the 
time of holding the said Election, and were disqua- 
lified, and were not entitled to vote at the said 

Election, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Slavery Abol. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased * 


ton Act. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Public 
uildings 


A Petition of John Cunningham, Gentleman, Tynemouth 
William Horseley, Doctor of Medicine, John Wea- "lect. 





Lboli. 


ith 


pes salad ai 


1 VicTroriz. 


Election, by having parted with, or sold, or otherwise 
ceased to be possessed of or to occupy the property 
in respect of which they were registered as electors 
for the said Borough, or to reside within the said 
Borough, or the limits prescribed by the Act passed 
in the second year of his late Majesty’s reign, inti- 
tuled, “ An Act to amend the Representation of the 
People in England and Wales,” and thereby ceased 
to possess the title or qualification in respect of 
which they had been registered, or otherwise were 
disqualified by receiving alms, or parochial relief, or 
had become otherwise, and were disqualified as paid 
agents, or otherwise, under the provisions of the 
different statutes made for securing the freedom of 
Elections; that many persons not registered or 
entitled to vote, but who personated Electors whose 
names were inserted in the Register, and many per- 
sons who had become bankrupt or insolvent, or who 
had received bribes and rewards, or promises of 
rewards, for their votes, or who had given and made 
or offered such bribes or rewards, or promises of 
reward as aforesaid, or who had made or accepted 
bets or wagers on the result of the said Election, or 
touching the aforesaid Election, were nevertheless 
allowed to vote, and other persons who were not 
registered, nor otherwise qualified or entitled to vote 
as electors of the said Borough, under the provisions 
of the said Act, at the said last Election of a Member 
to serve in Parliament for the said Borough, and 
many persons who were disqualified, and not entitled 
as voters, and whose votes are null and void, did 
nevertheless vote at the said Election for the said 
George Frederick Young, and by reason of the pre- 
mises the said George Frederick Young obtained an 
apparent colourable majority of votes over the said 
Right honourable Sir Charles Edward Grey, whereas 
a majority of legal electors and votes were in favour 
of the said Right honourable Sir Charles Edward 
Grey, and the freedom of Election has thereby been 
violated, inasmuch as the constituency intended to 
be established by the said Act has not returned the 
Member for the said Borough, but the said Election 
and Return has been made by persons not qualified 
to be electors, according to the provisions of the said 
Act, or who were disqualified, according to the pro- 
visions of the said Act of Parliament, and the law 
of Parliament, for voting as electors of a Member to 
sit in Parliament for the said Borough; that the 
said George Frederick Young, by himself, his agents, 
supporters and managers, and by persons acting and 
employed on his behalf, as well before as after the 
teste of the Writ for the said Election, and before 
and at and during the said Election, give presents 
to, and allowed to various persons, having or claim- 
ing to have votes for the said Borough, money, 
meat, drink, presents, rewards and entertainments, 
and made cb entered into promises, obligations and 
agreements to give and allow money, meat, drink, 
presents, rewards and entertainments, to and for 
such persons, and to and for the use and advantage, 
benefit, emolument, profit and preferment of such 
persons, in order that he, the said George Frederick 
Young, might be elected as a Member to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough, and 
was, by himself, his agents, friends, supporters and 
managers, and by persons acting for, and employed 
by him, and on his behalf, before and at and during 
the said Election, guilty of bribery and corrupt prac- 
tices, and employed ts influence, and other illegal 
and improper means thereat, in order that he, the 
said George Frederick Young, might be returned to 
serve in this present Parliament for the Borough 
aforesaid ; the Petitioners therefore humbly pray, 
that the House will take the premises into their 
consideration, and declare the said Election and 
Return of the said George Frederick Young to be 
void, and that the said George Frederick Young was 
not duly elected a Member to serve in this Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough of Tynemouth, and ought 
not to have been returned, but that the said Right 
Vou. 93. 





4° Decembris. 121 


honourable Sir Charles Edward Grey was duly 
elected a Member to serve in this Parliament for the 
said Borough, and ought to have been returned, and 
that the said Return may be amended, by directing 
the name of the said George Frederick Young to be 
erased therefrom, and the name of the said Right 
honourable Sir Charles Edward Grey to be inserted 
therein, in the place and stead of the name of the 
said George Frederick Young, and that the Register 
of voters for the said Borough may be corrected, 
and the poll at the last Election may be scrutinized 
and amended accordingly, and that the House will 
grant to the Petitioner such further relief in the 
premises as to the House shall seem meet. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday the 12th day of this 
instant December, at the same time that the Peti- 
tion of Sir Charles Edward Grey, is ordered to be 
taken into consideration. ; 


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


Then the other Petition (being a Petition of the 
last Class) was read, as followeth : 

A Petition of John Penrice, of Great Yarmouth, 
in the county of Norfolk, Esquire, Edward Harbord 
Lushington Preston, of the same place, Timber 
Merchant, and Edmund Henry Knowles Lacon, of 
Armesby, and of Great Yarmouth, in the county of 
Norfolk, all electors of the Borough of Great Yar- 
wouth aforesaid, who claimed a right to vote, and 
did vote at the last Election for Members to serve 
in this present Parliament for the said Borough, was 
read; setting forth, That at the last Election for the 
Borough of Great Yarmouth, held on the Twenty- 
fourth and Twenty-fifth days of July last, the Peti- 
tioners were duly registered electors for the said 
Borough, and claim to have had a right to vote, and 
did vote, at the said Election; that at said Election 
the Candidates were, Thomas Baring and Charles 
S. Gambier, Charles Edmund Rumbold and William 
Wilshere, Esquires, and said Charles Edmund Rum- 
bold and William Wilshere, Esquires, were, at the 
close of the said Election, declared by William Barth, 
Esquire, the Mayor of the said Borough, and Re- 
turning Officer thereof, to have been duly elected 
Members to serve in Parliament for the same, and 
were accordingly returned by the said William Barth 
as such, by virtue of an alleged majority of legal votes 
at said Election over the said Thomas Baring and 
Charles Samuel Gambier ; the Petitioners humbly but 
confidently submit, that the said Election and Return 
of the said Charles Edmund Rumbold and William 
Wilshere was obtained and effected by gross bribery 
and treating, and by other corrupt and unconstitu- 
tional practices; that at and before said Election, 
and with a view thereto, and in order to secure the 
Return of the said Charles Edmund Rumbold and 
William Wilshere, there was a general and profligate 
system of extensive bribery and treating, and other 
corrupt and illegal practices, organized, acted on 
and persevered in, by the agents, friends and parti- 
sans of the said Charles Edmund Rumbold and Wiil- 
liam Wilshere, for the purpose of procuring, and in 
order to procure, their Election and Return for the 
said Borough; and that this corrupt system was 
framed and carried on with the knowledge, assent or 
connivance of the said Charles Edmund Rumbold 
and William Wilshere, or one of them, or of their 
known, avowed, acknowledged and recognized agents 
and friends, and that the money and funds paid and 
contributed to carry such plan and system into full 
effect was given by, or procured from, the said 
Charles Edmurd Rumbold and William Wilshere, or 
one of them, or by or from their agents, friends or 
managers on their behalf; that a very large ww, 

R oO 


Great Yarmouth 
Election. 





122 
of the Corporation of the said Borough were, at the 
time of the said Election, warm partisans in the 
interest of the said Charles Edmund Rumbold and 
William Wilshere, and that the power and influence 
and money of the said Corporation was illegally and 
improperly used and employed or expended thereat, 
in order to procure the Election and Return of the 
said Charles Edmund Rumbold and Wiiliam Wilshere, 
and for this purpose, by intimidation and corruption, 
to induce or compel a great number of voters to 
forbear to vote for the said Thomas Baring and 
Charles Samuel Gambier, and to vote for the said 
Charles Edmund Rumbold and William Wilshere ; 
that the said Corporation, by the offer and promise 
of places, offices and gifts within their power and 
control, endeavoured to procure, and did procure, 
a great number of voters to vote at the said Election 
for the said Charles Edmund Rumbold and William 
Wilshere, or one of them, or to forbear to vote for 
the said Thomas Baring and Charles S. Gambier ; 
that the said Corporation, and certain of the Magis- 
trates of the said Borough, acting in concert with 
the said Charles Edmund Rumbold and William 
Wilshere, or one of them, or with their friends, agents 
or managers on their behalf, did, in furtherance of 
the general scheme and plan to corrupt and debauch 
the said Borough, and by such corruption to secure 
the Return of the said Sitting Members at said 
Election, take and keep in their pay and service, at | 
and before said Election, a large number of electors 


4° Decembris. 





of the said Borough as special constables, which 


electors voted at said Election for the said Sitting | 


Members, and were paid certain sums and gratuities | 
by and out of the funds of the said Corporation, and | 
also received large sums of money from the Sitting | 
Members, their friends, agents, partisans and sup- 





A. 1837. 


Sitting Members, by themselves, and by their agents, 
managers and supporters, and by other ways and 
means on their behalf, did at their charge, and before 
the said Election, give, present and allow to a great 
number of persons having voices and votes at such 
Election, money, meat, drink, entertainment and 
provision, and did make promises, agreements, obli- 
gations and engagements to give and allow money, 
meat, drink, provisions, presents, rewards and enter- 
tainments, to and for the use, benefit, employment, 
profit and preferment of such persons, and in order 
to be elected, and for being elected, to serve in Par- 
liament for the said Borough, whereby the said 
Sitting Members are incapacitated and disabled to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Borough, 
and their Election and Return is, and should be 
declared to be, wholly null and void; that the Peti- 
tioners further allege, that a vast number of public- 
houses were kept open in the said Borough for 
a long time previous to and during the said Election, 
wherein the electors of the said Borough, in the 
interest of the Sitting Members, were gratuitously 
and profusely entertained, by which means it was 
hoped, intended and affected to induce and procure 
others of the said electors to join the party of the 
said Sitting Members, and to support and assist 
them in securing their Election and Return for the 
said Borough, in contempt of the independence 
and purity of Election, and to the great scandal 
and disgrace of the Sitting Members and their 
partisans; the Petitioners further beg to make 
the following statement of facts to the House, and 
to solicit particular attention thereto, so that the 
persons guilty of the practices stated may be 
visited with the severest punishment and reprehen- 
sion; that during the Session of One thousand 


porters or managers, on their behalf; that a great, eight hundred and thirty-five, Mr. Barth, the pre- 
number of voters for the Sitting Members were | sent Mayor, and other leading members of the party 
bribed to give their votes at said Election, or had|in the mterest of the said Sitting Members, pro- 
offers of money, inducements, gifts or rewards, to | cured, signed and caused to be presented to the 
vote at said Election for the said Sitting Members, | House, Petitions alleging, amongst other things, 
or to forbear to vote at said Election for the said | that the sum of two guineas had been (then) lately 
Thomas Baring and Charles Samuel Gambier ; that | paid to many of the voters for the said Borough, in 
a great number of persons voted at said Election | respect of their votes at an Election of Members 
for the Sitting Members who bribed other voters or | to serve in Parliament for the same, which had then 
offered bribes to other voters to vote at said Election, | recently occurred ; these Petitions were presented 
or attempted otherwise corruptly to influence other | on the Twenty-sixth and Thirtieth of June, and re- 
voters to vote at said Election; that a great number | ferred to a Select Committee on the Fourteenth of 
of persons voted at said Election for the Sitting | July; the Petitioners show that a number of wit- 
Members, who were parties or privy to the bribery, | nesses were examined before the Committee, and 
corruption and treating practised at said Election, or | they finally made their Report to the House on the 
assisted therein, or employed, retained or engaged | Fourteenthof August following ; in which, amongst 
other persons to bribe the voters in said Borough to | others, are the following paragraphs: “ With re- 
vote for said Sitting Members, or gave or contributed | ference to the payment of the vote-money, your 
money to such persons to be so applied ; that the | Committee consider it their duty to recommend to 
Sitting Members were, by themselves, their agents, | the House to take such measures as may be calcu- 
friends and supporters, guilty of bribery, treating, | lated to ensure for the future, the cessation or ade- 
and other corrupt practices at said Election, by | quate punishment of a practice, which no circum- 





reason whereof they are disqualified from being 
returned, and sitting and voting as Members for said 
Borough in this Parliament, and their Election and | 
Return ought to be set aside, and declared wholly 
null and void; that there are a great number of 
votes on the poll for the Sitting Members of persons 
who, within six calendar months before said Elec- 
tion, or within fourteen days after the same was 
completed, were employed at such Election as coun- 
sel, agent, attorney, poll-clerk, flag-man, colour-man, 
procession-man, special constable, or in some other 
capacity, for the purpose of the Election, and did 
accept or take, either before, during or after such 
Election, from the Sitting Members, or one of them, 
or from some other person, for or in consideration of, 
or with reference to, such employment, a sum or 
sums of money, retaining fee, office, place or em- 
ployment, or promise or security for a sum or sums 
of money, retaining fee, office, place or employment ; 
that the Petitioners further allege, that both before 
and after the teste of the Writ for holding the said 
Election, and at and during the same, the said 





stances of long continuance or general misconcep- 
tion on the part of the voters, can in the opinion of 
your Committee rescue from its inherent character 
of illegality and corruption ; your Committee can- 
not conclude their Report without expressing their 
conviction, that the practice which appears to have 
obtained in several cases, of pledging, directly or 
indirectly, individuals who were Candidates, and 
without reference to their success or otherwise, to 
certain accustomed payment, is one which cannot 
be too severely reprobated when viewed in reference 
to the free and fair exercise of all the rights, whe- 
ther of Candidates or electors ;” the Petitioners 
beg to state and distinctly charge, that notwith- 
standing such Petitions and report of the Commit- 
tee, the leaders, managers and others of the friends 
and partisans of the Sitting Members previous to or 
at the last Election, paid the said vote-money to a 
vast number of voters for the said Borough, in order 
unduly to influence such voters in favour of the Sit- 
ting Members ; and the Petitioners will show that 
such payments were made with the cognizance or 

connivance 





Royal Assent 
to Bills, 


Commissions 
of the Peace 
Bill. 


Municipal 
Officers’ Decla- 
ration Bill, 


Municipal 
Officers’ Decla- 
ration Bill, 


1 Victori2z. 


connivance of the Sitting Members, by themselves, 
their friends, agents and managers, or persons em- 
ployed by them or on their behalf, and from funds 
contributed by the Sitting Members, or one of them, 
in open disregard and contempt of the said Report 
of the said Select Committee of the House, and to 
their own shame and disgrace; that the Petitioners 
are also prepared to prove divers other corrupt acts 
and devices in various shapes, and under manifold 
disguises, practised at the late Election by the 
agents, friends and supporters of the Sitting Mem- 
bers, in order by such corruption and illegal con- 
duct, to procure the Election and Return of the 
said Sitting Members ; that the Petitioners humbly 
submit, that these and other illegal, fraudulent, cor- 
rupt and unconstitutional practices were carried to 
such a scandalous height, and were of a nature so 
flagrant and extensive, as to deprive the late Elec- 
tion of any claim to the character of a fair and un- 
biassed choice of representatives by the electors of 
the said Borough, and to assimilate it to an open 
and corrupt purchase of their seats by and on be- 
half of the said Sitting Members; the Petitioners 
therefore pray, that the Election and Return of the 
said Charles Edmund Rumbold and William Wil- 
shere may be set aside, and declared to be wholly 
null and void, and that a new Writ may be forth- 
with issued for the Election of Members to serve in 
Parliament for the said Borough, in lieu of the said 
Sitting Members, and that the House will take the 
facts and circumstances stated herein into their se- 
rious consideration, and will grant such other and 
further relief to the Petitioners as to the wisdom of 
the House shall seem meet. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday the 12th day of this 
instant December, at five minutes before six of the 
clock in the Afternoon. 


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


A Message, by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman 

Usher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to an 
Act agreed upon by both Houses, do desire the 
immediate attendance of this Honourable House in 
the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And, being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the desire 
of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, had been at the House of Peers, where 
a Commission under the Great Seal wasread, giving, 
declaring and notifying the Royal Assent to the 
Public Bill therein mentioned ; and that the Lords, 
thereby authorized, had declared the Royal Assent 
to the said Bill:—Which Bill is as followeth : 

An Act to continue for Six calendar months all 
such Commissions of the Peace as were in force at 
the time of the Decease of His late Majesty King 
William the Fourth, and as have not been super- 
seded, determined or made void during the reign 
of Her present Majesty. 


A Petition of Hebrews, residing in Portsmouth 
and Portsea, praying that the Municipal Officers’ 
Declaration Bill may be extended to Persons of the 
Jewish persuasion ; was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

mittee on the Municipal Officers’ Declaration Bill ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 

~— it by an Instruction to the Committee that 
OL. YS. 


4° Decembris. 








123 


they have power to extend the Relief afforded by 
the Bill, to Persons of all Religious denominations; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Grote, 

Yeas, Mr. Hume : 

Tellers for thef Mr. Baines, 

Noes, LSir Robert Harry Inglis: 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Divett reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


\72. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply. 


mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Custody of 


into a Committee upon the Custody of Insane Per- a Persons 
ll. 


sons Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Freshfield re- 
gs That the Committee had gone through the 
ill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Several Petitions, complaining of undue Elections 
and Returns, being offered to be presented, the 
same were delivered in at the Table. 

And Five of the said Petitions appearing to re- 
late to the Elections and Returns 8 Places, con- 
cerning which the House had received Petitions on 
former days ; the same were read, as follow: 


A Petition of John Evans, High-street, of the Bridgnorth 
Borough of Bridgnorth, Baker, and Walter Phil- Election. 


lipss Stoneway, of the same parish, Blacksmith, Elec- 
tors of the said Borough, and who claim to have 
had a right of voting for Members to serve in Par- 
liament for the said Borough at the last Election, 
who did vote at the said Election, wasread; setting 
forth, That at the last Election for the said Borough 
of Bridgnorth, James Shepley, Esquire, was the Re- 
turning Officer, or acted as the Returning Officer 
for the said Borough, and did, on Tuesday, the 
Twenty-fifth day of July last, proceed to take the 
poll at the said Election; that Thomas Charlton 
Whitmore, Esquire, Henry Hanbury Tracy, Esquire, 
and Robert Pigot, Esquire, were the Candidates, 
and that the said Thomas Charlton Whitmore, and 
Henry Hanbury Tracy, were returned at the close 
of the poll, as having been duly chosen at the said 
Ejection to represent the said Borough in this pre- 
sent Parliament; that the poll at the said Election 
was taken at eight booths or polling-places, and 
that during the said Election, riots of a most dis- 
graceful, tumultuous and violent description, were 
excited and created by the partisans of the said 
Thomas Charlton Whitmore and Robert Pigot, in 
order to prevent the electors or persons having a 
right to vote in the choice of Members at the said 
Election from voting at the said Election; that 
divers of the said booths were torn down, and vio- 
lently demolished by a riotous mob, who were en- 
couraged and employed on that occasion by the 
partisans of the said Thomas Charlton Whitmore 
and Robert Pigot, for the illegal purposes afore- 
said ; that in consequence of the said riots and tu- 
mult, the poll at the said Election was suspended 
or adjourned, and the time required by law for 
keeping the same open was not allowed; that by 
reason of the premises, the electors were unable 
to exercise their franchises freely and in such man- 
ner as they were by law entitled to do at the said 
Election, and by reason of the said illegal pro- 
ceedings the freedom of Election has been violated, 
and no lawful Election was had or made, or such 
Election so far as the same regards the said Tho- 

R 2 mas 








Tralee Election, 


124 


mas Charlton Whitmore was null and void: the Pe- 
titioners therefore humbly pray, that the House will 
take the premises into their consideration, and de- 
clare that the said Thomas Charlton Whitmore was 
not duly elected, or make such further order and 
declaration, touching the said Election and Return, 
as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday the 12th day of this 
instant December, at the same time that the Peti- 
tion of Robert Pigot, Esquire, is ordered to be taken 
into consideration. 

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


A Petition of Richard Leyne, of the Borough of 
Tralee, in the County of Kerry, Esquire, complain- 
ing of the undue Election and Return of John 
Bateman, Esquire, as a Burgess to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the said Borough, was read ; 
setting forth, That the Petitioner had a right, and 
claims to have had a right, to vote at the last Elec- 
tion of a Member to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Tralee, in the County of 
Kerry, and was at the said Election and still is an 
elector of the said Borough ; that the Election for 
the said Borough of Tralee commenced on Thurs- 
day the Third day of August last ; that Caleb Chute, 
Esquire, was the Provost and Returning Officer for 
the Borough of Tralee at the time of the said Elec- 
tion and previous thereto ; that Maurice O’ Connell 
and John Bateman, Esquires, were Candidates at 
the said Election to represent the said Borough in 
Parliament ; that the said Maurice O’ Connell and 
John Bateman were severally proposed and second- 
ed, and offered themselves to the electors of the 
said Borough, as fit and proper persons to represent 
the said Borough in the present Parliament; that 
after a show of hands by the electors of said Bo- 
rough, the Provost declared the majority to be in 
favour of the said Maurice O’ Connell, whereupon a 
poll was demanded by or on the behalf of the said 
John Bateman; that the said Provost proceeded on 
the said Third day of August to poll the said Bo- 
rough, and continued to do so until Monday the 
Seventh day of August following, when he declared 
the majority of votes to be in favour of the said 
John Bateman, who was thereupon declared in the 
Return by the said Provost as duly elected ; that 
the number of votes which appeared on the poll at 
the close thereof, were for the said John Bateman 
75, and for the said Maurice O’ Connell 64, making 
a colourable majority for the said John Bateman, 
over the said Maurice O’ Connell, of 11 votes ; that 
the said majority in favour of the said John Bate- 
man was but a colourable majority, and that the said 
Return of the said John Bateman was an undue 
Return, and was procured by perjury, bribery, terror 
and intimidation, and by the payment and promise 
of payment of large sums of money, by and on be- 
half of the said John Bateman to electors and to 
other persons capable of influencing electors of the 
said Borough, and of procuring and endeavouring 
to procure votes for the purpose of securing his Re- 
turn, and by other undue, illegal, corrupt, scanda- 
lous and unconstitutional means; that during the 
said Election, many persons were admitted to poll, 
and did poll, for the said John Bateman, who were 
not entitled to vote thereat upon any legal grounds, 
and who had been unduly and improperly registered 
as electors for the said Borough, or who since the 
time of their registry had from various causes ceased 
to be qualified, or become disqualified, from voting 
at said Election; that more than sixty-nine voters 
who were duly registered according to law, and duly 
qualified to vote at said Election, and who did vote, 
or duly tendered their votes, according to law, at 


4° Decembris. 








A. 1837. 


said Election for the said Maurice O’ Connell, had 
their votes rejected and disallowed by the said Re- 
turning Officer, though said voters had actually 
given their votes in the polling-booths in the manner 
required by law, before the deputy of the said Pro- 
vost, and had their names duly entered on the poll- 
book of the said Election by the proper officer ; yet 
the said Returning Officer, by the advice of his 
Assessor, George Blake Hickson, Esquire, removed 
the said votes from the poll, and disallowed and re- 
jected the same, on the alleged ground that the cer- 
tificates and affidavits of the said electors were not 
such as the law requires, while many other electors, 
with similar certificates and aftidavits, were admitted 
by the said Provost to poll for the said John Bate- 
man, the affidavits and certificates of the said elec- 
tors so admitted to poll for the said John Bateman, 
being precisely similar in form and substance to 
those which the said Returning Officer and his As- 
sessor decided to be defective in the cases of the 
sixty-nine electors who gave or tendered their votes 
for said Maurice O’ Connell ; that eight persons were 
admitted to poll and did poll for the said John 
Bateman, who were burgesses or honorary freemen, 
admitted as such burgesses or honorary freemen 
since the Thirty-first of March One thousand eight 
hundred and thirty-one, and were not entitled to 
their freedom of said Borough by birth, marriage 
or servitude, but were mere honorary freemen or 
burgesses, and not qualified by law to vote at said 
Election ; that none of the burgesses who voted at 
said Election were admitted burgesses conformably 
to the charter of said Borough, but their admission 
was contrary to the provisions of said charter, and. 
in other respects contrary to law, and none of said 
burgesses were entitled to be registered as such, or 
to vote at said Election; that the said Provost, in 
particular, admitted one of the said burgesses or 
honorary freemen to vote at said Election, though 
the said person was not registered for six months 
before the teste of the Writ for holding the said 
Election, and was for that and other reasons not 
qualified to vote at said Election; that many per- 
sons who were registered and claimed as occupiers, 
as tenants or owners of houses, warehouses, coun- 
ting-houses or shops, were admitted to poll for the 
said John Bateman, who since the time of their re- 
gistry had ceased to hold or occupy the premises in 
respect of which they had been so registered, and 
in right of which they claimed to vote, and who had 
thereby become disabled and disqualified from 
voting at said Election; that many other persons 
who were registered and claimed to vote as tenants 
or occupiers as aforesaid, were admitted to poll, and 
did poll, in favour of the said John Bateman, who 
were disabled and disqualified, because that since 
the time of their registry, they under-let or sub-let 
part and parcel of the premises in respect of which 
they had been so registered, and in right of which 
they claimed to vote, and did not retain in their 
own possession a part of sufficient value to entitle 
them to vote, or of the bond fide value of Ten pounds 
yearly; that many other persons, who registered 
and claimed to vote as such tenants or occupiers as 
aforesaid, were admitted to poll, and did poll, in fa- 
vour of the said John Bateman, who did not, at the 
time of such polling, hold or occupy the premises 
in respect of which they had been so registered, and 
in right of which they claimed to vote separately or 
in their own right, but as joint-tenants, jointly with 
another person or other persons, and therefore were 
disabled and disqualified from voting at said Elec- 
tion; that many were induced and compelled to 
vote, and did vote, in favour of the said John Bate- 
man, in consequence of the various threats, intimi- 
dations and corrupt measures, countenanced and 
practised by the said John Bateman, his friends, 
agents, supporters and partisans; that the said 
Caleb Chute, acting as such Returning Officer as 
aforesaid, received votes of many persons who, du- 

ring 


Youghal 
Election, 





1 VicrorizZ. 


ring the said Election, or within six calendar months 
previous to it, or within fourteen days after it was 
completed, were employed by or on behalf of the 
said John Bateman, as agents, attornies, poll-clerks, 
flag-men, or in some other capacity for the purpose 
of said Election, and who, either before or during 
or after said Election, accepted and took from the 
said John Bateman, or some other person or persons 
on his behalf, payment in money, or security for 
money, for and in consideration or with reference 
to such employment, and who were not therefore 
legally entitled to vote at said Election, but who 
tendered their votes, which were received for said 
John Bateman, and whose votes ought to have been 
rejected ; that the said John Bateman, by himself, 
his friends or agents, and by some person or persons 
employed on his behalf, before and at and after the 
teste of the Writ of Summons for holding the said 
Election, in order to procure him the said John 
Bateman to be returned to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough, directly or indi- 
rectly gave, presented or allowed to divers persons, 
having or claiming to have a right to vote at said 
Election, money, meat, drink, entertainment or pro- 
vision, also made presents, gifts, rewards or enter- 
tainments at such Election, or for the use, advan- 
tage, benefit, employment, profit or preferment of 
such person or persons in order to be elected, or for 
his being elected, to serve in Parliament for said Bo- 
rough, and whereby the said John Bateman became 
and was disabled and incapacitated to serve in Par- 
liament for said Borough; that the said Provost 
disallowed the vote of an elector duly qualified to 
vote, who did vote duly in the polling-booth, and 
had his vote duly recorded there, yet, because said 
voter would not allow the said Assessor of said Pro- 
vost to administer an oath to him in his the said 
Assessor’s room, which the said Assessor had no 
right in law to administer, the vote of said elector 
was by said Provost’s or Assessor’s orders struck 
off the poll; that by the several fraudulent and 
ilegal means aforesaid, and by divers other corrupt, 
improper and unconstitutional practices, the said 
John Bateman obtained said colourable majority of 
votes over the said Maurice O’ Connell, and procured 
himself to be returned to serve forthe said Borough 
of Tralee, whereas the said Maurice O’ Connell had 
a large majority of legal votes at said Election, and 
ought to have been returned to serve in Parliament 
for the same; the Petitioner therefore humbly prays 
that the said John Bateman may be declared not 
duly elected, and that the said Maurice O’ Connell 
may be declared to be duly elected in the place of 
the said John Bateman, as a Burgess duly elected 
to serve in this present Parliament for said Borough, 
and that the Return may be amended accordingly, 
and that the votes of the several persons impro- 
perly allowed to poll as aforesaid may be struck off 
the poll, and that the names of all who tendered 
their votes for said Maurice O’Connell be placed 
on said poll, as of right they should, and that the 
House may grant such further and other relief in 
the premises as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday the 12th day of this 
instant December, at the same time that the Petition 
of the there-undersigned Electors of the Borough 
of Tralee, is ordered to be taken into consideration. 

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


A Petition of William Nicol, of Liverpool, in the 
county of Lancashire, in that part of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Eng- 
land, Esquire, one of the Candidates at the late 


Election for a Member of Parliament for the Bo- 
Vou. 93. 


4° Decembris. 





125 


rough of Youghal, im the county of Cork, in that 
part of the said United Kingdom called Jreland, was 
read ; setting forth, That at the said Election, Peti- 
tioner and I'rederick John Howard, Esquire, were 
Candidates to represent the said Borough of 
Youghal; that a poll being demanded at the said 
Election, the same was granted, and proceeded on, 
and William Andrews Lamb, Esquire, Mayor of the 
said town of Youghal, acted as and was the Re- 
turning Officer, at said Election, and at the close of 
the poll at said Election, on Tuesday the Eighth 
day of August last, declared the said Frederick 
John Howard to be duly elected a Burgess to re- 
present said Borough in Postion, although Peti- 
tioner had a majority of legal votes over the said 
Frederick John Howard, and ought to have been 
returned to serve in Parliament for the said Borough ; 
that the said Returning Officer admitted a large 
number of persons to poll for the said Frederick 
John Howard, who did not respectively hold and 
occupy, within said Borough of Youghal, as te- 
nants or owners thereof, any houses, warehouses, 
ro or shops, which, either separately 
or jointly with any land within said Borough oc- 
cupied by them respectively as tenants under the 
same landlord, or occupied by them respectively as 
owners, were of the clear yearly value of Ten pounds 
respectively ; that the said Returning Officer ad- 
mitted many other persons to poll for the said 
Frederick John Howard, whose warehouses, count- 
ing-houses, shops or other premises in respect of 
which they claimed to vote, were respectively situate 
beyond the legal limits of said Borough; that the 
said Returning Officer admitted many other persons 
to poll for the said Frederick John Howard, who, 
between the time of their being registered, and the 
time of their voting at the said Election, had quitted 
the houses or tenements out of which they het so 
respectively registered, and in respect of which 
registry alone they claimed a right to vote, and 
by which they had lost such right of voting, and 
also admitted many other persons to poll for the said 
Frederick John Howard, whose houses in respect 
of which they were registered, became, after the 
registering and before said last Election, of in- 
sufficient value to entitle said persons to vote at said 
Election; that the said Returning Officer admitted 
many persons to poll for the said Frederick John 
Howard as householders, who, at the time of their 
so voting, owed more than one half year’s grand 
jury or municipal cesses, rates and taxes, in respect 
of the premises mentioned in the certificate of 
registry ; that the said Frederick John Howard, by 
himself, his agents, friends and managers, partisans 
and others on his behalf, were, during the said 
Election, guilty of the most flagrant and notorious 
acts of intimidation, thereby unlawfully procuring 
by threats, divers persons being qualified to vote at 
the said Election, through fear to forbear to give 
their votes for Petitioner, and to vote for said Fre- 
derick John Howard, in violation of the rights of 
Election and the privileges of Parliament ; that the 
said Frederick John Howard, by himself, his agents, 
managers and friends, and others on their behalf, 
before and at and during the Election, were guilty 
of open and notorious acts of bribery and corruption 
of the electors of the said toot in order to in- 
fluence the said electors to give their votes to the 
said Frederick John Howard, and to refuse and for- 
bear to give their votes for Petitioner, and that the 
said Frederick John Howard, after the dissolution 
of the last Parliament, and at and during the said 
Election, by himgelf and his agents, managers and 
friends, and others on his behalf, did give, present 
and allow. to divers persons having and claiming to 
have voices in the said Election, money, presents, 
gifts and rewards, and did make promises, agree- 
ments, obligations and engagements to give, and did 
allow rewards, gifts and money, to and for divers 

R 3 persons 








Canterbury 
Election. 


126 


persons having voices in the said Election, and to 
and for the use, advantage, benefit and emoiument, 
profit and asa of such persons, in order to be 
elected and for being elected to serve in Parliament 
for the said Borough of Youghal; and that the said 
Frederick John fated by himself, his agents, 
managers, and by other persons on their behalf, as 
well before as at and during the said Election, did 
by gifts and rewards and by threats and promises, 
agreements, and securities for gifts and rewards, 
corrupt, procure, and attempt and endeavour to 
corrupt and procure, divers persons being and claim- 
ing to be the electors of the said Borough of Youghal, 
to refuse and forbear to give their votes for the said 
Petitioners, and to vote for said Frederick John 
Howard, in order that the said Frederick John 
Howard might be elected and returned to serve for 
this present Parliament, as Member for the said 
Borough, by all which means, and by other alleged 
practices, the said Frederick John Howard obtained 
a colourable majority over Petitioner on the poll 
taken at the said Election, and was illegally returned 
as a Burgess to represent the said Borough of 
Youghal in this Parliament; and the Petitioner 
therefore prays the House to take the premises into 
its consideration, and that, for the reasons aforesaid, 
it may be declared, that the said Frederick John 
Howard was not duly elected, and ought not to 
have been returned as a Burgess to serve in Parlia- 
ment for said Borough of Youghal, and that Peti- 
tioner may be declared duly elected to serve as a 
Burgess in Parliament for the said Borough, and 
that his name may be substituted in the said Return 
for the name of the said Frederick John Howard, 
and that such order may be made, and such further 
relief given in the premises as to the House shall 
seem fit. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this 
instant December, at the same time that the Peti- 
tion of John Musgrave Wigmore, and others, Elec- 
tors, is ordered to be taken into consideration. 

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


A Petition of Charles Sharp, of Castle-street, in 
the city of Canterbury, Licensed Victualler, and 
George Gorely, of North Lane, in the parish of 
Holycross, Westgate Without, in Canterbury afore- 
said, Licensed Victualler, and others, Electors of the 
said city of Canterbury, and who were duly regis- 
tered as such Electors, and had a right or claim to 
have had a right to vote, and who did vote, at the 
said Election of Members to serve in Parliament for 
the said City, was read; setting forth, That at the 
last Election of Members to serve in Parliament for 
the said City of Canterbury, in the month of July 
now last past, the Honourable Albert Denison 
Conyngham, commonly called Lord Albert Denison 
Conyngham, James Bradshaw, Esquire, Frederick 
Villiers, Esquire, and Henry Plumptree Gipps, 
Esquire, were Candidates to represent the said City 
in Parliament; that the said Election was held in 
the month of July aforesaid, and at the close of the 
poll taken at that Election, the said Lord Albert 
Denison Conyngham and James Bradshaw were de- 
clared to have had the majority of votes, and were 
returned as duly elected Members to represent the 
said City in this present Parliament; that at the 
time of the said Election of Members to serve in 
Parliament for the said City as aforesaid, the said 
James Bradshaw was not the eldest son or heir 
apparent of any Peer or Lord of Parliament, nor of 


any person qualified by law to serve as a Knight of | 


the Shire, and the said James Bradshaw was not, 


4° Decembris. 








at the time of such Election, seised of or entitled to | 
an estate, freehold or copyhold, for his own, or for | of the said City and County of the City of Dublin, 





A. 1837. 


any greater estate, either at law or in equity, to and 
for his own use ard benefit, of or in lands, tene- 
ments or hereditaments, over and above what would 
satisfy and clear all incumbrances that might affect 
the same, lying or being within the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, of the annual 
value of Three hundred pounds, above reprizes, and 
therefore that the said James Bradshaw was not 
entitled to stand as a Candidate to represent the said 
City in this Parliament, or capable to sit or vote as 
a Member of the House for the said City of Canter- 
bury ; that the said James Bradshaw, by himself, 
his agents, friends and managers, and by persons 
employed by him, and in his behalf, before and dur- 
ing the time of the said Election, was guilty of open 
and extensive bribery and other corrupt practices, in 
order to procure persons having a right to vote at 
the said Election to vote for him the said James 
Bradshaw, and in order that he the said James Brad- 
shaw might be returned to Parliament, and that the 
said bribery and other corrupt practices of the said 
James Bradshaw, his agents, friends and managers, 
were open and notorious in the said City ; that the 
said James Bradshaw, by himself, his agents, friends 
and managers, and by persons employed by him, 
and in his behalf, did, as well before as after the 
teste of the Writ for the said Election, and at and 
during the same Election, and before the Election 
of the said James Bradshaw, to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said City of Canterbury, give, 
present and allow to various persons having or 
claiming to have a right to vote in the said Election, 
bread, meat, drink, entertainments, and promises, 
agreements, obligations and engagements to give 
and allow bread, meat, drink, presents, rewards, and 
entertainments, to and for such persons, in order 
that he might be elected and for being elected a 
Member to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said City of Canterbury; thatthe said James Brad- 
shaw, by the said corrupt and illegal practices, was, 
and is wholly disqualified and incapacitated and 
ineligible to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said City of Canterbury, and the Return of the said 
James Bradshaw was and is wholly null and void ; 
the Petitioners therefore humbly pray the House to 
take the premises into consideration, and declare the 
Election and Return of the said James Bradshaw 
wholly null and void, or grant to the Petitioners 
such relief in the premises as to the House shall 
seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into con- 
sideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this instant 
December, at the same time that the Petition of 
Henry Plumptre Gipps, Esquire, is ordered to be 
taken into consideration. 

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


A Petition of Edward Cottingham, of Belfield, in Dublin City 
the county of Dublin, Esquire, Roger Chambers Election. 


Walker, ot No. 2, Granby Row, in the city of Dub- 
lin, Esquire, Barrister-at-law, John Phayre, of No. 
62, William-street, in the city of Dublin, Builder, 
and William Evans, of No. 27, Aungier-street, in 
the city of Dublin, House Painter, Electors of the 
city and county of the city of Dublin, on behalf of 
themselves and others, claiming a right to vote, and 
who were entitled to vote, and voted at the last 
Election of Members to serve in Parliament for the 
said City and County of the same, was read ; setting 
forth, That an Election for Two Members to serve in 
Parliament for the said City and County of the City 
of Dublin, was held at the Sessions-house, in G‘reen- 
street, in the said City, on Monday the Thirty-first 
day of July One thousand eight hundred and thirty- 
seven, and all the Petitioners are and were electors 


and 








1 Vievoriz. 


and were entitled to vote, and did vote, as such at 
the said Election ; that at the said Election, Loftus 
Anthony Bryan and John Veevers, Esquires, Sheriffs 
of the said City, were and acted as the Returning 
Officers, and George Alexander Hamilton, Esquire, 
John Beatty West, Esquire, Daniel O’ Connell, Es- 
quire, and Robert Hutton, Esquire, were severally 
put in nomination as Candidates at the said Elec- 
tion; that at the said Election the poll commenced 
on Tuesday, the First day of August last, and finally 
closed on the following Saturday, the Fifth day of 
the same month, when the numbers of votes on the 
said poll were declared by the said Returning Officers 
to be, for the said Daniel O’ Connell, 3,556 ; for the 
said Robert Hutton, 3,542; for the said George 
Alexander Hamilton, 3,467 ; and, for the said John 
Beatty West, 3,461, and thereupon the said Return- 
ing Officers declared (but as the Petitioners submit, 
and hereafter show, unduly declared) the said Daniel 
O’Connell and Robert Hutton to have obtained 
a majority of votes at the said Election, and the 

accordingly returned the said Daniel O’ Connell and 
Robert Hutton, as elected to serve as Members for 
the said City and County of the same, in this present 
Parliament ; that the said alleged majority of votes 
on the said poll for the said Daniel O’ Connell and 
Robert Hutton, over the said George Alexander 
Hamilton and John Beatty West, respectively, was 
only a fictitious and colourable majority, and pro- 
cured and obtained by means of the rejection by the 
said Returning Officers of the votes of a great num- 
ber of duly qualified electors who tendered, declared 
and gave their votes for the said George Alexander 
Hamilton and John Beatty West, and by the admis- 
sion of illegal and fraudulent votes for the said 
Daniel O’ Connell and Robert Hutton, and by the 
undue and illegal and unconstitutional means here- 
inafter stated; that the said George Alexander 
Hamilton and John Beatty West, at the said Elec- 
tion, had a majority of legal and valid votes over the 
said Daniel O’Connell and Robert Hutton, and 
should have been declared to have been elected, and 
should have been returned at the said Election, in 
the place and stead of the said Daniel O’ Connell 
and Robert Hutton, as the Petitioners submit will 
appear upon an examination of the said poll ; that 
a great number of persons, members, or under the 
influence of a certain political association, called 
“ The Trades’ National Political Union,” of which 
the said Daniel O’ Connell is President, have from 
time to time come forward at the sessions held for 
that purpose, claiming to be registered as voters for 
the said City and County of the City of Dublin, by 
virtue of alleged qualifications as occupiers of houses, 
warehouses, counting-houses and shops, but which 
qualifications they did not, at the time of the said 
registry, in fact possess, many of them being merely 
lodgers or room-keepers, holding as weekly tenants, 
and at weekly rents of from two to three shillings, 
upper rooms or garrets, — of them being occu- 
piers of small shops, workshops or sheds, by the 
week at the like weekly rents, others of them oc- 
cupying cellars underground, and stalls or sheds in 
markets, others of them not occupying at all the 
premises described in their notices, others occupying 
such premises, merely as servants or managers, and 
others claiming to register out of premises which 
did not actually exist ; that a great number of per- 
sons have, from time to time, come forward and 
claimed to be registered as householders who were 
at the time of such registry in arrear for more than 
one half year’s amount of the grand jury cess, and 
other municipal cesses, rates or taxes, or some one 
or more of them legally due and payable by them in 
respect of the houses, warehouses, counting-houses 
or shops, in right of which they so claimed, but who 
were, nevertheless, unduly admitted to be registered, 
and still appear upon the Register as householders 
— — for the said City and County of the 

oL. 93. 


4° Decembris. 





197 


same, and who unduly obtained certificates of such 
admission, and of their right to vote for the same ; 
that a great number of persons whose claims ought 
to have been rejected, have been from time to time 
unduly admitted to be registered, and still appear 
upon the Register as householders, and have ob- 
tained certificates, declaring their right to vote as 
such for the said City and County of the same, who 
did not, at the time of such registry, hold or occupy 
any house, warehouse, counting-house or shop, 
within the meaning of the Act of the 2d and 3d 
William 4, c. 88 ; that a great number of persons 
whose claims ought to have been rejected, have been 
from time admitted to be registered, and still appear 
upon the Register as householders, and have ob- 
tained certificates as such, who did not, at the time 
of such registry, hold or occupy the premises men- 
tioned in their said certificates, and in the affidavits 
then by them made ; that a great number of persons 
whose claims ought to have been rejected, have been 
from time to time admitted to be registered, and 
still appear upon the Register as householders, and 
have obtained certificates as such, in respect of 
alleged qualifications of houses, warehouses, count- 
ing-houses and shops, which were not at the time of 
such registry respectively, of the clear yearly value 
of Ten pounds, and which the said claimants held 
merely as weekly tenants or lodgers, or at will; that 
a great number of persons whose claims ought to 
have been rejected, have been from time to time 
admitted to be registered, and still appear upon the 
Register as householders, and have obtained cer- 
tificates as such, who were at the time of the said 
registry, joint occupiers of the houses, warehouses, 
counting-houses and shops, in respect of which they 
so registered as voters ; that several persons whose 
claims ought to have been rejected, have been from 
time to time admitted to be registered, and still 
appear upon the Register as householders, in respect 
of alleged qualifications from houses, warehouses, 
counting-houses and shops, each of whom registered, 
in conjunction with others, out of one and the same 
house, warehouse, counting-house or shop, as the 
case may be; that several persons whose claims 
ought to have been rejected, have been, from time 'to 
time, admitted to be registered and still appear upon 
the Register as householders, and have obtained 
certificates as such, in respect of certain houses, 
warehouses, counting-houses and shops, which did 
not at the time of such registry exist; that several 
“soe whose claims ought to have been rejected, 
ave been from time to time admitted to be regis- 
tered, and still appear upon the Register as free- 
holders and es. lag and have obtained certi- 
ficates as such, who had not at the time of such 

registry in the houses and premises, out of which the 
so registered respectively, a beneficial interest of the 
amount and value required by law; that several 
— whose claims ought to have been rejected, 
ave been from time to time admitted to be regis- 
tered, and still appear upon the Register as free- 
holders, leaseholders or householders, who at the 
time of such registry had become bankrupts or in- 
solvents, and whose interest in the houses, lands and 
premises out of which they so claimed to register 
had then become and were then vested in their 
respective assignees, or in other persons ; that several 
a whose claims ought to have been rejected, 
ave been from time to time admitted to be regis- 
tered, and still appear upon the Register as free- 
holders by virtue ot dune freeholds, under leases 
of lands, houses and premises, for a life or lives, 
made by or derived under lessors, who at the time 
of the making the said alleged leases, had not them- 
selves and were therefore incapable of conveying 
to others any freehold estate or interest in the pre- 
mises therein mentioned ; that several persons, whose 
claims ought to have been rejected, have been from 
time to time unduly admitted to be registered, and 
R4 still 











128 


still appear upon the Register as leaseholders, and 
have obtained certificates as such, although the said 
persons being sub-lessees, or the assignees of under- 
leases, were not at the time of such registry, or for 
the entire term of six calendar months next previous 
thereto, in the actual occupation of the premises in 
respect of which they were so admitted to be regis- 
tered; that several persons whose claims ought to 
have been rejected, have been from time to time 
unduly admitted to be registered, and still appear 
upon the Register as freeholders and leaseholders, 
and have respectively obtained certificates as such, 
who had not at the time of their said registration 
respectively any freehold or leasehold estate or in- 
terest in the premises in respect of which they so 
claimed and were admitted to be registered; that 
several persons have been from time to time unduly 
and irregularly registered, and still appear upon the 
Register as voters, and have obtained certificates as 
such, who were not entitled to be so registered, by 
reason that they did not respectively take and sub- 
scribe at the time of their alleged registration, or at 
all, the oath or affidavit required by the Act 2d and 
3d William 4, c. 88; that many persons have been 
from time to time unduly and irregularly registered, 
and still appear upon the Register as voters, and 
have obtained certificates as such, who took and 
subscribed at the time of their alleged registration, 
defective oaths and affidavits, different in substance 
from those prescribed by the said Act; that thus a 
great number of persons who for other causes were 
not qualified or were disqualified, or who had ceased 
to be qualified, and who were not entitled at the 
time of their respective registries, have been from 
time to time unduly admitted to be registered and 
still appear upon the Register as voters for the said 
City, and have unduly obtained certificates as such ; 
that, during the continuance of the poll at the said 
last Election, a great number of the said persons 
who had been so unduly and illegally registered as 
aforesaid, upon the various false and unfounded 
claims and defective qualifications above mentioned, 
were nevertheless admitted to vote, and did vote, for 
the said Daniel O’Connell and Robert Hutton, and 
whose votes ought to be disallowed and struck off 
the poll as bad, invalid and illegal votes; that 
several persons voted at the said Election, and their 
votes were admitted and counted upon the poll m 


favour of the said Daniel O'Connell and Robert | 


Hutton, who were not registered as voters for the 
said City, and had no colour of right or title to vote 
for the same, but who personated and falsely and 
fraudulently represented other persons whose names 
did appear upon the Register of voters for the said 
City, but who were at the time of the said Election 
either dead or absent from the same ; that all such 
votes are utterly bad and invalid, and ought to be 
struck off the poll ; that a great number of persons 
were admitted to vote, and did vote, at the said 
Election in favour of the said Daniel O’ Connell and 
Robert Hutton, as householders occupying houses, 
warehouses, counting-houses or shops, by whom 
more than one half year’s grand jury or municipal 
cesses, rates or taxes, were at time of their so voting 
due and payable in respect of the premises in their 
certificates and affidavits of registry respectively 
mentioned, and in respect of which they were regis- 
tered and claimed to vote, whereas the votes of 
such persons are bad, illegal and invalid, and ought 
to be disallowed and struck off the poll; that several 
rsons were admitted to vote and voted as house- 
olders at the said Election for the said Daniel 
O'Connell and Robert Hutton, whose qualification 
as registered voters for the said City did not continue 
at the time when they so voted, but had ceased to 
continue previous to the said Election, and sub- 
sequent to the time of their registry, and whose 
votes ought to struck off the poll accordingly, inas- 
much as thev had ceased to hold or occupy as 


4° Decembris. 








A. 1837. 


owners or tenants the premises in respect of which 
they had been respectively registered ; that several 

rsons were admitted to vote, and voted, at the said 

lection for the said Daniel O’ Connell and Robert 
Hutton, as freeholders, leaseholders or householders, 
who had become bankrupts or insolvents since the 
time of their respective registries, and whose estate 
and interest respectively in the premises in respect 
of which they had registered, were then or had 
been in the interval between the time of their regis- 
tration and the time of their so voting, legally vested 
in their respective assignees or other persons, and 
whose qualification as such registered voters did not 
then continue, and whose votes ought to be struck 
off the poll accordingly; that several persons were 
admitted to vote and voted at the said Election for 
the said Daniel O’Connell and Robert Hutton as 
freeholders or leaseholders who had been evicted 
from the houses and premises in right of which they 
had been respectively registered, or whose interests 
respectively in such houses or premises had expired 
or had otherwise determined since their registry, 
and whose qualification as such registered voters had 
thereby ceased, and did not then continue, and whose 
votes were therefore null and invalid, and ought to 
be struck off the poll accordingly ; that several per- 
sons voted at the said Election for the said Daniel 
O’ Connell and Robert Hutton, as ten pound free- 
holders or ten pound leaseholders, or as leaseholders 
being sub-lessees, or the assignees of under-leases, 
who at the time of their so voting, had respectively 
ceased to occupy the premises out of which they so 
registered, and whose qualification as registered 
voters, therefore, did not then continue, and whose 
votes ought to be struck off the poll accordingly ; 
that several persons claiming to be electors and re- 
gistered as freeholders, leaseholders or householders 
respectively, voted at the said Election for the said 
Daniel O’ Connell and Robert Hutton, who had not 
been registered for a period of six calendar months 
previous to the teste of the Writ for holding the said 
Election, and the votes of such persons were never- 
theless admitted and entered, and reckoned upon the 
poll, for the said Daniel O’Connell and Robert 
Hutton, although the parties so voting were not at 
the time entitled to vote, and their votes ought to be 
disallowed accordingly; that several persons dis- 
qualified from voting at the said Election by the 
provisions of different statutes, as the holders of 
certain offices or official situations, were nevertheless 
admitted tovote and voted thereat for the said Daniel 
O’ Connell and Robert Hutton, in defiance of the ob- 
jections raised against their votes, whereas such 
votes are null and void to all intents and purposes 
whatsoever, and ought to be struck off the poll 
accordingly ; that several persons were admitted to 
vote and voted for the said Daniel O’ Connell and 
Robert Hutton at the said Election, who were during 
the said Election, or within fourteen days after the 
same was completed, or who had been within six 
calendar months previous thereto, employed as 
counsel, agents, attornies, poll-clerks, or in other 
capacities, for the purposes of such Election, and 
had, either before, during, or after such Election, 
accepted or taken from the said Daniel O’ Connell 
and Robert Hutton, or one of them, or from some 
other person or persons, for or in consideration of or 
with reference to such employment, a sum or sums 
of money, retaining fees, offices, — or employ- 
ments, or promises or securities for a sum or sums 
of money, retaining fees, offices, places, or — 
ments, although such persons were incapable of 
voting at such Election, and their votes are utterly 
void and of none effect, and ought therefore to be 
struck off the poll; that many other persons who 
were otherwise disqualified, or had ceased to be 
qualified, were admitted to vote at the said Election, 
and voted for the said Daniel O’ Connell and Robert 
Hutton, but whose votes ought to be struck off the 


poll ; 











1 Vicroriz. 


vote for the said Daniel O’Connell and Robert 
Hutton at the said last Election, had at the previous 
Election for the said City and County of the City of 
Dublin, and which took place on the Twelfth day of 
January One thousand eight hundred and thirty- 
five, voted, and their votes were struck off the poll 
of the said previous Election, by a Committee of the 
House, as not being duly qualified electors of the 
said City ; that many other persons were admitted 
to vote and voted at the said Election for the said 
Daniel O’ Connell and Robert Hutton, whose votes 
had been procured by the corrupt and illegal and 
unconstitutional means hereinafter stated; that, 
previous to and during the said Election, several 
persons holding official situations in the household 
of His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 
and other servants of the Crown, and members or 
dependents of the Queen’s Government in Jreland, 
unconsiitutionally interfered in the said Election, by 
canvassing, soliciting, procuring, and compelling the 
votes of divers electors of the said City, on behalf of 
the said Daniel O’ Connell and Robert Hutton, whom 
they designated as the Government Candidates, and, 
in some cases by threats, and in others by promises 
and solicitations, caused several of the said electors, 
who but for such indecent and wrongful interference 
would have voted and were desirous of voting for 
the said George Alexander Hamilton and John 
Beatty West, to give their votes for the said Daniel 
O’ Connell and Robert Hutton, or to forbear giving 
them to the said George Alexander Hamilton and 
John Beatty West; that the official power and in- 
fluence of the agents and servants of the Crown in 
Ireland were directly, urgently and oppressively 
exerted to procure, and did in &amp; contribute to pro- 
cure, the oem of the said Daniel O’ Connell and 
Robert Hutton as Members for the said City, in 
disobedience to the Resolutions of the House, in 
contempt of its privileges and dignity, in abuse of 
the royal name and authority, to the great peril of 
public liberty, and in open violation of the independ- 
ence and purity of Elections ; that the said Daniel 
O’ Connell and Robert Hutton, by themselves, their 
agents, friends and managers, and by persons em- 
ployed on their behalf, were guilty of the most 
flagrant acts of intimidation in the course of the said 
Election, and by illegal threats and menaces caused 
several electors of the said City, through fear of per- 
secution and injury to themselves and their families, 
to forbear and abstain from giving their votes for the 
said George Alexander Hamilton and John Beatty 
West, and in some instances to give their votes for 
the said Daniel O’ Connell and Robert Hutton, to the 
great grievance of the Petitioners and their fellow 
subjects throughout the Realm; that the said Daniel 
O’Connell and Robert Hutton, by their agents, 
friends and managers, before, at and during the said 
Election, were guilty of extensive bribery and cor- 
ruption, and employed undue influence, and gave, 
and caused to be given, divers sums of money, meat, 
drink, and entertainment, and other gifts and re- 
wards, and made, and caused to be made, divers 
agreements with and promises to persons having or 
claiming to have a right to vote, in order to procure 
them, and each of them, to vote at the said Election 
for the said Daniel O’Connell and Robert Hutton, 
and to forbear to vote for the said George Alexander 
Hamilton and John Beatty West, and in order to 
procure them, the said Dantel O’ Connell and Robert 
Hutton to be returned as Members for the said City 
and County of the same; that many persons were 
induced and procured to vote, and voted at the said 
Election for the said Daniel O’ Connell and Robert 
Hutton, by the above corrupt and illegal means, and 


the votes of such persons so bribed, corrupted, com- | 


pelled and intimidated, were admitted and entered 

and reckoned upon the poll in favour of the last- 

ay Candidates, and which ought to be dis- 
oL. 93. 


4° Decembris. 








129 


Poll; that a great number of the said persons who | allowed and struck off; that several persons, elec- 
were so disqualified, and who were so admitted to | tors or voters of the said City and County of the 


City of Dublin, who had been duly admitted to the 
freedom of the said City, by reason of birth, marriage, 
or service, and who had been respectively dul 
registered, and had obtained certificates of suc 
registration, duly signed, pursuant to the provisions 
of the said Act of the 2d and 3d William 4, c. 88, and 
who were fully entitled to vote at the said Election, 
attended at the booths during the continuance of the 
said Election, and tendered, declared, and gave their 
votes for the said George Alexander Hamilton and 
John Beatty West, and the names of such electors 
and the right in which they voted were duly entered 
on the poll-books as electors who had voted for the 
said George Alexander Hamilton and John Beatty 
West, but upon objection being taken to the said 
voters by the agents of the said Daniel O’Connell 
and Robert Hutton, on the futile and immaterial 
pretext that they had been registered within six ca- 
lendar months previous to the teste of the Writ for 
holding the said Election,the said Returning Officers 
or their Assessor directed that the votes of the said 
electors should be marked as rejected on the said 
poll-books, and should not be reckoned upon the 
poll for the said George Alexander Hamilton and 
John Beatty West ; that the votes of the said electors 
were accordingly omitted to be reckoned upon the 
poll, although they were fully entitled to be placed 
and counted thereon, and ought now to be added 
thereto ; that several persons, electors or voters of 
the said City and County of the same, who had been 
duly admitted to the freedom of the City, by reason 
of birth, marriage, or service, and who had been re- 
spectively duly registered, and had obtained certifi- 
cates of such registration duly signed pursuant to 
the provisions of the said Act, and were duly quali- 
fied to vote, tendered their votes at the said Election 
for the said George Alexander Hamilton and John 
Beatty West, but their said votes so tendered were 
unduly and improperly rejected and refused by the 
said Returning Officers, and the votes of the said 
last-mentioned electors were not reckoned upon the 
poll for the said George Alexander Hamilton and 
John Beatty West, whereas such votes were good, 
valid, and legal votes, and ought now to be entered 
and reckoned upon the poll accordingly; that 
several other electors of the said City and County 
of the same, and who were duly registered and qua- 
lified to vote at the said Election, tendered or gave 
their votes thereat for the said George Alexander 
Hamilton and John Beatty West, but the votes of 
the said last-mentioned persons were rejected by the 
said Returning Officers, and were not entered and 
reckoned upon the poll for the said George Alexander 
Hamilton and John Beatty West as they ought then 
to have been, and ought now to be ; that if the votes 
of the said electors of the said City of Dublin, which 
were thus, as the Petitioners submit, unduly and 
erroneously rejected and removed from the said poll, 
by the said Returning Officers, had been reckoned 
upon the poll, and if the various illegal and invalid 
votes which, as above mentioned, were unduly ad- 
mitted in favour of the said Daniel O’ Connell and 
Robert Hutton had been rejected, there would have 
been at the close of the said poll a large majority 
of legal votes for the said George Alexander Hamiil- 
ton and John Beatty West; that by the admission 
of the said bad, illegal, fraudulent and invalid votes 
of the said persons who as aforesaid voted at the said 
Election for the said Daniel O’ Connell and Robert 
Hutton, and es the rejection or removal from the poll 
of the said duly qualified electors who voted or ten- 
dered their votes for the said George Alexander 
Hamilton and John Beatty West, and by the above 
and other illegal and unconstitutional means, the said 
Daniel O'Connell and Robert Hutton obtained a 
colourable, fictitious and fraudulent majority over the 
said George Alexander Hamilton and ‘John Beatty 
West on the poll taken at the said Election, and 
8 were 





Flint Election. 





130 4° Decembris. A. 1837. 


were illegally declared to have been elected, and | dates to represent the said County of Flint in Par- 
were illegally returned to serve in Parliament for the liament ; that the said Election was held in the 
said City and County of the City, to the manifest | month of August now last past ; that the poll was 
prejudice and grievance of the Petitioners and the taken on the Eighth and Ninth days of the said 
other duly qualified electors of the said City, and of month of August, and that at the close of the poll, 
the said George Alexander Hamilton and John the said Sir Stephen Richard Glynne, Baronet, was 
Beatty West, who were, as the Petitioners submit, | declared to have had the majority of votes, and was 
duly elected by a large majority of legal votes given | returned as duly elected Member to represent the 
for them at the said Election, and ought to have | said County of Flint in this present Parliament ; 
been returned thereat, as Citizens to serve in Parlia-| that the numbers of votes on the poll in favour of 
ment for the said City and County of the same ; the | the said Sir Stephen Richard Glynne were declared 
Petitioners therefore humbly pray, that inasmuch as | to be 941, and in favour of the said Edward Mostyn 
the votes of the said freemen, who were duly quali- | Lloyd Mostyn, 906; that the said Sir Stephen 
fied electors, and other duly qualified electors, who | Richard Glynne, by himself, his agents, friends and 
voted for the said George Alexander Hamilton and | managers, and by persons employed by him and in 
John Beatty West, but who were so rejected as | his behalf, before and during the time of the said 
aforesaid, ought to have been reckoned on the poll, | Election, was guilty of open and extensive bribery 
and inasmuch as no scrutiny of the persons so | and other corrupt practices, and used various threats 
illegally admitted to be registered and to vote was | and menaces, and employed undue influence and 
permitted to take place at the said Election, and inas- | other illegal and improper means, in order to pro- 
much as the examination of matters and things | cure persons having a right to vote at the said Elec- 
affecting the freedom of Election, the correction of | tion to vote for him, the said Sir Stephen Richard 
abuses, and the removal of fraudulent votes from the | G/ynne, and in order that he, the said Sir Stephen 
Registry, are most important to the fair and free re- | Richard Glynne, might be returned to Parliament, 
presentation of the people,and the due administration | and that the said bribery and other corrupt prac- 
of government, the House will be pleased to take | tices were open and notorious in the said County 
into their consideration the several matters and things | of Flint; that the said Sir Stephen Richard Glynne, 
hereinbefore stated, and will order and direct that by himself, his agents, friends and managers, and 
the said Return of the said Daniel O’ Connell and | by persons employed by him and in his behalf, did, 
Robert Hutton, so made by the said Sheriffs of the , as well before as after the teste of the Writ for the 
City of Dublin, be amended, by erasing the names | said Election, and at and during the same Election, 
of the said Daniel O’ Connell and Robert Hutton | and before the Election of the said Sir Stephen 
therefrom, and by inserting therein the names of the | Richard Glynne to serve in this present Parliament 
said George Alexander Hamilton and John Beatty | for the said County of Flint, give, present and allow 
West, or that the House will declare that the said | to various persons having or claiming to have a right 
Daniel O’Connell and Robert Hutton respectively | to vote in the said Election, bread, meat, drink, en- 
were not duly elected, and ought not to have been tertainments, and promises, agreements, obligations 
returned, but that the said George Alexander Hamil-| and engagements to give and allow bread, meat, 
ton and John Beatty West were duly elected and | drink, presents, rewards and entertainments, to and 
ought to have been returned, and will declare that | for such persons, in order that he might be elected, 
the said Election and Return of the said Daniel | and for bemg elected, a Member to serve in this 
O’ Connell and Robert Hutton was and is wholly null | present Parliament for the said County of Flint; 
and void, and that the names of the said George | that the said Sir Stephen Richard Glynne, by the 
Alexander Hamilton and John Beatty West may | said corrupt and illegal practices, was and is wholly 
accordingly be substituted in the said Return, in the | disqualified and incapacitated and ineligible to serve 
place of the said Daniel O’ Conneliand Robert Hut-|in this present Parliament for the said County of 
ton, or that the said Election and Return for the said | Flint, and the Return of the said Sir Stephen Richard 
City and County of the same may be declared wholly | Glynne was and is wholly void; that, in consequence 
null and void, or that the House may make such | of the said bribery and treating, and other corrupt 
other order, and give such further relief in the pre-| and illegal practices aforesaid, and the ineligibility, 
mises, for securing the freedom of Election in the ; incapacity and disqualification of the said Sir Stephen 
said City and County of the same, as the House shall | Richard Glynne to serve in this present Parliament 
think fit, and the nature and merits of the case may | as a Member for the said ce of Flint, by reason 
require. of the said bribery, treating and corrupt and illegal 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into | practices, the following notice was printed, and was, 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this | early on the first day of the said poll, that is to say, 
instant December, at the same time that their former | at twelve o’clock on that day, and from that time 
Petition is ordered to be taken into consideration. _| until the close of the poll, distributed in divers public 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant, | places, and at the several polling places in the said 
or Warrants, for such persons, papers and records | County of Flint; that is to say, “ Notice is hereby 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties | given, that all votes given for Sir Stephen Richard 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. Glynne, Baronet, at the present Election of a Knight 
to serve in Parliament for the County of Flint, will 

Then the names of the places to which the re-| be thrown away and lost, by reason of the said Sir 
sidue of the said Petitions related (being all of them | Stephen Richard Glynne having, by himself, or by 
Petitions of the last Class) were put into the glass at | his friends or agents, had recourse to bribery, treat- 
th: Table, and drawn by the Clerk in the following | ing, coercion, intimidation and other illegal acts, 
orcer : for the purpose of unlawfully influencing the electors 

A Petition of George Griffith, of Garn, in the | of the said County of Flint in the exercise of their 
county of Denbigh, Esquire, and of Thomas Bicker- | franchise ; dated the Seventh day of August One 
ton, of Lleweng, in the said county of Denbigh, | thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven ;” that, 
Farmer, Electors of the county of Flint, and who | notwithstanding such notice, several electors were 
were duly registered as such electors, and had a | induced and influenced to vote, and did vote, for 
right or claim to have a right to vote, and who did | the said Sir Stephen Richard Glynne, well knowing 
vote, at the last Election of a Member to serve in| that he, the said Sir Stephen Richard Glynne, was 
Parliament for the said County of Flint, was read ; | ineligible, incapable and disqualified to serve in this 
setting forth, That at the last Election of a Member | Parliament for the said County of Flint, for the cause 
to serve in Parliament for the said County of Flint, | aforesaid, and by means of the votes of such electors, 
the Honourable Edward Mostyn Lloyd Mostyn and | an apparent majority of votes was caused and ob- 
Sir Stephen Richard Glynne, Baronet, were Candi-| tained in favour of the said Sir Stephen Richard 
Glynne ; 











Woodstock 
Election, 





1 Vicroriz. 


Glynne; that the said majority was colourable only, 
and the majority of good and valid votes at the said 
Election was given and recorded in favour of the 
said Edward Mostyn Lloyd Mostyn, who ought to 
have been returned as Member to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the said County of Flint, instead 
of the said Sir Stephen Richard Glynne ; that ex- 
tensive and systematic bribery and treating, and 
extensive and systematic coercion and intimidation 
of the electors of and for the said County of Flint, 
by means of divers threats and menaces, were re- 
sorted to and practised in favour of the said Sir 
Stephen Richard Glynne, and in order to promote 
and procure his Election for the said County of 
Flint, by reason whereof his said Election was and 
is wholly null and void; the Petitioners therefore 
humbly pray the House to take the premises into 
consideration, and to declare the said Sir Stephen 
Richard Glynne not duly elected or returned to 
serve in this Parliament for the said County of Flint, 
and that the said Edward Mostyn Lloyd Mostyn be 
declared duly elected to serve in this Parliament 
for the said County of Flint, and that his name be 
substituted in the place of that of the said Sir 
Stephen Richard Glynne, or to declare the said 
Election and Return of the said Sir Stephen Richard 
Glynne wholly null and void, and that the House 
will grant to the Petitioners such further and other 
relief in the premises as to the House shall seem 
meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this 
instant December, at six of the clock in the After- 
noon, 

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


A Petition of Charles Spencer Churchill, com- 
monly called Lord Charles Spencer Churchill, was 
read; setting forth, That at the last Election of a 
Member to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Woodstock, the Petitioner and Henry 
Peyton, of Stratton Audley, in the county of Oxford, 
Esquire, were Candidates to represent the said Bo- 
rough in Parliament ; that a poll having been de- 
manded at the said Election by and on the part of 
the Petitioner, was proceeded in by William Carter, 
Esquire, the Returning Officer of the said Borough, 
and the said Henry Peyton was, by the said Return- 
ing Officer deciared duly elected, and was by him 
returned as a Burgess to serve in Parliament for 
the said Borough of Woodstock in this present Par- 
liament; that at the said Election divers persons 
whose stated qualifying property was not of suffi- 
cient value as required by law, and divers persons 
who were not duly rated to the relief of the poor, 
in respect of the property in right of which they 
claimed to vote, and also divers other persons who 
had not paid and were in arrears for their poor 
rates, and divers other persons who had received 
parish relief within twelve months before the Elec- 
tion, and divers other persons who, from various 
causes and disqualification, had no legal right to 
vote, were allowed to vote, and did vote, for the 
said Henry Peyton; that before and at and during 
the said Election, the said Henry Peyton was, by 
himself, his agents, friends, managers, and other 
persons employed in his behalf, guilty of bribery 
and corruption, in order to corrupt and procure, 
and the said Henry Peyton did, by himself, and by 
his agents, friends, managers and other persons in 
his behalf, by divers ways and means, by gifts, 
presents, money and other rewards, or by promises, 
offers, agreements and engagements for gifts, money 
and other rewards, corrupt and procure, and endea- 
vour to corrupt and procure, persons having a claim 
to have a right to vote at such Election, to give 
their votes for the said Henry Peyton, and to for- 

Vou. 93. 


4° Decembris. 








131 


bear to give their votes for the Petitioner, in order 
that the said Henry Peyton might be elected and 
returned to serve in this present Parliament as a 
Burgess for the said Borough of Woodstock; that 
after the place to be supplied by the said Election 
became vacant, and as well before and after the 
teste or issuing out of the said Writ for the said 
Election, the said Henry Peyton did, by himself, 
his agents, friends, managers and other persons em- 
ployed in his behalf, by divers ways and means, 
and at his costs and charges, directly and indirectly 
give, present and allow to persons having votes at 
such Election, money, meat, drink, lodging, enter- 
tainment, provision and reward, and did make pre- 
sents, gifts, rewards and promises, agreements, obli- 
gations and engagements to give money, meat, drink, 
provision, presents, reward and entertainment to 
and for persons having votes as aforesaid, and to 
and for the use, advantage, benefit, enjoyment, profit 
and preferment of such persons, in order that he, 
the said Henry Peyton, might be elected, and for 
being elected, to serve in Parliament for the said 
Borough of Woodstock; that the said Henry Peyton, 
by the said corrupt and illegal practices, was and 
is wholly incapacitated and ineligible to serve in 
this Parliament for the said Borough of Woodstock ; 
that gross, notorious, general, systematic bribery 
and corruption was practised and carried on before 
and at and during the said Election, by divers per- 
sons in the interest of the said Henry Peyton, and 
on his behalf, and that the Election and Return of 
the said Henry Peyton was in a great degree pro- 
cured and brought about by means of such bribery 
and corruption; that the said Election and Return 
of the said Henry Peyton having been procured b 
corrupt, illegal and scandalous practices as nail, 
in direct defiance of the laws of Parliament and of 
this realm, in violation of the right of the Petitioner 
and of the electors of the said Borough, was and is 
null and void, and ought to be set aside; that at 
the poll taken at the said Election, divers persons 
were admitted to vote, and did vote, for the said 
Henry Peyton, who had asked, received and taken 
money or reward by way of gift, loan or other device, 
or had agreed or contracted for money, gift, office, 
employment or other reward, to give their votes to 
and for the said Henry Peyton, and refuse or forbear 
to give their votes for the Petitioner, and divers 
persons were admitted to vote, and did vote, at the 
said Election, who, by themselves, or persons em- 
ployed by him, did, by gifts or rewards or by pro- 
mises, agreements or securities for gifts or rewards, 
corrupt and procure, or to attempt to corrupt or 
procure, persons to give their votes for the said 
Henry Peyton, or to forbear to give their votes for 
the Petitioner ; that by the illegal ways and means 
aforesaid, the said Henry Peyton obtained a colour- 
able majority of votes over the Petitioner, and pro- 
cured himself to be returned to serve for the said 
Borough of Woodstock ; whereas the Petitioner had 
a majority of legal votes at the said Election, and 
was duly elected, and ought to have been returned 
to this Parliament for the said Borough; the Peti- 
tioner therefore humbly prays that the House will 
take the premises into their consideration, and will 
declare that the said Henry Peyton was not duly 
elected, and ought not to have been returned to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough of Woodstock, and that the Petitioner was 
duly elected, and ought to have been returned, and 
will direct the Clerk of the Crown to amend the 
Return of the said Election, by striking out the 
name of the said Henry Peyton, and by inserting 
the name of the Petitioner in lieu thereof, or will 
declare the Election and Return of the said Henry 
Peyton to be null and void, or will afford to the 
Petitioner such other relief in the premises as to the 
House shall seem meet. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this 
82 instant 





} 
a 
, tl 
ti 

i 

| 
a 
. | 

} 

} 

| 

/ 

i 

| 


132 4° Decembris. 


instant December, at five minutes after six of the 
clock in the Afternoon. 

A Petition of the Persons whose names are there- 
unto subscribed, being Electors of the borough of 
Woodstock, in the county of Oxford, and who had 
and hereby claim to have had a right to vote at 
the last Election of a Burgess to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the said Borough of Woodstock, 
was also read; setting forth, That at the last Elec- 
tion of a Member to serve in this _ Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Woodstock, Charles Spencer 
Churchill, commonly called Lord Charles Spencer 

Churchill, and Henry Peyton, of Stratton Audley, in 
the county of Oxford, Esquire, were Candidates to 
represent the said Borough in Parliament ; that a 
poll having been demanded at the said Election, by 
and on the part of the said Charles Spencer Churchill, 
commonly called Lord Charles Spencer Churchill, 
was proceeded in by William Carter, Esquire, the 
Returning Officer of the said Borough, and the said 
Henry Peyton was, by the said Returning Officer, 
declared duly elected, and was by him returned as 
a Burgess to serve in Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough of Woodstock in this present Parliament ; 
that at the said Election divers persons, whose stated 
qualifying property was not of sufficient value as re- 
quired by law, and divers persons who were not 
duly rated to the relief of the poor, in respect of the 
property in right of which they claimed to vote, and 
also divers other persons who had not paid and were 
in arrear for their poor rates, and divers other per- 
sons who had received parish relief within twelve 
months before the Election, and divers other persons 
who, from various causes and disqualifications, had 
no legal right to vote, were allowed to vote and did 
vote for the said Henry Peyton; that before and at 
and during the said Election the said Henry Peyton 
was, by himself, his agents, friends, managers, and 
other persons employed in his behalf, guilty of bri- 
bery and corruption, in order to corrupt and procure, 
and the said Henry Peyton did, by himself, and by 
his agents, friends, managers and other persons in 
his behalf, by divers ways and means, by gifts, pre- 
sents, money and other rewards, or by promises, 
offers, agreements and engagements, for gifts, money 
and other rewards, corrupt and procure, and en- 
deavour to corrupt and procure, persons having or 
claiming to have had a right to vote at such Elec- 
tion, to give their votes to the said Henry Peyton, 
and to forbear to give their votes to the said Charles 
Spencer Churchill, commonly called Lord Spencer 
Churchill, in order that the said Henry Peyton 
might be returned to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment as a Burgess for the said Borough of Wood- 
stock ; that after the place to he supplied by the said 
Election became vacant, and as well before and 
after the teste or issuing out of the said Writ for the 
said Election, the said [Henry Peyton did, by him- 
self, his agents, friends, managers and other per- 
sons employed in his behalf, by divers ways and 
means, and at his costs and charges, directly and 
indirectly give, present and allow to persons having 
votes at such Election, money, meat, drink, lodg- 
ing, entertainment, provision and reward; and 
did make presents, gifts, rewards and promises, 
agreements, obligations and engagements, to give 
inoney, meat, drink, provision, presents, reward and 
entertainment, to and for persons having votes as 
aforesaid, and to and for the use, advantage, benefit, 
enjoyment, protit and preferment of such persons, 
in order that he, the said Henry Peyton, might be 
elected, and for being elected, to serve in Parliament 
for the said Borough of Woodstock; that the said 
Henry Peyton, by the said corrupt and illegal prac- 
tices, was and is wholly disabled, incapacitated and 
ineligible to serve in this Parliament for the said 
Borough of Woodstock ; that gross, notorious, ge- 
neral, and systematic bribery and corruption was 
practised and carried on before and at and during 
the said Election, by divers persons in the interest 











A. 1837. 


of the said Henry Peyton and on his behalf, and 
that the Election and Return of the said Henry 
Peyton was in a great degree procured and brought 
about by means of such bribery and corruption ; 
that the said Election and Return of the said Henry 
Peyton having been procured by “om illegal and 
scandalous practices as aforesaid, in direct defiance 
of the laws of Parliament and of this realm, in vio- 
lation of the rights of the Petitioners and of the 
other electors of” the said Borough, was and is null 
and void, and ought to be set aside; that at the 
poll taken at the said Election divers persons were 
admitted to vote and did vote for the said Henry 
Peyton, who had asked, received, and taken money 
or reward by way of gift, loan or other device, and 
had agreed or contracted for money, gift, office, 
employment or other reward, to give their votes to 
soll for the said Henry Peyton, and to refuse or for- 
bear to give their votes for the said Churles Spencer 
Churchill, commonly called Lord Charles Spencer 
Churchill; and divers persons were admitted to 
vote, and did vote, at the said Election, who, by 
themselves, or persons employed by him, did, by 
gifts or rewards, or by promises, agreements or se- 
curities for gifts or rewards, corrupt and procure, or 
to attempt to corrupt and procure, persons to give 
their votes for the said Henry Peyton, or to forbear 
to give their votes to the said Charles Spencer 
Churchill, commonly called Lord Charles Spencer 
Churchill; that by the illegal ways and means 
aforesaid, the said Henry Peyton obtained a colour- 
able majority of votes over the said Charles Spencer 
Churchill, commonly called Lord Charles Spencer 
Churchill, and procured himself to be returned to 
serve for the said Borough of Woodstock ; whereas 
the said Charles Spencer Churchill, commonly called 
Lord Charles Spencer Churchill, had a majority of 
legal votes at the said Election, and was duly 
elected, and ought to have been returned in this 
Parliament for the said Borough; the Petitioners 
therefore humbly pray, that the House will take the 
premises into their consideration, and will declare 
that the said Henry Peyton was not duly elected, 
and ought not to have been returned to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough of 
Woodstock, and that the said Charles Spencer 
Churchill, commonly called Lord Charles Spencer 
Churchill, was duly elected, and ought to have 
been returned, and will direct the Clerk of the 
Crown to amend the Return of the said Election, 
by striking out the name of the said Henry Peyton, 
and by inserting therein the name of the said 
Charles Spencer Churchill, commonly called Lord 
Charles Spencer Churchill, in lieu thereof, or will 
declare the Election of the said Henry Peyton to be 
null and void, or will afford to the Petitioners such 
other relief as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday the 12th day of this 
instant December, at the same time that the last 
preceding Petition is ordered to be taken into con- 
sideration. 

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


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of 
the county of Ozford, and who had a right to vote 
at the last Election of Knights of the Shire to serve 
in this present Parliament for the said county, was 
read ; setting forth, That at the last Election of 
Three Knights of the Shire to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said county of Oxford, George 
Granville Harcourt, Esquire, Montague Bertie, 
commonly called Lord Norreys, Thomas Augustus 
Wolstenholme Parker, Esquire, and Thomas Stonor, 
Esquire, were Candidates to represent the said 
county in Parliament ; that a poll being demanded 
on behalf of the said Thomas Stonor, was proceeded 

in 


Oxford County 
Election. 





ly 





1 Vicroriz. 


in by Philip Thomas Herbert Wykeham, High Sherift 
and Returning Officer for the said county, and that 
the said George Granville Harcourt, the said Mon- 
tague Bertie, commonly called Lord shy and 
the said Thomas Augustus Wolstenholme Parker, 
were, by the said Returning Officer, declared duly 
elected and returned as Knights of the Shire to serve 
in this present Parliament for the said county of 
Oxford; that the said George Granville Harcourt, 
the said Montague Bertie, commonly called Lord 
Norreys, and the said Thomas Augustus Wolsten- 
holme Parker, were, or one of them was, by them- 
selves and their agents, managers and others on 
their behalf, guilty of divers acts of bribery and 
corruption, in’ order to corrupt and procure, and 
did, or one of them did, by themselves and their 
agents, managers and others employed and_sanc- 
tioned by them, and engaged and concerned in ma- 
naging the Election on their behalf, by gifts, money 
and rewards, and by promises, agreements, offers 
and securities for gifts, money and rewards, and by 
threats, intimidation, undue influence, and other 
corrupt and illegal practices, acts and means, cor- 
rupt and procure many persons having a right to 
vote, or claiming a right to vote at such Election, 
to give their votes to the said George Granville 
Harcourt, the said Montague Bertie, commonly 
called Lord Worreys, and the said Thomas Augustus 
Wolstenholme Parker, and to forbear from giving 
their votes to the said Thomas Stonor, in order that 
they the said George Granville Harcourt, the said 
Montague Bertie, commonly called Lord Norreys, 
and the said Thomas Augustus Wolstenholme Parker, 
might be returned at the said Election; that the 
said George Granville Harcourt, the said Montague 
Bertie, commonly called Lord Norreys, and the said 
Thomas Augustus Wolstenholme Parker did, or one 
of them did, as well before as after the issuing of 
the Writ which caused and commanded the said 
last Election for the said County of Oxford, and 
after the places in Parliament to be supplied by such 
Election had become vacant, and before and at and 
during the said Election, by themselves, their agents, 
managers, friends and others on their behalf, en- 
gaged, concerned and employed by them in ma- 
naging and conducting their said Election, and at 
their costs and charges, give, present and allow to 
divers persons, having and claiming to have votes 
for the said County of Ozford at the said Election, 
money, meat, entertainment and provision, and 
made presents, gifts, rewards and entertainments, 
and promises, agreements, obligations and engage- 
ments, to give and allow money, meat, drink, provi- 
sion, rewards and entertainments, to and for divers 
persons having votes in the said Election, and to 
and for the use and advantage, benefit and emolu- 
ment, profit and preferment of such persons, in order 
to their being elected, and for being elected, Knights 
of the Shire to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said County of Oxford; that by means of the 
said corrupt and illegal practices hereinbefore men- 
tioned, the said George Granville Harcourt, the 
said Montague Bertie, commonly called Lord Nor- 
reys, and the said Thomas Augustus Wolstenholme 
Parker obtained a majority of votes, and were re- 
turned by the Sheriff as Knights of the Shire to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said County 
of Oxford; that by reason of the said matters here- 
inbefore charged, the said George Granville Har- 
court, the said Montague Bertie, commonly called 
Lord Norreys, and the said Thomas Augustus Wol- 
stenholme Parker, were and are and each of them 
was and is disabled and incapacitated to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said County of Oz- 
ford, and the Election and Return of the said George 
Granville Harcourt, the said Montague Bertie, com- 
monly called Lord Worreys, and the said Thomas 
Augustus Wolstenholme Parker, became and are 
wholly null and void ; the Petitioners therefore hum- 
bly pray, that the House will take the premises into 
Vor. 93. 





4° Decembris. 133 


consideration, and will declare the Election and Re- 
turn of the said George Granville Harcourt, of the 
said Montague Bertie Norreys, commonly called 
Lord Norreys, and of the said Thomas Augustus 
Wolstenholme Parker, and of each or either or them, 
to be null and void, or that the House will afford the 
Petitioners such other relief in the premises as to 
the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday the 12th day of this 
instant December, at ten minutes after six of the 
clock in the Afternoon. 

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


A Petition of George Peter Livius, Esquire, Charles Bedford 


Frederick Palgrave, Druggist, James Woodroffe 
Builder, and Henry Male, Grocer, all of the Borough 
of Bedford, in the county of Bedford, Electors of 
the said Borough, claiming a right to vote, and who 
did vote, at the last Election for Members to serve 
in this present Parliament for the said Borough, was 
read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners were, at 
and during the last Election of Members to serve 
in this Parliament for the Borough of Bedford, in 
the County of Bedford, and now are, electors of the 


said Borough, and had and claim to have had a 


right to vote and did vote for Members to serve in 
Parliament at the said last Election for the said Bo- 
rough; that the said Election was held on the 
Twenty-fifth day of July now last past, and Frederic 
Polhill, Esquire, Burgess of the said Borough of 
Bedford, Samuel Crawley, Esquire, of Stockwood, 
near Luton, in the County of Bedford, and Henry 
Stuart, Esquire, Burgess of the said Borough of 
Bedford, were Candidates to represent the said Bo- 
rough, and at the conclusion of the said Election, 
the Returning Officer of the said Borough returned 
the said Frederic Polhill and the said Henry Stuart, 
as duly elected to serve as Members for the said Bo- 
rough in this present Parliament ; that many per- 
sons who were not inhabitant householders within 
the said Borough, or who were not freemen, or en- 
titled to vote as freemen, or who, being freemen, 
were not qualified in respect of residence within the 
said Borough, or the limit prescribed by the Act 
assed in the reign of his late Majesty King Wil- 

tam the Fourth, for amending the representation of 
the people in England and Wales, and many others 
who were not qualified under the said Act as 
Electors in respect of property, or occupation 
or residence within the said Borough, or other- 
wise, to be inserted in the list or lists, or the Re- 
gister or Registers, to be made under the said Act, 
of the electors to vote at the last Election in 
the choice of Members for the said Borough for 
this Parliament, or to vote at the said Election, 
did nevertheless procure their names to be in- 
serted, or were, by the persons whose duty 
it was to make out such lists respectively, ille- 
gally and wr ge inserted in the lists to be 
delivered, and which were delivered, to be re- 
vised by the Barristers appointed under the provi- 
sions of the said Act to revise such list and Re- 
gister or Registers for the said Borough, and many 
such persons claiming as freemen, and others claim- 
ing as inhabitant householders, and others in re- 
spect of property, occupation and residence, who 
were not entitled to be registered as electors or 
voters for Members for the said Borough, or quali- 
fied as freemen, or as inhabitant householders, or in 
respect of property, occupation or residence, under 
the said Act of his late Majesty, for amending the 
representation, although upon such lists respec- 
tively, were nocultilipes improperly left on the 
Register of Electors and voters for the said Borough, 
by the Barristers revising such lists, and no scru- 
tiny of votes being by the said Act allowed by or 
$3 before 


? Election. 








134 


so not entitled or qualified as freemen, or as inha- 
bitant householders, or in respect of property, occu- 
pation or residence as aforesaid, and many other 
persons who were not registered, and were not in 
any respect legally qualified to vote as electors of 
Members for the said Borough, did vote at the said 
last Election in favour of the said ae Stuart ; 
that many persons who were registered as electors, as 
freemen, or as inhabitant householders, or in respect 
of property, ag yew or residence, for the said 
Borough, by the Revising Barristers, became dis- 

ualified to vote as electors for the said Borough at 
the said last Election, between the Thirty-first day 
of July in the year of our Lord One thousand eight 
hundred and thirty-six and the time of the holding 
of the said last Election for the said Borough, by 
having ceased to reside as freemen within the said 
Borough, or the limit, prescribed by the said Act, 
or by having ceased to be rated, or to pay rates 
as inhabitant householders, or in respect of the 
property or occupation in which they were regis- 
tered, or who had parted with, sold, or otherwise 
ceased to be possessed of the residence or to occupy 
the property in respect of which they were regis- 
tered as electors for the said Borough, or who had 
ceased to be inhabitant householders or to reside 
within the said Borough, or the limit prescribed by 
the said Act, and thereby respectively ceased to 
possess the title or qualification, whether as free- 
men or other electors, in respect of which they had 
been registered, and others who were not entitled 
to vote, but who personated other persons, or pre- 
tended to be the persons whose names were upon 
the Register, and pretended to be entitled in respect 
of the residence or occupation, or property in re- 
spect of which such names were registered, and who 
were in fact not legally registered, and others who 
were disqualified by receiving money or bribes or 
other rewards, or promises of money or bribes or 
other rewards, for giving their votes at the said last 
Election, or by having received parochial relief, 
or other alms, or by being received into alms-houses, 
and there receiving alms, between the thirty-first 
day of July, One thousand eight hundred and thirty- 
six, and the said last Election for the said Borough, 
or who were or had been, either during such Elec- 
tion, or within six calendar months previous to such 
Election, or within fourteen days after it was com- 
pleted, employed at such Election, as counsel, 
agent, or attorney, poll-clerk, flag-man, or in some 
other capacity for the purposes of such Election, 
and had, either before, &gt; or after such Elec- 
tion, accepted or taken from the said Candidates, or 
some or one of them, or from some other person, for 
or in consideration of or with reference to such em- 
ployment, a sum or sums of money, as retaining 
fee, office, place or employment, or a promise or 
security for a sum or sums of money, or a retain- 
ing fee, office, place, or employment, were never- 
theless allowed to vote and did vote at the said last 
Election for the said Henry Stuart; that the votes 
of many other persons were accepted and recorded 
in favour of the said Henry Stuart, who at the time 
of the said Election were not legally entitled, or 
were disqualified, or have since become disqualified 
to vote at such Election; that the votes of other 
persons which were improperly recorded in favour 
of the said Henry Stuart, or who were not legally 
entitled to vote for him, were ordered by the Re- 
turning Officer, and were by him intended to be 
struck off the poll, and not to be reckoned in favour 
of the said Henry Stuart, yet notwithstanding such 
order and intention, they were, by inadvertence, 
mistake or design, left on the poll book, and reck- 
oned in favour of the said Henry Stuart, and thereby 
contributed to increase his supposed majority of 
votes over the said Samuel Crawley, and the votes 
of persons who were entitled to vote, and who 
offered and tendered their votes, and were desirous 


4° Decembris. 


before the Returning Officer, many of such persons | 





A. 1837. 


of voting in favour of the said Samuel Crawley were 
rejected and not allowed for the said Samuel Craw- 
ley ; that several undue and illegal practices were 
resorted to at the said Election * the said Henry 
Stuart and his agents, managers and friends, to 
procure votes for the said Henry Stuart, and to 
cause him to be returned by the said Mayor ; that 
the said Henry Stuart, by himself, his agents and 
managers, and by persons employed on his behalf, 
did, after the teste of the Writ for the said Election, 
and at and during the said Election, and before his 
Election to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough, give, present, and allow to divers 
qaeeee having or claiming to have votes in the said 

lection, money, meat, drink, entertamments, and 
promises, agreements, obligations, and engagements, 
to give and allow money, meat, drink, presents, re- 
wards and entertainments to and for such persons, 
in order to be elected, and for being elected a 
Member to serve inthis present Parliament for the 
said Borough ; that the said Henry Stuart, by him- 
self, his agents, friends and managers, and by per- 
sons employed on his behalf, before and at and 
during the said Election, was guilty of bribery and 
corrupt practices, in order to procure persons having 
or claiming to have a right to vote in the said 
Election, to vote for the said Henry Stuart at the 
said Election, and to forbear to vote for the said 
Samuel Crawley, and in order to procure the said 
Henry Stuart to be returned to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough ; and by reason of 
the premises the said Henry Stuart obtained an 
apparent and colourable majority of votes over the 
said Samuel Crawley; whereas the said majority of 
legal electors and voters was in favour of the 
said Samuel Crawley, and the freedom of election 
has been thereby violated, inasmuch as the consti- 
tuency intended to be established by the said Act 
has not returned the Member for the said Borough, 
but the said Election and Return has been made 
by persons not qualified to be electors according 
to the provisions of the said Act, or who were disqua- 
lified by the provisions of the said Act and other Acts 
of Parliament, and the custom of the said Borough 
and law of Parliament, from voting as Electors for 
Members to serve in Parliament for the said Borough; 
the Petitioners therefore humbly pray the House 
to take the premises into consideration, and to 
declare the said Election and Return of the said 
Henry Stuart wholly null and void, and that the 
said Samuel Crawley was duly elected, and ought 
to have been returned to serve in Parliament for the 
said Borough, or that the House will afford to the 
Petitioners such further and other relief in the pre- 
mises as to the House shall seem fit. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into con- 
sideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this instant 
December, at a quarter of an hour after six of the 
clock in the Afternoon. 

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


A Petition of James Stewart, of Peter-street, Waterford City 
Shoemaker, John Smith, of Henrietta-street, Shoe- =!" 


maker, Thomas Sleator, of Waterside, Teacher, and 
William Moran, of Peter-street, Shoemaker, all of 
the city of Waterford, Electors of the said city and 
county of the city of Waterford, on behalf of them- 
selves and others who claimed, and who had a right 
to vote and did vote at the last Election for the said 
city of Waterford and county of the city of Water- 
ford, was read ; setting forth, That pursuant to the 
usual Writ, an Election for two Members to serve 
in this present Parliamet for the said City of Water- 
ford and County of the City of Waterford was held 
in the said City of Waterford, on the Second day of 
August One thousand eight hundred and thirty- 
seven, when the Candidates put in nomination were, 








Thomas 





City 


1 Vicroriz. 


Thomas Wyse, Esquire, Henry Winston Barron, Es- 
quire, William Beresford, Esquire, and John Tracy 
O’ Reilly, Esquire; and that the Petitioners are 
and were electors of the said City of Waterford, 
and County of the City of Waterford, and were en- 
titled to vote and did vote as such at the said last 
Election; that at the said last Election the poll, 
which was duly demanded, commenced on Wednes- 
day the Second day of August last, and finally 
closed on the following Monday the Seventh day of 
the same month; that the said Thomas Wyse and 
Henry Winston Barron were declared by the She- 
riffs of the County of the City of Waterford, the 
Returning Officers, to have obtained thé majority 
of votes at such Election, and were accordingly 
returned by them as duly elected to serve as Mem- 
bers for the said City of Waterford and County of 
the City of Waterford; that the said majority of 
votes appearing in favour of the said Henry Winston 
Barron was buta colourable majority, and was pro- 
cured by undue, illegal, and unconstitutional means, 
and by the admission of fraudulent and illegal votes 
for the said Henry Winston Barron; that during 
the said Election, many persons were admitted to 
poll, and did poll, on behalf of the said Henry 
Winston Barron, who were not entitled to vote 
thereat, and who had either been unduly and impro- 
perly registered as electors for the said City and 
County of the City of Waterford, or who, since the 
time of their registry, had ceased to be qualified, 
or had become disqualified from voting at the said 
Election, and the names of which persons should, 
as the Petitioners submit, be struck off the poll of 
the said Election ; that many freemen of the said 
City of Waterford and County of the said City were 
admitted to poll, and did poll at the said Blection 
in favour of the said Henry Winston Barron, who, 
at the time of the said Election, were not residing, 
and did not reside, within the said City of Waterford, 
and County of the said City, or within the distance 
from the usual place of Election therein required b 

law for that purpose, and who were thereby disabled 
and incapacitated from voting at said Election ; 
that many freemen of said City of Waterford and 
County of the said City were admitted to poll, and 
did poll at the said Election in favour .of the said 
Henry Winston Barron, who at the time of their 
registry as such freemen, were not residing and did 
not then reside within the said City of Waterford 
and County of the said City, or within the distance 
from the usual place of Election therein required 
by law for that purpose, and who were thereby dis- 
abled and incapacitated to be so registered or to 
vote at the said Election; that great numbers of 
persons who were registered, and claimed to poll as 
freeholders and leaseholders, and who were admitted 
to poll, and did poll at said Election for the said 
Henry Winston Barron, whose qualification as such, 
had wholly ceased and determined as such, and 
who were thereby disabled and disqualified from 
voting at said Election ; that great numbers of per- 
sons who were registered, and claimed to vote as 
tenants or occupiers of houses, warehouses, count- 
ing-houses or shops, were admitted to poll, and did 
poll at the said Election, in favour of the said Henry 
Winston Barron, who at the time of the said Elec- 
tion were in arrear for more than one half year’s 
grand jury or municipal cesses, rates or taxes, then 
due and payable in respect of the premises in right 
of the occupation of which such persons were regis- 
tered and claimed to vote, and did vote, and who 
were thereby disabled and incapacitated from voting 
at the said Election ; that many other persons were 
admitted to poll, and did poll at the said Election, 
in favour of the said Henry Winston Barron, who, 
at the time of their registry as such tenants and 
occupiers as aforesaid, were in arrear for more than 
one half year’s amount of such grand jury and other 
municipal cesses, rates, or taxes as aforesaid then 
being due and payable, in respect of the premises 

Vox. 93. 


4° Decembris. 135 


in right of the occupation of which they were so 
registered, and were thereby incapacitated and disa- 
bled to be so registered, or to vote at the said 
Eiection ; that many other persons claiming to vote 
as tenants or occupiers as aforesaid were admitted 
to poll, and did poll at the said Election, in favour 
of the said Henry Winston Barron, who had been 
unduly and improperly registered, not having at the 
time of such registry held or occupied solely, for 
the space of six calendar months next previous to 
the time of such registry, any house, warehouse, 
counting-house, or shop, within the said City and 
County of the same, which, either separately or 
jointly with any land within the said City and 
County of the said City occupied therewith by 
them under the same landlord, or occupied there- 
with by them as owners thereof, was bond fide 
of the clear yearly value of not less than Ten pounds; 
that many other persons who were registered and. 
claimed to poll as such tenants or occupiers as 
aforesaid were admitted to poll, and did poll at the 
said Election in favour of the said Henry Winston 
Barron, who since the time of their registry had 
ceased to hold or occupy the premises, or some 
part thereof, in respect of which they had been so 
registered, and in right of which they claimed to 
vote, and did vote, and who had thereby become 
disabled and disqualified from voting at the said 
Election; that several persons were admitted to 
poll, and did poll, at the said Election for the said 
Henry Winston Barron, who were unduly and ir- 
regularly registered as voters for the said City of 
Waterford and County of the said City, who re- 
spectively took and subscribed, at the time of their 
alleged registration, an oath or affidavit different 
in substance from that prescribed by the statute in 
such case made and provided, and who were there- 
fore not qualified to vote at the said Election ; that 
many persons were admitted to poll, and did poll, 
at the said Election for the said Henry Winston 
Barron, who were not registered as voters for the 
said City and County of the said City, and who 
possessed no colourable claim to vote thereat, but 
who fraudulently personated certain other persons 
who were ‘or had been registered as electors of the 








said City and County of the said City, and who 
possessed, or had possessed, a claim to vote thereat, 
which last-mentioned persons were, at the time of 
the said Election, either dead, or absent therefrom ; 
that many electors were induced and compelled to 
vote, and did vote at the said Election, in favour of 
the said Henry Winston Barron, in consequence of 
the violence, threats, and intimidatious encouraged 
and practised by the said Henry Winston Barron, 
and others, his friends, agents, supporters and parti- 
sans; that on the Sunday preceding the day when 
the said Candidates were pnt in nomination for the 
representation of the said City and County of the 
said City, that is to say, Sunday the Thirtieth day 
of July last, the said Henry Winston Barron ad- 
dressed a most violent, malicious, illegal and uncon- 
stitutional speech to a large and riotous mob in the 
said City of Waterford, and used most exciting and 
inflammatory language against the said William Be- 
resford, and recommended and desired such mob 
not to allow the said William Beresford to canvass 
the said electors of the said City and County of the 
said City, or to that effect, and in consequence of 
such exciting and inflammatory language of the 
said Henry Winston Barron, the said William Be- 
resford was afterwards most violently attacked and 
assaulted by the said mob on the following day, and 
much injured in his person, whereby he was pre- 
vented from canvassing the electors of the said City 
and County of the said City; that by the same tur- 
bulent and unlawful means, many electors of the 
said City and County of the said City were terrified 
and prevented from voting in favour of the said 
William Beresford at said Election ; that great and 
riotous crowds were assembled during the said Elec- 

s4 tion 








Blackburn 
Election. 





136 


sages leading thereto, and in divers other places 
throughout the said City and County of the said 
City; and that by the violent and outrageous de- 
meanour of such crowds, and oftentimes by actual 
force employed by them, many electors who would 
otherwise have voted for the said William Beresford 
were withheld and prevented from so doing, and 
many others were terrified and compelled to vote for 
the said Henry Winston Barron, who would other- 
wise have voted for the said William Beresford ; 
that the said Henry Winston Barron, by himself, 
his agents, friends and managers, and by persons 
employed on his behalf, before, at and during the 
said Election, were guilty of extensive bribery and 
corruption, and employed undue influence and other 
improper means, and gave and caused, or allowed 
to be given, divers sums of money, and other gifts 
and rewards, and made, or caused to be made, 
divers agreements, engagements and promises to 
several persons having, or claiming to have, a right 
to vote, in order to procure them to vote at the said 
Election in favour of the said Henry Winston Bar- 
ron, and to forbear to vote for the said William 
Beresford, and after the said Election gave, or 
caused to be given, divers sums of money to several 


persons who had, or claimed to have, a right to vote | elector 
at said Election, and who did vote at said Election | and provision, in order to be elected, and for being 
for said Henry Winston Barron, in pursuance of | 
previous agreements to vote for the said Henry Win- | 


ston Barron at said Election, and to abstain from / 


voting for said William Beresford, and in order to’ 
procure the said Henry Winston Barron to be re-| 
turned to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said City and County of the said City ; that by the | 
several fraudulent and illegal means aforesaid, and | 
by divers other turbulent, corrupt and improper | 
practices, the said Henry Winston Barron obtained | 
the aforesaid colourable majority of votes over the | 
said William Beresford, and procured himself to | 
be returned to serve for the said City of Water- 
ford and County of the said City, whereas the said 
William Beresford. had a large majority of legal 
votes at the said Election, and ought to have been 
returned to serve for the same, to the manifest wrong 
and injury of the said William Beresford, to the 
great grievance of the Petitioners and other duly 
— electors of the said City and County of 
the said City, and in violation of the freedom and 
purity of Election; the Petitioners therefore humbly 
pray the House to take the premises into consideration, 
and to declare the said Election and Return of the 
said Henry Winston Barron, Esquire, to be wholl 
null and void, and to declare that the said William | 
Beresford was duly elected, and ought to have been | 
returned to serve in Parliament for the said City of 
Waterford and County of the said City, and that 
the said Return of the said Sheriffs may be amended, 
by erasing therefrom the name of the said Henry 
Winston Barron, and by substituting therein the 
name of the said William Beresford, or to declare 
the said Election and Return of the said Henry Win- 
ston Barron to be wholly null and void, or that the 
House will afford the Petitioners such further and 
other relief in the premises, and make such other 
order as to the House shall seem fit. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this 
instant December, at twenty minutes after six of 
the clock in the Afternoon. 

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





A Petition of George Dewhurst, of Blackburn, in 
the County of Lancaster, Reed-maker, was read ; 
setting forth, That at the last Election of Two Mem- 
bers to serve in this present Parliament for the Bo- 


4° Decembris. 


tion in and about the various polling-places in the | rough of Blackburn, the Petitioner, George Dew- 
said City of Waterford, and the avenues and pas-| durst, was an elector of the said Borough, and claims 





A. 1837. 


to have had a right to vote at the same Election, and 
William Feilden, Esquire, William Turner, Esquire, 
and John Benjamin Smith, Esquire, were Candidates 
thereat to represent the said Borough in Parliament; 
that on the show of hands, the numbers were de- 
clared by Thomas Livesey, Esquire, the Returning 
Officer for the said Borough, to be in favour of the 
said William Turner and John Benjamin Smith, 
whereupon a poll was demanded by or on behalf of 
the said William Feilden, and was granted by the 
Returning Officer, whereupon the said John Benja- 
min Smith withdrew as such Candidate; that the 
said Election took place on the Twenty-fifth day of 
July last, and at the conclusion thereof the Return- 
ing Officer declared the said William Feilden and 
William Turner to be duly elected to serve as the 
Two Members for the said Borough, and returned 
them as such Members ; that the said William Feil- 
den, by himself, his agents, friends and managers, 
and by other persons on his behalf, did, after the 
teste of the Writ for holding the said Election, and 
previous to his Return, give and allow to divers 
electors of the said Borough, money, meat, drink, 
entertainment and provision, and make promises, 
agreements and engagements to give and allow to 
the said electors money, meat, drink, entertainment 





elected to serve in Parliament for the said Borough ; 
that by reason of the premises, and the corrupt and 
unlawful means aforesaid, the said William Feilden 
procured himself to be returned, and was returned 
to serve for the said Borough in this present Parlia- 


|ment; that the Petitioner, therefore, humbly prays 


the House to take the said premises into considera- 
tion, and to declare the said Election and Return of 
the said William Feilden wholly null and void, and 
that he is not, and ought not to be deemed, Member 
to serve in Parliament for the said Borough of 
Blackburn, and that the name of the said William 
Fielden may be erased from the said Return, and 
that the House will afford the Petitioner such other 
relief in the premises as the House shall deem fit. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this 
instant December, at twenty-five minutes after six 
of the clock in the Afternoon. 

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


of the same place, Sawyer, Electors of the Borough 
of Denbigh, in the County of Denbigh, on behalf of 
themselves and others claiming a right to vote for a 
Member to serve in Parliament for the said Borough 
of Denbigh, was read; setting forth, That the Pe- 
titioners were, at and during the last Election of a 
Member to serve in Parliament for the Borough of 
Denbigh, in the County of Denbigh, electors of the 
said Borough, and had, and claim to have had, a 
right to vote fora Member to serve in Parliament 
at the last Election for the said Borough of Den- 
bigh; that at the said Election Wilson Jones, Es- 
quire, and Thomas Myddelton Biddulph, Esquire, 
were Candidates to represent the said Borough; 
that a poll being demanded, the same was granted 
and proceeded on, and Thomas Hughes, Esquire, 
acted thereat as Mayor of the Borough of Denbigh, 
and Returning Officer ; that the said Thomas Hughes 
and Thomas Sheffer took the poll at two several 
| polling booths m the Borough of Denbigh, John 
| Francis Bellwood Fay and William Cole, Gentle- 
man, were severally Layee by the said Thomas 
Hughes to take the poll for the Borough of Ruthin; 
Charles Jones was appointed by the said Thomas 
Hughes to take the poll for the Borough of Holt ; 





and 


A Petition of Richard Roberts, of Denbigh, in Denbigh 
the County of Denbigh, Labourer, and James Ellis, 8orexgh 


Beverley 
Election, 


1 Vicroriz. 


and George Lewis and Richard Williams, Gentle- 
men, were severally appointed by the said Thomas 
Hughes to take the poll for the town of Wrexham, 
which said Borough of Ruthin and Holt and the 
town of Wrexham are places sharing with the said 
Borough of Denbigh in the Election of a Member 
to serve in Parliament; that the said John Francis 
Bellwood Fay and William Cole took the poll at two 
several polling booths in the Borough of Ruthin, 
and the said Charles Jones took the poll in the said 
Borough of Holt; that at and during the said Elec- 
tion, George Adams, Esquire, was the Mayor or 
chief Municipal Officer of the said Borough of Ru- 
thin, and there was also a Mayor or chief Municipal 
Officer of the said Borough of Holt, but whose 
name is at present unknown to the Petitioners; 
that m pursuance of an Act passed in the Second 
— of the reign of his late Majesty William the 

ourth, intituled, “ An Act to amend the Repre- 
sentation of the People in England and Wales,” 
and of section seventy-four of the same Act, the said 
Thomas Hughes, as the Mayor and Returning Officer 
of the said Borough of Denbigh, ought to have ap- 
pointed the said G'eorge Adams to be his Deputy to 
take the poll for the said Borough of Ruthin, and 
the said Mayor of Holé to be his Deputy to take the 
poll for the said Borough of Holt; that the poll so 
taken by the said John Francis Bellwood Fay and 
William Cole for the Borough of Ruthin was null 
and void, and the poll so taken by the said Charles 
Jones for the Borough of Holt was also null and 
void, and that the said Election was therefore ille- 
gally conducted and carried on, and the Return of 
the said Wilson Jones was and is wholly null and 
void; that at the said Election, divers persons 
claiming to be burgesses or freemen of the Borough 
of Ruthin, who had no legal title to vote, and whose 
claims had been legally objected to before the Bar- 
rister at the revision of the lists of persons entitled 
to vote at such Election immediately preceding such 
Election, and divers other persons who had no legal 


4° Decembris. 





right to vote were allowed to vote for the said Wilson 
Jones; that at the taking of the poll for the said | 
Borough of Ruthin at the said Election, notice of | 
objection was given to each person voting for the | 
said Wilson Jones, who claimed to vote as a burgess | 
or freeman, that his vote had been objected to upon | 
the last revision of the lists before the Barrister, 

and was then also objected to; that by the several 

illegal ways and means aforesaid, the said Wilson | 
Jones obtained a colourable majority of votes over 

the said Thomas Myddelton Biddulph, and procured 

himself to be returned to serve for the said Borough 

of Denbigh, whereas the said Thomas Myddelton 

Biddulph had a legal majority of votes at the said 

Election over the said Wilson Jones, and ought to 

have been returned to serve for the same; the Peti- 

tioners therefore humbly pray the House to take the 

premises into consideration, and to declare the said 

Election and Return of the said Wilson Jones wholly 

null and void, and that the said Thomas Myddelton 

Biddulph was duly elected, and ought to have been 

returned to serve in Parliament for the said Borough 

of Denbigh, or the Election and Return of the said 

Wilson Jones wholly null and void ; or that the House 

wilk afford the Petitioners such further and other relief 
in the premises as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this 
instant December, at half an hour after six of the 
clock in the Afternoon. 

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


A Petition of George Rennie, Esquire, of Chesham 
Place, in the city of Westminster, was read ; setting 
forth, That at the last Election of Members to serve 
in this present Parliament for the said Borough of 





Vo. 93. 


137 


Beverley, George Lane Fox, Esquire, James Weir 
Hogg, Esquire, and the Petitioner, were Candidates 
to represent the said Borough in Parliament, and 
at the said Election James Clay, Esquire, was also 
a Candidate ; that a poll having been demanded at 
the said Election, on behalf of the said James Clay 
and George Lane Fox, was proceeded in by the 
Returning Officer of the said Borough, and the said 
George Lane Fox, and James Weir Hogg were, by 
the said Returning Officer, declared duly elected, 
and were by him returnéd as Burgesses to serve in 
Parliament for the said Borough of Beverley in 
this present Parliament; that before and at and 
during the said Election, the said George Lane Fox 
and Jumes Weir Hogg were, or one of them was, 
by themselves, their agents, friends, managers and 
other persons employed in their behalf, guilty of 
bribery and corruption, in order to corrupt and 
procure, and the said George Lane Fox and James 
Weir Hogg did, or one of them did, by themselves, 
and by their agents, friends, managers and others 
in their behalf, by divers ways and means, by gifts, 
money or other reward, or by promises, offers, agree- 
ments and engagements for gifts, money or other 
rewards, corrupt and procure, and endeavour to 
corrupt and procure, persons having or claiming to 
have a right to vote at such Election, to give their 
votes for the said George Lane Fox and James Weir 
Hogg, or one of them, and to forbear to give their 
votes to the said George Rennie and James Clay, 
or either of them, in order that they, the said George 
Lane Fox and James Weir Hogg might be elected 
and returned to serve in this present Parliament as 
Burgesses for the said Borough of Beverley ; that 
after the places to be supplied by the said Election 
became vacant, and as well before as after the teste 
or issuing out of the Writ for the said Election, the 
said George Lane Fox and James Weir Hogg did, 
by themselves, their agents, friends, managers and 
others employed in their behalf, by divers ways 
and means, and at their and each or one of their 
costs and charges, directly and indirectly, give, pre- 
sent and allow to persons having votes at such Elec- 
tion, money, meat, drink, lodging, entertainment, 
provision and reward, and did make presents, gifts, 
rewards and promises, agreements, and obligations 
and engagements to give money, meat, drink, pro- 
vision, presents, reward and entertainments, to and 
for persons having votes as aforesaid, and to and for 
the use, advantage, benefit, enjoyment and profit 
and preferment of such persons, in order that they, 
the said George Lane en and James Weir Hogg, 
might be elected, and for being elected, to serve in 
Parliament for the said Borough of Beverley; that 
the said George Lane Fox and James Weir Hogg, 
by the said corrupt and illegal practices, were and 
are, and each of them was and is, er disabled, 
incapacitated and ineligible to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough of Beverley; that 
gross, notorious, general and systematic bribery and 
corruption was practised and carried on before and 
at and during the said Election, by ee 
in the interest of the said George Lane Fox and 
James Weir Hogg, and on their behalf, and that the 
Election and Return of the said George Lane Fox 
and James Weir Hogg were ina great degree pro- 
cured and brought about by means of such bribery 
and corruption ; that the said Election and Return 
of the said George Lane Fox and James Weir Hogg 
having been procured by corrupt, illegal and scan- 
dalous practices as aforesaid, in direct defiance of 
the laws of Parliament and of this realm, in violation 
of the rights of the Petitioner and of the other 
electors of the said Borough, was and 1s null and 
void, and ought to be set aside; that at the poll 
taken at the said Election, divers persons were ad- 
mitted to vote and did vote for the saxl George Lane 
Fox and James Weir Hogg, or one of them, who 
had asked, received and taken money or other re- 
ward by way of gift, loan or other device, or had 

T agreed. 





ereeeet ee . 


tas 


—————— 


ee 





Gloucester City 
Election, 


138 4° Decembris. A. 1837. 


agreed or contracted for money, gifts, office, employ- | Thomas Hope, and at the Election and Return of 
ment or other reward, to give their votes to the | the said Henry Thomas Hope were procured and 
said George Lane Fox and James Weir Hogg, or | brought about by the said bribery and corruption, 
one of them, and to refuse or forbear to give their and other illegal and other unconstitutional prac- 
votes to the said George Rennie and James Clay, or | tices hereinbefore mentioned, in direct defiance of 
either of them; and divers persons were admitted | the laws of Parliament and of the realm, in contempt 
to vote, and did vote, at the said Election, who, by | of the House, and in manifest violation of the rights 
themselves or persons employed by them, did, by and privileges not only of the Petitioners and the 
gifts or rewards, or by promises, agreements or | other electors of the said City of Gloucester, but 
securities for gifts or rewards, corrupt or procure, | of the great body of electors throughout the King- 
or attempt to corrupt or procure, persons to give dom; that before and at and during the said Elec- 
their votes for the said George Lane Fox and James tion, the said Henry Thomas Hope, was by himself, and 
Weir Hogg, or one of them, or to forbear to give by his agents, friends and managers, guilty of divers 
their votes to the said George Rennie and James acts of bribery and corruption, in order to corrupt 
Clay, or either of them; that by the illegal ways | and procure, and did by himself, and by his agents, 
and means aforesaid, the said George Lane Fox and ) friend, managers and other persons employed in 
James Weir Hogg obtained a colourable majority | his behalf, by gifts, presents, monies, money, re- 
of votes over the said George Rennie and James | wards and promises, agreements and securities for 
Clay, and procured themselves to be returned to | money, gifts and rewards, and by threats, intimi- 
serve for the said Borough, whereas the said George | dation, promises, undue influence and other corrupt 
Rennie and James Clay, and each of them, had a/| and illegal practices, acts and means, corrupt and 





majority of legal votes at the said Election, and | 
were duly elected and ought to have been returned | 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- | 
rough; the Petitioner therefore humbly prays that | 
the House will take the premises into their consi- | 
deration, and will declare that the said George Lane | 
Fox and James Weir Hogg, or either of them, were | 
not duly elected, and ought not to have been returned | 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- | 
rough of Beverley, and that the Petitioner and the | 
said James Clay were duly elected and ought to 

have been returned, and will direct the Clerk of the | 
Crown to amend the Return of the said Election, | 
by striking out the names of the said George Lane | 
Fox and James Weir Hogg, and by inserting therein | 
the names of George Rennie, the Petitioner, and | 


procure persons having or claiming to have a right 
to vote at such Election, to give their votes in favour 
of the said Henry Thomas Hope, and to forbear to 
give their votes in favour of the said Maurice Fre- 
derick Fitzhardinge Berkeley; that after the place 
in Parliament to be supplied by the said Election 
became vacant, and both before and after the teste 
or issuing out of the Writ for the said Election, and 
at and during the said Election, the said Henry 
Thomas Hope did, by himselfand his agents, friends 
and partisans, by divers ways and means, at his 
costs and charges, directly and indirectly, give, pre- 
sent and allow to persons having votes at such 
Election, money, meat, drink, lodging, entertain- 
ment, provision and reward, and did make presents, 
gifts, rewards and promises, agreements and obliga- 


James Clay in lieu thereof, or will declare the Elec- | tions and engagements to give money, meat, drink, 
tion and Return of the said George Lane Fox and | provision, presents, reward and entertainment, to 
James Weir Hogg, or either of them, null and void, | and for persons, having votes as aforesaid, and to 


or will afford to the Petitioner such other relief in | 


the premises as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this 
instant December, at twenty-five minutes before 
seven of the clock in the Afternoon. 

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


A Petition of the Persons whose names are there- 
unto subscribed, being Electors of the city of Glou- 
cester, and who had and hereby claim to have had 
a right to vote at the last Election of Members to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said City, 
was read; setting forth, That at the last Election 
of Members to serve in Parliament for the said City 
of Gloucester, Maurice Frederick Fitzhardinge Ber- 
heley, commonly called the Honourable Maurice 
Frederick Fitzhardinge Berkeley, and Henry Tho- 
mas Hope, and John Phillpotts, Esquires, were Can- 
didates to represent the said City in Parliament ; 
that a poll being demanded at such Election, it was 
tas ge in and taken by James Helps the younger, 

squire, who at the time of such Election was the 
Sheriff and Returning Officer of and for the said 
City, after which the said Henry Thomas Hope and 





John Phillpotts were by the said Returning Officer 
declared duly elected, and were by him returned as 


and for the use, advantage, benefit and preferment 
of such persons, in order that he, the said Henry 
Thomas Hope might be elected, and for being elected 
to serve in Parliament for the said City; that the 
said Henry Thomas Hope, by the said corrupt and 
illegal practices, became, and was and is, wholly 
disabled and incapacitated and ineligible to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said City of Glouces- 
ter, and the Return of the said Henry Thomas Hope 
was and is wholly null and void; the Petitioners 
therefore ang pray that the House will take the 
premises into their consideration, and will declare 
the said Election and Return of the said Henry 
Thomas Hope to be null and void, or will afford to 
the Petitioners such other relief in the premises as 
to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this 
instant December, at twenty minutes before seven 
of the clock in the Afternoon. 

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


A Petition of the Persons whose names are there- Norwich: 
unto subscribed, being Electors of the city of Mor- Election. 


wich and county of the said city, and who hereby 
claim to have had a right to vote at the last Election 


| of Members to serve in Parliament for the said city 
Members to serve in this present Parliament for the | 


and county of the same, was read; setting forth, 


said City 5 that gross, notorious and extensive bri- | That at the last Election of Members to serve in 


bery and corruption, by means of bribes, gifts, re- 
wards, entertainments, promises, — solicita- 


_this present Parliament for the said City of Wor- 
wich and County of the same, Arthur Wellesley, 


tions, threats, intimidation, undue influence and| commonly called the Marquis of Douro, Robert 
other illegal and unconstitutional practices, were | Scarlett, commonly called the Honourable Robert 
pursued and carried on, before, down to, and at and | Scarlett, and Benjamin Smith, and William Mount- 
during the said Election, by the said Henry Thomas | ford Nurse, were Candidates to represent the said 
Hope, and by divers persons desirous of procuring | City and County in Parliament; that the said Elec- 
the Election and Return of him, the said Henry | tion was held on Munday, the Twenty-fourth day 


of 











1 Vicroriz. 


of July now last past; that at the said Election, 
a poll having been demanded by and on behalf of 
the said Marquis of Douro and Robert Scarlett, 
the same was taken the Twenty-fifth day of July 
last by John Bateman, Esquire, who at the time of 
such Election was the Sheriff and Returning Officer 
of the said City and County of the same, after which 
the said Arthur Wellesley, commonly called the 
Marquis of Douro, and the said Robert Scarlett, were 
by the said Returning Officer declared duly elected 
and returned as Members to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said City of Morwich and County 
of the same; that the said Arthur Wellesley, com- 
monly called the Marquis of Douro, and the said 
Robert Scarlett, by themselves, their agents, friends 
and managers, and by persons employed in their 
behalf, did, after the places to be supplied by the 
said Election had become vacant, and as well after 
as before the teste or issuing out of the Writ for the 
said Election, and before and at and during the said 
Election, give, present and allow to various persons 
having or claiming to have votes in the said Elec- 
tion, money, meat, drink, presents, entertainment 
and rewards, and made and entered into promises, 
agreements, engagements and obligations to give and 
allow money, meat, drink, presents and entertain- 
ments to and for such persons, and to and for the 
use and advantage, preferment, profit, benefit and 
emolument of such persons, in order that they, the 
said Arthur Wellesley, commonly called the Marquis 
of Douro, and the said Robert Scarlett might be 
elected, and for the purpose of promoting and securing 
their being elected as Members to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the said City of Norwich and 
County of the same ; that the said Arthur Wellesley, 
commonly called the Marquis of Douro, and the said 
Robert Scarlett, by themselves, their agents, friends 
and managers, and by persons employed for them 
and for each of them, before and at and during the 
said Election, were guilty of open and extensive 
bribery and corrupt practices, in order to corrupt 
and procure, and by bribes, money, gifts and other 
rewards, and by promises or offers of bribes, money, 
gifts and other rewards, did corrupt and procure, 
and attempt to corrupt and procure, persons having 
or claiming to have a right to vote in the said 
Election, to vote for the said Arthur Wellesley, 
commonly called the Marquis of Douro, and the 
said Robert Scarlett respectively, at the said Elec- 
tion, and to forbear to vote for the said Benjamin 
Smith and the said William Mountford Nurse, and 
m order to procure the said Marquis of Douro and 
the said Robert Scarlett to be returned as Members 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said City 
and County of the same; that the said Marquis of 
Douro and the said Robert Scarlett, by their agents, 
friends and managers, and by persons employed on 
their behalf, before and at, and during the said 
Election, were guilty of various corrupt acts of 
bribery and illegal practices, and used various threats 
and promises, and employed undue influence and 
other illegal and improper means, and gave, and 
caused to be given, divers sums of money, and gave 
and entered into, and caused to be made and given 
and entered into, divers rewards, gifts and promises, 
engagements and agreements to several persons 
having or claiming to have a right to vote, in order 
to procure them to vote at the said Election for the 
said Marquis of Douro and the said Robert Scarlett, 
and to forbear to vote for the said Benjamin Smith 
and William Mountford Nurse, and in order to 
rocure the said Arthur Wellesley, commonly called 
arquis of Douro, and the said Robert Scarlett to 
be returned to serve in this present Parliament as 
Members for the said City and County of the same; 
that the said Arthur Wellesley, commonly called the 
Marquis of Douro, and the said Robert Scarlett, by 
the use of the said corrupt and illegal practices, 
were and are, and each of them was and 1s, wholly 
incapacitated, disabled and ineligible to serve in 
Von. 93. 


4° Decembris. 





139 


Parliament for the said City of Worwich and 
County of the same, and the Return of them was 
and is wholly null and void; that at the said last 
Election, a gross, open and extensive system of 
bribery and corruption was pursued and practised 
by certain persons desirous to procure the Return of 
the said Arthur Wellesley, commonly called the 
Marquis of Douro, and the said Robert Scarlett, to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said City 
and County of the same ; and that in consequence, 
in a great degree, of such bribery and corruption by 
the said persons, the said Marquis of Douro and 
Robert Scarlett have been returned accordingly to 
serve for the said City and County; that at the 
taking of the poll at the said Election, the votes of 
many persons were accepted by the said Returning 
Officer, and recorded in favour of the said Arthur 
Wellesley, commonly called the Marquis of Douro, 
and the said Robert Scarlett, or one of them, 
although such persons were disqualified from voting 
at such Election, in consequence of such persons 
having received bribes, money, gifts and rewards, or 
promises of bribes, money, gifts or other rewards 
for giving their votes at such Election, or having 
given bribes to other voters to procure them to give 
their votes, or to forbear to give their votes at such 
Election ; that at the said Election, the votes of 
divers persons were accepted and recorded in favour 
of the said Arthur Wellesley, commonly called the 
Marquis of Douro, and Robert Scarlett, or one of 
them, although such persons were not entitled and 
had no right to vote at such Election, and had not 
been duly registered as electors; that at the last 
registration of persons entitled to vote in the elec- 
tion of a Member or Members to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the said City of Norwich, and County of 
the same, the names of divers persons were, by the 
overseers of the several parishes within the said 
City and County, whose duty it was to make out 
the lists of voters for their respective parishes, 
inserted in such lists, although such persons were not 
entitled to vote in the Election of such Member or 
Members, either by virtue of an Act of the second year 
of the reign of his late Majesty William the Fourth, 
intituled, “ An Act to amend the Representation 
of the People in England and Wales,” or by virtue 
of any other right whatsoever; and that such per- 
sons, though duly objected to according to the 
provisions of the said recited Act, were nevertheless 
improperly retained in the Register of voters for the 
said City and County, in consequence of the deci- 
sion of the Barrister or Barristers appointed to 
revise the lists of voters for the said City and 
County, and that such persons being so es 
retained in the Register, were, at the said Election, 
permitted by the said Returning Officer to give their 
votes at the poll, and such persons did, in fact, 
illegally and improperly vote at such Election for 
the said Arthur Wellesley, commonly called the 
Marquis of Douro, and the said Robert Scarlett, or 
one of them; that at the said Election, the votes 
of many persons were accepted and recorded in 
favour of the said Arthur Wellesley, commonly 
called Marquis of Douro, and the said Robert 
Scarlett, or one of them, although such persons 
were disqualified to vote at such Election in con- 
sequence of their having received parochial relief, 
or other alms, at various periods between the time 
of the making of the lists from which the Register 
of voters for the said County and City in force at 
the said Election was afterwards made, and the time 
of the said Election; that the votes of divers other 
ersons were accepted and recorded at the said 
lection, in favour of the said Arthur Wellesley, 
commonly called Marquis of Douro, and Robert 
Scarlett, or one of them, who within six months 
previous to the said Election, or at and during the 
same, or within fourteen days after the same was 
completed, had been and were employed as agents, 
and in other capacities, for the purpose of the said 
T 2 Election, 








140 4° Decembris. A. 1837. 


Election, and who, in consideration of and with |or will otherwise declare the said Election and 
reference to such employment, accepted and took | Return of the said Arthur Wellesley, commonly 
money or other reward, or some promise or security | called Marquis of Douro, and of the said Robert 
for money or other reward ; that the votes of several | Scarlett, commonly called the Honourable Robert 
other persons were accepted and recorded in favour | Scarletz, null and void, and will grant to the Peti- 
of the said Arthur Wellesley, commonly called | tioners such other relief in the premises, as to the 
Marquis of Douro, and Robert Scarlett, or one of | House may seem meet. : 
them, although they had become disqualified to vote| Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
at the said Election by having ceased to possess | consideration upon Tuesday the 12th day of this 
the property or other qualification in respect of | instant December, at a quarter of an hour before 
which their names had been inserted on the Register, | seven of the clock in the Afternoon. 

or by having abandoned, changed or departed from | Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant, 
their respective occupations or residences, or by | or Warrants, for such persons, papers and records, as 
having ceased to reside within the said town, or the | shall be thought necessary by the several Parties, on 
limits required by the statute in such case made and | the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. 
provided ; that at the registration of voters for the | 





said City and County, the names of divers persons, | A Petition of the there-undersigned, being Elec- Bolton-te-Moors 
whose names had been properly inserted by the | tors of the Borough of Bolton-le-Moors, in_ the Election. 


overseers of the several parishes of the said City }county of Lancaster, was read; setting forth, That 
and County in the lists of voters for their respective | at the last general Election of Two Members to 
a were improperly expunged from the said | serve in Parliament for the Borough of Bolton-le- 
ists, by the Barrister or Barristers appointed to | Moors, in Lancashire, Peter Ainsworth, Esquire, 
revise the lists of voters for the said City and | William Bolling, Esquire, and Andrew Knowles, 
County, and the names of such persons were in | Esquire, were Candidates; that after the place in 
consequence improperly omitted from the Register | Parliament to be supplied by such Election became 
of voters for the said City and County in force at | vacant, and as well before as after the teste or 
the time of such Election, though such persons had | issuing out of the Writ for the said Election, and 
a right to vote in the Election of Members to serve | at and during the said Election, the said William 
in Parliament for the said City and County, and | Bolling, by himself, and by his agents, friends and 
the names of such persons ought to have been | partisans, by divers ways and means, at his or their 
inserted in such Register; and that such persons | or one of their charges and behalf, directly and in- 
whose names had been so omitted from the Register | directly did give, present, and allow to persons 
in force at the said Election as aforesaid, tendered | having votes at such Election, money, meat, drink, 
their votes at such Election for the said Benjamin | lodging, entertainment,  gpsccin and reward, and 
Smith and William Mountford Nurse, or one of|did make presents, gifts, rewards and promises, 
them, and the votes of such persons were entered as | agreements and obligations, and engagements to 
tendered votes only, and were not admitted and | give money, meat, drink, provision, presents, rewards 
allowed by the said Returning Officer; that at the | and entertainments, to and for persons having votes 
making of the said lists of voters as aforesaid, the | as aforesaid, and to and for the use, advantage, be- 
names of many persons who were entitled to vote | nefit, employment, profit and preferment of such 
in the Election of Members to serve in Parliament | persons, in order that he the said William Bolling 
for the said City and County, were improperly omitted might be elected, and for being elected; that before 
from the said lists by the overseers of the several | and at and during such Election, the said William 
parishes by whom such lists were made, and such | Bolling was, by himself and by his agents, guilty 
persons having afterwards duly claimed to be inserted | of diversacts of bribery and corruption, in order to 
in such lists, were nevertheless not inserted therein | corrupt and procure, and did, by himself and his 
by the Barrister or Barristers appointed to revise | agents, friends, managers and other persons em- 
the same, by which means the names of such per-| ployed in his behalf, by gifts, presents, money, 
sons were improperly omitted from the Register of | rewards and promises, and agreements and securities 
voters for the said City and County in force at the | for money, gifts and rewards, and by threats, intimi- 
time of such Election, though such persons had a | dation, promises, undue influence and other corrupt, 
right to vote at such Election, and ought to have | illegal and improper practices, acts and means, 
been inserted in the Register of voters entitled to | corrupt and procure divers persons having, or 
vote thereat, and that such persons tendered their | claiming to have, votes at such Election, to give 
votes at such Election, in favour of the said Benjamin | their votes for and in favour of the said William 
Smith and William Mountford Nurse, or one of | Bolling, and to forbear to give them to or in favour 
them, and the votes of such persons were recorded | of the said Andrew Knowles; that the said William 
by the said Returning Officers as tendered votes | Bolling, by the said corrupt and illegal practices, 
only, and were not admitted and allowed for the said | was, and is wholly disabled and incapacitated and 
Benjamin Smith and William Mountford Nurse ; | ineligible to serve in this present Parliament for the 
that by means of the premises, the said Arthur | Borough of Bolton-le-Moors, and the Return of 
Wellesley, commonly called Marquis of Douro, and | the said William Bolling was and is wholly null 
Robert Scarlett, obtained an apparent and colourable | and void ; the Petitioners therefore humbly pray the 
majority of votes over the said Benjamin Smith and | House to take the premises into consideration, that 
William Mountford Nurse, and procured themselves | the said Election and Return of the said William 
to be returned as Members to serve in this present | Bolling may be set aside and declared void, and 
Parliament for the said City of Norwich and County | that the said Andrew Knowles may be declared duly 
of the same, whereas the said Benjamin Smith and | elected to serve in this present Parliament for the 
William Mountford Nurse had the majority of lawful | Borough of Bolton-le-Moors, and that the Petitioners 
votes, and ought to have been returned: the Peti-| may have such further and other relief in the pre- 
tioners therefore humbly pray, that the House will | mises, as to the House shall seem meet. 

_take the premises into consideration, and will declare| Ordered, ‘That the said Petition be taken into 
that the said Benjamin Smith and William Mount-| consideration upon Tuesday the 12th day of this 
ford Nurse are duly elected, and ought to have | instant December, at ten minutes before seven of the 
been returned to serve in this present Parliament | clock in the Afternoon. 

for the said City and County, and will direct the} Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
Clerk of the Crown to erase the names of the said | rant, or Warrants, for such persons, papers and re- 
Marquis of Douro and Robert Scarlett from the | cords, as shall be thought necessary by the several 
said Return, and to insert the names of Benjamin | Parties, on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Smith and William Mountford Nurse in lieu thereof, | Petition. 








A Petition 





a3 oS 





Ors 





Bury St. Ed- 
mund’s Elec- 
tion. 


1 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of the Persons whose names are there- 
unto subscribed, being Electors of the Borough of 
Bury Saint Edmund's, in the county of Suffolk, 
and who had and claimed to have had a right to 
vote at the last Election of Members to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough, was 
read; setting forth, That at the last Election of 
Members to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough of Bury Saint Edmund's, Charles 
James Fox Bunbury, Esquire, the Right honourable 
Frederick William Hervey, commonly called Earl 
Jermyn, and Charies Fitzroy, commonly called Lord 
Charles Fitzroy, were Candidates to serve as Bur- 
gesses for the said Borough in this present Parlia- 
ment ; that a poll having been demanded at the 
said Election, by and on hehalf of the said Fred- 
erick William Hervey, commonly called Earl Jermyn, 
was proceeded in and taken on the Twenty-fifth day 
of July now last past, by Charles Denton Leech, 
Esquire, who at the said Election was the Returning 
Officer of the said Borough, and the said Charles 
Fitzroy, commonly called Lord Charles Fitzroy, and 
the said Frederick William Hervey, commonly called 
Earl Jermyn, were by the said Returning Officer 
declared duly elected, and were by him returned as 
Burgesses to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said Borough of Bury Saint Edmund’s; that 
before and at and during the said Election, the said 
Frederick William Hervey, commonly called Earl 
Jermyn, was, by himself and by his agents, guilty of 
divers acts of bribery and corruption, in order to 
corrupt and procure, and did, by himself and by 
his agents, friends and managers, and other persons 
employed in his behalf, by gifts, presents, money, 
rewards, and promises, and offers, and agreements, 
and securities for money, gifts, and rewards, and by 
threats, intimidation, promises, undue influence, and 
other corrupt and illegal practices, acts and means, 
corrupt and procure, and endeavour to corrupt and 
procure, divers persons having or claiming to have a 
right to vote at such Election, to give their votes at 
such Election in favour of the said Frederick William 
Hervey, commonly called Earl Jermyn, and to for- 
bear to give their votes in favour of the said Charles 
James Fox Bunbury ; that after the places in Par- 
liament to be supplied by such Election became 
vacant, and as well after as before the teste or issuing 
out of the Writ for the said Election, and at and 
during the said Election, the said Right Honourable 
Frederick William Hervey, commonly called Earl 
Jermyn did, by himself and by his agents, friends, 
managers and partisans, by divers ways and means, 
at his costs and charges, directly and indirectly, give, 
present, and allow to persons having votes at such 
Election, money, meat, drink, lodging, entertainment, 
provision and reward, and did make presents, gifts, 
rewards, and promises, agreements, and obligations, 
and engagements, to give money, meat, drink, pro- 
visions, presents, rewards, and entertainments to and 
for persons having votes as aforesaid, and to and for 
the use, advantage, benefit, enjoyment, profit, and 
preferment of such persons, in order that he the said 
frederick William Hervey, commonly called Earl 
Jermyn, might be elected, and for being elected, to 
serve in Parliament for the said Borough; that the 


said Right Honourable Frederick William Hervey, 


commonly called Earl Jermyn, by the use of the 
said corrupt and illegal practices, was and is wholly 
incapacitated, disabled, and ineligible to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough of 
Bury Saint Edmund’s, and the Election and Return 
of the said Earl Jermyn was and is wholly null and 
void; that at the said Election, a gross, open, noto- 
rious and extensive system of bribery was pursued 
and practised by divers persons desirous to procure 
the Return of the said Earl Jermyn to serve in Par- 


liament for the said Borough, and that in conse- 

quence, in a great degree, of such bribery and cor- 

ruption, the said Frederick William Hervey,commonly 

called Earl Jermyn, hath been returned accordingly 
Vor. 93. 


4° Decembris. 








141 


to serve for the said Borough; that at the taking of 
the poll at the said Election, divers persons were ad- 
mitted to vote and did vote in favour of the said Right 
Honourable Frederick William Hervey, commonly 
called Earl Jermyn, although such persons were dis- 
qualified to vote at such Election, in consequence of 
such persons having asked, received, taken money 
or reward, by way of gifts, loan, or other device, or 
having agreed or contracted for money, gift, office, 
employment, or other reward, to give their votes or 
to forbear to give their votes at the said Election, 
and divers other persons were in like manner admitted 
to vote and did vote in favour of the said Earl 
Jermyn, although such persons did by themselves, 
or persons employed by them, by gifts or rewards, 
or promises, agreements, or securities for gifts or 
rewards, corrupt or procure, or attempt to corrupt or 
procure, persons to give their votes or to forbear to 
give their votes at the said Election; that at the 
said Election, the votes of divers persons were ac- 
cepted and recorded in favour of the said Right 
Honourable Frederick William Hervey, commonly 
called Earl Jermyn, although such persons were not 
entitled, and had no right to vote at such Election ; 
that divers persons were admitted to vote and did 
vote at the said Election in favour of the said Right 
Honourable Frederick William Hervey, commonly 
called Earl Jermyn, who were not duly registered as 
electors to vote at the said Election, and who were 
not entitled to vote at the said Election ; that at the 
registration of voters for the said Borough of Bury 
Saint Edmund’s last preceding the said Election, the 
names of divers persons were by the overseers of the 
several parishes within the said Borough, whose duty 
it was to make out the lists of voters for their respec- 
tive parishes, inserted in such lists, although such 
persons were not entitled to vote in the Election of 
any Member or Members to serve in Parliament for 
the said Borough, either by virtue of an Act of the 
2d year of the reign of His late Majesty William the 
Fourth intituled, “ An Act to amend the Representa- 
tion of the People in England and Wales,” or by virtue 
of any other right whatsoever, and that such persons, 
though duly objected to according to the provisions 
of the said recited Act, were nevertheless improperly 
retained in the Register of voters for the said 
Borough, in consequence of the decision of the Bar- 
rister or Barristers appointed to revise the lists of 
voters for the said Borough, and that such persons 
being so improperly retained in the Register were at 
the said Election admitted to vote, and such persons 
did in fact illegally and improperly vote at such 
Election for the Right Honourable Frederick Wil-. 
liam Hervey, a called Earl Jermyn ; that at 
the said registration the names of divers persons 
whose names had been properly omitted from the 
lists of voters for the several parishes within the said 
Borough, by the overseers of such respective parishes, 
as not being entitled to vote at any Election of 
Members to servein Parliament for the said Borough, 
were nevertheless improperly inserted in the lists by 
the Barrister or Barristers appointed to revise the 
same, in consequence whereof such persons became 
registered as voters for the said Borough, although 
such persons were not entitled to vote at any Elec- 
tion of Members to serve for the said Borough, and 
such persons at the said Election were admitted to 
vote and did unlawfully and improperly vote for the 
said Right Honourable Frederick William Hervey, 
commonly called Earl Jermyn; that at the said 
Election divers persons were admitted to vote and did 
vote for the Right Honourable Frederick William 
Hervey, commonly called Earl Jermyn, who after 
being registered as voters for the said Borough, be- 
came disabled from and incapable of voting for. the 
said Borough by divers legal or personal disqualifi- 
cations and incapacities; that at the said Election 
many persons were admitted to vote and did vote in 
favour. of the said Right Honourable Frederick 
William Hervey, commonly called Earl Jermyn, 
T3 although 








142 4° Decembris. 


although such persons were disqualified to vote 
thereat, in goonnagenee of their having received pa- 
rochial relief or other alms, at various periods between 
the time of the making of the lists, from which the 
Register of voters for the said Borough of Bury 
Saint Edmund's in force at the said Election was 
framed, and the time of the said Election; that the 
votes of divers persons were accepted and recorded 
at the said Election in favour of the Right Honour- 
able Frederick William Hervey, commonly called 
Earl Jermyn, who within six months previous to the 
said Election, or at and during the said Election, or 
within fourteen days after the same was completed, 
had been and were employed as agents, or in some 
other capacity, for the purpose of the said Election, 
and who, in consideration of and with reference to 
such employment, accepted and took money or other 
reward, or some promise or security for money or 
other reward ; that the votes of divers persons were 
accepted and recorded at the said Election in favour 
of the Right Honourable Frederick William Hervey, 
commonly called Earl Jermyn, although they had 
become disqualified to vote thereat, in consequence 
of their having ceased to possess the property or 
other qualification in respect of which their names 
had been inserted in the Register of voters for the 
said Borough in force at the said Election, or in 
consequence of their having abandoned, changed, or 
departed from their respective occupations or resi- 
dences, or by having ceased to reside within the said 
Borough, or within the limits required by the statute 
in such case made and provided ; that divers persons 
were admitted to vote and did vote at the said Elec- 
tion for the said Right Honourable Frederick Wil- 
liam Hervey, commonly called Earl Jermyn, who 
were disqualified to vote at such Election, by reason 
of their having been, within twelve months pre- 
viously to such Election, concerned or employed in 
the charging, collecting, levying, or managing Duties 
of Excise, Customs, or other Duties or Revenues, orin 
some other office or employment; that at the making 
of the lists of voters from which the Register of voters 
for the said Borough of Bury Saint Edmund’s in 
force at.the time of the said Election was framed, the 
names of divers persons whose names had been pro- 
perly inserted by the overseers of the several parishes 
within the said Borough in the lists of voters for 
their respective parishes, were improperly expunged 
from the said lists by the Barrister or Barristers 
appointed to revise such lists, and the names of such 
persons were in consequence improperly omitted from 
the Register of voters for the said Borough in force 
at the time of the said Election, though such persons 
had a right to vote in the Election of Members to 
serve in Parliament for the said Borough, and the 
names of such persons ought to have been inserted 
in such Register, and that such persons whose 
names had been omitted from the Register in force at 
the said Election as aforesaid, tendered their votes 
at such Election for the said Charles James Fox 
Bunbury, and the votes of such persons were entered 
by the said Returning Officer, or his Deputies, as 
tendered votes only, and were not admitted and 
allowed by the said Returning Officer as good and 
sufficient votes for the sail Charles James Fox Bun- 
bury ; that at the making of the said lists of voters 
as aforesaid, the names of many persons who were 
entitled to vote in the Election of Members to serve 
in Parliament for the said Borough of Bury Saint 
Edmund's were improperly omitted from the said 
lists by the overseers of the several parishes within 
the said Borough, by whom such lists were made, 
and such persons having afterwards duly claimed to 
be inserted in such lists, were nevertheless not in- 
serted therein by the Barrister or Barristers appointed 
to revise the same, by which means the names of 
such persons were improperly omitted from the 
Register of voters for the said Borough in force at 
the time of the said Election, though such persons 
had a right to vote at such Election, and ought to 








A. 1837. 


have been inserted in the said Register of voters, and 
that such persons tendered their votes at such Elec- 
tion in favour of the said Charles James Fox Bun- 
bury, but the votes of such persons were entered by 
the Returning Officer, or his Deputies, as tendered 
votes only, and were not admitted and allowed as 
good and sufficient votes for the said Charles James 
Fox Bunbury; that by means of the premises the 
said Right Honourable Frederick William Hervey, 
commonly called Earl Jermyn, obtained an apparent 
and colourable majority of votes over the said Charles 
James Fox Bunbury, and procured himself to be 
returned as a Member to serve in this present Par- 
liament forthe said Borough of Bury Saint Edmund’s, 
whereas the said Charles James Fox Bunbury had 
the majority of lawful votes, and ought to have been 
returned : the Petitioners therefore humbly pray, that 
the House will take the premises into their consider- 
ation, and will declare that the said Charles James 
Fox Bunbury was and is duly elected, and ought to 
have been returned to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment forthe said Borough of Bury Saint Edmund's, 
and will amend the Return of the said Election, by 
directing the Clerk of the Crown to erase therefrom 
the name of the said Right Honourable Frederick 
William Hervey, commonly called Earl Jermyn, and 
toinserttherein thenameof the said Charles James Foz: 
Bunbury, or will otherwise declare the said Election 
and Return of the said Right Honourable Frederick 
William Hervey, commonly called Earl Jermyn, null 
and void, or will afford to the Petitioners such other 
relief in the premises as to the House may seem 
meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this 
instant December, at five minutes before seven of 
the clock in the Afternoon. 

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


A Petition of the Persons whose names are there- Frome Electiun. 


unto subscribed, being Electors of the Borough of 
Frome, in the county of Somerset, and who had and 
hereby claim to have had a right to vote at the last 
Election of Members to serve in Parliament for the 
said Borough, was read ; setting forth, That at the 
last Election of a Member to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough, Thomas Sheppard, 
Esquire, and Sir Courtenay Boyle, were Candidates; 
that after the place in Parliament to be supplied by 
such Election became vacant, and both before and 
after the teste and issuing out of the Writ for the 
said Election, and at and during the said Election, 
the said Thomas Sheppard did, by himself, and by 
his agents, friends and partisans, by divers ways and 
means, and at his costs and charges, directly and 
indirectly, give, present, and allow to persons having 
votes at such Election, money, meat, drink, enter- 
tainment, provision and reward, and did make pre- 
sents, gifts, rewards and promises, agreements, obli- 
gations, and engagements to give money, meat, 
drink, entertainment, and presents and reward to 
and for persons having votes as aforesaid, and to 
and for the use, benefit, emolument, profit and pre- 
ferment of such persons, in order that he, the said 
Thomas Sheppard, might be returned and elected, 
and for being elected, to serve in Parliament for the 
said ne. fe that before, and at and during the 
said Election, the said Thomas Sheppard was, by 
himself and his agents, guilty of divers acts of 
bribery and —— in order to corrupt and pro- 
cure, and did, by himself and by his agents, friends, 


managers and other persons employed in his behalf, 
by gifts, money, rewards and promises, offers and 
agreements, and securities for money, gifts and re- 
wards, and by intimidation, promises and undue in- 
fluence, and other corrupt and illegal practices, at- 
tempt to corrupt and procure, and did in fact cor- 

rupt 









Fle 








Preston 
Election. 





1 Victoriz. 


rupt and procure, divers persons having, or claiming 
to have, votes at the said Election, to give their 
votes ut the said Election in favour of the said 
Thomas Sheppard, and to refuse and forbear to give 
their votes in favour of the said Sir Courtenay Boyle ; 
that by means of the said bribery and corruption, 
and other illegal practices hereinbefore mentioned, 
the said Thomas Sheppard procured himself to be 
elected and returned as a Member to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough of Frome, 
whereas the said Thomas Sheppard became, and 
was and is, by reason thereof, wholly incapacitated 
and ineligible to be returned, or to sit in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough, and the Election 
and Return of the said Thomas Sheppard was and 
is wholly null and void; the Petitioners therefore 
humbly pray, that the House will take the premises 
into consideration, and will declare the said Election 
and Return of the said Thomas Sheppard to be null 
and void, or will afford to the Petitioners such 
other relief in the premises as to the House may 
seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this 
instant December, at seven of the clock in the After- 
noon. 

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


A Petition of Daniel Clinton, of Preston, in the 
county of Lancaster, Weaver, and James Murphy, 
of Preston aforesaid, Weaver, was read; setting 
forth, That at the last Election of Members to serve 
in Parliament forthe Borough of Preston, the Peti- 
tioners were electors of the said Borough, and claim 
to have had a right to vote at the said Election, and 
Peter Hesketh Fleetwood, John Crawfurd and Robert 
Townley Parker, Esquires, were Candidates thereat, 
to represent the said Borough in Parliament; that 
the said Election took place on the Twenty-fourth 


4° Decembris. 





143 


to vote at such Election for the said Robert Townley 
Parker, who during such Election, or within six 
months previous thereto, or within fourteen days 
after it was completed, were employed thereat as 
agents, attornies, poll-clerks, flag-men, or in some 
other capacity for the purpose of such Election, and 
who, either before, during, or after such Election, ac- 
cepted or took from the said Robert Townley Parker, 
or from some other person with refereuce to such 
employment, certain sums of money, retaining 
fees, offices, places or employments, or promises, 
or securities for sums of money, retaining fees, 
offices, places or employments, and whose votes 
were therein utterly void and of none effect, and 
ought to be struck off the poll accordingly ; that 
the said Robert Townley Parker, by himself, his 
agents, friends and managers, and others on his be- 
half, was, before, at and during the said Election, 
guilty of acts of notorious bribery and corruption, 
in order to induce and procure the electors of the 
said Borough to give their votes to him, and to for- 
bear to give them to the said John Crawfurd, and 
in order to procure him, the said Robert Townley 
Parker, to be returned at the said Election to serve 
in Parliament for the said Borough ; that the said 
Robert Townley Parker did, after the teste of the 
Writ for holding the said Election, and previous to 
his Return, by himself, his agents, friends and ma- 
nagers, and others on his behalf, give and allow to 
divers electors of the said Borough, money, meat, 
drink, entertainment and provision, did make pro- 
mises, agreements, and engagements to give and 
allow to the said electors, money, meat, drink, en- 
tertainment and provision, in order to be elected, 
and for being elected, to serve in Parliament for the 
said Borough; that by reason of the premises, the 
said Robert Townley Parker obtained an apparent 
and colourable majority over the said John Craw- 
furd, whereas the majority of legal electors and 
voters was in favour of the said John Crawfurd 
over the said Robert Townley Parker, the said 
colourable majority comprising many persons not 





qualified to be electors according to the provisions of 


day of July last, and at the conclusion thereof the | an Act passed in the second year of the reign of his 


Returning Officer of the said Borough declared the 
said Peter Hesheth Fleetwood and Robert Townley 
Parker to be duly elected to serve as Members for 
the said Borough, and returned them as such Mem- 
bers; that at the time of such Election, many per- 
sons whose names were contained in the then exist- 
ing Register, or list of voters for the said Borough, 
had since their registration ceased to be qualified to 
vote at the said Election, by reason of their not re- 
siding within the said Borough, and for not having 
the same qualification for which their names were 
placed on the Register, but although they were no 
longer entitled to vote at the said Election, were 
nevertheless improperly admitted to vote and did 
vote thereat in favour of the said Robert Townley 
Parker, and whose votes ought to be declared void 
and bad, and to be struck off the poll accordingly ; 
that other persons whose names appeared upon the 
said Register had become disqualified at the time of 
the said Election, by having within the same period, 
received alms or parochial relief, but were, notwith- 
standing such disqualification, admitted to vote, and 
voted at such Election for the said Robert Townley 
Parker, whose votes were utterly illegal and void, 
and ought to be struck off the poll accordingly; 
thet certain other persons were admitted to vote, 
and voted at such Election for the said Robert! 
Townley Parker, who had received bribes, or pro- 
mises of money, or other advantage or reward for 
giving such votes, or who had wagered or bet sums 
of money upon, or were otherwise pecuniarily in- 
terested in the result of the said Election and Return 
of the said Robert Townley Parker, who were 
thereby incapable of voting at the said Election, 
and whose votes ought to be struck off the poll ac- 
cordingly ; that certain other persons were admitted 
Voz. 93. 











late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled, “ An 
Act to amend the Representation of the People of 
Englandand Wales,” or who had ceased to be qualified, 
and had become disqualified in virtue of the provi- 
sions of the said Act or other Acts of Parliament, or 
the law of Parliament, from voting as electors of Mem- 
bers to serve in Parliament for the said Borough at 
such Election; the Petitioners therefore humbly 
pray the House to take the premises into considera- 
tion, and to declare that the said Robert Townley 
Parker was not duly elected, and ought not to have 
been returned at the said Election; and that the 
said John Crawfurd was duly elected, and ought to 
have been returned thereat, and to direct that the 
said Return may be amended accordingly, by the 
substitution therein of the name of the said John 
Crawfurd for that of the said Robert Townley 
Parker, or that the said Election and Return may 
be declared wholly null and void, or that the House 
will afford to the Petitioners such further and other 
relief in the premises as to the House shall seem fit. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this 
instant December, at five minutes after seven of 
the clock in the Afternoon. 

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


A Petition of Carteret John William Ellis, of Bodmin 
No. 43, Albion-street, Hyde Park, in the county of Election. 


Middlesex, Esquire, was read ; setting forth, That 
at the last Election of two Members to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Borough of Bodmin, in 
the County of Cornwall, Charles Crespigny Vivian, 

T4 Esquire, 

















144 


Esquire, Sir Samuel Thomas Spry, Knight, and the 
Petitioner, were Candidates to represent the said 
Borough in this present Parliament ; that the poll at 
the said Election was taken on or about the Twenty- 
fifth day of July nowlast past and at the close thereof, 
the said Charles Crespigny Vivian, Esquire, and Sir 
Samuel Thomas Spry, Knight, were declared by the 
Returning Officer to be duly elected, and were re- 
turned as duly elected Members to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the said Borough; that the said 
Sir Samuel Thomas Spry, by himself, his agents, 
friends, managers, committees, partisans, and others 
on his behalf, previous to and at the said Election, 
was guilty of bribery and corruption, and of corrupt 
and illegal practices, in order to procure his Return 
as a Member to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said Borough, and did by gifts and rewards, and 
promises, agreements and securities for gifts and re- 
wards, corrupt and procure divers persons, as well 
those who were qualified to vote, or those who 
claimed or pretended to have a right to vote at the 
said Election, to give their votes at the said Election 
for him the said Sir Samuel Thomas Spry, or to refuse 
and forbear to give their votes for the Petitioner at 
the said Election, all which corrupt and unlawful 
practices were contrary to the freedom of Election, 
and in violation of the law and statutes in force for 
preventing bribery and corruption in the Election of 
Members to serve in Parliament; that after the 
dissolution of the last Parliament, and as well before 
as after the teste and issuing of the Writ for the 
said Election, and before the Return of the said 
Sir Samuel Thomas Spry to serve in Parliament for 
the said Borough, the said Sir Samuel Thomas Spry, 
by himself, his agents, friends, managers, com- 
mittees, partisans, and others in his behalf, did give, 
present and allow to divers “seme who had votes, 
or claimed or pretended to have a right to vote at 
the said Election, money, meat, drink, entertain- 
ment and provisions, and make presents, gifts, re- 
wards, and entertainments, and make promises, 
agreements, obligations and engagements to give 
and allow money, meat, drink, provisions, presents, 
rewards and entertainments, to and for such persons 
having, or claiming, or pretending to have a right 
to vote at the said Election, and to and for the use, 
advantage, benefit, emolument, profit and preferment 
of such persons, in order to his the said Sir Samuel 
Thomas Spry being elected, and to procure the said 
Sir Samuel Thomas Spry to be returned to serve in 
the present Parliament for the said Borough; that 
extensive and systematic bribery and treating were 
resorted to and practised by divers persons on behalf 
of the said Sir Samuel Thomas Spry, at the said 
Election, and that the Return of the said Sir Samuel 
Thomas Spry at the said Election for the said Bo- 
rough of Bodmin was procured by means of bribery, 
treating and other corrupt, illegal practices; that 
the said Sir Samuel Thomas Spry, by the said cor- 
rupt and illegal practices hereinbefore mentioned, 
was and is wholly disabled and incapacitated and 
ineligible to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough, and the Return of the said Sir 
Samuel Thomas Spry thereby became and is wholly 
nulland void; that at the said Election the votes 
of many persons were accepted and recorded in 
favour of the said Sir Samuel Thomas Spry, although 
such persons were disqualified from voting at such 
Election in consequence of such persons having 
received bribes, money, gifts and rewards, or pro- 
mises of bribes, money, gifts or other rewards, for 
giving their votes at such Election, and that by 
means of the votes of such persons so as aforesaid 
given, the said Sir Samuel Thomas Spry obtained a 
colourable majority of votes, and procured himself 
to be returned as a Member to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough, in violation of the 
Standing Orders of the House, and in defiance of 


4° Decembris. 











A. 1837. 


Parliament ; the Petitioner therefore humbly prays 
the House will take the premises into consideration, 
and declare that the Election of the said Sir Samuel 
Thomas Spry was wholly null and void, and will 
grant to the Petitioner such further relief in the pre- 
mises as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this 
instant December, at ten minutes after seven of the 
clock in the Afternoon. 

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


The House was moved, That the Act 1 Vic. c. 26., Wills. 


for the Amendment of the Law with respect to 
Wills, might be read; and the same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
suspend the operation of the said Act for Three 
Months from the end of December 1837 :—It passed 
in the Negative. 


The House was moved, That the Petition of Mer- Danish Claims, 


chants and others, sufferers by the confiscation of 
“ Goods on Shore” in Denmark, in the year 1807, 
which was presented upon the 29th day of Novem- 
ber last, praying for an Investigation of their case by 
a Committee of the House ; might be read ; and the 
same being read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
er That an humble Address be presented to Her 

ajesty, praying that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, That the Commissioners to whom 
it was referred to examine the Claims of certain 
British Subjects for Losses sustained on account of 
Book Debts and other Property confiscated by the 
Government of Denmark in 1807, shall receive, 
entertain, and examine the Claims of certain British 
Subjects for Losses sustained on account of the 
Seizure by the said Government in the same year, 
and subsequent Confiscation of Merchandize ihioe 
which Claims, or the Evidence by which they are 
supported, may not have been delivered in to the 
said Commissioners before the 12th of February 
1835, and that the said Commissioners shall report 
on such Claims to the Lords Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Treasury :—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Several Petitions, complaining of undue Elections 
and Returns being offered to be presented, the same 
were delivered in at the Table. 

And three of the said Petitions appearing to re- 
late to the Elections and Returns for places, concern- 
ing which the House had received Petitions upon 
former days, and upon this day, the same were read, 
as follow : 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of Oxford County 
the County of Ozford, and who had a right to vote Plectio"- 


at the last Election of Knights of the Shire to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said county, 
was read ; setting forth, That at the last Election of 
Three Knights of the Shire to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said County of Oxford, George 
Granville Harcourt, Esquire, Montague Bertie, 
commonly called Lord Norreys, Thomas Augustus 
Wolstenholme Parker, Esquire, and Thomas Stonor, 
Esquire, were Candidates to represent the said 
County in Parliament; that a poll being demanded 
on behalf of the said Thomas Stonor, was proceeded 
in by Philip Thomas Herbert Wykeham, High Sheriff 
and Returning Officer for the said County, and that 
the said George Granville Harcourt, the said Mon- 
tague Bertie, commonly called Lord Worreys, and 
the said Thomas Augustus Wolstenholme Putte, 
were, by the said Returning Officer, declared duly 
elected and returned as Knights of the Shire to 


the laws and statutes enacted for preventing charge | serve in this present Parliament for the said County 
and expense in the Election of Members to serve in | of Ozford; that the said Montague Bertie, com- 


monly 





nty 


1 Vicroriz. 


monly called Lord Norreys, and the said Thomas 
Augustus Wolstenholme Parker, were, by themselves, 
or one of them was by himself, and his or their 
agents, managers and others on their behalf, guilty 
of divers acts of bribery and corruption, in order 
to corrupt and procure, and did, or one of them 
did, by themselves or himself and their or his 
agents, managers and others employed and sanc- 
tioned by them, and engaged and concerned in 
managing the Election on their behalf, by gifts, 
money and rewards, and by promises, agreements, 
offers and securities for gifts, money and rewards, 
and by threats, intimidation, undue influence and 
other corrupt and illegal practices, acts and means, 
corrupt and procure many persons having a right to 
vote, or claiming a right to vote at such Election, 
to give their votes to the said Montague Bertie, 
commonly called Lord Norreys, and the said Thomas 
Augustus Wolstenholme Parker, and to forbear from 
giving their votes to the said Thomas Stonor, in 
order that they the said Montague Bertie, commonly 
called Lord Norreys, and the said Thomas Augustus 
Wolstenholme Parker might be returned at the said 
Election; that the said Montague Bertie, commonly 
called Lord Worreys, and the said Thomas Augustus 
Wolstenholme Parker, did, or one of them did, as 
well before as after the issuing of the Writ which 
caused and commanded the said last Election for 
the said County of Oxford, and after the places in 
Parliament to be supplied by such Election had 
become vacant, and before and at and during the 
said Election, by themselves, their agents, managers, 
friends and others on their behalf, engaged, con- 
cerned and employed by them in managing and 
conducting their said Election, and at their costs 
and charges, give, present and allow to divers 
persons having and claiming to have votes for the 
said County of Oxford at the said Election, money, 
meat, entertainment and provision, and made pre- 
sents, gifts, rewards and entertainments, and pro- 
mises, agreements, obligations and engagements to 
give and allow money, meat, drink, provisions, 
rewards and entertainments to and for divers persons 
having votes in the said Election, and to and for the 
use and advantage, benefit and emolument, profit 
and preferment of such persons, in order to their 
being elected, and for being elected Knights of the 
Shire to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
County of Oxford; that by means of the said 
corrupt and illegal practices hereinbefore mentioned, 
the said Montague Bertie, commonly called Lord 
Norreys, and the said Thomas Augustus Wolsten- 
holme Parker obtained a majority of votes, and 
were returned by the Sheriff, as Knights of the 
Shire to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
County of Oxford; that by reason of the said 
matters hereinbefore charged, the said Montague 
Bertie, commonly called Lord Worreys, and the said 
Thomas Augustus Wolstenholme Parker, were and 
are, and each of them was and is, disabled and 
incapacitated to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said County of Oxford, and the Election and 
Return of the said Montague Bertie, commonly 
called Lord Worreys, and the said Thomas Augustus 
Wolstenholme Parker became and are wholly null 
and void; that divers persons who voted at the 
said Election for the said Montague Bertie, com- 
monly called Lord Norreys, and Lhomas Augustus 
Wolstenholme Parker, or tor one of them, had not 
at the time they so voted the same qualification for 
which their names were originally inserted in the 
Register of voters in force at the time of the said 
Election for the said County of Oxford, but had 
parted with and removed from the same previous 
to the said Election, which said persons were never- 
theless admitted to poll, and did poll at the said 
Election, and their votes were counted as good 
votes in favour of the said Montague Bertie, com- 
monly called Lord Norreys, and Thomas Augustus 
Wolstenholme Parker, or for one of them, whereas 
Vot. 93. 








4° Decembris. 145 


such votes were altogether bad and invalid, and ought 
to be struck off the poll accordingly ; that the said 
Thomas Augustus Wolstenholme Parker was not, at 
the time of the said Election and Return herein- 
before mentioned, the eldest son or heir apparent of 
any Peer or Lord of Parliament, nor of any person 
qualified by law to serve as a Knight of the Shire, 
and that the said Thomas Augustus Wolstenholme 
Parker was not, at the time of such Election, 
seised of or entitled to an estate, freehold or copy- 
hold, for his own use, er for any greater estate, 
either in law or in equity, to and for his own use 
and benefit, of or in lands, tenements or heredita- 
ments, over and above what would satisfy and clear 
all incumbrances that might affect the same, lying 
and being within the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, of the annual value of Six 
hundred pounds, above reprizes, and therefore that 
the said Thomas Augustus Wolstenholme Parker was 
not, at the time of the said Election and Return, 
entitled to stand as a Candidate to represent the 
said County of Ozford in Parliament, or capable to 
sit or vote as a Member of the House as a Knight 
of the Shire for the said County; the Petitioners 
therefore humbly pray, that the House will take the 
remises into consideration, and will declare the 

lection and Return of the said Montague Bertie, 
commonly called Lord Norreys, and of the said 
Thomas Augustus Wolstenholme Parker, ox either of 
them, to be null and void, or that the House will 
afford the Petitioners such other relief in the pre- 
mises as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday the 12th day of this 
instant December, at the same time that the Petition 
of the there-undersigned Electors of the county of 
Ozford, is ordered to be taken into consideration. 

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


A Petition of John Bennet, of Foundation-street, 
Tailor, and John Chaplin, Carpenter, both of the 
borough of Ipswich, in the county of Suffolk, claim- 
ing to have a right to vote at the Election of 
Members to serve in Parliament for the said bo- 
rough, and did vote thereat, was read ; setting forth, 
That the Petitioners claim to have a right to vote 
at the said Election of Members to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough; that Thomas Gibson, 
Esquire, Henry Tufnell, Esquire, Rigby Wason, 
Esquire, and Fitzroy Kelly, Esquire, were Candi- 
dates at the said Election, and the said Thomas 
Gibson and Henry Tufnell were declared duly elected, 
and have taken their seats in the House as Re- 
presentatives for the said Borough; that the said 
Thomas Gibson and Fitzroy Kelly, Esquires, were 
Candidates upon the Tory interest, and the said 
Henry Tufnell and Rigby Wason were Candidates 
upon the Reform interest ; that the said Candidates 
were so identified in interest with their mutual 
supporters, that out of the 601 voters who polled 
for the said Thomas Gibson, and the 593 who polled 
for the said Fitzroy Kelly, not more than 12 gave 
their votes to either of the other Candidates, and out 
of the 595 voters who polled for the said Henry 
Tufnell, and the 593 who polled for the said Rigby 
Wason, not more than 12 polled for the other Can- 
didates; that at the commencement of the present 
Session, a Petition was presented to the House by 
John Cobbold, and other electors of the said Bo- 
rough, warm partisans of, and. who voted for the 
said Fitzroy Kelly, against the Return of the said 
Henry Tufnell; that amongst other charges of illegal 
conduct, the said Petition charges “ that the said 
Henry Tufnell was by himself, his friends, agents 
and managers, and others on his behalf, guilty of 
acts of notorious bribery, corruption and treating, 

U at 


Ipswich 
Election 











Bary St. Ed- 
mund’s Elec- 


tion, 


146 


at the said Election, and with reference to the same, 
in order to be elected, and for being elected as 
Member to serve in Parliament for the said Borough” ; 
that the Petitioners have beeninformed, and believed, 
that another Petition has been presented to the 
House containing similar charges of bribery and 
treating against Thomas Gibson, Esquire, which Pe- 
tition has, as the Petitioners have been informed and 
believe, been signed by the friends and partisans of 
the said Rigby Wason ; that previous to and during 
and at the last Election for Members to serve m 
Parliament, the said Borough was kept in a con- 
stant state of excitement by drunken and disorderly 
persons marching through the streets at all hours of 
the night; that such drunkenness was encouraged, 
and the liquor paid for by the friends and partisans 
of the said Candidates, or of some of them, who 
attended every night at the various public-houses in 
the town, where treating, contrary to the letter and 
spirit of the law, was openly practised ; that various 
other illegal acts have been resorted to by the said 
Candidates, or some of them, or by some of their 
friends, partisans and managers of the said Election, 
in order to secure their Election; that the Petitioners 
are afraid that a compromise will be effected between 
the said several Candidates, having for its object 
the hushing up the several illegal practices charged 
in this Petition, and also in the two other Petitions: 
the Petitioners therefore most humbly pray, that the 
House will take the premises into consideration, and 
notwithstanding any compromise may be entered 
into, will set aside the Election and Return of the 
said Thomas Gibson and Henry Tufnell, and declare 
the same to be null and void, and that the said 
Thomas Gibson and Henry Tufnell are not, nor 
ought to be deemed Members to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough of Jpswich, and that the 
House will grant to the Petitioners such other 
relief in the premises as to the House shall seem 
meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday the 12th day of this 
instant December, at the same time that the Petition 
of the several Persons whose names are thereunto 
subscribed, Electors of the Borough of Ipswich, in 
the county of Suffolk, is ordered to be taken into 
consideration. 

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


A Petition of the several Persons whose names 
are thereunto subscribed, Electors of the Borough 
of Bury Saint Edmund's, in the county of Suffolk, 
on behalf of themselves and others, claiming a right 
to vote for Members to serve in Parliament for the 
said Borough, was read; setting forth, That the 
Petitioners were, at and during the last Election of 
Members to serve in Parliament for the Borough 
of Bury Saint Edmund’s, in the county of Suffolk, 
and still are, electors of the said Borough, and 
claim to have had a right to vote for Members to 
serve in Parliament for the said Borough, and did 
vote for the same; that at the said Election, the Right 
honourable Charles Fitzroy, Esquire, commonly 
called Lord Charles Fitzroy, the “Right honourable 
Frederick William Hervey, Esquire, commonly called 
the Earl Jermyn, Charles James Fox Bunbury, 
Esquire, and the Honourable Frederick Gough Cal- 
thorpe, Esquire, were Candidates to represent the 
said Borough, and that a poll being demanded, the 
same was granted and proceeded on, and Charles 
Denton Leech, Esquire, acted thereat as Mayor and 
Returning Officer ; that at the close of the poll, the 
numbers of votes in favour of the several Candidates 
were declared to be, for Lord Charles Fitzroy 289, 
for Earl Jermyn 277, for Charles James Fox Bun- 
bury, Esquire, 275, and for Frederick Gough Cal- 


4° Decembris. 








A. 1837. 


thorpe, Esquire, 248, whereupon the said Returning 
Officer declared the said Lord Charles Fitzroy and 
Earl Jermyn to be duly elected and returned ; that 
divers persons were admitted to vote, and did vote 
at the said Election for the said Lord Charles Fitzroy, 
who had not at the time they so voted the same 
qualifications for which their names had been 
originally inserted in the Register of voters then in 
force for the said Borough, and whose votes ought . 
to be struck off the poll accordingly ; that divers 
persons were admitted to vote, and did vote at the 
said Election for the said Lord Charles Fitzroy, 
who had asked, received and taken money or other 
reward, by way of gift, loan or other device, or had 
agreed or contracted for money, gift, office, employ- 
ment or other reward, and had been bribed to give 
their votes to the said Lord Charles Fitzroy, and to 
refuse or forbear to give their votes to the said Earl 
Jermyn and Frederick Gough Calthorpe, and divers 
persons were admitted to vote, and did vote at the 
said Election, who by themselves, or persons em- 
ployed by them, did, by gifts or rewards, or by 
promises, agreements or securities for gifts or rewards, 
corrupt, procure and bribe, or attempt to corrupt, 
procure and bribe persons to give their votes for the 
said Lord Charles Fitzroy, and to refuse or forbear 
to give them to the said Earl Jermyn and Frederick 
Gough Calthorpe, and whose votes ought to be 
struck off the poll accordingly ; that the votes of 
divers electors of the said Borough, duly registered 
and qualified to vote at the, said Election, were 
tendered and given in favour of Earl Jermyn and 
Frederick Gough Calthorpe, and were nevertheless 
incorrectly and erroneously rejected and refused to 
be reckoned on the poll, whereas such votes ought 
to be added to the poll in favour of the said Earl 
Jermyn and Frederick Gough Calthorpe; that the 
said Lord Charles Fitzroy was, by himself, his friends, 
agents and managers, and others on his behalf, 
guilty of acts of notorious bribery, corruption, and 
treating at the said Election, and with reference to 
the same, and in order to be elected, and for being 
elected as Member to serve in Parliament for the 
said Borough; that divers persons entitled to vote 
for Members to serve in Parliament, were omitted 
from the Register of voters for the said Borough, in 
consequence of the decision of the Revising Bar- 
rister, who tendered their votes for the said Earl 
Jermyn and Frederick Gough Calthorpe, and whose 
votes the Petitioners submit should be added to the 
list of votes for the said Earl and Frederick Gough 
Calthorpe; that the said Mayor of the said Borough, 
during the progress of the Election, and at the 
polling for pheishers, conducted himself as a par- 
tisan in favour of the said Lord Charles Fitzroy, 
and not with impartiality ; that by the improper 
admission of the said bad and imvalid votes, and 
the several illegal ways, and by other corrupt and 
unlawful means aforesaid, the said Lord Charles 
Fitzroy obtained a colourable and fictitious majority 
of votes over the said Frederick Gough Calthorpe, 
and procured himself to be returned, and was re- 
turned to serve for the said Borough in the present 
Parliament, whereas the said Frederick Gough 
Calthorpe had a legal majority of votes at the said 
Election over the said Lord Charles Fitzroy, and 
was duly elected, and ought to have been returned 
in his stead; the Petitioners therefore humbly pray 
the House to take the premises into consideration, 
and to declare the said Election and Return of the 
said Lord Charles Fitzroy to be wholly null and 
void, and that he is not nor ought to be deemed 
Member to serve in Parliament forthe said Borough 
of Bury Saint Edmund’s ; and that the name of the 
said Lord Charles Fitzroy may be erased from the 
said Return, and that the said Frederick Gough 
Calthorpe may be declared duly elected to serve in 
this Parliament for the said Borough, and that his 
name may be substituted in the said Return, instead 
of that of the said Lord Charles Fitzroy, and ow 

the 


Pontefract 
Election. 


Houses of Par. 
liament Bill, 





1 Vicrortiz. 


the House will grant to the Petitioners such further 
and other relief as to the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday the 12th day of this 
instant December, at the same time that the Petition 
of the Persons whose names are thereunto sub- 
scribed, being Electors of the Borough of Bury 
Saint Edmund’s, in the County of Suffolk, is ordered 
to be taken into consideration. 

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


Then the other Petition (being a Petition of the 
last Class) was read as followeth; « 

A Petition of Henry Gompertz, of No. 3, Port- 
land-place, Southwark, in the county of Surrey, 
Esquire, who was a Candidate at the late Election 
for the Borough of Pontefract, in the County of 
York, was read; setting forth, That the Petitioner 
was, at and during the last Election of Members to 
serve in Parliament for the Borough of Pontefract, 
in the County of York, a Candidate for the Repre- 
sentation of the said Borough; that William Massey 
Stanley, Esquire, was one of the Candidates at the 
said Election, and that the Returning Officer of the 
said Borough declared the said William Massey 
Stanley to be duly elected as Member for the said 
Borough, and returned him as such Member ; that 
William Massey Stanley was by himself and his 
agents guilty of divers acts of bribery and corruption, 
in order to corrupt or procure, and did, by himself 
and his agents, friends, managers, and others on his 
behalf, by gifts, presents, money, agreements, and 
securities for money, gifts, and rewards, and by 
threats, intimidations, undue influence, and promises 
of undue influence and other corrupt, illegal and 
improper practices, corrupt and procure divers per- 
sons having or claiming to have votes at such Elec- 
tion, some to refrain from voting at such Election, 
and others to give their votes in favour of the said 
William Massey Stanley; that the said William 
Massey Stanley, by the aforesaid corrupt and illegal 
practices, was and is wholly disabled and incapaci- 
tated to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
Borough of Pontefract, and the Return of the said 
William Massey Stanley was and is wholly null and 
void ; that by these and other undue, illegal, and 
unconstitutional means and practices, the sense of 
the electors of the said Borough of Pontefract has 
not been legally and properly taken or ascertained 
in the matter of such Biection, and no due and valid 
Election has been had for the said Borough, as far 
as regards the Election of the said William Massey 
Stanley; the Petitioner therefore humbly prays, 
that the House will take the premises into consider- 
ation, and to declare that the said William Massey 
Stanley was not duly elected, and ought not to have 
been returned as a Member for the said Borough 
of Pontefract, and that the Return of the said 
William Massey Stanley was null and void ; and the 
Petitioner further humbly prays for a new Election 
for the said Borough of Pontefract, and that such 
redress and relief may be granted to the Petitioner 
and to the electors of the said Borough, as to the 
House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this 
instant December, at a quarter of an hour after seven 
of the clock in the Afternoon. 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods 
and Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings, 
to purchase Ground and Tenements required to 

Vou. 93. 


4° Decembris. 


147 


complete the site for the new Houses of Parliament: 
And that Mr. Edward John Stanley and Mr. Baring 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Government 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Atchitects. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Names and Dates of the 
Appointments of the several Architects now em- 
ployed by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, 
or by any other department of the Government, 
to prepare Plans and to superintend the Erection cr 
Repairs of Public Buildings ; stating the Amount 
of Salary, if any, which each receives for that Duty, 
and the rate per cent. allowed on the Expenditure 
as Commission for the said Duties ; stating also, the 
Regulations under which the Public Works are 
conducted by the Government Architects in Eng- 
land :—Also, a Return of the Amounts paid to each 
Government Architect for Salary, for Plans, and for 
superintending the Works, and what Works, stating 
the rate per cent. allowed, and the Amount of the 
gross Expenditure for each Work, in each year since 
1820, in England :—and Similar Returns for Scot- 
land and for Ireland. 

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


Small Debts 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
(Scotland) Bill, 


for the more effectual Recovery of Small Debts in 
the Justice of Peace Courts in Scotland: And that 
Sir William Rae and Mr. Pringle do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Mr. Charles Wood presented, pursuant to Order, Greenwich 
—A Return of the Total Amount of Freight Money 1°s?it#!. 
received in Greenwich Hospital, from the 12th July 
1819 to the 28th November 1837. 

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


Mr. Edward John Stanley presented a Bill to Houses of Par- 
enable the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, !i#e"t Bill. 
Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Buildings, to No.16. 
purchase Ground and Tenements required to com- 
plete the site for the new Houses of Parliament : 

And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second upon Thursday next ; and to be 
printed. 


Lord Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Copy of Convention between 
his late Majesty, the King of the French, and the 
Hans Towns, for the more effectual Suppression of 
the Slave Trade, signed at Hamburgh, June 9th 1837. 

Copy of ey of Amity, Commerce and Navi- 
— between his late Majesty and the Peru and 

olivian Confederation, together with two addi- 
tional Articles thereunto annexed, signed at Lima, 
June 5th 1837. 

Copy of Treaty of Commerce and Navigation 
between Her Majesty and the King of the Wether- 
lands, signed at the Hague, October 27th, 1837. 

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


Slave Trade. 


Peru and 
Bolivia. 


Netherlands, 


Sir William Rae presented a Bill for the more Sma!l Debts 
effectual Recovery of Small Debts in the Justice of S¢ot#4 Bill. 
Peace Courts in Scotland: And the same was read No. 17. 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Wednesday, the 28th day of February 
next ; and to be printed. 


Sir Harry Verney presented a Bill tc render the Rating of 
Owners of Small Tenements liable to the Payment Tensments BEL 
of the Rates assessed thereon: And the same was No. 18. 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time — Friday, the 2d day of February next ; 
and to be printed. 





9 


u2 Resolved, 











Poor Rates. 


Cambridge and 
Newmarket 
Heath Road. 


Milton-next- 
Sittingborne 
Improvement. 


Jolin Ditlon. 


Dublin and 
Limerick Road. 


Postage. 


Hops. 


Colonial 
Government. 


148 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | 
to give directions, that there be laid before this | 
House, a Return of the Amount of Rates in every 
Parish in England and Wales excused on account | 
of the poverty of the Rate-payer, or the inability of | 


the Collector to obtain the Rates, during the year of the Wincanton Poor Law Union, in the counties Representation, 


ending March 1837. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





| 


Martis, 5° die Decembris ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1837. 


PRAYERS. 

M®: Greene reported from the Select Commit- 
I tee on Petitions for Private Bills, That in the 
case of the Petition for the Cambridge and New- 
market Heath Road Bill, the Standing Orders had 
been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing the Road from Jesus-lane, in the Town of 
Cambridge, to Newmarket Heath, in the County of 
Cambridge: And that Mr. Townley and Mr. Eaton 


do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Green reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills, That in the case of 
the Petition for the Milton next Sittingborne Im- 
provement Bill, praying for the extension of the 
powers of a former Act, the Standing Orders relative 
to Bills of the third Class had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for better paving, cleansing, lighting, watching, and 
otherwise improving the Town of Milton next Sitting- 
borne, in the County of Kent: And that Sir Edward 
Knatchbull and Mr. Plumptre do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


A Petition of John Dillon, praying the House to 
institute an inquiry into the facts and circumstances 
connected with the attack on and seizure of the 


4°—.5° Decembris. 





American Brig Peru, and the disposal of the pro- 
ceeds arising therefrom, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chamber of Commerce of the 
city of Limerick, complaining of the injurious mono- 
oly of the Tolls and Public Conveyances on the 
furnpike Road between Dublin and Limerick, and 
praying the House to take the subject into consi- 
deration, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kingston-upon-Hull ;—and, Kil- 
marnock ; praying for a uniform low rate of Postage 
on Letters,—were presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Postage. 


Petitions from Beckley; — Northiam; — Saint 
Mary-in- Castle ;— Burwash ; — Brightling ;— Hel- 





lingly;— Hertsmonceux ;— Heath field ;—Dallington; 
— Latsfield;— Westfield;— Ore ;— Rye;— Wartling ; 
— infield and Hoo ;—Ichlesham ;-—Pett and Fair- | 
light ; — Hollington ;— Bodiam ;— Seddlescomb ;— 
Brede ;—Udimore ;—V hatlington ;— Crowhurst :— | 
Ewhurst ;—and, Guestling ; praying for the repeal of | 
the Duty on Hops,—were presented, and read ; and | 
ordered to lie upon the Table. | 
A Petition of Robert Montgomery Martin, pray- 
ing the House to institute an inquiry into the pre-_ 
sent system of Colonial Government, and suggesting , 
an Administration Department for the efficient ma- | 
nagement of the Colonies, was presented, and read ; | 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A. 1837. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Cirencester, praying Vote by Ballot, 


that the Votes at Elections for Members to serve in 
Parliament be taken by Ballot, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to hie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Robert Clarke, of Wincanton, Clerk Parliamentary 


of Somerset and Dorset, stating, That the Petitioner 
contemplates with regret the scenes of riot, con- 
fusion and bloodshed, which frequently occur at 
contested Elections of Members of Parliament 
under the existing law, and praying the House to 
inquire, whether it will not be best for the order, 
harmony and well being of the community, and 
the stability of Church and State, to disfranchise 
every county, city and borough in England and 
Wales, to abrogate the existing qualifications of 


‘electors, and to substitute, in lieu thereof, the Poor 


Law Unions, and the electors’ qualifications required 
by the 58th Geo. 3. c. 69. s. 3., excluding Peers 
of Parliament, naval and military officers, pen- 
sioners, and ali persons holding office under or con- 
nected with the Government of the country, to 
retain the present property qualification for Mem- 
bers of Parliament, to unite the said Unions, so as 
for every 28,000 of the population, according to the 
last census, to possess one Member, to prohibit all 
canvassing, either personally by the Candidate, or 
by any individual or body of individuals on his 
behalf, and to require that every Candidate shall be 
resident in the Union, or one of the United Unions 
he is desirous of representing in Parliament, and 
that Members be elected in the same manner as the 
Boards of Guardians, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Bryan, late of Glenore, in Sir George 
the Colony of Van Diemen’s Land, and now of Arthur. 


Harley-street, in the county of Middlesex, Gentle-* 
man, praying the House to prevent the departure of 

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir George Arthur to Upper 

Canada, until inquiry shall have been instituted into 

his conduct upon a matter now at issue between him 

and the Petitioner, was presented, and read; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Sudbury Writ. 


to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Sudbury, in the room 
of Sir James John Hamilton, Baronet, who since 
his election for the said Borough hath accepted 
the office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s 
Three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and 
Bonenham, in the county of Buckingham. 


A Petition of John Samson, complaining of the Berwick-upon- 


" 


otier of a sum of money to induce him to give evi- 
dence of Bribery against the Sitting Members for 
the Borough of Berwick-upon- Tweed, was offered 
to be presented :—And the said Petition was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


‘Tweed Election. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee to whom Civil List. 


several Papers relative to the Expenditure of the 
Civil List were referred, have Power to report the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported from 
the said Select Committee, That they had con- 
sidered the matters to them referred, and directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House, toge- 
ther with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Midhurst Writ. 


to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Midhurst, in the 

room 


No. 22. 





mn, 


Municipal 
Corporations 
Ireland.) 


Mary-le-bone 
Election. 


1 Vicroriz. 


room of William Stephen Poyntz, Esquire, who | 
since his election for the said Borough hath accepted | 
the office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s 

three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and 

Bonenham, in the county of Buckingham. 


The House was moved, That so much of Her 
Majesty’s most gracious Speech to both Houses of 
Parliament at the opening of the present Session, 
as relates to Municipal Corporations in Jreland, | 
might be read ; and the same was read as followeth ; 


“ The Municipal Government of the Cities and | 
Towns in Jreland calls for better regulation.” 


The House was also moved, That so much of his | 
late Majesty’s most gracious Speech to both Houses | 
of Parliament, at the opening of the Session of 1836, | 
as relates to the Municipal Corporations in Jre- 
land, might be read ; and the same was read as fol- 
loweth ; | 

“ You are already in possession of the Report of | 
the Commission appointed to inquire into the state 
of the Municipal Corporations in Ireland; and [| 
entertain a hope that it will be in your power to | 
apply to any defects and evils which may have been | 
shown to exist in those institutions a remedy founded 
upon the same principles as those ofthe Acts which 
have already passed for England and Scotland.” 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | 
for the regulation of Mumcipal Corporations and | 
Borough Towns in Jreland: And that Lord John | 
Russell and Lord Viscount Morpeth do prepare, and 
bring it in. | 

A Petition of Thomas Murphy, of No. 11, Edward- | 
street, Hampstead Road, in the county of Middlesex, | 
Gentleman, was delivered in, and read ; setting forth, | 
That the Petitioner was an elector for the Borough | 
of Marylebone, at the last Election of Members to | 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough, and clans to have had a right to vote, and 
did vote at the said Election for Sir Samuel Saint | 
Swithin Burden Whalley, Knight, one of the Can- 
didates at that Election to represent the said Bo- 
rough in Parliament, and still is an elector, and 
claims to have a right to vote at any Election for 
the said Borough which shall take place before the 
First day of November, in the year of our Lord One 
thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight; that the 
said Sir Samuel Saint Swithin Burden Whalley was, 
at the said last Election, duly qualified to be elected, | 
and was duly elected, to serve in this present Par- | 
liament for the said Borough; that the Petitioner | 
finds that a certain Petition complaining of the said 
Election and Return of the said Sir Samuel Swithin | 
Burden Whalley to serve in this present Parliament | 
for the said Borough, that is to say, a certain Pe-! 
tition purporting to be a Petition of Jonathan Robin- | 
son and &lt; Cumberland, therein described as elec- | 
tors of the said Borough, has been presented to the | 
House, and has been ordered to be taken into con- , 
sideration on the Twelfth day of this present month | 
of December; that the Petitioner is desirous that, 
he may be admitted as a party, together with the! 
said Sir Samuel Saint Swithin Burden Whalley, in , 
defence of the said Election and Return of the said 
Sir Samuel Saint Swithin Burden Whalley, and 
in opposition to the prayer of the said Petition ; 
and praying that he may be admitted as a_party, 
together with the said Sir Samuel Saint Swithin | 
Burden Whalley, for the purposes aforesaid, accord- | 
ing to the form of the statute in such case made and | 
provided. | 

The House was moved, That the Tenth Section of 
the Act 9 Geo.4, c. 22, “ to consolidate and amend | 
the Laws relating to the Trial of Controverted Elec- | 
tions, or Returns of Members to serve in Parliament,” 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Petitioner be admitted a party 
pursuant to the prayer of the said Petition. 

Vou. 98. 








5°—6° Decembris. 


‘and Officers of the Houses 


149 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Ships’ Morte 
alter and amend the Law relating to Mortgages of gages Bill. 
Ships and Vessels: And that Mr. George Frederick 
Young and Dr. Lushington do prepare, and bring 
it m. 

The House was moved, That the Act 6 and Grand Jury 
7 Will. 4, c. 116, to consolidate and amend the semana 
Laws relating to the Presentment of Public Money ‘ eat 
by Grand Juries in Jreland, might be read; and the 
same being read; 

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

O’ Connell do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Act of the Par- Church 
liament of Zreland, 10 and 11 Car. 1. ¢. 3, for pre- Crdant) 
servation of the Inheritance, Rights and Profits of ‘ 
Lands belonging to the Church and Persons Eccle- 
siastical, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the said Act :—And a Debate arising there- 


n; 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To- 
morrow. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Presbyterians’ 
allow all Dissenters from the Established Church in 08t!'s (Ireland) 
Ireland known by the Name of Presbyterian Pro- 
testants, to make Oath in all cases in Courts of 
Justice, and other places where an Oath is required, 
by swearing with uplifted Hand: And that Mr. 

Jumes Gibson and Lord Viscount Morpeth do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report which, Losses by Fire 
upon the 10th day of July, in the last Session je a 
Parliament, was made from the Select Committee 
appointed to consider the case of the late Speaker 
of Parliament who 
suffered by the Fire of the former Houses of Parlia- 
ment, and to report the same, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That this House will, immediately, resolve itself 
into a Committee to consider of the said Report ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremantle, 

Yeas, \ Sir Frederick Pollock: 

Tellers for the f Mr. Robert Gordon, 

Noes, Mr. Baring: 
So it passed in the Negative. 


} 16s. 


1 
jim. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Foundation 
to inquire into Schools of Public Foundation in Jre- oo, 
leo ({reland.) 

Ordered, That the Committee be nominated To- 
morrow. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Colonel Verner. 
proposed, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Correspondence between Her Majesty’s 
Government in Jreland and Colonel Verner, with 
respect to his removal from the Offices of Deputy 
Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for the County 
of Tyrone ; 


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


Mercurii, 6° die Decembris, 1837 : 


And the Question being put:—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 


Mr. Baring reported the Municipal Officers’ De- Municipal , 
claration Bill; and the Amendments were read, and pe any aa “8 
agreed to. 


u3 Ordered, 








Custody of 
Insane Persons 
Bill. 


Presbyterians’ 
Oaths 





150 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


Mr. Barneby reported the Custody of Insane Per- 
sons Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


Mr. James Gibson presented a Bill to allow all 


Bill (Ireland) Fi. &lt;enters from the Established Church in Ireland, 


No. 19. 


Municipai 
Corporations 
(Jreland) Bill. 


No. 23, 


Validity of 
Wills. 


Probate of 
Wills. 


Northern 
Lights, 

No, 20. 
Mint. 

No, 21. 


known by the Name of Presbyterian Protestants, to 
make Oath in all cases of Courts of Justice, and 
other places where an Oath is required, by swearing 
with uplifted Hand: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday, the 18th day of December next ; and 
to be printed. 


5°—6° Decembris. 


A. 1837. 


Mecurii, 6° die Decembris ; 
| Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1837. 
| 


PRAYERS. 
M* Speaker acquainted the House, That Bur- 
ton Phibbs, and the other Electors who pe- 
titioned this House upon the 21st day of November 
last, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the Borough of Sligo had not entered into a Re- 
cognizance in respect of such Petition, according to 
the directions of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 22, “ to con- 
solidate and amend the Laws relating to the Trial 
of Controverted Elections or Returns of Members 
to serve in Parliament.” 
| Ordered, That the Order made upon the 21st day 
| of November last, for taking the said Petition into 
| consideration upon Tuesday the 12th day of this in- 
| stant December, be discharged. 
| Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House that Wil- 








Sligo Boroy 
Election; a 


Belfast 


Lord Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill for the | liam John Elliott, and the other Electors who peti- sain 


Regulation of Municipal Corporations and Borough | tioned this House upon the 21st day of November 
Towns in Jreland: And the same was read the first | last, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon | for the Borough of Belfast, had not entered into a 


Monday next; and to be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Return for the last Ten years, of the Num- 


ber of Suits in the Ecclesiastical Courts, touching | 
the Validity of Wills, Codicils and other Testa- | 


mentary Papers; distinguishing whether the Papers 


| Recognizance in respect of such Petition, according 
| to the directions of the said Act. 

| Ordered That the Order made upon the 21st day 
| of November last, for taking the said Petition into 
| consideration upon Tuesday the 12th day of this in- 
| stant December, be discharged. 

| Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he 
'had received from the Clerk of the Crown and 


. . . | PP ] q i+ M hd o -™ 
in dispute were Holograph or otherwise, or attested | Hanaper in Ireland, Petitions complaining of un 


or unattested; and in what Courts the same shall | 
have been decided ; distinguishing those in which | 
the Testamentary Papers were or were not esta- 
blished ; specifying, also, the Number of Decisions 
from which Appeals were brought ; and distinguish- 
ing the cases in which the Documents forming the 
ground-work of Suits were Holograph or otherwise. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 


due Elections and Returns for the following places ; 
viz. the Borough of Belfast, the City of Water- 
| ford, the Borough of Sligo, and the County of 
| Westmeath ; 

And the said Petitions were laid upon the 
Table. 

And three of the said Petitions appearing to re- 
‘late to the Elections and Returns for places con- 
cerning which the House had received Petitions 


upon former days, the same were read, as follow : 

A Petition of Samuel Hart, of Academy-street, 
/inthe Borough of Belfast, in Ireland, Merchant, 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to | Edward Ledger, of Rosemary-street, in the said 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to! Borough, Apothecary, James Burns, of John-street, 
give directions that there be laid before this House, a | in the said Borough, Writing Clerk, William Brown, 
Return for the years 1834, 1835 and 1836, from of Joy-street, in the said Borough, Accountant, and 
the several Provincial, Diocesan and Archidiaconal | James Rea, of Little May-street, in the said Bo- 
Courts of England and Wales :—1. Of the whole | rough, Accountant, Electors of the Borough of Bel- 


of Her Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Number of Wills proved in each :—2. Of the Num- 
ber of unattested Wills without Codicils:—3. Of 
the Number of Wills with Codicils unattested, speci- 
fying the Number of the same to each Will respec- 
tively ; distinguishing the Numbers proved respec- 
tively undereach Scale ofthe Probate Duty :— 4. And, 
of the Number of Administrations which passed the 
Seals of the Courts in the said years; specifying 
in like manner the Numbers proved under each 
Scale of the Duty (the Names not required in any 
class, but the Numbers only.) 

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


Ordered, That the Abstract of the Accounts of 
the Commissioners of Northern Lights, which was 
presented upon Wednesday last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Account relative to the Mint, 
which was presented upon Wednesday last, be 
printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
half an hour after one of the clock on Wed- 
nesday morning, adjourned till this day. 


fast, in that part of the said United Kingdom called 


Ireland, on behalf of themselves and others, Elec- 


tors of the said Borough, claiming a right to vote, 
and who voted, and were entitled to vote, at the last 
Election for Members to serve in Parliament for the 
said Borough, was read ; setting forth, That an Elec- 
tion for Two Members to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the said Borough of Belfast was held 
at the usual place of Election in the said Borough 
of Belfast, on the Thirty-first day of July last, pur- 
| suant to the usual Writ in due form issued and di- 
| rected to the Sheriff of the County of Antrim, com- 
'manding him that he should cause to be elected Two 
| Burgesses to represent the said Borough of Belfast 
'in the Parliament to be holden at Westminster, on 
| the Eleventh day of September, One thousand eight 
| hundred and thirty-seven, and pursuant to the pre- 
' cept or mandate of the said Sheriff, bearing date in 
the month of July last, directed to and requiring 
the Sovereign of the said Borough of Belfast, the 
Returning Officer of the same, to cause Two Bur- 
' gesses to be elected for the said Borough, according 
| to the exigency of the said Writ; that all the Pe- 
' titioners are and were electors of the said Borough 
of Belfast, and were entitled to vote, and did vote, 
as such at the said Election ; that at the said Elec- 
tion, John Agnew, Esquire, the Sovereign of the said 
Borough of Belfast, was and acted as the Return- 


ing 


Election Peti- 
tions received 
from Treland: 


Belfast 
Election. 


= 





1 VicTroriz. 


ing Officer, and James Emerson Tennent, of the 
Lodge, and George Dunbar, of Belfast, in the 
County of Antrim, 1 Sa the Right honourable 
George Hamilton Chichester, commonly called the 
Earl of Belfast, and James Gibson, of Belfast, 
aforesaid, Esquire, were severally put in nomination 
as Candidates to represent the said Borough in Par- 
liament; that at the said Election, the poll which 
was duly demanded, commenced on Tuesday the 
First day of August last, and was finally closed on 
the following Saturday, the Fifth day of the same 
month ; that the said James Gibson, one of the said 
Candidates, not being the eldest son or heir-apparent 
of any Peer or Lord of Parliament, or of any per- 
son qualified to serve as Knight of the Shire, had 
not, and was not at the time of the said Election, 
and of the Return hereinafter mentioned, and is not 
now, seised of or entitled to, such an estate in lands, 
tenements or hereditaments, as qualified him to ap- 
pear as a Candidate, or to be elected or returned, or 
to sit or vote, as a Member for the said Borough of 
Belfast in Parliament ; that during the said Elec- 
tion, James Kelly Patterson and Richard Cahoon, 
two electors entitled to vote at the same, requested 
the said Returning Officer to administer the oath to 
the said James Gibson as to his qualification to sit 
in Parliament, which oath was administered to him 
accordingly in the manner prescribed by the sta- 
tute in such case made and provided, and is in the 
words following, that is to say: “1, James Gibson, 
do swear, that I truly and bond fide have such an 
estate in law or equity, to and for my own use and 
benefit, of or in lands, tenements or hereditaments, 
over and above what will satisfy and clear all in- 
cumbrances that may affect the same, of the annual 
value of Three hundred pounds, above reprizes, as 
doth qualify me to be elected and returned to serve 
as a Member for the Borough of Belfast, according 
to the tenor and true meaning of the Act of Par- 
liament in that behalf; and that my said lands, te- 
nements or hereditaments are lying or being within 
the several parishes, townships or precincts of Kil- 
lead and Belfast, in the County of Antrim, James 
Gibson :—Sworn before me at Belfast, in the Bo- 
rough of Belfast, in the County of Antrim, this 
Thirty-first day of July, One thousand eight hun- 
dred and thirty-seven, John Agnew, Sovereign of 
Belfast and Returning Officer for the Borough of 
Belfast ;’ that previous to the commencement of 
the said poll, and before any elector had given his 
vote, ite during the continuance of the said poll, 
due notice was publicly given to the said Returning 
Officer, and to the electors or voters of the said Bo- 
rough of Belfast, before they gave or tendered their 
votes for the said James Gibson, that the said James 
Gibson was not duly qualified, in respect of pro- 
perty, to be elected or returned as a Member to 
serve in Parliament for the said Borough of Belfast, 
and that all votes given for the said James Gibson at 
the said Election would be thrown away and lost, and 
the said electors were cautioned against giving their 
votes for the said James Gibson; that notwithstand- 
ing the said notice so given to the said electors, se- 
veral of the said electors, and others claiming to be 
electors, tendered and gave their votes for the said 
James Gibson, and the Petitioners submit that,’ un- 
der the circumstances aforesaid, all such votes so 
tendered and given for the said James Gibson were 
wholly thrown away and lost, and should not be 
reckoned on the poll for the said James Gibson; 
that at the final close of the said poll, the numbers 
of votes were declared by the said Returning Officer 
to be, for the said James Gibson 941, for the said 
Earl of Belfast 922, for the said James Emerson 
Tennent 901, and for the said George Dunbar 869, 
and thereupon the said Returning Officer declared, 
but, as the Petitioners submit, unduly declared, the 
said James Gibson and the Earl of Belfast to have 
obtained a majority of legal votes, and to be duly 
elected, and he accordingly returned the said James 
Vo. 93. 


6° Decembris. 





151 


Gibson and the said Earl of Belfast, as duly elected, 
to serve as Members in Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough; that the Petitioners have caused diligent 
search and inquiry to be made, but have been un- 
able to find that the said James Gibson was at the 
time of the said Election and Return seised of or 
entitled to an estate for his own life, or for some 
greater estate, either at law or in equity, for his own 
use and benefit,in the lands in which he has so 
stated and described his qualification to be situate, 
of the annual value of Three hundred pounds, above 
reprizes; but on the contrary, the fact is, that the 
said James Gibson had not, and was not, at the time 
of the said Election and Return, seised of or en- 
titled to an estate, freehold or copyhold for his own 
life, or for some greater estate, either in law or equity, 
to and for his own use and benefit, of or in the 
lands so stated and described by him, over and 
above what will satisfy and clear all incumbrances 
that may affect the same, of the annual value of 
Three hundred pounds, above reprizes, and was not 
qualified to be elected or returned, and is not capable 
to sit or vote as a Member for the said Borough of 
Belfast; that the said Election and Return of the 
said James Gibson was and is for the reasons afore- 
said, null and void, and that,due notice of such want 
of qualification of the said James Gibson having 
been so given to the said electors, and to the said 
Returning Officer, the said James Emerson Tennent, 
being the third on the said poll, ought to have been 
returned at the said Election to serve in Parliament 
for the said Borough of Belfast; that the said ma- 
jority of votes appearing on the ee for the said 
James Gibson and the said Earl of Belfast was 
colourable only, and procured by the admission of 
illegal and fraudulent votes for the said James Gib- 
son and the said Earl of Belfast, and by the illegal, 
corrupt and unconstitutional means hereinafter 
stated; that the said James Emerson Tennent and 
George Dunbar had at the said Election a majority 
of legal and valid votes over the said James Gibson 
and the said Earl of Belfast, and should have been 
returned at the said Election to serve as Members 
in Parliament for the said Borough of Belfast in 
the place and stead of the said James Gibson and 
the said Earl of Belfast, as the Petitioners submit 
will appear upon a scrutiny of the said poll ; that 
previous to the passing of the Act of the 2d and 3d 
years of the reign of his late Majesty King William 
the Fourth, c. 88, intituled, “ An Act to amend the 
Representation of the People of Ireland,” and of 
another Act of the same year and reign, intituled, 
“ An Act to settle and describe the limits of 
Cities, Towns and Boroughs in Jreland, in so far as 
respects the Election of Members to serve in Par- 
hiament,” the right of returning one Member to 
serve in Parliament for the said Borough of Belfast 
was exercised by the Sovereign and free burgesses 
of the said Borough; that by the said first-men- 
tioned Act, the said Borough of Belfast became 
entitled to return one Member to serve in each fu- 
ture Parliament, in addition to the Member which 
it was at the time of the passing of the said Act 
entitled to return, and it was by the said Act 
enacted, that at all Elections of a Seuher or Mem- 
bers to serve in any future Parliament for any city, 
town or borough in Ireland, not bemg a county in 
itself, every male person of full age, and not sub- 
ject to any legal incapacity, and duly registered ac- 
cording to the provisions of the said Act, who should 
hold and occupy within such city, town or bo- 
rough, as tenant or owner, any house, warehouse, 
counting-house or shop, which, either separately or 
jointly with any land within such city, town or 
borough, occupied therewith by him as tenant un- 
der the same landlord or occupied therewith by him 
as owner, should be bond fide of the clear yearly 
value of not less than Ten pounds, should be en- 
titled to vote in the choice of a Member or Mem- 
bers to serve in any future Parliament for such city, 

u4 town 











152 6° Decembris. A. 1837. 


town or borough; and it is by the said Act also| mises; that, since the passing of the said Acts of 
enacted and provided, that no such occupier as last | the 2d and 3d_years of the reign of his late Ma- 
aforesaid should be admitted to be registered under | jesty King William the Fourth, a great number 
the said Act, unless he should have occupied such | of persons have from time to time come forward at 
premises as aforesaid for six calendar months next | the special and the several other subsequent sessions 
previous to the time of registry, nor unless such oc- | held for the purpose of the registry of voters in the 
cupier should have paid or discharged all such grand | said Borough of Belfast, claiming to be registered 
jury and municipal cesses, rates and taxes, if any, | as householders thereof, under the provisions of the 
as should have been legally due and payable by|said Act, by virtue of alleged qualifications in 
him in respect of such premises, over and above | respect of houses, warehouses, counting-houses and 
and except one-half year’s amount of such cesses, | shops, which qualifications they did not in fact pos- 
rates and taxes as aforesaid; and it is by the said | sess, many of them being merely lodgers or room- 
Act further enacted, that every voter shall, if re-| keepers, holding as weekly tenants, and at weekly 
quired by any Candidate or agent on his behalf at | rents of from Two to Three shillings, upper rooms, 
polling, take the oath in the Schedule (B.) to the | many of them being occupiers of small shops, work- 
said Act annexed, and that every householder in | shops or sheds by the week, at {the like weekly rents, 
cities, towns and boroughs shall, in addition to the | others of them occupying cellars under ground, or 
other matters stated in the said oath, swear that not | stalls or sheds, and some of them not occupying the 
more than one half year’s grand jury or municipal | premises described in their notices, and others oc- 
cesses, rates or taxes, are (at the time of polling) | cupying such premises merely as servants, agents or 
due or payable by him in respect of the premises in | managers, and not as tenants or owners; that the 
the certificate of his registry mentioned ; and it is | only evidence, in many instances, in support of these 
by the said Act further enacted, that no person | alleged claims, was the uncorroborated statements 
shall be admitted to vote at any Election of a Mem-| of the claimants themselves, and that, owing to their 
ber or Members to serve in any future Parliament, | false or imperfect evidence, a great number of per- 
unless such persons shall have been qualified as | sons whose ciaims ought to have been rejected were 
therein specified, and duly registered euiles the said | admitted to be registered as householders, and ob- 
Act; and it is further enacted, that no registry} tained certificates declaring their right to vote as 
made after the passing of the said Act, shall be valid , such for the said Borough of Belfast, and which cer- 
unless made conformable to the provisions of the | tificates will, when produced, entitle the said per- 
said Act; that by virtue of the provisions of the|sons to be again registered, and to obtain new 
said Act, all such holders and occupiers of such | certificates under the said Act without further proof 
premises, of such description, and of such value,|or oath; that a great number of persons whose 
and with such interest, and subject to such provi- | claims ought to have been rejected were thus unduly 
sions as in the said Act specified, and hereinbefore | admitted to be registered, and obtained such cer- 
stated, within the said Borough of Belfast, the | tificates as aforesaid as householders, who did not 
boundaries and limits whereof were fixed and de-| hold or occupy houses, warehouses, counting-houses 
scribed by the said second Act above mentioned, | or shops, within the meaning of the said statute of 
became entitled, if duly qualified, and if duly re-| the 2d and 3d years of the reign of King William 
gistered according to the provisions of the Act first | the Fourth, c. 88; that a great number of persons 
above mentioned, to vote in the Election of Mem-| whose claims ought to have been rejected were 
bers to serve in Parliament for the said Borough of | unduly admitted to be registered, and obtained such 
Belfast ; that by several Acts of Parliament, grand | certificates as aforesaid as householders, in respect of 
jury cess is assessed and applotted upon and pay- | alleged qualifications of houses, warehouses, count- 
able by all the inhabitants holding and occupying | ing-houses and shops, which were not respectively 
houses or lands within the said limits of the said | of the clear yearly value of Ten pounds, as required 
Borough of Belfast, as fixed and described by the | by the said statute, several of the said houses and 
said Act above mentioned, and that by several local | premises not being rated or assessed for the said 
Acts the following municipal cesses, rates or taxes, | municipal cesses and taxes in the said town of Bei- 
that is to say, the paving, lighting, cleansing, and | fast, as being respectively under the yearly value of 
watch-tax, or rate in the said town of Belfast,| Five pounds ; that a great number of persons whose 
called and known by the name of the police rate ; claims ought to have deen rejected were unduly ad- 
or tax, were and had been for several years pre-| mitted to be registered, and obtained such certifi- 
vious to the passing of the said Acts of the 2d_/ cates as aforesaid as householders, who were at the 
and 3d years of the reign of his late Majesty King | time of their said registry joint occupiers of the 
William the Fourth, and subsequent thereto, and | houses, warehouses, counting-houses and shops, in 
at the time of the said last Election respectively, | respect of which they were so registered as electors 
rated, assessed and applotted in the manner fol-| of the said Borough; that several persons whose 
lowing ; that is to say, the said police rate or tax | claims ought to have been rejected, were admitted 
upon all and every person or persons who should | to be registered, and obtained such certificates as 
rent or occupy, within the said town of Belfast, or | aforesaid as householders, who had not been for 
the precincts thereof, any house, tenement cr other | six calendar months next previous to their respective 








hereditament, within the said town or the precincts 
thereof, of the annual value of from Five pounds and | 
not exceeding Twenty pounds, at the rate of Six- 
pence in the pound, oh upon such premises of the 
annual value of from Twenty pounds and not ex- 
ceeding Eighty pounds, at the rate of One shilling 
in the pound, and upon all premises exceeding the 
annual value of Eighty pounds, at the rate of One 
shilling and sixpence in the pound, and the said | 
water-tax, rate, or rent upon the owners and oceu-! 
piers of all houses, messuages, tenements and _here- | 
ditaments, in the said town of Belfast, of the annual | 
value of Five pounds or upwards, and upon the said 
premises themselves, in certain sums according to 
the annual value of the said premises, and which 
said several cesses, rates or taxes, were and are 
recoverable by distress and sale of the goods and 
chattels of the occupiers of the said several pre- 








registry as aforesaid in the possession and actual 
occupation of the houses, warehouses, counting- 
houses and shops in respect of which they were so 
registered as aforesaid, as required by the said 
statute ; that since the close of the year One thou- 
sand eight hundred and thirty-five, several persons 
who previously had been adjudged disentitled, and 
their claims to be registered had been rejected, and 
from which rejection they had not appealed, applied 
to be admitted to be registered in respect of the 
same alleged qualifications of houses, warehouses, 
counting houses and shops, which had been declared 
insufficient, and were notwithstanding such former 
rejections unduly admitted to be registered, and ob- 
tained such certificates as aforesaid as householders ; 
that, since the said last-mentioned period, several 
persons whose claims ought to have been rejected 
were admitted to be registered, and obtained suclr 

certificates 








1 Vicroriz. 


certificates as aforesaid as householders, in respect | 
of alleged qualifications of houses, warehouses, | 
counting-houses and shops, the former occupiers of 
which premises had been adjudged disentitled, and 
their claims to register out of the same alleged 
qualifications had been rejected, and from which 
rejections there had been no appeals; that a great 
number of persons who were not qualified, of per- 
sons who were disqualified, of persons who had 
ceased to be qualified, and of persons who were not 
entitled, were thus unduly admitted to be registered, 
and obtained certificates declaring them entitled to 
vote; that several persons were irregularly and 
unduly registered as voters, and Obtained such cer- | 
tificates as aforesaid, inasmuch as they did not 
respectively take and subscribe at the time of their 
alleged registration, or at all, the oath or affidavit 
required by the said Act of the 2d and 3d William 
the Fourth, c. 88 ; that several persons were unduly 
and irregularly registered as householders, and ob- 
tained such certificates as aforesaid, and who seve- 
rally and respectively took and subscribed at the 
time of their alleged registration, an oath or affidavit 
differmg in substance from that prescribed by the 
said Act of the 2d and 3d William the Fourth, c. 88 ; 
that during the continuance of the poll at the said 
last Election for the said Borough of Belfast, the 
said several persons who had been so unduly and 
illegally registered as aforesaid, tendered and gave 
their votes for the said James Gibson and the said 
Earl of Belfast, some of whom produced to the said 
Returning Officer, or to his Deputies, the said cer- 
tificates which had been so unduly granted to them, 
and others referred to their affidavits, or alleged 
affidavits of their registry, in the custody of the 
Clerk of the Peace, or his Deputies, and the said 
Returning Officer and his Deputies declared them- 
selves bound by the said certificates and affidavits so 
produced, which they decided to be conclusive of 
the right to vote of the persons respectively named 
therein, and that no further inquiry or scrutiny of 
such right could be gone into or allowed, and the 
said unqualified persons were accordingly admitted 
to vote, and their votes were entered and reckoned 
upon the poll for the said James Gibson and the said 
Earl of Belfast; that several persons whose votes 
ought to have been rejected at the said Election 
were unduly admitted to vote at such Election, from 
certificates and affidavits in which were stated and 
contained an illegal qualification of houses and shops, 
houses and warehouses, shops and warehouses, 
counting-houses and warehouses, and which distinct 
subjects of qualification by the statute could not be 
so joined, and which double qualification invalidated 
the said affidavits and certificates ; that several per- 
sons voted at the said Election for the said James 
Gibson and the said Earl of Belfast, who- at the 
time they so voted had ceased to hold or occupy the 
premises in respect of which they had been regis- 
tered, and whose qualifications as such registered 
voters had ceased or determined previous to their 
voting ; that several persons voted at the said Elec- 
tion for the said James Gibson and the said Earl of 
Belfast as such householders, who had become 
bankrupts or insolvents since the time of their re- 
spective registries, and whose interests in the several 
premises in respect of which they had been regis- 
tered, were then legally vested in their respective 
assignees, or in other persons, and that the votes 
of the said last-mentioned persons were also ad- 
mitted and entered, and reckoned upon the poll for 
the said James Gibson and the said Earl of Belfast ; 
that several persons voted for the said James Gibson 
and the said Earl of Belfast at the said Election, as 
householders, occupying houses, warehouses, count- 
ing-houses and shops, who at the time of their 
voting were respectively in arrear more than one 
half year’s amount of the said grand jury or muni- 


6° Decembris. 


153 


said certificates and affidavits of registry mentioned, 
and that the votes of the said last-mentioned persons 
were admitted and entered and reckoned upon the 
poll of the said Election for the said James Gibson 
and the said Earl of Belfasé; that several persons 
who were not electors or voters of the said Borough 
came forward at the said Election and personated 
some of the registered electors who were dead, and 
others who at the time of the said Election were 
absent from the said Borough of Belfast, or who 
did not attend at the said Election, and such per- 
sons so personating such electors voted for the said 
James Gibson and the said Earl of Belfast, and their 
votes were admitted and entered and reckoned upon 
the poll for the said James Gibson and the said Earl 
of Belfast ; that several persons disqualified by the 
provisions of different statutes made for securing 
the freedom of Election voted at the said Election 
for the said James Gibson and the said Earl of 
Belfast, and notwithstanding objections were made 
against the votes of the said last-mentioned persons 
by the agents of the said James Emerson r ennent 
and George Dunbar, the votes of such persons were 
admitted and entered and reckoned upon the poll 
for the said James Gibson and the said Earl of Bel- 
fast; that several persons voted for the said James 
Gibson and the said Earl of Belfast who were dis- 
qualified and incapable of voting at such Election 
by reason of their having been, during such Election, 
or within six calendar months previous to such 
Election, or within fourteen days after the same 
was completed, employed as counsel, agents, attor- 
nies, poll-clerks, or in some other capacity, for the 
purposes of such Election, and by reason of their 
having, either before, during or since such Election, 
accepted and taken from the said James Gibson and 
the said Earl of Belfast, or one of them, or from some 
other persons, in consideration of and with reference 
to such their several employments, certain sums of 
money, retaining fees, offices, places or employments, 
emoluments or rewards, cr some promise or security 
for money, retaining fees, offices, places or employ- 
ments, contrary to the statute in that behalf, and 
the votes of such persons were admitted and entered 
and reckoned upon the poll for the said James Gib- 
son and the said Earl of Belfast; that many other 
persons were admitted to vote for the said James 
Gibson and the said Earl of Belfast, who were other- 
wise disqualified, or had ceased to be qualified, or 
whose votes had been procured by the corrupt, 
illegal and unconstitutional means hereinafter stated, 
and that the votes of such persons were admitted 
and entered, and reckoned upon the poll for the said 
James Gibson and the said Earl of Belfast ; that 
the said James Gibson and Earl of Belfast, by 
themselves, their agents, friends and managers, 
partisans and others on their behalf, were guilty of 
the most flagrant and notorious acts of intimidation, 
thereby unlawfully procuring, by threats, divers 
other persons being qualified to vote at the said 
Election, and by fear of being persecuted, and them- 
selves and their families injured and ill used, to 
forbear to give their votes for the said James Emer- 
son Tennent and George Dunbar, in violation of the 
privileges of Parliament and the rights and freedom 
of Election ; that the said James Gibson and Earl of 
Belfast, by themselves, their agents, friends and 
managers, and by persons employed on their behalf, 
before, at and during the said Election, were guilty 
of extensive bribery and corruption, and employed 
undue influence and other improper means, and 
gave and caused to be given divers sums of money, 
and other gifts and rewards, and made and caused 
to be made divers agreements, engagements and 
promises to several persons having or claiming a 
right to vote, in order to procure them to vote at the 
said Election in favour of the said James Gibson and 
Earl of Belfast, and to forbear to vote for the said 





cipal cesses, rates or taxes then due or payable by 


them respectively, in respect of the premises in their 
VoL. 93. 


James Emerson Tennent and cg Dunbar, and 
in order to procure them the said James Gibson and 


x Earl 








154 6° Decembris. 


Earl of Belfast to be returned to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the Borough aforesaid ; that the 
said James Gibson and Earl of Belfast, by them- 
selves, their agents and friends, and others em- 
ployed by them in managing and conducting the 
ae Election, and by friends, and by others act- 
ing for and sanctioned by them, and by various 
ways and means, after the teste of the said Writ 
for such Election, and at and during the said 
Election, and before the Return of the said 
James Gibson and Earl of Belfast at such Election, 
did give and present, and allow to divers persons 
having votes or claiming to have votes at such Elec- 
tion, money, meat, drink, entertainment and pro- 
visions, and did make presents, gifts, rewards and 
entertainments, and did make promises, agreements, 
obligations and engagements to give and allow mo- 
ney, meat, drink, provisions, presents, rewards and 
entertainments to and for the use and advantage, 
preferment, profit, benefit and emolument of such 
persons, in order that they, the said James Gibson and 
Earl of Belfast, might be elected, and for the pur- 
pose of promoting and securing their being elected 
as Members to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said Borough; that before and at and during 
the time of the said Election, several persons who 
had a right of voting at said Election, and who 
would otherwise have voted for the said James 
Emerson Tennent and George Dunbar at the said 
Election were, by the said James Gibson and Earl 
of Belfast, their agents and friends, and others 
employed by them in managing and conducting the 
said Election, and by friends and by others acting 
for and sanctioned by them, removed and sent away 
from the said Borough of Belfast to distant parts 
from said Borough, and kept away from said Bo- 
rough, and prevented from returning thereto until 
after the poll for said Election had closed, and were 
thereby prevented from giving their votes at said 
Election for the said James Emerson Tennent and 
George Dunbar ; that the said James Gibson and 
Earl of Belfast, by themselves, their agents and 
others on their behalf, fraudulently carried away 
some of the voters who had promised to vote for the 
said James Emerson Tennent and George Dunbar, 
and took them to the houses of the said James Gib- 
son and Earl of Belfast, where they were kept and 
detained, and ate and drank, and were entertained 
during the said Election, and until the same was 
past, and that for the purpose of concealing the real 
object and view in taking away such voters, the 
said James Gibson and Earl of Belfast, or their agents, 
or others on their behalf, falsely represented and 
caused to be falsely represented to them that their 
life was in danger in case they remained at their own 
home, and the said voters were thus kept out of 
the way until after the said Election was past ; that 
by the above, and other undue, illegal and uncon- 
stitutional means and practices, the said James Gib- 
son and Earl of Belfast obtained a colourable majo- 
rity over the said James Emerson Tennent and George 
Dunbar on the poll taken at the said Election, and 
were illegally elected and returned burgesses to re- 
present the said Borough of Belfast in this Parlia- 
ment, to the great prejudice of the Petitioners and 
the other duly qualified electors of the said Borough 
of Belfast, oa of the said James Emerson Tennent 
and George Dunbar, who were, as the Petitioners 
submit, duly elected by a large majority of legal 
votes given for them, and ought to have been re- 
turned burgesses to serve in Parliament for the said 
Borough of Belfast ; the Petitioners therefore hum- 
bly pray that inasmuch as no scrutiny of the persons 
so illegally admitted to be registered and to vote 
was permitted to take place at the said Election, 
and inasmuch as the examination of matters affect- 
ing the freedom of Election, the correction of abuses, 
and the removal of fraudulent votes from the Re- 
gistry are most important, the House will be pleased 
to take into consideration the several matters and 








A, 1837. 


things hereinbefore stated, and remove from the Re- 
gistry of the said Borough of Belfast the names of 
such persons as shall appear to have been impro- 
perly admitted to be registered as aforesaid, and 
also strike off the poll of the said Election the 
names of such persons so improperly admitted to 
be registered and to vote, and of all other persons 
so improperly admitted to vote for the said James 
Gibson and the said Earl of Belfast as aforesaid, 
and that the said James Gibson and the said Earl 
of Belfast may be declared to have been not duly 
elected, and that the said Election and Return of 
the said James Gibson and the said Earl of Belfast 
may be declared null and void, and that the said 
James Emerson Tennent and George Dunbar may 
be declared to have been duly elected ; and that 
the said Return for the said Borough of Belfast may 
be amended by erasing therefrom the names of the 
said James Gibson and the said Earl of Belfast, and 
that the names of the said James Emerson Tennent 
and George Dunbar may be inserted and substituted 
in the said Return in the stead of the said James 
Gibson and the said Earl of Belfast, or that the 
said James Gibson may be declared to have been 
been unduly elected and returned by reason of his 
not being duly qualified in respect of property to sit 
or vote as a burgess in Parliament, and that the 
Election and Return of the said James Gibson may 
be declared null and void, and that the name of 
whichever of the said James Emerson Tennent and 
George Dunbar shall appear to the House to be 
entitled thereto, may be substituted in the said Re- 
turn in the place of the said James Gibson, or that 
the said Election and Return of the said James Gib- 
son and the said Earl of vty may be declared 
null and void, or that the House may make such 
other order, and give such further relief in the pre- 
mises for securing the freedom cf Election in the 
said Borough of Belfast as the House shall think 
proper, and the circumstances and merits of the case 
may require. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this 
instant December, at the same time that the Petition 
of Robert Francis Gordon, and others, is ordered to 
be taken into consideration. 

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


A Petition of James Stewart, of Peter-street, Shoe- Waterford 


maker, John Smith, of Henrietta-street, Shoemaker, 
Thomas Sleator, of Waterside, Teacher, and William 
Moran, of Peter-street, Shoemaker, all of the City 
of Waterford, Electors of the said City and County 
of the City of Waterford, on behalf of themselves 
and others who claimed and who had a right to 
vote and did vote at the last Election for the said 
City of Waterford and County of the City of Water- 


ford, was read; setting forth, That, pursuant to 


the usual Writ, an Election for two Members to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said City of 
Waterford and County of the City of Waterford 
was held in the said City of Waterford on the 
Second day of August One thousand eight hundred 
and thirty-seven, when the Candidates put in nomi- 
nation were, Thomas Wyse, Esquire, Henry Winston 
Barron, Esquire, William Beresford, Esquire, and 
John Tracy O’ Reilly, Esquire, and that the Peti- 
tioners are and were electors of the said City of 
Waterford and County of the City of Waterford, 
and were entitled to vote and did vote as such at the 
said last Election; that at the said last Election, 
the poll, which was duly demanded, commenced on 
Wednesday, the second day of August last, and 
finally closed on the following Monday, the seventh 
day of the same month; that the said Thomas Wyse 
and Henry Winston Barron were declared by the 

Sheriffs 





on, 


1 Victoriz. 


Sheriffs of the County of the City of Waterford, 
the Returning Officers, to have obtained the majo- 
rity of votes at such Election, and were accordingly 
returned by them as duly elected to serve as Mem- 
bers for the said City of Waterford and County of 
the City of Waterford; that the said majority of 
votes appearing in favour of the said Henry Winston 
Barron was but a colourable majority, and was pro- 
cured by undue, illegal and unconstitutional means, 
and by the admission of fraudulent and illegal votes 
for the said Henry Winston Barron; that during 
the said Election, many persons were admitted to 
poll, and did poll, on behalf of the said Henry Win- 
ston Barron, who were not entitled to vote thereat, 
and who had either been unduly and improperly re- 
gistered as electors for the said City and County of 
the said City of Waterford, or who, since the time of 
their registry, had ceased to be qualified, or had be- 
come disqualified from voting at the said Election, 
and the names of which persons should, as the Peti- 


_tioners submit, be struck off the poll of the said Elec- 


tion ; that many freemen of the said City of Water- 
ford and County of the said City were admitted to 
poll, and did poll, at the said Election in favour of 
the said Henry Winston Barron, who at the time of 
the said Election were not residing and did not re- 
side within the said City of Waterford and County 
of the said City, within the distance from the usual 
place of Election therein required by law for that 
purpose, and who were thereby disabled and inca- 
pacitated from voting at said Election ; that many 
freemen of said City of Waterford and County of 
the said City were admitted to poll, and did poll at 
the said Election in favour of the said Henry Winston 
Barron,who, at the time of their registry as such free- 
men were not residing, and did not then reside, within 
the said City of Waterford and County of the said 
City, or within the distance from the usual place of 
Election therein required by law for that purpose, 
and who were thereby disabled and incapacitated to 
be so registered or to vote at the said Election ; 
that great numbers of persons who were registered, 
and claimed to poll as freeholders and leaseholders, 
and who were admitted to poll, and did poll, at said 
Election for the said Henry Winston Barron, whose 
qualification as such had wholly ceased and deter- 
mined as such, and who were thereby disabled and 
disqualified from voting at said Election; that great 
numbers of persons who were registered, and claimed 
to vote as tenants or occupiers of houses, warehouses, 
counting-houses or shops, were admitted to poll, and 
did poll at the said Election in favour of the said 
Henry Winston Barron, who at the time of the said 
Election were in arrear for more than one half year’s 
grand jury or municipal cesses, rates or taxes then 
due and payable in respect of the premises in right 
of the occupation of which such persons were re- 
gistered and claimed to vote, and did vote, and 
who were thereby disabled and incapacitated from 
voting at the said Election; that many other per- 
sons were admitted to poll, and did poll at the said 
Election in favour of the said Henry Winston Bar- 
ron, who, at the time of their registry as such tenants 
and occupiers as aforesaid were in arrear for more 
than one half year’s amount of such grand jury 
and municipal cesses, rates or taxes as aforesaid 
then being due and payable in respect of the pre- 
mises in right of the occupation of which they so 
registered, and were thereby incapacitated and dis- 
abled to be so registered, or to vote at the said 
Election ; that many other persons claiming to vote 
as tenants or occupiers as aforesaid were admitted 
to poll, and did poll at the said Election in favour of 
the said Henry Winston Barron who had been unduly 
and improperly registered, not having at the time of 
such registry held or occupied solely for the space 
of six calendar months next previous to the time of 
such registry, any house, warehouse, counting-house 
or shop, within the said City and County of the 


same, which, either separately or jointly with any 
Vor. 93. 





6° Decembris. 155 


land within the said City and County of the said 
City occupied therewith by them under the same 
landlord, or occupied therewith by them as owners 
thereof, was bond fide of the clear yearly value of 


not less than Ten pounds; that many other persons 


who were registered and claimed to poll as suck 
tenants or occupiers as aforesaid were admitted to 
poll, and did poll at the said Election in favour of 
the said Henry Winston Barron, who, since the time 
of their registry had ceased to hold or occupy the 
premises, or some part thereof, in respect of which 
they had been so registered, and in right of which 
they claimed to vote, and did vote, and who had. 
thereby become disabled and disqualified from vot- 
ing at the said Election; that several persons were 
admitted to poll, and did poll at the said Election 
for the said Henry Winston Barron, who were un- 
— and irregularly registered as voters for the 
said City of Waterford and County of the said City, 
who respectively took and subscribed at the time 
of their alleged registration, an oath or affidavit, 
different in substance from that prescribed by the 
statute in such case made and provided, and who 
were therefore not qualified to vote at the said Elec- 
tion; that many persons were admitted to poll, and 
did poll at the said Election for the said Henry 
Winston Barron, who were not registered as voters 
for the said City and County of the said City, and 
who possessed no colourable claim to vote thereat, 
but who fraudulently personated certain other per- 
sons who were or had been registered as electors of 
the said City and County of the said City, and who 
possessed or had possessed a claim to vote thereat, 
which last-mentioned persons were, at the time of 
the said Election, either dead or absent therefrom ; 
that many electors were induced and compelled to 
vote, and did vote, at the said Election, in favour 
of the said Henry Winston Barron, in consequence 
of the violence, threats and intimidations encou- 
raged and practised by the said Henry Winston 
Barron, aad others, his friends, agents, supporters 
and partisans; that on the Sunday preceding the 
day when the said Candidates were put in nomi- 
nation for the Representation of the said City 
and County of the said City, that is to say, Sun- 
cays the thirtieth day of July last, the said Henry 

inston Barron addressed a most violent, mali- 
cious, illegal and unconstitutional speech to a large 
and riotous mob in the said City of Waterford, 
and used most exciting and inflammatory language 
against the said William Beresford, and recommended 
and desired such mob not to allow the said William 
Beresford to canvass the said Electors of the said 
City and County of the said City, or tu that effect ; 
and in consequence of such exciting and inflamma- 
tory language of the said Henry Winston Barron, 
the said William Beresford was afterwards most 
violently attacked and assaulted by the said mob on 
the following day, and much injured in his person, 
whereby he was prevented from canvassing the 
electors of the said City and County of the said 
City; that by the same turbulent and unlawful 
means, many electors of the said City and County 
of the said City were terrified and prevented from 
voting in favour of the said William Beresford at 
said Election ; that great and riotous crowds were 
assembled during the said Election in and about the 
various polling places in the said City of Waterford, 
and the avenues and passages leading thereto, and 
in divers other places throughout the said City and 
County of the said City ; and that by the violent and 
outrageous demeanour of such crowds, and oftentimes 
by actual force employed by them, many electors 
who would otherwise have voted for the said William 
Beresford were withheld and prevented from so doing, 
and many others were terrified and compelled to 
vote for the said Henry Winston Barron, who would 
otherwise have voted tor the said William Beresford ; 
that the said Henry Winston Barron, by himself, his 
agents, friends and managers, and by persons em- 

2 


ployed 








156 


loyed on his behalf, before, at and during the said ; 
Bicction, were guilty of extensive bribery and cor- | 
ruption, and employed undue influence and other | 
improper means, and gave and caused or allowed to | 
be given, divers sums of money and other gifts and 
rewards, and made and caused to be made divers 
agreements, engagements, and promises to several 
persons having or claiming to have a right to vote, 
in order to procure them to vote at the said Election 
in favour of the said Henry Winston Barron, and to 
forbear to vote for the said William Beresford, and 
after the said Election gave or caused to be given 
divers sums of money to several persons who had or 
claimed to have a right to vote at said Election, and 
who did vote at said Election for said Henry Win- 
ston Barron, in pursuance of previous agreements, 
to vote for the said Henry Winston Barron at said 
Election, and to abstain from voting for said William 
Beresford, and in order to procure the said Henry 
Winston Barron to be returned to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said City and County of the said 
City ; that by the several fraudulent and illegal 
means aforesaid, and by divers other turbulent, 
— and improper practices, the said Henry Win- 
ston Barron obtained the aforesaid colourable majo- 
rity of votes over the said William Beresford, and 
procured himself to be returned to serve for the said 


City of Waterford and County of the said City, | 


whereas the said William Beresford had a large 


6° Decembris. 





majority of legal votes at the said Election, and ought 
to have been returned to serve for the same, to the 


manifest wrong and injury of the said William Beres- | 


ford, to the great grievance of the Petitioners and 
other duly qualified electors of the said City and | 
County of the said City, and in violation of the | 
freedom and purity of Election: the Petitioners | 
therefore humbly pray the House to take the premises | 
into consideration, and to declare the said Election | 
and Return of the said Ienry Winston Barron, | 





A. 1837. 


the said Writ, an Election was held on the Second 
day of August One thousand eight hundred and 
thirty-seven, at the Court House, in the said Borough 
of Sligo, and all the Petitioners are and were Elec- 
tors of the said Borough of Sligo, and were entitled 
to vote and did vote as such at the said Election ; 
that at the said Election John Ormsby, Esquire, the 
Provost of the said Borough of Sligo, was and acted 
as the Returning Officer, and John Martin, of Sligo, 
in the County of Sligo, Esquire, and John Patrick 
Somers, late of the City of London, now of the City 
of Dublin, were severally put in nomination as Can- 
didates; that at the said Election the poll, which 
was duly demanded, commenced on Wednesday, the 
Second day of August, and continued until the follow- 
ing Saturday, the Fifth of the same month; that on 
the first day of holding the said Election, and pend- 
ing the same, the said John Patrick Somers was 
required by Abraham Dobbin and Jones Irwin, two 
of the electors of the said Borough of Sligo, and 
entitled to vote, and who did vote at the said: Election, 
on behalf of themselves and others, electors of the 
said Borough, to take and subscribe the oath of his 
qualification to serve as such Burgess in Parliament, 
which oath was duly administered to the said John 
Patrick Somers accordingly, by the said Returning 
Officer, in the manner prescribed by the statute in 
that case made and provided, and was made and 
taken by the said John Patrick Somers, on the said 
day, in the words following, that is to say, “ I, John 


| Patrick Somers, do swear, that I truly and bond fide 


have such an estate in law or equity, to and for my 
own use and benefit, of or in the lands, tenements, 
and hereditaments (over and above what will satisfy 
and clear all incumbrances that may affect the same), 
of the annual value of Three hundred pounds, above 
reprisals, as doth qualify me to be elected and re- 
turned to serve as a Member for the Borough of 
Sligo, according to the tenor and true meaning of 


Esquire, to be wholly null and void, and to declare the Act of Parliament in that behalf, and that my 
that the said William Beresford was duly elected, | said lands, tenements, or hereditaments, are lying or 
and ought to have been returned to serve in Parlia- | being in the town lands of Knockatolane and Cap- 
ment for the said City of Waterford and County of | pagh, in the parish of Killoran, Tubbercurry, and 
the said City, and that the said Return of the said | Oaghum, in the parish of Achonry, in the barony of 
Sheriffs may be amended, by erasing therefrom the , Liney, and County of Sligo, in the town lands and 
name of the said Henry Winston Barron and by | parish of Killavill, barony of Corran, and County of 
substituting therein the name of the said William| Sligo, the town and lands of Lurgavadogye, otherwise 
Beresford, or to declare the said Election and Return | Cleragh, parish of Rossinver, half barony of Rosse- 
of the said Henry Winston Barron to be wholly null | /ougher, County of Leitrim, in the town and lands of 
and void, or that the House will afford the Petitioners | Corneneagh, in the parish of Robin, barony of Kil- 
such further and other relief in the premises and | maine, in the County of Mayo;” that Petitioners 
make such other order as to the House shall seem | have caused diligent search and inquiry to be made, 
fit. / and have been unable to find or ascertain that the 
Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into , said John Patrick Somers was, or is now, seised of 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this | or entitled to lands, tenements, or hereditaments, in 
instant December, at the same time that their for- the town lands, or parishes, or counties, in which he 
mer Petition is ordered to be taken into consider- so stated his qualification to be situate, to his own 
ation. use and benefit, of the clear yearly value of Three 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant, hundred pounds over and above all charges and in- 
or Warrants, for such persons, papers and records | cumbrances affecting the same, but, on the contrary, 
as shall be thought necessary by the several Parties the Petitioners allege the fact to be, that the said 
on the hearing of the matter of the said Petition. | John Patrick Somers not being the eldest son or heir 
apparent of any Peer or Lord of Parliament, or of 





A Petition of John Wood, James Winterscale, and | 
Robert George Tyler, all of Sligo, in the county of 
Sligo, Esquires, Electors of the Bawah of Sligo, in 
that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Ireland called Ireland, on behalf of themselves 
and others claiming a right to vote, and who voted 
and were entitled to vote at the Election of a Mem- 
ber to serve in Parliament for the said Borough of 





any person qualified to serve as Knight of the Shire, 
had not, and was not at the time of such Election, 
and of the Return hereinafter stated, nor is he at this 
present time duly and bond fide seised of, or entitled 
to, such an estate, freehold or copyhold, for his own 
life, or for some greater estate, either in law or equity, 
to and for his own use and benefit, of or in lands, 
tenements or hereditaments, over and above what 
will satisfy and clear all incumbrances that may 


Sligo, held on the Second day of August Onethousand | 
eight hundred and thirty-seven, was read ; setting | affectthe same, of the annual value of Three hundred 
forth, That, pursuant to the usual Writ, which was | pounds, above reprizes, sufficient to qualify him to 
in due form issued and directed to the Sheriff of the | serve in Parliament as a Member for the said 
County of Sligo, and to the precept of the said | Borough of Sligo, as required by the statutes in such 
Sheriff directed to the Provost of the said Borough | cases made and provided ; that during the said Elec- 
of Sligo, requiring him to proceed to the Election of | tion and previous to the commencement of the said 
a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the | poll, public notice was given to the said Returning 
said Borough of Sligo, pursuant to the urgency of Officer, and to the electors or voters of the = 
| Boroug 








1 Vicroriz. 


Borough of Sligo, before they tendered and gave 
their votes for the said John Patrick Somers, that the 
said John Patrick Somers was not duly qualified as 
aforesaid, in respect of property, to be elected or 
returned as a Member to serve-in Parliament for the 
said Borough of Sligo, and the said several electors 
of the said Borough were previous to their voting 
fully apprised that the said John Patrick Somers was 
ineligible to be elected and returned, and were 
cautioned against voting for the said John Patrick 
Somers, and informed that all votes given at the said 
Election for the said John Patrick Somers would, on 
account of his said ineligibility, be altogether thrown 
away, and during such Election printed notices to 
such effect were posted up in the said Borough of 
Sligo, and were given to and left at the dwelling 
house of each of the electors in the interest of the 
said John Patrick Somers previous to voting ; that, 
notwithstanding such notices and caution so given 
to the said electors of the said Borough of Sligo, 
several of the said electors and others claiming to 
be electors, well knowing that the said John Patrick 
Somers was not duly qualified as aforesaid, tendered 
and gave their votes for the said John Patrick Somers, 
and the Petitioners submit, that, under the circum- 
stances aforesaid, all such votes so tendered and 
given for the said John Patrick Somers were wholly 
thrown away, and should not be reckoned on the poll 
for the said John Patrick Somers; that at the final 
close of the said poll, the numbers of the votes were 
declared by the said Returning Officer to be for the 
said John Patrick Somers 262, for the said John 
Martin 208, and the said Returning Officer declared, 
but, as the Petitioners submit, unduly declared, the 
said John Patrick Somers to have obtained a ma- 
jority of votes and to be elected, and yoy the 
said Returning Officerreturned the said John Patrick 
Somers as duly elected to serve as a Burgess in 
Parliament for the said Borough of Sligo; that the 
said John Patrick Somers, not having been at the 
time of the said Election and Return duly qualified 
in respect of property according to the tenor and 
true meaning of the statutes in such case made and 
provided, is not capable to sit or vote as a Member 
of the House for the said Borough Sligo, and that 
the said Election and Return of the said John Pa- 
trick Somers is null and void, and that, due notice of 
such want of qualification and ineligibility of the said 
John Patrick Somers having been so given to the 
said electors and to the said Returning Officer, and 
that the same having been well known in the said 
Borough of Sligo and to the electors thereof, the said 
John Martin was duly elected, and ought to have 
been returned at such Election to servein Parliament 
for the said Borough ; that the said majority of votes 
appearing on the poll for the said John Patrick 
Somers over the said John Martin was colourable 
only, and obtained and procured by the admission of 
illegal and fraudulent votesfor the said John Patrick 
Somers, and by the illegal and unconstitutional means 
hereinafter mentioned ; that the said John Martin 
had a majority of legal and valid votes at the said 
Election and should have been returned in place of 
the said John Patrick Somers ; that several persons 
were admitted to vote at the said Election for the 
said John Patrick Somers who were not legally 
entitled or at all qualified to vote at said Election, 
and who had either been unduly and improperly 
registered as electors for the orn of Sligo, or 
who since the time of their registry had ceased to 
be qualified, or who had become disqualified from 
voting at the said Election ; that many persons were 
admitted to poll and did poll at the said Election for 
the said John Patrick Somers, who at the time of 
said Election were in arrear for more than one half 
year’s grand jury or municipal cesses, rates or taxes, 
then due and payable, in respect of the premises in 
right of the occupation of which such persons were 
registered an] claimed to vote, and who were thereby 
incapacitated from voting at the said Election ; that 
Vox. 93. 


6° Decembris. 





157 


several persons were admitted to poll and did poll at 
said Election in favour of the said John Patrick Somers, 
who had been unduly and improperly registered, not 
having at the time of such registry held or occupied for 
the space of six calendar months next previous to the 
time of such registry, any house, warehouse, count- 
ing-house or shop, within the said town or free 
borough, which, either separately or jointly with 
any land within the said town occupied therewith 
by them under the same landlord, or occupied there- 
with by them as owners, was bond fide of the clear 
yearly value of not less than Ten pounds; that 
several persons were admitted to poll and did poll at 
the said Election for the said John Patrick Somers, 
who did not, at the time of their alleged registra- 
tion, take the oath or affidavit prescribed, or took 
an oath or affidavit differing in substance from that 
prescribed by law; that several persons were ad- 
mitted to poll and did poll at the said Election for 
the said John Patrick Somers, who, since the time 
of their registry, had ceased to hold or occupy the 
premises in respect of which they had been so 
registered, and in right of which they claimed to 
vote, and who had thereby become disabled and 
disqualified from voting at the said Election; that 
the said John Patrick Somers did, after the teste of 
the Writ, by himself, his friends, committees, par- 
tisans and agents, and others employed in his behalf, 
directly and indirectly give, present and allow to 
persons having votes at such Election, money, meat, 
drink, entertainment and provision, and did make 
promises, agreements, obligations and engagements, 
to give and allow money, meat, drink and provisions, 
presents, entertainments and rewards to and for such 
persons having votes in such Election, and to and 
for the use, advantage, benefit, employment and 
profit of such persons, in order to procure the said 
John Patrick Somers to be elected to serve in 
Parliament for the said Borough of Sligo; that the 
said John Patrick Somers, by himself, his agents, 
friends, supporters, managers, and by persons acting 
for and employed in his behalf, before and at and 
during the said Election, were guilty of bribery and 
corrupt practices, in order to corrupt and procure, 
and did corrupt and procure, persons having or 
claiming to have a right to vote at the said Election, 
to vote for the said John Patrick Somers, at the said 
Election, and to forbear to vote for the said John 
Martin, in order to procure the said John Patrick 
Somers to be returned to serve in the present 
Parliament for said Borough; that previous to and 
during the said Election, acts of undue influence, 
and of gross and flagrant intimidation, by threats 
and violence, and inflammatory harangues, and by 
outrage committed on the persons and property of 
electors in the interest of the said John Martin, 
were had recourse to, and perpetrated by the agents, 
friends, managers, committees, partisans and others, 
acting for and in the interest of the said John 
Patrick Somers, thereby unlawfully procuring per 
sons being qualified to vote at the said Election, 
through fear of being persecuted, and themselves 
and their families injured, to forbear to give their 
votes for the said John Martin, and to vote for the 
said John Patrick Somers, in violation of the rights 
and privileges of Parliament, and of the freedom of 
Election ; that great and riotous crowds, were assem- 
bled during the said Election in divers places 
throughout the said town of Sligo, and that by the 
violent demeanour of such crowds, who attacked 
the houses of several electors in the interest of the 
said John Martin, and oftentimes by actual force 
employed by them, many electors who would other- 
wise have voted for the said John Martin, were 
withheld and prevented from so doing, and many 
others were compelled to vote for the said John 
Patrick Somers ; that before and during the time of 
said Election, several persons who had a right of 
voting at said Election, and who otherwise would 
have voted for the said John Martin, were by the 

x 3 said 





Westmeath 
Election. 


158 


said John Patrick Somers, his friends and agents 
and persons employed or acting on his behalf, 
forcibly seized upon, detained and placed under 
duress and in confinement in a certain house or 
hotel in said Borough, and were only liberated or 
released therefrom upon the terms and under pro- 
mise of their voting at said Election for the said 
John Patrick Somers; that by the corrupt and illegal 
proceedings aforesaid, as also by the threats, intimi- 
dations and menaces of Roman Catholic clergymen 
and others, threatening the spiritual as well as tem- 
poral welfare of several persons entitled to vote at 
said Election, and by other undue means used and 
practised towards several of the said voters at and 
during said Election, by the said John Patrick 
Somers, his friends and agents, and persons acting 
on his behalf, the said John Patrick Somers obtained 
an apparent and colourable majority of votes over 
the said John Martin, and procured the said John 
Patrick Somers to he returned to serve for the said 
Borough of Sligo, whereas the said John Martin 
had a large majority of legal votes at the said 
Election, and ought to have been returned to serve 
in Parliament for the same, to the manifest injury of 
the said John Martin and of the Petitioners, and 
the other duly qualified electors of the said Borough ; 
the Petitioners therefore humbly pray, that the 
House will be pleased to take the premises into 
consideration, and to declare the said Election and 
Return of the said John Patrick Somers, wholly 
null and void, and that the said John Martin was 
duly elected, and ought to have been returned to 
serve in Parliament for the said Borough of Sligo, 
and that his name may be substituted in the place 
and stead of the said John Patrick Somers, in the 
said Return, or to declare the said Election and 
Return of the said John Patrick Somers wholly null 
and void, or that the House will make such other 
order, and afford the Petitioners such further 
and other relief in the premises as to the House shall 
seem fit. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday the 12th day of this 
instant December, at the same time that their 
former Petition is ordered to be taken into con- 
sideration. 

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


Then the other Petition (being a Petition of the 
last Class), was read, as followeth: 

A Petition of John Faunt, of Ballinea, William 
Beatty, of Ardmore, Peter Nowlan, of Rochford 
Bridge, and Francis Mitchell, of Drinmore, all in 
the county of Westmeath, Farmers, in that part of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Jreland, 
called Ireland, on behalf of themselves and others, 
claiming a right to vote at the Election of Members 
to serve in Parliament for said County of Westmeath, 
was read; setting forth, That pursuant to the usual 
Writ, which was in due form issued and directed to 
the Sheriff of the County of Westmeath, requiring 
him to proceed to the Election of Two Knights of 
the Shire to serve in the present Parliament for the 
said County of Westmeath, an Election was held 
on Thursday the Tenth day of August One thousand 
eight hundred and thirty-seven, at the Court-house 
of Mullingar, in said County, and all the Petitioners 
are and were electors of the said County, and were 
entitled to vote as such at said last Election, for the 
Return of Members to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for said County of Westmeath ; that Montague 
Lowther Chapman, Esquire, Sir Richard Nagle, 
Raronet, Sir Richard Levinge, Baronet, and Richard 
Handcock, junior, Esquire, were the Candidates at 
suid Election; that at said Election a poll was de- 
manded, which commenced on said Tenth day of 
August, and continued until the following Tuesday, 


6° Decembris. 








A. 1837. 


the Fifteenth day of said month, and at the final 
close of the poll the number of votes were declared 
by the Sheriff to be, for the said Montague Lowther 
Chapman, 840 ; Sir Richard Nagle, 798; Sir Ri- 
chard Levinge, 388; Richard Handcock, junior, 
393 ; and the said Sheriff declared (but as the Pe- 
titioners submit, did not duly declare) Montague 
Lowther Chapman and Sir Richard Nagle to have 
a majority of votes, and to be elected, and accord- 
ingly returned the said Montague Lowther Chapman 
and Sir Richard Nagle elected to serve as Knights 
of the Shire for said County; that at said Elec- 
tion, a number of persons were allowed by said 
Sheriff to vote and poll for said Montague Lowther 
Chapman and Sir Richard Nagle, whose names ap- 
peared and were entered on the Registry of said 
County of Westmeath as freeholders thereof, but 
who respectively voted at said Election by virtue of 
the registry of alleged freeholds, under leases of 
lands or tenements for a life or lives, made respec- 
tively by lessors who had not at the time of making 
the same a freehold estate or freehold estates therein 
respectively ; that on the same day said persons so 
voted, the act of their having so voted was com- 
plained of by and on the part of the said Sir 
Richard Levinge and Richard Handcock, being such 
Candidates as aforesaid, as having been committed 
by them the said voters respectively, and set forth 
and described and positively declared to have been 
committed by them respectively in an affidavit 
sworn before a justice of the peace, and such affidavit 
was the same day delivered to said Sheriff, being 
the Returning Officer at said Election ; and divers 
credible persons tendered themselves and were 
tendered as witnesses to said Sheriff, and offered to 
prove upon their respective oaths that such acts had 
been committed, and such persons were polled by 
virtue of registry of alleged freeholds, under leases 
of lands for lives, made by lessors who had not at 
the time of making the same a freehold estate 
therein, and other evidence was laid before the 
Sheriff presiding at said Election, or as the Returning 
Officer and his Assessor, and further evidence offered 
to prove such acts ; and said Returning Officer was 
required under the statute of 1st George Fourth, 
c. 11, s.18, and the other Acts of Parliament in 
that behalf made and enacted, to take the votes of 
said several persons off the poll, but said Returning 
Officer and his Assessor refused to take said votes 
off the poll, or to inquire into or receive the said 
evidence, stating that they conceived, under the 
2d and 3d William the Fourth, c. 88, the said Sheriff 
had no jurisdiction to decide said question, and that 
the House alone could try the right of said persons 
to vote; that several voters who were registered as 
Ten pound freeholders, and as having freeholds in 
said County of the annual value of Ten pounds, were 
allowed to poll, and did poll at said Election for said 
Montague Lowther Chapman and Sir Richard Nagle, 
whose qualification had ceased since the time of 
their being so registered, and who since the time 
of their registry had ceased to hold or occupy the 
premises in respect of which they had been so 
registered; and other persons were allowed to poll 
for said Montague Lowther Chapman and Sir Ri- 
chard Nagle, who since the time of their registry 
had parted with the lands and premises in respect of 
which they had been registered, and that several 
other persons were admitted to vote at the said 
Election for the said Montague Lowther Chapman 
and Sir Richard Nagle, who were not legally entitled 
or at all qualified to vote at said Election, and who 
had either been unduly and improperly registered as 
electors for said County, or who since the time of 
their registry had ceased to be qualified as such, 
and many others who did not produce at said Elec- 
tion, or refer to, any certificate of registry or original 
affidavit of registry, with the entry of such certificate 
at the foot of such affidavit of registry, pursuant to 
the provisions of the statute 2d and 3d William the 

Fourth, 








1 VicTorI2z. 


Fourth, c. 88, sec. 28, or produce or refer to any 
other sufficient evidence of their right to vote; that 
several persons were admitted to poll, and did poll 
at the said Election for said Montague Lowther Chap- 
man and Sir Richard Nagle, who had been unduly 
and improperly registered, not having at the time of 
such registry, any freehold estates in any lands or 
tenements within ,said County, in their actual occu- 
pation, or having a beneficial interest therein of the 
clear yearly value of Ten pounds at the least, over 
all charges payable out of the same, or not holding 
as lessee or assignee of any lands or tenements 
within said County, whether of freehold or any other 
tenure, for the unexpired residue of any term origin- 
ally created for a period of not less than sixty years, 
whether determinable on a life or lives, or not, or 
having a beneficial interest of the clear yearly value 
of not less than Ten pounds over and above all rent 
and charges, for any unexpired residue of a term 
originally created for a period of not less than Four- 
teen years, whether determinable on a life or lives, 
or not, or having a beneficial interest therein of the 
clear yearly value of not less than Twenty pounds, 
over and above all rent and charges, or for the 
unexpired residue of a term originally created for a 
period of not less than Twenty years, and having 
a beneficial interest therein of the clear yearly value 
of not less than Ten pounds, over and above all rent 
and charges, or being otherwise qualified to vote 
according to law; that several persons were admitted 
to poll, and did poll at said Election, for said Mon- 
ig Lowther Chapman and Sir Richard Nagle, 
who had been unduly and improperly registered, 
not having at the time of such registry, any estate 
of freehold in any lands or tenements of the yearly 
value of Twenty pounds, or Fifty pounds over all 
charges payable out of the same, or being otherwise 
entitled or duly qualified according to law to be 
registered or to vote as aforesaid; that several per- 
sons were admitted to poll, and did poll at said 
Election, for said Montague Lowther Chapman and 
Sir Richard Nagle, who had been unduly and 
improperly registered, not having respectively signed 
affidavits according to the statute: regulating the 
registering of voters in Jreland, and who had 
been improperly and unduly registered electors for 
said County, and who at the time of their registry 
had been objected to, as also at:their time of polling; 
that several persons were admitted to poll, and did 
poll at said Election for said Montague Lowther 
Chapman and Sir Richard Nagle, whose freeholds 
and leaseholds respectively by virtue of which they 
claimed to vote, had expired by the death of the 
persons for whose lives the freeholds had been 
granted, and by the expiration of the terms for 
which the leaseholds were held respectively, and 
several other persons were admitted to poll, and did 
poll at said Election for said Montague Lowther 
Chapman and Sir Richard Nagle, who had been 
evicted out of the lands and premises out of which 
they had registered their votes as freeholders and 
leaseholders respectively, and whose interests in 
their freeholds and leaseholds respectively had ex- 
pired at or before the time of their voting; that 
several persons were admitted to poll at said Elec- 
tion for the said Montague Lowther Chapman and 
Sir Richard Nagle, who did not at the time of their 
alleged registry take the oath or affidavit prescribed 
by law, and many others who took oaths and swore 
affidavits different in substance from those prescribed 
by law, and which said oaths or affidavits were 
objected to at the time of the registry, and at the 
time of polling ; and several persons were admitted 
to poll and did poll at said Election, under alleged 
registries made pursuant to 2d and 3d William the 
Fourth, ec. 88, which were unduly and improperly 
registered, and not duly registered in the manner 
prescribed by law; that several persons voted at 
said Election for the said Montague Lowther Chap- 


man and Sir Richard Nagle, who were and are 
Vor. 93. 


6° Decembris. 





159 


Papists, or persons professing the Roman Catholic 
religion, ae who did not, at any time previous to 
their offering to poll at said Election, or at all, take 
or subscribe the oaths and declarations contained 
in an Act passed in the 13th and 14th years of his 
late Majesty King George the Third, intituled, “ An 
Act to enable His Majesty’s Subjects, of whatever 
persuasion, to testify their Allegiance to Him,” and 
also an Act passed in the 33d year of his said Ma- 
jesty’s reign, intituled, “ An Act for the Relief of 
His Majesty’s Papists, or Roman Catholic Subjects 
in Lreland,” or either of them, in one of his Majesty’s 
four Courts of Dublin, or at any assizes, or ata 
General Sessions of the Peace, or at any adjourn- 
ment thereof, or at any adjournment of an adjourn- 
ment thereof, holden for any county, city or town 
wherein such Papist, or person professing the Roman 
Catholic religion, do or did inhabit or dwell, or at 
any Election, as by the statute in that behalf pro- 
vided; that several Post-masters and their Deputies, 
and persons employed by or under them, in receiving 
and collecting the Revenues of the Post Office, and 
several persons employed or concerned in collect- 
ing, receiving or managing the Duties on stamped 
vellum, parchment and paper, and persons appointed 
by the Commissioners for distributing of Stamps, 
and several counsel, attorneys and paid agents, who 
were employed at said Election by the said Montague 
Lowther Chapman and Sir Richard Nagle, or one 
of them, polled at said Election for the said Montague 
Lowther Chapman and Sir Richard Nagle; that the 
majority of votes appearing on the poll for said 
Montague Lowther Chapman and Sir Richard Nagle 
over the said Sir Richard Levinge and Richard 
Handcock was colourable only, and obtained and 
procured by the admission of illegal and fraudulent 
votes for the said Montague Lowther Chapman and 
Sir Richard Nagle, and that the said Sir Itichard 
Levinge and Richard Handcock onght to have been 
returned at said Election as duly elected ; that the 
said Montague Lowther Chapman and Sir Richard 
Nagle did, after the teste of the Writ for said Elec- 
tion, by themselves, their friends, committees, par- 
tisans and agents, and others employed on their 
behalf, directly and indirectly give, present and allow 
to persons having votes at such Election, money, 
meat, drink, entertainment and provision, and did 
make promises, agreements, obligations and engage- 
ments to give and allow money, meat, drink and 
provisions, presents, entertainments and rewards to 
and for such persons having votes in such Election, 
and to and for the use, advantage, benefit and em- 
ployment and profit of such persons, in order to 
a the said Montague Lowther Chapman and 

ir Richard Nagle to be returned to serve in Par- 
liament for the said County of Westmeath; that on 
the Tenth day of August last, the first day of said 
Election, the said Sir Richard Nagle and Montague 
Lowther Chapman were conducted to the hustings 
in the town of Mullingar aforesaid, by a mob of the 
lower order of persons, all or most of whom were 
armed with large sticks or bludgeons, and who drew 
the said Montague Lowther Chapman and Sir Richard 
Nagle into the said town in a riotous, tumultuous 
and terrific manner, and after the said Writ of Elec- 
tion had been read, and before the polling began, 
in a most riotous manner assaulted many of the 
persons who came to said Election in order to vote 
for Sir Richard Levinge and Richard Handcock, 
junior, and that a great number of said mob, who so 
attended said Sir Richard Nagle and Montague 
Lowther Chapman wore cockade ribbons, badges 
and other marks of distinction, which had been given 
or allowed to them by the said Montague Lowther 
Chapman and Sir Richard Nagle, or one of them, 
and also posted placards in said town, which were 
printed in large black letters, ““ The Queen and 


Chapman and Nagle!” and which placards were 


printed and distributed by the agents, committee 
and friends of the said Sir Richard Nagle and Mon- 
tague 


x 4 





160 6° Decembris. 


tague Lowther Chapman, and the said Montague 
Lowther Chapman and Sir Richard Nagle, by them- 
selves and their friends, agents and servants, gave 
out, and alleged that they were Candidates, chosen, 
named and approved of by Her Most gracious Ma- 
jesty the Queen, and that the said Sir Richard 
_ Levinge and Richard Handcock were the enemies 
of Her Most gracious Majesty, and in several towns 
in said County, riotous mobs, armed with sticks and 
bludgeons, assembled after the commencement of 
said Election, to the great terror of the electors 
living and residing in and about the neighbourhood 
of said towns, who were in consequence afraid to go 
and were prevented from going to said Election to 
vote for said Sir Richard Levinge and Richard 
Handcock, being afraid of being attacked by said 
mobs and ill treated, and said mobs of several 
persons armed, went at night to the houses of voters 
who were in the interest and had promised to vote 
for said Sir Richard Levinge and Richard Handcock, 
junior, and threatened and deterred them from going 
to said Election, or voting for said Sir Richard 
Levinge and Richard Handcock, and in instances 
carried voters away and kept them concealed, so 
as to prevent their voting for said Sir Richard Le- 
vinge and Richard Handcock, and in consequence 
of said mobs going through the country by night 
and day, prevented electors in the interest of said 
Sir Richard Levinge and Richard Handcock trom 
going to vote at said Election, and several voters 
who were on their way to vote at said Election for 
said Sir Richard Levinge and Richard Handcock 
were stopped by said mobs and not allowed to go 
on to the hustings, by which their votes were lost, 
and several voters who had by evading said mobs 
arrived at the said hustings, and voted for said Sir 
Richard Levinge and Richard Handcock were on 
their return home attacked by said mobs, and stones 
and other missiles thrown at them, and their car- 
riages broken and damaged, and themselves much 
beaten, bruised and injured, which had such an 
effect on other voters, that they refused to leave 
their houses and travel to the town of Mullingar, 
in said County, where said Election was held, all 
which acts and proceedings were, as Petitioners 
submit, in violation of the rights and privileges of 
Parliament, and of the freedom of Election ; that 
previous to and during the said Election, acts of 
undue influence, and of gross and flagrant intimi- 
dation, by threats and violence, and inflammatory 
printed placards, harangues and by outrage com- 
mitted on the persons and property of electors in 
the interest of said Sir Richard Levinge and Richard 
Handcock, junior, were had recourse to and per- 
petrated by the agents, friends, managers, com- 
mittees, partisans and others acting for and in the 
interest of the said Montague Lowther Chapman and 
Sir Richard Nagle, thereby unlawfully causing per- 
sons who were qualified to vote at the said Election, 
through fear of being persecuted, and themselves 
and their families injured, to refuse to give their 
votes for the said Sir Richard Levinge and Richard 
Handcock, and to vote for the said Montague Lowther 
Chapman and Sir Richard Nagle, in violation of the 
rights and privileges of Parliament, and of the free- 
dom of election; that great and riotous crowds 
we-e assembled during the said Election in said 
town of Mullingar, and in divers places throughout 
the said County of Westmeath, and threatened and 
abused the persons who voted for Sir Richard Le- 
vinge and Richard Handcock on the very hustings, 
before and after the time of voting; and that by the 
violent demeanor of said crowds, who attacked the 
houses of several electors in the interest of the said 
Sir Richard Levinge and Richard Handcock, and 
oftentimes by actual force employed by them, many 
electors who would otherwise have voted for the 
said Sir Richard Levinge and Richard Handcock 
were withheld and prevented from so doing, and 


&gt;? 
many others were compelled to vote for the said 





A. 1837. 


Montague Lowther Chapman and Sir Richard Nagle; 
that before and during the time of said Election, 
several persons who had a right of voting at said 
Election, and who would otherwise have voted for 
the said Sir Richard Levinge and Richard Handcock, 
were by the said Montague Lowther Chapman and 
Sir Richard Nagle, their friends and agents, and 
persons employed or acting on their behalf, forcibly 
seized upon, detained and placed under duress and 
in confinement, and were only liberated or released 
therefrom, upon the terms and under promise of 
their voting at said Election for the said Montague 
Lowther Chapman and Sir Richard Nagle; that by 
the corrupt and illegal proceedings aforesaid, as 
also by the threats, intimidations and menaces of 
Roman Catholic clergymen and others, threatening 
the spiritual as well as temporal welfare of several 
persons entitled to vote at said Election, and by 
other undue means, used and practised towards 
several of the said voters at and during the said 
Election, by the said Montague Lowther Chapman 
and Sir Richard Nagle, their friends and agents 
and persons acting on their behalf, the said Mon- 
tague Lowther Chapman and Sir Richard Nagle ob- 
tained an apparent, fictitious and colourable majority 
of voters over the said Sir Richard Levinge and 
Richard Handcock, and thereby procured the said 
Montague Lowther Chapman and Sir Richard Nagle 
to be returned to serve for the said County of West- 
meath, whereas the said Sir Richard Levinge and 
Richard Handcock had a large majority of legal 
votes at the said Election, and ought to have been 
returned to serve in Parliament for the same, to the 
manifest injury of the said Sir Richard Levinge and 
Richard Handcoch, and of the Petitioners, and the 
other duly qualified electors of the said County ; the 
Petitioners therefore humbly pray, that the House 
will be pleased to take the premises into considera- 


tion, and to declare the said Election and Return of 


the said Montague Lowther Chapman and Sir Richard 
Nagle wholly null and void, and that the said Sir 
Richard Levinge and Richard Handcock, junior, 
were duly elected and ought to have been returned 
to serve in Parliament for the said County of West- 
meath, and that their names may be substituted in 
the place and in the stead of the said Montague 
Lowther Chapman and Sir Richard Nagle in the 
said Return, or to declare the said Election and 
Return of the said Montague Lowther Chapman and 
Sir Richard Nagle wholly null and void, and that 
the votes of the persons who were improperly regis- 
tered, or who were improperly allowed to poll as 
aforesaid, and who were not duly qualified, or who 
were disqualified to vote at said Election, may be 
struck off the poll, and that the Registry of the County 


may also be amended by striking off the Registry of 


the County the names of all such persons who, 
having voted at said Election, shall appear to have 
been unduly or improperly registered, or who have 
lost their qualifications to vote since they regis- 
tered, or that the House will make bon other 
order, and afford the Petitioners such further and 
other relief in the premises as to the House shall 
seem fit. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 12th day of this 
instant December, at ten minutes after seven of the 
clock in the Afternoon. 

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


Schwann’s Naturalization Bill was read a second Schvwenn’e 
time ; and committed to Mr. Baines and the York NB. 


List. 


, 


Saffran’s Naturalization Bill was read a second Safiran’s 
time ; and committed to Mr. Baines and the York Nat. 


List. 2, 
A Petition 





Bisbo 
Sodor 





Negro 
ticeshi 


Poor | 
Amen 
Act. 


Hous 
Suttre 


Sale 
Act. 


Priv 











Bisboprick of 
Sodor and 
Mann. 


Negro Appren- 
ticeship. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Household 
Suffrage, &amp;c. 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Privileges. 


Lieut..Cul, 
Frith, 


“os ‘a 


Hey 


Eection 
Citions 


Ieland,) 


1 Victroriz. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Chester, 
praying that the Bishoprick of Sodor and Mann may 
not be suppressed, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to hie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kingsbridge (three Petitions);—and 
Dodbrooke ; praying for the Abolition of the system 
of Negro Apprenticeship,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Matthew Sooby, praying for the 
amendment of the Poor Law Act, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
the Poor Law Amendment Act. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting of Inha- 
bitants of Leith, praying for the adoption of House- 
hold Suffrage and Vote by Ballot, in the Elections 
of Members to serve in Parliament, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Bedminster Poor 
Law Union, praying for the Repeal or Amendment 
of the Sale of Beer Act, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That a Committee of Privileges be ap- 
pointed :—And a Committee was appointed of Mr. 
Bernal, Mr. Williams Wynn, Lord John Russell, 
Sir Robert Peel, Lord Viscount Clive, Lord Viscount 
Palmerston, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Shaw Lefevre, Mr. 
Hume, Sir Matthew Wood, and all the Knights 
for Shires, Gentlemen of the Long Robe, and Mer- 
chants, in the House:—And they are to meet 
upon Friday next, in the Afternoon; and to sit 
every Wednesday, Friday and Monday, in the 
Afternoon ; and all who come are to have voices ; 
and they are to take into consideration all such 
matters as shall or may come in question, touching 
Privileges; and to report their Proceedings, with 
their Opinion thereupon, to the House, from time 
to time; and the Committee are to have Power 
to send for persons, papers and records, for their 
information; and if any thing shall come in — 
touching the matter of Privilege of any Member, 
he is to withdraw during the time the matter is in 
debate. 


A Petition of Warren Hastings Leslie Frith, Lieu- 
tenant Colonel in the Artillery service of the East 
India Company, on the Bengal Establishment, 
stating that the Petitioner is‘ the legal personal re- 
presentative of his late father, Lieutenant-Colonel 
Robert Frith, of the East India Company’s service, 
and in that character alleging that he has pecuniary 
claims to a considerable amount on the late Nabob 
of Oude and on the East India Company, which 
he has for a long time past most anxiously but un- 
successfully endeavoured to get settled and dis- 
charged ; stating the particulars thereof ; and pray- 
ing the House to take his claims into consideration, 
and to adopt means for their acknowledgment and 
adjustment by the East India Company, was pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Thomus Bradley, Esquire, late 
Lieutenant Colonel of the 2d West India Regiment 
of Foot, praying the House to appoint a Committee 
to inquire into his charges against Colonel Arthur, 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of William Smith O’ Brien, Esquire, 
one of the Sitting Members for the county of Lime- 
rick, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That 
the Petitioner most respectfully approaches the 
House with a Petition and complaint touching a 
matter which not only affects himself, but also 


deeply concerns the Privileges of the House, the 
OL. 93. 


6° Decembris. 





161 


rights of the electors of these realms, the especial 
interest of the people of Jreland, and the general 
well-being and concord of all parts of the United 
Kingdom ; that the Petitioner begs respectfully to 
call the attention of the House to the existence of 
a Public Subscription set on foot in England for the 
purpose of encouraging the presentation of Petitions 
against Members returned to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Counties, Cities, Towns and bo- 
roughs of Ireland, and of defraying the expenses 
attendant upon the conduct and prosecution of the 
same; that it appears from successive advertise- 
ments in the public newspapers, that a very large 
fund has been already raised in England for the 
purposes above mentioned; that as inasmuch as 
the persons who have been induced to subscribe 
to this fund are for the most part wholly un- 
connected with the constituencies of Ireland, and 
have had no opportunity of personally witnessing 
the proceedings which took place at the late Irish 
Elections, they have necessarily been liable to be 
misled by the false representations of persons who 
have an interestin deceiving them; that the Petitioner 
sincerely believes that the persons who have set on 
foot this subscription desire and intend thereby to 
frustrate and annul the choice of the electors of Ire- 
land by the following means:—First, taking ad- 
vantage of the expensive nature of the present pro- 
cess for the trial of Controverted Elections, the 
hope to overbear by such subscriptions the possibi~ 
lity of any resistance or defence upon the part of 
such Sitting Members as may not be able to defray 
the expense of defending a seat in Parliament, an 
expense which not unfrequently has amounted to 
several thousand pounds upon the trial of a single 
Petition; Secondly, availing themselves of tle pre- 
sent state of the law, they propose, by the presenta- 
tion of Petitions against a considerable number of 
Members of the House, to disqualify from sitting 
upon Committees a large proportion of those Mem- 
bers whose political opinions are in accordance with 
the sentiments of the electors of Jreland, and thus 
to obtain Committees favourable to the objects for 
which the said confederacy has been formed ; that 
the Petitioner humbly conceives that such a sub- 
scription is in the highest degree unconstitutional, 
that if it be converted into a precedent, a similar 
proceeding may hereafter be used as an instrument 
destructive to the rights and liberties of the British 
people ; that, in reference to the connection between 
Great Britain and Ireland, it will be productive 
of the most injurious consequences, as tending to 
create in Ireland an opinion that there exists amongst 
the English nation a strong antipathy to the Jrish 
people, and a disposition to obstruct the free ex- 
pression of their opinion through their Representa- 
tives in Parliament, and that thus the harmony 
which ought to subsist between two nations united 
as well by mutual interest as by an international 
compact, will be endangered, if not destroyed; that 
the Petitioner has seen in the public newspapers a 
letter purporting to have been signed by Sir Francis 
Burdett, a Member of the House, in which letter 
the said Sir Francis avows that he has contributed 
to the said fund; and the Petitioner humbly sub- 
mits, that it is the duty of the House to inquire how 
far it is consistent with the impartial exercise of the 
functions which this honourable Member may be 
compelled (subject to the obligation and sanction 
of an oath) to undertake, that he should thus volun- 
turily have made himself a party in a case in which 
the law constitutes him a judge; that in exemplifi- 
cation of the results which may be expected to arise 
from the employment of the above-mentioned sub- 
scription, the Petitioner has observed that a Petition 
has been presented, impeaching the validity of the 
late Election and Return for the County of Limerick, 
which Petition the Petitioner conscientiously believes 
would not have been presented with a view to its 
being brought before a Committee of the House, 
Y unless 











Bodmin 


Elestion. 


162 6° Decembris. 


unless the parties from whom it emanates had 
expected to receive assistance and support from 
the above-mentioned confederacy; that it does 
not become the Petitioner in his own case to make 
any statement which may induce Members of 
the House to prejudge the merits of a Petition 
which will be subjected to the investigation of a 
Committee of the Seuss, but the Petitioner firmly 
believes that his Return was the result of the 
free choice of the electors of the County of Lime- 
rick, and that the grounds of the said Petition 
are wholly frivolous and untenable ; that the Pe- 
titioner is not ashamed to confess, that, even 
though assured of a favourable result, he does not 
regard with indifference the expense of defending 
his Seat under the present mode of conducting 
the trial of Controverted Elections, and he there- 
fore humbly submits, that if he should decline to 
defend his Seat, under a feeling of unwillingness 
to enter upon an unequal contest with parties 
sustained by a subscription collected in England 
from individuals who are wholly regardless of the 
interests of the constituency of the County of Lime- 
rick, and anxious only to promote the objects of the 
party to which they are attached, the free choice of 
the Electors of the said County would in such case 
be defeated and annulled by the machinations of an 
unconstitutional confederacy ; that, as well, therefore, 
upon grounds of public policy, as with reference to 
his own individual case, the Petitioner humbly prays, 
that an inquiry may be made into all the proceed- 
ings connected with the said subscription, for the 
purpose of ascertaining whether such subscription 
be consistent with the laws of the land, the usages 
of Parliament, the privileges of the House, and the 
rights of the electors of Great Britain and Ireland, 
and that the House will take such other measures 
for securing to the people of Ireland protection 
against any injury or injustice that may arise from 
such confederacy and subscription, as in its wisdom 
it shall see fit. 

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

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Petition be printed ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr. er ee 234 

Yeas, (Mr. Hume : Fs 
Tellers for the {Sir Thomas Fremantle, \ 
Noes, Mr. Henry Bingham Baring: 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


203. 


A Petition of Carteret John William Ellis, of Al- 
bion-street, Hyde Park, in the county of Middlesex, 
Esquire, was presented, and read; setting forth, 
That the Petitioner did, on Monday, the Fourth day 
of December instant, present his Petition to the 
House, complaining of the Return of Members to 
serve in Parliament for the Borough of Bodmin, in 
the County of Cornwall; that the Petitioner did, in 
pursuance of the statute in that case made and pro- 
vided, on the Fifth day of December instant, deliver 
to the proper officer the names and descriptions of 
his sureties to prosecute the said Petition; that 
Edward Harrison, of Southampton Buildings, Hol- 
born, and of Berkeley-street, Russell Square, in the 
County of Middlesex, Gentleman, one of such pro- 
posed sureties, consented to become such surety, 
and is well able in point of property to be so, and 
hath applied this day to the proper officer, to enter 
into his recognizance, but has been informed that 
he cannot be permitted to do so till after the expi- 
ration of seven days ; that the said Edward Harrison 
is now labouring under an affection of the eyes, 
which renders it necessary that he should depart 
immediately for Paris for the purpose of submitting 
to a surgical operation thereon, and cannot, without 
great personal inconvenience, defer such operation 


. | land.) 





A. 1837. 


for the period so required, and has no other reason 
for withdrawing his name, and is willing forthwith 
to acknowledge the same, and to submit to any re- 
—_— examination as to his property ; and praying, 
hat the said Edward Harrison may be at liberty 

forthwith to enter into such recognizance, or that 
the Petitioner may be at liberty to substitute the 
name of another surety in lieu of that of the said 
Edward Harrison, or that the House will grant 
such other relief as may be thought fit. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration To-morrow. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s Religious 
command,—Second Report of the Commissioners (leutaadt 
of Religious Instruction ( Scotland.) j 

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


The Highway Rates Bill was, according to Order, Highway Rates 

read a second time; and committed to Mr. Shaw ®# 
Lefevre, Mr. Estcourt, Mr. Robert Clive, Mr. Par- 
rott, Mr. Hodgson Hinde, Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. 
Halford, Sir sa Strickland, Mr. Bramston, Mr. 
Mansell Talbot, Sir John Yarde Buller, Sir Charles 
Knightley, Mr. Barneby, the Marquis of Chandos 
and Sir Charles Burrell. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Church 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed (Ireland) 
yesterday, that leave be given to bring in a Bill to : 
amend the Act of the Parliament of Zreland, 11 
Car. 1, c. 3, for preservation of the Inheritance, 
Rights and Property of Lands belonging to the 
Church and Persons Ecclesiastical: The House 
resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative: And that Mr. Mahony and Mr. 
David Roche do prepare, and bring in the Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for nominating Foundation 
the Select Committee on Foundation Schools (Jre- Ctreland) 

Ordered, That the Committee be nominated To- 
morrow. 

A Petition of Deputies from the several congre- ie 
gations of Protestant Dissenters of the three deno- Oto Bill 
minations, Presbyterian, Independent and Baptist, 
in and within twelve miles of London, appointed to 
protect their civil rights ; praying that the Municipal 
Officers’ Declaration Bill may be so amended as to 
include all classes of religionists entertaining con- 
scientious objections to subscribe the declaration 
required by the latter part of the 50th section of the 
Act for the regulation of Municipal Corporations 
England and Wales, was presented, aud read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


unicipal 


The ingrossed Bill for the Relief of Persons elected 2 ner? Decl 
to Municipal Offices, and entertaining conscientious ,ation Bill. 
Objections to subscribe the Declaration required by 
the latter part of the Fiftieth Section of the Act for 
the regulation of Municipal Corporations in England 
and Wales, was read the third time; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for the Relief of © uakers, Moravians 
and Separatists elected to Municipal Offices. 

Ordered, That Mr. Baines do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


&gt; Susio of 
The Order of the day being read, for the third Cone 
reading of the custody of Insane Persons Bill; Bi. 
Ordered, 

















g2 








Roxburgh 
Election. 
pswich 
ection. 
vales 
ford 
ection. 
y 
d.) 
terbury 
jection, 
dation 
ols 
and.) 
neford 
unty 
ction, 
nicipal 
cers’ Decite 
on Bill. 
Hast 
tion, 
unicips 
)fficers | 
ation Bill. 
Custody af 
Insane Pet 
Bill. 





1 VicroriZ. 6° Dec 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time | 


To-morrow. 


The Order for taking into consideration upon 
Tuesday next, the Petition of the Honourable Fran- 
cis Scott, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Shire of Roxburgh, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday the 6th day of February 
next, at three of the clock in the Afternoon. 


The Orders for taking into consideration upon 
Tuesday next, the Petition of the several Persons 
whose names are thereunto subscribed, Electors 
of the Borough of Ipswich; also the Petition of the 
several Persons whose names are thereunto sub- 
scribed ; and also the Petition of John Bennett and 
John Chaplin, Electors ; severally complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the said Borough, 
were read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That the said Petitions be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 6th day of Februar 
next, at a quarter of an hour after three of the clock 
in the Afternoon. 


The Order for taking into consideration upon 
Tuesday next, the Petition of William Garnett, 
Esquire, and of John Bradshaw Wanklyn, and other 
Electors, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Salford, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 6th day of February 
next, at half an hour after three of the clock in the 
Afternoon. 


The Orders for taking into consideration upon 
Tuesday next, the Petition of Henry Plumptre Gipps, 
Esquire; and also, the Petition of Charles Sharp 
and George Gorely, Electors; severally complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the City of 
Canterbury, were read, and discharged. 


. 


163 


bruary next, at a quarter of an hour after three of 
the clock in the Afternoon. 


embris. 


The Orders for taking into consideration upon Bridgnorth 
Tuesday next, the Petition of Robert Pigot, Esquire; Election. 
and also, the Petition of John Evans and Walter 
Phillips, Electors ; severally complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Bridgnorth, were read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petitions be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 13th day of Fe- 
bruary next, at half an hour after three of the clock 
in the Afternoon. 


The Orders for taking into consideration upon Sligo Borough 
Tuesday next, the Petition of John Wood and others, Election. 
Electors ; and also, another Petition of John Wood 
and others, Electors; severally complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Sligo, were read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petitions be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday, the 15th day of Fe- 
ruary next, at three of the clock in the After- 
noon. 


The Order for taking into consideration upon Bristol 
Tuesday next, the Petition of Henry Bush and others, Election. 
Electors, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the City of Bristol, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday, the 15th day of Fe- 
bruary next, at half an hour after three of the clock 
in the Afternoon. 


The Order for taking into consideration upon Honiton 
Tuesday next, the Petition of Sir Alexander Cray Election. 
Grant, Baronet, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Honiton, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 20th day of Fe- 
bruary next, at three of the clock in the After- 
noon. 








Ordered, That the said Petitions be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday, the 8th day of Fe- 
bruary next, at three of the clock in the After-| 
noon, 


The Order for taking into consideration upon 
Tuesday next, the Petition of Barry Foz, and cthers, 
Freeholders, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the County of Longford, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday, the 8th day of Fe- 
bruary next, at half an hour after three of the clock 
in the Afternoon. 


The Orders for taking into consideration upon 
Tuesday next, the Petition of Robert Francis Gor- 
don and others, Electors; also the Petition of 
Samuel Hart and others, Electors; severally com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Belfast, were read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petitions be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 13th day of Fe- 


bruary next, at three of the clock in the After- 
noon. 


The Order for taking into consideration upon 
uesday next, the Petition of Cornthwaite John 
Hector, Esquire, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Petersfield, was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 


yt upon Tuesday, the 13th day of Fe- 





The Order for taking into consideration upon Mary-le-bone 
Tuesday next, the Petition of Jonathan Robinson and Election. 
John Cumberland, Electors, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Mary-le- 
bone, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 20th day of Fe- 
bruary next, at a quarter of an hour after three of 
the clock in the Afternoon. 


The Order for taking into consideration upon Lanarkshire 
Tuesday next, the Petition of the honourable Charles Election. 
Augustus Murray, complaining of an undue Elec- 
tion and Return for the Shire of Zanark, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 20th day of Fe- 
bruary next, at half an hour after three of the clock 
in the Afternoon. 


The Orders for taking into consideration upon Tynemouth 
Tuesday next, the Petition of Sir Charles Edward "ction. 
Grey, Knight; and also, the Petition of John 
Cunningham and others, Electors; severally com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Tynemouth, were read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the said Petitions be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday, the 22d day of Fe- 
bruary next, at three of the clock in the After- 
noon. 


The Orders for taking into consideration upon Youghal 
Tuesday next, the Petition of John Musgrave Wig- Election, 
Y2+ more, 














Taunton 
Election. 


Queen’s County 
Election. 


London City 
Election, 


Newcastle- 
under-Lyme 
Election. 


Durham City 
Election. 


Huntiugdon 
County 
Election. 





164 


more and others, Electors ; and also, the Petition of 
William Nicol, Esquire ; severally complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 


Youghal, were read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petitions be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday, the 22d day of Fe- 
bruary next, at half an hour after three of the clock 
in the Afternoon. 


The Order for taking into consideration upon 
Tuesday next, the Petition of Henry Pitman and 
others, Shak complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Taunton, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 27th day of Fe- 
bruary next, at three of the clock in the After- 
noon. 


The Orders for taking into consideration upon 
Tuesday next, the Petition of Edward Staples and 
James Hans Hamilton, Esquires, Electors ; and also, 
the Petition of George Adair and Robert Fitz- 
gerald, Electors ; severally complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Queen’s County, were 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petitions be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 27th day of Fe- 
bruary next, at a quarter of an hour after three of 
the clock in the Afternoon. 


The Orders for taking into consideration upon 
Tuesday next, the Petition of Ambrose Moore and 
others, Electors; and also, the Petition of John 
Sharp and others, Electors; severally complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the City of 
London, were read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petitions be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 27th day of Fe- 
bruary next, at half an hour after three of the clock 
in the Afternoon. 


The Order for taking into consideration upon 
Tuesday next, the Petition of Richard Badnall, 
Esquire, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday, the 1st day of March 
next, at three of the clock in the Afternoon. 


The Order for taking into consideration upon 
Tuesday next, the Petition of Thomas Colpitts 
Granger, Esquire, complaining of an undue Elec- 
tion and Return for the City of Durham, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday, the 1st day of March 
next, at half an hour after three of the clock in the 
Afternoon. 


The Order for taking into consideration upon 
Tuesday next, the Petition of the there-under- 
signed Electors of the County of Huntingdon, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 


_the said County, was read, and discharged. 


Tralee Election. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 6th day of March 
next, at three of the clock in the Afternoon. 


The Orders for taking into consideration upon 
uesday next, the Petition of the there-under- 
signed Electors of the Borough of Tralee ; also, 


the Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of 
the Borough of Tralee; and also, the Petition of 
Richard Leyne, Esquire ; complaining severally of 


6° Decembris. 


A. 1837. 


an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Tralee, were read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petitions be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 6th day of March 
next, at a quarter of an hour after three of the clock 
in the Afternoon. 

1 


The Orders for taking into consideration upon Reading 
Tuesday next, the Petition of the several Persons Election, 
whose names are thereunto subscribed, Electors 
‘of the Borough of Reading ; and also, the Petition 
of the several Persons whose names are thereunto 
subscribed, Electors of the Borough of Reading ; 
severally complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the said Borough, were read, and dis- 
charged. 

Ordered, That the said Petitions be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 6th day of March 
next, at half an hour after three of the clock in the 
Afternoon. 





The Order for taking into consideration upon Eveshan 
Tuesday next, the Petition of the several Persons Election. 
whose names are thereunto subscribed, being Elec- 
tors of the Borough of Evesham, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the said Borough, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday, the 8th day of March 
next, at three of the clock in the Afternoon. 


The Order for taking into consideration upon Carlow Boros 
Tuesday next, the Petition of William Fishbourne Election 
and others, Electors; complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Carlow, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday, the 8th day of March 
next, at half an hour after three of the clock in the 
Afternoon. 


The Order for taking into consideration upon Carlow Cowty 
Tuesday next, the Petition of William Fitzwilliam Elect 
Burton and others, Electors, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the County of Car- 
low, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 13th day of March 
next, at three of the clock in the Afternoon. 





The Order for taking into consideration upon Walsall 
Tuesday next, the Petition of the several Persons Elect 
whose names are thereunto subscribed, Electors of 
the Borough of Walsall, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the said Borough, was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 13th day of March 
next, at a quarter of an hour after three of the clock 
in the Afternoon. 


The Orders for taking into consideration upon Dublin Cis 
Tuesday next, the Petition of Edward Cottingham Be 
and others, Electors ; and also, another Petition of 
Edward Cottingham and others, Electors; severally 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the City of Dublin, were read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petitions be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 13th day of March 
next, at half an hour after three of the clock in the 
Afternoon. 

The Order for taking 
Tuesday next, the Petition of Frank Rawson and Hu 
others, Electors, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Kingston-upon- 
Hull, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, 


i i jon UPON Kingston” 
into consideration upon Ki oo 














Shaftesbury 
Election. 


Kerry Election. 


tit 
0. 


Bridgwater 
Election. 


n Borough 
ion 


Newry 
Election. 


ow County 
tion. 


Isall 
ction. 


Poole Election. 


ublin City 
lection 


Tamworth 
Election. 


Kingsto™ 


Hall Elect 


Berwick-upori- 


Tweed Election. 


1 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday, the 15th day of March 
next, at three of the clock in the Afternoon. 


The Order for taking into consideration upon 
Tuesday next, the Petition of George Benvenuto 
Mathew, Esquire, and William Swayne and Edmund 
Godwin, Electors, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Shaftesbury, was 
read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday, the 15th day of March 
next, at half an hour after three of the clock in the 
Afternoon. 


The Orders for taking into consideration upon 
Tuesday next, the Petition of Frederick William 
Mullins, Esquire ; also, another Petition of F’ rederick 
William Mullins, Esquire ; and also, the Petition 
of Patrick Cahill and John Tuomy, Electors ; seve- 
rally complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the County of Kerry, were read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That the said Petitions be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 20th day of March 
next, at three of the clock in the Afternoon. 


The Order for taking into consideration upon 
Tuesday next, the Petition of Sir Thomas Buckler 
Lethbridge, Baronet, and of the several Persons 
whose names are thereunto subscribed, complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 


of Bridgwater, was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 20th day of March 
next, at a quarter of an hour after three of the clock 
in the Afternoon. 


The Orders for taking into consideration upon 
Tuesday next, the Petition of Denis Caulfield Brady, 
Esquire ; also, another Petition of Denis Caulfield 
Brady, Esquire ; also, the Petition of the there- 
undersigned Electors of the Borough of Newry; 
and also, a Petition of the there-undersigned Electors 
of the Borough of Newry ; severally complaining 
of an undue Electionand Return for the said Borough, 
were read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That the said Petitions be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 20th day of March 
next, at half an hour after three of the clock in the 
Afternoon. 


The Order for taking into consideration upon 
Tuesday next, the Petition of Robert Slade and 
John Henning, Electors, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Poole, was 


read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday, the 22d day of March 
next, at three of the clock in the Afternoon. 


The Order for taking into consideration upon 
Tuesday next, the Petition of the several Persons 
whose names are thereunto subscribed, Electors of 
the Borough of 7 ‘amworth, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the said Borough, was read, 
and discharged. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday, the 22d day of March 
next, at half an hour after three of the clock in the 
Afternoon. 


The Order for taking into consideration upon 
ag the Petition of John Bertram Orde 
ou. 93. 


6° Decembris. 



















































165 


and others, Electors, com laining of an undue Elec- 


tion and Return for the orough of Berwick-upon- 
Tweed, was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 27th day of March 
next, at three of the clock in the Afternoon. 


The Order for taking 
Tuesday next, the 
complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the Borough of Kinsale, was read, and dis- 
charged. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 27th day of March 
next, at a quarter of an hour after three of the clock 
in the Afternoon. 


into consideration upon Kinsale 
Petition of Colonel Henry Thomas, "e#°"- 


The Order for taking into consideration upon Worcester City 


Tuesday next, the Petition of James 
others, Electors, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the City of Worcester, was read, and 
discharged. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 27th day of March 
next, at half an hour after three of the clock in the 
Afternoon. 


The Orders for taking into 
Tuesday next, the Petition of the several Persons 
whose names are thereunto subscribed, House- 
holders of the Borough of Portarlington ; and also, 
the Petition of the several Persons whose names are 
therunto subscribed, Householders of the Borough 
of Portarlington ; severally complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the said Borough, were 
read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That the said Petitions be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday, the 29th day of March 


next, at three of the clock in the Afternoon. 


consideration upon 


The Orders for taking into consideration upon 
Tuesday next, the Petition of Daniel Jones, Esquire, 
junior ; and also, the Petition of John Gallaher and 
others, Electors ; severally complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the County of Sligo, were 
read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That the said Petitions be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday, the 29th day of March 
next, at half an hour after three of the clock in the 
Afternoon. 


The Order for taking into consideration upon 
Tuesday next, the Petition of Alfred May and Henry 
Harridance, Electors, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Maldon, 
was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 3d day of April 
next, at three 0 the clock in the Afternoon. 


The Orders for taking into consideration upon 
Tuesday next, the Petition of the there-undersigne 
Electors of the Town and County of the Town of 
Carrickfergus ; and also, the Petition of the there- 
undersigned Electors of the Town and County of 
the Town of Carrickfergus ; severally complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the said Town, 
were read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That the said Petitions be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 3d day of April 
next, at a quarter of an hour after three of the 
clock in the Afternoon. 





y3+ The 





Bond and Election. 


Portarlington 
Elections 


Sligo County 
Election. 


Maldon 
Election. 


Carrickfergus 


d Election. 








Limerick 
County 
Election. 


Wicklow 
County 
Election, 


Leicester 
Borough 
Election. 


Dudley 
Election. 


Downpatrick 
Election. 


Stirlingshire 
Election. 


Norfolk 
(Eastern Divi- 
sion) Election. 


Great Yarmouth 


Election, 





166 


The Order for taking into consideration upon 
Tuesday next, the Petition of the Honourable George 
Eyre Massy and others, Electors, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the County of 
Limerick, was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 3d day of April 
next, at half an hour after three of the clock in the 
Afternoon. 


The Order for taking into consideration upon 
Tuesday next, the Petition of John Evans and 
others, Electors ; complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the County of Wicklow, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday, the 5th day of April 
next, at three of the clock in the Afternoon. 


The Order for taking into consideration upon 
Tuesday next, the Petition of the several Persons 
whose names are thereunto subscribed, being Electors 
of the Borough of Leicester, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the said Borough, was 
read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday, the 5th day of April 
next, at half an hour after three of the clock in the 
Afternoon. 


The Order for taking into consideration upon 
Tuesday next, the Petition of William Meryweather 
Turner, Esquire, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the a of Dudley, was read, 
and discharged. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 24th day of April 
next, at three of the clock in the Afternoon. 


The Order for taking into consideration upon 
Tuesday next, the Petition of James Christie Whyte, 
Esquire, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Downpatrick, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 24th day of April 
next, at a quarter of an hour after three of the clock 
in the Afternoon. 


The Order for taking into consideration upon 
Tuesday next, the Petition of Lieutenant-Colonel 
the Honourable George Ralph Abercromby, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Shire of Stirling, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 24th day of April 
next, at half an hour after three of the clock in the 
Afternoon. 


The Order for taking into consideration upon 
Tuesday next, the Petition of the there-undersigned 
Electors of the Eastern Division of the County of 
Norfolk, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Eastern Division of the said County, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday, the 26th day of April 
next, at three of the clock in the Afternoon. 


The Order for taking into consideration upon 
Tuesday next, the Petition of John Penrice and 
others, Sites complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Great Yarmouth, 
was read, and discharged. 


6° Decembris. 





A. 1837. 


Ordered, That thé said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday, the 26th day of April 
next, at half an hour after three of the clock in the 
Afternoon. 





The Order for taking into consideration upon Flint County 
Tuesday next, the Petition of George Griffith and Election, 
Thomas Bickerton, Electors, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the County of Flint, was 
read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 1st day of May 
next, at three of the clock in the Afternoon. 


The Orders for taking into consideration upon Woodstock Flee 
Tuesday next, the Petition of Lord Charles Spencer Election. 
Churchill; and also, the Petition of the several Per- 
sons whose names are thereunto subscribed, Electors 
of the Borough of Woodstock ; severally complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the said 


Borough, were read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petitions be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 1st day of re | 
next, at a quarter of an hour after three of the cloc 
in the Afternoon. E 





The Orders for taking into consideration upon Oxford Count 
Tuesday next, the Petition of the there-undersigned Election, 
Electors of the County of Ozford; and also, the 
Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of the 
County of Oxford; severally complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the said County, 
were read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petitions be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the Ist day of May 
next, at half an hour after three of the clock in the 
Afternoon. 


The Order for takiug into consideration upon Bedford 
Tuesday next, the Petition of George Peter Livius Borough 
and others, Electors, complaining of an undue P¢ction. 
Election and Return forthe Borough of Bedford, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday, the 3d day of May 
next, at three of the clock in the Afternoon. 


The Orders for taking into consideration UPON Waterford 
Tuesday next, the Petition of James Stewart and City Election. 
others, Electors; and also, another Petition of 
James Stewart and others, Electors ; severally com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
City of Waterford, were read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That the said Petitions be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday, the 3d day of May 
next, at half an hour after three of the clock in the 
Afternoon. 


The Order for taking into consideration UPON Blackburn 
Tuesday next, the Petition of George Dewhurst, an Election. 
Elector, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for the Borough of Blackburn, was read, an 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 8th day of May 
next, at three of the clock in the Afternoon. 





The Order for taking into consideration upon Denbigh 
Tuesday next, the Petition of Richard Roberts and Borough 
James Ellis, Electors, complaining of an undue =ection. 
Election and Return for the Borough of Denbigh, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the sth day of May 

next, 

















1 VicToriz. 


next, at a quarter of an hour after three of the clock 
in the Afternoon. 


Beverley 
Election. 


The Order for taking into consideration upon 
Tuesday next, the Petition of George Rennie, 
Esquire, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Beverley, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 8th day of May 
next, at half an hour after three of the clock in the 
Afternoon. 


The Order for taking into consideration upon 
Tuesday next, the Petition of the several Persons 
whose names are thereunto subscribed, Electors 
of the City of Gloucester, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the said City, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday, the 10th day of May 
next, at three of the clock in the Afternoon. 


Gloucester City 
Election. 


Norwich 


The Order for taking into consideration upon 
Election. 


Tuesday next, the Petition of the several Persons 
whose names are thereunto subscribed, Electors of 
the City of Norwich, complainmg of an undue 
Election and Return for the said City was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday, the 10th day of May 
next, at half an hour after three of the clock in the 
Afternoon. 


Bolton-le-Moors 


The Order for taking into consideration upon 
Election, 


Tuesday next, the Petition of the there-undersigned, 
being Electors of the Borough of Bolton-le-Moors, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the said Borough, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 15th day of May 
next, at three of the clock in the Afternoon. 


Bury St. Ed- 
mund’s Elec- 
tion. 


The Orders for taking into consideration upon 
Tuesday next, the Petition of the several Persons 
whose names are thereunto subscribed, Electors 
of the Borough of Bury Saint Edmund’s; and 
also, the Petition of the several Persons whose 
names are thereunto subscribed, Electors of the 
Borough of Bury Saint Edmund's; severally com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
said Borough, were read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That the said Petitions be taken into! 


consideration upon Tuesday, the 15th day of May 
next, at a quarter of an hour after three of the clock 
in the Afternoon. 


Frome Efection. The Order for taking into consideration upon 
Tuesday next, the Petition of the several Persons 
whose names are thereunto subscribed, Electors 
of the Borough of Frome, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the said Borough, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 15th day of May 
next, at half an hour after three of the clock in the 
Afternoon. 


Preston 


The Order for taking into consideration upon 
Evection. 


Tuesday next, the Petition of Daniel Clinton and 
James p oer a Electors, complaining of an undue 


Election and Return for the Borough of Preston, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday, the 17th day of May 


next, at three of the clock in the Afternoon. 
Vou. 93. 





6° Decembris. 





167 


The Order for taking into consideration upon Bodmin 
Tuesday next, the Petition of Carteret John William Election- 
Ellis, Esquire, oe of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Bodmin, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday, the 17th day of May 
next, at half an hour after three of the clock in the 
Afternoon. 


The Order for taking into consideration upon Pontefract 
Tuesday next, the Petition of Henry Gompertz, Election. 
Esquire, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Pontefract, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 22d day of May 
next, at three of the clock in the Afternoon. 


The Order for taking into consideration upon Westmeath 
Tuesday next, the Petition of John Faunt and Election. 
others, Electors, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the County of Westmeath, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 22d day of Ma 
next, at a quarter of an hour after three of the cloc 
in the Afternoon. 


Lord John Russell presented, pursuant to Orders, Sligo Magis- 
—Copy of a Memorial forwarded to the Lord Lieu- **** 
tenant of Jreland from certain Magistrates of the 
County of Sligo, and others, impugning the conduct 
of Major Brown (Government Magistrate) durin 
the late contested Election for that County, wit 
the Signatures attached thereto :—Also, a Copy of 
the Report of the tribunal to which the investiga- 
tion founded thereupon was entrusted; together 
with the Decision of the Lord Lieutenant, as com- 
municated in a Letter signed by Mr. Under Secre- 
tary Drummond. 

Copy of the Order and Circular Letter of Colonel Police Force 
Shaw Kennedy, dated the 7th of September 1837, (Ireland. 
relative to the Employment of the Police Force in 
Ireland. 


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


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Members’ Seuts. 

posed, That it is a gross breach of the Rights and 
Privileges of this House, for any Person or Persons 
to impeach, or to wilfully and deliberately call in 
question, the right or title of any Member to a Seat 
in this House, otherwise than by a Petition, duly 
presented, according to the existing Laws and Re- 
gulations of the House :—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bil] Bankrupts 
to make better provision for collecting and distri- °"" 
buting the Estates of Persons found Bankrupts under 
Commissions and Fiats directed to Country Com- 
missioners: And that Mr. Solicitor General and 
Mr. Attorney General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Parliamentary 
to regulate the times of payment of Rates and Taxes a 7 
by Parliamentary Electors, and to abolish the Stamp 
Duty on the admission of Freemen: And that Lord 
John Russell and Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Slavery Com- 
Accounts of all Sums of Money awarded by the Pensstien- 
Commissioners of Slavery Compensation ; specifying 
the Date of each Order, the Parties to whom the 
payment is awarded, and the Colony or Settlement 
in respect of which it is awarded, and the Number 
of Slaves for whom each such payment is awarded : 

— Of all Sums paid to defray the Expenses of the 


Y4 Commission, 











168 


Commission, with the Dates of such payments :-— 
And, of the Total Amount of the Sums claimed, re- 
specting which no award has been made; distin- 
guishing the Colonies. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 7° die Decembris : 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1837. 

PRAYERS. 

PETITION of Michael Walsh, of Castletown, 

in the Queen’s County, Shopkeeper, and of John 
Kerrigan, of Castletown, im the Rane County, Pub- 
lican, Electors of the Queen’s County, and claiming 
to have had a right to vote at the last Election for 
Members to serve in this present Parliament for said 
county, was delivered in, and read ; setting forth, 
That Petitioners are, and were at the holding of the 
last Election for Members to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Queen’s County, electors for said 
County, and that Petitioners claim to have had a right 
to vote and did vote at said Election ; that at said 
Election a poll having been demanded, and pro- 
ceeded with, the Sheriff and Returning Officer for 
said County at the close thereof declared Sir Charles 
Henry Coote, Baronet, and John Wilson Fitzpatrick, 
Esquire, duly elected ; that Petitioners find that a 
certain Petition has been presented to the House, 
signed Edmund Staples, and James Hans Hamilton, 
praying that the House may take into its consider- 
ation the several matters in said Petition, and might 
declare that the said John Wilson Fitzpatrick was 
not duly elected, and that the said Honourable 
Thomas Vesey was duly elected, and ought to have 
been duly returned to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment, as one of the Members for the Queen’s County 
aforesaid, and may direct the Clerk of the Crown 
to erase the name of the said John Wilson Fitz- 
patrick from the said Return, and to substitute and 
insert therein in the place of the said John Wilson 
fitzpatrich, the name of the said Honorable Thomas 
Vesey as a Knight to represent the said County in 
Parliament, or otherwise to declare the said Elec- 
tion and Return, as far as relates to the said John 
Wilson Fitzpatrick, null and void, and that the 
votes of the several persons who were improperly 
registered, or who were improperly allowed to poll 
as aforesaid, or who were not duly qualified, or were 
disqualified to vote at the said Election may be 
struck off the poll, and that the Registry of the 
County may also be amended by striking off the 
Registry of the County the names of all such per- 
sons who having voted at said Election shall appear 
to have been unduly or improperly registered, or 
who have lost their qualification to vote since they 
registered ; that Petitioners are desirous to be ad- 
mitted as parties to oppose the prayer of said Peti- 
tion; and Petitioners therefore humbly pray, that 
they may be admitted as parties to oppose the prayer 
of said Petition, according to the form of the Statute 
in that case made and provided. 

A Petition of Daniel Egan, of Mountrath, in the 
Queen's County, Brewer, and of Patrick Lalor, of 
Munny, in the Queen’s County, Farmer, Electors of 
the Queen’s County claiming to have a right to vote 
and who were entitled to vote and voted at the last 
Election of Members to serve in Parliament for said 
County, wasalso delivered in, and read; setting forth, 
That the Petitioners claim to have had a right to vote 
at the last Election for Members to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the Queen’s County, held at Maryboro’ in 
the month of August last, and that the Petitioners 
voted at said Election for a Member to serve in this 
present Parliament at said Election, and that they now 
are, and at the time of the said Election were, respect- 
ively entitled to vote as electors for said County ; 
that at the said last Election for said County, a 


6°—7° Decembris. 


A, 1837. 


| poll having been demanded and proceeded with, the 
| Sheriff and Returning Officer for said County at 
said Election at the close of said poll declared Sir 
Charles Henry Coote, Baronet, and John Wilson 
Fitzpatrick, tsquire, duly elected for said County ; 
that the Petitioners find that a certain Petition in 
which it is alleged and prayed, that the said John 
| Wilson Fitzpatrick was not duly elected to serve in 
| this present Parliament as one of the Members for 
| the Queen’s County, and that the Honourable Thomas 
Vesey was duly elected, and ought to have been 
returned to serve in this present Parliament as one 
of the Members for the said Queen’ County, and 
in which said Petition, it is further prayed that 
the House may direct the Clerk of the Crown to 
erase the name of the said John Wilson Fitzpatrick, 
from the said Return, and to substitute and insert 
therein, in the place of the said John Wilson Fitz- 
patrick, the name of the said Honourable Thomas 
Vesey, as a Knight to represent the said County 
in Parliament, or otherwise to declare the said Elec- 
tion and Return, as far as relates to the said John 
Wilson Fitzpatrick, null and void, and that the 
votes of the several persons in said Petition alleged 
to have been improperly registered, or who were 
improperly allowed to poll, or who were not duly 
qualified, or were disqualified to vote at the said Elec- 
tion, be struck off the poll, and that the Registry of 
the County may be amended by striking off the Re- 
gistry of the County the names of all such persons 
who, having voted at said Election, should appear 
to have been unduly or improperly registered, ‘or 
who had lost their qualification to vote since they 
registered, and praying also further relief; that the 
Petitioners are anxious that they may be admitted 
as parties, together with the Sitting Member the 
said John Wilson Fitzpatrick, to defend the said 
Election and Return of the said John Wilson Fitz- 
patiick, and to oppose the prayer of said Petition ; 
Petitioners therefore humbly pray the House, that 
they may be admitted as parties, together with the 
Sitting Member the said John Wilson Fitzpatrick, 
to detend the said Election and Return of the said 
John Wilson Fitzpatrick, and to oppose the prayer 
of said Petition according to the form of the statute 
in such case made and provided. 

The House was moved, That the 10th Section of 
the Act 9 Geo. 4., c. 22, “to consolidate and amend 
the Laws relating to the Trial of Controverted 
Elections or Returns of Members to serve in Par- 
liament,” might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Petitioners be admitted parties, 
pursuant to the prayer of the said Petitions. 


received from the Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper 
in Ireland, Petitions complaining of undue Elections 
and Returns for the following places, viz.: The 
Borough of Carlow, the County of Carlow, the 
County of Wicklow, the County of Sligo, the County 
of Kerry, the Citv of Dublin, the Borough of 
Belfast, and the Borough of Newry. 

And the said Petitions were laid upon the Table. 

And all the said Petitions appearing to relate to 
the Elections and Returns for places concerning 
which the House had received Petitions upon former 
days, were read as follow: 





Carlow, and Thomas Rawson, of the said Town of 
‘Carlow, all in the county of Carlow, Esquires, 
Holders and Occupiers of houses withinthe Borough 
of Carlow, and Electors of the said Borough, on 
behalf of themselves and others claiming a right to 
vote fora Member to serve in Parliament for the 
said Borough, was read ; setting forth, That all the 
Petitioners were, at and during the last General 
Election of a Burgess to serve in Parliament for 
| the said Town and Borough of Carlow, holders and 
| occupiers of houses within the said Borough of the 
annual 














Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That he had Election Peti- 


A Petition of, William Fishbourne, of the Town Carlow Borough 
of Carlow, Nicholas Byrne, of the said Town of Election. 











1 Vicroriz. 


annual value of Ten pounds, and were also and still 
are duly registered electors of said Borough, and had 
and claim to have had a right to vote for a Burgess 
to serve in Parliament at the said Election for the 
said Borough; that George Rous Keogh, the High 
Sheriff of the County of Carlow, being the County 
wherein the said Borough is situated, having made 
and delivered his precept to Robert Clayton Browne, 
the Sovereign of the said Borough, directing and 
commanding him to proceed to the Election of a 
Burgess to serve in the present Parliament for the 
said Borough, the said Robert Clayton Browne, as 
such Sovereign,in obedience to such precept, did, on 
the Third day of August One thousand eight hun- 
dred and thirty-seven, proceed in the Election of a 
Burgess to represent the said Borough of Carlow, 
in the present Parliament ; that at the commence- 
ment of the said Election, Francis Bruen and William 
Henry Maule, Esquires, were Candidates to repre- 
sent said Borough in the present Parliament; that 
the said Francis Bruen and William Henry Maule 
were severally proposed and seconded, and offered 
themselves on the said Third day of August, being 
the first day of the said Election as fit and proper 
persons to represent the said Town and Borough in 
the present Parliament ; that after a show of hands 
by the electors, a poll being in the usual manner 
duly demanded, the Sovereign himself, on the same 
day, proceeded to take the poll at the said Election, 
and continued to do so until the Fifth day of August 
following, when Philip Bagnall, Esquire, was duly 
proposed and seconded, and offered himself also as a 
Candidate to represent the said Borough in Parlia- 
ment, and on the same day the said Sovereign declared 
the majority of votes to be in favour of the said Wil- 
liam Henry Maule, who was thereupon declared and 
returned by the said Sovereign as duly elected ; that 
the number of voters which appeared on the poll at the 
close thereof were, for the said William Henry Maule 
180, and for the said francis Bruen 158, and for 
the said Philip Bagnall 2, making a majority for 
the said William Henry Maule over the said Francis 
Bruen of 22, and over the said Philip Bagnallof 178; 
that the said majority in favour of the said William 
Henry Maule, was but colourable, and that the said 
Return of said William Henry Maule was an undue 
Return, and was procured not only by violence, terror, 
threats, and intimidation, but by the grossest perjury, 
bribery, and by payment of and promises of large 
sums of money, by and on behalf of the said Wil- 
liam Henry Maule to electors and to other persons 
capable of influencing electors of the said Borough, 
and of procuring and a to procure voters 
for the purpose of securing the Return of the said 
William Henry Maule, and by other undue, illegal, 
corrupt and unconstitutional means ; that said Bo- 
rough of Carlow is not a County in itself, and that 
the right to elect a Burgess to represent same in 
Parliament is vested in the Sovereign and Burgesses, 
together with all persons of full age duly registered 
according to the provisions of a certain statute 
passed in the 2d and 3d years of the reign of his 
late Majesty King Wilham the Fourth, intituled, 
“ An Act to amend the Representation of the People 
of Ireland,’ and who hold and occupy within the 
said Borough, any house, warehouse, counting-house 
or shop which, either separately or jointly with an 

land within the said Borough occupied by wah 
person therewith as tenant under the same landlord, 
or occupied by him therewith as owner, is of the clear 
yearly value of not less than Ten pounds; that 
several other persons claiming to be holders and 
occupiers of houses, warehouses, counting-houses, 
shops and lands held therewith within the said 
Borough, were admitted to poll for the said William 
Henry Maule, who were not entitled to vote at the 
said Election, though they appeared on the face of 
the Registry for said Borough to have been regularly 
registered; many of such last-mentioned persons 
having in fact and truth prevailed on and induced 

Vou. 93 


7° Decembris. 





169 . 


the Deputy Assistant Barrister or Assistant Bar- 
risters for the time being to admit them to register, 
by means of the grossest fraud, misrepresentation 
and perjury, and several of them so registered not 
being in fact and truth at the time of their said 
registry, or at all, holders and occupiers of such the 
houses, warehouses, counting-houses, shops and 
lands held therewith, in respect of which they were 
so registered, and in fact and truth the houses, 
warehouses, counting-houses, shops and lands held 
therewith, of several other of said persons in re- 
spect whereof they were so admitted to register, 
not being of the yearly value of Ten pounds, cr at 
all of sufficient value to entitle them to register or 
to confer the qualification required by law to entitle 
persons to vote at an Election for a Representative 
in Parliament for the said Borough, and others of 
said persons having been unduly and illegally regis- 
tered by the said Deputy Assistant Barrister and 
Assistant Barristers, although they had not been for 
six months previous to the time of their respective 
registries such owners and occupiers as aforesaid, 
or in possession of.the premises out of which they 
claimed to register, their possession of such pre- 
mises having commenced immediately previous or 
within six months prior to the date of the said 
registries, and having been obtained by them with 
the view and intent of manufacturing votes at Elec- 
tions ; that several other persons polled at said 
Election in favour of the sik William Henry Maule, 
who were not at all entitled to vote thereat, inasmuch 
as previous thereto and subsequent to their being 
admitted to register they had surrendered, assigned, 
given up, or otherwise departed with, and did not 
hold and occupy the houses, warehouses, count- 
ing-houses or shops, and the lands held there- 
with, or other the premises in respect of which they 
had so registered ; that several other persons not 
duly qualified so to do, were admitted to poll for the 
ald William Henry Maule at said Election, and 
their votes included in said majority, although not 
legally or at all qualified to vote at said Election, 
inasmuch as between the time of their being ad- 
mitted to register as electors for the said Borough, 
and the holding of the said Election, they had given 
up, assigned, surrendered, or had otherwise departed 
with portions of the premises in respect whereof 
they were so registered, so that at the time of such 
Election they had ceased to hold and occupy the 
entire of same, the residue thereof remaining in 
their possession not being of sufficient annual value 
to confer a qualification to vote at said Election, as 


the Petitioners could have proved at said Election, 


if allowed any opportunity so to do, and could still 
prove the same, and also that the said William 
Henry Maule, and his agents respectively, well 
knew previous to and at the time of said Election, 
that said persons had not a right to vote thereat ; 
that said William Henry Maule himself, and by his. 
agents and managers, and by persons employed by 
him and them, and on his behalf, did, after the teste 
of the Writ for said Election, and during the said 
Election, and before the commencement of same, 
give, present and allow to various ae having or 
claiming to have votes in said Election, money, 
meat, drink and entertainment, and did make and 
enter into promises, agreements, obligations and en- 
gagements, to give and allow money, meat, drink, 
presents, rewards and entertainments to and for such 
persons, in order to procure their votes, and to be 
elected, and for being elected Member to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough of 
Carlow ; that for a considerable time previous to 
and during the said Election, divers priests and 
Roman Catholic clergy interfered with and in- 
fluenced the electors of the Roman Catholic persua- 
sion in a most illegal and unconstitutional manner, 
in order to compel them to vote for the said William 
Henry Maule; that the said William Henry Maule 
accepted and availed himself of the aforesaid pw 
Z an 








170 


and conduct of the Roman Catholic clergy, and ac- 
cepted and made use of their services and exertions, 
and employed them as agents during the said Elec- 
tion, although he was fully cognizant of the said 
illegal and unconstitutional acts committed by the 
said persons, and of the means resorted to by them 
to control and defeat the freedom of Election ; 
that by the above and other undue means, and by 
many illegal, erroneous and unjust decisions made 
by the Deputy Assistant Barrister and Assistant 

arristers, on the occasion of their registering the 
said electors in and for the said Borough of Carlow, 
the said William Henry Maule obtained a colourable 
majority, and was returned to serve in Parliament 
for the said Borough, in open violation of the law 
and freedom of Election, and to the great ag ee 
of the Petitioners and of the said Francis Bruen, 
who had, at the said Election, as it is submitted it 
will appear upon a fair scrutiny of the poll and an 
investigation of the qualification of persons who 
voted, a great majority of the good and legal votes, 
and ought, therefore, to have been returned as Re- 
presentative and Burgess for the said Borough of 
Carlow, to serve in the present Parliament; that 
unless the House shall be pleased to grant such 
scrutiny, irremediable mischief will ensue to the 
freedom of Election, and a most unconstitutional 
power be given to the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland 
for the time being, in whom the selection of persons 
to fill the office of Assistant Barrister of Counties 
and Boroughs in Ireland is vested, the more espe- 
cially as no appeal lies from the decision of such 
Assistant Barrister admitting persons to register, 
save to the House, a defect in the law which has 
produced the most injurious effects in the said Bo- 
rough of Carlow; and for all the causes aforesaid, the 
Petitioners humbly pray that the said Wiliam Henry 
Maule may be declared not duly elected, and that 
the said Francis Bruen may be declared duly to be 
elected, and may be substituted in the place of the 
said William Henry Maule, to take his seat as a 
Burgess to represent the said Borough in this pre- 
sent Parliament, or that the said Return and the 
Election may be declared null and void, and the 
parties sent to a new Election, and that the votes 
of the several persons improperly registered and 
allowed to poll as aforesaid, may be struck off the 
poll, and that the Registry of the Borough may 
also be amended, by striking uff the books of the 
Borough in the hands of the Town Clerk of the Bo- 
rough, or the Clerk of the Peace of the said County, 
the names of all such persons as shall appear to 
have been unduly or improperly registered, and that 
such steps may be taken, and directions given, as 
will effectually prevent persons who shall, in com- 
pliance with the prayer hereof, be so struck off, from 
polling or attempting to poll at any future Election 
for said Borough, and that the House may grant 
such further relief to the Petitioners as the merits of 
their case may require. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday, the 8th day of March 
next, at the same time that their former Petition is 
ordered to be taken into consideration. 

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


A Petition of William Fitzwilliam Burton, of 
Burton Hall, Philip Bagnal, of the town of Carlow, 
Robert Clayton Browne, of Viewmount, and Samuel 
Houghton, of the town of Carlow, all in the county 
of Carlow, Esquires, Freeholders and Electors of 
the said county of Carlow, on behalf of themselves 
and others claiming a right to vote for Members to 
serve in Parliament for the said county, was read ; 
setting forth, That all the Petitioners now are, and 
were at and during the last general Election of 


7° Decembris. 





A. 1837. 


Members to serve in Parliament for the said County 
of Carlow, electors of and had and claim to have 
had a right to vote for Knights of the Shire to serve 
in Parliament at the said Election for said County ; 
that the Writ having been issued and directed to 
the Sheriff of the said County of Carlow, command- 
ing him to proceed to the Election of Knights of 
the Shire for the said County to serve in the present 
Parliament, and the same having been delivered to 
George Rous Keogh, Esquire, the High Sheriff of 
the said County, he, in obedience thereto, did, on 
the Seventh day of August One thousand eight hun- 
dred and thirty-seven, proceed in the Election of 
Knights of the Shire to represent the said County 
in the present Parliament; that at the said Elec- 
tion Honiry Bruen, Thomas Bunbury, Nicholas Ayl- 
ward Vigors and John Ashton Yeates, Esquires, 
were Candidates to represent the said County ; that 
the said Henry Bruen and Thomas Bunbury, as also 
the said Nicholas Aylward Vigors and John Ashton 
Yeates, were severally proposed and seconded, and 
offered themeelves on the said Seventh day of Au- 
gust, as fit and proper persons to represent the said 
County of Carlow in the present Parliament; that 
after a show of hands by the electors, a poll being 
in the usual manner demanded, the Sheri Sanne 
Deputies, and allotted booths or polling places for 
the electors of the said County, pursuant to the sta- 
tutes in such case made and provided ; that the said 
Sheriff proceeded on the Eighth day of August to 
poll the said County, and continued to do so until 
the Eleventh day of August following, when he de- 
clared the majority of votes to be in favour of the 
said Nicholas Aylward Vigors and John Ashton 
Yeates, who were thereupon declared in the Return 
by the said Sheriff as duly elected; that the num- 
ber of voters which appeared on the poll at the close 
thereof were, for the said Nicholas Aylward Vigors 
730, for said John Ashton Yeates 730, for the said 
Henry Bruen 643, and for the said Thomas Bunbury 
643, making a majority over the said Thomas Bun- 
bury and Henry Bruen, of 87; that the said majo- 
rities in favour of the said Nicholas Aylward Vigors 
and John Ashton Yeates were. but colourable, and 
that the said Return of the said Vigors and Yeates 
was an undue Return, and was procured not only 
by violence, terror, threats and intimidation, but by 
the grossest perjury, bribery, and by the payment 
and promise of payment of large sums of money, by 
and on behalf of the Sitting Members, to electors 
and to other persons capable of influencing electors 
of the said County, and of procuring and endea- 
vouring to procure voters for the purpose of secur- 
ing their Return, and by other undue, illegal, cor- 
rupt and unconstitutional means; the Petitioners 
further show, that said majorities were in part com- 
posed of the votes of sundry persons who polled 
at said Election, and whose names were received 
and placed on the poll as voters for the said Nicholas 
Aylward Vigors and John Ashton Yeates, although 
they were in no wise qualified to vote at said Elec- 
tion, such persons’ names not appearing on the Re- 
gister of said County, and there not being any affi- 
davits of registry purporting to be made by such 
persons, as required by law, in the hands or cus- 
tody of the Clerk of the Peace for the said County, or 
his Deputies, the names of such particular persons 
having been, in course of law, struck off the Re- 
gister of the said County, by virtue of an order for 
that purpose, directed to the Clerk of the Peace for 
the said County, under the hand of the Speaker 
of the last House of Commons, bearing date the 
Twenty-fourth day of August One thousand eight 
hundred and thirty-five, and issued, pursuant to 
and in conformity with a Report bearing date the 
Nineteenth day of August One thousand eight hun- 
dred and thirty-five, and made by a Select Com- 
mittee of said House, duly appointed to try the 





merits of a certain Petition, ey to said House 
in the month of July One t 


ousand eight hundred 
and 








1 Vicroriz. 


and thirty-five, —_— the Return of the said Ni- 
cholas Aylward Vigors and one Alexander Raphael, 
as Members for the said County, and on which oc- 
casion the said Nicholas Aylward Vigors and Alex- 
ander Raphael, having been returned by a majority, 
which was in part composed of the same voters 
who comprised the entire colourable majority at 
the last Election, were unseated; and the Peti- 
tioners further show, that. the votes of certain other 
persons were also received at said last Election, and 
their names placed on the poll for the said Wicholas 
Aylward Vigors and John Ashton Yeates, although 
the names of said last-mentioned persons did not 
nor ought to appear on the Register of the said 
County, they not in fact being electors thereof, or 
qualified to vote at said Election, inasmuch as they 
had been struck off the Register of the said County, 
by virtue of the said Order of the said Speaker of 
the said House, pursuant to the said Report of the 
said Select Conimittee; the Petitioners further 
show, that all said several persons were admitted to 
vote and placed on the poll, as deriving their right 
to be electors of the said County by virtue of regis- 
try effected by them respectively, prior to the said 
Order of the said Speaker and the said Report of 
the said Select Committee, and which said several 
registries were, by said Report and Order, declared 
to be null and void, the said several persons not 
having in fact and in truth, at the time of such their 
respective alleged registries, any sufficient qualifica- 
tions entitling them to be electors of the said County, 
and having procured themselves to be registered by 
means of fraud and perjury ; the Petitioners further 
show, that certain other persons were admitted to 
vote at said Election, and their names placed on 
the poll for the said Nicholas Aylward Vigors and 
John Ashton Yeates, although such last-mentioned 
persons had not been duly or at all registered as 
electors of the said County for six months previous 
to the teste of the Writ under which the said Elec- 
tion was holden; that several persons voted at said 
Election as freeholders and leaseholders in favour of 
the said Nicholas Aylward Vigors and John Ashton 
Yeates, who were not'entitled to vote thereat, they 
not having been duly registered, according to the 
Acts and statutes now in force for the registry of 
persons entitled to vote at Elections in Jreland, in- 
asmuch as they had not, at the time of their alleged 
registry, or at all, taken or subscribed such oaths or 
affidavits as by said Acts or statutes are directed 
and prescribed to be taken and subscribed by per- 
sons claiming to register as leaseholders or free- 
holders, nor were any such affidavits ever lodged 
or deposited with the Clerk of the Peace for the 
said County or his Deputy, or filed among the 
records of the said County, the affidavits which 
were in fact lodged or filed being insufficient and 
not conformable to the laws now in foree in respect 
thereof; that several other persons, as well claim- 
ing to be freeholders as leaseholders, voted, and 
were admitted to poll for the said Nicholas Aylward 
Vigors and John Ashton Yeates, who were not en- 
titled to vote at the said Election, though they 
appeared upon the face of the County books to 
have been regularly registered, many of such last- 
mentioned persons having in fact and truth pre- 
vailed on and induced the Deputy Assistant Bar- 
rister or Assistant Barristers for the time being, 
to admit them to register, by means of the grossest 
fraud, misrepresentation and perjury, and several 
of them so registered not having in fact and 
truth, at the time of their said registry, or at 
all, any legal or vested title whatsoever to the 
lands and premises out of which they were so 
registered, and in fact and truth the freeholds 
and leaseholds of several other of said persons in 
respect whereof they were so admitted to register, 
not being of sufficient yearly value to entitle them to 
do so, or confer the qualification required by law to 
—_ — to vote at an Election for Represen- 
ou. 93. 


7° Decembris. 

















171 


tatives of the said County, and others of said per- 
sons having been unduly and illegally mapiotensl ty 
the said Deputy Assistant Barrister and Assistant 
Barristers, although they had not been for six months 
previous to the time of their respective registries in 
possession of the premises out of which they claimed 
to register, under or by virtue of any sufficient or 
other title or estate conferring a franchise, or a right 
to register or vote, their respective titles or estates 
having been granted and conveyed to them immedi- 
ately previous, or within six months prior to the date 
of their said registries, for the purpose and with the 
view and intent of manufacturing votes at Elections, 
and several other of the persons so registered, 
although apparently having sufficient estates on the 
faces of their respective leases, yet in fact and truth 
not having any such, the said leases having been 
executed by persons not competent to grant same, 
and not having any sufficient estate or title to enable 
them to make or grant such leases, and the leases or 
instruments of several other of the persons so regis- 
tered and permitted to poll, and under which such 
persons claim to hold, being in fact altogether n- 
sufficient to confer a title to register or vote ; that 
several other persons polled as freeholders and lease- 
holders at said Election in favour of the said Wicholas 
Aylward Vigors and John Ashton Yeates who were 
not at all entitled to vote thereat, inasmuch as pre- 
vious thereto and subsequent to the registry of their 
freeholds or leaseholds, the estates or interests in 
right of which they had so registered had, either in 
the whole or in part, been sub-let and divided, or 
assigned, surrendered, evicted or otherwise deter- 
mined, or they had become bankrupts or insolvents, 
or otherwise departed with their estates, so as not to 
leave any sufficient qualification to vote in said per- 
sons at the time of the said Election, as the Peti- 
tioners could have proved at said Election if allowed 
any opportunity so to do, and could still prove the 
same, and also that the said Vicholas Aylward 
Vigors and John Ashton Yeates respectively well 
knew, previous to and at the time of said Election, 
that said persons had no right to vote thereat ; that 
said Nicholas Aylward Vigors and John Ashton 
Yeates themselves, and by their agents and managers, 
and by persons employed by them and on their 
behalf, did, after the teste of the Writ for said Elec- 
tion, and during the said Election, and before the 
commencement of same, give, present, and allow to 
various persons having or claiming to have votes in 
said Election, money, meat, drink, entertainment, 
and did make and enter into promises, agreements, 
obligations, and engagements to give and allow 
money, meat, drink, presents, rewards and entertain- 
ments to and for such persons, in order to procure 
their votes, and to be elected, and for being elected 
Members to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said County of Carlow ; that for a considerable time — 
previous to and during the said Election, the priests 
and Roman Catholic clergy of the said County in- 
terfered with and influenced, as well by payments 
and loans of money as otherwise, the electors of the 
Roman Catholic persuasion, ina most illegal, violent 
and unconstitutional manner, in order to compel 
them to vote for the said Nicholas Aylward Vigors 
and John Ashton Yeates; that the said Nicholas 
Aylward Vigors and John Ashton Yeates accepted 
and availed themselves of the aforesaid acts and con- 
duct of the said Roman Catholic clergy,and accepted 
and made use of their services and exertions, and 
employed them as agents during the said Election, 
although they were fully cognizant of the said illegal 
and unconstitutional acts committed by the said 
persons, and of the means resorted to by them to 
control and defeat the freedom of Election ; that by 
the above and other undue means, and by the many 
illegal, erroneous and unjust decisions made by the 
Deputy Assistant Barrister and Assistant Barristers 
of the said County on the occasion of their register- 
ing the said electors in and for the said County, the 

z2 said 





y 
| 








Wicklow 
County 
Election. 


172 7° Decembris. 


said Nicholas Aylward Vigors and John Ashton 
Yeates obtained a colourable majority, and were 
returned to serve in Parliament for the said County, 
in open violation of the law and freedom of Election, 
and to the great prejudices of the Petitioners, and 
of the said Henry Bruen and Thomas Bunbury, who 
had upon the said Election, as it is submitted it will 
appear upon a fair scrutiny of the poll and an in- 
vestigation of the qualification of the persons who 
voted, a great majority of the good and legal votes, 
and ought therefore to have been returned as Repre- 
sentatives of said County, and that if all the votes 
of the persons not duly qualified, whose votes were 
received at said Election be (as they ought to be) 
struck off the poll, there will remain a large majority 
of the bond fide and legal votes of the electors of the 
said County for the said Henry Bruen and Thomas 
Bunbury, who ought to be the Sitting Members for 
said County ; that unless the House shall be pleased 
to grant such scrutiny, irremediable mischief will 
ensue to the freedom of Election, and a most uncon- 
stitutional power be given to the Lord Lieutenant of 
Ireland for the time being, in whom the selection of 
persons to fill the office of Assistant Barrister of 
Counties in Jreland is vested, the more especially as 
no appeal lies from the decision of such Assistant 
Barristers admitting persons to register, save to the 
House, a defect in the law, which has produced the 
most injurious effects in the County of Carlow, since 
the appointment of the present Assistant Barrister, 
since which time numerous persons have been ad- 
mitted to register who had been rejected on full 
investigation by each of the three preceding Assis- 
tant Barristers, and also by juries on appeal from 
such decisions, as well as many other persons who 
had been struck off the Register pursuant to the 
decision of a Committee of the last House of Com- 
mons, and by virtue of the Warrant of its Speaker, 
so that the Petitioners and the other duly qualified 
electors of the said County can have no redress save 
directly through the intervention of the House ; and 
for all the causes aforesaid, the Petitioners humbly 
pray, that the said Nicholas Aylward Vigors and 
John Ashton Yeatesmay be declared not duly elected, 
and that the said Henry Bruen and Thomas Bunbury 
may be declared to be duly elected, and may be 
substituted in the place of the said Nicholas Aylward 
Vigors and John Ashton Yeates, to take their seats 
as Knights to represent the said County in this 
resent Parliament, or that the said Return and the 
Zlection may be declared null and void, and the 
parties sent to a new Election, and that the votes of 
the several persons improperly registered and allowed 
to poll as aforesaid may be struck off the poll, and 
thatthe Registry of the County may also be amended 
by striking off the books of the County, in the hands 
of the Clerk of the Peace, the names of all such 
persons as shall ~ ge to have been unduly or im- 
properly registered, and that such steps may be 
taken and directions given as will effectually prevent 
persons who have been struck off the Registry of the 
said County, in manner aforesaid, or who shall, in com- 
pliance with the prayer hereof, be so struck off, from 
polling or attempting to pollat any future Election, 
and that the House may grant such further relief tothe 
Petitioners as the merits of their case may require. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 13th day of March 
next, at the same time that their former Petition is 
ordered to be taken into consideration. 

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


A Petition of the Reverend Richard Quin, of 
Abbey-street, in the town of Armagh, in the county 
of Armagh, Clerk, Edward Keegan of Kilternan, in 
the county of Dublin, Farmer, and Henry Sutton, of 
Calary, in the county of Wicklow, Farmer, Electors 

















A. 1837. 


of the County of Wicklow, on behalf of themselves 
and others claiming a right to vote, and who were 
entitled to vote, and who voted at the last Election 
of Members to serve in Parliament for the said 
County of Wicklow, was read; setting forth, That 
the usual Writ having been issued, and directed and 
delivered to the Sheriff of the said County of Wick- 
low, commanding him to \ prneen to the Election of 
Two Knights for the said County, to serve in this 
present Parliament, Edward Symes Bayly, Esquire, 
the High Sheriff of the said County, in obedience to 
the said Writ, did on the Seventh day of August One 
thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, proceed to 
the Election of Two Knights to represent the said 
County in this present Parliament, and was and 
acted as the Returning Officer at the said Election ; 
that all the Petitioners now are and were at and 
during the said Election electors of the said County 
of Wicklow, and were entitled to vote, and did vote, 
as such at the said Election, and that William Acton, 
Esquire, John Humphreys, Esquire, James Grattan, 
Esquire, and Ralph Howard, Esquire, having been 
duly proposed and seconded, were severally put in 
nomination as Candidates to represent the said 
County in Parliament ; that at the said Election the 
poll, which was duly demanded, commenced on 
Tuesday the Eighth day of August last, and finally 
closed on the following Friday, the Eleventh day of 
the same month, when the numbers of votes on the 
said poll were declared by the said Returning Officer 
to be, for the said James Grattan 697, for the said 
Ralph Howard 696, for the said William Acton 623, 
for the said John Humphreys 6, and thereupon the 
said Returning Officer declared the said James 
Grattan and Ralph Howard to be duly elected, 
and he accordingly returned the said James Grattan 
and Ralph Howard as Knights to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the said County of Wicklow; that the 
said majority of votes appearing on the said poll 
for the said James Grattan and Ralph Howard over 
the said William Acton was fictitious and colourable 
only, and procured and obtained by the admission 
of illegal and fraudulent votes for the said James 
Grattan and Ralph Howard, and by the illegal, 
— and unconstitutional means hereinafter 
stated ; that the said William Acton had at the said 
Election a majority of legal and valid votes over the 
said James Grattan and Ralph Howard, and should 
have been returned as a Knight to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the said County of Wicklow, as the Petiti- 
oners submit will appear upon an examination of the 
said poll; that during the said Election many per- 
sons were admitted to poll, and did poll for the said 
James Grattan and Ralph Howard who were not 
entitled to vote thereat, and who had either been 
unduly and improperly registered as electors of the 
said County of Wicklow, and who never were qualified, 
or who since the time of their registry had ceased to 
be qualified, or had become disqualified from voting 
at the said Election; that several persons who 
claimed to vote as freeholders and leaseholders were 
admitted to poll, and did poll at the said Election 
in favour of the said James Grattan and Ralph 
Howard, who were not entitled to vote thereat, they 
not having been duly registered pursuant to the sta- 
tutes in such case made and provided, inasmuch as 
they did not at the time of their alleged registration, 
or at all, respectively take and subscribe such oaths 
or affidavits as by the said statutes are directed 
and required to be taken and subscribed by persons 
claiming to be registered as freeholders or lease- 
holders ; that several persons who claimed to vote 
as freeholders and leaseholders were admitted to poll 
and did poll at the said Election in favour of the said 
James Grattan and Ralph Howard, who were not 


entitled to vote thereat, they not having been dul 
registered pursuant to the said statutes, inasmuc 
as they respectively took and subscribed at the time 
of their alleged registration, defective oaths or affi- 
davits, different in substance from those directed and 
required 





1 Vicroriz. 


required by the said Acts to be taken and subscribed 
by persons claiming to be registered as freeholders 
or leaseholders ; that several persons were admitted 
to poll and did poll at the said Election in favour of 
the said James Grattan and Ralph Howard who 
were not registered as voters for the said County of 
Wicklow, and had no colourable right or title to vote 
for the same, but who personated and fraudulently 
represented other persons who were registered as 
voters for the said County, and who were at the time 
of the said Election either dead or absent from the 
said Election ; that several other persons, some of 
whom claimed to vote as freeholders and others as 
leaseholders, were admitted to poll and did poll at 
the said Election in favour of the said James Grattan 
and Ralph Howard, who were not entitled to vote 
at the said Election, though they appeared upon the 
Registry books of the said County of Wicklow to 
have been registered, such last-mentioned persons 
having been unduly and improperly admitted to be 
registered, and in many instances by means of false 
or imperfect evidence, and by fraud or misrepresen- 
tation, and several of them so registered not hav- 
ing had at the time of their said registry, or at all, 
any legal or any other estate, title or interest what- 
soever in or to the lands, houses and premises out of 
and in respect of which !they were so registered, 
and the alleged freeholds and leaseholds of several 
other of the said persons in respect whereof they 
were so admitted to be registered, not being at the 
time of such registry of sufficient yearly value to 
enable them to do so, or to confer the qualification 
required by law to entitle persons to be registered 
and to vote at an Election of Members for the said 
County, and others of said persons having been 
- unduly and illegally bina, although they had 
not been for six months previous to the time of 
their respective registries in possession of the lands 
or premises out of which they claimed and were ad- 
mitted to be registered, under and by virtue of any 
sufficient title, estate or interest conferring a fran- 
chise or a right to register or to vote, their respec- 
tive titles, estates or interests having been granted 
or conveyed to them immediately previous to, or 
within six months prior to the date of their said 
registries, and several other of the persons so regis- 
tered, although apparently having sufficient estates 
or interests on the faces of their respective leases, 
deeds or instruments, yet in fact not having any 
such, the said leases, deeds or other instruments 
having been executed by persons not competent to 
grant same, and not having any sufficient estate or 
titie to enable them to make or grant such leases 
or other instruments, and the leases, deeds or in- 
struments of several other of the persons who were 
so registered and admitted to poll, and in right of 
which such persons claim to hold and to vote, being 
in fact altogether insufficient to confer a title to 
register or to vote, and several other of the persons 
so registered did not in fact produce at the time of 
their respective registries, any deed, lease, instru- 
ment, grant or demise, in support of their alleged 
claims, but produced fraudulent and fictitious papers, 
torn and effaced, alleging they held under the same, 
but upon which no trace of any execution by grantor 
or grantee, nor the nature of the tenure, quantity of 
land, or yearly rent, could be discovered, nor any 
stamp visible thereon, and several other of the per- 
sons so registered having in fact at the time of their 
said registries ceased to be qualified in respect of 
the lands and premises out of which they claimed 
to register, they having in fact, prior to their respec- 
tive registries, either in the whole or in part as- 
signed, surrendered or sublet the same, and several 
other of the said persons so admitted to register, 
being in fact joint tenants, and holding the Tands, 
tenements and premises out of which they claimed 
and were admitted to be registered, under leases, 
deeds or instruments made since the Twenty-seventh 
Vor. 93. 


7° Decembris. 





173 


day of June in the year One thousand eight hun- 
dred and twenty-three ; that several other persons 
were admitted to poll, and did poll, as rh to 
and leaseholders at the said Election in favour of 
the said James Grattan and Ralph Howard, who 
were not at all entitled to vote thereat, and whose 
qualifications did not then continue, inasmuch as 
previous thereto and ‘subsequent to the registry of 
their respective freeholds or leaseholds, the estates 
or interests in right of which they had been so re- 
gistered, and in respect of which they claim to be 
entitled to vote, in the whole or in part, had been 
sub-let, assigned, surrendered, evicted or had ceased 
by reason of the expiration of the term for which 
the said last-mentioned persons held such lands and 
premises, or by reason of the lives or title on which 
the estates or interests of such last-mentioned per- 
sons depended having expired or otherwise deter- 
mined, or by reason of several of the said last- 
mentioned persons having become bankrupts or 
insolvents, or having otherwise parted with their 
interests so as not to leave any sufficient qualification 
to vote at the time of the said Election, and several 
other of the persons so registered as leaseholders, 
and who were admitted to poll and did poll at the 
said Election in favour of the said James Grattan 
and Ralph Howard, who respectively derived their 
title nt separate and distinct leases of separate 
and distinct parts of the premises in right of which 
they were so registered and claimed to vote, such 
separate and distinct leases having been made in 
several instances by different landlords or lessors ; 
that several persons disqualified from voting at the 
said Election by the provisions of different statutes, 
as the holders of certain offices or official situations, 
were nevertheless admitted to poll and did poll at 
the said Election for the said James Grattan and 
Ralph Howard ; that several persons were admitted 
to poll and did poll at the said Election for the said 
James Grattan and Ralph Howard, who were 
during the said Election, or within fourteen days 
after the same was completed, or who had been 
within six calendar months previous thereto, em- 
ployed as counsel, agents, attornies, poll-clerks, or 
in other capacities for the purposes of such Election, 
and had, either before, during or after such Election, 
accepted or taken from the said James Grattan and 
Ralph Howard, or one of them, or from some other 
person or persons, for or in consideration of or with 
reference to such employment, a sum or sums of 
money, retaining fees, offices or places, and such 
persons were incapable of voting at such Election ; 
that thus a great number of persons, who, for the 
causes aforesaid, or for other causes, were not qua- 
lified or were disqualified, or had ceased to be 
ualified, and of persons who were not entitled at 
the time or their respective registries to be registered, 
were admitted to poll and did poll at the said Elec- 
tion in favour of the said James Grattan and Ralph 
Howard, and appear and were reckoned upon the 
poll of the said Election in favour of the said James 
Grattan and Ralph Howard, whose votes ought to 
be disallowed ret | struck off the said poll as invalid 
and illegal votes; that many other persons were 
i to poll and did at | at the said Election 
for the said James Grattan and Ralph Howard, 
whose votes were procured by the illegal and uncon- 
stitutional means oa mentioned, and whose 
votes ought to be disallowed and struck off the said 
poll as invalid and illegal votes; that the said James 
Grattan and Ralph Howard, by themselves, and by 
their agents and managers, and by persons employed 
by them and on their behalf, did, after the teste of 
the Writ, and during the said Election, and before 
the commencement of same, give, present and allow 
to several persons having or claiming to have votes 
in said Election, money, meat, drink, entertainment, 
and did make and enter into promises, agreements 
and engagements to give and allow money, meat, 
73 drink, 








174 7° Decembris. A. 1837. 


drink, presents, rewards, and entertainments to and 
for such persons, in order to procure their votes, and 
in order to procure them the said James Grattan 
and Ralph Howard, to be elected Members for the 
said County of Wicklow; that several persons voted 
at said Election for said James Grattan and Ralph 
Howard, who being Roman Catholics, and professing 
to be such, did not take or subscribe the oath re- 

uired by law to be by them taken as such Roman 
Catholics previous to voting, or obtain certificates 
of having taken same, and who were, therefore, in- 
capable of voting, and ought not to have been 
admitted to poll, and should now be struck off the 
poll of the said Election; that for a considerable 
time previous to and during said Election, the 
Roman Catholic clergy of the said County, both 
publicly and privately, and in the chapels of said 
County, illegally interfered with and influenced the 
electors of the Roman Catholic persuasion in a most 
violent and unconstitutional manner, in order to 
compel them to vote for the said James Grattan and 
Ralph Howard ; that the said James Grattan and 
Ralph Howard adopted and availed themselves of 
the aforesaid acts and conduct of the said Roman 
Catholic clergy, and accepted and made use of their 
services and exertions, and employed them as agents 
during the said Election, although they were fully 
cognizant of the said illegal and unconstitutional 
acts committed by the said persons, and of the 
means resorted to by them to control and defeat 
the freedom of Election ; that certain Peers of Par- 
liament and others, large landed proprietors in the 
said County of Wicklow, illegally and unconstitu- 
tionally interfered by the most undue influence, and 
by threats held out and made use of by their agents 
and under agents, caused their tenants, who were 
registered voters of said County, to vote at the said 
Election against their wishes and against their con- 
sciences in favour of the said James Grattan and 
Ralph Howard, and who would have voted for the 
said William Acton, and publicly declared they 
would have so voted, if they had not been so 
threatened and coerced; the Petitioners humbly 
submit that but for the above undue and uncon- 
stitutional means, and but for the admission to the 
Registry and on the poll of many illegal, insufficient 
and invalid votes, the said William Acton would 
have had a large majority of votes at the said Elec- 
tion over both the said James Grattan and Ralph 
Howard, and that upon a scrutiny of the votes 
given thereat it will fully appear that the said Wil- 
liam Acton had a large majority of good and valid 
votes over both the other Candidates, and was thereby 
duly elected, and was entitled to be returned, in 
preference to either of them, to serve in Parliament 
for the said County of Wicklow, and ovght now 
to be substituted in place of one or either of them 
as Sitting Member for the said County; the Peti- 
tioners therefore humbly pray, inasmuch as no scru- 
tiny of the persons so illegally admitted to be 
registered and to vote was permitted to take place 
at the said Election, and inasmuch as no appeal lies 
from the decisions of the registering Barristers ad- 
mitting persons to be registered, save to the House, 
and inasmuch as the examination of matters and 
things affecting the freedom of Election, the correc- 
ticn of abuses, and the removal of fraudulent votes 
from the Registry are most important, that the House 
will be pleased to take into their consideration the 
several matters and things hereinbefore stated and 
set forth, and declare that the said William Acton 
was duly elected, and ought to have been returned 
at the said Election, and that his name may now be 
substituted in the Return accordingly, and that the 
said Sitting Members may be declared to have been 
unduly elected and returned, and that their Election 
and Return may be pronounced wholly null and 
void, and that the votes of the several persons who 
were unduly and improperly admitted to poll may be 





struck off the poll of the said Election, and that the 
Registry of the said County of Wicklow may be 
amended, by striking out the names of all persons 
who shall appear to have been unduly and improperly 
registered, and that such steps may be taken, and 
directions given, as will effectually prevent persons 
whose names shall be struck off the Registry of the 
said County of Wicklow, in compliance with the 
prayer hereof, from polling or attempting to poli at 
any future Election for the said County of Wicklow, 
or that the House may make such other order, and 
give such further relief in the premises, for securing 
the freedom of Election in the said County of Wick- 
low, as the House shall think fit, and the nature and 
merits of the case may require. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday, the 5th day of April 
next, at the same time that the Petition of Johu 
Evans, and others, is ordered to be taken into con- 
sideration. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant or Warrants for such persons, papers and re- 
cords, as shall be thought necessary by the several 
Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said 
Petition. : 


A Petition of John Gallaher, Michael Conlan, Siigo County 
Mathew Gilgan and Patrick Nelson, Electors of the Election. 


County of Sligo, as well on behalf of themselves as 
of several other Electors of the same county, who 
claimed to vote, were entitled to vote, and did vote, 
at the last Election, in and for the said County of 
Sligo, was read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners 
are, and at the last General Election of Knights of 
the Shire for the County of Sligo, held in the town 
of Sligo, were, electors of the said County, and were 
entitled to vote at the said Election ; that at the 
said Election, Edward Joshua Cooper, Alexander 
Perceval, Daniel Jones, junior, and Charles Joseph 
M‘ Dermott, Esquires, were Candidates to represent 
said County in Parliament; that a poll being de- 
manded, the same was granted and proceeded on, 
and Daniel Jones, Esquire, senior, High Sheriff of 
the said County, acted thereat as Returning Officer, 
and at the close of the poll on the Seventeenth day 
of August last, declared the said Edward Joshua 
Cooper and Alexander Perceval duly elected as 
Members to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said County ; that the said Alexander Perceval is 
not qualified in point of estate to serve in Parlia- 
ment, and that not being the eldest son or heir 
apparent of any Peer or Lord of Parliament, or of 
any person qualified to serve as Knight of the Shire, 
he has not, nor had he at the time cf such Election 
and Return, truly and bond fide such an estate, 
freehold or copyhold, for his own life, or for some 
other greater estate, in law or equity, to and for his 
own use and benefit, of or in lands, tenements or 
hereditaments (over and above what would satisfy 
and clear all incumbrances that may affect the same), 
of the annual value of Six hundred pounds, above 
reprizes, as doth qualify him to be free: and re- 
turned to serve in Parliament for the said County of 
Sligo, as required by the statutes in such case made 
and provided ; and the Petitioners submit, that the 
said Alexander Perceval was not entitled to be a 
Candidate at the said Election, or entitled to be 
returned to serve in Parliament for the said County 
as a Member; the Petitioners therefore humbly pray, 
that the House will take the premises aforesaid, and 
the above allegations, into its consideration, and 
will declare the Election and Return of the said 
Alexander Perceval to be void, or otherwise that it 
will declare the Election and Return of the said 
Alexander Perceval to be void, and that the said 
Daniel Jones, junior, (who had the next greatest 
number of votes at said Election), was duly elected, 
and ought to have been. returned with the said 
Edward Joshua Cooper as a Member to serve in 

Parliament 





Kerry 
Electio 





Kerry County 
Election. 


1 Vicroriz. 


Parliament for said County, and that said Writ and 
Return may be amended accordingly, and that the 
House will give such relief in the premises as to the 
House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday, the 29th day of March 
next, at the same time that the Petition of Daniel 
Jones, Esquire, is ordered to be taken into con- 
sideration. 

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


A Petition of Stephen Walsh and James Barrett, 
both of the town of Tralee, in the County of Kerry, 
Cabinet-makers and Upholsterers, Electors of the 
County of Kerry, as well on behalf of themselves as 
of several other Electors of the same county, who 
claimed to vote, were entitled to vote, and did vote 
at the last Election in and for the County of Kerry, 
was read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners are, 
and at the last Election of the Knights of the Shire 
for the County of Kerry, held in the town of Tralee, 
were, electors of the said County, and were entitled 
to vote at the said Election; that at the said last 
Election of two Knights of the Shire to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said County of Kerry, 
Arthur Blennerhassett, Samuel Murray Hickson, 
Morgan John O’ Connell, Esquires, and Frederick 
William Mullins, were Candidates, and that on the 
Seventh day of August last Henry Arthur Herbert, 
Esquire, the High Sheriff of said County, did, in 
pursuance of the Writ directed to him for that pur- 
pose, proceed to hold the said Election ; that the 
polling continued until the termination of the fifth 
day after the day of nomination; that upon the 
final close of the poll the Sheriff declared a majo- 
rity of 48 in favour of said Arthur Blennerhassett 
over said Frederick William Mullins, and a still 
greater majority in favour of said Morgan John 
O’ Connell, and accordingly declared the said Ar- 
thur Blennerhassett and Morgan John O’ Connell duly 
elected to serve in Parliament for said County ; the 
Petitioners submit that said Arthur Blennerhassett 
was and is wholly incapacitated and ineligible to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said County 
of Kerry, for that, as well before as at and during 
the said Election, the said Arthur Blennerhassett 
did, by himself and by his agents, friends and par- 
tisans, by divers ways and means, at his or their or 
one of their charges and behalf, directly ‘and in- 
directly give, _ and allow to persons having 
votes at such Election, money, meat, drink, provi- 
sion, lodging, entertainment and reward, and did 
make presents, gifts, rewards and promises, agree- 
ments, and obligations and engagements to give 
money, meat, drink, provision, presents, rewards 
and entertainments to and for persons having votes 
as aforesaid, and to and for the use, advantage, 
benefit, employment, profit and preferment of such 
persons, in order that he the said Arthur Blenner- 
hassett might be elected, and for being elected to 
serve in Parliament for said County; that before 
and at and during the said Election the said Arthur 
Blennerhassett was, by himself, his committee and 
others his agents, friends and partisans, guilty of 
divers acts of bribery and corruption, in order to cor- 
rupt and procure, and did, by himself and by his 
agents, friends, managers and other persons em- 
ployed on his behalf, by gifts, presents, money, re- 
wards, promises, purchases made at prices exceed- 
ing the value, agreements and securities for money, 
gifts and’ rewards, and by threats, intimidations, 
promises, undue influence, concealment and confine- 
ment, and other corrupt, illegal or improper prac- 
tices, acts and means, corrupt and procure, and 
coerce divers persons having, or claiming to have, 
votes at said Election, to give their votes in favour 
of = - Arthur Blennerhassett, and to forbear 

OL. 93. 





7° Decembris. 175 


to give their votes to said Frederick William Mul- 
lins; the Petitioners state, that several members of 
the committee of said Arthur Blennerhassett did, 
directly and indirectly, for and in behalf of the said 
Arthur Blennerhassett, employ agents to offer bribes 
and rewards and hold out other illegal and corrupt 
inducements to persons having or claiming to have 
votes at said Election to give their votes in favour 
of said Arthur Blennerhassett and Samuel Murray 
Hickson, or to give plumpers or single votes to said 
Arthur Blennerhassett, or to give one vote to said 
Arthur Blennerhassett and the other vote to said Mor- 
gan John O’ Connell; the Petitioners further state, that 
one of the members of the said Arthur Blennerhas- 
sett’s committee, who, by reason of his being a Re- 

ceiver under the Court of Chancery, pending a famil 

suit over extensive estates in mn ounty, of whic 
said Frederick William Mullins is co-proprietor, 
exercises extensive local influence, did, in abuse of 
the powers vested in him by the said Court of Chan- 
cery, directly and indirectly menace, coerce, and in 
many cases by promises, encouragements and re- 
wards, induce a number of the voters upon said 
estates to break their promises previously made to 
vote for said Frederick William Mullins, that he 
ordered houses to be opened on various parts of 
said estates for the purpose of bringing the voters 
together, and affording them, and did afford them, 
meat, drink, provision, entertainment and reward, 
and of enabling his agents to take them from said 
houses while in a state of intoxication, to the said 
Arthur Blennerhasset’s committee rooms in Tralee, 
where they were detained against their inclinations, 
and forced to the places of polling, where, under the 
threats of Election agents who accompanied them, 
and in the presence of said Receiver, who sat oppo- 
site with a book open, in which he entered their 
names, they were frightened into polling for said 
Arthur Blennerhassett; the Petitioners further state, 
that said Receiver did, by himself, and his agents 
and bailiffs, promise to and actually grant to such 
voters on said estates as voted for his friend the said 
Arthur Blennerhassett acquittances for rent and ar- 
rears of rent due by them, extension of period of 
payment of said rent, and arrears, allowances and 
other encouragements, while he punished others 
whom he could not win over to vote against Frede- 
rick William Mullins, previous to and during and 
subsequent to said Election, by distresses and other 
oppressive means, which his office of Receiver af- 
forded him a colourable pretext for adopting ; the 
Petitioners assert, that similar oppressive modes of 
proceeding were not only adopted on the estates in 
question, but that other persons being members of 
said Arthur Blennerhassett’s committee, or his 
friends, agents or partisans, pursued similar courses 
in respect to the voters in various aaa of said 
County, who were suspected to be in the interest of 
said Frederick William Mullins, and that in conse- 
quence of the unmerited severity with which said 
voters were treated, while their neighbours were in 
every possible way indulged and benefited under 
the condition of voting for said Arthur Blennerhas- 
set, many of said voters who had previously pro- 
mised and tendered their votes to said Frederick 
William Mullins, felt themselves compelled to vote 
against said Frederick William Mullins and break 
their pledges made in his favour; the Petitioners state, 
that numbers of such oppressed persons declared 
ee | after they had so polled against said Frede- 
rick William Mullins, that they were ready to make 
oath that they were forced by those who exercised 
certain control over them by reason of their con- 
nection with the properties on which they resided, 
and who at the same time were acting as members 
of said Arthur Blennerhassett’s committee, or as his 
agents, friends or partisans, to vote for said Arthur 
lennerhassett, in opposition to said Frederick Wil- 
liam Mullins, that if they had been left to follow 
the dictates of their consciences, they would have 
z4 voted 


i 
f 
4 
if 








176 7° Decembris. 


voted for said Frederick William Mullins, but that, 
with ruin staring them in the face, they had no alter- 
native ; the Petitioners further state, that a great 
number of persons who voted at said Election in 
favour of said Arthur Blennerhassett had registered 
as rent-chargers, but that they were and are inca- 
pacitated from voting, inasmuch as they never sought 
or derived any benefit under such rent-charges, and 
have consequently no interest therein, as the Peti- 
tioners submit will appear upon a fair scrutiny of 
the poll, and an investigation of the qualification of 
the persons who voted ; the Petitioners also assert, 
that a number of the persons who voted for said Ar- 
thur Blennerhassett being registered as leaseholders 
or freeholders, had previously to said Election sold 
or assigned or sub-let, or by dropping of lives, be- 
coming insolvents, or by and from various other 
causes, lost the interests upon which they had re- 
gistered, and were and are consequently incapable 
of voting for any Candidate at said Election, or any 
future one, as the Petitioners submit will appear 
upon a fair scrutiny of the poll and investigation 
into the respective qualifications of said persons who 
voted forsaid Arthur Blennerhassett; that Petitioners 
further state, that a number of persons who voted for 
said Arthur Blennerhassett at said Election, had 
not previously registered, but personated persons 
who had, and who were either dead or prevented by 
infirmity, absence from the County, or some other 
causes, from appearing and voting at said Election ; 
the Petitioners state, that these facts can be clearly 
proved on an investigation into the qualification and 
right of voting of such persons; that many persons 
voted from affidavits which were informal, some of 
them not containing the place of residence specifi- 
cally set out, others the addition of the voter or the 
particular date of Registry; the Petitioners further 
assert, that upon the third day of polling, the booth 
No. 3, was closed by order of the High Sheriff, 
in consequence of the requisite number not havy- 
ing polled in said booth on that day; that there 
were a number of voters who subsequently arrived 
having been prevented from illness, residence in 
distant parts of Ireland, and other causes, from 
coming sooner, who were entitled to poll in said 
booth, that said voters claimed their right as free- 
holders to poll in either of the two remaining booths 
which continued open till the final close of the poll, 
but that the Sheriff’s Deputies in each booth pe- 
remptorily refused to take such votes so tendered, or 
to acknowledge any such rights, that in conse- 
quence objections were made by the inspectors of 
said Frederick William Mullins, and said objections 
laid before the Sherift’s Assessor, who, after hearing 
the various arguments of counsel in favour of said 
rights and claims, decided against receiving the 
tendered votes of such persons being freeholders, 
by which decision the said Frederick William Mul- 
lins lost several votes, as will appear upon an inquiry 
into said matter before a Committee of the House ; 
the Petitioners also state, that the Deputies ap- 
pointed by the High Sheriff for each booth were 
previously well known to be political partisans and 
friends of said Arthur Blennerhassett, and the per- 
sons in said County who held similar opinions, and 
that said Deputies, contrary to the spirit and inten- 
tion of the statutes providing for taking of the poll in 
Counties in Ireland, threw various vexatious impedi- 
ments in the way of the voters polling quickly, on 
their coming to the poll; that in consequence the 
inspectors of said Frederick William Mullins were 
obliged to make frequent complaints to the Asses- 
sor, and that, notwithstanding his being obliged 
frequently to “&gt; ses them in their respective 
booths, they still persisted in such improper and 
_— proceedings, thereby preventing the said 





rederick William Mullins trom obtaining a majo- | 
rity on the first and second day’s poll, which he | 


fairly anticipated, and would have had but for such 


A. 1837. 


the said Frederick William Mullins’s voters, who re- 
sided in distant parts of the County, into the belief 
that it would be out of the power of the said Frede- 
rick William Mullins to overcome such a majority 
on the succeeding days, and caused them to absent 
themselves during the remaining days of polling ; 
the Petitioners further show, that the members of 
the committee of said Arthur Blennerhassett, his 
agents, friends and partisans did, without sufficient 
or any cause, make representations to the Com- 
manding Officer of the district, and others in autho- 
rity, which induced him or them to place at the dis- 
posal of the High Sheriff a large military force, 
which was employed in various parts of the County, 
under the colour of protecting the voters in the said 
Arthur Blennerhassett’s interest from violence, but 
in reality to prevent many voters who had pre- 
viously promised the said Frederick William Mullins 
their support, from escaping from the houses and 
vehicles in which they were confined; the Peti- 
tioners state, that a guard of soldiers were con- 
stantly in attendance at the committee rooms of the 
said Arthur Blennerhassett in Tralee, and in which 
a number of voters who were believed and known 
to be in favour of said Frederick William Mullins, 
were confined until they were placed on tallies ; 
that by the foregoing and many other illegal, cor- 
rupt and improper practices on the part of his com- 
mittee, his friends, agents and partisans, the said 
Arthur Blennerhassett obtained a colourable ma- 


jority of 48 over the said Frederick William Mul- 


lins, who would otherwise have had a considerable 
majority of good and legal votes over said Arthur 
Blennerhassett; the Petitioners therefore submit, 
that said Arthur Blennerhassett having been so 
elected a Knight of the Shire for said County, in 
consequence of {bribery, corruption, coercion, in- 
timidation and other illegal and corrupt practices 
resorted to and committed and practised upon 
persons who voted at said Election by the said 
Arthur Blennerhassett, his committee, aud others 
his friends, agents and partisans, and also in con- 
sequence of said Arthur Blennerhassett having re- 
ceived the votes of a number of persons who, for 
the reasons and from the causes hereinbefore set 
out and explained, were totally incapacitated and 
ineligible to vote at the said Election for the said 
County, and also for the various other reasons herein 
detailed by the Petitioners, he the said Arthur Blen- 
nerhassett is disqualified from sitting or voting in 
the House, and that said Frederick William Mullins, 
who had a majority of good and legal votes at said 
Election, ought to have been returned as Repre- 
sentative for said County with said Morgan John 
O’ Connell; that the said Arthur Blennerhassett is 
not qualified, in point of estate, to serve in Par- 
liament, and that not being the eldest son or heir 
apparent of any Peer or Lord of Parliament, or of 
any person qualified to serve as Knight of the Shire, 
he has not, nor had he at the time of such Election 
and Return, truly and bond. fide such an estate, free- 
hold or copyhold, for his own life, or for some 
greater estate in law or equity, to and for his own 
use and benefit, of or in lands, tenements or here- 
ditaments, over and above what would satisfy and 
clear all incumbrances that may affect the same, 
of the annual value of Six sential unds, above 
reprizes, as doth qualify him to be elected and re- 
tured to serve in Parliament for the said County of 
Kerry, as required by the statutes in such case 
made and provided; and the Petitioners submit, 
that the ik Arthur Blennerhassett was not entitled 
to be a Candidate at the said Election, or entitled 
to be returned as a Member to serve in Parliament 
for the said County; the Petitioners therefore humbly 
pray, that the House will be pleased to take the 
remises into consideration, and to declare the said 
Alection and Return of the said Arthur Blenner- 


_ hassett to be null and void, and that the said Fre- 


proceedings, and the loss of which deluded many of | 


derick William Mullins was duly elected and ought 
to 





Ele 





Dublin City 
Election. 





1 Vicroriz. 


to have been returned a Member to serve in Parlia- 
ment for said County, and that the said Return be 
amended accordingly, and to grant to the Petitioners 
such further or other relief in the premises as to the 
House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 20th day of March 
next, at the same time that the Petition of Frederick 
William Mullins, Esquire, is ordered to be taken 


7° Decembris. 





into consideration. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his War- 
rant, or Warrants, for such persons, papers and re- 
cords, as shall be thought necessary by the several | 
Parties on the hearing of the matter of the said | 
Petition. 


A Petition of Edward Cottingham, of Belfield, 
in the county of Dublin, Esquire, Roger Chambers 
Walker, of No.2, Granby-row, in the City of Dublin, 
Esquire, Barrister-at-law, John Phayre, of No. 62, 
William-street, in the city of Dublin, Builder, and 
William Evans, of No. 27 Aungier-street, in the city 
of Dublin, House-painter, Electors of the City and 
County of the City of Dub/in, on behalf of themselves | 
and others, claiming a right to vote, and who were | 
entitled to vote and voted at the last Election of 
Members to serve in Parliament for the said city 
and county of the same, was read ; setting forth, 
That an Election for Two Members to serve in Par- 
liament for the said City and County of the City of 
Dublin, was held at the Sessions House, in G'reen- 
street, in the said City, on Monday, the Thirty-first 
day of July One thousand eight hundred and thirty- ; 
seven, and all the Petitioners are and were electors | 
of the said City and County of the City of Dublin, 
and were entitled to vote and did vote as such at 
the said Election ; that at the said Election, Loftus 
Anthony Bryan and JohnVeevers, Esquires, Sheriffs 
uf the said City, were and acted as the Returning 
Officers, and George Alexander Hamilton, Esquire, 
John Beatty West, Esquire, Daniel O’ Connell, Es- 
quire, and Robert Hutton, Esquire, were severally 
put in nomination as Candidates at the said Election ; 
that at the said Election the poll commenced on 
Tuesday, the First day of August last, and finally 
closed on the following Saturday, the Fifth day of 
the same month, when the numbers of votes on the 
said poll were declared by the said Returning Offi- 
cers to be, for the said Daniel O’ Connell, 3,556 ; 
for the said Robert Hutton, 3,542; for the said 
George Alexander Hamilton, 3,467; and for the 
said John Beatty Wesi, 3,461; and thereupon the 
said Returning Officers declared (but as the Peti- 
tioners submit, and hereafter show, unduly declared) 
the said Daniel O’Connell and Robert Hutton to 
have obtained a majority of votes at the said Elec- 
tion, and they accordingly returned the said Daniel 
O’ Connell and Robert Hutton as elected to serve 
as Members for the said City and County of the 
same in this present Parliament; that the said al- 
leged majority of votes on the said poll for the said 
Daniel O’ Connell and Robert Hutton, over the said 
George Alexander Hamilton and John Beatty West 
respectively, was only a fictitious and colourable 
majority, and procured and obtained by means of 
the rejection by the said Returning Officers of the 
votes of a great number of duly qualified electors 
who tendered, declared and gave their votes for the 
said George Alexander Hamilton and John Beatty 
West, and by the admission of illegal and fraudulent 
votes for the said Daniel O’Connell and Robert 
Hutton, and by the undue and illegal and uncon- 
stitutional means hereinafter stated ; that the said 
George Alexander Hamilton and John Beatty West, 
at the said Election, had a majority of legal and 
valid votes over the said Daniel O'Connell and Ro- 
bert Hutton, and should have been declared to have 
been elected, and should have been returned at the 
said Election, in the place and stead of the said 

Vot. 93. 

















177 


Daniel O’ Connell and Robert Hutton, as the Peti- 
tioners submit will appear upon an examination of 
the said poll ; that a great number of persons, mem- 
bers, or under the influence of a certain political 
association, called “The Trades’ National Political 
Union,” of which the said Daniel O’ Connell is Pre- 
sident, have from time to time come forward at the 
Sessions held for that purpose, claiming to be regis- 
tered as voters for the said City and County of 
the City of Dublin, by virtue of alleged qualifica-’ 
tions as occupiers of houses, warehouses, counting- 
houses and shops, but which qualifications they did 
not at the time of the said registry in fact possess, 
many of them being merely lodgers or room-keepers, 
holding as weekly tenants and at weekly rents of 
from two to three shillings, upper rooms or garrets, 
many of them being occupiers of small shops, ware- 
houses or sheds, by the week at the like weekl 
rents, others of them occupying cellars under ponent 
and stalls or sheds in wie others of them not 
occupying at all the premises described in their 
notices, others occupying such premises, merely as 
servants or managers, and others claiming to register 
out of premises which did not actually exist ; that 
a great number of persons have from time to time 
come forward and claimed to be registered as house- 
holders who were at the time of such registry in 
arrear for more than one half year’s amount of the 
grand jury cess, and other municipal cesses, rates 
or taxes, or some one or more of them legally due 
and payable by them in respect of the houses, ware- 
houses, counting-houses or shops in right of which 
they so claimed, but who were nevertheless unduly 
admitted to be registered, and still appear upon the 
Register as householders entitled to vote for the 
said City and County of the same, and who unduly 
obtained certificates of such admission, and of their 
right to vote for the same; that a great number of 
persons whose claims ought to have been rejected 
have been from time to time unduly admitted to be 
registered, and still appear upon the Register as 
householders, and have obtained certificates de- 
claring their right to vote as such for the said City 
and County of the same, who did not at the time 
of such registry hold or occupy any house, ware- 
house, counting-house or shop, within the meaning 
of the Act of the 2d and 3d William Fourth, c. 
88; that a great number of persons whose claims 
ought to have been rejected, have been from time 
to time admitted to be registered, and still appear 
upon the Register as householders, and have ob- 
tained certificates as such, who did not at the time 
of such registry hold or occupy the premises men- 
tioned in their certificates and in the affidavits then 
by them made; that a great number of persons 
whose claims ought to have been rejected, have been 
from time to time admitted to be registered, and 
still appear upon the Register as householders, and 
have sheniend certificates as such, in respect of 
alleged qualifications of houses, warehouses, count- 
ing-houses and shops, which were not at the time 
of such registry respectively of the clear yearly 
value of Ten pounds, and which the said claimants 
held merely as weekly tenants or lodgers, or at will ; 
that a great number of persons whose claims ought 
to have been rejected, have been from time to time 
admitted to be registered, and still appear upon the 
Register as householders, and have obtained certi- 
ficates as such, who were at the time of the said 
registry joint occupiers of the houses, warehouses, 
counting-houses and shops in respect of which 
they so registered as voters; that several persons 
whose claims ought to have been rejected, have been 
from time to time admitted to be registered, and 
still appear upon the Register as householders, in 
respect of alleged qualifications from houses, ware- 
houses, counting-houses and shops, each of whom 
registered in conjunction with others, out of one and 
the same house, warehouse, counting-house or shop, 
as the case may be; that several persons whose 
AA claims 











178 7° Decembris. 


claims ought to have been rejected, have been from 
time to time admitted to be registered and still 
ys are upon the Register as householders, and have 
obtained certificates as such, in respect of certain 
houses, warehouses, counting-houses and shops, 
which did not at the time of such registry exist ; 
that several persons whose claims ought to have 
been rejected have been from time to time admitted 
to be registered, and still appear upon the Register 
as freeholders and leaseholders, and have obtained 
certificates as such, who had not at the time of such 
registry in the houses and es out of which 
they so registered respectively, a beneficial interest 
of the amount and value required by law; that 
several persons whose claims ought to have been 
rejected, have been from time to time admitted to 
be registered, and still appear upon the Register as 
freeholders, leaseholders or householders who at the 
time of such registry had become bankrupts or 
insolvents, and whose interest in the houses, lands 
and premises out of which they so claimed to re- 
gister, had then become and were then vested in 
their respective assignees or in other persons ; that 
several persons whose claims ought to have been 
rejected, have been from time to time admitted to 
be registered, and still appear upon the Register as 
freeholders by virtue of alleged freeholds under 
leases of lands, houses and premises, for a life or 
lives made by or derived ander lessors who at the 
time of the making the said alleged leases had not 
themselves, and were therefore incapable of convey- 
ing to others, any freehold estate or interest in the 
premises therein mentioned ; that several persons 
whose claims ought to have been rejected have been 
from time to time unduly admitted to be registered, 
and still appear upon the Register as leaseholders, 
and have obtained certificates as such, although the 
said persons, being sub-lessees or the assignees of 
under-leases, were not at the time of such registry, 
or for the entire term of six calendar months next 
previous thereto, in the actual occupation of the 
premises in respect of which they were so admitted 
to be registered ; that several persons whose claims 
ought to have been rejected, have been from time 
to time unduly admitted to be registered, and still 
appear upon the Register as freeholders and lease- 
holders, and have respectively obtained certificates 
as such, who had not at the time of their said regis- 
tration respectively any freehold or leasehold estate 
or interest in the premises in respect of which they 
so claimed and were admitted to be registered ; 
that several persons have been from time to time 
unduly and irregularly registered, and still appear 
upon the Register as voters, and have obtained cer- 
tificates as such, who were not entitled to be so regis- 
tered, by reason that they did not respectively take 
and subscribe at the time of their alleged registra- 
tion, or at all, the oath or affidavit required by the 
Act 2d and 3d William Fourth, c. 88; that many 
persons have been from time to time unduly and 
irregularly registered, and still appear upon the Re- 
gister as voters,and have obtained certificates as such, 
who took and subscribed at the time of their alleged 
registration defective oaths and affidavits different 
im substance from those prescribed by the said Act ; 
that thus a great number of persons, who for other 
causes were not qualified or were disqualified, or 
who had ceased to be qualified, and who were not 
entitled at the time of their respective registries, 
have been from time to time unduly admitted to be 
registered and still appear upon the Register as 
voters for the said City, and have unduly obtained 
certificates as such ; that, during the continuance of 
the poll at the said last Election, a great number of 
the said persons who had been so unduly and ille- 
gally registered as aforesaid, upon the various false 
and unfounded claims and defective qualifications 
above mentioned, were nevertheless admitted to 
vote, and did vote, for the said Daniel O'Connell 
and Robert Hutton, and whose votes ought to be 


A. 1837. 


disallowed and struck off the poll as bad, invalid 
and illegal votes; that several persons voted at the 
said Election, and their votes were admitted and 
counted upon the poll in favour of the said Daniel 
O’ Connell and Robert Hutton, who were not re- 
gistered as voters for the said City, and had no co- 
lourable right or title to vote for the same, but who 
personated and falsely and fraudulently represented 
other persons whose names did appear upon the 
Register of voters for the said City, but who were 
at the time of the said Election either dead or ab- 
sent from the same, that all such votes are utterly 
bad and invalid, and ought to be struck off the poll; 
that a great number of persons were admitted to 
vote, and did vote, at the said Election in favour of 
the said Daniel O’ Connell and Robert Hutton, as 
householders occupying houses, warehouses, count- 
ing-houses or shops, by whom more than one half 
year’s grand jury or municipal cesses, rates or 
taxes, were at the time of their so voting due and 





payable in respect of the premises in their certifi- 
‘cates and affidavits of registry respectively men- 
tioned, and in respect of which they were registered 
and claimed to vote, whereas the votes of such per- 
sons are bad, illegal and invalid, and ought to be 
disallowed and struck off the poll; that several 
persons were admitted to vote and voted as house- 
holders at the said Election for the said Daniel 
O’ Connell and Robert Hutton, whose qualification 
as registered voters for the said City did not continue 
at the time when they so voted, but had ceased to 
continue a to the said Election, and subse- 
quent to the time of their registry, and whose votes 
ought to be struck off the poll accordingly, inasmuch 
as they had ceased to hold or occupy as owners, or 
tenants the premises in respect of which they had 
been respectively registered ; that several persons 
were admitted to vote and voted at the said Election 
for the said Daniel O’ Connell and Robert Hutton 
as freeholders, leaseholders or householders, who 
had become bankrupts or insolvents since the time 
of their respective registries, and whose estate and 
interest respectively in the premises in respect of 
which they had registered, were then or had been 
in the interval between the time of their registration 
and the time of their so voting, legally vested in 
their respective assignees, or other persons, and 
whose qualification as such registered voters did 
not then continue, and whose votes ought to be 
struck off the poll accordingly; that several per- 
sons were admitted to vote and voted at the said 
Election for the said Daniel O’ Connell and Robert 
Hutton, as freeholders or leaseholders, who had 
been evicted from the houses and premises in right 
of which they had been respectively registered, or 
whose interests respectively in such houses or pre- 
mises had expired or had otherwise determined 
since their registry, and whose qualification as such 
registered voters had thereby ceased, and did not 
then continue, and whose votes were therefore null 
and invalid and ought to be struck off the poll ac- 
cordingly ; that several persons voted at the said 
Election for the said Daniel O’Connell and Robert 
Hutton, as Ten pound freeholders or Ten pound 
leaseholders, or as leaseholders being sub-lessees, or 
the assignees of under-leases, who at the time of 
their so voting had respectively ceased to occupy 
the premises out of which they so registered, and 
whose qualification as registered voters therefore 
did not then continue, and whose votes ought to be 
struck off the poll accordingly ; that several — 
claiming to be electors and registered as freeholders, 
leaseholders or householders respectively, voted at 
the said Election for the said Daniel O’ Connell and 
Robert Hutton, who had not been registered for a 
period of six calendar months previous to the teste 
of the Writ for holding the said Election, and the 
votes of such persons were nevertheless admitted 
and entered, and reckoned upon the poll, for the 
said Daniel O’ Connell and Robert Hutton, — 

e 




















1 Vicroriz. 


the parties so voting were not at the time entitled 
to vote, and their votes ought to be disallowed ac- 
cordingly; that several persons disqualified from 
voting at the said Election by the provisions of dif- 
ferent statutes, as the holders of certain offices or 
official situations, were nevertheless admitted to 
vote and voted thereat for the said Daniel O’Con- 
nell and Robert Hutton, in defiance of the objec- 
tions raised against their votes, whereas such votes 
are null and void to all intents and purposes what- 
soever, and ought to be struck off the poll accord- 
ingly ; that several persons were admitted to vote, 
and voted for the said Daniel O’Connell and Ro- 
bert Hutton at the said Election, who were, during 
the said Election, or within fourteen days after the 
same was completed, or who had been within six 
calendar months previous thereto, employed as 
counsel, agents, attornies, poll-clerks, or in other 
capacities, for the purposes of such Election, and 
had, either before, during or after such Election, ac- 
cepted or taken from the said Daniel O’ Connell and 
Robert Hutton, or one of them, or from some other 
person or persons, for or in consideration of or with 
reference to such employment, a sum or sums of 
money, retaining fees, offices, places or employments, 
or promises or securities for a sum or sums of money, 
retaining fees, offices, places or employments, al- 
though such persons were incapable of voting at 
such Election, and their votes are utterly void and | 
of none effect, and ought therefore to be struck off 
the poll; that many other persons who were other- 
wise disqualified, or had ceased to be qualified, were 
admitted to vote at the said Election, and voted for 
the said Daniel O’ Connell and Robert Hutton, but 
whose votes ought to be struck off the poll; that a 
great number of the said persons who were so dis- 
qualified, and who were so admitted to vote for the 
said Daniel O’Connell and Robert Hutton at the 
said last Election, had, at the previous Election for 
the said City and County of the City of Dublin, and 
which took place on the Twelfth day of January One 
thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, voted, and 
their votes were struck off the poll of the said pre- 
vious Election, by a Committee of the House, as 
not being duly qualified electors of the said City ; 
that many other persons were admitted to vote, and 
voted at the said Election for the said Daniel 
O’Connell and Robert Hutton, whose votes had 
been procured by the corrupt and illegal and uncon- 
stitutional means hereinafter stated ; that, previous 
to and during the said Election, several persons 
holding official situations in the household of His 
Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and 
other servants of the Crown, and members or de- 
pendents of the Queen’s Government in Jreland, 
unconstitutionally interfered in the said Election, by 
canvassing, soliciting, procuring and compelling the 
votes of divers electors of the said City, on behalf 
of the said Daniel O’ Connell and Robert Hutton, 
whom they designated as the Government Candi- 
dates, and in some cases by threats, and in others 
by promises and solicitations, caused several of the 
said electors, who but for such indecent and wrong- 
ful interference would have voted and were desirous 
of voting for the said George Alexander Hamilton 
and John Beatty West, to give their votes for the 
said Daniel O'Connell and Robert Hutton, or to 
forbear giving them to the said George Alexander 
Hamilton and John Beatty West; that the official 
power and influence of the agents and servants of 
the Crown in Jreland were directly, urgently and 
oppressively exerted to procure, and did mainly 
contribute to procure, the Return of the said Daniel 
O'Connell and Robert Hutton as Members for the 
said City, in disobedience to the Resolutions of the 
House, in contempt of its privileges and dignity, in 
abuse of the royal name and authority, to the great 
peril of public liberty, and in open violation of the 
independence and purity of Elections; that the said 
~— a Connell and Robert Hutton, by them- 
OL. 93. 








7° Decembris. 179 


selves, their agents, friends and managers, and by 
persons employed on their behalf, were guilty of 
the most flagrant acts of intimidation in the course 
of the said Election, and by illegal threats and 
menaces caused several electors of the said City, 
through fear of persecution and injury to themselves 
and their families, to forbear and abstain from giving 
their votes for the said George Alexander Hamilton 
and John Beatty West, and in some instances to 
give their votes for the said Daniel O’ Connell and 
Robert Hutton, to the great grievance of the Peti- 
tioners and their fellow-subjects throughout the 
realm ; that the said Daniel O’Connell and Robert 
Hutton, by their agents, friends and managers, be- 
fore, at and during the said Election, were guilty of 
extensive bribery and corruption, and employed un- 
due influence, and gave, and caused to be given, 
divers sums of money, meat, drink and entertain- 
ment, and other gifts and rewards, and made, and 
caused to be made, divers agreements with and 
promises to persons having or claiming a right 
to vote, in order to procure them and each of them 
to vote at the said Election for the said Daniel 
O’Connell and Robert Hutton, and to forbear to 
vote for the said George Alexander Hamilton and 
John Beatty West, and in order to procure them 
the said Daniel O’Connell and Robert Hutton to 
be returned as Members for the said City and 
County of the same; that many persons were in- 
duced and procured to vote, and voted at the said 
Election for the said Daniel O’Connell and Ro- 
bert Hutton, by the above corrupt and illegal means, 
and the votes of such persons so bribed, corrupt- 
ed, compelled and intimidated, were admitted and 
entered, and reckoned upon the poll in favour of 
the last-mentioned Candidates, and which ought 
to be disallowed and struck off; that several per- 
sons, electors or voters of the said City and County 
of the City of Dublin, who had been duly admitted 
to the freedom of the said City, by reason of birth, 
marriage or service, and who had been respectively 
duly registered, and had obtained certificates of such 
registration, duly signed, pursuant to the provisions 
of the said Act of the 2d and 3d William the 
Fourth, c. 88, and who were fully entitled to vote at 
the said Election, attended at the booths during the 
continuance of the said Election, and tendered, de- 
clared and gave their votes for the said George Alex- 
ander Hamilton and John Beatty West, and the 
names of such electors, and the right in which they 
voted were duly entered on the poll-bdoks as elec- 
tors who had voted for the said George Alexander 
Hamilton and John Beatty West, but upon objec- 
tion being taken to the said voters by the agents of 
the said Daniel O’ Connell and Robert Hutton, on 
the futile and immaterial pretext that they had been 
registered within six calendar months previous to 
the teste of the Writ for holding the said Election, 
the said Returning Officers or their Assessor, direct- 
ed that the votes of the said electors should be 
marked as rejected on the said poll-books, and 
should not be reckoned upon the poll for the said 
George Alexander Hamilton and John Beatty West, 
that the votes of the said electors were according] 

omitted to be reckoned upon the poll, although 
they were fully entitled to be placed and counted 
thereon, and ought now to be added thereto; that 
several persons, electors or voters of the said Cit 

and County of the same, who had been duly ad- 
mitted to the freedom of the City, by reason of 
birth, marriage or service, and who had been re- 
spectively duly registered, and had obtained certifi- 
cates of such registration duly signed pursuant to 
the provisions of the said Act, and were duly qua- 
lified to vote, tendered their votes at the said Elec- 
tion for the said George Alexander Hamilton and 
John Beatty West, but their said votes so tendered 
were unduly and improperly rejected and refused by 
the said Returning Officers, and the votes of the 
said last-mentioned electors were not reckoned upon 
AA2 the 

















| 











180 7° Decembris. A. 1857. 


the poll for the said George Alexander Hamilton 
and John Beatty West, whereas such votes were 
good, valid and legal votes, and ought now to be 
entered and reckoned upon the poll accordingly ; 
that several other electors of the said City and 
County of the same, and who were duly registered 
and qualified to vote at the said Election, tendered 
or gave their votes thereat for the said George Alex- 
ander Hamilton and John Beatty West, but the 
votes of the said last-mentioned persons were re- 
jected by the said Returning Officers, and were 
not entered and reckoned upon the poll for the 
said George Alexander Hamilton and John Beatty 
West as they ought then to have been, and ought 
now to be; that if the votes of the said electors 
of the said City of Dublin, which were thus, as 
the Petitioners submit, unduly and erroneously re- 
jected and removed from the said poll by the said 
Returning Officers had been reckoned upon the 
poll, and if the various illegal and invalid votes 
which, as above mentioned, were unduly admitted 
in favour of the said Daniel O’Connell and Ro- 
bert Hutton had been rejected, there would have 
been at the close of the said poll a large — 
of legal votes for the said George Alexander Hamit- 
ton and John Beatty West; that by the admission 
of the said bad, illegal, fraudulent and invalid votes 
of the said persons who as aforesaid voted at the 
said Election for the said Daniel O’Connell and 
Robert Hutton, and by the rejection or removal 
from the poll of the said duly qualified electors who 
voted or tendered their votes for the said George 
Alexander Hamilton and John Beatty West, and by 
the above and other illegal and unconstitutional 
means, the said Daniel O’ Connelland Robert Hutton 
obtained a colourable, fictitious and fraudulent ma- 
jority over the said George Alexander Hamilton and 
John Beatty West on the poll taken at the said 
Election, and were illegally declared to have been 
elected, and were illegally returned to serve in Par- 
liament for the said City and County of the City, 
to the manifest prejudice and grievance of the Peti- 
tioners and the other duly qualified electors of the 
said City and of the said George Alexander Hamil- 
ton and John Beatty West, who were, as the Peti- 
tioners submit, duly elected by a large majority of 
legal votes, given for them at the said Election, and 
ought to have been returned thereat as citizens to 
serve in Parliament for the said City and County 
of the same ; the Petitioners therefore humbly pray, 
that inasmuch as the votes of the said freemen, who 
were duly qualified electors, and other duly qualified 
electors who voted for the said George Alexander 
Hamilton and John Beatty West, but who were so 
rejected as aforesaid, ought to have been reckoned 
on the poll, and inasmuch as no scrutiny of the per- 
sons so illegally admitted to be registered and to 
vote was permitted to take place at the said Elec- 
tion, and inasmuch as the examination of matters 
and things affecting the freedom of Election, the 
correction of abuses, and the removal of fraudulent 
votes from the registry, are most important to the 
fair and free representation of the people, and the 
due administration of Government, the House will 
be pleased to take into their consideration the seve- 
ral matters and things hereinbefore stated, and will 
orler and direct that the said Return of the said 
Daniel O’ Connell and Robert Hutton, so made by 
the said Sheriffs of the City of Dublin, be amended, 
by erasing the names of the said Daniel O’ Connell 
and Robert Hutton therefrom, and by inserting 
therein the names of the said George Alexander 
Hamilton and John Beatty West, or that the House 
will declare that the said Daniel O’ Connell and Ro- 
bert Hutton respectively were not duly elected, and 
ought not to have been returned, but that the said 
George Alexander Hamilton and John Beatty West 
were duly elected and ought to have been returned, 
and will declare that the said Election and Return 


of the said Daniel O'Connell and Robert Hutton 








was and is wholly null and void, and that the names 
of the said George Alexander Hamilton and John 
Beatty West may accordingly be substituted in the 
said Return in the place of the said Daniel O’Con- 
nell and Robert Hutton, or that the said Election 
and Return for the said City and County of the 
same may be declared wholly null and void, or that 
the House may make such other order, and give 
such further relief in the premises, for securing the 
freedom of Election in the said City and County of 
the same, as the House shall think fit, and the 
nature and merits of the case may require. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 13th day of March 
next, at the same time that their former Petitions 
are ordered to be taken into consideration. 

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


A Petition of Edward Ledger, of Rosemary-street, 
in the Borough of Belfast, in Ireland, Apothecary, 
Richard Cahoon, of Brown-square, in the said Bo- 
rough, Muslin Manufacturer, Thomas Mines, of Sey- 
mour-street, in the said Borough, Writing Clerk, 
Samuel Hart, of Academy-street, in the said Borough, 
Merchant, and James Burns, of John-street, in the 
said Borough, Writing Clerk, Electors of the Borough 
of Belfast, in that part of the said United Kingdom 
called Ireland, on behalf of themselves and others, 
Electors of the said Borough, claiming a right to vote, 
and who voted, and were entitled to vote, at the last 
Election for Members to serve in Parliament for the 
said Borough, was read ; setting forth, That an Elec- 
tion for two Members to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough of Belfast was held at the 
usual place of Election in the said Borough of Bel- 
fast, on the Thirty-first day of July last, pursuant 
to the usual Writ, in due form issued and directed 
to the Sheriff of the county of Antrim, commanding 
him that he should cause to be elected Two Bur- 
gesses to represent the said Borough of Belfast in 
the Parliament to be holden at Westminster, on the 
Eleventh day of September One thousand eight hun- 
dred and thirty-seven, and pursuant to the precept 
or mandate of the said Sheriff, bearing date in the 
month of July last, directed to and requiring the 
Sovereign uf the Borough of Belfast, the Returning 
Officer of the same, to cause two Burgesses to be 
elected for the said Borough, according to the 
exigency of the said Writ; that all the Petitioners 
are and were electors of the said Borough of Belfast, 
and were entitled to vote, and did vote, as such at 
the said Election; that at the said Election, John 
Agnew, Esquire, the Sovereign of the said Borough 
of a was and acted as the Returning Officer, 
and James Emerson Tennent, of the Lodge, and 
George Dunbar, of Belfast, in the County of Antrim, 
Esquires, the Honourable George Hamilton Chiches- 
ter, commonly called Earl of Belfast, and James 
Gibson, of Belfast aforesaid, Esquire, were severally 
put in nomination as Candidates to represent the 
said Borough in Parliament; that at the said Elec- 
tion, the poll which was duly demanded commenced 
on Tuesday, the First day of August last, and was 
finally closed on the following Saturday, the Fifth 
day of the same month; that the said James Gibson, 
one of the said Candidates, not being the eldest son 
or heir apparent of any Peer or Lord of Parliament, 
or of any person qualified to serve as Knight of the 
Shire, had not, and was not, at the time of the said 
Election, and of the Return hereinafter mentioned, 
and is not now, seised of or entitled to such an 
estate in lands, tenements or hereditaments, as 
qualified him to appear as a Candidate, or to be 
elected or returned, or to sit or vote as a Member 
for the said Borough of Belfast in Parliament ; that 
during the said Election, James Kelly Patterson and 





ftichard 





1 Vicroriz. 


Richard Cahoon, two electors entitled to vote at 
the same, requested the said Returning Officer to 
administer the oath to the said James Gibson as to 
his qualification to sit in Parliament, which oath 
was administered to him accordingly in the manner 
prescribed by the statute in such case made and 
provided, and is in the words following, that is to 
say: “ I, James Gibson, do swear, that I truly and 
bona fide have such an estate in law or equity, to 
and for my own use and benefit, of or in lands, tene- 
ments or hereditaments over and above what will 
satisfy and clear all incumbrances that may affect 
the same, of the annual value of Three hundred 
pounds, above reprizes, as doth qualify me to be 
elected and returned to serve as a Member for the 
Borough of Belfast, according to the tenor and 
true meaning of tne Act of Parliament in that behalf, 
and that my said lands, tenements or hereditaments 
are lying or being within the several parishes, town- 
ships or precincts of Killead and Belfast, in the 
county of Antrim, James Gibson:—Sworn before 
me, at Belfast, in the Borough of Belfast, in the 
county of Antrim, this Thirty-first day of July One 
thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, John 
Agnew, Sovereign of Belfast, and Returning Officer 
for the Borough of Be?fast ;” that previous to the 
commencement of the said poll, and before any 
elector had given his vote, and during the con- 
tinuance of the said poll, due notice was publicly 
given to the said Returning Officer, and to the 
electors or voters of the said Borough of Belfast, 
before they gave or tendered their votes for the said 
James Gibson, that the said James Gibson was not 
duly qualified, in respect of property, to be elected 
or returned as a Member to serve in Parliament for 
the said Borough of Belfast, and that all votes given 
for the said James Gibson at the said Election 
would be thrown away and lost, and the said electors 
were cautioned against giving their votes for the 
said James Gibson; that notwithstanding the said 
notice so given to the said electors, several of the 
said electors, and others claiming to be electors, 
tendered and gave their votes for the said James 
Gibson; and the Petitioners submit that, under the 
circumstances aforesaid, all such votes so tendered 
and given for the said James Gibson were wholly 
thrown away and lost, and should not be reckoned 


on the poll for. the said James Gibson ; that at the | 


final close of the said poll, the numbers of votes 
were declared by the said Returning Officer to be, 


7° Decembris. 181 


or vote as a Member for the said Borough of Belfast ; 
that the said Election and Return of the said James 
Gibson was and is, for the reasons aforesaid, null 
and void, and that, due notice of such want of quali- 
fication of the said James Gibson having been so 
given to the said electors, and to the said Returning 
Officer, the said James Emerson Tennent, being the 
third on the said poll, ought to have been returned 
at the said Election to serve in Parliament for the 
said Borough of Belfast ; that the said majority of 
votes appearing on the poll for the said James Gibson 
and the said Earl of Belfast was colourable only, 
and procured by the admission of illegal and fraudu- 
lent votes for the said James Gibson and the said 
Earl of Belfast, and by the illegal, corrupt and un- 
constitutional means hereinafter stated; that the 
said James Emerson Tennent and George Dunbar 
had at the said Election a majority of legal and 
valid votes over the said James Gibson and the said 
Earl of Belfast, and should have been returned at 
the said Election to serve as Members in Parliament 
for the said Borough of Belfast in the place and 
stead of the said James Gibson and the said Earl of 
Belfast, as the Petitioners submit will appear upon 
a scrutiny of the said wet that previous to the 
passing of the Act of the 2d and 3d years of the 
reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, 





c. 88, intituled, “ An Act to amend the Repre- 
sentation of the People of Jreland,’” and of another 
Act of the same year and reign, intituled, “ An Act 
to settle and describe the Limits of Cities, Towns 
and Boroughs in Jreland, in so far as respects the 
Election of Members to serve in Parliament,” the 
right of returning one Member to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough of Belfast was exercised 
by the Sovereign and five Burgesses of the said 
Borough ; that by the said first-mentioned Act, the 
said Borough of Belfast became entitled to return 
one Member to serve in each future Parliament in 
addition to the Member which it was at the time of 
the passing of the said Act entitled to return, and 
it was by the said Act enacted, that at all Elections 
of a Member or Members to serve in any future 
Parliament for any City, Town or Borough in Jre- 
land, not. being a County in itself, every male person 
of full age, and not subject to any legal incapacity, 
and duly registered according to the provisions 
of the said Act, who should hold and occupy 
| within such City, Town or Borough, as tenant 
|or owner, any house, warehouse, counting-house 





for the said James Gibson 941, for the said Earl of | or shop, which, either separately or jointly with any 


Belfast 922, for the said James Emerson Tennent 
901, and for the said George Dunbar 869 ; and there- 
upon the said Returning Officer declared, but, as 
the Petitioners submit, unduly declared, the said 
James Gibson and the Earl of Belfast to have ob- 
tained a majority of legal votes, and to be duly 
elected, and he accordingly returned the said James 
Gibson and the said Earl of Belfast as duly elected 
to serve as Members in Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough; that the Petitioners have caused diligent 
search and inquiry to be made, but have been un- 
able to find that the said James Gibson was at the 
time of the said Election and Return seised of or 
entitled to an estate for his own life, or for some 
greater estate, either at law or in equity, for his own 
use and benefit, in the lands in which he has so 
stated and described his qualification to be situate, 
of the annual value of Three hundred pounds, above 
reprizes, but on the contrary, the fact is that the 
said James Gibson had not and was not at the time 
of the said Election and Return seised of or entitled 
to an estate freehold or copyhold for his own life, 
or for some greater estate, either in law or equity, to 
and for his own use and benefit, of or in the lands 
so stated and described by him, over and above what 
will satisfy and clear all incumbrances that may 
affect the same, of the annual value of Three hun- 
dred pounds, above reprizes, and was not qualified 


to be elected or returned, and is not capable to sit 
Vo.. 93. 


land within such City, Tove or Borough, occupied 
therewith by him as tenant under the same land- 
lord, or occupied therewith by him as owner, should 
be bond fide of the clear yearly value of not less 
than Ten pounds, should be entitled to vote in the 
choice of a Member or Members to serve in any 
future Parliament for such City, Town or Borough ; 
and it is by the said Act also enacted and provided, 
that no such occupier as last aforesaid should be 
admitted to be registered under the said Act, unless 
he should have oecupied such premises as aforesaid 
for six calendar months next previous to the time of 
registry, nor unless such occupier should have paid 
or discharged all such grand jury and municipal 
cesses, rates and taxes, if any, as should have been 
legally due and payable by ben in respect of such 
premises, over and above and except one half year’s 
amount of such cesses, rates and taxes as aforesaid ; 
and it is by the said Act further enacted, that every 
voter shall, if required by any Candidate or agent 
on his behalf at polling, take the oath in the Sche- 
dule (B.) to the said Act annexed, and that every 
householder in Cities, Towns and Boroughs shail, in 
addition to the other matters stated in the said oath, 
swear that not more than one half year’s grand jury 
or municipal cesses, rates or taxes, are (at the time 
of polling) due or payable by him in respect of the 
premises in the certificate of his registry mentioned ; 
and it is by the said Act further enacted, that no 

AAS person 














182 7° Decembris. 


person shall be admitted to vote at any Election of 
a Member or Members to serve in any future Par- 
liament, unless such persons shall have been qualified 
as therein specified, and duly registered under the 
said Act; and it is further enacted, that no registry 
made after the passing of the said Act, shall be valid 
unless made conformable to the provisions of the 
said Act ; that by virtue of the provisions of the said 
Act, all such holders and occupiers of such premises, 
of such description, and of vail value, and with such 
interest, and subject to such provisions as in the said 
Act specified and hereinbefore stated, within the 
said Borough of Belfast, the boundaries and limits 
whereof were fixed and described by the said second 
Act above mentioned, became entitled, if duly qua- 
lified, and if duly registered according to the pro- 
visions of the Act first above mentioned, to vote in 
the Election of Members to serve in Parliament for 
the said Borough of Belfast ; that by several Acts 
of Parliament, grand jury cess is assessed and ap- 
plotted upon and payable by all the imhabitants 
holding and occupying houses or lands within the 
said limits of the said Borough of Belfast, as fixed 
and described by the said Act above mentioned ; and 
that by several local Acts the following municipal 
cesses, rates or taxes, that is to say, the paving, 
lighting, cleansing and watch tax, or rate in the said 
Town of Belfast, called and known by the name of 
the police rate or tax, were and had been for 
several years previous to the passing of the said Acts 
of the 2d and 3d years of the reign of his late Ma- 
jesty King William the Fourth, and subsequent 
thereto, and at the time of the said last Election re- 
spectively rated, assessed and applotted in the man- 
ner following ; that is to say, the said police rate 
or tax upon all and every person or persons who 
should rent or occupy, within the said Town of 
Belfast, or the precincts thereof, any house, tene- 
ment or other hereditament, within the said Town 
or the precincts thereof, of the annual value of from 
Five pounds and not exceeding Twenty pounds, at 
the rate of Sixpence in the pound, and upon such 
premises of the annual value of from Twenty pounds 
and not exceeding Eighty pounds, at the rate of One 
shilling in the pound, and upon all premises exceed- 
ing the annual value of Eighty pounds, at the rate of 
One shilling and sixpence in the pound, and the 
said water-tax, rate or rent upon the owners and 
occupiers of all houses, messuages, tenements and 
ere -canotiny in the said Town of Belfast, of the 
annual value of Five pounds or upwards, and upon 
the said premises themselves, in certain sums accord- 
ing to the annual value of the said premises, and 
which said several cesses, rates or taxes, were and 
are recoverable by distress and sale of the goods 
and chattels of the occupiers of the said several 
premises ; that, since the passing of the said Acts 
of the 2d and 3d years of the reign of his late Ma- 
jesty King William the Fourth, a great number of 
persons have from time to time come forward at the 
special and the several other subsequent sessions 
held forthe purpose of the registry of voters in the 
said iow ot Belfast, claiming to be registered 
as householders thereof, under the provisions of the 
said Act, by virtue of alleged qualifications in respect 
of houses, warehouses, counting-houses and shops, 
which qualifications they did not in fact possess, 
many of them being merely lodgers or roomkeepers, 
holding as weekly tenants, and at weekly rents of 
from two to three shillings, upper rooms, many of 
them being occupiers of small shops, work-shops, or 
sheds, by the week, at the like weekly rents, others 
of them occupying cellars under ground, or stalls or 
sheds, and some of them not occupying the premises 
described im their notices, and others occupying such 
premises merely as servants, agents or managers, 
and not as tenants or owners ; that the only evidence, 
in many instances, in support of these alleged claims, 
was the uncorroborated statements of the claimants 
themselves, and that, owing to their false or imper- 








A, 1837. 


fect evidence, a great number of persons whose 
claims ought to have been rejected were admitted to 
be registered as householders, and obtained certi- 
ficates deciaring their right to vote as such for the 
said Borough of Belfast, and which certificates will, 
when produced, entitle the said persons to be again 
registered, and to obtain new certificates under the 
said Act without further proof or oath; that a great 
number of persons whose claims ought to have been 
rejected were thus unduly admitted to be registered, 
and obtained such certificates as aforesaid as house- 
holders, who did not hold or occupy houses, ware- 
houses, counting-houses or shops, within the meaning 
of the said statute of the 2d and 3d years of the reign 
of King William the Fourth, c. 88; that a great 
number of persons whose claims ought to have been 
rejected were unduly admitted to be . gag and 
obtained such certificates as aforesaid as house- 
holders, in respect of alleged qualifications of houses, 
warehouses, counting-houses and shops, which were 
not respectively of the clear yearly value of Ten 
pounds, as required by the said statute; several of 
the said houses and premises not being rated or 
assessed for the said municipal cesses and taxes in 
the said Town of Belfast, as being respectively 
under the yearly value of Five pounds ; that a great 
number of persons whose claims ought to have 
been rejected were admitted to be registered, and 
obtained such certificates as aforesaid as house- 
holders, who were at the time of their said registry 
joint occupiers of the houses, warehouses, counting- 
houses and shops, in respect of which they were so 
registered as electors of the said Borough; that 
several persons whose claims ought to have been 
rejected, were admitted to be registered, and obtained 
such certificates as aforesaid as householders, who 
had not been for six calendar months next previous 
to their respective registry as aforesaid in the pos- 
session and actual occupation of the houses, ware- 
houses, counting-houses and shops in respect of 
which they were so registered us aforesaid, as required 
by the said statute ; that since the close of the year 
One thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, several 
persons who previously had been adjudged disen- 
titled, and their claims to be registered had been 
rejected, and from which rejection they had not 
appealed, applied to be admitted to be registered in 
respect of the same alleged qualifications of houses, 
warehouses, counting-houses and shops, which had 
been declared insufficient, and were, notwithstanding 
such former rejections, unduly admitted to be regis- 
tered, and obtained such certificates as aforesaid as 
householders ; that, since the said last-mentioned 
period, several persons whose claims ought to have 
been rejected were admitted to be registered, and 
obtained such certificatesas aforesaid as householders, 
in respect of alleged qualifications of houses, ware- 
houses, counting-houses and shops, the former 
occupiers of which premises had been adjudged 
disentitled, and their claims to register out of the 
same alleged qualifications had been rejected, and 
from which rejections there had been no appeals ; 
that a great number of persons whowere not qualified, 
of persons who were disqualified, of persons who had 
ceased to be qualified, and of persons who were not 
entitled, were thus unduly admitted to be registered, 
and obtained certificates declaring them entitled 
to vote ; that several persons were irregularly and 
unduly registered as voters, and obtained such cer- 
tificates as aforesaid, inasmuch as they did not 
respectively take and subscribe at the time of their 
alleged registration, or at all, the oath or affidavit 
required by the said Act of the 2d and 3d William 
the Fourth, c. 88; that several persons were unduly 
and irregularly registered as householders, and 
obtained such certificates as aforesaid, and who 
severally and respectively took and subscribed at the 
time of their alleged registration, an oath or affidavit, 
differing in substance from that prescribed by the 
said Act of the 2d and 3d William the Fourth, c. - ; 

that 











1 Victori&amp;. 


that during the continuance of the poll at the said 
last Election for the said Borough of Belfast, the 
said several persons who had been so unduly and 
illegally registered as aforesaid, tendered and gave 
their votes for the said James Gibson and the said 
Earl of Belfast, some of whom produced to the said 
Returning Officer, or to his Deputies, the said cer- 
tificates which had been so unduly granted to them, 
and others referred to their affidavits, or alleged 
affidavits of their registry, in the custody of the 
Clerk of the Peace, or his Deputies, and the said 
Returning Officer and his Deputies declared them- 
selves bound by the said certificates and affidavits so 
produced, which they decided to be conclusive of 
the right to vote of the persons respectively named 
therein, and that no further inquiry or scrutiny of 
such right could be gone into or allowed, and the 
said unqualified persons were accordingly admitted 
to vote, and their votes were entered and reckoned 
upon the poll for the said James Gibson and the said 
Earl of Belfast; that several persons whose votes 
ought to have been rejected at the said Election were 
unduly admitted to vote at such Election, from cer- 
tificates and affidavits, in which were stated and con- 
tained an illegal qualification of “ houses and shops,” 
“houses and warehouses,” “ shops and warehouses,” 
“ counting-houses and warehouses,” and which dis- 
tinct subjects of qualification by the statute could not 
be so joined, and which double qualification invali- 
dated the said affidavits and certificates; that several 
persons voted at the said Election for the said James 
Gibson and the said Earl of Belfast, who at the time 
they so voted had ceased to hold or occupy the pre- 
mises in respect of which they had been registered, 
and whose qualifications as such registered voters 
had ceased or determined previous to their were 
that several persons voted at the said Election for the 
said James Gibson and the said Earl of Belfast as 
such householders, who had become bankrupts or 
insolvents since the time of their respective registries, 
and whose interests in the several premises in respect 
of which they had been registered, were then legally 
vested in their respective assignees, or in other per- 
sons, and that the votes of the said last-mentioned 
persons were also admitted and entered and 
reckoned upon the poll for the said James Gibson 
and the said Earl of Belfast ; that several persons 
voted for the said James Gibson and the said Earl of 
Belfast at the said Election as householders, occupy- 
ing houses, warehouses, counting-houses and shops, 
who at the time of their voting were respectively in 
arrear more than one half year’s amount of the said 
grand jury or municipal cesses, rates or taxes then 
due or payable by them respectively, in respect of 
the premises in their said certificates and affidavits 
of registry mentioned, and that the votes of the said 
last-mentioned persons were admitted and entered 
and reckoned upon the poll at the said Election for 
the said James Gibson and the said Earl of Belfast ; 
that several persons who were not electors or voters 
of the said Borough, came forward at the said Elec- 
tion, and personated some of the registered electors 
who were dead, and others who at the time of the 
said Election were absent from the said Borough of 
Belfast, or who did not attend at the said Election, 
and such persons so personating such electors voted 
for the said James Gibson and the said Earl of Bel- 
fast, and their votes were admitted and entered and 
reckoned upon the poll for the said James Gibson 
and the said Earl of Belfast; that several persons 
disqualified by the provisions of different statutes 
made for securing the freedom of Election voted at 
the said Election for the said James Gibson and the 
said Earl of Belfast, and notwithstanding objections 
were made against the votes of the said last-men- 
. tioned persons by the agents of the said James 
Emerson Tennent and George Dunbar, the votes of 
such persons wereadmitted and entered and reckoned 
upon the poll for the said James Gibson and the said 
Earl of —* that several persons voted for the 
Vox. 93. 


7° Decembris. 








183 


said James Gibson and the said Earl of Belfast who 
were disqualified and incapable of voting at such 
Election by reason of their having been during 
such Election, or within six calendar months 
previous to such Electon, or within fourteen 
days after the same was completed, employed as 
counsel, agents, attornies, poll-clerks, or in some 
other capacity for the purposes of such Election, 
and by reason of their having, either before, 
during or since such Election, accepted and taken 
from the said James Gibson and the said Earl 
of Belfast, or one of them, or from some other 
persons, in consideration of and with reference to 
such their several employments, certain sums of 
money, retaining fees, ium places or employ- 
ments, emoluments or rewards, or some promise 
or security for money, retaining fees, offices, places 
or employments, contrary to the statute in that be- 
half, and the votes of such persons were admitted 
and entered and reckoned upon the poll for the 
said James Gibson and the said Earl of Belfast; 
that many other persons were admitted to vote for 
the said James Gibson and the said Earl of Belfast, 
who were otherwise disqualified, or had ceased to 
be qualified, or whose votes had been procured by 
the corrupt, illegal and unconstitutional means 
hereinafter stated, and that the votes of such per- 
sons were admitted and entered, and reckoned 
upon the poll for the said James Gibson and the 
said Earl of Belfast; that the said James Gibson 
and Earl of Belfast, by themselves, their agents, 
friends and managers, partisans and others on their 
behalf, were guilty of the most flagrant and noto- 
rious acts of intimidation, thereby unlawfully pro- 
curing, by threats, divers other persons being qua- 
lified to vote at the said Election, and by fear of 
being persecuted, and themselves and their fami- 
lies mjured and ill-used, to forbear to give their 
votes for the said James Emerson Tennent and 
George Dunbar, in violation of the privileges of 
Parliament, and the rights and freedom of Election ; 
that the said James Gibson and Earl of Belfast, by 
themselves, their agents, friends and managers, and 
by persons employed on their behalf, before, at and 
during the said Election, were guilty of extensive 
bribery and corruption, and employed undue influ- 
ence and other improper means, and gave and 
caused to be given divers sums of money, and other 
gifts and rewards, and made and caused to be 
made divers agreements, engagements and pro- 
mises, to several persons having or claiming a right 
to vote, in order to procure them to vote at the 
said Election in favour of the said James Gibson 
and Earl of Belfast, and: to forbear to vote for the 
said James Emerson Tennent and George Dunbar, 
and in order to procure them, the said James Gibson 
and Earl of Belfast, to be returned to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Borough aforesaid ; that 
the said James Gibson and Earl of Belfast, by 
themselves, their agents and friends, and others 
employed by them in managing and conducting 
the said Election, and by friends and by others 
acting for and sanctioned by them, and by various 
ways and means, after the teste of the said Writ 
for such Election, and at and during the said Elec- 
tion, and before the Return of the said James 
Gibson and Earl of Belfast at such Election, did 
give and present, and allow to divers persons 
having votes or claiming to have votes at such 
Election, money, meat, drink, entertainment and 
provisions, and did make — gifts, rewards 
and entertainments, and did make promises, agree- 
ments, obligations and engagements to give and 
allow, money, meat, drink, provisions, presents, re- 
wards and entertainments, to and for the use and 
advantage, preferment, profit, benefit and emolu- 
ment of such persons, in order that they the said 
James Gibson and Earl of Belfast might be elected, 
and for the purpose of promoting and securing 
their being elected as Members to serve in this pre- 

AA4 sent 











pagan Sy 


ET TAT a rr a 


184. 7° Decembris. A. 1837. 


sent Parliament for the said Borough ; that before 
and at and during the time of the said Election, 
several persons, who had a right of voting at said 
Election, and who would otherwise have voted 
for the said James Emerson Tennent and George 
Dunbar at the said Election, were, by the said 
James Gibson and Earl of Belfast, their agents and 
friends, and others employed by them in managing 
and conducting the said Election, and by friends 
and by others acting for and sanctioned by them, 
removed and sent away from the said Borough of 





Belfast to distant parts from said Borough, and 
kept away from said Borough, and prevented from 
returning thereto, until after the poll for said Elec- 
tion had closed, and were thereby prevented from 
giving their votes at said Election for the said James 
Emerson Tennent and George Dunbar; that the 
said James Gibson and Earl of Belfast, by them- 
selves, their agents and others on their behalf, frau- 
dulently carried away some of the voters who had 
promised to vote for the said James Emerson Ten- 
nent and George Dunbar, and took them to the 
houses of the said James Gibson and Earl of Bel- 
fast, where they were kept and detained, and ate 
and drank, and were entertained during the said 
Election, and until the same was past, and that, 
for the purpose of concealing the real object and 
view in taking away such voters, the said James 
Gibson and Earl of Belfast, or their agents or 
others on their behalf, falsely represented, and 
caused to be falsely represented to them that their 
life was in danger, in case they remained at their 
own home, and the said voters were thus kept out 
of the way until after the said Election was past; 
that by the above and other undue, illegal and un- 
constitutional means and practices, the said James 
Gibson and Earl of Belfast obtained a colourable 
majority over the said James Emerson Tennent and 
George Dunbar on the poll taken at the said Elec- 
tion, and were illegally elected and returned Bur- 
gesses to represent the said Borough of Belfast in 
this Parliament, to the great prejudice of the Peti- 
tioners, and the other duly qualified electors of 
the said Borough of Belfast, and of the said James 
Emerson Tennent and George Dunbar, who were, as 
the Petitioners submit, duly elected by a large ma- 
jority of legal votes given for them, and ought to 
have been returned Burgesses to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough of Belfast; the Peti- 
tioners therefore humbly pray, that inasmuch as no 
scrutiny of the persons so illegally admitted to be 
registered and to vote was permitted to take place 
at the said Election, and inasmuch as the examina- 
tion of matters affecting the freedom of Election, 
the correction of abuses, and the removal of frau- 
dulent votes from the Registry are most important, 
the House will be pleased to take into consideration 
the several matters and things hereinbefore stated, 
and remove from the Registry of the said Borough 
of Belfast the names of such persons as shall appear 
to have been improperly admitted to be registered 
as aforesaid, and also strike off the poll of the said 
Election the names of such persons so improperly 
admitted to be registered and to vote, and of all 
other persons so improperly admitted to vote for the 
said James Gibson and the said Earl of Belfast as 
aforesaid, and that the said James Gibson and the 
said Earl of Belfast may be declared to have been 
not duly elected, and that the said Election and 
Return of the said James Gibson and the said Earl 
of Belfast may be declared null and void, and that 
the said James Emerson Tennent and George Dun- 
bar may be declared to have been duly elected ; 
and that the said Return for the said Borough of 
Belfast may be amended, by erasing therefrom 
the names of the said James Gibson and the said 
Earl of Belfast, and that the names of the said 
James Emerson Tennent and George Dunbar may| 
be inserted and substituted in the said Return, in 
the stead of the said James Gibson and the said Earl 


of Belfast, or that the said James Gibson may be 
declared to have been unduly elected and returned, 
by reason of his not being duly qualified in respect 
of property to sit or vote as a Burgess in Parlia- 
ment, and that the Election and Return of the said 
James Gibson may be declared null and void, and 
that the name of whichever of the said James Emer- 
son Tennent and George Dunbar shall appear to 
the House to be entitled thereto, may be substi- 
tuted in the said Return in the place of the said 
James Gibson, or that the said Election and Return 
of the said James Gibson and the said Earl of Bel- 
fast may be declared null and void, or that the 
House may make such other order, and give such 
further relief in the premises for securing the free- 
dom of Election in the said Borough of Belfast, 
as the House shall think proper, and the circum- 
stances and the merits of the case may require. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 13th day of Fe- 
bruary next, at the same time that the Petition of 
Robert Francis Gordon and others is ordered to be 
taken into consideration. 

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


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of Newry 
the Borough of Newry, complaining of the undue Election. 


Election and Return of John Ellis, Esquire, as a 
Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough, was read; setting forth, That all the 
Petitioners claim to have had a right to vote, and 
had a right to vote at the last Election of a Member 
to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough 
of Newry, in the county of Down, and were, at said 
Election, and still are, electors of the said Borough ; 
that the Election for the said Borough of Newry 
commenced on Tuesday, the First day of August last, 
and that Isaac Glenny, Esquire, was Seneschal and 
Returning Officer for the said Borough of Newry at 
the time of the said Election, and previous thereto ; 
that John Ellis and Denis Caulfield Brady, Esquires, 
were the only Candidates at the said Election to 
represent the said Borough in Parliament; that a 
poll being demanded, the said Seneschal and Re- 
turning Officer proceeded on the said First day of 
August last to poll the said Borough, and continued 
tu do so until Friday, the Fourth day of August 
aforesaid, when he declared the majority of votes 
to be in favour of the said John Ellis, who was 
thereupon declared in the Return by the said Sene- 
schal and Returning Officer as duly elected; that 
the number of votes which appeared on the poll at 
the close thereof, were, for the said John Ellis, 
338, and for the said Denis Caulfield Brady, 305, 
making a colourable majority for the said John 
Ellis over the said Denis Caulfield Brady, of 33 ; 
that the said majority in favour of the said John 
Ellis was but a colourable majority, and that the 
said Return of the said Ellis was an undue Return, 
and was procured by the grossest perjury, bribery, 
terror and intimidation, and by the payment and 
promise of payment of large sums of money, by 
and on behalf of the said John Ellis, to electors, 
and to other persons capable of influencing electors 
of the said Borough, and of procuring and endea- 
vouring to procure votes for the purpose of securing 
his Return, and by other undue, illegal, corrupt, 
scandalous and unconstitutional means ; that during 
the said Election many persons were admitted to 
poll and did poll for the said John Ellis, who were 
not entitled to vote thereat upon any legal grounds 
whatever, and who had been unduly and impro- 





perly registered as electors for the said Borough, 
or who, since the time of their registry, had, from 
various causes, ceased to be qualified, or become 
disqualified from voting at said Election; that many 
persons who were registered, and claimed as occu- 

piers, 











1 Vicrortiz. 


piers, as tenants or owners of houses, warehouses, 
counting-houses or shops, were admitted to poll 
and did poll for the said John Ellis, who, since the 
time of their registry, had ceased to hold or occupy 
the premises in respect of which they had been so 
registered, and in right of which they claimed to 
vote, and who had thereby become disabled and 
disqualified from voting at said Election; that many 
other persons who were registered, and claimed to 
vote as tenants or occupiers as aforesaid, were ad- 
mitted to poll, and did poll in favour of the said 
John Ellis, who were disabledand disqualified, be- 
cause that since the time of their registry they 
under-let or sub-let part and parcel of the premises 
in respect of which they had been so registered, and 
in right of which they claimed to vote, and did not 
retain in their possession a part or sufficient value 
to entitle them to vote, or of the bond fide value of 
Ten pounds yearly; that many other persons who 
registered and claimed to vote as such tenants or 
occupiers as aforesaid, were admitted to poll and 
did pol] in favour of the said John Ellis, who did 
not, at the time of such polling, hold or occupy the 
premises in respect of which they had so registered, 
and in right ef which they claimed to vote sepa- 
rately or in their own right, but as joint tenants 
jointly with another person or other persons, and 
thereby were disabled and disqualified from voting 
at said Election ; that many were induced and com- 

elled to vote, and did vote in favour of the said 
John Ellis, in consequence of the various threats, 
intimidations and corrupt measures, countenanced 
and practised by the said John Ellis, his friends, 
agents, supporters and partisans ; that the said Isaac 
Glenny, acting as such Returning Officer as afore- 
said, received votes of many persons who, during 
the said Election, or within six calendar months 
previous to it, or within fourteen days after it was 
completed, were employed by or on behalf of the 
said John Ellis, as agents, attornies, poll-clerks, flag- 
men, or in other capacity, for the purpose of said 
Election, and who, either before or during or after 
said Election, accepted and took from the said John 
Ellis, or some other person or persons on his behalf, 
payment in money or security for money, for and 
in consideration or with reference to such em- 
ployment, and who were not therefore legally 
entitled to vote at said Election, but who tendered 
their votes, which were received for said El/is, and 
whose votes ought to have been rejected; that 
the said John Ellis, by himself, his friends or agents, 
and by a person or persons employed on his behalf, 
before and at and after the teste of the Writ of sum- 
mons to Parliament, for holding the said Election, 
in order to procure him the said John Lillis to be 
returned to serve in this present Parliament for the 
same Borough, directly or indirectly, gave, presented 
or allowed to a person or persons having or claiming 
to have a right to vote at said Election, money, 
meat, drink, entertainment or provision ; also made 
presents, gifts, rewards or entertainments, and did 
promise, agree, oblige and engage to give or allow 
money, meat, drink, provision, presents, enter- 
tainment or reward, to or for such person or persons 
having or claiming to have a vote or votes at said 
Election, or for the use, advantage, benefit, employ- 
nent, profit or preferment of ee person or persons, 
in order to be elected, or for his being elected to 
serve in Parliament for said Borough, and whereby 
the said John Ellis disabled and incapacitated 
himself to serve in Parliament for said Borough ; 
that by the several fraudulent and illegal means 
aforesaid, and by divers other turbulent, corrupt, 
improper and unconstitutional practices, the said 
John Ellis obtained said colourable majority of 
votes over the said Denis Caulfield Brady, and pro- 
cured himself to be returned to serve in Pectuanene 
for the said Borough of Newry, whereas the said 
Denis Caulfield Brady had a large majority of legal 


votes at said Election, and ought to have been 
Von. 93, 


7° Decembris. 














185 


returned to serve in Parliament for the same ; that 
the said John Ellis is not qualified in point of estate 
to serve in Parliament, and that not being the eldest 
son or heir apparent of any Peer or Lord of Parlia- 
ment, or of any person qualified to serve as Knight 
of the Shire, he has not, nor had he at the time of 
such Election and Return, truly and bond fide such 
an estate, freehold or copyhold, for his own life, or 
for some greater estate, in law or equity, to and for 
his own use and benefit, of or in lands, tenements or 
hereditaments, over and above what would satisfy 
and clear all incumbrances that may affect the same, 
of the annual value of Three hundred pounds, above 
reprizes, as doth qualify him to be elected and re- 
turned to serve in Parliament for the said Borough 
of Newry, as required by the statutes in such case 
made and provided ; and the Petitioners submit that 
the said John Ellis was not entitled to be a Can- 
didate at the said Election, or entitled to be returned 
as a Member to serve in Parliament for the said 
Borough; the Petitioners therefore humbly pray, 
that the House will take the premises aforesaid and 
the above allegations into its consideration, and will 
declare the Election and Return of the said John 
Ellis to be void, or otherwise that it will declare the 
Election and Return of the said John Ellis to be 
void, and that the said Denis Caulfield Brady was 
duly elected and ought to have been returned, 
and that said Writ and Return may be amended 
accordingly, and that the House will give such 
further relief in the premises as to the House shall 
seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into con- 
sideration upon Tuesday, the 20th day of March 
next, at the same time that the Petition of Denis 
Caulfield Brady, Esquire, is ordered to be taken into 
consideration. 

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


A Petition of Joseph Travers, of Saint Swithin’s London City 
Lane, in the city of London, Grocer, Citizen and Election. 


Fishmonger, and James White, of Sweeting’s Rents, 
in the city of London, Auctioneer, Householder, 
Citizen and Innholder, was delivered in, and read ; 
setting forth, That the Petitioners were electors for 
the said City of London at the last Election of 
Members to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said City, and claim to have a right to vote, and did 
vote, at the said Election for Matthew Wood, Es- 
quire, one of the Aldermen for the said City and of 
the Company of Fishmongers, now Sir Matthew 
Wood, Baronet, William Crawford, Esquire, citizen 
and spectacle-maker, James Pattison, Esquire, 
citizen and spectacle-maker, and George Grote, 
Esquire, citizen and needle-maker, Four of the Can- 
didates at that Election to represent the said City 
in Parliament, and still are such electors, and claim 
to have a right to vote at any Election of Members 
to serve in Parliament for the said City, which shall 
take place before the First day of November now 
next ensuing; that the said Sir Matthew Wood, 
William Crawford, James Pattison and George Grote 
were, at the said last Election, duly elected and re- 
turned to serve in the present Parliament for the 
said City of London; that the Petitioners find that 
a certain Petition, complaining of the said Election 
and Return of the said Matthew Wood, Esquire, ove 
of the Aldermen of the said City, and of the Com- 
pany of Fishmongers, now Sir Matthew Wood, 
aronet, William Crawford, Esquire, citizen and 
spectacle-maker, James Pattison, Esquire, citizen 
and spectacle-maker, and George Grote, Esquire, 
citizen and needle-maker, and purporting to be the 
Petition of Ambrose Moore, Sebastian Smith, James 
Martin Knight, William Cooper, Charles James, 
Samuel Hanson, therein respectively described as 
BB electors 














Warminster and 
Frome Roads 
Bill. 


Anti Dry-Rot 
Company. 


Paington 
Harbour. 


Thomas Lee. 


Vote by Ballot, 
&amp;e. 


Universal 
Suffrage. 


186 


electors of the said City, and alsoa certain other 
Petition, complaining of the said Election and Re- 
turn of the said Sir Matthew Wood, William Craw- 
ford, James Pattison and George Grote, and pur- 
porting to be the Petition of John Sharp, Joshua 
Bower and Jonathan Crocker, therein respectively 
described as electors of the said City, have been 
presented to the House, and have been ordered to 
be taken into consideration on the Twelfth day of 
the month of December instant; that the Peti- 
tioners are desirous that they may be admitted as 
parties, together with the said Sir Matthew Wood, 
William Crawford, James Pattison and George 
Grote, in defence of the said Election and Return, 
and in opposition to the prayer of the said Petition ; 
the Petitioners therefore humbly pray, that they 
may be admitted as — together with the said 
Sir Matthew Wood, William Crawford, James Pat- 
tison and George Grote, for the purposes aforesaid, 
according to the form of the statute in such case 
made and provided. 

The House was moved, That the tenth section of 
the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 22, “ to consolidate and amend 
the Laws relating to the Trial of Controverted Elec- 
tions, or Returns of Members to serve in Parliament,” 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Petitioners be admitted parties, 
pursuant to the prayer of the said Petition. 


Mr. Sheppard presented a Bill to alter and enlarge 
some of the provisions of an Act passed in the third 
year of the reign of his late Majesty King William 
the Fourth, for better repairing the Roads from 
Warminster and from Frome to the Bath Road, and 
other Roads therein mentioned: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Petition of Directors of the Anti Dry-Rot Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the said 
Company to grant licenses to every person who shall 
be willing to make use of the discoveries secured by 
Letters Patent to John Howard Kyan, for preserving 
Timber and other vegetable substances from decay, 
which Letters Patent were assigned to the said Com- 
pany by an Act of the last Session of Parliament, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Merchants at or near Paington, in 
the county of Devon, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
constructmg and maintaining a Harbour, and erect- 
ing and maintaining a Pier, with all necessary works, 
roads and sannedies thereto and communications 
therewith at Paington aforesaid, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Thomas Lee, of Wolverhampton, 
Woolstapler, complaining of the Vicar of Kilsby 
having refused to read the burial service over the 
brother of the Petitioner, on account of his having 
been baptized at a meeting-house ; and praying the 
House to prevent in future such an outrage to the 
feelings of surviving relatives, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kingston-upon-Hull; — Hales- 
worth;—De Lacy Evans, Esquire, Chairman of a 
Meeting of Electors of Westminster ;—and, Tunbridge ; 
praying for the adoption of Vote by Ballot and House- 
hold Suffrage at elections of Members to serve in 
Parliament,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman ofa Meeting of Mem- 
bers of the Edinburgh Radical Association, praying 
for the adoption of Universal Suffrage, in the election 
of Members to serve in Parliament, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


7° Decembris. 








A. 1837. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of far- Distillery Lay, 
mers of Linlithgow, praying that the Distillery Laws (Scotland.) 
of Scotland may be assimilated to those of England 
and Ireland, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Michael Donovan, late Professor yyichocj 
of Chemistry in Dublin, praying the House to in- Donovan, 
stitute an inquiry into a mode discovered by the 
Petitioner for illumimating Lighthouses, was _pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Petitions from Deptford; — and, Kingsbridge ; Negro Apprea. 
praying for the Abolition of the system of Negro ticeship. 
Apprenticeship, — were — and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Guardians of the Docking Union ; Rating of 
—and, South Shields Union; praying that the TevementsBil, 
Rating of Tenements Bill may pass in a law,—were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Manz Bar, praying Bishoprick 
that the Bishoprick of Sodor and Mann may not be of Sodor aud 
annexed to the See of Carlisle, was presented, and a. 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Report which, upon the 10th Manor Courts 
day of July, in the last Session of Parliament, was (M¢#"4) 
made from the Select Committee appointed to in- 

uire into the operation of the Small Debt Jurisdic- 
tion of Manor Courts in Jreland, the abuses which 
may exist therein, and the remedies proper to be 
applied, together with the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before the said Committee, be referred to the 
Select Committee on Manor Courts (Jreland.) 


Petitions from Shipowners of South Shields ;— Fishguard 
and, Merchants and Shipowners of Liverpool; pray- H#"°u" 4 
ing for the repeal of the Clauses in the Fishguard 
Harbour Act, authorizing the levying of Tolls on 
Ships or Vessels passing or repassing up or down 
Saint George’s Channel, between Strumble Head on 
the Welsh Coast and the Port of Wezford on the 
Irish Coast,—were presented,and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Rector, Churchwardens, Inha- Lee Church. 
bitants and Householders residing within the parish 
of Lee, in the county of Kent, for leave to bring in 
a Bill for taking down the present Church of that 
parish, and building a new one, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the President and Fellows of Mag- — Beeding 
dalen College, Oxford, and of Inhabitants of that" 
part of the parish of Lower Beeding, otherwise Seale, 
which lies within the parish of Saint Leonard, in 
the county of Sussex, and Proprietors of lands 
therein, for leave to bring in a Bill for declaring the 
said portion of the aforesaid parish of Lower Beeding 
a separate district or chapelry for Ecclesiastical 
purposes, and for erecting a Church or Chapel, with 
a cemetery or burial ground attached thereto, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers, Dyers Wein 
and others connected with the Woollen Trade in iil 
Leeds, praying for the repeal of the import Duties 
on Foreign Sheep’s Wool, Olive Oils and Indigo, 
and the export Duty on manufactured Woollens and 
Worsted Goods, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Aglionby presented a Bill to facilitate the Seer on: 
Recovery of the possession of Tenements after due “ 


determination of the tenancy: And the same ne} 
rea 


No. 25. 


Cork 
Bill. 


Ne 
tice 


Ste 
(Fe 


Qam 








gs 


ll. 


Cork Sessions 
Bill. 
No. 26. 


Negro Appren- 
ticeship. 


Steam Vessels 


1 Vicroriz. 


read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Wednesday next, and to be printed. 


Mr. Mahony presented a Bill to amend and 
enlarge the Provisions of an Act of the fourth year 
of his Majesty King George the Fourth, to divide 
the County of Cork for the purpose of holding ad- 
ditional General Sessions therein: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Wednesday, the 14th day of 
February next, and to be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a Memorial addressed to Her 
Majesty’s Government relative to the system of 
Negro Apprenticeship in the British Colonies ; and 
of any Reply thereto. 

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


Resoived, That an humble Address be presented 


(Foreign Ports-) to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 


Bodmin 
Election. 


Election 
Petitions 


(Ireland,) 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of such Information as may be in 
possession of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for 
Foreign Affairs, relative tothe Number and Descrip- 
tion of Steam Vessels in those Ports and Countries 
in which Her Majesty may have Consuls, Ministers 
or Agents. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Petition of Carteret John William 
Ellis, Esquire, which was presented yesterday, 
praying that Edward Harrison, one of his proposed 
sureties in the case of the Bodmin Election Petition, 
may be at liberty forthwith to enter into a recog- 
nizance, or that the Petitioner may be at liberty to 
substitute the name of another surety :—The House 
proceeded to take the said Petition into considera- 
tion ; and the same was again read. 

And the House being informed that Mr. Delany, 
Mr. Walker and Mr. Philip Prothero Smith, at- 
tended at the door, they were severally called in ; 
and at the bar examined upon oath in relation to 
the matter of the said Petition:—And then they 
were directed to withdraw. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Petitioner, in the case of the Bod- 
min Election, be permitted to substitute the name of 
Thomas Meyrick Feild, Esquire, Albion-street, Hyde 
Park, as a surety, instead of the name of Edward 
Harrison :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Thurs- 
day next. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to in- 
quire into the truth of the allegations contained in 
the Petition of William Smith O’ Brien, Esquire, 
which was presented yesterday, complaining of the 
subscription which has been raised in England to 
encourage the prosecution of Petitions against the 
Return of Members for Ireland, and of the conduct 
of a Member of this House, in having contributed 
to such subscription, and to report their opinion 
thereupon to the House ; 


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


Veneris, 8° die Decembris, 1837: 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ appointed ” 


to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
Vot. 93, 


7°—8° Decembris. 











187 


words “ to consider the measures by which the ex- 
“* penses of contested and Controverted Elections 
“ may be avoided,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the ¢ Sir Thomas Fremantle, 380 

Yeas, Mr. Holmes : } a 

Tellers for the { Mr. Harvey, 91 

Noes, Mr. Thomas Duncombe : } F 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question being put, That a Select 
Committee be appointed to inquire into the truth 
of the allegations contained in the Petition of Wil- 
liam Smith O’ Brien, Esquire, which was presented 

esterday, complaining of the subscription which 
ios been raised in England to encourage the pro- 
secution of Petitions against the Return of Members 
for Ireland, and of the conduct of a Member of this 
House, in having contributed to such subscription, 
and to report their opinion thereupon to the House ; 

The House divided: “ 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers forthe f Mr. William Smith O’ Brien, 121 

Yeas, Mr. Bulwer : } vai 
Tellers for the (Sir Thomas Fremantle, 71 331 
Noes, Mr. Holmes: £5 

So it passed in the Negative. 


The House was moved, That the Act 1 Geo. 8, civii List. 


c. 1, for the support of His Majesty’s Household, 
and of the Honour and Dignity of the Crown of 
Great Britain, might be read; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 22 
Geo. 3, c. 82, for enabling His Majesty to discharge 
the Debt contracted upon his Civil List Revenues, 
and for preventing the same from being in arrear 
for the futare by regulating the mode of Payments 
out of the said Revenues, and by suppressing or 
regulating certain Offices therein mentioned, which 
are now paid out of the Revenues of the Civil List, 
might be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 1 Geo. 4, 
ce. 1, for the support of His Majesty’s Household, 
and of the Honourand Dignity of the Crown of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
might be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 1 Will. 4, 
c. 25, for the support of His Majesty’s Household, 
and of the Honour and Dignity of the Crown of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
might be read, and the same was read. 

he House was also moved, That the Act 2 and 
3 Will. 4, c. 116, to provide for the Salaries of cer- 
tain high and judicial Officers, and of Payments 
heretofore made out of the Civil List Revenues, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into a Committee to consider of the said Acts. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Coroners. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Number of Coroners within 
each County of England and Wales, whether County 
Coroners, Coroners for Counties of Cities, or for 
other Special Districts, and specifying by what au- 
thority such Coronérs as are not elected by Free- 
holders are appointed :—And, of the Number and 
Dates of contested Elections for the Office of Coroner 
in each County of England and Wales, since 1st Jan- 
uary 1800; specifying the Number of Votes polled 
at each Election, and the Number of Days that 
each contest continued. 

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


BB2 








- - ne . 
RSS nesesstsselanensisensiessnsisesombiienalisulaessiuensione o&gt; aur eraa 


% 
——— os _ 


| 
| 
| 
! 
| 
{ 
| 


Waterford 


Mail. 


Houses of Par- 
liament Bill. 


Foundation 
Schools 
(Ireland.) 


Custody of 
Insane Persons 
Bill. 


Ships entered 
Inwards. 


Rating of 
Tenements Eill, 


Pensions. 


No. 24, 


188 7°—8° Decembris. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Hour at which the English and 
South Wales Mail was delivered in Waterford, from 
10th December 1836 to 10th June 1837 :—A like 
Return, from i0th June 1837 to 10th December 
1837:—Returns of the Names of the Vessels em- 
oe each day in this Service, and the Number of 

ours employed in each Passage during the above 
time :—Of the Distance from Hobbs’ Point to Water- 
ford Quay :--Of the Horse-power of each Packet 
employed in the above Service :—Of the Gross 
Amount of all Postage charged on all Letters for- 
warded by the Waterford Packets from 5th October 
1836 to 5th October 1837:—And, of the Amount 
of Postage received up to 5th October 1837, on 
account of the additional Halfpenny per Letter 
charged on Irish Letters for improving the Roads 
in South Wales. 


The Houses of Parliament Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
Tuesday last, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into Schools of Public Foundation in Ire- 
land, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Wyse, Mr. 
Shaw, Mr. William Smith O’ Brien, Lord Viscount 
Mahon, Sir Robert Ferguson, Mr. Mackinnon, Mr. 
Jephson, Sir Charles Lemon, Mr. Morgan John O’ Con- 
vel, Mr. John Ponsonby, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Lowther 
Chapman, Mr. John Young and Mr. Bellew, with 
Power to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Custody of Insane Persons Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return from the Customs, containing the Name of 
every Vessel arriving with Cargo from a Foreign 
Port (Cargoes of Timber excepted), which reported 
at the Custom House in Liverpool between 5th 
January and 5th July 1837, the ome of her Cap- 
tain, the Port where laden, the Names of the Articles 
of which the Cargo principally consisted, the Ton- 
nage of the Vessel, and the Number of Days each 
Vessel was actually engaged in discharging :—A 
similar Return of Vessels which entered the London 
Docks :—A similar Return of Vessels which entered 
the Saint Katherine Docks :—And, a similar Return 
of Vessels which entered the London West India 
Docks. 


The Order for reading a second time upon Friday, 
the 2d day of February next, the Rating of Tene- 
ments Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday, the 7th day of February next. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, pur- 
suant to Orders,—A Return of all Pensions granted 
under the provisions of the Acts of 57 Geo. 3, c. 65, 
6 Geo. 4, c. 90, and 4 and 5 Will. 4, c. 24, showing 
what Pensions have been granted from the passing 
thereof, with the Date of each Grant, and which of 
them are now in force; also showing what further 
Number of Pensions might have been granted by 
virtue of the said Statutes. 

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


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till after three of the clock on Friday morn- 
ing, adjourned till this day. 


A. 1837. 


Veneris, 8° die Decembris ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1837. 


PRAYERS. 


Maurice Smith, and the other Electors who 
petitioned this House upon the 23d day of November 
last, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the Borough of Tralee, had not entered into a 
Recognizance in respect to such Petition, according 
to the directions of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 22, “ to 
consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the 
Trial of Controverted Elections, or Returns of Mem- 
bers to serve in Parliament.” 

Ordered, That the Order made upon Wednesday 
last, for taking the said Petition into consideration 
upon Tuesday, the 6th day of March next, be dis- 
charged. 


ease of the Petition for the Oakham, &amp;c., Small 
Debts Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
the more easy and equi anaes of Small Debts 
within the Parishes of Oakham and Uppingham, and 
other Places in the Counties of Rutland, Leicester 
and Northampton: And that Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 
Sir Gerard Noel, and Mr. Halford, do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


of Cambridge, to Newmarket Heath, in the County 
of Cambridge: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


to whom shall be referred all Petitions presented to 
the House, with the exception of such as complain 
of undue Returns, or relate to Private Bills ; and 
that such Committee do classify the same, and pre- 
pare abstracts, in such form and manner as all 
appear to them best suited to convey to the House 
all requisite information respecting their contents, 
and do report the same from time to time to the 
House ; and that such Reports do in all cases set 
forth the number of signatures to each Petition; 
and that such Committee have Power to direct the 
printing in extenso of such Petitions, or of such 
parts of Petitions, as shall appear to require it: — 
And a Committee was appointed of Mr. George 
William Wood, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. O’ Connell, Sir 
Robert Inglis, Mr. Hume, Sir Edward Knatchbull, 
Mr. Clay, Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Edward Buller, 
Mr. Greene, Mr. Macleod, Sir William Heathcote, 
Mr. Freshfield, Mr. Yates, and Mr. William Blake. 
Ordered, That the Committee have Power to re- 
port their observations thereupon to the House. 
Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Chairman, Deputy Chairman, Directors and Mana- 
ger of the Birmingham and Midland Bank ;—Dum- 
fries ;—and, Edinburgh; praying for a uniform low 
rate of Postage on Letters,—were presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Postage. 


of Devon, praying for the amendment of the High- 
way Act 5 and 6 Will. 4, c. 50, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


the Fourth, for the preservation of Salmon Fisheries 
in Scotland: And the same was read the first time; 

















M R. Speaker acquainted the House, that Tralee Election, 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- Oakham, &amp;c, 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the Small Debts. 


Sir Robert ee tery by Order, presented a Bill Cambridge and 
for repairing the Road from Jesus-lane, in the Town Newmarket 


Ordered, That a Select Committee ke appointed, Public 


Petitions from Saint Giles, Camberwell ; — The Poste: 


A Petition of Justices of the Peace of the county Highway Act. 


Mr. Edward Ellice presented a Bill to amend an a 
Act of the ninth year of his Majesty King George (Seotlan 4) Bill 


and 





Pri 


Fis 
(Ii 








Private Bills. 


‘tion, 


Salmon 
Fisheries 
(Ireland. ) 


Dublin and 
Limerick Road. 


nd Rating of 
Tenements Bill. 


Law of 
Scotland. 


Houses of Par 
liament Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendinent 
Act, 


Church 
Property 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Grand J ury 
Presentments 
(Ireland) Bill, 





1 Vicrortiz. 


and ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday, | 
the 8th day of February next. 


A Petition’ of the Lord Lieutenant and Convener | 
of the wy of Renfrew, praying that the evidence 
respecting the accuracy of the plans, the descrip- 
tion of the property, proof of notices, and assents | 
and dissents in all Railway and other local Bills, 
may be taken on the spot prior to the suitors being | 
permitted to proceed beyond the mere introduction | 
of their Bills, and also that the remainder evidence | 
once taken upon oath in either House of Parliament | 
be held sufficient for the other House, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors and Farmers of the 
several Salmon Fisheries in Jreland, assembled in 
Dublin, praying for an alteration of so much of the 
Act 7 and 8 Geo. 4, c. 67, for regulating the Salmon 
Fisheries of Ireland as prevents the Constabulary 
Police from executing the Warrants of the Magis- 
trates for penalties for illegal fishing, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Limerick, 
complaining of the excessive Tolls levied on the 
line of Road between the cities of Dublin and 
Limerick, and praying that the Act passed in the 
year 1798, authorizing the same, may be repealed, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors of small tenements in 
Presteign, praying that the Rating of Tenements 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
| 

A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Inhabitants of Brighton, complaining of delay in 
the Trial of Thomas Hunter and others, forming 
the Committee of a Society, intituled, “ The Gilas- 
gow Operative Cotton Spinners’ Union,” and pray- 
ing for an alteration of the Law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





8° Decembris. 189 


A Petition of several Persons interested in a Ogley Hay 
certain tract of uninclosed common or waste land, Inclosure. 


called Ogley Hay, in the county of Stafford, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for dividing, allotting and 
inclosing the said Common or Waste Lands, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the Answer to 
House, that their several Addresses of the 24th, 28th, Addresses 


29th and 30th days of November last, and of the 
4th, 5th and 7th days of this instant December 
(that Her Majesty would be graciously pleased to 
give directions that the Papers therein mentioned 
might be laid before this House), had been presented 
to Her Majesty, and that Her Majesty had com- 
manded him to acquaint this House, that She will 
give directions accordingly. 


Sir George Grey presented, pursuant to an Ad- Negro Appren- 
dress to Her Majesty,—Copy of a Memorial ad- “*¢sh'p- 


dressed to Her Majesty’s Government, relative to 
the system of Negro Apprenticeship in the British 
Colonies, and of any Reply thereto. 

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


A Petition of Proprietors and Occupiers of Land, Dogs, 


and others, of Lyme Regis and Charmouth, praying 
the House to do away with all exemptions from the 
payment of the Tax on Dogs, and increase the 
amount of the same to not less than 1/. 1s. on each 
Dog, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson Message from 
and Mr. Roupell: the Lords. 


Mr. Speaker, 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act lonides’ 
for naturalizing Alexander Constantine Ionides; to N- Bill. 


which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


The House was moved, That the Act 1 Will. 4, Pensions. 


c. 25, for the Support of His Majesty’s Household, 
and of the Honour and Dignity of the Crown of 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of houses in! the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
Abingdon-street, Westminster, praying thatthe Houses | might be read, and the same was read. 


of Parliament Bill may not pass into a law as it now 
stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Visitor, Guardians and principal 
Rate-payers of forty-two parishes and townships in 
the county of York, incorporated to the workhouse 
at Great Ouseburn, in the said county, under the Act 
22 Geo. 3, commonly called Gilbert’s Act, praying 
the House to secure to them and similar incorpora- 
tions full power to continue uncontrolled by the 
Poor Law Commissioners, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on the Poor 
Law Amendment Act. 


Mr. Mahony presented a Bill to amend an Act 
passed in the Parliament of Jreland, in the tenth and 
eleventh years of his Majesty King Charles the First, 
for the preservation of the Inheritance, Rights and 
Profits of Lands belonging to the Church and Per- 
sons Ecclesiastical: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Wednesday, the 14th day of February next. 


The House was also moved, That the Act 2 and 3 
Will. 4, c. 116, to provide for the Salaries of certain 
High and Judicial Officers, and of Payments here- 
tofore made out of the Civil List Revenues, might 
be read, and the same being read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question bein 
proposed, That a Select Committee be nipeitiek 
to inquire how far Pensions granted in virtue of 
the Act 1 Will, 4, c. 24, and charged on the Civil 
List, and in virtue of the Act 2 and 3 Will. 4, c. 116, 
and charged on the Consolidated Fund, ought to be 
continued, having due regard to the just claims of the 
parties, and to economy im the Public Expenditure. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ upon the occasion of the accession of his late 
“ Majesty King William the Fourth, a Select Com- 
“ mittee was appointed in 1831, on the Motion of 
“ Lord Althorp, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, 
“ to take into consideration the Accounts presented 
“ by order of his Majesty relating to the Civil 
“ List: 

“ That the Committee so appointed, took into 





Mr. Mahony presented a Bill to amend an Act of | “ consideration, together with other classes of the 


the sixth and seventh years of his late Majesty King 
William the Fourth, for consolidating and amending 
the Laws relating to the Presentment of Public 
Money by Grand Juries in Ireland: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 


|“ Civil List, that of the Pensions, and after stating 
|“ that they felt it to be their duty to explain to the 
| * House fully the case in respect to Pensions, made 
x in their Report the following, among other obser- 

“ vations: ‘ At the same time, it would be a harsh 


second time upon Wednesday, the 14th day of |“ measure to overlook, on this present occasion, 


February next. 
VoL. 93. 


| that which has been the uniform usage on all 
BB3 former 





r: em tS 


190 


na A 
n A 


a A 
xn 8 


n~ 
” 


a“ 
n 


al 
wa 8 


xo a 
ann 


7 
. 


nw 
~ 


ca 
” 


“~ 
n 


‘ 


ns 


« 
é 
‘ 


= oe 


« 


n 
7 


« 


“ 


na 
i 


‘ 


n 


~ 


n~ 
nn 


‘ 


co 


‘ 


. 


- 
n 


« 


nw” 


&lt; 


~ 


‘ 


wo 


‘&lt; 


. 


= 
nw 


- 
nw 


a ee Se oe 
aan 8 &amp; 





former settlements of the Civil List. Pensions 
on the Civil List have always hitherto been con- 
sidered to be granted for life, and, in fact, no in- 
stance has occurred wherein a Pension on the 
Civil List granted by one Sovereign has been dis- 
continued on the accession of his successor. It 
is more than probable therefore, that parties rely- 
ing on an adherence to an invariable custom, 
have made family settlements and pecuniary ar- 
rangements of various kinds, with all of which 
his Majesty must necessarily interfere, should the 
continuance of these Pensions, for the first time, 
on his accession to the Throne be refused. Ad- 
verting to all the circumstances of the case, con- 
sidering that no material relief to the finances of 
the Country could be derived from the most rigid 
measures of retrenchment applied to the Pension 
List ; that in many cases severe distress, in some 
actual injustice, would arise to individuals from 
the general discontinuance of Pensions; that 
such discontinuance on the occasion of His Ma- 
jesty’s accession would be a departure from an 
usage invariably observed on the accession of His 
Majesty’s a your Committee do not 
think it advisable to withdraw from the Crown 
those funds which may enable the Crown, if it 
shall so think fit, to continue the Pensions on the 
Civil List of his late Majesty. These observa- 
tions, however, do not apply to the grant of fu- 
ture Pensions on the Civil List ; if granted with 
a distinct notice to the individuals receiving them, 
that they are not only legally terminable on the 
demise of the Sovereign by whom they have been 
granted, but that they are liable to be revised or 
discontinued on the settlement of a new Civil 
List, there can be no obstacle to the reconsidera- 
es at that time of the then existing Pension 
ist?’ 

“ The Committee proceeded to recommend that 
the Pension Lists of England, Scotland and Ire- 
land, should be consolidated into one alphabetical 
List; that Pensions to the amount of 75,0001, 
on the first part of the List, should be placed on 
the Civil List, and the remainder charged to the 
Consolidated Fund : 

“ That His Majesty’s Government proposed, 
and Parliament sanctioned, measures in respect 
to the Civil List Pensions, founded upon the re- 
commendations of the Committee, and in precise 
conformity with them, making provision to enable 
the Crown, if it should so think fit, to continue 
the whole of the Pensions on the Civil List of 
King George the Fourth: 

“ That at a subsequent period, the House of 
Commons passed Resolutions in respect to the 
grant of all future Pensions by the Crown, ex- 
pressing an opinion that they ought to be con- 
fined to such persons as have just claims on the 
Royal Beneficence, or who, by their personal 
services to the Crown, by the performance of 
duties to the public, or by their useful discoveries 
in science, and attainments in literature and the 
arts, have merited the gracious consideration of 
their Sovereign, and ‘the gratitude of their 
Country : 

“ That it appears to this House that the course 
advisedly taken on the accession of his late Ma- 
jesty, by the Crown and Parliament, was calcu- 
lated to justify increased confidence in the con- 
tinuance of the then existing Pensions, and in the 
permanence of ‘ family settlements and arrange- 
ments of various kinds,’ made by parties ‘ rely- 
ing on the adherence to invariable custom,’ and 
that whatever harshness or injustice there might 
have been, on the accession of his late Majesty, 
in overlooking on that occasion the uniform pre- 
ceding usage, would on the present occasion be 
greatly aggravated, not only by the lapse of time, 
and the intervention of a whole reign, but by the 
direct sanction given in 1831 by the Crown and 


8°—9° Decembris. 








A. 1837. 


Parliament to an expectation that the principles 
then acted on, so far as applicable to the then 
existing Pensions, would be thereafter adhered 
to: 

“ That, under these circumstances, it is the 
opinion of this House, that regulations having 
been established in respect to the grant of future 
Pensions, and precautions having been taken in re- 
spect to the revisal or discontinuance of them on 
new settlements of the Civil List, it is advisable 
now to make such provision as shall enable the 
Crown, if it shall so think fit, to continue those 
Pensions which were continued by the Crown on 
the accession of his late Majesty, or which were 
“ granted by his Majesty,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 


proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


“ 
‘ec 





“ 
“ 


£ enna 
Jnsane 
Bill. 


na a 
nan Aa 


Houses 
Parlian 


n 
n 


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


Sabbati, 9° die Decembris, 1837: 


And the Question being put ; 


The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby. 

The Noes to the new Lobby ; 
Tellers for the 


Post | 
Pack 


Mr. Robert Steuart, Leos 
Yeas, Mr. Edward John Stanley: j~~”’ 
Tellers for the p Sir Thomas Fremanile, ] 
one Mr. Henry Bingham Ba- ‘233. 
? 


ring: 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, 
to inquire how far Pensions granted in virtue of 
the Act 1 Will. 4, c. 24, and charged on the Civil 
List, and in virtue of the Act 2 and 3 Will. 4, 
c. 116, and charged on the Consolidated Fund, 
ought to be continued, having due regard to the just 
claims of the parties, and to economy in the Public 
Expenditure. 

Ordered, That the Committee be nominated upon 
Tuesday next. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved into a Controverted 
Committee upon the Controverted Elections Bill ; "lesti™ Bi 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker Nv.79- 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday, the 7th day of 
February next; and the Bill, as amended, to be 
printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. ° 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Civil List. 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of the 
several Acts relative to the Civil List ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Houses of Par- 
liament Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Houses of Parliament Bill; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be committed to Mr. Ed- 
ward John Stanley, Lord Viscount Lowther, Colonel 
Evans, Mr. Byng, Mr. Charles Wood, Mr. Leader, 
Lord Granville Somerset, Sir Matthew rte Mr. 
ally 











1 Vicroriz. 


Gally Knight, Mr. More O’ Ferrall, Mr. Thomas 
Wood, Captain Ellice and Mr. Hume. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Custody of Insane Persons Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday, the 9th day of February next. 


Custody of 
Insane Persons 
Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House a 
Copy or Abstract of the Tenders delivered by 
Builders for the Embankment and the Terrace, and 
a portion of the Foundation of the Buildings of the 
Houses of Parliament; and stating which of them 
have been accepted :—Also, An Abstract of the 
Estimates made = Messrs. Walker and Burge, en- 
gineers, and Mr. Barry, the architect, for the same 
works, as approved of, and confirmed by, the Sur- 
veyors of the Office of Woods and Works, and con- 
tained in the Report made by the Commissioners of 
the Woods and Works, and laid on the Table of 
the House of Commons. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts showing the number of Post Office Steam 
Packets on the Liverpool and Kingstown, Holyhead 
and Kingstown, Milford and Waterford, and Port 
Patrick and Donoghadee Stations, the Expense in- 
curred in the building and outfits and repairs of the 
Vessels and Expense of the Establishment, the total 
Disbursements, and for Receipts for passages, &amp;c., 
and the totals of such charge (in continnation of the 
Accounts in the Reports of the Commissioners of 
Revenue Inquiry, and in the Report from Select 
Committee on the Post communication with Jre- 
land):—Of the number of occasions during the 
years 1832-1837 inclusive, on which the Mails have 
not been put on board the Liverpool packets by five 
o'clock, p.M.; stating the distance from the Pier 
Head, Liverpool, to where the Mail was put on 
board, on each occasion; and also stating the cause 
of the delay, and the time occupied in transferring 
passengers, and getting under weigh :—And of the 
Number of Hoursoccupied in each voyage, from Lz- 
verpool to Kingstown, the Admiralty Post Office 
packets in the several years between the 1st January 
1834, the 1st January 1838, or December 1837, in- 
cluding the time occupied on such occasion in trans- 
mitting the Mail from the Post Office, in putting 
the Mail on board by the Tender Packet, in trans- 
ferring passengers, and getting under weigh. 


Houses of 
Parliament. 


Post Office 
Packets. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
half an hour after one of the clock on Satur- 
day morning, adjourned till Monday next. 








Lune, 11° die Decembris ; 
Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1837. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Brotherton, by Order, presented a Bill for 
the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small 
Debts within the Parishes of Oakham and Upping- 
ham, and other Places, in the Counties of Rutland, 
Leicester and Northampton: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Oakham, &amp;c. 
Small Debts 
Bill, 


Danish Claims, 


A Petition of Merchants and Ship-owners of 
Whitby, praying the House to appoint a Committee 
to investigate the claims of persons who sustained 
losses by the seizure of their ships and goods in 
Denmark, and in the Baltic, in the year 1807, was 


ore and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Hand-loom 
Weavers, 


A Petition of Members of the Committee of Hand- 
loom Weavers of Manchester, complaining of dis- 


g°__9°__.11° Decembris. 


191 


tress, and praying the House to pass a law to raise 
their wages to a standard that will support them, 
and enable them to maintain their families with 
comfort and respect, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers, Dyers Wool, Olive Oil, 
and others connected with the Woollen Trade in “4 ™4e- 
Bury, in the county of Lancaster, praying for the 
repeal of the Duties on Wool, Olive Oil and Indigo, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. , 


Petitions from Greenock ;—Anstruther Wester ;— Postage. 
and, Irvine; praying for a uniform low rate of 
Postage on Letters,—were presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Postage. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Sunderland, pray- Municipal 

ing that the provisions of the Municipal Officers’ Officers’ Decla- 
Declaration Bill may be extended to persons pro- "BM 
fessing the Jewish Religion, was presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Edward Lucas, and other Persons Houses of __ 
interested in certain wharfs and waterside premises P*#ment Bill. 
situate at Westminster, abutting on the River Thames; 
—and, John Patrick, of Abingdon-street, Gentleman ; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Houses of Parliament Bill,—were presented, and 
read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Peti- 
tions. 

Ordered, That the Petition of Owners and Occu- 
piers of houses in ‘Abingdon-street, which was pre- 
sented upon Friday last, be referred to the Select 
Committee on the said Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Pe- 
tition. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That Henry Reading 
Simonds, and the other Electors, who petitioned this Election. 
House upon the 24th day of November last, com- 
a of an undue Election and Return for the 

orough of Reading, had not entered into a Recog- 
nizance in respect of such Petition, according to the 
directions of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 22, “ to consolidate 
and amend the Laws relating to the Trial of Con- 
troverted Elections, or Returns of Members to serve 
in Parliament.” 

Ordered, That the Order made upon Wednesday 
last, for taking the said Petition into consideration 
upon Tuesday, the 6th day of March next, be dis- 
charged. 


Petitions from the Corporation of Hereford ;—and, 
ers ; praying for the adoption of Vote by Ballot 
at Elections of Members to serve in Parliamment,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Vote by Ballot. 


A Petition of the London and Greenwich Railway London and 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for extending Greenwich 
the period granted for making the said Railway, and pee a 
amending the Act relating thereto, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 


Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Charles Evelyn Houghton, Lieutenant Merchant 
in the Royal Navy, suggesting certain plans for im- Shivpme. 
proving the construction, equipment and manage- 





Vor 93. 


BB4 ment 





Fishguard 
Harbour Act. 


Public 
Buildings. 


Auctions. 


lonides’ 


Nat. Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Newspaper 
Stamps. 


Message from 
Her Majesty. 


Royal Parks 
and Gardens. 


No. 28. 





192 11° Decembris: 


ment’ of Merchant Vessels, and praying the House 
to take the same into consideration, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners and Traders 
of North Shields, praying for the repeal of so much 
of the Fishguard Harbour Act as authorizes the 
levying and collecting Tolls or Duties on Ships or 
Vessels passing or re-passing up and down Saint 
George’s Channel, between Strumble Head, on the 
Welsh coast, and the port of Wexford, on the Irish 
coast, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of any Correspondence which has 
taken place between the Secretary of the Home De- 
partment and the Dean and Chapter of Saint Paul's, 
the Dean and Chapter of Westminster,and any Public 
Officer, on the subject of the presentation of the 
Petition last Session, praying that facilities might 
be granted to the People for Free Admittance to 
Public National Buildmgs, Museums and Works 
of Art. 

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


A Petition of Thomas Yeadell, of Kirkby Lonsdale, 
Auctioneer, praying for an amendment of the law 
relating to Sales by Auction, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Tonides’ Naturalization Bill was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Municipal Corporations (Zreland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Stamps issued by the 
Stamp Office for all Newspapers in Great Britain 
and Jreland, from 30th June to 1st November 1837; 
specifying each Newspaper by Name, and the Num- 
ber of Stamps issued each Month during that period 
to each Newspaper. 


Lord John Russell acquainted the House, That 
he had a Message from Her Majesty to this House, 
signed by Her Majesty ; and he presented the same 
to the House; and it was read by Mr. Speaker (all 
the Members of the House being uncovered) ; and 
is as followeth ; 


VICTORIA R. 


Her Majesty, taking into consideration the Pro- 
vision made by law for the support of Her Royal 
Highness the Duchess of Kent, Her Majesty’s 4 
loved Mother, recommends this subject to the care 
of Her faithful Commons, with full confidence in 
their readiness to adopt such measures as Her Royal 
Highness’s Rank and Station, and increased proxi- 
mity to the Throne, may seem to require. 


V. R. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into a Committee to take Her Majesty’s 
said most gracious Message into consideration. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the several Royal Parks and Gardens 
under the management and superintendence of the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, &amp;c., show- 
ing the Expenditure for the year ended 31st March 
1837. 





A. 1837. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer accordingly pre- 
sented the said Return. 

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


Lord John Russell presented a Bill to regulate Parliamentary 


the times of payment of Rates and Taxes by Par- Electors ang 
reemen Bill, 


liamentary Electors, and to abolish the Stamp Duty ’ 


on the admission of Freemen: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Wednesday next ; and to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Civil List, 


mittee, to whom it was referred to consider of the 
several Acts relative to the Civil List ; 

Ordered, That Her Majesty’s most gracious 
Speech to both Houses of Parliament, at the open- 
ing of the Session, be referred to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Report which, upon Tuesday 
last, was made from the Select Commiitee, to whom 
several Papers relative to the Expenditure of the 
Civil List were referred, be referred to the Com- 
mittee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 

(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That, for the support of Her Majesty’s 
Household, and of the honour and dignity of the 
Crown, there be granted to Her Majesty during Her 
life, a net yearly Revenue of Three hundred and 
eighty-five thousand pounds, together with the fur- 
ther yearly sum of Ten thousand pounds for Her 
Majesty’s on Secret Services, and that the same 
shall commence from the day of the demise of his 
late Majesty, and shall be charged upon and made 
payable out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ; and that 
there shall also be charged upon and paid out of 
the said Consolidated Fund, such an annual sum as 
may be necessary to defray the charge of such 
Pensions as Her Majesty shall be pleased to grant 
on Her Civil List, to the extent of One thousand and 
two hundred pounds, for each and every successive 
year of Her Majesty’s Reign. 

2. Resolved, That all the Hereditary Rates, Duties, 
Payments and Revenues in England, Scotland and 
freland respectively, and also the Small Branches 
of the Hereditary Revenue and the Hereditary Casual 
Revenues arising from any Droits of Admiralty, or 
Droits of the Crown, or from the Four-and-a-Half 
per cent. Duties, and from the Surplus Revenues 
of Gibraltar, or any other Possessions of Her Ma- 
jesty out of the United Kingdom, and from all other 
Casual Revenues arising either in the Foreign Pos- 
sessions of Her Majesty or in the United Kingdom, 
which at the time of the demise of his late Majesty 
King William the Fourth, made part of the Conso- 
lidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland, shall, during the life of Her present 
Majesty (whom God long preserve) be carried to 
and made part of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second reetand) Bil 


reading of the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply- 


mittee of Supply ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee ; 


An 





srt 





ry 


ill. 


Bradford (Poor 
Law Amend- 
ment Act.) 


1 VicTorRIZ. 11° Decembris. 193 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the | 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, 
that She will be graciously pleased to give direc- 
tions, that there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Names of any of the Metropolitan 
Policemen who may have been sent to Bradford, 
in Yorkshire, since the ist of October last, and 
up to the 22d of November; the Number of Days 
that they have been so employed, together with 

the order of the Commissioners of Police, and the 
‘ precept of the Magistrates commanding and au- 
thorizing the attendance of such Police Constables 
at Bradford: --also, a similar Account relative 
to the Policemen sent from Leeds to Bradford :— 
also, Copies of any Correspondence between the 
Poor Law Commissioners and their Assistant 
Commissioner, Mr. Power, and the Board of 
Guardians (or between these parties and any other 
person or persons), relative to the sending of the 
London Police and the Military into the Town of 
Bradford; together with any Correspondence that 
may have taken place relative to the same matters 
between Mr. Power and the Home Office, or 
between the Poor Law Commissioners and the 
Home Office, or between any other person or 
“« persons and the Home Office,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—tThe said proposed Amendment and Motion were 
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


¢ 


na 
nN 





And the Question being put, That those words be 
there added :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of the Metropolitan Police 
who may have been sent to Bradford in Yorkshire 
since the 1st of October last, and up to the 22d of 
November ; the Number of Days that they have 
been so employed, together with the order of the 
Commissioners of Police, and the precept of the 
Magistrates commanding and authorizing the at- 
tendance of such Police Constables at Bradford :— 
also, a similar Account relative to the Policemen 
sent from Leeds to Bradford :—and also, Copies of 
any Correspondence between the Poor Law Com- 
missioners and their Assistant Commissioner, Mr. 
Power, and the Board of Guardians, relative to the 
sending of the London Police and the Military into 
the Town of Bradford; together with any Came 
spondence that may have taken place relative to the 
same matters between Mr. Power and the Home 
Office, or between the Poor Law Conimissioners and 
the Home Office, or between any other person or 
persons and the Home Office, so far as the same 
can be communicated without injury to the Public 
Service. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this finde as are 


| of Her Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- | mittee of Sup 


eo an humble Address be presented to Her | 
ajesty, that Slie will be graciously pleased to give | 
directions, that there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Names of any of the Metropolitan 
Policemen who may have been sent to Bradford, 
in Yorkshire, since the 1st of October last, and u 
to the 22d of November; the Number of Days that 
they have been so employed, together with the order 
of the Commissioners of Police, and the precept of 
the Magistrates commanding and authorizing the 
attendance of such Police Constables at Bradford: 
—also, a similar Account relative to the Policemen 
sent from Leeds to Bradford :—also, Copies of any 
Correspondence between the Poor Law Commis- 
sioners and their Assistant Commissioner, Mr. Power, 
and the Board of Guardians (or between these par- 
ties and any other person or persons), relative to the 
sending of the London Police and the Military into 
the Town of Bradford ; together with any Corre- 
spondence that may have taken place relative to the 
same matters between Mr. Power and the Home 
Office, or between the Poor Law Commissioners and 
the Home Office, or between any other person or 
persons and the Home Office. 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ names of any 
“ of the Metropolitan Policemen,” and inserting the 
words “ number of the Metropolitan Police,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question :—It 
passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
* number of the Metropolitan Police,” be inserted 
instead thereof :— It was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by leaving out the words “ or between 
“ these parties and any other person or persons.” 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question :— | 
It passed in the Negative. | 








Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by adding at the end thereof the words 
“ so far as the same can be communicated without | 
“ injury to the Public Service.” 

Vou. 93. 


ly ; 
Resolved, that this House will, upon Wednesday 


| hext, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Sheriff Courts 
to regulate the Constitution, Jurisdiction and Forms (Scotland) Bill, 


Ps of Process of Sheriff Courts in Scotland: And that 


the Lord Advocate and Mr. Attorney General do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Court of 

to make certain Alterations in the Duties of the Seana) Bill 
Lords Ordinary, and in the Establishment of Clerks &amp;°° f 
and Officers of the Court of Session and Court of 
Commission for Teinds in Scotland, and to reduce 

the Fees payable in those Courts: And that the Lord 

Advocate aud Mr, Attorney General do prepare, and 

bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Poor Law 
a Statement of the Population of each of the several Amendmen 
Unions formed under the Poor Law Amendment ““ 
Act, which comprize the manufacturing Towns of 
Nottingham, Manchester, the Potteries, Stockport, 
Macclesfield, Oldham, Ashton, Bolton, Bury, Black- 
burn and Preston; the respective Dates when each 
of those Unions was established, the Number of 
Workhouses used in each Union, the Number of 
Paupers relieved in each Union during each quarter, 
up to 29th September 1837; distinguishing the 
Nessbie of Paupers who have received out-door 
Relief, and those who have been relieved in the 
Workhouse, in each of such Unions, and exhibitin 
ulso the Amount expended in Workhouse Relief 
to the Poor, and the Amount expended in out-door 
Relief in each of such Unions during the same 
periods. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


= == —— ees 
Se ee = : SSS 


a 
ns 








Se 


sa A 
= — = 





Houses of Par. 
liament Bill. 


Queen’s County 


Election. 


Pawnbrokers 
(Ireland.) 


Postage. 


Church Rates. 


Public 
Petitions, 


Spirit Licenses 
(Scotland.) 


Scientific 
and Literary 
Societies. 


194 


Martis, 12° die Decembris ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1837. 


PRAYERS. 


ETITIONS of Churchwardens and Overseers 

of the Poor of the parishes of Saint Margaret 
and Saint John the Evangelist, Westminster ;—and, 
Owners and Occupiers of houses and other heredit- 
aments in the Parishes of Saint Margaret and Saint 
John the Evangelist, Westminster ; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Houses of Par- 
liament Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Pe- 
titions. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That George 
Adair and Robert Fitzgerald, who petitioned this 
House upon the 27th day of November last, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Queen’s County, had not entered into a Recognizance 
in respect of such Petition, according to the direc- 
tions of the Act 9 Geo. 4. c. 22., “ to consolidate and 
amend the Laws relating to the Trial of Controverted 
Elections, or Returns of Members to serve in Par- 
liament.” 

Ordered, That the Order made upon Wednesday 
last, for taking the said Petition mto consideration 
upon Tuesday, the 27th day of February next, be 
discharged. 


A Petition of Matthew Barrington, of the city of 
Limerick, praying the House to appoint a Commit- 
tee to inquire into the present system of carrying on 
the Pawnbroking business in Jreland, and the laws 
relating thereto, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Hythe, praying for 
2 uniform low rate of Postage on Letters, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Postage. 


A Petition of Clergymen and Rate-payers of Tres- 
mere, praying for the Abolition of Church Rates, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Mr. George William Wood, reported from the Se- 
lect Committee on Public Petitions, That they had 
examined the Petitions presented from the 21st day 
of November last to the 8th day of this instant De- 
cember, both inclusive ; and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


A Petition of Licensed Spirit Dealers, Victuallers 
and Tavern Keepers in Glasgow, praying for an 
alteration in the present licensing system in Scof- 
land, so that a person once licensed, against whom 
no sufficient well-founded complaint has been made, 
and remaining in the same premises which were 
licensed, should continue to have a renewal of his 
License, without taking out any certificate than the 
certificate which he last or originally obtained, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of the Vice Patron, the President, and 
other Members of the Committee of Management of 
the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society, praying 
the House to exempt from taxation all Buildings 
occupied exclusively by Scientific and Literary So- 
cieties, and not made the source of pecuniary profit, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Tabie. 


12° Decembris. 











A. 1837. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting held in Negro Appren- 
Exeter Hall, praying for the abolition of the system "°*'?- 
of Negro Apprenticeship, was presented, and read ; , 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Hammersmith ;—and, Hevening- Vote by Ballot, 
ham ; praying for the adoption of Vote by Ballot at 
Elections of Members to serve in Parliament,—were 
aa and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Catholics of the Island of Newfound- Newfoundiana, 
land, praying the House to secure to them the pro- 
tection of their civil and religious rights, was pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Glasgow ;—and the Chairman of a Law of 
Meeting of Friends to the Working Classes in Kij- Seotland. 
marnock; complaining of delay in the trial of Thomas 
Hunter and others, forming the Committee of a 
Society, intituled, “ The Glasgow Operative Cotton 
“ Spinners’ Union,” and praying for an alteration 
of the law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Act 13 Geo. 3. Common Fields 
c. 81., for the better Cultivation, Improvement and improvement 
Regulation of the Common Arable Fields, Wastes 
and Commons of Pasture in this Kingdom, might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the said Act: And that Lord Worsley and 
Mr. Pendarves do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Act 6 &amp; 7 Commos Fields 
Will. 4. c. 115, for facilitating the Inclosure of closure Bill. 
Open and Arable Fields in England and Wales, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the said Act: And that Lord Worsley and 
Mr. Pryme do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Married _ 
enable Married Women, with the consent of their Women’s Bil. 
Husbands, to pass their Interests in Chattels Per- 
sonal: And that Mr. Lynch and Mr. James Stewart 
do prepare, and bring it in. 

Fictitious Votes 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Fi 
(Scotland.) 


to inquire how far the intentions of the Reform Act 
are defeated by the creating and registering Ficti- 
tious and improper Votes in Scotland. 

Ordered, That the Committee be nominated To- 
morrow. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Revenues of 
an Account of all Monies supplied from the Re- India. 
venues of India since the Return made to the Order 
of the House of the 7th July 1836, towards the 
Payment of Expenses in England, chargeable on 
those Revenues, particularizing, as before, monthly 
and annually :—1. The Amount of Bills drawn by 
the Court of Directors on the several Governments 
of India, in separate Accounts of each Presidency, 
for Monies paid into the London Treasury of the 
East India Company, with the Rates of Exchange 
at which such Bills were issued :—2. The Amount 
of Remittances, in separate Accounts, made by the 
several Governments of Jndia, and by the East 
India Company’s agents in China, to the Court of 
Directors ; specifying the Duties of Remittances as 
advised in the Registers received from India, and 
the Dates when the same were received into the 
London Treasury; whether the due Payment of 
those Remittances were protected by the hypothe- 
cation of Goods, or by any other Security, with the 
Rates of Exchange at which such Remittances were 
made :—3. The Amount of Bills drawn by the East 
India Company’s Agents in China, in the several 
Governments of India, with the Rates of Exchange 
at which such Bills were issued at Canton :—also, an 
Account of Remittances from India or China — 

the 








ot, 


ds 


1 Victroriz. 


the commencement of the present Charter, in Silk, 
or any other description of Goods; specifying the 
. Invoice Cost in Indian Currency and in British ster- 
ling Money, with a Statement, if sold, of the net 
proceeds realized in London :—also, an Account of 
any Remittances received into the London Treasury 
of the East India Company, in Repayment of Ad- 
vances made in Jndia on account of Her Majesty’s 
Government; and also made applicable towards 
the Payment of Expenses in England chargeable 
on the wonton in India. 
Mysore Coffeee A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, Copies 
of all Letters which have been addressed by Messrs. 
Crawford, Colvin and Co. to the Lords of the Trea- 
sury and the Board of Trade, with the Replies 
thereto, on the subject of the Duty leviable on 
Mysore Coffee imported from Madras in the Ships 
Onyx and Sesostris :—also, of all Communications 
which have passed between the India Board and 
the Court of Directors of the East India Company, 
im reference to the question whether Mysore be a 
British Possession :—and also, of the Certificates 
granted by the Collector of Sea Customs at Madras, 
and lodged by the Masters of the Ships Onyx, Se- 
sostris and Claudine, in the Custom House at London, 
purporting that the Mysore Coffee imported by those 
several Ships, was “ the growth of a British Pos- 
session within the limits of the East India Company’s 
Charter” :—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 
Uncultivated 


Lands (Ireland ) 
Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to promote the Reclamation and Improvement of 
Uncultivated Lands in Ireland: And that Mr. Lynch 
and Mr. Morgan John O’Connell do prepare, and 
bring it in. 

Tenants for Life 


I Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to 
(Ireland) Bill. 


enable Tenants for Life of Estates in Ireland to 
make Improvements in their Estates, and to charge 
the Inheritance with a portion of the Monies ex- 
pended in such Improvements: And that Mr. Lynch 
and Mr. Wyse do prepare, and bring it in. 


Leases of Lands 


2 Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
(Ireland) Bill. 


enable Tenants for Life and Mortgagors in posses- 
sion of Lands in Ireland, to grant Leases, and to 
enable Tenants for Life of Lands in Ireland to make 
exchange, and for giving a summary remedy for 
partition in all cases as to Lands in Jreland: And 
that Mr. Lynch and Mr. Wyse do prepare, and bring 
it in. 
Poor Employ- Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
wi cela’) for the better and more convenient Employment of 
the Poor in [reland: And that Mr. Lynch and Mr. 
Morgan John O'Connell do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Convention of Evora Monte ; 
and also a Copy of the Letter enclosing the same, 
addressed by Mr. Grant to the Infante Don Carlos ; 
also, a Copy of the Letter addressed to the Secretary 
of State for Foreign Affairs by the Commandant of 
the Depot of Spanish Emigrants detained in the 
Hulks, and in the Prison of Fort St. Julien, at 
Lisbon. 

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


Poor Law Union Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
(Sunderland.) to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of any Correspondence which may 
have taken place between the Secretary of State for 


Convention of 
Evora Monte. 


the Home Department and the Board of Guardians 


Vou. 93. 


12°-—13° Decembris. 


195 


of the Sunderland Union, respecting the administra- 
tion of the Poor Laws in that District. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Education. 
posed, That the Number of the Committee appointed 
to consider of the Education of the Poorer Classes 
in great Towns in England and Wales be enlarged 
to Eighteen :—And the said Motion was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That Mr. Poulett Thomson and Mr. Education. 
Hawes be discharged from any further attendance 
on the Select Committee on Education. 

Ordered, That Mr. Pusey and Mr. Gladstone be 
added to the Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Election __ 
define and regulate the lawful Expenses at Elections Expenses Bill. 
of Members to serve in Parliament in England and 
Wales: And that Mr. Hume and Mr. Aglionby do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill County Rates 
to establish Councils for the better management Bill. 
of County Rates; And that Mr. Hume and Mr. 
Aglionby do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Act 6 and 7 Slave Compen- 
Wiill. 4, c. 82, to carry into further execution an Act “tion Bill 
for compensating Owners of Slaves upon the Aboli- 
tion of Slavery, and for completing the full payment 
of such Compensation, might be read ; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
carry into further execution the provisions of the 
said Act: And that Mr. Chancellor of the Exche- 
quer and Mr. Baring do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Outrage: 
Returns of all Rewards offered by Proclamation of neat 
the Lord Lieutenant or Lords Justices of Ireland, 
for the discovery of the Perpetrators of Murders 
and other Outrages, from the 1st January 1836 to 
12th December 1837, with the Dates of the Procla- 
mations ; and distinguishing which of such Rewards 
(if any) have been claimed and paid by the Jrish 
Government, in consequence of Information given 
pursuant to such Proclamations :—and, of all Crimes 
and Outrages reported by the Stipendiary Magis- 
trates and Officers of Police in Jreland, to the In- 
spector General of Police, or to the Zrish Government, 
as having been perpetrated in their respective Dis- 
tricts, from the 1st January 1836 to the 12th De- 
cember 1837; distinguishing such Crimes and Out- 
rages as were contained in the usual monthly Reports, 
and such as were specially reported. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Queen’s 
into a Committee, to consider of Her Majesty’s Mess 
most gracious Message of yesterday. 


(In the Committee.) 

Resolved, That Her Majesty be enabled to grant 
an additional yearly sum, not exceeding Eight thou- 
sand Pounds, out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
for a more adequate provision for Her Royal High- 
ness the Duchess of Kent. 

Resolution to be reported. 

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


Mercuri, 13° die Decembris, 1837: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Re- 
solution. 





Ordered, That the Report be received this day. — 
cc2 Mr. 








196 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to whom 
it was referred to consider of the several Acts re- 
lative to the Civil List, several Resolutions, which 
were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That for the support of Her Majesty’s 
Household, and of the Honour and Dignity of the 
Crown, there be granted to Her Majesty, during 
Her life, a net yearly Revenue of Three hundred 
and eighty-five thousand pounds, together with the 
further yearly sum of Ten thousand pounds for Her 
Majesty’s Home Secret Services, and that the same 
shall commence from the day of the Demise of His 


Civil List. 


12°—13° Decembris. 





A. 1837. 


Ordered, That there be laid befure this House, 
a Return of the Average .Number of the Inmates 
of each Union Workhouse in England and Wales, 
between Ist January 1836 and 30th June 1837; 
with the Number of Deaths which occurred during 
the same period, and the Ages of the deceased :— 
and, a similar Return for the same period, from 
each Workhouse not yet belonging to any Union, 
or in which the Regulations of the Poor Law Com- 
missioners have not yet been introduced. 


Dnion and other 
orkhouses, 


Chest 
Inclos 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Civil List Bil, 





late Majesty, and shall be charged upon and made 
payable out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; and that 
there shall also be charged upon and paid out of the 
said Consolidated Fund, such an annual sum as 
may be necessary to defray the Charge of such 
Pensions as Her Majesty shall be pleased to grant 
on Her Civil List, to the extent of One thousand 
and two hundred Pounds, for each and every suc- 
cessive year of Her Majesty’s Reign. 

2. Resolved, That all the Hereditary Rates, Duties, 
Payments and Revenues in England, Scotland and 
Treland respectively, and also the small Branches of 
the Hereditary Revenue and the Hereditary Casual 
Revenues arising from any Droits of Admiralty or 


Bill for the support of Her Majesty’s Household, No.30, 
and of the Honour and Dignity of tle Crown of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: 


Linte 
Inck 


And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 


to be read asecond time this day, and to be printed. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Slave Compen- 
Bill to carry into further execution the provisions S*4° Bill 
of an Act for completing the full payment of Com- No. 31. 
pensation to Owners of Slaves upon the abolition 
of Slavery: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 
next, and to be printed. 


Swe 
Incl 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to make Court of 





Droits of the Crown, or from the Four-and-a-half 
per cent. Duties and from the Surplus Revenues of 
Gibraltar, or any other Possessions of Her Majesty 
out of the United Kingdom, and from all other 
Casual Revenues arising either in the Foreign Pos- 
sessions of Her Majesty or in the United Kingdom, 
which at the time of the Demise of his late Ma- 
jesty King William the Fourth made part of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
‘ Britain and Ireland, shall, during the life of Her 
present Majesty (whom God long preserve) be car- 
ried to and made part, of the Consolidated Fund of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 


were agreed to. 


Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said | 


Resolutions: And that Mr. Bernal, Mr. Chancellor 


of the Exchequer, Lord John Russell, Mr. Poulett | and Regulation of the Common Arable Fields, Wastes 


Thomson, Lord Viscount Palmerston, Sir John Hob- 
house and Mr. Baring do prepare, and bring it in. 
Pensions, The Order of the day being read, for nominating 
the Select Committee on Pensions ; 
Ordered, That the Committee be nominated upon 
Friday next. 


Tillage and 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Pasture Lands 


a Return of the relative Proportion of Lands in 


or Tillage and in Pasture in the several Counties of 
Ireland that have been already surveyed under the 
direction of Mr. Griffiths. 

Wheat and 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Oats Ireland.) Returns of the yearly Average Prices of Wheat and 
Oats per Barrel, for periods ending 1st May of each 
year respectively, calculated upon the Returns ad- 


vertised in the Dublin Gazette, beginning with the | —— 


Year ending 1st May 1824, and stating the Average 
Prices of each year successively, up to 1st May 
1337, inclusive :—and, of the Average Prices of 
Wheat and Oats per Barrel, calculated upon the 
same Returns, for the period of Ten years imme- 
diately preceding 1st May 1833 :—The like for Ten 
—_ immediately preceding 1st May 1834 :—The 
ike for Ten years immediately preceding 1st May 
1835:—The like for Ten years immediately pre- 
ceding Ist May 1836 :—The like for Ten years im- 
mediately preceding 1st May 1837. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all Reports of Outrages made to the 
Inspector General of Police by the Constabulary 
Officers, during the late Elections for the County 
and Borough of Sligo. 


Sligo Elections. 


certain Alterations in the Duties of the Lord Or- Sessiow, se 
dinary, and in the establishment of Clerks and aanainiegs 
Officers of the Court of Session and Court of Com- N° 32. 
missioners for Teinds in Scotland, and to reduce the 

Fees payable in those Courts: And the same was 

read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 

time upon Friday next, and to be printed. 





The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to regulate Sheriff Courts 


ithe Constitution, Jurisdiction and Forms of Process (Scotland) Bill 
|of Sheriff Courts in Scotland: And the same was 
_vead the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 


| 


|time upon Friday next, and to be printed. 
The said Resolutions, being read a second time, | 


No. 33. 


Lord Worsley presented a Bill to amend an Act Common Fields 
of the thirteenth year of the reign of King George Improvement 
the Third, for the better Cultivation, Improvement 


—_ 


No, 34. 


and Commons of Pasture in this Kingdom: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Wednesday, the 20th day 
of this instant December, and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Greenwich Greenwich 
Hospital, which was presented upon Monday, the Hospitel. 
4th day of this instant December, be printed. No. 35. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Magis- Sligo 
trates of Sligo, which was presented upon Wed- Magistrates. 
nesday last, be printed. No, 36. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Police Police Force 
Force of Ireland, which was presented upon Wed- (eland.) 
nesday last, be printed. No. 37. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till after twelve of the clock on Wednesday 
| morning, adjourned till this day. 











| 
| 


Mercurti, 13° die Decembris ; 


Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1837. 


| 


PRAYERS, 
PETITION of William White and other per- 


sons interested in certain Wharfs and Water- 
| side premises situate at Westminster, abutting on the 
river Thames, praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Houses of Parliament Bill, was presented 
| and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel 
heard, 


Houses of Pare 
liament Bill. 














ler 


Chesterton 
Inclosure. 


Linton 
Inclosure. 


Swavesey 
Inclosure. 


Cambridge and 
Arrington 
Bridge Road. 


Exmouth 
Market, 


1 Victrortiz. 


heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Pe- 
tition. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That, in the 
case of the Petition for the Chesterton Inclosure Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Chesterton, in 
the County of Cambridge: And that Mr. Yorke and 
Mr. Townley do prepare, and bring it in. 

Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That, in the 
case of the Petition for the Linton Inclosure Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Linton, in the 
County of Cambridge: And that Mr. Townley and 
Mr. Eaton do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That, in the 
case of the Petition for the Swavesey Inclosure Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Swavesey, in 
the County of Cambridge: And that Mr. Townley 
and Mr. Yorke do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That, in the 
case of the Petition for the Cambridge and Arring- 
ton Bridge Road Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
for more effectually repairing the Road from the 
Town of Cambridge to the Old North Road near 
Arrington Bridge, in the County of Cambridge : 
And that Mr. Eaton and Mr. Townley do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Mr, Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That, in the 
case of the Petition for the Exmouth Market Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for regulating the Market in the Town of Exmouth, 


. in the County of Devon: And that Sir John Yarde 


Finsbury 
Small Debts, 


Brecon Market, 


Patents for 
loventions Bill. 


Buller and Mr. Montagu Parker do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That, in the 
case of the Petition for the Finsbury Small Debts 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small 
Debts within the Borough of Finsbury, in the 
County of Middlesex: And that Mr. Wakley and 
Mr. Thomas Duncombe do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That, in the 
case of the Petition for the Brecon Market Bill, 
the Standing Orders had not been complied with ; 
inasmuch as the Lists of Assents, Dissents and 
Neuters had not been deposited in the Private Bill 
Office. 


Ordered,. That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


The Order made upon the 29th’ day of November 
last, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend 
the Law of Patents, and to secure to Individuals the 
benefit of their Inventions, was read, and dis~- 
charged. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
for amending the Law and practice relating to Let- 

Vor. 93. 


13° Decembris. 





197 


ters Patent for Inventions: And that Mr. Mackin- 
non and Mr. Baines do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bil] Patterns and 
for the better Encouragement of the Arts and Ma~ ‘ventions Bill. 
nufactures, and securing to Individuals the benefit of 
their Inventions for a limited period: And that Mr. 

Mackinnon and Mr. Baines do prepare, and bring 
itn. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Fressingfield, praying Vote by Ballot. 
for the adoption of Vote by Ballot at Elections of 
Members to serve in Parliament, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. , 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Londonderry 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That, in the Bri4s* 
case of the Petition for the Londonderry Bridge Bill, 
the Standing Orders had not been complied with; 
inasmuch as the Notice of the intended application 
was not inserted for three successive weeks in the 
Dublin Gazette, in the months of October and No- 
vember, or either of them; but it appeared to the 
Committee that the Notice was inserted in the said 
Gazette in the last week in the month of November. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Richard Gaff, Esquire, Seneschal Manor Courts 
of the manor of Askeaton, in the barony of Lower ('eland.) 
Connelloe and county of Limerick, praying that in 
the event of the abolition of his Office, he may have 
such compensation as shall be equivalent to the loss 
he will thereby sustain, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Manor 
Courts (Ireland). 


A Petition of Printers, Booksellers and Publishers, Postage. 
praying for a uniform low rate of Postage on Letters, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Postage. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Law Comnis- 

a Return showing, in columns, the Sums expended *io” (Scvtlaud.) 
each year, respectively, by the Law Commission of 

Scotland since its commencement, and ending 1st 

June 1837; also the Sum Total; stating the Ex- 

penses of Commissioners, of Secretary, of Witnesses, 

of Printing and Transcribing ; distinguishing the 

Dates of Printing and Re-printing each Report, the 

Number of Reports made in each year; the Heads 

of Inquiry issued ; those unreported on at present, 

and the Reasons for not being reported on; also, 

the Number of times the Commissioners have met in 

each year, and the Number present at each Meeting. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Australia. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of any Correspondence and Docu- 
ments, showing the progress of measures taken for 
the advancement of Religion in 4ustralia, since the 
Dates of the Papers last laid on the Table. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this " wer as are 
of Her Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Petitions from Aughagour ;—and, Kilconly and Tithes 
Kilbannon; praying for the abolition of Tithes in '!™*) 
Ireland,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Recovery of | 
reading of the Recovery of umngiie Bill; Tenements Bill, 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day Six months.” 
cc3 And 





i 
H 
' 
} 


198 


And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—It wasresolved 
in Affirmative. 

. Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time ; and committed to a Select Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee be nominated To- 
morrow. 


Parliamentary 
Electors and 
Freemen Bill. 


The Parliamentary Ejectors and Freemen Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday, the 5th day of February next. 

Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Fictitious Votes 


The House was moved, That the Order made 
(Scotland.) 


vesterday, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
inquire how far the intentions of the Reform Act 
are defeated by the creating and registering Ficti- 
tious and Improper Votes in Scotland, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Horsman, 
Lord Stanley, the Lord Advocate, Sir William Rae, 
Mr. Walter Campbell, Sir Hugh Campbell, Mr. Robert 
Steuart, Lord Viscount Stormont, Mr. Divett, Mr. 
Bingham Baring, Mr. Edward Buller, Mr. George 
Hope, Lord James Stuart, Mr. Hope Johnstone, and 
Mr. Charles Buller ; with Power to send for persons, 
papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Queen's 
Message 
(Duchess of 
Kent's An- 


nnities,) 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to whom 
it was referred to consider of Her Majesty’s most 
gracious Message of Monday last, a Resolution 
which was read, as followeth ; 

Resolved, That Her Majesty be enabled to grant 
an additional yearly Sum, not exceeding Eight thou- 
sand pounds out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for 
a more adequate provision for her Royal Highness 
the Duchess of Kent. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Bernal, Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer, Lord John Russell, Lord Viscount 
Palmerston, Mr. Poulett Thomson, Sir John Hob- 
house, and Lord Viscount Howick do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Act 58 Geo. 3, 
c. 53, for enabling His Majesty to make further 
provision for his Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, 
and to settle an Annuity on the Princess of Leiningen 
m case she shall survive his said Royal Highness, 
might be read; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 6 Geo. 4, 

_ ¢. 72, to enable His Majesty to grant an Annual 
Sum to her Royal Highness Mary Louisa Victoria 
Duchess of Kent, for the purpose of enabling her 
said Royal Highness to provide for the Support and 
Education of her Highness the Princess Alexandrina 
a of Kent, might be read; and the same was 
read. 


13°—14° Decembris. 





The House was also moved, That the Act 1 and 2 
Will. 4, c. 20, to enable His Majesty to grant an, 
annual Sum to her Royal Highness Victoria Maria | 
Louisa Duchess of Kent, for a more adequate pro- | 
vision for her said Royal Highness and for the | 
honourable Support and Education of her Royal | 
Highness the Princess Alexandrina Victoria of | 
Kent, might be read ; and the same being read ; | 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Gentle- 
men who are appointed to prepare and bring in a 
Bill, pursuant to the Resolution which was this day | 
reported from the Committee to whom it was re- 








A. 1837. 


ferred to consider of Her Majesty’s most gracious 
Message of Monday last, and which Resolution was 
then agreed to by the House, That they have Power 
to amend and consolidate the said Acts. 


The Civil List Bill was, according to Order, read Civil List Biy, 
a second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for Friday next. 


(Manc 


Ordered, That leave be given to ——- in a Bill to Prisoners 
regulate the Expenses of conveying Prisoners in (Ieland) Bil, 
Ireland: And that Lord Viscount Morpeth and 
Mr. Attorney General for Jreland do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Fines and 
for the more effectual levying of Fines, Penalties (eleed) han 
and Forfeited Recognizances in Ireland: And that ‘ 
Mr. Attorney General for Ireland and Lord Viscount 
Morpeth do prepare, and bring it in. 


Pat, 
Nat. 


The House was moved, That the Act 54 Geo. 3, Payment of 
c. 170, to repeal certain provisions in Local Acts Rates Bill 
for the maintenance and regulation of the Poor, 
and to make other provisions in relation thereto, might 
be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the said Act, so far as relates to the dis- 
charging from the payment of Rates such Persons 
as are unable, through poverty, to pay the same: 

And that Mr. Pryme and Mr. Yates do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Sw: 
Inc 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill Duchess of | 
to enable Her Majesty to grant an Annual Sum to Kent’s Annuity 
Her Royal Highness Victoria Maria Louisa Duchess ~*~ 
of Kent: And the same was read the first time; 3% 
and ordered to be read a second time To-morrow ; 
and to be printed. 


Li 
Tn 


Mr. Attorney General for Ireland presented a Bill Fines aud 
for the more effectual levying of Fines, Penalties a 
and Forfeited Recognizances estreated in Ireland :4 a — 
And tlie same was read the first time; and ordered to No. 39. 
be read a second time To-morrow; and to be printed. 


— a ee 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


_ Jovis, 14° die Decembris ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1837. 





PRAYERS. 


R. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of East India 
the East India Company, was called in ; and ©°™?*"s: 
at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament, — Accounts respecting the 
Annual Territorial Revenues and Disbursements of 
the East India Company, for three years (1832-33, 
1833-34, 1834-35), according to the latest advices,— 
with an Estimate of the same for the succeeding year. 

List, No. 77, specifying the particulars of the 
Compensation proposed to be granted to the there- 
under-mentioned Person who belonged to the late 
Maritime Service of the East India Company ;- also 
to the widow and family of a Person who belonged 
to the same service, under an arrangement sanc- 
tioned by the Board of Commissioners for the 
Affairs of India, and laid before the Honourable the 
House of Commons on the 26th February 1835 :— 

And then he withdrew. 
. Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Tierney, from the Tax Office, was called in ; Assessed Taxes 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions (Scotland.) 
of an Act of Parliament,—Return of Copies of Cases 
stated and signed by the Commissioners acting in 
the execution of the Assessed Tax Acts, determined 
by the Judges in Scotland, since the date of a like 

Return 











Bill, 


Bill, 


nces 
Bill, 


ity 


es 


Marriages 
(Manchester.) 


Patry’s 
Nat, Bill. 


Swavesey 
Inclosure Bill. 


Linton 
Tnclosure Bill, 


Chesterton 
Inclosure Bill, 


Cambridge 

and Arrington 
Bridge Road 
Bill, 


Towcester and i 
Hardingston 
Road. 


Bratton 
Fleming 


Inclosure. 


Margate 
Tmprovement, 


1 Vicrortz. 


Return made in the last Session of Parliament :— 
And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Brotherton presented, pursuant to Order,— 
A Return of the Number of Publications of the 
Banns of Matrimony in the Collegiate Church of 
Manchester during the year 1821, with the Amount 
of Fees in each case when the Marriage was not 
afterwards solemnized, the Number of Marriages 
by Banns solemnized during the same year, with a 
Statement of Fees allotted in each case to the Chap- 
lains, Clerks and Choristers. 

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


Mr. Divett reported, from the Committee on the 
Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for natural- 
izing James Patry; That they had examined the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true, and had gone through the Bill, and directed 
him to report same without any Amendment :—And 
the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Divett do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without any Amendment. 


Mr. Townley presented a Bill for inclosing Lands 
in the Parish of Swavesey, in the County of Cam- 
bridge: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Townley presented a Bill for inclosing Lands 
in the Parish of Linton, in the County of Cambridge : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Yorke presented a Bill for inclosing Lands in 
the Parish of Chesterton, in the County of Cam- 
bridge: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Yorke presented a Bill for more effectually 
repairing the Road from the Town of Cambridge to 
the Old North Road near Arrington Bridge, in the 
County of Cambridge: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts for 
repairing the Road leading from Towcester to the 
Turnpike Road, in Cotton End, in the Parish of 
Hardingston, in the County of Northampton, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for continuing the term and 








enlarging the powers of the said Acts, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Bratton Fleming Inclosure Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Bratton Fleming, 
in the County of Devon: And that Viscount Ebring- 
ton and Sir Thomas Acland do prepare, and bring 
if m. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Margate Improvement Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for more effectually paving, cleansing, lighting, 
watching and otherwise improving the town of Mar- 
gate, in the County of Kent, and for regulating the 
Police of the said Town; And that Sir Edward 
Knatchbull and Mr. Plumptre do prepare, and 


bring it in. 





Vox. 93. 


14° Decembris. 199 


Mr. Divett reported, from the Committee on the Meugens 
Bill from the Lords, intituled, an Act for natural- Nat. Bill. 
izing Peter Joseph Meugens; That they had ex- 
amined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true, and had gone through the Bill, 
and directed him to report the same without any 
Amendment :—And the Bill was read the third 
time. 

Ordered, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Divett do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without any Amendment. 


A Petition of Proprietors of Shares im an Under- Necropolis 
taking for the formation of a Cemetery, by the Cemetery. 
name of the Necropolis Cemetery Company, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for enabling the Petitioners 
to make and maintain a Cemetery on that portion 
of the Southampton property, in the parish of Saint 
Pancras, in the county of Middlesex, known by the 
name of the Haverstock Hill Estate, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders and other In- Ennis Market. 
habitants of Ennis, praying that the Patent granted 
to the late Earl of Egremont for holding a Market 
in that town, may be rescinded, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Wisbech, praying Municipal 
that Justices of Boroughs in England mn Gles Corporations 
(not having a separate Court of Quarter Sessions), 4“ 

may be invested with the same authority and powers, 

at the Court of Quarter Sessions, as the Justices 

for the county in which such Boroughs are situate ; 

and that the provisions of the Municipal Corpora- 

tions Act, limiting the powers of Borough Magis- 

trates in this behalf, may be repealed, was presented, 

and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Claimants for Losses;—and, Mer- Danish Clams. 
chants, Ship-owners and others; praying the House 
to appoint a Committee to investigate the Claims of 
the Witineses for Losses sustained by the seizure of 
their Ships and Goods in Denmark and in the 
Baltic, in the year 1807—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Worcester, pray- Private Bill 
ing that all Private Bills belonging to the class of Fees. 
what are called “ Improvement Bills,’ may be ex- 
empted from the payment of House Fees and Office 
Fees, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Yeomanry 
Return of the Number of Troops, or Corps or Regi- Corps. 
ments of effective Yeomanry of Great Britain and 
Treland, according to the last Muster-roll ; stating 
the date of that Muster, and distinguishing the 
Number of Officers and Men in each Corps or Regi- 
ment, and the Expense of each Corps in 1836; 
showing the manner in which the Sums voted for 
Great Britain and Ireland in that year were ex- 
pended. 


A Petition of Householders of Saint Pancras, sewers, 
praying the House to pass an Act for the better 
regulation of Sewers, in which the Ratepayers may 
be permitted to choose the Cammissioners annually 
in their several Divisions, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy, Gentry, Freeholders and Vote by Ballot, 
others, of Easingwold, praying for the adoption of &amp;- 
Vote by Ballot and an extension of the Elective 
Franchise, and that the duration of Parliaments 
may be shortened, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 
cc4 Mr. 


; 
t 
na 
} 


sepia SHANE in we Rate 


6s te eho go 








200 


Caledonian Mr. Loch presented, pursuant to the directions of | 
Canal. an Act of Parliament,—The Thirty-second Report of | 
the Commissioners for the Caledonian Canal, 1837. | 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the | 

Table. | 

Post Office. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 


Returns of the Names and Situations of all Persons | 
dismissed or removed from the Post Office Depart- | 
ment, under the allegaton of having purloined or | 
secreted Letters, franked or unfranked, or been con- 
cerned therein, containing Money, Bills, Bank 
Notes or other property belonging to private fami- 
lies, with the Amount in each instance:—also, a 
Return of all Persons who have actually defrauded 
the Revenue Department of the Post Office, and 
been dismissed therefor; stating, in either case, if 
the first offence was visited with removal or dis- 
missal, or if repeated previous thereto :—also, the 
nature of the security taken by the Post Office re- 
garding the abstracting or purloining Monies or 
other property by those employed therein; stating, 
if the parties becoming sureties are bound to make 
good and restore private property, when abstracted 
or purloined by the servants of the public in that 
Department, or only for their fraudulent acts against 
the Revenue. 





Fishguard 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners and Members 
Harbour Act, 


of the Chamber of Commerce of Belfast, praying for 
the repeal of the Clauses in the Fishguard Harbour 
Act, imposing a passing Toll, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Fictitious Votes 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Coun- 
(Scotland. ) 


cillors of the Royal Burgh of Peebles, complaining 
of the practice of creating and registering Fictitious 
Votes in Scotland, and praying the House to take 
the subject into their immediate consideration, and 
by the extinction of life-rent qualifications (except 
when acquired by succession), the enforcement of 
residence, or by other means, to afford the Petitioners 
relief, and secure to the people of Peebleshire the 
benefit of a local representation, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Fic- 
titious Votes (Scotland). 


Bishoprick of Petitions from the Deanery of Bamburgh and Aln- 


14° Decembris. 





A. 1837. 


the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 
And then the Messengers withdrew. 


The Juries at Quarter Sessions Bill was read the Juries a: 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time Sessions Bil. 
upon Saturday next ; and to be printed. No. 40, 


The House was moved, That the Act 4 and 5 Will. 4, Fines and 
c. 92, for the abolition of Fines and Recoveries, and aoe 
for the substitution of more simple modes of Assu- “*!™"4:) 
rance in Ireland, might be read ; and the same being 
read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend 
the said Act, and assimilate the Law in Jreland to 
the Statute Law in England ; 

And Notice being taken that the interests of the 
Crown were concerned; and Her Majesty’s Re- 
commendation not having been signified thereto :— 
The said Motion was withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- 
jesty, praying that Her Majesty will be graciously 
pleased to make such additions to the Royal Navy 
as the vindication of the National Honour, and the 
protection of the National Interests, under the pre- 
sent circumstances of Europe, may require ; assuring 
Her Majesty, at the same time, that this House will 
cheerfully make good the necessary expenses which 
may be incurred :—It passed in the Negative. 


Royal Navy. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Russia. 
That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- 
jesty, praying that She will be graciously pleased 

to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of all Communications which have 
taken place between Her Majesty and the Russian 
Government, respecting the Naval Armament at 
Cronstadt, the War between Russia and Circassia, 

the affair of the Vixen, and the Treaty of Unkiar 
Skelessi :—It passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Municipal 
settle the Municipal Boundaries of Cities and Bo- aaa 
roughs in England and Wales: And that Mr. Ver-~"" 
non Smith, Lord John Russell, and Mr. Shaw Lefevre, 
do prepare, and bring it in. 





— and wick ;—and, the Deaneries of Ripon and Borough- 
, bridge; praying that the Bishoprick of Sodor and 
Mann may not be annexed to the See of Carlisle,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 
: ‘hurch Ordered, That the Church Property (Jreland) Bill 
-roperly “7 
(Ireland) Bill, P&amp; Printed. 
No. 41. 


Grand Jury 
Presentments 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Grand Jury Presentments 
(Ireland) Bill be printed. 


No. 42. 
tines Ordered, That the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) 
Fisheries Bill be printed. 
(Scotland) Bill. 

No. 43. 


Custody of Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 

Children Bill, provide for the access of Parents living apart from 
each other to Children of tender Age: And that 
Mr. Serjeant Ta/fourd and Mr. Leader do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Copyright Bill. 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Law of Copyright: And that Mr. Serjeant | 
Talfourd, Lord Viscount Mahon, Sir Robert Harry | 
Inglis, and Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, do | 
prepare, and bring it in. 
| 

A Message from the Lords, by Mr. oupel/ and | 
Mr. Brougham : ‘ | 

Mr. Speaker, | 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act | 

to remove Doubts as to summoning Juries at ad- | 


journed Quarter Sessions of the Peace; to which | 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Juries at 
Sessions Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Spirit Licenses 
amend the Law relating to the granting of Spirit (Scotland) Bit! 
Licenses in Scotland: And that Mr. Dennistoun 
and Mr. Chalmers do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That Lord Viscount Howick be dis- Metropolis 
charged from any further attendance on the Select Felice Ofiees. 
Committee on Metropolis Police Offices. 

Ordered, That Mr. Acland be added to the Com- 


mittee. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Thomas Gree. 

posed, That there be laid before this House, a Copy 
of the Correspondence between Mr. Thomas Green 
and the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Treasury, respecting the Claim of the said Thomas 
Green, in payment of services to the Deptford and 
Dover Railway Committee :—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Bodmin 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed Election. 
upon Thursday last, “ That the Petitioner, in the 
case of the Bodmin Election, be permitted to sub- 
stitute the name of Thomas Meyrick Feild, Esquire, 
Albion-street, Hyde Park, as a surety, instead of 
the name of Edward Harrison :’—The House re- 
sumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being again proposed ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 

the 





Bill, 


id 
IES 


Ces. 


Duchess of 
hent’s Aunuity 
Bill. 


Fines and 
Recognizances 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Pontefract 
Election. 


1 Vicrortiz. 


the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ the time allowed for entering into Recognizance 
“ by Mr. Harrison, one of the suretiesin the case 
“ of the Bodmin Election Petition, be enlarged for 
“ the period of Thirty days ;” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Debate be adjourned till Monday next :— 
It passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—And a Debate arising thereupon. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Debate be adjourned till Tuesday next ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, _ —— " } 26. 
Mr. Robert Steuart, 77 
Lord Seymour : ' 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


Tellers for the { Mr. Robert Steuart, Yes 
Yeas, \ Lord Seymour : J we 
Tellers for the { Sir Thomas Fremantle, 39 
Noes, L Mr. Maclean: | ae 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That the Petitioner, in the case of the 
Bodmin Election, be permitted to substitute the 
name of Thomas Meyrick Feild, Esquire, Albion- 
street, Hyde Park, as a surety, instead of the name 
of Edward Harrison. 


_ The Duchess of Kené’s Annuity Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The Fines and Recognizances (Jreland) Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Thurs- 
day next. 


A Petition of Henry Gompertz, of No.3, Portland 
Place, Southwark, in the county of Surrey, an, 
was presented, and read ; setting forth, That the Peti- 
tioner hath duly presented his Petition to the House, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return of 
William Massey Stanley, Esquire, for the Borough 
of Pontefract in the County of York, at the last 
Election, and at which Election the Petitioner was 
a Candidate; that the Petitioner’s sureties attended 
this day before the Examiners, but owing to an im- 
perfect description in the affidavit of sufficiency of 
William Procter, who was proposed as a surety, the 
affidavit of the said William Procter was rejected ; 
that the imperfectness consisted in the description 
of the said William Procter, who was described as 
a gentleman, of 9, South Bank, Regent’s Park, 
where he has resided for nine years, and still resides, 
as a private individual, not carrying on any trade or 
business whatsoever there, whereas it appears he 
should have been described as being in trade or 
business, which he carries on in Exeter-street, Strand; 
and the Petitioner further sheweth, that no opposi- 
tion was or could be offered to his sufficiency to be- 
come such surety, the said William Procter being a 
person of ample and large fortune; and praying 
that time may be given him until To-morrow, and 
that the said William Procter may be at liberty to 
make a fresh affidavit of sufficiency, by setting 
forth an amended description of his the said William 
Procter’s trade and business. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into con- 
sideration To-morrow. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 

Vox. 93. 


14° Decembris. 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Foreign Corn, 


201 


Account of the total Quantity of Foreign Corn, &amp;«. 
Grain, Meal, Flour or other ground Corn, Rape 
Seed, Hemp Seed and Tares (in half-yearly Re- 
turns), imported in the Port of London, from 5th 
January 1836 to 5th July 1837 ; the Total Quantities 
upon which Duty has been paid, with the Amount of 
Duty, and the Amount of Abatement (if any) made 
by Her Majesty’s Customs upon such Corn, Grain, 
&amp;e., stated to be damaged by heat or otherwise. 


Returns of the Number and Names of Places licensed 
for the celebration of Marriage under the provisions 
of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 85; and of the Num- 
ber of Marriages celebrated other than according to 
the rites and ceremonies of the Established Church, 
unde ie provisions of the said Act; specifying the 
Places, Parishes or Districts wherein the same may 
have been celebrated, and the Number in each Place, 
Parish or District, respectively ; distinguishing those 
which have been AB in the office of the 
Superintendent Registrars ; also distinguishing where 
the same may have been celebrated by License, or 
on preduction of Certificate; and further, stating 
the Number of Licenses issued, and Certificates 
granted by the Superintendent Registrars in England 
and Wales; the said Returns to be made up from 
30th June 1837 to 31st December 1837 :—and, of the 
Number of Marriages celebrated according to the 
rites and ceremonies of the Established Church, 
within the Bills of Mortality, between 30th June 
1837 and 31st December 1837, distinguishing whe- 
ther the same were celebrated after publication by 
Banns, or on production of License. 


Office, from the Board of Ordnance, from the Secre- 
taries of State for the Hoine, for the Foreign, and 
for the Colonial Departments, from the Signet Office, 
from the Privy Seal Office, from the Treasury, from 
the Colonial Registry Office, from the Office of the 
Comptroller General of the Exchequer, from the 
Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Office, the King’s 
Remembrancer’s Office ; stating how far the whole, 
or what part, of the recommendations of the Com- 
mittee appointed by the Lords of the Treasury in 
1836 (see Parliamentary Papers, Nos. 162 and 277, 
of 1837), as to the abolition of Fees in these several 
Offices, have been attended to and carried into effect ; 
stating, where the abolition or modification of the 
Fees have not been made, the reasons for not having 
abolished or modified the same:—Also, Copy of 
any Minutes of the Treasury respecting the aboli 

tion of Fees in the Stamps and Taxes, Customs, 
Excise, and the Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, 
and Works and Buildings, in furtherance of the re- 
commendations of the &gt; aceite Committee. 


mittee appointed on the Laws relating to the deter- 
mination of the Right of Voting, and the Trial of 
Controverted Elections, be reprinted. 


a Return of the Number and Names of Persons 
summoned for offences against the Factory Act, 
between Ist January 1837 and 1st January 1838 ; 
specifying the Date of the Conviction or Hearing, 
the Place of Hearing, by whom each Conviction was 
made, the Place in which the Offence was com- 
mitted, the precise Nature of the Offence in each 
case, and the manner in which the Penalties and 
Costs were appropriated. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
Returns of the Number of Diets held by the High 
Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh during the years 
1833, 1834, 1835 and 1836:—of the Number of 





Trials which took place before the said High Court 
DD + during 


vV 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Marriages. 


Ordered, That. there be laid before this House, Fees (Public 
Returns from the Admiralty Board, from the War Offices.) 


Ordered, That the Report which, upon the 27th Controverted 
day of July 1836, was made from the Select Com- Elections. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Factory Act. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented yigh Cout of 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously — Justiciary 
ouse, (Scotland.) 








Standing 
Orders ; 


Brecon Market. 


Londonderry 
Bridge, Xc. 


Dudley 
Election. 





202 14°—15° Decembris. A. 1837. 


during these years ; showing in how many the plea 
of Guilty and Not Guilty was recorded respectively ; 
—and of the Number of Diets held by the Judges 
of the said Court at the various Circuits during 
these years, and of the Number of Trials which took 
place, and in how many the Plea of Guilty and Not 
Guilty was recorded respectively ; also, the Number 
of Civil Causes tried by the said Court at each Cir- 
cuit Town respectively. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Mr. Speaker having, in pursuance of the Act 
24 Geo. 3, c. 26, made his appointment of 
Members of the House of Commons, for the 
issuing Warrants to the Clerk of the Crown, 
in the cases therein mentioned, the same is 
here entered in pursuance of the directions of 
the said Act; and is as followeth ; 


IN pursuance of the directions of an Act passed 
in the 24th year of the reign of his Majesty King 
George the Third, intituled, “ An Act to repeal so 
much of two Acts made in the tenth and fifteenth 
years of the reign of his present Majesty, as au- 
thorizes the Speaker of the House of Commons to 
issue his Warrants to the Clerk of the Crown for 
making out Writs for the Election of Members to 
serve in Parliament, in the manner therein men- 
tioned, and for substituting other provisions for the 
like purposes.” 

I do hereby nominate and appoint Ralph Bernal 
Esquire, Henry Warburton, Esquire, John Nicholas 
Fazakerley, Esquire, John Wilson Patten, Esquire, 
Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle, Baronet, and Wil- 
liam Ord, Esquire, being Members of the House of 
Commons, or any one or more of them, to issue 
Warrants to the Clerk of the Crown, in cases in the 
said Act specified. 

Given under my hand and seal the 14th day of 
December 1837. 

J. ABERCROMBY, 


Speaker. (L. 8.) 
To the Clerk in the Journal Office. 





and Maria Frances Evans Meryweather, of the same 
place, Spinster, as his sureties ; that the said Mon- 
tague John Meryweather is the brother of the Peti- 
tioner; that, about seven years ago, the said Mon- 
tague John Meryweather obtained His Majesty’s 
most gracious license to take the name of Turner ; 
that the said Montague John Meryweather has al- 
ways, since that period, used the name of Mery- 
weather only, and by that name has been usually 
known ; that the said Montague John Meryweather 
is a Captain in the Royal South Gloucestershire 
regiment of Militia; that he has, upon receiving 
his commission of Ensign, Lieutenant and Captain, 
respectively, been gazetted as Montague John: Mery- 
weather, and that he has engraved upon his visiting 
cards Captain Montague Meryweather; that the 
Petitioner never knew the said Montague John 
Meryweather ever use the name of Turner on more 
than two or three occasions, which were in giving 
receipts for money drawn out of the High Court of 
Chancery, and that he is not usually known by any 
other name than Montague John Meryweather ; 
that the Petitioner gave in the name of Montague 
John Meryweather as the name by which his said 
brother was usually known, and under which in- 
quiries concerning him might more easily and satis- 
factorily be made ; that the Master in Chancery, to 
whom the inquiries into the sufficiency of the said 
sureties was referred, would not allow the said 
surety of the said Montague John Meryweather, 
because the application was signed Montague Mery- 
weather Turner; and praying the House to take 
these matters into its consideration, and grant the 
Petitioner further time for amending and entering 
into his sureties, or to give the Petitioner such other 
remedy as may to the House seem fit. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Cambridge, praying Local Courts 
for the establishment of Local Courts for the Re- 
covery of Small Debts, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Education 
Return of the Total Amount of Money, and of the (1reland.) 
value of other Aids, actually issued by the Board of 





Veneris, 15° die Decembris ; 


Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1837. 
PRAYERS. 


ORD Viscount Ebrington reported from the 

Select Committee on Standing Orders relative 
to Private Bills, several Resolutions, which were 
read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for 
the Brecon Market Bill, the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill, on depositing forthwith in 
the Private Bill Office, the Lists of Assents, Dis- 
sents and Neuters; and that the Committee on the 
Bill do examine, in the first place, how far such 
Order has been complied with, and do report the 
same to the House on the Report of the Bill. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for 
the Londonderry Bridge, &amp;c., Bill, the Parties be 
permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


A Petition of William Meryweather Turner, of 
Overbury Court, in the county of Worcester, Es- 
: og was presented, and read ; setting forth, That 
the Petitioner is a Petitioner complaining of the 
undue Election and Return of Thomas Hawhes, 
Esquire, forthe Borough of Dudley; that the Peti- 
tioner was required, on presenting his Petition, to 
give, according to the forms of the House, the names 
of two sureties to enter into Recognizances with 
the Petitioner ; that the Petitioner accordingly gave 
in at the Recognizance Office the names of Monta- 
gue John Meryweather, of Overbury Court, Esquire, 





National Education to the several Schools in Jre- 
land, from the establishment of said Board to 15th 
December 1837 ; specifying the Province and County \ 
in which such Schools are situated, and distinguish- —_/ 
ing what Amount of Money or Value has beenissued —_/ 
for building, for fitting up, for Libraries, and other 
Aids:—and a similar - seed of all Money and 
other Aids granted, but not actually issued, to 
Schools, from the establishment of the Board to 
15th December 1837 ; distinguishing them as here- 
inbefore mentioned. = — 


APetition of Merchants, Bankers and other Inha- Postage. 
bitants of Wolverhampton, praying for the establish- 
ment of a uniform low rate of Postage on Letters, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Postage. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Wrentham, praying Vote by Ballot. 
for the adoption of Vote by Ballot at Elections of 
Members to serve in Parliament, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Ten- Ratingol 
dring Union, praying that the Rating of Tenements Teve™*™ 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Samuel Robinson, of Denbigh, in Denbigh Bo- 
the county of Denbigh, Labourer, and John Salus- eee 
bury, of the same place, Wheelwright, Electors of 
the Borough of Denbigh, in the county of Denbigh, 
was delivered in, and read; setting forth, That the 
Petitioners were, at the last Election of a Member 
to serve in Parliament for the said Borough of Den- 
bigh, and still are, electors of the said Borough of 

Denbigh, 





Pablic 
Petitions, 


Glasgow 


Poor Rates, 


Tonides’ 
Nat. Bill, 


Merchant 
Shipping. 





1 Vicroriz. 


Denbigh, and claim to have had a right to vote, and 
did vote, at the said last Election; that at the said 
Election Wilson Jones, Esquire, and Thomas Myd- 
dleton Biddulph, Esquire, were Candidates to repre- 
sent the said Borough; and that at the said Elec- 
tion divers persons claiming to be Electors of and 
for the said Borough, and to be entitled to vote at 
such Election, but who had no legal title to vote. 
and whose claims had been legally objected to be- 
fore the Barrister, at the revision of the lists of per- 
sons entitled to vote for the said Borough at the 
said Election, immediately preceding such Election, 
and divers other persons who had no legal title to 
vote, were allowed to vote for the said Thomas Myd- 
dleton Biddulph; and the Petitioners further show 
to the House, that at the said Election the said 
Wilson Jones had a legal majority of votes over the 
said Thomas Myddleton Biddulph, and was duly re- 
turned to serve in Parliament for the said Borough; 
but the Petitioners have been informed and believe, 
that a Petition hath been presented to the House 
by certain persons named Richard Roberts and 
James Ellis, both of the Borough of Denbigh, and 
claiming to be Electors of the said Borough, com- 
plaining of the Return of the said Wilson Jones, and 
representing to the House that the said Election 
was null and void, and also that certain persons 
claiming to be Electors of the said Borough, but 
having no legal title to vote, had been allowed to 
vote therein for the said Wilson Jones, and that by 
means thereof the said Wilson Jones obtained a co- 
lourable majority, but that the said Thomas Myd- 
delton Biddulph had a legal majority at the said 
Election over the said Welson Jones, and ought to 
have been returned ; and praying that they may be 
admitted as Parties to defend the Return of the said 
Wilson Jones, and to oppose the prayer of the Pe- 
tition of the said Richard Roberts and James Ellis, 
and to contest the several allegations contained 
therein, and to show that the said Wilson Jones was 
duly returned to serve in Parliament for the said 
Borough of Denbigh, and that the said Thomas 
Myddleton Biddulph had not a legal majority of 
votes at the said Election, and ought not to have 
been returned to serve in Parliament for the said 
Borough. 

The House was moved, That the 10th section of 
the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 22, “ to consolidate and amend 
the Laws relating to the Trial of Controverted Elec- 
tions, or Returns of Members to serve in Parlia- 
ment,” might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Petitioners be admitted Par- 
ties, pursuant to the prayer of the said Petition. 


Mr. Yates reported from the Select Committee on 
Public Petitions ; That they had examined the Peti- 
tions presented on the 11th and 12th days of this 
instant December, and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

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


A Petition of the Magistrates and Common Coun- 
cil of the City of Glasgow, for leave to bring in a 
Bill to alter, explain, amend and render more equit- 
able the mode of assessment hitherto in operation 
for the Maintenance of the Poor, within the ancient 
and extended Royalty of the City of Glasgow, was 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Tonides’ Naturalization Bill was read a second 
time; and committed to Colonel Evans and the 
Middlesex List. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit 
and proceed upon Monday next. 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners, Under- 
writers, and others, praying the House to take into 
consideration the propriety of establishing Boards 
in the large Sea-ports of the Kingdom, for the exa- 
mination of all Masters before being intrusted with 

Vox. 93. 


15° Decembris. 





203 


the command of Merchant Vessels, as to their pro- 
ficiency in Navigation and Seamanship, and their 
knowledge of the other important duties devolving 
upon them, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Cheltenham and Great Western Cheltenhamand 
Union Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Great Western 
Bill for altering the line of the said Railway, and “5 
amending the Act relating thereto, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Thames Im- 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in nent 
the case of the Petition for the Thames Improve- Drainage Ma- 
ment Company and Drainage Manure Association nure Associa- 
Bill, the application does not come within any of “°™ 
the Standing Orders requiring Notices. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
incorporate a Company by the name of the Thames 
Improvement Company and Drainage Manure As- 
sociation: And that the Earl of Euston and Mr. 
Wilberforce do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Ashby-de-la- 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in ow Saull 
the case of the Petition for the Ashby-de-la-Zouch “’™ 
Small Debts Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small 
Debts within the Town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and 
other places in the Counties of Leicester, Derby, 
Warwick and Stafford: And that Mr. Packe and 
Mr. Dugdale do prepare, and bring it in. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill for the Prisoners 
Conveyance of Prisoners in Ireland: And the same (Ireland) Bill. 
was read the first time; and ordered to be reada No, 45. 
second time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a French Claims. 

Return of the Amount of Funds remaining in the 
hands of Her Majesty's Government, which were 
obtained under the Convention with France of the 
20th November 1815 and the 25th April 1818, for 
the Liquidation of the Claims of British Subjects 
and others on the French Government; together 
with a Statement of the Nature and Amount of the 
outstanding demands on the said Funds recognized 
by the Treasury. 


A Petition of the President, Vice-President and Distress. 
Directors of the Chamber of Commerce and Manu- 
factures at Manchester, praying the House to insti- 
tute an Inquiry into the present distressed state of 
the Manufacturing and Commercial Interests, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Zondon Mecha- Public 
nics Institution, praying the House to secure to the Buildings. 
Public free access to every Collection of Works of 
Art, Historical Illustrations and Monuments, was pre- 
sented and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of Evidence taken Fictitious Votes 
before the Select Committee appointed in the last (Seotland.) 
Session of Parliament to inquire how far the inten- 
tions of the Keform Act ate defeated by the creating 
and registering of fictitious and improper Votes in 
the Counties of Scotland, be referred to the Select 
Committee on the same subject in the present 
Session. 


A Petition of Members of the Moulsham and Pensions. 
Chelsford Operative Reform Association, praying 
the House to institute an immediate Inquiry into 
the Pension List, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Edward John Stanley reported from the Select Houses of Par- 
Committee on the Houses of Parliament Bill, and to ment Bill, 
whom several Petitions against the said ‘Bill were re- 
ferred; That the Committee had considered the said 

pp2+ etitions, 





| 
| 


Bodmin 
Election. 


Civil List Bill. 


204 15°—16° Decembris. 


Petitions, and had heard Counsel in support of two 
of them, and had also heard counsel in favour of the 
Bill; and had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House for To-morrow. 


Ordered, That Curteret John William Ellis, Es- 
quire, the Petitioner against the Election and Re- 
turn for the Borough of Bodmin, in the County of 
Cornwall, be allowed until Saturday, the 23d day 
of this instant December inclusive, to complete the 
Recognizance of Thomas Meyrick Feild, Esquire. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Order of the day for the Committee 
on the Civil List Bill, be now read ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ Committee on 
“ the Civil List Bill,” in order to insert the words 
“ Nomination of the Select Committee on Pensions,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
osed to be left out stand part of the Question :— 
t was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the Com- 
mittee on the Civil List Bill, be now read ; and the 
same being read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That it be an Instruction to the Committee 
on the Bill, that they have Power to make provision 
for the protection of the right of Parliament to in- 
quire into and to appropriate the Revenues of the 
Duchy of Cornwall and the Duchy of Lancaster 
respectively. 

And it appearing that the Revenues of the Duchy 
of Lancaster or Duchy of Cornwall, had not been 
placed by the Crown at the disposal of Parliament, 
objection was taken to the Question being enter- 
tained by the House without the Recommendation 
of the Crown, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer 
having declined to give Her Majesty’s Recommen- 
dation :—The said Motion was withdrawn. 

The House was moved, That the second Resolu- 
tion of the House, of the 24th day of November last, 
relative to Public Busimess, might be read ; and the 
same was read, as followeth ; 

“* Resolved, That upon days'appropriated to Or- 
ders, and a Question being put from the Chair, that 
any Order of the day be read, no Amendment shall 
be proposed, except that the other Orders of the day, 
or that any Order set down for the same day, be 
now read ; but that this regulation shall not apply 
to the case of a Committee of Supply, or of a Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means.” 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words, 
“ this House will, upon Monday next, resolve itself 
“ into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out, stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, — co } 184. 


Tellers for the Noes, aq — } 52. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°, to be read 2°, paragraph by paragraph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Cuiausegs, N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 

Crausg, N° 3, (The clear yearly sum of Three 





time for establishing the sufficiency of his sureties, 


A. 1837. 


hundred and eighty-five thousand pounds to be paid 
out of the Consolidated Fund for the support of 
Her Majesty’s household, and of the Honour and 
Dignity of the Crown) read. 

Motion made, and Question, That the blank in 
P. 4. 1. 34. be filled up with Three hundred and 
eighty-five thousand pounds. 

Amendment proposed, “ That the blank be filled 
up with Three hundred and thirty-five thousand 
“ pounds.” 
Question put, That the blank be filled up with 
Three hundred and thirty-five thousand pounds ; 
The Committee divided : 





“cc 


Tellers for the f Mr. Hume, 19 
Yeas, Mr. Grote: \ : 

Tellers for the § Mr. Baring, 199 
Noes, Mr. Edward John Stanley: } P 


Another Amendment proposed, and Question put, 
“ That the blank be filled up with Three ad 
“ and seventy-five thousand pounds ;” 

The Committee divided : 


J Mr. Hawes, 7 
Tellers for the Yeas, | Mc Guleme: I 41. 


Tellers for the Noes, am wa aggeatain 173. 


Original Question, That the blank be filled up 
with Three hundred and eighty-five thousand pounds 
put, and agreed to. 


The remaining Clauses amended, and agreed to. 
Schedule agreed to. 

Preamble read, aud agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 








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


Sabbati, 16° die Decembris, 1837: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Manicipai 
reading of the ee Corporations (Zre/and) Bill ; Corporations 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon ‘el = 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Poor Relief 
reading of the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for nominating Pensions. 
the Select Committee on Pensions ; 

Ordered, That the Committee be nominated upon 
Monday next. 


The Slave Compensation Bill was, according to Slave Compen- 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Com- sation Bill 
mittee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Court of Session, &amp;c., (Scotland) Bill was, Court of 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- — ay bil 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for SU"? ™'’ 
Friday, the 2d day of February next. 


The Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill was, accord- Sheriff Courts 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed (S!a"4) - 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Friday, 
the 2d day of February next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Duchess of 
mittee on the Duchess of Kent’s Annuity Bill ; ag — 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Pontefract 
consideration the Petition of Henry Gompertz, Election. 
Esquire, which was presented yesterday, for further 


in 





aa ee 








Portarlington 
Election, 


$ 
ill, 


London Elec- 


ton, 


en- 
Captain Mit- 
chell’s Missions 
yill. 


ts 
sill. 


Colonial and 
Australasian 
Banking Com- 
panies, 


uity 


Slave Compen- 
sation Bill, 


1 VictortrZ. 


in the case of the Petition, complaining of an undue | 
Election and Return for the Borough of Pontefract : 

—The House proceeded to take the said Petition into 
consideration ; and the same was again read. 

And the House being informed that Richard 
Bartholomew Mosse, Parliamentary Agent, attended 
at the door, he was called in, and at the bar ex- 
amined upon oath in relation thereto :—And then he 
was directed to withdraw. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That William Procter be at liberty to make 
a fresh affidavit of sufficiency, by setting forth an 
amended description of his the said William Procter’s 
trade and business :—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the time for entering into the 
Recognizance in the case of the Pontefract Election 
Petition be enlarged till Tuesday, the 26th day of 
this instant December. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after two of the 


15°—16° Decembris. 





clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 








Sabbati, 16° die Decembris ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1837. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Speaker acquainted the House, that John 

Kelly, and the other Electors who petitioned 
this House upon the 1st day of this instant Decem- 
ber, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the Borough of Portarlington, had not entered 
into a Recognizance in respect of such Petition, 
according to the directions of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 22, 
“‘ to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the 
Trial of Controverted Elections, or Returns of Mem- 
bers to serve in Parliament.” 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 6th day 
of this instant December, for taking the said Pe- 
tition into consideration upon Thursday, the 29th 
day of March next, be discharged. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, that 
John Sharp and the other Electors who petitioned 
this House upon the 1st day of this instant December, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the City of London, had not entered into a Recog- 
nizance in respect cf such Petition, according to the 
directions of the said Act. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 6th dav 
of this instant December, for taking the said Petition 
into consideration upon Tuesday, the 27th day of 
February next, be discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Expense of Captain Mitchell’s Mission 
tothe Peninsula; distinguishing the contingent Ex- 
penses of the Mission, and how many Maps and 
Plans were prepared by him, and of what districts, 
Places or Battles ; also where those Plans and Maps 
are now deposited. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Charters granted to Colonial 
and Australasian Banking Companies. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Slave Compensation 
Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 








Vou. 93. 


205 


Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Civil List Bill; and the Civil List Bil. 


Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Duchess of 


mittee on the Duchess of Kent’s Annuity Bill ; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 2" 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House was moved, That Her Majesty’s most Duchess of 


gracious Message to this House of Monday last, os 
might be read ; and the same was read, as followeth : 


“ VICTORIA R. 


Her Majesty taking into consideration the Pro- 
vision made by Law for the support of Her Royal 
Highness the Duchess of Kent, Her Majesty’s be- 
loved Mother, recommends this subject to the care 
of Her faithful Commons, with full confidence in 
their readiness to adopt such measures as Her Royal 
Highness’s rank and station, and increased proximity 
to the Throne, may seem to require. 

Ye 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve into a Committee, to consider further of the 
said Message. 


The House was moved, That the Act 58 Geo. 3, 
c. 53, for enabling His Majesty to make further pro- 
vision for His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, 
and to settle an Annuity on the Princess of Leiningen, 
in case she shall survive his said Royal Highness, 
might be read ; and the same was read. 


The House was also moved, That the Act6 Geo. 4, 
c. 72, to enable His Majesty to grant an Annual Sum 
to Her Royal Highness Mary Louisa Victoria, Duchess 
of Kent, for the purpose of enabling Her said Royal 
Highness to provide for the support and education 
of Her Highness the Princess Alevandrina Victoria 
of Kent, might be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 1 and 2 
Will. 4, c. 20, to enable His Majesty to grant an 
Annual Sum to Her Royal Highness Victoria Maria 
Louisa, Duchess of Kent, for a more adequate Pro- 
vision for Her said Royal Highness, and for the 
henourable Support and Education of Her Royal 
Highnessthe Princess Alexandrina Victoria of Kent, 
might be read, and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Acts be referred to the 
Committee. 


Then the House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the several Annuities granted to 
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, in pur- 
suance of several Acts of the 58th year of King 
George the Third, the 6th year of King George 
the Fourth, and the ist and 2d year of” his late 
Majesty King William the Fourth, shall cease and 
determme at such time as may be fixed by any 
Act to be passed in the present Session of Parlia- 
ment, and that, in lieu thereof, Her Majesty be em- 
powered to grant, out of the Consolidated Fund of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
a clear yearly sum of Twenty-two thousand pounds 
to Her said Royal Highness, for Her life, which sum, 
in addition to the yearly sum of Eight thousand 
pounds, already agreed to be granted in the present 
Session, amounts to the clear yearly sum of Thirty 
thousand pounds, for the life of Her said Royal 
Highness. 


Resolution to be reported. 





DD3 








Houses of Pare 
liament Bill. 


Juries at Ses- 
sions Bill. 


Prisoners 


(Ireland) Bill.’ 


Pontefract 
Election. 


Law Commis- 


sion (Scotland). 


* Public Works 
(Ireland.) 


206 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come toa Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Houses of Parliament 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
an Amendment thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly ; and the 
Amendment was read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Rill, with the Amendment, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


The Juries at Sessions Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Prisoners (Jreland) Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


A Petition of James Coppoch, of No. 3, Cleveland 
Row, in the City of Westminster, Solicitor, and Par- 
liamentary Agent, was presented, and read ; setting 
forth, That the Petitioner is Agent to William Massey 
Stanley, Esquire,in the matter of a Petition presented 
against his Seam to the House, by Henry Gom- 
pertz, Esquire; that the Petitioner preceives by the 
printed Votes of the House, of Friday the 15th day 
of December instant, that the time for entering into 
Recognizances in the matter of the said Petition, has 
been enlarged until Tuesday the 26th day of this 
present month, upon the oath of Mr. Richard Bar- 
tholomew Mosse, who stated to the House, that he 
was Parliamentary Agent for the Petitioner Henry 
Gompertz, Esquire; that the Petitioner has this 
morning examined the names of the Sureties delivered 
into the Recognizance Office upon Tuesday the 5th 
day of this present month, and finds that James 
Florance, of No. 9, Charing Cross, appears signed 
thereto as Agent for the Petitioner Henry Gompertz, 
Esquire ; that the Petitioner saw the said James 
Florance appear before the Examiners appointed to 
inquire into the sufficiency of the said proposed 
Sureties, when they were rejected by the said Ex- 
aminers, on the ground of misdescription of one of 
them ; and the said James Florance acted as Agent, 
and not the said Richard Bartholomew Mosse ; 
and praying, that the Order of the House for en- 
larging the time to enter into the Recognizances 
upon the Petition against the Return for the Borough 
of Pontefract, may be rescinded, or that the House 
will make such order as to the House may seem 
meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into con- 
sideration upon Monday next. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Mr. Robert Steuart presented, pursuant to Orders, 
—A Return, showing, incolumns, the Sums expend- 
ed each year respectively by the Law Commission of 
Scotand since its commencement, and ending Ist June 
1837 ; also the Sum Total ; stating the Expenses of 
Commissioners, of Secretary, of Witnesses, of Print- 
ing and Transcribing ; distinguishing the Dates of 
Printing and Re-printing each Report, the Number 
of Reports made in each year: the Heads of Inquiry 
issued; those unreported on at present, and the 
Reasons for not being reported on; also the Num- 
ber of Times tne Commissioners have met in each 
year, and the Number present at each Meeting. 

A Return of all Applications made to the Lord 
Lieutenant of Jre/and tor the execution of Public 
Works, under the 1st Victoria c. 21; specifying the 


15°-—16°—18° Decembris. 








A. 1837. 


Nature of the Work proposed, the estimated Cost 
thereof, by whom the Application was made, and 
whether refused or acceded to. 

Mr. Robert Steuart also presented, pursuant to an Poor Law 
Address to Her Majesty,—A Copy of any Corre- a ee 
spondence which may have taken place between the ) 
Secretary of State for the Home Department and the 
Board of Guardians of the Sunderland Union, re- 
specting the administration of the Poor Laws in that 
district. 

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


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 





Lune, 18° die Decembris. 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1837. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Brotherton, by Order, presented a Bill for Mitton-next- 
better paving, cleansing, lighting, watching Sittingborue 
and otherwise improving the Town of Milton-next- cca 
Sittingborne, in the County of Kent: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 


second time. 


A Petition of Proprietors of estates and others, Quedcley 
enjoying rights of common over the lands hereinafter Inclosure. 
mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for inclosing, 
dividing and allotting certain Commons, Common- 
able Lands, Common fields, Meadows, Pastures and 
Waste Lands within the parish of Quedgley, in the 
county of Gloucester, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Burlton and Llany- Highway Act, 
mynech Turnpike Roads, in the county of Salop, 
complaining of the operation of the Highway Act, 
inasmuch as it deprives turnpike trusts of the benefit 
of a portion of the statute duty, and composition in 
lieu thereof, to which they were formerly entitled, 
and praying relief, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Highway 
Rates Bill. 


Petitions from Gloucester ;—Lymington ; — and, Vote by Ballot. 
South Shields; praying for the adoption of Vote by 
Ballot at Elections of Members to serve in Parlia- 
ment,—were ee and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Wexford;—and, Sunderland; pray- Fishguare 
ing for the repeal of those Clauses in the Fishguard Harbour Act. 
Harbour Act imposing a passing Toll,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of Belfast 
the Borough of Belfast, in Ireland, claiming a right ©'™ 
to vote, who voted and were entitled to vote at the 
last Election for Members to serve in Parliament 
for the said Borough, was delivered in, and read ; 
setting forth, That on the Thirty-first day of July 
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred 
and thirty-seven, an Election was duly held for Bur- 
gesses to serve for the said Borough in this present 
Parliament; and that at the said Election, James 
Gibson, Esquire, and the Right honourable George 
Hamilton Chichester, commonly called the Earl of 
Belfast, were declared to be duly elected, and were 
accordingly returned as duly elected to serve as 
Members in Parliament for the said Borough ; that 
the Petitioners have observed that a Petition has 
been presented to the House, purporting to be signed 
by Edward Ledger, Richard Cahoon, Thomas Mines, 
Samuel Hart and James Burns, complaining of the 
said Election and of the said Return of the said 
James Gibson, and of the said Earl of Belfast ; and 
that the said Petition is to be taken into considera- 

tion 








1 Vicroris#. 


tion on the Thirteenth day of February next; that 
the Petitioners are desirous that they may be ad- 
mitted as parties along with the said Earl of Belfast 
to defend the said Election and Return of the said 
Earl, and to oppose the prayer of the said Petition ; 
the Petitioners therefore pray the House that they 
may be admitted as parties along with the said Earl 
of Belfast for the purposes aforesaid. 


A Petition of James Barnett, of Mill-street, George 
Davis, of Corn Market, Dennis Smyth and Thomas 
Anderson, both of Great Edward-street, and James 
Shubridge, of Arthur Square, all in the Borough of 
Belfast, was also delivered in, and read ; setting 
forth, That the Petitioners were electors for the Bo- 
rough of Belfast at the last Election of Members to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Borough, 
and claim to have had a right to vote, and did vote, 
at the said Election for the Right honourable George 
Hamilton Chichester, commonly called the Earl of 
Belfast, one of the Candidates at that Election to 
represent the said Borough in Parliament, and still 
are electors, and claim to have a right to vote at 
any Election for the said Borough; that the said 
George Hamilton Chichester, Earl of Belfast, was 
at the said Election duly qualified to be elected, 
and was duly elected to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough; that the Petitioners 
find that a certain Petition, complaining of the said 
Election and Return of the said Earl of Belfast and 
of James Gibson, Esquire, the other Candidate to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Borough ; 
that is to say, a certain Petition, purporting to be 
the Petition of Messrs. Edward Ledger, Richard 
Cahoon, Thomas Mines, Samuel Hart and James 
Burns, therein described as electors of the said Bo- 
rough, has been presented to the House, and has 
been ordered to be taken into consideration on the 
Thirteenth day of February next; that the Petitioners 
are desirous that they may be admitted as parties, 
together with the said Earl of Belfast, in defence 
of the said Election and Return of the said Earl, 
and in opposition to the prayer of the said Petition; 
and praying, that they may be admitted as parties, 
together with the said Earl of Belfast, for the pur- 
poses aforesaid, according to the form of the statute 
in such case made and provided. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of 
the Borough of Belfast in Ireland, claiming a right 
to vote, who voted and were entitled to vote at the 
last Election for Members to serve in Parliament 
for the said Borough, was also delivered in, and 
read ; setting forth, That on the Thirty-first day of 
July in the year of our Lord One thousand eight 
hundred and thirty-seven, an Election was duly held 
for Burgesses to serve for the said Borough in this 
present Parliament ; and that at the said Election, 
James Gibson, Esquire, and the Right honourable 
George Hamilton Chichester, commonly called the 
Earl of Belfast, were declared to be duly elected, 
and were accordingly returned as duly elected to 
serve as Members in Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough; that the Petitioners have observed that a 
Petition has been presented to the House, purport- 
ing to be signed by Samuel Hart, Edward Ledger, 
’ James Burns, William Brown and James Rea, com- 
plaining of the said Election, and of the said Return 
of the said James Gibson, and of the said Earl of 
Belfast, and that the said Petition is to be taken 
into consideration on the Thirteenth day of February 
next ; that the Petitioners are desirous that they 
may be admitted as parties along with the said Earl 
of Belfast to defend. the said Election and Return 
of the said Earl, and oppose the prayer of the said 
Petition ; and praying, that they may be admitted 
as parties along with the said Earl of Belfast for 
the purposes aforesaid. 


A Petition of James Barnett, of Mill-street, George 
Davis, of Corn Market, Dennis Smyth and Thomas 
——e of Great Edward-street, and James 

OL. Jd. 


18° Decembris. 





207 


Shubridge, of Arthur Square, all in the Borough of 
Belfast, was also delivered in, and read ; setting 
forth, That the Petitioners were electors for the Bo- 
rough of Belfast at the last Election of Members to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough, and claim to have had a right to vote, and 
did vote at the said Election for the Right honour- 
able George Hamilton Chichester, commonly called 
the Earl of Belfast, one of the Candidates at that 
Election to represent the said Borough in Parlia- 
ment, and still are electors, and claim to have a right 
to vote at any Election for the said Borough ; that 
the said George Hamilton Chichester, Earl of Belfast, 
was at the said Election duly qualified to be elected, 
and was duly elected to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the said Borough; that the Petitioners 
find that a certain Petition, complaining of the said 
Election and Return of the said Earl of Belfast, and 
of James Gibson, Esquire, the other Candidate to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough ; that is to say, a certain Petition, purporting 
to be the Petition of Samuel Hart, Edward Ledger, 
James Burns, William Brown and James Rea,'therein 
described as electors of the suid Borough, has been 
presented to the House, and has been ordered to be 
taken into consideration on the Thirteenth day of 
February next; that the Petitioners are desirous 
that they may be admitted as parties, together with 
the said Earl of Belfast, in defence of the said Elec- 
tion and Return of the said Earl, and in opposition 
to the prayer of the said Petition; and praying, 
that they may be admitted as parties, together wit 
the said Earl of Belfast, for the purposes aforesaid, 
according to the form of the statute in such case 
made and provided. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of 
the Borough of Belfast in Ireland, claiming a right 
to vote, who voted and were entitled to vote at the 
last Election for Members to serve in Parliament 
for the said Borough, was also delivered in, and 
read ; setting forth, That on the Thirty-first day of 
July, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight 
hundred and thirty-seven, an Election was duly 
held for Burgesses to serve for the said Borough 
in this present Parliament; and that at the said 
Election James Gibson, Esquire, and the Right 
honourable George Hamilton Chichester, commonly 
called the Earl of Belfast, were declared to be duly 
elected, and were accordingly returned as duly 
elected to serve as Members in Parliament for the 
said Borough; that the Petitioners have observed 
that a Petition has been presented to the House, 
purporting to be signed by Jonathan Cordukes, Tho- 
mas O’ Neill, Samuel Hart, Edward Ledger, Robert 
Francis Gordon, William John Elliott and William 
Ridgeway, complaining of the said Election and of 
the said Return of the said James Gibson and of the 
said Earl of Belfast, and that the said Petition is 
to be taken into consideration on the Thirteenth day 
of February next ; that the Petitioners are desirous 
that they may be admitted as parties along with the 
said Earl of Belfast, to defend the said Election 
and Return of the said Earl, and to oppose the 
prayer of the said Petition ; and praying, that they 
may be admitted as parties along with the said Earl 
of Belfast for the purposes aforesaid. 


A Petition of James Barnett, of Mill-street, George 
Davis, of Corn Market, Dennis Smyth and Thomas 
Anderson, both of Great Edward-street, and James 
Shubridge, of Arthur Square, all in the Borough of 
Belfast, was also delivered in, and read; setting 
forth, That the Petitioners were electors for the 
Borough of Belfast at the last Election of Members 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
Borough, and claim to have had aright to vote, and 
did vote, at the said Election for the Right honour- 
able George Hamilton Chichester, commonly ealled 
the Earl of Belfast, one of the Candidates at that 
Election to. represent the said Borough in Parlia- 

pp4 ment, 








+ 


il 


Rowland 
Milner. 


Belfast 
Election. 


208 18° Decembris. 


ment, and still are electors, and claim to have a right 
to vote at any Election for the said Borough; that 
the said George Hamilton Chichester, Earl of Belfast, 
was at the said Election duly qualified to be elected, 
and was duly elected to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the said Borough; that the Petitioners 
find that a certain Petition, complaining of the said 
Election and Return of the said Earl of Belfast, 
and of James Gibson, Esquire, the other Candidate, 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough, that is to say, a certain Petition, purporting 
to be the Petition of Jonathan Cordukes, Thomas 
O’ Neill, Samuel Hart, Edward Ledger, Robert 
Francis Gordon, William John Elliott, William 
Ridgeway, therein described as electors of the said 
Borough, has been presented to the House, and has 
been ordered to be taken into consideration on the 
Thirteenth day of February next; that the Peti- 
tioners are desirous that they may be admitted as 
parties, together with the said Earl of Belfast, in 
defence of the said Election and Return of the said 
Earl, and in opposition to the prayer of the said 
Petition ; and praying, that they may be admitted 
as parties, together with the said Earl of Belfast, 
for the purposes aforesaid, according to the form of 
the statute in such case made and provided. 


The House was moved, That the Tenth Section 
of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 22, “ to consolidate and 
amend the Laws relating to the Trial of Con- 
troverted Elections, or Returns of Members to serve 
in Parliament,” might be read ; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That the Petitioners be admitted parties, 
pursuant to the prayer of their Petitions. 


A Petition of Rowland Milner, late a Lieutenant 
in the Royal Navy, complaining of being deprived 
of his rank, on a charge brought against him after 
the lapse of eleven years, and praying for inquiry, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of 
the Borough of Belfast, in Ireland, claiming a right 
to vote, who voted and were entitled to vote, at the 
last Election for Members to serve in Parliament 
for the said Borough, was delivered in, and read ; 
setting forth, That on the Thirty-first day of July 
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hun- 
dred and thirty-seven, an Election was duly held 
for Burgesses to serve for the said Borough m this 
present Parliament, and that at the said Election 
James Gibson, Esquire, and the Right honourable 
George Hamilton Chichester, commonly called the 
Earl of Be/fast, were declared to be duty elected, 
and were accordingly returned as duly elected to 
serve as Members in Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough ; that the Petitioners have observed that a 
Petition has been presented to the House, purporting 
to be signed by Edward Ledger, Richard Cahoon, 
Thomas Mines, Samuel Hart and James Burns, 
complaining of the said Election and of the said 
Return of the said James Gibson, and of the said 
Earl of Belfast, and that the said Petition is to be 
taken into consideration on the thirteenth day of 
February next; that the Petitioners are desirous that 
they may be admitted as parties, along with the 
said James Gibson, to defend the said Election and 
Return of the said James Gibson, and to oppose the 
prayer of the said Petition ; and praying, that they 
mar be admitted as parties along with the said James 
Gibson for the purposes aforesaid. 

A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of the 
Borough of Belfast, in Ireland, claiming a right to 
vote, who voted, and were entitled to vote at the last 
Election for Members to serve in Parliament for the 
said Borough, was also delivered in, and read; setting 
forth, That on the Thirty-first day of July One thou- 
sand eight hundred and thirty-seven, an Election 

















A. 1837. 


was duly held for Burgesses to serve for the said 
Borough in this present Parliament, and that at the 
said Election, James Gibson, Esquire, and the 
Right honourable George Hamilton Chichester, com- 
monly called the Earl of Belfast, were declared to 
be duly elected, and were accordingly returned as 
duly elected to serve as Members in Parliament for 
the said Borough; that the Petitioners have ob- 
served, that a Petition has been presented to the 
House purporting to be signed by Samuel Hart, 
Edward Ledger, James Burns, William Brown, 
and James Rea, complaining of the said Election, 
and of the said Return of the said James Gibson and 
of the said Earl of Belfast, and that the said Peti- 
tion is to be taken into consideration on the Thirteenth 
day of February next; that the Petitioners are 
desirous that they may be admitted as parties along 
with the said James Gibson to defend the said Elec- 
tion and Return of the said James Gibson, and 
to oppose the prayer of the said Petition; and 
praying, that they may be admitted as parties 
along with the said James Gibson for the purposes 
aforesaid. 

A Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of 
the Borough of Belfast, in Ireland, claiming a right 
to vote, who voted, and were entitled to vote at the 
last Election for Members to serve in Parliament 
for the said Borough, was also delivered in, and 
read ; setting forth, That on the Thirty-first day of 
July ‘in the year of our Lord One thousand eight 
hundred and thirty-seven, an Election was duly held 
for Burgesses to serve for the said Borough in this 
present Parliament; and that at the said Election, 
James Gibson and the Right honourable George 
Hamilton Chichester, commonly called the Earl of 
Belfast, were declared to be duly elected, and were 
accordingly returned as duly elected to serve as 
Members in Parliament for the said Borough ; that 
the Petitioners have observed, that a Petition has 
been presented to the House, purporting to be signed 
by Jonathan Cordukes, Thomas O'Neill, Samuel 
Hart, Edward Ledger, Robert Francis Gordon, 
William John Elliott, and William Ridgeway, com- 
plaining of the said Election and of the said Return 
of the said James Gibson and of the said Earl of 
Belfast, and that the said Petition is to be taken 
into consideration on the Thirteenth day of February 
next; that the Petitioners are desirous that they 
may be admitted as parties, along with the said 
James Gibson, to defend the said Election and Re- 
turn of the said James Gibson, and to oppose the 
prayer of the said Petition ; and praying, that they 
may be admitted as parties along with the said James 
Gibson for the purposes aforesaid. 

The House was moved, That the Tenth Section 
of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 22, “ to consolidate and 
amend the Laws relating to the Trial of contro- 
verted Elections, or Returns of Members to serve in 
Parliament,” might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That the Petitioners be admitted parties, 
pursuant to the prayer of the said Petitions. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Sheffield, praying Educati-s. 


that in the event of any system of National Educa- 

tion being enacted and established, the reading of 

the Holy Scriptures, and instruction in the faith and 

duty of a christian, be provided for and secured as 

an integral and essential part of such system, was 

=” and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Rating of 


Guardians of the Poor of the Dorking Union, pray- 
ing that the Rating of Tenements Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and co. *V Poo 
of Galway, praying that the Poor Religf (drei &gt; (Tel. 


4 





Tithe 
(Irels 


Med 
Prof 
(Irel 


Wo 
Oil, 


(I 


et 








1 Victoriz. 


Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Tithes A Petition of Requisitionists of a Meeting of In- 

(Ireland). habitants of Ballymena, praying for the abolition of 
Tithes in Jreland, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Medical A Petition of James Flynn, of Tullamore, Graduate 

Profession of Arts and Medicine in the University of Dublin, 

(Ireland.) raying for an amendment of the law relating to 
the Medical Profession in Jreland, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Wool, Olive A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers, Dyers 

Oil, &amp;e. and others connected with the WoollenTrade in 
Cleckheaton and Gomersall, praying for the repeal of 
the Duties on Wool, Olive dil and Indigo, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Waste Lands Mr. Lynch presented a Bill to promote the Re- 


(ireland) Bill. clamation and Improvement of Uncultivated Lands 
No.47. in Jreland, and to render navigable Rivers and 
Lakes in Ireland: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Wednesday, the 21st day of February next; and to 

be printed. 


Tenants for Life 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No. 48. 


Mr. Lynch presented a Bill to enable Tenants for 
Life of Estates in Ireland to make Improvements in 
their Estates, and to charge the Inheritance with a 
portion of the Monies expended in such Improve- 
ments: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time, upon Wednesday, 
the 21st day of February next ; and to be printed. 


Leases and 
Exchanges 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No. 49. 


Mr. Lynch presented a Bill to enable Tenants for 
Life and Mortgagors in possession of Lands in Jre- 
land, to grant Leases, and to enable Tenants for Life 
of Lands in Jreland to make Exchange, and for giving 
a summary remedy for Partition in all cases as to 
Lands in Jreland: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time, upon 
Wednesday, the 21st day of February next; and to 
be printed. 


Dudley 
Election, 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
consideration the Petition of William Meryweather 
Turner, Esquire, which was presented upon Friday 
last, for leave to amend the description of one of his 
Sureties, and for enlarging the time for completing 
the Recognizance ; 

The House proceeded to take the said Petition 
into consideration ; and the same was again read. 

And the House being informed that William 
Meryweather Turner, Esquire, and John Melson Capel 
attended at the door; they were severally called in, 
and Mr. Turner was examined at the bar upon oath, 
and Mr. Capel made an affirmation, in relation to 
the allegations of the said Petition :—And then they 
were directed to withdraw. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the time for entering into Recognizances, 
in the case of the Dudley Election Petition, be 
extended till Tuesday, the 26th day of this instant 
December ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Charles Wood, 

= a $ 
Mr. Holmes, 
Tellers for the Noes, Sir Thomas Fremantle: | 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


123. 


68. 


Yeomanry 


rm Lord Viscount Howick presented, pursuant to 


Order,—A Return of the Number of Troops or 

Corps, or Regiments of effective Yeomanry of Great 

Britainand Ireland, according tothe last Muster Roll; 

stating the Date of that Muster, and distinguishing 
Vot. 93. 


18° Decembris. 











209 


the Number of Officers and Men in each Corps or 
Regiment, and the Expense of each Corps in 1836 ; 
showing the manner in which the Sums voted for 
Great Britain and Ireland in that year were ex- 
pended. 

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


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell Message from 
and Mr. Senior: the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Joly’s Nat. Bill. 
for naturalizing Frederic Joly, to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House :—-And then 
the Messengers withdrew. 


Joly’s Naturalization Bill was read the first time ; Joly’s Nat. Bill. 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Pontefract 
consideration the Petition of James Coppock, which Flecticn. 
was presented upon Saturday last, praying that the 
Order of the House for enlarging the time to enter 
into the Recognizances upon the Petition against 
the Return for the Borough of Pontefract, may be 
rescinded ; 

A Petition of Henry Gompertz, of No. 3, Port- 
land Place, Southwark, in the county of Surrey, 
Esquire, was presented, and read; setting forth, 
That the Petitioner having seen in the public prints 
of this day, that a Petition was presented on Satur- 
day to the House, stating that Mr. Richard Bar- 
tholomew Mosse misrepresented himself as the Par- 
liamentary Agent of the Petitioner in his evidence 
at the bar of the House on Friday night or Saturday 
morning last, the Petitioner in answer to such state- 
ment begs to assure the House that he employed 
and directed the said Richard Bartholomew Mosse 
to prepare his Petition on Monday the 4th instant, 
— the Return of William Massey Stanley, 

squire, a Member of the House; that on the fol- 
lowing day the Petitioner gave his said agent names 
as Sureties to the said Petition, but from some ‘doubt 
the Petitioner expressed to his said agent as to 
whether the said Sureties could attend, and other 
cireumstances connected with them, the Petitioner 
left it at the discretion of the said Richard Bartho- 
lomew Mosse to substitute other names, which he 
did; that the Petitioner also requested the said 
Richard Bartholomew Mosse to prepare a Petition 
to the House on Thursday last, to amend the de- 
scription of one of the Petitioner’s Sureties ; that the 
said Richard Bartholomew Mosse attended on the 
hustings at the last Election for Pontefract, as the 
agent and representative of the Petitioner, and has 
been and is the Petitioner’s agent to the said Peti- 
tion, with full power to take what measures in his 
discretion and judgment he deems necessary ; that 
the Petitioner never said to or authorized any per- 
son, directly or indirectly, to state that the said 
Richard Bartholomew Mosse is not nor was not the 
Petitioner’s agent; and the Petitioner further sheweth 
that he employed the said Richard Bartholomew 
Mosse to superintend the said Petition, and that the 
Petitioner is answerable to his said agent for the ex- 
penses of conducting the same ; and praying that 
the foregoing explanation may be perfectly satisfac- 
torv to the House. 

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

Then the House proceeded to take the said Peti- 
tion of James Coppock into consideration ; and the 
same was again read. 

And the House being informed that James Coppock 
attended at the door, he was called in; and at the 
bar examined upon cath, in relation to the allega- 
tions of his Petition :—And then he was directed to 
withdraw. 

And James Coppock being again called in, and it 
being proposed to ask him in what number of Elec- 
tion Petitions he is engaged, and that question being 

EE objected 











— 
lection. 


Civil List Bill, 


210 


objected to, the witness was again directed to with- 
draw. 

And a Motion was made, and the Question being 
put, That the witness be called in and asked, “ In 
how many Election Petitions are youengaged?” it 
passed in the Negative. 

Then the witness was again called in, and further 
examined, and again directed to withdraw. 

And the House being informed that Richard 
Bartholomew Mosse attended at the door, he was 
called in, and examined upon oath:—And then he 
was directed to withdraw. 

Ordered, That the further proceeding upon the 
said Petition, be adjourned till To-morrow. 

Ordered, That John Benbow, James Florance, 
William Proctor, John Phillips Beavan, Richard 
Bartholomew Mosse, and James Coppock, do attend 
this House To-morrow. 

Ordered, That the Marshal of the Queen’s Bench 
Prison do bring Henry Gompertz, Esquire, in safe 
custody To-morrow, in order to his being examined 
as a witness at the bar of this House; and that 
Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrants accordingly. 


A Petition of Samuel Hardman, of No.77, Chan- 
cery-lane, in the county of Middlesex, Solicitor, was 
presented, and read ; setting forth, That a Petition 
was presented to the House against the Return of 
Thomas Gibson, Esquire, and Henry Tufnell, Es- 
quire, the Sitting Members for the Borough of Jps- 
wich, signed by John Bennett and John Chaplin, 
persons claiming to have had a right to vote at the 
last Election for that Borough, within the time re- 
quired by the resolution of the House, and the Peti- 
tioner was appointed agent to that Petition; that 
the Petitioner did, on the day after the presentation 
of the said Petition, give in the names of Harry 
Wartnaby, of Sutton Place, Hackney, and Webb 
Marralt Bennett, of Foxbush, near Tonbridge, as 
Sureties willing to be bound in recognizances accord- 
ing to the statute, and that both such parties were 
willing, desirous and able, to enter into the same ; 
that yesterday morning the said Harry Wartnaby 
called upon the Petitioner to inform him, that there 
was a clause in his deed of partnership with Henry 
Robinson, of Gutter-lane, Cheapside, warehouseman, 
his partner, to the effect of precluding him from 
being bound as surety for any person, or under any 
circumstances whatever, and therefore that it would 
not be possible for him to fulfil his promise to be- 
come one of the Sureties to the Petition; that yes- 
terday being the day appointed for mquiring into 
the sufficiency of the Sureties, and taking their 
recognizances, the Petitioner stated the foregoing 
facts to the examiners, who then took the affidavit 
of the said Webb Marralt Bennett, but refused to 
enter into the sufficiency of the said Harry Wart- 
naby, although requested to do so by the Petitioner; 
and the Petitioner prays, that the House will be 
pleased to examine into the circumstances set forth 
m this Petition, and that he may be at liberty to 
substitute the name of John Palmer Smith, of No. 
38, Paradise-street, Lambeth, in the county of Surrey, 
Gentleman, instead of that of the said Harry Wart- 
naby ; and that the Petitioner may have such further 
relief in the premises as to the House shall seem 
meet. 

Ordered, That the Petition do lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Order of the day, for the third 
reading of the Civil List Bill, be now read ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words, “ Third read- 
“ ing of the Civil List Bill,” in order to insert the 
words “ nomination of the Select Committee on the 
“ Pension List,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question :— 


18°—19° Decembris. 








A, 1837. 


The said proposed Amendment and Motion were 
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


The House was moved, That the Order made Pensions, 


upon the 8th day of this instant December, That a 
Select Committee be appointed, to inquire how far 
Pensions granted in virtue of the Act 1 Will. 4., 
ce. 24, and charged on the Civil List, and in virtue of 
the Act 2 and 3 Will. 4., c. 116, and charged on the 
Consolidated Fund, ought to be continued, having 
due regard to the just Claims of the Parties and to 
economy in the Public Expenditure, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the said Committee do consist 
of Twenty-one Members ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “Twenty-one,” 
and inserting the words “ Twenty-two” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
“ Twenty-one” stand part of the Question ;” 


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


Martis 19° die Decembris 1837. 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


r : raaq J Lord Seymour, } 
Tellers for the Yeas, | Mr. Vernon Smith: 


Tellers for the Noes,{ Mr. Wake } 71. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Committee doconsist of Twenty- 
one Members:—And a Committee was nominated 
of Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord John 
Russell, Mr. Grote, Mr. Bannerman, Mr, Plumptre, 
Mr. Hume, Mr. Ayshford Sanford, Mr. Hawes, Mr. 
Alderman Copeland, Mr. William Evans, Mr. Pen- 
darves, Sir Eardley Wilmot, Mr. Handley, Lord 
Viscount Ebrington, Mr. Rickford, Mr. Strutt, Mr. 
Macleod, Mr. Goddard, Mr. Phillpotts, Mr. Villiers 
Stuart, and Mr. George Evans, with Power to send 
for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


APetition of the there-undersigned Electors of the Limerick Coun- 
County of Limerick, was delivered in, and read ; set- ty Flection. 


ting forth, That Petitioners claim to have had a 
right to vote, and had a right to vote, and did vote 
at the last Election for Members to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the County of Limerick, in Ireland; that 
the Petitioners are informed that a Petition signed 
by the Honourable George Eyre Massy, Robert 
George Maunsell, James Peacocke, George Tuthiil 
and Andrew Evans, Esquires, therein describing 
themselves as freeholders of the said County of Lz- 
merich, has been presented to the House, complain- 
ing amongst other things of the Return of Colonel 
Richard Hobart Fitzgibbon and William Smyth 
O’ Brien, Esquire, as having been effected by violent 
and unconstitutional outrages, and of terror and in- 
timidation by the friends and partisans of the Sit- 
ting Members, and praying, amongst other things, 
that the Return and Election of the said Colonel 
Richard Hobart Fitzgibbon and William Swyth 
O’ Brien, Esquire, might be declared null and void ; 
the Petitioners humbly show, and charge the fact 
and truth to be, that on the Eighth day of August 
last, being the day of nomination, it became and 
was the object and design of the friends, agents and 
partisans of Augustus Stafford O’ Brien, Esquire, 
the defeated Candidate at the said Election, to inti- 
midate and terrify the electors, who were friends and 
supporters of the said Richard Hobart Fitzgibbon 
and William Smyth O’Brien, from voting for them 
at the said Election ; and that during the proceed- 

ings 





18°—19° 


ings attendant on the said nomination, and in the 
public court where the said High Sheriff was then 
presiding, a riotous, drunken and violent mob, com- 
posed of supporters and partisans, also tenants to 
or persons under the control of the said Augustus 
Stafford O’ Brien, and who were purposely, and of 
their own previous consent, ordered into said city of 
Limerick, chiefly from the county of Clare, furiously 
assaulted the friends and supporters of the said 
Richard Hobart Fitzgibbon and William Smyth 
O’ Brien, and inflicted the most severe personal in- 
juries on many of them with clubs and sticks, and 

revented for a considerable time the reading of the 
Writ of Election by the High Sheriffs of said County, 
until they were removed from the Court-house, in 
which the said Election was in progress, and said 
clubs and sticks taken from them, and handed by 
some of the said electors to the police in attendance 
near and in said Court-house ; that on the morning 
after the said Ninth day of August, before the com- 
mencement of the polling, several large bodies, con- 
sisting of the tenants of the said Augustus Stafford 
O’ Brien, or persons under his control, and not being 
electors of said county, as also a hired and drunken 
mob assembled together, were arranged under sepa- 
rate leaders, and manifestly acted in obedience and 
according to the orders of such leaders; that the 
said persons so assembled entered the city of Lime- 
rich, chiefly from the county of Clare, where the 
said Augustus Stafford O’ Brien has considerable 
influence, and proceeded to parade those parts of 
said city adjacent to the Court-house where the 
polling booths were situate, with the avowed intent 
of obstructing and preventing the electors who were 
in the interest of the said Richard Hobart Fitz- 
gibbon and William Smyth O’Brien, and who 
wished to tender their votes on their behalf, from 
obtaining access to the polling booths ; that very 
few, if any, of the said persons so assembled, were 
electors of the said County, but that their attend- 
ance at the said Election had been procured by the 
friends, partsians and agents of the said Augustus 
Staffurd O’ Brien, aided and assisted by several of 
the landlords and some few of the clergymen of the 
Protestant religion residing in the City and County 
of Limerick, for the express and avowed object of 
intimidating the electors of the said County from 
the free exercise of their franchise, and of compel- 
ling them either to vote for the said Augustus Staf- 
ford O’ Brien, or to abstain from voting for the said 
Richard Hobart Fitzgibbon, or from voting at the 
said Election; that for a considerable time previous 
to and during the said Election, some of the land- 
lords, and a few of the Protestant clergymen of the 
said County, interfered with and endeavoured to in- 
fluence the electors of the Roman Catholic persua- 
sion over whom they had control, either as landlord, 
claimants of tithe-composition or other liabilities, in 
the most illegal, violent and unconstitutional man- 
ner, in order to compel them to vote for the said 


1 Vicroriz. 


Augustus Stafford O’ Brien, and did actually im-| 
prison, lock up and detain in confinement some of 


the electors who promised to vote, and would have 
voted, according to their wishes, for said Richard 
Hobart Fitzgibbon and William Smyth O’ Brien; 
that in order to ensure the Return of the said Au- 
gustus Stafford O’Brien, several landlords, and 
some Protestant clergymen, used their influence in 
collecting or paying for the said mobs, and did also 
in the most unconstitutional manner endeavour to 
intimidate and deter the electors from coming for- 
ward to vote for the said Richard Hobart Fitzgib- 
bon and William Smyth O’ Brien; that the leaders 
ofthe said hired mob, and others the partisans and 
agents of the said Augustus Stafford O’ Brien, find- 
ing that if the said Election had been allowed to 
proceed in a quiet and peaceable manner, the said 
Richard Hobart Fitzgibbon and William Smyth 
O’ Brien would have a very large majority of legal 
votes, thereupon entered into a conspiracy and de- 
VoL. 93. 


Decembris. 911 


sign, and did take immediate measures to endeavour 
to invalidate and render void the said Election; that 
with such view and intent, several mobs in the inter- 
est of said Augustus Stafford O’Brien, consisting 
exclusively of persons not having a right to vote at 
the said Election, and in no way connected with the 
County, but chiefly persons residing in and near to 
the woods of Cratloe, in the County of Clare, not 
only continued publicly to parade the streets of the 
said city of Limerick in a revolting, intoxicated and 
alarming manner, but proceeded to commit divers 
gross outrages and assaults on the electors in the 
interest of the said Colonel Richard Hobart Fitz- 
gibbon and Augustus Stafford O’Brien, with the 
view of creating a riot, and preventing and intimi- 
dating them from voting for the two last-mentioned 
Candidates, as they otherwise would have done; 
and finally the said mob, between the hours of ten 
and eleven o’clock in the forenoon of the said first 
day of polling, by design and previous concert with 
the agents, friends and partisans of said Augustus 
Stafford O’ Brien, attacked (near the committee or 
tally room of the said Augustus Stafford O’ Brien 
and Henry Maunsell) several of the electors of the 
said County who were the supporters of the now Sit- 
ting Members, who were proceeding peaceably to 
the polling booths to vote for the said Richard Ho- 
bart Fitzgibbon and William Smyth O’ Brien; and 
at the instigation of their said leaders, and of the 
friends, agents and partisans of the said Augustus 
Stafford O’Brien, brutally assaulted and severely 
injured several electors who intended to vote for said 
Richard Hobart Fitzgibbon and William Smyth 
O’Brien; that nearly all of the legal and duly qua- 
lified electors for the said County of Limerick, would 
have voted at the said Election for the said Richard 
Hobart Fitzgibbon and William Smyth O’ Brien, 
had the poll continued ; that the agents, friends and 
partisans of said Augustus Stafford O’ Brien, finding 
that the majority of said electors were determined 
to vote in favour of said Richard Hobart Fitzgibbon 
and William Smyth O’Brien, alleged, by previous 
consent (contrary to the fact and truth) that they were 
unable to obtain a free and fair Election, and free and 
safe access to the poll for their friends and sup- 
porters, and that having in vain attempted to pro- 
cure an adjournment of the said Election, did, be- 
tween the hours of ten and eleven o’clock, ante 
meridiem, of the first day of polling, announce to 
the said High Sheriff, that as they could not, with- 
out danger to the lives of their supporters and friends, 
continue to contest they would not make any further 
exertions to bring them to the poll, but would seek 
to avoid the said Election altogether; that such 
allegation was only an ingenious device to try and 
prevent the fair and bond fide wish and determina- 
tion of the electors of said County, in returning the 
said Richard Hobart Fitzgibbon and William Smith 
O’ Brien ; that at that time the now Sitting Mem- 
bers had a majority over the said Augustus Stafford 
O’ Brien, that the polling was continued by voters 
on behalf of the said Colonel Richard Hobart Fitz- 
gibbon and William Smyth O’Brien, during the 
Ninth day of August only, but the polling booths 
were by law obliged to be kept open the following 
day, until the evening of Thursday, the Tenth day 
of August, in the said year One thousand eight hun- 
dred and thirty-seven, although no votes were ten- 
dered, by reason of the resignation of said Augustus 
Stafford O’Brien on the previous day, when the 
poll was closed, the numbers then being, for Co- 
lonel Richard Hobart Fitzgibbon, 859; for Wii- 
liam Smyth O’ Brien, 855; for Augustus Stafford 
O’ Brien and tor Henry Maunsell, none ; and the said 
Colonel Richard Hobart Fitzgibbon and William 
Smyth O’Brien were declared (as they ought to 
be) by the said High Sheriff duly elected; that 
before, at and during the said Election, extensive 
and systematic intimidation and coercion of the 
voters were carried on and practised by some of 

EE2 the 























Sligo County 
Election, 


Portarlington 
Election. 


212 18°—19° Decembris. 


the landlords and Protestant clergymen of the said 
County, in order to promote and effect the Elec- 
tion of the said Augustus Stafford O’ Brien; the 
Petitioners have observed, that under and by virtue 
of the provisions of an Act of Parliament, passed 


in the ninth year of the reign of his late Majesty 


King George the Fourth, c. 22, sec. 10, intituled, 
“ An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws re- 
lating to the Trial of Controverted Elections, or 
Returns of Members to serve in Parliament,” it is 
enacted, that it shall and may be lawful at any time 
within fourteen days after any such Petition as afore- 
said shall have been presented for any person or 
eo claiming to have a right to vote at such 

lection, to petition the House of Commons, praying 
to be admitted as a party or parties to defend such 
return, or to oppose the prayer of such Petition, and 
such person shall thereupon be admitted as a party 
or parties, together with the Sitting Member, and 
shall be considered as such to all intents and pur- 
poses whatever; and praying, that under and by 
virtue of the provisions of the said Act of Parlia- 
ment, they may be admitted as parties to defend 
such said Return, and be con sidered as such to all 
intents and purposes. 

The House was moved, That the Tenth Section of 
the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 22, “ to consolidate and amend 
the Laws relating to the Trial of Controverted Elec- 
tions, or Returns of Members to serve in Parliament,” 
might be read, and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Petitioners be admitted parties, 
pursuant to the prayer of the said Petition. 


A Petition of Robert Potter, Agent for the Peti- 
tioners, was presented, and read; setting forth, 
That, on the 15th day of December instant, the 
Examiners appointed by Mr. Speaker, approved of 
John Moran ales: Esquire, and another, as Sure- 
ties on this Petition, and made their Report accord- 
ingly, as directed by the Act; that, on the 18th 
instant, the Petitioner received from his Agents in 
Dublin a recognizance, duly acknowledged by 
Patt Nelson, one of the Petitioners, in the sum of 
One thousand pounds, in the manner directed by 
the 9 Geo. 4, c.22, which the Petitioner lodged 
with the Speaker’s Secretary; that, on the 15th 
instant, the Petitioner received from his Agents in 
Dublin one other recognizance, duly acknowledged 
by the said John Moran Dolan, one of the Sureties 
above named, in the sum of Five hundred pounds ; 
that the other Surety duly perfected his recogni- 
zance before Mr. Speaker, on the 18th instant; the 
Petitioner showeth, that he hath this day dis- 
covered that there is a clerical error in the recog- 
nizance entered into by the above-named John 
Moran Dolan, namely, the name of the said Surety 
being inserted in the condition instead of the name 
of the said Petitioner, which, though it in no respect 
vitiates the said recognizance, the Petitioner is in- 
formed, will prevent its being received; the Peti- 
tioner positively states that the said error was unin- 
tentional, and that the Petitioners have, in every 
other respect, complied with the provisions of said 
Act and the rules of the House ; and the Petitioner 
prays that he may be allowed to correct said cle- 
rical error, and to have said recognizance re- 
acknowledged ; and for this purpose prays the House 
10 extend the time for the Petitioners to enter into 
recognizance in support of the said Petition. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration this day. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of Robert Potter, Agent for the Peti- 
tioners, was presented, and read; setting forth, 
That, on the 14th day of December instant, the 
Examiners appointed by Mr. Speaker approved of 
John Moran Dolan, Esquire, and another, as Sure- 
ties on this Petition, and made their Report accord- 
ingly, as directed by the Act; that, on the 18th 








A. 1837. 


instant, the Petitioner received from his Agents in 
Dublin a recognizance, duly acknowledged by Patt 
Gorman, one of the Petitioners, in the sum of One 
thousand pounds, in the manner directed by the 
9 Geo. 4, c. 22, which the Petitioner lodged with 
the Speaker’s Secretary ; that, on the 15th instant, 
the Petitioner received from his Agents in Dublin 
one other recognizance, duly acknowledged by the 
said John Moran Dolan, one of the Sureties above 
named, in the sum of Five hundred pounds ; that the 
other Surety duly perfected his recognizance before 
Mr. Speaker, on the 18th instant; the Petitioner 
showeth, that he hath this day discovered that there 
is a clerical error in the recognizance entered into 
by the above named John Moran Dolan, namely, 
the name of the said Surety being inserted in the 
condition instead of the name of the said Petitioner, 
which, though it in no respect vitiates the said 
recognizance, the Petitioner is informed, will pre- 
vent its being received; the Petitioner positively 
states that the said error was unintentional, and 
that the Petitioners have, in every other respect, 
complied with the provisions of said Act, and the 
rules of the House; the Petitioner prays, that he 
may be allowed to correct said clerical error, and to 
have said recognizance re-acknowledged; and for 
this purpose prays the House to extend the time 
for the Pettuae to enter into recognizance in 
support of the said Petition. 

rdered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration this day. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Civil List Bil, 


reading of the Civil List Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Duchess of 


mittee on the Duchess of Kent’s Annuity Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Robert Steuart, by Order, reported from aches of 
the Committee, to whom it was referred to consider Kent's Annui- 
further of Her Majesty’s most gracious Message of "* 


Monday last, a Resolution, which was read, as 
followeth : 

Resolved, That the several Annuities granted to 
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, in pur- 
suance of several Acts of the 58th year of King 
George the Third, the 6th year of King George the 
Fourth, and the 1st and 2d year of his late Majesty 
King William the Fourth, shall cease and deter- 
mine, at such time as may be fixed by any Act to 
be passed in the present Session of Parliament ; and 
that in lieu thereof, Her Majesty be empowered to 
grant, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, a clear 
yearly sum of 22,0007. to her said Royal Highness 
for her life, which sum, in addition to the yearly 
sum of 8,000/., already agreed to be granted in the 
present Session, amounts to the clear yearly sum of 
30,000 /. for the life of her said Royal Highness. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Duchess of Kent’s Annuity Bill, That 
they have power to make provision therein, pur- 
suant to the said Resolution. 


The ingrossed Bill to enable the Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, 
Works and Buildings, to purchase Ground and 
Tenements required to complete the Site for the 
new Houses of Parliament was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The 


liament Bill. 





Pris 
(Ir 





Bill, 


uity 


1 Vicrori2. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


Prisoners . : ef , oe , 
(Ireland) Bill. into a Committee upon the Prisoners (Jreland) Bill; | at the various Circuits during these years, and of the 


and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Baring reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed, and read the 
third time this day. 


Presby terians’ 


ms. mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
this day. 
Municipal The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Corporation reading of the Municipal Corporations (Zreland) 
(Ireland) Ml. Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


Poor Relief The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Ireland) Bill. yeading of the Poor Relief (reland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Supply. 


SlveCompen- Mr. Robert Steuart, by Order, reported the Slave 
sation Bill. Compensation Bill ; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


Juries at Sese i L ; ; 
sious Bill. mittee on the Juries at Sessions Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


itself into the said Committee. 


Appeals, Quar- 
ter Sessions, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Appeals to the 
Quarter Sessions against Convictions by Justices of 
the Peace in England and Wales in 1836. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Treasury Minute, dated 15th De- 
cember 1837, on the subject of the Payment of the 
Pensions tormerly on the Civil List. 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer accordingly 
presented the said Paper. 

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


Pensions, 


No. 46. 


NegroAppren- A Petition of Members of the Congregation 


ticeship. assembling at Saint Mark’s Churchy Shelton, pray- 
ing for the abolition of the system of Negro Ap- 
prenticeship, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Ecclesiastical Mr. Robert Steuart presented, pursuant to the 

eg directions of an Act of Parliament,—The Annual 

pee Report of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of Jre- 
land to the Lord Lieutenant, dated 14th August 
1837. 

High Court Mr. Robert Steuart also presented, pursuant to 

ot Justiciary an Address to Her Majesty,—Returns of the Number 

(Edinburgh), 


of Diets held by the High Court of Justiciary at 

Edinburgh during the years 1833, 1834, 1835 and 

1836; of the Number of Trials which took place 

before the said High Court during these years ; 

showing in how many the plea of Guilty and Not 

Guilty was recorded respectively :—and, of the Num- 
Vor. 938. 


18°—19° Decembris. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 


213 


| ber of Diets held by the Judges of the said Court 


Number of Trials which took place, and in how many 


the plea of Guilty and Not Guilty was recorded 


| en onan &amp; also, the Number of Civil Causes tried 
| by the sai 


| 
i 


Court at each Circuit Town respectively. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


| Table. 


| And then the House, having continued to si 
The Presbyterians’ Oaths (Jreland) Bill was, ac- | - partirctigs pine Brecsis: Beecipsgosg othe Sony 


Oaths (Ireland) cording to Order, read a second time; and com- | 


| 
} 


till a quarter of an hour after two of the clock 
on Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. 











Martis 19° die Decembris ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1837. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Stephenson, from the Treasury, was called Newspapers 
in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to 
Orders,—Returns of the Gross and Net Amount 

received from Stamps on Newspapers in Great Bri- 

tain in each of the three years ending 10th October 

1837, distinguishing each year :—and, of the Gross 

and Net Amount received from Stamps on News- 

papers in Ireland, in each of the three years ended 

10th October 1837, distinguishing each year, 

Return to an Order, dated the 28th day of No- Timber. 
vember last, for an Account, showing the several 
Amounts paid as Drawback on Timber imported 
'for and used in the Mines of Tin, Lead or Copper, 
|in the Counties of Devon and Cornwall, in each 
| year, since such Drawback has been by Law al- 
| lowed. 

Abstract of the Tenders delivered by Builders for Houses of 

the Embankment and the Terrace, and a portion of Patliament. 
the Foundation of the Buildings of the Houses of 
Parliament ; and stating which of them have been 
accepted :— also, An Abstract of the Estimates 
made by Messrs. Walker and Burge, Engineers, 
,and Mr. Barry, the Architect for the same Works, 
as approved of, and confirmed by, the Surveyors of 
the Office of Woods and Works, and contained in 
the Report made by the Commissioners of the 
Woods and Works, and laid on the Table of the 
House of Commons. 

Mr. Stephenson also presented, pursuant to an Slavery Aboli- 
Address to Her Majesty,—An Account of the Aver- tion Act. 
ages of Sales in the several Colonies affected by 
the Act for the Abolition of Slavery, upon which 
the Sum of Twenty Millions, voted as compensation 
to the Owners of Slaves, was apportioned among 
the several Colonies ; of the Periods for which those 
Averages were taken, and of the Rate of Compen- 
sation per Head which was allotted to each. 

Mr. Stephenson also presented, pursuant to the Exchequer 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Accounts (EH e!and-) 
of the Fees which have been received in the Office 
of Acheson Lyle, Esquire, Second Remembrancer 
of the Court of Exchequer in Zreland, between the 
6th day of January 1837 and 5th day of October 
following, both days inclusive; and also of the 
Disbursements made thereout during the: same 

eriod. 
, Copy Warrant granting Compensation to John Courtof Session 
Munro, Ordinary Macer of the Court of Session in (6°°U™)- 
Scotland, 1837: —And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by Shannon 
Her Majesty’s command,—Second Report of the Navigation. 
Commissioners for the Improvement of the Naviga- 
tion of the River Shannon, with details of Plans, 

&amp;e. ; with an Appendix. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Petitions Petitiuns on 
for Private Bills have leave to sit this day, during Private Bilis 
the sitting of the House. 

EES The 














a) = Es 


= 


ee 


Civil List Bill. 


214 


The ingrossed Bill for the support of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Household, and of the Honour and Dignity 
of the Crown of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, was, according to Order, read 
the third time ; and an Amendment was made to 
the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in Pr. 8. ls. 18 and 19, by leaving out 
the words “ Three hundred and eighty-five thou- 
“ sand,” and inserting the words “ Three hundred 
“ and thirty-five thousand,” instead thereof. 


And the Question being put, That the words | solidate and amend the Laws relating to the Trial of 


“‘ Three hundred and eighty-five thousand” stand 
part of the Bill:—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in Pr. 11. 1. ult., by leaving out from 
the word “ Act” to the word “ Provided,” in Pr. 12. 
1.29. (Grant of £.1,200 a year for Pensions.) 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Bill; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Charles Wood, } 195 

Yeas, Mr. Edward John Stanley : aie 

Tellers for the ( Mr. Grote, } 93 

Noes, | Mr. Hume: tr 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in Pr. 12. 1. 29., by leaving out from the 
word “ reign” to the word “ and,” in Pr. 13. 1. 1. 
(Provision that not more than £.1,200 be granted 
for Pensions in any one year.) 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Bill; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Mr. Wakley, }e 6. 
Mr. Hume: 

, ff. ,.. { Mr. Baring, 

Tellers for theN oes,f Mr. pete inci \ 114. 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in Pr. 14., by leaving out from the end 
of 1. 4. to the end of the Clause. (That a List of 
Pensicns granted be laid upon the Table of this 
House.) 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Bill:—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in Pr. 24. 1. 3., by leaving out from the 
words “such payments” to the word “ and,” in 
1,27. (£.10,000 charged on the Consolidated Fund 
for Home Secret Services.) 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Bill ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the ¢Mr. John Parker, 

Yeas, Mr. Baring: } 

Tellers for the f Mr. Chalmers, 1 

Noes, \ Mr. MorganJohnO’ Connell: J 

30 it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Bill do pass ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “ That 
“the” to the end of the Question, in order to add 
the words “ further proceeding upon the said Bill 
“ be adjourned till Monday, the 5th day of February 
“ next,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


100. 


25. 


19° Decembris. 





Ordered, That Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer 
‘do carry the Bill to the Lords, and desire their 
| concurrence. 

Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, that John 
| Bennett and John Chaplin, who petitioned this 
| House upon the 4th day of this instant December, 
| complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
ithe Borough of Ipswich, had not entered into a 
| Recognizance in respect of such Petition, according 
| to the directions of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 22, “ to con- 


Controverted Elections, or Returns of Members to 
serve in Parliament.” 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 6th day 
of this instant December, for taking the said Peti- 
rion into consideration upon Tuesday, the 6th day 
of February next, be discharged. 





| Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, that 
William Nicol, Esquire, who petitioned this House 
upon the 4th day of this instant December, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Youghal, had not entered into a Recog- 
nizance in respect of such Petition, according to the 
directions of the said Act. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 6th day 
of this instant December, for taking the said Peti- 
| tion into consideration upon Thursday, the 22d day 
| of February next, be discharged. 


| Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, that 
Richard Leyne, Esquire, who petitioned this House 
upon the 4th day of this instant December, com- 
plainmg of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Tralee, had not entered into a Recog- 
nizance in respect of such Petition, according to the 
directions of the said Act. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 6th day 
of this instant December, for taking the said Peti- 
tion into consideration upon Tuesday, the 6th day 
of March next, be discharged. 








petitioned this House upon the 4th day of this in- 
stant December, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the City of Dublin, had not entered 
into a Recognizance in respect of such Petition, 
according to the directions of the said Act. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 6th day 
of this instant December, for taking the said Peti- 
tion into consideration upon Tuesday, the 13th day 
of March next, be discharged. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, that 
Frederick William Mullins, Esquire, who petitioned 
this House upon the 4th day of this instant De- 
cember, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for the County of Kerry, had not entered into 
a Recognizance in respect of such Petition, accord- 
ing to the directions of the said Act. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 6th day 
of December last, for taking the said Petition into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 20th day of March 
next, be discharged. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, that 
Patrick Cahill and John Tuomy, Electors, who 
petitioned this House upon the 4th day of this 
instant December, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the County of Kerry, had not en- 
tered into a Recognizance in respect of such Petition, 
according to the directions of the said Act. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 6th day 
of December last, for taking the said Petition into 
consideration upon Tuesday the 20th day of March 
next, be discharged. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, that 
Denis Caulfield Brady, Esquire, who petitioned this 
House upon the 4th day of this instant December, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Newry, had not entered into a Re- 

cognizance 





A. 1837. 


Ipswich 
Election, 


Ne 


Youghal Wi 
Election, El 


Tralee Election, D 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, that Dublin City - 
Edward Cottingham and the other Electors, who Election. I 


Kerry Election. 


Kerry Electiou. 


Newry Election, 








NewryElection. 


Wicklow 
Election. 


Downpatrick 
Election. 


Oxford County 
Election. 


Woodstock 
Election, 


Beverley 
Election. 


Frome Election, 


1 Vicroriz. 


cognizance in respect of such Petition, according to | 
the directions of the said Act. | 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 6th day 
of this instant December, for taking the said Peti- | 
tion into consideration upon Tuesday, the 20th day | 
of March next, be discharged. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, that 
Patrick M‘Parlan and Patrick Christopher Byrne, 
Electors, who petitioned this House upon the 4th | 
day of this instant December, complaining of an | 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Newry, had not entered into a Recognizance in 
respect of their second Petition, according to the 
directions of the said Act. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 6th day 
of this instant December, for taking the said Peti- 
tion into consideration upon Tuesday, the 20th day 
of March next, be discharged. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, that 
John Evans, and the other Electors who petitioned 
this House upon the 4th day of this instant De- 
cember, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the County of Wicklow, had not entered 
into a Recognizance in respect of such Petition, 
according to the directions of the said Act. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 6th day 
of this instant December, for — the said Peti- 
tion into consideration upon Thursday, the 5th day 
of April next, be discharged. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, that 
James Christie Whyte, Esquire, who petitioned this 
House upon the 4th day of this instant December, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Downpatrick, had not entered into 
a Recognizance in respect of such Petition, according 
to the directions of the said Act. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 6th day 
of this instant December, for taking the said Peti- 
tion into consideration upon Tuesday, the 24th day 
of April next, be discharged. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, that 
Richard Maley, and the other Electors, who peti- 


19° Decembris. 


215 


into a Recognizance in respect of such Petition, 


according io the directions of the said Act. 


Ordered, That the Order made upon the 6th day 
of this instant December, for taking the said Peti- 
tion into consideration upon Tuesday, the 15th day of 
May next, be discharged. 





Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, that Preston 
Daniel Clinton and James Murphy, who petitioned Election. 


this House upon the 4th day of this instant De- 
cember, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Preston, had not entered 
into a Recognizance in respect of such Petition, 
according to the directions of the said Act. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 6th day 
of this instant December, for taking the said Peti- 
tion into consideration upon Thursday, the 17th day 
of May next, be discharged. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, that Sligo County 


Daniel Jones, Esquire, junior, who petitioned this 
House upon the 4th day of this instant December, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the County of Sligo, had not entered into a Recog- 
nizance in respect of such Petition, according to the 
directions of the said Act. 

And the House being informed, that it was the 
intention of the Party to apply to the House for 
further time for entering into his Recognizance ; 

Ordered, That the consideration of Mr. Speaker’s 
Report be deferred. 


lection, 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, that sligo County 
John Gallaher, and the other Electors, who peti- Election. 


tioned this House upon the 4th day of this instant 
December, complainmg of an undue Election and 
Return for the County of Sligo, had not entered 
into a Recognizance in respect of such Petition, 
according to the directions of the said Act. 

And the House being informed, that it was the 
intention of the Parties to apply tothe House for 
further time for entering into their Recognizance; 

Ordered, That the consideration of Mr. Speaker’s 
Report be deferred. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, that portarlington 








tioned this House upon the 4th day of this instant 
December, complaining of an undue Election and 


Return for the County of Oxford, had not entered | 


into a Recognizance in respect of such Petition, 
according to the directions of the said Act. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 6th da 
of this instant December, for taking the said Peti- 
tion into consideration upon Tuesday, the 1st day of 
May next, be discharged. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, that 





Joseph Lawler and Patt Gorman, who petitioned Eection. 


this House upon the 4th day of this instant De- 
cember, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Portarlington, had not 
entered into a Recognizance in respect of such 
Petition, according to the directions of the said Act ; 
And the House being informed, that it was the 
intention of the Parties to apply to the House for 
| further time for entering into their Recognizance. 
| Ordered, That the consideration of Mr. Speaker’s 


Lord Charles Spencer Churchill, who petitioned this | Report be deferred. 


House upon the 4th day of this instant December,| Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, that 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for | the Honourable George Eyre Massy, and the other 
the Borough of Woodstock, had not entered into a| Electors, who petitioned this House upon the 4th 
Recognizance in respect of such Petition, according | day of this instant December, complaining of an 
to the directions of the said Act. ‘undue Election and Return for the County of 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 6th day | Limerick, had not entered into a Recognizance in 


of this instant December, for taking the said Peti-| respect of such Petition, according to the directions 


tion into consideration upon Tuesday, the 1st day of 
May next, be discharged. 

Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, that 
George Rennie, Esquire, who petitioned this House 
upon the 4th day of this instant December, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Beverley, had not entered into a Recog- 
nizance in respect of such Petition, according to the 
directions of the said Act. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 6th day 
of this instant December, for taking the said Peti- 
tion into consideration upon Tuesday, the 8th day of 
May next, be head. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, that 
Richard Nuth, and the other Electors, who petitioned 
this House upon the 4th day of this instant De- 
cember, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Frome, had not entered 

Von. 93. 





| of the said Act. 

And the House being informed, that it was the 
intention of the Party to apply to the House for 
further time for entering into his Recognizance ; 

Ordered, That the consideration of Mr. Speaker’s 
Report be deferred. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, that Wil- 
| liam Meryweather Turner, Esquire, who petitioned 
this House upon the 4th day of this instant Decem- 
ber, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
| for the Borough of Dudley, had not entered into a 
| Recognizance in respect of such Petition, according 
' to the directions of the said Act. 

| And the House being informed, that it was the 
|intention of the Party to apply to the House for 
‘further time for entering into his Recognizance ; 

| Ordered, That the consideration of Mr. Speaker's 
|Report be deferred. 

| The 





EE4 


. 





Limerick 
County 
Election. 


Dudley 
Election. 





Slave Com- 
pensation Bill. 


Crown Lands 
(Ireland. ) 


East India 
Company. 


No. 51. 


Marriages 
(Manchester). 


No. 52. 
Caledonian 
Canal. 


No. 54, 


Ecclesiastical 

Commission 

(Ireland. ) 
No. 53. 


Controverted 
Election Fees, 


No. 50. 


210 


The ingrossed Bill to carry into further execution 
the provisions of an Act for completing the full 
payment of Compensation to Owners of Slaves 
upon the Abolition of Slavery, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Edward John Stanley presented, pursuant to 
Order,—A Copy of the Report upon the Experimental 
Improvements on the Crown Estate at Pobble 
O’ Keefe, in the County of Cork, submitted to Her 
Majesty’s Commissioners of Woods and Forests, 
for the year 1837. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the | 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the East 
India Company’s Territorial Revenues and Dis- 
bursements, which were presented upon Thursday 
last, be printed. 


19° Decembris. 





Ordered, That the Return relative to Marriages | 
(Manchester), which was presented upon Thursday | 
last, be printed. | 

Ordered, That the Thirty-second Report of the | 
Commissioners of the Caledonian Canal, which was | 
presented upon Thursday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Annual Report of the Com- | 
missioners of Ecclesiastical Inquiry in Ireland, | 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to | 
inquire into the several Fees charged under autho- | 
rity of Mr. Speaker, upon the Trial of Controverted | 
Elections; and to consider how far the Public In- | 
terests may be promoted by an alteration in or re- | 
peal of these Fees; have Power to report their | 
Opinion thereupon to the House ; together with the | 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. | 

Mr. Hume reported from the said Select Com- | 


mittee, and to whom several Reports relative to | 
Fees in Public Offices, presented upon the 11th | 
day of June 1793, and the 22d day of March ; and | 
the 4th day of May, in the last Session of Par- 
liament; and also the Petition of Sir William Robert 
Sydney, Knight, relative to Fees in Controverted 
Elections, presented upon the 21st day of November 
last, were referred; That they had considered the 
matters to them referred ; and directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House, together with the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them, and 
an Appendix; and the Resolutions of the Committee 
were read, as follow : 

1. That the Fees chargeable in Controverted Elec- 
tions, as per List (A.) [Vide Report], be abolished, in 
so far as they have reference to the Public Service. 

2. That the charge for Copies of Evidence and 
Documents furnished, when requested, to either of 
the parties, be reduced from 1s. to 4d. per folio of 
72 words. 

3. That as some of the Fees and Expenses charged 
by the Clerk of Recognizances have not been sanc- 
tioned by any Resolution of the House, it is ex- 
vedient that the scale of Fees, on entering into 
Recognizances, should be revised; and that the same 
should continue to be paid by the Parties petitioning. 


4, That as the Examiners for taxing the costs of 
Controverted Election expenses between agents and 
clients, and between parties to the Petition and the 
Sitting Members, have no specific rules, nor any 
specific scale of charges, laid down for the guidance 
of either party, or of the Examiners themselves ; 
and as the taxing of costs is represented to be 
“a dilatory and expensive process,” the Committee | 
recommend the establishment of specific Rules, with | 
a Table of Costs, to obviate these serious incon- | 
veniences. 








A. 1837: 


5. That the duties performed by the Clerk of 
the Crown in filing and giving Certificates of Re- 
turns of Members of Parliament, and in altering 
and amending the Roll of Parliament, are so much 
of a public nature, that the expense attendant on 
tlie same should not be paid by the Member ; 
and, as the Clerk of the Crown is paid by fixed 
salary, Your Committee agree with the Committee 
appointed by the Lords of the Treasury, in 1836, to 
inquire into the Fees of Public Offices, that the 
Fees heretofore paid to him should cease. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday, the 2d day of February 
next. 

Ordered, That the Report, together with the 
Minutes of the Evidence, be printed. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Commit- Og'ey Hay 
tee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That, in the case Inclosure. 
of the Petition for the Ogley Hay Inclosure Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for dividing, allotting and inclosing a certain tract 
of uninclosed Common or Waste Land, called Ogley 
Hay, im the County of Stafford: And that Mr. 

Finch and Colonel Anson do prepare and bring it 
in. 

Mr. Yates reported from the Select Committee on Public 
Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petition. 
Petitions presented from the 13th to the 15th days 
of this instant December, both inclusive; and had 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

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


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Commit- Paddington 
tee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That, in the case E*te 
of the Petition for the Paddington Estates Bill, the 
Standing Orders had not been complied with, inas- 
much as the Notices were not published in three 
successive weeks in the months of October and 
November, or either of them, in the London Gazette, 
the third successive week in which such publication 
was made being in the month of December. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Commit- Paigntor 
tee on Petitions for Private Bills; That, in the case Harbour. 
of the Petition for the Paignton Harbour Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making and maintaining a Harbour and other 
Works at Paignton, in the County of Devon: And 
that Sir John Yarde Buller and Mr. Montagu 
Parker do prepare and bring it in. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Commit- Lee Church. 
tee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That, in the case 
of the Petition for the Zee Church Bill, the Stand- 
ing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the erection of a new Church in the Parish of 
Lee, in the County of Kent: And that Mr. Hodges 
and Sir William Geary do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Commit- Lower Beeding 
tee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That, in the case C!vre' 
of the Petition for the Lower Beeding Church Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the erection of a Chapel or Chapels in that part 
of the Parish of Beeding, otherwise Seale, in the 
County of Sussex, called Lower Beeding : And that 


| Sir Robert Harry Inglis and Mr. Darby do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Pontefract 
adjourned proceeding upon the Petition of James Election. 


Coppock, 


eo 





1 Vicroriz. 


Coppock, which was presented upon Saturday last, 
for re-consideration of the Order of the House of 
the 15th day of this instant December, “ that the 
time for entering into the Recognizance in the case 
of the Petition, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Pontefract, be en- 
larged till Tuesday, the 26th day of this instant De- 
cember :”--The House resumed the said adjourned 
proceeding. 

And the House being informed, that James 
Florance, John Benbow, John Phillips Beavan and 
William Procter, attended at the door ; they were 
severally called in, and at the bar examined upon 
oath in relation thereto:—And then they were 
directed to withdraw. 

The House was moved, That the Order made 
upon Friday last, “ that the time for entering into 
Recognizances in the case of the Pontefract Elec- 
tion Petition be enlarged till Tuesday, the 26th day 
of this instant December,” might be read ; and the 
same being read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the said Order be discharged ; 

The House divided: 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for they Mr. Aglionby, 1 86 

Yeas, \ Mr. MorganJohnO’ Connell: { ~ * 

Tellers for the {Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 

Noes, Mr. Maclean : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That John Benbow, James Florance, 
William Procter, John Phillips Beavan, Richard 
Bartholomew Mosse, James ar and Henry 
Gompertz, Esquire, be discharged from any further 
attendance on this House. 


56. 
s 


The House resumed the consideration of Mr. 
Speaker’s Report, relating to the Recognizance in 
the case of the Petition of William Meryweather 
Turner, Esquire, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Dudley. 

A Petition of William Meryweather Turner, of 
Overbury Court, in the County of Worcester, Es- 
quire, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That 
the Petitioner is the petitioning Candidate for the 
Borough of Dudley; that the House yesterday 
granted leave to enlarge the time for the Petition- 
ers’ Sureties entering into their Recognizances, and 
the Petitioner at the time believed that the indul- 
gence granted by the House was extended to him, 
and he accordingly did not enter into his Recogni- 
zances yesterday, which was the last day for his 
doing so; and praying, That the House will grant 
one day for so doing. 

And the House being informed, that Mr. Mery- 
weather Turner attended at the door, he was called 
to the bar, and examined upon oath in relation to 
the allegations of his Petition:—And then he was 
directed to withdraw. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the time for William Meryweather Turner, the 
Petitioner against the Return for the Borough of 
Dudley, to enter into his Recognizance, be enlarged 
till To-morrow ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Pryme, 


1 
Yeas, \Mr. Poulett Thomson: {f ye 
Tellers for the {Sir Thomas Fremantle, as 
Noes, Mr. Gladstone : | ae 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


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


Mercurii, 20° die Decembris, 1837 : 


The House resumed the consideration of Mr. 
Speaker’s Report, relating to the Recognizance in 
the case of the Petition of John Gallaher and others, 


19°—20° Decembris. 


i the 





Vo. 93. 


Q17 


Electors, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the County of Sligo. 

The House was moved, That the Petition of Robert 
Potter, which was presented yesterday, in relation 
to the Recognizance entered into by one of the 
Sureties, and praying for an extension of time to 
correct a mistake therein, and to have the Recog- 
nizance re-acknowledged, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Robert Potter be called to the 
bar :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Debate be adjourned till this day : 
—And the said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That Robert Potter be called in. 

Then Mr. Potter was called in, and at the bar exa- 
mined upon oath in relation to the allegations of his 
Petition :—And then he was directed to withdraw. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the time for entering into Recognizance 
a the Petitioners and Sureties in the case of John 

allaher and others, complaining of the Sligo 
County Election, be enlarged till Saturday, the 30th 
day of this instant December:—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the Debate be adjourned till ‘this day ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Mr. Forester, 


Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Ormsby Gore : 1 26. 
. sMr. Robert Steuart, | , 
Tellers for the Noes, \ Mr. Solicitor General : 58. 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
time for entering into Recognizance by the Petiti- 
oners and Sureties in the case of John Gallaher and 
others, complaining of the Sligo County Election, 
be enlarged till Saturday, the 30th day of this instant 
December :—And a Debate arising thereupon; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

And the Question being put, That the time for 
entering into Recognizance by the Petitioners and 
Sureties in the case of John Gallaher and others, 
complaining of the Sligo County Election, beenlarged 
till Saturday, the 30th day of this instant December ; 

The House divided: 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new omg | 

rowne, 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ a Mule: 


Tellers forthe Noes, = yo ao ? 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


The House resumed the consideration of Mr. Sligo County 
Speaker’s Report upon the Recognizance in the case Election. 


of the Petition of Daniel Jones, junior, Esquire, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the County of Sligo. 

Ordered, 'Yhat the Order made upon the 6th day 
of this instant December, for taking the said Petition 
into consideration upon Thursday, the 29th day of 
March next, be discharged. 


The House resumed the consideration of Mr. en 


Speaker’s Report on the Recognizance in the case 
of the Petition of John Gallaher and others, Electors, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
orough of Portarlington. 
The House was moved, That the Petition of Robert 
Potter, which was presented yesterday, in relation to 
the Recognizance entered into by one of the Sureties, 
and praying for an extension of time to correct a 
mistake therein, and go have the Recognizance re- 
FF acknowledged 








Sligo County 
Election. 


Limerick Coun- 
ty Election, 


Prisoners’ 


(Ireland) Bill. 





218 


acknowledged, might be read, and the same being 
read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Robert Potter be called to the Bar: 
—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being —_ 
— That the time for Colonel Perceval, one of the 
itting Members for the County of Sligo, to deliver 
in a particular of his qualification, be enlarged till 
T sielies, the 2d day of } anuary next:—Anda Debate 
arising thereupon; 
Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. 


The House resumed the consideration of Mr, 
Speaker’s Report on the Recognizance in the case 
of the Petition of the Honourable George Eyre 
Massy and others, Electors, complaining of an un- 
due Election and Return for the County of Limerick. 

A Petition of Edward Hallows Plumptre, of the 
Middle Temple, London, Gentleman, Agent to the 
Petitioners hereinafter mentioned, was presented, and 
read ; setting forth, That the Honourable George 
Eyre Massy, of the City of Limerick, Robert George 
Maunsell, of the said City, Esquire, James Peacocke, 
of the said City, Esquire, George Tuthill, of Faha, in 
the County of Limerick, Esquire, and Andrew Evans, 
of Ulla Hills, inthe said County of Limerich, Esquire, 
on the second day of December instant lodged with 
the Clerk of the Crown in Dublin a Petition, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
County of Limerick, of Members to serve in this present 
Parliament ; that such Petition was presented to the 
House on the fourth day of December instant, and 
that on the fifth day of December instant, the regular 
Notice was duly entered with the Clerk of the Re- 
cognizances ; that Edward Hodges Goggin, of Burton 
Fiill, in the County of Clare, Esquire, and Edward 
Donnelly, of Georges-street, in the City of Limerick, 
Wine and Spirit Merchant and Grocer, would be- 
come Sureties for the Petitioners, in pursuance of 
the Act of Parliament for that purpose made and 
provided ; that the proper Recognizances required 
by Act of Parliament were duly entered into by two 
of the said Petitioners, and by the said Edward 
Hodges Goggin and the said Edward Donnelly, and 
that the said Edward Hodges Goggin and Edward 
Donnelly made an affidavit of their being severally 
worth the sum of Five hundred pounds each, over 
and above each of their just debts and engagements ; 
that the said Edward Hallows Plumptre attended 
the Examiners appointed by the House to inquire 
into the sufficiency of the Sureties with the said 
Affidavit on the eighteenth day of December instant, 
when the same was objected to being received by 
the Examiners, by reason of the same having been 
sworn on the twenty-fifth day of November last ; that 
the Petitioner has no doubt of the sufficiencyof the 
said Sureties ; the Petitioner, the said Edward Hal- 
lows Plumptre, as Agent for and on behalf of the said 
George Eyre Massy, and the said other Petitioners, 
prays, that the House will enlarge the time for com- 
pleting the said Recognizances, so as that fresh Affi- 
davits may be obtained from the said Edward Hodges 
Goggin, and the said Edward Donnelly. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Edward Hallows Plumptre be called 
to the Bar :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. 

Ordered, That the Petition of Edward Hallows 
Plumptre, be printed. 


The ingrossed Bill for the Conveyance of Prisoners 
in Ireland, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


19°—20°—21° Decembris. 





A. 1837. 


Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Presbyteriany 

into a Committee upon the Presbyterians’ Oaths Oaths (Ireland) 
(Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, “ 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Robert 
Steuart reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Committee Duchess of 
on the Duchess of Kent’s Annuity Bill; a Annuity 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve - 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Municipal 
reading of the Municipal Corporations (Zreand) Bill; (irdend) Bi 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this °°"? ™ 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Poor Relief 
reading of the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Juries at Ses. 
mittee on the Juries at Sessions Bill; sions Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
half an hour aftertwo of the clock on Wednes- 
day morning, adjourned till this day. 








Mercuri, 20° die Decembris ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1837. 


PRAYERS. 


ci HE House met; and being counted by Mr. Adjournment. 
Speaker, it appeared that Forty Members were 

not present; yet it being Four of the clock, Mr. 

Speaker took the Chair, and again counted the 

ae and Forty Members not being present :— 

The House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without 

a Question first put, till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 21° die Decembris ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1837. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Charles Wood, by Order, reported from the Schwann’s 
Committee on the Bill from the Lords, in- Nat. Bill. 
tituled, An Act fornaturalizing Frederick Schwann ; 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment :—And the Bill was read 
the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Charles Wood do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, without Amend- 
ment. 


Mr. Charles Wood, by Order, reported from the Saffran’s 
Committee on the Bill from the Lords, intituled, Na Bill. 
An Act for naturalizing Henry Joseph Edward 
Saffran ; That they had examined the allegations 
of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and directed him to re- 
port the same, without Amendment :—And the Bill 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Charles Wood do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 

Mr. Divett 


Brat 
Incl 


wor! 


Wi 
Hu 
Ro 


Si 





ans’ 
land) 


uity 





1 Vicroriz. 


BrattonFleming Mr. Divett presented a Bill for inclosing Lands 

Jnclosure Bill. in the Parish of Bratton Fleming, in the County of 
Devon: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 





A Petition of the President and Assistantsof the 


Belfast Water- | E 

works. Belfast Charitable Society, for leave to bring in a 
Bill to alter and amend the several Acts for supply- 
ing the town of Belfast with Water, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 

Wibsey and A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 

— completing, improving and maintaining the Road 

oad, 


from Wibsey Low Moor, near Bradford, through 


21° Decembris. 





Brighouse to Huddersfield, with certain diversions 
therefrom in the west riding of the county of York, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for continuing the term, 
and altering and enlarging the powers, of the said 
Act, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, that John 
Wood and the other Electors who petitioned this 
House upon the 6th day of this instant December, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Sligo, had not entered into a Re- 
cognizance in respect of such Petition, according to 
the directions of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 22, “ to con- 
solidate and amend the Laws relating to the Trial of 
Controverted Elections or Returns, of Members to 
serve in Parliament.” 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 6th day 
of this instant December, for taking the said Pe- 
tition into consideration upon Thursday, the 15th 
day of February next, be discharged. 


Sligo Borough 
Election. 


Belfast 
Election, 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, that 
Samuel Hart and the other Electors, who petitioned 
this House upon the 6th day of this instant December, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Belfast, had not entered into a Re- 
cognizance in respect of such Petition, according to 
the directions of the said Act. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 6th day 
of this instant December, for taking the said Pe- 
tition into consideration — Tuesday, the 13th day 
of February next, be discharged. 


Waterford City 


! Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, that 
Election, : 


James Stewart and the other Electors, who petitioned 
this House upon the 6th day of this instant December, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Gity of Waterford, had not entered into a Re- 
cognizance in respect of such Petition, according to 
the directions of the said Act. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 6th day 
of this instant December, for taking the said Petition 
into consideration upon Thursday, the 3d day of 
May next, be discharged. 


Vote by Ballot, Petitions from Banbury ;— Debenham ;—Chair- 
man of a Meeting of Inhabitants of Edinburgh ;— 
Members of the Council of the Errol and Carse 
of Gowrie Political Union ;—and, Chairman of a 
Meeting of Electors and Inhabitants of Finsbury ; 
praying for the adoption of Vote by Ballot at Elec- 
tions of Members to serve in Parliament,—were 
—— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Proprietors and Occupiers of land 
in the county of Forfar, praying that the Distillery 
Laws of Scotland may be assimilated to those of 
England and Ireland, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Hand-Loom Weavers of Preston, 
complaining of distress, and the low rate of wages, 
was B ae np and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Streatham ;—and, Arbroath; pray- 
ing for a uniform low rate of Postage on Letters,— 


ou. 93. 


Distillery Laws 
(Scotland.) 


Hand-loom 
Weavers, 


Postage, 





219 


were presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Postage. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Pimlico and West- Dorchester 
minster, praying the House to institute an inquiry Labourers 
into the cause of the Dorchester Labourers not 
having arrived in this country, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Cirencester ;—and, Basford; pray- Universal 
ing for the adoption of Universal Suffrage at Elec- Suffrage. 
tions of Members to serve in Parliament,—were 
er and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from the Chairman of a Meeting of Inha- Poor Law 
bitants of Dewsbury ;—Chairman of the Board of Amendment 
Guardians of the Foleshill Union ;—and, George” “" 
Robert Wythen Baczter, of ae Gentleman ; 
praying for the repeal or amendment of the Poor 

aw Amendment Act,—were presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on the Poor 
Law Amendment Act. 


Colonel Evans reported from the Committee on Ionides’ Nat. 
the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for natu- Bill. 
ralizing Alexander Constantine Ionides; That the 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment :—And the Bill was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Colonel Evans do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Land Tax 
a Return from the Commissioners of Land Tax, in (St. James, 
the Parish of Saint James, Westminster,—Showing Westminster). 
the Total Amount of Monies arising from any excess 
of Collection in the Assessments of any former year 
or years, remaining in the hands of any Collector or 
Collectors, or any other person or persons, on 5th 
day of April 1821 ; also the amount of Arrears due 
on Assessments of former years, at the same period: 
—Showing the following particulars respecting the 
Quotas, Assessments, Collections and Appropria- 
tions, of the Sums raised in aid of the Land Tax 
for each year respectively, from 5th April 1821 to 
5th April 1836, as follows :—The Amount of Un- 
redeemed Quota :—The Total Amount assessed to 
meet the same:—The Total Amount collected :— 
The Total Amount of Arrears collected in each year: 
—The Amount paid to the Receiver General, and 
the Date of such Payments, and on account of what 
year paid :—If the ss collected has been ap- 
plied in aid of future years, in pursuance of the 
Act 6 Geo. 4, c.32, s.2.:—If for other purposes, 
the items for which it has been applied, and the 
authority for such appropriation :—Also, the Names 
of the several Assessors and Collectors of Land 
Tax; the Amount received by each for poundage for 
the last Seven years réspectively ; and, if any other 
Allowance, the items of such in each year ; also, if 
they collect personally or by deputy, if so, their 
Names, and by what authority such Deputies are 
appointed and authorized to collect the said Taxes. 


A Petition of Householders and others of the Pensions. 
united parishes of Saint George and Saint Giles 
Bloomsbury, praying that the name of Daniel 
Whittle Harvey, Esquire, may be placed on the 
Select Committee on Pensions, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Theobald, of the Inner Recovery of 
Temple, Barrister-at-Law, praying that the Recovery Tenements Bill, 
of Tenements Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 





FF2 A Petition 





Registration of 
Births, &amp;c., 
Act. 


Medical 
Profession 


(Scotland. 


Recovery of 
Tenements Bill. 


Informers. 


Municipal 
Boundaries Bill, 


No, 55. 


Cruelty to 
Animals 
(Ireland) Act. 


Tithes 
(Ireland.) 


Saltash Floating 
Bridge. 


Established 
Church. 


Colonel Verner. 


220 21° Decembris. 


A Petition of Clergy resident in Lincoln, and the 
neighbourhood, praying for the repeal or amend- 
ment of the Act for the Registration of Births, 
Deaths and Marriages, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Senatus Academicus of the Uni- 
versity of Edinburgh, complaining of the Medical 
Graduates of that University being obstructed in their 
practice in London, by the privileges and bye-laws 
of the Royal College of Physicians, and praying 
the House to protect them from vexatious prosecu- 
tion, either for assuming the title which they have 
earned by a full course of study, and after strict 
examination in that University, or for practising 
their profession in any one part of Her Majesty’s 
dominions, in the same manner in which they are 
recognized by law as qualified to practise it in others, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Freeholders, Copyholders, Lease- 
holders, Householders and others, within the Metro- 
politan Boroughs, praying that the Recovery of 
Tenements Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitant Householders of Mary- 
le-bone, praying the House to put an effectual stop 
to the occupation of common informers, leaving 
every one who shall feel injured by the breach of 
any enactment, to bring the offender before the 
proper authorities, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Metropolis 
Police Offices. 


Mr. Vernon Smith presented a Bill to settle the 
Boundaries and Wards of certain Cities and Bo- 
roughs in England and Wales: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Friday the 16th day of February next ; 
and to be printed. 


A Petition of Members of the Society for the 
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, in Belfast, pray- 
ing that the Cruelty to Animals (Ireland) Act may 
be so extended as to limit the number of passengers 
in any vehicle drawn by one horse, to four passen- 
gers, exclusive of the driver, and in four-wheeled 
cars drawn by two horses, to ten passengers, was 
—: and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of James Charles Mulligan, of Tully- 
connaught, submitting a plan for the final settlement 
of the Tithes and the Church Question in Jreland, 
and for providing a permanent — for the Poor 
of that country, and praying the House to take the 
same into consideration, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Saltash Floating Bridge Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for altering, amend- 
ing and enlarging the powers of an Act of the 2d 

ear of his late Majesty, for establishing a Floating 
Toliige over the River Tamar, at or near Saltash 
Ferry, in the County of Cornwall, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s 
command,—Copy of the Fifth Report of the Com- 
missioners appointed to consider the state of the 
Established Church in England and Wales, with 
reference to Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues. 


Lord John Russell also presented, pursuant to 
Order,—A Copy of the Correspondence between Her 
Majesty’s Government in Jreland, and Colonel Verner, 
with respect to his removal from the offices of 
Deputy earn and Justice of the Peace for the 
County of Tyrone. 











A. 1837. 


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


A Petition of the Dean and Chapter of Eveter, Bishoprick of 
Sodor and 


praying that the Bishoprick of Sodor and Mann ma 
not be annexed to the See of Carlisle, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Sherifis’ Courts, 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Number of Issues directed 
to be tried before the Sheriff, under the provisions 
of 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 42, in each of the years 1834, 
1835, 1836 and 1837; distinguishing those in which 
the Sum endorsed on the Writ of Summons ex- 
ceeded £.10, and those in which it was £.10, and 
under:—and of the Number of Writs of Inquiry 
of Damages executed by the Sheriff in each of the 
same years; distinguishing those in which the 
Verdict or Finding exceeded £.10, and those in 
which it was £.10 and under. 

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


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrar and Message from 


Mr. Senior : 


Mr. Speaker, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Municipal 
Act for the Relief of Quakers, Moravians and Se- ? 


paratists elected to Municipal Offices, with Amend- 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And then the Messen- 
gers withdrew. 


Ordered, That the adjourned Debate upon the 
Question proposed upon Tuesday last, “That Ed- 


, ward Hallows Plumptre be called to the bar,” be 


now resumed :—The House accordingly resumed the 
said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 

Edward Hallows Plumptre was called in; and at 
the bar examined upon oath, in relation to the 
allegations of his Petition:—And then he was di- 
rected to withdraw. 

A Motion was made, and the Question bein 
proposed, That the time for entering into Recogni- 
zances in the case of the Limerick County Election 
Petition, be enlarged till Monday the 1st day of 
January next; 

The House was moved, That the Entry in the 
Journal of the House of the 9th day of January 
1807, with relation to the proceedings of the House 
in the case of the Penryn Election Petition, might 
be read ; and the same was read. 

And the Question being put, That the time for 
entering into the Recognizance in the case of the 
Limerick County Election Petition, be enlarged till 
Monday the 1st day of January next; 

The ane divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lob Pe 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ ng a } 59. 
Tellers for the Noes, a 1) ‘ } 50. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That the adjourned Debate upon the Sligo County 
Question proposed upon Tuesday last, That the ” 


time for Colonel Perceval, one of the Sitting Mem- 
bers for the County of Siigo, to deliver in a particular 
of his qualification, be enlarged till Tuesday, the 2d 
day of January next, be now resumed :—The House 
accordingly resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That the adjourned Debate upon the Portarlington 
Question — — Tuesday last, That Robert Election, 
ed to the 


Potter be cal bar, be now resumed :—The 


House 


































































of 


Common Fields 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Supply. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Hand-loom 
Weavers. 


Sale of Beer 
Bill, 


Union Work- 
houses, 


Select 


Committees, 


1 Victroriz. 


House accordingly resumed the said adjourned | 
Debate. 

And the Question being put:—It passed in the 
Negative. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 6th day 
of this mstant December, for taking into con- 
sideration upon Thursday the 29th day of March | 
next, the Petition of Joseph Lawler and Patt | 
Gorman, Electors, complaining of an undue Elec- | 





21° Decembris. 


221 


the nomination of such Committee, place on the 
Notices the names of the Members intended to be 
proposed by him to be Members of such Com- 
mittee. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon Post Office. 


Thursday last, that there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Names and Situations of all Persons 
dismissed or removed from the Post Office Depart- 


tion and Return for the Borough of Portarlington, | ment, under the allegation of having purloined or 


be discharged. 


Ordered, That the Common Fields Improvement 
Bill be read _a second time, upon Wednesday, the 
7th day of February next. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the Committee of Supply. 


Ordered, That the Municipal Corporations (Jre- 
land) Bill be read a second time to-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill be 
read a second time To-morrow. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That there is in this Kingdom an immense 
body of Hand-loom Weavers suffering unparalleled 
distress, and that this distress arises from the un- 
precedented low rate of wages that the Weavers 
are paid for their work, and from the heavy taxes 
imposed by this House on the food and other neces- 
saries of life, a sufticiency of which their wages 
should enable them to purchase; that the work 
which a large proportion of these Weavers execute, 
consists of articles indispensably necessary to the 
personal comfort and convenience of the higher 
and middle classes of society, or of articles ex- 
ported to foreign countries, and there exchanged for 
luxuries and necessaries, to increase the affiuence 
and comfort of those classes ; that it is therefore the 
interest as well as the duty of the Representatives 
of the people in this House, immediately to devise 
and enact such laws as shall either raise the wages 
of these distressed Weavers to a scale adequate to 
maintain them comfortably, or that shall so reduce 
the Taxes imposed on the necessaries of life, and to 
alter the mode of collecting such Taxes, as that no 
part of the wages paid to these Weavers shall be 
abstracted from them, by either direct or indirect 
taxation on those necessaries. 

And the previous Question being put, that that 
Question be now put; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas,f _ Fineley names } 11. 
Tellers for the Noes, sa —, f? a ig } "3. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


The House was moved, that the Act 11 Geo. 4, 
and 1 Will. 4, c. 64, to permit the general sale of 
Beer and Cider by retail in England, might be 
read, and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the said Act: And that Mr. Warburton 
and Mr. Hume do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
List of the Unions for which Workhouses have been 
ordered by the Poor Law Commissioners to be built, 
purchased, altered or enlarged, from the passing of 
the Poor Law Amendment Act to the present time, 
with the Number of Persons to be provided for, the 
Amount authorized to be expended, and the Names 
of the Architects and Contractors. 


Resolved, That every Member intending to pro- 
ge a — Committee shall, one day next before 
or. 93. 


secreted Letters, franked or unfranked, or been con- 
‘cerned therein, containing Money, Bills, Bank 
‘notes or other property, belonging to private fami- 
lies, with the Amount in each instance; also, a 
Return of all Persons who have actually defrauded 
the Revenue Department of the Post Office, and 
been dismissed therefor ; stating, in either case, if 
the first Offence was visited with removal or dis- 
missal, or if repeated previous thereto :—also, the 
nature of the Security taken by the Post Office, re- 
‘garding the abstracting or purloining Monies or 
other Property by those employed therein; stating 
if the parties becoming sureties are bound to make 
good and restore private property, when abstracted 
or purloined by the servants of the public in that 
Department, or only for their fraudulent acts against 
the Revenue, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House,— 
Returns in detail, of the Number of Cases which 
have occurred from 5th January 1829 to 5th January 
1837, in each year, of Letters franked or unfranked, 
addressed to persons in London, Dablin or Edin- 
burgh, or which have been applied for through the 
General Post Offices of those Cities, containin 
Money, Bills, Bank-notes or other property, which 
have been secreted or purloined by any person in 
the employment of the Post Office Department, or 
been demanded therefrom by private parties as un- 
delivered ; with the Amount thereof in each case in 
each year ang | :—of the Names and Situa- 
tions of all Persons dismissed or removed from the 
Post Office Department as above, under the alle- 
gation of having purloined or secreted Letters, 
franked or unfranked, or been concerned therein, 
| containing Money, Bills, Bank-notes or other pro- 
perty, belonging to private oes with the Amount 
in each instance :—also, a Return, as above, of all 
Persons who have actually defrauded the Revenue 
Department of the Post Office, and been dismissed 
therefor ; stating, in either case, if the first offence 
was visited with removal or dismissal, or if repeated 
previous thereto :—also, the nature of the security 
taken by the Post Office regarding the abstracting 
or purloining Monies or other property by those 
employed therein ; stating, if the parties becoming 
sureties, are bound to make good and restore pri- 
vate property, when abstracted or purloined by the 
Servants of the Public in that Department, or only 
for their fraudulent acts against the Revenue. 


c. 5, for securing the Freedom of Parliaments, by 
the further qualifying the Members to sit in the 
House of Commons, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
to amend the Laws relating to the Qualification of 
Members to serve in Parliament: And that Mr. 
Warburton and Mr. Hume do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Fines and Recognizances (Ireland) 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
5th day of February next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 

Resolved, 





FF3 


The House was moved, That the Act 9 Anne, Qualification of 


Mewbers Bill. 


Fines and 
Recognizances 
(Ireland) Bill. 





Duchess of 
— Annuity itself into a Committee upon the Duchess of Kent’s 
‘ Annuity Bill:—The House accordingly resolved 
itself into the Committee. 


Married 
Women’s Bill. 


No. 56. 


Custody of 
Infants Bill, 


No. 57. 


Qualification of 
Members Bill. 


No. 58, 


Ships’ Mort- 
gages Bill. 


No. 59. 


Juries at 
Sessions Bill. 


Presbyterians’ 





292 21° Decembris. A. 1837. " 


Resolved, That this House will immediately resolve 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 


Preamble postponed. 


Cuausz, N°1, Annuity of Thirty thousand pounds 
granted to Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent 
read. 

Motion made, and Question put, in P. 2, 1. 7, 
That the blank be filled up with Twenty-two thou- 
sand pounds. 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the {Colonel Sibthorp, 

Yeas, Mr. Hume : 
Tellers for the (Mr. Edward John Stanley, 
Noes, Mr. Baring : 

Question, that the blank be filled up with Thirty 

thousand pounds put, and agreed to. 


Cause, N° 1, as amended, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 2, agreed to. 

Preamble read, and agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





} 19, 


* 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Mr. Lynch presented a Bill to enable Married 
Women, with the consent of their Husbands, to 
pass their Interests in Chattels personal: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time upon Wednesday the 28th day of Fe- 
bruary next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Serjeant Yalfourd presented a Bill to pro- 
vide for the access of Parents living apart from each 
other, to their Children of tender age : And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Wednesday the 14th day of Fe- 
bruary next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Warburton presented a Bill to amend the 
Laws relating to the Qualification of Members to 
serve in Parliament: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday the 5th day of February next ; and 
to be printed. 


Mr. George Frederick Young presented a Bill to 
amend the Law relating to Mortgages of Ships and 
Vessels : And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Friday the 
2d day of February next; and to be printed. 


Resolved, That this House will immediately re- 
solve itself into a Committee upon the Juries at 
Sessions Bill:—The House accordingly resolved 
itself into the Committee; and, after some time 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; 
anc Mr. Bernal reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and had directed him to 
report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


‘To-morrow. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth, by Order, reported the 


a (Ireland) Presbyterians’ Oaths (Zreland) Bill; and the Amend- 


Municipal 


Officers’ Decla- 


ration Bill. 


ments were read, and agreed to. 
_ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 














tituled, An Act for the Relief of Quakers, Mora- 
vians and Separatists elected to Municipal Offices ; 
and the same were read, as follow : 
Pr. 1. 1. 13. Leave out from “ Corporations ” to 

operates ” in |, 15. 

r. 1. 1. ult. Leave out “ declaration,’ 
sert “ declarations.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 3. Leave out “ as well as by,” and in- 
sert “ and in.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 7. After “ Wales” insert “ respec- 


“ 


, 


and in- 


“ tively.” 
Pr. 2. 1. 24, After “in” insert “ an Act passed 

“ in” County 
Pr. 2. 1. 25. Leave out “ of,” and insert “ year (ale! 


“ of the reign of King.” 


Pr. 2. 1. 26. Leave out “ chapter seventeen,” 
and insert intituled, “‘ An Act for repealing so much 
“ of the several Acts as imposes the necessity of 
receiving the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, as 
a qualification for certain Offices and Employ- 
“ ments.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 8. Leave out “ declaration,” and insert 
declarations.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 9. Leave out “ recited.” 

Pr. 3. 1. ult. At the end of the Bill add “ and 
“ the fifth and sixth years of King William the 
“ Fourth respectively,” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Lord Viscount Morpeth do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and acquaint dem, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


- 


‘ 
“cc 


“cc 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Metropolis 
to consider and report to the House the best means !™Prvemeuts. 
of carrying into effect the Improvements in the 
Metropolis, as reported by the Select Committee in 
the Session of 1836 :—And a Committee was ap- 
pointed of Sir Matthew Wood, Mr. Chancellor of 
the Exchequer, Sir Robert Peel, Lord Viscount 


Lowther, Mr. Herries, Sir Edward Codrington, Sir Ha 
Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Shaw Lefevre, Mr. Wak- -~ 
ley, Colonel Evans, Mr. Clay, Mr. George Palmer, i 


Mr. Pendarves, Mr. Barnard and Mr. Hall, with 
Power to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the eae 

Ordered, That the Report which, upon the 2d 
day of August 1836, was made from the Select 
Committee appointed to consider of the most effec- 
tual plan for raising of Money to carry into effect 
the necessary Improvements required in the Cities of 
London and Westminster, Borough of Southwark, and 
Counties of Middlesex and Surrey, and for the pur- 
chasing of the Interest of the Proprietors of the 
Waterloo and Southwark Bridges, that they may be 
thrown open for the use of the public free from Toll, 
be referred to the Committee. 


- n=) 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Hackney 
for the better Regulation of Hackney Carriages Caatrteatls) 
and of Omnibuses used in and near the Metropolis, — ” 
and of the Drivers and Attendants thereof: And 
that Sir Matthew Wood and Lord George Lennox 


do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Post Office 
Returns showing the Rates and Fares charged on Steam Packets. 
board Her Majesty’s Mail Steam Packets on the 
Liverpooland Kingstown, Holyhead and Kingstown, 
Milford and Waterford, and Portpatrick and Do- 
naghadee Stations, for Passengers, Carriages and 
Horses, from the Date of their first establishment 
in 1826, down to the latest period, or to the 1st 
December 1837, with the several Alterations in such 
Rates and Fares as have been made, and the Dates 
of such Alterations respectively :—Of the Number, 
Names, Rank, Duties and Salaries or Wages of all 
Officers, Clerks, or other Persons employed on the 

same 





County Court 
(Middlesex). 


Hackney 
Carriages 
(Metropolis) 
Bill. 


No. 60. 


Public 
Monuments, 


Pensions, 


[it Diemen's 
No. 61, 


Newspapers, 


No. 62, 





1 Vicrortiz. 


same Stations, either on Shore or on board the 
Packets, at the Date of the transfer of such Packets 
from the Post Office to the Admiralty, with a cor- 
responding Return for 1st December 1837, distin- 
guishing such changes and additions as have been 
made to the several Establishments at such Stations 
between such two periods :—and, of the several 
Persons, their Rank and Salaries, and the Total 
Expense of the Establishment in Dublin, connected 
with the Mail Packets, at the Date of their transfer 
to the Admiralty ; aud a corresponding Return for 
1st December 1837. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return from the County Clerk of the County Court 
of Middlesex of the Amount of all the Money paid 
by Debtors into the Court or Courts held for and 
in the several Divisions or Hundred of Ossulton, 
the Hundred of Isleworth and Elthorne, and the 
Hundred of Edmonton, all in the County of Mid- 
dlesex, remaining unclaimed by Creditors on 31st 
December 1824; also, setting forth in the said 
Return an Account of all Sums of Money received 
and paid yearly and every year, from 31st December 
1824 to 31st December 1836, particularizing in the 
said last-mentioned Account the Amount or Amounts 
received in the Court or Courts held in each of the 
said Hundreds during the said years ; also, setting 
forth in the said Return, where such Monies are 
now deposited, and, if laid out in Government or 
other Securities, the Name or Names of such Secu- 
rities ; also, setting forth in the said Return, if any 
and what portions of the aforesaid Monies, or the 
Interest and Dividends thereof, have been appro- 
priated or alienated, and the purposes or purpose of 
such alienation or appropriation ; also, setting forth 
in the said Return whether the said Funds are 
charged or incumbered, and the Nature and Amount 
of such.Charge or Incumbrance, and the Persons 
or Person for whose benefit and on whose behalf 
such Charges or Incumbrances are created. 


Mr. Alderman Wood presented a Bill for the 
better Regulation of Hackney Carriages and of Om- 
nibuses used in and near the Metropolis, and of the 
Drivers and Attendants thereof: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Wednesday, the 7th day of February 
next ; and to be printed, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Monuments erected in 
Westminster Abbey and Saint Paul’s at the Public 
Expense, from the year 1750 to the present time ; 
specifying the Names of the Persons to whose 
honour they were erected, and the Sums paid for 
each; with the aggregate Amount. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
List of Pensions now payable under the Ist Geo. 4, 
c. i109, to Officers and Attendants on his late Ma- 


jesty George 3, and to others to whom Pensions 


had been granted by his late Majesty George 3 ; 
stating the Name of each Person receiving a Pension, 
and the Amount of such Pensions, and the nature 
of the Office, if any, held by each Person under 
his late Majesty George 3 ; cory, also, whether he 
now holds any Office, and what Office, and the In- 
come received from such Office, and whether he 
receives any other Pension, Salary or Allowance, 
and to what Amount, and from what Fund paid :— 
and a similar Return of the Pensions granted to the 
Servants of the late Queen Charlotte, under the 59th 
Geo. 3, c. 22. 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to the claim of 
William and Andrew Forlong, at Van Diemen’s 
Land, which were presented upon 10th day of July, 
in the last Session of Parliament, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to Newspapers, 


which were presented upon Tuesday last, be printed. 
Vot. 93. 


91°—22° Decembris. 





223 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Draw- Timber. 
back on Timber used in the Mines in Devonshire No. 63. 
and Cornwall, which were presented upon Tuesday 
last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Account relative to the Slavery 
Abolition Act, which was presented upon Tuesday 
last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Abstract of the Tenders for 
the Embankment, &amp;¢., of the new Houses of Par- 
liament, which was presented upon Tuesday last, be 
printed. 


Slavery 
Abolition Act. 


No. 64. 


Houses of 
Parliament. 


No. 65. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Veneris, 22° die Decembris ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1837. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Swinburne, from the Commissioners of West- Westminster 
minster Bridge, was called in; and at the bar Bridge. 

presented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of 

Parliament,—The Quarterly Accounts of the Trea- 

surer to the Commissioners of Westminster Bridge, 

from the 5th July 1836 to 10th October 1837:— 

And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of the East India 
East India Company, was called in; and at the bar ©™?*"9- 
ee pursuant to the directions of an Act of 

arliament,—List, No. 78, specifying the particulars 
of the Compensation proposed to be granted to cer- 
tain persons reduced from the East India Company’s 
Service in England, under an arrangement sanctioned 
by the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of 
India, and laid before the Honourable the House of 
Commons on the 20th March 1834. 

List, No. 79, specifying the Particulars of the 
Compensation proposed to be granted to certain 
Persons who belonged to the late Maritime Service 
of the East India Company, under an arrangement 
sanctioned by the Board of Commissioners for the 
Affairs of India, and laid before the Honourable the 
House of Commons on the 26th February 1835 :— 

And then he withdrew. : 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 


Paington 


Lord George Lennox, by Order, presented a Bill Herlur Bill 


for making and maintaining a Harbour and other 
Works at Paington, in the County of Devon: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. ; 


Londcn and 
Croydon Rail- 
way (No, 1.) 


A Petition of the London and Croydon Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for providing 
a larger station, yard, wharf, warehouses and other 
conveniences in the parish of Saint Olave, Southwark, 
in the county of Surrey, for extending the period for 
the purchase of lands and completion of the works, 
and for altering, amending and enlarging the powers 
and provisions of the Acts relating to the said Rail- 
way, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition, of the London and Croydon Railway London and | 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for extending — a ~y 
the period for the purchase of lands and completion "”” ii 
of the works, and for altering, amending and en- 
larging the powers and provisions of the Acts relating 
to the said Railway, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of John Clark Powell, of Saint Helen’s tg 
Place, Bishopsgate, in the oe of London, Esquire, it 
the Treasurer of Saint Luke’s Hospital for ana * 

FF4 or 











Joiy’s Nat. Bill. 


Newry Election. 


Belfast 
Election. 


Dublin City 
Election. 


Kerry County 
Election, 


Carlow County 


Election. 


Carlow Borough 


Election. 





























































994 


for leave to bringin a Bill for the permanent establish- 
ment and better government of the said institution, 
and incorporating the President, Vice-Presidents, 
Treasurer and Governors thereof, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


Joly’s Naturalization Bill was read a second time; 
and committed to Mr. George Frederick Young and 
the Middlesex List. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, that Patrick 
Brady and Peter Mayence, who petitioned this 
House upon the 7th day of this instant December, 
complainmg of an undue Election and Return for 
the venice of Newry, had not entered into a Re- 
cognizance in respect of such Petition, according to 
the directions of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 22, “ to con- 
solidate and amend the Laws relating to the Trial of 
Controverted Elections, or Returns of Members to 
serve in Parliament.” 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 7th day 
of this instant December, for taking the said Petition 
into consideration upon Tuesday, the 20th day of 
March next, be discharged. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, that Ed- 
ward Ledger and the other Electors, who petitioned 
this House upon the 7th day of this instant De- 
cember, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for the Borough of Belfast, had not entered 
into a Recognizance in respect of such Petition, ac- 
cording to the directions of the said Act. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 7th day 
of this instant December, for taking the said Petition 
into consideration upon Tuesday, the 13th day of 
February next, be discharged. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, that Ed- 
ward Cottingham, and the other Electors, who peti- 
tioned this House upon the 7th day of this instant 
December, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the City of Dublin, had not entered into 
a Recognizance in respect of such Petition, accord- 
ing to the directions of the said Act. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 7th day 
of this instant December, for taking the said Petition 
inté consideration upon Tuesday, the 13th day of 
March next, be discharged. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, that 
Stephen Walsh and James Barnett, Electors, who 
petitioned this House upon the 7th day of this 
instant December, complaining of an undue Elec- 
tion and Return for the County of Kerry, had not 
entered into a Recognizance in respect of such Pe- 
tition, according to the directions of the said Act. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 7th day 
of this instant December, for taking the said Petition 
into consideration upon Tuesday, the 20th day of 
March next, be discharged. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, that 
William Fitzwilliam Burton, Esquire, and the other 
Electors, who petitioned this House upon the 7th 
day of this instant December, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the County of Carlow, 
had not entered into a Recognizance in respect of 
such Petition, according to the directions of the said 
Act. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 7th day 
of this instant December, for taking the said Petition 
into consideration upon Tuesday, the 13th day of 
March next, be discharged. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, that 
William Fishbourne, and the other Electors, who pe- 
titioned this House upon the 7th day of this instant 
December, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the bona of Carlow, had not entered 
mto a Recognizance in respect of such Petition, 
according to the directions of the said Act. 


92° Decembris. 





A. 1837, 


Ordered, That the Order made upon the 7th day 
of this instant December, for taking the said Petition 
into consideration upon Thursday, the 8th day of 
March next, be discharged. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, that Sligo County 
John Gallaher, and the other Electors, who peti- Election. 
tioned this House upon the 7th day of this mstant 
December, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the County of Sligo, had not entered into 
a Recognizance in respect of such Petition, accord- 
ing to the directions of the said Act. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 7th day 
of this instant December, for taking the said Petition 
into consideration upon Thursday, the 29th day of . 
March next, be discharged. 


narbor, praying for the abolition of Church Rates, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the President and Secretaries of the Poor Law 
Provincial, Medical and Surgical Association at Amendment 
Cheltenham, praying for an Amendment of the Poor 4“ 
Law Amendment Act, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Poor Law 
Amendment Act. 


A Petition of Magnus Klein, of Edmund Place, Drunkennes, 
Aldersgate-street, London, Voluntary Temperance 
Missionary, praying the House to adopt the most 
effectual steps for diminishing habits of intemperance 
amongst the people, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ship-owners and Traders of the port Fishguard 
of Scarborough, praying for the repeal of the Clauses Harbour Act 
in the Fishguard Harbour Act imposing a passing 
Toll, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Northern 
Returns from the Board of Commissioners of Nor- Lights. 
thern Lights of the Number of Lighthouses erected 
in each of the Maritime Counties of Scotland, or the 
Islands or Rocks belonging thereto, with the Ex- 
pense of erecting or altering each of those Light- 
houses, and the yearly Expense for the lighting and 
keeping in repair each Lighthouse, for the last Five 
years preceding January 1838 :—-of all Lighthouses 
at present erecting in any of these Counties, the Erec- 
tion of which has been commenced since 1st January 
1836, with the estimated Expense thereof respec- 
tively, and for lighting and keeping in repair each 
such Lighthouse :—of the Scotch Maritime Coun- 
ties on which no Lighthouses have been yet erected, 
and the distance of miles of Coast of these Counties, 
and how far situated from any Lighthouse erected 
by the Northern Light Board : —of the Annual 
Amount of Lighthouse Dues received from the Offi- 
cers of Customs, and collected by them from the 
several Ports in each of these Counties, during the 
last Five years ; specifying the different Lighthouses 
for which these Dues have been collected :—and, of 
the Names of the Northern Light Commissioners who 
have sailed in the Northern Light Board Yacht in 
each of the last Five years preceding January 1838, 
along with their Engineer, to inspect the different 
Lighthouses; and stating the Lighthouses these 
Commissioners have landed at and inspected yearly, 
and the Maritime Counties they have examined for 
which Lighthouses have been applied for. 


A Petition of the Governors and Secretary, and Postage. 
the Medical Director of the United Royal Jennerian 
and London Vaccine Institutions, praying for a 
uniform low rate of Postage on Letters, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Postage. 





A Petition 


A Petition of Rate-payers and others of Berry- Church Rat, 


Dore 


Pos 


Jur 








Ounty 


Rates, 


1€5$, 


Act, 


Dorchester 
Labourers. 


Post Office. 


Juries at 
Sessions Bill. 


Presbyterians’ 
Oaths (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act, 


Vote by Ballot. 


1 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of the Chairman, Secretary, and Com- 
mittee of a Meeting at Saint Mary-le-bone, praying 
the House to institute an Inquiry into the cause of 
the Dorchester Labourers not having arrived in this 
country, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Labouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s 
command, —The Tenth Report of the Commis- 
sioners appointed tu inquire into the Management of 
the Post Office Department. 

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


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to re- 
move doubts as to summoning Juries at adjourned 
Quarter Sessions of the Peace, was, according to 
Order, read the third time; and the Amendments 
following were made to the Bill; viz. 

Pr. 1. 1. 17. After “ assembled” insert “ and for 
“ the Recorder of any City or Borough at any Court 
“ of Quarter Sessions holden in and for the same.” 

Pr. 1. 1. 18. Leave out “ them,” and insert 
“ such Justices and Recorder respectively it.” 

Pr. 1. 1. 19. Leave out from “ the” to “ ad- 
“ journed ” in 1. 21, and insert “Clerk of the Peace 
“ to take the necessary steps for causing Juries to 
“« be summoned to attend any.” 

Pr. 1. 1. 28. After “ Sessions” insert “ shall.” 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor General do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments this House doth desire the 
concurrence of their Lordships. 


The ingrossed Bill to allow all Dissenters from the 
Established Church in Ireland, known by the name 
of Presbyterian Protestants, to make Oath in all 
cases in Courts of Justice, and other Places where 
an Oath is required, by swearing with uplifted 
Hand, was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to allow all Jrish Presbyterians to 
make Oath by swearing with uplifted Hand. 

Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor General do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return, by Medical Officers of Unions, for the year 
1837, stating the Name of Medical Officer; Union 
or District ; Parishes, describing the Number and 
Population of 1831; Area of the Union cr Medical 
District ; distance of its Boundaries from the Sur- 
geon’s Residence, north, south, east or west; 
Average Number constantly on the Sick List ; Total 
Number of Cases treated ; Total Number of Persons 
treated ; Number of Attendances at Surgeon’s Re- 
sidence, at Workhouse, at Patient’s Home, and 
Total; Cases how disposed of, Cured, Dead, other- 
wise ceased to be under Medical Treatment, remain- 
ing under Medical Treatment, 1st January 1838, 
and Total; and Remuneration, where a Salary is 
paid, stating the Amount of Salary, addition of Mid- 
wifery, Vaccination and other special Diseases or 
Accidents, and special Remuneration (if any) for 
non-settled Paupers; and, where a Salary is not 
paid, stating the Amount and Nature of the Remu- 
neration :—And, a Return, by Medical Officers of 
Unions, stating the Names of Medical Officers ; 
Nature of Medical Qualification or Title, a Member 
of what College or Medical Company; Age; Age 
when licensed to practise; Age on taking Office, 
and Age on entering District. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Earl Stonham, pray- 
ing for the adoption of Vote by Ballot at Elections 
of Members to serve in Parliament, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vor. 93. 


22° Decembris. 


295 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Justice Cole- Message from 

ridge and Mr. Justice Coltman : the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Civit List Bill 
Act for the Support of Her Majesty’s Household, 
and of the Honour and Dignity of the Crown of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
without any Amendment :—And then the Messen- 
gers withdrew. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Supply. 
posed, That the Order of the day, for the Committee 
of Supply, be now read ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, 
that She will be graciously pleased to give direc- 
tions, that there be laid before this House, Copies 
of all Dispatches which have passed between 
“ Lord Gosford and the Colonial Office since the 
date of those last presented to the House,” in- 
stead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—The said proposed Amendment was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Order of the day for the Com- 
_— of Supply, be now read; and the same being 
read, 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday, 
the 17th day of January next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Duchess of Kent’s An- Duchess of — 
nuity Bill; and the Amendments were read. aay 
The first Amendment in P. 2.1. 7., which was 
to fill the blank with Thirty thousand pounds, being 
read a second time ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House doth agree with the 
Committee in the said Amendment :—It was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 
Then the subsequent Amendments, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


T he Order of the day being read, for the second Benisipal 
ne of the Municipal Corporations (Zreland) (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday, the 2d day of February next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Poor Relief 
reading of the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday, the 5th day of February next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Newspaper 
Return of the Number of Stamps issued by the Stamps. 
Stamp Office for all Newspapers in Great Britain 
and Ireland, from 1st November to 1st December 
1837 ; specifying each Newspaper by name. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Benefices 
abridge the holding of Benefices in Plurality, and Plurality Bill. 
to make better provision for the Residence of the 
Clergy : And that Lord John Russell and Mr.Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Hume presented a Bill to define and regulate Election 
the Lawful Expenses at Elections of Members to Expenses Bill. 
serve in Parliament for England and Wales: And No. 67. 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday, the 19th day of 
February next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Hume presented a Bill to establish Councils County Rates 
for the Management of County Rates in England Bill. 
and Wales: And the same was read the first time; No. 68. 








GG and 











Crown Lands 
(Ireland) Bill, 


No. 69, 


Established 
Church, 


No. 66, 


Newspaper 
Stamps. 


No, 73. 


Colonial and 
Australasian 
Banking 
Companies. 


Scientific 
and Literary 
Societies’ 
Buildings. 


Finsbury Small 
Debts Bill. 


Vote by Ballot. 


Presbyterians’ 
Oaths (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Patterns and 
Inventions Bill. 


No. 71. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Prisoners 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Slave Compen- 
sation Bill. 


226 


and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday, 
the 19th day of February next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Crown 
Lands (Ireland), which was presented upon Tuesday 
last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Copy of the Fifth Report of the 
Commissioners on the R tablished Church, which 
was presented upon Thursday last, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Sabbati, 23° die Decembris ; 


Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1837. 








PRAYERS. 


M R. Stephenson, from the Treasury, was called 
iV in; andat the bar presented—Return to an 
Order, dated the 11th day of this instant December, 
for a Return of the Number of Stamps issued by the 
Stamp Office for all Newspapers in Great Britain 
and Jreland, from 30th June to 1st November 1837 ; 
specifying each Newspaper by Name, and the Num- 
ber of Stamps issued each Month during that period 
to each Newspaper. 

Mr. Stephenson also presented, pursuant to an 
Address to Her Majesty,—Copies of the Charter 
granted to the Colonial Banking Company ; and, of 
the Charter granted to the Australasian Banking 
Company :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Return relative to Newspaper 
Stamps be printed. 


A Petition of the President and other Members of 
the Council of the Sheffield Literary and Philoso- 
phical Society, praying the House to pass a Bill 
to exempt from Taxes and Rates all Lands and 
Buildings occupied by Scientific and Literary So- 
cieties, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Mr. Wakley presented a Bill for the more easy 
and speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the 
Borough of Finsbury, in the County of Middlesex : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Inha- 
bitants of Sheffield, praying for the adoption of Vote 
by Ballot at Elections of Members to serve in Par- 
liament, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the table. 


A Petition of the Minister and Elders and Chair- 
man of a Meeting of Members of the Second Presby- 
terian Church at Ballymoney, praying that the Pres- 
byterians’ Oaths (Ireland) Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Mr. Mackinnon presented a Bill for the better 
Encouragement of the Arts and Manufactures, and 
securing to Individuals the Benefit of their Inventions 
for a limited period: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday, the 24th day of January next ; 
and to be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrar and 
Mr. Senior : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to regulate the Expenses 
of conveying Prisoners in Jreland : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to carry into further 
execution the Provisions of an Act for completing 
the full Payment of Compensation to Owners of 
Slaves upon the Abolition of Slavery: 


292°—93° Decembris. 








A. 1837. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Commis- Houses of 
sioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests, Land Re- Parliament piu, 
venues, Works and Buildings, to purchase Ground 
and Tenements required to complete the Site for 
the new Houses of Parliament: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Juries at 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to Sessions Bil, 
remove Doubts as to summoning Juries at adjourned 
Quarter Sessions of the Peace, without Amend- 
ment :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, that a Return Parliamentary 
to an Order, dated the 7th day of July, in the last Papers. 
Session of Parliament, fora Return, in columns, No. 74, 
showing the Total Number of Reports, Bills and 
other Public Parliamentary Papers, which have 
been issued in the years 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836 and 
1837, respectively ; showing the Number of each 
kind issuedjgratis, and sold in each year, since the 
Sale commenced, and the Sum Total produced in 
each year, was upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the said Return be printed. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the Answer to 
House, That their several Addresses of the 11th, Addresses. 
12th, 13th, 14th, 16th, 18th and 21st days of this 
instant December (that Her Majesty would be gra- 
ciously pleased to give directions that the Papers 
therein mentioned might be laid before this House,) 
had been presented to Her Majesty; and that Her 
Majesty had commanded him to acquaint this House, 
that She will give directions accordingly. 


Sir George Grey presented, pursuant toan Address Australia. 
to Her Majesty,—A Copy of any Correspondence No. 75. 
and Documents, showing the progress of measures 
taken for the Advancement of Religion in Australia, 
since the dates of the Papers last laid on the Table. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Yeo- Yeomanry 


manry Corps, which was presented upon Monday ©"?* 
last, be printed. No. 76. 


The ingrossed Bill, to enable Her Majesty to Duchess of _ 
grant an Annual Sum to Her Royal Highness Vic- farts Aumiy 
toria Maria Louisa, Duchess of Kent, was, according ~ 
to Order, read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause was offered to be added to 
the Bill, by way of rider, “In case the Duchess of 
Kent shall marry without the consent of both Houses 
of Parliament, or cease to reside in the United King- 
dom, one-half of the Grant shall absolutely and 
entirely cease.” 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being em That the said Clause be now brought 
up :—It passed in the Negative. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Adjournment. 
wer That this House will, at the rising of the 

ouse this day, adjourn till Tuesday, the 16th day 
of January next ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words, “ Tuesday, the 
16th day of January next,” in order to add the words, 
“ 'Phursday next,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question ; 

e House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. More O’ Ferrall, 144 
Mr. Edward John Stanley ‘f ; 


Yeas, 
Tellers for ~~ Lord George Bentinck, 
Noes, Sir Robert Harry Inglis: 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Resolved, 


P 





ill, 


1 Vicroriz. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Tuesday the 16th 
day of January next. 


Mr. Baring presented, pursuant to Order,—A 
Return of the Names of Persons in the employ of the 
Post Office in Great Britain and Ireland, against 
whom any complaints have been made for having 
voted at the late Election of Members of Parliament, 
and of those who have been dismissed for having 
voted. 

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


Post Office. 
No. 77. 


Post Office. 
No. 77. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the following Papers, relating to persons 
in the employ of the Post Office voting at Elections, 
viz.; Circular Letters from the Post Office, dated 
11th July 1835, and 17th July 1837; and, Letter 
from the Post Office, dated 17th April 1837, from 
Colonel Maberly to the Post Master of Lewes. 

Mr. Baring accordingly presented the said Papers. 

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


Benefices 
Plurality Bill. 


No. 70. 


Lord John Russell presented a Bill to abridge the 
holding of Benefices in Plurality, and to make 
better provision for the residence of the Clergy ; 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Friday the 2d day of 
February next ; and to be printed. 

Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s 


Lower Canada. 


No.72, Command ;—Copies or Extracts of Correspondence 
relative to the Affairs of Lower Canada. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 
Call of the A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
House. 


That this House be called over upon Tuesday, the 
16th day of January next:—It passed in the Nega- 
tive. 


Steam Vessels Lord Viscount Palmerston presented, pursuant to an 
(Foreign Ports). Address to Her Majesty,—Returns relative to the 
No.78. Number and Description of Steam Vessels in the 
Ports of Foreign Countries, received from the British 
Consuls in those Countries, 1836, 1837. 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 
Slave Trade. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracis of all Communieations 
with Foreign Powers, or with the British Commis- 
sioners, relative to the Slave Trade, since the last 
were presented ; and a Statement of the measures 
which have been adopted in consequence of the Ad- 
dress of this House to his late Majesty on the 9th 
day of February last, and of his Majesty’s most 
gracious Answer. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Royal Assent 


to Bills A Message from Her aged by Sir Augustus 


Clifford, Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod: 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Queen commands this Honourable House to 
attend Her Majesty immediately inthe House of 
Peers. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to attend Her Majesty, when Her Majesty was 
pleased to give the Royal Assent to the several 
Public and Private Bills following ; viz. 

An Act for the Support of Her Majesty’s House- 
hold, and of the Honour and Dignity of the Crown 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land : 

VoL. 93. 


Civil List Bill. 


23° Decembris.—16° Januari. 





297 


An Act to carry into further execution the Provi- Slave Compen- 
sions of an Act for completing the full Payment of so Bil. 
Compensation to Owners of Slaves upon the Abo- 
lition of Slavery : 


An Act for the Relief of Quakers, Moravians and re 
Separatists, elected to Municipal Offices : ae 


An Act to remove Doubts as to summoning Ju- Juries at _ 
ries at Adjourned Quarter Sessions of the Peace: Sessions Bill. 


An Act to enable the Commissioners of Her Ma- Houses of __ 
jesty’s Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works and Parliament Bill. 
Buildings, to purchase Ground and Tenemeuts re- 
quired to complete the Site for the New Houses of 
Parliament : 

An Act to regulate the Expenses of conveying Prisorers 
Prisoners in Ireland : (Sestend) BEM, 


An Act for naturalizing James Patry : oer. 
at. Bill, 
An Act for naturalizing Peter Joseph Meugens : i 
at. Bill. 

An Act for naturalizing Alexander Constantine Ionides’ 
An Act for naturalizing Frederick Schwann : Schwnan's 
Nat. Bill. 

. 171 Saffran’s 

An Act for naturalizing Henry Joseph Edward pie) 


Saffran. 


And then the House adjourned till Tuesday, 
the 16th day of January next. 








Martis, 16° die Januari ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Speaker acquainted the House, That Henry Pontefract 
Gompertz, Esquire, who petitioned this House ©'*«ti. 

upon the 4th day of December last, complaining 

of an undue Election and Return for the orough 

of Pontefract, had not entered into a Recognizance 

in respect of such Petition, according to the direc- 

tions of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 22, “ to consolidate 

and amend the Laws relating to the Trial of con- 

troverted Elections, or Returns of Members to serve 

in Parliament.” 

Ordered, That the Order made upun the 6th day 

of December last, for taking the said Petition into 

consideration upon Tuesday the 22d day of May 

next, be discharged. 


Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, That Bodmin 
Carteret John William Ellis, Esquire, who petitioned ©!*ctio»- 
this House upon the 4th day of December last, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Bodmin, had not entered into a 
Recognizance in respect of such Petition, according 
to the directions of the said Act. 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 6th day 
of December last, for taking the said Petition into 
consideration upon Thursday, the 17th day of May 
next, be discharged. 


Mr. Speaker also oqgeeninn the House, That Dudley 
William Meryweather Turner, Esquire, who peti- ¥'&lt;tiov. 
tioned this House upon the 4th day of December 
last, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the Borough of Dudley, had not entered into a 
Recognizance in respect of such Petition, according 
to the directions of the said Act. 

The House was moved, That the Report of the 
Examiners of Sureties might be read; and the same 
was read as followeth ; 


Martis, 16° die Januarii, 1838. 

‘* Borough of Dudley.—) “ In pursuance of the Order 
~ sa i par pal the Right honourable the 
mery weather Sumer J Speaker of the House of Com- 

mons, dated the 4th day of December last, and here- 

with returned ; 
“ We, the Examiners thereby appointed, dohereby 
report, that on Tuesday the 26th day of December 
GG2 last, 





| 
| 


i 





Lower Canada, 


No, 80. 


Ribble 
Navigation, 


Tenby Small 
Debts. 


Torquay Roads. 


Marine 
Insurance. 


Post Horse 
Duties, &amp;e. 


Innkeepers, 


298 16° Januari. 


last, being the last day of the extended time granted 
by the House for the examination of the sufficiency 
of the Sureties,—when we had appointed to meet 
for that purpose, one of us, Francis Cross, Esquire, 
was prevented by serious illness from leaving his 
own house ; and that the other Examiner, in an- 
nouncing this to the parties, informed them, that 
the examination might nevertheless proceed, pro- 
vided they mutually agreed to adjourn to the house 
of the said Francis Cross; but that the agent for 
the Sitting Member objected to any such adjourn- 
ment; so that no examination could be had of the 
sufficiency of the Sureties. 

“ Given under our hands the day and year first 
above written. 

“ John Rickman. 
“ To the Right “ F. Cross.” 

“ honourable the Speaker.” 


Ordered, That the Order made upon the 6th day 
of December last, for taking the said Petition into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 24th day of April 
next, be discharged. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by 
Her Majesty’s Command,—Copies or Extracts of 
Correspondence relative to the affairs of Lower 
Canada, in continuation of Papers presented on the 
23d December 1837. 

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


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Undertaking for the Improvement of the Navigation 
of the River Ribble, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
amending, altering and enlarging the powers and 
provisions of the Act for improving the Navigation 
of the River Ribble, in the County Palatine of Lan- 
caster, and for altering, diminishing, varying or in- 
creasing the Tolls, was presented, and read; and 


referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Corporation of the Borough of 
Tenby, for leave to bring in a Bill for the more 
easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the 
said Borough, was presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 
more effectually making and repairing the Roads 
between Newton Abbot and Brixham, Kingsweare, 
and Dartmouth, Shaldon and Torquay; and also 
between Torquay and Saint Mary Church, and the 
Bridge to be Suilt over the River Teign at Shaldon ; 
and for making and repairing several other Roads 
communicating therewith, all in the county of Devon, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for continuing the term 
and powers of the said Act, for making and main- 
taining several new Roads, and for altering, varying 
or increasing the Tolls, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of Ship-owners, Merchants and Traders 
of Tynemouth, praying for the repeal of the Duty 
on Policies of Marine Insurance, was presented, and 
read, and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Postmasters, Stage Coach Pro- 
prietors and Innkeepers in North Shields and Tyne- 
mouth, praying for the repeal of the Duties on Post 
Horses, on Carriages let to hire, and on Guards and 
Coachmen, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inn-keepers, Hotel-keepers, Post- 
masters and Licensed Victuallers resident in the 
counties of Devon, Dorset, Hants, Somerset and 
Wilts, praying for a revision of the Acts of Parlia- 
ment fsa od their trade, and for the gradual 
abolition of Beer-houses, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 








A. 1838. 


Petitions from Members of the Brentford Political Lower Canada, 

Union, and others ;—and, Inhabitants of Stonehaven; 
praying the House to refuse all concurrence in, and 
support to, the war now prosecuted by Her Majesty’s 
Ministers in the Provinces of Zower Canada, and to 
redress the grievances of which the Inhabitants of 
that Province complain,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Master Manufacturers and Mill- Factories Ac, 
owners connected with the Woollen Cloth Trade in 
Ossett-cum-Gawthorpe, praying for the repeal or 
amendment of the Factories Act, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the royal burgh of Window Tax, 
Stirling, praying for the repeal of the Window Tax, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Montgomery. 
western branch of the Montgomeryshire Canal, for eaten 
leave to bring in a Bill for altering and amending ; 
the Act for making and completing the said western 
branch of the said Canal, and for increasing the 
rates and tolls, was presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


A Petition of the Brandling Junction Railway Brandling 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling — 
them to raise a further Sum of Money, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Milton-next-Sittingborne Improvement Bill Milton-next- 
A ji : -_ Sittingborne 
was read a second time; and committed to Sir Teaprovement 


Edward Knatchbull and the Kent List. Bill. 


The Paington Harbour Bill was read a second ae 
time ; and committed to Sir John Yarde Buller and ““°"*™ 
the Devon List. 


A Petition of the Vicar and Inhabitants of Stre¢- Tithe Comm- 
ton-on-Dunsmore, praying that so much of the ‘tion Act. 
Tithe Commutation Act as renders it imperative 
upon the Tithe Commissioners to enforce a commu- 
tation where no voluntary commutation shail have 
been entered upon before the 1st day of October 
1838, may be repealed, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Medical 
Town Council of Edinburgh, praying the House to Profession 
protect the medical graduates of the University of Se") 
Edinburgh from vexatious persecution for practising 
their profession in any one part of Her ‘Majesty’s 
dominions in the same manner in which they are 
recognized by law as qualified to practise it in others, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers of Brighton, Licensed 
praying the House to pass a Bill to relieve them — 
from the liability of making good the value of 
articles brought by guests into their houses without 
the same being placed under their care, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Finch presented a Bill for dividing, allotting, Ogley Hay. 
and inclosing a certain tract of uninclosed Common Inclosure Bill. 
or Waste Land, called Ogley Hay, in the county 
of Stafford: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


The House was moved, That the several Papers Canada. 
relative to the Affairs of Canada, which were pre- 
sented upon the 23d day of December last and this 
day, might be read ; and the same being read; __ 

Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That an humble Address be peer. to 

er 








ada, 


ict. 


‘mn 
tal, 


n 


ls 


High Court of 
Justiciary 
(Scotland.) 


No. 81. 


Law Commisson 


(Scotland. ) 
No. 82. 


Newspapers, 


1 Victoriz. 16°—17° 


Her Majesty, to thank Her Majesty for Her gracious 
communication of Papers relating to the Affairs of 
Canada :—To assure Her Majesty that the anxious 
consideration of this House shall be given to the 
preparation of such measures as the present exigency 
may require :—To express to Her Majesty our deep 
concern, that a disaffected party in Canada should 
have had recourse to open violence and rebellion, 
with a view to throw off their allegiance to the 
Crown :—-To declare to Her Majesty our satisfaction 
that these designs have been opposed, no less by 
Her Majesty’s loyal subjects in orth America, 
than by Her Majesty’s Forces; and to assure Her 
Majesty that while this House is ever ready to 
afford redress to real grievances, we are fully deter- 
mined to support the efforts of Her Majesty, for the 
suppression of revolt and the restoration of tran- 
quillity :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


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


Mercurii, 17° die Januarii, 1838. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Debate be adjourned till this day ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Leader, 1 98 
Yeas, Mr. Hume: se 

Tellers for the f Mr. Edward John Stanley, h a8 
Noes, LMr. Robert Steuart: , 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, to thank Her Majesty for Her 
gracious communication of Papers relating to the 
Affairs of Canada:—To assure Her Majesty that 
the anxious consideration of this House shall be 
given to the preparation of such measures as the 
present exigency may require :—To express to Her 
Majesty our deep concern, that a disaffected party 
in Canada should have had recourse to open violence 
and rebellion, with a view to throw off their alle- 
giance to the Crown :—To declare to Her Majesty 
our satisfaction that these designs have been opposed, 
no less by Her Majesty’s loyal subjects in Worth 
America, than by Her Majesty’s Forces; and to 
assure Her Majesty that while this House is ever 
ready to afford redress to real grievances, we are 
fully determined to support the efforts of Her Ma- 
jesty, for the suppression of revolt and the restora- 
tion of tranquillity. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the High 
Court of Justiciary (Scotland), which was presented 
upon the 18th day of December last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Law 
Commission (Scotland), which was presented upon 
the 14th day of December last, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before one of the 
clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned 
till this day. 








Mercurii, 17° die Januarii ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


Mt Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in; 

and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders, 

—An Abstract of the Number of Newspapers which 

have passed through the Post Offices in the United 

age in the Three years ending 31st October 
Tou. 93. 








Januarii. 229 


1837, so far as the same can be made out; distin- 
guishing each year, and each month. 


Return to an Order, dated the 6th day of Decem- slavery 
ber last, for Accounts of all Sums of Money awarded Compensation, 


by the Commissioners of Slavery Compensation ; 
specifying the Date of each Order, the Parties to 
whom the payment is awarded, and the Colony or 
Settlement in respect of which it is awarded ; and 
the Number of Slaves for whom such Payment is 
awarded :—Ofall Sums paid to defray the Expenses 
of the Commission, with the Dates of such Pay- 
ments :—And, of the total Amount of the Sums 
claimed respecting which no awaid has been made ; 
distinguishing the Colonies. 


Returns to an Order, dated the 7th day of De- ships entered 
cember last, for a Return from the Customs, contain- Iwards. 


ing the Name of every Vessel arriving with cargo 
from a Foreign port (cargoes of timber excepted), 
which reported at the Custom House in Liverpool 
between 5th January and 5th July 1837, the Name 
of her Captain, the Port where laden, the Names 
of the Articles of which the Cargo principally con- 
sisted, the Tonnage of the Vessel, and the Number 
of Days each Vessel was actually engaged in dis- 
charging :—A similar Return of Vessels which en- 
tered the London Docks:-—A similar Return of 
Vessels which entered the Saint Katharine’s Docks : 
—And, a similar Return of Vessels which entered 
the London West India Docks. 


erected in each of the Maritime Counties of Scot- 
land, or the Islands or Rocks belonging thereto, 
with the Expense of erecting or altering each of 
those Lighthouses, and the yearly Expense for the 
lighting and keeping in repair each Lighthouse, for 
the last Five years preceding January 1838 :—Of 
all Lighthouses at present erecting in any of these 
Counties, the erection of which has been commenced 
since Ist January 1836, with the estimated Expense 
thereof respectively, and for lighting and keeping 
in repair each such Lighthouse :—Of the Scotch 
Maritime Counties on which no Lighthouses have 
been yet erected, and the distance of miles of coast 
of these Counties, and how far situated from any 
Lighthouse erected by the Northern Light Board : 
—Of the Annual Amount of Lighthouse Dues 
received from the Officers of Customs, and collected 
by them from the several Ports in each of these 
Counties, during the last Five years; specifying 
the different Lighthouses for which these Dues have 
been collected :—And, of the Names of the Northern 
Light Commissioners who have sailed in the Northern 
Light, Board Yacht in each of the last Five years 
preceding January 1838, along with their Engineer, 
to inspect the different Lighthouses; and stating 
the Lighthouses these Commissioners have landed 
at and inspected yearly, and the Maritime Counties 
they have examined for which Lighthouses have 
been applied for. 


received for Tonnage Dues on the River Weaver and 
the Weston Canal, for each year from the year 1795, 
inclusive, to the present time; also, the Amount ap- 
propriated in each year to the improvement and 
maintenance of the Navigation, the Balance re- 
maining each year in the hands of the Treasurer, 
and the Amount appropriated each year towards 
the amending and repairing the Public Bridges 
within the County of Chester, and such other public 
charges upon the said County as may have been 
ordered, directed or appointed by the Justices of 
the Peace for the said County in Quarter Sessions 
assembled :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Tabie. 


Petitions from Westminster ;— Saint Mary-le-bone; Lower Canada. 


—Saint Margaret and Saint John, Westminster ;— 








ca3 Finsbury ;— 


Returns from the Board of Commissioners of Northern 
Northern Lights, of the Number of Lighthouses Lights. 


Return to an Order, dated the 24th day of No- River Weaver, 
vember last, for an Account showing the Amount &amp;c. 





















































Sn A A a IO T 














Vote by Ballot. 


Hops. 


Highway Rates 
Bill. 


Lower Canada. 


Lower Canada 
Government 
Bill. 


Supply. 


Adjournment. 


Canada. 


230 17°— 
Finsbury ;—Lambeth ;—Chairman of a Meeting at 
Newcastle-upon- Tyne ;—and, Whitburn, praying the 
House to refuse their concurrence and support to 
the War now prosecuted by Her Majesty’s Govern- 
ment in Lower Canada, and to redress the grievances 
of which the Inhabitants of that Province complain, 


—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Electors of the Lanchester District 
of the northern division of the county of Durham, 
praying for the adoption of Vote by Ballot at Elec- 
tions of Members to serve in Parliament, was 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Warbleton ;—-and, Salehurst; pray- 
ing for the repeal of the Duty on Hops, — were 
oo. and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Turnpike Road from 
Barnsdale to Leeds, and the Branch from and out 
of the same to Aberford, praying that the Highway 
Rates Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bill. 


Lord John Russell reported to the House, That 
their Address of yesterday, on the subject of Lower 
Canada, had been presented to Her Majesty ; and 
that Her Majesty was pleased to receive the same 
very graciously, and to give the following Answer : 


“ J thank you for the assurance that My faithful 
Commons will support My efforts for the suppression 
of revolt, and the restoration of tranquillity, in Lower 
Canada. 


The unfortunate events which have taken place 
in that Province have given Me deep concern; and 
I shall look forward with anxiety to the period when 
the re-establishment of order may enable Me to lay 
the foundations of lasting peace and concord. 

The spirit which has been manifested by the loyal 
inhabitants of My Northern American Provinces, 
and the exertions which they have made in support 
of My Authority, demand My warmest acknowledg- 
ments.” 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make 
temporary provision for the Government of Lower 

anada ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for ~_ Mr. Edward John Stanley, 198 

Yeas, Mr. Robert Steuart : } ; 

Tellers for the! Mr. Hume, la 

Noes, \ Mr. Wakley : ‘ 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—And that 
Lord John Russell, Lord Viscount Howick, and Sir 
George Grey, do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of the 
House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Despatches from Sir F.. B. Head 
to Lord Glenelg, dated 21st April 1836 and 16th 
July 1836:—and, Copies of any Resolutions, received 
by the Colonial Office, sreches at meetings held in 
Upper Canada, since March 1837, relative to the 
grievances and complaints of the People of that 


18° Januar. 





A. 1838. 


Province, and of Lower Canada; and, Copies of 
any Despatches from Sir F. B. Head relative to such 
Resolutions, and of the measures adopted by him 
respecting them. 

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


That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- 
jesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give 
directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of any Despatches received from Lower 
Canada, explaining the conduct and proceedings of 
the Speaker of the House of Assembly of that Pro- 
vince, and of the twenty-seven other persons named 
in the Report of the Attorney and Solicitor General, 
dated 18th November 1837, upon account of which 
the said persons were directed to be arrested, and 
the date of the proceedings upon account of which 
their Arrest was ordered, and the date when ordered 
to be arrested ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas,f Sq poner 13. 
Tellers for the Noes,{ —e dag tig:” f 61. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


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


Jovis, 18° die Januarii, 1838: 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a List of all Magistrates dismissed from the 
Commission of the Peace in Lower Canada, since 
the 1st December 1837, with the date of their re- 
spective dismissals :—and, a List of all Magistrates 
in the Commission of the Peace for the District of 
Montreal on the 1st December, with the date of 
their respective Appointments. 

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


That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- 
jesty, praying that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Report of the Executive Council, and of 
the Attorney General, respecting certain individuals 
in the Magistracy, referred to in Earl Gosford’s Letter 
of the 22d November to Lord Glenelg, as the reason 
of removing them from the Magistracy :—also, a 
Copy of the Earl of Gosford’s Letter of the 4th No- 
vember to the Attorney General, referred to in the 
Attorney General’s Letter of the 18th November 
1837:—It passed in the Negative. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of any Correspondence 
received from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince 
Edward’s Island and Newfoundland, relative to the 
constitution of the Legislative and Executive Councils 
of the Governments of those Colonies, or to their 
being made elective, or to any change that has been 
required by any branch of the Legislature of those 
Colonies to be made to the said Councils, within the 
last Eight years ; also, toany change that has been 
made, or directed to be made, in them, or in any 
| mode of appointing new Members of the said 
Councils. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s most honourable Privy —— - 
or 





A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Lower Canada, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Lower Canada, 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Lower Canada. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Nova Scotia, 
to Her Majesty, that-She will be graciously pleased &amp;. 





Lower 
Gover" 
Bill. 


Jowe: 
Gove 


Bill. 





nada, 


Lower Canada 
Government 
Bill. 

No. 83. 


Lower Canada 
Government 


Bill. 


Danish Claims, 


1 Vicroriz. 


Lord John Russell presented a Bill to make tem- 
porary provision for the Government of Lower Ca- 
nada: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next ; and to be printed. 


A Petition of John Arthur Roebuck, Agent of 
the House of Assembly of Lower Canada, was pre- 
sented, and read ; setting forth, That the Petitioner 
was appointed Agent to the House of Assembly of 
Lower Canada, on the 28th February 1835, as ap- 
pears by the following extract from the attested 
Copy of the Resolutions of the House of Assembly : 
—&lt;‘ Resolved, That in the event of the Bill passed 
by this House yesterday, appointing John Arthur 
Roebuck, Esquire, Agent for this Province, not 
becoming a law, the said John Arthur Roebuck, 
Esquire, be requested as agent of this House, to re- 
present to His Majesty’s Government the interests 
and sentiments of the Inhabitants of this Province, 
and to support the Petitions of this House to His 
Majesty and both Houses of Parliament.” On the 
18th November 1835, the following Resolution was 
passed by the Assembly, as by the attested Copy 
in possession of the Petitioner fully appears :— 
“ Resolved, That this House hath the greatest con- 
fidence in the talents and zeal of the said John Arthur 
Roebuck, Esquire, and in the rectitude of his pro- 
ceedings ; and that this House request him to con- 
tinue to the people of this country, and their re- 
presentatives, those services which have deservedly 
ensured to him the warm gratitude of the Inhabit- 
ants of this Province.”—On May 30, 1835, the 
Petitioner addressed the following letter to the Right 
honourable the Lord Glenelg, Secretary for the Colo- 
nies :—“ My Lord,—Inclosed are Copies of Reso- 
lutions forwarded to me by the Speaker of the House 
of Assembly of Lower Canada, appointing me their 
agent in this country. As I am intrusted to make 
certain communications to the Imperial Government 
on the behalf of the House of Assembly, may I 
request your Lordship to appoint some day when 
I may see you in the capacity of Agent to the House 
of Assembly. 

“ Tremaim, my Lord, your obedient servant, 

“ J. A. Roebuck. 
“ The Right honourable the Lord Glenelg, &amp;c.” 

That in’ consequence of this communication, the 
Petitioner, acting as agent, had an interview with 
the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and has since 
in the same capacity been received by and has been 
in frequent communication with various members 
of Her Majesty’s Government ; that the Petitioner 
has heard that a Bill is now pending in the House, 
by which it is proposed to suspend the powers of 
the House of Assembly of Lower Canada; and 
praying that he may, in accordance with the esta- 
blished usage of the House in similar cases, be heard 
at the bar, in order to lay before the House such 
reasons as he believes will prove the impolicy and 
injustice of allowing the aforesaid Bill to pass into 
a law. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of a Minute of the Board of Treasury, dated 
19th December 1837, upon the subject of Danish 
Claims. 

Mr. Robert Steuart accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 


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


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after one of the 
clock on Thursday morning, adjourned till 
Monday next. 


Vou. 93. 


17°—18°— 22° Januarize. 


231 


Luna, 22° die Januarii ; 


Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Smee, from the Bank of England, was Bank of 
called in ; and at the bar presented, pursuant E"s!au¢- 


to the directions of several Acts of Parliament,— 
An Account of the Amount of all Exchequer Bills, 
or Treasury Bills, and other Government Securities, 
which have been purchased by the Governor and 
Company of the Bank of England, or on which 
any Sum or Sums have been lent and advanced for 
the Public Service by the Governor and Company 
of the said Bank in the year ending the 5th day of 
January 1838 ; showing what Amount of such Bills, 
before the ee up of this Account, has been 
off and discharged, and the Amount of such 

xchequer Bills, or Treasury Bills, or other Govern- 
ment Securities, which was in the hands of the 
Governor and Company of the said Bank on the 
5th day of January 1838 aforesaid. 


An Account of the Receipt and Expenditure of National Debt. 


£.1,986,905. 0s. 3d. in one year, from the 7th Janu- 
ary 1837 to the 5th January 1838, by the Com- 
missioners appointed by the 26th Geo. 3, for the 
Reduction of the National Debt:—And then he 
withdrew. 

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


Mr. Round reported from the Committee on the Joly’s Nat.Bill. 


Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for naturalizing 
Frederic Joly ; That they had examined the allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the same to be true; 
and had gone through the Bill, and directed him to 
report the same, without Amendment :—And the 
Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Round do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without any Amendment. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the Hereford 
Acts for paving and lighting the city of Hereford, Improvement. 


and removing nuisances therein, and for enabling 
the ics isa of the said city to sell and apply 
the produce of certain messuages and lands in esta- 
blishing Market-places, and otherwise improving the 
said city, for leave to bring in a Bill for amending, 
enlarging and rendering more effectual the powers 
and provisions of the said Acts, and for making 
certain other improvements in the said city, was 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions from Leicester ; — Banbury ; — and, Postage. 


Nairn; praying for the establishment of a low 
uniform rate of Postage on Letters, —were presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Postage. 


Petitions from Chapel-en-le-Frith ;— King’s Lynn; Vote by Ballot. 


Presteign ;—and, Clonegal and Kildavin; praying 
for the adoption of Vote by Ballot at Elections of 
Members to serve in Parliament,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saint Pancras (Churchwardens and Lower Canada. 


Vestry Clerk) ; —Paddington ;— Kettering ;—Saint 
James, Westminster ;—Saint Martin, Westminster ;— 
Saint Clement Danes, Westminster ;— Westminster ; 
— Chichester ;—Baptist Congregation assembling in 
Romney-street, Westminster ;— Members of the Com- 
mittee and Officers of the Working Men’s Association 
of London;—Chairman and Secretary of the Working 
Men’s Association of Bath ;—Members of the Ciren- 
cester Working Men’s Association ;— K ingston-upon- 
Hull (Inhabitants, two Petitions) ;—Kingston-upon- 





Hull (Female Inhabitants) ;—and, Edinburgh (Chair- 
GGa4 man 








232 


man of a Meeting); praying the House to refuse | 
their concurrence and support to the war now pro- 
secuted by Her Majesty’s Government in Lower 
Canada, and to redress the grievances of which the 
inhabitants of that Province complain,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


‘able. 


A Petition of the Churchwardens and Vestry 
Clerk of the parish of Saint Pancras, in the county 
of Middlesex, praying the House to add the name of 
Daniel Whittle Harvey, Esquire, to the Select Com- 
mittee on Pensions, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Pensions. 


Education, A Petition of the Corporation of Boston, praying 


the House to adcpt such measures as shall appear 
best calculated to diffuse the blessings of Education 
amongst all classes of Her Majesty’s Subjects, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


al 
\ 


Municipal 
Corporations 


(Ireland) Bill. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the united parishes 
of Clonegal and Kildavin, praying that the Muni- 
cipal Corporations (Jreland) Bill may pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Marine A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners and others, 

Insurance. interested in the trade of the Port of Newcastle-upon- 
Tyne, praying for the repeal of the Duty on Policies 
of Marine Insurance, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Public Mr. Freshfield reported from the Select Com- 


Petitions. mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined 


the Petitions presented from the 18th to the 23d 
days of December last, both inclusive, and had 
directed him to make a report thereof to the House. 

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


Glasgow Cotton 


Gla Petitions from Members of the Bristol Working 
Spinners. 


Men’s Association ;—and, Delegates and Members 
of the London Trade Societies, constituting the 
London Glasgow Committee ; praying the House to 
address Her Majesty to remit the sentence recently 
passed upon certain Cotton Spinners of Glasgow, 
convicted of conspiracy to raise wages,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Merchant 


A Petition of Ship-owners, Merchants, Under- 
Service. 


writers and others, in Glasgow, praying the House 
to adopt measures for examining and licensing 
Masters, Mates and other ofticers commanding Bri- 
tish Merchant Vessels, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Church of 


; A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Scotland. Ms 


Working Men of the barony of Gorbals, praying 
the House to refuse their sanction to any additional 
endowments to the Church of Scotland, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Negro Appren- &lt;A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 


wane. habitants of Glasgow, praying for the abolition of 
the system of Negro Apprenticeship, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Tithes, A Petition of Inhabitants of the united parishes 


(Ireland.) of Clonegal and Kildavin, praying for the abolition 


of Tithes in Jreland, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Hops. A Petition of Owners of land and Hop-planters 
in Mayfield, praying for the repeal of the Duty on 
Hops, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Ogley Hay The Ogley Hay Inclosure Bill was read a second 


Inclosure Bill. 





22° Januarit. 





A. 1838. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Walsall, for Walsall 
leave to bring in a Bill for removing the Markets Market. 
now held in the said borough to a more convenient 
situation ; for erecting a suitable Market-house, with 
proper conveniences and approaches connected there- 
with ; and also for establishing a weekly Cattle 
Market within the said borough, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Pawnbrokers, 
Returns, from the Marshal of the City of Dublin, &amp; (Ireland) 
of the Names and Residences of all Pawnbrokers in 
Ireland who have lodged with him Certificates pur- 
suant to an Act of the Irish Parliament, 26th Geo. 3, 
c. 43, s. 40, with the Dates on which the same 
were lodged respectively :—Of the Number of Sums 
lent by each Pawnbroker in Jreland, for each of the 
years 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836 and 1837, pur- 
suant to the 41st section of the said Act :—Of the 
Number and Amount of Penalties imposed during 
each of the years 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836 
and 1837, on any Pawnbroker, who neglected to 
transmit to the said Marshal the Monthly Abstract of 
Accounts, as required by last Section, pursuant to 
the 42d Section of the said Act :—Of the Number of 
Returns made by him to Parliament of Sums lent 
by Pawnbrokers in Jreland, for each of the last 
Ten years respectively, pursuant to the 41st Section 
of the said Act :—Of the Number of Notices of Sales 
served by him, or by persons employed by him, in 
the years 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836 and 1837, 
respectively ; together with the Amount of Fees re- 
ceived by him for such services during the said years, 
agreeable to an Act passed in the Parliament of 
Ireland, 28th Geo. 3, c. 49, s. 14:—-Of the Amount 
of Money received for Goods sold by each of the 
four Pawnbrokers’ Auctioneers of the City of Dublin, 
for the years 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836 and 
1837 respectively ; showing the Amount sold by 
each in every calendar month during the said years 
respectively, pursuant to the 18th Section of the said 
last-mentioned Act :--Of the Number and Amount 
of Penalties imposed during the years 1832, 1833, 
1834, 1835, 1836 and 1837, on any Auctioneers 
who neglected to transmit to said Marshal such 
Accounts and Monthly Returns as aforesaid, pur- 
suant to the said 18th Section of the said last Act :— 
and, Of the Number of Returns made by him to 
Parliament of Amount of Goods sold by Pawn- 
brokers’ Auctioneers in Jreland, for each of the last 
Ten years respectively, pursuant to the same Section 
of the said Act. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns from the Town Clerk of the City of Dublin, 
of the Names and Residences of all Pawnbrokers 
in the City of Dublin, or within Three miles thereof, 
who have lodged Bonds with them ; together with 
the Names, Kesidences and Occupation of their 
Sureties, pursuant to an Act passed in the Irish 
Parliament, in the 28th Geo. 3, c. 49, s. 21, and the 
Dates of each of such Bonds :—and, Of the Number 
and Names of Pawnbrokers in the City of Dublin, 
or within Three miles thereof, who have taken the 
necessary Oath before the Commissioners of Police, 
and have ledged the said Oath with such Town Clerk, 
pursuant to the said Section of the said Act. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns from each of the Treasurers of Counties in 
Ireland, of the Names and Residences of all Pawn- 
brokers who have lodged Bonds in his Office, and 
the Names, Residences and Occupations of the Se- 





time ; and committed to Mr. Finch and the Stafford | 
List. 


| Bonds, 





curities named in such Bonds, with the Dates of 
/such Bonds, pursuant to an Act passed in the Par- 
'liament of Jreland, in the 26th Geo. 3, c. 43, s. 14 :— 
and, Of the Names and Residences of all Appraisers, 
Valuators or Auctioneers, who have lodged Bonds 
in his Office, stating the Names, Residences and 
Occupation of their Sureties, and the Date of the 
pursuant to the 31st Section of the said Act. 
Ordered, 





L€fs, 
nd.) 


Rating of 
ete Bill. 


Lower Canada. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Answer to 
Addresses. 


Upper Canada. 


Upper Canada. 


Education 
(Ireland.) 


1 Vicroriz. 22°—23° 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns from each of the Town Clerks of Cities 
and Towns in Jreland, of the Names and Résidences 
of all Pawnbrokers who have lodged Bonds in his 
Office, with the Names, Residences and Occupations 
of the Securities named in such Bonds, and the 
Dates of such Bonds, pursuant to an Act passed 
in the Jrish Parliament in the 26th Geo. 3, c. 43, 
s. 14:—and, of the Names and Residences of all Ap- 

raisers, Valuators or Auctioneers, who have lodged 
ieee in his Office ; stating the Names, Residences 
and Occupation of their Sureties, and the Date of 
Bonds, pursuant to the 31st Section of the said Act. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return from each of the Grand Jury Secretaries 
in Ireland, of the Names and Residences of all 
Persons appointed Appraisers and Auctioneers in 
Ireland ; of their Sureties who have lodged Bonds 
in their Office, and have taken the Oath appointed 
to be taken, pursuant to an Act passed in the Irish 
Parliament in the 26th Geo. 3, c. 43, s. 36 and 37. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Union 
of Luton, praying that the Rating of Tenements Bill 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Poor Law 
Amendment Act. 


Ordered, That the Reports of the Commissioners 
appointed to inquire into the grievances complained 
of in Lower Canada, which were presented upon the 
20th day of February in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, be re-printed. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee, appointed in the year 
1834, on the Affairs of Zower Canada, which were 
— upon the 11th day of March in the last 

ession of Parliament, be re-printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the size, in square miles, of the several 
Unions already formed by the Commissioners of 
Poor Laws in England and Wales, together with the 
Population in each, according to the latest Census, 
on the Number of Guardians appointed for each ; 
giving the Totals of each; and the average Number 
of square Miles, of Guardians, and of Population, to 
a Union. 


Lord John Russell reported to the House, That 
their several Addresses of the 23d day of December, 
and of Wednesday last (that Her Majesty would be 
graciously pleased to give directions that the Papers 
therein mentioned might be laid before this House), 
had been presented to Her Majesty; and that Her 
Majesty had commanded him to acquaint this House, 
that She will give directions accordingly. 


Sir George Grey presented, pursuant to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty,—A Copy of the Despatches 
from Sir F. B. Head to Lord Glenelg, dated 21st 
April 1836, and 16th July 1836. 

Sir George Grey also presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 17th day of this 
instant January, for Copies of any Resolutions, re- 
ceived by the Colonial oe at Meetings 
held in Upper Canada, since March 1837, relative 
to the grievances and complaints of the People of 
that Province, and of Lower Canada ; and, Sevien 
of any Bespatches from Sir F. B. Head, relative to 
such Resolutions, and of the measures adopted by 
him respecting them. 

. — That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command,—Fourth Report of the Commis- 
sioners of National Education in Jreland, for the 
year ending 31st March 1837. 


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


Vou. 93. 





SN Sa ola a EAE Pe a ae 
Sess St Be ee ee es Pa od ag 


Januariz. 233 
The House was moved, That the Petition of John Lower Canada 
Arthur Roebuck, Esquire, Agent of the House of we 
Assembly of Lower Canada, which was presented ~' ° 
upon Wednesday last, praying to be heard against _ 
the Lower Canada Government Bill, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 
A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Petitioner be heard upon his Petition, upon 
the second reading of the said Bill :—It was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Lower Canada 
reading of the Lower Canada Government Bill ; — 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second” - 
time. 
Then Mr. Roebuck was called in. 
And the Bill was read a second time. 


And the Petition of Mr. Roebuck, against the Bill, 
which was presented upon Wednesday last, was also 
read. 

And Mr. Roebuck was heard :—And then he was 
directed to withdraw. 

Mr. Speaker opened the Bill. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
ry That the Bill be committed ; 

n Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the word “ committed,” 
and adding the words “ taken into further consi- 
“ deration upon this day six months,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ committed” stand part of the Question :—And a 
Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- guppy, 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, Thee this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 

















Martis, 23° die Januari ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


M®: Dugdale presented a Bill for the more Ashby-de-la- 
easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts Zouch ag 
within the Town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and other D°s ¥" 

places in the Counties of Leicester, Derby, War- 

wick and Stafford: And the same was read the first 

time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Tenby, for leave Tenby 
to bring in a Bill for effecting certain Improvements pn 5 arr 
within the said Borough, and for the repair, main- é 
tenance and better regulation of the Harbour and 
Pier, or Quay, belonging thereto, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Manchester, 
Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal Navigation Bolton, and 
; ais Ss ° ° ury Cana 
and Railway, for leave to bring in a Bill for altering, ang’ Railway 
amending and enlarging the powers and provisions 
of the several Acts relating to the said Canal Navi- 
gation and Railway, and for enabling the said Com- 
any of Proprietors to raise a further sum of money 
for the purposes of the said undertaking, and for 
completing the same, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Brecon 
of the Petition for the Brecon Market Bill, which Market Bill 
upon the 15th day of December last was made from 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, relative 
HH to 








234 23°— 94° 


to Private Bills, might be read ; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for providing Market Places, and for regulating the 
Markets, within the Borough of Brecon, in the 
County of Brecon: And that Colonel Wood and Mr. 
Morgan, do prepare, and bring it in. 


Fishguard A Petition of the President and Secretary of the 

Harbour Act’ ~Chamber of Commerce of Dublin, praying for the 
repeal of the Clause in the Fishguard Harbour Act, 
imposing a passing Toll, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Rating of Petitions from Orsett Union ;— Chelmsford Union, 


Tenements Bill. (Chairman of the Board of Guardians) ; —and, Rom- 
ford Union ; praying that the rating of Tenements 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on the Poor 
Law Amendment Act. 


Petitions from Montrose ;—and, Drogheda, pray- 
ing the House to refuse their concurrence and sup- 
port to the war now prosecuted by Her Majesty’s 
Government in Lower Canada, and to redress the 
grievances of which the Inhabitants of that Pro- 
vince commlain,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Lower Canada, 


A Petition of the Corporation of Arundel, pray- 
ing the House to pass a law for affording to the 
country a sound system of National Education, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Beverley ;— Rattray ;—and, Mem- 
bers of the Committee and Secretary of the Stanley 
and Airntully Association for promoting Reform ; 
praying for the adoption of Vote by Ballot at Elec- 
tions of Members to serve in Parliament,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Education, 


Vote by Ballot. 


East India 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Company. 


a Return in detail, showing the Amount realized by 
the Sale of the Honourable East India Company’s 
Assets disposed of since the last Return ; and show- 
ing the application of the Funds arising therefrom: 
—Also, a Return of the estimated Value of the 
Assets yet unsold, distinguishing those sold and not 
yet due, and those sold and overdue, which, under 
the provisions of the Act 3d and 4th Wiil. 4, c. 85, 
are to be sold by the said Company for the pur- 
poses of the Act :—And, a Return in detail, showing 
the Amount realized from the Sale of the Commer- 
cial Assets of the Honourable East India Company 
in India :—Also, of the estimated value of the re- 
mainder of the Assets of the said Company in India, 
which, under the provisions of the Act 3d and 4th 
Will. 4. c. 85, are to be sold by the said Company 
for the purposes of the said Act. 


Private Bills. A Petition of the Chairman ofa Meetine of Land- 


holders, Commissioners of Supply, and Justices of 
the Peace of the county of Aberdeen, praying that 
the evidence respecting the accuracy of the plans, 
the description of the property, proof of notices, and 
assents and dissents in all Railway and other local 
Bills, may be taken on the spot prior to the suitors 
being permitted to proceed beyopd the mere intro- 
duction of their Biils, and also that the remainder 
of the evidence once taken upon oath in either 
House of Parliament be held sufficient for the other 
House, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Leominster 
Improvement. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 
inclosing Lands in the Borough of Leominster, in the 
County of ret jx and in the Township of Luston, 
in the Parish of Eye, in the said County, and for 
paving and otherwise improving the Streets and other 
Public Places within the said Town of Leominster, 





A. 1838. 


for leave to bring ina Bill for amending, altering, 
enlarging and rendering more effectual the Powers 
and Provisions of the said Act, and for authorizing 
the said Trustees to sell certain Trust Lands and 
Premises, and apply the Money arising therefrom 
in discharge of their Debts, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Januarit. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Conacre 
for relief of Conacre Tenants in Ireland: And that Tenants 
Mr. Lucas and Mr. John Young do prepare, and ‘*!*"4) Bil. 
bring it in. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Justice Cole- Message from 
ridge and Mr. Justice Coltman : the Lords, 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Duchess of 
Act to enable Her Majesty to grant an Annual Sum — Annuity 
to Her Royal Highness Victoria Maria Louisa m 
Duchess of Kent, with an Amendment; to which 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Resolved, That no Private Bill be read a second Private Bills, 
time until six days after a Breviate thereof shall have 
been laid on the Table of this House, and have been 
printed. 

Resolved, That such Breviate shall contain a 
statement of the object of the Bill, a summary of 
the proposed Enactments, and shall state any varia- 
tion from the general Law which will be effected by 
the Bill. 

Resolved, That Mr. Speaker be authorized to give 
such directions as shall seem to him best for carrying 
into effect the above Resolutions. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Valuation of 
a Return of all Sums of Money advanced for the a = 
uniform Valuation of Lands and Tenements in Jre- “"*""* 
land, under Act 7th Geo. 4, c.62, and subsequent 
Acts:—And, Copy of the Estimate of the Sum 
likely to be required for the same purpose for the 
quarter ending 31st March 1838. 


Sir George Grey presented, pursuant to the direc- South 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Second Annual Avstralia. 
Report of the Colonization Commissioners of South 
Australia to Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of 
State for the Colonies, 1837. 

‘ Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Lower Canada 

the adjourned Debate upon the Amendment which paremmer 
was yesterday proposed to be made to the Question, * 
“ That the Lower Canada Government Bill be com- 
“ mitted ;” and which Amendment was, to leave 
out the word “ committed,” in order to add the 
words “ taken into further consideration upon this 
“ day six months,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the word “ committed” stand part of the Ques- 
tion :—The House resumed the said adjourned De- 
bate. 


And the House havin 
twelve of the clock on 


continued to sit till after 
ednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 24° die Januarii, 1838: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided: 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Edward John ite 262 


Yeas, Mr. Vernon Smith : 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hume, } 1. 
Noes, Mr. Grote: : 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 
A Motion 





Lowe 
Gove 
Bill. 


Adj 


Lov 
Up 


faa 





Lower Canada 
Government 
Bill. 


Adjournment. 


Lower and 
Upper Canada. 


No. 86. 


Duchess of 
Kent’s Annuity 
Bill. 


Newspapers. 


No, 87, 


Ships entered 
Tawards, 


No. 88. 


Northern 
Lights, 

No. 89. 
River Weaver, 
Xe, 


No. 90. 


Danish Claims, 


No. 91. 


Bank of 
England. 


No, 92. 


National Debt, 


No. 93, 


Upper Canada, 


No. 94, 


Upper Canada, 


No, 95, 


1 Vicroriz. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Order of the day, for the Committee on 
the Lower Canada Government Bill, have prece- 
dence of Notices of Motions To-morrow ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Robert Steuart, 

Yeas, Mr. Labouchere : 

Tellers for the f Mr. Wakley, 

Noes, Mr. Leader : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


}io1. 
Lo 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till To-morrow. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s 
command,—Extract of a Despatch from Lord 
Glenelg to the Earl of Durham, G.C. B., dated 
Downing-street, 20th January 1838. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to enable Her Majesty to grant an 
Annual Sum to Her Royal Highness Victoria Maria 
Louisa, Duchess of Kent: And the same was read 
as followeth ; 

Pr. 2. 1. 29. After “ made ” insert “ for the 
“ Quarter ended.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
(and it appearing that the Amendment was neces- 
sary in consequence of the day appointed for the 
payment of the Annuity having elapsed during the 
progress of the Bill in the House of Lords,) was 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their 
Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Newspapers, 
which was presented upon Wednesday last, be 
printed. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to Ships en- 
tered Inwards, which were presented upon Wednes- 
day last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Northern 
Lights, which was presented upon Wednesday last, 
be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the River 
Weaver and the Weston Canal, which was presented 
upon Wednesday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to. Danish 
Claims, which was presented upon Wednesday last, 
be printed. 

Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Bank 
of England, which were presented upon the 24th 
day of November last and yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Na- 
tional Debt, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 

Ordered, That the Copy of the Despatches from 
Sir F. B. Head, relative to Upper Canada, which 
was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return to an Address to Her 
Majesty, dated the 17th day of this instant January, 
for a Copy of Resolutions received by the Colonial 
Office, passed at Meetings held in Upper Canada, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after two of the 
clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned till 
To-morrow. 


Voi. 93. 


23°—24°-_95° Januari. 











235 


a 


Jovis, 25° die Januari ; 
Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


At. ETITION of Proprietors or Occupiers of Helsington, &amp;c, 
estates in the townships and parishes herein- Inclosure. 
after mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for di- 

viding, allotting and inclosing several Commons, 

Mosses, and Waste Lands or Grounds in the town- 

ships or divisions of Helsington, Strickland Roger, 

and Whinfell, in the mi of Kirkby-in-Kendal, 

in the County of Westmorland, was presented, and 

read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Peti- 

tions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Owners or Occupiers of property Gravesend 
within the parishes of Gravesend and Milton, in the Pier. 
county of Kent, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
amending the several Acts for rebuilding or for im- 
proving, regulating and maintaining the Town Quay 
of Gravesend, in the County of Kent, and the Land- 
ing-place belonging thereto, and for the better re- 
gulating the collection of the Tolls, Rates or Duties, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Lieutenant-General William Thorn- Fiection 
ton, of Grosvenor Gate, Park Lane, praying the Committees. 
House to restore the letter and spirit of the Grenville 
Act, by causing to be appointed the number of Mem- 
bers on Election Committees required by the said 
Act, or at least to restore the appointment of a 
nominee on each side, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Totnes ;—and, Brampton; praying Vote by Ballot. 
for the adoption of Vote by Ballot at Elections of 
Members to serve in Parliament,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Pateley Bridge; — Cheadle ;— Negro Appren- 
Dawlish ;—Dowlais (Chairman of a Meeting of In- ticeship. 
habitants ;) —Shelton (two Petitions); — Totnes and 
Bridgetown ;—Bridport ;—Merthyr Tydfil (Chair- 
man of a Meeting of Inhabitants) ;— Hanley ;— and, 

Burslem; praying for the abolition of the system of 
Negro Apprenticeship,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


for the establishment of a National System of Edu- 
cation, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie - 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Carlisle, praying 


A Petition of Clement Joseph Philip Pen, Baron french Clams. 
de Bode, Baron of the Holy Roman Empire, a Knight 
of several Orders, and a natural-born British sub- 
ject, complaining of his claim upon the fund re- 
ceived from the Government of France, for indem- 
nifying British subjects from the loss of property 
unduly confiscated by French authority, not having 
been fully liquidated, and praying relief, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. : 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Petitions from Sunderland ;—and, King’s Lynn, Marine 
praying for the repeal of the Duty on Policies of Insurance. 
arine Insurance,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Finsbury ;— Westminster ;— New Lower Canada, 

Sarum ;—Saint Clement Danes, Westminster ;—and, 
Lambeth ; praying the House to refuse their con- 
currence and mg to the war now prosecuted by 
Her Majesty’s Government in Lower Canada, and 
to redress the grievances of which the inhabitants of 
that province complain,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


HH 2 Petitions 











236 


Fishguard Petitions from Glasgow ;—and, the President of 

Harbour Act. the Bristol Chamber of Commerce, Trade and Ma- 
nufactures ; praying for the repeal of the clause in 
the Fishguard Harbour Act imposing a passing 
toll,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Glasgow Cutton 
Spinners. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Members of the great Radical Association of London, 
complaining of the conviction in the case of the trial 
of the Glasgow Cotton Spinners by a majority of 
one member of q jury consisting of fifteen persons, 
and praying that the case may be heard at the bar 
of the House, and that the Scottish Jury Laws may 
be assimilated to the Jury Laws of England, was 
brought up, and read. 

And Notice being taken of disrespectful language 
therein towards the other House of Parliament :— 
The said Petition was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Glasgow Cotton Petitions from Members of the Working Men’s 


om Association ;—and, Chairman of a Meeting of the 
Working Classes of Glasgow; praying the House 
to address Her Majesty to remit the sentence re- 
cently passed upon certain Cotton Spinners of Glas- 
gow convicted of conspiracy to raise wages,—were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Bishoprick of A Petition -of the Clergy and Inhabitants of 
oe ond Malpas, praying that the Bishoprick of Sodor and 
anise ° 

Mann may not be annexed to the See of Carlisle, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 
Menteg Hill A Petition of John Whyte, of Notting Hill, in 
ootway. 


the parish of Kensington, in the county of Middlesex, 
Gentleman, the lessee of Notting Hill Farm, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for diverting or altering a 
certain Footway leading from the south side of the 
said farm to or near a place called Kensal Green, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Sheriff Courts 
(Scotland) Bill. Procurators practising before the courts of law in 
Perthshire, praying that the Sheriff Courts (Scot- 
land) Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 

Eastern A Petition of the Eastern Counties Railway 

Counties Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for altering, 

&gt; amending and enlarging the powers of the Act for 
making the said Railway, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 

Edinburgh A Petition of Owners of property or Residenters 

and Glasgow on or near the line of a proposed Railway from 

ey Edinburgh to Glasgow, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for making and maintaining the said Railway, with 
a branch to Falkirk, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Frivate Bills. 

Conacre Mr. Lucas presented a Bill for the relief of Con- 

Tenants __. acre Tenants in /reland: And the same was read 

(Ireland) Bill. +16 first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 

No.85. upon Friday, the 2d day of February next; and to 

be printed. 

Supply. Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 


solve itself into the Committee of Supply. 


Patterns and Ordered, That the Patterns and Inventions Bill 
Inventions Bill. he read a second time upon Wednesday, the 7th 
day of February next. 


25°—26° Januari. 


A Petition of the President of the Society of| ; 








A. 1838. 


read, for the Com- Lower Canade 


The Order of the day bein 
mittee on the Lower Canada Government Bill ; _ 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being ~"* 
Nag That Mr. Speaker do now leave the No.9. 
air ; 


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


Government 


Veneris, 26° die Januarii, 1838: 


And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 

The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee ; and, after some time spent. therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration this day; and the Bill, as amended, 
to be printed. 


The House was moved that the Act 6 Geo. 4, Courts of Jus. 
c. 86, “ to provide for the erection of certain Courts (Scotland) fi 
and Offices of Justice in Scotland,” might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
extend the Powers of the Trustees appointed under 
the said Act: And that Mr. Robert Steuart and 
Mr. Baring do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Ecclesiastical 
Returns of the Salary, Fees and. Emoluments of Commission 
every kind paid to each Commissioner, Secretary, ‘**!4) 
Treasurer, Clerk, Agent or other Person employed 
in or by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of Ireland, 
in each year since their appointment, and the Name 
of every such Person receiving the same :—And of 
the Amount of Money received by the Ecclesiastical 
Commissioners of Jreland on account of the Per- 
petuity Purchase Fund; and Statement of the manner 
in which the same has been disposed of. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
a quarter of an hour after twelve of the clock 
on Friday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Veneris, 26° die Januarii ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


M® Campbell, from the Court of Directors of East India 
p the East India Company, was called in; and Company. 
at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of 

an Act of Parliament,—List, No. 80, specifying the 
particulars of the compensation proposed to be 
granted to the there under-mentioned person who 
belonged to the late Maritime Service of the East 

India Company, under an arrangement sanctioned 

by the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of 
India, and laid before the honourable the House of 
Commons on the 26th February 1835. 

Mr. Campbell also presented, — Return to an Revenues of 
Order dated the 12th day of December last, for an !"4* 
Account of all Monies supplied from the Revenues 
of India since the Return made to the Order of the 
House of the 7th July 1836, towards the payment of 
Expenses in England, chargeable on those Revenues, 
particularizing, as before, monthly and annually :— 

1. The amount of Bills drawn by the Court of 
Directors on the several Governments of Jndia, in 
separate Accounts of each Presidency, for Monies 
paid into the London Treasury of the East India 
Company, with the Rates of Exchange at which 
such Bills were issued :—2. The amount of Re- 
mittances, in separate accounts, made by the several 
Governments of India, and by the East India Com- 
pany’s Agents in China, to the Court of Directors, 
specifying the Duties of Remittances as advised " 

the 


Bre 


ao 





1 Vieroriz. 


the Registers received from India, and the Dates 
when the same were received into the London Trea- 
sury: whetherthe due payment of those Remittances 
were protected by the hypothecation of goods, or 
by any other security, with the Rates of Exchange 
at which such Remittances were made:—3. The 
amount of Bills drawn by the East India Company’s 
Agents in China, on the several Governments of 
India, with the Rates of Exchange at which such 
Bills were issued at Canton; also, an Account of 
Remittances from India or China since the com- 
mencement of the present Charter, in silk, or any 
other description of Goods ; specifying the Invoice 
Cost in Indian currency and in British sterling 
money, with a Statement, if sold, of the Net Pro- 
ceeds realized in London; also, an Account of any 
Remittances received into the London Treasury of 
the East India Company, in repayment of Advances 
made in Jndia on account of Her Majesty’s Go- 
vernment ; and also made applicable towards the 
payment of Expenses in England chargeable on 
the Revenues in Jndia :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Sir Eardley Wilmot, by Order, presented a Bill 
for providing Market Places, and for regulating the 
Markets within the Borough of Brecon in the County 
of Brecon: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


ada 


8 
ill, 


Brecon 
Market Bill. 


A Petition of the Minister and Inhabitants of 
Bromington, praying that the Bishoprick of Sodor 
and Mann may not be annexed to the Foe of Carlisle, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Rishoprick 
of Sodor and 
Mann, 


Patterns and 
Inventions Bill. 


A Petition of Hugh Bidwell and others, praying 
that the Patterns and Inventions Bill may pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Church of 


Petitions from Chairman of a Meeting of Non- 
Scotland. 


Electors at Cupar ;—and, the Moderator and Clerk 
of the United Associate Synod of the Secession 
Church, Scotland, met at Edinburgh ; praying the 
House to refuse any additional endowments to the 
Church of Scotland,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Postage. Petitions from Crail ; — Anstruther Easter ; — 
Cupar ; — Gorbals ;—and, Glasgow ; praying for 
the establishment of a low uniform rate of Postage 
on Letters,—were presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Postage. 


Municipal 
Corporations 


A Petition of the Provost of the city of Saint 
(Scotland.) 


Andrew’s, praying the House to pass a Bill for the 
better regulation of Municipal Corporations in Scot- 
land, similar to the Bill introduced in the last 
Session, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Vote by Ballot. A Petition of Electors and Inhabitants of Hawick, 
praying for the adoption of Vote by Ballot at Elec- 
tions of Members to serve in Parliament, was pre- 
at and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Hawick ;—and, Selkirk; complain- 
ing of the practice of creating and registering Fic- 
titious Votes in Scotland, and praying the House so 
to amend the Reform Acts as to declare all such 
divisions of property and tenancies, and life-rent 
qualifications created thereby, illegal, and to make 
pees part of the qualification,—were presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 


Fictitious Votes ( Scotland.) 


Fictitious Votes 


(Scotland.) 


Sheriff Courts 


(Scotland) Bil, A Petition of Members of the Society of Procu- 


rators of the Sheriff Court of Kincardineshire, pray- 
Vox. 93. 


26° Januariz. 


| ing that the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill may not 


937 


pass into a law as it now stands, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Finchingfield ;—and, Great Bard- Negro Appren- 
field ; praying for the abolition of the system of ticeship. 
Negro Apprenticeship,—were presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ship-owners and Merchants trading Marine 
at and from Shoreham, Kingston, Southwick, Brigh- Isurance. 
ton, Lewes, Newhaven, Worthing, Littlehampton, 
Arundel and Chichester, praying for the repeal of 
the Duty on Policies of Marme Insurance, was 
trgitt and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Calcutta and others, East India 
of all classes of His Majesty’s Indian subjects, Cuts 
praying that the Act of the Legislative Council of 
India, and promulgated as law, intituled, “ Act No. 
11, of 1836,” purporting to repeal the 107th section 
of the Act 53 Geo. 3, c. 155, be repealed, and that 
the law as laid down in the said section be amended, 
if necessary, by enacting, that in all cases of debt, 
contract or trespass, in which one British subject 
may be sued in the local Courts by another British 
subject, or by any other than a British subject, for 
an amount exceeding 4,000 government rupees, an 
appeal shall be given to the party against sen the 
decision of the Court shall pass (whether a British 
subject, or any other than a British subject), either 
to the Supreme Court or Sudder Dewannee Adawlut, 
at his option ; and that, in all cases merely between 
British subjects, relating to marriage, divorce, in- 
heritance to real and succession to personal estate, 
inasmuch as they relate solely to matters cognizable 
by the Laws of England, the Courts of the East 
India Company be prohibited from holding plea 
thereof, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Tithe Commu- 

a Return of the number of Tithe Commutations tation. 
which have been actually completed by apportion- 
ment thereof, up tothe 31st day of December 1837 ; 
arranged under the following heads :—1, Those in 
which the same Person is the sole Land-owner, 
Tithe-owner and Patron; 2, those in which the 
same Person is the sole Land-owner and Patron, 

but not the Tithe-owner; 3, those in which there is 

but one Land-owner, he being neither Tithe-owner 

nor Patron; 4, those in which the Land-owners are 

two only, not being either Tithe-owners or Patrons ; 

5, those in which the Land-owners are three only, 

not being either Tithe-owners or Patrons; 6, those 

in which the Land-owners are more than three, not 
being Tithe-owners or Patrons; and, under each 
head, distinguishing in how many cases the Tithe- 
owner is a layman, and in how many an eccle- 
siastic. 


A Petition of Commissioners of Police of the Fire Insurance. 
barony of Gorbals, Glasgow, praying for a reduction 
of the Duty on Policies of Fire Insurance, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Owners of estates in the parishes of Pulham 
Pulham Saint Mary-the-Virgin and Pulham Saint closure. 
Mary Magdalen, in the county of Norfolk, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for dividing, allotting and inclosing 
certain Commons, Commonable Lands and Waste 
grounds within the said parishes, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Peti- 
tions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Board of Rating of 











Guardians of the Union of Depwade, praying that Te«me's Bilt 
HH 3 the 








iol Assent 


ills, 


Duchess of 
Kent’s Annuity 
Bill. 


Joly’s Nat. Bill. 


Lower Canada 


Government 
Bill, 


Supply. 


Beer Houses. 


Public Works 
(Ireland.) 
No. 96. 


South Australia, 
No. 97. 





238 26°—27°—29° Januari. A. 1838. 


the Rating of Tenements Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Poor Law Amendment Act. 


A Message by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman 

Usher of the Black Rod ; 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to the 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 
in the House of Peers to hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly, Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers, where a Commission 
under the Great Seal was read ; giving, declaring and 
notifying the Royal Assent to the Public Bill and 
Private Bill therein mentioned ; and that the Lords, 
thereby authorized, had declared the Royal Assent 
to the said Bills :—Which Bills are as follow : 

An Act to enable Her Majesty to grant an 
annual Sum to Her Royal Highness Victoria Maria 
Louisa Duchess of Kent : 

An Act for naturalizing Frederic Joly. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Lower Ca- 
nada Government Bill :—The Bill was re-committed 
to a Committee of the whole House :—And the 
House immediately resolved into the Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; tobe read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Cuiavuse N° 1, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 2, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauss, N° 3, agreed to. 

Crausg, N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravuses, N° 5 to N° 8, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 9, (Her Majesty in Council may ter- 
minate the preceding enactments, except as to 
Laws and Ordinances theretofore made) read. 


Question, That the said Clause stand part of the 
Bill put and negatived. 


Crauszs, N° 10 and 11, agreed to. 
Preamble amended and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 











Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Houses Licensed to sell 
Beer by Retail in England and Wales, during the 
year ending 31st December 1837; specifying the 
Number in which it is to be consumed on the pre- 
mises, and those in which it is not. ; 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Public 
Works (Jreland), which was presented upon the 
16th day of December last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Second Annual Report of the 
Colonization Commissioners of South Australia, 
which was presented upon Tuesday last ; be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Sabbati, 27° die Januari ; 
Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Bernal reported the Lower Canada Go- Lower Canad, 
vernment Bill; and the Amendments were enene 
ill. 
read, and agreed to; and Amendments were made 


Ellesme 
to the Bill. No. 98, Roads 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 





Luna, 29° die Januari ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


M* Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in ; slavery 

and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders,— Compensation, 

Further Returns to an Order, dated the 6th day of Fish 
December last, for Accounts of all Sums of Money Hath 
awarded by the Commissioners of Slavery Compen- 

sation; specifying the Date of each Order, the 

Parties to whom the payment is awarded, and the 

Colony or Settlement in respect of which it is 

awarded, and the Number of Slaves for whom each 


such payment is awarded :—Of all Sums paid to = 
defray the agen of the Commission, with the Rail 
Dates of such payments: —And, of the Total 


Amount of the Sums claimed, respecting which 
no award has been made ; distinguishing the Co- 
lonies. 


Returns to an Order, dated the 7th day of De- Waterford 
cember last, for a Return of the Hour at which the Mei. 
English and South Wales Mail was delivered in 
Waterford, from 10th December 1836 to 10th June 
1837 :—A like Return, from 10thJune 1837 to 10th 
December 1837:—Returns of the Names of the 
Vessels employed each day in this Service, and the 
Number of Hours employed in each Passage during 
the above time:—Of the distance from Hobb’s 
Point to Waterford Quay :—Of the Horse Power of 
each Packet employed in the above Service :—Of 
the Gross Amount of all Postage charged on all . 
Letters forwarded by the Waterford Packets, from 
5th October 1836 to 5th October 1837 :—And, of 
the Amount of Postage received up to 5th October 
1837, on account of the additional Halfpenny per 
Letter charged on Jrish Letters, for improving the 
Roads in South Wales. 


Copies of the Communications which have taken Dublin Society. 
place between the Irish Government or the Trea- ' 
sury and the Royal Dublin Society, since the Re- 
port of the Select Committee on the Dublin Society 
was laid upon the Table of this House ; also, a State- 
ment showing how far the Recommendations of that 
Committee have been complied with. 


Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to the direc- superannuation 
tions of several Acts of Parliament, — Copies of Allowances. 
Treasury Minutes granting Superannuation Allow- 
ances to the several Persons therein mentioned. 


An Account, made up to the 31st December 1837, Russian 
of the Sums which have been paid and applied within Pte 4 
the year 1837, by virtue of an Act 55 Geo. 3, c.115, 
intituled, “ An Ret for carrying into effect a Con- 
vention between His Majesty and the King of the 
Netherlands and the Emperor of All the Russias,” 
for paying and satisfying the Interest on the part of 
the Loan therein agreed to be borne by His Majesty 
on all or any of the Securities therein mentioned, 
and towards paying and satisfying the Principal 
thereof (in case the Principal of any of the said 
Securities shall have been paid); and also for pay- 

ing 


Po 











ida 


My 





Ellesmere 
Roads 


Fishguard 
Harbour Act. 


Cheltenhamand 


Great Western 
Railway. 


Postage. 


Negro Appren= 
ticeship, 


Tithe Commue 
tation, 


Apothecaries 
Act, 


Civil List, 


1 Vicrorrz. 29° Januarie. 239 


ing the Expenses of carrying the said Act into exe- 
cution, and the Sinking Fund for the extinction of 
the same :—And then he withdrew. 

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


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts for 
repairing the Roads from Shrewsbury,through Elles- 
mere, in the County of Salop, and Overton, in the 
County of Flint, to Wrexham, in the County of 
Denbigh, and other Roads in the said Acts men- 
tioned, so far as relates to the Ellesmere District of 
the said Roads, for leave to bring in a Bill for con- 
tinuing the term, and altermg and enlarging the 
powers of the said Acts, for altering, varying or in- 
creasing the Tolls, and for making and maintaining, 
as a Turnpike Road, the Highway leading from the 
present Turnpike Road at or near Cotton Wood, in 
the Parish of Wem, to the junction of the Road 
leading from the Town of Whitchurch to Turnhiil, 
in the said County of Salop, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Ship-owners resident in Pwllheli, 
Nevin, Crickieth, and Portmadoc, praying for the 
repeal of so much of the Fishguard Harbour Act 
as imposes a passing Toll, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Charles Cother, of Longford, in the 
county of Gloucester, Lieutenant Colonel, complain- 
ing that the Standing Orders of the House im re- 
spect to the application for the Cheltenham and 
Great Western Railway Bill, had not been complied 
with; and praying that he may be heard by himself, 
his agents and witnesses, against the same, was pre- 
sented, and read; and sa ee to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions from Plymouth (Corporation) ;—King- 
ston-upon-Hull (Corporation) ;—and, Exeter (Cor- 
poration); praying for the establishment of a low 
uniform rate of Postage on Letters,—were presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Postage. 


Petitions from Exeter ;—Churchstow ;—Halwill ; 
— Woodleigh ; — Avetongifford ; — Holbeton ; — 
Ringmore ;—Malborough reed: ;— Sherford ; 
—-Chivelstone ;— South Huish;— Kingsbridge ; — 
Kingsbridge, Dodbrook and vicinity ;—and, Selby ; 
praying for the abolition of the system of Negro 
Apprenticeship,—were nena and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Notices and Agreements 
for Commutation received by the Tithe Commis- 
sioners for England and Wales, from 1st June 1837 
to ist January 1838; being in continuation of their 
Return laid upon the Table of this House on the 
7th day of June last. 


Petitions from Wakefield ;—and, Ripon; pray- 
ing for the amendment of the Apothecaries’ Act, by 
empowering Magistrates to inflict a penalty en _per- 
sons convicted before them of illegally prescribing 
or practising Medicine,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Churchwardens and Vestry 
Clerk of the parish of Saint Pancras, in the county 
of Middlesex, complaining of the amount of the 
Civil List granted to Her Majesty, and praying the 
House to grant such relief in the premises as to 
them shall seem meet, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vox. 938. 


Petitions from Saint Pancras (Churchwardens Vote by Ballot. 
and Vestry Clerk) ;— Sunderland ;—Framlingham; — 
Stradbrook ;—and, Orsett ; praying for the adoption 
of Vote by Ballot at Elections of Members to serve 
in Parliament,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to le upon the Table. 


Petitions from John Collier, of the parish of Saint Patterns and 
Clement Danes, in the city of Westminster, and ‘ventions Bil. 
George Harvey ;—and, Orsmond Stickwood, of St 
ney, and others ; praying that the Patterns and i. 
ventions Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Glasgow Cotton 
habitants of Brighton ;—and, the Chairman of a SPimP¢r. 
Meeting of the sera of the Great Radical As- 
sociation of London; praying the House to address 
Her Majesty to remit the sentence recently passed 
upon certain Cotton Spinners of Glasgow convicted 
of conspiracy to raise wages,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Poor Law 
Returns, from Medical Officers under the Poor Law a 
Amendment Act; stating the Number of Cases of ~ 
each particular Disease and Accident discharged, 
and the Deaths from each particular Disease and 
Accident at the subjoined Ages; distinguishing 
the married und unmarried, Male and Female Out- 
door Patients and Workhouse Patients under 5 years 
of Age, and between 5=10, 10-20, 20-30, 30-40, 
40-50, 50-60, 60-70, 70-80, 80-90 :—From the 
Relieving Officer; 1. The average constant Number 
of all Classes of Paupers in receipt of any Parochial 
Relief, excepting Medical ; distinguishing those who 
are in the Workhouse. 2. The Total Number of 
Persons relieved in or out of the Workhouse ; dis- 
tinguishing the lattér. 3. The Number of Orders, 
1. for Medical Relief; 2. for Relief of any other de- 
scription, except Medical; 3. The Total an of 
Orders for Relief :—From the Clerks of the Unions; 
1. The Number of Medical Men who have held 
Office in the Union since it was first formed. 2. 
In what way the Medical Appointments were made, 
and how many of those Appointments were made by 
tender, and in how many cases the lowest tender 
was not accepted, in how many cases the Salary 
was fixed in a public Advertisement, and what 
special conditions, if any, were included in the 
Contract :—And, from the Masters of Workhouses; 
1. The Average Number of Males and Females 
constantly in the House, from daily or weekly 
enumeration. 2.'The Average Number of, 1. Sick ; 
2. Infirm; 3. Healthy Persons, constantly in the 
house. 3. The Total Number of Males and Fe- 
males, 1. admitted; 2. discharged (deaths inclusive), 
and the Total Number of Deaths. 4. The Total 
Number, 1. admitted ill; 2. The Total Number at- 
tacked after entering, and the Deaths among this 
Class. 5. The Ages of, 1. the Sick ; 2. the infirm ; 
8. the healthy in the house at the time the Return 
is made. 


Petitions from the Corporation of Exeter ;— and, Education. 
the Mayor of Lyme Regis; praying for the esta- \ 
blishment of a National System of Education,— / 


were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon” 
the Table. 


Lord George Lennox, by Order, presented a Bill Exmouth | 
for regulating the Market ‘in the Town of Exmouth, Market Bill 
in the County of Devon: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Petition of Samuel Dendy, of Breams Buildings, Torquay Roads. 
Chancery-lane, Gentleman, Devisee in trust, named 
in the will of George Cary, late of Tor Abbey, in 
|the county of Devon, Esquire, deceased, complain- 
HH4 ing 














| 
} 
: 
; 





ing that the Standing Orders of the House, in re- 
spect to the application for the Torquay Roads 
Bill had not been complied with, and praying that 
he may be heard by himself, his agents and wit- 
nesses against the same, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


Ship-building A Petition of Ship-builders of the Port of Sun- 

ee derland, praying the House to reduce or repeal 
the duty on Indentures of Apprenticeship to the 
Ship-building trade, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


eggs A Petition of Members of the Committee of Hand- 
— loom Weavers of Tideswell, complaining of distress 
arising from the low rate of wages, and praying the 
House to pass a law to alleviate their existing 
destitution, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 

lie upon the Table. 


Shipping A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners, Tradesmen 

a and others, belonging to the port and town of Har- 
wich, praying the House to relieve the Proprietors 
of the Shipping Gazette from the Postage of Letters 
containing Shipping and Commercial Intelligence 
only, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Dee Bridge A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 

_ more effectually repairing the Road from the Bridge 
of Dee, southward through the County of Kincar- 
dine to Stonehaven, and from thence by Inverber- 
vie and by Laurencehirk, to the Lower and Upper 
Bridges over the River North Esk, and for making 
and repairing other Roads in the said County, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for continuing the term, and 
altering and enlarging the powers of the said Act, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Cmmittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Lead and Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

Lead Ore. a Return of the Imports and — of Lead and 
Lead Ore for the last year, ending 5th January 
1838. 


Fire, Life and Ordered, That there be laid before this House,— 

Marine Insur- Accounts of all Sums paid into the Stamp Office 

oss for Duty by each Insurance Office in Great Britain 
and Ireland on Insurance from Fire and Life, for 
the Quarters ending 25th March, 24th June, 29th 
September, and 25th December 1837 ; distinguish- 
ing the Amount of Allowance made to each Office 
for collecting the same in the Country, London, 
Edinburgh, and Dublin, respectively ; with the Dates 
of such Payments for one year, from 25th Decem- 
ber 1836:—and of the Duty paid into the Stamp 
Office on Marine Insurance for the same period. 


Registration of — A Petition of the Clergy of Leeds, praying the 
&lt;wh ie House so to amend the Registration of Births, &amp;c., 
Acts. and Marriages Acts, that the Registrars may be 
effectually restrained to the discharge of their own 
duties; and that the Petitioners may be released 
from the necessity of giving notice to a Registrar 
concerning facts of which by an existing law they 
are bound to make a public record; and also from 
all necessity to solemnize Marriages in a manner 
inconsistent with the Canons of the Church, was 
_— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Public Mr. Yates reported from the Select Committee 
Petitions. on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented from the 16th to the 26th days 
of this instant January, both inclusive; and had 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Q40 29° Januarii. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Sovdan Blaci, 





A. 1838. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciouly pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of, or Extracts from, any Correspond- 
ence received by Her Majesty’s Secretary of State 
for Foreign Affairs, respecting the Annual incursions 
against the Blacks of Svodan by the Troops of 
Mahomed Ali, Pacha of Egypt, and respecting the 
mode in which the prisoners taken on such incur- 
sions are disposed of. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Wool, and 
Returns of the Quantity of Sheep and Lambs’ Wool Woollen Man. 


imported into the United Kingdom in the year 1837; 
specifying the Countries from which it came, the 
Quantity that paid a Duty of One Penny per Pound 

and the Quantity that paid a Duty of One Halfpenny 
per Pound :—Of the Quantity of Foreign Wool re- 
exported during the same period, and the Countries 
to which it was sent, and of the Quantity remaining 
warehoused under bond on 5th January 1838 :—Of 
the Quantity of British Sheep and Lambs’ Wool, 
and Woollen Yarn, exported from the United King- 
dom in the year 1837, specifying the Countries to 
which they were sent:—and, of British Woollen 
Manufactures exported from the United Kingdom 
in the year 1837. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Mops. 


Accounts of the Total Number of Acres of Land in 
Great Britain under the cultivation of Hops in the 
year 1837; distinguishing the Number of Acres in 
each Parish :—Of the Duty on Hops of the growth 
of the year 1837 ; distinguishing the Districts, and 
the old from the new Duty :—and, of the Quantity 
of Hops exported from Great Britain to Foreign 
Countries, from 5th January 1837 to 5th January 
1838; distinguishing the Countries to which the 
same have been exported, and also the Quantities 
to each Country; also, British from Foreign growths, 
and the Dates of the years in which the British 
Hops were grown. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Matt. 


an Account of the Total Number of Quarters of Malt 
made between 5th January 1837 and 5th January 
1838, in the United Kingdom ; distinguishing the 
Quantity in each Country, and the Quantity used 
by Brewers and Victuallers, and Retail Brewers. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Brewers: &amp; 


an Account of the Number of Persons in each of 
the several collections in the United Kingdom 
licensed as “ Brewers,” “ Victuallers,” “ to sell Beer 
to be drunk on the Premises,” and “ to sell Beer 


not to be drunk on the Premises ;” stating the Num- ~ 


ber of each class who brew their own Beer, and the 
Quantity of Malt consumed by them; _particu- 
larizing each class in each collection, from 5th 
January 1837 to 5th January 1838. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjounme' 


the House this day, adjourn till Friday next. 


Petitions from the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Lower Canad 


habitants of Bradford,( York) ;—Lambeth (eleven Pe- 
titions) ;— Southwark (two Petitions) ;— Finsbury 
(three Petitions) ;— Westminster (eight Petitions) ;— 
Saint Clement Danes;— Kingsland Road ;— Chelsea; 
— Poplar ;— Saint Mary-le-bone ;— Paddington ;— 
Saint John-street, Clerkenwell ;--Walworth ;— White- 
chapel ;—and, London; praying the House to refuse 
their concurrence and support to the war now pro- 
secuted by Her Majesty’s Government in Lower 
Canada, and to redress the grievances of which the 
Inhabitants of that province complain,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


The 





li 








Lower Canada 
Government 
Bill. 


Blacis, 


nd 
1 Mano. 


Supply. 


Canada. 


No. 99. 


Galway Town 
Writ. 


Greece, 


&amp;e, 


Eastern Coun- 
ties Railway. 


netits 


anata. 
Ribble 
Navigation, 


1 Victroriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the ingrossed Bill to make temporary 
Provision for the Government of Lower Canada ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the ( Mr. Robert Gordon, Lito 

Yeas, | Lord Seymour : | aac 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Hume, } 8 

Noes, | Mr. Grote : ; 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third time : 
—The Bill was accordingly read the third time ; 
and an ingrossed Clause was added by way of rider, 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir George Grey do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s 
command,—Copies or Extracts of Correspondence 
relative to the Affairs of Lower Canada and Upper 
Canada, (in continuation of Papers presented to 
Parliament on the 23d December 1837 and 16th 
January 1838.) 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Jreland to make out 
a new Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve 
in this present Parliament for the Town and County 
of the Town of Galway, in the room of Andrew 
Henry Lynch, Esquire, who, since his Election for 
the said Town, hath accepted the Office of one of 
the Masters in Ordinary of the High Court of 
Chancery. 


Lord Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s command,—Copy of Convention of Commerce 
aud Navigation between Her Majesty and the King 
of Greece, signed at London, October 4th, 1837. 

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


A Petition of David Rowland, of White Lion 
Court, Cornhill, in the city of London, Solicitor, 
complaining that the Standing Orders of the House 
in respect to the application for the Eastern Counties 
Railway Bill, had not been complied with; and 
praying that he may be heard, by himself, his agents 
and witnesses, against the same, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Owen Tichell Alger, of Bedford 
Row, in the county of Middlesex, Gentleman, Soli- 
citor for Peter Hesheth Fleetwood, Esquire, an owner 
of land to be affected by the Bill heremafter referred 
to, complaining that the Standing Orders of the 
House in respect to the application for the Ribble 
Navigation Bill, had not been complied with; and 
praying that he may be heard, by himself, his agents 
and witnesses, against the same, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


And then the House adjourned till Friday next. 
Vou. 93. 


99° Januariiz.— 2° Februari. 








241 


Veneris, 2° die Februarii ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Ruddle, from the Audit Office, was called Naval Receipt 


in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to the "4 Expendi- 


directions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of an 
Account of the Naval Receipt and Expenditure for 
the year ended on the 31st March 1837:—And then 
he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of the East India 


East India Company, was called in; and at the bar 
presented, pursuant to the directions of several Acts 
of Parliament,— Resolution of the Court of Directors 
of the East India Company, being the Warrant or 
Instrument granting a Pension. 

Resolutions of the Court of Directors of the East 
India Company, being the Warrants or Instruments 
granting any Salary or Gratuity. 

List, No. 81, specifying the Particulars of the 
Compensation proposed to be granted to the there 
under-mentioned Person who belonged to the late 
Maritime Service of the East India Company, under 
an arrangement sanctioned by the Board of Com- 
missioners for the Affairs of Jndia, and laid before 
the Honourable the House of Commons, on the 
26th February 1835. 

Particulars of all Compensations, Superannua- 
tions and Allowances granted by the Court of Direc- 
tors of the East India Company, and confirmed by 
the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, 
between the 1st January and 31st December 1837, 
to Persons who have been employed by or under the 
East India Company whose Interests have been 
affected by the discontinuance of the said Com- 
pany’s Trade, and who have been reduced. 

An Account of Allowances, Compensations, Re- 
munerations and Superannuations granted to the 
Officers and Servants of the Board of Commis- 
sioners for the Affairs of India, and of the East 
India Company in 1837 :-—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Holmes, from the Commissioners of Arundel Arundel Port. 


Port, was called in ; and at the bar presented, pur- 
suant to the directions of an Act of Parliament,— 
Report and Account of the Commissioners of the 
Harbour of Littlehampton, called Arundel Port, 
in the County of Sussex, from the 31st day of De- 
cember 1836 up to and including the 31st day of 
December 1837 :—And then he withdrew. 

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


ompany. 


A Petition of Henry George Cary, of Tor Abbey, Torquay 
in the county of Devon, oa, complaining that Roads. 


the Standing Orders of the House in respect to the 
application for the Zorguay Roads Bill had not 
been complied with ; and praying that he may be 
heard, by himself, his agents and witnesses, against 
the same, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


Petitions from Trustees of the Whitchurch and Ellesmere 
Ternhill Road ;—and, Inhabitants of Whitchurch, Roads. 


Doddington, and places adjacent, in the county 
of Salop, taking notice of the application for the 
Ellesmere Roads Bill; and praying that such Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Stephen Gazelee, Peter Stafford Finsbury Small 


Carey, Thomas John Knight, and John Locke, Debts Bill. 


Esquires, the Four Counsel of the ancient Court - 
II the 








Q42 2° Februariz. | A. 1838. 


the Marshalsea, and Court of Her Majesty’s Palace 
of Westminster; praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Finsbury Small Debts Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Glasgow Waterworks, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Petitioners to purchase the property and 
works belonging to the Proprietors of the Cranston- 
hill Waterworks, and to amend the several Acts for 
supplying the said City and Suburbs thereof with 

ater, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


—and, Leeds; praying for the abolition of the sys- 
tem of Negro Apprenticeship,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders and Inhabitants Foreign Grain, 
of Dundalk, praying that Foreign Grain in bond 
may forthwith be permitted to be manufactured into 
flour and meal for exportation, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Cumnock ; —Ashton-under-Lyne ;— Lower Canada, 
and, the Chairman of a Meeting of Inhabitants of : 
Edinburgh ; praying the House to refuse their con- ( 
currence and support to the war now prosecuted by 


SS 





7 &gt; 


— 


RRR eat 


——— A Petition of Charles Cother, of Longford, in the 
Union Railway, county of Gloucester, Lieutenant Colonel, C. B., 
complaining that the Standing Orders of the House 
in respect to the application for the Cheltenham 
and Great Western Union Railway Bill, had not 
been complied with; and praying that he may be 
heard, by himself, his agents and witnesses, against 
the same, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 
— A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 
. more effectually repairing and improving the Road 
leading from pee ne in the Parish of David- 
stow, in the County of Cornwall, to the East End 
of Wadebridge, and from the West End of Wade- 
bridge, into and through the Borough of Mitchell, 
in the said County, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
continuing the term, and enlarging and amending 
the Powers and Provisions of the said Act, for 
varying; altering or increasing the Tolls, and for 
making and maintaining several new lines of Road, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Edinburgh A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 

Eomenty — Council of the city of Edinburgh, and of Trustees 
for the Creditors of the said city acting under the 
authority of an Act passed in the third and fourth 
year of the Reign of his late Majesty King William 
the Fourth, “ to appoint Trustees for the Creditors 
of the City of Edinburgh,” for leave to bring in a 
Bill for carrying into effect an Agreement between 
the said City of Edinburgh and the Creditors of the 
said City, for an adjustment of the Debts due by the 
said City, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


Marine Petitions from the Chamber of Commerce and 
insurance, Manufactures of Greenock ;—the West India Asso- 
ciation of Glasgow ;—and, Merchants, Traders and 
Ship-owners of Dundalk; praying for the repeal of 
the Duty on Policies of Marme Insurance,—were 


— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Postage. Petitions from Greenock ;—and, Kilrenny; pray- 
ing for the establishment of a low uniform rate of 
Postage on Letters,—were presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Postage. 


Sheriff Courts Petitions from Elginshire; — Aberdeen; —and, 

(Scotland) Bill. proses of a meeting of Procurators of Wigtownshire; 
praying that the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Poor Law A Petition of Inhabitants of Chinley, Brigsworth 
Amendment and Brownside, praying for the repeal of the Poor 


Law Amendment Act, was presented, and read; 
and referred to the Select Committee on the Poor 
Law Amendment Act. 


Negro Appren- Petitions from Lichfield ;— Oxford ;—Leicester ; 
ticeship. —Andover ; — Liverpool ;— Bury Saint Edmunds ; 

















Her Majesty’s Government in Lower Canada, and 
to redress the grievances of which the Inhabitants of 
that province complain,—--were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Robert Shorter, and others, praying Patterns and 
that the Patterns and Inventions Bill may pass into Inventions Bill, 


a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dumbarton; — Methven ; — and, Vote by Ballot. 


Ludlow ; praying for the adoption of Vote by Ballot 
at Elections of Members to serve in Parliament,— 


were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor of the town of North- Northampton 


ampton, praying the House to pass an Act to extend © 
the jurisdiction of the Court of Record, called the 
Court of Pleas, for the recovery of debts from per- 
sons residing within the liberties of the said town, to 
the county of Northampton, or to such parts thereof 
as to the Sele shall seem meet, so that the inha- 
bitants of the said town may have the same facilities 
to recover their debts from persons residing in the 
said county, as they have against persons residing 
within the herties of the said town, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Brokers and Traders of Commercial 
the city of London, praying that the House will, in Pay List 


the spirit and policy which the Legislature of this 
country hath ever shown towards the commerce of 
the kingdom, make such regulations that the Execu- 
tive shall not be at liberty in future to interfere with 
the insertion of the names of brokers, importers and 
other persons connected with mercantile transactions 
in the Prices Current, Commercial Daily List, and 
other papers containing wholly commercial matter, 
the insertion of such names being of great advan- 
tage to the commerce of the country, and in the 
same proportion to the increase of its revenue, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
lable. 


A Petition of the Chamber of Commerce and North American 
Manufactures of Greenock, praying the House to Colonies. 


take the present state of Her Majesty’s North Ame- 
rican Colonies into early consideration, and adopt 
speedy and efficient measures for checking and re- 
pressing the spirit of insurrection that prevails there, 
so as to afford protection and security to the lives 
and property of Her Majesty’s well affected and 
loyal subjects, and to restore that confidence which 
is essential to the continuance of the commercial in- 
tercourse which has heretofore existed with the 
mother country, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Dudley, praying that Rating of ~ 
the Rating of Tenements Bill may not pass into a Tenemen's © 


law, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Poor Law Amendment 


Act. 


Ordered, That the Journal of this House, from Journal to be 
the end of the last Session of Parliament to the end Printed. 


of 








Coal Trade 
(Port of Lon- 
don.) 


Bible Printing 


(Scotland.) 


Bishoprick 
of Sodor and 
Mann. 


Ship-building 


Apprenticeship. 


Linen and 
Linen Yarn. 


Navy 
Estimates, 


s 


No. 101. 


Army 


Estimates, 


No. 102, 


1 Vicroriz. 


of this present Session, with an Index to the Ninety- 
third volume, be printed. 

Ordered, That One thousand Copies of the said 
Journal and Index be printed by the appointment 
and under the direction of John Henry Ley, Esquire, 
Clerk of this House. 

Ordered, That the said Journal and Index be 
printed by such person as shall be licensed by Mr. 
Speaker, and that no other person do presume to 
print the same. 


The House was moved, That the Act 1 and 2 
Will. 4, c. 76, for regulating the vend and delivery 
of Coals in the Cities of London and Westminster, 
and in certain parts of the Counties of Middlesex, 
Surrey, Kent, Essex, Hertfordshire, Buckingham- 
shire and Berkshire, might be read ; and the same 
being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of 
the said Act. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of the 
office-bearers and members of the Perthshire Bible 
Society, praying the House to abolish the monopoly 
at present held by Her Majesty’s Printer in Scotland 
of exclusively printing Bibles, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Dean and Chapter of the Cathe- 
dral Church of Chichester, praying that the Bishop- 
rick of Sodor and Mann may not be annexed to the 
See of Carlisle, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ship-builders of the port of Dundee, 
praying the House to reduce or repeal the duty 
on Indentures of Apprenticeship to the Ship-build- 
ing trade, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of the Quantity of Linen and Linen Yarn 
exported from the United Kingdom in the years 
1834, 1835, 1836 and 1837 ; specifying the Countries 
to which they were sent. 


Mr. Charles Wood presented, pursuant to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty,—Navy Estimates for the year 
1838-39. 

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


Lord Viscount Howick presented, pursuant to an 
Address to Her Majesty,—Estimate of the Charge 
of Her Majesty’s Land Forces for Service at Home 
and Abroad, from the 1st of April 1838 to the 31st 
of March 1839, being 365 days ; inclosing, 

Paper (A.)—Detail of the 5 of Her Majesty’s 
Land Forces for Service at Home and Abroad, 
for 365 days, from the 1st April 1838 to the 
31st March 1839. . 

Paper (B.)—Detail of the Charge of the Land 
a at Home and Abroad, as estimated for 
the Twelve months, from 1st April 1838 to the 
31st March 1839; distinguishing the Numbers 
of Officers and Non-commissioned Officers of 
each Rank, and the Numbers of Rank and File ; 
and also showing the daily and annual Pay and 
Allowances of each Rank, and the Charges for 
Agency and Clothing. 

Abstract of the Distribution of the Forces on the 
Ist January 1838, and on the Ist February 
1837. 


Lord Viscount Howick also presented, by Her 
Majesty’s command,— Estimate of the Charge of 
General Staff Officers and Officers of the Hospitals 
serving with Her Majesty’s Forces at Home and 
—— | of Her Majesty’s Garrison of the Tower 

OL. 93. | 


2° Februariz. 





243 


of London; from the ist April 1838 to the 31st 
March 1839 ; inclosing, 


Particulars of the Pay and probable Contingent 
Expenses of General Staff Officers and Officers 
of the Hospitals in the United Kingdom and 
on Foreign Stations, except India, for 365 days, 
from the 1st April 1838 to the 3ist March 
1839. 

Particulars of the Pay of General Staff Officers 
and Officers of the Hospitals on Foreign Sta- 
tions, excepting India, and of the Pay of Clerks, 
&amp;c., of the said Officers, from the 1st April 
1838 to the 31st March 1839, both days in- 
clusive. 


Estimate of the Charge of the Allowances to the 
Principal Officers of the several Public Departments 
there under-mentioned, their Deputies, Clerks and 
Contingent Expenses from the 1st April 1838 to 
the 31st March 1839. 

Estimate of the Charge of the Royal Military 
College, from the ist April 1838 to the 31st March 
1839. 

Estimate of the Charge of the Royal Military 
Asylum, and of the Hibernian Military School, from 
the ist April 1838 to the 31st March 1839, being 
365 days. 

Estimate of the Charge of Volunteer Corps, from 
1st April 1838 to the 31st March 1839. 

Estimate of the Charge of Allowances as Rewards 
for distinguished Services, not exceeding three-fifths 
of the Emoluments of Garrison Appointments which 
have become vacant; and also of Allowances to 
Officers of Her Majesty’s Garrisons at Home and 
Abroad, holding their Appointments as Rewards for 
Military Service, but to which no efficient Military 
Duty attaches; and which Appointments will be 
abolished on Vacancies occurring, when Rewards 
for distinguished Military Service will be granted 
in lieu thereof; from 1st April 1838 to 31st March 
1839, both days inclusive, being 365 days. 

Estimate of the Charge of the Pay of General 
Officers in Her Majesty’s Forces, not being Colonels 
of Regiments, from the 1st April 1838 to the 31st 
March 1839, both days inclusive, being 365 days. 

Estimate of the Charge of Full Pay for Reduced 
and Retired Officers of Her Majesty’s Forces, from 
1st April 1838 to 31st March 1839, both days in- 
clusive, being 365 days. 

Estimate of the Charge for Half Pay and Military 
Allowances to Reduced and Retired Officers of Her 
Majesty’s Forces, from 1st April 1838 to 31st March 
1839, both days inclusive, being 365 days. 

Estimate of the Charge of Half Pay and Reduced 
Allowances to Officers of Disbanded Foreign Corps, 
of Pensions to Wounded Foreign Officers, and of 
Allowances to the Widows and Children of De- 
ceased Foreign Officers, from 1st April 1838 to 31st 
March 1839, both days inclusive, being 365 days. 

Estimate of the Charge of Pensions to be paid to 
Widows of Officers of the Land Forces, from 1st 
April 1838 to 31st March 1839, both inclusive, being 
365 days. 

Estimate of the Charge of Allowances on the 
Compassionate List ; of Allowances as of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Royal Bounty ; and of Pensions, Gratuities 
and Allowances to Officers for Wounds, from 1st 
April 1838 to 31st March 1839, both inclusive, being 
365 days. 

Estimate of the Charge of Chelsea and Kilmain- 
ham Hospitals ; of the In-Pensioners of those Esta- 
blishments ; of the Out-Pensioners of Chelsea Hos- 

ital; and of Pensions granted to discharged Negro 
Soldiers, from the 1st April 1838 to the 31st March 
1839. 

Estimate of the Charge of Allowances, Compen- 
sations, and Emoluments in the nature of Superan- 
nuation or Retired Allowances, to Persons formerly 
belonging to the several Public Departments there 
under-mentioned, in the United Kingdom, from the 





112 Ist 


&amp; 








Highway Rates 
Bil 


Belfast 
Waterworks 
(No. 2.) 


Canada. 


No. 100. 


Court of 
Session, &amp;c,, 
(Scotland.) » 


Court of 
Session, &amp;c., 
(Scotland) Bill, 


244, 2° Februariz. 


1st April 1838 to the 31st March 1839, both in- 
clusive, being 365 days. 

Abstract of the Estimates of Effective Army 
Services, from the ist April 1838 to the 31st March 
1839. 

Abstract of the Estimates of Non-effective Army 
Services, from 1st April 1838 to 31st March 1839. 

Comparative Abstract of the Estimates of Army 
Services, for the year ending 31st March 1838, and 
for the year ending 31st March 1839; showing the 
difference between the Numbers to be maintained, 
the probable Charges, and the amounts provided or 
Y be provided, after deducting Appropriations in 

id. 

Supplemental Estimate of the Charge which will 
probably be incurred for the Maintenance, Clothing 
and other Expenses of the provisional Force which 
has been maintained at the Cape of Good Hope, for 
the temporary Service of Her Majesty, from 1st 
April 1838 to 31st March 1839. 

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


A Petition of Members of the Board for repair 
of the Highways in the parish of Stoke Damerel, 
in the county of Devon, praying that the Highway 
Rates Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 


and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
the Bill. 


A Petition of Trustees and Creditors of the Brand- 
bridygesTurnpike road, in the county of Kent, praying 
that the said Bill may pass into a law, was also 
presented, and read ; and referred to the said Select 
Committee. 


A Petition of the Most honourable George Au- 
ustus Marquis of Donegall, a Peer of Parliament, 
and of the Richt honourable George Hamilton Chi- 
chester, commonly called Earl of Belfast, the eldest 
son of the said Marquis, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for better supplying the town of Belfast with Water, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s 
command,—Further Copies or Extracts of Corre- 
spondence relative to the Affairs of Lower Canada 
and Upper Canada (in continuation of Papers pre- 
sented to Parliament on the 23d December 1837 and 
the 16th and 29th January 1838.) 

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


A Motion being made, That this House will, upon 
Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee to 
consider of providing for the Compensations and 
Salaries which may be granted under any Act of 
the present Session of Parliament relating to the 
Court of Session and Court of Commissioners for 
Teinds in Scotland, and the Superannuations and 
Salaries under any other Act relating to Sheriff 
Courts in Scotland; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject-matter 
o* this Motion, recommends it to the consideration 
of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Court of Session, &amp;c. 


(Scotland) Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 


graph. 
Preamble postponed. 


Crausegs, N° 1 to N° 9, agreed to. 


A. 1838. 
Crause, N° 10, postponed. 

Cravuseg, N° 11, agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 12 and N° 13, postponed. 


Bill Chamber and Assistant)——read, and Nega- 
tived. 


Cuause, N° 15, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravuses, N° 16 and N° 17, postponed. 
Cuiause, N° 18, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuiauses, N° 19 to N° 21, postponed. 
Cause, N° 22, amended, and agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 23 to N° 27, postponed. 
Cravuses, N° 28 and N° 29, agreed to. 
Cravuses, N° 30 and N° 31, postponed. 


Crause, N° 32 (Clerk appointed after January 
1836 not entitled to Compensation) ——read, and 
Negatived. 


Crauses, N° 33 to N° 35, agreed to. 
Schedules postponed. 





Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Robert 
Steuart reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2° paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Cravuse, N°1, agreed to. 
Crass, N° 2, amended, and agreed to. 
Crausss, N° 3 and N° 4, agreed to. 
Cause, N° 5, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N° 6, postponed. 
Crause, N° 7, agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 8 to N°12, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravse, N° 13, agreed to. 
Crausez, N° 14, amended, and agreed to. 


Cravuse, N° 15, (Preparation of records) read. 
Question put, That the said Clause stand part of 
the Bill; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the f The Lord Advocate, 
Yeas. Mr. More O’ Ferrall: } “= 
\ 24 





Tellers for thee Mr. Mackenzie, 
Noes. Mr. Forbes : 


CrauseE, N° 16, amended, and agreed to. 


Crause, N° 17 (Proofs in Scotland to be taken 
by Sherifts)——read. 
Amendment proposed: P.6. 1.22. After “ here- 
“ tofore” to insert ‘‘ andit shall be lawful for Her 
“ Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the 
Home Department, from time to time to name 
Commissioners to whom remits may be made to 
take such proofs in such Counties when required 
“ by the Sheriffs.” 
Question, That those words be there inserted ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the { The Lord Advocate, } - 
Yeas, \ Mr. More O’ Ferrall: uinge 
Tellers for the { Mr. Forbes, ss 
Noes, \ Mr. Lockhart : } baad 
Cravuse, N°’ 17, amended, and agreed to. 


Cravusets, N°18 to N° 21, amended, and agreed to. 
CLAUSE, 





“ 
“ 


“&lt;é 





Crause, N° 14 (Duties and Salaries of Clerk of 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Sheriff Courts 
into a Committee upon the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Seoland) Bill 





Bene 
Plar 


Mur 
Cor] 
(Ire 


Ele 





1 Vicroriz. 


Cuiause, N®* 22, agreed to, 

Ciavse, N° 23, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravuse, N° 24, agreed to. 

Ciauses, N° 25 to N° 28, amended, and agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 29 and 30, agreed to. 

Cravusss, N° 31 to N°35, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N° 36, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 37, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N° 38, agreed to. 

Schedules, (A.), (B.) and (C.), added. 

Preamble read, and agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Robert 
Steuart reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


9°_. 5° Februariz. 


245 


Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
_ proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time: 
| he Amendments following were proposed to be 
/made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
, “ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 
| posed Amendment and Motion were severally, with 
| leave of the House withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Conacre Tenants (Jreland) Bill was, acccrd- 
| ing to Order, read a second time; and committed 
| to a Committee of the whole House, for Monday, 
the 19th day of March next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Commit- 
tee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Conacre 
Tenants 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Supply. 


Benefices The Benefices Plurality Bill was, according to ; , : 
Plorality Bill. Order, read a second time ; and committed to a Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Parag rng 
Committee of the whole House for Monday, the | Copies of a Memorial addressed to the Lords of "™Y © 
19th day of this instant February. Her Majesty’s Treasury by a body of Merchants 
‘ and Traders of the City of London, respecting cer- 
Municipal The Municipal Corporations (Zreland) Bill was, | tain proceedings threatened by the Stamp Office 
ny Bl according to Order, read a second time ; and com- | against the “Commercial Daily List,’ and sug- 
(ieknd) Bil. mnitted to a Committee of the whole House for Mon- gesting that the same Protection should be afforded 
day, the 19th day of this instant February. to that Publication as to the Custom House Bills of 
P : Entry, Prices Current, and other Commercial Papers; 
ntroverte: 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 


Eection Fees.* further consideration the Report which upon the 


19th day of December last was made from the 





and a Copy of any Minute of the Treasury there- 


upon; and also a Copy of the Answer of their 
y o : vas mad | Lordships’ Secretary to the Memorial :—and, Of 
il Select Committee appointed to inquire into the se- | any Minutes of the ‘aes of the Treasury and Orders 
veral Fees charged under authority of Mr. Speaker | of the Board of Commissioners of Stamps, and Cor- 
upon the trial of Controverted Elections, and to | respondence respecting the Publication of the Names 
consider how far the public interests may be pro- | of Ship-brokers in the List of “ Ships Loading,” in 
moted by an alteration in or repeal of these Fees; | the “ ashen Bill of Entry, B;” and of the Names 
The eons was moved, That the several Tables | of Brokers in the “ Commercial Daily List,” the 
of Fees of the 22d day of February 1731, and the | “ Mercantile Journal,’ and other Publications of a 
4th day of April 1803, might be read; and the | wholly Commercial nature. 
same being read ; 


The House proceeded to take the said Report into | : . . bee . 
further ominaion, and the same was ae read. | Pe, portent pare ston: Bae eagle ing Of Adjeenment 

Resolved, That all Fees payable by Parties upon | ini y ; 
proceedings before this House in respect of Contro- 
verted Election Petitions, and before Committees 
appointed to try and determine the merits of such 
Petitions, charged according to the Table of Fees of 
the 22d day of February 1731, and also according 
to the Table of Fees of the 4th day of April 1803, 
be abolished. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Water- Waterford 
ford Mail, which were presented upon Monday last ; Mail. 
be printed. No. 103. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Rus- Russian 
sian Dutch Loan, which was presented upon Monday Dutch Loan. 
| last ; be printed. No. 104, 














Resolved, That the Charge for Office Copies of Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Dublin Dublin Society, 
Papers and Documents relating to Controverted Society, which was presented upon Monday last; No. 105. 
Election Petitions, directed to be lodged in the | pe printed. ; 
office of the Clerk of this House, or which may be ‘ ‘ 
produced before Controverted Election Committees, And then the House adjourned till Monday 
and also of Minutes of Evidence taken before such next. 

Committees, furnished to parties upon their appli- 
cation for the same, he at the rate of fourpence per 
sheet of seventy-two words in each sheet. Lune. 5° die Februarii : 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- . 7 
ey That it is the a of this House, that the Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 

ules and Rates of Charges for the duty of Exa-| pp,vurs 
miners and Clerks, in respect to the entering into HEH - a a re 
Recognizances by parties petitioning this House on T age L i. ow ded i ieee’ le ren, ow &gt; 
Controverted Elections, and the taxing of Costs of the City of London attended at the door, they 


ee -1| were called in; and at the bar presented,—A Peti- 
oe ee ee tion of the Lord Mayor, Aldeieiin and Commons 
| of the City of London, in Common Council assem- 
and others | bled :—And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition for leave to bring in a Bill 
for forming a New Street from Holborn Bridge, 
opposite to the north end of Farringdon-street, in 
the said City, so as to open a new line of commu- 
nication towards the Sessions House for the county 
of Middlesex, on Clerkenwell Green, was read, and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


such Elections, 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ships’ Mort- 


pa fn A Petition of Shipping Tradesmen, 


engaged in the building, reparation and equipment | 
of Merchant Ships in the Port of London, praying 
that the Ships’ Mortgages Bill may pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Ships’ Mort- 


ae The Order of the day being read, for the second 


reading of the Ships’ Mortgages Bill; 
Vou. 93. — 





113 The 








City of London 
Police. 


Soane’s 
Museum, 


Slavery 
Compensation. 


Public 
Monuments. 


Turnpike 
Roads. 


Commercial 


Daily List. 


Factory Act. 


246 


The House being informed that the Sheriffs of 
the City of London attended at the door, they were 
called in; and at the bar presented,—A Petition 
of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the 
City of Zondon, in Common Council assembled :— 
And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition for leave to bring in a Bill 
for establishing a more efficient system of Police 
within the said City by day and night, in lieu of 
the present nightly watch, was read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


Mr. Bailey, from the Trustees of the Museum of 
the late Sir John Soane, was called in; and at the 
bar presented, pursuant to the directions of an Act 
of Parliament,—Statement of the Funds of the 
Museum of the late Sir John Soane, on the 5th 
January 1838 :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in; 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders,— 
Further Return to an Order dated the 6th day of 
December last, for Accounts of all Sums of Money 
awarded by the Commissioners of Slavery ee 
sation ; specifying the Date of each Order, the Par- 
ties to whom the payment is awarded, and the 
Colony or Settlement in respect of which it is 
awarded, and the Number of Slaves for whom each 
such payment is awarded :—Of all Sums paid to 
defray the Expenses of the Commission, with the 
Dates of such payments :—And, of the Total Amount 
of the Sums claimed, respecting which no award has 
been made ; distinguishing the Colonies. 

Return of the Number of Monuments erected in 
Westminster Abbey and Saint Paul’s at the Public 
Expense, from the year 1750 to the present time ; 
specifying the Names of the Persons in whose 
honour they were erected, and the Sums paid for 
each; with the aggregate Amount. 

Returns of all Turnpike Trust Roads which the 
Postmaster General has felt it necessary to cause 
to be indicted on account of their inefficient state of 
Repair, during the last Twelve Months :—and of all 
Turnpike Trust Roads which the Postmaster General 
has had occasion to communicate with on account 
of their inefficient state of repair, during the last 
Twelve Months. 

Returns to an Order dated the 2d day of this 
instant February, for Copies of a Memorial ad- 
dressed to the Lords of Her Majesty’s Treasury by 


a body of Merchants and Traders of the City of| 


London, respecting certain proceedings threatened 
by the Stamp Office against the “ Commercial Daily 
List,” and suggesting that the same Protection 
should be afforded to that Publication as to the 
Custom House Bills of Entry, Prices Current, and 
other Commercial Papers; and a Copy of any 
Minute of the Treasury thereupon ; and also, a Copy 
of the Answer of their Lordships’ Secretary to the 
Memorial :—And, of any Minutes of the Lords of 
the Treasury and Orders of the Board of Commis- 
sioners of Stamps, and Correspondence respecting 
the Publication of the Names of Ship-brokers in the 
List of “ Ships Loading,” in the “ Customs Bill 
of Entry B;” and of the Names of Brokers in 
the “ Commercial Daily List,” the “ Mercantile 
Journal,” and other Publications of a wholly Com- 
mercial nature. 

Return of the Number and Names of Persons 
summoned for Offences against the Factory Act, 
between Ist January 1837 and 1st January 1838; 
specifying the date of the Conviction or hearing, 
the place of hearing, by whom each Conviction was 
made, the place in which the Offence was committed, 
the precise nature of the Offence in each case, and 
the manner in which the Penalties and Costs were 
appropriated. 


5° Februarii. 





A. 1838. 


| Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to several Prisoners, 
| Addresses to Her Majesty,—Return from every 
Gaoler and every Keeper of a Gaol and House of 
Correction in England and Wales, of the Number 

\of Prisoners in his custody, on the 27th day of 
November 1837, for trial at Sessions. 


A Return of the Number of the Metropolitan Braaforg 

Police who may have been sent to Bradford, in York- (Poor Law 
shire, since the 1st day of October last, and up to = 
the 22d day of November; the Number of Days that ~~ 
they have been so employed, together with the Order 
of the Commissioners of Police, and the Precept of 
the Magistrates, commanding and authorizing the at- 
tendance of such Police Constables at Bradford :— 
Also, a similar Account relative to the Policemen 
sent from Leeds to Bradford :—And also, Copies of 
any Correspondence between the Poor Law Com- 
missioners and their Assistant Commissioner, Mr. 
Power, and the Board of Guardians, relative to the 
sending of the London Police and the Military into 
the Town of Bradford; together with any Corre- 
spondence that may have taken place relative to the 
same matters between Mr. Power and the Home 
Office, or between the Poor Law Commissioners and 
the Home Office, or between any other Person or 
Persons and the Home Office, so far as the same 
can be communicated without injury to the Public 
Service. 

Copy of any Correspondence which has taken Public 
place between the Secretary of the Home Depart- Buildings. 
ment and the Dean and Chapter of Saint Paul’s, 
the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, and any 
Public Officer, on the subject of the presentation of * 
the Petition last Session, praying that facilities might 
be granted to the People for Free Admittance to 
public National Buildings, Museums, and Works of 
Art. 


Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to the direc- Courtof Session 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Return of the (Scotland.) 
Number of Causes instituted and decided in the 
Court of Session in Scotland, between the 1st day 
of January 1837 and the 1st day of January 1838, 
showing the Number of Causes ready for J we Haar 
but not disposed of at the last of these Dates. 


Statement of the Monies received from the Pay- Dublin Police. 
master of Civil Services in Jreland, on account of 
the Dublin Metropolitan Police, and the Expendi- 
ture thereof, from the 1st to the 31st day of Decem- 
ber, 1837, both days inclusive :—And then he with- 
drew. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
| Table. 


Sale ¢ 
Act. 





Educ 


Posti 


Hig] 
Bill. 


Poot 
(Ire 





Post 
Dut 


Fire 


| A Petition of Gentlemen, Manufacturers, Trades- parsley 
men and Inhabitants of the town of Barnsley, or Small Debts. 
the neighbourhood thereof, in the west riding of 

the county of York, for leave to bring in a Bill for 

amore easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts 

within the said town and neighbourhood, was pre- 

sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 

mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Vote 


A Petition of the Chamber of Commerce and Postage. 
Manufactures of the city of Edinburgh, praying the 
House not to sanction any experiment of Mr. Hill's 
plan but what is based on its main principles, 
namely, a cheap and uniform rate of Postage to be 
paid in advance by the use of stamped covers or 
stamped sheets of paper, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Neg 
tice: 


A Petition of the Chamber of Commerce and Moming al 
Manufactures of the city of Edinburgh, praying the Gt" 
House to recommend to the Lords of Her Majesty’s 


Treasury to issue the necessary orders to the Post- 
master General to arrange a morning mail for Scot- 
land on the same footing as that now in operation 
| for Ireland, Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester, 
was 





TE 








on 


1 Vicroriz. 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. ; 
Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Thornbury Union, 


Sale of Beer 

Acte praying for the amendment of the Sale of Beer Act, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Drighlington ;—and, Members of 


Education. 


the Poplar Institution; praying for the establish-' 


ment of a National System of Education,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of the Corporation of Bath, praying 
the House to devise a comprehensive and liberal 
plan of National Education that shall extend its 
benefits to all alike, without reference to any dis- 
tinction of sect or party, and in which provision 
shall be made for the daily reading of the Holy 
Scriptures, was also presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Council of the city and borough 
of Bath, praying for the establishment of a low 
uniform rate of Postage on Letters, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Postage. 


Postage. 


Highway Rates Petitions from Harberton; — Halwell;— and, 

Bill Littlehempston; praying that the Highway Rates Bill 

may not pass into a law,—were presented, and read; 

“and referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 

Petitions from Trustees of the Turnpike Road 

from Leatherhead to Stoke near Guildford ;—and, 

Trustees of the Saltash Turnpike Roads; praying 

that the said Bill may pass into a law,—were also 

presented, and read ; and referred to the said Select 
Committee. 


Poor Relief 


Petitions from the city of Dublin ;—Union of 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Courcies and Ballinadee ;—and, Abington ; praying 
that the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Stage Coach Proprietors and Inn- 
keepers in Hexham, praying for the repeal of the 
Duties on Post Horses, Carriages let to hire, Guards 
and Coachmen, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Post-horse 
Duties, &amp;e, 


FireInsurance. A Petition of Merchants, Traders and Inhabitants 
of Drogheda, praying for a reduction of the Duty 
on Policies of Fire Insurance, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vote by Ballot. Petitions from Canterbury ;—Jedburgh ;— Middle- 
ton ;—and, Perth ; praying for the adoption of Vote 
by Ballot at Elections of Members to serve in Par- 
liament,—were — and read; and ordered 


to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Frome Selwood ;—Cotherston ;— 
Dent ;—Darlington ;—Boroughbridge, Aldborough, 
ke. ; — Sunderland ;— Cawood ; — Edenderry ; — 
Roscrea ; — Mountmelick ; — Moate ; — Walsall ; — 
Etruria ;—Shelton ;—and, Culmstock; praying for 
the abolition of the system of Negro Apprenticeship, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Negro Appren- 
ticeship, 


Olive Oil, A Petition of Manufacturers of Wool and Worsted 

in Darlington, and others concerned therein, pray- 

ing for a reduction of the Duty on Olive Oil, was 

a oa and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


T. Parking A Petition of Thomas Parkin, of Moorgate-street, 


in the city of London, complaining of the infringe- 


Vor. 93. 


5° Februari. 





Q47 


ment by the London and Croydon Railway Com- 
pany of a Patent taken out by him for improving 
the construction of Railways, and praying relief, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Ashton-under-Lyne ; — Liverpool Rating of 
(President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary and Tenements Bill. 
Committee of the Guardian Society for the protection 
of Trade) ;—and, Liverpool (Select Vestry); praying 
that the Rating of Tenements Bill may not pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President, Vice-President, Trea- Recovery of 
surer, Secretary and Committee of the Liverpool Tenements Bill. 
Guardian Society for the protection of Trade, pray- 
ing that the Recovery of Tenements Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates, Town Council and Municipal 
Inhabitants of the royal burgh of Forfar, praying Corporations 
the House to pass a Bill for the better regulation eee 
of Municipal Corporations in Scotland, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Brechin, Church of 
praying that no grant of public money from the Scotland. 
ishops’ Teinds, or from any other public fund, may 
be made to the Church of Scotland, for the endow- 
ment of new Churches, or any other Ecclesiastical 
objects, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Procurators before the Sheriff Court Sheriff Courts 
of Ross, praying that the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) (Scotland) Bill. 
Bill, may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Huddersfield ;— Glasgow ; —Chair- Glasgow Cotton 
man of a Meeting of Cordwainers of London ; — Spinners. 
Members of the’Carpenters and Joiners’ Literary and 
Scientific Institution, held in Rahere-street, Goswell 
Road, Middlesex ;— Shoreditch ;— Chairman of a 
Meeting of Inhabitants of Paisley ;—-and, Carpenters, 
Members of a Trade Society held at the Jvy House 
Tavern, Goswell-street, London; praying the House 
to address Her Majesty to remit the sentence recently 
passed upon certain Cotton Spinners of Glasgow, 
convicted of conspiracy to raise wages,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Non-Electors of Jedburgh, com- Fictitious Votes 
laining of the creation of fictitious votes in the (Scotland.) 
lection of Members to serve in Parliament in that 
burgh, and praying relief, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Fictitious 
Votes (Scotland.) 


A Petition of the Provost, Baillies, Treasurer and Edinburgh 
Council of Paisley, taking notice of the application #4 Glseow 
for the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill, and 
praying that such Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and orderedto lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Rector and Inhabitants of Dar- Bishoprick 
laston, praying that the Bishoprick of Sodor and ¢t Sodor and 
Mann may not be annexed to the See of Carlisle, : 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the t able. 


A Petition of the Wardens and Commonalty of Lough Foyle 
the mystery of Fishmongers of the city of London, Deatag?. 
for leave to bring in a Bill for the Drainage of Waste 
Lands in or about Lough Foyle, in the county of 
Londonderry, was presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


114 A Petition 








Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 


Railway. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act, 


Elgin Burghs 
Writ. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Religious 
Instruction 
(Scotland.) 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Parliamentary 
Electors and 
Freemen Bill, 


248 5° Februari. 


A Petition of the Earl of Hopetoun and James | 
Hope, Writer to the Signet in Edinburgh, Commis- 
sioner for, and one of the Guardians of William 
Ramsay Watson, Esquire, of Saughton, presently re- 
siding in France, complaining that the Standing 
Orders of the House in respect to the —— 
for the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill had 
not been complied with, and praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their agents and witnesses, 
against the same, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Mr. Yates reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented on the 29th day of January last, 
and on the 2d day of this instant February ; and 
had directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

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


A Petition of the Guardians of the Poor of the 
union of Okehampton, praying that the Poor Law 
Amendment Act may not be repealed, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
the Poor Law Amendment Act. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Commissioner to serve in this 

resent Parliament for the Elgin District of Burghs, 
mn the room of Sir Andrew Leith Hay, who, since 
his Election for the said District of Burghs, hath 
accepted the Office of Governor of Bermuda. 


A Petition of Churchwardens, Overseers and prin- 
cipal Inhabitants of Burslem, praying that that parish 
may not be united with the adjacent parishes, as 
contemplated by the Poor Law Commissioners, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Poor Law Amendment Act. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s 
command,—Third Report of the Commissioners of 
Religious Instruction (Scotland.) 

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


The Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Parliamentary Electors and Freemen 
Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That it be an Instruction to the Committee, 
that they have Power to divide the Bill into two 
Bills ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the (oar Hodgson Hinde, L 6s 
Yeas, Mr. Maelean : | Rees 
Tellers for the / Mr. Edward John Stanley, 158 
Noes, \Mr. Solicitor General : | lati 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 

(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2° paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Cravuss, N° 1 (Rates and Taxes of Persons al- 
ready on the Register of Parliamentary Electors for 
Boroughs, &amp;c.)——read. 

Amendment proposed : P.1. 1.10. To leave out 
“« whose name is or shall be upon the Register for 








A. 1838. 


“ the time being, as entitled to vote in the election 
“ of a Member or Members to serve in Parliament 
“ for any City, Town or Borough in England.” 
Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the {Me Edward John Stanley, \ 50, 
Yeas, Mr. Robert Steuart : aaa 
Tellers for the { Mr. Thomas Duncombe, } 107 
Noes, UMr. Warburton : ” 
Several Amendments made. 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the ; Mr. Edward John Stanley, | 214 
Yeas, Mr. Robert Steuart : sil 30 
Tellers for the {Mr. Maclean, 
Noes, \UMr. Praed: 


Ciause, N° 2 (Abolition of Stamp Duty on the 
admission of Freemen) read. 

An Amendment made. 

Amendment proposed: To leave out in P. 1. 1. 20., 
the words “ returning a Member or Members to 
“ serve in Parliament.” 

Question, That those words stand part of the 
Bill——put, and Negatived. 

Clause offered : (No sum of money shall be taken 
or received by any overseer or other person, for or 
in respect of the Registration of any Voter):—— 
brought up, and read 1°. ; 

And Notice being taken, that the Clause was not 
within the title of the Bill: —-Clause withdrawn. 

Preamble amended, and agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


}ats. 











Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Friday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Coal Trade 
into a Committee, to consider of the Act 1 and 2 (Port of Lo. 
Will. 4, c. 76, for regulating the Vend and Delivery don.) 


of Coals in the Cities of London and Westminster, 
and in certain parts of the Counties of Middlesex, 
Surrey, Kent, Essex, Hertfordshire, Buckingham- 
shire and Berkshire; and after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Bernal reported, That he was directed by the Com- 
mittee to make a Motion. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal accordingly reported, That he was 
directed by the Committee to move the House, That 
leave be given to bring in a Bill to continue an Act 
for regulating the Vend and Delivery of Coals in 
the Cities of London and Westminster, and in cer- 
tain parts of the Counties of Middlesex, Surrey, 
Kent, Essex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and 
Berkshire: And he moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. Bernal, Mr. Labouchere and Mr. 
Poulett Thomson, do prepare, and bring it in. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself Court of 
into a Committee, to consider of providing for the Session, &amp;c- 


Compensations and Salaries which may be granted 


under any Act of the present Session of Parliament Oficers.] 


relating to the Court of Session and Court of Com- 
missioners for Teinds in Scotland, and the Superan- 
nuations and Salaries under any other Act relating 
to Sheriff Courts in Scotland. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That the Salaries which may be 
granted to the Officers of the Court of Session and 
Court of Commissioners for Teinds in Scotland, in 
pursuance of any Act of this Session of Parliament, 
shall be payable out of the Fee Fund of the said 
Court of Session; and any deficiency in —— 

un 





Sher 
(Scu 


Cou 
Sess! 


Qua 
Mer 


Coa 
(Po 
don 


Suy 


ti 








1 VictToriz. 


Fund shall be made good in manner directed by an 
Act of the fiftieth year of King George the Third. 

2. Resolved, That all Compensations which may 
be granted in pursuance of the said Act of this Ses- 
sion of Parliament, shall be paid out of the Monies 
which, by several Acts of her late ea, te Queen 
Anne, were made chargeable with the Expenses of 
the Court of Session in Scotland. 

3. Resolved, That Superannuation Allowances and 
Salaries may be granted to Sheriff Substitutes and 
Sheriff Clerks in Scotland, out of the Funds from 
which the Salaries of Sheriffs and Sheriff Substitutes 
are payable. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) 
Bill:—And the Bill was re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


Sheriff Courts 
(Scutland) Bill. 


Court of Mr. Bernal reported the Court of Session, &amp;c. 
fawaay Bin, (Scotland) Bill:—And the Bill was re-committed 


to a Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 
next. 


Qualification of 


The Qualification of Members Bill was, according 
Members Bill. 


to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Thursday next. 


Coal Trade 
(Port of Lon- 
don) Bill. 


No. 107. 


Mr. Labouchere presented a Bill to continue an Act 
for regulating the Vend and Delivery of Coals in 
the Cities of London and Westminster, and in certain 
parts of the Counties of Middlesex, Surrey, Kent, 
Essex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berk- 
shire: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday 
next ; and to be printed. 

Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Evora Monte. 


No. 112. 


Lord Viscount Palmerston presented,—Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 12th day of 
December last, for a Copy of the Convention of Evora 
Monte; and also a Copy of the Letter enclosing the 
same, addressed by Mr. Grant to the Infante Don 
Carlos; also, a Copy of the Letter addressed to the 
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs by the Com- 
mandant of the Depot of Spanish Emigrants de- 
tained in the Hulks, and in the prison of Fort Saint 
Julien at Lisbon. 

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


Payment of 
Rates Bill. 


No.1 effectual relieving of Poor Persons from the payment 
0. 108. 


of Rates or Cesses: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next; and to be printed. 


Negro Educa- 
tion (Jamaica, ) to 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a Report from C. J. Latrobe, 
Esquire, on Negro Education in Jamaica, with Cor- 
respondence relating thereto. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 
New Zealand. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a xP) ofa Despatch from the Governor of 
Vor. 93. 


5°—6° Februarze. 


249 


New South Wales to Lord Gllenelg, dated the 9th 
day of September 1837, relative to the Affairs of New 
Zealand. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Monies in the 
Account of the Monies in the Exchequer, or remain- Exchequer. 
ing to be received on the 29th day of January 1838, No. 106. 
to complete the Aids granted by Parliament for the 
Service of the year 1837, and antecedent years. 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer accordingly pre- 
sented the said Account. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Exchequer 
an Account, showing the Amount of Exchequer Bills. 
Bills charged on the Aids of the year 1838, out- No. 106. 
standing on 5th day of January 1838. ' 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer accordingly pre- 
sented the said Account. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Revenues Revenues of 
of India, which was presented upon the 26th day 4 
of January last, be printed. No. 109. 
Ordered, That the Account relative to Naval Re- Naval Receipt 
ceipt and Expenditure, which was presented upon 24 Expeudi- 
Friday last, be printed. a4 _ 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Martis, 6° die Februarii ; 
Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


HE hour appointed for taking into considera- Roxburgh, 
tion the Petition of the Honourable Francis ee 
Scott, of the Middle Temple, London, Barrister-at- tions Petitions. 
Law, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the Shire of Roxburgh, being come ; 
Mr. Speaker took the Chair. 


The Serjeant at Arms was sent with the Mace to 





Mr. Yates, by Order, presented a Bill for the more | 


the places adjacent to require the attendance of the 
Members on the business of the House ; and being 
returned ; 

The House was counted by Mr. Speaker, and 
three hundred and sixty-one Members being present; 

And the Petition of the several Persons whose 
names are thereunto subscribed, Electors of the 
Borough of Ipswich, in the County of Suffolk, on 
behalf of themselves and others claiming a right 
to vote for Members to serve in Parliament for the 
said Borough ; and also, the Petition of the several 
Persons whose names are thereunto subscribed, se- 
verally complaining of an undue Election and Return 
forthe Borough of Ipswich, beg also ordered to be 
taken into consideration upon this day ; 

And the Petition of William Garnett, of Salford, 
in the County of Lancaster, Esquire, and of John 
Bradshaw Wanklyn, William Jenkinson, Lot Gar- 
diner, Robert Hindley and James Wheater, of Sal- 
ford aforesaid, Merchants, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Salford; 
being also ordered to be taken into consideration 
upon this day ; 

The several parties, their counsel and agents, were 
called in. 


And the door being locked ; 
The Order of the day, for taking into considera- Roxburgh 
tion the said Petition complaining of an undue Elec- Election. 
tion and Return for the Shire of Roxburgh was 
read. 
And the names of the Members were drawn and 
read in the usual manner. 
K K 





And 








Ipswich 
ection, 


Salford 
Election. 


Rugby and 
Lutterworth 
Road. 


Quedgley 
Inclosure Bill. 


London and 
Greenwich 


Railway Bill. 


Saint Luke’s 
Hospital Bill. 


Sutton 
Inclosure Bill. 





250 | 6° Februariz. | A. 1838. 


And the whole number of thirty-three names was 
completed :—And Lists of the said names were de- 
livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 
mittee on the Roxburgh Shire Election; and then 
the door was opened, and the parties, their counsel 
and agents, withdrew. 


And the door being again locked ; ; 

The Order of the day, for taking into considera- 
tion the said Petitions complaining of an undue Elec- 
tion and Return forthe Borough of Ipswich, was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn and 
read in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was 
completed :—And Lists of the said names were de- 
livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 
mittee on the Ipswich Taectita: and then the door 
was opened, and the parties, their counsel and 
agents, withdrew. 


And the door being again locked ; 

The Order of the day, for taking into considera- 
tion the said Petition complaining of an undue Elec- 
tion and Return for the Borough of Sa/ford, was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn and 
aead in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names 
was completed :—And Lists of the said names were 
delivered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 
mittee on the Salford Election ; and then the door 
was opened, and the parties, their counsel and 
agents, withdrew. 


A Petition of the Trustees for executing an Act 
for more effectually repairing and maintaining the 
Roads from Lutterworth Hand, in the Watling- 
street Road, through Churchover, Brownsover, New- 
bold-upon-Avon, Rugby and Bilton, in the County 
of Warwick, to the Turnpike Road between Dun- 
church and Hillmorton, in the said County, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for continuing the term, and alter- 
ing and enlarging the powers of the said Act, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Quedgley Inclosure Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Quedgley, in the 
County of Gloucester: And that Mr. Phillpotts and 
Mr. Henry Thomas Hope do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mitee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the London and Greenwich 
Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
extending the time for completing the Zondon and 
Greenwich Railway, and for amending the Act re- 
lating thereto: And that Mr. Wolverley Attwood 
and Mr. Barnard do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
tne Petition for the Saint Luke’s Hospital Bill, no 
Standing Orders were applicable. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
incorporate the Governors of and Subscribers to 
Saint Luke’s Hospital for Lunatics, and for better 
enabling them to carry on their Charitable Designs : 
And that Mr. Shaw Lefevre and Mr. Robert Gordon 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Sutton Inclosure Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
inclosing Lands in the Parish of Sutton, in the Isle 








of Ely, and County of Cambridge: And that Mr. 
Yorke and Mr. Townley do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for Dundalk ang 
amending the Road from Dundalk to Dunleer, in Punleer Road, 
the County of Louth, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
continuing the term, and altering, amending and 
enlarging the Powers and Provisions of the said 
Act, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Samuel Dendy, of Bream’s Build- Torquay 
ings, Chancery-lane, in the county of Middlesex, Roads. 
Gentleman, Devisee in trust named in the Will of 
George Cary, of Tor Abbey,in-the county of Devon, 
Esquire, deceased, complaining that the Standing 
Orders of the House in respect to the application 
for the Torquay Roads Bill, had not been complied 
with, and praying that he may be heard against 
the same, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Right Honourable Charles Higham Ferrers 
William Wentworth Fitzwilliam Earl Fitzwilliam, ™osure. 
and of Owners and Proprietors of estates, lands 
and grounds, in the parish of Higham Ferrers, in 
the-county of Northampton, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for dividing, allotting and inclosing the several 
open and Common Fields, Meadows, Pastures, Com- 
monable Lands, and Waste Grounds within the said 
_ was presented, and read ; and referred to the 

elect Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Commit- Notting Hill 
tee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case Footway Bill 
of the Petition for the Notting Hill Footway Bill, 
no Standing Orders were applicable. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
divert or alter a certain Footway across the Notting 
Hill Farm, in the parish of Kensington, in the 
County of Middlesex : And that Mr. William Holmes 
and Sir Thomas Fremantle do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee Manchester, 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of ae — , 
the Petition for the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Railway Bill, 
Canal and Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had 
been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for enabling the Company of Proprietors of the 
Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal Navigation and 
Railway, to raise more Money, and for amending 
the powers and provisions of the several Acts re- 
lating thereto: And that Mr. Wilson Patten and 
Lord Viscount Sandon do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee ‘renby 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Improvement 
the Petition for the Tenby Improvement and Harbour $¥1 sana 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. ~~ 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Improvement of the Borough of Tenby, in 
the County of Pembroke, and for regulating and 
maintaining the Harbour and Pier belonging thereto: 
And that Sir John Owen and Mr. Owen do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee Tenby Small 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of Debts Bill 
the Petition for the Tenby Small Debts Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for re-establishing a Court for the more easy and 
speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the Borough 
of Tenby, in the County of Pembroke: And that 
Sir John Owen and Mr. Owen do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee Wibsey and 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of — 
the Petition for the Wibsey and Huddersfield Road “°° * 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, 





Newcastle 
and Carlisle 
Railway Bill. 


Gravesend 
Pier Bill. 


Briseley 
Tnclosure. 


Rating of 
Tenements Bill, 


Negro Appren- 
ticeship. 


Vote by Ballot. 


Universal 


Suffrage, 


Tithes 
(Ireland.) 


Munici pal 
Corporations 


(Ireland) Bill, 


Sewers, 





1 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for more effectually repairmg and maintaining the 
Road from Top of Odsall near Bradford, through 
Wibsey Low Moor to Huddersfield, in the West 
Riding of the County of York: And that Lord 
Viscount Morpeth and Sir George Strickland do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Car- 
lisle Railway Bill, the application bemg solely for 
the purpose of enabling the Company to raise a 
further sum of Money, no Standing Orders were 
applicable. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
authorize the Wewcastle-upon- Tyne and Carlisle Rail- 
way Company to raise an additional sum of Money 
for the purposes of their Undertaking: And that 
Mr. Ord and Mr. Philip Howard do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Gravesend Pier Bill, the Stand- 
ing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for preventing the partial Collection of certain Tolls 
and Rates granted for the Erection and Support 
of Gravesend Quay and Pier: And that Sir Matthew 
Wood and Sir William Geary do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


A Petition of Owners and Proprietors of mes- 
suages, lands and hereditaments within the parish 
of Briseley, in the county of Norfolk, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for dividing, allotting and inclosing 
the several open Fields of Arable Land, Meadow and 
Pasture Ground, and other Lands, Commons and 
Waste Grounds within the said parish, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions from Wigan;—and, Bristol; praying 
that the Rating of Tenements Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Poor Law Amend- 
ment Act. 


Petitions from Portarlington ;—Birmingham ;— 
and, King’s Lynn; praying for the abolition of the 
system of Negro Apprenticeship,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Feakle; praying for 
the adoption of Vote by Ballot at Elections of Mem- 
bers to serve in Parliament, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Electors and Inhabitants of King’s 
Lynn, praying the House not to sanction Vote by 
Ballot at Elections of Members to serve in Parlia- 
ment, was also presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Sandy, of Brighton, praying 
the House to pass an Act which shall give to the 
people a suffrage sufficiently extended to take in the 
whole industry of the British Empire, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Feakle, praying for 
the abolition of Tithes in Ireland, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Feakle, praying that 
the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Owners and Occupiers of land in 
= wc the hundreds of Ludborough and Louth 
on. 93. 


6° Februarie. 


251 


Eske, in the county of Lincoln ;—and, Commis- 
sioners of Sewers acting in and for the said hundreds ; 

raying the House to take the state of the Law of 
Biaeee into consideration, and redress the evils that 
may be found to exist therein, and generally to put 
the Law of Sewers upon a ~ ye of efficiency,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. ~ 


Guardians of the Cosford Union; praying that the 
Rating of Tenements Bill may pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Poor Law Amendment Act. 


ford;—and, Paington; praying that the ee | Bill. 
Rates Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, 
aud read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
the Bill. 


Clerk appointed to attend the said Committee de- 
livered in to the House a reduced List; and the 
same was called over, as followeth ; 

Benjamin Hall, Esquire, James Dif, Esquire, Lord 
William Bentinck, Charks Arthur Walker, Esquire, 
William Marshall, Esquire, Sir Thomas Charles Style, 
Baronet, Charles William Packe, Esquire, William 
Bagge, Esquire, Edward Strutt, Esquire, Sir Charles 
Broke Vere, and the Right honourable John Archi- 
bald Murray. 

-And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Petition 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Shire of Roxburgh, were sworn by the Clerk at 
the Table in the usual manner; and thereupon the 
counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


pointed to attend the said Committee delivered in to 
the House a reduced List; and the same was called 
over, as followeth; 

Montagu Edmund Newcombe Parker, Esquire, 
Thomas William Bramston, Esquire, Thomas Edward 
Winnington, Esquire, the Honourable John Craven 
Westenra, Richard Jenkins, Esquire, William Evans, 
Esquire, Sir Robert Heron, Baronet, Robert Blagden 
Hale, Esquire, Henry Broadley, Esquire, the Ho- 
nourable G'eorge Lionel Dawson Damer, and Robert 
Archbold, Esquire. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Petitions 

complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Ipswich, were sworn by the Clerk 
at the Table in the usual manner; and thereupon 
the counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers eppointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


pointed to attend the said Committee delivered in to 
the House a reduced List ; and the same was called 
over, as followeth ; 

Henry Salwey, Esquire, Nicholas Fitzsimon, Es-. 
quire, John Ralph Ormsby Gore, Esquire, Lord Vis? 
count Maidstone, Alexander Ellice, Esquire, John 
Heathcoat, Esquire, the Earl of Euston, Thomas 
Bewes, Esquire, Lord Charles Somerset Manners, 
William Nugent Macnamara, Esquire, and the Ho- 
noutable John Bruce Richard O' Neil. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Cciumittee for trying the merits of the Petition 





complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
KK2 the 


Petitions from Halsted Union ;—Brentford Union ; Rating of 
—and, Chairman of a Meeting of the Board of Tenements Bill, 


Petitions from Christow ;—Hiennock and Brid- Highway Rates 


The counsel and agents, in the case of the Rox- poxburgh 
burgh Shire Election, being returned to the bar, the Election. 


The counsel and agents, in the case of the Ipswich Ipswich 
Election, being returned to the bar, the Clerk ap- "ection 


The counsel and agents, in the case of the Salford Salford 
Election, being returned to the bar, the Clerk ap- F/ection. 











252 6°—7° Februariz. A. 1838. 


the Borough of Salford, were sworn by the Clerk at 
the Table in the usual manner; and thereupon the 
counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do m-et forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


Banking _ Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
= aca to make good certain Contracts which have been, 
; or may be entered into by certain Banking and 
Trading Co-partnerships: And that Mr. Chancellor 
of the ‘Exchequer, Mr. Attorney General, and Mr. 

Solicitor General, do prepare, and bring it in. 


Schools Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 

(Scotland) Bill. facilitate the Foundation and Endowment of addi- 
tional Schools in Scotland: And that Mr. Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer, the Lord Advocate, and 
Mr. Robert Steuart, do prepare, and bring it in. 


Canada. A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of the Number of Deserters from Her Majesty’s 
Troops stationed in the Canadas between the years 
1830 and 1837:—And the said Motion was, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Medical Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
(elena) pi, the better Regulation of Hospitals, Dispensaries, 
and other Medical Charities in Ireland: And that 
Mr. French and Mr. Serjeant Ball do prepare, and 
bring it in. 

Court of The Lord Advocate reported from the Committee 
aes to whom it was referred to consider of providing for 
Salaries to the Compensations and Salaries which may be 
fficers.] granted under any Act of the present Session of 
arliament relating to the Court of Session and 
Court of Commissioners for Teinds in Scotland, and 
the Superannuations and Salaries under any other 
Act relating to Sheriff Courts in Scotland, several 

Resolutions, which were read as follow : 

1. Resolved, That the Salaries which may be 
granted to the Officers of the Court of Session and 
Court of Commissioners for Teinds in Scotland, in 
pursuance of any Act of this Session of Parliament, 
shall be payable out of the Fee Fund of the said 
Court of Session ; and any deficiency in the said 
Fund shall be made good in manner directed by an 
Act of the fiftieth year of King George the Third. 

2. Resolved, That all Compensations which may 
be granted in pursuance of the said Act of this Ses- 
sion of Parliament, shall be paid out of the Monies 
which, by several Acts of her late oy “td Queen 
Anne, were made chargeable with the Expenses of 
the Court of Session in Scotland. 

3. Resolved, That Superannuation Allowances and 
Salaries may be granted to Sheriff Substitutes and 
Sheriff Clerks in Scotland, out of the Funds from 
which the Salaries of Sheriffs and Sheriff Substitutes 
are payable. 

The said Resolutions being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Court of Session, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill, 
That they have power to make provision therein, 
pursuant to the two first of the said Resolutions. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill, That 
they have power to make provision therein, pursuant 
to the last of the said Resolutions. 


Schools Mr. Robert Steuart presented a Bill to facilitate 
(Scotland) Bilk the Foundation and Endowment of additional 
No.114. Schools in Scotland: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 

upon Friday next; and to be printed. 


Medical Mr. French presented a Bill for the better regu- 
Charities Jation of Hospitals, Dispensaries, and other Medical 
(Ireland) Bill. G)arities in Jreland: And the same was read the 

No.115. f+&lt;¢ time; and ordered to be read a second time 





upon Wednesday, the 14th day of this instant Fe- 
bruary ; and to be printed. 
; 

Mr. Robert Steuart presented a Bill to make good Banking 
certain Contracts which have been or may be entered Co-Partnerships 
into by certain Banking and Trading Co-partner- “'° 
mes And the same was read the first time; and No. 111, 
ordered to be read a second time To-morrow; and 
to be printed. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the Answer to 
House, That their several Addresses of the 29th day Addresses, 
of January last, and of yesterday, (that Her Ma- 
jesty would be graciously pleased to give directions 
that the Papers therein mentioned might be laid 
before this House) had been presented to Her Ma- 
jesty ; and that Her Majesty had commanded him 
to acquaint this House, that She will give directions 
accordingly. 


Sir George Grey presented, pursuant to several New Zealand, 
Addresses to Her Majesty,—Copy of a Despatch 
from Governor Sir R. Bourke, x.c.B. to Lord Glenelg, 
dated Sydney, 9th September 1837, relative to the 
Affairs of New Zealand, with four Enclosures. 

Copy of a Report from C. J. Latrobe, Esquire, Negro Educa- 
on Negro Education in Jamaica, with Correspon- tion (Jamaica) 
dence relating thereto. 

Ordered, ‘That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Public Public 
Monuments, which was presented yesterday ; be Monuments 
printed. No. 116. 


_ Ordered, That the Return relative to the Commer- Commercial 
cial Daily List, which was presented yesterday ; be Daily List. 
printed. No. 117, 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Riots at Bradford (Poor 
Bradford, (Poor Law Amendment Act) which was £2 Amend- 


‘ j ment Act.) 
presented yesterday ; be printed. No. 118. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Public Build- Public 


ings, which was presented yesterday ; be printed. “— , 
o. 119, 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the Factory Factory Act. 


Act, which was presented yesterday ; be printed. No. 120. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court Court of Session 
of Session (Scotland), which was presented yester- (Scotland) 
day ; be printed. No, 121. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Turnpike Tumpike 
Roads, which was presented yesterday, be referred Roads, 
to the Select Committee on the Highway Rates 
Bill. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Mercuri, 7° die Februarii; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of the East India 
East India Company, was called in; and at Company. 
the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of 
several Acts of Parliament,—List, No. 82, specify- 

ing the Particulars of the Compensation proposed 

to be granted to certain Persons reduced from the 

East India Company’s Service in England under an 
arrangement sanctioned by the Board of Commis- 
sioners for the Affairs of India, and laid before the 
Honourable the House of Commons on the 20th 

March 1834. 

List, No. 83, specifying the Particulars of the Com- 
pensation proposed to be granted to certain reduced 
Servants of the East India Company’s Service in 
England, under an arrangement sanctioned by the 
Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, and 
laid before the Honourable the House of Commons on 
the 26th February 1835 :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, 


Pilota 
(Cing 


Fish 


Gra 


Fes 





lips 


Pilota 
(Cinque Ports.) 


Fishguard 
Hlatoer Act. 


Gravesend 
Pier Bill. 


Festiniog 
Railway. 


Quedgley 
Inclosure Bill, 


Rating of 
Tenements Bill. 


Marine 
Insurance, 


Wool, Olive 
il, &amp;e, 


Postage, 


Patterns and 
Inventions Bill. 


1 Victoriz. 


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


Mr. Shaw, 2. the Office of the Lord Warden 
of the Cinque Ports, was called in; and at the bar 
presented, pursuant to the directions of several Acts 
of Parliament,—An Account of the Receipts and 
Appropriations of the surplus Rates of Pilotage : — 
And then he withdrew. 

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


A Petition of the Master, Wardens and Com- 
monalty of Merchant Venturers of the city of 
Bristol, praying for the repeal of so much of the 
Fishguard Wacker Act as imposes a passing Toll, 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
Table. 


Sir Matthew Wood presented a Bill for preventing 
the partial Collection of certain Tolls and Rates 
granted for the erection and support of Gravesend 
Quay and Pier: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Festiniog Railway Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for enabling them to raise 
a further Sum of Money, and for extending, amend- 
ing and enlarging the Powers of the Act for mak- 
ing and maintaining the said Railway, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Phillpotts presented a Bill for inclosing 
Lands in the Parish of Quedgley, in the County of 
Gloucester : And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Petitions from Daventry ;—Guardians of the Poor 
of the Union of Daventry; — Billericay Union ;— 
Swaffham Union ;— Blofield Union;— and, Bridg- 
water Union; praying that the Rating of Tenements 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on the Poor 
Law Amendment Act. 

Petitions from the Chairman and Secretary of the 
Council of the Birmingham Political Union ; — 
Bewdley ; — Manchester ;-— Wokingham ; — Ather- 
stone ;— Worcester ;— Newcastle-upon- Tyne ;— Bir- 
mingham; — Kirkdale; — Walton-on-the-Hill ; — 
President, Vice-President, and Secretary of the 
Manchester, Bury, and Ashton-under-Lyne District 
Building Association ;—Chorlton-upon- Medlock, &amp;c.; 
— Reading ;—Toxteth Park;—and, Preston; pray- 
ing that the said Bill may not pass into a law,— 
—were also presented, and read ; and referred to the 
said Select Committee. 


A Petition of the President, Vice-President and 
Directors of the Chamber of Commerce and Manu- 
factures at Manchester, praying for the repeal of 
the Duty on Policies of Marine Insurance, was 


presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Rossendale and Haslingden;— 
and, the President of the Bristol Chamber of Com- 
merce, Trade and Manufactures; praying for the 
repeal of the Duties on Foreign Wool, Olive Oil, 
&amp;c.,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bristol (Corporation) ;—Drog- 
heda ;—and, Bedford; praying for the establishment 
of a low and uniform rate of Postage on Letters,— 
were presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Postage. 


Petitions from London; — and, Westminster ; 
praying that the Patterns and Inventions Bill may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vor. 93. 


7° Februarie. 








253 


Petitions from Dearham;— Great and Little Negro Appren- 
Broughton ; — Crewkerne ; — Wellington (Somerset); ‘iesbip- 
— Livery-street, Birmingham ;— Loddiswell ;—and, 
East-street, South Shields; praying for the abolition 
of the system of Negro Apprenticeship,—were _pre- 
os gy and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of William Blount, of Cumberland- Tithe Commu- 
street, in the borough of Mary-le-bone, praying for ‘tien Act. 
the amendment of the Tithe Cocamanaiae Act, was 
on and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Newcastle-upon- Tyne ;—and, Ayr ; Post-horse 
praying for the — of the Duties on Post Horses, Duties, &amp;c. 
Carriages let for Hire, and Coachmen and Guards, 

—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Berry Pomeroy ;—and, Morley ; Highway Rates 
praying that the Highway Rates Bill may not pass Bill. 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Petitions from South Shields (Chairman of a Vote by Ballot. 
Meeting) ;— Gravesend ;— Cockermouth ;— Dumbar- 
ton (Preses of the Reform Association); — West 
Kent; — Saint Katharine, Dublin; —and, Saint 
James, Dublin; praying for the adoptionof Vote by 
Ballot at Elections of Members to serve in Par- 
liament,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. © 

A Petition from Clergy of the Archdiocese of Tithes 
Tuam, and the united Dioceses of Ardagh, Killalla (elan4.) 
and Achonry, and Clonfert and Kilmacdough, pray- 
ing that the existing laws respecting Tithes in Jre- 
land may not be altered, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the city of Dublin ;— Saint James, Poor Relief 
Dublin; —and, Donegal; praying that the Poor (ireland Bill. 
Relief (Jreland) Bill may not Fe into a law,—were 


presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Solicitors practising in the Sheriff Sheriff Courts 
Court of the county of Argyle, at Inveraray ;—and, (Sotand) Bill. 
Solicitors practising before the Sheriff Courts of the 
county of Banff; praying that the Sheriff Courts 
(Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law as it now 
stands,— were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the barony of Gorbals’ Church of 
Association for promoting Religious Liberty, and Scotland. 
extending Voluntary Church Principles, praying 
the House to refuse any additional endowments to 
the Established Church of Scotland, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Householders and Rate-payers of Dublin Local 
Taxes in the parish of Saint Paul, in the city of Taxation. 
Dublin, praying the House to make such alterations 
in the present Law as wiil fix on the city generally 
a fairer and better basis for the Local Taxation than 
the Ministers’ Money, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saint James, Dublin ; —and, Saint Tithes 
Catherine, Dublin; praying for the abolition of (Ireland,) 
Tithes in Jreland,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saint Ann, Dublin ;—Saint James, Municipal 
Dublin ;—and, Saint Catherine, Dublin; praying Corporation. 
that the Municipal Corporations (Ire/and) Bill may ‘ rena 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

KK3 Lord 








} 
{ 
/ 
| 





254, 


aaa Committee on Standing Orders relative to Private 
Bills, a Resolution, which was read as followeth ; 
Paddington Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for the 


Estates. Paddington Estates Bill, the Parties be permitted to 
proceed with their Bill, it appearing to the Com- 
mittee that the third Notice was inserted in -the 
London Gazette in the month of December. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Inn-keepers,c. A Petition of Inn-keepers, Hotel-keepers, Post- 
masters and Licensed Victuallers resident in the 
counties of Devon and Cornwall, praying for the 
amendment of the law relating to Inn-keepers, and 
for the gradual abolition of Beer-houses, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 
Elective A Petition of Inhabitant Householders of Lewes, 
Franchise. praying for an extension of the Elective Franchise, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Glasgow Cotton Petitions from Kingston-upon-Hull ;— Chairman 
Spinuers, and Secretary of the Bristol cit pa Workers’ So- 
ciety ;—Preses and Secretary of a Meeting of the 


Journeymen Slaters of Edinburgh ;—Chairman of | 


a Meeting of Inhabitants of Cramond ;—Chairman 
of a Meeting of the Operative Cordwainers of Wes¢- 
minster ;—Members of the Committee of the Edin- 
burgh Radical Association ;—-and, President, Stewards 
“a Secretary of the Cabinet-makers’, &amp;c., Institu- 
tion, Shoreditch; praying the House to address Her 
Majesty to remit the sentence recently passed upon 
certain Cotton Spinners of Glasgow, convicted of 


conspiracy to raise wages,— were presented, and | 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Army. A Petition of Inhabitants of Belfast, praying the 
House to institute an inquiry into the practice of the 
Army, whereby certain deductions are made from 
the pay of the Soldiers, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


UpperCanada. A Petition of the Chairman and Secretary of a 
Meeting of Owners of freehold estates in Upper 
Canada, praying the House to institute an inquiry 
into the circumstances under which the Royal Assent 
was given by the Governor of that Province to an 
Act of the Provincial Parliament to establish a Court 
of Chancery, without the Act having previously been 
laid before the Parliament of the United Kingdom, 
in conformity to the 42d section of the Act 31st 
Geo. 3, c. 31, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Bishoprick A Petition of the Dean and Chapter of the Ca- 
¢{ Sodor and thedral Church of Saint Wilfred, in Ripon, praying 
on that the Bishoprick of Sodor and Mann may not be 
annexed to the See of Carlisle, was presented, and 

read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


French Claims. A Petition of Thomas Wigan, of Portishead, Gen- 
tleman, Assignee of the estate and effects of Pro- 
vidence Hansard, late of the city of Bristol, baker 
and seedsman, a bankrupt, a claimant upon the 
fund received from the _ Ate of France for 
indemnifying British Subjects from loss of property 
unduly confiscated by French authority, praying that 
no new claimant may be admitted upon the fund 
now in hand until the several persons whose claims 
have been already adjudged in their favour shall be 
paid the full ameunts still remaining due to them 
respectively, and that the commissioners may be 
directed immediately to distribute the said fund, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


7° Februari. 


Standing Lord Viscount Ebrington reported from the Select 





A. 1838. 


The Order made upon Friday last, for laying Linen and a 
before this House, an Account of the Quantity of Linen Yarn, ee 


Linen and Linen Yarn exported fi the United 
Kingdom in the years 1834, 1835, 1836 and 1837; 
specifying the Countries to which they were sent, 
was read, and discharged. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of the Quantity and Official Value of 
Linen and Linen Yarn exported from the United 
Kingdom in the years 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836 and 
1837; specifying the Countries to which they were 


sent. 
Necro} 

A Petition of William Ellis, one of the Proprietors Edinburgh = 
of the estate of Netherwood, in the county of Dum- and Glasgow 
barton, complaining that the Standing Orders of the puting. 
House in respect to the application for the Edin- 
burgh and Glasgow Railway Bill, have not been 
complied with; and praying that he may be heard, Wiel 
by himself, and his agents, against the same, was sos 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 

Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- Brandling Ant 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That, in the Junction at 


case of the Petition for the Brandling Junction Rail- ®*!"*y Bil. 
way Bill, the application being solely for the purpose 
of enabling the Company to raise a further sum of 
money, no Standing Orders were applicable. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Brandling Junction Railway Company Ele 
to raise an additional Sum of Money: And that 


Mr. Ingham and Mr. Bell do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Walsall 





Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That, Market Bill. a 
in the case of the Petition for the Walsall Mar- 

— the Standing Orders had been complied 

with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Co 
for regulating and improving the Market and Market Im 
Tolls, and for establishing a Cattle Market, and for Bi 
providing suitable Buildings and Conveniences for 
the same, within the Borough of Walsall, in the 
County of Stafford: And that Mr. Finch and Co- H 
lonel Anson do prepare, and bring it in. 

B 

Mr. Finch reported from the Committee on the Ogley Hay 
Ogley Hay Inclosure Bill; That they had examined Inclosure Bill 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 7 

true; and that the Parties concerned had given ( 
| their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the : 
/Committee ; and that the Committee had gone 

through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto ; I 
and that it appeared to the Committee that the 


Lands proposed to be inclosed are not contiguous 
to any town or village, and are in the immediate 
vicinity of other large tracts of waste land, and 
therefore that there existed no necessity for allotting 
any open space for the purpose of the recreation of | 
the neighbouring population ; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. * 


Mr. Wolverley Attwood presented a Bill for ex- London and 
tending the time for completing the London and ee 
Greenwich Railway, and for amending the Act re- ~~ , 
lating thereto: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Petitions from Owners and Occupiers of land on Paington 
Goodrington Sands, contiguous to the Harbour of Harbour 
Paignton ;—and, George Drake, aire, of Ipple- 
den; praying that the Paignton Harbour Bill may 
not pass into a law as it now stands,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Committee on 
the Bill. 





Mr. 





Towcester and 
Hardingston 
Road Bill. 


Necropolis 
Cemetery 


Witcham 
Inclosure. 


Anti Dry-Rot 
Company. 


Controverted 
Elections Bill. 


Rating of 
Tenements Bill, 


Common Fields 





1 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Towcester and Harding- 
ston Road Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for repairing, maintaining and improving the Road 
leading from Towcester to the Turnpike Road in 
Cotton End, in the Parish of Hardingston, in the 
County of Northampton: And that Mr. Cartwright 
and Sir Charles Knightley do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Necropolis Cemetery 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Witcham Inclosure Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Anti Dry-Rot Company 
Bill, no Standing Orders were applicable. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Controverted 
Elections Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Rating of Tenements Bill ; 

Ordered, That.the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday, the 27th day of April next. 


The Common Fields Improvement Bill was, ac- 


7°—8° Februari. 


255 


The Banking Co-partnerships Bill was, according Banking 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to Co-partnership 


a Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Libel Bill. 


amend the Law of Slander and Libel: And that 
Mr. O’ Connell and Mr. Baines do prepare, and bring 
it in, 


Colonel Anson presented, pursuant to an Address Ordnance 
to Her Majesty,—Estimates of the Office of Ord- Estimates. 


nance, for the year 1838-39, with comparative Ab- 
stract of the Estimates 1838-39 with 1837-38. 

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


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Expiring Laws. 


to inquire what temporary Laws of a public and 
general nature made by the Parliaments of England, 
or Great Britain or Ireland, or of the United King- 
dom, are now in force, and what Laws of the like 
nature passed by the English, British, Irish or United 
Parliaments, have expired between the first day of 
the last Session of Parliament and the first day of 
the present Session ; and also, what laws of the like 
nature are about to expire in the course or at the 
end of the present Session, or on: or before the 1st 
day of August 1839, or in the course or at the end 
of any Session which may commence during that 
period, or in consequence of any contingent public 
event; and to report the same, with their observa- 
tions thereupon, to the House :—And a Committee 
was appointed of Mr. Baring, Mr. Attorney-General, 
Mr. Solicitor-General, The Lord Advocate, Lord Vis- 
count Howick, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Mr. Edward 
John Stanley, Mr. John Parker, Mr. Charles Wood, 
Mr. Hume, Mr. John Jervis, Mr. More O’ Ferrall, 
Mr. Benett, Mr. Guest and Mr. Bernal, with Power 
to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they do report their opinion from time 
to time to the House, which of the said Laws are fit 


I t : ° : ° 

i, cording to Order, read a second time ; and com-| to be revived, continued, or made perpetual. 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for; Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit, 
Wednesday next. notwithstanding any adjournment of the House. 

Hackney A Petition of Hackney Carriage Proprietors,| 4 te Ma -_ re — = ees Perlia the 16th 

Carriages raying thatthe Hackney Carriages (Metropolis) | °Y,of March, m the last Session of Parliament, was 

_) Bil sn ican alli a Radin ie catia aid a q- | made from the Committee on Temporary Laws of a 

4 etn: B ieahe , P : ?| public and general nature, be referred to the Com- 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. aaiaints 

Hackney The Hackney Carriages (Metropolis) Bill was 

es according to Order, a a pce Rime. and com.| Ordered, That the Return relative to Prisoners, Prisoners. 

‘ O1LS . ; *7 

Bill, mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Mon- | Which was presented upon Monday last, be printed. No, 124. 
day next. Ordered, That the Paper relative to ew Zealand, New Zealand. 

a which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 122. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Patterns and Inventions Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday, the 21st day of this instant Fe- 
bruary. 


Inventions Bill, Ordered, That the Paper relative to Negro Educa- Negro Educa- 
tion (Jamaica), which was presented yesterday, be tion (Jamaica.) 


printed. No. 113. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Sheriff Courts 
(Scotland) Bill. 








The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Jovis, 8° die Februarii ; 
Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1838. | 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| | prayers. 
mittee on the Court of Session, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill ; HE hour appointed for taking into considera- Canterbury 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, T tion the Petition of Henry Plumptre Gipps, of City, and 
resolve itself into the said Committee. Bedford-place, in the County of Middlesex, Esquire ; ag 


Court of 
e sion, &amp;e, 
(Scotland) Bill. 


bp ounty Elec- 
Supply, The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| and also the Petition of Charles Sharp, of Castle- thons.” 
mittee of Supply ; street, in the City of Canterbury, Licensed Victualler, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, | and George Gorey of North-lane, in the Parish 
resolve itself into the said Committee. of Holy Cross, Westgate Without, in Canterbury 
aforesaid, Licensed Victualler, and others Electors 
pet of The Order of the day being read, for the second | of the said City of Canterbury, and who were duly 


reading of the Payment of Rates Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday, the 27th day of April next. 
Vor. 93. 





. |registered as such Electors, and had a right or 


claim to have had a right to vote, and who did vote 
at the said Election of Members to serve in Parlia- 
KK4 ment 




















Salford 
Election. 


Canterbury 
Election. 


Longford 
County 
Election. 


Notting Hill 
Footway Bill. 


Twyford and 
Theale Road. 


256 


ment for the said City; complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the said City, being come ; 

Mr. Speaker took the Chair. 

The Serjeant at Arms was sent with the Mace to 
the places adjacent, to require the attendance of the 
Members on the business of the House ; and being 
returned ; 

A Member was sworn. 


The Earl of Euston, from the Select Committee 
appointed to try and determine the merits of the 
Petition of William Garnett and others, whose 
names are thereunto subscribed, Electors of the 
Borough of Salford, claiming to have had a right 
to vote at the last Election for a Member to serve 
in Parliament for the said Borough, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the said Borough, 
informed the House, ' 

That the Committee have determined that Joseph 
Brotherton, Esquire, is duly elected a Burgess to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Borough 


8° Februari. 





of Salford : 

That the Petition of William Garnett, Esquire, 
and others, did not appear to the said Committee 
to be frivolous or vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not 
appear to the said Committee to be frivolous or 
vexatious : 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Then the House was counted by Mr. Speaker, and 
three hundred and forty-one Members being present ; 

And the Petition of Barry Fox, of Annavilla, in 
the King’s County, Samuel W. Blackall, of Colam- 
ber, in the County of Longford, and William Shirley 
Ball, of Harcourt-street, in the City of Dublin, 
Esquires, Freeholders of the said County, as well 
on behalf of themselves as of several other Free- 
holders of the same County, who claimed to vote, 
were entitled to vote, and did vote at the last Elec- 
tion in and for the said County of Longford, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
said County, being also ordered to be taken into con- 
sideration upon this day ; 

The several Petitioners, and other Parties in both 
the said cases, their counsel and agents, were di- 
rected to be called in. 


And the door being locked ; 

And no parties, counsel or agents appearing on 
behalf of the Petitions complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the City of Canterbury :— 
The Orders for considering the said Petitions were 
severally read, and discharged. 





Then the Order of the day, for taking into consi- 
deration the said Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the County of Longford, 
was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn and 
read in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was 
completed :—And Lists of the said names were de- 
livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the said 
Committee ; and then the door was opened, and the 
parties, their counsel and agents, withdrew. 


Lord George Lennox presented a Bill to divert 
or alter a certain Footway across the Notting Hill 
Farm, in the Parish of Kensington, in the Count 
of Middlesex: And the same was read the first 





time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for | 
repairing the Road from the thirty-three mile stone | 
in the Parish of Ruscombe, in the County of Berks, | 
towards Reading, to a place called the Seven Mile! 
Stone in the Parish of Beenham, in the same County, 
and a certain other Road communicating therewith, | 
for leave to bring in a Bill for continuing the term, | 








A, 1838. 


and altering, amending and enlarging the powers 
and provisions of the said Act, and for increasing or 
altering the Tolls, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Negro. 
Private Bills. ticeshif 


Sir George Strickland presented a Bill for more Wibsey ang 
effectually repairing and maintaining the Road from tg 
Top of Odsall, near Bradford, through Wibsey Low °°" 
Moor, to Huddersfield, in the West Riding of the Post-h 
County of York: And the same was read the first Duties 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Midland Counties Railway Com- Midland 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for explaining, nae 
altering, amending and enlarging the powers and Railway, ) 
provisions of the Act for making the said Railway, 
and also for making a Branch Railway commencing 
by a junction with the said Midland Counties Rail- 
way, in the Parish of Barrow-upon-Soar, in the 
County of Leicester, and terminating in or near the 
Village of Mountsorrel, at a bridge across the Lei- 


eee oe é ‘ ; Reli 
cester Navigation, in the public road leading from Tust 
Mountsorrel to Sileby, was presented, and read ; (Sco 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 
A Petition of Commissioners for executing the Ramsgate - 


Acts for better paving, cleansing, repairing, lighting provement 
and watching the highways, streets and lanes of and 

in the vill of Ramsgate, in the county of Kent, and 

for removing and preventing annoyances therein, 

and for erecting a Market-house, and holding a 

public market in the said vill, for leave to bring in 

a Bill for altering, amending and enlarging the 

powers and provisions of the said Acts, and for in- &gt; 
creasing or varying the existing Tolls, Rates or 
Duties, and Assessments authorized to be raised, 
laid and collected, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Ins 


A Petition of Owners of Estates in the parishes of Wickwar, &amp;. 
Wickwar, Cromhall and Tortworth, in the county of Incloosre, 
Gloucester, for leave to bring in a Bill for dividing, 
allotting and inclosing several Commons, Common- 
able Lands, Common Fields, Common Meadows, 
Pastures, and Waste Lands and Grounds within the 
said Parishes, was presented, and read ; and referred 


to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


An ingrossed Bill for dividing, allotting and in- Ogley Hay 
closing a certain tract of uninclosed Common or Inelosure Bil. 
Waste Land, called Ogley Hay, in the County of 
Stafford, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Finch do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Petitions Petitions for 
for Private Bills have Power to send for persons, Private aa. 
papers and records. 


A Petition of Owners or Occupiers of houses and Highway Rates 
lands in Jdeford, praying that the Highway Rates ®i 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on the 
Bill. 


Petitions from Annan (Provost and Chairman of Postage. 
a Meeting);— and, Bradford (York); praying for 
the establishment of a low uniform rate of Postage 
on Letters,—were presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Postage. 


Petitions from Brixham ;— Kirkcudbright ; — Vote by Ballot. 
Park-lane, Warwick ;— Holbeck (Leeds) ; — and, 
Dundee; praying for the adoption of Vote by Ballot 
at Elections of Members to serve in Parliament,— 
were 








Negro Appren- 
ticeship- 


Post-horse 
Duties, &amp;c. 


Religious 
Tustruction 
(Scotland.) 


Marine 
Insurance. 


Rating of 
Tenements Bill. 


French Claims. 


Leave of 
Absence, 


Sale of Beer 
Act ’ 


Tithes 
(Ireland.) 


Longford 
ounty 
Election, 


1 Vicroriz. 


were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Petitions from Ridgmount ;— Cannock ; —Dart- 
mouth ;— Penrith ;—and, Kilmarnock (Chairman of 
a Meeting); praying for the abolition of the system 
of Negro Apprenticeship,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Stage Coach Proprietors and Post- 
masters residing in Leeds, Dewsbury, Huddersfield, 
Halifax, Bradford, Bingley, Keighley and other 
places, in the county of York;—and, Mail Coach 
Contractors, Stage Coach Proprietors and Post- 
masters, and Inn-keepers upon or adjacent to the 
Great North Road between London and Edinburgh; 
praying for the repeal of the Duties on Post-horses, 
Carriages let for hire, Coachmen and Guards,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Falkland, complain- 
ing of a decision of the Commissioners of Religious 
Instruction (Scotland), with regard to that parish, 
and praying relief, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of British Merchants, Ship-owners 
and others, carrying on merchandize in the Port of 
Dartmouth, praying for the repeal or reduction of 
the Duty on Policies of Marine Insurance, was 
i and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of-the Penk- 
ridge Union, praying that the Rating of Tenements 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on the Poor 
Law Amendment Act. 


Petitions from Robert Bruce, of Bristol, Mer- 
chant ;—John Phillips Beavan, of Sackville-street, 
Gentleman, Agent of certain inhabitants of the Mau- 
ritius and Ionian Islands interested in the fund 
provided by France for the liquidation of claims of 
British subjects on the government of that country ; 
—and, Preston Edgar, of Bristol, Coppersmith : 
praying that no new claimant may be admitted upon 
the said fund until the persons whose claims have 
been adjudged in their favour shall be paid the full 
amount due to them,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition of Robert Bruce be 
printed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Cartwright have leave of ab- 


sence for a fortnight, on urgent business. 


Petitions from Stroud ;—and, Guardiansof the Az- 
bridge Poor Law Union; praying the House to take 
into consideration the present state of the law relating 
to the Sale of Beer and Cider in England by retail, 
and make such amendments therein as may seem 
best and most likely to prevent the pernicious effects 
at present arising from it,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Gross Number of Persons rated to 
the payment of Tithes in Ireland; distinguishing 
the Gross Number of Persons rated to the payment 
of more than Five Shillings per annum, from the 
Gross Number of Persons rated to the payment of 
less than Five Shillings per annum. 


The counsel and agents before mentioned being 
returned to the bar, the Clerk appointed to attend 


the said Committee delivered in to the House a 
Vo. 93. 


8° Februari. 

















257 


reduced List; and the same was called over as 
followeth ; 

Edward —_! Cayley, Esquire, Alexander 
Ellice, Esquire, Sir James Colquhoun, Baronet, 
Edward Basil Farnham, ~—— Thomas Chaplin, 
Esquire, William Williams, Esquire, John Henry 
Seale, Esquire, Thomas William Chester Master, 
Esquire, Sir Robert Alexander Ferguson, Baronet, 
Alexander Speirs, Esquire, and Henry Marsland, 
Esquire. 

And the said Eleven Members being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Petition com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
County of Longford, were sworn by the Clerk at 
the Table, in the usual manner, and thereupon the 
counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet 
forthwith in one of the Committee Chambers ap- 
pointed for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elec- 
tions. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Board of 
a That an humble Address be presented to Her Charitable 
ajesty, That She will be graciously pleased to (irelend,) 
appoint a Commission to inquire into the constitu- 
tion of the Board of Charitable Bequests in Ireland ; 
and into the present Charitable Funds and Property 
in that portion of the United Kingdom :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was Post Office. 
proposed, That this House will resolve itself into 
a Committee, to take into consideration the Laws 
relating to the Post Office :—And the said Moticn 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House a poct office. 
Return in abstract of the Recommendations contained 
in the ten Reports of the Post Office Commissioners, 
shewing :—1. The Recommendations which have 
been carried into effect:—2 The Recommendations 
which have been partially carried into effect:—and, 
3. Those which have not been acted upon; and 
stating distinctly to what extent each of the Recom- 
mendations have been brought into operation, to- 
gether with the date of the Report in which they 
are contained, and the date when they were adopted, 
and the names of the Commissioners appended to 
each Report. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Copyholds 
facilitate the Enfranchisement of Lands of Copyhold Enfranchise- 
and Customary Tenures: And that Mr. Attorney ™™ Bill 
General and Mr. Solicitor General, do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be iy to bring in a Bill Copyholds 
for the amendment of the Law relating to Lands Improvement 
held by Copy of Court Roll: And that Mr. Attorney ®" 
General and Mr. Solicitor General, do prepare, and 

bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Manorial 
authorize the identifying or ascertaining of the Boun- Boundaries 
daries of Manors and Lands,.where such Boundaries ~~” 
are confused or unknown: And that Mr. Attorney 
General and Mr. Solicitor General, do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for Escheats Bill. 

the amendment of the law of Escheat, and the law 
relating to the forfeiture of Lands and Chattels for 
Crimes; and of the Law relating to Chattels belong- 
ing to Persons dying intestate, and without kindred ; 
and for enabling Her Majesty to make Grants of 
Lands and Chattels in certain cases: And that Mr. 
Attorney General and Mr. Solicitor General do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


LL Ordered, 








258 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for abolishing Customs affecting Lands in certain 
cases: And that Mr. Attorney General and Mr. So- 
licitor General, do prepare, and bring it in. 


Descents Bill. 


Bricks. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the number of Bricks upon which Duty 
has been paid, between the 5th day of January 1836 
and the 5th day of January 1838, in England and 
Scotland ; distinguishing the number of Bricks upon 
which Duty has been paid in each County, and the 


Amount paid thereon respectively. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Titles of the Acts of the Legisla- 
ture of Upper Canada passed since the arrival of 
the Governor, Sir Francis Head, in that Province, 
which, by the Act 31 Geo. 3, c. 31, s. 42, ought to 
be laid before the British Parliament previous to 
the sanction of the Crown being given to them ; 
stating when the said Acts were passed in Upper 
Canada, and the dates when laid before the House 
of Commons, and the dates when they received the 
sanction of the Crown :—Copy of the Act of the 
Legislature of Upper Canada to establish a Court 
of Chancery in that Province; stating when Sir 
Francis Head, gave the sanction of the Crown to that 
Act, and whether that sanction has been confirmed 
by the Crown, and when:—and a Return of the 
Establishment of the Court of Chancery, lately esta- 
blished in Upper Canada, stating the names of the 
Judges and Officers appointed by Sir Francis Head 
to that Court, and the Salaries and Allowances 
granted to each. 

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


Upper Canada, 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Acts of the Parliament of 
Lower Canada, passed since 1828, for the promotion 
of Education, and the establishment of Schools in 
that Province; together with a Copy of the last Re- 
port made to the House of Assembly of the state of 
Education, and of the number of Schools and Scho- 
lars in each County, and the numbers in the whole 
Province. 

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


Lower Canada. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Poor 
Law Amendment Act, have power to report the Mi- 
nutes of the Evidence taken before them, from time 
to time, to the House. 


Rating of 
Tenements. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
consider of the payment of Rates to Here the occu- 
piers of Small Tenements are now liable by Law. 

Ordered, That the Committee be nominated To- 
morrow. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That every Motion in a Committee of the 
whole House, in which a Division takes place, be re- 
corded and reported in the Votes of the day, and the 
Number and Names of the Members voting be re- 
corded, in the same manner as in Divisions in the 
House :—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 


Divisions. 


Banking The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Co-partuerships into a Committee upon the Banking Co-partnerships 
Bill. . - 
Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 


$° Februari. 





A. 1838. 


Preamble postponed. 

Cuavse, N° 1, agreed to. 

Ciavse, N° 2, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 3, agreed to. 

Clause offered (To protect Persons associated for 
insurance from inconveniences, by reason of Clerical 


Persons being parties)——brought up, and read a 
first time; and, by leave, withdrawn. 


Preamble amended, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 





A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Wingfield and Message from 

Mr. Farrer: the Lords, 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Lower Canada 
Act to make temporary Provision for the Government Government 
of Lower Canada, with an Amendment; to which - 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


The Coal Trade (Port of London) Bill Was, ac- Coal Trade 

cording to Order, read a second time; and com- (Port of Lon 
mitted to Mr. Labouchere, Lord Granville Somerset, “os 
Mr. Hume, Sir Edward Knatchbull, Mr. Wakley, 
Mr. Pease, Sir James Duke, Sir Matthew Wood, Mr. 
Wood (of Middlesex), Mr. Leader, Mr. Beil, Mr. 
Lambton, Mr. Alderman Humpiery, Captain Alsager, 
and Mr. Finch; with Power to send for persons, 
papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself Qualification 
into a Committee upon the Qualification of Members of Members 
Bill. ™ 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Crause, N°* 1 (Repeal of recited Act)——read. 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Clause stand part of the Bill :—Motion, by leave, 
withdrawn. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Aglionby 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Lower Canada 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Govermme"* 
tituled, An Act to make temporary Provision for the - 
Government of Lower Canada; and the same was 
read, as followeth: 

P. 3. 1.14. After “ Councillors” insert “ Pro- 
vided always, That no Member of the said Special 
Council shall be permitted to sit or to vote therein 
until he shall have taken and subscribed before 
the Governor of the Province of Lower Canada, 
or before some person authorized by the said Go- 
vernor to administer such Oath, the same Oath 
which is now required to be taken by the Mem- 
bers of the Legislative Council and Assembly 
before sitting or voting therein respectively.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir George Grey do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
nee agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


“ 





“ 
| 66 
“cc 
“ 


‘ 


n 


if3 


‘ 


a 


“ 





The 


Salme 
Fishe 
(Scot 


Cop) 
Ent 
ment 


Cop 
Imp 
Bill. 


Ma 
Bor 
Bil 


Es 





1 Vicroriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday, the 21st day of this instant Fe- 
bruary. 


salmon 
Fisheries 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Copyholds 
Enfranchise- 
ment Bill. 


No. 125. 


Mr. Solicitor General presented a Bill to facilitate 
the Enfranchisement of Lands of Copyhold and 
Customary Tenures: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Friday, the 23d day of this instant February ; 
and to be printed. 


Copyholds 
Improvement 
Bill. 

N 0. 126, 


Mr. Solicitor General presented a Bill for the 
Amendment of the Law relating to Lands held by 
Copy of Court Roll: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Friday, the 23d day of this instant February ; 
and to be printed. 


Manorial 
Boundaries 
Bill. 


No, 127. 


Mr. Solicitor General presented a Bill to autho- 
rize the identifying or ascertaining of the Boundaries 
of Manors and Lands, where such Boundaries are 
confused or unknown: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Friday, the 23d day of this instant February ; 
and to be printed. 


Escheats Bill. 
No. 128. 


Mr. Solicitor General presented a Bill for the 
Amendment of the Law of Escheat, and the Law 
relating to the forfeiture of Lands and Chattels for 
Crimes ; and of the Law relating to Chattels be- 
longing to Persons dying intestate, and without 
Kindred ; and for enabling Her Majesty to make 
grants of Lands and Chattels in certain cases: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Friday, the 23d day of this 
instant February ; and to be printed. 


Descents Bill. 


No. 129. 


Mr. Solicitor General presented a Bill for abo- 
lishing Customs affecting Lands in certain cases: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Friday, the 23d day 
of this instant February; and to be printed. 


Tithe Commu- 
tations, 


Mr. Robert Steuart presented, pursuant to Orders, 
—A Return of the Number of Tithe Commutations 
which have been actually completed by apportion- 
ment thereof, up to the 31st day of December 1837; 
arranged under the following heads :—1. Those in 
which the same person is the sole Land-owner, Tithe- 
owner and Patron; 2. those in which the same 
person is the sole Land-owner and Patron, but not 
the Tithe-owner; 3. those in which there is but 
one Land-owner, he being neither Tithe-owner nor 
Patron; 4. those in which the Land-owners are 
two only, not being either Tithe-owners or Patrons ; 
5. those in which the Land-owners are three only, 
not being either Tithe-owners or Patrons; 6. those 
in which the Land-owners are more than three, not 
being Tithe-owners or Patrons; and, under each 
head, distinguishing in how many cases the Tithe- 
owner is a Layman, and in how many an Eccle- 
siastic. 

A Return of the Number of Notices and Agree- 
ments for Commutation received by the Tithe Com- 
missioners for England and Wales, from the 1st day 
of June 1837 to the 1st day of January 1838; being 
in continuation of their Return laid upon the Table 
of this House on the 7th day of June last. 


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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Tithe Commn- 
tations, 


Vot. 93. 


8°—9° Februari. 





259 


Veneris, 9° die Februarii ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Rushbrooke, by Order, presented a Bill for Tenby 

the Improvement of the Borough of Tenby, Improvement 
in the County of Pembroke, and for regulating and {7 A" 
maintaining the Harbour and Pier belonging thereto: 
And the same was read the first time; an1 ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Mr. Philip Howard presented a Bill to authorize Newcastle 
the Newcastle-upon- Tyne and Carlisle Raitway Com- #4 Carlisle, 
pany to raise an additional Sum of Money for the ““"") *" 
purposes of their Undertaking: And the same was 


read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Petition of the Magistrates and Town Council Edinburgh 
of Selkirk, taking notice of the application for the —* 
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill, and praying" 
that such Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for southampton 

erecting and maintaining a Pier and other Works Pier. 

for the more conveniently landing and embarking 
Passengers in the Port of the Town of Southampton, 

for leave to bring in a Bill for amending and enlarg- 

ing the Powers and Provisions of the said Act, and 

for enabling the said Trustees to borrow a sufficient 

Sum of Money for the Repairs of the said Pier and 

Works, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 

Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Montgomery- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the shire Western 
case of the Petition for the Montgomeryshire Western Bt Canal. 
Branch Canal Bill, the Standing Orders had not 
been complied with, inasmuch as the Notices in the 
Gazette were inserted three times in the two last 
weeks of November; but it appeared to the Com- 
mittee that the Notice was repeated on the 1st and 
5th days of December last, making together five in- 
sertions. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Leominster 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the Improvement. 
case of the Petition for the Leominster Improvement 
Bill, the Standing Orders had not been complied 
with, inasmuch as no Notices were inserted in the 
London Gazette, and one of the Notices on the Church 
doors was given in the first week in December. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre presented a Bill to incorporate Saint Luke's 
the Governors and Subscribers to Saint Luke’s Hos- Hospital Bill. 
pital for Lunatics, and for better enabling them to 
carry on their Charitable Designs: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Sir Charles Knightley presented a Bill for repair- Towcester and 
ing, maintaining and improving the Road leading Hardiugston 
from Towcester to the Turnpike Road in Cotton End, a 
in the Parish of Hardingston, in the County of 
Northampton: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- Necropolis 
spect of the Petition for the Necropolis Cemetery emery Bill. 
Bill, which, upon Wednesday last, was made from 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
incorporating a Company to be called the Necro- 

LL2 polis 








EE 


260 


polis Cemetery Company, and for enabling such 
Company to establish a Cemetery for the Interment 
of the Dead in the Vicinity of the Metropolis: And 
that Mr. Phillpotts and Sir Matthew Wood do pre- 


pare, and bring it in. 





Petitions from Saint Munchins, Limerick ;— 
Brighton;—New Sarum;—Reigate;—and, Tiver- 
ton; praying for the adoption of Vote by Ballot at 
Elections of Members to serve in Parliament,—were 

resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Vote by Ballot. 


Negro Appren- 


Petitions from Hanley ;—Norton ;— Tunstall ;— 
ticeship. 


Sampford Courtenay ; — Lichfield ;—Melksham ; — 
and, Fordingbridge; praying for the abolition of the 
system of Negro Apprenticeship,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Post-horse,&amp;c., 


a Petitions from Stage Coach Proprietors and Post- 
les, 


masters of York, Tadcaster and other places ;— 
Sheffield, Rotherham and other places ;—and, Hull, 
Howden and other places ; praying for the repeal of 
the Duties on Post Horses, Carriages let for Hire, 
Coachmen and Guards,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


_— Petitions from Saint Ives (Cornwall) ;—Cork ;— 

nsurance. _ and, Limerick; praying for the Repeal of the Duty 
on Policies of Marine Insurance,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

a A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Munchins, in 

(Ireland.) the county of the city of Limerick, praying for the 
abolition of Tithes in Ireland, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Municipal A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Munchins; in 

(ircand) Bill. a county of the city of Limerick, praying that the 

unicipal Corporations (Ireland) Bill may pass into 

a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Highway Rates Petitions from Staverton;—South Brent ;—Ug- 

Bill. borough ;— Ermington;— Bovey Tracy ;—and, Dart- 
ington; praying that the Highway Rates Bill may 
not pass into alaw,—were presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 

Rating of Petitions from Macclesfield ;—Liverpool ;—-and, 


Tenements Bill. Chairman of a Meeting at Bury (Lancaster); pray- 
ing that the Rating of Tenements Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Poor Law Amend- 
ment Act. 


Poor Relief A Petition of General Sir George Cockburn, G.C.H., 

(Ireland) Bill. of Shangannagh, in the county of Dublin, praying 
that the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders and Inhabitants 
of Cork, praying for a reduction of the Duty on 
Policies of Fire Insurance, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Fire Insurance. 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders and Inhabitants 
of Cork, praying for the establishment of a low 
uniform rate of Postage on Letters, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Postage. 


Postage. 


First Report on 
Poor Law 


Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Com- 
pion he coll mittee appointed to inquire into the administration 
Act. of the Relief of the Poor under the orders and re- 
No. 736. gulations issued by the Commissioners appointed 

: under the provisions of the Poor Law Amendment 

Act ; and aie were empowered to report the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them from time to 


6° Februariz. 








A. 1838. 


time to the House; That they had made Progress 
in the matters referred to them ; and had directed 
him to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them. 

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


A Petition of Protestants of the United Kingdom, Roman 
signing the same in London, praying the House to Catholics 
take such steps as may be deemed advisable for _ 
venting the admission of Roman Catholics to Par- 
liament, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Chorel 


A Petition of Shop-keepers, Tradesmen and other Local Cours, 
Inhabitants of Ottery Saint Mary, praying the 
House to pass an Act for the establishment of Local 
Courts for the recovery of Small Debts, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Manchester and Salford ;—Chair- Glasgow Cotton 

man of the Committee of the Trades of Edinburgh ; *P'™*™ 
—Chairman of a Meeting of the United Labourers 
of Edinburgh ;—Preses and Secretary of the Paisley 
Branch of the United Operative Masons of Scot- 
land ;--- George Edmonds ;—Chairman of a Meeting 
of the Operative Cork Cutters of London ;—Linwood ; 
—and, Chairman of a Meeting of Trades and Work- 
ing Classes of Dundee ; praying the House to address 
Her Majesty to remit the sentence recently passed 
- certain Cotton Spinners of Glasgow, convicted 
of conspiracy to raise wages,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Bish 
of So 


Rati 
Ten 


A Petition of Bankers, Merchants, Manufacturers, Combination 
Traders, Householders and other Inhabitants of the °* Werkues. 
city of Dublin, praying that a full mary may be 
instituted before a Committee of the House, or in 
such other manner as shall seem most expedient, 
into the system of illegal combination, sustained by 
force and violence, which now exists in the city of 
Dublin, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Petitions from the Chairman of a Meeting of the Registration of 
Clergy of the Peculiar of the Dean and Tate — ane 

of Durham, in Allerton and Allertonshire;—and, ~ 

Clergymen of the city of York; praying that so 

much of the Registration of Births, &amp;c. Act as I 
tends to render the Sacrament of Baptism less fre- 
quent, and as subjects the clergy to pains and 
penalties for the non-performance of a civil service, 


wa 


_be repealed,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 


to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of the Tithe Commo- 
Clergy of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of "i 4“ 
Durham, in Allerton and Allertonshire, praying that 
so much of the Tithe Commutation Act as abolishes 
the right of the Church to participate in the profits 
of the improvement of lands already inclosed and 
cultivated, be repealed ; and that so much of the 
said Act as exempts waste lands reclaimed after the 
year 1835 from payment of Tithes on such lands, be 
also repealed ; and that on the inclosure thereof 
a certain portion adequate to the Church’s permanent 
right to Tithes in such lands, be set apart and dedi- 
cated to God, in order that the spiritual wants and 
religious claims of the population which may event- 
ually be settled thereupon, be provided for, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of the Bishops. 
Clergy of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of 
Durham, in Allerton and Allertonshire, praying that 
the Deans and Chapters to whom a mandate of 
election of Bishop may be directed on the vacancy 
of any See, may not for the future be subjected “a 

the 








rtton 


Chorch Rubric. 


Bishoprick 
of Sodor and 
Mann. 


Rating of 
Tenements Bill, 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act, 


Danish Claimse 


Belfast 
Waterworks 
(No, 1.) 


Glass 
(freland,) 


Recovery of 
Tenements Bill. 


Registration 
ol Voters, 


Fishguard 
Harbour, 


1 VictorizZ. 


the penalties of a premunire for addressing their 
ineiiliie supplication to the Crown, to be graciously 
pleased to recommend another person for their ap- 

robation if they should see valid reasons for appre- 
fouling that the interests of religion or of the Church 
would be prejudiced by the election of the person 
first recommended to their suffrages, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of the 
Clergy of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of 
Durham, in Allerton and Allertonshire, praying that 
no alterations or changes superseding the Rubric of 
the Church be made by the sole authority of the 
temporal legislature, but that whenever any changes 
or alterations in the Rubric, Canons or other con- } 
stitutions of the Church shall be deemed necessary, 
the same shall first be agreed upon in convocation, 
so that, as heretofore, the resultory measure or mea- 
sures may be invested with the joint authority of 
the spiritual and temporal powers of the State, was | 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the | 
Table. 


Petitions from Reading ;—and, Newbury; pray- 
ing that the Bishoprick of Sodor and Mann may 
not be annexed to the See of Carlisle,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Marlborough Union, 
praying that the Rating of Tenements Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Poor Law Amend- 
ment Act. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Reigate, praying for 
alteration of the Poor Law Amendment Act, was 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Act. 


A Petition of Claimants for losses of their ships 
and cargoes seized by the Danes within the Baltic 


9° Februarit. 





and the Ports of Denmark and Norway in 1807, 
praying the House to take their case into considera- 
tion, with a view to their obtaining such relief as 
they may appear entitled to, and that if necessary 
the House will order the case of the Petitioners to 
be investigated by a Committee, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of the Most honourable George Au- 
gustus Marquis of Donegall, a Peer of Parliament, 
complaining that the Standing Orders of the House 
in respect to the application for the Belfast Water- 
works (No. 1.) Bill had not been complied with, and 
praying that he may be heard, by his agents and 
witnesss, against the same, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Architects, Builders and others of 
the city of Dublin, praying for the repeal of the 
Duty on Glass in Ireland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners of houses and tenements 
in Liverpool, praying that the Recovery of Tene- 
ments Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Richmond, in the 
county of York, praying for the amendment of so 
much of the Reform of Parliament (England) Act 
as relates to the Registration of Voters, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered ¢o lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ship-owners, being Members of the 
Committee of the General Ship-owners’ Society of 
London, for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal so 
much of an Act passed in the last Session of Par- 
liament for improving the Harbour and Port of 
Fishguard, otherwise Abergwain, in the county of 


| 





Vot. 93. 


261 


Pembroke, as imposes a Toll on ships or vessels 
passing or repassing up or down Saint George’s 
Channel, between Strumble Head, on the Welsh coast, 
and the Port of Wexford, on the Irish coast, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


, The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Poor Relief 


mittee on the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
oes proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 

hair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day six months, resolve 
“ itself into the said Committee,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided ; 


The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

r : Mr. Robert Steuart, 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. John Parker : } 277. 

Mr. O’ Connell, " 

Tellers for the Noes, is Reiter Milan » } 25. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para~- 

o-,. 
reamble postponed. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill, and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read for the Commit- Supply ; 


tee of Supply ; 


Ordered, That the Account of the Monies in the Accounts, 


Exchequer, or remaining to be received on the 29th 
day of ; accel 1838 to complete the Aids granted by 
Parliament for the Service of the year 1837, and 
antecedent years, which was presented upon Monday 
last, be referred to the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Account showing the Amount Exchequer 
of Exchequer Bills charged on the Aids of the year Bills. 


1838, outstanding on the 5th day of January 1838, 
which was presented upon Monday last, be referred 
to the Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a sum not exceeding Eleven Exchequer 
million four hundred and thirteen thousand seven Bills. 


hundred and fifty Pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty to pay off and discharge any Exchequer Bills 
charged on the Aids or Supplies of the years 1837 
or 1838, ncw remaining unpaid and unprovided for. 


2. Resolved, That a sum not exceeding Two Mil- Transfer of 
lions, be granted to Her Majesty, to discharge the “!* 


like Amount of Supplies granted for the Service of 
the year 1837, or for any preceding year. 
Resolutions to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair, and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, That he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. é 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 

LL38 Mr. 











262 


Mr. Bernal reported the Parliamentary Electors 
and Freemen Bill; and the Amendments were 

ead. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the said Amendments be now read 
a second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “ That 
“ the,” to the end of the Question, in order to add 
the words, “ Bill be re-committed,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to. the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Edward John Stanley \ 69 


Parliamentary 
Electors and 
Freemen Bill. 


Yeas, Mr. Robert Steuart : 
Tellers for the f Mr. John Jervis, } 75 
Noes, Mr. William Miles : 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Amendments be now read a 
second time :—The said Amendments were accord- 
ingly read a second time, and agreed to. 


rdered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be P 


ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Friday 
next. 


Rating of 


The House was moved, that the Order made 
Tenements. 


yesterday, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to consider of the Payment of Rates to which the 
occupiers of Small Tenements are now liable by law, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Mark Philips, 
Mr. Brotherton, Lord Viscount Sandon, Mr. Robert 
Gordon, Mr. Bethell, Mr. Briscoe, Mr. Scholefield, 
Mr. Pryme, Mr. Slaney, Sir John Mordaunt, Mr. 
Burroughes, Lord Viscount Barrington, Mr. Las- 
celles, Sir Edward Knatchbull, and Sir Harry Ver- 
ney; with Power to send for persons, papers and 
records. 


Ordered That Five be the Quorum. 


Banking Mr. Bernal reported the Banking Co-partnerships 
acess Bill, and the Amendments, as far as the Amend- 
N . ment in page 1. line 9, were read and agreed to. 

0. 130, The next Amendment in pagel. line 9., which 
was after the words “ shareholders of” to insert the 
words “ or persons otherwise interested in,” being 
read a second time ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That this House doth agree with the Com- 
mittee in the said Amendment:—It passed in the 
Negative. 

Then the subsequent Amendments being read a 
second time, were agreed to; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Custody of 
Insane P 


Bill. 


The Order of the day being read for the third 


an Act passed in the thirty-ninth and fortieth years 
of the reign of King George the Third, as authorizes 
Magistrates to commit to Gaols or Houses of Cor- 
rection persons who are apprehended under cireum- 
stances that denote a derangement of mind, and a 
purpose of committing a Crime, and to make other 
provisions for the safe custody of such persons ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read the third time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz., to leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the ciation. Fhe said pro- 
posed Amendment and Motion were severally, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


9°—10° Februari. 


ersons reading of the ingrossed Bill to repeal so much of | 





A. 1838. 


Ordered, That‘the Bill be read the third time upon 
Tuesday next. 


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


Sabbati, 10° die Februarii, 1838. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Sheriff Cours 
into a Committee upon the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) (Seotand) Bil, 


Biil ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr.Speaker No.181, — 
resumed the chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That Railw: 


the Committee had gone through the Bull, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly ; and the 
Report was ordered to be taken into further conside- 
ration upon Monday, the 26th day of this instant 
February, and the Bill, as amended, to be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Court of 
a Committee upon the Court of Session, &amp;c. (Scot- wee ro 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. ¢ 3 — 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- No. 182, 
orted, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly; and the 
Report was ordered to be taken into further conside- 
ration upon Monday, the 26th day of this instant 
February; and the Bill, as amended, to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Schools 
reading of the Schools (Scotland) Bill; (Scotland) Bil. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill a &lt;. 
to facilitate the proof of Bribery at Elections of “°"“"*" 
Members to serve in Parliament, by compelling 
Witnesses to make a full disclosure of facts, and to 
indemnify such Witnesses: And that Mr. O’ Connell 
and Mr. Morgan John O’Connell do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Waterford 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to emer 
ouse 0 


enable the Grand Juries of the County and County 7 oh Bul. 
of the City of Waterford to make presentments, at , 
the Spring Assizes for the year One thousand eight 

hundred and thirty-eight, for the House of Industry 

of the said Counties: And that Lord Viscount Mor- 

peth and Mr. Barron do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House a Charitable 
Copy of all Communications between the Irish Go- eens - 
vernment and the Board of Charitable Donations and (Ireland.) 

' Bequests, respecting the constitution of the said 


, Board, between the years 1830 and 1838. 























Lord Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill to enable Waterford 
‘the Grand Juries of the County and County of the anne Bil. 
City of Waterford to make presentments, at the No. 133 
Spring Assizes for the year One thousand eight hun- ~" 
dred and thirty-eight, for the House of Industry of 
the said Counties: And the same was read the first 
|time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Baring reported from the Select Committee Expiring Lav 
—— to inquire what temporary Laws, of a No, 134. 
public and general nature, made by the Parliaments 
| of England, or Great Britain or Ireland, or of the 
United Kingdom, are now in force, and what Laws 
of the like nature, passed by the English, British, 
| Irish, or United Parliaments, have expired between 
the first day of the last Session of Parliament and 
the first day of the present Session; and also, what 
'Laws of the like nature are about to expire in the 
| course or at the end of the present Session, or on or 
| before the 1st day of August 1839, or in the course 
|or at the end of any Session which may commence 
during that period, or in consequence of any psy 

gen 








urts 


) Bil, 
Eastern 
1, Counties 
Railwaye 
Cy 
) Bill, 
2. 
Bill. 
ill, 
ll. 
nd 
London and 
Croydon Rail- 
I. way (No, 1,) 


ws. 


1 Victoriz. 


gent public event ; and to report the same, with their 
observations thereupon, to the House ; That they had 
examined the matters referred to them, and had 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

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


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills, to whom the Petition 
of David Rowland, complaining of non-compliance 
with the Standing Orders in the case of the Peti- 
tion for the Eastern Counties Railway Bill, was re- 
ferred ; That the Standing Orders, in respect to, the 
Petition for the said Bill, had not been complied 
with, inasmuch as “ application was not Koon 2 to 
the owners or reputed owners, lessees or reputed 
lessees, and occupiers of lands or houses,” in con- 
formity with the Order, No. 4, page 15; nor were 
“ separate Lists made of such owners, &amp;c.,” as therein 
directed, under the following circumstances: on the 
4th day of July 1836, an Act was passed for making 
the Railway in question; that Act contained, among 
other provisions, the usual clauses for taking land for 
the purposes of the Act, and by section 222 it was 
enacted, that after the expiration of two years, to be 
computed from the passing of the Act (that is to say, 
after the 4th day of July 1838), “ all the powers 
granted to the Company for compulsorily requiring, 
taking or using such lands should cease and be 
utterly void;” it appears from the Petition of the 
Company, that it is the intention to apply for an 
Act, by which “ some of the powers and provisions 
of the said Act should be altered, amended and en- 
larged, and additional powers should be granted to 
the said Company ;” it further appears from the 
notices, that it is the intention to apply for an Act 
“ to alter, amend and enlarge some of the powers 
and provisions of the said Act, and to extend to a 
further period of two years the powers granted by 
the said Act relating to the purchase of lands re- 
— for the purposes of the said Railway,” within 
the several parishes, places and townships therein 
specified ; the promoters of the Bill stated to the 
Committee, that they had understood that the Stand- 
ing Order, No. 4, page 15, did not apply to cases 
where the application was for an Act merely to ex- 
tend the time given by the former Act, for wpa 
into effect the powers contained in that Act for taking 
lands or houses, and not to obtain new powers for 
taking fresh lands or houses, and that they therefore 
made no fresh application to the owners, &amp;c., of any 
lands or houses to be taken for the purposes of the 
said Railway. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the London and Croydon Railway 
(No. 1.) Bill, the Standing Orders had not been 
complied with, inasmuch as “a sum equal to one- 
tenth part of the amount subscribed has not been 
deposited in the Bank of England, nor invested in 
any Government Security in the names of the Clerk 
of the House of Commons, and of two other persons,” 
as directed by Order No. 9, page 18; and also, in- 
asmuch as “ application was not made to the owners 
or reputed owners, lessees or reputed lessees, and 
occupiers of certain lands and houses,” for the pur- 
chase of which the period allowed by a former Act 
is sought to be extended, in conformity with the 
Order No. 4, page 15; nor were separate lists made 
of such owners, &amp;c., as therein directed ; it appeared 
however to the Committee, on the first objection, 
that the promoters of the Bill have done all in their 
power to comply with the Standing Orders in this 
respect, but have been unable to do so, owing to the 
want of requisite arrangements on the part of the 
Bank of England and the Clerk of the House of 

Vou. 93. 


O°—10° Februarie. 





263 


Commons; it appeared to the Committee on the 
second objection, that it was the intention to apply 
for provisions to extend the period for taking lands 
requisite for the purposes of the Railway; but it was 
stated to the Committee, on the part of the pro- 
moters of the Bill, that such intention has been 
abandoned, and that they are ready to give up that 
part of their Petition which applies to such extension 
of time. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Lord Worsley presented a Bill to amend an Act Common Fields 
of the sixth and seventh years of King William the Inclosure Bill. 
Fourth, for facilitating the inclosure of Open and No. 136. 
Arable Fields in England and Wales: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Wednesday, the 7th day of March 
next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the several Returns relative to Tithes. 
Tithes, which were presented yesterday, be printed, No. 137. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after twelve of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 








Sabbati, 10° die Februarii ; 
Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


M&amp;® Bernal reported from the Committee of Supply. 
Supply, several Resolutions, which were read, 
as follow : 

1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eleven Excheque 
million four hundred and thirteen thousand seven Bills. 
hundred and fifty pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to pay off and discharge any Exchequer Bills 
charged on the Aids or supplies of the years 1837 
or 1838, now remaining unpaid and unprovided for. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two mil- Transfer ot 
lions, be granted to Her Majesty, to discharge the Aids. 
like Amount of Supplies granted for the Service of 
the year 1837, or for any preceding year. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Ways and 
next, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider of Means. 
Ways and Means for raising the Supply granted to 
Her Majesty. 


A Message by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman Royal Assent 
Usher of the Black Rod : to a Bill. 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to an 
Act agreed upon by both Houses, do desire the 
immediate attendance of this Honourable House in 
the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 
Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 
Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the de- 
sire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Commission, had been at the House of Peers, 
where a Commission under the Great Seal was read, 
giving, declaring and notifying the Royal Assent to 
the Public Bill therein mentioned ; and that the 
Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the Royal 
Assent to the said Bill:—Which Bill is as fol- 
loweth: 

An Act to make temporary Provision for the Go- Lower Canada 
vernment of Lower Canada. — 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Tipperary 
to the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland, to make out “*' 

a new Writ for the electing of a Knight of the Shire 





LL4 to 











264, 


to serve in this present Parliament for the County 
of Tipperary, in the room of Richard Lalor Sheil, 
Esquire, who, since his Election for the said County, 
hath accepted the Office of one of the Commissioners 
of the Royal Hospital of Greenwich. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Hozne Union, 
praying that the Rating of Tenements Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Rating of Tenements. 


A Petition of Persons whose names are thereunto 
subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for altering 
and amending an Act of the third year of the reign 
of his late Majesty, for paving, lighting, watching, 
cleansing and otherwise improving the Township or 
Chapelry of Birkenhead, in the County Palatine of 
Chester, and for regulating the Police thereof, and 
for establishing a Market within the said Township ; 
for authorizing the Commissioners under the said 
Act to raise and borrow further sums upon the se- 
curity of the rates, and for establishing a Court of 
Requests within the said township, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders and Manufac- 
turers of the town of Drogheda, praying that the 
House, in revising the laws affecting Banking in 
Ireland, will make provision to leave open to fair 
competition that town for the operation of Banking, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Fable. 


A Petition of Owners of lands and tenements in 
Chorlton-upon- Medlock, Rusholme and Ardwick, 
praying that the Recovery of Tenements Bill may 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday 
next. 





Luna, 12° die Februari ; 
Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 
JRDERED, That Mr. Speaker do issue his 
Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown, to make 
out a new Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve 
in this present Parliament for the Borough of Pem- 
broke, in the room of Hugh Owen Owen, Esquire, 
who, since his Election for the said Borough, hath 
accepted the Office of Steward or Bailiff ef Her 
Majesty’s three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desbo- 
rough and Bonenham, in the County of Buckingham. 


Mr. Basil Montagu, from the Court of Bank- 
ruptcy, was called in; and at the bar presented, 
pursuant to the directions of an Act of Parliament, 
—A Statement of the Amount transferred and paid 
out as Dividends :—Of the Amount paid by Orders 
of Court and of the Judges, from the 31st day of 
December 1836 to the 1st day of January 1838; 
also, showing the unappropriated Balance existing 
on the following Accounts, and standing to the 
credit of Basil Montagu, Esquire, as Accountant 
in Bankruptcy, on the 1st day of January 1838 ; 
namely, ist, The Bankruptcy Fund Account; 2d, 
The Interest arising from Bankruptey Fund Ac- 
count; 8d, The Unclaimed Dividend Account; 
4th, The Secretary of Bankrupts’ Account; 5th, The 
Secretary of Bankrupts’ Compensation Account ; 
together with Appendixes to the two last-named 
Accounts, of the Payments made, to whom, and 
whether as Salaries, Compensations or other Allow- 
ances :—And then he withdrew. 

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


10°—12° Februari. 














A, 1838. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Haverfordyey 
gesses of the borough of Haverfordwest, for leave inclosure, 


to bring ina Bill for dividing, allotting and inclosing 
certain Common Pastures and Commonable and 
Waste Lands, called Portfield, otherwise Poorfield, - 
within the Borough and County of the Town of 
Haverfordwest, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. . 


The Warminster and Frome Roads Bill was read Warminster 


' fi y : and Frome 
a second time; and committed to Mr. Sheppard and Roode Bil 


the Somerset List. 


A Petition of John Soane, Elizabeth Chamier, Maria Soane’s 
Soane, Harriet Soane (the only surviving children of Museum, 


the late John Soane, who was the eldest son of the 
late Sir John Soane, Knight) and George Soane, the 
only surviving son of the said Sir John Soane, de- 
ceased, for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal an Act 
passed in the third year of the reign of his late Ma- 
jesty, for settling and preserving Sir John Soane’s 
Museum, Library and Works of Art in Lincoln’s- 
Inn Fields, in the County of Middlesex, for the 
benefit of the Public, and for establishing a sufficient 
endowment for the due maintenance of the same; 
and to transfer the Collection therein mentioned to 
the British Gallery and British Museum, and to 
vest, in Trustees, the property under the Will of 
the said Sir John Soane, for distribution as un- 
devised assets among the Petitioners, as his next of 
kin, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Phillpotts presented a Bill for incorporating Necropolis 
a Company, to be called “The Necropolis Cemetery Cemetery Bil. 


Company ;” and for enabling such Company to 
establish a Cemetery for the interment of the Dead 
in the vicinity of the Metropolis: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Barnsley, Bamsley 
in the west riding of the county of York, for leave Improvement 


to bring in a Bill for altering, amending and en- 
larging the powers and provisions of an Act passed 
in the third year of the reign of King George the 
Fourth, for lighting, paving, cleansing, watching 
and improving the Town of Barnsley, in the West 
Riding of the County of York, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for Brampton 
Bierley and 


: ° H Roberts 
south end of Angel-lane, in Brampton Bierley, to a a ‘ 


making and maintaining a Turnpike Road from the 


certain public Highway in Mexbrough, and also from 
Clegg’s Cottage, in Rawmarsh, to the north end of 
Kilnhurst Bridge, and from the south end of the 
said Bridge to the west end of the village of Hooton 
Roberts, in the West Riding of the County of York, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for continuing the term 
and enlarging the powers of the said Act, and for 
increasing, altering or varying the tolls, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for Buckstones 
more effectually making, amending and improving re tg ot 
the Road from Buckstones to Barkisland School, at *"® 


the Highway leading from Ripponden to Stainland, 
and for making and maintaining an extension of the 
said Road to join the Halifax and Huddersfield 
Turnpike Road at the south end of Elland Bridge, 
ana a Branch therefrom, all in the West Riding of 
the County of York, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
continuing the term and amending and enlarging 
the powers of the said Act, and for increasing or 
altering the tolls, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. Pe 
A Petition 





rdwest 


ster 
me 


Bill, 


is 
’ Bill, 


ent 


id 
pberts 


ads. 


New Brunswick pee : 
and NovaScotia T and Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to amend 


Land Company. 


Great Warley 
Inclosure. 


Witcham 
Inclosure Bill. 


Chesterton 
Inclosure Bill. 


Linton 
Iuclosure Bill. 


Swavesey 
Inclosure Bill. 


Grand Junction 


Railway. 


Vote by Ballot. 


Tithes 
(Ireland.) 


Municipal 
/orporations 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


1 VicrorizZ. 
A Petition of the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia 


an Act passed in the fourth year of thé reign of his 
late Majesty, for granting certain powers to the 
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Land Company, 
and for enabling them to increase their capital stock, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Owners of estates within the manor 
of Great Warley, in the several parishes of Great 
Warley and Shenfield, in the county of Essex, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for dividing, allotting and 
inclosing certain Commons, Commonable Lands and 
Waste Lands and Grounds within the said manor, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Witcham Inclosure Bin, 
which, upon Wednesday last, was made from the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Witcham, in the 
Isle of Ely, in the County of Cambridge: And that 
Mr. Yorke and Mr. Townley do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


The Chesterton Inclosure Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed to Mr. Yorke and the Cam- 
bridge List. 


The Linton Inclosure Bill was read a second time; 
and committed to Mr. Yorke and the Cambridge 
List. 


The Swavesey Inclosure Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed to Mr. Yorke and the Cam- 
bridge List. 


A Petition of the Grand Junction Railway Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill for making a new 
Line of Railway to commence by a junction with 
the Grand Junction Railway, in the parish of Run- 
corn, in the county of Chester, and to terminate by 
a junction with the Liverpool and Manchester Rail- 
way, in the parish of Huyton, in the county of Lan- 
caster, and for altering, amending and enlarging the 
powers and provisions of the several Acts relating 
to the said Grand Junction Railway, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions from Ightermurrough, Boughlane and 
Garryvoe ;— Lichfield (Corporation) ; — Hereford ; 
— Wiveliscombe ; — Southampton; — Fenwick ; — 
Ashton-under Lyne ;— and, Southampton; praying 
for the adoption of Vote by Ballot at Elections of 
Members to serve in Parliament,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ightermurrough, Boughlane and 
Garryvoe;—and, Dundalk; praying for the abolition 
of Tithes in Jreland,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Ightermurrough, 
Boughlane and Garryvoe, praying that the Muni- 
cipal Corporations (Jreland) Bill may pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Hunston ;—Penyard ;—Pagham ; 
—North Mundham ;— Donnington ;— Hereford ;— 
Linton ;—Chichester ; -—Fixby ;— Ossett-cum-Gaw- 
thorp ;—Sheriff Hill ;— Lakenham ;— Heigham ;— 
Hyde ;— Golcar ;— Bradford ;-- Gawthorp ;— Tonge; 
— Lockwood ; — Huddersfield ; — Linthwaite ; — 
Broomside ; — Saint John Sepulchre, Norwich ;— 

Vox. 93. 


12° Februari. 





265 


Saint John Timberhill and Saint Michael at Thorn, 
Norwich ;—Saint Peter Per Mountergate, Norwich ; 
—Saint Mary, Norwich ;— Saint Lawrence, Nor- 
wich ;—Saint Stephen, Norwich ;— Saint Martin 
at Palace, Norwich ;—Saint Benedict, Norwich ;— 
Saint Martin at Oak, Norwich ;—Saint Clement 
Norwich ;—-Saint Augustine, Norwich ;—Saint Paul, 
Norwich ;— Saint Michael Coslany, Norwich ;— 
Saint Peter’s, Southgate, and Saint Etheldred, Nor- 
wich ;—Saint John, Madder Market, Norwich ;— 
Saint Helen, Norwich;—Saint Margaret, Norwich ; 
—Saint Julian, Norwich ;—Saint Saviour, Norwich ; 
—All Saints, Norwich ;— Saint Peter’s Hungate, 
Norwich; — Saint George Colegate, Norwich ; — 
Saint Gregory, Norwich ;-- Saint George Sombland, 
and Saint Michael at Plea, Norwich ;—Saint James, 
Norwich ;— Flixton and Urmston ;— and, Lough- 
borough; praying for the repeal of the Poor Law 
Amendment Act,—were presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Poor Law 


Amendment Act. 
Vv 


w 
Petitions from Manchester ;—and, the county of Education. 


Chester ; praying for the establishment ofa National 
system of Education,—were presented, and read; / 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Truro ;—and, Saint Agnes ; pray- Postage. 


ing for the establishment of a low and uniform rate of 
Postage on Letters,—were presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Postage. 


A Petition of Procurators practising before the gheriff Courts 
Sheriff Court of the county of Dumbarton, praying (Scotland) Bill. 


that the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


The Order made upon the 21st day of December Metropolis 
last, That a Select Committee be appointed to con- Improvements. 


sider and report to the House the best means of 
carrying into effect the Improvements in the Me- 
tropolis, as reported by the Select Committee in the 
Session of 1836, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to take into their consideration the several Plans 
for the Improvement of the Metropolis, concerning 
which a Report was made to this en by a Com- 
mittee in the year 1836, together with any other 
Plans for the same object, which they may deem 
deserving of consideration, and to report their 
Opinion as to the expediency of adopting any of 
the said Improvements, and also as to the best means 
of carrying the same into effect :—And a Committee 
was appointed of Sir Matthew Wood, Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer, Sir Robert Peel, Lord Viscount 
Lowther, Mr. Herries, Sir Edward Codrington, Sir 
Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Shaw Lefevre, Mr. Wakley, 
Colonel Evans, Mr. Clay, Mr. George Palmer, Mr. 
Pendarves, Mr. Barnard, and Mr. Hall, with Power 
to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

Ordered, That the Report which, upon the 2d 
day of August 1836, was made from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed to consider of the most effectual 
plan for raising of Money to carry into effect the 
necessary Improvements required in the Cities of 
London and Westminster, Borough of Southwark, 
and Counties of Middlesex and Surrey, and for the 
purchasing of the Interest of the Proprietors of the 
Waterloo and Southwark Bridges, that they may be 
thrown open for the use of the public free from Toll, 
be referred to the Committee. 


A Petition of Fishermen of Worthing, and Owners French Traw! 
of fishing craft belonging to the said town, praying Bots. 


for protection from the depredations, annoyances, 
obstructions and losses occasioned by the intrusion 
ard encroachments of French trawl boats during 
the mackerel fishing, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


MM A Petition 











Municipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Highway Rates 
Bill. 


Poor Relief 
(Treland) Bill, 


Negro Appren- 
ticeship, 


Glasgow Cotton 
Spinners, 


Combination 
of Workmen 
(Dublin. ) 


French Claims, 


Household 
Suffrage. 


Public 
Petitions. 


House. 


Aberbrothwick 
Harbour. 


266 


A Petition of Turncocks in the Pipe Water De- 
partment for supplying the Inhabitants of Dublin 
with pipe water under the Corporation of that city, 
praying the House to grant relief in consequence of 
the losses they will sustain by the ag of the 
Municipal Corporations (Ireland) ill, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Trustees of the Lockwood and 
Meltham Road ;—and, Huddersfield and Woodhead 
Road ; praying that the Highway Rates Bill, with 
certain alterations and improvements, may pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Petitions from Kildare;—Glendermott (Chair- 
man of a Meeting);—and, Leckpatrick; praying 
that the Poor Relief (Jre/and) Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Currick-on-Suir ;—and, Chairman 
of a Meeting of Rate-payers of the city of Cork; 
praying that the said Bill, with certain alterations, 
may pass into a law,—were also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Sedbergh ;— Bridgwater ;—and, 
Langport; praying for the abolition of the system 
of Tan pie ie. aie presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Operative Wood Sawyers of Edin- 
burgh (Chairman of a Meeting) ;—Operative Masons 
of Edinburgh (Chairman of a Meeting);—Leith 
(Chairman of a Meeting);—Working Classes of 
London (Chairman of a Meeting);—Mechanics of 
Saint John’s, Westminster ;—Members of the Com- 
mittee of the Cumnock Radical Association ;—Dal- 
keith (Chairman of a Meeting) ;—and, Members of 
the Islington Working Mens’ Association ; praying 
the House to address Her Majesty to remit the sen- 
tence recently passed upon certain Cotton Spinners 
of Glasgow, convicted of conspiracy to raise wages, 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Stucco Plasterers of the city of 
Dublin, praying that in any investigation the House 
may institute into the system of illegal combination 
in Dublin, the Petitioners may be allowed an oppor- 
tunity of proving their innocence of the foul charges 
made against them, and refute, by a plain state- 
ment of facts, the unfounded calumnies heaped 
upon them, in common with their fellow tradesmen, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Ordered, That the Petition of John Phillips Bea- 
van, on the subject of French claims, which was 
presented upon Thursday last, be printed 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Beverley, praying 
for the adoption of Household Suffrage at Elections 
of Members to serve in Parliament, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Freshfield reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented from the 5th to the 10th days of 
this instant February, both inclusive; and had di- 
rected him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Ordered, That the House be this evening lighted 
with Gas. 


A Petition of Magistrates and Town Council, Mer- 
chants, Ship-owners, Land-owners and others, In- 
habitants of the Royal Burgh of Aberbrothwick, 


12° Februari. 








A. 1838. 


connected with the trade and port and harbour 
thereof, and also of others resident in the neighbour- 
hood of the said Royal Burgh of Aberbrothwick, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for the better regulation and 
improvement of the Port and Harbour of the said 
Burgh, and the Piers, Quays and other Works of 
and within the same, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Right honourable Edward Earl Bishops Castle 
of Powis, Lord of the manors or lordships of Bishops 2°4 Munslow 


Castle and Munslow, in the county of Salop, and of 
Proprietors of estates within the said manors or 
lordships, for leave to bring in a Bill for dividing 
and inclosing certain Commons or Waste Lands 
within the said Manors or Lordships, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Bristol and Exeter Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for altering 
and amending the Act for making the said Railway, 
for constructing Branch Railways to the Towns 
and Places of Nailsea, Weston-stper-Mare, Bleaden 
and Burnham, in the County of Somerset, and for 
extending the period limited by the said Act for pur- 
chasing Lands, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts for 
the improvement of the Harbour of Swansea, in the 
County of Glamorgan, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for altering and amending the said Acts, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee T orquay Roads, 


on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case 
of the Petition for the Torquay Roads Bill, the 
Standing Orders had not been complied with, inas- 
much as the Section deposited in the Private Bill 
Office was not a duplicate of that deposited with 
the Clerk of the Peace for the County of Devon, 
there being a variation to the extent of five feet 
throughout the greater part of both Sections, and 
especially at the crossing of the Road and Footway 
at Walden Hill; but it appeared to the Committee 
that the Section deposited in the Private Bill Office 
agreed with a Section sent by tne Clerk of the Peace 
to the House of Lords, but not with that left in the 
Clerk of the Peace Office; moreover, that the embank- 
ments and cuttings are not shown accurately on the 
Plan at the points marked No. 44, 46, and 47, al- 
though there did not appear to be any intention to 
deceive on the part of the Parties promoting the 
Bill; and that the Standing Order, No. 8, p.18, 
had not been complied with, inasmuch as there had 
been no declaration on the part of any authorized 
Officer of the Trustees of the Torquay Road, stat- 
ing that the work proposed to be executed under 
the authority of the Bill now sought to be intro- 
duced is to be paid for out of the funds in the hands 
of the Trustees of the said Road, the declaration 
made by their Clerk having reference only to Tolls 
to be levied under the authority of the proposed 
Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of Trustees on the Balmore Turnpike Balmore Road. 


Road, in the county of Stirling, for leave to bring 
in a Bill for improving, widening, straightening, 
altering, repairing and maintaining that portion of 
the present Balmore Turnpike Road, in the County 
of Stirling, which lies between the Bridge or a 
point near to the Bridge across the River Allander, 
at Langbank Farm, and the Road leading from 
Glasgow to Campsie, at or near to Torrance ey 

ar; 


Tnclosure, 


Bristol and 
Exeter Rail. 
way. 


Swansea 
Harbour. 


sl 





astle 


low 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway. 


Sligo Borough 
Election. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill 


1 Victoriz. 


Bar ; for continuing, altering, amending and enlarg- 
ing the powers and provisions of the Act “ for 
making and maintaining the Road from Glasgow to 
Redburn Bridge, and certain other Roads in the 
Counties of Stirling, Dumbarton and Lanark,” and 
for altering or increasing the Tolls, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town 
Council of the Burgh of Bathgate, taking notice 
of the application for the Edinburgh and Glasgow 
Railway ill, and praying that such Bill may not 
= into a law, was presented, and read; and re- 
erred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of John Patrick Somers, Esquire, a 
Member of this House, was presented, and read; 
setting forth, That at the last Election of a Burgess 
to serve in Parliament for the Borough of Sligo, John 
Martin, Esquire, and the Petitioner were the only 
Candidates; and the Petitioner having a majority of 
votes, was declared and returned duly elected ; that 
a Petition against the Return so made, professing 
to be the Petition of John Wood, James Winter- 
scale, and Robert George Tyler, and subscribed 
with their names, was presented to the House on 
the 27th day of November last, and a day appointed 
for taking the same into consideration; that the 
Petitioner has discovered, and is prepared with evi- 
dence to prove, the name of Robert George Tyler, 
subscribed thereto, not to be the handwriting of the 
said Robert George Tyler ; and the Petitioner more- 
over is informed and believes, the other signatures 
thereto, professing to be the signatures of John 
Wood and James Winterscale, will also upon in- 
quiry be found spurious; and praying that such 
proceeding be instituted, and such Order made in 
the matter, as the House in its wisdom shall deem 
meet, in reference to the case of the Petitioner and 
the privilege of the House. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Poor Relief (Zreland) 
Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


CravuseE, N° 1. (Poor Law Commissioners to be 
the Commissioners to carry the Act into execution) 
read. 

Amendment proposed P. 1. 1. 6., to leave out the 
word “ the,” and after the word “ Commissioners ” 
to insert the words “ for Treland.” 

Question put, that the word “ the” stand part of 
the Clause. 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for ~" M.Solicitor General, 7 

Yeas, Sir Thomas Troubidge: { sie 

Tellers for thef Mr. O’ Connell, } 23 

Noes, Mr. Beamish : 7 

Cxravsez, N° 1, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 2, amended, and agreed to. 


Cuiause, N° 3, (Administration of Relief to the 
Poor to be under control of the Commissioners) 
read. 

Amendment proposed, P. 2. 1.18. After the 
word “control” to insert the words “ in such 
** cases as are hereinfter provided for the.” 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn: 

Cuause, N° 3, agreed to. 

Cuauszs, Nes 4 and 5, amended and agreed to. 

Criauss, N° 6, agreed to. 

Ciavuse, N° 7, amended and agreed to. 

Cravuses, N° 8 to 10, agreed to. 


Cravsz, N° 11, amended, and agreed to. 
Vox. 93. 








12° Februariz. 





267 


Crauss, N° 12, (Assistant Commissioner may 
administer an Oath), P. 4. 1.35; Amendment pro- 
posed, to leave out the words “ upon Oath (which 
“ Oath such Assistant Commissioner is hereby em- 
“ powered to administer).” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause. 

The Committee divided a aeaesahie 

’ r. Solicitor General, 

Tellers for the Yeas, { Sir Charles Adam : 


Tellers for the Noes, ss — 


Several Amendments made. 
Crause, N° 12, as amended, agreed to. 
Crauses, N* 13 and 14, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 15, (Formation of Unions) read. 
Amendment proposed, P. 5. 1.19, at the end of 
Clause to add, “ Provided such townlands shall 
“ not be distant more than ten statute miles from 
“ the Union Workhouse.” 
Amendment, by leave withdrawn. 
Cuause, N° 15, agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


148. 


on 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made further 
Progress in the Bill,and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read for the Com- Ways and 
mitteee of Ways and Means; Means 

Ordered, That the Account of the Monies in the Accounts, 
Exchequer, or remaining to be received on the 29th Ea 
day of January 1838, to complete the Aids granted pychequer. 
by Parliament for the service of the year 1837, and 
antecedent years, which was presented on Monday 
last, be referred to the Select Committee. 


Ordered, That the Account showing the Amount Exchequer 
of Exchequer Bills charged on the Aids of the year Pi!s- 
1838, outstanding on the 5th day of January 1838, 
which was presented upon Monday last, be referred 
to the Committee. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 

(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That, towards making good the Sup- Exchequer 
ply granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Eleven million Bills. 
four hundred and thirteen thousand seven hundred 
and fifty pounds, be raised by Exchequer Bills, for 
the Service of the year 1838. ° 


2. Resolved, That, towards making good the Sup- Transfer of 
ply granted to Her Majesty, the Sum of Two millions, Aids. 
a part of the Sum now remaining in the Exchequer 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, or remaining to be received on the 29th of 
January 1838, to complete the Aids granted by Par- 
liament for the Service of the year 1837, and of 
antecedent years, be applied to the Service of the 
year 1838. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair, and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committe may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The First Fruits and Tenths, &amp;c. Bill was, accord- First Fruits and 
ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed Tenths, &amp;c. 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday, ®# 
the 28th day of this instant February. 

M M 2 The 








268 


12°—13° 


oo The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Metropolis) mittee on the Hackney Carriages eo Bill; 

Si Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday, 
the 28th day of this instant February, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 

Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Banking The ingrossed Bill to make good certain Contracts 


ee which have been or may be entered into by certain 
Banking and Trading Co-partnerships, was, accord- 

ing to Geer, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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


Martis, 13° die Februarii, 1838: 


Schools = The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Scotland) Bill. reading of the Schools (Scotland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


this day. 
Waterford The Waterford House of Industry Bill was, ac- 
ee we cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
néustry ©" mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 
day. 
Cheltenhamand Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 


- ce oad mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
¥* case of the Petition for the Cheltenham and Great 
Western Union Railway Bill, the Standing Orders 
had not been complied with, inasmuch as the notices 
were given in October and November, instead of Fe- 
bruary and March, although other powers were 
sought in addition to that of deviating from the 
original line, and although one of the proposed de- 
viations exceeded a mile in length; and further, 
that no application had been made to the Owners, 
Lessees and Occupiers on the line of Railway autho- 
rized to be made by the former Act, but only to 
those whose lands were situate on the proposed line 
of deviation, although powers were sought to extend 
the time for purchasing lands on the original line 
beyond the time limited by the former Act. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till after twelve of the clock on Tuesday 
morning, adjourned till this day. 








Martis, 13° die Februari ; 


Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 
Belfast, H E hour appointed for taking into considera- 
Petersfield, tion the Petition of Robert Francis Gordon 
and Bridgnorth 7, : ; ? 
Elections. of Castle Place, in the Borough of Belfast, in Ire- 


land, Merchant, Jonathan Cordukes, of York-street, 
in tne Borough of Belfast, in Ireland, Merchant, 
Thomas O’ Neill, of Donegall-street, in said borough, 
Merchant, Samuel Hart, ot Academy-street, in the 
said borough, Merchant, Edward Ledger, of Rose- 
mary-street, in said borough, Apothecary, William 
Ridgeway, of North-street, in said borough, Mer- 
chant, and William John Elliott, of Rosemary-street, 
in said borough, Flour Merchant, Electors of the 
Borough of Belfast, in that part of the said United 
Kingdom called Jreland, on behalf of themselves 
and others, Electors of the said borough, claiming 
a right to vote, and who voted, and were entitled to 
vote, at the last Election for Members to serve in 
Parliament for the said borough, complaining of an 





A. 1838. 


undue Election and Return for the said borough, 
being come ; 

And several Electors of the Borough of Belfast ; 
and, James Barnett, and others, Electors of the said 
borough, having, by an Order of the House of the 
18th day of December last, been admitted parties 
to defend the Return of the Sitting Members for 
the said borough ; 

Mr. Speaker took the Chair. 

The Serjeant at Arms was sent with the Mace to 
the places adjacent, to require the attendance of the 
Members on the business of the House ; and being 
returned ; 

A Member was sworn. 

Then the House was counted by Mr. Speaker, 
and three hundred and fifty-five Members being 
present ; 

And the Petition of Cornthwaite John Hector, 
Esquire, of Petersfield, in the County of Hants, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Petersfield, being also ordered to 
be taken into consideration upon this day; 

And the Petitions of Robert Pigot, of Patshull, in 
the County of Stafford, Esquire, who was a Can- 
didate at the last Election of Members to serve in 
the present Parliament for the Borough of Bridg- 
north, in the County of Salop; and, John Evans, 
High-street, in the Borough of Bridgnorth, Baker, 
and Walter Phillips, Stoneway, of the same parish, 
Blacksmith, Electors of the said borough, and who 
claim to have had a right of voting for Members to 
serve in Parliament for the said borough at the last 
Election, and who did vote at the said Election, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the said Borough, being also ordered to be taken 
into consideration upon this day ; 

The several parties, their counsel and agents, were 
directed to be called in. 


And the door being locked ; 

The Order of the day for taking into consideration Belfast 
the said Petition, complaining of an undue Election Peto. 
and Return for the Borough of Belfast, was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn and 
read, in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names. was 
completed :—And Lists of the said Names were de- 
livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 
mittee on the Belfast Election ; and then the door 
was opened, and the parties, their counsel and 
agents, withdrew. 


Februari. 


And the door being again locked ; 

The Order of the day for taking into consideration Petersfield 
the said Petition, complaining of an undue Election aoe. 
and Return for the Borough of Petersfield, was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn and 
read, in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was 
completed :—And Lists of the said names were de- 
livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 
mittee on the Petersfield Election; and then the 
door was opened, and the partits, their counsel and 
agents, withdrew. 

And no parties, counsel or agents appearing on Bridgnorth 
behalf of the Petitions complaining of an undue Fecto™ 
Election and Return for the Borough of Bridgnorth : 

—The Orders for considering the said Petitions were 
severally read and discharged. 


Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Com- Second Report 
mittee appointed to inquire into the administration yoke deney 
of the Relief of the Poor under the orders and re- Act. 
gulations issued by the Commissioners appointed yo, 138. 
under the provisions of the Poor Law Amendment 
Act; and who were empowered to report the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken Defore them from time to time 
to the House ; That they had made further Progress 
in the matters referred to them; and had directed 
him to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them. 





Ordered, 


Bury 


Water 


Ribbl 
Navi 





Bury 
(Lancaster) 
Waterworks. 


Ribble 
Navigation, 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway. 


Turton and 
Entwisle 
eservoir, 


Swavese 
Inclosure Bill, 





1 Vicroriz. 


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


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Bury, 
and of the several townships of Walmersley and 
Shuttleworth, Bury and Elton, all in the parish of 
Bury, in the county palatine of Lancaster, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for better supplying the said town 
and townships with Water, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills, to whom the Petition 
of Owen Tickell Alger, Esquire, complaining of 
non-compliance with the Standing Orders in the 
case of the Petition for the Ribble Navigation Bill, 
was referred ; That the Standing Orders relative to 
Navigation Bills had not been complied with in the 
case of the Petition for the said Bill, inasmuch as 
the section does not specify the levels of both the 
banks of the River Ribble, and describe the same 
by feet and inches; but it appeared to the Com- 
mittee that the Ribdle is a tidal river, and that it is 
only proposed to deepen the bed without altering 
the level of the surface water thereof; and inas- 
much as the sum equal to one-tenth part of the 
amount subscribed had not been deposited in the 
Bank of England, pursuant to the Order No. 9, 
p- 18; but it appeared to the Committee that such 
sum had been invested in Exchequer Bills in the 
names of Peter Haydock and R. W. Hopkins, Es- 
quires, in consequence of the refusal of the Clerk of 
the House of Commons to suffer such money to be 
invested in his name. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills, to whom the Petitions of 
the Earl of Hopetoun and James Hope, Esquire ; 
and, of William Ellis, severally complaining of non- 
compliance with the Standing Orders in the case of 
the Petition for the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- 
way Bill, were referred ; That the Standing Orders 
relative to Bills for making Railways had not been 
complied with in the case of the Petition for the 
said Bill, inasmuch as the Subscription Contract was 
not entered into subsequently to the last Session of 
Parliament, and that the date of the witnessing of 
the signatures was not contained therein, agreeably 
to the new Standing Orders ; and that a sum equal 
to one-tenth part of the amount subscribed was not 
paid up and deposited, pursuant to the Order No. 9, 
p- 18; but it was stated to the Committee by the 
promoters of the Bill, that the parties conceived 
themselves sufficiently bound by the existing con- 
tract, and that they believed themselves relieved 
from the necessity of depositing a fresh contract, 
under the terms of the Standing Order, No. 7, 

. 24, 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 

Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the Commissioners of the Turton 
and Entwisle Reservoir, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for amending an Act passed in the second year of 
the reign of his late Majesty, “ for making and main- 
taining a Reservoir upon Bradshaw Brook, in the 
Townships of Turton and Entwisle, in the Parish of 
Bolton-le-Moors, in the County of Lancaster, for 
providing a more regular supply of Water in Brad- 
shaw Brook aforesaid, and in certain Rivers con- 
nected therewith,” for enabling the said Commis- 
sioners to raise a further Sum of Money, and for 
altering or increasing the Tolls, was presented, and 


read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Governor, Bailiffs and Com- 


monalty of the Company of Conservators of the 
Vou. 93. 


13° Februariz. 





269 


Great Level of the Fens called Bedford Level, pray- 
ing that they may be heard, by their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Swavesey In- 
closure Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for altering, 
amending and extending the powers of the several 
Acts relating to the said Railway, and for enabling 
the Company to raise further sums of Money, was 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of John Tippet, of Truro, in the county 
of Cornwall, Gentleman, and William Carrwick, 
of Newquay, in the said county, Gentleman, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for preserving and regulating the 
Pier and Harbour of Newquay, in the parish of 
Saint Columb Minor, in the county of Cornwall, and 
for regulating and increasing the Rates and Duties 
payable thereon, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts for 
making a Road from French Top, in the West 
Riding of the county of York, to Glossop, in the 
county of Derby, and for repairing the Road leading 
from Copley Meadow to Stayley Bridge, in the county 
palatine of Chester, for leave to bring ina Bill for 
continuing the term and altering and enlarging the 
powers of the said Acts, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Mewtyle and Coupar Augus 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
enabling the said Company to raise a further sum 
of Money, was presented, and read; and referred 


to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


A Petition of Householders and Inhabitants of 
the borough of Mary-le-bone, in the county of Mid- 
dlesex, for leave to bring in a Bill for establishing 
a local court in the parish of Saint Mary-le-bone 
for the recovery of Small Debts not exceeding Ten 
pounds, contracted in the parishes of Saint Mary- 
le-bone, Saint Pancras and Saint Mary, Paddington, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 

? 


A Petition of Vestrymen in the parish of Saint 
Mary-le-bone, in the county of Middlesex, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for altering and amending an Act 
passed in the 35th year of the reign of King George 
the Third, “ for repealing several Acts made in the 
eighth, tenth, thirteenth and fifteenth years of the 
reign of his present Majesty, for regulating the 
Nightly Watch and Beadles, and for paving, re- 
pairing, cleansing and lighting the Parish of Saint 
Mary-le-bone, in the County of Middlesex, and for 
the better relief and maintenance of the Poor thereof,” 
and for divers other purposes therein mentioned, 
and for making more A” provision for those 
purposes, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions from Leicester ;—Saint Swithin, Nor- 
wich ;— Saint Edmunds, Norwich ;—-- and, Pock- 
thorpe; praying for the repeal of the Poor Law 
Amendment Act,—were presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Poor Law 
Amendment Act. 

MM 3 Lord 


Garnkirk 


and Glasgow 


Railway. 


Newquay 
Harbour. 


Stayley Road. 


Newtyle and 
Coupar Augus 


ailway 


Mary-le- bone 
Small Debts. 


Mary-le-bone 
Paving, &amp;c. 


Poor Law 


Amendment 


ct. 








Standing 
Orders ; 


Leominster 
Improvement, 


Belfast 
Election. 


Moy Naviga- 
tion. 


Oldham Gas 
and Water- 
works, 


Vote by Ballot. 


Postage. 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


970 


Lord Viscount Ebrington reported from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders relative to Private 
Bills, a Resolution, which was read as followeth : 

Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for the 
Le_minster Improvement Bill, the Parties be per- 
mitted to proceed with their Bill on inserting the 
Notice in three successive London Gazettes; and that 
the Committee on the Bill do examine, in the first 
place, how far such order has been complied with, 
and do report the same to the House on the Report 
of the Bill. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The counsel and agents in the case of the Belfast 
Election, being returned to the bar, the Clerk ap- 
pointed to attend the said Committee delivered in to 
the House a reduced List; and the same was called 
over as followeth ; 

Lancelot Rolleston, Esquire, Hart Logan, Esquire, 
Philip William Skynner Miles, Esquire, William 
Bulkeley Hughes, Esquire, Henry ag 2s Esquire, 
Lord Viscount Villiers, William Lyde Wiggett 
Chute, Esquire, Lord Viscount Grimston, Richard 
Jefferson Exaton , Esquire, Lord Alfred Henry Paget, 
and Horace St. Paul, Esquire. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee for trying and determining the merits of 
the Petition complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the eee, | of Belfast, and to defend 
which, several Electors of the Borough of Belfast ; 
and, James Barnett and others, Electors of the 
said borough had by order of the House been ad- 
mitted Parties to defend the Return of the Sitting 
Members for the said borough, were sworn by the 
Clerk at the Table, in the usual manner; and there- 
upon the counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


A Petition of Landed Proprietors, Merchants, 
Traders and other Inhabitants of the towns of Bal- 
lina and Ardnaree, in the counties of Mayo and 
Sligo, for leave to bring in a Bill for improving and 
maintaining the Navigation of the River Moy, be- 
tween the Town of Ballina and the Sea, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Oldham Gas Light and Water- 
works Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
altermg, extending, amending and enlarging the 
Powers and Provisions of an Act passed in the sixth 
se of the reign of King George the Fourth, “ for 
ighting with Gas the Town of Oldham, and the 
Neighbourhood thereof, within the Parish of Prest- 
wich-cum-Oldham, in the County Palatine of Zan- 
caster, and for better supplying the Inhabitants of 
the said Town and Neighbourhood with Water,” and 
for enabling the said Company to raise a further 
Sum of Money, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 


Petitions from Hastings;— North Curry ;—Mine- 
head ;— Nether Stowey ;—Kirkwall; — Kiltubride ; 
——and, Annaduff; praying for the adoption of Vote 
by Ballot at Elections of Members to serve in Parlia- 
ment,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Sheffield;—Dingwall;—and, Kirk- 
wall; praying for the establishment of a low uniform 
rate of Postage on Letters,—were presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Postage. 


A Petition of Beer-house Keepers of Leicester, 
praying the House so to alter and amend that por 


13° Februari. 





A. 1838. 


tion of the Sale of Beer Act, which makes null and 

void the license upon removal, or otherwise to be- 

come the property of the next occupying tenant, was 

— and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Directors of the Monmouthshire Banking 
Iron and Coal Company, praying that the Banking Ce-partuership, 
Co-partnerships Bill may pass into a law, was pre-~"" 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Blackburn, praying Rating of 
that the Rating of Tenements Bill may not pass Tenements Bij, 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Rating of Tenements. 


Petitions from Kiltubride;— and, Annaduff ; Tithes 
praying for the abolition of Tithes in Ireland,—were (Ireland.) 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of the President, Treasurer and Secre- pistress, 
tary of the Chamber of Commerce of Sheffield, 
praying for an Inquiry into the late Commercial 
and Manufacturing Distress, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Truro ;—Middle Lambrooke ;— Negto Apprea- 
and, Sheffield (Quakers) ; praying for the abolition “°¢*’- 
of the system of Negro Apprenticeship,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners and others Marine 
of Dundee, praying for a reduction of the Duty on Insurance. 
Policies of Marine Insurance, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Wellingborough, Local Courts 
pers the House to pass an Act for establishing 

ocal Courts for the more easy and speedy Recovery 
of Small Debts, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Journeymen Filesmiths in Sheffield, Dorchester 
: ecole - a he Labourers. 
praying the House to institute an inquiry into the 
cause of the Dorchester Labourers not having ar- 
rived in this country, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kiltubride;— and, Annaduff’; ame 
raying that the Municipal Corporations (Zreland) Cretand) Bill 
ill may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Sir Culling Eardley Smith, Baronet, Pontefract 
of Bedwell Park, Herts, praying that a Select Com- Ries. 
mittee may be y perry to inquire into the practice 
of the payment of head money at Elections for the 
“ahaa of Pontefract, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


The counsel and agents, in the case of the Peters- Petersfield 
field Election, being returned to the bar, the Clerk Election, 
appointed to attend the said Committee delivered in 
to the House a reduced List; and the same was 
called over as followeth ; 

Lord Viscount Northland, Henry Jeffreys Win- 
nington, Esquire, William Turner, Esquire, Samuel 
White, Esquire, the Honourable Charles Compton 
Cavendish, Richard Montesquieu Bellew, Esquire, 
James Erskine Wemyss, Esquire, John Ireland 
Blachburne, Esquire, John Maher, Esquire, Walter 
Wilkins, Esquire, and John Ramsbottom, Esquire. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Petition 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 





i orough of Petersfield, were sworn by the cog 
a 


Eecle 
Com 


({rel 


Slig 
Ele 








ships 


3 Bill, 


prelle 


ts. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission 
(Ireland.) 


Sligo Borough 
Election. 


1 Victroriz. 139°—14° 


at the Table in the usual manner; and thereupon 
the counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


Mr. John Parker presented, pursuant to Order,— 
A Return of the Salary, Fees and Emoluments of 
every kind paid to each Commissioner, Secretary, 
Treasurer, Clerk, Agent or other Person employed 
in or by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners of Ireland, 
in each year since their Appointment, and the Name 
of every such Person receiving the same :—And, of 
the Amount of Money received by the Ecclesias- 
tical Commissioners of Jreland, on account of the 
Perpetuity Purchase Fund ; anda Statement of the 
manner in which the same has been disposed of. 

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


The House was moved, That the Petition of John 
Patrick Somers, Esquire, stating that the names 
subscribed to the Petition against his Return for the 
Borough of Sligo are forgeries, and praying inquiry, 
which was presented yesterday, might be read ; and 
the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Petition of 
John Wood, James Winterscale and Robert George 
Tyler, which was presented upon the 27th day of 
November last, complaining of the said Election 
and Return, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That a Select Committee be ap- 
pointed to examine into the manner of signing the 
said Petition, and to report their Opinion thereupon 
to the House ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 


Februari. 271 
convicted of conspiracy to raise wages,—were pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Glasgow Cotton 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed, to Spinners. 


inquire into the Constitution, Practices and Effects 

of a Society which has long existed in Scotland, 

under the title of the “ Association of Operative 

re Spinners of Glasgow, and its neighbour- 
ood ;” 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 

Question, by leaving out from the first word “ the ” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ operation of the Act 6th Geo. 4, c, 129, and gene- 
rally into the Constitution, Proceedings and Ex- 
tent of any Trades’ Unions or Combinations of 
Workmen, or Employers of Workmen, in the 
United Kingdom, and to report their observations 
thereupon to the House,” instead thereof. 
And the Question being proposed, That the words 
a to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment and Motion were 
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ce 


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


Mercurii, 14° die Februarii, 1838 ; 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Combination 


of Workmen. 


to inquire into the operation of the Act 6th Geo. 4, 
c. 129, and generally into the Constitution, Pro- 
ceedings and Extent of any Trades’ Unions or Com- 
binations of Workmen, or Employers of Workmen, 
in the United Kingdom, and to report their observa- 
tions thereupon to the House. 

Ordered, That the Committee be nominated upon 
Thursday next. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Gourt of 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Exchequer 
to give directions, that there be laid befcre this (Seotland.) 


the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ John Moffatt be forthwith called to the bar of 
“ this House, to be examined as to the authenticity 


s 
ill. 


Algiers, 


Glasgow Cotton 


Spinners, 


“ of the signatures to the said Petition,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment and Motion were 
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the matter of the complaint con- 
tained in the Petition of John Somers, Esquire, a 
Member of this House, be heard at the bar of this 
House To-morrow. 

Ordered, That Michael Gallagher, John Martin 
and John Moffatt do attend this House To-morrow. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Correspondence between the 
Governments of England and France, relative to the 
occupation of Algiers. 

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


Petitions from Kingston-upon-Hull;— Rotherham; 
—James M‘ Nish and others, of Glasgow ;—Charles 
Frederick Collis Barns ;— Edinburgh (Chairman of a 
Meeting) ;— London and Westminster (Bookbinders); 
—Champion Benefit Society (Chairman of a Meet- 
ing) ;— William Reeve ;—Johnstone (Chairman of a 
Meeting);— Members of the Committee of the 
Bristol Working Men’s Association ; — William 
Lewes ;— John Allen; —- Operative Plasterers of 
London (Chairman of a Meeting) ;—Dewsbury ;— 
Brighton (Chairman of a Meeting); — Operative 
Wood Sawyers of Glasgow teary” sie Carpenters 
and Jomers of Glasgow; praying the House to ad- 
dress Her Majesty to remit the sentence recently 


passed upon certain Cotton Spinners of Glasgow, 
Von. 93. 





House, a Return of the Number of Trials and other 
Proceedings in the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, 
during the years 1833, 1834, 1835 and 1836 ; spe- 
cifying the Dates thereof, and the Judges before 
whom they took place; and of the whole Business 
and Procedure which took place before that Court 
during the like period ; the Name of the Judge ap- 
pointed to try Exchequer Causes, and the Salary 
and other Emoluments the said Judge enjoys. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Charities 
for appointing Commissioners to inquire into the (Ireland) Bill. 


Charities in Ireland: And that Mr. Barron and Mr. 
Beamish do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Registration of 
for the Registration of Parliamentary Electors: Electors Bill. 


And that Mr. Attorney General and Mr. Solicitor 
General do prepare, and bring it in, 


The ingrossed Bill to repeal so much of an Act Custody of 
one in the thirty-ninth and fortieth years of the Insane Persons 


Bill 


eign of King George the Third, as authorizes Ma- 
gistrates to commit to Gaols or Houses of Correction 
Persons who are apprehended under circumstances 
that denote a derangement of Mind, and a purpose 
of committing a Crime, and to make other provisions 
for the safe Custody of such Persons, was, according 
to Order, read the third time; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to repeal so much of an Act of the 
thirty-ninth and fortieth years of King George the 
Third, as authorizes Magistrates to commit to Gaols 
or Houses of Correction Persons who are appre- 

MM 4 hended 











Ways and 
Means; 


Exchequer 
Bills. 


Transfer of 
Aids, 


Schools 


(Scotland) Bill, 


Waterford 
House of 


Industry Bill. 


Svodan Blecks, 


Exchequer 
Bills. 





972 13°— 14° Februari. A. 1838. 


hended under circumstances that denote a derange-|or payable if no advance of Interest had taken 
ment of Mind, and a purpose of committing a Crime, | — :—A Return of the Amount of Exchequer 
and to make other provisions for the safe Custody | Bills outstanding when the Interest was raised in 
of such Persons. | 1836, stating the Rate per cent. of Interest before 
Ordered, That Mr. Barneby do carry the Bill to | and after raising :—also, the Aggregate Amount of 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. | increased Interest paid and to be paid, on Exche- 
quer Bills, since the Rate of Interest was increased, 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Order, re- | to the 5th of January last ; and the Amount of Ex- 
ported from the Committee of Ways and Means, | chequer Bills outstanding at that Date :— and, 
several Resolutions, which were read, as follow: |, Copies of the Weekly Returns from the Bank of 
1. Resolved, That, towards making good the} England to the Stamp Office, and a Quarterly Re- 
Supply granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Eleven | turn by the Treasury, from the 1st July 1835 to the 
millions four hundred and thirteen thousand seven | 1st March 1837. 
hundred and fifty pounds, be raised by Exchequer | 
Bills, for the Service of the year 1838. Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Bridgnorth 
2. Resolved, That, towards making good the | to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ Writ. 
Supply granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Two for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
millions, a part of the sum now remaining in the Ex-| Parliament for the Borough of Bridgnorth, in the 
chequer of the United Kingdom of Great Britain | room of Henry Hanbury Tracy, Esquire, who since 
and Jreland, or remaining to be received on the 29th , his Election for the said borough, hath accepted 
day of January 1838, to complete the Aids granted | the office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s 
by Parliament for the Service of the year 1837, and | three Chiltern Hundreds, of Stoke, Desborough and 


La-) 





of antecedent years, be applied to the Service of the | Bonenham, in the county of Buckingham. 
year 1838, | 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, | 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the first | 
of the said Resolutions: And that Mr. Chancellor | 
of the Exchequer, and Mr. Baring, do prepare, and | 
bring it in. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the last 
of the said Resolutions: And that the same Gentle- 
men do prepare, and bring it in. 

The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Schools (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Waterford House of Industry 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Sir George Grey reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. . 

Ordered, That the Report be received To- 
morrow. 


Lord Viscount Palmerston presented,—Return to 
an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 29th day of 
January last, for Copies of, or Extracts from, any 
Correspondence received by Her Majesty’s Secretary 
of State for Foreign Affairs, respecting the annual 
Incursions against the Blacks of Soodan by the | 
Troops of Mahomed Ali, Pacha of Egypt, and re-| 
specting the mode in which the Prisoners taken on | 
such Incursions are disposed of. 

Ordered, ‘That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an | 
Account of all Exchequer Bills now outstanding and | 
not claimed, the interest on which has ceased, show- | 
ing the Amount of Principal of such Bills of each 
year’s issue not claimed :—Of the Amount of Ex- 
chequer Bills, distinguishing the several kinds, issued 
in each year since 1808, and the Total Amount of 
Issues up to the 5th January 1838 ; stating also, the 
rate per cent. of Interest payable in each year on 
these Bills, and the Aggregate Amount of Interest 
= on the same; distinguishing the Amount of 

nterest on Bills for Public Works and Private 
Loans :—Return of the Rate of Interest payable to 
the Bank on Deficiency Bills, before the late rise in 
the Rate of Interest on Exchequer Bills, and the 
Rate of Interest now payable on such Deficiency 
Bills; together with the Amount of Deficiency Bills 
issued to the Bank since the raising of the Interest, 
and the difference between the Sums actually paid 
or payable thereon, and that would have been paid 








to apply a Sum of Money to the Service of the year 


A Petition of the West India Dock Company, for West India 
leave to bring in a Bill to amend the several Acts Docks. 
for making the West India Docks, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Owners of estates, in the parishes of Berden, &amp;c, 
Berden, Manewden and Stansted Mountfitchet, in Iclosue. 
the county of Essex, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
dividing, allotting and inclosing several Commons, 
|Commonable Lands and Waste Grounds within the 


| said parishes, was presented, and read ; and referred 


to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills, 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill Exchequer Bils 
for raising a Sum of Money by achanen Bills for (£11,413,750.) 
the Service of the year One thousand eight hundred 2" 
and thirty-eight: And the same was read the first 


time; and ordered to be read a second time this 
day. 


] Transfer of 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill Transfe 
Aids Bill. 


One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time this day. 





Ordered, That the Annual Statement from the Bankruptcy 


Bankruptcy Court, which was presented yesterday, © 
be printed. No. 139. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before one of the 
clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 








Mercurii, 14° die Februarii ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Golden, from the Metropolitan Police Office, Metropsliten 
was called in; and at the bar presented, Police. 
pursuant to the directions of several Acts of Parlia- 
ment,—An Account of all Monies demanded, re- 
ceived and expended for the purposes of the Metro- 
politan Police, made up to the 31st day of Decem- 
ber 1837. 
An Account current of all Monies received and Horse Patrol 
expended for the Horse Patrol Service, for the year 
ending the 31st day of December 1837 :—And then 
he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
Table. - 
Mr. 


Petersfield 
Election. 


Clerk of the 
Crown to 
_ amend Return. 


Gravesend 
Cemetery. 


Bills 

750) Brandling 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Rocester 
Bridge, 


Bratton 
Fleming 
fuclosure Bill, 


Pembroke 
F erry. 


Boughrood 
Bridge. 


1 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Charles Compton Cavendish, from the Select 
Committee appointed to try and determine the merits 
of the Petition of Cornthwaite John Hector, Es- 

uire, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the Borough of Petersfield, informed the House, 
That the Committee had determined, 

That Sir William George Hylton Jolliffe, Baro- 
net, is‘not duly elected a Burgess to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough of Peters- 


field: 


That Cornthwaite John Hector, Esquire, is duly 
elected, and ought to have been returned a Burgess 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
Borough of Petersfield: 

That the said Petition did not appear to the said 
Committee to be frivolous or vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not 
‘appear to the said Committee to be frivolous or 
vexatious : 

That the said Committee have also to inform the 
House, that they have altered the poll taken at such 
Election, by adding thereto the names of Richard 
Legg and Thomas Tigg, as having had a right to 
vote : 

And the said determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend 
this House To-morrow, with the last Return for the 
Borough of Petersfield, and amend the same by 
rasing out the name of Sir William George Hylton 
Jolliffe, Baronet, and inserting the name of Corn- 
thwaite John Hector, Esquire, instead thereof. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the undertaking here- 
inafter mentioned, for leave to bring ina Bill for 
establishing and maintaining a Cemetery for the 
Interment of the dead within or near to the parishes 
of Gravesend and Milton, in the County of Kent, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Ingham, presented a Bill to enable the Brand- 
ling Junction Railway Company to raise an addi- 
tional Sum of Money: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the several persons whose names 
are thereunto subscribed, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for erecting and constructing a Bridge over the 
River Dove, from or near to Rocester, in the County 
of Stafford, to the opposite shore of the said River, 
in the County of Derby, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


The Bratton Fleming Inclosure Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed to Mr. Divett, and the 
Devon List. 


A Petition of the several persons whose names are 
thereunto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
facilitating the Conveyance of Passengers, Carriages, 
Cattle, Goods, Wares and Merchandize over the Ferr 
called Pembroke Ferry, in the County of Pembroke, 
by means of a Steam Communication, and for alter- 
ing or increasing the Tolls or Rates payable at the 
said Ferry, was presented, and read; and referred 


to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


_ A Petition of Land-owners and other Inhabitants 
in the counties of Brecon and Radnor, for leave to 
bring ina Bill for building and maintaining a Bridge 
over the River Wye, at or near a certain place 
called Boughrood Ferry, in the parish of Llyswen, 
in the County of Brecon, to the opposite side of the 
said River, in the parish of Boughrood, in the 
County of Radnor, was presented, and read; and 


referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills, 


Vou. 93. 


14° Februariz. 


273 


A Petition of Proprietors of estates within the Fen Draytor 
parish of Fen Drayton, in the county of Cambridge, Inclosure. 
for leave to bring in a Bill for dividing, allotting 
and inclosing divers open and Common Fields, 
Meadows, Lands, Commons,and Commonable Places 
within the said parish, and for exonerating the same 
from Tithes, was presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


A Petition of Owners of estates in the hamlet of Curbridge 
Curbridge, in the parish of Witney, in the county of Inclosure. 
Ozford, for leave to bring in a Bill for dividing, allot- 
ing and inclosing several open and Common Fields, 
Meadows, Pastures, Commonable Lands and Waste 
Grounds within the said Hamlet, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for Wadsley, 
more effectually repairing the Wadsley and Langset Langset, and 
Turnpike Road, and extending the same in two Shetlield Road. 
lines to join the Huddersfield and Woodhead Turn- 
pike Road in the Townships of Upperthong and 
Honley, in the West Riding of the County of York, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for continuing the term, 
and altering and enlarging the powers and provisions 
of the said Act, for making a Branch Road from the 
said Road at or near a certain Milestone in the 
Township of Wadsley, making a distance of two 
Miles from Sheffield, to the North-west End of 
Moorfields, in the Township of Sheffield, and for 
increasing or altering the Tolls, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bx'ls. 


A Petition of Trustees for Charitable and Public Sheffield 
Purposes, of certain messuages, lands, tenements Improvement, 
and hereditaments in the town and parish of Shef- 
field, in the county of York, and also of Inhabitants 
of the said Town, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
opening several new Streets, and for widening and 
improving certain other Streets or Thoroughfares 
within the said Town, was presented and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of Charles Britten, of Northampton, Rugby and 
Solicitor, complaining that the Standing Orders of — 
the House in respect to the application for the Rugby ~~ 
and Lutterworth Road Bill, had not been complied 
with; and praying that he may be heard, by himself, 
his agents and witnesses, against the same, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Sir Edward Knatchbull reported from the Com- Milton-next- 
mittee on the Milton-next-Sittingborne Improvement Aaa 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations of the ,,.°"""™™" 
Bill, and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


Y | ingrossed. 


The Exmouth Market Bill was read a second oe ag 
time ; and committed to Sir John Yarde Buller and ™*™** *" 
the Devon List. 


Ramsgate 
Improvement 


(No. 2.) 


A Petition of Commissioners for paving, lighting, 
watching and improving the parish of Ramsgate, in 
the county of Kent, fot leave to bring in a Bill for 
altering, amending and enlarging the powers and 
provisions of the several Acts for paving cleans- 
ing, repairing, lighting and watching the Highways, 
Streets and Lanes of and in the Vill of Ramsgate, 
in the County of Kent, and for removing and pre- 
venting Annoyances therein, and for erecting a 
Market-house, and holding a public Market in the 
said Vill, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committe on Petitions for Private Bills. 





NWN A Petition 








Isle of Thanet 
Cemetery. 


Southampton 
Docks, 


Newcastle and 
North Shields 
Railway 
Extension. 


Dee Bridge 
Road Bill, 


Linlithgow 
Roads. 


Third Report 
on Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


No. 140. 


Negro Appren- 
ticeship, 


Luton and 
Saint Albans 
Road. 


274 


A Petition of Residents and Proprietors of houses 
and lands in the Jsle of Thanet, in the county of 
Kent, for leave to bring in a Bill for establishing 
and maintaining a Cemetery for the Interment of the 
Dead, in the Parish of Minster, in the Isle of Thanet 
aforesaid, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Southampton Dock Company, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for altering, amending 
and enlarging the powers of the Act for making and 
maintaining the said Docks, and for extending the 
time limited for completing the same, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and North 
Shields Railway Company, and of Inhabitants of 
the parish of Tynemouth, in the county of Northum- 
berland, for leave to bring in a Bill for extending 
the said Railway from the termination thereof, in 
the Township of Chirton, in the said County of 
Northumberland, to the West End of Prior’s Haven, 
in the said Parish of Tynemouth, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That, in the 
case of the Petition for the Dee Bridge Road Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for more effectually repairing, and keeping in = 
certain Roads in the County of Kincardine: And 
that General Arbuthnott and Captain Gordon do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 
more effectually repairing and maintaining the Road 
from Borrowstounness, by the West of Linlithgow, 
and by Torphichen, Bathgate, and Whitburn, to the 
confines of the County of Linlithgow, at or near 
Hollhouseburn, and for making and maintaining a 
certain Road from Borrowstounness to the River 
Avon, for leave to bring in a Bill for continuing the 
term, and altering and enlarging the powers of the 
said Act, and for making and maintaining several 
new Lines or Branches of Road, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the. Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Committee 
appointed to inquire into the administration of the 
Relief of the Poor under the orders and regulations 
issued by the Commissioners appointed under the 
provisions of the Poor Law Amendment Act; and 
who were empowered to report the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before them from time to time to the 
House ; That they had made further Progress in the 
matters to them referred; and had directed him to 
report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

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


Petitions from Hereford (Corporation) ;— Rhym- 
ney lronworks ;—- Feckenham ;— Deptford ;—Ilkes- 
ton (two Petitions);— Nottingham (Chairman of a 
Meeting) ;— Nottingham (Corporation); — Hexham 
(two Petitions) ;—Enniscorthy ;— Mayor of Neath ; 
— Norwich (Chairman of a Meeting) ;—and, Hawks- 
head ; praying for the abolition of the system of 
Negro Apprenticeship,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 
repairing the Roads from Luton to Westwood Gate, 
in the County of Bedford, and from Luton to Saint 
Albans, in the County of Hertford, for leave to bring 
in a Bill for continuing the term and powers of the 


14° Februari. 








A. 1838. 


said Act, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions from Bristol ;—Newcastle-upon- Tyne ; Municipal 
—Berwick-upon- Tweed ;—and, Derby; praying that p3)""*"* 
the Municipal Boundaries Bill may not pass into 
a law as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Harrietsham ;— Halsted ;—Seven- Vote by Ballot, 


oaks ;— Shoreham (Kent) ; — Sundridge ;— Otford ; 
— Chevening ;— Farningham ;— Margate ;—Stroud ; 
— Wolverhampton ; —- Cheltenham ; — Chard ; — 
Lady’s Island, Carne, and Saint Iberius ; — De- 
vizes ;— Martock ;— Jarrow, and other places ;— 
Cambridge ; — Huntingdon and Godmanchester ; 
—Howden Pans; — Exeter ; — Guisborough ; — 
Worcester (Chairman of a Meeting) ;— Drogheda ; 
—Peebles (Chairman of a Meeting) ; — Shrewsbury 
(three Petitions) ;— Cheltenham ;— Talley ;— Con- 
willgaio and Llanycrwys;—Llandilofaur, Llangathen 
and Llandybie ;— Llanfynydd ;— Saint Giles and 
Saint George, Bloomsbury ;—Markinch ;— Milton 
(Fife) ;—Anna ;— Andover ;—Philipstown and Kill- 
clonfert ;—Mullagh ;—Collumbkill ; - Lusk ;— Kill- 
yan and Kilroran,—and, Members of the National 
lrades Political Union of Dublin; praying for the 
adoption of Vote by Ballot at Elections of Members 
to serve in Parliament,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Derby (Corporation) ;—Commis- Poste. 

sioners of Supply for Fife (Chairman of a Meeting); 
— Nottingham (Corporation);—Liverpool East India 
Association (Chairman) ;—and, Liverpool American 
Chamber of Commerce (Chairman); praying for 
the establishment of a low uniform rate of Postage 
on Letters,—were presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Postage. 


A Petition of Inhabitants and Rate-payers of Poor Law 
Brenchley, praying the House to inquire into the 
working of the Poor Law Amendment Act, and 
make such alterations in it as shall seem fit, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 


Committee on the Poor Law Amendment Act. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Leslie, praying the Church of 
House to refuse all further endowments to the Es- °°" 
tablished Church of Scotland, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bolton-le-Moors, —— 
praying that the House will extend to all House-°”"®°"* 
holders the privilege of voting for Members of Par- 
liament, and that the duration of Parliaments may 
be limited to three years, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Wheatley, of Greenwich, Stage Stage Coach 
Coach Master, praying for the repeal of the Duty on ““™ 
Stage Coaches, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Rochford Union;—Ampthill Union; Rating of 
—and, Bath Union; praying that the Rating of 
Tenements Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Rating of Tenements. 

Petitions from the Chairman and Secretary of the 
Budleigh-Salterton Patriotic Association ;—Erping- 
ham Union ;—and, Warrington ; praying that the said 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were also presented, 
and read ; and referred to the said Select Committee. 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners, Master Sipps 
Mariners, Pilots and others interested in British 
and Foreign commerce, trading in or to the port of 
Southwold, praying the House to relieve the Pro- 
prietors of the Shipping Gazette from the postage 

on 


Tenements Bill. 


Cer 
Cri 


of 


— ™ ke 








ot, 


Central 
Criminal Court. 


Bishoprick 
of Sodor and 
Mann. 


Church 
Property 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
Act. 


Municipal 
Corporations 


(Ireland) Bill. 


1 Vicroriz. 


on Letters containing shipping and commercial in- 
telligence only, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


. A Petition of Parishioners of Loughton, praying 
that that parish may be included within the juris- 
diction of the Central Criminal Court, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Archdeacon and Clergy of the 
Archdeaconry of Dorset ;—Clergy of the Arch- 
deaconry of Berks ;—and, Dunechurch ; praying that 
the Bishoprick of Sodor and Mann may not be 
annexed to the See of Carlisle,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Fellows and Scholars 
of the College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity 
of Queen Elizabeth, near Dublin, praying that the 
Church Property (Jreland) Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Poole, praying that 
the Municipal Corporations Act may be so amended 
as to render it imperative upon town councils of 
Boroughs to separate the Borough Rate from the 
Poor’s Rate, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Killyan and Kilroran ;—Anna ; 
—Mullagh ; Members of the National Trades’ 
Political Union of Dublin ;—Collumbkill ;—Lusk ; 


14° Februariz. 


275 


Mr. Cayley, from the Select Committee appointed Longford 
to try and determine the merits of the Petition of Comty 


Barry Fox, and others, whose names are thereunto 
subscribed, claiming to have had a right to vote at 
the last Election of Knights of the Shire for the 
County of Longford, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the said County, informed 
the House, That the Committee had determined, 

That Luke White and Henry White, Esquires, 
are duly elected Knights of the Shire for the said 
County of Longford: 

That the Petition of Barry Fox, and others, did 
not appear to the said Committee to be frivolous or 
vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not 
appear to the said Committee to be frivolous or 
vexatious : 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Mr. Cayley also informed the House, That the 
Committee had unanimously come to the following 
Resolution ; 

Resolved, That the Committee, at the same time 
that they feel the fullest confidence in the legality 
and justice of their own judgment upon the power 
of Committees of the House of Commons to open 
the Register in Ireland, cannot but regret the con- 
flicting decisions of previous Committees upon that 
question ; they therefore beg to call the particular 
attention of the House to the subject, in the strong 
hope that it will direct its early attention toa matter 
of such pressing importance. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


—Philipstown and Killclonfert ; — Clonmore ; — 
Taghmon ;—and, Lady’s Island, Carne and Saint 
Iberius ; praying that the Municipal Corporations 


A Petition of James Adam Gordon, Esquire, Lord Saint George 
of the Manor of the parish of Easton, in Gordano, (Somerset) 


Inclosure. 


Distress. 


Foreign Grain. 


Tithes 
(Ireland.) 


Salmon 


(Ireland) Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Liverpool East 
India Association, praying the House to inquire into 
the causes of the late pressure on the commerce of 
the country, with a view to prevent the recurrence of 
such evils in future, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Corn Millers, Merchants and Fac- 
tors, praying the House to pass an Act to permit 
Foreign Grain in Bond in this Country to be ground 
for Exportation, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Killyan and Kilroran ;—Mullagh ; 
— Dublin ;— Kildare ;— Anna ;— Kilclooney ;— Col- 
lumbhill ;—Philipstown and Killclonfert ;—Lush ; 
— Kilkenny ; — Saint John’s, Kilkenny ; — Saint 
Canice, Kilkenny ;—Buiounat and Templetoher ;— 
Saint Patrick, Kilkenny ;—Lower Cregan;—and, 
Saint Mary’s, Kilkenny; praying for the abolition 
of Tithes mn Jreland,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Fishermen of the counties of Kil- 


otherwise Saint George, in the county of Somerset, 
and of Owners of estates, lands and grounds within 
the said parish, for leave to bring in a Bill for di- 
viding, alloting and inclosing divers Commons, Com- 
monable Lands, Common Fields, Moors and Waste 
Lands within the said parish, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and town- Blackburn Gas. 


ship of Blackburn, in the parish of Blackburn, in 
the county palatine of Lancaster, for leave to bring 
in a Bill for lighting the said town with Gas, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the several Persons whose names South Australia 
are thereunto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill Colonization. 


for establishing a Company for the purpose of pur- 
chasing and renting Land within the Colony of South 
Australia, and of erecting Wharfs, Warehouses, 
Dwelling-houses and other Buildings upon part of 
the same, and of letting the same to Colonists, or 
otherwise disposing thereof, and for the Improvement 
and Cultivation of other parts of the said Land, and 
for other purposes, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 


Private Bills. 


A Petition of Daniel Edward Stephens, of Man- poor taw 
chester Buildings, Westminster, and of Chingford, Amendment 
Gentleman, praying that the Poor Law Amendment 4° 


Fisheries 


(Ireland.) kenny and Tipperary, praying the House to pass an 


Act for the better protection of the Salmon Fisheries 
of Ireland, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 


Marine 
Insurance. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill. 


lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners and Traders 
of the town of Wexford, prying for the repeal of 
the Duty on Policies of Marme Insurance, was 
tn and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders, Citizens and 
Inhabitants of the city of Dublin, praying that the 
Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill may not pass into a law 
as it now stands, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vou. 93, 





Act may not be repealed, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on the Poor 
Law Amendment Act. 


A Petition of Mathew D’ Arcy Talbot, a Claimant French Claims. 


on the fund provided by France for compensating 
British subjects for losses sustained by the seques- 
tration and confiscation of their property in that 
country in 1793, complaining of his claim not having 
been fully liquidated, and praying that the same 
may be investigated by a Committee of the House, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 
Ordered, That the Petition be printed. ; 
NN 2 











Sligo Borough 
Election. . 


Cork Sessions 
Bill. 


Church 
Property 
(Ireland) Bill.: 


Grand Jury 
Presentments 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Custody of 
Infants Bill. 


276 


The Order of the day being read, for hearing, at 
the bar of the House, the matter of the complaint 
contained in the Petition of John Patrick Somers, 
Esquire, a Member of this House, which was pre- 
sented upon Monday last, stating that the names 
subscribed to the Petition against his Return for the 
a of Sligo are forgeries ; 


otion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the said Order be discharged ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. waa § 128 

Yeas, | Mr. Horsman : } , 

Tellers for the ( Colonel Perceval, } 142 

Noes, i Mr. Serjeant Jachson : . 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Then the House proceeded to take the said matter 
of complaint into consideration. 

And Michael Gallagher and John Moffatt attend- 
ing, according to Order, were severally called in; 
and at the bar examined in relation to the alle- 
gations of the Petition :—And then they were di- 
rected to withdraw. 

Resolved, That the allegations contained in the 
Petition of John Patrick Somers, Esquire, have not 
been sustained by the Evidence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Cork Sessions Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
Prapowes That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

he Amendments following were proposed to be 

made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question to add the 
words “ upon Wednesday next.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 
peer Amendment and Motion were severally, with 
eave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday, the 7th day of March next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Church Property (ZJreland) Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

he Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now”’ 
stand part of the Question :—It passed in the Ne- 
gative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day six months” be added at the end 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day six months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Grand Jury Presentments (Jreland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Custody of Infants Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 
posed Amendment was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


14°—15° Februariz. 








A. 1838. 


Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time : 
—The Bill was accordingly read a second time; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Medical 
reading of the Medical Charities (Ireland) Bill; Charities 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon ‘**!#"4) Bil. 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Controverted 
further consideration the Report on the Controverted Elections Bill 
Elections Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Common Fields . 


Improvement 


mittee on the Common Fields Improvement Bill ; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Exchequer Bills Bill was, according to Order, Exchequer Bills 
read a second time ; and committed to a Committee (Sot Le 1B1750&gt;) 
ill. 
of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The Transfer of Aids Bill was, according to Order, Transfer of 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee Ais Bill. 
of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Malta. 
command,—Copies or Extracts of Reports of the 
Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Affairs 
of the Island of Malta, and of Correspondence there- 
upon (Part 1.) 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Jovis, 15° die Februarii ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


T HE hour appointed for taking into considera- Sligo Borough, 
tion the Petition of John Wood, James Winter- ona ee . 
scale and Robert George Tyler, all of Sligo, in the 
county of Sligo, Esquires, Electors of the Borough 
of Sligo, in that part of the United Kingdom of * 
Great Britain and Ireland called Ireland, on behalf 
of themselves and others claiming a right to vote, 
and who voted and were entitled to vote, at the 
Election of a Member to serve in Parliament for 
the said Borough of Sligo, held on the Second day 
of August One thousand eight hundred and thirty- 
seven, complaining of an Bhs Election and Return 
for the said borough, being come ; 
Mr. Speaker took the Chair. 
The Serjeant at Arms was sent with the Mace to 
the places adjacent, to require the attendance of the 
Members on the business of the House; and being 
returned ; 


The Clerk of the Crown attending, according to Petersfield 
Order, amended the Return for the Borough of ®«“™- 
Petersfield. 

A Member was sworn. 

Then the House was counted by Mr. Speaker; 
and Three hundred and forty-two Members being 


present ; 
And 


Sligo 
Elect 


Elec 


E| 


-— eae 





Sligo Boro ugh 
Election. 


Ids, 


Bristol City 
Election. 


ills 


0) 


Roxburghshire 
Electiou, 


Dean Head 
( Huddersfield) 


Reservoir, 


Cookham 
Bridge, 


1 Vicroriz. 15° Februari. 977 


And the Petition of Henry Bush, Joseph Cookson 
and Charles Payne, of the parish of Clifton, in the 
city and county of Bristol, Electors of the said city 
and county, claiming a right to vote for Members 
to serve in Parliament for the said city and county, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the said city, being also ordered to be taken into 
consideration upon this day ; 

The several Parties, their counsel and agents, 
were called in. 


And the door being locked ; 

The Order of the day, for taking into considera- 
tion the said Petition, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the eS of Sligo, was 
read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn, and 
read, in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was 
completed :—And Lists of the said names were de- 
livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 
mittee on the Sligo Borough Election ; and then the 
door was opened, and the parties, their counsel and 
agents, withdrew. 


And the door being again locked ; 

The Order of the day, for taking into considera- 
tion the said Petition, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the City of Bristol, was 
read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn, and 
read, in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was 
completed :—And Lists of the said names were de- 
livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 
mittee on the Bristol Ely Election; and then the 
door was opened, and the parties, their counsel and 
agents, withdrew. 


The Lord Advocate, from the Select Committee 
appointed to try and determine the merits of the 
Petition of the Honourable Francis Scott, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Shire 
of Roxburgh, informed the House, That the Com- 
mittee met this morning, pursuant to their adjourn- 
ment of yesterday, when they received a Letter 
from Mr. James Duff (one of the Members of the 
said Committee), stating that he was prevented by 
illness from attending the said Committee ; and that 
the Committee then adjourned till To-morrow morn- 
ing at eleven of the clock. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of mills or 
factories in the townships of Scammonden, Barhis- 
land, Stainland and Elland-cum-Greetland, in the 
parishes of Huddersfield and Halifax, in the west 
riding of the county of York, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for making and maintaining a Reservoir or Re- 
servoirs, and an Embankment or Embankments, 
with all proper works and conveniences across the 
stream or fall of water called the Blackbourne, at 
Dunhead, in the township of Scammonden and parish 
of Huddersfield, in the west riding of the county of 
York, for the purpose of affording a more regular and 
better supply of Water to the Mills, Factories and 
other premises situated below the site or sites of the 
said intended Reservoir or Reservoirs, or adjoining 
thereto, was presented, and read ; and referred to 


the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of property 
within the parishes of Cookham and Wooburn, or the 
neighbourhood thereof, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for building a Bridge across the River Thames from 
the parish of Cookham, in the county of Berks, to 
the parish of Wooburn, in the county of Bucks, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 

VoL. 93. 





A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for Leeds and 
repairing and maintaining the Road from Quebec, in —— 
the Parish of Leeds, in the West Riding of the County Road. 
of York, to Homefield Lane End, in the same Parish, 
with a Bridge or Bridges on the line of such Road, 
so far as the same relates to the Leeds and Home- 
field Lane End district of Road, for leave to brin 
in a Bill for continuing the term, and amending an 
enlarging the powers and provisions of the said Act, 
so far as relates to the said district of Road, and 
for increasing or altering the Tolls, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of James Sers, an Owner or Proprietor Holbeach and 
of lands in the parishes of Holbeach and Gedney, Gedney 
or one of them, in the county of Lincoln, for leave to eds 
bring in a Bill for extending and enlarging the powers 
of an Act passed in the fourth year of the reign of 
his late Majesty, for embanking, draining and other- 
wise improving Lands in the Parishes of Holbeach and 
Gedney, in the County of Lincoln, and for enabling 
the Commissioner named in the said Act to raise 
a further Sum of Money by an additional Acre-rate 
or Tax, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions from Henry Dunlop, Lord Provost of Edinburgh 
Glasgow ;—Merchants, Bankers and others of Kil- —— 
marnock ;— Hamilton ; — Provost, Magistrates and 
Town Council of Stirling ;—Magistrates and Town 
Council of Selkirk ;— Glasgow ;--Merchants, Bankers 
and Inhabitants of Stirling; — Greenock ;—Bankers, 
Merchants, Manufacturers and Inhabitants of Pais- 
ley ;— Provost, Magistrates and Town Council of 
Ayr ;— Greenoch ;— Forfar ;— Chancellor, Magis- 
trates and Council of Prestwick ;—Merchants, Ma- 
nufacturers and Inhabitants of Cupar ;— Falkirk ;— 
Merchants’ Company of Ayr ;—and, Deacon, Con- 
vener and Representatives of Incorporated Trades 
of Ayr; taking notice of the application for the 
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill; and pray- 
ing that such Bill may pass into a law, —were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Institution called Refuge for the 
The Refuge for the Destitute, for leave to bring in col 
a Bill for incorporating the Subscribers to the said sais 
Institution, and for the better enabling them to carry 
on their Charitable Designs, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


A Petition of James Mills, was presented, and London and 
read ; setting forth, That the interest of the Peti- _— ” 
tioner, and also of a numerous class of Subscribers, ~"'“*? ““* 
has been greatly injured by an Act, which was 
hastily passed at the close of the last Session of 
Parliament, intituled, “ An Act for making a Railway 
from the London and Croydon Railway to Brighton;” 
that it is alleged in the Preainble of the said Act, 
and which was the principal inducement to Parlia- 
ment for passing the same, that the parties pro- 
moting the projected Line from the Oval at Kenning- 
ton, through Shoreham, to Brighton, without a tunnel, 
had agreed, under the sanction of Parliament, to 
unite with the promoters of the four other Lines in 
carrying into effect the Line sanctioned by the said 
Act; that the Petitioner most respectfully assures 
the House, that this allegation, which must have 
been introduced into the said Act by oversight, or 
by wilful misrepresentation made to the Committee 
of the House, is totally untrue; that the Petitioner 
is prepared to prove to the House, that of the three 
hundred subscribers to the Parliamentary Contract 
to the last-mentioned Line, and of the seven Pro- 
visional Committee-men entrusted by their sub- 
scribers with the management of their affairs, not 
one single individual had consented to such an 

NN3 arrangement ; 








978 


-arrangement; that to compel a large body of sub- 


Severn 
Navigation, 


(No. 1.) 


Aylesbury 
and Thame 
Road. 


Blackheath, &amp;c. 
Small Debts, 


Taw Vale 
Railway and 


Dock. 


Paington 
Harbour Bill. 


scribers by an Act of Parliament, without their con- 
sent, to unite in an undertaking which the Petitioner 
sincerely believes will be found, if proceeded in, to 
be ruinous to the promoters, unavailable to the 
public for every useful purpose, and eventually aban- 
doned as impracticable, would be a species of arbi- 
trary and unjust legislation, forming the very anti- 
podes to the position and character of the British 
Parliament ; and praying the House to appoint a 
Select Committee to inquire into the correctness of 
the allegations of this Petition, and that the Peti- 
tioner may be allowed to produce evidence in support 
thereof, and that the Committee may report thereon 
to the House, in the fullest reliance that the House 
will repeal the Preamble of the said Act, and allow 
the Subscribers to the said Line of Railway, who 
have deposited the Plans and Sections, in conformity 
to the Standing Orders of the House, for bringing 
their Line before the House during the present Ses- 
sion of Parliament, to proceed therein. 

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


A Petition of Merchants, Traders and Inhabitants 
of the city of Worcester, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for improving the Navigation of the River Severn, 
from the Lower Parting,in the county of Gloucester, 
to the city of Worcester, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 
repairing the Road from Aylesbury, in the county 
of Buckingham, to Thame, in the county of Oxford, 
and the Roads leading from the town of Thame to 
Shillingford, Postcomb and Bicester, in the said 
county of Oxford, for leave to brmg in a Bill for 
continuing the term, and altering and enlarging the 
powers of the said Act, for altering, varying or in- 
creasing the Tolls, and for making and maintaining 
several new lines or branches of Road, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Commissioners of the Court for the 
Recovery of Small Debts within the hundreds of 
Blackheath, Bromley, Beckenham, Rokesley, other- 
wise Ruxley and Little and Lessness, in the county 
of Kent, and within the hundred of Wallington, in 
the county of Surrey, and also of Inhabitants in or 
near the said hundred, or some of them, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for altermg, amending and en- 
larging the powers and provisions of the several 
Acts for the recovery of Small Debts within the 
said hundreds, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of property 
in the neighbourhood of, and Subscribers to, the 
railway and dock hereinafter mentioned, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for making and maintaining a 
Railway commencing at Penhill, in the parish of 
Fremington, in the county of Devon, extending from 
thence along the valley of the River Taw, and ter- 
minating at or near Barnstaple Bridge, in the same 
county ; and alsoa Dock or Docks at Penhill and 
Fremington Pill, in the parish of Fremington afore- 
said, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Paington Harbour Bill; and to whom 
two Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; 
That no one appeared in support of the said Peti- 
tions, and that the Committee had examined the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 


15° Februarz. 

















A. 1838: 


And the House being informed, that other Amend- 
ments are necessary to be made to the Bill :—The 
Bill was re-committed to the former Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit 
and proceed, and to make their Report upon Mon- 
day next. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for Wortley, 

repairing and maintaining the Road from Quebec, in ane eA 
the Parish of Leeds, in the West Riding of the “"*) “™ 
County of York, to Homefield-lane End, in the same 
Parish, with a Bridge or Bridges on the line of such 
Road, so far as the same ot to the Wortley, 
Armley and Bramley district of road, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for continuing the term and amend- 
ing and enlarging the powers and provisions of the 
said Act, so far as relates to the said district of 
road, and for increasing or altering the Tolls, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Notti 
Field 
Inclo 


Con 


A Petition of George Heath, ah Serjeant- Middlesex Ros 
] 


at-Law, for leave to bring in a Bill for extending Coty Cou, 
the jurisdiction of the County Court of Middlesex, 

in relation to the more easy and speedy recovery of 

Small Debts, to debts or damages not exceeding 

Ten pounds, was presented, and read ; and referred 

to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 

Bills. 


A Petition of the Saint Helen’s and Runcorn Gap St. Helen's 

Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for = ium 

. . . ap Railway. 
altermg, amending and enlarging the powers and 
provisions of the several Acts relating to the said 
Railway, and for enabling the Company to raise 
a further Sum of Money, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


ae 


A Petition of the Bolton and Preston Railway Bolton and 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for altering, Preston Ral 
amending, extending and enlarging the powers and “” 
provisions of the Act for making the said Railway, 
and for making and maintaining several Branch 
Railways to be connected therewith, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 

A Petition of Subscribers to the Society or Com- Natiousl Lom 
pany hereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in wee 
a Bill for enabling the National Loan Fund Life gociety. 
Assurance Society to sue and be sued in the name 
of the secretary, chairman, or of any one of the 
directors of the said Company, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Vestrymen, or other Inhabitant Ssint Pancms 
Householders of the parish of Saint Pancras, in the °*“"* 
county of Middlesex, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
consolidating, amending and enlarging the powers 
and provisions of the several Acts for paving, re- 
pairing, lighting, watering, cleansing, and otherwise 
regulating and improving the several streets, squares, 
crescents, circuses, gardens, ways, passages, courts 
and places within the said parish of Saint Pancras, 
and for placing the same under the care, manage- 
ment and control of the Vestry of the said parish, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The counsel and agents, in the case of the Sligo Sligo Boroug! 
Borough Election, being returned to the bar, the Plecwo 
Clerk appointed to attend the said Committee de- 
livered im to the House a reduced List, and the same 
was called over, as followeth ; 

Thomas Bewes, Esquire, George Henry Dashwood, 

Esquire, Francis Aglionby, Esquire, the honourable 
Thomas Dundas, Richard Monckton Milnes, Esquire, 
Lord Russell, Sir Hugh Purves Hume Campbell, 


Baronet, 





nd 
Road, 


Nottingham 
Fields 
Inclosure. 


Combmartin 


« Roads. 
ourt, 


s 
orn 
Nay. Southmolton 


Road. 


a 
r 


Coventry and 


Wolvey Road. 


Loan 


Dean Forest 
ds, 


cras 


London 


Grand Junction 


al way, 


ugh 


Liverpool 
ator 


&gt;, 
aSsac 
age, 


1 VicToRiz. 


Baronet, Sir Richard Bulkeley Philipps Philipps, 
Baronet, John Parker, Esquire, George Houstoun, 
Esquire, and Rowland Alston, Esquire. 

And the said eleven Members being the Select 
Committee for trymg the merits of the Petition 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Sligo, were sworn by the Clerk at 
the Table, in the usual manner, and thereupon the 
counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


A Petition of Owners and Proprietors of the lands 
hereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for dividing, allotting and inclosing certain Open 
Fields situate in the parish of Saint Mary, in the 
town of Nottingham, and exonerating the same from 
Tithes, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Owners or Proprietors of land, or 
Residents in the neighbourhood of the places here- 
inafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
making and maintaining a new Turnpike Road from 
Combmartin, in the county of Devon, to Mockham 
Gate on Bratton Down, in the parish of Bratton 
Fleming, in the said county, and several other new 
Roads branching and diverging from and out of the 
same, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts for 
repairing, widening and rendering safe and commo- 
dious several Roads leading from the town of South- 
molton, in the county of Devon, for leave to bring in 
a Bill for continuing the term, and altering, amend- 
ing and enlarging the powers and provisions of the 
said Acts, for varying or increasing the Tolls, and 
for making and maintaining several new lines or 
branches of Road, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 
repairing the Road from the city of Coventry to the 
Rugby Turnpike Road, in the parish of Wolvey, in 
the county of Warwick, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for continuing the term, and altering and enlarging 
the powers of the said Act, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Acts for 
more effectually repairing certain Roads in and 
through the Forest of Dean, in the county of Glou- 
cester, and for making and repairing certain new 
lines of Road in and adjoining the said Forest, and 
for converting certain Highways therein mentioned 
into Turnpike, for leave to bring in a Bill for con- 
tinuing the term and powers of the said Act, for vary- 
ing, altering or increasing the Tolls, and for making 
and maintaining certain new lines of Road, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Zondon Grand Junction Rail- 
way Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for alter- 
ing, amending, explaining and enlarging the powers 
and provisions of the Act for making the said Rail- 
way, and for extending the time limited by the said 
Act for the purchase of lands, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the Borough of Liverpool, for leave to bring 
in a Bill for altering; extending, amending and con- 


15° Februari. 


279 
Borough; and also -the several Acts relating to 
lighting, watching and cleansing the streets, and 
other places within the said Borough, and for the 
establishment of a Fire Police, and otherwise im- 
proving the said Borough, was presented, and read; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


Petitions from, Manchester ;—Merthyr Tydfil ;— Vote by Ballot. 


Camberwell ;—Stamford ;—- Saint James, Westmin- 
ster ;—Greenwich ;—Long Preston ;-- Dumfries‘and 
Maszwelltown; — Mooncoin; — Newport (Isle of 
Wight); — Cardiff; — Holywell ;— Willingford ;— 
Saint Asaph and Rhyddland ;—Carrigeen ;— Lis- 
downey ;—Tubrid (two Petitions) ;— Twllaroan;— 
Clithero ;—Bristol ;— Haddington ;— Blairgowrie ; 
Lincoln ;— Wigan ;— Leith ;— Newbottle ;— Steeple 
Aston;— Souldern ; — Kirtlington ;— Fritwell — 
Auchterarder (Chairman of a Meeting) ;—Ports- 
mouth ;— Bridport (Chairman of a Meeting) — 
Gainsborough ; — Ryde; — Hertford ;.— Bury ;— 
Stockport ;— Maidstone ;— Beardstead, and other 
places ; — Currey Mallet ; — Lyng ; — Dunster ; — 
Huntspill;— East Coker ;—Barwich ;— West Coker; 
— Hardington Mandeville ;— South Petherton ;— 
Yeovil ;— East Chineock ;—Othery ;--Middlezoy ; 
— Woolavington ; — Stogursey ;— Otterhampton ;— 
Durleigh ;—Pawlett ;—-Wembdon ;— Eddington ;— 
Cossington ;— Talachddu and Llandefalley ;—Can- 
nington ;— Cornwall, (Eastern Division) (three Pe- 
titions) ;—Burslem and Tunstall ;— Ipswich (Saint 
Clement's Ward);—Bishop’s Stortford ;— Strath- 
aven (Members of the Reform Association);—or- 
thampton; — Highgate ;— Bury Saint Edmunda’s ;— 
Kilburn and Willesden ;— Norwich ;— Tavistock ;— 
Portmadoc (Protestant Dissenters) ;— Warwick ;— 
Kilmarnock ;—Cupar (two Petitions) ;— Canterbury; 
— Charles Tennant, Preses of the Reform Associa- 
tion of Glasgow ;—East Linton ;— Peterborough ;— 
Dwygyfylchi ;-— Flint ;—Carberry and Dunforth; 
Trowbridge ; — Ellesmere ;— Swords ;—Frome Sel- 
wood; — Harwich ; — Richmond ( York);— Oxford- 
shire (two Petitions);—Abdy and Denbag ;—All 
Saints, South Eltham ;— Bungay ;—Chairman and Se- 
cretary of the Budleigh Salterton Patriotic Associa- 
tion ;— Mitford and Launditch ;— Ripon ;—Fair- 
ford ;—Mold ;— Bolton-le-Moors ;— Berwich-upon- 
Tweed ;— Epping and Harlow ;—Great Marlow ;— 
Glasgow ;— Chelmsford ;—Pendre Chapel, Carnar- 
von ; — Taunton ;— Bridgwater ;—Sampford Cour- 
tenay ;— Honey Church ; — Honiton ;— Witney ;— 
Highampton ; —- Chipping Norton ;— Bicester ; — 
Heathe;—Ballygarret ;—Launton ;— Kiimallock ;— 
Devonport and East Stonehouse ; — Helston ;—-Sion 
Chapel, Conway, and Henryd Chapel, Llangelynin ; 
— Islip; — Oddington;— Fencot and Murcot ;— 
Guildford ;-- Aylesbury ;— Marsh ; —and, Gibbon ; 
praying for the adoption of Vote by Ballot at Elec- 
tions of Members to serve in Parliament,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Colchester ;— Wakefield ; — the Vote by Ballot, 
Chairman of the Ipswich Working Men’s Association; &amp;c. 


—Members of the Braintree and Bocking Working 
Men’s Association; — Abernethy ; — Carshalton ;— 
Isham and Burton Latimer ;—and, Norwich; pray- 
ing for the adoption of Vote by Ballot, and Universal 
Suffrage at Elections of Members to seive in Par- 
liament, and that the Property Qualification of 
Members may be dispensed with,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Colne, praying for Vote by Ballot, 


the adoption of Vote by Ballot, and Universal suf- &amp;¢. 
frage, at Elections of Members to serve in Parlia- 
ment; and that the duration of Parliaments may 
be limited to three years, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


solidating the powers and provisions of the several 


Acts relating to the Court of Passage of the said 
Vox. 93. . 


Petitions from Taghmon;— Kilcarha and other Vote by Ballot, 
places ; — Enniscorthy ; — Monasterevan and other &amp;* 
NN4 places ; 














Universal 
Suffrage. 


Vote by Ballot. 


Corn Laws. 


Negro Appren- 
ticeship. 


Lower Canada. 


Church of 
Scotland. 


Bristol City 
Election, 


Roxburghshire 
Electicn, 





280 15°—16° Februariz. A. 1838. 


places ;—Saint John, Kilkenny ;—Saint Mary, Kil- 
kenny ;—Saint Canice, Kilkenny ;—Saint Patrick, 
Kilkenny ; — Dunlavin ; — Wemyss ; — Carnew ; — 
Rawreth ;—Stirling ;—Southwark (Chairman of a 
Meeting) ;-— Kilshunane and other places ;—Tar- 
bert ;—Clonmore ;—and, Kileredan and Kilmacdo- 
nough; praying for the adoption of Vote by Ballot 
at Elections of Members to serve in Parliament, and 
that the duration of Parliaments may be limited to 
three years,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Working Men’s 
Association and others of Rawreth, praying for the 
adoption of Universal Suffrage at Elections of Mem- 
bers to serve in Parliament, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
habitants of Hertford, praying that the House will 
not sanction Vote by Ballot at Elections of Members 
to serve in Parliament, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Zong Preston, pray- 
ing for the repeal of the Corn Laws, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Clare, in the county 
of Suffolk, praying for the abolition of the system 
of Negro Apprenticeship, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Working Men’s 
Association, and other Inhabitants of Braintree and 
Bocking, praying the House to refuse their sanction 
to the war now prosecuted by Her Majesty’s Go- 
vernment in Lower Canada, and to redress the 
grievances of which the Inhabitants of that Province 
complain, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Wigtown;—and, Abernethy ; pray- 
ing the House to refuse their sanction to any further 
endowments to the Established Church of Scotland, 


—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


The counsel and agents, in the case of the Bristol 


City Election being returned to the bar, the Clerk 
appointed to attend the said Committee delivered 
in to the House a reduced List; and the same was 
called over as followeth ; 

Nicholas Ball, Esquire, the Right honourable 
Charles Tenyson D’ Eyncourt, William Curry, Es- 
quire, Edward Stanley, Esquire, William Gibson 
Craig, Esquire, George Wilbraham, Esquire, Thomas 
Marsland, Esquire, Sir Charles Henry Coote, Baro- 
net, Ralph Etwall, Esquire, William Bird Brodie, 
Esquire, and Charles Wood, Esquire. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Petition 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the City of Bristol, were sworn by the Clerk at the 
Table in the usual manner; and thereupon the 
counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


The House being informed that Mr. M‘Cann, a 
Surgeon, attended at the door, who could give the 
House information respecting the state of Mr. Duff’s 
health, he was called in, and at the bar examined 
upon oath in relation thereto:—And then he was 
directed to withdraw. 

Ordered, That Mr. Duff be excused for not at- 
tending the Roxburghshire Election Committee this 
day, and have leave to absent himself from any 
further attendance on the said Committee. 





A Petition of Inhabitants, Owners and Occupiers Portsmouth 
of property in the several towns of Portsmouth, *!tingBridy, 
Portsea and Gosport, and the neighbourhood thereof 
respectively, for leave to bring in a Bill for con- 
structing and maintaining a Floating Bridge, to- 
gether with all necessary works, roads, avenues 
and approaches thereto over and across the Har- 
bour of Portsmouth, in the county of Southampton, 
to connect the towns and woe dha of Portsmouth 
and Portsea with the town of Gosport and the 
parish of Alverstoke, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees and Directors for managing Protestant 
the Concerns of the Protestant Dissenters’ and Ge- Dissenters 
neral Life and Fire Assurance Company, for leave enone 
to bring in a Bill for enabling them to sue and be a 
sued in the name of their Chairman, Secretary or 
some other public Officer, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 

% 

Mr. Freshfield reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the Petitions. 
Petitions presented on the 12th and 13th days of 
this instant February; and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Vote by Ballo. 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
taking the Votes of Parliamentary Electors by way 
of Ballot ; 


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


Veneris, 16° die Februarii, 1838: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


1 lew Mr. Grote, 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Ward. } 198. 


F Lord Seymour, 
Tellers forthe Noes, Se Wernen Matth: \ sas. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, East Indie 
Copies of any Memorials presented to the Court of Company- 
Directors of the East India Company, or to the 
Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, 
by any Inhabitants of the Presidencies of Bengal 
and Madras, against the Act No. XI. of 1836, 
passed by the Legislative Council of India; to- 
gether with Copies of any Replies thereto, given by 
the said Court and Board respectively, to the Peti- 
tioners, or their Agents ; and Copies of any Des- 

atch or Despatches from the said Gourt of Directors 
to the Indian Government, relating to the said Act, 
or sanctioning the same :—and, of all Memorials, Pe- 
titions and Letters addressed to the Government of 
India by any Inhabitants of Bengal or Madras 
upon the subject of such Act, or proposed Act, 
before the same was passed, og afterwards; and the 
Correspondence thereon between the said Govern- 
ment of India and any of the Parties to such Me- 
morials, Petitions or Letters. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Prisoners. 
to Her Majesty, That She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Prisoners in the 
Calendar of the last Epiphany Quarter Sessions in 
England and Wales for Trial and the Number of 
those whose Offences, if found guilty, would have 
rendered them liable to a longer Transportation than 


Seven years. 
Ordered, 


Qui 
Me! 


Co 
of | 





uth 


4 Bridge, 


«8a &amp; 


Ballot, 


1 Vicrortz. 


Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Qualification of | " t 
Members Bill. mittee on the Qualification of Members Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday, 

the 27th day of this instant February, resolve itself 


into the said Committee. 


Combination The Order of the day being read, for nominating 
of Workmen. the Select Committee on Combination of Workmen ; 
Ordered, That the Committee be nominated upon 

Monday next. 
Waterford Mr. Bernal reported the Waterford House of In- 
i. dustry Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 


agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


Controverted The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Elections Bill further consideration the Report on the Controverted 
Elections Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday, the 7th day of 
March next. 


Exchequer Bills The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
(€.11413,750.) into a Committee upon the Exchequer Bills Bill; 
— and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 

resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, ‘That 


the Committee had gone through the Bill, and | 


made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Transfer of 


psig The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
ids Bill. 


into a Committee upon the Transfer of Aids Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Fleetwood 
Tontine. 


A Petition of Promoters of an Undertaking, to 
be called “ The Fleetwood Tontine,” for the purpose 
of building houses and other works at Fleetwood, 
in the township of Thornton, in the parish of Poulton, 
in the county palatine of Lancaster, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for uniting the Petitioners into a 
Company on the principle of Tontine, for the better 
enabling them to carry into effect the purposes 
aforesaid, was presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after two of the clock 
on Friday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Veneris, 16° die Februarii; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 
PRAYERS. 


PETITION of Merchants, Manufacturers, 

and other Inhabitants of Kilbarchan, and ad- 

joining places, taking notice of the application for 

the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bull, and pray- 

ing that such Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 

sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town and neigh- 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 


Railway. 


Leamington 
Priors Gas. 


Warwick, for leave to bring in a Bill for lighting 
the said town and neighbourhood with Gas, was 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 

Leamington 


tiors I mprove- 
Ment, 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the 
Act for paving or flagging, lighting, cleansing, 
Vou. 93. 


15°—16° Februari. 


Ordered, That the said Address be presented to | 











281 


watching, regulating and improving the town of 
Leamington Priors, in the county of Warwick, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for amending and enlarg- 
ing the powers of the said Act, and for enabling the 
said Commissioners to borrow further Sums of 
Money for further improving the said town, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners, Coal-owners Tyne Dock. 
and others interested in the trade of the port of Vew- 
castle-upon-Tyne, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
constructing a Dock, with suitable Works and Con- 
veniencies at or near to Jarrow Slake, upon or 
within the River Tyne, and adjoining the same, in 
the parishes of Jarrow and Monkwearmouth, in the 
county of Durham, and Saint Nicholas, in the 
town and county of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, or some 
or one of them, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 


A Petition ofthe Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Sudbury 
of the borough of Sudbury, and of Owners of certain Town Lands. 
lands in the said borough, which are subject to cer- 
tain rights of shackage and common thereon, and 
of several of the Freemen or Burgesses exercising 
such rights, for leave to bring in a Bill for extin- 
guishing the Rights of Shackage and Common, in, 
over and upon the said Lands, and for laying out the 
Money arising therefrom in the purchase of other 
Lands for the benefit of the Burgesses having the 
Rights so to be extinguished, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Peti- 
tions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the Sudbury 
Act for paving, lighting, cleansing, watching, water- a 
ing and improving the Town and Borough of Sud- 00 MProvs 
bury, in the county of Suffolk, for leave to bring in 
a Bill to amend and enlarge the powers and pro- 
visions of the said Act, for making further Improve- 
ments in the said town, for increasing or altering 
the existing Rates, and for better supplying the said 
town with Water, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Governor, Deputy Governor, Sudbury 
Assistants and Guardians of the Poor of the town Poor Rates. 
of Sudbury, for leave to bring ma Bill for altering 
and amending an Act of the first year of the reign 
of Queen Anne, for erecting Hospitals and Work- 
houses within the Town of Sudbury, in the County 
of Suffolk, for the better employing and maintain- 
ing the Poor thereof, and for better assessing the 
Rates for the relief and maintenance of the Poor of 
the said town, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the gevern 
Worcester and Birmingham Canal Navigation, for Navigation 
leave to bring in a Bill for improving the Navigation (N® 2+) 
of the River Severn, between Gloucester and Wor- 
cester, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


General Arbuthnott presented a Bill for more Dee Bridge 
effectually repairing, and keeping in repair, certain Roads Bill. 
Roads in the County of Kincardine: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 


bourhood of Leamington Priors, in the county of | second time. 


A Petition of the Hartlepool Dock and Railway Hartlepoo! 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for explaining, Dock and 
altering and amending the powers and provisions of ®#!™*y- 
the several Acts relating to the said Dock and 
Railway, and for enabling the said Company to 
raise a further Sum of Money, was presented, and 

00 read ; 








British Pledge 
Society. 


Oakham, &amp;c. 
Small Debts 
Bill. 


Deal Pier. 


Birmingham 
Equitable Gas. 


Lower King’s 
Ferry Ruads. 


Haleworthy 
Roads Bill. 


Islington 
(Angel Place) 
Buildings. 


Vauxhall 
Gardens 
Lottery. 


282 


read; and referred to the Select Committee on Peti- 
tions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the several Persons whose Names 
are thereunto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for establishing a Company for the purpose of lend- 
ing Money on Pledges at a lower rate of Interest 
than that which is now allowed by law to be charged, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Oakham, &amp;c. Small Debts Bill was read a 
second time; and committed to Mr. Heathcote and 


the Rutland List. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Undertaking 
hereinafter mentioned, and Owners and Occupiers 
of property in the town of Deal, in the county of 
Kent, for leave to bring in a Bill for erecting a Pier 
at or near the said town, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the town of Birming- 
ham, for leave to bring in a Bill for establishing a 
Company, to be called “ The Birmingham Equi- 
table Gas Light Company,” for better lighting the 
said town and the vicinity thereof with Gas, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 
improving, and keeping in repair, certain Roads in 
the counties of Flint and Chester, and for better 
maintaining the Ferry over the River Dee, called 
“The Lower King’s Ferry,” in the said county of 
Flint, for leave to bring in a Bill for continuing the 
term, and amending and enlarging the powers and 
provisions of the said Act for increasing or altering 
the Tolls, and for making and maintaining a new 
Line or Branch of Road, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That, in the 
case of the Petition for the Haleworthy Roads Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for repairing and improving the Road leading from 
Haleworthy, in the parish of Davidstow, in the 
county of Cornwall, to the East End of Wade- 
bridge, and from the West End of Wadebridge into 
and through the Borough of Mitchell, in the said 
county, and for making and maintaining certain 
new Roads to communicate therewith: And that 
Lord Eliot and Sir HusseyVivian do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


A Petition of Alexander Henderson M‘ Dougall, 
of Parliament-street, Westminster, Esquire, for leave 
to bring in a Bill to repeal the restriction regarding 
the projection of buildings beyond the general line 
of the fronts of the houses in any public street, 
square, court or way, contained in the Act 14 Geo. 3, 
¢. 78, commonly called “ the Building Act,” so far 
as relates to certain houses and premises belonging 
to the Petitioner, called Angel Place, Islington, 
in the parish of Saint James, Clerkenwell, in the 
county of Middlesex, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 


A Petition of Frederick Gye and Richard Hughes, 
of Fleet-street, in the city of London, Wholesale Tea 
Dealers, for leave to bring in a Bill for the Sale of 
Vauxhall Gardens by way of Lottery, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


16° Februariz. 





A. 1838. 


to Halifax, with certain branches therefrom, all in 
the West Riding of the county of York, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for continuing the term, and alter- 
ring, extending and enlarging the powers and pro- 
visions of the said Act, for varying or increasing the 
Tolls, and for making a diversion or new branch 
of Road, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Proprietors of lands in the counties 
of Durham and Berwick, for leave to bring in a 
Bill for erecting and maintaining a Bridge over the 
River Tweed, from the township of Norham, in the 
said county of Durham, to Ladykirk, in the said 
county of Berwick, with proper roads, avenues and 
approaches thereto, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Proprietors of lands in the county of Caithness, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for continuing the term, and 
altering and enlarging the powers of an Act of the 
11th year of the reign of King George the Fourth, 
for making, repairing, widening and keeping in re- 
pair certam Roads and Bridges in the County of 
Caithness, and for better regulating and rendering 
more effectual the Statute Labour in the said County, 
and Conversion Money in lieu thereof, was _pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Owners of estates in the parish of 
Gazeley, in the county of Suffolk, for leave to bring 
in a Bill for dividing, allotting and inclosing certain 
Commons and Waste Grounds, open and Common 
Fields within the said parish, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


repairing, widening, improving and maintaining in 
repair the Turnpike Road from Leeds to Halifax, 
and the several branches and Roads therein men- 
tioned, in the West Riding of the county of York, 
so far as the same relates to the Kirkstall, Ilkley and 
Shipley district of Road, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
continuing the term, and extending, amending and 
enlarging the powers of the said Act, so far as re- 
lates to the said district, and for increasing or altering 
the Tolls, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


a Bill to enable them to sue and be sued, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


withshaw to Killinghall, and from Beckwithshaw to 
the south west corner of Harrogate Inclosures, and 
for making and maintaining a branch therefrom to 
Bradford, all in the West Riding of the county of 
York, for leave to bring in a Bill for continuing the 
term, and extending, amending and enlarging the 
powers of the said Act, and for increasing or altermg 
the Tolls, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


hebble, in the parish of Halifax, to the Huddersfield 
and New Hey Turnpike Road, in the parish of Aud- 
dersfield, and several branches therefrom, in the 
West Riding of the county of York, with certain 
bridges on the line of the said Road and branches, 





for 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for Wakefield ana 
repairing and improving the Road from Wakefield Halifax Road, 


Lady Kirk 
and Norham 
(Tweed) 
Bridge. 


A Petition of Trustees for turnpike roads and CaithnessRoais 


and Statute 
our. 


Gazeley 
Inclosure. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for Kichotal, 
sley, an 
Shipley Road, 


A Petition of Subscribers to an undertaking called Varteg Iron 
“ The Varteg Iron Company,” for leave to bring in Compas: 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for Dudley Hill ‘ 
amending the Road from Dudley Hill through Beck- — ‘ 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for Salterhebble 
making and maintaining a new Road from Salter- eas. 


Portl 
Ceme 


Berl 
Scli 








l and 


Load, 


im 


‘oads 


Grand Junction 


1 Vicroriz. 


for leave to bring in a Bill for continuing the term, 
and extending and amending the powers of the said 
Act, for increasing or altering the Tolls, and for 
making turnpike the present public highway from 
Sowood Green, in the township of Stain/and, to the 
said Huddersfield and New Hey Turnpike Road, at 
or near to the toll-house on the said Road, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Portland A Petition of the several Persons whose names 

Cemetery» are thereunto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for establishing a Cemetery for the Interment of the 
Dead in the northern vicinity of the metropolis, by 
the name of the “ Portland Cemetery,” was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 

Baikinapstend A Petition of Augustus Smith, of Ashlyns, in the 

School. 


parish of Berkhampstead, in the county of Herts, 
Esquire, one of the Churchwardens of the said parish, 
and Benjamin Martin, one of the Overseers of the 
said parish, for leave to bring in a Bill to alter and 
amend an Act of the second and third years of the 
reign of King Edward the Sixth, “ for the founda- 
tion of a School at Berkhampstead, in the County 
of Hertford,’ was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of several Persons whose names are 
thereunto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for making and maintaining a Railway from Brance- 
peth, in the county of Durham, to Byers Green, in 
the parish of Saint Andrew Auckland, in the said 
county, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


West Durham 
Railway. 


Thames 
Parifying 
Company. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the undertaking 
hereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for incorporating a Company, to be called “ The 
Thames Purifying and Metropolis Sewerage Manure 
Company,” for the purpose of purifying the Water 
of the River Thames, and collecting the drainage of 
the sewers discharging themselves into the said 
River, to form a manure for the purposes of agri- 
culture, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Exeter 
Commercial 
Gas, 


A Petition of the Exeter Commercial Gas-Light 
and Coke Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
empowering them to raise a further Sum of Money, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ardrossan 


- A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
ilway, 


Glasgow, Paisley and Ardrossan Canal, and Pro- 
prietors and Shareholders of the Railway herein- 
after mentioned, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
altermg and amending an Act of the seventh and 
eighth years of the reign of King George the Fourth, 
for incorporating the Glasgow, Paisley and Ar- 
drossan Canal Company, and for empowering the 
said Company to form a Railway from Johnstone, 
in the County of Renfrew, to Ardrossan, in the 
County of Ayr, and certain Branch Railways com- 
municating therewith, for altering parts of the line 
of the said Railway, and for increasing or varying 
the Tolls, was presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of John Clare, of Fairfield House, 
Warrington, Merchant, complaining that the Stand- 
ing Orders of the House, in respect to the applica- 
tion for the Grand Junction Railway Bill, had not 
been complied with; and praying that he may be 
heard, by himself, his agents and witnesses, against 
the same, was presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Vou. 93. 


ailway, 


16° Februari. 





283 


A Petition of Merchants and Traders, and Owners Bristol Bridge. 

and Occupiers of property in the parishes of Saint 
Philip and Jacob, and Temple, in the city and 
county of Bristol, for leave to bring in a Bill for 
constructing a Bridge, with all necessary approaches 
connected therewith, across the River Avon, from 
the said parish of Saint Philip and Jacob, to the 
said parish of Temple, otherwise Holy Cross, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Metropolitan Suspension Bridge Metropolitan 
Company, for leave to bring in a Bill for altering, — 
amending and enlarging the powers and provisions - 
of an Act of the sixth and seventh years of the reign 
of his late Majesty, for erecting and maintaining 
a Bridge across the River Thames, from Church- 
street, in the parish of Saint Mary, Lambeth, in the 
County of Surrey, to the opposite Bank of the said 
River, near Market-street, in the Parish of Saint 
John-the-Evangelist, within the City and Liberty of 
Westminster, in the County of Middlesex, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Ashby-de-la-Zouch Small Debts Bill was Ashby-de-la- 
read a second time; and committed to Mr. Packe (wh Smal 
. : ul. 
and the Leicester List. 


A Petition of the several Persons whose names Lough Swilly 
are thereunto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill none Al " 
for the drainage of Waste Lands in Lough Foyle "°° ‘""®" 
and Lough Swilly,in the counties of Donegal and 
Londonderry, was presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


A Petition of the Most honourable George Au- Lough Swilly 
gustus Marquis of Donegall, a Peer of Parliament, Embankment. 
for leave to bring in a Bill to embank from the sea, 
drain, inclose and otherwise improve certain Waste 
Lands or Slobs in or bordering on Lough Swilly, 
in the county of Donegal, now covered or subject to 
be covered by the tide waters, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Owners or Occupiers of property Gravesend Pier 
within the parishes of Gravesend and Milton, in the (No. 2.) 
county of Kent, for leave to bring in a Bill for alter- 
ing, amending and enlarging the powers of the 
several Acts for rebuilding or for improving, regu- 
lating and maintaining the Town Quay of Gravesend, 
in the county of Kent, and the Landing-place be- 
longing thereto, and for building a Pier or Jetty 
adjoming thereto, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of Subscribers to the Anderton Carry- Anderton 
ing Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable Carrying 
them to sue and be sued in the name of one of their ©°™P""" 
Directors or Secretary, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Members of the Saint George Saint George 
Steam Packet Company, for leave to bring in a Bill Steam Packet 
to enable them to sue and be sued, was presented, vane. 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Wilberforce presented a Bill to incorporate Thames 4{m- 
a Company, by the name of “ The Thames Improve- provement 
ment Company and Drainage Manure Association :”’ + seri a 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered nore dia. 
to be read a second time. tion Bill. 


A Petition of the Birmingham, Bristol and Thames Birmingham, 
Junction Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bristol, and 


Bill for making certain alterations in the line of the hoor 2 sina 
002 said 








284. 


said Railway, and for altering, amending and en- 
larging the powers and provisions of the Act relating 
thereto, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


Fourth Report 
on Poor Law 


Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Com- 
‘Amendment Mittee appointed to inquire into the Administration 
Act. of the Relief of the Poor under the Orders and Re- 

No.144. gulations issued by the Commissioners appointed 
under the provisions of the Poor Law Amendment 
Act; and whe were empowered to report the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them from time to time 
to the House; That they had made further Progress 
in the matters to them referred ; and had directed 
him to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them. 

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


o_- Petitions from Lymington ;— Coventry ;—Sherton ; 
Bil. ~=— —Benthall;— Barrow ;— Hughley ;— Broseley ; - 


Willey ;—Much Wenlock ;— Lancaster ;—Neithrop, 
&amp;c. ;— Portsmouth ;— and, Banbury ; praying that 
the Municipal Boundaries Bill may not pass into a 
law as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Vote by Ballot. Petitions from Leicester ;— Liverpool;— Montrose; 
— Richmond, York ;—Orxford ‘Minera er i— 
Gorbals ;— Dundalk ;— Lantrissent ;--Uxbridge ;— 
Neath; — Drumkeen ; — Forfar ;-— Carnarvon ; — 
Brading ;—Killeely ;— Ipswich ;— Dudley ;— Mer- 
thyr Tydfil ;— Grantham ;—Knockholt ;—Shefford ; 
— Chairman of a Meeting of Members of the Reform 
Society of Sandwich ;—John Robbins and others ;— 
and, Glasgow ; praying for the adoption of Vote by 
Ballot at Elections of Members to serve in Parlia- 
ment,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Household 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Liverpool, praying 
Suffrage. 


the House to pass an Act having for its object to 
extend the right of voting to all Inhabitant House- 


holders in boroughs that now, or may hereafter, re-' 


turn a Member or Members to Parliament, was 
gaa and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Rating of A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the 


16° Februariz. 





A. 1838. 


Petitions from the Moderator of the Presbytery Religious 
of Edinburgh ;—and, the Moderator of the Pres- Tusttuction 
bytery of Glasgow ; complaining of the destitution ©°t"™) 
of means of Religious Instruction in Scotland; and 
praying the House to take the subject into consi- 
deration,—were presented, and read; and ordered 

to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Inha- Education, 
bitants of Coventry, praying for the establishment 
of a National System of Education, was presente, ) 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Education. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Coventry, praying 
the House not to sanction any system of general 
Education from which the Holy Scriptures, or any 

art of them, shall be excluded as the basis of such 
ducation, was also presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the said Select Committee. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Coventry, pray- Postage. 
ing for the establishment of a low uniform rate of 
Postage on Letters, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Postage. 


A Petition of the Chamber of Commerce of Gas- Marine 
gow, praying for the repeal or reduction of the Duty Iserance. 
on Policies of Marine Insurance, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dundalk ;--Saint John’s, Kilkenny ; Municipal 
— Saint Patrick, Kilkenny ;— Saint Canice, Kil- Corpo 
kenny ;—Saint Mary, Kilkenny ;— Killeely ;— and, _ 
Drumkeen; praying that the Municipal Corporations 
(Jreland) Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Home and Colonial Education. 
Infant School Society, praying the House to instruct 
the Select Committee on Education to consider, in 
addition to their present inquiry, how far the intro- 
duction of an improved system of Infant Education 
may or may not be desirable ; and further praying 
that, in legislating on the great question of National 
| Education, the + ha will not give their sanction to 
any plan in which the Holy Scriptures are not dis- 
tinctly recognized as the basis of such Education, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Education. 








Tenements Bill. Syalding Union, praying that the Rating of Tene- 


ments Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and | 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on} 


Rating of Tenements. 


Puor Law Petitions from Sandbach ;—Altrincham Union ;— 

Amendment and, Runcorn Union; praying for the repeal or 

Sat. amendment of the Poor Law Amendment Act, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Poor Law Amendment Act. 

Poor Relief Petitions from Bath;—Doughedy ;-—Monasterevan 


(Ireland) Bill. and other places;—and, Roscommon; praying that 
the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill may not pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Negro Appren- 
ticeship. 


Petitions from Alton ;— Wetton, &amp;c. ;—Driffield ; 
— Debenham ;— Coleford ;— Horsington ;— Walsall ; 
— Worcester ;—Lays Hill ;— Bromyard (two Peti- 
tions) ;—and, Hartlepool ; praying for the abolition 
of the system of Negro Apprenticeship,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

‘able. 


Highway Rates A Petition of Rate-payers of Modbury, praying 

Bill, that the Highway Rates Bill may not pass into a 
law, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners, Master Shipping 
Mariners and others interested in British and Fo- %*#*"* 
reign Commerce, belonging or trading to Mistley, 
port of Harwich, praying the House to relieve the 
proprietors of the Shipping Gazette from the Postage 
on Letters containing shipping and commercial in- 
telligence only, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Lewis Minchin, of Lotamore, Es- Bankrupt P 
quire, praying the House to amend so much of the (Ireland) Ae 
Bankrupt (Jreland) Act, 6 Will. 4. c. 14. s. 126., as 
enacts that no creditor, though fora valuable consi- 
deration, who shall sue out execution upon any judg- 
ment obtained by default, confession or nil dicit, 
shall avail himself of such execution to the preju- 
dice of other fair creditors, but shall be paid rate- 
ably with such creditors, by an exception similar to 
the fourth section of the Act of the Parliament of 
Treland, 11 and 12 Geo. 3. c. 8, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 




















of Bishoprick of 
d Sodor and 
Mann. 


| A Petition of Clergy of the Archdeaconry 
| Sarum, praying that the Bishoprick of Sodor an 
| Mann, may not be annexed to the See of Carlisle, 
| was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
| the Table. 


| 
| Oulton, in ‘the castle of Exeter, praying the House 
not 


A Petition of Francis Huyshe, Prebendary of Vote by Ballot 


Ce 










S 
ion 
id.) 


Corn Laws, 


Sheriff Courts 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Sewers. 


Tithes 
(Ireland.) 


Bill. George 


O'Malley Irwin. 


West India 
Imports, 


Isle of Dogs 
Collier Wharfs, 


Here Bay Gas, 


Leicester Gas, 


of 


Rating of 
Tenements Bill, 


llot. 


1 VicrorizZ. 


not to sanction Vote by Ballot at Elections of Mem- 
bers to serve in Parliament, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Gorbals ;—Preses of a meeting of 
the Members of the Dumbarton Reform Association ; 
—and, Strathaven, praying for the repeal of the 
Corn Laws,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Dean of the Procurators prac- 
tising before the Sheriff Court of Ayrshire ; praying 
that the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill, may not pass 
into a law as it now stands, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Commissioners of Sewers of the 
county of Lincoln, acting in and for the Wapen- 
take of Gartree, and Soke of Horncastle, praying 
the House to take the state of the Law of Sewers 
into consideration, and redress the evils that may be 
found to exist therein, and generally to put the 


Law of Sewers upon a footing of efficiency, was | 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Arklow ;-—Killeely ;—and, Drum- 
keen; praying for the abolition of Tithes in Ireland, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of George O’ Malley Irwin, Barrister, 
praying the House to appoint a Select Committee 
to inquire and report into the matters contained in 
his Petition, presented on the 30th day of May 
1836, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Produce imported from the West 
Indies and Mauritius into the United Kingdom, 
from the 1st day of January 1837 to the Ist day of 
January 1838. 


A Petition of the Persons whose names are there- 
unto subscribed, praying that they may be allowed 
until the 16th day of March next, to present a Peti- 
tion for leave to bring in a Bill for constructing 
Wharfs or Quays for the better accommodation of 
Colliers, Ships, Lighters, Barges, and other Vessels, 
on the East and South sides of the Isle of Dogs, 
next the River Thames, within the parish of All 
Saints Poplar, in the county of Middlesex, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the there-under-signed, for leave to 
bring in a Bill for lighting the town and parish of 
Herne Bay, in the county of Kent, with Gas, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Leicester Gas-Light and Coke 
Company, for leave to bring ina Bill for altering, 
amending and enlarging the powers and provisions 
of an Act passed in the 2d year of the reign of his 
Majesty King George the Fourth, for lighting with 
Gas the Borough of Leicester, in the county of 
Leicester, and the Liberties, Precincts and Suburbs 
thereof, was presented, and read; and referred 


to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


A Petition of House-owners of Gainsborough, 
praying that the Rating of Tenements Bill may not 
pass into a law, was 


ments. 
Vot. 93. 


16° Februari. 


oe | 


) resented, and read; and re-| 
ferred to the Select Committee on Rating of Tene-| 


285 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Rattray, praying for Elective 
an extension of the Elective Franchise, was presented, Franchise. 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Reform Association yniversal 
of Strathaven, praying the House to extend the Suffrage. 
Elective Franchise to every man of twenty-one years 
of age, and not otherwise disqualified by law, was 


| presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon thé 
| Table. 


A Petition of the legally authorized Practitioners Apothecaries 
of Medicine residing in Leeds, praying for the Act. 
amendment of the Apothecaries Act by empowerin 
| magistrates to inflict a penalty on persons seiibaed 
|before them of illegally prescribing or practising 
| Medicine, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 





| Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Rating Rating of 
of Tenements have leave to sit To-morrow, notwith- Tenements. 
standing the adjournment of the House. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of property, Oxford and 

or Residents on or near the line of he intended Great Western 
Railway hereinafter mentioned, for leave to bring in Ui" Railway. 
a Bill for making a Railway from Ozford to join 

the Great Western Railway near Didcot, in the 

county of Berks, with a branch therefrom to .4/ing- 

don, was presented, and read; and referred to the 

Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Parliamentery 
reading of the Parliamentary Electors and Freemen a _— 
Bill; reemen Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Lunatic 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Asylums. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return from the Clerks of the Peace in the 
several Counties of England and Wales (except the 
County of Middlesex), and of the several Cities and 
Boroughs which have separate Clerks of the Peace, 
of all Houses within their respective jurisdictions, 
to which Licenses have been granted during each of 
the last Three years, for the reception of Insane 
Persons, under the Act 2 and 3 Will. 4, c. 107; 
stating the Names of the several Proprietors or 
Superintendents, and distinguishing the Numbers 
and Sex of the Patients for ane reception they are 
severally licensed. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Poor Relief 
into the Committee upon the Poor Relief (Jreland) (irelend) BU 
Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


Cuiause, N° 16 (Dissolution or alteration of 
Unions)——read. 

Amendment proposed: P. 6. 1.1. After the word 
“ Commissioners,” to insert the words “ with the 
“ assent of the major part of the Guardians for the 
“ time being.” 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Other Amendments made. 

Crause, N° 16, as amended, agreed to. , 

Cravse, N° 17, agreed to. 


;  Craust, Ne 18 (Unions may be divided into 
electoral Districts) read. 

Amendment proposed: P. 6. 1, 40. After the 
‘word “ division” to insert the words “ with the 
|“ assent of the majority of the Guardians.” 

003 Question 














Municipal 
Boundaries 


Bill. 


Schools 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


286 


Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the f Mr. O’ Connell, at 
Yeas, Mr. William Smith O’ Brien } ; 
Tellers for the (Mr. Solicitor General, Veg 
Noes, Sir Robert Ferguson : ile 

Ciause, N° 18, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 19 (Number and qualification of 
Guardians) read. 

Amendment proposed: P. 7. 1.11. To leave out 
the Proviso at the end of Clause, “ That no person 
“ being in Holy Orders, or being a regular Minister 
“ of any religious denomination, shall be eligible to 
“ bea Guardian.” 

Question put, That the Proviso stand part of the 


Clause ; 
os 





The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the f The Solicitor General, 


Yeas, L Mr. John Parker: 
Tellers for the f Mr. O’ Connell, } 90 
Noes, Mr. Bellew: — 


An Amendment made. 
Ciause, N° 19, as amended, agreed to. 
Ciause, N° 20, amended and agreed to. 
Crauses, N° 21 and N° 22, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 23 (Ex-officio Guardians) read. 
Amendment proposed: P. 8. 1.2. After the word 
resides ” to insert the words “ and possessing or 
occupying property rating to the poor-rate of the 
Union at a net annual value of not less than Fifty 
* pounds.” 
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
Amendment proposed: L. 8. To leave out the 
words “ or any of them,” agreed to. 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Solicitor General, 
Yeas, Mr. Baring : 
Tellers for the f Mr. O’ Connell, 
Noes, \ Mr. Maher : 


Cause, N° 23, as amended, agreed to. 
Cravuse, No 24, amended and agreed to. 


Criause, N° 25 (On non-election of Guardians 
Commissioners to appoint) read. . 

Amendment proposed: P. 9. 1. 16. To leave out 
from the word “ office” to the word “the,” in 1. 18. 

Question, The words proposed to be left out stand 
part of the Clause put, and Negatived. 

Several Amendments made. 


Crausz, N° 25, as amended, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 26, postponed. 

Cause, N° 27, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 28, amended and agreed to. 
Cuiauses, N° 29 and Ne 30, agreed to. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





“cc 
“ 
“cc 


o 
&gt; 











Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made further 
Progress in the Bill, and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee, 


16° Februari. 





A. 1838. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply, 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill to enable the Grand Juries of Waterfora 
the County and County of the City of Waterford to House of 
make Presentments, at the Spring Assizes for the year Industry Bil 
One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, for 
the House of Industry of the said Counties, was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to « 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Robert Steuart reported the Exchequer Bills Exchequer Bits 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. ©. 11,413;750) 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be  ° 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


Mr. Robert Steuart reported the Transfer of Aids Transfer of 
Bill ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. Aids Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


The Order for reading a second time upon Mon- County Rates 
day next the County Rates Bill, was read, and Bil: 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday, the 28th day of this instant Fe- 
bruary. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Soap. 
Accounts of all Soap made in each Town in Great 


_| Britain, distinguishing Hard from Soft, from the 


5th day of January 1837 to the 5th day of January 
1838 :—Of Soap exported, specifying the Port from 
whence shipped, and the Amount of Drawback paid 
thereon, from the 5th day of January 1837 to the 
5th day of January 1838 :—Of the Quantity of Soap, 
distinguishing Hard from Soft, and the Amount of 
all Allowances and Drawbacks made to the Manu- 
facturers of Woollens, Linens, Silks and others, from 
the 5th day of January 1837 to the 5th day of 
January 1838 :—Of all Soap exported to Ireland, 
Hard and Soft, the Port from whence shipped, and 
the Amount of Drawback paid thereon, from the 5th 
day of January 1837 to the 5th day of January 1838: 
—Of all Soap imported into Great Britain, Hard 
and Soft, the Port at which it was imported, the 
Amount of Duty paid thereon, from the 5th day or 
January 1837 to the 5th day of January 1838 :— 
and, of the Names of all Persons convicted of de- 
frauding the Revenue arising from Soap; the Dates 
of Conviction; the Amount of the several Penalties; 
whether the Person so convicted has been previously 
convicted or fined, or had Penalties compromised ; 
the Amount paid to the seizing Officers for each 
Conviction ; and the Names, Dates, and the Amount 
of Penalties paid on all cases which have been com- 
promised, from the 5th day of January 1837 to the 


5th day of January 1838. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second | 
reading of the Municipal Boundaries Bill ; | 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday,next. 


reading of the Schools (Scotland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon | 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second | 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; | 


A Petition of Henry Collins Manders, of Dublin, Great Centra 
Solicitor, praying the House to enlarge the time Zris! Ratwey: 


until Wednesday next for presenting a Petition for 


leave to bring in a Bill for constructing a Railway, to 


' be called “ The Great Central Trish Railway,” from 


Celbridge, in the neighbourhood of Dublin, to Mul- 
lingar, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Durham 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Unive: 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 

bi House, 


Sheriff 
{Scotl 





ill, 


Bills 
750) 


es 





Sheriffs 
{Scotland ) 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission 
(Ireland.) 


No. 142, 


Metropolitan 
Police, 


No. 143, 


ca 


Horse Patrol. 


No. 143. 


Malta, 
No. 141, 


West Kent 
Writ, 


1 Vicroriz. 


House, a Copy of the Charter granted to the Uni- 
versity of Durham. 

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


Resoived, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Tabular Return of the Number of Days of 
Residence of every Sheriff and Sheriff Substitute in 
his Sheriffdom in Scotland, during the years ending 
31st days of December 1834, 1835 and 1836, showing 
the Courts held by each respectively in each year, and 
the Dates thereof; and distinguishing those of Re- 
gistration of Voters from others ; also, of the annual 
Salaries, and all other Emoluments received b 
Sheriffs and Sheriffs Substitute oe for Ju- 
dicial Duties and all other Public Services respect- 
ively performed by them, as above, in their Counties, 
distinguishing the Sums received for attending the 
Justiciary Circuit Courts, and for holding Courts of 
Registration, and for travelling and other Charges 
relating thereto, and the Dates thereof; and stating 
also, if Sheriffs or Sheriffs Substitute are employed 
and paid for Arbitrations, Conveyancing or other 
professional Business, and the average annual Emo- 
luments derived therefrom :—also, in columns, the 
Number of Causes of each Class in dependence, and 
of those instituted and decided in the aonie Courts, 
or appealed to the Sheriff and decided by him when 
out of the County, or when in his County, during the 
years ending the 31st days of December 1834, 1835 
and 1836; also, the average period Causes have de- 

ended, and the Number advocated to the Court of 
den in the above years from the Sheriff or his Sub- 
stitute respectively ; also,the Number of Interlocutors 
pronounced by Sheriffs Substitute and Sheriffs respec- 
tively ; distinguishing how many of the latter were 
affirming the Substitutes’ Interlocutors, how many 
altering on incidental points, how many in part on 
the merits, and how many in whole on the merits ; 
also, the Number of Small Debt Causes decided on 
the first day of calling these Causes, and how many 
continued, and how many remitted to the ordinary 
Action Roll; also, the Number of Summary Criminal 
Trials, and of Criminal Jury Trials, and of Civil 
Causes tried with the aid of a Jury, as above, in 
each County of Scotland. The above Returns to 
be signed both by Sheriffs and their Substitutes. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Eccle- 
siastical Commission (Ireland), which was presented 
upon Tuesday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Metro- 
politan Police, which was presented upon Wednes- 
day last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Account relative to the Horse 
Patrol, which was presented upon Wednesday last, 
be printed. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to Malta, which 
was presented upon Wednesday last, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday 
next. 








Lune, 19° die Februari ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


QRDERED, That Mr. Speaker do issue his 
Warrant to the Clerk of the Crown to make out 
a new Writ for the electing of a Knight of the Shire 
to serve in this present Parliament for the Western 


Vor. 93. 


16°—19° Februariz. 





287 


Division of the County of Kent, in the room of Sir 
William Richard Powlett Geary, Baronet, who, since 
his Election for the said County, hath accepted the 
office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s three 
Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Bonen- 
ham, in the county of Buckingham. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Portsmouth 
to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ Writ 


for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Portsmouth, in the 
room of John Bonham Carter, Esquire, deceased. 


The Lord Advocate, from the Select Committee Roxburghshire 
appointed to try and determine the merits of the Election. 


Petition of the Honourable Francis Scott, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Shire 
of Roxburgh, informed the House, That the said 
Committee have determined ; 

That the Honourable John Edmund Elliot is duly 
elected a Commissioner to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the said Shire of Roxburgh : 

That the Petition of the Honourable Francis Scott 
did not appear to the said Committee to be frivolous 
or vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not 
appear to the said Committee to be frivolous or 
vexatious. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Mr. Wright, from the County Court of Middlesex, County Court 
was called in; and at the bar presented,— Return (Middlesez.) 


to an Order, dated the 21st day of December last, 
for a Return, from the County Clerk of the County 
Court of Middlesex, of the Amount of all the Money 
paid by Debtors into the Court or Courts held for 
and in the several Divisions or Hundred of Ossulton, 
the Hundred of Isleworth and Elthorne, and the 
Hundred of Edmonton, all in the County of Mid- 
dlesex, remaining unclaimed by Creditors on 31st day 
of December 1824; also, setting forth in the said Re 
turn an Account of all Sums of Money received and 
paid yearly and every year, from 31st day of Decem- 
ber 1824 to 31st day of December 1836, particu- 
larizing in the said last-mentioned Account the 
Amount or Amounts received in the Court or Courts 
held in each of the said Hundreds during the said 
years ; also, setting forth in the said Return, where 
such Monies are now deposited, and, if laid out in 
Government or other Securities, the Name or Names 
of such Securities ; also, setting forth in the said 
Return, if any and what portions of the aforesaid 
Monies, or the Interest and Dividends thereof, have 
been appropriated or alienated, and the purposes or 
purpose of such alienation or appropriation ; also, 
setting forth in the said Return whether the said 
Funds are charged or incumbered, and the nature 
and Amount of such Charge or Incumbrance, and 
the persons or person for whose benefit and on whose 
behalf such Charges or Incumbrances are created : 
—And then he withdrew. 

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


Petitions from Joseph Simphin, of Portman-street, Notting Hil 
Portman-square ;—and, Parishioners, Householders Footway Bill. 


and Inhabitants of Saint Mary Abbotts, Kensington, 
Chelsea, Hammersmith and Paddington; praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 


_|or agents, against certain parts of the Notting Hill 


Footway Bill,—were presented, and read and or- 


dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Notting Hill 
posed, That the Notting Hill Footway Bill be now Footway Bill. 


read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 


004 And 








Paington 
Harbour Bill. 


288 


And the Question being proposed, That the word | 
“ now” stand part of the Question : —The said pro- 
posed Amendment was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time: 
—The Bill was accordingly read a second time; and 
committed to Lord George Lennox and the Middlesex 
List. 


Sir John Yarde Buller, by Order, reported from 
the Committee on the (re-committed) Paington 


. Harbour Bill; That they had made other Amend- 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway. 


London and 
Greenwich 


Railway Bill. 


Milton-next- 
Sittingborne 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Metropolis 
Improvements. 


Grand Junction 
Railwry. 


Municipal 
Boundaries 


Bill. 


Negro Appren- 
ticeship. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


ments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Magistrates and Town Council of 
Aberbrothwick ; —the Corporation of Dunbar ; — 
and, the Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures 
of Edinburgh ; taking notice of the application for 
the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill; and 
praying that such Bill may pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon. the 


Table. 


Ordered, That the London and Greenwich Railway 
Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 


An ingrossed Bill for better paving, cleansing, 
lighting, watching and otherwise improving the Town 
of Milton-next-Sittingborne in the County of Kent, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Edward Knatchbull do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of property 
in the borough of Southwark, praying that they may 
be heard before the Select Committee on Metropolis 
Improvements, on the subject of a proposed carriage 
al footway from the Town Hall in the said bo- 
rough of Southwark to Blackfriars and Westminster 
Bridges, was presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Metropolis Improvements. 


_ Petitions from Owners and Occupiers of property 
and Inhabitants of towns and places on the line of 
Railway hereinafter mentioned ;—John Baker Hodg- 
son, of Penketh, Esquire;— Thomas May ;—and, John 
Budge, of Dallam-within- Burtonwood, Yeoman ; 
complaining that the Standing Orders of the House 
in respect to the application for the Grand Junction 
Railway Bill, had not been complied with; and 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
agents and witnesses, against the same,——were pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions from Saint Ives, Cornwall;—-and, Com- 
pany of Proprietors for embanking _ of the Lary, 
near Plymouth; praying that the Municipal Bound- 
aries Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands, 
——were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Dudley ;— Chapel-en-le-Frith ;— 
West Bromwich ;— Braintree and Bocking ;—Saw- 
bridgeworth ;— Hetton-le-Hole (two Petitions) ;— 
Cirencester ;— Staveley ;— Swalwell ;—Llanelly ;— 
Crawcook (Minister of the Independent Congrega- 
tion) ; —Grayrigg ; — Barnsley;— and, Bromyard ; 
praying for the abolition of the system of Negro 
Apprenticeship,-— were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Rainow ;— Hurdsfield ;— Maccles- 


field ;--Sutton, Chester ;--and, Kidderminster ; pray- 


ing for the repeal or amendment of the Poor Law 
Amendment Act,—were presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Poor Law 
Amendment Act. 


19° Februari. 














A. 1838. 


Sir Edward Knatchbull, by Order, presented a Manchester, 
Bill for enabling the Company of Proprietors of the oe and 
Manchester Bolton and Bury Canal Navigation and Railway Bi 
Railway to raise more Money; and for amending ; 
the powers and provisions of the several Acts re- 
lating thereto: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Lord Viscount Ebrington reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders relative to Private res 
Bills, several Resolutions, which: were read as 
follow : 


1. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for Montgomery. 
the Montgomeryshire Western Branch Canal Bill, the eo 
Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill. - 


2. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for Torquay Road, 
the Torquay Road Bill, the Standing Orders ought 
not to be dispensed with. 


3. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for Eastem 
the Eastern Counties Railway Bill, the Parties be we - 
permitted to proceed with their Bill. ee 


4. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for Ribble 
the Ribble Navigation Bill, the Parties be permitted Navigation. 
to proceed with their Bill on proving to the Com- 
mittee thereon that the sum equal to one-tenth part 
of the amount subscribed, now invested in Exche- 
quer Bills, inthe names of Peter Haydock and R.W. 
Hopkins, Esquires, remains so invested ; and that the 
Committee on the Bill do report to the House how 
far such Order has been complied with, on the Re- 
port of the Bill. 

5. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for Cheltenhamand 
the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway oo — 
Bill, the Standing Orders be dispensed with, except ei 
in the deviation exceeding one mile proposed to be 
made in the Tunnel at Sapperton; and that they be 
dispensed with in this case also, on the Parties pro- 
ducing to the Committee on the Bill the consent of 
the Owners or reputed Owners, Lessees or reputed 
Lessees and Occupiers of the land under which the 
Tunnel is to pass; and that the Committee on the 
Bill do report to the House how far such Order has 
beer complied with, on the Report of the Bill. 

6. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for London 
the London and Croydon Railway (No. 1.) Bill, the sn4 Croyam 
Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill on (No.1) 
proving to the Committee thereon, that the sum of 
£.800, being one-tenth part of the amount subscribed, 
now deposited under seal in the banking-house of 
Messrs. Jones, Lloyd &amp; Co., Lothbury, remains so 
deposited ; and that the Committee on the Bill do 
report to the House how far such Order has been 
complied with, on the Report of the Bill. 

7. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for Edinburgh 
the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill, the Par- —— 
ties be permitted to proceed with their Bill on prov- * 
ing to the Committee thereon that a deposit of ten 
per cent. on the amount subscribed is made as re- 
quired by the Standing Orders; and that the Com- 
mittee on the Bill do report to the House how far 
such Order has been complied with, on the Report of 
the Bill. 

The first, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh 


Resolutions of the Committee, being read a second J 


time, were agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Cheltenham ane 
of the Petition for the Cheitenham and Great Western et ae 
Union Railway Bill, which was this day made from jj), 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders relative 
to Private Bills, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
alter the Line of the Cheltenham and Great Western 
Union Railway, and to amend the Act relating 
thereto: And that Mr. Master and Mr. Poulett 
Scrope do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition 





Mt 
Bi 


Vv 





and 


ad, 


and 


ay. 


and 


ay 


Education. 


Municipal 
Boundaries 
Bil. * 


Vote by Ballot. 


Bishoprick 
of Sudor and 
Mann. 


Municipal 


Corporations. 


Fifth Report 
on Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


No. 145. 


Foreign and 


Colonial Grain, 
C. 


Inn-keepers, 


Universal 
Suffrage. 


Universal 


Suffrage, &amp;c. 


1 Victoriz. 


/ A Petition of the Corporation of Gateshead, pray- 


ing for the establishment of a National System of 


. Education, was presented, and read; and ordered 


to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Nobility, Gentry, Clergy and others 
of Coventry, praying that if any system of oo 
Education be adopted, it may be founded on the true 
faith, as set forth in the authorized version of the 
Holy Scriptures, was also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Foleshill ;—Wyken ;—Anstey ;— 
Sowe ;—Stoke ;—-Keresley ;—Stivichall ;—and, Ex- 
hall; praying that the Municipal Boundaries Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
rom i ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Overton, Flint ;—New Basford ; 
— Penzance ;—and, Aberdeen; praying for the adop- 
tion of Vote by Ballot at Elections of Members to 
serve in Parliament,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy of the Archdeaconry of 
Chichester, praying that the pen oy of Sodor 
and Mann may not be annexed to the See of Car- 
lisle, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Gateshead, pray- 
ing the House to ~— the privilege of holding 
offices in Municipal Corporations to every individual 
of the United Sindee not legally disqualified, 
otherwise than by his religious opinions, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed to inquire into the administration 
of the Relief of the sed under the orders and 
regulations issued by the Commissioners appointed 
under the provisions of the Poor Law Amendment 
Act; and who were empowered to report the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them from time to 
time to the House; That they had made further 
Progress in the matters to them referred, and had 
directed him to report the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Quantities of Foreign and Colonial 
Grain and Meal remaining in Warehouse on the 5th 
day of January 1837 and 5th day of January 1838 : 
—Of the Quantities of Foreign Grain and Meal ex- 
ported between the 5th day of January 1837 and 5th 
day of January 1838, stating to what Countries ex- 
ported:—and, of the Quantities of Foreign and 
Colonial Grain and Meal entered for consumption, 
between the 5th day of January 1837 and the 5th day 
of January 1838, stating the Ouantity charged with 
each rate of Duty, and the Total Amount of Duty 
so paid. 


A Petition of Inn-keepers and Hotel-keepers in 
London and Middlesex, praying for the amendment 
of the law relating to Inn-keepers, and for the 
gradual abolition of Beer-houses, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Whitburn Political 
Union, praying the House to extend the right of 
voting, whether for local magistrates or Parliamentary 
representatives, to every man of a sane mind resident 
in the British empire, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Walsall, praying for 
the adoption of Universal Suffrage and Vote by 
Ballot at Elections of Members to serve in Parlia- 


Vou. 93. 


19° Februari. 


289 


ment, and that the duration of Parliaments may be 
limited to three years, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Reform Associa- geptennial Act 
tion of Strathaven, praying the House to repeal the 
Septennial Act, a limit the duration of Parlia- 
ments to three years, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Debtors imprisoned in Lancaster Imprisonment 
Castle, praying the House to pass an Act abolishing fr Debt. 
Imprisonment for Debt, was presented, and read; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Clergymen of Ashborne;—and, Benefices _ 
Derby; praying that the Benefices Plurality Bil] P! tality Bill. 
may not pass into a law as it now stands,—were 
aga and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Christian People of Ballymoney, Tithes 
praying for the abolition of Tithes in Ireland, was “eld.) 
=? and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Rating of _ 
Guardians of the Dursley Union, praying that the Tenements BE. 
Rating of Tenements Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Rating of Tenements. 


Petitions from Clergymen and Laymen of Drum- Church of 
heerin and Magheracoolmony ;—and, Killucan ; sug- !e!4. 
gesting certain plans for a reform of the Church of 
Ireland; and praying the House to take the same. 
into consideration,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act of Edinburgh 
the sixth year of the reign of King George the Courts of 
Fourth, to provide for the erection of certain Courts on 
and Offices of Justice in Scotland, praying that 
leave may be given to give the notices required by 
the House for a Bill for extending the powers of 
the said Act, was presented, and read ; and referred 


to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Parliamentary 





reading of the ingrossed Bill to regulate the times eae ~. 
of payment of Rates and Taxes by Parliamentary — 
Electors, and to abolish the Stamp Duty on the 

admission of Freemen; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read the third time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Charles Wood, 1 

Yeas, Mr. Robert Gordon : J _ 

Tellers for the ¢ Sir Thomas Fremantle, 

Noes, { Mr. Henry Baring: qe 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell Message from 
and Mr. Brougham : the Lords. 
Mr. Shen, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Banking 
Act to make good certain Contracts which have Co-partnerships 





PP been ~" 











Municipal 
Corporations 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Poor Reliet 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Banking . 
Co-partnerships 
Bill. 


Exchequer Bills 
(£.11,413,750.) 
Bill. 


Transfer of 
Aids Bill. 


290 


been or may be entered into by certain Banking 
and Trading Co-partnerships, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House:—And then the Messengers with- 
drew. 


Petitions from Officers of the Corporation of 
Dublin ;—Price Dempsey, Registrar of the Court of 
Conscience, Dublin haniine of Guilds of the 
Corporation of Dublin ;—and, Recorders and Clerks 
of Guilds of the city of Dublin; ay ing the House 
to grant them compensation for the losses they will 
sustain by the abolition of their offices in the event 
of the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Bill — 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordere 
to lie upon the Table. ' 

Petitions from the Corporation of Sheerimen and 
Dyers, Dublin ;—Guild of Merchants, Dublin ;— 
and, the Corporation of Smiths, Dublin; praying 
that the said Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Governors of the Foundling 
Hospital and Workhouse at Dublin, praying that in 
the event of the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill passing 
into a law, provision may be made for the protection 
of their rights and authority, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table., 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to make good certain Contracts 
which have been or may be entered into by certain 
Banking and Trading Co-partnerships, and the same 
were read, as follow : 

Pr. 2. 1. 1. Leave out from “law” to “ and” 
in|, 4, 

Pr. 2. 1. 5. Leave out “ enable all,” and insert 
* render legal and valid all contracts entered into 
“ b Sag 

Pr. 2. 1.6. Leave out from “ Co-partnerships ” 
to “ or,” in 1, 8. 

Pr. 2. 1. 24. After “no” insert “ such Asso- 
“ ciation or Co-partnership already formed, or which 
“ may be formed at any time before the end of the 
“ next Session of Parliament, or any ;” and in the 
same line, after “ contract ” insert “ either as be- 
“ tween the Members, Partners or Shareholders 
composing such Association or Co-partnership for 
the purposes thereof, or as between such Asso- 
ciation or Co-partnership and other persons.” 

Pr. 2. 1. ult. After “ but” insert “ all such As- 

sociations and Co-partnerships shall have the same 
validity, and.” 


In the Title of the Bill: 
L. ult. Leave out “ Trading,” and insert “ other.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and acquaint them, that this House hath 


agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


“ 
“ 
“ 


“ 
‘ 


n 


The ingrossed Bill for raising a Sum of Money by 
Exchequer Bills for the Service of the year One 
thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for raising the Sum of Eleven Mil- 
lion, four hundred and thirteen thousand, seven 
hundred and fifty Pounds by Exchequer Bills, for 
the Service of the year One thousand eight hundred 
and Thirty-eight. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to apply a Sum of Money to 
the Service of the year One thousand eight a 


10°—90° Februariz. 








A, 1838. 


and Thirty-eight, was, according to order, read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to apply the Sum of Two millions 
to the Service of the year One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Thirty-eight. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Poor Relief 
into a Committee upon the Poor Relief (Zreland) (eland) Bill 
Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 

Cause, N° 31, amended, and agreed to. 


_—— N° 32 (Salaries charged on Rates)—— 
read. : 

Amendment proposed: P. 11. 1. 36. To leave out 
the words “ shall be chargeable on and payable out 
“ of the Poor Rates of such Union or Unieos.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause: put, and agreed to. 

Cxiausez, N° 32, agreed to. 

Crausz, N° 33, agreed to. 

Crausez, N° 34, postponed. 

Cause, N° 35 (Workhouses to be provided) —— 
read. 

Amendment proposed: P. 11. 1. 40. To leave out 
the words “ from time to time,” and insert the words 
“ at any time previous to the first election of any 
“ Board of Guardians in any Union.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Amendment proposed: P. 12. 1. 42. After the 
word “ workhouses ” to insert the following words: 
“ or Asylum or Asylums for the necessary relief of 
“ the Lame, Impotent, Old, Blind, and such others 





“ as are destitute, and not able to work.” 
Question put, That those words be there in- 
The Committee divided. 
Mr. Shaw 
Tellers for the Yeas, Colonel Co nolly : 
Mr. John Parker: } 196. 
Amendment proposed: P. 13. 1. 14. To leave out 
the words “ not exceeding.” 
stand part of the Clause put, and agreed to. 
Several Amendments made. 
Cuause, N° 35, as amended, agreed to. 


serted ; 
} 2. 
Tellers for the Noes, yp Seymour, 
Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made further 
Progress in the Bill; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


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


Martis, 20° die Februarii, 1838: 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Election 
reading of the Election Expenses Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday, the 28th day of this instant Fe- 
bruary. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Benefices _ 
mittee on the Benefices Plurality Bill ; Plurality Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday, 
the 12th day of March next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Municipai 


mittee on the Municipal Corporations (Zreland) Bill ; Corporations 
d, (Ireland) Bill. 


Resolve 


Expenses Bill. 


Cor 
of ¥ 








Common Fields 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Combination 
of Workmen. 


Municipal 
Boundaries 
Bill, 


Schools 2 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Supply. 


Registration of 
Electors Bill. 


No. 146. 


Charity 
Commissioners 


(Ireland) Bill. 
No. 147. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Bribery at 
Elections Bill, 


No. 148, 


Leave of 
Absence, 


Post Office 
(Scotland.) 


1 Vicroriz. 19°—20° 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday, 
the 12th day of March next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Common Fields Improve- 
ment Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Robert Steuart 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bull, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for nominating 
the Select Committee on Combination of Workmen; 

Ordered, That the Committee be nominated To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Municipal Boundaries Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bil be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Schools (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Solicitor General presented a Bill for the Re- 
gistration of Parliamentary Electors: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday, the 5th day of March 
next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Barron presented a Bill for appointing Com- 
missioners to inquire concerning Charities in Jreland : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday, the 28th 
day of this instant February ; and to be printed. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the 
Select Committee on Public Petitions; That the 
had examined the Petitions presented from the 14th 
to the 16th days of this instant February, and had 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

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


Mr. Morgan John O’ Connell presented a Bill for 
more effectually to compel Witnesses to make a 
full disclosure of Bribery and Corruption in the 
Election of Members to serve in Parliament, and 
to indemnify such Witnesses: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Wednesday, the 28th day of this instant 
February ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That Mr. Rumbold have leave of absence 
for three weeks on account of ill health. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the appointment of the Honourable Mr. 
Primrose to the Office of Cashier and Receiver 
General of the Post Office Revenues in Scotland, 
showing the Amount of Salary and other Emolu- 
ments, the Date of the Appointment, and the Autho- 
rity under which it has been made:—Also, the 
Amount of the Superannuation Allowance of the 
late Cashier, and the Sum Total now charged to the 


public on account of the aforesaid Office :—and, 
Vou. 93, 


Februariz. 291 


a Return of the Names of the Officers and Clerks in 
the present Establishment of the Post Office in 
Edinburgh, stating the Number of years each has 
served in the Post Office, the several Offices held, 
and the Number of Years in each of the several 
situations ; stating also the Amount of Salary and 
Allowances received by each. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
a quarter of an hour after twelve of the clock 
on Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Martis, 20° die Februarii ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 
PRAYERS. 


tion the Petition of Sir Alexander Cray Grant, 
of No. 16 Lower Grosvenor-street, in the parish of 
Saint George, Hanover-square, Baronet, who was 
a Candidate at the last Election of Members to 
serve in this present Parliament for the Borough of 
Honiton, in the County of Devon, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the said Borough, 
being come ; 

Mr. Speaker took the Chair. 

The Serjeant at Arms was sent with the Mace, to 
the places adjacent, to require the attendance of the 
Members on the business of the House ; and being 
returned ; 





Petition of Henry Bush, and others, whose names 
are thereunto subscribed, Electors of the City and 
County of Bristol, complaining of an undue Elec- 
tion and Return for the said City and County, in- 
formed the House, That the Committee have deter- 
mined ; 

That Francis Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley (com- 
monly called the Honourable Francis Henry Fitz- 
hardinge Berkeley) is duly elected a Member to 
serve in this present Parliament for the City and 
County of Bristol : 

That the Petition of Henry Bush, and others, did 
not appear to the said Committee to be frivolous or 
vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not 
appear to the said Committee to be frivolous or 
vexatious. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Then the House was counted by Mr. Speaker, and 
two hundred and ninety Members being present ; 

And the Petition of Jonathan Robinson, of No. 10, 
Pine Apple Place, Edgeware-road, in the parish of 
Saint Mary-le-bone, inthe county of Middlesex, Gen- 
tleman, and John Cumberland, of No. 2, Cumberland 
Terrace, Camden New Town, in the parish of Saint 


Pancras, in the said county, Gentleman, Electors of 


the Borough of Mary-le-bone, in the said county, 
on behalf of themselves and others, claiming to have 
had a right to vote for Members to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough, at the last Election for 
the said Borough, and who did vote at the said last 
Election, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the said Borough, being also ordered to 
be taken into consideration upon this day ; 

And Thomas Murphy, of No. 11 Edward-street, 
Hampstead-road, in the county of Middlesex, an 
Elector, having by an Order of the House of the 
4th day of December last been admitted a Party 
with Sir Samuel Saint Swithin Burden Whalley, 
Knight, to defend the said Return ; 

And the Petition of the Honourable Charles Au- 
gustus Murray, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return or the Shire of Lanark, being also ordered 
to be taken into consideration upon this day ; 





PP2 The 


T HE hour appointed for taking into considera- Honiton, 


Mr. Charles Wood, from the Select Committee Bristol 
appointed to try and determine the merits of the Election. 


i 
7 
f 
; 
tt 
f 
ti 


EE TT SIRE SEAT 


Sa 


pays Sa ar BE 








Honiton 
Election. 


Mary-le-bone 
Election, 


Lanarkshire 
Election. 


Notting Hill 
Footway Bill. 


Wibsey and 
Huddersfield 
Road Bill. 


Notting Hill 
Footway Bill. 


Ribble 
Navigation 
Bill. 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway. 


Glasgow 
Waterworks 


Bill. 


292 


The several parties, their counsel and agents, were 
directed to be called in. 


And the door being locked ; 

And no parties, counsel or agents appearing on 
behalf of the Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Honiton :— 
The Order for considering the said Petition was 
read, and discharged. 


Then the Order of the day for taking into con- 
sideration the said Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Mary-le- 
bone, was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn and 
read in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was 
completed :—And Lists of the said names were de- 
livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 
mittee on the Sengle-binb Election; and then the 
door was opened, and the parties, their counsel and 
agents, withdrew. 

And no parties, counsel or agents, appearing on 
behalf of the Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Shire of Lanark :— 
The Order for considering the said Petition was 
read, and discharged. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Wotting Hill, pray- 
ing that the Wotting Hill Footway Bill may not 
pass into a law as it now stands, was Poser § and 
read ; and referred to the Committee on the Bill. 


The Wibsey and Huddersfield Road Bill was read 
a second time ; and committed to Sir George Strick- 
land and the York List. 


Ordered, That the Petitions of Joseph Simphin, of 
Portman-street, Portman-square ; and, Parishioners, 
Householders and Inhabitants of Saint Mary Ab- 
botts, Kensington, Chelsea, Hammersmith and Pad- 
dington, which were presented yesterday, be referred 
to the Committee on the Notting Hill Footway 
Bill ; and the Petitioners heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, upon their Petitions, if they think 
fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against 
the said Petitions. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Ribble Navigation Bill, which 
was yesterday made from the Select Committee on 
Standing Crdank relative to Private Bills, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
alter, amend and enlarge the powers of an Act for 
improving the Navigation of the River Ribble, in the 
County Palatine of Lancaster, and for the further 
improvement of the Navigation of the said River: 
And that Mr. Wilson Patten and Mr. Townley 
Parker do prepare, and bring it in. 


Petitions from the Provost, Magistrates and Town 
Council of Burntisland ;—and, Renfrew; taking 
notice of the application for the Edinburgh and 
Glasgow Railway Bill, and praying that such Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Glasgow Waterworks Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
alter and amend, and in part repeal, the powers of 
certain Acts for supplying the City of Glasgow and 
Suburbs, with Water, to enable the Company of 
Proprietors of the Glasgow Waterworks to purchase 
the Cranstonhill Waterworks, and to raise a further 
Sum of Money ; and to alter the Rates leviable by 
the said Company of Proprietors: And that Lord 
William Bentinck and Mr. Spiers do prepare, and 
bring it in, 


20° Februari. 





A. 1838. 


Mr. Townley Parker presented a Bill to alter, Ribble 
amend and enlarge the ome of an Act for im- Navigation 
proving the Navigation of the River Ribble, in the 2" 
County Palatine of Lancaster, and for the further 
Improvement of the Navigation of the said River: 

And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Two Petitions of Magistrates and others, Inha- Juvenile 
bitants of the county of Hertford, praying the House fenders. 
to pass an Act for the more summary conviction of 
Juvenile Offenders,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Corporation of Beverley ;—and, Municipal 
Inhabitants of Welshpool; praying that the Muni- Boundaries 
cipal Boundaries Bill may not pass into a law as Pill 
it now stands,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Clergy of Kingston-upon-Hull ;— Bishoprick 
and, the Curate and Inhabitants of Foleshill; pray- — and 
ing that the Bishoprick of Sodor and Mann may ~ 
not be annexed to the See of Carlisle,—were pre- 

sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Edward Painter, Printer Newspaper. 

and Publisher, residing in the Strand, complaining 
of the regulations of the Post Office, whereby no 
newspaper can be sent to the British Colonies if 
more than a week has elapsed from the date of its 
being printed, and praying the House to remedy the 
grievance complained of, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Postage. 


Petitions from Denbigh ;— Tonbridge ; — Llan- Negro Appren- 
brynmair;— Carno and Pennel ;—Lemmaes ;—Brad- “*eship- 
ford ( Wilts) ;—Llanerfil; —Launceston;—and, Kirk- 
by Lonsdale ; praying for the abolition of the system 
of Negro Apprenticeship,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Se See 


Petitions from Members of the Committee of Lower Cauada. 

the Working Men’s Association of Sheffield ;— 

and, the Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer of the 

Leith Working Men’s Association; praying the House , 
to refuse their concurrence and support to the war ) 
now prosecuted by Her Majesty’s Government in - 
Lower Canada, and to redress the grievances of which 

the inhabitants of that province complain,—were pre- 

sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rated Inhabitants of Zlandrinio, Highway Rates 
Llandisilo, Llansaintfraid, and places adjacent, Bill. 
praying that the Highway Rates Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Petitions from the Castle Ward and Stone Ward, vote by Ballot 
Shrewsbury ;—and, Denbigh; praying for the adop- 
tion of Vote by Ballot at Elections of Members to 
serve in Parliament,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Denbigh, pray- King of 
ing that the annuity granted to His Majesty the Hanover. 
King of Hanover as Duke of Cumberland, may be 
discontinued, was presented, aad read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the Ecclesiastical 
Archdeaconry of Worcester, praying the House to Commission. 
withhold their sanction from any further Bills affect- 
ing the Church until there be associated with the 
bishops in the Ecclesiastical Commission a due pro- 
portion of representatives from the other classes 
ef the clergy, as was the case in the Ecclesiastical 
Commission issued at the period of the great Revo- 
lution in the cause of civil and religious liberty in 
1689, when members from every order of the Church 





were 








1 Vicroriz. 


were placed upon the Commission, and the views, 
feelings and experience of the whole body were con- 
sulted and considered, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Presbytery of 


Sale of Spirits, 
&amp;e, (Scotland) GJgsgow, praying the House to pass an Act to pre- 


vent Retailers of Ale and Spirits in Scotland from 
carrying on their business on the Lord’s Day, was 
resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


able. 


The counsel and agents, in the case of the Mary- 
le-bone Election, being returned to the bar, the 
Clerk appointed to attend the said Committee deli- 
vered in to the House a reduced List; and the same 
was called over, as followeth ; 

Philip Pusey, Esquire, John Ireland Blackburne, 
Esquire, John Heathcoat, Esquire, Henry Jeffreys 
Winnington, Esquire, William Taylor Copeland, 
Esquire, Edward Basil Farnham, Esquire, William 
Miles, Esquire, Luke White, Esquire, Henry Charles 
Sturt, Esquire, Alexander William Chisholm, Es- 
quire, and Lord Viscount Eastnor. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Petition 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Mary-le-bone, and to defend which, 
Thomas ‘Mur hy had, by Order of the House, been 
admitted a Pasty with Sir Samuel Saint Swithin 
Burden Whalley, were sworn by the Clerk at the 
Table in the usual manner; and thereupon the 
counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


Mary-le-bone 


Election. 


Army and Navy 


‘Amica, A Petition of Cadogan Williams, praying that 


military and naval men may be allowed to vest 
any part of the bounty they may be entitled to in 
the purchase of a deferred annuity of the Govern- 
ment, according to the rate of mortality found to 
take place in the Army and Navy, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Tacksmen of Salmon Fishings in 
the Spey and various other rivers in Scotland ;—and, 
Proprietors, Tacksmen and others employed in the 
Salmon Fisheries in the River Tay; praying that 
the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Salmon 
Fisheries 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Petitions from Quendon;—and, the Vice-President 
and Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce of 
Nottingham; praying for the establishment of a low 
uniform rateof Postage on Letters, —were presented, 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Postage. 


Postage. 


A Petition of the Deptford Pier and Improvement 
Company, praying the House to inquire into the 
effect of the combination existing amongst the pro- 
prietors of coal mines in the North, and persons 
connected with the Coal Trade in the port of London, 
for the purpose of controlling and limiting the supply 
of Coals in the market of the Metropolis, was 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Coal Trade (Port of London) Bill. 


Coal Trade. 


tighwayRates A Petition of Trustees of the Callington Tumpike 
Roads, praying that the Highway Rates Bill may 
mto a law, was presented, and read ; and re- 


erred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Royal Assent 


ay A Message, by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman 


Usher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
ere for declaring Her Royal Assent to an 
ou. 93. 


20° Februari. 





293 


Act agreed upon by both Houses, do desire the 
immediate attendance of this Honourable House in 
the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 
Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And, being returned ; 
Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the desire ~ 
of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, had been at the House of Peers, where 
a Commission under the Great Seal wasread, giving, 
7 and notifying the Royal Assent to the 
Public Bill therein mentioned ; and that the Lords, 
thereby authorized, had declared the Royal Assent 
to the said Bill :—Which Bill is as followeth : 
An Act to make good certain Contracts which Banking 
have been or may be entered into by certain Bank- Co-partnerships 
ing and other Co-partnerships. _ 


Mr. Master presented a Bill to alter the Line of Cheltenham and 
the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway, Great Western 
and to amend the Act relating thereto: And the same = aint’ 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Lord Eliot presented a Bill for repairing and im- Haleworth 
proving the Road leading from Haleworthy, in the Roads Bill. 
Parish of Davidstow, in the County of Cornwall, to 
the East End of Wadebridge, and from the West 
End of Wadebridge into and through the Borough 
of Mitchell, in the said County, and for making and 
maintaining certain new Roads to communicate 
therewith: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect London 
of the Petition for the London and Croydon Railway 24 Croydon 
(No. 1) Bill, which was yesterday made from the (Not) Bill. 
Select Committee on Standing Orders relative to’ ~~ 
Private Bills, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the London and Croydon Railway Com- 
pany to enlarge their Station in the Parish of Saint 
Olave, in the Borough of Southwark, in the County 
of Surrey, and to amend the Acts relating to the 
said Railway and Station: And that Captain Alsager 
and Mr. Kemble do prepare, and bring it in. 


The London and Greenwich Railway Bill was, ac- London and 
cording to Order, read a second time; and committed Greenwich 
to Mr. Wolverley Attwood and the Kent List. aang ae 

Ordered, That all the Members serving for the 
several Counties, and for the Boroughs therein 
through which Counties the said Railway is intended 
to pass, be Members of the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Savings Banks. 
a Return of all the Savings Banks which have any 
Amount standing to their Credit in “a separate 
Surplus Fund Account” with the Government ; spe- 
cifying the Sum at the credit of each. 


A Remonstrance of Richard Jackson, Chairman Poor Law 
of a Meeting of Inhabitant Householders and Rate- Amendment 
payers of Paddock, against the Poor Law Amend- - 
ment Act, was brought up, and read. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Remonstrance do lie upon the 
Table ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers forthe f General Johnson, } 10 
Yeas, UMr. Aglionby: : 
Tellers for the {Sir Thomas Fremantle, 71 200 
Noes, Mr. Divett : b She anaes 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Petitions from Manchester ; — Hulme ;— Saddle- Poor Law 
worth ;—Slaithwaite ;—Downham ;— Clitheroe ;— yeaa 
Bury ;— Waddington ;—Grindleton ;—Kirkheaton ;*“ 

PP3 —Lingards ; 








Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 





294 20°—21° Februariz. A. 1838. 


—Lingards ;— Whitewell ;—Clayton West ;—News- 
holme ;—Remmington ;— Bradford West ;— Tunstall 
and other places ;--Paythorn;— Mitton ;-- Chadburn ; 
— Horton in Craven ;—Langfield ;— Newton, York ; 
—Sawley ;— Twiston ;— Pendleton ;— Hollesly and 
other places ;—Farnley Tias ;— Bashell Eaves ;— 
Whalley ;—Culcheth ;— Todmorden and Walsden ;— 
Kilsale and other places ;— Bolton by Bowland and 
Holding ;— Wickham Market ;—Sudbourn and Or- 


ford ;—Failsworth ;— Gisburn ;— Almondsbury ;— 


Highton Bailey and Chageley;—Middopp ;—Staid- 
ro sarees &gt;-&gt;ielenia (Chairman of a Meet- 
ing) ;—Essington ;— Chipping ;— Saxmundham ;— 
iswell ;— Shipdham and Badenham ;— Charles- 
worth ; — Stalybridge (Inhabitants) ;— Halifax ;— 
Wigan ;— Faversham ;—Merthyr Tydfil ;— Bolling- 
ton ;—Ashton-under-Lyne ;-—-Hazel Grove ;—Mid- 
gley ;— Queenshead, Halifes ;— Mixenden ;— Hep- 
tonstall ;— Middleton ;—Crossens ;—Ambler Thorn ; 
— Stainland ;— Leek ;— Penwortham ;-—Stansfield ; 
— Lower Withington ;— Preston ;— Royton (Fe- 
males) ;—- Ovenden ; — Elton ;—Rochdale ;—Stock- 
port ;— Elland ;—Coldin ;—Sowerby ;— Foulridge ;— 
Almondbury ;— Northouram ; — Howick ;— Heigh- 
ton; — Barton ;— Ashton-under-Lyne (Females) ;— 
Congleton ; — Chadderton ; — Smallwood ;—Black- 
burn ; — Brereton-cum:- Smethwick ; — Halifax ; — 
Fulwood ; — Barnoldswick ;— Thornton ; — Holds- 


' worth; —Whitworth ;— Crompton ;— Broughton;— 


Reyton ; — Oldham ; — Ribbleton ; — Padiham ;— 
Ribchester ; — Much Hoole ;— Longton ;— Lathom ; 
— Wadsworth ;— Southport ;— Buglawton ;— Hey- 
wood ; — Farrington ; — South Crossland ; — Bar- 
rowford ;— Blatchinworth ;— Thornhum ; — Tasbo- 
rough, &amp;c.;— Fishwicke ; — Newbrough ; — Little 
Hoole;—Lower Place, Castleton ;— Goosneirgh ;— 
Stalybridge (Protestant Dissenters) ;— Bradford, 
York ;— Butterworth ;— Meltham ;— Prestwick ;— 
Colne, Lancaster ;—Church Town ;—Grimsargh;— 
Dilworth; —Roughlee Booth;— Mossley ; — Burs- 
cough ;— Salmesbury ;-——Dutton ;— Whittingham ;— 
Elston ;— Radcliffe ;— Woodplumpton ;— Holme ;— 
Adlington ;— Glossop ;— Ashton-under-Lyne;—Ket- 
tleshulme;——Forest of Trawden ;—Great and Little 
Marsden ;—Hothersall ;—and, Lees ; praying for the 
repeal or amendment of the Poor Law Amendment 
Act,—were presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Poor Law Amendment Act. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the South- 
molton Union, praying that, in the consideration of 
any amendments’ of the said Act that may be sug- 
gested to the House, they will not abandon any of 
the principles, nor materially alter any of the leading 
provisions of that great and salutary measure, was 
also presented, and read ; and referred to the said 
Select Committee. 


The House was moved, That the Act 4 and 5 
Will. 4, c.'76, for the Amendment and better Admi- 
nistration of the Laws relating to the Relief of the 
Poor in England and Wales, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That leave be given to bring im a Bill to 
repeal the said Act ; 


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


Mercurii, 21° die Februarii, 1838. 


And the previous Question being put, That that 
Question be now put ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Edward John Stanley, } 391 


Yeas, Mr. Charles Wood : 
Tellers for the be Harvey, \ a 
Noes, Mr. George Frederick Young: 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 





Then the main Question being put ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the f{Mr. John Fielden, 
Yeas, Mr. Wakley: 


17. 
British 
Tellers for the f Mr. Edward John Stanley, } 309 facture! 


Noes, Mr. Robert Steuart : tection 
So it passed in the Negative. No. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Canada, 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of all Letters between Mr. Hume, 
Mr. Roebuck and any Member of this House, with 
Mons. Papineau, Mr. M‘Kenzie, Dr, Duncombe, 
and any other individuals who have held public 
Situations in the Provinces of Upper and Lower 
Canada, which have been seized in those Provinces, 
or otherwise come into the possession of Govern- 
ment. 

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


Post ( 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Carnatic 
Account of the Number of Claims, and the Amount and Tanjore 
of the same in English Money, made upon, and of Counsiacions, 
the Sums awarded by, the Carnatic and Tanjore 
Commissioners, since the 14th day of July 1836 ; 
stating the several items of the last —— year’s 
Expenditure, and the Names of the Persons re- Cha 
ceiving the same:—Also, the Amount of annual Do 
Expenses attending the Commission in England, 
since the 14th day of July 1836; together with 
Copies of the Correspondence which has taken place 
between the Court of Directors and the Board of 
Control, respecting the termination of the said Com- 
mission (see Parliamentary Paper, No. 478, of 1836); 
together with Copies of Correspondence between the La 
Tanjore Commisssioners and the Court of Directors as 
of the East India Company in relation to the ter- 
mination of the said Commission, aad to the settle- 
ment of the petty Claims under the same, since the 
14th day of July 1836; and also, Copies or Extracts of 
Correspondence between the Tanjore Commissioners 0 
in England and those at Madras, on the same a 
subject. 


oY 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill peitis manu. 
to prevent the imitation of the Names and Marks of facturers Pro- 
British Manufacturers on Foreign Articles imported tection Bil 
into this Country in Bond, and exported to any of 
the British Colonies or elsewhere, and for the better 
identification of Foreign Manufacture admitted on 
Duty for Sale into the United Kingdom and the 
British Colonies: And that Mr. Hawkes and Sir 
Thomas Fremantle do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Roxburghshire 
before the Select Committee on the Roxburghshire Election. 
Election Petition, be laid upon the Table of this 
House. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Grand Pe) 
assimilate the Levy and Expenditure of Grand Jury a vain 
Cess in the County and County of the City of Dublin, 
to the mode at present by Law established in the 
other Counties of Ireland: And that Lord Viscount 
Morpeth and Mr. Attorney General for Ireland do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Lord Worsley reported the Common Fields Im- ean 
provement Bill; and the Amendments were read, ,:P" 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill to assi- Grand Jury 
"| milate the Levy and Expenditure of Grand Jury Cess (Dublin) 











Cess in the County and County of the City of tes 7 Pie 151. 





British Manu- 
facturers Pro- 
tection Bill. 


No. 149. 


Post Office. 


Charitable 
Donations and 
Bequests 
(Ireland.) 


Law Commis- 





1 Victoriz. 


to the mode at present by Law established in the 
other Counties of Zreland: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Tuesday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Hawkes presented a Bill to prevent the Imita- 
tion of the Names and Marks of British Manufactu- 
rers on Foreign Articles imported into this Country in 
Bond, and exported to any of the British Colonies 
or elsewhere, and for the better Identification of 
Foreign Manufacture admitted on Duty for sale into 
the United Kingdom and the British Colonies : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday next ; 
and to be printed. 


Ordered,That there be laid before this House, an 
Account of all Rates and Duties that have been 
charged and levied on all Letters and Packets con- 
veyed by Post to and from any part of Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland, by way of Conway and Chester, in 
addition to the Rates and Duties payable by Law for 
the conveyance by Post of such Letters and Packets 
under the 19th section of the Act 1 and 2 Geo. 4. 
c. 35.; and also, the necessary Charges for paying, 
collecting and accounting for the same Rates and 
Duties ; with the actual Sum distinguished in the 
Accounts of the Receiver General of the Revenue 
of the Post Office, and carried by him into the 
Consolidated Fund, under the 20th section of that 
Act, so far as the same can be made out. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return from the Commissioners of Charitable Dona- 
tions and Bequests; showing the present state of 
Procedings, and when Proceedings commenced in 
each case instituted by the said Commissioners for 
the Recovery of any Fund applicable to the Poor 
or Charitable Institutions. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s 


sion (Seotland.) command,—Third Report by Her Majesty’s Law 


Outrages 
(Ireland.) 


Soodan Blacks, 
No. 150. 


Foreign Cc 
— 


Commissioners, Scotland :—Conveyancing. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth presented, pursuant to 
Order,—a Return of all Rewards offered by Procla- 
mation of the Lord Lieutenant, or Lords Justices of 
Ireland, for the Discovery of the Perpetrators of 
Murders and other Outrages, from the 1st day of 
January 1836, to the 12th day of December 1837, 
with the Dates of the Proclamations; and distin- 
guishing which of such Rewards (if any) have been 
claimed and paid by the Irish Government, in con- 
sequence of Information given pursuant to such 
Proclamation. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Soodan 
Blacks, which was presented upon Tuesday last, be 
printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
a quarter of an hour after one of the clock 
on Wednesday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 








Mercurii, 21° die Februari ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


M®* Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in ; 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders, 
—An Account of the'Fotal Quantity of Foreign Corn, 
Grain, Meal, Flour or other ground Corn, Rape 
Seed, Hemp Seed, and Tares (in half-yearly Re- 
turns), imported into the Port of London, from 5th 


day of January 1836 to 5th day of July 1837; the 
Vot. 93. 


20°—21° Februariz. 





295 


Total Quantities upon which Duty has been paid, 
with the Amount of Duty, and the Amount of 
Abatement (if any) made by Her Majesty’s Customs 
upon such Corn, Grain, &amp;c., stated to - damaged 
by heat or otherwise. 

Returns to an Order, dated the 29th day of January Fire, Life 
last, for Accounts of all Sums paid into the Stamp 14 Marine 
Office for Duty by each Insurance Office in Great“ 
Britain and Ireland, on Insurance from Fire and 
Life, for the Quarters ending 25th March, 24th June, 
29th September, and 25th December 1837 ; distin- 
guishing the Amount of Allowance made to each 
office for collecting the same in the Country, London, 
Edinburgh and Dublin respectively; with the Dates 
of such Payments for one year, from the 25th day 
of December 1837:—And, of the Duty paid into 
the Stamp Office on Marine Insurance for the same 

eriod. 

Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to the direc- Court of 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copies of tlsebend?) 
Treasury Warrants granting Compensation to the Six . ; 
Clerks and Cursitor of the Court of Chancery in Jre- 
land, for loss by the abolition of those Offices. 

Copy of the Certificate of the Lord Chief Baron Court of 
of the Court of Exchequer, of the necessity of Pxchequer. 
filling up the vacant Office of one of the Five Mas- 
ters on the Plea Side of the Court of Exchequer:— 

And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 


Lord Viscount Eastnor, from the Select Com- Mary-le-bone 
mittee appointed to try and determine the merits Election, 
of the Petition of Jonathan Robinson and John 
Cumberland, Electors of the Borough of Mary-le- 
bone, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the said Borough ; and to defend which, Z’homas 
Murphy had, by an Order of the House; been ad- 
mitted a Party with Sir Samuel Saint Swithin Burden 
Whalley, informed the House, That the Committee 
had determined ; 

That at the time of the last Election and Re- 
turn for the Borough of Mary-le-bone, Sir Samuel 
Saint Swithin Burden Whalley was not seised or 
gam: of, or entitled to a sufficient estate at 
aw, or in equity, in lands, tenements or heredita- 
ments, to qualify him to be elected, or to serve as 
a Member in Parliament for the said Borough of 
Mary-le-bone: 

That the Election of the said Sir Samuel Saint 
Swithin Burden Whalley, for the said Borough is 
void : 

That the Petition of Jonathan Robinson and 
John Cumberland did not appear to the said Com- 
mittee to be frivolous or vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not 
appear to the said Committee to be frivolous or vexa- 
tious : 

That the opposition of Thomas Murphy, the 
Party admitted to defend the Return of Sir Samuel 
Saint Swithin Burden Whalley, did not appear to 
the said Committee to be frivolous or vexatious. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Mary-le-bone 
to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ Writ. 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Mary-le-bone, in the 
room of Sir Samuel Saint Swithin Burden Whalley, 
Knight, whose Election has been determined to be 
void. 


Mr. Chalmers, one of the Clerks attending Com- Roxburghshire 
mittees of this House, presented, pursuant to Election. 
Order,—Minutes of the Evidence taken before the No. 152, 
Select Committee on the Roxburghshire Election 
Petition. 

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


PP4 Petitions 











296 


Bishoprick Petitions from the Dean and Chapter of Wor- 
_— orand wich;— and, Inhabitants of Hawarden; praying 
. that the Bishoprick of Sodor and Mann may not be 
annexed to the See of Carlisle,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Negro Appren- Petitions from Barton Mills ;—Trowbridge (four 
Goeskip. Petitions); — Bardwell; —Walsham-le- Willows ; — 
Newcastle -upon- Tyne (four Petitions); — Wilts 
(Chairman of a Meeting) ;— Haverfordwest ;—Rom- 
ford ;— Bideford ;— Chittern ;— Wichhambrook ;— 
Rolston ; — Tottlebank ;— and, Kirkby Stephen; 
praying for the abolition of the System of Negro 
Apprenticeship,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 
Poor Law Petitions from Northampton;—Sheepshed ;—and, 
Amendment Churchwardens and Chairman of the Vestry of 


Saint Pancras; praying for the repeal or amend- 
ment of the Poor Law Amendment Act,—were 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Poor Law Amendment Act. 


Sheriff Courts A Petition of Solicitors and Practitioners before 

(Scotland) Bille the Sheriff Court of Inverness, praying that the 
Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a 
law as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Commissioners of the second dis- 
trict of the Evesham Turnpike Roads ;—Commis- 
sioners of the Road from Moreton-in-the-Marsh to 
Chapel Heath ;—Commissioners of the Foss and 
Cross Turnpike Roads ; — Commissioners of the 
Stump Cross Turnpike Road ;—Creditors of the 
second district of the Evesham Turnpike Roads ;— 
and, Creditors of the Foss and Cross Turnpike 
Roads; praying that the Highway Rates Bill may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Highway Rates 
Bill. 


Elective 
Franchise. 


A Petition of Members of the Committee of the 
Reformers’ Registration Society of Mary-le-bone, 
praying the House to amend the Reform of Parlia- 
ment Act so as to grant a wide extension of the 
Suffrage, the total repeal of the Rate-paying clauses, 
the protection of the Ballot, and every other useful 
reform that may conduce to the welfare and happi- 
ness of the people, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Paiterns and Petitions from Mary-le-bone ; —Carpet and Rug 

Inventions Bill. Manufacturers of Middlesex ;—— Manufacturers and 
Dealers in Paper-hangings, &amp;c., in Middlesex ;— 
and, Manufacturers of and Dealers in Floor and Oil 
Cloth in Middlesex; praying that the Patterns 
and Inventions Bill may pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Vote by Ballot. Petitions from Mary-le-bone ;—and, Saint Ky- 
rans ; praying for the adoption of Vote by Ballot at 
Elections of Members to serve in Parliament,—were 


— und read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


able. 
Poor Law Jetitions fr , “ - 
sh Petitions from Owners and Occupiers of property, 


(Gilbert’s Act.) 2" Rate-payers of Otley, and other places ;— 
"Guardians and other Parochial Officers of Otley, 
and other places ;—and, the Visitor, Guardians, and 
Owners and Occupiers of land, of and in the Poor 
Law Union of Barwick-in-Elmet; praying the House 
not to pass any Act tending to dissolve the unions 
incorporated under the Act 22 Geo. 3, commonly 
called “ Gilbert's Act,”— were presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on the Poor 
Law Amendment Act. 


Selmon A Petition of Proprietors and Tacksmen of Sal- 
isheries Jsah: = : iv $ ; 
(Scotland) Bit!, BOP Fishings in the rivers Dee and Don, praying 


that the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Bill, may not 


21° Februariz. 





A. 1838. 


pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


_ A Petition of Medical Practitioners of Bradford, Apothecaries 
in the county of York, praying the House to suppress A«t- 

the evils arising from Druggists, and other persons 

not legally authorized, prescribing and dispensing 
Medicines, was presented, and read ; and ordered 

to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Chairman, Committee and Rating of 
Secretary of the Brighton Radical and Patriotic Tenements Bi, 
Association ;—and, Owners of tenements in Guis- 
brough, praying that the Rating of Tenements Bill 
we j not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Rating of 
Tenements. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Elec- Lower Canada, 
tors of Finsbury, praying the House not to sanction 
any step for the suspension of the Canadian Consti- 
tution, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


oO aS 


A Petition of George Drake, Esquire, of Ipplepen, Paington 
praying that the Paington Harbour Bill may pass Harbour Bill 
mto a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners, and other Fishguard 
Inhabitants of the Port of Carnarvon, praying for Hetbou Act 
the repeal! of the Clauses in the Fishguard Har our 
Act, imposing a passing Toll, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Shipowners of South Shields ;— Marine 
and, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce of Insurance. 
Plymouth ; praying for a reduction of the Duty on 
Policies of Marine Insurance,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Chamber of Postage. 
Commerce of Plymouth, praying for the establish- 
ment of a low uniform Rate of Postage on Letters, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Postage. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Kyrans, pray- rithes 
ing for the abolition of Tithes in Zreland, was pre- (Ireland.) 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Kyrans, pray- Municipal 
ing that the Municipal Corporations (Zreland) Bill, Corporations, 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and Clestend) © 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Municipal 
Boundaries 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Municipal Boundaries Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 14th day of March next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, | 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. John Parker presented, pursuant to Orders, Charitable 
—A Copy of all Communications between the Irish pom tr rests 
Government and the Board of Charitable Donations (Ireland.) 
and Bequests, respecting the constitution of the 
said Board, between the years 1830 and 1838. 

Return from the Commissioners of Charitable Charitable 


: ; tions 
Donations and Bequests ; showing the present state si 





of Proceedings, and when Proceedings commenced (jreland.) 
m 








Bill. 


Waste Lands 
({reland) Bill. 


Tenants for Life 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Leases and 
Exchanges 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Tynemouth 
and Youghal 
Elections. 


Sligo Borough 
Election, 


1 Vicroriz. 


in each case instituted by the said Commissioners for 
the Recovery of any Fund applicable to the Poor, 
or Charitable Institutions. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Waste Lands (Jreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Tenants for Life (Ireland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Leases and Exchanges (Jreland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Medical Charities (Zreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


Notice being taken that Forty Members were not 
present, the House was told by Mr. Speaker; and 
Forty Members not being eon ; and it being then 
after four of the clock :—The House was adjourned 
by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first put, till 
To-morrow. 





Jovis, 22° die Februari ; 


Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


tes hour appointed for taking into considera- 
tion the Petition of Sir Charles Edward Grey, 
of the Oaks, in the county of Surrey, Knight, and 
one of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Coun- 
cil; and also the Petition of John Cunningham, 
Gentleman, William Horseley, Doctor of Medicine, 
John Wetherley, Wine and Spirit Merchant, William 
Smith, Chemist and Druggist, Thomas Dixon Hada- 
way, Butcher, and Richard Wade, Grocer, all of the 
township of Tynemouth, in the parish of Tyne- 
mouth, in the county of Northumberland, Electors 
of the Borough of Tynemouth, in the said county of 
Northumberland, having a right to vote fora Member 
to serve in Parliament for the said Borough, seve- 
rally complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the said Borough, being come ; 
Mr. Speaker took the Chair. 


The Serjeant at Arms was sent with the Mace to 
the places adjacent to require the attendance of the 
Members on the business of the House ; and being 
returned ; 


A Member was sworn. 


g 


Mr. John Purker, from the Select Committee 
appointed to try and determine the merits of the 
Petition of John Wood and others, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Sligo, informed the House, That the Committee had 
determined, 

That John Patrick Somers, Esquire, is duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said Borough of Sligo: 

That the Petition of John Wood and others did 
not appear to the said Committee to be frivolous or 
vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not 
appear to the said Committee to be frivolous or 
vexatious. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Vot. 93. 


21°—22° Februarvz. 





207 


Then the House was counted by Mr. Speaker; and 
three hundred and eighteen Members being present ; 

And the Petition of John Musgrave Wigmore, 
Gentleman, Feliz M‘Neal, Slater, Daniel Harris, 
Brazier, and John Hall, Baker, all of Youghal, in 
the county of Cork, in that part of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Ire- 
land, Electors of the Borough of Youghal, and le- 
gally entitled to vote at the last Election for the said 
borough, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for the said Borough of Youghal, being also 
ordered to be taken into consideration upon this day ; 

The several Parties, counsel and agents, were 
called in. 


And the door being locked ; 


The Order of the day, for taking into consideration Tynemouth 


the said Petitions, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Tynemouth, was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn and 
read in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was 
completed ;—And Lists of the said names were de- 
livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 
mittee on the Tynemouth Election; and then the 
door was opened, and the Parties, their counsel and 
agents, withdrew. 


And the door being again locked ; 


Election. 


The Order of the day, for taking into consideration Youghal 
the said Petition complaining of an undue Election #lection. 


and Return for the Borough of Youghal, was read. 
And the names of the Members were drawn and 
read in the usual manner. 
And the whole number of thirty-three names was 


- | completed :—And Lists of the said names were de- 


livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 
mittee on the Youghal Election; and then the door 
was opened, and the Parties, their counsel and 
agents, withdrew. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth presented, 
Order,—A Return of all Crimes and 
ported by the Stipendary Magistrates and Officers 
of Police in Ireland to the Inspector General of Po- 
lice, or to the Irish Government as having been per- 
petrated in their respective Districts, from the 1st day 
of January 1836 to the 12th day of December 1837 ; 
distinguishing such Crimes and Outrages as were 
contained in the usual monthly Reports, and such 
as were specially reported. 

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


A Petition of James Stanton, the elder, and James 
Stanton, the younger, of Thelwall, in the county of 
Chester, Gunpowder Manufacturers, and James 
Greaves, of Partington, in the said county, Paper 
Manufacturer, complaining that the Standing Orders 
of the House, in respect to the application for the 
Turton and Entwisle Reservoir Bill, had not been 
complied with ; and praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their agents and witnesses, against 
the same, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Parliamentary Trustees for improv- 
ing the Navigation of the River Clyde, and enlarging 
the Harbour of Glasgow; taking notice of the ap- 
caer for the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway 

ill; and praying that such Bill may pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Sykes, the younger, of Stani- 
land, in the west riding of the county of York, com- 
plaining that the oe Orders of the House, in 
respect to the application for the Salterhebble Roads 
Bill, had not been complied with; and praying that 
he may be heard, by himself, his agents and wit- 
nesses, against the same, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 


2Q+ The 


ursuant to Outrages 
utrages re- (Ireland. 


Turton and 
Entwisle 
Reservoir. 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway. 


Salterhebble 
Roads. 








































































Towcester and 
Hardingston 
Road Bill, 


Rugby and 
Lutterworth 
Road. 


Festiniog 
Railway. 


Farringdon 
Street 
(London, ) 


London City 
Police. 


Midland 
Counties 
(Mountsorrel) 
Railway. 


Birkenhead 
Improvement. 


298 22° Februari. 


The Yowcester and Hardingston Road Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed to Sir Charles 
Knightley and the Northampton List. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills, to whom the Peti- 
tion of Charles Britten, Solicitor, complaining of 
non-compliance with the Standing Orders, in the 
case of the Petition for the Rugby and Lutterworth 
Road Bill, was referred ; That the Standing Orders 
in respect to the Petition for the said Bill had not 
been complied with, inasmuch as application has 
not been made in conformity with No. 4, p. 15, to 


the Owners or reputed Owners, Lessees or reputed | 


Lessees and Occupiers of lands intended to be 
taken, namely, to the Trustees of the Northampton 
and Dunchurch Road, otherwise called the Dun- 
church and Hillmorton Road. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Festiniog Railway Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That, in the case 
of the Petition for the Farringdon-street (London) 
Bill, the Standing Orders had not been complied 
with, inasmuch as the Lists of the names of the 
Owners, Lessees and Occupiers of the houses to 
be taken were not deposited in the Private Bill 
Office, but the same were produced to the Committee, 
the applications having been duly made. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That, in the case of 
the Petition for the London City Police Bill, the 
Standing Orders had not been complied with, inas- 
much as no notices had been given, as required for 
Bills of the first class; but it appeared to the Com- 
mittee that the measure was not determined upon till 
the 25th day of January last; that the application was 
carried by a large majority of the Court of Common 
Council, who are deuia by the rate-payers, and 
that the subject has been under their consideration 
for several years; that no new rate is proposed to 
be raised to carry the measure into effect, and that 
a saving of upwards of £.10,000 per annum will be 
made to the rate-payers by the alteration. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That, in the case of 
the Petition for the Midland Counties (Mountsorrel) 
Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had not been 
complied with, inasmuch as no application had been 
made to the Owners, Lessees and Occupiers on the 
line of Railway authorized to be made by the former 
Act, but only to those whose lands were situate on 
the proposed branch Railway, although powers were 
sought to extend the time for purchasing land on 
the original line beyond the time limited by the 
former Act. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Birkenhead Improvement Bill, 
the Standing Orders had not been complied with, 
inasmuch as the notices were given in the Chester 
Gazette of the 23d and 30th days of November, and 
the 7th day of December, and in the London Gazette 
of the 26th day of January, and 2d and 9th days of 
February ; and also on the church-door of the parish 
of Birkenhead onthe 19th and 26th days of November 





A. 1838. 


and the 3d day of December, and also on the different 
places of worship in the said parish ; butevidence was 
tendered to the Committee, that the inhabitants at 
whose instance the Petition for the Bill has been pre- 
sented, were not aware of the necessity of making 
application to Parliament until a rate was levied 
upon them by the Commissioners of One shilling and 
sixpence in the pound on the 7th day of November 
last, no former rate having exceeded Sixpence in 
the pound. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Southampton 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That, in the case of Pier Bill. 


the Petition for the Southampton Pier Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend and enlarge the powers and provisions of 
an Act of the second year of King William the 
Fourth, for erecting and maintaining a Pier and 
other Works for landing and embarking Passengers 
in the Port of Southampton: And that Mr. Dottin 
and Lord Viscount Duncan do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Fishguard 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That, in the case of Harbour Bill 


the Petition for the Fishguard Harbour Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to alter and amend an Act passed in the last Session 
of Parliament, intituled, “ An Act for improving the 
Harbour and Port of Fishguard, otherwise Aber- 
gwain, in the County of Pembroke: And that Mr. 
John Parker and Mr. George Frederick Young do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Greene ny, “nae from the Select Committee Higham Ferrers 
rivate Bills ; That, in the case of Inclosure, 


on Petitions for 
the Petition for the Higham Ferrers Inclosure Bill, 
the Standing Orders had not been complied with ; 
but it appeared to the Committee, that the circum- 
stances out of which the present application occurred 
did not arise until the month of January last; and 
it further appeared in evidence that the consent of 
the Duchy of Lancaster had been obtained to the 
present application, and that every individual having 
any interest whatever in the lands in question, or 
the rights to be affected, not only consented, but 
a signed the Petition for leave to bring in the 

lil. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of John Swift, of Liverpool, Gentleman, Bolton and 
complaining that the Standing Orders of the House Preston Rail 
in respect to the application for the Bolton and “*™ 


Preston Railway Bill, had not been complied with ; 
and praying that he may be heard, by himself, his 
agents and witnesses, against the same, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Saint Michael, Coventry ;— Holy Bishoprick 
Trinity, Coventry ;—Archdeacon of Salop and Clergy _ 


of Shrewsbury ;— Whalley ;—and, Bury Saint 
mund’s ; praying that the Bishoprick of Sodor and 
Mann may not be annexed to the See of Carlisle, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Liverpool ;— Broadway ;—Derby ; Negro Appte™ 
—Kendal ; — Bishop’s Stortford ; — Abergavenny ticeship- 


(three Petitions) ;—- Lianwenarth;-- Bradford( Wilts) ; 
—and, Truro; praying for the abolition of the 
system of Negro Apprenticeship,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Postmasters and others licensed to Post-horse 
Duties, &amp;c. 


let horses for hire on the North Road, praying for 


the repeal of the Duties upon Horses and Post Car- 
riages 








Poor 


Act. 


Poo 


(Ire 


Pet 


Po 


Fi 















Sy 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill. 


opton 
ll, 


Public 
Petitions. 


Postage. 


rd 
r Bill. 


Fishguard 
Harbour Act. 


Church of 
Scotland. 


Ferrers 
e, 


Forth Ferries. 


Sheriff Courts 
(Scotland) Bill, 





Marine 


.ail- Insurance. 


. Foreign Corn, 
nd 


Apothecaries 
Act, 


pre Ne 


Navy, 





1 Vieroriz. 


riages employed in conveying passengers for hire, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to he upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Saint Helen’s, Lancaster ;—Mac- 
clesfield Forest; —Prestbury ;— Bosley;—and, Lymm; 
raying for the repeal or amendment of the Poor 
aw Amendment Act,—were presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on the Poor 
Law Amendment Act. 


Petitions from Kiltomey and other places ;—and, 
Killefeighney and Killeshenane; praying that the 
Poor Relief (Zreland) Bill may not pass into a law 
as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Se- 
lect Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented on the 19th and 
20th days of this instant February, and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


A Petition of Inhabitants of Rickling, praying for 
the establishment of a low umiform rate of Postage 
on Letters, was presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Postage. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a meeting of Mem- 
bers of the Ship-owners’ Society of Leith, praying 
for the repeal of the clauses in the Fishguard Har- 
bour Act, imposing a passing Toll, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Perth ;—Minister and Deacons of 
the Baptist Congregation of Cupar ;—and, Spring- 
field; praying the “House to refuse all further en- 
dowments to the Established Church of Scotland,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. . 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Memorials presented to the Treasury 
since 1833, relating to the Forth Ferries :—also, a 
Return showing what Proceedings have been taken 
upon them. 


Petitions from the Preses and Secretary of the 
Society of Solicitors or Writers in Dundee ;—and, 
Merchants and other Inhabitants of Inveraray, pray- 
ing that the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill may not 
pass into a law as it now stands,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Members of the Chamber of Com- 
merce, Ship-owners and Underwriters at the Port 
of Hull ;—and, the President and Secretary of the 
Chamber of Commerce of Nottingham ; praying for a 
reduction of the Duty on Policies of Marme Insu- 
rance,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President and Secretary of the 
Chamber of Commerce of Nottingham, praying 
that Foreign Wheat in bond may be permitted to 
be ground into Flour for Exportation, was presented, 
and read: and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of legally-authorized Practitioners of 
Medicine residing in Halifax,praying for the amend- 
ment of the Apothecaries Act, by empowering Ma- 
gistrates to inflict a penalty on persons convicted 

fore them of illegally prescribmg or practising 
Medicine, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Charles Wood presented, pursuant to Orders, 
ns of the Names of the Mates in Her Ma- 
OL. 93. 


22° Februarie. 





299 


jesty’s Navy on the 1st day of January 1838, the 
Date of their Examination for Lieutenant, and the 
Ship in which they are serving :—of the Names of 
Midshipmen in Her Majesty’s Navy on the 1st day 
of January 1838, the Date of their Entry into the 
Service, and the Ship in which they are serving :— 
and, of the Names of Volunteers of the First Class, 
in Her Majesty’s Navy on the 1st day of January 
1838, the Date of their Entry into the Service, and 
the Ship in which they are serving. 

Ordered, That the said Returns de lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from William Grant, of Portsmouth, French Claims, 


Esquire ;— George Anthony Sharp and others ;— 
and, Arthur Rondeaux de Courcy, of Paris, in the 
kingdom of France ; praying that no new claimant 
may be admitted upon the fund provided by France 
for the liquidation of Claims of British subjects on 
the Government of that country, until the persons 
whose claims have been adjudged in their favour 
shall be paid the full amount due to them,—were 
ge and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of John Hamilton, of Whitehaven, Ale and Beer 
Brewer, complaining of the protecting duty on the Duties (Isle of 


importation of Ale and Beer from the Jsle of Mann 
having been withdrawn, whereby the Petitioner is 
unable to compete with the Manx Brewers, and 
praying relief, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


ra] 

The counsel and agents, in the case of the Tyyne- 
mouth Election, being returned to the bar, the Clerk 
appointed to attend the said Committee delivered 
in to the House a reduced List ; and the same was 
called over, as followeth ; 

George Poulett Scrope, Esquire, the Honourable 
George Anson, Walter Frederick Campbell, Esquire, 
Henry Gally Knight, Esquire, William Dowdeswell, 
Esquire, Lord Viscount Adare, the Right houourable 
Henry Labouchere, Wiliam Edward Powell, Esquire, 
Charles Denham Orlando Jephson, Esquire, Charles 
Baring Wall, Esquire, and Lord Viscount Clive. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits.of the Petitions com- 
pane of an undue Election and Return for the 

orough of Tynemouth, were sworn by the Clerk at 
the Table in the usual manner; and thereupon the 
counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


A Petition of Merchants and Ship-owners of Mary- 
port, praying the House to appomt a Committee to 
investigate the Claims of British subjects for losses 
sustained by the seizure of their ships and goods 
in Denmark and in the Baltic in 1807, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


ann.) 


Tynemouth 
Elections 


Danish Claims. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Dublin, praying Municipal 


that the Municipal Corporations (Jreland) Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Corporations 


(Ireland) Bill, 


A Petition of Working Letter-Press Printers of Combination 
Dublin, praying that the House will not have recourse ° Workmen. 


to any new law restrictive of the liberties of Ope- 
ratives, until a careful investigation shall have taken 
place into the effect of the existing laws on the 
subject of combination, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Combina- 
tion of Workmen. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Factories Act. 


Return of the Number of Superintendents employed 
under the provisions of the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, 
QQ2 c, 133, 











Shipping 
Gazette. 


Elective 
Franchise. 


Coal Trade 
(Port of Lon- 
don) Bill. 


Youghal 
Election, 


Oaths to 
Witnesses 
(Ireland) Bill, 


French Claims, 


300 99°_.93° Februarit. 


c. 133, for the Regulation of Factory Labour, with 
the distance required to be travelled yearly by each 
Superintendent in the discharge of his duty, and the 
Amount of Salary received by each; together with 
the Amount of Allowance, if any, for Travelling Ex- 
penses, and the Amount of each haeeletandeatt&gt; 
share, if any, of the Fines imposed upon parties 
transgressing the law, in the year 1837. 


A Petition of Seamen belonging to orth Shields 
and Members of the Loyal Standard Association of 
that place, praying the House to relieve the pro- 
prietors of the Shipping Gazette from the Postage 
on Letters containing shipping and commercial in- 
telligence only, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Condons and Clon- 
gibbons, praying the House to pass an Act to prevent 
the Roman Catholic clergy of Jreland from here- 
after interfering with Voters in the exercise of their 
Elective Franchise, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Act 1 and 2 
Will. 4, c. 76, for regulating the vend and delivery 
of Coals in the Cities of London and Westminster, 
and in certain parts of the Counties of Middlesex, 
Surrey, Kent, Essex, Hertfordshire, Buckingham- 
shire and Berkshire, might be read ; and the same 
being read ; 


Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Select 
Committee on the Coal Trade (Port of Zondon) Bill, 
That they have Power to make provision therein to 
alter and amend the said Act. 


The counsel and agents, in the case of the Youghal 
Election, being returned to the bar, the Clerk ap- 
pointed to attend the said Committee delivered in to 
the House a reduced List; and the same was called 
over, as followeth ; 

Lord Ernest Bruce, Charles Whitley Deans Dun- 
das, Esquire, the Honourable John eles Charles 
Fox Strangways, the Honourable Anthony Henry 
Ashley Cooper, Lord Viscount Worthland, the Marquis 
of Granby, Richard Walker, Esquire, the Honourable 
Henry Beauchamp Lygon, the Bar! of Surrey, John 
Young, Esquire, and Charles Standish, Esquire. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee fur trying the merits of the Petition 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Youghal, were sworn by the Clerk 
at the Table in the usual manner; and thereupon 
the counsel and agents withdrew. 


Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 


-for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
empower the foreman or any other member of 
Grand Juries in Jreland, to administer Oaths to 
Witnesses on Bills of Indictment: And that Colonel 
Verner and Mr. Attorney General for Ireland do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That a Select Committee be appointed for the pur- 
pose of investigating the Claims of D’Arcy Talbot, 
Esquire, and other Claimants on the French Com- 
pensation Fund ; 


The House divided. 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Mackinnon, } 59 
Yeas, Mr. MorganJohnO’ Connell: , 

Tellers for the f Mr. Charles Wood, 10 
Noes, Mr. Robert Steuart : 5. 


So *t passed in the Negative. 








A. 1838. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Salmon Cus 
for the protection of the Salmon Fisheries in Jre- on Inf 
land: And that Colonel Conolly and Mr. Serjeant *~“" ym, 
Jackson do prepare, and bring it in. 


Lo 
A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Baron de Bode } 
That a Select Committee be appointed for completing 
the investigation of the case of the Baron de Bode, 
heretofore referred in the year 1834 to a Select 
Committee of this House ; 
The House divided: 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; . 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for thef Mr. Warburton, 28 
Yeas, Mr. Hume: } : 
Tellers for the) Mr. Robert Steuart, 108 
Noes, Mr. John Parker : } R : 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Baron de Bose, 
a og id of a Letter addressed to the Chancellor of 
the Exchequer by the Baron de Bode, on the 6th day 
of December 1836, and the Observations of Mr. 
Finlaison thereon. 


The House was moved, That the Third Annual poor Lay 
Report of the Poor Law Commissioners for England Amendment 
and Wales, which was presented upon the 17th day 4% 
of July, in the last Session of Parliament, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Select 
Committee on the Poor Law Amendment Act, to 
inquire into the accuracy of that portion of the said 
Report, which has reference to the vicious system 
alleged by them to prevail in the existing incor- 
porations framed under Gilbert’s Act, and to report 
their opinion thereupon to the House. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Lord’s Day 
for the suppression of trading on the Lord’s day, Bill. 
commonly called Sunday: And that Mr. Plumptre 
and Lord Ashley do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Intimidation 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to of Voters Bill 
prevent threats or attempts at Intimidation to Voters, 
to influence their votes for Members of Parliament; 


And the House 7 continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 


Veneris, 23° die Februarii, 1838: 


And the Question being put; 
The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Slaney, 50 
Yeas, Sir George Strickland, } , 
Tellers for the { Sir George Sinclair, \ 23 
Noes, Lord George Bentinck : ‘ 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—And that 
Mr. Slaney and Mr. Serjeant Talfourd do prepare 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That this House be called over upon House to be 
Tuesday the sixth day of March next. called over. 


Ordered, That the Poll-books produced before eer 
the Select Committee on the Roxburghshire Election ““"™ 
Petition be laid before this House. 


The Order of the day being read for nominating Combination 
the Select Committee on Combination of Workmen; Workmen. 
Ordered, That the Committee be nominated. this. 
day. 


Ordered, That the Patterns and Inventions Bill Patterns and 
be read a second time upon Wednesday the 7th Inventom™™ 
day of March next. 


Ordered, That the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Salmon 
Fisheries 


Bill be read a second time upon Worn (Scotland) Bill 
? 








Custody of 
Infants Bill.. 


) Bill, 


Lord’s Day Bill. 
No. 153. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


British Guiana 
and Mauritius. 


Bode, 


Postage. 


Tynemouth 
Election, 


1 VicrorizZ. 


Resolved, That this House will upon Wednesday 
the 11th day of April next, resolve itself into a 
Committee upon the Custody of Infants Bill. 


Mr. Plumptre “ag a Bill for the suppression 
of trading on the Lord’s Day, commonly called 
Sunday: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- 
nesday the 21st day of March next; and to be 
printed. 


Ordered, That Sir William Rae have leave of 
absence, for a month on account of a domestic afflic- 
tion;—and, Lord Ramsay a month, on account of a 
domestic affliction. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Orders in Council, or Colonial Ordi- 
nances, for the better regulation and enforcement 
of the relative duties of masters and employers, and 
articled servants, tradesmen, and labourers in the 
Colonies of British Guiana and Mauritius, and of 
Correspondence relating thereto. 

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


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords 
to request that their Lordships will give leave to 
the Earl of Lichfield to attend in order to his being 
examined as a witness before the Select Committee 
appointed by this House, to inquire into the pre- 
sent rates and mode of charging Postage, with a 
view tosuch a reduction thereof as may be made 
without injury to the Revenue; and for this pur- 
pose to examine especially into the mode recom- 
mended, for charging and collecting Postage, in a 
pamphlet published by Mr. Rowland Hill: And 
that Mr. Wallace do carry the said Message. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after twelve of the clock 
on Friday morning, adjourned till this day. 











Veneris, 23° die Februarii ; 
Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


ORD Viscount Clive, from the Select Commit- 

tee appointed to try and determine the merits 

of the Petitions of John Cunningham, and others, 

Electors ; and of Sir Charles Edward Grey, Knight, 

severally complaining of an undue Election and Re- 

turn for the Borough of Tynemouth, informed the 
House, That the Committee have determined, 


That George Frederick Young, Esquire, is not 
duly elected a Burgess to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the said Borough of Tynemouth : 


That Sir Charles Edward Grey, Knight, is duly 
elected, and ought to have been returned a Burgess 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
Borough of Tynemouth : 

That the Petitions of John Cunningham, and 
others, and of Sir Charles Edward Grey, Knight, 
did not appear to the said Committee to be frivolous 
or vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petitions did not 
appear to the said Committee to be frivolous or 
vexatious. 

Lord Viscount Clive also informed the House, 
That the Committee have altered the Poll taken at 
such Election, by striking out the Names of John 
rhage 5 William Graham, Alexander M’ An- 
drew, John Eaves, James Cooper Byram, Robert 
Hall, Patrick Hart, James Dowey, John Coxon, 
Caner teens Thomas Leslie, Richard Hind- 

OL. a e 


29°—93° Februariz. 





301 


haugh, James Gillies, David Laidlaw, Christopher 
Robinson, George Shanks, and Benjamin Severn, as 
not having had a right to vote at such Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend Clerk of the 
this House upon Monday next, with the last Return ae 
for the Borough of Tynemouth, and amend the“ °“"™ 
same by rasing out the name of George Frederick 
Young, Esquire, and inserting the name of Sir 
Charles Edward Grey, Knight, instead thereof. 


Mr. Townley presented a Bill for inclosing Lands Sutton __ 
in the Parish of Sutton, in the Isle of Ely and Inclosure Bill 
County of Cambridge: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Petitions from William Spurrier, of Birmingham, Severn Naviga- 
Gentleman ;—and, Henry Hooper Wilton, of Gilouces- tion (No. 1) 
ter, Gentleman, complaining that the Standing 
Orders of the House, in respect to the application 
for the Severn Navigation (No. 1.) Bill, had not been 
— with ; and praying that they may be heard 
by themselves, their agents and witnesses, against 
the same,—were presented, and read; and referred 
~ the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
ills. 


A Petition of Charles Bedford, of Worcester, Severn Naviga- 
Gentleman, complaining that the Standing Orders tim (No. 2.) 
of the House, in respect to the application for the 
Severn Navigation (No. 2.) Bill, had not been com- 
plied with; and praying that he may be heard by 
himself, his agents and witnesses, against the same, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Merchants and Ship-owners of Great Fishguard 
Yarmouth, praying for the repeal of the Clauses in Harbour Act. 
the Fishguard , a Act, imposing a passing 
Toll, was present¢d, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Eastern 
of the Petition for the Eastern Counties Railway se 
Bill, which, upon Monday last, was made from the — 
Select Committee on Standing Orders relative to 
Private Bills, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend and enlarge the powers and provisions of 
the Act relating to the Rastern Counties Railway : 
And that Mr. Round and Mr. Thomas Gibson do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Captain Alsager presented a Bill to enable the London 
London and Croydon Railway Company, to enlarge — 
their Station in the Parish of Saint Olave, in the (Not) Bill. 
Borough of Southwark, in the County of Surrey, 
and to amend the Acts relating to the said Railway 
and Station: And the same was read the first time ; 


and ordered to be read a second time. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- Anti Dry-Rot 
spect of the Petition for the Anti Dry-Rot Company Company Bill. 
Bill, which, upon the 7th day of this instant + 3 
ary, was made from the Select Committee on - 
tions for Private Bills, might be read ; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for regulating the Sums to be taken for Licenses by 
the Anti Dry-Rot Company, and for vesting the 
Profits thereof in the Company for a limited time : 

And that Mr. Brotherton and Sir Robert Price do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of Mark Kennaway, of Exeter, Soli- Southmolton 
citor, complaining that the Standing Orders of the Road. 
House, in respect to the application for the South- 
molton Road Bill had not been complied with; and 
praying that he may be heard by himself, his agents 

QQ3 and 








Fishguard 
Harbour Bill. 


Salmon 
Fisheries 
(Ireland) Bill, 


No. 155. 


Saint Luke’s 
Hospital Bill. 


Roxburghshire 
Election. 


Sixth Report 
on Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


No. 161. 


London and 
Brighton 
Railway Act. 


Saint Pancras 
Paving. 


Corn Laws. 


Vote be Ballot. 


302 


and witnesses, against the same, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


Mr. John Parker presented a Bill to alter and 
amend an Act oauied in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, intituled, “ An Act for improving the Har- 
bour and Port of Fishguard, otherwise Abergwain, 
in the County of Pembroke:” And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Colonel Conolly presented a Bill for the more 
effectual Preservation of Salmon Fish in Jreland: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Thursday, the 15th 
day of March next; and to be printed. 


The Saint Luke’s Hospital Bill was read a second 
time; and committed to Mr. Shaw Lefevre, and the 
Middlesex List. 


Mr. Chalmers, one of the Clerks attending Com- 
mittees of this House, presented, pursuant to Order, 
—The Poll-books of the Roxburghshire Election. 

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


Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed to inquire into the Administration 
of the Relief of the Poor under the Orders and 
Regulations issued by the Commissioners appointed 
under the provisions of the Poor Law Amendment 
Act ; and who were empowered to report the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them from time to time 
to the House ; That they had made further Progress 
in the matters to them referred, and had directed 
him to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them. 

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


A Petition of Richard Stafford Cooke, who was a 
Subscriber to a Parliamentary Contract for the forma- 
tion of a line of Railway from London to Brighton, 
without a tunnel, denying the allegations in the Pream- 
ble of the London and Brighton Railway Act,that the 
promoters of the Petitioner’s line had agreed, under 
the sanction of Parliament, to unite in carrying into 
effect the proposed line from the Croydon Railway 
to Brighton, with the Parties promoting four other 
lines; and praying the House to repeal the Preamble 
of the said Act, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Charles Pearson, of Park-street, 
Westminster, Solicitor and Parliamentary Agent, 
denying the allegations of the Petition of James 
Mills (presented upon Thursday, the 15th day of 
this instant February), relative to the London and 
Brighton Railway Act; and praying for inquiry, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Grane, of Bedford Row, in 
the county of Middlesex, Solicitor, complaining that 
the Standing Orders of the House, in respect to the 
—- or the Saint Pancras Paving Bill, had 
now been complied with ; and praying that he may 
be heard, by his agents and witnesses, against the 
same, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions from Nottingham ;— Glasgow ;—W hit- 
burn ;— Westquarter, parish of Glasford;— Members 
of the Chamber of Commerce at Manchester ;—and, 
Bathgate ; praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Canterbury, praying 
the House to let the Reform Act be what its advo- 
cates professed, “a final measure,” and not to sanc- 


93° Februari. 











A. 1838. 


tion Vote by Ballot, a system novel to the con- 
stitution of this country, repugnant to the manly 
character of its people, calculated for the use only 
of the dishonest and the dastardly, and fixing on 
the whole body of electors the stigma of being 
swayed by motives which they despise, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Warwick ;— York ;—Natland, &amp;c. ; Negro Appren. 
— Othery; — Milverton; — Wells (Norfolk); — ticeship. 
Omagh ;—Leek ;— Wisbech (two Petitions) ;—Chip- 
ping Wycombe ;— Holt ;— Ravenstonedale ;—South 
Petherton;— Warkworth ;— Diss ;— Great Driffield; 
— Rhyddlan ;— Kilsyth (Chairman of a Meeting) ;— 
Morpeth ;—Little Walsingham ;—Devonshire-square 
Chapel, London ;— Ross, Hereford ;—Lydbrook;— 
Gorsley ;--and, Ruardean; praying for the aboli- 
tion of the system of Negro Apprenticeship,—were 
ii and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Petitions from Collessie ;— Girvan ; — Urr ; — Church of 
Auchtermuchty ;——Fenwich ;— Faulkland ; — Whit- Sotland. 
burn ;—and, Members of the Scottish Central Board 
for vindicating the rights of Dissenters ; praying the 
House to refuse their sanction to any aiditional en- 
dowments to the Church of Scot/and,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Union of Harding- Rating of 
stone, praying that the Rating of Tenements Bill TevementsBil. 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Rating of Te- 
nements. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Great Yar- Education. 

mouth, praying the House to ensure to all classes of , 

the people the means of obtaining an education so 
blended with religious instruction as to make them 

useful and moral members of society, but without 
infringing on the great principle of religious liberty, 

was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 

the Table. 


Petitions from Hitchin ;—and, Plymouth; pray- Postage. 
ing for the establishment of a low uniform rate of 
Postage on Letters,—were presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Postage. 


Petitions from Dublin ;—Glendermot (Chairman Poor Relief 
of a Meeting) ;—Moneyrea ;—and, Belfast (Chair- (Ireland) Bill. 
man of a Meeting); praying that the Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill may not pass into a law as it now 
stands,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman, Directors and other Marine 
Members of the Association of Underwriters and In- Is"""°* 
surance Brokers in Glasgow, praying for the repeal 
of the Duty on Policies of Marine Insurance, was 


ge and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of the Deacon, Convener, Collector Combination 
and other Members of the Trades House of Glasgow, * We%k™™ 
praying the House to enact the necessary laws to 
protect employers and operatives from the tyranny 
of Trades Unions, to ensure the enforcement of those 
laws, and to secure practical freedom to all in the 
sale or purchase of labour, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Combina- 
tion of Workmen. 

A Petition of Working Carpenters of the city of 
Dublin, denying the allegations of the Petition of 
Bankers, Merchants, Manufacturers, Traders, House- 
holders and other Inhabitants of Dublin (presented 
upon the 9th day of this instant February), and pray- 
ing the House to pass no legislative enactment con- 


cerning 


Establi 
Churct 


Leave 
Absen 


Hight 
Bill, 


St 











1 Vicroriz. 


cerning tradesmen, without hearing the Petitioners 
in their defence, was also presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. ‘ 


Established A Petition of Inhabitants of Uttoxeter, praying 

Church. the House to effect such a Reform in the Established 
Church as they may think fit, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Leave of Ordered, That Mr. Ingham have leave to go the 

Absence. circuit ;— Mr. William Maule to go the circuit ;—and, 
the O’ Conor Don, leave of absence for a fortnight, 
on urgent business. 

Highway Rates A Petition of Trustees and Mortgagees of Tolls 


Bill of the turnpike road leading from Wadhurst to 
West Farleigh, praying that the Highway Rates Bill 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Recovery of A Petition of Owners of houses and tenements in 

Tenements Bill. Torzeth Park, praying that the Recovery of Tene- 
ments Bill, may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Bishoprick of A Petition of Clergymen of the Church of Eng- 

Svdor and Jand in Campden and its neighbourhood, praying 
that the Bishoprick of Sodor and Mann may not be 
annexed to the See of Carlisle, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Monicipal A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of estates, 

— and other Inhabitants of Skirbeck and Skirbeck 
Quarter, praying that the Municipal Boundaries 
Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands, was 
ar and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Poor Law 


Lav A Petition of Medical Practitioners in the eastern 
Commissioners. 


division of the county of Kent, complaining of state- 
ments affecting the medical profession in the Second 
Annual Report of the Poor Law Commissioners ; 
and praying for inquiry, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Steam Engines. A Petition of Samuel Hall, of Basford, and of 
King’s Arms-yard, London, Civil Engineer, praying 
the House to institute an inquiry into the merits of 
his invention of improvements on the Steam Engine, 


was presented and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Baron de Bode. Myr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, pur- 
suant to Order,—Copy of a Letter addressed to the 
Chancellor of the Exchequer by the Baron de Bode 
on the 6th day of December 1836; and the Observa- 
tions of Mr. Finlaison thereon. 


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


caenin A Petition of Master Mariners and others, be- 


longing to Deal, praying the House to relieve the 
proprietors of the Shipping Gazette from the postage 
on letters containing shipping and commercial 
intelligence only, was presented and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Seventh R, 

00 Poor ga 
Amendment 
Act, 


Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed to inquire into the Administration 
of the Relief of the Poor under the Orders and 
Regulations issued by the Commissoners appointed 
under the provisions of the Poor Law Amendment 
Act; and who were empowered to report the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them from time to time 
to the House; That they had made further Progress 
in the matters to them referred, and had directed 
him to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them. 

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

Vo. 93. 


No. 161, 


23° Februariz. 











303 


Petitions from Bradford (Wilts) ;--and,—Col- Vote by Ballot. 
lessie; praying for the adoption of Vote by Ballot at 
Elections of Members to serve in Poblenent— 
were presented and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bashell-Eves, pray- Poor Law 
ing for the repeal of the Poor Law Amendment —— 
Act, was presented and read; and referred to the ~ 


Select Committee on the Poor Law Amendment 
Act. 


A Petition of the London and G'reenwich Railway London and 
Company, praying that provision may be made in Greenwich 
the London and Greenwich Railway Bill, to autho-" "Y "* 
rize them to raise a further sum of money to enable 
them to complete'the said Railway, was presented 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Petition of John Swift, which Bolton and 
was presented yesterday, complaining of non-com- — —_ 
pliance with the Standing Orders in respect to the 
application for the Bolton and Preston Railway Bill, 
be referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself had ay 
into a Committee upon the Poor Relief (Jreland)“™™" 
Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Cravuses, N°. 36 to N°. 39, agreed to. 
Cuavussg, N°. 40, amended, and agreed to. 
Criausg, N°. 41, (Relief in Workhouses)——read. 


Amendment proposed: P. 15. 1. 33. After the 
word “ and,” to insert the words “ at the cost of the 
“ districts wherein they may respectively have ac- 
“ quired a settlement, and for :”’—Question put, 
That those words be there inserted ; 


The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Lucas, } 31 
Yeas, Lord Granville Somerset: 


Tellers for the f Mr. Charles Wood, } 103 
Noes, L Mr. Robert Gordon: . 
Amendment proposed: Toadd the following Proviso 
at the end of the Clause: “ Provided always, That 
“ it shall be lawful for the Guardians, with the 
“ consent of the Commissioners, to direct that relief 
shall be given to any destitute person who shall, 
from old age or infirmity of body, be wholly unable 
to work, without requiring that such person shall 
reside in any workhouse,” 
Question put, That those words be there added ; 
The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. William Smith FPren): 32 
Yeas, Mr. O’ Connell: . 
Tellersforthe f Mr. Robert Steuart, } “ 
Noes, 1 Mr. John Parker : 4 


Cravse, N°. 41, agreed to. 

CiauseE, N°. 42, postponed. 

Curausz, N°. 43, agreed to. 

Ciause, N°. 44, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravuse, N°. 45, postponed. 

Cxiause; N°. 46, disagreed to. 

To report Progress and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair, and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made further Pro- 
gress in the Bill, and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House, will upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second Copyholds 
reading of the Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill; — Pn'rayeivse- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon ’ 

Monday next. 
QQq4 The 











Copyholds 
—— 
Bill. 


Manorial 
Boundaries 
Bill. 


Escheats Bill. 


Descents Bill. 


Schools 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Combination 
of Workmen. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 


Act. 


Adjournment, 


Sheriffs 
Ireland.) 


304 


The Order of the day being read, for the-second 
reading of the Copyholds Improvement Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Manorial Boundaries Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Escheats Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Descents Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Schools (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday, the 5th day of March next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 


the 13th day of this instant February, That a Select 


Committee be appointed to inquire into the operation 
of the Act: 6th Geo. 4, c. 129, and generally into the 
Constitution, Proceedings and Extent of any Trades 
Unions or Combinations of Workmen, or Employers 
of Workmen, in the United Kingdom, and to report 
their Observations. thereon to the House, might be 
read; and the same being read ; 

_ A Committee was nominated of the Lord Ad- 
Yocate, Lord Granville Somerset, Mr. O’ Connell, 
Lord Viscount Lowther, Mr. Charles Villiers, Mr. 
Hume, Sir Henry Parnell, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Milnes, 
Mr. Hindley, Mr. Pringle, Mr. Wakley, Mr. Ward, 
Mr. John Young, and Mr. Poulett Thomson, with 
Power to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
the 22d day of November last, That there be laid 
before this House, a Copy of any Order under the 
new Poor Act for withholding out of door Relief to 
the Able-bodied ; the Names of the Unions to which 
such Order has been sent, and the Date of sending 
the same to each Union, up to the present time, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That a Return to the said Order be laid 
before this House forthwith. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Mr. Fox Maule preenies, pursuant to Orders,— | 


A Return of the Total Amount of the Salary and 
Emoluments attached to the Office of High Sheriff 
and Sub-Sheriff in each County, County of a City 
and County of a Town in Jreland, as far as the same 
can be ascertained, for each of the last Three years, 
1834, 1835 and 1836; specifying, in detail, the 
Sources, whether legal or customary, from which 
such Total Income has been derived, and the Pro- 
ceeds from each Source ; and exhibiting the Increase 
or Diminution of Income which has resulted, or will 
probably hereafter result, from the operation of the 
Act of 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 75, intituled, “ An Act to 


93° Februariz. 








A. 1838. 


regulate the Proceedings of the Civil Bill Courts in 
Ireland ;” also, stating in detail the Expenses inci- 
dental to each Office. 
Returns of the yearly Average Prices of Wheat Wheat and 0, 


and Oats per Barrel, for periods ending the Ist day (Ireland,) 3 
of May pio year respectively, calculated upon 
the Returns advertised in the Dublin Gazette, be- 
ginning with the year ending the 1st May 1824, and i 


stating the Average Prices of each year successively, 
up to the 1st day of May 1837, inclusive :—And, of 
the Average Prices of Wheat and Oats per Barrel, 
calculated upon the same Returns, for the period of 
Ten years immediately preceding the 1st.day of May 
1833 :—The like for Ten years immediately preceding 
the 1st day of May 1834 :—The like for Ten years 
ratte Aor: &amp; receding the 1st day of May 1835 :— 
The like for Ten years immediately ennai the 1st 
day of May 1836:—The like for Ten years imme- 
diately preceding the 1st day of May 1837. 

A Return of all Reports of Outrages made to the Sligo Electios, 
Inspector General of Police by the Constabulary 
Officers, during the late Elections for the County 
and Borough of Sligo. 

Mr. For Maule also presented, pursuant to an Appeals, 
Address to Her Majesty,—A Return of the Number Quarter Ses 
of Appeals to the Quarter Sessions against Con-“°"* 
victions by Justices of the Peace in England and 
Wales in 1836. 

Mr. Fox Maule also presented, pursuant to the Prisons, 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copies 
of all Reports, and of Schedules (B.), transmitted to 
the Secretary of State respecting Prisons. 

Two Reports of John Henry Capper, Esquire, Convicts 
Superintendent of Ships and Vessels employed for 
the Confinement of Offenders under Sentence of 
Transportation. 

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


Ordered, That the Copies of Regulations passed fast Indie 
by the Governor Gena in Council of Bengal, the Regulations, 
Governor in Council of Fort Saint George and the No. 156. 
Governor in Council of Bombay, in the years 1833, 

1834, 1835 and 1836, which were presented upon 

the 22d day of May in the last Session of Parliament, 

be. printed. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to Outrages Outrages 
(Ireland), which were presented upon Tuesday last, (Ireland.) 
and yesterday, be printed. No. 197. 

Ordered, That the Account relative to Foreign Foreign Com. 
Corn, which was presented upon Wednesday last, No. 158. 
be printed. ; 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to Fire and Fire and Marine 
Marine Insurances, which were presented upon Wed- awe 
nesday last, be printed. a 

Ordered, That the Paper and Returns relative to Charitable 
Charitable Donations and Bequests (Zre/and), which pry nel 
were presented upon Wednesday last, be printed. Ireland.) 

No. 160. 

The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Charity _ 
nesday next, the Charity Commissioners (Zreland) Contand) Bile 
Bill, was read, and discharged. ¢ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday, the 7th day of March next. 


The House was moved, That the Act 1 Victoria, Haileyuy 
c. 70, to authorize the Commissioners for the Affairs College. 
of India, and the Court of Directors of the East 
India Company, to suspend the subsisting Enact- 
ments concerning the fourfold system of nomination 
of Candidates for the East India Company’s College 
at Haileybury, and for providing during such suspen- 
sion for the examination of Candidates for the said 
College, might be read ; and the same a, oweek 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of 
the said Act. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday 
next. 





t and Oat 
nd, ) 


lections, 


s, 
r Ses. 


dia 
ions, 


wy 


Tynemouth 
Return. 


Ipswich 
Election. 


Clerk of the 
Crown to 
amend Return, 


Rutland Writ, 


Message from 


1 Vicroriz. 
Lune, 26° die Februarii ; 


Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1838. 
PRAYERS. 


HE Clerk of the Crown, attending according 
to Order, amended the Return for the Borough 
of Tynemouth. 


Mr. Jenkins from the Select Committee appointed 
to try and determine the merits of the Petition of 
John Cobbold and others, Electors; and also the Peti- 
tion of James Tunmer and others, Electors ; severally 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Zpswich, informed the House, that the 
Committee had determined, 

That Thomas Gibson, Esquire, is duly elected a 
Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Ipswich : 

That Henry Tufnell, Esquire, is not duly elected 
a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said Borough: 

That Fitzroy Kelly, Esquire, is duly elected and 
ought to have been returned a Burgess to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough: 

That the Petition of John Cobbold and others, 
did not appear to the Committee to be frivolous or 
vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not 
appear to the Committee to be frivolous or vexatious: 

hat the Petition of James Tunmer and others, 
did not appear to the Committee to be frivolous or 
vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not 
appear to the Committee to be frivolous or vexatious. 

r. Jenkins also informed the House, That the 
Committee have altered the Poll taken at such Elec- 
tion by striking off James Dothie, Joseph Parker, 
Robert Horne, John Gibborn, Obed Noble, Thomas 
Conder, John Prentice, William Gosling, Thomas 
Jewell, William Thomas Revill, Henry Day, Mark 
Oliver Iron, Jonathan Banham Miller, Jabez Hare, 
Thomas Berryman, Robinson Taylor, Robert Titlow, 
Robert Boley, Edward Pownall, John Pepper, John 
Whitby, Robert Webb, Henry Cobbold, William 
Childs, Joseph Ennew, John Canham, John Newson, 
Robert Bell, Robert Chamberlain, Matthew Swain, 
William Sharman, Charles Simpson, John Hanton, 
William Glanfield Cole, Robert Garwood, Richard 
Worth, Robert Bird, Stephen Abbott Nottcut, senior, 
Charles Lewis Robinson, Joseph Sporle, Eleazar 
Lawrence, and Joseph Beard, as not having had a 
right to vote at such Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend 
this House To-morrow, with the last Return for the 
Borough of Ipswich, and amend the same by rasing 
out the name of Henry Tufnell, Esquire, and in- 
serting the name of Fitzroy Kelly, Esquire, instead 
thereof. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ 
for the electing? of a Knight of the Shire, to serve in 
this present Parliament, for the County of Rutland, 
in the room of Sir Gerard Noel Noel, Baronet, 
deceased. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Wingfield and 


— Adam: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 

- _ lowing, without Amendment, viz. 
Gaston) A Bill intituled, An Act for raising the Sum of 
Bil, * *’°°? Eleven millions, four hundred and thirteen thousand, 

seven hundred and fifty pounds, by Exchequer 

Bills, for the Service of the year, One thousand 
ics 5 eight hundred and thirty-eight. 
Aids Bill. A Bill, intituled An Act to apply the Sum of Two 


millions to the Service of the 
eight bundred and thirty-eight. 
Von. 93. 


ear One thousand 


26° Februari. 





305 


A Bill,intituled, An Act to enable the Grand Juries Waterford 
of the County and County of the City of Waterford, House of 
to make Presentments at the Spring Assizes for the "ast" Bill. 
Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, for 
the House of Industry of the said Counties: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act Ogley Ha 
for dividing, allotting and inclosing a certain tract Iclosure Bill. 
of uninclosed Common or Waste Land, called Ogley 
Hay, in the County of Stafford, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Petitions from the Corporation of Gravesend ;— Gravesend Pier 
Creditors on the Gravesend Pier Tolls ;—Free Water-(N°- 1.) Bill. 
men of Gravesend and Milton;—and, Inhabitants 
of Gravesend and Milton; praying that they may 
be heard by their counsel or agents against the 
Gravesend Pier (N°. 1) Bill,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the table. 

Petitions from Inhabitants of Gravesend ;—Bond- 
holders of the Corporation of Gravesend;—and, 
Mortgagees of the Gravesend Pier Tolls; praying that 
the said Bill may pass into a law,—were also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Robert M‘William, of Torrington London 
Square, in the county of Middlesex, complaining, Grand Junction 
that the Standing Orders of the House jn respect ®*!"*y- 
to the application for the Zondon Grand Junction 
Railway Bill, had not been complied with, and 
praying that he may be heard by himself, his coun- 
sel or agent, against the same, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


_ The Necropolis Cemetery Bill was read a second Necropolis 
time; and committed to Mr. Phillpotts and the Cemetery Bill. 
Middlesex List. 


The Tenby Improvement and Harbour Bill was Tenby 
read a second time; and committed to Sir Richard \mprovement 


Philipps and the Wales List. = Harbour 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- Montgomery- 
spect of the Petition for the Montgomeryshire Western shire Western 
Branch Canal Bill, which upon Monday last was — _ 
made from the Select Committee on Standing Orders 
relative to Private Bills, might be read ; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to increase certain Rates authorized to be collected 
on the Western Branch of the Montgomeryshire 
Canal: And that Mr. Clay and Colonel Edwards 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Barnsley 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case Small Debts. 
of the Petition for the Barnsley Small Debts Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, 'Yhat the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee South Holland 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case Drainage. 
of the Petition for the South Holland Drainage Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Brampton 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Bierley and 
the Petition for the Brampton Bierley and Hooton mg en 
Roberts Roads Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Helsington, &amp;c. 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of !uclosure. 
the Petition for the Helsington, &amp;c., Inclosure Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee on Great Central 
Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of the "8" Railway. 
Petition for leave to present a Petition for the Great 
Central Irish Railway Bill, leave should be granted, 
pursuant to the prayer of the said Petition. 


RR Ordered, 








} 
| 
| 


——————————— 





Buckstones 
and Elland 
Bridge Roads. 


Anti Dry-Rot 
Company Bill. 


Eastern 
Counties 
Railway Bill. 


Glasgow 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway. 


Portsmouth 
Floating 
Bridge. 


Gravesend Pier 
(No. 1.) Bill. 


Church of 
Scotland. 


Sheriff Courts 
(Scotland) Bill. 


306 


Ordered, That leave be given to present a Peti- 
tion, as desired. 

A Petition of the several Persons whose names 
are thereunto subscribed, for leave to bring in a Bill 
for constructing a Railway from Staccumine, near 
Celbridge, in the county of Dublin, to Mullingar, 
to be called “ The Great Central Jrish Railway,” 
was accordingly presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of the 
Petition for the Buckstones and Elland Bridge Roads 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Robert Price presented a Bill for regulating 
the Sums to be taken for Licenses by the Anti Dry- 
Rot Company, and for vesting the Profits thereof 
in the Company for a limited time: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Round presented a Bill to amend and enlarge 
the powers and provisions of the Act relating to the 
Eastern Counties Railway : And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Lord William Bentinck presented a Bill to alter 
and amend,and in part repeal, the powers of certain 
Acts for supplying the City of Glasgow and Suburbs 
with Water ; to enable the Company of Proprietors 
of the Glasgow Waterworks to purchase the Cran- 
stonhill Waterworks, and to raise a further Sum of 
Money ; and to alter the Rates leviable by the said 
Company of Proprietors: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Petitions from Magistrates, Dean of Guild and 
Councillors of Thurso ;—and, Merchants, Manufac- 
turers and others, Inhabitants of Thurso; takin 
notice of the application for the Edinburgh ot 
Glasgow Railway Bill; and praying that such Bill 
— pass into a law,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Inhabitants of Gosport and Alver- 
stoke; — and, Watermen of Gosport, Portsea and 
Portsmouth; taking notice of the application for 
the Portsmouth Floating Bridge Bill; and praying 
that such Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Gravesend Pier (No. 1.) Bill be now 
read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the [Sir Matthew Wood, eo 

Yeas, Mr. Alderman Copeland: J — 

Tellers for the f Mr. Law Hodges, 

Noes, LSir Charles Burrell: } 4. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time: 
—The Bill was accordingly read a second time; and 
committed to Sir Matthew Wood and the Kent List. 

A Petition of Parliamentary Electors and other 
Inhabitants of Greenock, praying the House to refuse 
all applications for additional grants of public money 
either to the Church of Scotland, or to any other 


religious body, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Dean and Procurators of the 
Sheriff Court of Stirlingshire, praying that the Sheriff 
Courts (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, was 


96° Februariz. 








A. 1838. 


eam and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


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


The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s Royal Assent 
Commission, for declaring Her Royal Assent to se- ' Bills. 


veral Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire 
the immediate pee of this Honourable House 
in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
Assent to the several Public Bills therein mentioned ; 
and that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared 
the Royal Assent to the said Bills:—Which Bills 
are as follow: 


An Act for raising the Sum of Eleven millions Exchequer Bils 
four hundred and thirteen thousand seven hundred (£:!1.413,750) 


and fifty pounds by Exchequer Bills, for the Service ; 
of the year One thousand eight hundred and Thirty- 
eight : 


An Act to apply the Sum of Two Millions to the Transfer of 
Service of the year One thousand eight hundred and 4\4s Bill 


Thirty-eight : 


An Act to enable the Grand Juries of the County Waterford 


and County of the City of Waterford to make Pre- 
sentments, at the Spring Assizes, for the year One 
thousand eight hundred and Thirty-eight, for the 
House of Industry of the said Counties. 


Ordered, That Colonel Edwards have leave of ab- Leave of 


sence for a month, on account of ill health. 


Complaint being made to the House of certain Breach of 
expressions in a Speech of Daniel O’ Connell, Esquire, Privilege. 


a Member of this House, at a dinner at the Crown 
and Anchor Tavern, and reported in The Morning 
Chronicle and Morning Post Newspapers, as con- 
taining a charge of foul Perjury against Members 
of this House, in the discharge of their judicial 
duties :—The Morning Chronicle Newspaper, dated 
Thursday, 22d February 1838, and The Morning 
Post Newspaper of the same date, were severally 
delivered in; and the Speech of Daniel O’ Connell, 
Esquire, as reported in The Morning Chronicle, was 
read ; the passage complained of being as followeth : 

“ Corruption of the worst description existed, and, 
above all, there was the perjury of the Tory poli- 
ticians. Ireland was not safe from the English and 
Scotch gentry. It was horrible to think that a body 
of gentlemen—men who ranked high in society, who 
were themselves the administrators of the law, and 
who ought therefore to be above all suspicion, and 
who ought to set an example to others—was it not 
horrible that they should be perjuring themselves in 
the Committees of the House of Commons? The 
time was come when this should be proclaimed 
boldly. He was ready to be a martyr to justice and 
truth, but not to false swearing ; aud therefore he 
repeated that there was foul perjury in the Tory 
Committees of the House of Commons.” 

And the passage complained of, as reported in 
The Morning Post, was read, as followeth : 

“That measure exposed Jreland to oppression, 
to the machinations of the Spottiswoode gang, and, 
above all, to the perjuries of Tory Committees. He 
did not mince the matter ; his words might appear 
in the public press—he hoped they would. Ireland 
was not safe from the perjury of the English and 
Scotch gentry, who took oaths according to justice, 
and voted according to party. It was horrible to 


think of the holy cross being put to the lips of men, 
gentlemen magistrates, who, by their example, ought 
to be the teachers of morality, but who did not 
hesitate to come to the House of Commons, and 

shamefully 





Bills 
150+) 


1 VicToriz. 


shamefully perjure themselves in Committees. The 
time was come when this fact should be proclaimed 
boldly ; and, if he was to be a victim, he was ready 
to become a martyr to this false swearing ; but he 
would repeat deliberately, and again, that there was 
foul perjury committed by the Tory Committees of 
the House of Commons.” 


Then Daniel O’ Connell, Esquire, was heard in his 
place; when he avowed having used the said ex- 
pressions :—And then he withdrew. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the expressions in the said Speech, con- 
taining a charge of foul Perjury against Members 
of this House, in the discharge of their judicial 
duties, are a false and scandalous imputation on the 
honour and conduct of Members of this House ; 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “ That the” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ Order of the day for the Committee on the 
*“ Poor Relief (Zreland) Bill, be now read,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the ¢ Sir Thomas Fremanile, } 263 

Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring: ‘ 

Tellers for the { Mr. Edward John Stanley, } 254 

Noes, \ Mr. Robert Steuart : ' 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question being put ; 

Resolved, That the-expressions in the said Speech, 
containing a charge of foul Perjury against Mem- 
bers of this House, in the discharge of their judicial 
duties, are a false and scandalous imputation on the 
honour and conduct of Members of this House. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Daniel O’ Connell, Esquire, having avowed 
that he had used the said expressions, has been guilty 
of a breach of the Privileges of this House ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

And the Quesion being put, That Daniel O’ Con- 
nell, Esquire, having avowed that he had used the 
said expressions, has been guilty of a breach of the 
Privileges of this House ; 

The , ae divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 293 

Yeas, UMr. Henry Baring : ; 

Tellers for the f Mr. Gillon, } 85 

Noes, Mr. Hume: ; 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That Daniel O’Connell, Esquire, having 
avowed that he had used the said expressions, has been 
guilty of a breach of the Privileges of this House. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Daniel O’Connell, Esquire, be repri- 
manded for the same in his place by Mr. Speaker ; 

And a Member, Daniel Callaghan, Esquire, having 
in the course of the Debate avowed the sentiments 
attributed to Daniel O’ Connell, Esquire, as his own 
sentiments, the words made use of by him were di- 
rected to be taken down by the Clerk ; and the same 
were taken down accordingly, and are as follow :— 
“ I avow, Sir, the sentiments attributed to the Ho- 
nourable Member for Dublin, and I adopt his ex- 
pressions to the word and to the letter.” 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Teseday morning ; 
Martis, 27° die Februarii, 1838 : 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 


put, That this House do now adjourn; 
Vou. 93. 


26°—27° Februarit. 307 


The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Brotherton, 


Yeas, Mr. Finch : - 
Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremantle: . 246) 
Noes, . \Mr. Henry Baring: ' 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
Daniel O’ Connell, Esquire, be reprimanded for the 
same in his place by Mr. Speaker :—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Sheriff Courts 
further consideration the Report on the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill. 
(Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Court of 
further consideration the Report on the Court of Session, &amp;e.. 
Session, &amp;c., (Scotland) Bill ; a 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Common Fields 
reading of the Common Fields Improvement Bill ; gaan 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- —~ 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Poor Relief 
mittee on the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Copyholds 
reading of the Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill; — Entranchise- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ™™ 5! 

upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Copyholds 
reading of the Copyholds Improvement Bill ; ane 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 2! 

upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Manorial 
reading of the Manorial Boundaries Bill ; — 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time * 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Escheats Bill. 
reading of the Escheats Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Descents Bill. 
reading of the Descents Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the House to Haileybury 
resolve itself into a Committee to consider of the Act ©&gt;llese- 
1 Victoria, c. 70, to authorize the Commissioners 
for the Affairs of India and the Court of Directors 
of the East India Company to suspend the subsist- 
ing Enactments concerning the fourfold System of 
Nomination of Candidates for the East India Com- 
pany’s College at Haileybury, and for providing, 
during such suspension, for the examination of Can- 
didates for the said College ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 





R 2 Mr. 











308 26°—27° Februari. A. 1838. 


Answer to Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the 
Addresses. House, That their several Addresses of the 8th, 13th, 
15th, 16th, 20th and 22d days of this instant Febru- 
ary, (that Her Majesty would be graciously pleased to 
ive directions that the Papers therein mentioned 
might ’be laid before this House) had been presented 
to Her Majesty, and that Her Majesty had com- 
manded him to acquaint this House, that She will 
give directions accordingly. 


" Sheriffs(Con- Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to an Ad- 
Seda) dress to Her Majesty, dated the 7th day of July, in 
: the last Session of Parliament,—A Return, showing 
the Names of the Sheriffs lately appointed to take 
proofs in Consistorial Causes in Scotland; the 
Authority under which they were appointed ; the 
nature and extent of the Duties imposed ; the Sa- 
lary or Allowances paid, or to be paid, and whether 
in addition to the Salaries they previousiy had, and 
still enjoy; also, specifying the Commissaries who 
have died or been superannuated ; the Salaries they 
 etxinger had; the Retired Allowances they now 
ave, their Ages, and those of the Sheriffs who 
have been appointed. 
Coroners. Mr. Fox Maule also presented, pursuant to se- 
veral Addresses to Her Majesty,—Returns of the 
Number of Coroners within each County of Eng- 
land and Wales, whether County Coroners, Co- 
roners for Counties of Cities, or for other special 
Districts, and specifying by what authority such 
Coroners as are not elected by Freeholders are ap- 
pointed :—and, of the Number and Dates of con- 
tested Elections for the Office of Coroner in each 
County of England and Wales, since the 1st day of 
January 1800; specifying the Number of Votes 
polled at each Election, and the Number of days 
that each contest continued. 
Sheriffs A Tabular Return of the Number of days of resi- 
(Scotland.) dence of every Sheriff and Sheriff Substitute in his 
Sheriffdom in Scotland, during the years ending the 
31st December 1834, 1835, and 1836, showing the 
Courts held by each respectively in each year, and 
the Dates thereof; and, distinguishing those of Re- 
gistration of Voters from others ; also, of the Annual 
alaries, and all other Emoluments received b 
Sheriffs and Sheriffs Substitute respectively, for Ju- 
dicial Duties and all other public Services he eR 
performed by them, as above, in their Counties, 
distinguishing the Sums received for attending the 
Justiciary Circuit Courts, and for holding Courts of 
Registration, and for Travelling and other Charges 
relating thereto, and the Dates thereof; and stating 
also, if Sheriffs or Sheriffs Substitute are employed 
and paid for Arbitrations, Conveyancing, or other 
rofessional business, and the Average Annual 
Susdenete derived therefrom :—Also; in Columns, 
the Number of Causes of each Class in dependence, 
and of those instituted and decided in the County 
Courts, or appealed to the Sheriff and decided by 
him when out of the County, or when in his County, 
during the years ending the 31st days of December 
1834, 1835, and 1836; also, the Average Period 
Causes have depended, and the Number advocated 
to the Court of Session in the above years from the 
Sheriff or his Substitute respectively; also, the 
Number of Interlocutors pronounced by Sheriffs 
Substitute and Sheriffs respectively ; distinguishing 
hew many of the latter were affirming the Substi- 
tutes’ Interlocutors, how many altering on incidental 
points, how many in part on the merits, and how 
many in whole on the merits ; also, the Number of 
Small Debt Causes decided on the first day of 
calling these Causes, and how many continued, and 
how many remitted to the ordinary Action roll ; 
also, the Number of Summary Criminal Trials, and 
of Criminal Jury Trials, and of Civil Causes tried 
by the aid of a Jury, as above, in each County of 
Scotland. 
Poor Law Mr. Fox Maule also presented, pursuant to Order, 
Amendment ~~ __A Copy of the Order under the new Poor Act for 


ct 











withholding out of door Relief to the Able-bodied ; 

the Names of the Unions to which such Order has 

been sent, and the Date of sending the same to 

each Union, up to the present time. 

. Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Baron Baron de Box 
de Bode, which was presented upon Friday last, be No. 793 


printed. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had exa~ Petitions, 


mined the Petitions presented from the 21st to the 
23d days of this instant February, both inclusive ; 
and had directed him to make a Report thereof to 
the House. 

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


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after twelve of the clock on 
Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. 











Martis, 27° die Februarii ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


. I ‘HE hour appointed for taking into considera- Taunton Bo- 
tion the Petition of Henry Pitman, of East- rough, Queen's 


street, North Side, Robert Giles, of High-street, 
East Side, and James Preddy, of Shuttern, North 
Side, all in the Borough of Taunton, Electors of 
the said borough, and having had a right to vote at 
the last Election for the said borough, complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the said 
borough, being come ; 

Mr. Speaker took the Chair. 

The Serjeant at Arms was sent with the Mace to 
the places adjacent, to require the attendance of the 
Members on the business of the House ; and being 
returned ; 


The Clerk of the Crown attending, according to Ipswich Retum, 


Order, amended the Return for the Borough of 
Ipswich. 


A Member was sworn. 


Then the House was counted by Mr. Speaker, and 
three hundred and fifty-two Members being present ; 

And the Petition of Edmund Staples, of Donmore, 
in the Queen’s County, Esquire, and James Hans 
Hamilton, of Sheephill, in the county of Dublin, 
Esquire, Freeholders and Electors of the said 
Queen’s County, on behalf of themselves and others, 
claiming a right to vote, and who were entitled to 
vote, and voted, at the last Election of Members to 
serve in Parliament for the said county, complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the said county, 
being also ordered to be taken into consideration 
upon this day ; 

And Michael Walsh and John Kerrigan; and 
Daniel Egan and Patrick Lalor, Electors of the 
Queen’s County, having, by an order of the House 
of the 7th day of December last, been severally 
admitted Parties with John Wilson Fitzpatrick, 
Esquire ; 

And the Petition of Ambrose Moore, of Milk-street, 
Cheapside, in the City of London, Silk-merchant, 
Citizen and Weaver, Sebastian Smith, of Queen- 
street, Cheapside, in the said city, Wine-merchant, 
Citizen and Draper, James Martin Knight, of Grace- 
church-street, in the said city, Citizen and Fish- 
monger, William Cooper, of Wood-street, Cheap- 
side, in the said city, Warehouseman, Citizen and 
Poulterer, Charles James, of Lower Thames-street, 
in the said city, Wine and Spirit Merchant, and 
Samuel Hanson, of Botolph-lane, in the suid city, 
Fruit-merchant, being Electors of the City of - 

n, 





Bode, 


Taunton 
Election. 


1 Vicroriz. 


don, being also ordered to be taken into considera- 
tion upon this day ; 

And Joseph Travers and James White, having, 
by an Order of the House of the 7th day of Decem- 
ber last, been admitted Parties to defend the Return 
of the Sitting Members for the said city ; 

The several Parties, their counsel and agents, 
were called in. 


And the door being locked ; 

The Order of the day for taking into consideration 
the said Petition, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Taunton, was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn and 
read, in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was 
completed :—And Lists of the said names were de- 


Q7° Februariz. 


309 


Society” to sue and be sued in the Name of the 
Chairman or Secretary, or any one Director of the 
said Society: And that Mr. Hall and Mr. Hollond 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Committee on Petitions for 


titute Institution Bill, no Standing Orders were 
applicable. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to incorporate the Selves to the Institution 
called “‘ The Refuge for the Destitute,” and for the 
better enabling them to carry on their Charitable 
Designs: And that Dr. Zushington and Mr. Charles 
Lushington do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Refuge for the 
rivate Bills ; That in Destitute 
the case of the Petition for the Refuge for the Des- Institution Bill, 


livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 
mittee on the Zaunton Election ; and then the door 
was opened, and the parties, their counsel and agents, 
withdrew. 


Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Com- Eighth Report 
mittee appointed to inquire into the administration "ce ee 
of the Relief of the Poor under the orders and re- Acer, 


gulations issued by the Commissioners appointed wo, 467, 


Queen’s County 


Election. 


London City 
Election. 


East India 
Company. 


National Loan 
Fund Life 
Assurance 
Society Bill, 


And the door being again locked ; 

The Order of the day for taking into consideration 
the said Petition, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Queen’s County, was read. 


And the names of the Members were drawn and | 


read, in the usual manner. 


And the whole number of thirty-three names was" 


completed :—And Lists of the said Names were de- 
livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 
mittee on the Queen’s County Election; and then 
the door was opened, and the parties, their counsel 
and agents, withdrew. 


And the door being again locked ; 

The order of the day, for taking into considera- 
tion the said Petition, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the City of London, was 
read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn, and 
read, in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was 
completed :—-And Lists of the said names were de- 
livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 
mittee on the City of London Election ; and then the 
door was opened, and the parties, their counsel and 
agents, withdrew. 


Mr. Phillimore, from the Office of the Commis- 
missioners for the Affairs of India, was called in, 
and at the bar, presented, pursuant to Order,—Copies 


under the provisions of the Poor Law Amendment 
Act; and who were empowered to report the Mi- 
nutes of the Evidence taken before them from time 
to time to the House; That they had made further 
Progress in the matters to them referred ; and had 
directed him to report the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them. 

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


February, was made from the Committee on the 
Paignton Harbour Bill, printed Copies of the Bill 
having been delivered at the door upon Friday last ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


appointed to attend the said Committee delivered 
in to the House a reduced List, and the same was 
called over, as followeth ; 

Robert Henry Hurst, Esquire, Thomas Peers 
Williams, Esquire, the Honourable Robert Henry 
Clive, Richard Price, Esquire, Edward Litton, Es- 
quire, Robert Williams, Es uire, the Honourable 
| George Henry Cavendish, Sir Charles Richard Blunt, 
| Baronet, Sir Charles Broke Vere, William Battie 








of any Memorials presented to the Court of Direct- | Wrightson, Esquire, and Robert Palmer, Esquire. 


ors of the East India Company, or to the Board of | 


Commissioners for the Affairs of India, by any 
Inhabitants of the Presidencies of Bengal and 
Madras, against the Act No. XI. of 1836, passed 
by the Legislative Council of India; together with 
Copies of any Replies thereto, given by the said 
Court and Board respectively, to the Petitioners, or 
their Agents ; and Copies of any Despatch or De- 
Fe gp from the said Court of Directors to the 
ndian Government, relating to the said Act, or 
sanctioning the same; and of all Memorials, Peti- 
tions, and _ sti addressed to the Government of 
India by any Inhabitants of Bengal or Madras upon 
the subject of such Act, or proposed Act, before the 
same was passed, or afterwards ; and the Correspond- 
ence thereon between the said Government of India 
and any of the Parties to such Memorials, Petitions 
or Letters :-——-And then he withdrew. 
4 -&lt;igadpg That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Petition for the National Loan Fund 
Life Assurance Society Bill, no Standing Orders 
were applicable. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


to enable “ The National Loan Fund Life Assurance 
Vo. 93. 


And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Petition 
——— of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Taunton, were sworn by the Clerk 
at the Table in the usual manner; and thereupon 
the counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
| with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


and praying that such Bill may pass into a law, was 
a ie and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 





| A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Notting Hill 
, posed, That Mr. Slaney be added to the Committee Footway Bill. 


|on the Notting Hill Footway Bill:—And the said 
| Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


tituled, An Act for dividing, allotting and inclosing 

a certain tract of uninclosed Common or Waste 

Land, called Ogley Hay, in the County of Stafford; 

and the same were read, as follow: 
RR38 





Pr. 23. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Paington 
the Report which, upon the 19th day of this instant Harbour Bill. 


The counsel and agents, in the case of the Taun- Taunton 
ton Election, being returned to the bar, the Clerk Election. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town rainburgh 
Council of Inverness, taking notice of the applica- and Glasgow 
tion for the Edinburgh and Gilasgow Railway Bill, ey 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Ogley He 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Inclosure Bill. 














310 27° Februari. A. 1838. 


Pr. 23. 1. 6. After “ person” insert “ by the 
“ clerk, who is hereby required to serve the same on 
“« such heir or other person as soon as he shall be 
“¢ discovered by or made known to the said clerk, 
“‘ or by any person to be authorized by the said 
“ clerk.” 

Pr. 28. 1. 10. After “ proper” insert “ with the 
consent and approbation of two Justices of the 
“ Peace acting for the County of Stafford, as is 
“ required by the said first recited Act.” 


Pr. 35. 1. 27. Leave out from “as” to “ to,” 
in 1. 28, and insert “ shall be the value thereof.” 

Pr. 35. 1. 29. After “thereof” insert “ who shall 
“* have the first offer of the same.” 

Pr. 35. 1.31. Leave out “ one” and insert 
‘“¢ three ;” and in the same line leave out “ month,” 
and insert “ months.” 

Pr. 36. Is 7. and 8. After “ adjoining” insert 
“ Provided also, That it shall be lawful for the seve- 
“ ral persons who shall be in possession of such 
“ encroachments to take down, remove and carry 
“ away all such buildings, fences, and other erec- 
“ tions as shall then be on such encroachments, 
“ and to convert the same, and the materials thereof, 
“‘ to their own uses, without any interruption from 
“ the said Commissioners.” 


Pr, 77. 1. 3. After “ passed ” insert Clause (A.) 


Cravse(A.) And whereas the said manor of 
“ Ogley Hay was, with other hereditaments, con- 
veyed to or to the use of the said Charles Forster 
Cotterill, his heirs, appointees and assigns, under 
or by virtue of certain indentures of lease and 
release, bearing date respectively the twenty- 
seventh and twenty-eighth days of January, in 
“ the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty- 
seven, the said indenture of release being made 
“ or expressed to be made between Sir John Dichen- 
son Fowler, of Burton-upon- Trent, in the County 
of Stafford, Knight, of the first part; the Reverend 
“ Edward Levett, then late of Bolder Lodge, in the 
“ County of Hants, Clerk, but then of Hampton 
“ Court, in the County of Middlesex, of the second 
“ part; the said Charles Forster Cotterill, of the 
“ third part; and William Cotterill, of the same 
“ place, Gentleman, of the fourth a and the 
“ said Charles Forster Cotterill did, by the said 
indenture of release, for himself, his heirs, ap- 
pointees, executors, admimistrators and assigns, 
covenant, promise and agree to and with the said 
“ Edward Levett, his executors and administrators, 
and all and every other the present and future 
executors and administrators of Phineas Hi , 
“ of Wyrley Grove, in the County of Stafford, Es- 
“ quire, deceased, that he, the said Charles Forster 
Cotterill, his appointees, executors, administra- 
tors and assigns, or any of them, would not work 
or raise any coal or culm in or upon or from the 
hereditaments and premises thereby released, for 
the space of Twenty years, from the twenty-fourth 
“ day of June one thousand eight hundred and 
thirty-six ; saving therefore to the said Edward 
Levett, his executors and admimistrators, and all 
and every other the present and future executors 
and administrators of the said Phineas Hussey, 
deceased, all such right and remedy, by way of 
injanction, action or otherwise against the said 
Charles Forster Cotterill, his heirs, appointees, 
executors, administrators and assigns, and against 
all parties claiming, or to claim under or by virtue 
“ of this Act as the said Edward Levett meht or 
would have had or enjoyed against the said Charles 
Forster Cotterill, his heirs, appointees, executors, 
administrators and assigns, touching or concern- 
“ ing the said land authorized to be divided, al- 
“ lotted and inclosed, or any part thereof, or the 
“ coal or culm im or upon + cei or any part 
“ thereof, in case this Act had not been passed. 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


x ns 


nw 


wn 


nN 


n 


Ral 
n 


fad 
ns 


a“ 
wa 


“~ 
n 





Ordered, That Mr. Finch do carry the Bill to 


the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House ~ 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their Unic 
Lordships. Bill 

A Petition of Inhabitants and Land-owners of Southmolton Mon 
Morchard Bishop, praying that Provision may be +. es 
made in the Southmolion Road Bill for making a Bill. 


Branch Communication from Morchard Bishop to 
the proposed new line of Road from Southmolton to 
Crediton, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Gra 
Biils. Rail 


Lord Viscount Ebrington reported from the Se- standing 
lect Committee on Standing Orders relative to Pri- Orders; 
vate Bills, several Resolutions, which were read as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for Farringdon 
the Farringdon-street (London) Bill, the Parties be Street 
permitted to proceed with their Bill, on depositing (London.) 
forthwith in the Private Bill Office, the Pists of 
Owners, Lessees and Occupiers. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for 
the London City Police Bill, the Parties be permitted 
to proceed with their Bill, on giving the Notices in 
the London Gazette, and in some one and the same 
Newspaper published in London, for three succes- 
sive weeks, and on affixing the Notices on the 
Church doors of every Parish to which they relate. 


3. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for Rugby and 
the Rugby and Lutterworth Road Bill, the Parties Lutterworth 
be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on making “° 
application to the Trustees of the Northampton and 
Dunchurch Road, otherwise called the Dunchurch 
and Hillmorton Road. 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for Higham Ferrers 
the Higham Ferrers Inclosure Bill, the Parties be Inclosure. 
arimsaag: to proceed with their Bill, on giving the 


London City 
Police, 


otices in the London Gazette, and in some one and Bi 
the same Newspaper published in the County of - 
Northampton, for three successive weeks, and on 


affixing the Notices on the Church doors of the Pa- 
rish of Higham Ferrers; and that the Committees 
on this and the three preceding Bills do examine, in 
the first place, how far such Orders have been com- 
plied with, and do report the same to the House on 
the Report of the Bill. 

5. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for Birkenhead 
Birkenhead improvement Bill, the Parties be per- /™?"*™™ 
mitted to proceed with their Bill. 

6. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for Midland 
the Midland Counties Railway Bill, the Parties be Scuties 
permitted to proceed with their Bill. “ial 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


wo 


The counsel and agents, in the case of the Queen’s Queen's County 
County Election, being returned to the bar, the Election 
Clerk appointed to attend the said Committee de- 
livered m to the House a reduced List; and the 
same was called over as followeth : 

James Loch, Esquire, Philip Pusey, Esquire, An- ¥ 
drew White, Esquire, the Honourable John Charles I 
Dundas, Archibald Hastie, Esquire, Lord Viscount : 
Barrington, Robert Hollond, Esquire, Lord Dal- 
meny, T'homas Benjamin Hobhouse, Esquire, David 
Morris, Esquire, and Lord Seymour. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Petition : 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for . I 
the Queen’s County; and to defend which Michael 
Walsh and John Kerrigan; and, Daniel Egan and 
Patrick Lalor, had by Order of the House been 
severally admitted Parties with John Wilson Fitz- 

trick, uire, were sworn by the Clerk at the 

able, in the usual manner; and thereupon the 
counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. oe 

e 





Cheltenham and 
Great Western 
Union 
Bill. 


Montgomery- 
shire Western 
Branch Canal 


Bill. 


Grand Junction 
Rail waye 


Birkenhead 
Improvement 


Combmartin 
Roads Bill, 


Portsmouth 
Floating 
Bridge. 


West India 
Docks, 





1 Vicroriz. 97° Fe 


The Cheltenham and Great Western Union Rail- 
wav Bill was read a second time; and committed 


"*Y to Mr. Poulett Scrope and the Gloucester List. 


Mr. Clay presented a Bill to increase certain 
Rates authorized to be collected on the Western 
Branch of the Montgomeryshire Canal: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Grand Junction Railway 
Bill, the Standing Orders had not been complied 
with as to that part of the proposed application 
which is to amend some of the provisions of the 
existing Acts of Parliament relative thereto, inas- 
much as the Notices of the intended application did 
not contain the titles of the several Acts to be 
amended ; and that with regard to the proposed 
extension of the line, the Standing Orders had not 
been complied with, inasmuch as in the Book of 
Reference the name of General Heron is inserted 
instead of Sir R. Brooke, as Owner in the Township 
of Moore, No. 8, on the Plan; and in the Township 
of Bold, 264, John Clay is inserted instead of John 
Dagnall; but it appeared to the Committee in the 
latter case the mistake arose in copying the Book of 
Reference by the insertion of 26* between Nos. 28 
and 29, whereby it became necessary to put the 
word “ Ditto” instead of the words “ Edward 
Dagnall ;” and that the mistake is, that the word 
“ Ditto” appears instead of Edward Dagnall ; but 
that the right person had been applied to for his 
consent, and did not object. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Birkenhead Improvement 
Bill, which was this day made from the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
to amend and enlarge the powers of an Act passed 
in the third year of the reign of King William the 
Fourth, for th 


bruarie. 311 


Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Cookham 

Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in Bridge Bill. 

the case of the Petition for the Cookham Bridge 

Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

for building a Bridge over the River Thames, from 

Cookham, in the County of Berks, to the opposite 

Shore, in the Parish of Wooburn, in the County of 

Bucks, and for making convenient Approaches there 

to: And that Sir William Young and Mr. Robert 

Palmer do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Dean Head 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in (Huddersfield) 
the case of the Petition for the Dean Head (Hud- ®esetvoir- 
dersfield) Reservoir Bill, the Standing Orders had 
not been complied with, inasmuch as the datum line 
was not referred to some fixed point stated in writing 
on the section. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Luton and 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Saint Albau’s 
the Petition for the Luton and Saint Alban’s Road *°** 
Bill, the Standing Orders had not been complied 
with, inasmuch as no Notices of the intended appli- 
cation were given in the London Gazette. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Gravesend 


the Petition for the Gravesend Cemetery Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
for establishing a General Cemetery in the Parish 
of Gravesend, in the County of Kent: And that Mr. 
Law Hodges and Mr. Plumptre do prepare, and 
bring it in. . 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Ellesmere 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 84s. 
the Petition for the Ellesmere Roads Bill, the Stand- 





e Improvement of the town of Birken-|ing Orders had not been complied with, inasmuch 


head: And that Sir Philip Egerton and Mr. George | as the application is for an extension of the existing 


Wilbraham do prepare, and bring it in. 


turnpike road, and the only Notices given were 
those inserted in the Gazette and county papers ; 


Sir John Yarde Buller 4 from the Select | but it appeared to the Committee that the extension 


Committee on Petitions for 


rivate Bills; That in| is merely upon an existing highway, and that it is 


the case of the Petition for the Combmartin Roads | not intended to take any private property. 


Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 


Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 


Ordered, That leave be ag to bring in a Bill | Committee on Standing Orders. 
r 


for meres aTurnpike Road 
County o 


om Combmartin, in the 
Devon, to Bratton Down, in the same 
County, and several other Roads in the neighbour-| on Petitions for 


rivate Bills; That in the case of (Portfield) 


hood thereof: And that Lord Viscount Ebrington and | the Petition for the Haverfordwest Inclosure Bill, re 


Sir Thomas Acland do prepare, and bring it in. 
Sir John Yarde Buller re 


Committee on Petitions for 


the Standing Orders had been complied with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


rted from the Select | for dividing, allotting and inclosing Common and 
rivate Bills; That in| Waste Lands, called Poréfield, otherwise Poorfield, 
the case of the Petition for the Portsmouth Floating 


in the County of the Town of Haverfordwest: And 


Bridge Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied that Sir Richard Bulkeley Philipps and Sir John 


with. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select 


Committee on Petitions for 


Owen do prepare, and bring it in. 


the case of the Petition for the West India Docks | the Standing Orders had been complied with. 


Bill, the Standing Orders had not been complied 
with ; but it appeared to the Committee that the | for inclosing Lands in the 
present application is for the purpose of uniting in| in the several Parishes of Great War 
one body all the powers at present exercised by the | field, in the County of Esser: And that 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
Manor of Great Warley, 

and Shen- 
r. Bramston 


East and West India Dock Companies, the pro-|and Mr. George Palmer do prepare, and bring 
ov for which were not settled by the Courts of| it in. 


irectors for the two Companies, and confirmed by 
the proprietors thereof until early in the present 


month. 
Vox, 93. 





Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Oldham Gas 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of aa 
RR4 





on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Cemetery Bil. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Haverfordwest 


Mr. Greene + he from the Select Committee Great Warley 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Inclosure Bill. 
rivate Bills; That in| the Petition for the Great Warley Inclosure Bill, 

































































mY 








312 


the Petition for the Oldham Gas and Waterworks 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Wortley, 
Armley and 


Mr. Greene — from the Select Committee | 
ramley Roa 


g, on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of | 
‘the Petition for the Wortley, Armley and Bramley 
Road Bill, the Standing Orders had not been com~ 
plied with, inasmuch as the Petition prays for power 
to widen the existing Road; and the Petitioners 
have given in other Notices (so far as regards the | 
existing Road) than those in the Gazette and county 
papers ; but it — to the Committee that, so 
far as regards the Road to be made under the present 
application, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 

Committee on Standing Orders. 


Leeds and Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
Howefield f 


LaneEnd Road. 00 Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Leeds and Homefield Lane End 
Road Bill, the Standing Orders had not been com- 
plied with, inasmuch as the Petition prayed for 
sete to widen the existing Roads, and thereby 
rought the Bill within Class 2 of the Standing 
Orders ; and the Petitioners had given no other No- 

tices than those in the Gazette and county papers. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 

Committee on Standing Orders. 


The counsel and agenis, in the case of the City of 
London Election, being returned to the bar, the 
Clerk appointed to attend the said Committee de- 
livered in to the House a reduced List; and the 
same was called over as followeth ; 

Richard Sanderson, Esquire, Joseph Brotherton, 
Esquire, Frederick Hodgson, Esquire, Sir William 
Lawrence Young, John Fort, Esquire, the Honour- 
able Cornelius O’ Callaghan, Sole Brocklehurst, 
Esquire, Thomas Duffield, Esquire, John Bowes, 


London City 
Election. 


27° Februariz. 





Esquire, William Curry, Esquire, and the Honourable 
Arthur Henry Cole. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Petition com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
City of London ; and to defend which, Joseph Travers 
and James White, had by Order of the House, been 
admitted Parties with the Sitting Members, were 
sworn by the Clerk at the Table, in the usual man- 
ner ; and thereupon the counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


Message from 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer and 
the Lords. . 


Mr. Adam: 
Mr. Speaker, 


Custody of The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
— Persons Act to repeal so much of an Act of the thirty-ninth 


and fortieth years of King George the Third, as 
authorizes Magistrates to commit to Gaols or Houses 
of Correction, Persons who are apprehended under 
circumstances that denote a derangement of Mind, 
and a purpose of committing a Crime, and to make 
other provisions for the safe Custody of such Per- 
sons, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House :—And 
then the Messengers withdrew. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy ofa Letter written by direction of the 
Secretary of State for the Home Department to the 
Committee for the Management of the Penitentiary. 

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


A Petition of Rigby Wason, of Mayfield, in the 
county of Avr, Esquire, one of the Candidates to 


Penitentiary 
(Milbank. ) 


Ipswich 
lection, 








A. 1838. 


represent the Borough of Ipswich at the last general 
Election, complaining of certain decisions of the 
Committee on the Ipswich Election Petition ; and 
praying the House to prevent such decisions being 
quoted as precedents for future Committees, was 
—" and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings Ipswich 
and Evidence taken before the Select Committee on Election 
the Ipswich Borough Election Petition, be laid C™mitte. 
before this House. 


The Order of the day being read for resuming the Breach of 
adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed yes-~ Privilege, 
terday, That Daniel O’Connell, Esquire, be repri- 
manded for the same in his place by Mr. Speaker ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House, taking into consideration that several 
Members of this House have avowed their belief 
that the decisions of Election Committees, sworn 
well and truly to try the matter before them, are 
biassed by party interests and attachments; and 
considering that the late decisions of such Com- 
mittees have been impugned in the strongest 
terms by the Publications in the Daily News- 
pore; considering, moreover, that this House 

as ordered to be read a second time a Bill ‘ to 
‘regulate the Trial of Elections and Returns of 
=" ath to serve in Parliament,’ is content to 
“ proceed no further in the matter of the said Com- 
“ plaint,” instead thereof: 


And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremantle, 


Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring: } 249. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Edward John Stanley, \ — 
Noes, Mr. Robert Steuart: oP 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


And the Question being again proposed, That 
Daniel O’ Connell, Esquire, be reprimanded for the 
same in his place by Mr. Speaker ; 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by adding at the end thereof the words 
“ Notwithstanding that the Members for the City 
and County of Cork, the Town of Sligo and the 
Burghs of Falkirk, have avowed in their places 
in this House sentiments similar to those expressed 
by the Member for the City of Dublin,—and 
although the House has permitted to pass un- 
censured, and even unnoticed, a published Charge 
of the Bishop of Exeter, accusing the Roman 
Catholic Members of this House of a disregard of 
their oaths, and denouncing the exercise of their 
rights as ‘ treachery aggravated by perjury.’” 
And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there added ; 

And a Member, Edmund Roche, Esquire, havin 
in the course of the Debate stated that he dagted 
the sentiments and expressions of Mr. O’ Connell, 
the words made use of by him were directed to be 
taken down by the Clerk ; and the same were taken 
down accordingly, and are as follow :—“ I fully 
concur in and adopt the sentiments and expressions 
of the honourable Sarthe: for Dublin.” 

And the Question being put, That those words be 
there added :—It passed in the Negative. 

Then the main Question being put, That Daniel 
O’ Connell, Esquire, be reprimanded for the same in 
his place by Mr. Speaker ; 


“cc 
“cc 
“cc 
“ 
‘ 


n 


“ 
‘ 
‘ 
‘ 


nan aA ON 


‘ 


n 


The 








Royal Marines. 


1 Vicroriz. 27° —28° 
The House divided : 

- The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the { Sir Thomas Fremanile, 


} 226. 


Februariz. 313 


Resolved, That an humble Address he presented to 
Her Majesty, praying that Her Majesty will be graci- 
ously pleased to take into Her serious consideration 
the expediency of adopting some plan to accelerate 


Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring: promotion generally in the Corps of Royal Marines, 
"ellers for the { Mr. Edward John Stanley, \io7 so that it may keep pace in a fair and equitable 
Noes, Mr. Robert Steuart: ‘| degree with those branches of Her Majesty’s Forces 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Daniel O’Connell, Esquire, do 
attend this House in his place To-morrow. 

And a Member, William Downe Gillon, Esquire, 
rising in his place, and stating that he adopted the 
sentiments and expressions of the Honourable Mem- 
ber for Dudlin, the words made use of by him were 
directed to be taken down by the Clerk; and the 
same were taken down accordingly, and are as 
follow :—“I adopt the sentiments and expressions 
of the Honourable Member for Dublin.” 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to Her 
Majesty, praying that Her Majesty will be graciously 
pleased to take into Her serious consideration the 
expediency of adopting some plan to accelerate pro- 
motion generally in the wee of Royal Marines, so 
that it may keep pace in a fair and equitable degree 
with those branches of Her Majesty’s Forces whose 
system of promotion is ae preg ; and also to take 
the case of the Captains of the Royal Marines into 
Her Majesty’s consideration, with a view of placing 
them upon the same footing as those of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Regiments of the Line; and likewise to pro- 
vide some measure for the benefit and relief of those 
First Lieutenants of the Royal Marines who served 
during the late war ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That,” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words, 
“ there be laid before this House, Copies of the 
Orders in Council of July 1837, respecting the 
Corps of Royal Marines; also, an Account of 
the effects of those Orders in Council on the 
Corps of Royal Marines,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question :—— 
The said proposed Amendment and Motion were 


if 3 
cc 
“ 
“ 


whose system of promotion is progressive. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Qualification of 


mittee on the Qualification of Members Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Gran 


reading of the Grand Jury Cess (Dublin) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for takin 
further consideration the Report on the Sh 
Courts (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Court of Ses- 
further consideration the Report on the Court of sion, &amp;c. 


Session, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Haileybury 
mittee, to whom it was referred to consider of the College. 


Act 1 Victoria, c. 70, to authorize the Commis- 
sioners for the Affairs of India, and the Court of 
Directors of the East India Company, to suspend 
the subsisting Enactments concerning the fourfold 
system of nomination of Candidates for the East 
India Company’s College at Haileybury, and for 
providing during such suspension for the examina- 
tion of Candidates for the said College ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


into Sheriff Courts 
eriff (Scotland) Bill 


severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. Mr. Serjeant Talfourd presented a Bill to amend Copyright 


the Law relating to Copyright: And the same was Bill. 


A Moti ade, and the Question being pro- : 
oe cot Q = read the first time; and ordered to be read a second No. 164. 


Royal Marines. 


pees That an humble Address be presented to Her 
lajesty, praying that Her Majesty will be graciously 
pleased to take into Her serious consideration the 
expediency of adopting some plan to accelerate pro- 
motion generally in the ae of Royal Marines, so 
that it may keep pace in a fair and equitable degree 
with those branches of Her Majesty’s Forces whose 
system of promotion is progressive ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ there be laid before this House, Copies of the 
“ Orders in Council of July 1837, respecting the 
“ Corps of Royal Marines ; also, an Account of the 
“ effects of those Orders in Council on the Corps of 
“« Royal Marines,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question; 


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


Mercurii, 28° die Februarii, 1838: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the {Lord George Lennoz, } 100 
Yeas, Captain Boldero : : 

Tellers for the J Mr. Edward John alae 87 
Noes, Sir Thomas Troubridge : ‘ 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Vou. 93. 





time upon Wednesday, the 11th day of April next ; 
and to be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Custody of 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Insane Persons 


tituled, An Act to repeal so much of an Act of the ® 
thirty-ninth and fortieth years of King George the 
Third, as authorizes Magistrates to commit to Gaols 
or Houses of Correction, Persons who are appre- 
hended under circumstances that denote a derange- 
ment of Mind, and a purpose of committing a Crime, 
and to make other provisions for the safe Custody 
of such Persons; and the same were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 3. 1. 12. Leave out “ some,” and _ insert 
the.” 

Pr. 3. 1.18. Leave out “ or,” and insert “ Pro- 
vided there be one situated within or belonging 
to the county in which such person shall be in 
custody at the time of passing this Act, or shall 
be hereafter apprehended ; and if there be no such 
neg, then.” 

r. 3. 1.23. Leave out “and the circumstances.” 

Pr. 5. 1.32. Leave out “such,” and insert “ the,” 
and in the same line leave out “ who,” and insert 
“ riding or division, or to the Town Clerk of the city, 
“ borough or place, as the case may be, upon whose 
“ rates the burden of maintaining such Insane Per- 
son or dangerous Idiot might fall, if such order 
should be invalid; and such Clerk of the Peace 
or Town Clerk.” 

Pr. 6. 


“ce 
if 3 
“ 


858 








| 
| 


Leave of 
absence. 


Court of 
Exchequer 
(Scotland.) 


Sligo Elections. 
No. 166. 


Appeals 
(Quarter Ses- 
sions. ) 


No. 168. 
Prisons. 


No. 169. 


Convicts. 


No. 170. 


Roxburghshire 
Election. 


No. 152. 


Sheriffs (Con- 
sistozial Courts) 
(Scotland.) 


No. 171. 


Sheriffs 
(Scotland.) 


No.171. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


No, 172. 


Tpswich 
Election, 


No. 173. 


Saint Helen's 
and Runcorn 
Gap Railway. 


314 27° — 28° 


Pr. 6. 1. 32. After “ Persons” insert “ nor au- 
thorize the removal by any parish officer of any 
“ poor person from such Asylum, Public Hospital 
or Licensed House, without an order for that pur- 
“ pose made by two Justices of the Peace for the 
“ county in which such house shall be situated, 
“ after due inquiry into the circumstances of the 
“ case, unless such Person shall have been dis- 
charged as cured.” . 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Barneby do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Ordered, That Mr, Serjeant Talfourd have leave 


to go the circuit. 


wn 


“~ 
7 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to an Address 
to Her Majesty,—A Return of the Number of Trials 
and other Proceedings in the Court of Exchequer 
in Scotland, during the years 1833, 1834, 1835 and 
1836; specifying the Dates thereof, and the Judges 
before whom they took place, and of the whole 
Business and Procedure which took place before 
that Court during the like period; the Name of the 
Judge appointed to try Exchequer Causes, and the 
Salary and other Emoluments the said Judge enjoys, 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sligo Elec- 
tions, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Appeals 
(Quarter Sessions), which was presented upon Friday 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Copies of Reports and Schedules 
relative to Prisons, which were presented upon Friday 
last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Copies of Reports of John 
Henry Capper, Esquire, Superintendent of Ships 
and Vessels employed for the confinement of Con- 
victs, which were presented upon Friday last, be 
printed. 

Ordered, That the Poll-books of the Roxburgh- 
shire Election, which were presented upon Friday 
last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return of the Names of Sheriffs 
lately appointed to take Proofs in Consistorial 
Causes in Scotland, which was presented yesterday, 
be printed: 

Ordered, That the Return of the Number of Days 
of Residence of every Sheriff and Sub-Sheriff in his 
Sheriffdom in Scotland in the years 1834, 1835 and 
1836, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Poor Law 
Amendment Act, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
half an hour after twelve of the clock on 
Wednesday morning, adjourned till this day. 











Mercurii, 28° die Februarii ; 
Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Chalmers, one of the Clerks attending Com- 
mittees of this House, presented, pursuant to 
Order,—Minutes of the Proceedings and Evidence 
taken before the Select Committee on the Ipswich 
Election Petition. 
Ordered, That the said Proceedings and Minutes 
do lie upon the Table ; and be printed. 


A Petition of David Bellhouse, of Manchester, and 
of Widnes, Esquire, complaining that the Standing 





Februarit. A. 1838. 


Orders of the House in respect to the application for 


h 
the Saint Helen’s and Runcorn Gap Railway Bill, Bridge 


had not been complied with; and praying that he 
may be heard, by his counsel or agents, against the 
same, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Charles Lushington presented a Bill to incor- Refuge for the 
porate the Subscribers to the Institution called “ The Destitute 
Refuge for the Destitute,” and for the better en- /stittion Bill 
abling them to carry on their Charitable Designs: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered Holbe 
to be read a second time. and C 


A Petition of Land-owners, Farmers, and others, Edinburgh 
of Whitburn, taking notice of the application for the ™4 Glasgow 
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill ; and praying ®*!"*y- 
that such Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Mr. Hall presented a Bill to enable the National National Loan 
Loan Fund Life Assurance Society to sue and be [uv¢ Life 
sued in the Name of the Chairman or Secretary, or Society Bi 
° Se EERE y Bill. 
any one Director of the said Society: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a oe 
second time. - 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Rugby, taking no- Rugby and 
tice of the application for the Rugby and Lutter Lutterworth 
worth Road Bill ; and praying that such Bill may ®*4 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Merchants, Tradesmen, Manv- Edinburgh 
facturers and other Inhabitants of Warrington ;— and Glasgow 
and, Inhabitants of Dublin; taking notice of the aaieny. 
application for the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- 
way Bill; and praying that such Bill may pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. , 
Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Bolton and 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills,towhom the Preston Rail- 
Petition of John Swift, complaining of non-compli- ““™ 
ance with the Standing Orders in the case of the Pe- 
tition for the Bolton and Preston Railway Bill, was 
referred; That the Standing Orders in respect of the 
Petition for the said Bill had not been complied 
with, inasmuch as the Parties to the present appli- 
cation have complied with such Standing Orders only 
as are required of Parties desiring to vary, extend 
or enlarge any line of Railway, for making which 
an Act shall have been passed, and no one of the 
proposed deviations in which shall exceed one mile 
in length, whereas by the proposed Bill powers are 
intended to be taken to deviate to a greater extent 
than is thus limited by the Standing Orders; and 
inasmuch as no Subscription Contract has been en- 
tered into for the new works; and the declaration 
under the common seal of the Company, that the 
work is to be made out of funds in their hands, 
cannot be substituted in lieu of a Subscription Con- 
tract, as the Bolton and Preston Railway is not an 
existing public work. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


ee = 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Birmingham 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in mo 
the case of the Petition for the Birmingham Equit- ”™ 
able Gas Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for more effectually supplying with Gas the town of 
Birmingham, and certain parishes, hamlets and 
places adjoining thereto, by a Company to be called 
“ The Birmingham Equitable Gas Light Company:” 

And that Mr. Scholefield and Mr. Thomas Attwood 
do prepare, and bring it in. 














Sir 








Boughrood 
Bridge Bill. 


Holbeach 
and Gedney 
Drainage Bill. 


Paington 
Harbour Bill. 


Linton 
Inclosure. 


Municipal 
Boundaries 
Bill, 


Rating of 
Tenements Bill. 


Recovery of 
Tenements Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act, 


Laton and 
Saint Alban’s 
Road, 


field, praying for the repeal of the 


1 Vicrori2. 


Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select | 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in | 
the case of the Petition for the Boughrood Bridge | 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for building a Bridge over the River Wye, at a place 
called Boughrood Ferry, in the counties of Brecon 
and Radnor, and for making convenient Approaches 
thereto: And that Mr. Wilkins and Colonel Wood 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir John Yarde Builer reported from the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in 
the case of the Petition for the Holbeach and Gedney 
Drainage Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for altering, amending and extending the powers 
and provisions of an Act of the fourth year of King 
William the Fourth, for embanking, draining and 


28° Februari. 











improving Lands in the parishes of Holbeach and 
Gedney, in the county of Lincoln: And that Mr. 
Handley and Mr. Heathcote do prepare, and bring 
it In. 

A Motion being made, That the imgrossed Bill 
for making and maintaining a Harbour and other 
Works at Paington, in the County of Devon, be 
now read the third time ; 

Sir John Hobhouse, by Her Majesty’s command, 
acquainted the House, that Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bull, gives Her 
consent, as far as Her Majesty's interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir John Yurde Buller do carry 
the Billto the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Owners of land in the parish of 
Hadstock, in the county of Essex, praying that Pro- 
vision may be made in the Linton Inclosure Bill, for 
inclosing a small tract of commonable meadow land, 
called Leadwell Meadow, in the said parish of Had- 
stock, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions from Inhabitant householders and Land- 
owners of Scarborough ;—Corporation of Scarbo- 
rough;—and, Inhabitants and Rate-payers of Saint 
Marygate, in the county of York; praying that 
the Menitians Boundaries Bill may not pass into a 
law as it now stands,—were presented and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Ministers, Churchwardens, and 
Overseers of Tranmere ;—Owners of Cottage Pro- 
perty in Tranmere ;—Birkenhead ;—and, Members 
of the Agreement Benefit Building Society, in Man- 
chester; praying that the Rating af Tenements 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented and 
read ; and wf sat to the Select Committee on Rat- 
ing of Tenements. 


Petitions from Tranmere;—and, Birkenhead ; 
praying that the Recovery of Tenements Bill may 
sm into a law, were presented and read; and re- 
erred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of Resident ee of Hulmwal- 
oor Law Amend- 
ment Act, was presented and read ; and referred to 


re Select Committee on the Poor Law Amendment 
ct. 


_ Ordered, That the Report in respect of the Peti- 
tion for the Luton and St. Alban’s Road Bill which 
was yesterday made from the Select Committee on 


Petitions for Private Bills, be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 











Vou. 93. 


315 


Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Com- Ninth Report 
mittee appointed to inquire into the administration on Poor Law 
of the Relief of the Poor under the orders and re-4menament 
gulations issued by the Commissioners appointed 174 
under the provisions of the Poor Law Amendment “~°'"‘~ 
Act; and who were empowered to report the Mi- 
nutes of the Evidence, taken before them from time to 
time to the House; That they had made further 
Progress in the matters to them referred ; and had 
directed him to report the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them. 

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


Petitions from Newtown, in the County of Down, Poor Relief 
—and, Comber ; praying that the Poor Relief (Jre- (Ireland) Bill. 
land) Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands, 


—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Members of a Meeting appointed to Church Rates. 
represent the Religious Society of Friends in Great 
Britain, praying for the abolition of Church Rates, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from the President and Secretary of the Corn Laws. 
Chamber of Commerce of Nottingham ;—\nhabit- 
ants of Nottingham ;—and, Bilston; praying for 
the repeal of the Corn Laws,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Carmarthen ;—Lydney ;—Blak- Negro Appren- 
eney and other places ;—Stowmarket ;—United Se- ‘eesh'p- 
cession Church in Wewcastle-upon-Tyne; (Mode- 
rator and Clerk) ;—Fordham ;—Barnard Castle ; — 
Stockton-upon- Tees ;— Members of the United Se- 
cession Church, Vewcastle-upon- Tyne ;—.Bath (Cor- 
poration); Rowley and other places; — Abbotts 
Roothing ;— Harlow ;— Tynemouth ;— Colchester ; 
and, Liskeard; praying for the abolition of the sys- 
tem of Negro Apprenticeship,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Liverpool, praying Postage. 
for the establishment of a low uniform rate of Post- 
age on Letters, was presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Postage. 


A Petition of Richard Beard, of Purfleet Wharf, Coal Trade 
Earl Street, Blackfriars, and of Western Wharf, (Port — 
Regent’s Park Basin; praying that Provision may °°”) ®"" 
be made in the Coal Trade (Port of Zondon) Bill 
for the prevention of fraud and imposition on the 
part of the dealers in and sellers of coals, by the 
mixing of coals of an inferior with those of a supe- 
rior or best quality, and by substituting coals of a 
different sort and description to those which may 
have been ordered by the purchasers, was presented, 


and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
the Bill. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Bath, praying vote by Ballot 
for the adoption of Vote by Ballot at Elections j 
of Members to serve in Parliament, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Retail Brewers keeping Beer-houses g,). of Beer 
in Worcester, praying the House so to amend the Act. 
Sale of Beer Act, that the time for keeping open 
their houses may be made equal in all respects to the 
victualling houses, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Cults, praying the Church of 
House to refuse their sanction to any additional Stand. 
endowments to the Church of Scotland, was pre- 
on and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


ss2 A Petition 





Bishoprick 
of Sodor and 
Mann. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Sheriff Courts 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Patterns and 
Inventions Bill, 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission, 


Shipping 
Gazette. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
(Treland) Bill. 


Tithes 
(freland.) 


Dublin 
(Saint Paul’s) 
Burial Ground. 





316 28° Februarit. A. 1838. 


A Petition of Magistrates, Clergy, Gentry, and 
others, Inhabitants of Evesham, praying that the 
Bishoprick of Sodor and Mann may not be annexed 
to the See of Carlisle, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Huddersfield, Ald- 
monbury, Kirkheaton, and Kirkburton; setting forth, 
That the Petitioners have learnt with surprise and 
indignation, that certain individuals of the town of 
Huddersfield have thought proper covertly to convey 
to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, 
certain calumnious statements and misrepresenta- 
tions tending to injure the character of the magis- 
trates of that district, on account of their declin- 
ing to read the Riot Act and to summon the mili- 
tary into the town on the two occasions of the 
meeting of the Poor Law Guardians on the 5th and 
12th days of June last ; and praying the House to 
order the production of all papers, letters and other 
documents which may have passed between any 
inhabitants of that district, the magistrates of that 
district, the Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding 
of the county, and the Secretary of State for the 
Home Department with reference to the conduct of 
the said magistrates on the two occasions referred 
to, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Dean and Council and remanent 
Members of the Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow, 
praying that the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill, may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Calico Printers, Engravers to 
Calico Printers, Print-dealers, and Drapers carrying 
on business in Manchester, praying that the Pat- 
terns and Inventions Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Lord John Russell presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Orders in Coun- 
cil of the 11th day of December 1837 and 1st day 
of February 1838, approving two schemes prepared 
by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England 
and Wales. 

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


A Petition of Seamen belonging to North Shields 


and Members of the Good Design Association of 


that place, praying the House to relieve the propri- 
etors of the Shipping Gazette from the postage on 
letters containing shipping and commercial intelli- 
gence only, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saint John, Saint Michael and 
Saint Werburgh, Dublin ;—Saint Mark, Dublin; 
—and, Saint Audeon, Dublin; praying that the 
Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Bill may pass into 
a law,—were os and read; and ordered to lie 

e. 


upon the Tab 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Mark, Dublin, 
praying for the abolition of Tithes in Jreland, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered tolie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Saint 
Paul, Dublin, setting forth, That inthe churchyard 
of that parish are buried the soldiers who die in the 
garrison of Dublin, in addition to the usual burials 
that belong to the said parish, and that the conse- 
quence becomes detrimental to the public health; 
and praying that a small piece of ground in the re- 
tired part of the Phenix Park, near the Royal Mili- 
tary School, may be set apart as a burial ground for 
the soldiers who die in the garrison of Dublin, was 


— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 











A Petition of Governors and Subscribers of the Medical 
Fever Hospital and Dispensary of Carrick-on-Suir, a 
praying that the Medical Charities (Zreland) Bil] 7") Bil. 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition oF Licentiate Apothecaries of Dublin, 
praying that Provision may be made in the said Bill 
that to each infirmary, hospital or asylum, a licen- 
tiate of the Apothecaries Hall, Dublin, or London, 
shall be appointed, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Journeymen House-painters of Combination 
Dublin;—and, the Incorporation of Cordiners in of Workmen, 
Glasgow ; praying the House to institute an inquiry 
into the Trades Unions, and Combinations of Work- 
men of this country,—were presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Combination of 
Workmen. 


Petitions from Members of the Committee of the Giasgow Cotton 
Working Men’s Association of Sheffield ;—Chair- Spinners. 
man of a Meeting of Inhabitants of Midgley ;—and, 
Chairman and Secretary of the Benevolent Institu- 
tion of Whitesmiths, Zondon; praying the House to 
address Her Majesty to remit the sentence recently 
passed upon certain Cotton Spinners of Glasgow con- 
victed of conspiracy to raise wages,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Daniel O’ Connell, Esquire, attending in his place, Breach of 
according to Order, was reprimanded by Mr. Speaker, Privilege, 
as the House had Ssected. 

Mr. Speaker spoke to him in the following 
manner : 

“ Mr. O'Connell, 

You have permitted yourself to be betrayed into 
the use of expressions at a Public Meeting, with 
respect to which this House has come to the follow- 
ing Resolutions: ‘‘ That the expressions in the said 
Speech, containing a charge of foul Perjury against 
Members of this House, in the discharge of their judi- 
cial duties, are a false and scandalous imputation on 
the honour and conduct of Members of this House.” 
“ That Mr. O’ Connell, having avowed that he had 
used the said expressions, has been guilty of a 
Breach of the Privileges of this House.” And, 
finally, “ That he be reprimanded in his place.” 

The charge of foul Perjury is one of the heaviest 
that can be preferred. You cannot be surprised that, 
having cast so grave an imputation on Members of 
this House, it has roused the indignation of those 
against whom it was directed, and that you have 
exposed yourself to the severest censure and dis- 
pleasure of this House. You have endeavoured to 
vindicate your conduct by alleging that you were. 
impelled by a strong sense of the defective consti- 
tution of the present tribunal for the trial of Con- 
troverted Elections, and that you sought to effect a 
remedy for that evil, by stimulating public opinion. 

It is unnecessary for me to remind you, that at 
the time when you used the expressions which have 
been condemned, this House had recognized, with 
scarcely any difference of opinion, the expediency 
of attempting to apply a real remedy to the evils of 
which you complain, and that your energies and 
talents could not have found a more legitimate 
useful employment than in endeavouring to render 
the measure before this House efficient for its 
object. 

You have further alleged, and it is true, that others 
have used language as strong as that which you 
have employed, with respect to this House and its 
Members. In general, this House has been of opinion 
that it consulted its real dignity, and obeyed the 
dictates of true wisdom, in relying for protection 
and defence against misrepresentation at calumn 


on the consciousness of the zeal and fidelity witl 
which it discharges its duty to the people whom it 
represents. The case, however, is very =" 

when 





Bill, 


itton 


London City 
Election. 


Leave of 
Absence, 


Navy, 


No. 165. 


Coroners. 


No. 162. 


East India 
Company. 


No. 175. 


1 Vicroriz. 


when one of the Members of this House seeks to 
disparage and to degrade this House in public esti- 
mation, by charging a large portion of its Members 
with foul Perjury. No one knows better than you 
do, that the Laws and Constitution of this Realm 
have invested this House with power and authority 
so large, that its acts must always have an important 
influence on the well-being of the State, and that 
no power and authority can be beneficially exercised, 
unless they are administered by those who are re- 
spected. It is, therefore, the first duty of Members 
of this House to contribute by all proper means to 
sustain that character, which is as essential to the 
credit of the House itself as for the interest of the 
Country. If, unhappily, the day should ever arrive, 
when from any cause this House should be stripped 
of the moral influence of character, and of the 
respect of the people, its means of resistance to 
inexpedient, unreasonable or unjust demands would 
be so weakened, that this great Assembly, now 
popularly constituted, might be tossed and driven 
by every successive current, and the safety of the 
State might be endangered. 

I should be unworthy of the station which I hold, 
if I did not feel the deepest interest in whatever can 
touch or affect the character of this House, and it 
is therefore with great pain that I have been com- 
pelled in the discharge of my duty, thus to animad- 
vert upon the conduct of a Member who has sought 
to disparage this House by impugning the conduct 
and honour of a large portion of its Members. It 
now only remains that, in obedience to the com- 
mands of this House, I should reprimand you, as 
I now accordingly do.” 

Ordered, Nemine Contradicente, That what has 
now been said by Mr. Speaker, in reprimanding the 
said Daniel O° Connell, Esquire, be entered in the 
Journals of this House. 


Mr. Curry, from the Select Committee appointed 
to try and determine the merits of the Petition of 
Ambrose.Moore and others, Electors of the City of 
London; and to defend which, Joseph Travers and 
James White had, by an Order of the House, been 
admitted Parties to defend the Election and Return 
of the present Sitting Members for the said city, 
informed the House ; 

That at their meeting this day at two o’clock, and 
before proceeding to business, Mr. Sanderson, a mem- 
ber of the Committee, stated that he had this morning 
discovered he had voted at the last Election for the 
said city; and, in compliance with what he felt to 
be his duty, he took the earliest opportunity of ac- 

uainting the Committee with the fact ; whereupon 
the Committee directed the Chairman to report the 
above matter to the House; and then adjourned 
until To-morrow morning, at eleven o’clock. 

And Mr. Sanderson, being present in his place, 
stated that he was not aware when his name was 
placed upon the Committee to try the London Elec- 
tion Petition, that he had voted at that Election ; 
and having verified the same upon oath ; 

The House was moved, That the 43d section of 
the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 22, to consolidate and amend 
the Laws relating to the Trial of Controverted Elec- 
tions or Returns of Members to serve in Parliament, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Sanderson be excused from 
any further attendance upon the said Committee. 


Ordered, That Mr. Erle have leave to go the 


circuit. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Navy, 
which were presented upon Thursday last, be 
printed. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to Coroners, 
which were presented upon Monday last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to the East 


India Company, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


VoL. 93. 


28° Februarttz.—1° Martz. 





va 





317 


The Small Debts (Scotland) Bill was, according small Debts 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a (Scotland) Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday, the 
11th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Married 
reading of the Married Women’s Bill ; Women’s Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday, the 14th day of March next. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself First Fruits and 
into a Committee upon the First Fruits and Tenths Tenths Bill. 
Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Causes, N° 1 to N° 6, amended, and agreed to. 

Criause, N° 7, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 8, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 9, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 10, agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 11, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 12, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 13, disagreed to. 

Cravszs, N° 14 and N° 15, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 16, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuiavuszs, N° 17 and N° 18, disagreed to. 


Criavuses, N° 19 and N° 20, amended, and agreed 
to. 


Crauses, N° 21 and N° 22, agreed to. 
Clauses added. 

Schedules amended, and agreed to. 
Preamble read, and agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and the Lord 
Advocate reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Wed- 
nesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- packney 
mittee on the Hackney Carriages (Metropolis) Bill; Carriages 
And a Motion being made, and the Question (Metropolis) 
ae proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the * 
alr ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day six months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 
And the Question being proposed, That the words « 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 


And Notice being taken, that Forty Members were 
not present ; the hse was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present, and it being 
then after Four of the clock :—The House was ad- 
journed by Mr. Speaker, witthout a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 





Jovis, 1° die Marti; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


H E hour appointed for taking into considera- Newcastle- 
tion the Petition of Richard Badnall, of Cotton a “Ly pa 
Hall, in the County of Stafford, Esquire, complain- Durham City 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Borough Elections. 
of Newcastle-under-Lyme, being come ; 
Mr. Speaker took the Chair. 
883 





The 








Newcastle- 
under-Lyme 
Election. 


Durham City 
Election. 


Tenby 
Improvement 
and Harbour 
Bill. 


Saint Pancras 
Paving. 


Oxford and 
Great Western 
Union Railway 
Bill, 


318 


The Serjeant at Arms was sent with the Mace to 
the places adjacent, to require the attendance of the 
Members on the business of the House ; and being 
returned ; 

A Member was sworn. 

Then the House was counted by Mr. Speaker, and 
three hundred and sixteen Members being present ; 

And the Petition of Thomas Colpitts Granger, of 
the Inner Temple, Barrister at Law, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the City of Dur- 
ham, being also ordered to be taken into considera- 
tion upon this day ; 

The several parties, their counsel and agents were 
called in. 


And the door being locked : 

The Order of the day for taking into consideration 
the said Petition, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of MNewcastle-under- 
Lyme was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn and 
read in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was 
completed :—And Lists of the said names were de- 
livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 
mittee on the Newcastle-under-Lyme Election ; and 
then the door was opened, and the parties, their 
counsel and agents, withdrew. 


And the door being again locked ; 

The Order of the day, for taking into considera- 
tion the said Petition complaining » je undue Elec- 
tion and Return for the City of Durham, was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn and 
read in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names 
was completed :—And Lists of the said names were 
delivered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 
mittee on the City of Durham Election ; and then the 
door was iateted, and the parties, their counsel and 
agents, withdrew. 


A Petition of the President of the Bristol Cham- 
ber of Commerce, praying that the Tenby Improve- 
ment and Harbour Bill, may not pass into a law as 
it now stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills, to whom the Petition 
of William Grane, complaining of non-compliance 
with the Standing Orders in the case of the Petition for 
the Saint Pancras Paving Bill, was referred ; That in 
the case of the Petition for the said Bill, the Stand- 
ing Orders had not been complied with, inasmuch 
as no Notices were fixed on the Parish Churches 
of Saint George the Martyr or Saint George, 
Bloomsbury ; but it appeared to the Committee 
that although the Petition prays to repeal the Act 34 
Geo. 3,c. 96, “for Paving, cleansing, lighting, watch- 
ing, watering, and otherwise improving and keep- 
ing in repair the Streets, Squares, and other Public 
Passages and Places which are and shall be made 
upon certain pieces of Ground in the Parishes of 
Saint Pancras, Saint George the Martyr, and Saint 
George, Bloomsbury, or some or one of them in the 
County of Middlesex, belonging to the Hospital for 
the Maintenance and Education of exposed and de- 
serted Young Children, commonly called the Found- 
ling Hospital ;” yet that the only powers sought by 
the present Bill are limited to the Parish of Saint 
Pancras. 

Ordered, ‘That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Petition for the Oxford and Great Western Union Rail- 
way Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a Railway from Ozford to join the 


1° Martie. 











A. 1838. 


Great Western Railway near Didcot, with a Branch 
therefrom to Abingdon, to becalled “ The Oxford and 
Great Western Union Railway:” And that Mr. Gran- 
ville Harcourt and Lord Norreys do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Staley Road 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of the Bill. 
Petition for the Staley Road Bill, the Standing Orders 
had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
repairing the Road from French Top in the West 
Riding, of the County of York to Staley, in the 
County Palatine of Chester: And that Mr. Tatton 
Egerton and Mr. Edward Stanley do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Turton ang 
on Petitions for Private Bills, to whom the Petition Extwisle 
of James Stanton and others, complaining of non- 89% Bil. 
compliance with the Standing Orders in the case of 
the Petition for the Turton and Entwisle Reservoir 
Bill, was referred ; That in the case of the Petition 
for the said Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend an Act for making and maintaining the Tur- 
ton and Entwisle Reservoir: And that Mr. Bootle 
Wilbraham and Mr. Wilson Patten do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Mary-le-boue 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Small Debts. 
the Petition for the Mary-le-bone Small Debts Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee sudbury 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Town Lunds, 
the Petition for the Sudbury Town Lands Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee severn Navig 
on Petitions for Private Bills, to whom the Petitions tion (No. 1.) 
of William Spurrier ; and, Henry Hooper Wilton, 
complaining of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders, in the case of the Petition for the Severn 
Navigation (No. 1) Bill, were referred; That in the 
case of the Petition for the said Bill, the Standing 
Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Leamington 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Priors Gas 
the Petition for the Leamington Priors Gas Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Protestant 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of somone 
the Petition for the Protestant Dissenters Assurance Coannry- 
Company Bill, it appeared that no Standing Orders 
were applicable. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Leamington 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Priors Lmprove- 
the Petition for the Leamington Priors Improve-™"" 
ment Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Severn Naviga- 
on Petitions for Private Bills, to whom the Petition i (No. 2.) 
of Charles Bedford, complaining of non-compliance “i 
with the Standing Orders in the case of the Petition 
for the Severn ‘Navigation (No. 2) Bill, was re- 
ferred ; That in the case of the Petition for the said 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, 


Wake 
Halif 


Salt 
Roa 





Wakefield and 
Halifax Road. 


Salterhebble 
Roads, 


Ardrossan 
Railway, 


Midland 
Counties 

( Mountsorrel) 
Railway Bill. 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway Bill. 





1 Vicroriz: — 1° Marti. 319 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for improving the Navigation of the River Severn, 
from the Lock at the entrance of the Gloucester 
and Berkeley Canal, in or near the City of Glou- 
cester to the Bridge over the River Severn, in or 
near the City of Worcester : And that Mr. Phillpotts 
and Mr. Barneby do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Wakefield and Halifax Road 
Bill, the Standing Orders had not been complied 
with, inasmuch as in the section there is no fixed 
point from which the datum line is taken, the datum 
line being described as taken from the bed of the 
Turnpike Road from Huddersfield to Bradford ; 
and inasmuch as there has been no Subscription 
Contract entered into to defray the expenses of the 
proposed work, and there are no funds at present 
in the hands of the Trustees ; but it appeared to 
the Committee that the expense of making a Road, 
which the Trustees are at present liable to make 
under the former Act, and which it is intended to 
abandon, would amount to a considerably greater 
sum than the Road proposed. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills, to whom the Petition 
of John Sykes, complaining of non-compliance with 
the Standing Orders in the case of the Petition for 
the Salterhebble Roads Bill, was referred; That in 
the case of the Petition for the said Bill, the Stand- 
ing Orders had not been complied with, inasmuch 
as no Plan or Section of the Highway proposed to 
be converted into a Turnpike Road, has been depo- 
sited with the Clerk of the Peace, or with the Parish 
Clerks, or in the Private Bill Office of this House, 
nor has any application been made to the Owners 
and Occupiers of the lands through which such 
Highway passes, nor to the Surveyors of the said 
Highway, nor has any Estimate of the Expense been 
made, nor Subscription Contract entered into. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of John Boyle Gray, Proprietor of 
the lands of Clanberry Moss, and others, in the 
parish of Kilwinning, and county of Ayr, complain- 
ing that the Standing Orders of the House in re- 
spect to the application for the Ardrossan Railway 
Bill, had not been complied with; and praying that 
he may be heard, by himself and his agents, against 
the same, was presented, and read; and referred 


to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Midland Counties (Mount- 
sorrel) Railway Bill, which, upon Tuesday last, was 
made from the Select Committee on Standing Or- 
ders relative to Private Bills, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for amending and enlarging the provisions of the 
Act relating to the Midland Counties Railway, and 
for making a Branch therefrom to the town of 
Mountsorrel, in the county of Leicester: And that 
Mr. William Evans and Mr. Halford do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- 
way Bill, which, upon the 19th day of February last, 
was made from the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders relative to Private Bills, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


for making a Railway from Edinburgh to Glasgow, 
Vox. 93. 








to be called “ The Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- 
way” with a Branch to Falkirk: And that Lord 
William Bentinck and Mr. Dennistoun do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Colonel Anson presented a Bill for regulating and Walsall 
improving the Markets and Market Tolls, and for Market Bill. 
establishmg a Cattle Market, and for providing 
suitable Buildings and Conveniences for the same, 
within the Borough of Walsall, in the County of 
Stafford: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Secretary of the New Royal Great Central 
Canal Company in Jreland, taking notice of the Irish Railway. 
application for the Great Central Jrish Railway 
Bill; and praying that such Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Clerk who attended the Select pristol Election. 
Committee upon the Trial of the Petition of Henry 
Bush and others, against the Return of Francis 
Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley, Esquire, (otherwise 
called the Honourable Francis Henry Fitzhardinge 
Berkeley), for the City and County of Bristol; and 
also the Short-hand Writer who attended the said 
Committee, have leave to attend before the Grand 
Jury at the Central Criminal Court, and give evidence 
in certain indictments for perjury about to be pre- 
ferred against William Virrier and others, and to 
take with them and produce to the Grand Jury the 
said Petition, the Short-hand Writer’s Notes, and 
all other proceedings and documents whatsoever 
had and taken under and pertaining to the said 
Petition. ; 


Ordered, That Mr. Cresswell have leave to go the Leave of 
circuit :—Sir Robert Heron have leave of absence Absence. 
for a month, on account of a domestic affliction :— 

Mr. Colquhoun a month, on account of ili health :— 
and, Sir Montagu Lowther Chapman a month, on 
urgent business. 


Petitions from Bradford (York) ;—Cumnock ;-— Negro Appren- 

Wellingborough ;—Seaton Sluice ;--Burnham Market ; ticeship- 

— Taunton ;-— Halstead ;--Bridlington ;--Leominster ; 

— Plymouth ;—and, Registering Officer to the West 

Division of the Somerset Monthly Meeting of Friends ; 

praying for the abolition of the system of Negro 
Apprenticeship,— were presented, and read; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Soap Manufacturers of Bristol, soap. 
praying for the repeal of the Duty on Soap, was 
resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
lable. 


The counsel and agents, in the case of the Wew- Newcastle 
castle-under-Lyme Election, being returned to the under-Lyme 
bar, the Clerk appointed to attend the said Com- #lection. 
mittee delivered in to the House a reduced List; and 
the same was called over, as followeth : 

Sir Charles Edward Grey, William Pinney, Esquire, 

Lord William Bentinck, John Ireland Blachburne, 
Esquire, James Stewart, Esquire, Mark Philips, 
Esquire, the Earl of Hillsborough, Richard Mon- 
tesquieu Bellew, Esquire, Lord Viscount Ebrington, 
Sir Robert Price, Baronet, and Lord Viscount 
Adare. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Petition com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, were sworn by 
the Clerk at the Table in the usual manner; and 
thereupon the counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 

ss4 Petitions 








320 1° Marti. 


Postage. Petitions from Notting Hill, Bayswater, &amp;c.;— 
Haddington ; — Cork; — and, London and West- 
minster; praying for the establishment of a low 
uniform rate of Postage on Letters,—were presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Postage. 


Petitions from Aughagour ;—Kilmeena ; — Saint 
Audeon, Dublin;— Saint Michan, Dublin ;— Saint 
Thomas, Dublin; --Upper Heyford ; — Lauder ; — 
Cupar Angus;—Fahanand Dysertagney ;—Kilmain ; 
= Sisiett —and, Newport Pratt; praying for 
the adoption of Vote by Ballot at Elections of Mem- 
bers to serve in Parliament,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Vote by Ballot, 


Poor Relief Petitions from Saint Audeon, Dublin ; — Saint 

(Ireland) Bill, Zhomas, Dublin ;— Managers of Charitable Insti- 
tutions of Dublin (Lord Mayor and High Sheriffs) ; 
—Clonmel (Chairman of a Meeting) ;— Temple- 
patrick ;— Roscommon ;—Kilconly and Kilbannon; 
—Balla Drum ;— Kilmain;— Newport Pratt ;— 
and, Kilcoman and Robin; praying that the Poor 
Relief (Jreland) Bill may not pass into a law as it 
now stands,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Intimidation of | Mr. Slaney presented a Bill to prevent Threats or 
Voters Bill. Attempts at Intimidation to Voters, to influence 
No. 176. their Votes for Members of Parliament: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
asecond time upon Monday, the 12th day of this 

instant March ; and to be printed. 


Rating of Petitions from Guardians of the Brixworth Union; 

Tenements Bill. and, Inhabitants and others of Merthyr Tidvil; 
praying that the Rating of Tenements Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Rating of Tenements. 


Municipal Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Boroughs and +&gt;) Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
: to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of all the Municipal Boroughs or 
Cities, by name, which have had a Commission of 
Peace granted to them :—and, of all Municipal Bo- 
roughs and Cities, by name, which have had a Court 
of Quarter Sessions and a Recorder appointed. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 

of Her Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Bankrupt Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
— a Return of the Number of Commissions of Bank- 
, ruptcy and Fiats issued from 1833 to 1837, both 
inclusive ; distinguishing each year, and also dis- 
tinguishing how many Town Commissions and Fiats, 
and how many Country Commissions and Fiats, were 

opened in each year. 


Glass Duty,&amp;c. | Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Amount of Duty charged on Glass ; 
distinguishing the Amount charged on Flint, Plate, 
Broad, Crown, Bottle and German Sheet, in the 
year ending the 5th day of January 1838; together 
with the Amount of Drawback on each description 
of Glass; the Produce of the Duties in England, 
Scotland and Ireland to be stated separately :—and, 
a Return, specifying the Names of the several Glass 
Makers in England, Scotland and Ireland respec- 
tively ; the Towns or Places in which each Manu- 
factory is situated; the District or Collection in 
which it is included; the Amount of Duty charged 
on each Maker in the year ended the 5th day of 
January 1838; distinguishing the Amount charged 
on Flint, Plate, Broad, Crown, Bottle and German 
Sheet Glass. 


Tithes Petitions from Fahan and Dysertagney ;—Kilcre- 
(Ireland.) = dane and Kilmacdonough ;—Saint Michan, Dublin ; 
—Saint Thomas, Dublin ;—Saint Audeon, Dublin ; 
—and, Saint Paul, Dublin; praying for the abolition 








A. 1838. 


of Tithes in Jreland,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saint Thomas, Dublin; — Saint Municipa 
Paul, Dublin;—Saint Michan, Dublin ;—Kilcredan ©rporations 
and Kilmacdonough; — Drogheda; — Fahan and (Ireland) Bil 
Dysertagney ; praying that the Municipal Corpora- 
tions (Ireland) Bill may pass into a law,— were 
pee. and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Fahan and Dyser- Landlora 
tagney, praying for an alteration of the law of Land- nthe 
lord eb Tenant in Ireland, was presented, and read , (Hreland.) 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town Municipal 
Council of the royal burgh of Fp onan praying the Corporations 
House to take the existing Scotch Burgh Reform St) 
Act into consideration, and remedy its practical 

defects, and in particular to extend the Municipal 

elective franchise to the whole of the electors residing 

within the Parliamentary Boundaries of the respective 

burghs, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 

upon the Table. 


Petitions from Churchstow ; — Loddiswell ; — Highway Rete 
Yealmpton ; — Holbeton ; —Aveion Gifford ; — and, Bill. 
Saint Budiaux ; praying that the Highway Rates 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read; and mat set to the Select Committee on the 
Bill. 


Petitions from Boldre;—-Saltash ;——and, Leicester ; Municipal 
praying that the Municipal Boundaries Bill may — 
not pass into a law as it now stands,—were pre- ~ 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Slavery in 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Cey!. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of all Communications 
relating to the subject of Slavery in the Island of 
Ceylon, and to the measures there taken for its 
abolition. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Slave Trade 
Copies or Abstracts of all Correspondence between (24% India.) 
the Directors of the East India Company and the 
Company’s Government in India, since the Ist da 
of June 1827, on the subject of Slavery in the Terri- 
tories under the Company’s rule; also respecting 
any Slave Trade therein; also, of all Orders and 
Regulations issued, or any Proceedings taken, b 
order or under the authority of the Company, wit 
a view to the abolition of Slavery and the Slave 
Trade, since the above date ; also, of any Corre- 
spondence between the Board of Control and the 
Court of Directors on the said subjects. 


A Petition of Members of the Committee of the Glasgow Cotton 
Working Men’s Association of Northampton, pray- SP="*": 
ing the House to investigate the case of the Glasgow 
Cotton Spinners lately convicted of conspiracy to 
raise wages, and to cause them to remain in this 
country to await the result of such investigation, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Dunfermline, praying Church of 
the House to refuse all further grants, whether lens Scotland. 
Bishops’ Teinds, or otherwise, to the Church Esta- 
blishment of Scotland, was presented, and read ; and 
orderagyto lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Non-electors Re- Corn Laws. 
form Association and others, Inhabitants of Jed- 
burgh, 


Zon 


oh oe | 








sles 


tton 


Municipal 
rations 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Durham City 
Election. 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Marine 
Insurance. 


Rishoprick 
of Sodor and 
Mann. 


Puor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Hackney 

oe 
etropoli 

Bill, tee 


County Rates 
Bill, 


Election 
Expenses Bill. 


Bribery at 
Elections Bill. 


British Manu- 
facturers Pro. 
tection Bill. 


1 VicTroriz. 


burgh, praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws, was 
resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Mable. 2 
Petitions from William Frederick Bentley, of 
Charlemont Street, Dublin, Deputy Marshal and 
Deputy Sword bearer of the City of Dublin ;—and, 
Thomas Dillon, of Francis Street, Dublin, Gentle- 
man, Craner of the Hides and Leather Market of 
the said city, praying the House to compensate 
them for the oa they will sustain in the event of 
the Municipal Corporations (Zreland) Bill being 
passed into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The counsel and agents, in the case of the City 
of Durham Election, being returned to the bar, the 
Clerk appointed to attend the said Committee de- 
livered in to the House a reduced List ; and the same 
was called over, as followeth : 

The Right Honourable Sir George Henry Rose, 
John Collier, Esquire, Thomas Philip Maunsell 
Esquire, Lord Ossulston, Thomas William Chester 
Master, Esquire, Sir Harry Verney, Baronet, Ni- 
cholas Ball, Esquire, Henry Chester, Esquire, Lord 
James Stuart, Richard Greaves Townley, Esquire, 
and John Heywood Hawkins, Esquire. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Petition com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
City of Durham,were sworn by the Clerk at the 
Table in the usual manner ; and thereupon the coun- 
sel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


A Petition of ag at of Beer Shops in Merthyr 
Tydfil, praying the House so to amend the Sale of 
Beer Act that they may be placed on the same foot- 
ing as Licensed Victuallers, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners, Masters 
of Vessels and others of the Port of Whitehaven, 
praying for the repeal of the duty on Policies of 

arine Insurance, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the 
Archdeaconry of Ozford, praying that the Bishop- 
rick of Sodor and Mann may not be annexed to the 
See of Carlisle, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the Hack- 
ney Carriages (Metropolis) Bill. 


Ordered, That the County Rates Bill be read a 
second time upon Wednesday the 14th day of this 
instant March. 


Ordered, that the Election Expenses Bill be read 
a second time upon Wednesday the 14th day of 
this instant March, 


Ordered, That the Bribery at Elections Bill be 
read a second time upon Wednesday next. 


Ordered, That the British Manufacturers Pro- 


tection Bill be read a second time upon Wednesday 
next. 


Vo. 93. 


1° Martiz. 








321 


Ordered, That the Waste Lands (Ireland) Bill be Waste Lands 
read a second time upon Wednesday, the 14th day (Treland) Bill. 
of this instant March. 


Ordered, That the Tenants for Life (Zreland) Bill Tenauts for Life 
be read a second time upon Wednesday, the 14th (Ireland) Bill. 
day of this instant March. 


Ordered,That the Leases and Exchanges (Jreland) Leases and 
Bill be read a second time upon Wednesday, the a - 
14th day of this instant March. (Ireland) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Medical Charities (Zreland) Medical 


Bill be read a second time upon Monday next. (Ireland) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Salmon 
ae read a second time upon this day six (Seotlend) om. 


Ordered, That the Common Fields Improvement Common Fields 
Bill be read the third time upon Wednesday next. Fmprovement 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- Supply. 
solve itself into the Committee of Supply. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- Ways and 
solve itself into the Committee of Ways and Means. 
Means. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Court of Ses- Court of 
sion, &amp;c., (Scotland) Bill be taken into further con- Serie, be. + 
sideration To-morrow. (Scotland) Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Slave Vessels. 

a Return of all Slave Vessels captured under the 
the late Spanish Treaty by Her Majesty’s Ships, 
since the 1st day of February 1836, distinguishing 
whether having Slaves on board, or under the Equip- 
ment Article, to the latest Date for which the same 
can be prepared, and stating the Name of the Vessel 
by which each was captured. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Union Work- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Re- houses. 
turn of the Number of Union Workhouses in Eng- 
land and Wales used for the reception of Parochial 
Poor since the passing of the new Poor Law Act ; 
specifying the Parishes in which they are severally 
situate, and the Number of Parochial Poor received 
into each :—also, the Return of Deaths which have 
taken place in each of such Houses; specifying 
their Ages, and the Causes of their Decease :— 

And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Mon- 

day next. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Poor Law 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Copy Amendment 
of a Letter, dated the 6th day of January 1838, ad- ““ 
dressed to each Assistant Commissioner under the 
Poor Law Amendment Act, by order of the Board, 
by E. Chadwick, Secretary, with Copies of the two 
Inclosures contained therein, proposed to be sent to 
all the Guardians or Boards of Guardians of the 
Poor :—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill County Courts 
for the Improvement of County Courts of Civil and Bill. 
Criminal Jurisdiction: And that Lord John Russell, 
and Mr. Attorney General and Mr. Solicitor General, 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Sheriffs _ 
for the better Regulation of the Office of Sheriffs (Irelund) Bill 
and Under Sheriffs of Counties and Cities in Ireland: 
And that Mr. Mahony and Mr. William Smith 
O’ Brien do prepare, and bring it in. 
TT Ordered, 














Registration 
of Births, &amp;c., 
({reland) Bill. 


Canada, 


British Guiana 
and Méeuritius. 


Wheat and Oats 
Ireland.) 


No. 177. 


Court of 
Exchequer 
Scotland.) 


No. 178. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission. 


No. 179. 


Durham City 


Election, 


Dee Bridge 
Roads Bill. 


Londonderry 
Bridge, Xc. Bill. 


South Holland 
Drainage Bill. 


322 1°—2° 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for registering Births, Deaths and Marriages in Jre- 
land: And that Mr. Mahony and Mr. William Smith 
O’ Brien do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir George Grey presented, pursuant to several 
Addresses to Her Majesty,—Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 20th day of February 
last, for Copies of all Letters between Mr. Hume, 
Mr. Roebuck, and any Member of this House, with 
Mons. Papineau, Mr. M‘ Kenzie, Dr. Duncombe and 
any other Individuals who have held Public Situa- 
tions in the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, 
which have been seized in those Provinces, or other- 
wise come into the possession of Government. 

Copies of all Orders in Council, or Colonial Ordi- 
nances, for the better regulation and enforcement of 
the relative Duties of Masters and Employers, and 
Articled Servants, Tradesmen and Labourers in the 
Colonies of British Guiana and Mauritius, and of 
Correspondence relating thereto. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Wheat and 
Oats (Ireland), which was presented upon Friday 
last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court 
of Exchequer (Scotland), which was presented upon 
Tuesday last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Eccle- 
siastical Connntanion ith Wide presented yesterday, 


be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 











Veneris, 2° die Martii ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


N R. Serjeant Ball from the Select Committee 

appointed to try and determine the merits of 
the Petition of Thomas Colpitts Granger, of the Inner 
Temple, Barrister-at-Law, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the City of Durham, in- 
formed the House, That the Committee had deter- 
mined, 

That William Charles Harland, Esquire, is duly 
elected a Member to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said City : 

That the Petition of Thomas Colpitts Granger did 
not appear to the said Committee to be frivolous or 
vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not 
appear to the said Committee to be frivolous or vex- 
atious. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


The Dee Bridge Roads Bill was read a second 


time ; and committed to General Arbuthnott and the 
East Scotland List. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
spect of the Petition for the Londonderry Bridge, &amp;e. 
Bill, which = the 15th day of December last was 
mace from the Select Committee on Standing Or- 
ders relative to Private Bills, might be read; and 
the same being read : 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
to amend an Act passed in the 5th and 6th year 
of the reign of King William the Fourth, regard- 
ing Londonderry Bridge, and to amend several Acts 
relating to the City and Port of Londonderry: And 
that Sir Robert Ferguson and Captain Jones do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the South Holland Drainage 





Marti. A. 1838. 


Bill, which upon Monday last was made from the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills might 
be read, and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for amending an Act of King George the Fourth, 
intituled “ An Act for amending and rendering more 
effectual an Act of his present Majesty for draining 
Lands in South Holland, and for continuing and 
amending another Act of his present Majesty for 
maintaining and repairing a certain Bank and the 
Road thereon from Spalding High Bridge to Brother 
House,all in the County of Lincoln,” and for enlarging 
the term and continuing the Tolls and powers thereby 
granted or continued for maintaining and repairing 
the Road on the said Bank: And that Mr. Handley 
and Mr. Heathcote do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for more effec- Birmingham 
tually supplying with Gas the Town of Birmingham, Equitable Gas 
and certain Parishes, Hamlets, and Places adjoin- “™ 
ing thereto, by a Company to be called “The Bir- 
mingham Equitable Gas Light Company :” And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. Pas 


A Petition of the Wardens and Commonalty of Lough Foyle 
the Mystery of Fishmongers of the City of London, ——— 
complaining that the Standing Orders of the House, 72.7 ""™ 
in respect to the application for the Lough Foyle 
and Lough Swilly Drainage Bill, had not been com- 
plied with, and praying that they may be heard by 
themselves, their agents and witnesses, against the 
same, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions from Carnarvon; — Barnstaple and Marine 
Bideford ;— Bangor ;—and, London ; praying for a Insurance. 
reduction of the Duty on Policies of Marine Insur- 
ance,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Stockton ;— Bath ;—Bewdley and Negro Appren- 
Stourport ;— Okehampton ; — A ppleby, &amp;e. ; — Leek ticeship. 
(two Petitions) ;— Guisbrough ;— Ponty Pool ;— 
Thornton Rust and Aisgarth ;—Blaenavon and 
Varteg Iron Works ;—Tredegar and Sirhowy ;— 
Ayton-in- Cleveland ; — Crediton (two Petitions)— 
Middlesborough-on- Tees ;— Caerleon (two Petitions) ; 
—Stroud ;—-Sheffield ;— Beverley (two Petitions ;— 
and, Exeter (two Petitions) ; praying for the abolition 
of the system of Negro Apprenticeship,—were _pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Grean and Templebraden ;—Brent- vote by Ballot. 
ford Polling District ;—Sutton Valence, &amp;c.;— Knock- 
any ;— Bewdley;—and, Wigtown; praying for the 
adoption of Vote by Ballot at Elections of Members 
to serve in Parliament,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Paisley ;—and, Bridgeton; praying Corn Laws. 
for the repeal of the Corn Laws,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Baillies, Treasurer and Morning Mail 
Councillors of Paisley, praying the House to recom- (Se*!a4-) 
mend to the Lords of Her Majesty's Treasury to 
provide a Morning Mail from Lendie to Scotland, 
on the same footing as that now in operation for 
| Ireland, Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester, 
and also to issue Orders for the more frequent trans- 
mission of Letters between Glasgow and Paisley by 
means of the stage coaches, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Earl Shilton ;—Yeardsley-cum- Poor Law 
Whaley ;—Rye ;—and, George Chichester Oxenden, — 
and others ; praying for the repeal or amendment of 
the Poor Law Act,—were presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Poor Law 

Amendment Act. 


| A Petition 


t 





Ter 


Shi 








1 Vicroriz. 
A Petition of Micah Thomas, of Abergavenny, 


Rating of G P 
Tenements Bill. praying that the Rating of Tenements Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 


referred to the Select Committee on Rating of 
Tenements. 

Petitions from Kirkaldy ;— Rye;—and, J. L. 
Stevens and William Cole; praying the House to re- 
lieve the proprietors of the Shipping Gazette from 
the Postage on letters containing shipping and com- 
mercial intelligence only, —were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upen the Table. 


Shipping 
Gazettes 


Household 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Tiverton, praying 
Suffrage. 


that the elective franchise may be extended to all 
householders, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Raingof Ss Petitions from Lowestoft;—and, Newbury Union, 
Tenements Bill. praying that the Rating of Tenements Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Rating of Tenements. 
Education. A Petition of George Charles Smith, Minister of 
the Mariners’ Church, Honorary Secretary to the 
British and Foreign Seamen and Soldiers’ Friend 
Society, and General Superintendent of the Naval 
and Military Orphan Asylum, Wellclose Square, 
submitting a plan for the Education of Deserted and 
Destitute Children, and praying the House to take 
the same into consideration, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Education. Vv 


Benefices 


Pionality Bil A Petition of Inhabitants of Brailsford, praying 


that provision may be made in the Benefices Plura- 
lity Bull for raising the incomes of the smaller Liv- 
ings to a sum which shall afford a competent main- 
tenance for the Ministers, for abolishing pluralities 
altogether, except in the case of parishes with a 
very small population, and for requiring the resi- 
dence of the Minister, and two full services in every 
place of worship connected with the Establishment, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Poor Relief 


Petitions from the Governors of the Workhouse 
(Ireland) Bill. 


of Cork ;—Inhabitants of Bandon Bridge ;—the 
Governors of Mercers Hospital, Dublin ;—and, 
Landholders of Killaney; praying that the Poor 
Relief (Jreland) Bill may not pass into a law as 
it now stands,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Medical 
Charities 


(Ireland) Bill. 


A Petition of Governors of the county of Cavan 
Infirmary, praying that the Medical Charities (Zre- 
land) Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Combmartin 


Lord Viscount Ebrington presented a Bill for 
Roads Bill. 


making a Turnpike Road from Combmartin, in the 
County of Devon, to Bratton Down, in the same 
County, and several other Roads in the Neighbour- 
hood thereof: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Witcham Mr. Yorke presented a Bill for inclosmg Lands in 

nelosure Bills the Parish of Witcham, in the Isle of Ely, in the 
County of Cambridge: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Buckstones and 
Elland Bridge 
Roads Bill. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition forthe Buckstones and Elland Bridge 
Roads Bill, which, upon Monday last, was made 
from the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for more effectually amending and improving the 
Road from Buckstones by Barkisland School to 
= 0 a and from Sykehouse to the High- 

oL. 93. 


2° Martiz. 





323 


way leading from Barkisland to Stainland, all in 
the West Riding of the county of York: And that 
Sir George Strickland and Lord Viscount Morpeth 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of Trustees of Sir John Soane’s Mu- Soane’s 
seum, taking notice of the application for Soane’s Museum. 
Museum Bill; and praying that such Bill may not 
pass into a law, was = and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Exeter, praying Land Tax. 
for an equalization of the Land Tax, was presented, 
and ae ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Incorporation of Skinners and Combination 
Glovers in Glasgow, praying the House to institute of Workmen. 
an inquiry into Trades Unions and Combinations of 
Workmen, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Combination of Work- 
men. 

Ordered That the Petitions from Dublin, which 
were presented upon the 9th, 12th and 23d days of 
February last, relative to Combination of Workmen, 
be referred to the said Select Committee. 


A Petition of Trustees for Paving, &amp;c., the Giros- Metropolis 
venor-place district, in the parish of Saint George, Improvements. 
Hanover-square, ‘praying the House to adopt mea- 
sures for improving the thoroughfares in the neigh- 
bourhood of Knightsbridge, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Me- 
tropolis Improvements. 


Petitions from Dawlish ;— Holt ;—Liverpool;— Postage. 
Oxford;—and, Teignmouth; praying for the esta- 
blishment of a low uniform rate of Postage on Let- 
ters,—were presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Postage. 


Petitions from Bandon; — Ballymoden ; — and, Education 
Killrogan; praying the House to adopt measures (Iteland.) 
for the encouragement, assistance and pecgninsy 
support of Schools in Lreland suited to Protestant 
Education,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President, Treasurer and Go- London and 
vernors of Saint Thomas’s Hospital, in the Borough Greenwich 
of Southwark, praying that they may be heard, by saan Aare 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the London and Greenwich Railway Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of George Cooke Bauke, of Southamp- Saint Pancras 

ton-street, Saint Pancras, complaining that the Stand- P#vins- 

ing Orders of the House, in respect to the application 

for the Saint Pancras Paving Bill, had not been 

complied with ; and praying that he may be heard, 

by himself, his agents and witnesses, against the 

same, was presented, and read; and referred to the 

Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Patrick Neill, L.L.D., and Wil- Edinburgh 
liam Fraser, carrying on business as Letter-press emess 
Printers in Old Fishmonger Close, of Edinburgh, 
and Proprietors of the printing-office there, com- 
plaining that the Standing Orders of the House, in 
respect to the application for the Edinburgh Courts 
of Justice Bill, had not been complied with ; and 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves or 
their agents, against the same, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


TT 2 Ordered, 











324 


Leave of Ordered, That Lord Viscount Clive have leave 


Absence. of absence for a fortnight, to attend the assizes ;— 
General Johnson, a month, on urgent business ;— 
and, Mr. John Jervis, to go the circuit. 

Bishoprick Petitions from Clergy, Bankers and Inhabitants 

—" and of Walsall ;—and, the Chancellor, Masters and 

_ Scholars of the University of Cambridge; praying 
that the Bishoprick of Sodor and Mann may not 
be annexed to the See of Carlisle,— were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Controverted A Petition of Robert Oram, of Holland Street, 

Blections. —__Brixton Road, praying the House to adopt mea- 
sures for preventing Members of the House, holding 
office at the pleasure of the Crown, from serving 
upon Committees for trying the merits of Contro- 
verted Elections, was = and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

One Petitions from Stage Coach Masters, praying for 


the repeal of the Duties on Stage Coaches, was 
= and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Sale of Beer 


_ A Petition of Beer-house Keepers of Hinckley, 


Earl Shilton, Burbridge, Stony Stanton and Stoke 
Golding, praying the House so to amend the Sale 
of Beer Act that retailers of beer may be placed on 
the same footing as Licensed Victuallers, was pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Western Division of Ladies’ 
Shoemakers, praying the House to address Her Ma- 
jesty to remit the sentence recently passed upon 
certain Cotton Spinners of Glasgow, convicted of a 
conspiracy to raise wages, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Glasgow Cotton 
Spinners. 


Tithes A Petition of Inhabitants of Knockany, praying 
(Ireland.) for the abolition of Tithes in Jreland, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Municipal Petitions from Grean and Templebraden ;—and, 
(rela) Bill Knochany ; praying that the Municipal Corporations 


(Ireland) Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Tenth Report 
on Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


No. 183. 


Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed to inquire into the administration 
of the Relief of the Poor under the Orders and Re- 
gulations issued by the Commissioners appointed 
under the provisions of the Poor Law Amendment 
Act; and is were empowered to report the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them from time to time 
to the House ; That they had made further Progress 
in the matters to them referred; and had directed 
him to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them. 

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


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railw uy Bill, 


Lord William Bentinck presented a Bill for making 
a Railway from Edinburgh to Glasgow, to be called 
“ The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway,” with a 
Branch to Falkirk: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Poor Relief The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
(Ireland) Bill. into a Committee upon the Poor Relief (Zreland) 
Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Cuause, N° 47 (Commissioners may assist emi- 
gration)}——read. 

Several Amendments made. 

Question pat, That the Clause, as amended, stand 
part of the Bill ; 


2° Marti. 








A. 


The Committee divided. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Solicitor General, 


Yeas, Mr. Baring: 
Tellers for the f Mr. O’ Connell, } a6 
Noes, Sir William Brabazon: ; 


Cravusz, N° 48, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 49, amended, and agreed to. 

Cxrause, N° 50, amended, and agreed to. 

Crausez, N° 51, agreed to. 

Cravse, N° 52, postponed. 

Cravuse, N° 53, amended, and agreed to. 

Ciauses, N° 54 and N°55, disagreed to. 

Crause, N° 56, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 57, disagreed to. 

Cravusz, N° 58, amended, and agreed to. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made further 
Progress in the Bill; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. é 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 





Spi 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Copyholds 
reading of the Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill; —_Enfranchise- 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon ™"* Bill. 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Copyholds 
reading of the Copyholds Improvement Bill ; Improvement 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon oe. 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Manorial 
reading of the Manorial Boundaries Bill ; — 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon ~'* 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Escheats Bill. 
reading of the Escheats Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Descents Bil. 
reading of the Descents Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Grand Jury 
reading of the Grand Jury Cess (Dublin) Bill ; ny (Dublin) 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon ~~ 
Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Court of 
further consideration the Report on the Court of ames 
Session &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill ; ( 

Ordered, That the Repurt be taken into further 
consideration upon Tasislay next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Education. 
Returns of the Sums granted by Parliament in each 
year, from 1834 to 1837 inclusive, for the advance- 
ment of Education in England and Wales :—Of the 
Number of Applications made to the Lords of the 
Treasury in each year from 1834 to 1837 eclerry 
or | 





L. 


Spirits. 


Charitable 
Bequests 


(Ireland.) 


Church of 
Scotland, 





1 Vicroriz. 


for aid towards the building or maintenance of 
Schools, or payment of Teachers, classified according 
to the Counties and Societies to which they respec- 
tively belong:—Of the Number and Amount of 
Grants, and of the Amount of each Grant, severally 
made by the Lords of the Treasury, in answer to 
such applications, classified according to the Counties 
and Societies to which the Schools to which such 
Grants have been made respectively belong :—Copy 
of the Conditions and Regulations under which such 
Grants have been made :—Report of the manner in 
which such Grants have been applied to each School, 
and of the results produced thereby :—Return of 
the Names and Qualifications of Inspectors, if any, 
appointed by the Treasury, to see such Grants ap- 
plied in accordance with the Regulations under 
which they were made :— Return of the Sum granted 
by Parliament for the establishment of Schools for 
Teachers :—and, a Report of the Progress made, if 
any, in the application of such Grants. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Total Gallons of Proof Spirits dis- 
tilled in England, Scotland and Ireland respectively ; 
distinguishing the Quantities produced from Malt, 
and from a mixture of Malt and unnialted Grain, or 
from any ather ingredients; showing also, the Total 
Quantity of each sort in the United Kingdom for 
the year ending the 5th day of January 1838 :—Of 
the Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits (distinguish- 
ing the sorts) on which the Duty was paid for Home 
Consumption in each of the three Kingdoms; with 
the rate per Gallon, and Amount of such Duty; 
also, the Total of Gallons and Duty in the United 
Kingdom, for the year ending the 5th day of January 
1838 :—Showing, under separate heads, the Number 
of Gallons of Proof Spirits (distinguishing the ma- 
terials from which made) imported into each King- 
dom from each of the others respectively, and 
including, in the cases of England and Scotland, 
those conveyed either by Land or Sea ; stating also, 
the rate of Duty per.Gallon, and the Total Amount 
thereof in each case, and what portion of such Duty 
was paid on removal of the Spirits from Bond, and 
what after their arrival at the place of destination, 
for the year ending the 5th day of January 1838 :— 
Of the Total Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits 
permitted out from Distillers’ Stocks in England, and 
the Total Number of Gallons Proof of British Brandy 
and Spirits of Wine permitted out from Rectifiers’ 
Stocks in England, for the year ending the 5th day 
of January 1838; also, the Stocks remaining in the 
hands of English Distillers on the 5th day of January 
1838 :—and, of the Total Number of Proof Gallons 
of Rum, Brandy, Geneva, and all other Spirits, that 
paid Duty in each Kingdom, from 5th January 
1837 to 5th January 1838; rate of Duty per Gallon, 
and Amount thereof; Total Number of Gallons of 
each kind, and Total Duty thereon ; Total Number 
of Gallons of all kinds, and Total Duty thereon, for 
the United Kingdom, showing the Total Number of 
Proof Gallons of all kind that paid Duty, and Total 
Amount thereof in each Kingdom ; and Total Num- 
her of Gallons, and Total Duty thereon, in the whole 
of the United Kingdom, from the 5th day of January 
1837 to the 5th day of January 1838. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Communications addressed to Lord 
John Russell, upon the subject of the Lrish Board 
of Charitable Bequests, in March 1837. 

Ordered, That the said Address be ent 0 to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Names of the Parishes in 


9°59 Martii. 325 


Scotland in which Churches in connexion with the 
Church of Scotland have been erected, to which 
Parishes quoad sacra have been annexed, including 
those Churches which were denominated Chapa of 
Ease ; and the Amount of the unexhausted Teinds 
in the original Parishes of which those Parishes 
quoad sacra formed a part :—Also, the Names of 
the Parishes in Scotland in which Churches in con- 
nexion with the Church of Scotland (not being Parish 
Churches), are now being erected, and the Amount 
of unexhausted Teinds in each of those Parishes ; 
specifying in both cases the Class or Classes under 
which these unexhausted Teinds fall. 

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


the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next; and to be printed. 


suant to an Address to Her Majesty,—A Return of 
the Titles of the Acts of the Legislature of Upper 
Canada passed since the arrival of the Governor, 
Sir F. B. Head, in that Province, which by the Act 
31st Geo, 3, c. 31, s. 42, ought to be laid before the 
British Parliament previous to the sanction of the 
Crown being given to them; stating when the said 
Acts were passed in Upper Canada, and the Dates 
when laid before the House of Commons, and the 
Dates when they received the sanction of the Crown: 
—A Copy of the Act of the Legislature of Upper 
Canada to establish a Court of Chancery in that 
Province ; stating when Sir F. B. Head gave the 
sanction of the Crown to that Act, and whether that 
sanction has been confirmed by the Crown, and 
when :—and, a Return of the Establishment of the 
Court of Chancery, lately established in Upper Ca- 
nada, stating the Names of the Judges and Officers 
appointed by Sir Francis Head to that Court, and 
the Salaries and Allowances granted to each. 


Captain Mitchell's Mission to the Peninsula; dis- 
tinguishing the Contingent Expenses of the Mission, 
and how many Maps and Plans were prepared by 
him, and of what Districts, Places or Battles; also 
where those Plans and Maps are now deposited. 

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


which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


day, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday 
next. 








Luna, 5° die Martii; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


sented pursuant to Order,—A Statement of the Popu- 
lation of each of the several Unions formed under the 
Poor Law Amendment Act, which comprize the ma- 
avfacturing towns of Nottingham, Manchester, The 
Potteries, Stockport, Macclesfield, Oldham, Ashton, 
Bolton, Bury, Blackburn, and Preston; the respec- 





Vo . 93. 





TT3 tive 


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


Colonel Verner presented a Bill to empower the Oaths to 
Foreman or any other Member of Grand Juries in Witnesses 
Treland to administer Oaths to Witnesses on Bills “!e!#"4) Bill. 
of Indictment: And the same was read the first No- 182. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, pur- Upper Canada. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer also presented, Captain 


nes 5 seam ry Mitchell’s 
pursuant to Order,—A Return of the Expense of tne 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Canada, Canada. 
_ No. 181, 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to British British Guiana 


Guiana and Mauritius, which was presented yester- gee 
oO. ° 


R. Parker, Assistant Secretary to the Poor Law Pour Law 
Commission, was called in; and at the bar pre- A 


mendment 
ct, 


i 
j 
| 
i 
j 


Ss PTE DS AES SA AF 





| 
/ 





326 


tive Dates when each of those Unions was esta- 
blished, the Number of Workhouses used in each 
Union, the Number of Paupers relieved in each 
Union during each a up to the 29th day of 
September 1837; distinguishing the Number of 
Paupers who have received Out-door Relief, and 
those who have been relieved in the Workhouse, 
in each of such Unions, and exhibiting also the 
Amount expended in Workhouse Relief to the Poor, 
and the Amount expended in Out-door Relief in each 
of such Unions during the same periods :—And then 
he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Crafer from the Treasury, was called in; and 
at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders,—Returns 
to an Order dated the 21st day of December last, for 
Returns showing the Rates and Fares charged on 
board her Majesty’s Mail Steam Packets on the 
Liverpool and Kingstown, Holyhead and Kingstown, 
Milford and Waterford; and Portpatrick and Do- 
naghadee Stations, for Passengers, Carriages, and 
Horses, from the date of their first establishment in 
1826, down to the latest period, or to the ist day of 
December 1837 ; with the several alterations in such 
Rates and Fares as have been made, and the dates 
of such alterations respectively :—Of the Number, 
Names, Rank, Duties, and Salaries or Wages of all 
Officers, Clerks, or other Persons employed on the 
same Stations, either on shore or on board the 
Packets, at the date of the transfer of such Packets 
from the Post Office to the Admiralty, with a cor- 
Poy ares Return for the 1st day of December 1837; 
distinguishing such changes and additions as have 
been made to the several establishments at such 
Stations between such two periods:—and of the se- 
veral persons, their Rank and Salaries, and the total 
Expense of the establishment in Dublin, connected 
with the Mail Packets, at the date of their transfer 
to the Admiralty ; and a corresponding Return for 
the 1st day of December 1837. 

A Return of the Number of Houses Licensed to 
sell Beer by Retail in England and Wales, during 
the year vhding the 31st day of December 1837, spe- 
cifying the Number in which it is to be consumed 
on the premises, and those in which it is not. 

A Return of all the Savings Banks which have 
any Amount standing to their credit in “ a separate 
Surplus Fund Account” with the Government, spe- 
cifymg the Sum at the credit of each. 

Copies of all Memorials presented to the Trea- 
sury since 1833, relating to the Forth Ferries; 
also a Return of what Proceedings have been taken 
upon them. 

Return to an Order dated the 23d day of Jan- 
uary last for Returns of all Sums of Money advanced 
for the Uniform Valuation of Lands and Tenements 
in Ireland, under the Act 7 Geo. 4, c. 62, and sub- 
sequent Acts: And a Copy of the Estimate of the 
Sum likely to be required for the same purpese for 
the Quarter ending the 31st day of March 1838 :— 
And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Sheppard reported from theCommittee on the 
Warminster and Frome Roads Bill; That they had 
examined the allegations of the Bill and found the 
same to be true, and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto ; and the Amendments 
were read and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Sir Robert Mig? to: presented a Bill to amend 
an Act passed in the fifth and sixth year of the reign 
of King William the Fourth, regarding Londonderry 
Bridge, and to amend several Acts relating to the City 
and Port of Londonderry: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read asecond time. 


5° Martiz. 





A. 1838. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Standing Standing 
Orders relative to Private Bills, have leave to sit Orders. 
this day till five of the clock, during the sitting of 
the House. - 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Se- Public 
lect Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had Petitions, 
examined the Petitions presented from the 26th day 
of February last to the 2d day of this instant March, 
both inclusive ; and had directed him to make a Re- 
port thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do die upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Report in _re- Paddington 
spect of the Petition for the Paddington Estates Bill, ¥states Bil, 
which, upon the 7th day of February last, was made 
from the Select Committee on Standing Orders re- 
lative to Private Bills, might be read ; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for enabling the Trustees of certain Lands called the 
Bread and Cheese Lands, in the Parish of Padding- 
ton, to grant building Leases of the said Lands, and 
for other purposes: And that Mr. Hall and Mr. 

Byng do prepare, and bring it in. 


Petitions from Antrim;— United Parishes of Poor Relies 
Skerry and Rathcavan ;—and Ennis; praying that (Ireland) Bill, 
the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill may not pass into a 
law as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Gentry, Merchants, Traders and Edinburgh 
others of Belfast, praying that the Edinburgh and and Glasgow 
Glasgow Railway Bit may pass into a law, was pre- Bailway Bill. 
sented and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Physicians and Surgeons of the Medical 
city and county of Limerick, praying the House to (ireland) 
adopt such measures for the regulation of the prac- 
tice of Pharmacy in Jreland as will protect the pub- 
lic and the medical profession against the lamentable 
consequences which are likely to result from a con- 
tinuance of the present very objectionable system, 
was presented and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Kilgariffe;—and, Ballymoney, Education. 
praying the House to adopt measures for the en- 
couragement, assistance and pecuniary support of 
Schools in Jreland suited to Protestant Education, 
were presented and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Bury St. Edmund’s ; — Sedgley Negro Apprer- 

(four Petitions) ;— Wakefield ;— Lisburn ;—Barning- ticeship- 
ham ;— Bradfield (Suftolk);—Saint Austell;— Arns- 
by ;— Wombourn ;— Kingswinford ;— Osmotherley ; 
—Kidderminster ;— Budleigh Salterton;— Crediton ; 
—Uffculme (two Petitions) ;—Christow ;—Kentis- 
beer ;— Thorvirton ;—Bovey Tracy ;—Chagford ;— 
Moretonhampstead ;—Mountmellich;— Zion Chapel, 
King Street, Dublin ;—Downham Market ;—Well- 
ingborough;— Members of a Meeting appointed to 
represent the Society of Friends;—and, Killeary; 
praying for the Abolition of the System of Negro 
Apprenticeship,—were presented and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bath ;— Bristol ;—and, Consumers Soap. 
of Soap (two Petitions); praying for the repeal of 
the Duty on Soap,—were presented and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Wolverhampton, pray- Wolverhampio 
ing the House to institute a rigid inquiry into t gull 
state of the property of the Church of Wolverhamp-*™P?®"*: 
ton, and that the ample means which will arise from 
an improved management of that property may be 
applied in affording church accommodation for the 
poor in that part of the parish requiring it, and in 





providing 


Rating 
Tenen 


Infort 


Tene 


Com 
of W 


Tih 


Vo 








1 VicToriz. 
providing the officiating ministers of the churches 
a sufficient income for their maintenance, was: pre- 
sented and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Speen, praying that 


Rating of t , 
Tenements Bill. the Rating of Tenements Bill may pass into a law, 


was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Rating of Tenements. 


A Petition of Inhabitant Householders of the Tower 
Hamlets, praying the House to put an effectual stop 
to the occupation of common Informers, leaving every 
one who shall feel injured by the breach of any 
enactment, as free as they are at present to bring the 
offender before the proper authorities, was presented 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Informers. 


Recovery of A Petition of Freeholders, Copyholders and Lease- 

Tenements Bill. holders residing in the Tower Hamlets, praying that 
the Recovery of Tenements Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of Members of the Chamber of Com- 
merce of Sheffield, and of other Merchants and Manu- 
facturers resident in that place, praying the House 
to make such alterations in the law relating to the 
Combination of Workmen as will secure to the ma- 
nufacturer the privilege of lawfully conducting his 
business to the best of his skill and ability, to the 
working classes the just rights of industry, and to 
all classes the advantages of the British Constitu- 
tion, was presented and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Combination of Workmen. 


Combination 
of Workmen. 


Tithes Petitions from Dunlavin ;—Ardfert ;—Odorney ; 
({reland.) — Tarbert ;—-Killearha, Killtomey, and Dysert ;— 
Kilshenane and Killfeighney ;—and, Ennis; pray- 
ing for the abolition of Tithes in Zreland,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Tarbert ;—Killcarha, Killtomey, 
and Dysert;—and, Killshenane and Killfeighney ; 
praying that the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) 

ill may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Vote by Ballot. Petitions from oa. ;—~and, Odorney; praying 
for the adoption of Vote by Ballot at Elections of 
Members to serve in Parliament,—were presented, 


and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inn-keepers, Hotel-keepers, and 
Licensed Victuallers of London and Westminster, 
raying for the amendment of the laws relating to 
nn-keepers, and for the gradual abolition of Beer 
Houses, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Inn-keepers. 


A Petition of Members of the United Brothers 
Trade Society of Operative Carpenters, Little Mary- 
le-bone-street, Saint Mary-le-bone, praying the House 
to address Her Majesty to remit the sentence re- 
cently passed upon certain Cotton Spinners of Glas- 
gow, convicted of a conspiracy to raise wages, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Glasgow Cotton 
Spinners, 


Com Laws, Petitions from Holbeck ;—Crieff;—and, Chair- 
man of a Meeting of Inhabitants of Glasgow; pray- 
ing for the repeal of the Corn Laws,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Schools 


A Petition of the Chairman and Secretary of the 
Scottish Central Board for vindicating the Rights 
of Dissenters, praying the House to make certain 
alterations in the Scheols (Scotland) Bill, was pre- 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Vot. 93. 


(Scotland) Bill, 


5° Martz. 





. 327 


A Petition of Postmasters, and others licensed Post Horse,&amp;c. 
to let Horses for Hire, resident in London, praying P“** 
for the repeal of the Duties on Post Horses and Car- 
riages let to hire, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 
Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of Stage Coach Masters, praying for Stage Coach 
the repeal of the Duties on Stage Coaches, was also Duties. 
rh and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 
Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Secretary of a co Toe 
Meeting of Coffee and Eating-house Keepers of on) Bill - 
London, praying the House to adopt measures for 
preventing the combination between the coal pro- 
prietors and coal factors, for the purpose of limit- 
ing the supply of coals to the metropolis, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Coal Trade (Port of Zondon) Bill. 


Ordered, That Mr. Blakemore have leave of ab- Leave of 
sence for a week, on account of a domestic afflic- 4&gt;sece- 
tion ;—Mr. Dugdale, a week, on account of ill 
health ;—and, General Archdall, five weeks, on ac- 
count of ill health. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Court of 
Returns of the Total Amount of the Fees received “D9: 
by the Six Clerks of the High Court of Chancery in 
each year since the 1st day of January 1835; dis- 
tinguishing how much has less received by them in 
respect of their office of Six Clerks, and how much 
as Clerks of the Inrolments, and Comptrollers of 
the Hanaper, respectively :—Of the Total Amount 
of the Fees and Sums of Money which have become 
due and payable to, or have been received by or on 
account of, the Sworn Clerks of the Court of Chan- 
cery in each year, since the Ist day of January 
1835 ; distinguishing how much has been received 
in each year on account of the Six Clerks of the said 
Court :—Of the Total Amount of the Sums of Money 
paid by such Sworn Clerks in each of the said years 
to any Person other than the Six Clerks ; specifying 
to whom and on what account such Sums ae 
been paid :—Of how much of the Fees which have 
become payable to, or been received by, the said 
Sworn C he in each of the said years, have arisen 
from the taxation of Costs ; specifying the largest 
Amount received during each of the said years for 
any one Bill of Costs, and in respect of how many 
Bills of Cost in each year such Fees have become 
payable :—Of how much of such Fees have been 
received or become payable in each of the said years 
in respect of Office Copies, distinguishing how much 
for Copies of Pleadings, and how much for Copies 
of Depositions of Witnesses taken by Commission : 
—Of the Number of Writs made out by the said 
Sworn Clerks in each of the said years, specifying 
the different kinds of Writs, and the Number of 
each description of Writs in each year:—Of the 
Number of Bills filed in the Court of Chancery in 
each of the said years :—and, of the Total Amount 
of Fees received by the Clerks of the Masters in 
Ordinary of the High Court of Chancery, in each 
year from the 1st day of January 1835, and in re- 
spect of how many Bills such Fees have been re- 
ceived. 


A Petition of the Treasurer and Secretaries of the Idolatry 
Committee of the Mewcastle-upon-Tyne Auxiliary (14-) 
Missionary Society, praying the House to pass such 
enactments as will put an end to the interiovenie of 
British functionaries in the interior management of 
native temples in India, in the customs, habits 
and religious proceedings of their priests and at- 
tendants, in the management of their ceremonies, 
rites and festivals, and generally in the conduct of 
their interior economy; and also “ ing that the 
Pilgrim Tax be every where abolis ed, and that - 

TT4 a 





a 





Foreign Corn. 


Fire Lasurance. 


Criminal 
Offenders, 


Postage. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Criminal 
Offenders, 


Prisons 
(Treland.) 


Treasurers 
of Counties, &amp;c., 
(Ireland.) 


Durham 


University. 


Tithes 
(Ireland.) 


Elective 
Franchise. 


328 


all matters relating to their temples, their worship, 
their festivals, their religious practices, and their 
ceremonial observances, the native population of 
our East India possessions be left to themselves, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Vice President of the Chamber 
of Commerce of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, praying that 
Foreign Corn in bond may be permitted to be ground 
into Flour for exportation, was — and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Tradesmen and others of Hertford, 
praying for the repeal of the Duty on Fire In- 
surances of Stock in Trade, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Tables showing the Number of Criminal 
Offenders committed for Trial, or bailed for Appear- 
ance at the Assizes and Sessions in each County, in 
the year 1837, and the result of the Proceedings ; 
made out by order of Her Majesty’s Principal Se. 
cretary of State for the Home Department, from the 
Criminal Registers kept in that Office. 

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


Petitions from Merchants, Bankers and other In- 
habitants of Barnstaple ;—and, the Corporation of 
Liverpool; praying for the establishment of a low 
uniform rate of Postage on Letters,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Postage. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of Horsmonden, praying 
for the amendment of the Poor Law Act, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Act. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to the direc- 


tions of several Acts of Parliament,— Tables of | P 


Criminal Offenders (Scotland) for 1837. 

Sixteenth Report of the Inspectors General on 
the General State of the Prisons in Jreland. 

Copy, Supplemental Rule with reference to the 
Accounts of the Treasurers of the County and County 
of the City of Dublin. 

Mr. Fox Maule also presented, pursuant to an 
Address to Her Majesty,—A Copy of the Charter 
granted to the University of Durham. 

Mr. Fox Maule also presented, pursuant to Order, 
—A Return of the Total Number of Persons who 
have been committed to Prison since the 1st day of 
January 1831, in consequence of any Proceedings 
connected with the Recovery of Tithe; of the Total 
Number of Writs or other Processes which have 
issued out of the Superior Courts of Law in Jreland, 
since the Ist day of January 1831, in Proceedings 
for the Recovery of Tithe, classifying, under distinct 
heads, the stages at which such Proceedings have 
arrived, and their final results; and of the Total 
Number of Decrees which have been obtained in the 
Assistant Barristers’ Courts in each County in Jre- 
land, since the 1st day of January 1831, in pro- 
ceeding for the Recovery of Tithes, including all 
Committals and Decrees which have taken place 
up to the 1st day of November 1837. 

Ordered, ‘That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Cupar, praying the 
House to amend the Reform of Parliament Act b 
such an extension of the suffrage as will enable it to 
accomplish the designs of its projectors, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


5° Marti. 














A. 1838. 


A Petition of the Provost of Cupar, praying the Prisons 
House to pass an Act for improving Prisons and Pri- Scotland.) 
son Discipline in Scotland, similar to the Bill intro- 
duced in the last Session of Parliament, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost of Cupar, praying the Municipal 
House to pass an Act for the better regulation of Gene 
Municipal Corporations in Scotland, was presented, * — 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Fishermen on the Lower Shannon, Saimon 
praying the House to pass a law for the better pro- are 
tection of the Salmon Fisheries of Jreland, was ‘"'™) 
ronggg and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Rosbercon, praying Salmon 
that the Salmon Fisheries (Jreland) Bill may not Fisheries — 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- (Ireland) Bil, 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Beer-house Keepers of Sheepshead, Sale of Beer 
praying the House so to amend the Sale of Beer Act A 
that they may be placed on the same footing as 
Licensed Victuallers, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Municipal Burgesses residing in the Municipal 
ward of Saint Augustine, in the city of Bristol, Boundaries 
praying that the Municipal Boundaries Bill may not" 
pass into a law as it now stands, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Surgeons to County Infirmaries of Medical 
Ireland, denying the allegations of the Petition of the Profession 
Fellows and Licentiates of the King’s and Queen’s (#4) 
Colleges of Physicians in Jreland (presented upon 
the 22d day of June in the last Session of Parliament); 
and praying that the House will, in the framing of 
any laws relating to the medical profession of Jre- 
land, endeavour to hold out inducements for the 
adoption of an extended, comprehensive and gene- 
rally useful education, rather than select for the 
erformance of the duties of medical attendants of 
infirmaries persons whose study and practice have 
been confined to one particular branch, and who 
would consequently be less suited for the inspection 
or service of institutions of the mixed character of 
medical charities in general, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Loch, from the Select Committee appointed Queen's Couny 
to try and determine the merits of the Petition of Election. 
Edward Staples, of Donmore, in the Queen’s County, 
Esquire, and James Hans Hamilton, of Sheephiil, in 
the county of Dublin, Esquire, Freeholders and 
Electors of the Queen’s County, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the said County ; 
and to defend which, Michael Walsh and John Ker- 
rigan; and, Daniel Egan and Patrick Lalor, had, by 
several Orders of the House, been admitted parties, 
with John Wilson Fitzpatrick, Esquire, informed 
the House, That the Committee had determined, 

That John Wilson Fitzpatrick, Esquire, is duly 
elected a Knight of the Shire to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said County : 

That the Petition of Edward Staples and James 
Hans Hamilton did not appear to the said Com- 
mittee to be frivolous or vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not 
appear to the said Committee to be frivolous or 
vexatious : 

That the opposition of certain Electors who had 
been admitted Parties to defend the Return of 
John Wilson Fitzpatrick, Esquire, did not appear 
to the said Committee to be frivolous or vexatious. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Mr. 


Trac 
Nav 








id.) 


al 
tions 


d. ) 


cer 


inty 


Trade and 
Navigation. 


Royal Marines, 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Milton-next- 
Sitting borne 
Mprovement 
Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act, 


1 Victroriz. 


Mr. Poulett Thomson | seca 0 by Her Majesty’s 
command, —Accounts of the Imports of the principal 
Articles of Foreign and Colonial Merchandize, of the 
consumption of such Articles, and of the Customs 
Duties received thereon, in the year ended the 5th 
day of January 1838, compared with the Imports, 
Consumption and Receipts of the preceding year, 
ended the 5th day of January 1837:—Of the Ex- 
ports of the principal Articles of Foreign and Co- 
lonial Merchandize, in the year ended the 5th day 
of January 1838, compared with the Exports of the 
preceding year, ended the 5th day of January 1837: 
—Of the Exports of the principal Articles of British 
and Jrish Produce and Manufactures, in the year 
ended the 5th day of January 1838, compared with 
the Exports of the preceding year, ended the 5th 
day of January 1837 :—Of the gross and net Pro- 
duce of the Duties of Customs in the year ended the 
5th day of January 1838, compared with the Pro- 
duce of the preceding year, ended the 5th day of 
January 1837:—Of the Number and Tonnage of 
Vessels, distinguishing the Countries to which they 
belonged, which entered Inwards and cleared Out- 
wards in the year ended the 5th day of January 
1838, compared with the Entrances and Clearances 
in the preceding year ended the 5th day of January 
1837; stated exclusively of Vessels in ballast, and 
of those employed in the Coasting Trade, or the 
Trade between Great Britain and Ireland :—and, 
of the Number and Tonnage of Vessels which entered 
Inwards and cleared Outwards, with Cargoes, at 
the several Ports of the United Kingdom, in, the 
year ended the 5th day of January 1838, compared 
with the Entrances and Clearances of the preceding 
year, ended the 5th day of January 1837; distin- 
guishing the Vessels employed in the intercourse 
between Great Britain and Ireland from other 
Coasters. 

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


Lord John Russell reported to the House, That 
their Address of the 27th day of February last, That 
Her Majesty would be graciously pleased to take 
into Her serious consideration the expediency of 
adopting some plan to accelerate promotion gene- 
rally in the Corps of Royal Marines, so that it may 
keep pace in a fair and equitable degree with those 
branches of Her Majesty’s Forces whose system of 
promotion is progressive, had been presented to Her 
Majesty; and that Her Majesty had been pleased 
to receive the same very graciously, and to give the 
following Answer : 


“ Her Majesty will take into Her immediate con- 
sideration the best means of carrying into effect the 
wishes of Her faithful Commons respecting the pro- 
motion of Officers of the Royal Marines, consistently 
with a due regard to public economy, as well as to 
the general efficiency and just claims of all branches 
of Her Naval and Military Service.” 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Wingfield and 

Mr. Brougham : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for better paving, cleansing, lighting, watching 
and otherwise improving the Town of Milton-nezt- 
Sittingborne,in the County of Kent, without Amend- 
ment: And also, 

The Lords request, That this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, Copies of the 
Reports made from the Select Committee appointed 
by this House in the present Session of Parliament, 
to inquire into the administration of the Relief of the 
Poor under the Orders and Regulations issued by 
the Commissioners appointed under the provisions 
of the Poor Law Amendment Act; together with 
the Minutes of Evidence taken before the said Com- 


mittee, and the Appendix thereto:—And then the 
Messengers withdrew. 
Vox. 43. 


5° Martiz. 








329 


Resolved, That this House will send an Answer 
to the last part of the said Message, by Messengers 
of their own. 

And the Messengers were again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith :—And then 
they again withdrew. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply; 
mittee of Supply ; 


Ordered, That the Navy Estimates for the year Navy Estimates 
1838-39 be referred to the Committee. referred. 
A Motion was made, and the Question being 


proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ leave be given to bring in a Bill to repeal the Act 
“ 10 Geo. 4, c. 25, intituled, ‘ An Act to provide for 
“ the better management of Greenwich Hospital,’ p 
instead thereof. 


And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
— to be left out stand part of the Question :— 
t was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That Thirty-four thousand one hun- Seamen and 
dred and sixty-five Men be employed for the Sea Marines. 
Service for Thirteen lunar months, to the 31st day of 
March 1839, including Nine thousand Royal Marines 
and Two thousand Boys. 


2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One mil- Wages to - a’. 
lion and seventy-two thousand four hundred and 
ninety-seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Wages to Seamen and Marines, 
and to the Ordinary and Yard Craft, which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1839. 


3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five hun- Victuals for d°. 
dred and twenty thousand seven hundred and forty- 
seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Charge of Victuals for Seamen and Marines in 
Her Majesty’s Fleet and for the Ordinary and Yard 
Craft, to the 31st day of March 1839. 


4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- Admiralty 
dred and twelve thousand six hundred and thirty- fice. 
seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Salaries of the Officers, and the Contingent Ex- 
penses of the Admiralty Office, to the 31st day of 
March 1839. 


5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two thou- Registry of 
sand four hundred and twenty-five pounds, be granted Merchant 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of the Officers, S©™«"- 
and the Incidental Expenses of the Office for the 
Registry of Merchant Seamen, to the 31st day of 
March 1839. 


6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- Scientific 
six thousand two hundred and thirty pounds, be rp oy ay 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of °° ~*'”’ 
the Officers, and the Cluthigiat Expenses of the 
several Scientific Departments of the Navy, to the 
31st day of March 1839. 


7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- Naval Esta- 
dred and twenty-one thousand seven hundred and bistiments 
ninety-three pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to” 
defray the Salaries of the Officers and the Contingent 
Expenses of Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments 
at Home, to the 3ist day of March 1839. 


8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighteen De - Abroad. 
thousand eight hundred and eighty-four pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Ralaries of 
the Officers, and the Cicatiem Risen of Her 
Majesty’s Naval Establishments Abroad, to the 31st 
day of March 1839. 


uU 9. Resclved, 





Artificers’ 
Wages 
at ian 


D° - Abroad. 


Naval Stores. 


Dock Yards. 


Medicines. 


Naval 
Miscellaneous 
Services. 


Half Pay 
(Navy and 
Marines.) 


Military 
Pensions and 
Allowances, 


Civil - d°. 


Transports. 


Convicts (New 
South Wales 
and Van Die- 
men’s Land.) 





330 5° Martz. A. 1838. 


9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four hun- 
dred and fifty thousand and ninety-three pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Wages of 
Artificers, Labourers and others employed in Her 
Majesty’s Naval Establishments at Home, to the 
31st day of March 1839. 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
four thousand eight hundred and fifty pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Wages of Arti- 
ficers, Labourers and others employed in Her Ma- 
jesty’s Naval Establishments Abroad, to the 31st 
day of March 1839. 

11. Resolved, Thata sum, not exceeding Five hun- 
dred and fifty-four thousand three hundred and eigh- 
ty-three pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray the expense of Naval Stores, for the building 
and repair of Ships and Vessels, the purchase of 
Steam Machinery, and for other purposes connected 
therewith, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighty- 
nine thousand seven hundred and eighty-six pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the charge of 
New Works, Improvements, and Repairs in the 
Naval Yards, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seventeen 
thousand eight hundred and forty-seven pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the charge of 
Medicines and Medical Stores, to the 31st day of 
March 1839. 

14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seventy- 
three thousand six hundred and eighty-one pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty to defray the charge of 
divers Naval Miscellaneous Services, to the 31st day 
of March 1839. 

15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven 
hundred and eighty-three thousand six hundred and 
eighty-two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the charge of Half Pay to Officers of the 
Navy and Royal Marines, which will come in course 
of payment during the year ending on the 31st day 
of March 1839. 

16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five 
hundred and twenty-five thousand eight hundred and 
fifty-six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray the charge of Military Pensions and Allowances, 
which will come in course of payment during the 
year ending on the 31st day of March 1839. 

17. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
hundred thousand six hundred and _ thirty-three 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
charge of Civil Pensions and Allowances, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1839. 

18. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and forty-nine thousand six hundred and thirty- 
six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the 
Freight of Ships and Transports, and other charges 
for the victualling and conveyance of Troops and 
Stores on Account of the Army and Ordnance De- 
partments, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1839. 

19. Resolved, That a sum not exceeding Sixty- 
six thousand three hundred and thirty pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of 
conveying Convicts to New South Wales and Van 
Diemen’s Land, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1839. 

Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, That he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 











The Order of the day being read, for the second Registration of New 
reading of the Registration of Electors Bill; Electors Bill, Wal 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday, the 19th day of this instant March. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Schools 
reading of the Schools (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Sheriff Courts 
further consideration the Report on the Sheriff (Scotland) Bil, 
Courts (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Medical 
reading of the Medical Charities (Ireland) Bill ; (irelan) _ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time " 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Union 

adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed upon Workhouses. 
Thursday last, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Union Workhouses in 
England and Wales used for the reception of Paro- 
chial Poor since the gow. of the new Poor Law 
Bill; specifying the Parishes in which they are 
severally situate, and the Number of Parochial 
Poor received into each :—-Also, a Return of Deaths 
which have taken place in each of such Houses ; 
specifying their Ages, and the Causes of their 
Decease ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday next. 


he &lt;i ae heel 


— 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Court of 
to restore the ancient Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery 
Chancery in Ireland, enabling Masters of that (el24) ™ 
Court, upon Petition, to execute renewals of Leases 
for Lives, containing Covenants for renewal, in the 
Names of Persons bound by such Covenants to 
execute the same, and being out of the Jurisdiction 
of the Court, and to extend such powers to Cases 
of terms for years, or Lives dependent upon years : 

And that Mr. Litton and Mr. Lefroy do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon gherigs 
the ist day of December last, That there be laid (Ireland.) 
before this House, a Return of the Total Amount of 
the Salary and Emoluments attached to the office of 
High Sheriffand Sub-Sheriff in each County, County 
of a City, and County of a Town in Jreland, as far 
as the same can be ascertained, for each of the last 
Three years, 1834, 1835 and 1836; specifying, in 
detail, the Sources, whether legal or customary, 
from which such Total Increase has been derived, 
and the Proceeds from each Source; and exhibiting 
the increase or diminution of Income which has re- 
sulted, or will probably hereafter result, from the 
operation of the Act of 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 75, in- 
tituled, “ An Act to regulate the Proceedings of 
the Civil Bill Courts in Jreland;” also stating in 
detail the Expenses incidental to each Office, might 
be read ; and the same was read. 

And notice being taken that no Return had been 
made from the County of Armagh for the year 1834, 
and from the County of Donegal, and Cities of* 
Dublin and Kilkenny, for the years 1834 and 1835; 
and that no Return had been made from the Coun- 
ties of Clare, Fermanagh, Tyrone and Wexford, and 
the City of Limerick ; 

Ordered, That Returns from the said places be 
laid before this House forthwith. 


Ordered, 








of 


New South - 
Wales, &amp;c. 


Huntingdon 
County, Tralee 
Borough, and 
Reading Bo- 
rough Elections. 


Taunton 
Election. 


1 Victoriz. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Ships, and their Ton- 
nage, cleared out to Mew South Wales, from the 
year 1820 to the year “fs37, distinguishing each 
year:—A like Return for Van Diemen’s Land :— 
A Return of the Number of Ships, and their Tonnage, 
reported Inwards from. New South Wales, from the 
year 1820 to the year 1837, distinguishing each 
year:—A like Return for Van Diemen’s Land :— 
A Return of the Number of Pounds of Wool im- 
ported from New South Wales, from the year 1820 
to the year 1837, distinguishing each year:—And, 
a like Return from Van Diemen’s Land. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Martis, 6 die Marti; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


T HE hour appointed for taking into considera- 
tion the Petition of the there-undersigned 
Electors of the County of Huntingdon, and who had 
a right to vote at the last Election of Knights of the 
Shire to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
County of Huntingdon, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the said county, being 
come ; 

Mr. Speaker took the Chair. 

The Serjeant at Arms was sent, with the Mace, to 
the places adjacent, to require the attendance of the 
Members on the business of the House; and being 
returned ; 

Several Members were sworn. 


Mr. Robert Clive, from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed to try and determine the merits of the Pe- 
tition of Henry Pitman and others, Electors, com- 
| of an undue Election and Return for the 

orough of Taunton, informed the House, 

That it appeared to the Committee, that the merits 
of the Petition did depend in part upon the right of 
election; and that therefore the said Committee 
required the counsel for the Petitioners and the 
counsel for the Sitting Member to deliver to the 
Clerk of the said Committee statements in writing 
of the right of election for which they respectively 
contended : 

That, in consequence thereof, the counsel for the 
Petitioners delivered in a statement as follows : 

“ That the ancient and reserved right of voting in 
the Election of Members to serve in Parliament for 
the Borough of Taunton is in Inhabitant Potwallers 
having a settlement in the parish of Taunton, Saint 
Mary Magdalene, and not having received alms or 
charity within a year before the Election, and that 
a Potwaller, according to the usage of the said bo- 
rough, and within the meaning of the last determina- 
tion of the House of Commons, is one who, whether 
he is a householder or lodger, has the sole dominion 
over a room with a fire-place in it, and who furnishes 
his own diet, and has cooked it at his own fire :”’ 

That the counsel for the Sitting Member delivered 
in a statement, as follows : 

“ That the ancient and reserved right of voting in 
the Election of Members to serve in Parliament for 
the Borough of Taunton is in Inhabitant Potwallers, 
having a settlement in the parish of Taunton, Saint 
Mary Magdalene, and not having received alms or 
charity within a year before the Election; and that 
a Potwaller, according to the usage of the said bo- 
rough, and within the meaning of the last determina- 
tion of the House of Commons, is one who, whether 
he is a householder or lodger, has the sole dominion 
over a room with a fire-place im it, and who furnishes 
and cooks his own diet :” 

That, upon the statement delivered in by the 


counsel for the Petitioners, the said Committee have 
determined, 


Vo. 93. 


5°-—6° Marti. 





331 


That the right of Election as set forth m the said 
statement, is not the right of Election for the said 
borough : 

That, upon the statement delivered in by the 
counsel for the Sitting Member, the said Committee 
have determined, 

That the right of Election as set forth in the said 
statement, is not the right of Election for the said 
Borough : f 


That the said Committee have determined, 

That the ancient and reserved right of voting in 
the Election of Members to serve in Parliament for 
the Borough of Taunton is in Inhabitant Potwallers 
having a settlement in the parish of Taunton, Saint 
Mary Magdalene, and not having received alms or 
charity within a year before the Election ; and that 
a Potwaller, according to the usage of the said bo- 
rough, and within the meaning of the last determina- 
tion of the House of Commons, is one, whether he 
be a householder or a lodger, who has the sole do- 
minion over a room with a fire-place in it, and who 
furnishes and cooks his own diet at his own fire-place, 
or at some other within the same house, at which 
fire-place he has a legal right so to do, and who 
has actually cooked his diet at such fire-place ; to 
entitle such Potwaller to vote, he must also have 
resided within the ancient borough for six months 
previous to the day of Election, according to the 
Act of the 26 of Geo. 3. c. 100: 


That the said Committee have also determined, 

That Edward Thomas Bainbridge, Esquire, is duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament 
for the Borough of Taunton : 

That the Petition of Henry Pitman and others 
did not appear to the Committee to be frivolous or 
vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not 
appear to the Committee to be frivolous or vexa- 
tious. 

Mr. Robert Clive also informed the House, that the 
Committee had altered the poll taken at such Elec- 
tion, by striking off John Sandsbury, John Morgan, 
Samuel Shannon, Samuel M‘ Millan, Aaron Wyatt, 
Abel Hawker, John Wyatt, William Wyatt, Henry 
Sansom, Henry Monk Lake, Richard Phippen, Robert 
Hellings, Richard Pidgeon, Francis Davey, William 
Shewbrooks, William Jarman and John Oaten, as 
not having had a right to vote, and by adding James 
Pring, as having had a right to vote at such Elec- 
tion. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Then the House was counted by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Four hundred and six Members being pre- 
sent ; 

And the Petition of the there-undersigned Electors 
of the Borough of Tralee, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the said Borough, being 
also ordered to be taken into consideration upon 
this day ; 

And the Petition of the several Persons whose 
names are thereunto subscribed, Electors of the Bo- 
rough of Reading, in the county of Berks, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the said 
Borough, being also ordered to be taken into consi- 
deration upon this day ; 

The several Parties, counsel and agents, were di- 
rected to be called in. 


And the door being locked ; 


And no parties, counsel or agents, appearing on Huntingdon 
an undue Election, 


behalf of the Petition complaining o 
Election and Return for the he of Huntingdon : 
—The Order for considering the said Petition was 
read, and discharged. 


Then the Order of the day for taking into con- Tralee 
sideration the said Petition complaining of an undue Election. 


Election and Return for the Borough of Tralee, was 
read. 


uv2 And 








Reading 
Election. 


Newcastle 
and Carlisle 
Railway Bill. 


Notting Hill 
Footway Bill ; 


Standing 
Orders; 


Dean Head 
— 


eservoir. 


Ellesmere 
Roads, 


West India 
Docks. 


Luton and 
Saint Albans 
Road. 


Saint Pancras 
Paving. 


Salterheblble 
Roads, 


332 


And the names of the Members were drawn, and 
read, in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was 
completed :—And Lists of the said names were de- 
livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 
mittee on the Tralee Election ; and then the door 
was opened, and the Parties, their counsel and agents, 
withdrew. 


And the door being again locked ; 

The Order of the day, for taking into considera- 
tion the said Petition, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Reading, 
was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn, and 
read, in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was 
completed :—And Lists of the said names were de- 
livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 
mittee on the Reading Election; and then the door 
was opened, and the Parties, their counsel and agents, 
withdrew. 


The Newcastle and Carlisle Railwav Bill was 
read a second time ; and committed to Mr. Philip 
Howard and the Cumberland List. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Kensington, praying 
that the Notting Hill Footway Bill may pass into 
a law, but that provision may be inserted therein 
for causing the proposed carriage-road and footpath 
from the Uxbridge Road to Kensal Green to be 
completed, to the satisfaction of Justices of the Peace, 
before the path across the Hippodrome shall be 
closed; and also for causing the footway from Worm- 
wood Scrubbs to be carried from at or near Notting 
Barns Farm into Portobello Lane, and that provision 
may also be inserted in the said Bill for the due 
regulation of the said Hippodrome, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, 
several Resolutions ; which were read as follow; 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for 
the Dean Head (Huddersfield) Reservoir Bill, the 
Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill within 
three weeks after they shall have amended the Sec- 
tions deposited in the Private Bill Office, and in the 
Office of the Clerk of the Peace, and Notice thereof 
shall have been inserted in some Newspaper pub- 
lished in the Riding. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for 
the Ellesmere Roads Bill, the Parties be permitted 
tv proceed with their Bill, with the exception of that 
part which would enable them to extend their Trust 
over a Highway. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for 
the West India Docks Bill, the Parties be permitted 
to proceed with their Bill on inserting the Notices 
in the London Gazette, and in two different News- 
papers published in London, for three successive 
weeks. 

4, Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for 
the Luton and Saint Albans Road Bill, the Parties 
be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on inserting 
the Notices in the London Gazette for three succes- 
sive weeks. 

5. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for 
the Saint Pancras Paving Bill, the Parties be per- 
mitted to proceed with their Bill, on affixing the 
Notices on the Church doors of the Parishes of 
Saint George the Martyr and Saint George, Blooms- 
bury, for three successive Sundays. 

6. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for 
the Salterhebble Roads Bill, the Parties be permitted 
to proceed with their Bill, with the exception of 
that part which would enable them to extend their 
Trust over a Highway; and that the Committees on 
this and the preceding Bills do examine, in the first 


6° Martiz. 





A. 1838. 


place, how far such Orders have been complied 
with, and do report the same to the House on the 
Report of the Bill. 

7. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for Bolton ana 
the Bolton and Preston Railway Bill, the Parties Preston Rail. 
be permitted to proceed with their Bill. =“ 

8. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for Grand Junction 
the Grand Junction Railway Bill, the Parties be Railway. 
permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Call of Call of the 
the House ; House. 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Mr. Hall reported from the Select Committee on Ruocester 
Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of the Bridge. 
Petition for the Rocester Bridge Bill, the Standing 
Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Hall reported from the Select Committee on Moy Navigs- 
Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Petition for the Moy Navigation Bill, the Standing 
Orders had not been complied with, inasmuch as 
the declaration did not show that there were any 
funds in hand, or any available means to complete 
the work. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Hail reported from the Select Committee on Islington 
Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of the (Angel Place) 
Petition for the Islington (Angel Place) Buildings a 
Bill, no Standing Orders were applicable. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Hail reported from the Select Committee on Edinburgh 
Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of the Courts of 
application for the Edinburgh Courts of Justice Bill, 7° 
the Standing Orders had not been complied with ; 
but it appeared to the Committee that in conse- 
quence of its having — to those promoting 
the Bill, that it was a Public Bill, and not falling 
under the Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, 
the Notices had not been given. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Hall reported from the Select Committee on Blackbum 
Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of the Gas Bill. 
Petition for the Blackburn Gas Bill, the Standing 
Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for better lighting with Gas the town and township 
of Blackburn, in the county palatine of Lancaster : 

And that Mr. Wilson Patten and Lord Stanley do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Hail reported from the Select Committee on Nottingham 
Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of the -" Tnclosure 
Petition for the Nottingham Fields Inclosure Bill, —_ 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclosing, allotting and improving certain Open 
Fields in the parish of Saint Mary, in the town and 
county of the town of Nottingham:: And that Sir 
Ronald Ferguson and Sir John Hobhouse do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Hall reported from the Select Committee on Anderton 
Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of the + 
Petition for the Anderton Carrying Company Bill, “°"?""” 
no Standing Orders were applicable. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Hail reported from the Select Committee on Fleetwood 
Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of the Tontine. 
Petition for the Fleetwood Tontine Bill, no Stand- 
ing Orders were apres. 


Ordered, That t 





e Report do lie upon the nes 


r. 


Balmore 
Road B 


Ramsg 
Improv 
(No. 2 


Paddil 
Estate 


Poor. 


Trale 


if 








Balmore 
Road Bill. 


Ramsgate 
Improvement 


(Nos 2.) 


Paddington 
Estates Bill. 


Poor Rates. 


Tralee Election. 


Yote by Ballot. 


Corn Laws, 


Postage, 


1 VictToriz. 


Mr. Hall reported from the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Petition for the Balmore Road Bill, the Standing 
Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to repeal as much of an Act, intituled, “ An Act 
for making and maintaining the Road from Glasgow 
to Redburn Bridge, and certain other Roads in the 
Counties of. Stirling, Dumbarton and Lanark,” as 
relates to the Balmore Road, and to improve and 
make and maintain the said Road, and certain 
other Roads connected therewith, in the parishes of 
Campsie and Baldernoch and county of Stirling 
aforesaid : And that Mr. Forbes and Sir James Col- 
quhoun do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Hail reported from the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Petition for the Ramsgate Improvement (No. 2.) 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Hall presented a Bill for enabling the Trus- 
tees of certain Lands called the Bread and Cheese 
Lands, in the Parish of Paddington, in the County 
of Middlesex, to grant Building Leases of the said 
Lands, and for other purposes: And the same was 
read the first time, and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Amount of Property assessed to the 
Poor-rate in the Borough of Birmingham, from 
Lady Day 1836 to Lady Day 1837 :—Of the 
Amount of Poor-rate raised in that year; stating 
the Rate in the pound on the Rack-rent :—and, 
similar Returns for the Boroughs of Manchester, 
Liverpool, Leeds, Bristol, Wakefield, Wolverhampton, 
Sheffield, Nottingham, Bolton, Bury (Lancashire), 
Hull, York, Tower Hamlets, Mary-le-bone, Green- 
wich, Lambeth, Finsbury, Westminster, Canterbury, 
and Norwich. 


The counsel and agents, in the case of the Tralee 
Election, being returned to the bar, the Clerk ap- 
pointed to attend the said Committee delivered in 
to the House a reduced List; and the same was 
called over, as followeth ; 

Peter Hesketh Fleetwood, Esquire, Lord Fitzalan, 
Sir William Robert Clayton, Baronet, Henry Salwey, 
Esquire,the Honourable William Henry Ashe A’ Court 
Holmes, Ambrose Goddard, Esquire, Lord Dalmeny, 
Frederick Paget, Esquire, George Thornhill, Esquire, 
Edward Divett, Esquire, and Sir Samuel Thomas 
Spry. 

* heel the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Petition 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Dievugh of Tralee, were sworn by the Clerk at 
the Table in the usual manner; and thereupon the 
counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Chorley, praying for 
the adoption of Vote by Ballot at Elections of 
Members to serve in Parliament, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Methven, praying 
for the repeal of the Corn Laws, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates and Town Councillors 
of Hawick, praying for the establishment of a low 
uniform rate of Postage on Letters, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Postage. 

Vox. 93. 


6° Martiz. 


333 


A Petition of the Minister, Churchwardens and Bishoprick of 
Inhabitants of Saint John the Baptist,Coventry, pray- Sod and 
ing that the Bishoprick of Sodor and Mann may _— 
not be annexed to the See of Carlisle, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


} 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of the Colonial 
Members of the Council of the Birmingham Poli- Setet#'y- 
tical Union, praying the House to address Her Ma- 
jesty to dismiss from Her councils the present 
Colonial Secretary, as unworthy of the confidence 
of Her Majesty and the nation, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Oldham Gas 
of the Petition for the Oldham Gas and Waterworks 4nd Water- 
Bill, which upon the 27th day of February last was “°™* Bill. 
made from the Select Committee on Petitions for 
— Bills, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for enlarging and extending the powers, and altering 
and amending the provisions of an Act passed in the 
sixth year of the reign of King George the Fourth, 
intituled, “ An Act for lighting with Gas the Town 
of Oldham, and the neighbourhood thereof, within 
the Parish of Prestwich-cum-Oldham, in the County 
Palatine of Lancaster, and for the better supplying 
the Inhabitants of the said Town and neighbour- 
hood with Water:” And that Mr. John Fielden and 
General Johnson do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of Land-owners, Farmers, Merchants, Edinburgh 
Feuars and Householders of Bathgate, praying that and Glasgow 
the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill may not Railway Bill. 
pass into a law as it now stands, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Blackburn, in the Church of 
county of Linlithgow, praying the House to grant Scotland. 
an endowment to the Church of Scotland, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Protestant Dissenters and others Negro Appren- 
of Ottery Saint Mary, praying for the abolition of ticeship. 
the system of Negro Apprenticeship, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Norwich, pray- Municipal 
ing that the Municipal Boundaries Bill may not Boundaries 
pass into a law as it now stands, was presented, Bil. 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Reading 


The counsel and agents, in the case of the Read- — 
ection. 


ing Election, being returned to the bar, the Clerk 
appointed to attend the said Committee delivered 
in to the House a reduced List; and the same was 
called over, as followeth ; 

Henry Combe Compton, Esquire, the Honourable 
Pierce Butler, Charles Crespigny Vivian, Esquire, 
Sir Edward Thomas Troubridge, Baronet, John 
Hyacinth Talbot, Esquire, the Honourable Charles 
Compton Cavendish, Spencer Horsey de Horsey, 
Esquire, John James Hope Johnstone, Esquire, rs 
Studholme Brownrigg, Esquire, Lord Viscount Al- 
ford, and John Dunlop, Esquire. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Petition com- 
tena of an undue Election and Return for the 

orough of Reading, were sworn by the Clerk at 
the Table in the usual manner; and thereupon the 
counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Com- Eleventh 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Act; and who Report on Poor 
were empowered to report the Minutes of the Evi- — — 
dence taken before them from time to time to the No. 191. 





uvU3 House ; 








Hand-loom 
Weavers. 


Colonial 
Secretary. 


334 


House; That they had made further Progress in | 
the matters to them referred ; and had directed him 
to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Instructions that have been 
issued to Assistant Commissioners of Inquiry into 
Hand-loom Weavers. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
= That an humble Address be presented to Her 

ajesty, respectfully expressing the opinion of this 
House, that in the present critical state of many of 
Her Majesty’s Foreign Possessions in various parts 
of the world, it is essential to the well-being of Her 
Majesty’s Colonial Empire, and of the many and 
important domestic interests which depend on the 
prosperity of the Colonies, that the Colonial Minis- 
ter should be a person in whose diligence, fore- 
thought, judgment, activity and firmness, this House 
and the public may be able to place reliance; and 
declaring, with all deference to the constitutional 
Prerogatives of the Crown, that Her Majesty’s pre- 
sent Secretary of State for the Colonies does not 
enjoy the confidence of this House, or of the country; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question by leaving out from the word “ Majesty” to 
the end of the Question, in order toadd the words “To 
“‘ express to Her Majesty our deep regret that the 
“ tranquillity of Her Majesty’s Province’ of Upper 
“and Lower Canada should have been disturbed by 
“‘ the wicked and treasonable designs of a disaffected 
“ party in those Provinces, by which many of the 
“inhabitants have been seduced into open revolt 
“ against the authority of Her Majesty : 

“ To assure Her Majesty that we lowe observed 
“with the utmost satisfaction the zeal and fidelity 


6°—7° Marti. 








“ which have animated the loyal inhabitants of Her 
“« Majesty’s North American vee og and that we 
“ cordially rejoice in the success which has attended 
“ the exertions of Her Majesty’s regular forces, com- 
“ bined with the voluntary services of Her Majesty’s 
“ faithful subjects :—-To assure Her Majesty of our 
“continued determination to aid Her Majesty in 
“ every effort which She may be called upon to make 
“ for the suppression of revolt and the complete 
“ restoration of tranquillity; professing at the same 
“time our desire to afford redress for every real 
“ grievance, and maturely to consider such perma- 
“nent arrangements for the constitution and go- 
“ vernment of the Province of Lower Canada, as 
“ may best secure the rights and liberties, and pro- 
“ mote the interests, of all classes of Her Majesty’s 
“ subjects in that Province : 

“ Humbly to represent to Her Majesty, that it 
“ appears to us, upon a consideration of the docu- 
“ ments and correspondence relating to the North 
“ American Provinces which Her Majesty has been 
“ graciously pleased to communicate to this House, 
“that the open defiance of Her Majesty’s lawful 
“ authority in the Provinces of Upper and Lower 
“ Canada, and the necessity of suppressing rebellion 
“ by force of arms, and of suspending the Constitu- 
“ tional Government of Lower Canada, are in a great 
“ degree attributable to the want of foresight and 
“energy on the part of Her Majesty’s confidential 
“ servants, and to the ambiguous, dilatory, and ir- 
“ resolute course which they have pursued in respect 
“to the affairs of Canada since their appointment 
“ to office,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question 
—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 








A. 1838. 


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


Mercurii, 7° die Martti, 1838. 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Com- Qualification y 
mittee on the Qualification of Members Bill ; Members Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will upon Tuesday next 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Grand Jury 
reading of the Grand Jury Cess (Dublin) Bill ; ag (Dublin) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time — 


To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Court of 
further consideration the Report on the Court of Session, &amp;., 
Session, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of Sup- Suppiy ; 
ply, several Resolutions, which were read as follow : 

1. Resolved, That Thirty-four thousand one hun- Seamen and 
dred and sixty-five Men be employed for the Sea Marines. 
Service for Thirteen lunar months, to the 31st day of 
March 1839, including Nine thousand Royal Ma- 
rines, and Two thousand Boys. 


2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One mil- Wages to - &amp;, 


lion and seventy-two thousand four hundred and 
ninety-seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Wages to Seamen and Marines, 
and to the Ordinary and Yard Craft, which will come 
in course of payment during the year ending on the 
31st day of March 1839. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five hun- Victuals for ¢’, 
dred and twenty thousand seven hundred and forty- 
seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Charge of Victuals for Seamen and Marines in 
Her Majesty’s Fleet, and for the Ordinary and Yard 
Craft, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- Admiralty 
dred and twelve thousand six hundred and thirty- fc. 
seven pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Salaries of the Officers, and the Contingent Ex- 
penses of the Admiralty Office, to the 31st day of 
March 1839. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two Registry of 
thousand four hundred and Twenty-five pounds, be Merchant 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of , 
the Officers, and the Incidental Expenses of the 
Office for the Registry of Merchant Seamen, to the 
31st day of March 1839. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- Scientific 
six thousand two hundred and thirty pounds, be —. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of ** *"" 
the Officers, and the Contingent Expenses of the 
several Scientific Departments of the Navy, to the 
31st day of March 1839. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- Naval Esta- 
dred and twenty-one thousand seven hundred and — 
ninety-three pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to *"°"* 
defray the Salaries of the Officers, and the Contingent 
Expenses of Her Majesty’s Naval Establishments 
at Home, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighteen D° - Abrosd. 
thousand eight hundred and eighty-four pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Salaries of 
the Officers, and the Coulhiapen xpenses of Her 
Majesty’s Naval Establishments Abroad, to the 31st 
day of March 1839. 

9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four Artificers’ 
hundred and fifty thousand and ninety-three pounds, hs ol % 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Wages of 
Artificers, Labourers, and others, employed in Her 
Majesty’s Naval Establishments at Home, to the 
31st day of March 1839. 

10. ‘Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- D® - Abroad. 


four thousand eight hundred and fifty pounds, be 
granted 


(Scotland) Bill, 


Naval S 


Dock 3 


Medici 


Naval 


Servic 


Half] 
(Navy 
Marir 


Milit: 
Pensi 
Allov 


Civil 


Trar 


Bil 


Till 
(In 








Naval Storese 


Dock Yards. 


Medicines. 


Naval 
Miscellaneous 
Services. 


Half Pay 
(Navy and 
Marines.) 


Military 
Pensions and 
Allowances, 


Civil - d°. 


Transports. 


Convicts (New 
South Wales 
and Van Die. 
men’s Land.) 


Marine Mutiny 
Bill. 


Tillage and 
Pastore Lands 
(Ireland. ) 


Beer Houses, 


No, 184, 


1 Vicroriz. 


granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Wages of Arti- 
ficers, Labourers, and others, employed in Her Ma- 
jesty’s Naval Establishments Abroad, to the 31st 
day of March 1839. 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five 
hundred and fifty-four thousand three hundred and 
eighty-three pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of Naval Stores, for the building 
and repair of Ships and Vessels, the purchase of 
Steam Machinery, and for other purposes connected 
therewith, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighty- 
nine thousand seven hundred and a pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
New Works, Improvements, and Repairs in the 
Naval Yards, to the 31st day of March 1839. 


13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven- 
teen thousand eight hundred and forty-seven pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Medicines and Medical Stores, to the 31st day of 
March 1839. 

14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seventy- 
three thousand six hundred and eighty-one pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
divers Naval Miscellaneous Services, to the 31st day 
of March 1839. 

15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven 
hundred and eighty-three thousand six hundred and 
eighty-two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Half Pay to Officers of the 
Navy and Royal Marines, which will come in course 
of payment during the year ending on the 31st day 
of May 1839. 

16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five 
hundred and twenty-five thousand eight hundred 
and fifty-six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Military Pensions and Al- 
lowances, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 31st day of March 
1839. 

17. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
hundred thousand six hundred and _ thirty-three 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Charge of Civil Pensions and Allowances, which will 
come in course of payment during the year ending 
on the 31st day of March 1839. 

18. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and forty-nine thousand six hundred and 
thirty-six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
pay the Freight of Ships and Transports, and other 
Charges for the victualling and conveyance of Troops 
and Stores on account of the Army and Ordnance 
Departments, which will come in course of payment 
during the year ending on the 31stday of March 1839. 

19. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty- 
six thousand three hundred and thirty pounds, be 

nted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
onveying Convicts to Wew South Wales and Van 
Diemen’s Land, which will come in course of pay- 
ment during the year ending on the 31st day of 
March 1839. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the better regulation of Her Majesty’s Royal 
Marine Forces while on Shore: And that Mr. Charles 
Wood and Sir Charles Adam do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Mr. Fox Maule presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 12th day of December last, for a Return 
of the relative proportion of Lands in Tillage and in 
Pasture in the several Counties of Ireland, that have 
been already surveyed under the direction of Mr. 


a ons 
om dered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, 'Vhat the Return relative to Beer Houses, 


ne yesterday, be printed. 


6°—7° Martii. 


335 
Ordered, That the Tables of Criminal Offenders Criminal 


! Offend 
a which were presented yesterday, be sean 
No. 185. 


Ordered, That the Sixteenth Report on the General Prisons — 
State of the Prisons of Ireland, which was presented (!teland-) 
yesterday, be printed. No. 186. 

Ordered, That the Copy of the Charter to the Durham 
University of Durham, which was presented yester- University. 
day, be printed. No. 187. 

Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Trade and Trade and 
Navigation, which were presented yesterday, be Navigation. 
printed. No. 188. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Forth Forth Ferries, 
Ferries, which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 189. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Valuation Valuation 


(Ireland), which was presented yesterday, be printed. go 
o. 190. 
And then the House, having continued to sit 


till a quarter of an hour ‘before one of the 
clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 








Mercuru, 7° die Marti ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Coombe, the Town Clerk of Gravesend, was Gravesend 
called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant P'*™ 

to the directions of an Act of Parliament,—An Ac- 
count of the Receipt and Application of Monies for 
the year ending the 29th July 1837, under the several 
Acts relating to the Town Quay, Pier or Jetty at 
Gravesend, in the County of Kent :—And then he 
withdrew. 

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


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, that he had 
received from the Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper 
in Ireland, a Petition complaining of an undue Elec- 
tion and Return for the County of the Town of 
Galway. 

And the said Petition was laid upon the Table. 

A Petition of the several Persons whose names Gulway Town 
are thereunto subscribed, which said persons are Flection. 
Electors of the County of the Town of Galway, on 
behalf of themselves and others, claiming a right to 
vote for Members to serve in Parliament for the 
said County of the Town of Galway, was read ; 
setting forth, That the Petitioners were at and during 
the last Election of a Member to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the County of the Town of Galway, electors 
of the county of the said town, and had and claim 
to have a right to vote for Members to serve in Par- 
liament for the county of said town: that at the 
said Election Sir Valentine Blake, Baronet, and 
Andrew Henry Lynch, Esquire, were Candidates to 
represent the said County of the Town of Galway ; 
that a poll being demanded, the same was granted 
and proceeded on, and James Martin Killery and 
Samuel Stephens, Esquires, the Sheriffs of the said 
County of the Town of Galway, acted thereat as 
Returning Officers; that several of the Petitioners 
and other electors of the said County of the Town 
of Galway, who were duly qualified to vote at said 
Election, did vote at same for the said Sir Valentine 
Blake, as a fit and proper person to represent the 
said County of the Town of Galway in Parliament ; 
that the Petitioners, for the reasons and causes, and 
upon the grounds hereinafter mentioned, or some of 
them, respectfully submit and show, that the said 
Andrew Henry Lynch was not at the time of said 
Election, or at any time since, capable of being 
elected a Member of the House, or returned to re- 
— the said County of the Town of Galway in 

arliament ; that by an Act of Parliament passed in 
the sixth year of the reign of Queen Anne, chapter 





seven, it was enacted, that no person who should have 
’ uu4 in 











336 | 7° Martiv. A. 1838. 


in his own name, or in the name of any other in 
trust for him, any new office or place of profit what- 
soever under the Crown, created or erected since the 
25th of October 1705, nor any person who should 
hold the offices therein specified, should be capable 
of being elected, or sitting or voting as a Member 
of the House of Commons ; that, by an Act of Par- 
liament of that part of the United Kingdom called 
Treland, passed in the thirty-third year of the reign 
of his then Majesty King George the Third, chap. 
41, it was enacted, that no person who should have 
in his own name, or in the name of any person in 
trust for him, any office or place of profit under the 
Crown, created after the passing of that Act, should 
be capable of being elected, or sitting or voting in 
the House of Commons in Ireland; and by the 
second section of said last-mentioned Act, it was 
enacted, that if any addition should be made or 
added to the salary of any office exceeding the 
annual sum of one hundred pounds, it should be 
deemed a new office, within the meaning of said Act; 
that, by an Act of the Parliament of the United 
Kingdom, passed in the forty-first year of the reign 
of his said Majesty King George the Third, it was 
enacted, that all persons disabled, or rendered in- 
capable of being elected, or sitting or voting in the 
House of Commons of Great Britain, and also all 

ersons incapable of being elected, or sitting or voting 
in the Jrish House of Commons, should be inca- 
pable of sitting or voting in the House of Commons 
of the United Kingdom ; that, by an Act passed in 
the 3d and 4th years of the reign of his late Majesty 
King William the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for 
the Regulation of the Proceedings and Practice of 
certain Offices of the High Court of Chancery in 
England,” it was enacted, that the appointment of 
all Masters in Ordinary of said High Court of 
Chancery, other than the Accountant General of the 
said Court, should be vested in his then Majesty, 
his heirs and successors; and that such Master 
should thereafter be appointed by letters patent 
under the Great Seal of Great Britain; and the 
Petitioners show, that by the 39th section of the 
said Statute, it was enacted, that an annual sum of 
two thousand five hundred pounds should be paid 
to the said Masters in Ordinary in manner therein 
mentioned ; that, by the effect and operation of the 
said last-mentioned Act of Parliament, and by reason 
of the provisions thereof, the office of Master in 
Ordinary then became and was erected and created 
a new office and place of profit under the Crown ; 
that, since the provisions of the said Act of Parlia- 
ment, in relation to the appointment and salaries of 
the said Masters in Ordinary, came into legal opera- 
tion, the said Andrew Henry Lynch became and was 
appointed a Master in Ordinary of the said Court 
of Chancery under the Crown, according to the 
provisions of the said statute, and accepted said 
appointment, and had the said office in his own 
name, at and previous to, and ever since, the time 
of the holding of the Election aforesaid of a Mem- 
ber to represent the said Courty of the Town of 
Galway in Parliament, and still holds the same ; 
that the said Andrew Henry Lynch, by reason of his 
so holding said office, was at the time of said Elec- 
tion, and has since continued to be, and is, incapa- 
citated from being returned to serve in Parliament 
for the County of the Town of Galway; that due 
notice was publicly given at the proclamation of the 
said Election to the Returning Officer at the hustings 
where the poll was taken, and in the presence and 
hearing of the electors of the County of the Town of 
Galway, and before any elector had given his vote, 
that the said Andrew Henry Lynch was disabled and 
incapacitated, as aforesaid, from serving in Parlia- 
ment, and that whosoever should vote for the said 
Andrew Henry Lynch, after said notice, would throw 
away his vote; and that the said notice was also 
publicly and distinctly given to each elector sepa- 
rately, when he came up to give his vote at the said 


Election, and before he gave same; and that each 
elector was then distinctly informed of the ineligi- 
bility of the said Andrew Henry Lynch, and that 
any vote given for him would be thrown away ; that 
the said Andrew Henry Lynch, notwithstanding such 
his ineligibility, persisted in being a candidate at 
such Election, and by himself and others, his friends 
and agents, represented that he was then eligible 
and qualified to serve in Parliament; by means of 
which, and other undue means, the said Andrew 
Henry Lynch obtained a colourable majority of votes 
over the said Sir Valentine Blake, and procured 
himself to be returned to serve in Parliament for the 
said County of the Town of Galway, in open viola- 
tion of law; that several of the electors of the said 
County of the Town of Galway, being qualified to 
vote at said Election, having voted for the said Sir 
Valentine Blake, and there not being any other can- 
didate at said Election duly qualified to be elected 
to serve in Parliament for said County of the Town 
of Galway, said Returning Officers should have re- 
turned the said Sir Valentine Blake as duly elected ; 
that the said Sir Valentine Blake had a legal ma- 
jority of votes at said Election over the said Andrew 
Henry Lynch, and that the Election and Return of 
the said Andrew Henry Lynch having been wholly 
null and void, the said Sir Valentine Blake was duly 
elected, and ought to have been returned to serve in 
Parliament for said County of the Town of Galway ; 
wherefore the Petitioners humbly pray, that the 
House will take the premises into consideration, 
and declare the Election and Return of the said 
Andrew Henry Lynch null and void, and that Sir 
Valentine Blake was duly elected, and ought to 
have been returned to serve in Parliament for the said 
County of the Town of Galway, or that the House 
will afford the Petitioners such further and other re- 
lief in the premises as to the House shall seem fit. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 22d day of May 
next, at half an hour after three of the clock in the 
Afternoon. 

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


Ambrose Moore and others, Electors of the City of 
London, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for the said city ; and to defend which, Joseph 
Travers and James White, had, by order of the 
House, been admitted Parties to defend the Return 
of the Sitting Members, informed the House, That 
the Committee had determined, 

That Sir Matthew Wood, Baronet, William Craw- 
ford, James Pattison and George Grote, Esquires, 
are duly elected Members to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said city : 

That the Petition of Ambrose Moore and others 
did not appear to the said Committee to be frivolous 
or vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not 
appear to the said Committee to be frivolous or 
vexatious : 

That the opposition of Joseph Travers and James 
White, the Parties admitted to defend the Return of 
the Sitting Members, did not appear to the said 
Committee to be frivolous or vexatious : 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect © 
of the Petition for the Ellesmere Roads Bill, which 
was ange | made from the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for repairing, amending and maintaining the Road 





from 


Mr. Curry, from the Select Committee appointed London City 
to try and determine the merits of the Petition of ®°™ 








1 Vicroriz. 


from Shrewsbury through Ellesmere, in the County 
of Salop, to Wrexham, in the County of Denbigh, 
and other Roads, branching out of the same: And 
that Mr. Ormsby Gore and Mr. Ralph Ormsby Gore 


do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir Richard Philipps presented a Bill for dividing, 
allotting and inclosing Common and Waste Lands, 
called Portfield, otherwise Poorfield, in the County of 
the Town of Haverfordwest : And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Haverfordwest 
(Portfield) 
Inclosure Bill. 


Birkenhead 
Improvement 
Bill. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
the 27th day of February last, That leave be given 
to bring in a Bill to amend and enlarge the powers 
of an Act passed in the third year of the reign of 
King William the Fourth, for the Improvement of 
the Town of Birkenhead, might he read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend an Act passed in the third year of the reign 
of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, inti- 
tuled “ An Act for paving, lighting, watching, cleans- 
ing and otherwise improving the Township or Cha- 
pelry of Birkenhead, in the County Palatine of 
Chester, and for regulating the Police thereof, and 
for establishing a Market within the said Town- 
ship:” And that Sir Philip Egerton and Mr. Wil- 
braham do prepare, and bring it in. 

London and 


Croydon Rail- 
way Bill. 


The London and Croydon Railway Bill was read 
a second time ; and committed to Captain Alsager 
and the Surrey List. 

Ordered, That all Members serving for the several 
Counties, and for the Boroughs therein, through 
which Counties the said Railway is intended to pass, 
be Members of the said Committee. 

A Petition of Churchwardens, Overseers and In- 
habitants of the parish of Saint Olave, Southwark, 
in the county of Surrey, praying that they may be 
heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the said Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by their counsel or agents, upon their Peti- 
tion, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


An ingrossed Bill to alter and enlarge some of 
the Provisions of an Act passed in the third year of 
the reign of his late Majesty King William the 
Fourth, for better repairing the Roads from War- 
minster and from Frome to the Bath Road, and other 
Roads therein mentioned, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Sheppard do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Sir George Strickland presented a Bill for more 
effectually amending and improving the Roads from 
Buckstones, by Barkisland School, to Elland Bridge, 
and from Sykehouse to the Highway leading from 
Barkisland to Stainland, all in the West Riding 
of the County of York: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Warminster and 
Frome Roads 
Bill. 


Buckstones and 
Elland Bridge 
Roads Bill. 


Leominster 
Improvement 
Bill, 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Leominster Improvement Bill, 
which upon the 13th day of February last was 
made from the Select Committee on Standing Orders 
relative to Private Bills, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend an Act of the forty-eighth year of the 
reign of His Majesty King George the Third, re- 
lating to the Improvement of the Town of Leominster, 
in the County of Hereford: And that Lord Hotham 
and Sir Robert Price do prepare, and bring it in. 
Montgomery- 
shire (Western 


Branch) Canal 
ill, 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the 
Eastern branch of the Montgomeryshire Canal, pray” 
) 


ing that the Montgomeryshire (Western Branc 
Vot. 93. 


7° Marti. 


337 


Canal Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Robert Gordon, Esquire, of Kem- cCheitenhamand 
ble, in the county of Wilts ;— Richard Roy, of Liver- Great Western 
pool Street, in the city of London, and of Cheltenham, er 
Gentleman ;—The Birmingham and Gloucester Rail- ~"* 
way Company ;—and, Owners and Occupiers of 
land on the line of the Cheltenham and Great 
Western Union Railway; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Cheltenham and Great Western 
Union Railway Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of Merchants and Traders in Leith, Edinburgh 
complaining that the Standing Orders of the House we 
in respect to the age for the Edinburgh Com- “**"* 
munity Estates Bill had not been complied with ; 
and praying that they may be heard, by themselves 
or their agents, against the same, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of houses Metropolis 
and property in High Holborn, Great Turnstile, Improvements. 
Newman’s Row, Lincoln’s-Inn Fields, Serle-street, 
Carey-street, Pickett-street and the Strand, sug- 
gesting the —- of a new street along the east 
side of Lincoln’s-Inn Fields instead of on the west 
side, as proposed, and praying that they may be 
heard on the subject before the Select Committee 
on Metropolis Improvements, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the said Select Committee. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee Berden 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Inclosure Bill. 
the Petition for the Berden Inclosure Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclosing Lands in the Parishes of Berden, 
Manewden and Stansted Mountfitchet, in the County 
of Essex: And that Sir John Tyrell and Mr. Bram- 
ston do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Agiionby reported from the Select Committee ;,; 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of nee: 
the Petition for the Leicester Gas Bill the Standing 
Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Isle of Thanet 
Cemetery: 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Isle of Thanet Cemetery Bill 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, "That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee Wickwar 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of Inclosure. 
the Petition for the Wickwar Inclosure Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee London 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of Grand Junction 
the Petition for the London Grand Junction Rail- ®*!"*- 
way Bill the Standing Orders had not been complied 
with, inasmuch as it is sought by the Bill to obtain 
an extension of the time to take lands and houses 
which would, under the former Act, expire on the 
4th of July next, and no application had been made 
to the owners, lessees and occupiers, nor had sepa- 
rate lists been made. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee Portland 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Cemetery. 
the Petition for the Portland Cemetery Bill, the 





xX Standing 














Newtyle and 
Coupar Angus 
Railway. 


Swansea 
Harbour. 


Birkenhead 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Ellesmere 
Roads Bill. 


Bolton and 
Preston Rail- 
way Bill. 


Grand Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Standing 
Orders; 


Wortley, 
Armley, and 
Bramley Road. 


338 


7° Martii. 


Standing Orders had not been complied with, inas- : 


much as one of the notices in the Morning Chronicle 
was inserted on the 2d of December. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Newtyle and Coupar Angus Rail- 
way Bill the Standing Orders had not been complied 
with, inasmuch as the notices are not copies of each 
other ; the first notice given in the provincial news- 
paper contained words of application to enlarge the 
powers, whereas all the other notices contained 
words of application to enable the Company to raise 
a further Sum of Money, such being the only object. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Aglionbdy reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Swansea Harbour Bill the 
Standing Orders had not been complied with, inas- 
much as no notices had been given ; but it appeared 
to the Committee that such defect was owing to the 
circumstance, which rendered the application for the 
Bill necessary, not having arisen until the beginning 
of the month of January last. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Sir Philip Egerton presented a Bill to amend an 
Act passed in the third year of the reign of his late 
Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled “ An 
Act for paving, lighting, watching, cleansing and 
otherwise improving the Township or Chapelry of 
Birkenhead, in the County Palatine of Chester, and 
for regulating the Police thereof, and for establishing 
a Market within the said Township:” And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Mr. Ormsby Gore presented a Bill for repairing, 
amending and maintaining the Road from Shrews- 
bury, through Ellesmere, in the County of Salop, to 
Wrexham, in the County of Denbigh, and other 
Roads branching out of the same: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Bolton and Preston Railway 
Bill, which was yesterday made from the Select 
Committee on Standing Siders relative to Private 
Bills, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for enabling the Bolton and Preston Railway Com- 
pany to extend and alter the line of such Railway, 
and to make collateral Branches thereto, and for 
amending and enlarging the powers and provisions 
of the Act relating thereto: And that Lord Viscount 
Sandon and Mr. Wilson Patten do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
spect of the Petition for the Grand Junction Rail- 
way Bill, which was yesterday made from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders relative to Private 
Bi.ls, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring m a Bill to 
enable the Grand Junction Railway Company to 
alter and extend the line of such Railway, and for 
other purposes connected therewith : And that Lord 
Viscount Sandon and Lord Francis Egerton do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, several 
Resolutions, which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for 
the Wortley, Armley and Bramley Road Bill, the 








A. 1838. 


abandoning such parts as would enable them to 
widen the existing Road. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for Leeds and 
the Leeds and Homefield Lane End Road Bill, the a ae Lane 
Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill on™ oa 
abandoning such parts as would enable them to 
widen the existing road. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for Wakefela 
the Wakefield and Halifax Road Bill, the Parties sé Halifax 
be permitted to proceed with their Bill on abandoning “°*" 
such parts as would enable them to make a new Road. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Shipp 


Sher 
Sco 


Petitions from Ashford ;— Burnley ;— Ports- Negro Appren- 

mouth ; — Burton Holme ;— Milnthorp ;— Wirks- “ship. 
worth ;— Swanwick and Riddings ;—Warton and 
Yealands ; — Lancaster ; — Levens ; — Manchester 
(Chairman of a Meeting) ;— Devizes (four Petitions) ; 
—Luton;— Hockliffe;— Leighton Buzzard ;—Chep- 
stow ; — Cork ; — Beverley ; — Cinderford ;— and, 
Halifax ; praying for the abolition of the system of 
Negro Apprenticeship,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


of V 
(Ire 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Union Poor Law 
of Ampthill, praying that the Poor Law Amend- {mendment 
ment Act may not be repealed, was presented, and ~ 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on the 
Poor Law Amendment Act. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Saint 
Martin, in Leicester, praying for the repeal or 
amendment of the said Act, was also presented, and 
read; and referred to the said Select Committee. 


A Petition of Ship-owners of the port of London, Fishguard 
praying for the repeal of so much of the Fishguard Harbour Act 
Harbour Act as imposes a passing Toll, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Postmasters, Stage Coach Pro- Post-horse,&amp;e. 
prietors and Inn-keepers of Morpeth and neighbour- ?4“** 
hood, praying for the repeal of the Duties on Post 
Horses, Stage Coaches, Guards and Coachmen, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Rye ;—and, Portsmouth; praying Marine 
for the repeal of the Duty on Policies of Marine In- !nsurance. 
surance,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Electors and Householders of En- Municipal 
nis, praying that the Municipal Corporations (Jre- Circland) Bill 
land) Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and ‘{"e™" : 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Coun- Morning Mail 
cil of Inverness, praying the House to recommend (So!#4) 
to the Lords of Her Majesty’s Treasury to establish 
a morning mail from London to all the principal 
towns in Scotland, including Inverness, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Postage. 


Rating of 
Tenements Bill. 


‘A Petition of Overseers of the Poor of the parish 
of Sunderland, praying that the Rating of Tene- 
ments Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Rating of Tenements. 


Salmon 
Fisheries 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Petitions from Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal;—and, 
New Ross; praying that the Salmon Fisheries (Jre- 
land) Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Bath Church of Bishoprick of 
England Lay Association, praying that the Bishop- Seder ™" 
rick of Sodor and Mann may not be annexed to the 
See of Carlisle, was presented, and read ; and or- 


Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on | dered to lie upon the Table. 


| 


A Petition 








Shipping 
Gazette. 


Sheriff Courts 
Scotland) Bill. 


Registration 
of Voters 
(Ireland.) 


Copper and 


Tin. 


Portsmouth: 
Floating 
Bridge Bill, 


Jews, 


1 Vicroriz. 7° Marti. 339 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners, Under- 
writers, Master Mariners, and others interested in 
domestic and foreign commerce, and resident near, 
or trading to the Port of Hull, praying the House to 
relieve the proprietors of the Shipping Gazette from 
the postage on letters contaming shipping and com- 
mercial intelligence only, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Procurators before the Sheriff Court 
of the shire of Roxburgh, residing in Jedburgh, 
praying that the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Freeholders and Electors of the 
Queen’s County, praying the House to take the case 
of the bond fide electors of Ireland into their con- 
sideration, and to make such provision as may seem 
meet for the better securing to them their rights and 
privileges, by amending or altering the Acts now in 
force for regulating the Registration of Voters in 
Treland; that the appointment of Assistant Bar- 
risters may no longer be influenced by political or 
party considerations ; that an appeal may be allowed 
against the undue admission of unqualified persons 
to the Registers; and that the great expense and 
uncertainty which attends Election Petitions, may, 
as far as possible, be put an end to, by the assimi- 
lation of the laws of the entire Kingdom in respect 
of an annual revision of the votes in [reland, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | . 


Accounts of all Copper imported into the United 
Kingdom, in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1838; distinguishing each sort of Copper, from 
what Country, and into what Ports imported :—Of 
the Quantities of Copper exported from the United 
Kingdom, in the year ending the 5th day of Janu- 
ary 1838; distinguishing each sort, and from what 
Port sent, and to what Country exported :—Of the 
Quantities of Copper exported from the Port of 
London, in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1838 ; distinguishing each sort, and to what Coun- 
try exported :—Of the Quantities of Copper ex- 
ported from the Port of Liverpool, in the year 
ending the 5th day of January 1838 ; distinguish- 
ing each sort, and to what Country exported :—Of 
all Copper Ore that has been imported into the 
United Kingdom, without payment of Duty, for the 
purpose of exportation, in the year ending the 5th 
day of January 1838 :—And, of all Tin imported 
into the United Kingdom, in the year ending the 
5th day of January 1838 ; distinguishing from what 
Countries imported :—also, an Account of all Tin 
exported from the United Kingdom, in the year 
ending the 5th day of January 1838 ; distinguishing 
to what Countries exported. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
ary of the Petition for the Portsmouth Floating 

ridge Bill, which, upon the 27th day of February 
last, was made from the Select Committee on Peti- 
tions for Private Bills, might be read ; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for establishing a Floating Bridge over the Harbour 
of Portsmouth, from or near a place called Gosport 
Beach, in the parish of Alverstoke, in the county af 
Southampton, to the opposite shore, to or near a 
place called Portsmouth Point, in the parish of 
Portsmouth, in the said county, with proper Ap- 
proaches thereto: And that Mr. Baring and Sir 
George Staunton do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Portsmouth, 
praying the House to remove, as speedily as may be, 
those laws which are pressing on one portion 0 Her 
Majesty 6 subjects, the British-born Jews, or to 

oL. 93. 








enact such others as shall place them on an equality 
with the rest of Her Majesty’s subjects, and enable 
them experimentally to enjoy the blessings of civil 
and religious liberty, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Commissions. 
Return of all the Commissions that have been issued 
or appointed under Act of Parliament from Novem. 
ber 1830, and not included in the Return printed by 
Order of this House in the Session of 1836 (No. 
528) ; the Number and Names of the Commissioners, 
Assistant Commissioners, Secretaries, Clerks, and 
other persons attached to each, and if employed 
individuaily in more than one Commission, and m 
what Nenher so employed ; the places and periods 
of Official Duties and Sittings ; the Number of Days 
of each Sitting since the commencement of duty ; 
the Periods and Dates at which each Commission 
was issued, and duty of each commenced, and the 
Period at which each closed or reported ; the Sala- 
ries and Allowances of each officer or person; the 
total Expenses incurred ; Amount actually paid and 
due, and for what cause withheld, in each Com- 
mission ; such Return to be made up to the latest 
period to which the same can be made out. 


Mr. Divett, by Order, presented a Bill for making Oxford and 
a Railway from Ozford to join the Great Western Great Western 
Railway near Didcot, with a Branch therefrom to pi, 
Abingdon, to be called “The Ozford and Great Wes- 
tern Union Railway”: And the same was read the 


first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Dysart, peyine for Corn Laws. 
the repeal of the Corn Laws, was presented and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Western District of Distiliery Laws 
the Fife Agricultural Society, and others interested in (Seotland.) 
the sale of Farm produce, complaining of the sto 
page of the distilleries in Scotland, working for the 
English market, occasioned by the unequal operation 
of the Excise Laws; and praying the House to take 
the matter into consideration and to pass such a law 
as may have the effect of removing the grievance 
complained of, was presented and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President, Vice-President and Grand Junction 
Directors of the Chamber of Commerce and Ma- B#!"ey- 
nufactures, at Manchester, taking notice of the 
application for the Grand Junction Railway Bill, 
and praying that such Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Poor Law 
that part of the Message of the Lords of Monday Amendment 
last, wherein their Lordships request, That this na 
House will be pleased to communicate to their Lord- 
ships Copies of the Reports made from the Select 
Committee appointed by this House in the present 
Session of Parliament, to inquire into the Adminis- 
tration of the Relief of the Poor under the Orders 
and Regulations issued by the Commissioners ap- 
pointed under the Provisions of the Poor Law 
Amendment Act; together with the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before the said Committee, and the 
Appendix thereto : 

Ordered, That printed Copies of the said Reports 
be communicated to the Lords as desired by their 
Lordships: And that Mr. Bernal do deliver the 


same. 


A Petition of Samuel Lake, of Alfred Place, Bed- Debtor and 
ford Square, praying for the amendment of the laws “4! 
between debtor and creditor, and between landlord 
and tenant, was presented and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

x x2 Petitions 

















Municipal 
Boundaries 
Bill. 


Glasgow Cotton 
Spinners. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Rocester 
Bridge Bili. 


Twelfth Report 
on Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


No. 192. 


Common Fields 
Inclosure Bill. 


Cork Sessions 
Bill. 


Controverted 
Elections Bill. 


Patterns and 
Inventions Bill. 


Charit 
Commissioners 


(ireland) Bill. 





340 7° Marti. A. 1838. 


Petitions from the Corporation of Richmond, in, 
the County of York ;—and, Inhabitants of Clifton, 
in the — of York, praying that the Municipal 
Boundaries Bill may not pass into a law as it now 
stands,—were presented and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Members of the Working Men’s 
Association of Dumfries and Maxwelltown ;—Opera- 
tive Carpenters of Wood Street, Cheapside ;—and, 
Members of the Committee of the Liverpool Work- 
ing Men’s Association; praying the House to ad- 
dress Her Majesty to remit the sentence recently 
passed on certain Cotton Spinners of Glasgow con- 
victed of a conspiracy to raise wages,—were pre- 
sented and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Richard Dichins, of Charles 
Street, Hoxton, Paper-hanger, complaining of the 
parochial authorities of the parish of Saint Leo- 
nard, Shoreditch, having refused to admit his child 
into the poor-house on account of idiotcy; and 
praying for relief, was presented and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on the Poor Law 
Amendment Act. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Rocester Bridge Bill, which 
was yesterday made from the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for building a Bridge over the River Dove, at Roces- 
ter, in the County of Stafford: And that Mr. Ed- 
ward Buller and Mr. Bingham Baring do prepare 
and bring it in. 


Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Commit- 
tee on the Poor Law Amendment Act; and who were 
empowered to report the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them from time to time to the House; 
That they had made further Progress in the matters 
to them referred ; and had directed him to report the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Ordered, 'That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Common Fields Inclosure Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 





upon Friday the 16th day of this instant March. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Cork Sessions Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 21st day of this instant March. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Controverted 
Elections Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Patterns and Inventions Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 21st day of this instant March. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Charity Commissioners (Zredand) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


First Fruitsand The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 


Tenths Bill. 


Hackney 
Carriages 
(Metropolis) 
Bill. 


Report on the First Fruits and Tenths Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Wed- 


nesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Hackney Carriages (Metropolis) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second Bribery at 
reading of the Bribery at Elections Bill ; Elections Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second British Many. 
reading of the British Manufacturers Protection fcturers Pro. 
Bill ; tection Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Common Field 
reading of the Common Fields Improvement Bill ; Leuprovemnent 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time ~"" 
upon Friday, the 16th day of this instant March. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Oaths to 
reading of the Oaths to Witnesses (Jreland) Bill ; ane 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time anes 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day,being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, Bhat this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Union 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed Workhouses 
__ Thursday last, That there be laid before this 

ouse, a Return of the Number of Union Work- 
houses in England and Wales used for the reception 
of Parochial Pose since the passing of the new Poor 
Law Act; specifying the Parishes in which they 
are severally situate, and the Number of Parochial 
Poor received into each :—also, the Return of Deaths 
which have taken place in each of such Houses; 
specifying their Ages and the Causes of their De- 
cease ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; states, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Colonial 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendment which 5¢tet*'y- 
was yesterday proposed to be made to the Question, 
“ That an nae om Address be presented to Her Ma- 
jesty, respectfully expressing the opinion of this 
House, that in the present critical state of many of 
Her Majesty’s Foreign Possessions in various parts 
of the world, it is essential to the well-being of Her 
Majesty’s Colonial Empire, and of the many and 
important domestic interests which depend on the 
prosperity of the Colonies, that the Colonial Minister 
should be a person in whose diligence, forethought, 
judgment, activity and firmness this House and the 
public may be able to place reliance ; and declaring, 
with all deference to the constitutional Prerogatives 
of the Crown, that Her Majesty’s present Secretary 
of State for the Colonies does not enjoy the con- 
fidence of this House, or of the Country:” And 
which Amendment was to leave out from the word 
“ Majesty ” to the end of the Question, in order to 
add the words “To express to Her Majesty our 
“ deep regret that the tranquillity of Her Majesty’s 
“ Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada should 
“ have been disturbed by the wicked and treason- 
“ able designs of a disaffected party in those Pro- 
“ vinces, by which many of the inhabitants have 
been seduced into open revolt against the authority 
“ of Her aw. 

“ To assure Her Majesty that we have observed 
“ with the utmost satisfaction the zeal and fidelity 
“ which have animated the loyal inhabitants of Her 
“ Majesty’s North American Fetinndh, and that we 


wn 


“ cordially rejoice in the success which has attended 
“ the exertions of Her Majesty’s regular forces, 
“ combined 








elds 
it 


Canada. 


1 Vicroriz. 


“ combined with the voluntary services of Her Ma- 
“ jesty’s faithful subjects :—To assure Her Majesty 
“ of our continued determination to aid Her Ma- 
“« jesty in every effort which She may be called 
“ upon to make for the suppression of revolt and 
the complete restoration of tranquillity ; professing 
at the same time our desire to afford redress for 
every real grievance, and maturely to consider 
such permanent arrangements for the constitution 
and government of the Province of Lower Canada, 
as may best secure the rights and liberties, and 
“ promote the interests, of all classes of Her Ma- 
jesty’s subjects in that Province: 

“ Humbly to represent to Her Majesty, that it 
appears to us, upon a consideration of the docu- 
ments and correspondence relating to the Worth 
American Provinces which Her Majesty has been 
graciously pleased to communicate to this House, 
that the open defiance of Her Majesty’s lawful 
authority in the Provinces of Upper and Lower 
Canada, and the necessity of suppressing rebellion 
by force of arms, and of suspending the Consti- 
tutional Government of Zower Canada, are in 
a great degree attributable to the want of foresight 
and energy on the part of Her Majesty’s con- 
fidential servants, and to the ambiguous, dilatory 
and irresolute course which they have pursued in 
respect to the affairs of Canada since their ap- 
“ pointment to office,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—The House resumed the said adjourned 
Debate. 


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


Jovis, 8° die Martii, 1838; 


wn 


‘ 


wn 


“cc 


The said pro osed Amendment and Motion were 
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma 
jesty, to express to Her Majesty our deep regret that 
the tranquillity of Her Majesty’s Provinces of Upper 
and Lower Canada should have been disturbed by 
the wicked and treasonable designs of a disaffected 
party in those Provinces, by which many of the 
inhabitants have been seduced into open revolt 
against the authority of Her Majesty : 

To assure Her Majesty that we have observed 
with the utmost satisfaction the zeal and fidelit 
which have animated the loyal inhabitants of Her 
Majesty’s North American Provinces, and that we 
cordially rejoice in the success which has attended 
the exertions of Her Majesty’s regular forces, com- 
bined with the voluntary services of Her Majesty’s 
faithful subjects : 

To assure Her Majesty of our continued determi- 
nation to aid Her Majesty in every effort which She 
may be called upon to make for the suppression of 
revolt and the complete restoration of tranquillity ; 
professing at the same time our desire to afford 
redress for every real grievance, and maturely to 
consider such permanent arrangements for the con- 
stitution and government of the Province of Lower 
Canada, as may best secure the rights and liberties, 
and promote the interests, of all classes of Her 
Majesty’s subjects in that Province : 

Humbly to represent to Her Majesty, that it ap- 
pears to us, upon a consideration of the documents 
and correspondence relating to the North American 
Provinces which Her Majesty has been graciously 
pleased to communicate to this House, that the open 
defiance of Her Majesty’s lawful authority in the 
Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and the 
necessity of suppressing rebellion by force of arms, 
and of suspending the Constitutional Government 
of Lower Canada, are in a great degree attributable 
to the want of foresight ont energy on the part of 


Her Majesty’s confidential servants, and to the 
Vor. 93. 


7°—8° Marti. 





341 


ambiguous, dilatory and irresolute course which 
they have pursued, in respect to the affairs of 
Canada, since their appointment to Office ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the { Sir Thomas Fremantle, 
Yeas, \ Mr. Henry Baring : }287. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Edward John Stanley, P 
Noes, Mr. Robert Steuart : ‘ 
So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Patents for 
Account of the Total Amount of Fees payable on Inventions. 
taking out a Patent of Invention for England, Scot- 
land and Ireland, at the respective Patent Offices ; 
stating the Duty performed by each Officer to whom 
such payment is made. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Soldiers and 
—a Return of the Number of Non-commissioned theit Families, 
Officers and Privates, Women and Children, em- 
barked to and from our North American Colonies, 
in each year, since the termination of the War :— 

A similar Return from our Penal Colonies :—Also, 
from the Cape of Good Hope. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Ventilation of 
Copy of a Letter from Sir Frederick Trench to Lord th House. 
Viscount Duncannon on the subject of ventilating 
the House of Commons, with Lord Duncannon’s 
Answer. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till after three of the clock on Thursday 
morning, adjourned till this day. 





Jovis, 8° die Martii ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


HE hour appointed for taking into considera- Evesham 
tion the Petition of the Persons whose names #4 = 

are thereunto subscribed, being Electors of the Bo- giecticns. 
rough of Evesham, in the County of Worcester, and 
who had, and claim to have had a right to vote at 
the last Election of Members to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said borough, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the said borough, 
being come ; 
Mr. Speaker took the Chair. 
The Serjeant at Arms was sent with the Mace to 
the places adjacent, to require the attendance of the 
Members on the business of the House ; and being 
returned ; 

The House was counted by Mr. Speaker, and three 
hundred and thirty-three Members being present ; 

And the Petition of William Fishbourne, of the 
town of Carlow, Nicholas Byrne, of the said town 
of Carlow, and Thomas Rawson, of the said town of 
Carlow, all in the county of Carlow, Esquires, Holders 
and Occupiers of houses within the Borough of Car- 
low, and Electors of the said borough, on behalf of 
themselves and others claiming a right to vote for a 
Member to serve in Parliament for the said borough, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
said borough, being also ordered to be taken into 
consideration upon this day ; 

The several Parties, counsel and agents, were 
called in. 


And the door being locked ; : 

The Order of the day, for taking into considera~ Evesham 
tion the said Petition complaining of an undue Elec- Election. 
tion and Return for the soa | of Evesham, was 
read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn, and 
read, in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was 
completed :—And Lists of the said names were de- 
livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 

xx3 mittee 











342 8° Marti. 


mittee on the Evesham Borough Election ; and then 
the door was opened, and the Parties, their counsel 
and agents, withdrew. 


And the door being again locked ; 
CarlowBorough The Order of the day, for taking into consi- 
aeatiee. deration the said Petition, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Carlow, 
was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn, and 
read, in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was 
completed :—And Lists of the said names were de- 
livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 
mittee on the Carlow Borough Election; and then 
the door was opened, and the Parties, their counsel 
and agents, withdrew. 


Belfast Mr. Halford, from the Select Committee appointed 
Giestiom to try and determine the merits of the Petition of 
Robert Francis Gordon, and others, Electors, com- 
laining of an undue Election and Return for the 
oreegh of Belfast; and to defend which John 
Henry and others ; and, James Barnett and others, 
had, by an Order of the House, been admitted Parties, 
with the Sitting Members, to defend the said Return, 
informed the House, 

That James Gibson, Esquire, and the Honourable 
George Hamilton Chichester, commonly called the 
Earl of Belfast, were not duly elected Burgesses 
to serve in this present Parliament for the Borough 
of Belfast : 

That James Emerson Tennent and George Dunbar, 
Esquires, were duly elected, and ought to have been 
returned Burgesses to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Belfast : 

That the Petition of Robert Francis Gordon and 
others, did not appear to the said Committee to be 
frivolous or vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did notappear 
to the said Committee to be frivolous or vexatious : 

That the opposition of the several Electors who 
had been admitted Parties to defend the Return of 
the Sitting Members, did not appear to the said 
Committee to be frivolous or vexatious. 

Mr. Halford also informed the House, that the 
Committee have altered the poll taken at the last 
Election for the said Borough, by striking off Owen 
M‘Cann, Francis Campbell, James Hamilton, John 
Henry, Peter Quin, Tobias Macquade, Edward 
Trolan, John M‘Loughlin, Robert Wilson, Robert 
Murray, Arthur Kent, Andrew Mills, John Robb, 
John Dobie, Hugh Dunning, Edward Cochrane, 
John Mahon, John Lenaghan, John M‘ Nicholl, 
David Bradford, Samuel Patterson, Henry Weir, 
Arthur Loughlan, Noah Longworth, William Jami- 
son, William Graham, John Grimes, Patrick M‘Avoy, 
James Morgan, William M‘ Guiken,William M‘Guire, 
Michael M‘ Manus, Patrick M‘ Kinley, William Wal- 
lace, Hugh Moore, Ezekiel M‘Ilroy, Andrew G'od- 
frey, David M‘Corry, Patrick M‘Guire, Francis 
Donaghy, Edward M‘Quillan, Charles Taggart, 
John Mulhollond, John M‘Loghlin, James Savage, 
Hugh Campbell, John Houghey, Matthew M‘Cul- 
lough, John Smith, Patrick Boys, Henry Tegan, 
John Prunty, Michael Kerr, Joseph Dyer, and Mi- 
chael Murphy, as not having had a right to vote at 
the said Election, and who ought not to have been 
placed on the Register of Voters. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend 
this House To-morrow, with the last Return for the 
Borough of Belfast, and amend the same, by rasing 
out the names of James Gibson, Esquire, and the 
Earl of Belfast, and inserting the names of James 
Emerson Tennent, Esquire, and George Dunbar, 
Esquire, instead thereof. 


Clerk of the 
Crown to 
amend Return. 


Glasgow A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
— Citizens of Glasgow, praying that he may be heard, 





A. 1838. 


by himself, his counsel or agent, against certain 
parts of the Glasgow Waterworks Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


The Haleworthy Roads Bill was read a second Haleworthy 
time; and committed to Lord Eliot and the Corn- 8ods Bill. 
wall List. 


The Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and Manchester, 
Railway Bill was read a second time; and com- Bolton, and 


‘ . Bury Canal 
mitted to Mr. Wilson Patten and the Lancaster and Railway 
List Bill. Wit 
; Inc 


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill for better Blackburn 
lighting with Gas the Town and Township of Black- &amp;* Bill. 
burn, in the County Palatine of Lancaster: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill to amend an ‘Turton and 
Act for making and maintaining the Turton and Entwisle 
Entwisle Reservoir: And the same was read the Reservoir Bil. 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. Co 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Lower 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the Kingsferry 
case of the Petition for the Lower King’s Ferry ®o4s Bill 
Roads Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to alter and amend the powers and provisions of an 
Act relating to the Lower King’s Ferry Roads, in 
the Counties of Flint and Chester, and for making 
a new Road to communicate therewith, and for other 
purposes relating thereto: And that Sir Stephen 
Glynne and Mr. Wilson Jones do prepare, and bring 


|it in. 
| Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Taw Vale 1 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the Railway and ; 


case of the Petition for the Taw Vale Railway and a 


Dock Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
for making a Railway from Penhill, in the Parish 
of Fremington, in the County of Devon, to the Town 
of Barnstaple, and for constructing a Dock in the 
said Parish of Fremington, to be called “ The Taw 
Vale Railway and Dock :” And that Mr. Frederick 
Hodgson and Mr. Chichester do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Blackheath, &amp;c, 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the Small Debts. 
case of the Petition for the Blackheath, &amp;c., Small 
Debts Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Middlesex 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the County Coutts. 
case of the Petition for the Middlesex County Courts 
Bill, no Standing Orders are applicable, inasmuch 
as itis not a Court constituted by Act of Parlia- 
ment. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Liverpool Court 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the of Passage. 
case of the Petition for the Liverpool Court of 
Passage Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- an me 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the Company. 
case of the Petition for the South Australia Colo- 

/nization Company Bill, no Standing Orders were 
| applicable. 
| Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Bristol and 
| mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case ExeterRaiway- 
of the Petition for the Bristol and Exeter eer | 
| ill, 














1 Vicroriz. 


8° Martiz. 


343 


Bill, the Standing Orders had not been complied with, | Cromhall and Tortworth, in the County of Glou- 


inasmuch that no application had been made to the | 


owners, lessees and occupiers on the line of Railway 
authorized to be made by the former Act, but only 
to those whose lands were situate on the proposed 
branches, although powers are sought to extend the 
time for purchasing lands on the original line, beyond 
the time limited by the former Act. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Wickwar 
Inclosure Bill. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Wickwar Inclosure Bill, which 
was yesterday made from the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclesing Lands in the Parishes of Wickwar, 
Cromhall and Tortworth, in the County of Gilou- 
cester: And that Mr. Moreton and Mr. Cripps do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
the 27th day of February last, That leave be given 
to bring in a Bill for building a Bridge over the 
River Thames, from Cookham, in the County of 
Berks, to the opposite Shore in the Parish of Woo- 
burn, in the County of Bucks, and for making con- 
venient Approaches thereto, might be read ; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
building a Bridge over the River Thames, from Cook- 
ham, in the county of Berks, to the opposite Shore, 
in the parish of Wooburn, in the county of Bucks: 
And that Sir William Young and Mr. Robert Palmer 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Se- 
lect Committee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented on the 5th and 
6th days of this instant March, and had directed 
him to make a Keport thereof to the House. 

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


Lord Hotham presented a Bill to amend an Act 
of the forty-eighth year of the reign of his Majesty 
King George the Third, relating to the Improvement 
of the Town of Leominster, in the County of Here- 

ord: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Cookham 
Bridge Bill. 


Public 
Petitions, 


Leominster 
Improvement 
Bill, 


Oldham Gas Mr. John Fielden presented a Bill for enlarging 

and Waterworks and extending the powers and altering and amend~ 

ill. , “&lt;2 ° : 
ing the provisions of an Act passed in the sixth year 
of the reign of King George the Fourth, intituled, 
“ An Act for lighting with Gas the Town of Olilham, 
and the Neighbourhood thereof, within the Parish 
of Prestwich-cum-Oldham, in the County Palatine 
of Lancaster, and for the better supplying the Inha- 
bitants of the said Town and Neighbourhood with 
Water :’”’ And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


portmnveth Mr. Baring presented a Bill for establishing a 
Bil, atti Floating Bridge over the Harbour of Portsmouth, 
from or near a place called Gosport Beach, in the 
Parish of Alverstoke, in the County of Southampton, 
to the opposite Shore, to or near a place called 
Portsmouth Point, in the Parish of Portsmouth, in 
the said County, with proper Approaches thereto: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 


to be read a second time. 


Fookham, Mr. Praed presented a Bill for building a Bridge 
ridge Bill. over the River Thames, from Cookham, in the County 
of Berks, to the opposite Shore, in the Parish of 
Wooburn, in the i of Bucks: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 
Wickwar 


Mr. Robert Gordon, by Order, presented a Bill 


r inclosing Lands in the Parishes of Wickwar, 
Vot. 93. 


Inclosure Bill, fo 





cester: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Notting Hill Notting Hill 
Footway Bill have Power to send for persons, papers Fetwsy Bill. 
and records. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Newtown and Llanid- my ae 
loes, praying that the Montgomeryshire (Western shite (Western 
Branch) Canal Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- — reat 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Montgomeryshire (Western Montgomery- 
Branch) Canal Bill be read a second time To- shire (Western 
morrow. — —_ 

The counsel and agents, in the case of the Evesham Evesham 
Election, being returned to the bar, the Clerk ap- Election. 
pointed to attend the said Committee delivered in 
to the House a reduced List; and the same was 
called over as followeth ; 

Sir my Purves Hume Campbell, Baronet, Hugh 
Duncan Baillie, Esquire, the Right Honvinaiin tte 
Robert Peel, Baronet, John Collier, Esquire, William © 
Charles Harland, Esquire, Jasper Parrot, Esquire, 
the Honourable James Yorke Scarlett, John Wal- 
banke Childers, Esquire, John Pemberton Plumptre, 

Esquire, Lord Ashley, and the Honourable Francis 
Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley. 

-And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Petition 
| of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Evesham, were sworn by the Clerk 
at the Table in the usual manner; and thereupon 
the counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


Petitions from Aylsham ;— Huddersfield ;—New Negro Appren- 
Lanark ;— Ashburton (Females) ;—Colerne ;—Lud- “ship. 
gershall;—Lacock ;— Corsham ;— Great Gomersal; 

— Basingstoke ; — Devizes ; — Grrittleton ; ——- West 
Kington ;——Castlecombe ;— Youghal ; — Ashburton ; 
—Earl’s Barton;—Market Hill, Maldon ;—March; . 
—and, Bishop’s Stortford; praying for the abolition 
of the system of Negro Apprenticeship,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Board of Guardians of the Dud- Poor Law 
ley Union ;—and, the Penkridge Union ; praying for Amendment 
the amendment of the Poor Law Act,—were pre- an. 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Act. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Kettering, prayin 
the House to pass a general Act for the ‘Lstablishe er 
ment of Local Courts for the more easy and speedy 
recovery of Small Debts, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Wakefield ;—Glasgow (two Peti- 
tions); — and, Swansea; praying for the repeal 
of the Duty on Soap,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Soap. 


Petitions from Glasgow (Merchants, Bankers ™ 
and Inhabitants); — Glasgow (Postmasters and hep tonk “ 
Coach Contractors) ;—Morpeth ;—Charles Morri- Duties. 
son;—Martin Sanderson ;—Richard Steel :—Isaac 
Niblett; — W. H. Neale; — William Peall ; — 
W. Pickard;—James Page ;—and, Anthony Scott, 
junior ; praying for the repeal of the Duties on Post 
Horses and Stage Coaches,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Merchants’ House of Glasgow, Marine 
raying for the repeal of the Duty on Policies of Insurance. 
farine Insurance, was presented, and read; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Municipal 
habitants of Glasgow, praying that that town may Corporations 
be included in any Bill that may be introduced to (Sostiend) S. 

xx4 regulate 








| 
: 


Combination 
of Workmen. 


Church of 
Scotland, 


Clergy 
Ireland.) 


Carlow Borough 
Election, 


Coroners. 


Alunicipal 
Boundaries 


Bill. 


Coals, Cinders, 
and Culm. 


344. 8° Marti. 


regulate the management of the Municipal Corpo- 
rations in Scotland; that the Parliamentary may 
become the municipal boundary for all municipal 
and police purposes ; and that the citizens may be 
protected from the evils of numerous petty burgh 
— and burgh magistrates, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Deacon, Collector and other 
Members of the Incorporation of Bakers in Glas- 
gow, praying the House to protect employers and 
operatives from the tyranny of Trades Unions, to 
insure the proper improvement of those laws, and 
to secure practical freedom to all in the sale or pur- 
chase of labour, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Combination of 
Workmen. 


Petitions from Stitchel and Hume ;—Roxburgh ; 
— Ednam ; — Kelso; — Irvine ; — Paisley; — and, 
Sprouston ; praying the House to refuse their sanc- 
tion to any additional endowments to the Church of 
Scotland,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Beneficed Clergy of the Diocese 
of Ardagh, praying the House to exempt Incum- 
bents from the repayment of loans advanced for 
building their Nehahieuens, in reland, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The counsel and agents in the case of the Carlow 
Borough Election, being returned to the bar, the 
Clerk appointed to attend the said Committee deli- 
vered in to the House a reduced List; and the same 
was called over as followeth ; 

Frederick Dundas, Esquire, John Rundle, Esquire, 
John Henry Lowther, Esquire, Lord Eliot, the Ho- 
nourable , See Henry Cavendish, Philip Henry 
Howard, Esquire, Thomas Houldsworth, Esquire, 
Francis Bernard Beamish, Esquire, Edmund Tur- 
ner, Esquire, Montagu Edmund Newcombe Parker, 
Esquire, and Thomas Wood, of Brecon, Esquire. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Petition com- 
—— of an undue Election and Return for the 

orough of Carlow, were sworn by the Clerk at the 
Table, in the usual manner ; and thereupon the coun- 
sel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


A Petition of Joseph Mountain, one of the Co- 
roners of the county of Gloucester, complaining of 
the inadequacy of the present remuneration to Co- 
roners, and praying relief, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Burgesses and Inhabitants of the 
borough of Newport, in the Isle of Wight, praying 
that the Municipal Boundaries Bill may not pass 
into a law as it now stands, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Quantities of Coals, Cinders and 
Culm shipped at the several Ports of England, 
Scotland and Ireland, Coastways, to other Ports of 
the United Kingdom, in the year 1837 ; distinguish- 
ing the Quantity shipped at each of the said Ports, 
as compared with the year 1836 :—Of the Quanti- 
ties, and Declared Value of Coals, Cinders and 
Culm exported from the several Ports of England, 
Scotland and Ireland to Foreign Countries, and the 
British Settlements Abroad, in the year 1837 ; dis- 
tinguishing the Countries to which the same were 
sent, and comparing the same with the year 1836 ; 
also distinguishing the Ports of the United King- 
dom from which the same were shipped :—Of the 
Quantities of Coal, Cinders and Culm exported from 
the United Kingdom in the year 1837, with the rate 
and amount of Duty thereon: —And, of the Quan- 








A, 1838. 


tities of Coal brought Coastways, and by Inland 
Navigation, into the Port of London, during the 

ear 1837, comparing the same with the Quantities 
Teunght during the year 1836. 


Mr. Litton presented a Bill to restore the ancient Court of 


Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery in Ireland, en- 
abling Masters ofthat Court upon Petition, to execute 
Renewals of Leases for Lives Containing Covenants 
for Renewal in the Names of Persons bound by such 
Covenants to execute the same, and being out of the 
Jurisdiction of the Court, and to extend such Powers 
to cases of Terms for Years or Lives dependent upon 
Years: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered tobe read a second time upon Thursday next; 
and to be printed. 


Chancery 
(ireland) Bill, 


No. 193. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Prisons. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Returns from the Surgeons of Prisons in England 
and Wales, for the year 1837; showing the Name of 
the Prison, County or District in which the Prison 
is situated, the Average Number of Prisoners, the 
Total Number of Prisoners admitted in 1837, the To- 
tal Number of Cases of Sickness occurring in 1837, 
the Average Number of Persons on the Sick List in 
1837, the Number of Deaths in 1837, the Amount of 
the Surgeon’s Salary, the Amount of Extra Charges 
connected with the Medical Treatment in 1837, on 
what Terms the Medicines are supplied, the Prime 
Cost of the Medicines to the Surgeon, the Name of 
the Surgeon, and, Explanatory Remarks. 

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


Lord Viscount Sandon presented a Bill to enable Grand Junction 
the Grand Junction Railway Company to alter and Railway Bill 


extend the Line of such Railway, and for other pur- 
poses connected therewith : And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Ordered, That the Fishguard Harbour Bill be Fishguard 


read a second time upon Monday next. 


Harbour Bill. 


Mr. Wolverley Attwood reported from the Com- London and 
mittee on the London and Greenwich Railway Bill ; Greenwich 


and to whom the Petition of the Governors of Sain 
Thomas’s Hospital, against the said Bill, was re- 
ferred; That the Standing Orders relative to Bills 
for making Railways did not apply to the present 
case, the application being solely for extending the 
period for the completion of the works for one year ; 
and that the Committee had considered the said 
Petition, and had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true, and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


t Railway Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Charities. 


Returns of the Number of Informations filed in the 
Courts of Equity by the Attorney General, at the 
instance of the Commissioners appointed to inquire 
concerning Charities in England and Wales, from 
the day of the last Return to the present time ; 
specifying the Names of the Defendants, the Objects 
of each Proceeding, the Result of each Case termi- 
nated, the Costs incurred, and to whom and by 
whom paid, and the present state of the Causes in 
progress :—Of the number of Petitions preferred by 
the Attorney General at the instance of the Com- 
missioners; showing what further Proceedings have 
been taken in the several Causes set forth as un- 
settled or pending ; specifying the Results of each 
Cause terminated, the Amount of Costs subsequent 
to the last Return incurred, and by whom and to 
whom paid, and the present stage of. each Cause in 


a :—A Statement of the Total Amount of the 
oney which, since the appointment of the said 
Commissioners, has been advanced by the Treasury, 
on account of the Cost of such Proceedings, and 
the Total Amount which has been received from 

Parties, 








ill, 


1 Victrorti. 


Parties, or out of the Charity Funds, to reimburse 
such Costs; specifying whether such Costs are taxed, 
and by whom the disallowed portion of Costs is 
paid, and the Total Amount of such Disallowance : 
—-A Return of all Informations signed by the At- 
torney General, at the instance of Relators, and of 
Petitions allowed by him since holding the Office 
ef Attorney General, with the Title of each Proceed- 
ing :—and, A Statement of the Total Expenses which 
have been incurred by the Charity Commission, from 
its Commencement in the year 1818 to its final Ter- 
mination; specifying whether any Portion thereof 
remains unpaid, and upon what account. 

Clergy Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 

(Ireland) Return of the Amount of Money which has been re- 
paid by the Parties to whom any Portionof the One 
million voted for the Irish Clergy has been advanced ; 
specifying the Sum originally lent to each Borrower, 
and the Amount still remaining due. 


Ordered, That Mr. John Parker and Mr. Estcourt 
be discharged from any further attendance upon the 
Select Committee on Education. 

Ordered, That Mr. Clay and Mr. Acland be added 
to the Committee. 


Ale and Beer Ordered, that there be laid before this House, a 

(Isle of Maun.) Return of the Quantity of Ale and Beer imported 
into the Port of Whitehaven from the Isle of Mann, 
in the years ending 31st of October, 1834, 1835, 
1836, and 1837; stating the rate of Duty charged ; 
and also, a Return of the Quantity imported from 
3rd November 1837 (being the Date at which an 
Order from the Commissioners of Customs that the 
Duty should no longer be levied, came into opera- 
tion), to the 28th February 1838. 


Grand Jury The Order of the day being read, for the second 
oes reading of the Grand Jury Cess (Ireland) Bill ; 
: Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


Education. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Command,— Papers in explanation of the Measures 
adopted by Her Majesty’s Government for giving 
effect to the Act for the Abolition of Slavery through- 
out the British Colonies 1838 (Part 5.) 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Slavery 
Abolition. 








Veneris, 9° die Martii ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 
HE Clerk of the Crown, attending according 
to Order, amended the Return for the Borough 
of Belfast. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the New- 
castle-under-Lyme Election Petition have leave to 
sit this day till Five of the clock during the Sitting 
of the House. 


Belfast Return. 


Newcastle- 
under-Lyme 
Election, 


Ventilation of 


Mr. Waller, from the Office of the Commissioners 
the House, 


of Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests and Land Re- 
venues, was called in; and at the bar presented, 
pursuant to Order,—Copy of a Letter from Sir Fre- 
derick Trench to Lord Vecosiat Duncannon, on the 
subject of Ventilating the House of Commons, with 
ao Duncannon’s Answer:—And then he with- 
rew. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from the Corporation of Preston ;—and, 
Merchants, Spinners, Manufacturers, Iron Founders, 
Carriers and others of Preston ; praying that the 
Ribble Navigation Bill may pass into a law,—were 
presented, aud read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Vor. 93. 


Ribble Navi- 
gation Bill, 


8°—9° Marti. 





345 


The Ribble Navigation Bill was read a second Ribble Navi- 
time; and committed to Mr. Townley Parker and gation Bill. 
the Lancaster List. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Bristol, praying Tenby 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel me a cae 
or agents, against certain parts of the Tenby Im- piu, oes 
provement and Harbour Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of William Higgins, of Salford, Cotton Manct ester, 
Spinner, praying that he may be heard, a Pe ae Se 
counsel or agent, against certain parts of the Man- Bill or 
chester, Bolton and Bury Canal, &amp;c. Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he 
think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


The Brecon Market Bill was read a second time ; Brecon Market 
and committed to Colonel Wood and the Wales List. Bi!!- 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Farringdon 
of the Petition for the Farringdon Street (London) Street (London) 
Bill, which, upon the: 27th day of February last," * 
was made from the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders relative to Private Bills, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a new Street from Holborn Bridge in the 
city of London towards Clerkenwell Green: And 
that Sir Matthew Wood and Mr. Crawford do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Petitions of Land-owners, Parishioners and In- Necropolis _ 
habitants of the parishes of Hampstead and Saint Cemetery Bill 
Pancras, and Residents and Inhabitants in the 
neighbourhood of Hampstead and Haverstock Hill; 
—Trustees for building a new Parish Church, and a 
Parochial Chapel in the parish of Saint Pancras ;— 
and, Parishioners and Inhabitants of the parish of 
Saint Pancras, and Proprietors of land and pro- 
perty in the same parish; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Necropolis Cemetery Bill,—were 
presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Thomas Isaac Dimsdale, complain- Lough Foyle’ 
ing that the Standing Orders of the House in sy = Drainage Bill 
to the application for the Lough Foyle Drainage Bill, 
had not been complied with, and praying that he 
may be heard, by himself, his agents and witnesses, 
against the same, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Montgomery- 
reading of the Montgomeryshire (Western Branch) — ip nee 
Canal Bill ; au ) Cana 

? . ’ ill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Wednesday next. 


Mr. Chalmers reported from the Select Committee Ardrossan 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Railway. 
the Petition for the Ardrossan Railway Bill, the 
Standing Orders had not been complied with, inas- 
much as the Committee determined it to be a new 
application, and the Parties promoting the measure 
had only complied with the Standing Order, No. 7, 
page 24, as in the case of a renewed application. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 

YY Mr. 








Sheffield 
Improvement 
Bill 


Bishop’s Castle 
and Munslow 
Inclosure. 


Gazeley 
Inclosure 


Negro Appren- 
ticeship. 


Apothecaries 
Act. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Rating of 
Tenements Bill, 


Pluralities. 


346 


Mr. Chalmers reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Sheffield Improvement Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making a new Street or Thoroughfare, and widen- 
ing and improving certain other Streets or Thorough- 
fares within the town and borough of Sheffield, in 
the county of York: And that Mr. John Parker 
and Mr. Ward do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Chalmers reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Bishop’s Castle and Munslow 
Inclosure Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Chalmers reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Gazeley Inclosure Bill, the Stand- 
ing Orders had not been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Petitions from Tiverton; — Deritend ;— High- 
worth ;— Birmingham (three Petitions) ;— Hitchin ; 
~—-Penzance ;— Amington ;— North Petherton ;— 
Bentley (York) ;— Bridgwater (six Petitions) ; — 
Haslingden ; —Ramsbottom ; —Ham (Somerset) ;— 
Long Sutton ;—- Chard, &amp;c.; — Bishops Hull ;— 
Barnstaple ;— Calne ;— Braithwell and Edlington ; 
— Brodsworth, &amp;c.;— Arhksey, &amp;c.;— Cantley and 
Branton ;— Hatfield (York) ;—Sutton and Askern ; 
— Hatfield Woodhouse ;—Tickhill ;— Mexborough ; 
— Doncaster ;— Moss, &amp;c.;— Rossington;--Barmbro’, 
&amp;c. ;—Conisbro’ ;— Hooton Pagnell, &amp;c. ;— Barmby- 
upon-Don, &amp;c. ;—Armthorpe;— March ;— Falmouth; 
—and, Airedale College; praying for the abolition 
of the system of Negro Apprenticeship,—were _pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of James Lawrence Ward, of Leeds, 
Surgeon, praying the House not to grant unto the 
Royal College of Surgeons or Company of Apothe- 
caries any further exclusive privileges than those 
which they now possess, until they shall have proved 
by some practical demonstration their exclusive ca- 
pability of curing, by the simplest and most effectual 
processes, all the diseases of the human frame, was 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Inhabitants of the Union of Arklow; 
—the Provost of Bangor, in the county of Down ; 
—and, Grand Jury of the county of Wexford; pray- 
ing that the Poor Relief (Jre/and) Bill may not pass 
into a law as it now stands,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Guardians of the Freebridge Lynn 
Union ;—and, Barnstaple Union ; praying that the 
Rating of Tenements Bill may pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Rating of Tenements. 

A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of houses and 
buildings in Kidderminster, praying that the said 
Bill may not pass into a law, was also presented, and 
read ; and referred to the said Select Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Abstract of the Number of Clergymen holding 
Livings in Plurality, where one of the Livings so 
held does not exceed £.50 per annum :—The like, 
where one of the Livings so held does not exceed 
£.100 per annum:—The like, where one of the 
Livings so held does not exceed £.150 per annum: 
—The like, where one of the Livings so held does 
not exceed £.200 per annum :—And, the like, where 


9° Martii. 








A. 1838. 


all the Livings so held severally exceed £.200 per 
annum :—Such Abstracts of Returns to be prepared 
from the Report of the Ecclesiastical Conntie- 
sioners. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the county of Dum- Emigration, 
barton, praying the House to secure a free passage 
to all who may wish to emigrate to Canada, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Montrose;—Kelso ;— Roxburgh :— Church of 
and, Arbroath (three Petitions); praying the House Scotland, 
to refuse their sanction to any additional endow- 
ments to the Church of Scotland,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ciergymen and Inhabitants of Innis- Church of 
macsaint, suggesting a reform in the Established !e!a4. 
Church of Ireland, and praying the House to take 
the same into consideration, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Stage Coach Masters, praying for Stage Coach 
the repeal of the Duties on Stage Coaches, was Duties. 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Sunderland ;—and, Walmer ; pray- Municipal 
ing that the Municipal Boundaries Bill may not Boundaries 
pass into a law as it now stands,—were presented, ” 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Bristol, praying Private Bill 
for the abolition of Fees on the passing of Private Fees- 
Bills, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. e 


A Petition of Charles. Pine Coffin, and others, Combmartin 
praying that Provision may be made in the Comb- ®=4s- 
martin Roads Bill for making turnpike the highway 
leading from Kentisbury Ford to the road between 
Barnstaple and Berrynarbor, also the highway 
leading from the said Barnstaple and Berrynarbor 
road to the Ilfracombe turnpike road, and also 
the highway leading from Rowley Cross to Para- 
combe Mill, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 


Bills. 


A Petition of John Wallace, of Parliament-street, Lough Foyle 
Westminster, Agent of the Marquis of Donegall, Swilly Drain 
complaining that the Standing Orders of the House age. 
in respect to the application for the Lough Foyle 
and Lough Swiilly Drainage Bill, had not been com- 
plied with; and praying that he may be heard 
against the same, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Sir Edward Knatchbull reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders relative to Private °°4°' 
Bills, several Resolutions, which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That, in the case of the Petition for Moy Naviga- 
the Moy Navigation Bill, the Standing Orders ought “° 
not to be dispensed with. 

2. Resolved, That, in the case of the Petition for London. 
the London Grand Junction Railway Bill, the Parties aoiess — 
be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

3. Resolved, That, in the case of the Petition for Portland 
the Portland Cemetery Bill, the Standing Orders Cemetey- 
ought not to be dispensed with. 

4. Resolved, That, in the case of the Petition for Newtyle and 
the Newtyle and Coupar Angus Railway Bill, the —. 
Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, so 
far as regards the power to raise a further Sum of 
Money; and that the Committee on the Bill do 
examine, in the first place, how far such Order has 
been complied with, and do report the same to the 
House, on the Report of the Bill. 


5. Resolved, 


Swa 


Har 


T 
} 
0 
J 
f 








Swausea 
Harbour. 


Protestant 
Religion. 


Thirteenth 
Report 

on Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


No, 194. 


Corn Laws, 


Marine 
Insurance. 


Elective 
Iranchise, 


Newcastle and 
North Shields 
Railway. 


Forth Ferries. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act, 


1 VictorizZz. 


5. Resolved, That, in the case of the Petition for 
the Swansea Harbour Bill, the Standing Orders 
ought not to be dispensed with. 

‘he second and fourth Resolutions of the Com- 
mittee, being read a second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Blackheath, praying 
the House seriously to consider how greatly the 
Protestant Church, and succession to the Throne, 
are now endangered by the manifest and formidable 
encroachments of popery in every department of the 
State, and by the encouragement unhappily given 
to its advances by the responsible advisers of the 
Crown; and further praying that immediate mea- 
sures may be taken for the preservation of the Re- 
formed Religion of the United Kingdom, and for 
the maintenance of that freedom and tranquillity 
which, under the blessing of God, are derived there- 
from, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Act; and who 
were empowered to report the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them from time to time to the 
House ; That they had made further Progress in 
the matters to them referred ; and had directed him 
to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

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


A Petition of Inhabitants of Collessie, praying 
for the repeal of the Corn Laws, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners and Traders 
of Arklow, praying for the repeal of the Duty on 
Policies of Marine Insurance, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Electors of the county of Cork, 
praying the House to adopt efficient measures for 
securing to Ireland the purity and freedom of the 
Elective Franchise, and thereby prevent a recurrence 
of the violence, intimidation and denouncement that 
pervaded Jreland during the late Elections, was 
gigas and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Robert Owen, of Mark Lane, in the 
city of London, formerly of North Shields, Gentle- 
man ; — Inhabitants of North Shields ;— and, the 
Company of Proprietors of the Worth Shields Water- 
works ; complaining that the Standing Orders of 
the House in respect to the application for the Vew- 
castle and North Shields Railway Bill, had not been 
complied with ; and praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their agents and witnesses, against 
the same,—were presented, and read; and referred 


to the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town 
Council of Dundee, praying that, in the improvement 
of the Forth Ferries, the House will not fix on any 
particular site for the contemplated low-water piers, 
&amp;c. on the south coast of Fife, until, as a preliminary 
step, the public have the full benefit of a survey and 
report of the coast of Fife to the eastward of King- 
horn, by an intelligent and well-qualified engineer, 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


_ A Petition of Proprietors and Occupiers of land 
in Bradford, in the county of Wilts, praying for the 
amendment of the Poor Law Act, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee 
on the Poor Law Amendment Act. 

Vox. 93. 


9° Marti. 


347 


The Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill was, accord- Copyholds 
ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a 
a Select Committee. nates 

Ordered, That the Committee be nominated upon 
Monday next. 


The Copyholds Improvement Bill was, according Copyholds 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to —_— 


the Select Committee on the Copyholds Enfran-  ~ 
chisement Bill. 


The Manorial Boundaries Bill was, according to Manorial 
j j Boundaries 
Order, read a second time; and committed to the 2° : 


Select Committee on the Copyholds Enfranchisement ~ * 
Bill. 


Resolved, That that this House will, at the rising Adjournment. 
of the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Lord Viscount Ebrington, from the Select Com- Newcastle- 
mittee appointed to try and determine the merits of a 
the Petition of Richard Badnall, of Cotton Hall, “°*"™ 
in the County of Stafford, Esquire, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of New- 
castle-under-Lyme, informed the House that the 
Committee had determined, 

That William Henry Miller, Esquire, is duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this, present Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough of Mewcastle-under- 
Lyme: 

That the Petition of the said Richard Badnall 
did not appear to the said Committee to be frivolous 
or vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not 
appear to the said Committee to be frivolous or 
vexatious. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Lord Viscount Ebrington also informed the House, 
That from evidence taken before the said Com- 
mittee, it appears that a most objectionable practice 
has existed for many years in the Borough of Vew- 
castle-under-Lyme, of distributing money after the 
Election to the poorer Voters : 

That the Committee also think it right to call the 
attention of the House to the fact, that at the last 
Election for Newcastle-under-Lyme, the votes of the 
Electors were taken at the poll in alphabetical 
order, a practice which, from the evidence brought 
before them, the Committee consider as having a 
tendency to facilitate and promote bribery and cor- 
ruption. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Report which was yesterday London and 
made from the Committee on the Zondon and Green- ee 
wich Railway Bill, be printed. a 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Poor Relief 
into a Committee upon the Poor Relief (Zreland) (t«!and) Bill. 
Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 

Crausss, N°s 59 and 60, amended and agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 61, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 62 (Existing surveys to be used, if 
sufficient; if not, Guardians to cause surveys to be 
made) read. 

An Amendment made. 

Amendment proposed, P. 22. 1.15. After the 
word “ direct ”’ to insert the words “ with the con- 

“ sent of two-thirds of the Guardians.” 

Question put, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the { Sir Robert Fergusson, 





Yeas, Sir Robert Bateson : ai. 
Mr. Attorney General for 
~— for the] Ireland, \ 50. 
. Mr. Lynch : J 


Crause, N° 62, amended, and agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 














And 


yYy2 








Escheats Bill. 


Descents Bill. 


Schuols 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Medical 
Charities 
(Treland) Bill. 


Court of 
Session, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Controverted 
Elections Bill, 


Hackney 
Carriages 
(Metropolis) 
Bill. 


Bribery at 
Elections Bill. 


Oaths to 
Witnesses 


(Treland) Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Meaus 


Grand Jury 
Cess (Dublin) 
Bill, 


Glass Duties 
Bill. 


348 9°—10° 


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


Sabbati, 10° die Martii, 1838: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made further 
Progress in the Bill,and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Escheats Bill ; ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Descents Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Schools (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. . 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Medical Charities (Ireland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday, the 28th day of this instant 
March. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Court of 
Session, &amp;c., (Scotland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Contro- 
verted Elections Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Hackney Carriages (Metropolis) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon ekoabe, 
the 21st day of this instant March, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Bribery at Elections Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a*second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Oaths to Witnesses (Jre/and) Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Monday, 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 


resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read for the Com- 
mittzee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Grand Jury Cess (Dublin) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The House was moved, That the several Acts re- 
lating to Glass, and the Duty on Glass, might be 
read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to consolidate and amend the Laws for collecting 








Marti. A. 1838. 


and securing the Duties of Excise on Glass: And 
that Mr. Baring and Mr. Chancellor of the Ex- 
chequer do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Act 1 Vic. c. 33, Post Ofice, 
for the Management of the Post Office, might be 
read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 1 Vic. 
c. 34, for the Regulation of the Duties of Postage, 
might be read; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 1 Vic. 
c. 35, for regulating the sending and receiving of 
Letters and Packets by the Post, free from the 
— of Postage, might be read; and the same was 
read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 1 Vic. 
c. 36, for consolidating the Laws relative to Offences 
against the Post Office of the United Kingdom, and 
for regulating the Judicial Administration of the Post 
Office Laws, and for explaining certain terms and 
expressions employed in those Laws, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the better Government of Her Majesty’s Post 
Office: And that Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer 
and Mr. Baring do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Act of the present Dissenters’ 
Session, c. 5, for the Relief of Quakers, Moravians Declaration 
and Separatists elected to Municipal Offices, might * 
be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the further Relief of Quakers, Moravians and 
Separatists: And that Mr. Solicitor General and 
Mr. Baines do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Baring presented, pursuant to Order,—-A Copy Post Office 
of the Appointment of the Honourable Mr. Primrose (Scotland.) 
to the Office of Cashier and Receiver General of the No. 195, 
Post Office Revenues in Scotland, showing the 
Amount of Salary and other Emoluments, the Date 
of the Appointment, and the Authority under which 
it has been made :—Also, the Amount of the Super- 
annuation Allowance to the late Cashier, and the 
Sum Total now charged to the Public on account 
of the aforesaid Office :—And, a Return of the Names 
of the Officers and Clerks in the present establish- 
ment of the Post Office in Edinburgh; stating the 
Number of years each has served in the Post Office, 
the several Offices held, and the Number of years 
in each of the several Situations ; stating also the 
Amount of Salary and Allowances received by each. 

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


Mr. Baring presented a Bill to consolidate and Glass Duties 
amend the Laws for collecting and securing the Bill. 
Duties of Excise on Glass: And the same was read No. 196. 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Friday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Solicitor General presented a Bill for the fur- Dissenters’ 
ther Relief of Quakers, Moravians and Separatists : Declaration 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered “"* 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and No. 197. 
to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a sligo Sheriffs. 
Copy of all Correspondence between the Irish Go- 
vernment and Mr. Howley, or any other Person or 
Persons, relative to the appointment of High Sheriff 
and Sub-Sheriff for the County of Sligo, for the 
present year. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Rating Rating of 
of Tenements have leave to sit this day, notwith- Tenements. 
standing the adjournment of the House. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- Charity 


: Shari issic ¢_) Commissioners 
nesday next, the Charity Commissioners (Jrelan ) Gectend) “9 


Ordered, 


Bill, was read, and discharged. 








«Captain 
Mitchell’s 
Mission. 


No. 198. 


Savings Banks. 
No. 199. 


Slavery 
Abolition Act. 


No. 154. 


Answer to 
Addresses. 


Penitentiary 
(Milbank. ) 


Criminal 
Offenders. 


1 Victrortz. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday, the 2ist day of this instant 
arch. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Captain 
Mitchell's Mission, which was presented upon Fri- 
day, the 2d day of this instant March, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Savings 
Banks, which was presented upon Monday last, be 
rinted. 
Ordered, That the Papers relative to the Slavery 
Abolition Act, which were presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Lord John Russell reported to the House, That 
their several Addresses of the 27th day of February 
last, and of the 1st, 2d, 5th, 6th and 8th days of this 
instant March (that Her Majesty would be gra- 
ciously pleased to give directions that the Papers 
therein mentioned might be laid before this House,) 
had been presented to Her Majesty; and that Her 
Majesty had commanded him to acquaint this House, 
that She will give directions accordingly. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to several 
Addresses to Her Majesty, Return to an Address 
to Her Majesty, dated the 27th day of February 
last, for Copy of a Letter written by direction of 
the Secretary of State for the Home Department, 
to the Committee for the Management of the Peni- 
tentiary. 

Tables, showing the Number of Criminal Offenders 


9°—10°—12° Marti. 


349 


House of Commons on the 26th day of February 
1835. 

List, No. 85, specifying the Particulars of the 
Compensation yea to be granted to the there 
under-mentioned Person, reduced from the East 
India Company’s Service in England, under an Ar- 
rangement sanctioned by the Board of Commis- 
sioners for the Affairs of Jndia, and laid before the 
Honourable the House of Commons on the 20th day 
of March 1834 :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Divett, from the Select Committee appointed Tralee Election, 


to try and determine the merits of the Petition of 
Rickard O’ Connell and Richard Leyne, Esquires, 
Electors of the Borough of Tralee, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the said borough, 
informed the House, That the Committee had deter- 
mined, 

That John Bateman, Esquire, is not duly elected 
a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Tralee : 

That Maurice O’ Connell, Esquire, is duly elected, 
and ought to have been returned, a Burgess to serve 
in this present Parliament for the said borough : 

That the Petition of Rickard O’Connell and 
Richard Leyne did not appear to the Committee to 
be frivolous or vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not 
appear to the Committee to be frivolous or vexatious. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


committed for Trial or bailed for Appearance at the 
Assizes and Sessions in each County in the year 


Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend Clerk of the 
this House To-morrow, with the last Return for the Crown to 
Borough of Tralee, and amend the same, by rasing *™¢"d Retum, 


East India 
Company, 


East India 
ompany, 


1837, and the result of the Proceedings, made out, 
by order of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of 
State for the Home Department, from the Criminal 
Registers kept in that office. 

‘ _—- That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after twelve of the clock on 
Saturday morning, adjourned till Monday 
next. 





Lune, 12° die Marti; 
Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


MM’ Campbell, from the Court of Directors of 
1 the East India Company, was called in; and 
at the bar presented, pursuant to Order,—A Return, 
in detail, Javing the Amount realized by the Sale 
of the Honourable East India Company’s Assets 
disposed of since the last Return, and showing the 
application of the Funds arising therefrom :—Also, 
a Return of the estimated Value of the Assets, dis- 
tinguishing those sold and not yet due, and those 
sold and over due, which, under the provisions of 
the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 85, are to be sold by the 
said Company for the purposes of the Act:—And, 
a Return, in detail, showing the Amount realized 
from the Sale of the Commercial Assets of the Ho- 
nourable East India Company in India :—Also, of 
the estimated Value of the remainder of the Assets 
of the said Company in India, which, under the 
provisions of the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 85, are to 
be sold by the said Company for the purposes of the 
said Act. 

Mr. Campbell also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—List, No. 84, 
specifying the particulars of the Compensation pro- 
on to be granted to the there under-mentioned 

erson who belonged to the late Maritime Service 
of the East India Company, under an Arrangement 
sanctioned by the Board of Commissioners for the 
— r* and laid before the Honourable the 

(OL. Ud. 





out the name of John Bateman, Esquire, and in- 
serting the name of Maurice O'Connell, Esquire, 
instead thereof. 


A Petition of Directors appointed under the Fishguard 


Fishguard Harbour Act, praying that they may be Harbour Bill. 


heard, by their counsel or agents, against the Fish- 
guard Harbour Bill, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Proprietors of Shares under the 
Fishguard Harbour Act, praying that the said Bill 
may not pass into a law, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Sutton Inclosure Bill was read a second time; gutton 


and committed to Mr. Divett and the Cambridge Inclosure Bill. 


List. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Hereford 


mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the Improvement 


case of the Petition for the Hereford Improvement 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for altering, amending and enlarging the provisions 
of two Acts of Parliament relating to the City of 
Hereford; for removing the Markets held in the 
said City for the sale of Cattle, Horses, Sheep and 
Pigs, and for providing another Market-place for 
the sale of Cattle, Horses, Sheep, Pigs, Hay and 
Straw, in lieu thereof; for abolishing Saint Ethelbert’s 
or the Nine Days Fair held annually in the said 
City, except the first day thereof; and for trans- 
ferrmg the Jurisdiction and the Tolls thereof; and 
for disposing of certain Estates belonging to the See 
of Hereford, and annexing other Estates to the said 
See in lieu thereof: And that Mr. Bolton Clive and 
Sir Robert Price do prepare, aud bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- Edinburgh 


spect of the application for the Edinburgh Courts 
of Justice Bill, which, upon Tuesday last, was 
made from the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That the Report be re-committed to the 
said Select Committee. 


yY3 The 


Courts of 
Justice, 








Bishop's Castle 
and Munslow 
Inclosure Bill. 


Lower King’s 
Ferry Roads 
Bill. 


Taw Vale 
Railway and 
Dock Bill. 


Metropolis 
Improvements. 


Fleetwood 
Tontine Bill. 


Garnkirk 
and Glasgow 
Railway. 


Dean Forest 
Roads Bill. 


Aylesbury 
and Thame 
Road Bill, 


350 12° Martiz. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Bishop’s Castle and Munslow 
Inclosure Bill, which, upon Friday last, was made 
from the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclosing Lands in the Manors or Lordships of 
Bishop’s Castle and Munslow, in the County of Salop : 
And that Mr. Robert Clive and the Earl of Darling- 
ton do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir Stephen Glynne presented a Bill to alter and 
amend the powers and provisions of an Act relating 
to the Lower King’s Ferry Roads, in the Counties 
of Flint and Chester, and for making a new Road 
to communicate therewith, and for other purposes 
relating thereto: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Frederick Hodgson presented a Bill for making 
a Railway from Penhill, in the Parish of Fremington, 
in the County of Devon, to the Town of Barnstaple, 
and for constructing a Dock in the said Parish of 
Fremington, to be called “The Taw Vale Railway 
and Dock :” And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of John Richards, of Cadogan Place, 
Esquire, praying that he may be heard before the 
Select Committee on Metropolis Improvements, 
against the projected new street from Westminster 
Bridge to Saint Margaret’s Hill, in the borough of 
Southwark, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Metropolis Improve- 
ments. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Fleetwood Tontine Bill, which, 
upon Tuesday last, was made from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for establishing a Company for the purpose of assist- 
ing in the building of a new Town, and in formation 
of Works for Trading and Commercial purposes at 
Fleetwood, in the Township of Thornton, in the 
Parish of Poulton-le-Fylde, in the County Palatine 
of Lancaster: And that Mr. Wilson Patten and Mr. 
Bootle Wilbraham do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Garnkirk and Glasgow 
Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had not been 
complied with, inasmuch as the notices had net been 
given either in the Gazette or in one and the same 
Newspaper for three successive weeks; but it ap- 
peared to the Committee, that the notices were given 
four times in October and November in the Gazette, 
and five times in one Newspaper, and also three 
times in the Gazette in September, twice in the 
Glasgow Courier in September, and in the Glasgow 
Argus twice in September, and twice in October 
and November. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Dean Forest Roads Bill, 
the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making, repairing and maintaining certain Roads 
in Her Majesty’s Forest of Dean, and the Waste 
Lands belonging to the said Forest, and in several 
Parishes adjoining thereto, in the County of Glou- 
cester: And that Mr. Grantley Berkeley and Mr. 


Hale do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Aylesbury and Thame 














A. 1838. 


Road Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for repairing and maintaining the Road from Ayles- 
bury to Thame, and the Roads from Thame to Ozx- 
ford, Shillingford, Postcomb and Bicester, in the 
Counties of Buckingham and Oxford: And that the 
Marquis of Chandos and Lord Norreys do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- Saint Helen's 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the = ee 
case of the Petition for the Saint Helen’s and Rér- »;) “"™ 


corn Gap Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had 
been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Saint Helen’s and Runcorn Gap Rail- 
way Company to raise a further Sum of Money, 
and for amending the Provisions of the several Acts 
relating to such Railway: And that Mr. Wilson 
Patten and Mr. Greene do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of the President and Assistants of the Belfast 
Belfast Charitable Society, complaining that the Waterworks 


(No. 2.) 


Standing Orders of the House in respect to the 
application for the Belfast Waterworks (No. 2) Bill, 
had not been complied with, and praying that 
they may be heard, by their agents and witnesses, 
against the same, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Fishguard 
Harbour Bill. 


reading of the Fishguard Harbour Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Sir Thomas Troubridge, 4.) 

Yeas, Mr. Alderman Thompson: f°" * 

Tellers for the! Sir Richard Philipps, 20 

Noes, Mr. John Jones: } . 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; 
and committed. 

Ordered, That the Committee be nominated To- 
morrow. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Se- Public 
lect Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had Petitions. 


examined the Petitions presented from the 7th to 
the 9th days of this mstant March, both inclusive ; 
and had directed him to make a Report thereof to 
the House. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Tithes Commu 
Returns of all Agreements for the Commutation of tation 


Tithes, which have been received by the Tithe Com- 
missioners, from the several Counties of England 
and Wales; specifying the time when received ; and 
also, whether the same have been confirmed or dis- 
allowed, or be still under consideration ; and specify- 
ing, also, in each case, the Amount of Rent-charge 
agreed to be paid in lieu of Tithe to the Clerical 
Incumbent, as well as the Gross Amount of Tithe 
or Composition, which may by the Tithe Commis- 
sioners have been ascertained to have been received by 
such Incumbent, on the average of the Seven years 
previous to Christmas 1835 :—And of the Sums which 

in 





Sla 








Slave Vessels. 


No. 200. 


County Rates 
Bill. 


Supply ; 


Papers, 
referred : 
Army 
Estimates, 
Ordnance 
Estimates, 


1 VicroriZ. 


in each case of Commutation of Tithes have been 
added to the Rent-charge as an equivalent for Rates 
and Taxes heretofore paid by the Tithe-payers. 


Mr. Charles Wood presented, pursuant to Order, 
—A Return of all Slave Vessels captured under the 
late Spanish Treaty by Her Majesty’s Ships, since 
the 1st day of February 1836; distinguishing whe- 
ther having Slaves on board, or under the Equip- 
ment Article, to the latest Date for which the same 
can be prepared ; and stating the Name of the Vessel 
by which each was captured. 

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


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday next, the County Rates Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday, the 28th day of this instant March. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Order of the day for the Committee 
of Supply, be now read ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “ That 
“the” to the end of the Question, in order to add 
the words “ appointment of the Honourable Mr. 
“ Primrose to the Office of Cashier and Receiver 
“ General of the Post Office Revenues in Scotland, 
“« being a person not previously employed in the 
“ Post Office Department, is contrary to the regu- 
“ lations of the Post Office, as established by the 
“ Duke of Richmond, the Postmaster General in 
“ 1831, injurious to the Public Service, and preju- 
dicial to the interests of the established Clerks 
“ and Officers in the Post Office establishment,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Edward John Stanley, } e092 

Yeas, Mr. Robert Steuart : aa: 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hume, } - 

Noes, UMr. Wallace : aie 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply, be now read ; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That the Estimates of Army Services, 
from 1st April 1838 to 31st March 1839, be referred 
to the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Estimates of the Office of 
Ordnance for the year 1838-9, be referred to the 
Committee. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Charr ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ it is the opinion of this House, that the Duty now 
chargeable on all Insurances against Fire, at the 
rate of Three shillings per cent. on each Policy, 
shall cease; and shall henceforward be at the 
rate of One shilling and sixpence in lieu thereof, 
on all such Policies, being a reduction of one half 
the former amount,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Sir George Grey, 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. For Man hi 

Colonel Sibthorp, 
Tellers for theNoes,| Se. Hveeee: L 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


cc 


‘&lt; 


wn 


“ 
if 
¢ 
ce 
&lt; 


- 


a. 


1 
Yh 


12° Marti. 


351 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Land Forces, 


number of Land Forces, not exceeding Eighty-nine 
thousand three hundred and five Men (exclusive of 
the Men belonging to the Regiments employed in 
the Territorial Possessions of the East India Com- 
pany), Commissioned ana Non-commissioned Of- 
ficers included, be maintained, for the Service of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, from 
the 1st day of April 1838 to the 31st day of March 
1839. 

Whereupon a Motion was made, and Question 
put, That a number of Land Forces, not exceeding 
Seventy-nine thousand three hundred and five Men, 
(exclusive of the Men belonging to the Regiments 
employed in the Territorial Possessions of the East 
India Company), Commissioned and Non-commis- 
sioned Officers included, be maintained, for the 
Service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Ireland, from the 1st day of April 1838 to the 
31st day of March 1839 ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the | Mr. Hume, } 11 


Yeas, Mr. Gillon : 
Tellers for the ¢ Lord .Dalmeny, 7 121] 
Noes, Mr. Robert Steuart: f spi 


1. Resolved, That a number of Land Forces, not 
exceeding Eighty-nine thousand three hundred and 
five Men (exclusive of the Men belonging to the 
Regiments employed in the Territorial Possessions 
of the East India Company), Commissioned and 
Non-commissioned Officers included, be maintained. 
for the Service of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, from the 1st day of April 1838 
to the 31st day of March 1839. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
millions two hundred and fifty-two thousand nine 
hundred and sixty-two pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Her Majesty’s 
Land Forces, for Service in the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, and on Stations Abroad 
(excepting the Regiments employed in the Territorial 
Possessions of the East India Company), from the 
1st day of April 1838 to the 31st day of March 
1839, both days inclusive. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and fifty-two thousand five hundred and sixty- 
six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for defray- 
ing the Charge of General Staff Officers, and Officers 
of the Hospitals, serving with Her Majesty’s Forces 
in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, and on Foreign Stations (excepting India), and 








Vou. 93. 


of Her Majesty’s Garrisons of the Tower of Lon- 
don, for the year, from the 1st day of April 1838 to 
the 31st day of March 1839, both days inclusive. 


4, Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty-seven Public Military 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for Departments, 


defraying the Charge of the Allowances to the Prin- 
cipal Officers of the several Public Military Depart- 
ments in Great Britain, their Deputies, Clerks, and 
Contingent Expenses, for the year, from the 1st day 
of April 1838 to the 31st day of March 1839, both 
days inclusive. 


5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifteen Royal Military 
thousand eight hundred and three pounds, be granted Asylum, &amp;c. 


to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of the 
Royal Military Asylum, and of the Hibernian Mili- 
tary School, for the year, from the 1st day of April 
1838 to the 31st day of March 1839, both days in- 
clusive. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifteen 
thousand nine hundred and eighty-one pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Rewards for distinguished Military Services; and 
also, of Allowances to Officers of Her Majesty’s 
Garrisons, holding their Appointments as Rewards 

yy4 for 


Charge for - d° 


General 
Staff Officers, 


Rewards for 
Militar 'y Ser- 


vice, 








352 


for Military Service, in the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, and on Foreign Stations, for 
the year, from the 1st day of April 1838 to the 31st 
day of March 1839, both days inclusive. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and three thousand pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of the Pay of 
General Officers in Her Majesty’s Forces, not being 
Colonels of Regiments, for the year, from the 1st 
day of April 1838 to the 31st day of March 1839, 

both days inclusive. 
Full Pay for 8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty 
eo +l thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
“defraying the Charge of Full Pay for Reduced and 
Retired Officers of Her Majesty's Forces, for the 
year, from the 1st day of April 1838 to the 31st 
day of March 1839, both days inclusive. 

9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five hun- 
dred and twenty-nine thousand pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Half 
Pay and Military Allowances to Reduced and Re- 
tired Officers of Her Majesty’s Land Forces, for the 
year, from the 1st day of April 1838 to the 31st day 
of March 1839, both days inclusive. 


Pay of General 
Officers. 


Half Pay to d° 


~— Pay, &amp;c, 10, Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty- 
Offices. ‘ine thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to 


Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Half Pay 


12° Marti. 





A. 1838. 


reported, That the Committee had come to severa] 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, That he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Pour Relies 
mittee on the Poor Relief (Zreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill,. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Benefices 
mittee on the Benefices Plurality Bill ; Plurality Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday, 
the 26th day of this instant March, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Municipal 
mittee on the Municipal Corporations (Jreland) Bill; (okey 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday, - 
the 26th day of this instant March, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Intimidation of 
reading of the Intimidation of Voters Bill; Voters Bill 





and Reduced Allowances to Officers of Disbanded | 
Foreign Corps, of Pensions to Wounded Foreign | 
Officers, and of Allowances to the Widows and | 
Children of Deceased Foreign Officers, for the year, | 
from the 1st day of April 1838 to the 31st day of 
March 1839, both days inclusive. 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and forty-eight thousand six hundred and fifty | 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying | 
the Charge of Pensions to be paid to the Widows | 
of Officers of the Land Forces, for the year, from the | 
1st day of April 1838 to the 31st day of March 1839, | 
both days inclusive. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and thirty-nine thousand pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Allow- 
ances on the Compassionate List ; of Allowances as 
of Her Majesty’s Royal Bounty, and of Pensions, 
Gratuities and Allowances to Oflicers for Wounds, 
for the year, from the 1st day of April 1838 to the 
3ist day of March 1839, both days inclusive. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One mil- | 
lion three hundred and ten thousand four hundred | 
and seventy-four pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, | 
for defraying the Charge of Chelsea and Kilmainham | 
Hospitals ; of the In-Pensioners of those Establish- | 
ments ; of the Out-Pensioners of Chelsea Hospital, | 
and of Pensions granted to discharged Negro Sol- 


Widows’ 
Pensions. 


Compassionate 
List. 





Chelsea and 
Kilmainham 
Hospitals. 


diers, for the year, from the 1st day of April 1838 | 
to the 31st day of March 1839, both days inclusive. | 


14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Forty- | mittee on the Oaths to Witnesses (Ireland) Bill; 
four thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, | 


Superannuation 
Allowances. 


for defraying the Charge of Allowances, Compen- 
sations and Emoluments in the nature of Superan- 
nuation or Retired Allowances, to Persons formerly 
belonging to the several Military Public Depart- 


7 2 ih | mittee of Ways and Means; 
ments in the United Kingdom of Great Britain | 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday, the 30th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Sheriff Courts 
further consideration the Report on the Sheriff (Scvtlaud) Bill 
Courts (Scotland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for nominating Copyholds 
the Select Committee on the Copyholds Enfran- Enfranchise- 
chisement Bill ; mee oe. 

Ordered, That the Committee do consist of 
Twenty-one Members. 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Attorney 

General, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Goulburn, Sir Ed- 
ward Knatchbull, Sir James Graham, Sir William 
Follett, Mr. Yorke, Mr. Darby, Mr. Freshfield, 
Mr. James Stewart, Mr. Hayter, Mr. Lynch, Mr. 
Duckworth, Mr. Strutt, Mr. Aglionby, Mr. Shaw 
Lefevre, Mr. Ayshford Sanford, Mr. William John 
Blake, Lord Viscount Eastnor, Mr. William Miles, 
and Mr. Wrightson, with Power to send for persons, 
papers and records. 


Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Schools 
reading of the Schools (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday, the 23d day of this instant March. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- a&gt; od 
itu 
id) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday aad 


| next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
| 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 


Means. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


and Ireland, for the year, from the 1st day of April | next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


1858 to the 31st day of March 1839, both days in- 
__ * clusive, 

Cape of Good 15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ten thou- 

isbn! Feree,) Sand pounds, be granted to Her Majest 

visional Force.) Sand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for de- 
fraying the Charge which will probably be incurred 
for the Maintenance, Clothing and other Expenses 
of the Provisional Force which has been raised for 
the Temporary Service of Her Majesty at the Cape 
of Good Hope, for the year, from the 1st day of 
April 1838 to the 31st day of March 1839, both 
days inclusive. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 


| The Dissenters’ Declaration Bill was, according pissenters’ 
‘to Order, read a second time; and committed to Declaration 
_a Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. *"" 

| Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Prisons 
‘in Scotland: And that Mr. Fox Maule, the Lord 
Advocate, and Lord John Russell do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to — a Bill Bankrupts’ 

for regulating the Sequestration of the 

Bankrupts in Scotland: And that the Lord Advo- 
cate 


states of (Scotland) Bill. 


improve the System of Prisons and Prison iT (Scotland) Bill. 


(Se 


El 








1 Vicroriz. 


cate and Mr. Attorney General do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


Bankruptcy — ; 
(Scotland) Bill. t4 amend the Law of Scotland in matters relating 
to Bankruptcy, Personal Diligence, Arrestments, 


Poinding of Goods, Inhibitions, Adjudications, Ju- 
dicial Sales, Powers of Sale, and Poindings of the 
Ground : And that the Lord Advocate and Mr. At- 
torney General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Prisons Mr. Fox Maule presented a Bill to improve Prisons 
(Scotland) Bill. and Prison Discipline in Scotland: And the same 
No.201. was read.the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Wednesday, the 21st day of this 

instant March; and to be printed. 


Reading 
Elections 


Ordered, That the Sheriff of the County of Berks 
do bring Thomas Pike, in safe custody, Teena, 
to the Select Committee on the Reading Election 
Petition, in order to his being examined as a witness, 
and so from time to time as often as his attendance 
shall be thought necessary ; and that Mr. Speaker 
do issue his Warrants accordingly. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give. directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of any further Reports or Papers 
which may vw been received at the Office of the 
Secretary of State for the Home Department, with 
reference to the case of the two paupers, John Welsh 
and William Ray, recently confined in the Peniten- 
tiary at Milbank. 

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


Penitentiary 
(Milbank. ) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of Outrages reported to the Constabulary 
Office, Dublin, as having occurred during the months 
of January and February last. 


Outrages 
(Ireland.) 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copy of a Despatch and its Inclosures, ad- 
dressed to Earl Amherst by the Earl of Aberdeen, 
on the 2d April 1835. 

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


Lower Canada. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of immediate and deferred 
Annuities for Lives and for terms of years, granted 
through the Savings Banks in England, Wales, 
Scotland and Ireland, up to the 10th day of March 
1838, in accordance with the Act of 3 Will. 4, c.14; 
distinguishing the Savings Banks through which 
such Annuities were granted. 


Savings Banks. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Martis, 13° die Marti ; 


Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 








PRAYERS. 
Ste County, T HE hour appointed for taking into considera- 
‘gl = tion the Petition of William Fitzwilliam Burton, 
Dublin City of Burton Hall; Philip Bagnall, of the Town of | 
Elections. Carlow; Robert Clayton Browne, of Viewmount ; 


and Samuel Houghton, of the Town of Carlow, all 
in the County of Carlow, Esquires, Freeholders 
and Electors of the said County of Carlow, on be- 
half of themselves and others claiming a right to 
vote for Members to serve in Parliament for the said 
county, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 


turn for the County of Carlow, being come ; 
Voz. 93. 


12°—13° Marti. 





353 
Mr. Speaker took the Chair. 
The Serjeant at Arms was sent with the Mace to 
the places adjacent to require the attendance of the 


Members on the business of the House; and being 
returned ; 


The Clerk of the Crown attending according to Tralee Return. 
Order, amended the Return for the Borough of 
Tralee. 


Then the House was counted by Mr. Speaker ; 
and three hundred and fifty-nine Members being 
present ; 

And the Petition of the several Persons whose 
names are thereunto subscribed, Electors of the Bo- 
rough of Walsall, in the County of Stafford, who 
had, and claim to have had, a right to vote at the last 
election of a Member to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the said borough, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the said borough, 
being also ordered to be taken into consideration 
upon this day ; 

And the Petition of Edward Cottingham, of Bel- 
field, in the County of Dublin, Esquire, Roger 
Chambers Walker, of No. 2,Granby Row, in the City 
of Dublin, Esquire, Barrister-at-law, John Phayre, 
of No. 62, William Street, in the City of Dublin, 
Builder, and William Evans, of No. 27, Aungier 
Street, in the City of Dublin, House-painter, Elec- 
tors of the City and County of the City of Dublin, 
on behalf of themselves and others claiming a right 
to vote, and who were entitled to vote, and voted at 
the last Election of Members to serve in Parliament 
for the said city and county of the same, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the said 
city, being also ordered to be taken into considera- 
tion upon this day ; 

The several. Parties, their counsel and agents, 
were called in. 


And the door being locked ; 

The Order of the day, for taking into considera- Carlow County 
tion the said Petition complaining of an undue Elec- Election. 
tion and Return for the County of Carlow, was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn and 
read in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was 
completed :—And Lists of the said names were de- 
livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 
mittee on the Carlow County Election; and then 
the door was opened, and the Parties, their coun- 
sel and agents, withdrew. 


And the door being again locked ; 

The Order of the day, for taking into considera~ Walsall 
tion the said Petition complaining of an undue Elec- Election. 
tion and Return for the Borough of Walsall, was 
read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn and 
read in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names 
was completed :—And Lists of the said names were 
delivered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 
mittee on the Walsall Election ; and then the door 
was opened, and the Parties, their counsel and 
agents, withdrew. 


And the door being again locked ; 

The Order of the day, for taking into considera- Dublin City 
tion the said Petition, complaining of an undue Elec- Election. 
tion and Return for the City of Dublin, was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn and 
read, in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was 
completed :—And Lists of the said names were de- 
livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 
mittee on the City of Dublin Election; and then 
the door was opened, and the Parties, their counsel 
and agents, withdrew. 


The counsel and agents, in the case of the Carlow Calow County 
County Election, being returned to the bar, the Clerk Election. 
appointed to attend the said Committee delivered in 

ZZ to 





| 





Fourteenth 
Report on 
Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


No. 202. 


Dundalk and 
Dunleer Road 
Bill. 


Aberbroth wick 
Harbour. 


Linlithgow 
Road. 


Fwyford and 
Theale Roads. 


354 13° Marti. 


to the House a reduced List ; and the same was called 
over as followeth ; 

Paulet Saint John Mildmay, Esquire, Lord Vis- 
count Cantilupe, Sir John Owen, Baronet, the 
Honourable Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird, William 
Alexander Machinnon, Esquire, John Dennistoun, 


Esquire, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Joseph Neeld, 


Esquire, the Honourable Cornelius O’ Callaghan, the | 


Honourable William Henry Ashe A’Court Holmes, 
and Edward Royd Rice, Esquire. 

And the. said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Petition 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the County of Carlow, were sworn by the Clerk at 
the Table in the usual manner; and thereupon the 
counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Act ; and who 
were empowered to report the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them from time to time to 
the House; That they had made further Progress 
in the matters to them referred; and had directed 
him to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them. 

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


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Commitee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case 
of the Petition for the Dundalk and Dunleer Road 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
renewing and extending the term, and amending, 
extending and enlarging the powers of the Acts for 
amending the Road from Dundalk to Dunleer, in 
the County of Louth: And that Mr. Bellew and 
Mr. Chester do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Aberbrothwick Harbour Bill, the 
Standing Orders had not been complied with, inas- 
much as Copies of the Plan, Section and Book of 
Reference were not deposited in the Private Bill 
Office till the 22nd of January 1838, and as the es- 
timate for the work is £63,000, and a further Sum 
of £12,500 is to be paid to the Magistrates and Town 
Council as a consideration for the transfer of the 


Harbour from them to new trustees, and the funds | 


in the power of the Corporation which they propose 


to apply to making the work amount only to a ree | 


venue of £2,103 per annum. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 


on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 


the Petition for the Linlithgow Road Bill, the Stand- 
ing Orders had not been complied with, inasmuch as 
only one Copy of the Plan and Section of the said 
intended Road was deposited with the principal 
Sheriff Clerk of the county of Linlithgow; and as 


Copies of the said Plans, Sections and Books of | 
Reference were not deposited in the Private Bill 


Office till the 22nd of January 1838. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on Petition for Private Bills; That in the case of the 
Petition for the Twyford and Theale Roads Bill, the 
Standing Orders had not been complied with, inas- 
much as the Notices had not been given in the Lon- 
don Gazette. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders, 





A. 1838. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee New Brunswick 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of the "4 NovaScotia 
| Petition for the New Brunswick and Nova Scotia yay" °™"Y 

Land Company Bill, no Standing Orders were ap- 
| plicable. 
| Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
| for granting further powers to the New Brunswick 
and Nova Scotia Land Company, and for amending 
an Act of the fourth year of his late Majesty relative 
to that Company: And that Sir Matthew Wood and 
Mr. Easthope do prepare and bring it in. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Lady Kirk 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of os Norham 
the Petition for the Lady Kirk and Norham (Tweed) °°) Bridge. 
Bridge Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Kirkstall, 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of lkley and 
the Petition for the Kirkstall, Ilkley and Shipley mg odes 
Road Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to vary and alter the Lines of the Kirkstall, Ilkley 
and Shipley District of Road, and for making a 
new Road from the Otley Branch Road in the said 
District, to Burley, in the parish of Otley, all in the 
West Riding of the county of York: And that Sir 
George Strickland and Mr. Lister do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee padley Hil 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of and Killingball 
the Petition for the Dudley Hill and Killinghall ®o*4 Bill. 
Road Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for more effectually repairing, improving and main- 
taining the Dudley Hill and Killinghall Turnpike 
Road, and for making a new Road therefrom to 
communicate with the Leeds and Harrogate Turn- 
pike Road, all in the West Riding of the county of 
York: And that Sir George Strickland and Mr. 


Lister do prepare, and bring it in. 





Petitions from Kelso ;— Irvine ; — Montrose ;— zainburgh 
Lochwinnock ;-— Falkirk ; — Anstruther Easter ;— «nd Glasgow 
Ayr ;— Dundee (two Petitions);— Dunfermline ;— Railway Bill. 
Cupar ;—and, Kincardine; praying that the Edin- 
burgh and Glasgow Railway Bill may pass into a 
a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 


| upon the Table. 





The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill was fainburgh 
| read a second time; and committed to Lord William and Glasgow 


| 


| Bentinck and the West Scotland List. Railway Bill. 


| Mr. Robert Clive presented a Bill for inclosing pishop’s Castle 


| Lands inthe Manors of Bishop’s Castle and Munslow, and Munslow 


in the County of Salop: And the same was read the Iuclosure Bill. 


| first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


| The Committee on the Fishguard Harbour Bill Fishguard ‘ 
was, according to Order, nominated of Mr. Poulett Harbour Bill. 
Thomson and the Wales List. 


} 


| forth ;—Eye;—Kilmarnock ;—- Tillingham :—- Alston; ticeship. 
| — Hadleigh ;— Auchtermuchty (Chairman of a Meet- 
ing) ;—Lambourn ;—County of Sligo ;—Borough of 
| Sligo ;— Wincanton ;— South Cheriton and Temple 
Coombe ;—and, Laugharne ; praying for the aboli- 
tion of the system of Negro Apprenticeship,— were 
| presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


| Table. 
| 


| Petitions from Paisley (United Secession Church); Church of 
| —Paisley (Moderator and Session Clerk of the Re- Scotland. 
| lief Church) ; — Stirling and Falkirk (Moderator 


and 


Petitions from Macelesfield;—-Barnstaple ;— Hors- Negro Appten- 


Mu 
Bou 
Bill. 


Res 
of \ 


Wz 
Ek 





Municipal 
Boundaries 
Bill. 


Registration 
of Voters. 


Walsall 
Election, 


Foreign Corn, 


Linen, &amp;e., 


Manufactures 


(Ireland) Act, 


Education 
(Ireland.) 


Charch 
Property, 





1 Vicroriz. 
and Presbytery Clerk) ;—and, Perth; praying the 


House to refuse their sanction to any additional 
Endowments to the Church of Scotland, —- were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Evesham ; — Saffron Walden ; — 
Richmond ( York) ;—Sudbury (two Petitions) ;—and, 
Heworth ; praying that the Municipal Boundaries 
Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands,— 


were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Burgesses 
and Inhabitants of Richmond, in the county of York, 
praying for an alteration of that part of the Reform 
of Parliament Act which relates to the mode of re- 
gistering Electors, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The counsel and agents, in the case of the Walsall 
Election, being returned to the bar, the Clerk ap- 
pointed to attend the said Committee delivered in 
to the House a reduced List; and the same was 
called over, as followeth ; 

William Villiers Stuart, Esquire, the Honourable 
William Sebright Lascelles, William Rookes Cromp- 
ton Stansfield, Esquire, Edward Ayshford Sanford, 
Esquire, James Duff, Esquire, Thomas William 
Chester Master, Esquire, Hedworth Lambton, Es- 
quire, Sir Matthew Wood, Baronet, Henry Charles 
Sturt, Esquire, John Temple Leader, Esquire, and 
Thomas Slingsby Duncombe, Esquire. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Petition 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Walsall, were sworn by the Clerk 
at the Table, in the usual manner; and thereupon 
the counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet 
forthwith in one of the Committee Chambers ap- 
pointed for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elec- 
tions. 


A Petition of Members of the Chamber of Com- 
merce at the port of Hull, praying that Foreign 
Wheat in bond may be permitted to be ground into 
Flour for exportation, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Bleachers, Linen Merchants, Manu- 
facturers and others interested in the Linen trade 
of the county of Donegal, praying for the renewal 
of the Linen and Hempen Manufactures (Ireland) 
Act, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Inhabitants of Saul ;—Clergy of 
the united dioceses of Down and Connor ;—and, 
Inhabitants of Killead; praying that, if any grant 
be made for general Instruction in Jreland, such 
grant be accompanied by a provision which shall 
enable the Petitioners, with a safe conscience, to 
profit by the bounty of Parliament, in availing them- 
selves of a system of Education from which the 
poorest children in the land may derive valuable 
secular instruction, together with, but in subordina- 
tion to, sound religious learning, and which there 
is reason to be assured, from former experience, may 
be so conducted as not to withhold a participation 
in its benefits from children who belong to com- 
munions different from the Petitioners,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Petitions from Saint George-the-Martyr, Canter- 
bury ;—and, Halsted; praying that in the event of 
any inquiry being instituted into the mode of grant- 
ing and renewing Leases of Ecclesiastical Property, 
all increase of revenue that may arise may be left at 

Vo. 93. 


13° Marti. 








355 


the disposal of the Church, to supply the deficiency 
of spiritual instruction for the people,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners, Traders 
and others, Inhabitants of London and Westminster, 
praying the House to cause such alterations to be 
made in the Coal Trade (Port of Zondon) Bill as 
shall effect a free and open competition in the 
trade of coals, and enable the Petitioners, and 
in particular the poorer classes of the metropolis, 
to buy this primary necessary of life at a much 
cheaper rate ; and appoint such enlarged and suit- 
able accommodation out of the River Thames for 
the discharge of coal-laden ships coming to the 
port of London, as shall provide a sufficient supply 
of coals at all seasons to the London market, 
and be the means of effectually relieving the navi- 
gation of the Port by the removal of colliers from 
the river, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on the Coal Trade (Port of 
London) Bill. 


Cova] Trade 
(Por tofLone 
don) Bill. 


Petitions from Canterbury ;— Carmarthen ;—and, soap 


Llanelly ; praying for the repeal of the Duty on 
Soap,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Mechanics’ Insti- Leamington — 


tution of Leamington Priors, praying the House to 
include in the Leamington Priors Improvement Bill 
provision for enabling the Commissioners to be ap- 
pointed under the said Bill to grant, either as a 
gift or loan, unto the Petitioners’ committee a 
sum or sums annually, out of the rates to be raised 
under the said Bill, for the purpose of assisting in 
promoting the objects of the said institution, either 
generally, or for enabling the Petitioners to purchase 
land, and build rooms for the general purposes of 
the institution, or purchase and alter buildings 
already built for those purposes; and also a pro- 
vision enabling such Commissioners to allow to the 
Petitioners the use of any public building or build- 
ings under their management, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor of the borough of Clithe- 
roe, praying the House to grant to the merchants of 
Manchester the privilege of bonding the produce 
and other commodities imported by them, in ware- 
houses situated within the boroughs of Manchester 
and Salford, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Airdrie;—and, Lennoxtown ; pray- 
ing for the repeal of the Corn Laws,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Kirkintilloch, pray- 
ing for the repeal of the Corn Laws, and for the 
extension of the Elective Franchise to all House- 
holders, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


The counsel and agents, in the case of the ¢ ity 
of Dublin Election, being returned to the bar, the 
Clerk appointed to attend the said Committee de- 
livered mm to the House a reduced List; and the 
same was called over, as followeth ; 

Edward George Barnard, Esquire, George Byng, 
Esquire, Sir James Rivett Carnac, Charles Gray 
Round, Esquire, Lord Seymour, Edward Stanley, 
Esquire, James Buller East, Esquire, William Au- 
gustus Johnson, Esquire, William Evans, Esquire, 
Ellis Cunliffe Lister, Esquire, and Fitzstephen 
French, Esquire. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Petition 

zZ2 complaining 


Priors Improve- 


ment, 


Bonding 
Warehiouses. 


Corn Laws. 


Corn Laws 


and Household 


Suffrage. 


Dublin 
Election. 








Message from 
the Lords. 


Thames Watere 
men Bill. 


Spain. 


Registration 
of Voters 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Robert 
Breakey. 


Qualification 
of Members 
Bill. 


Supply ; 


Land Forces. 


Charge for d°. 


356 


complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Gity of Dublin, were sworn by thé Clerk at the 
Table, in the usual manner; and thereupon the 
counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with, in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer and 

Mr. Brougham: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to explain an Act made and passed in the seventh 
and eighth years of the reign of his late Majesty 
King George the Fourth, intituled, “‘ An Act for the 
better Regulation of the Watermen and Lightermen 
in the River Thames between Yantlet Creek and 
Windsor ;”” to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House :—And then the Messengers 
withdrew. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
the substance or purport of any Communications 
from the Spanish F a set or the British Minis- 
ter at Madrid, expressive of the opinions of Her 
Catholic Majesty’s Government of the Service or 
Assistance which may have been rendered to Spain, 
or to the Spanish Army, by the British Auxiliary 
Legion, during the period from the 10th June 1835 
to the termination of their engagement of Service on 
the 10th June 1837. 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Laws relating to the Registration of 
Voters in Ireland: And that Mr. Attorney General 
for Ireland and Lord Viscount Morpeth do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


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


Mercurii, 14° die Martii, 1838: 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Correspondence which has taken place 
between the Jrish Government and the Governors 
or Officers of the Belfast Lunatic Asylum, respect- 
ing the case of Robert Breakey, sent to that Asylum, 
by order of the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland, from the 

aol of the County of Down, in April 1836; together 
with Copies of all Resolutions of the said Governors, 
touching that case, transmitted to the Zrish Govern- 
ment. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Qualification of Members Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Baring, by Order, reported from the Com- 
mittee of Supply, several Resolutions, which were 
read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That a number of Land Forces, not 
exceeding Eighty-nine thousand three hundred and 
five Men (exclusive of the Men belonging to the 
Regiments employed in the Territorial Possessions 
of the East India Company), Commissioned and 
Non-commissioned Officers included, be maintained, 
for the service of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, from the 1st day of April 1838 
to the 31st day of March 1839. ‘ 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
millions two hundred and _ fifty-two thousand nine 
hundred and sixty-two pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Her Majesty’s 
Lani Forces, for service in the United Kingdom of 


13°—14° Martiz. 








A. 1838. 


Great Britain and Ireland, and on Stations Abroad 
(excepting the Regiments employed in the Territorial 
Possessions of the East India Company), from the 
1st day of April 1838 to the 31st day of March 
1839, both days inclusive. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and fifty-two thousand five hundred and sixty- 
six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying 
the Charge of General Staff Officers, and Officers 
of the Hospitals, serving with Her Majesty’s Forces 
in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, and on Foreign Stations (excepting India), 
and of Her Majesty’s Garrison of the Tower of 
London, for the year from the 1st day of April 1838 
to the 31st day of March 1839, both days inclusive. 


4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty- Public Military 
Departments, 


seven thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for defraying the Charge of the Allowances to the 
Piincigal Officers of the several Public Military 
Departments in Great Britain, their Deputies, 
Clerks, and Contingent Expenses, for the year 
from the 1st day of April 1838 to the 31st day of 
March 1839, both days inclusive. 


5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifteen Royal Military 


thousand eight hundred and three pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of the 
Royal Military Asylum, and of the Hibernian Mili- 
tary School, for the year from the 1st day of April 
1838 to the 31st day of March 1839, both days 
inclusive. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifteen 
thousand nine hundred and eighty-one pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge 
of Rewards for distinguished Military Services ; and 
also, of Allowances to Officers of Her Majesty’s 
Garrisons, holding their Appointments as Rewards 
for Military Service, in the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, and on Foreign Stations, 
for the year from the 1st day of April 1838 to the 
31st day of March 1839, both days inclusive. 


7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- Pay of General 


dred and three thousand pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of the Pay of 
General Officers in Her Majesty’s Forces, not being 
Colonels of Regiments, for the year from the 1st 
day of April 1838 to the 31st day of March 1839, 
both days inclusive. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 


General 
Officers, 


Asylum, &amp;e. 


Rewards for 
Military Ser- 


vice, 


Officers. 


Full Pay for 


Reduced and 


Retired 


defraying the Charge of Full Pay for Reduced and Officers. 


Retired Officers of Her Majesty’s Forces, for the 
year from the 1st day of April 1858 to the 31st 
day of March 1839, both days inclusive. 


9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five hun- Half Pay to 


dred and twenty-nine thousand pounds, be granted 
to Her Maiesty, for defraying the Charge of Half 
Pay and Military Allowances to Reduced and Re- 
tired Officers of Her Majesty’s Land Forces, for 
the year from the 1st day of April 1838 to the 31st 
day of March 1839, both days inclusive. 


10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty- 
nine thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Half Pay 
and Reduced Allowances to Officers of Disbanded 
Foreign Corps, of Pensions to wounded Foreign 
Officers, and of Allowances to the Widows and 
Children of deceased Foreign Officers, for the year 
from the 1st day of April 1838 to the 31st day of 
March 1839, both days inclusive. 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
hundred and forty-eight thousand six hundred and 
fifty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for defray- 
ing the Charge of Pensions to be paid to the Widows 
of Officers of the Land Forces, for the year from 
the Ist day of April 1838 to the 31st day of March 
1839, both days inclusive. 


12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding eae a 
ast. 


hundred and thirty-nine thousand pounds, be grante 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Allow- 
ances 


Half Pay 


to Foreign 


Widows’ 
Pensions. 


Che 


Kiln 
Hos 


Soy 
All 








1 Vicroria. 


ances on the Compassionate List ; of Allowances as 
of Her Majesty’s Royal Bounty; and of Pensions, 
Gratuities and Allowances to Officers for Wounds, 
for the year from the 1st day of April 1838 to the 
31st day of March 1839, both days inclusive. 


13°—14° Martz. 


357 


Stores furnished for the erection of Batteries on 
shore, or Draught Cattle or Forage for the Artillery 
employed on shore, as well as any other Expenses 
defrayed by the Ordnance Department, connected 
with the Naval or Military Service in Spain :—Re- 


Chelsea and 13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One| capitulation of the Expense under each head, and 
— million three hundred and ten thousand four hun- | the Total Value of the same, and whether any part 
ospitals. 


Superannuation 
Allowances. 


Cape of Good 
Hope (Provi- 
sional Force. ) 


dred and seventy-four pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Chelsea and 
Kilmainham Hospitals ; of the In-Pensioners of 
those Establishments ; of the Out-Pensioners of 
Chelsea Hospital ; and of Pensions granted to dis- 
charged Negro Soldiers, for the year from the 1st 
day of April 1838 to the 31st day of March 1839, 
both days inclusive. 

14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Forty- 
four thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for defraying the Charge of Allowances, Compen- 
sations and Emoluments, in the nature of Super- 
annuation or Retired Allowances, to persons formerly 
belonging to the several Military Public Departments 
in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, for the year from the Ist day of April 1838 
to the 31st day of March 1839, both days inclusive. 

15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ten 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Charge which will probably be incurred 
for the Maintenance, Clothing and other Expenses 
of the Provisional Force, which has been raised for 
the Temporary Service of Her Majesty at the Cape 
of Good Hope, for the year from the 1st day of 
April 1838 to the 31st day of March 1839, both 
days inclusive. 

The two first Resolutions of the Committee, being 
read a second time, were agreed to. 

The subsequent Resolutions of the Committee, 
being read a second time, were postponed. 

Ordered, That the Resolutions which have been 
postponed, be taken into further consideration upon 
Friday next. 





of the Expense has been received by the Ordnance 
Department :—Return of the Naval Slops and Pro- 
visions issued from any of Her Majesty’s Victual- 
ling Yards to the respective Ships of War and 
Transports, composing the Squadron of Lord John 
Hay on the North Coast of Spain, from the 1st 
September 1834 to the 1st of January 1838; speci- 
fying the Quantities and the Money Value thereof, 
and the Quantities and Value of the said Naval 
Slops and Provisions issued either to the British 
Legion, or to the Forces of Her Majesty the Queen 
of Spain:—And, of the Periods to which the Cap- 
tains’ and Pursers’ Slop and Provision Accounts of 
the Ships employed under Lord John Hay, between 
the Ist September 1834 and the 1st January 1838, 
have been received in office, especially those of the 
Ships which have been paid off in this interval. 


tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Accounts of 
Presentments made by the Grand Juries of the 
several Counties, Cities and Towns in Jreland, in 
the year 1837. 


of the Peace of the several Counties, &amp;c., in Zreland, 
of the Number of Persons committed to the different 
Gaols thereof for trial in the year 1837. 


Mr. Fox Maule also presented, pursuant to an 
Address to Her Majesty,--A Copy of Instructions 
that have been issued to Assistant Commissioners of 
Inquiry into Hand-loom Weavers. 


Mr. For Maule also presented, pursuant to Or- 


ders,—Returns of all Agreements for the Commuta- 
tion of Tithes, which have been received by the Tithe 


Mutiny Bill. Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for an . 
punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and for the better | Commissioners, from the several Counties of Eng- 
ayment of the Army and their Quarters: And that landand Wales; specifying the time when received ; 
Pod Viscount Howick and Mr. Baring do prepare, and also, whether the same have been confirmed 
and telew ix in. or disallowed, or be still under consideration ; and 
os specifying also, in each case, the Amount of Rent- 
Dissenters’ The House, according to Order, resolved itself charge agreed to be paid in lieu of Tithe to the 
— into a Committee upon the Dissenters’ Declaration Clerical Incumbent, as well as the Gross Amount of 
ul, 


Sheffield 
Improvement 
Bill, 


Biil; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Baring reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and had 
directed him to report the same without Amend- 
ment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed, and read the 
third time this day. 


Mr. John Parker presented a Bill for making a 
new Street or Thoroughfare, and widening and im- 
proving certain other Streets or Thoroughfares, within 
the Town and Borough of Sheffield, in the County 
of York: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Tithe or Composition which may by the Tithe Com- 
missioners have been ascertained to have been re- 
ceived by such Incumbent on the average of the 
Seven years previous to Christmas 1835 :—And, of 
the Sums which in each case of Commutation of 
Tithes have been added to the Rent-charge as an 
equivalent for Rates and Taxes heretofore paid by 
the Tithe-payers. 

A Return of Outrages reported to the Constabu- 
lary Office, Dublin, as having occurred during the 
months of January and February last. 

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


Mr. Foa Maule presented, pursuant to the direc- Grand Jury 


Returns from the Clerks of the Crown and Clerks Committals. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Post Office Post Office 
Steam Packets, which were presented upon Monday, Steam Packets. 
the 5th day of this instant March, be printed. No, 208. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Ventila- Ventilation 
tion of the House, which was presented upon Friday ° the House. 
last, be printed. No, 204. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Peniten- Penitentiary 
tiary (Milbank), which was presented upon Friday Seeorggens 8 
last, be printed. No. 205. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Amount East India 
realized by the Sale of the East India Company’s Company. 
Assets, which was presented yesterday, be printed. _ No. 206. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Amount of Military and Naval Stores, 
Arms and Ammunition, furnished to the Queen of 
Spain by Her Majesty’s Government ; in continua- 
tion of the Return furnished by the Ordnance De- 
partment, dated 17th February 1837, recapitulating 
the Items of the former Return, under the Heads of 
Spanish Government, and Auxiliary Legion :—Of 
all Stores, and the Value thereof, furnished since 1st 
September 1834, by the Ordnance Department, to 
the Naval’ Squadron under the command of Lord 
John Hay, as well as to the Detachments of Her 
Majesty’s Royal Artillery, Royal Sappers and Mi- 
ners, and Royal Marines; stating the Extra Pay 
or any other Allowances received by the Officers 
and Men of the Ordnance Corps, as well as any 


Vot. 93. 


Spain (Military 
aud Naval 
Stores.) 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after one of the 
clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 

z23 











/ 
| 
} 
' 


358 14°: Martii. 


Mercuri, 14° die Martii ; 


Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


} 


PRAYERS. | 
Bankruptey R. Miller from the Secretary of Bankrupts’ Office | 
— was called in, and at the bar presented,—Return 


to an Order dated the 1st day of this instant March 
for a Return of the Number of Commissions of Bank- 
ruptcy and Fiats issued from 1833 to 1837, both 
included, distinguishing each year ; and also distin- 
guishing how many own Commissions and Fiats, 
and how many Country Commissions and Fiats, were 
opened in each year:—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, Thatthe said Return do lie upon the Table. 


Carlow Mr. Thomas Wood (of Brecon) from the Select 
a Committee appointed to try and determine the merits 
, of the Petition of William Fishbourne, Nicholas 
Byrne and Thomas Rawson, Electors of the Borough 
of Carlow, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the said Borough of Carlow, informed 

the House, That the Committee had determined, 

That William Henry Maule, Esquire, is duly elected 
a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Carlow : 

That the Petition of William Fishbourne and 
others, did not appear to the said Committee to be 
frivolous or vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not 
appear to the said Committee to be frivolous or vex- 
atious. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


British Pledge Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
Society. mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the British Pledge Society 

Bill, no Standing Orders were applicable. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Bristol == Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 

Sridee Bill? *) mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Bristol (St. Philip’s) 
Bridge Bill; the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for building a Bridge from the parish of Saint Philip 
and Jacob over the Floating Harbour to the parish 
of Temple, in the city and county of Bristol: And 
that Mr. Philip Miles and Mr. Henry Berkeley do 
prepare, and bring it in. 

Combmartin 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
Roads Bill. 7 


mittee on Petitions for Private Bilis; That in the 
case of the Petition for additional Provision in the 
Combmartin Roads Bill, the Standing Orders had not 
been complied with, inasmuch as no Notices had 
been given; but it appeared to the Committee that 
the present application is for the purpose of convert- 
ing an existing Highway into a Turnpike Road, and 
that it is not required to take any Land, and all 
Parties concerned are consenting. 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 
ee Mr. Shaw Le evre reported from the Select Com- 
Bill. mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Bury ( Lancaster) Water- 
works Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied | 
with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | 
for supplying with Water the Town of Bury, and the | 
several ‘Townships of Walmersley-cum-Shuttleworth 
Bury and Elton, all in the parish of Bury, in the | 
county palatine of Lancaster: And that Lord Fran- | 
cis Egerton and Mr.Richard Walker do prepare, and | 
bring it in. 

Montgomery- The Order of the day being read for the second 
Hinnch) cart reading of the Montgomeryshire (Western Branch) 


Bill. Canal Bill ; 





A. 1838. 


Anda Motion being made, and the Question being Walsa 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; Marke 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word Chelte 
|“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the Great 
words “ upon this day six months.” 9 


And the Question being put, That the word “now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided ; 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, oo a ey . 
Mr. Robert Clive, 77 
Mr. Shaw Lefevre : . 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question beng put, That the words 
“ upon this day six months” be added at the end of 
the Question: it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


3. 


a 


Tellers for the Noes, { 


upon this day six months. a 
A Petition of Directors of the Bristol Dock Com- Tenby = 
pany, praying that the Tenby Improvement and Har- Improvement 


‘ : : 1 Harb 
bour Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands, Bill, wees 


was presented, and read; and referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill. 


The Oxford and Great Western Union Railway Oxford and 
Bill was read a second time; and committed to Great Westem 
Mr. Tancred and the Oxford List. —e 

Ordered, That all the Members serving for the se- 
veral counties and for the boroughs therein, through 
which counties the said Railway is intended to pass, 
be Members of the said Committee. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- Newtyle end 
spect of the Petition for the Wewtyle and Coupar Coupar Angus 
Angus Railway Bill, which upon Friday last was ®lway Bil. 
made from the Select Committee on Standing Orders 
relative to Private Bills, might be read, and the same 
being read; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Vewtyle and Coupar Angus Railway 
Company to raise a further Sum of Money: And that 
Lord Douglas Gordon Hallyburton and Mr. Chal- 


mers do prepare, and bring it in. 


Petitions from James Anderson, of Canterbury os — 
Square, Southwark; — Philip Zachariah Cox, Es- wes Ne 1) 
quire, and, Robert Henry Bartholomew, Gentleman, Bill. 
the Owners of divers leasehold messuages, lands and 
premises situate in and near Canterbury Square, 
Dean Street and Tooley Street, Southwark ;—and, 
Commissioners appointed for carrying into execu- 
tion the several Acts for paving, cleansing, light- 
ing and watching, opening, widening, and better 
regulating the Streets, Lanes and Places within the 
East Division of the Town and Borough of South- 
wark, and certain parts adjacent, m the county of 
Surrey, and for preventing nuisances and anoyances 
thereim ; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the London and Croydon Railway (No. 1.) Bill,— 
were presented and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





The Combmartin Roads Bill was read a second Combmartin 
time; and committed to Mr. James Stewart and the Re#4s 
Devon List. 


Lord Stanley presented a Bill fur enabling the Bolton and 
Bolton and Preston Railway Company to extend — 
and alter the Line of such Railway, and to make” ~ 
| Collateral Branches thereto, and for amending and 
enlarging the Powers and Provisions of the Act re- 
lating thereto: And the same was read the first 


| time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


The 








Walsall 
Market Bill. 


Cheltenham and 
Great Western 
Union Railway 
Bill. 


Lough Foyle 
and Lough 
§willy Drain- 
age. 


First Report 
on Rating of 
Tenements, 


No, 209, 


Negro Appren- 
Uceship, 


1 Victrortz. 


The Walsall Market Bill was read a second time; 
and committed to Mr. Finch and the Stafford List. 


Mr. Master, by Order, reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Cheltenham and Great Western Union 
Railway Bill, and to whom several Petitions against 
the said Bill were referred; That the Order of the 
House of the 19th day of February last, empowering 
the Company to deviate at the tunnel at Sapperton, 
on proving the consents of the owners or reputed 
owners, lessees or reputed lessees, and occupiers of 
the land under which the tunnel is to pass, had 
been complied with; and that the Committee had 
inquired into the several matters required by the 
Standing Orders on Railway Bills; and that the 
Committee had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


A Petition of John Wallace, of Parliament Street, 
Agent of the Marquis of Donegall, was presented, 
and read; setting forth, That a Petition was, on 
Friday last, the 9th day of March instant, presented 
to the House by the Petitioner, as agent for the 
Marquis of Donegall, praying that the Marquis 
might be heard, by his agent and witnesses, before 
the Sub-Committee of the House, against the intro- 
duction of a Bill for draining certain slobs in Lough 
Swilly and Lough Foyle; that the said Petition was 
referred by the House to the said Sub-Committee ; 
that the Petitioner appeared before the said Com- 
mittee as the agent of the said Marquis, with wit- 
nesses to support the case of the said Marquis, but 
the said Sub-Committee declined to hear the Peti- 
tioner, by reason that the Petition upon which the 
Petitioner was desirous to appear had not been pre- 
sented three clear days before the first sitting of the 
said Sub-Committee ; that the rights of the Marquis 
will be very much prejudiced if he should be shut 
out from having his case investigated by the said 
Sub-Committee ; that the Petitioner is prepared to 
prove that it was solely owing to the fact that cer- 
tain communications had taken place between the 
Petitioners for the Bill and the Petitioner, as agent 
for the Marquis of Donegall, with a view to a com- 
promise, that such Petition, complaining of non- 
compliance with the Standing Orders, was not pre- 
sented three days before the sitting of the Committee, 
and that the necessity for the Marquis to appear 
arose in consequence of a breach, by the Petitioners 
for the Bill, of the understanding previously sub- 
sisting between them and the Petitioner, as agent 
for the Marquis; that the said Sub-Committee have 
not yet reported to the House; and praying that, 
under the circumstances of the case, the Marquis 
of Donegall may be heard, by his agent and wit- 
nesses, before the said Sub-Committee, notwith- 
standing the Petition was not presented three clear 
days before the sitting of the said Sub-Committee, 
and that the Standing Orders of the House may in 
this respect be dispensed with, and the said Sub- 
Committee revived. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
to consider of the Payment of Rates to which the 
Occupiers of small Tenements are now liable by law, 
have Power to report the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them from time to time to the House. 

Mr. Robert Gordon reported from the said Select 
Committee ; That they had made Progress in the 
matters to them referred; and had directed him to re- 
port the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

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


Petitions from Grundisburgh ; — Aldeburgh ; — 
Framlingham; —East Bergholt ; — Otley ;—Sutton 
Vot. 93. 


14° Martie. 





359 


(Suffolk);— Aldringham and Leiston ;— Woodbridge; 
—Falkingham ;— Walton (Suffolk) ; —Chelmondis- 
ton ; —Southwold ; —Halesworth ; —Strathaven ;— 
Fenwick ; — Kentisbeer ;-- Macclesfield (six Peti- 
tions) ;— Bath; —Haydonbridge;—and, Canterbury; 
praying for the abolition of the system of Negro 
Apprenticeship, —-were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saintfield ;— Down ;—Upper half Poor Relief 
barony of Toome ;—Cavan ;—Limerich (Foreman of (Iteland ) Bill. 
the Grand Jury) ;—and, Killead; praying that the 
Poor Relief (Jredand) Bill may not pass into a law 
as it now stands,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Grean and Temple- Tithes 
braden, praying for the abolition of Tithes in Jreland, (Ireland.) 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Petitions from George Leith ;— Bristol (three Pe- Municipal 
titions) ;— Bridge End ;— Warwick (two Petitions) ; — 
~—Flint ; — Harwich ;-—-Newbury ;— Newport (Isle ~ 
of Wight); — East and West Cowes ; — Chipping 
Norton ;— Glastonbury ;-~ Andover (Mayor) ;—and, 
Hythe; praying that the Municipal Boundaries Bill 
may not pass into a law as it now stands,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from the Vice-President of the Chamber Postage. 
of Commerce of Vewcustle-upon- Tyne ; —and, the 
Corporation of Newcastle-upon-Tyne; praying for 
the establishment of a low uniform rate of Postage 
on Letters,—-were presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Postage. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Lewes, praying the Vote by Ballot. 
House to pass a law declaring that Votes at Elec- 
tions of Members to serve in Parliament shall be 
taken by Ballot, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Hucknal Torkard, Corn Laws. 
praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws, was pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Clergymen and Laymen of the Church of 
United Church of England and Ireland, resident in leland. 
Enniskillen ;—and, Derryvollen; suggesting reforms 
in the Church of Jreland, and praying the House to 
take the same into consideration,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Bleachers, Linen Manufacturers and Linen Manu- 
others interested in the Linen Trade in the county factures, &amp;c., 
of Fermanagh, praying for the renewal of the Linen '«!*™) Act 
and Hempen Manufactures (Jreland) Act, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Milngavie (Moderator and Preses Church of 
of the Relief Congregation) ;— Strathaven( Moderator Scotland. 
and Session Clerk of the First Relief Church) ;-- 
Stewarton ;—and, Campbell-street, Glasgow (Mode- 
rator and Session Clerk of the United Associate 
Session); praying the House to refuse their sanction 
to any further endowments to the Church of Sco¢- 
land,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Land-owners and Land-holders in Municipal 
Brecon, praying that the Municipal Boundaries Boundaries 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of property, Poor Law 
and Rate-payers of Allerton, Bywater and other Unions (Gil- 
places, praying the House not to dissolve or impair ” tei 

zzZ4 the 


34 





| 
: 





Quit and 
Crown Rents 
(Ireland.) 


Belfast 
Election. 


Lower Canada. 


Fifteenth 
Report on 
Poor Luw 
Amendment 
Act. 


No. 210. 


Municipal 
Boundaries 
Bill. 


Married 
Women's Bill. 


Election 
Expenses Bill. 


360 


the Poor Law Unions formed under Gilbert’s Act, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Poor Law Amendment Act. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, an Account of the Quit and Crown Rents 
paid to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests 
from Jreland, during the year 1837; together with 
any Applications and Memorials which have been 
transmitted to the Commissioners, or to the Lords of 
Her Majesty’s Treasury from Jreland, with respect 
to the purchasing or appropriating the same, and 
by whom; with the Answers thereto. 

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


A Petition of Alexander Montgomery, Agent to 
the Petitioners defending the Return of the Earl of 
Belfast and James Gibson, Esquire, complaining of 
demands made by the present Sitting Members for 
Belfast, and their agent, for certain expenses alleged 
to have been incurred by them as witnesses before 
the Belfast Election Committee, was offered to be 
presented :—And the said Petition was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, an Account showing the Total Expenditure 
of the Office and Establishment of Lord Gosford, 
as Governor General and Commissioner in Canada; 
distinguishing the Salary and Emolument accruing 
to each Individual, for one year, to the latest period 
for which the same can be rendered. 

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


Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Act ; and who 
were empowered to report the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them from time to time to the 


House ; That they had made further Progress in the | 


matters to them referred; and had directed him 
to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second | 


reading of the Municipal Boundaries Bill ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
7 ne : 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 


made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word | 


“ now,” and, atthe end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 
posed Amendment and Motion were severally, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Married Women’s Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday, the 28th day of this instant 
March. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Election Expenses Bill ; 

And Notice being taken that Forty Members were 
not present, the House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present, and it being 
then after four of the clock :—The House was ad- 
journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 


14°—15° Martiz. 


| And the House being informed that Mr. Hugh 





A. 1838. 
Jovis, 15° die Martii ; 


Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1858. 
PRAYERS. 


ie hour appointed for taking into considera~ Kingston-upon. 
tion the Petition of Frank Rawson, of the Bo- Hull and 
rough of Kingston-upon-Hull, Wharfinger’s Clerk, ae 
George Binks the younger, of the same place, Painter, Elections 
and John Bickerton, of the same place, Potato- 
dealer, who were, at the late Election of Members 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, Electors of and 
for the said borough, and were registered as such 
Electors, and had, or claim to have had, a right of 
voting for Members for the said borough at the 
said Election, and who did vote thereat ; complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the said 
Borough being come ; 

Mr. Speaker took the Chair. 

The Serjeant at Arms was sent, with the Mace, 
_ to the places adjacent, to require the attendance of 
|the Members on the business of the House; and 
| being returned ; 

A Member was sworn. 

Then the House was counted by Mr. Speaker ; 
and three hundred Members being present ; 

And the Petition of George Benvenuto Mathew, 
jof the Lyth, in the county of Salop, Esquire, a 
Captain in the Army, William Swayne, of Shaftes- 
bury, in the county of Dorset, Bookseller, and 
Edmund Godwin, of the same place, Innkeeper ; 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Shaftesbury, being also ordered to 
be taken into consideration upon this day ; 

The several Parties, counsel and agents, were 
called in. 


And the door being locked ; 

The Order of the day for taking into considera- Kingston-upon- 
tion the said Petition, complaining of an undue Hull Electio. 
Election and Return for the Borough of Kingston- 
upon-Hull, was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn, and 
read, in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was 
completed :—And Lists of the said names were de- 
livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 
mittee on the Kingston-upon-Hull Election ; and 
then the door was opened, and the Parties, their 
counsel and agents withdrew. 
| 














And the door being again locked ; 

The Order of the day for taking into considera- Shaftesbury 
tion the said Petition, complaining of an undue Election. 
Election and Return for the Borough of Shaftesbury, 
was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn, and 
| read, in the usual manner. 





| And the whole number of thirty-three rames was 
completed :—And Lists of the said names were de- 
livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 
mittee on the Shaftesbury Election ; and then the 
door was opened, and the Parties, their counsel and 
agents, withdrew. 


Mr. Mildmay, from the Select Committee ap- Carlow County 
| pointed to try and determine the merits of the Peti- Et 
tion of William Fitzwilliam Burton, and others, 

Electors of the County of Carlow, complaining of 

jan undue Election and Return for the said County 

| of Carlow, informed the House, 

' That the Committee met this morning, pursuant 

|to their adjournment of yesterday, when they re- 

ceived a Letter from Lord Robert Grosvenor (one 

of the Members of the said Committee), stating that 

he was prevented by illness from attending the said 
Committee ; and that the said Committee then ad- 
journed till To-morrow morning at eleven of the 
clock. 





'Cameron, a Surgeon, attended at the door, who 
could 


Kin; 
Hul 








1 Victoriz. 


could give the House information respecting the 
state of Lord Robert Grosvenor’s health, he was 
called in; and at the bar examined upon oath in 
relation thereto: —And then he was directed to 
withdraw. 

Ordered, That Lord Robert Grosvenor be excused 
for not attending the Committee this day, and have 
leave to absent himself from any further attendance 
on the Committee. 


The counsel and agents, in the case of the Kings- 
ton-upon-Hull Election, being returned to the bar, 
the Clerk appointed to attend the said Committee 
delivered in to the House a reduced List; and the 
same was called over as followeth ; 

Frederick Dundas, Esquire, George Alfred Mus- 
hett, Esquire, the Honourable Charles Langdale, 
Cornelius O’Brien, Esquire, Nicholas Fitzsimon, 
Esquire, Sir William Lawrence Young, Baronet, 
Archibald Hastie, Esquire, John Ralph Ormsby 
Gore, Esquire, Samuel White, Esquire, Sir George 
Strickland, Baronet, and Lord Viscount Adare. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Petition 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, were sworn by 
the Clerk at the Table, in the usual manner; and 
thereupon the counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


The counsel and agents, in the case of the Shaftes- 
bury Election, being returned to the bar, the Clerk 
appointed to attend the said Committee delivered in 
to the House a reduced List; and the same was 
called over, as followeth ; 

Lord Henniker, Francis Hurt, Esquire, Frederick 
Paget, Esquire, Lord Worsley, the Honourable John 
Edmund Elliot, Thomas Sheppard, Esquire, Chris- 
topher William Codrington, Esquire, Thomas Ed- 
ward Winnington, Esquire, James Blair, Esquire, 
William Seymour Blackstone, Esquire, and Charles 
William Packe, Esquire. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Petition 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Shaftesbury, were sworn by the Clerk 
at the Table, in the usual manner; and thereupon 
the counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, that he had 
received from the Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper 
in Ireland a Petition complaining of an undue Elec- 
tion and Return for the County of Tipperary. 

And the said Petition was laid upon the Table. 

A Petition of James Dunn and John Shortes, both 
of the town of Clonmell, in the county of Tipperary, 
Gentlemen, Electors, who claimed a right to vote, 
and who were entitled to vote at the last Election 
of a Member to serve in this present Parliament 
for the county of Tipperary in Ireland, was read ; 
setting forth, That at the late Election of a Member 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
county of Tipperary, in the room of Richard Lalor 
Shiel, Esquire, who had accepted the office of one 
of Her Majesty’s Commissioners of Greenwich Hos- 
pital, the Candidates put in nomination were, the 
said Richard Lalor Shiel, of Long Orchard, and 
Samuel William Barton, of Rochestown, both in the 
county of Tipperary, Esquires, in that part of the 
United Kingdom called Jreland; that the Election 
commenced and was held on Saturday the Twenty- 
fourth day of February last, and, although the seve- 
ral preliminaries of swearing in deputies, poll-clerks, 
&amp;c., &amp;c., were not concluded until five minutes be- 
~ five _ in the afternoon, and although the 

OL. 93. 


15° Martiz. 





361 
Returning Officer had not a booth prepared, yet at 
the request of the said Richard Lalor Shiel, and in 
order to further his Return, he insisted on each Can- 
didate polling a man, in order to make the same a 
polling day, and to enable him to close any booth on 
the next day in which twenty men should not have 
been polled ; inconsequence of which the greater num- 
ber of the booths were closed the second day (Mon- 
day), and the said Samuel William Barton resigned ; 
he, the said Richard Lalor Shiel, was accordingly 
returned as duly elected to serve as a Member in this 
present Parliament for said county of Tipperary; that 
the Writ for holding said Election was not moved 
for until the Tenth day of February last in the House, 
and therefore could not have been delivered to the 
Honourable Francis A. Prittie, the High Sheriff of 
said county, who resides at Corville,in the said county 
of Tipperary, until the Fifteenth day of the same 
month; that the said High Sheriff, in order to forward 
the views and interests of the said Richard Lalor 
Shiel, and procure his Return, caused the said Elec- 
tion to be held in the least possible time from the 
issuing of said Writ, thereby precluding the Peti- 
tioners and other Electors of said county from com- 
municating with each other, or putting in nomina- 
tion a person fully qualified to serve as a Member 
for said county, well knowing that, from the extreme 
inclemency of the weather, all intercourse either b 
post or otherwise was stopped ; that the said High 
Sheriff and his Under Sheriff were in the city of 
Dublin, on the Twelfth day of February last, the 
day of the teste of said Writ, and out of their baili- 
wick ; the Petitioners charge that the said Sheriff 
did not, as by said Act he was required, immediately 
on receipt of said Writ, indorse thereon the proper 
date of receiving the same ; neither did he, the said 
Sheriff, as by said recited Act required, within two 
days after receiving said Writ, cause proclamation 
of the time and place of holding such Election to 
be made at the place where the said Election ought, 
by law, to be holden; neither did he the said Sheriff, 
as by said recited Act he was bound and required to 
do, cause to be affixed on the doors of the county 
court-house, public or any notice, signed by himself 
the said Sheriff, of a special county court to be there 
holden for the purpose of said Election only ; that 
the notice given and published by said Sheriff in the 
public newspapers of the time and place of holding 
said Election, appears dated the Thirteenth day of 
February last; that it was not signed by the said 
Sheriff himself, nor even if it was, could it have 
been executed the day the same bears date ; that 
the Petitioners, as well as many others, haying been 
legally advised that all the proceedings under said 
Writ, and every act of the said Sheriff, were illegal 
and invalid, did not vote at said Election ; that the 
necessary oath prescribed by the several Acts of 
Parliament relating to the Election of Members to 
serve in Parliament for Ireland, to be administered 
to the Sheriff or other Returning Officer, was not 
administered to the High Sheriff of said county at 
said Election; the Petitioners further charge, that 
said Richard Lalor Shiel having accepted the office 
of one of Her Majesty’s Commissioners of Green- 
wich Hospital, is by law totally disqualified to be 
elected to sit and vote in Parliament; that the said 
Richard Lalor Shiel had not at the time of his said 
Election and Return, and has not now, truly and 
bona fide, at all, such an estate in law or equity, and 
of such value and nature, and to and for his own use 
and benefit, of or in lands, tenements, or heredita- 
ments, over and above what will satisfy and clear all 
charges and incumbrances that affect the same, as 
aaa him to be elected or returned to serve as a 
ember for the said county of Tipperary, according 
to the tenor and true meaning of the Acts of Parlia- 
ment in that behalf, and of the Rules and Standing 
Orders of the House ; and that the said Richard 
Lalor Shiel has not now such an estate as qualifies 
him to sit and vote in Parliament as such Member 
3A returned 





Bricks, 


Soap. 


Post Office. 


Court of 
Chancery 
‘Treland.) 





362 


returned at said Election for said county of Tippe- 
rary; that the Petitioners are and were Electors of 
said county of Tipperary, entitled to vote at said 
Election ; that by the several fraudulent, illegal and 
partial means of the said High Sheriff, and his non- 
compliance with the necessary forms to be gone 
through after the receipt of said Writ, the said 
Richard Lalor Shiel procured himself to be returned 
to serve for the said county of Tipperary, to the 
great grievance of the Petitioners, and the other 
Electors of said county, and in contempt of the 
freedom and purity of Election; the Petitioners 
therefore humbly pray the House to take the pre- 
mises into consideration, and to declare the said 
Election and Return of said Richard Lalor Shiel 
wholly null and void ; and that the House will attord 
the Petitioners such further and other relief in the 
premises as to the House shall seem fit. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into con- 
sideration upon Tuesday, the 22d day of May next, 
at a quarter of an hour before four of the clock in 
the Afternoon. 


15° Martiz. 








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


Mr. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in; 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to Order,—A 
Return of the Number of Bricks upon which Duty 
has been paid between 5th January 1836 and 5th 
January 1838, in England and Scotland; distin- 
guishing the Number of Bricks upon which Duty 
has been paid in each County, and the Amount paid 
thereon respectively. 


Accounts of all Soap made in each Town in 
Great Britain, distinguishing Hard from Soft, from 
the 5th January 1837 to the 5th January 1838 :— 
Of Soap exported, specifying the Port from whence 
shipped, and the Amount of Drawback paid thereon, 
from the 5th January 1837 to the 5th January 
1838:—Of the Quantity of Soap, distinguishing 
Hard from Soft, and the Amount of all Allow- 
ances and Drawbacks made to the Manufacturers 
of Woollens, Linens, Silks, and others, from the 5th | 
January 1837 to the 5th January 1838 :—Of all 
Soap exported to Jreland, Hard and Soft, the Port 
from whence shipped, andthe Amount of Drawback 
paid thereon, from the 5th January 1837 to the 5th 
January 1838:—Of all Soap imported into Great 
Britain, Hard and Soft, the Port at which it was 
imported, the Amount of Duty paid thereon, from 
the 5th January 1837 to the 5th January 1838 :— 
And, of the Names of all Persons convicted of de- 
frauding the Revenue arising from Soap; the Dates 
of Conviction ; the Amount of the several Penalties ; 








whether the Person so convicted has been previously 
convicted or fined, or had Penalties compromised ; | 





A. 1838. 


Warrant directing the Amount of Compensation to 
be paid to certain Officers of the Court of Chancery 
in Ireland, to Hilary Term 1838, under the Act 
4 and 5 Will. 4, c. 78 :--And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Auld, Secretary to the Superintending Com- pénitentiar 
mittee of the General Penitentiary at Milbank, was (Milbank.) 


called in, and at the bar presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—Report of the 
Superintending Committee of the General Peniten- 
tiary at Milbank, for the reception of Convicts ; spe- 
cifying the state of the Building, the Conduct of the 
Officers, the Treatment and Condition of the Prison- 
ers, the Amount of their Earnings, and the Expenses 
of the Establishment during the year 1837 :—And 
then he withdrew. 

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


A Petition of John Douglas, Esquire, and John Glasgow 
Boyle Gray, Esquire, Inhabitants of Glasgow, and Waterworks 


Water-rate payers in that city, complaining that the 
Standing Orders of the House im respect to the 
application for the Glasgow Waterworks Bill, had 
not been complied with, and praying that they may 
be heard in support of the allegations of their Pe- 
tition, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Bill. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Gazeley 
of the Petition for the Gazeley Inclosure Bill, which Inclosure Bill, 


upon Friday last was made from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills, might be read ; 
and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Order made 
the same day, for referring the said Report to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders relative to 
Private Bills, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

And the House being informed by a Member that, 
by mistake, the words “ the Standing Orders had 
not been complied with,” had been inserted in the 
said Report instead of the words “ had been com- 
plied with ;” 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclosing Lands in the parish of Gazeley, in the 
county of Suffolk: And that Colonel Rushbrooke 
and Mr. Logan do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Birmingham Equitable Gas Birmingham 


Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 


Equitable 
Gas Bill. 


Petitions fron: Wolverhampton ; —Pollokshaws ;— Corn Laws. 


Prestwick ; —Kirkfieldbank ; — Linlithgow Bridge ; 
— Dumfries and Maxwelltown ; —Kirkealdy ;—Gir- 


the Amount paid to the seizing Officers for ala) meena ff nee Leen ens 
Conviction ; and the Names, Dates, and the Amount | ~~ eb hcead em; —L7ONgIaS ;—- ZAGER 5 — AUCRERENR 5 


of Penalties paid on all cases which have been com- 


— Anderston ;— Springburn ;—and, Barr ; praymg 


promised, from the 5th January 1837 to the 5th for the repeal of the Corn Laws,—were presented, 


January 1838. 


An Account of all Rates and Duties that have been 
charged and levied on all Letters and Packets con- 
veyed by Post to and from any part of Great Bri- 
taia and Ireland, by way of Conway and Chester, in 
adcition to the Rates and Duties payable by Law for 
the conveyance by Post of such Letters and Packets 
under the 19th section of the Act 1 and 2 Geo. 4. 
c. 35.; and also, the necessary Charges for paying, 
collecting and accounting for the same Rates and 
Duties ; with the actual Sum distinguished in the 
Accounts of the Receiver General of the Revenue 
of the Post Office, and carried by him into the 
Consolidated Fund, under the 20th section of that 
Act, so far as the same can be made out. 


Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to the di- 





rections of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of a 


| 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners, Millers, 
and other Traders in the Port of Plymouth, praying 
the House to pass a law permitting Foreign Corn 
in bond to be ground into Flour for exportation, 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Foreign Corn. 


A Petition of Stage Coach Masters, praying for Post-horse, &amp;c» 


the repeal of the Duties on Post Horses and Car- 
riages let to hire, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Duties. 


The House was moved, That the Act 9 Geo. 4, Corn Laws. 


c. 60, to amend the Laws relating to the Importa- 
tion of Corn, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 


And 


Fictit 
({rels 


Four 


(Ire 


Ind 
Bill 


a ot Mm 





Fictitious Votes 
(Ireland.) 


Foundation 
Schools 
(Ireland.) 


Indemnity. 
Bill, 


Salmon 
Fisheries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Court of 
Session, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Maidstone 
Writ, 


Election 
Expenses Bill. 


Waste Lands 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Tenants for Life 
(Ireland) Bilt, 


Leases and 
Exchanges 
(Ireland) Bill, 


First Fruits and 
Tenths, &amp;c. 
Bill, 
British Manu- 
facturers Pro- 
tection Bill, 


Union 
Workhouses, 





1 Vicroriz. 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House do immediately resolve 
itself into a Committee to consider of the said Act; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Villiers, } 95 
Yeas, Sir William Molesworth: | ‘ 
Tellers for the f The Marquis of Chandos, \ 


Noes, { the Earl of Darlington: iat 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That Mr. Lucas be discharged from any 
further attendance on the Select Committee on Fic- 
titious Votes (Jreland.) 

Ordered, That Mr. Emerson Tennent be added to 
the Committee. 


Ordered, That Mr. Lucas be discharged from any 
further attendance on the Select Committee on 
Foundation Schools (Jreland.) 

Ordered, That Mr. Dunbar be added to the Com- 


mittee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
indemnify such Persons in the United Kingdom as 
have omitted to qualify themselves for Offices and 
Employments, and for extending the time limited 
for those purposes respectively, and for the Relief 
of Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors in certain cases: 
And that Mr, John Parker and Mr. Baring do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Salmon Fisheries (Ireland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Court of 
Session, &amp;c., (Scotland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Tuesday next. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the Borough of Maidstone, in 
the room of Wyndham Lewis, Esquire, deceased. 


Ordered, That the Election Expenses Bill be read 
a second time upon Wednesday next. 


Ordered, That the Waste Lands (Ireland) Bill be 
read a second time upon Wednesday, the 28th day 
of this instant March. 


Ordered, That the Tenants for Life (Jreland) Bill 
be read a second time upon Wednesday, the 28th 
day of this instant March. 


Ordered, That the Leases and Exchanges (Ireland) | 


Bill be read a second time upon Wednesday, the 
28th day of this mstant March. 


Ordered, That the Report on the First Fruits and 
Tenths &amp;e. Bill be received upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the British Manufacturers Pro- 
tection Bill be read a second time upon Wednesday, 
the 4th day of April next. 


Ordered, That the adjourned Debate upon the 
Question proposed upon the Ist day of this instant 


March, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
Vo, 93. 


15° Marti. 


363 
turn of the Number of Union Workhouses in Eng- 
land and Wales used for the reception of Parochial 
Poor since the passing of the new Poor Law Act; 
specifying the Parishes in which they are severally 
situate, and the Number of Parochial Poor received 
into each :—also, the Return of Deaths which have 
taken place in each of such Houses; specifying their 
Ages, and the Causes of their Decease, be resumed 
To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Bribery at Elections Bill be Bribery at _ 
read a second time upon Wednesday next. Elections Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve supply. 
itself into the Committee of Supply. . 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday Oaths to 
next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the Oaths (Irelend) Bill 
to Witnesses (Jreland) Bill. s 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- Ways and 
solve itself into the Committee of Ways and Means. Means. 


Ordered, That the Dissenters’ Declaration Bill be aad 
i : eclaration 
read the third time To-morrow. Bill. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Extra-parochial 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to P!ces- 
give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all Extra Parochial Places in each 
County in England and Wales; specifying the Area 
and Population, as far as the same can be ascer- 
tained. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this oi as are 
of Her Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Savings Banks. 

a Return of the Amount of Money received from the 
Trustees of Savings Banks by the Commissioners 
for the Reduction of the National Debt in each year 
since the 6th day of August 1817, and the Average 
Price in each year at which the Money was invested 
in Government Securities ; the Amount of Money, 
Principal and Interest, due by the Commissioners to 
the Trustees of Savings Banks on the 20th day of 
November 1837, and the Value of the Government 
Securities standing in the Names of the Commis- 
sioners at the price of that day, to answer the 
Amount due to the Depositors for Principal and 
Interest. 





Mr. John Parker presented a Bill for the better Sheriffs 
Regulation of the Office of Sherifis of Counties in (1relan¢) Bill. 
Ireland: And the same was read the first time: And No.211. 
ordered to be read a second time upon Wednesday, 
the 4th day of April next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Richard Walker presented a Bill for supply- Bury (Lancas- 
ing with Water the Town of Bury, and the several tet) Waterworks 
Townships of Walmersley-cum-Shuitleworth, Bury 
and Elton, all in the Parish of Bury, in the County 
| Palatine of Lancaster: And the same was read 
\the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
| time. 





A Petition of Samuel Kingdon and John Eyre Exeter Com. 
Kingdon, of the city of Exeter, Merchants, com-™e'i! Gas. 
plainmg that the Standing Orders of the House in 
respect to the application for the Exeter Commercial 
Gas Bill, had not been complied with, and praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against the same, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills. 


Sir Robert Inglis, by Order, reported from the Exmouth 
Committee on the Exmouth Market Bill; That thay Metee 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 





$3Aa2 and 











Public 
Petitions. 


Necropolis 
Cemetery Bill. 


Grand Jury 
Presentments 
(Ireland.) 
No. 207. 
Committals 
(Treland.) 


No. 208. 


Hand-loom 
Weavers. 


No. 212. 


Tithes Commu- 
tation. 


No. 213, 


Outrages 
(freland.) 


No. 214. 


Midland 
Counties 
(Mountsorrel) 
Railway Bill. 


Belfast 
Waterworks 
(No. 2.) 


Lough Swilly 
Embankment, 


Glasgow 
Waterworks 
Bui. 


364. 15°—16° Martiz. 


and made Amendments thereunto, and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the 
Select Committee on Public Petitions; That oa 
had examined the Petitions presented on the 12t 
and 13th days of this instant March; and had 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


A Petition of the Chuchwardens and Vestrymen 
of the parish of Saint Pancras, in the county of 
Middlesex, praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Necropolis Cemetery Bill, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Accounts relative 
to Grand Jury Presentments (Jreland), which were 
presented upon Tuesday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Com- 
mittals (Ireland), which were presented upon 
Tuesday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Hand-loom 
Weavers, which was presented upon Tuesday last, 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Tithes 
Commutation, which were presented upon Tuesday 
last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Outrages 
(Ireland), which was presented upon Tuesday last, 
be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








-Veneris, 16° die Martii ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 
PRAYERS. 


R. William Evans presented a Bill for amend- 

ing and enlarging the Provisions of the Act 
relating to the Midland Counties Railway, and for 
making a Branch therefrom to the Town of Mount- 
sorrel, in the County of Leicester: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Petitions from Owners of property to be affected 
by the proposed Belfast Waterworks ;—and, James 

haine, of Ballycraigey, — complaining that 
the Standing Orders of the House in respeet to the 
application for the Belfast Waterworks (No. 2) Bill, 
had not been complied with ; and praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves and their agents, against 
the same,—were presented, and read; and referred 
. the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 

ills. 


A Petition of Thomas Isaac Dimsda!e, of Isling- 
ton, Esquire, complaining that the Standing Orders 
of the House in respect to the application for the 
Lough Swilly Pech sao Bill, had not been com- 
~_ with, and praying that he may be heard, by 

imself and his agents, against the same, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The House was moved, That the Petition of John 
Douglas and John Boyle Gray, Esquires, which was 





A. 1838. 


Orders of the House in respect to the application for 
the Glasgow Waterworks Bill, had not been complied 
with, might be read; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Report in 
respect of the Petition for the.said Bill, which upon 
the 20th day of February last was made from the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Report be re-committed to the 
said Select Committee :—And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


General Arbuthnott reported from the Committee Dee Bridge 
on the Dee Bridge Roads Bill; That they had exa- Roads Bill, 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Edward Netterville Barrow, of Tramore 
Beresford Street, in the city of Waterford, Solicitor, Drainage. 
for leave to present a Petition for leave to bring ina 
Bill for inclosing, draining, reclaiming, improving 
and embanking a certain Tract of Waste and Sea- 
covered Sand or Sandy Beach and Marshy Ground, 
called the Back Strand of Tramore, in the parishes 
of Drumcannon and Kilmacleague, in the baronies of 
Middlethird and Gaultier, in the county of Water- 
ford, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions from Magistrates, Bankers, and others, Birmingham 
of Birmingham ;—late Partners in the Birmingham Equitable 
Equitable Gas Company ;—Birmingham and Staf- &amp;* ®i"- 
fordshire Gas Company ;—Birmingham Gas and 
Coke Company ;—and, Shareholders in the late Bir- 
mingham Equitable Gas Company ; praying that the 
Birmingham Equitable Gas Bill may not pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister, Churchwardens, Over- Notting Hill 
seers and other Inhabitants, Vestrymen of the parish Footway Bill. 
of Paddington, praying that the Notting Hill Foot- 
way Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Grantley Berkeley presented a Bill for mak- Dean Forest 
ing, a and maintaining certain Roads in Her Roads Bill. 
Majesty’s Forest of Dean, and the Waste Lands 
belonging to the said Forest, and in several Parishes 
adjoining thereto, in the County of Gloucester: 

And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing the Ashbyede-la- 
Act for the more easy and speedy recovery of Small Zouch ag 
Debts within the town of Loughborough, and Inha- 2 *"™ 
bitants of the said town, praying that they may 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Small 
Debts Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Sir Ronald Ferguson presented a Bill for in- Nottingham 
closing, allotting and improving certain Open Fields Fields Inclosure 
in the Parish of Saint Mary, in the Town and ™ 
County of the Town of Nottingham: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 





second time. 


| A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Glasgow 


posed, That the Glasgow Waterworks Bill be now read a 


presented yesterday, complaining that the Standing | a second time :—And a Debate arising wary ; 
| A Motion 








Saint Helen’s 
and Runcorn 
Gap Railway 
Bill. 


Kirkstall, 
Ilkley, and 
Shipley Road 
Bill. 


Wadsley, 
Langset and 
Sheffield Road 
Bill. 


Dudley Hill 
and Killinghall 
Road Bill. 


Anti-Dry-Rot 
Company Bill. 


Exmouth 
Market Bill. 


Great Central 
Irish Railway. 


Birmingham 
Equitable 
Gas Bill, 


1 Vicroriz. 16° Marti. 365 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Debate be adjourned till Friday, the 30th 
day of this instant March ; 

he House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, ma yor ‘ } 34, 
Tellers for the Noes, —¢ Sper 4 \ 111. 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time; and committed to Lord William Bentinck 
and the West Scotland List. 


Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill to enable the 
Saint Helen’s and Runcorn Gap Railway Company 
to raise a further Sum of Money, and for amending 
the provisions of the several Acts relating to such 
Railway: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Lister presented a Bill to vary and alter the 
Lines of the Kirkstall, Ilkley and Shipley District 
of Road, and for making a new Road from the Otley 
Branch Road in the said District, to Burley, in the 
Parish of Odley, all in the West Riding of the County 
of York: And. the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Wadsley, Langset and 
Sheffield Road Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
repeal the Wadsley and Langset Turnpike Road Act, 
so far as the same relates to the Wadsley and Langset 
District of the said Road, in the West Riding of the 
county of York, and to make other provisions in 
lieu thereof, and also for extending the said District 
of Road to or near to Moor Fields, in the parish 
of a and for other purposes: And that Mr. 
John Parker and Mr. Ward do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


Sir George Strickland presented a Bill for more 
effectually repairing, improving and maintaining the 
Dudley Hill and Killinghall Tumpike Road, and 
for making a new Road therefrom to communicate 
with the Leeds and Harrogate Turnpike Road, all 
in the West Riding of the County of York: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Ordered, That the Anti Dry-Rot Company Bill 
be read a second time upon Monday next. 


An ingrossed Bill for regulating the Market in 
the Town of Exmouth, in the County of Devon, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ' 

Ordered, That Sir John Yarde Buller do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Chalmers reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Great Central Jrish Railway 
Bill, the Standing Orders had not been complied 
with, inasmuch as the contract was not entered into 
subsequent to the close of the last Session of Par- 
liament, and therefore not a valid contract, nor has 
ten per cent. upon the amount subscribed been paid 
up and deposited in the Bank of England. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


A Petition of the High Bailiff and Chairman of 
a sage of Inhabitants of Birmingham, praying 
ou. 93. 





that the Birmingham Equitable Gas Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Birmingham 
reading of the Birmingham Equitable Gas Bill; _ Bauitable 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time; 
he Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question :—It passed in the Ne- 
gative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“upon this day six months” be added at the end 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 


_ The Thames Watermen Bill was read the first Thames 
time: and ordered to be read a second time. Watermen Bill. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Edinburgh Edinburgh 
and Glasgow Railway Bill have Power to send for Hallway Bill 


persons, papers and records. 


Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Com- Sixteenth 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Act ; and who a 
were empowered to report the Minutes of -the Evi- Amendment 
dence taken before them from time to time to the Act. 
House ; That they had made further Progress in the No. 220 
matters to them referred, and had directed him 
&gt; report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

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


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Pensions, 
Electors of the borough of Southwark, praying that 
Daniel Whittle Harvey, Esquire, may be placed 
upon the Select Committee of Inquiry into Pensions, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Inhabitants of Droundariff ; — Poor Relief 

Foreman of the Grand Jury of the county of the (Ireland) Bill. 
city of Kilkenny ;—High Sheriff and Foreman of 
the Grand Jury of the county of Kilkenny ;—and, 
Foreman of the Grand Jury of the county of Water- 
ford; praying that the Poor Relief (Zreland) Bill 
may not pass into a law as it now stands,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Yeomanry 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Cavalry. 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Circular issued for the re- 
duction of Yeomanry Cavalry ; and also, a Return 
of the Number of Corps to be reduced in each 
County ; and of the Number of Corps to be retained 
in each County. 

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


A Petition of Inhabitants of Broadwater, praying Church 
that, in the event of any inquiry. being instituted Property. 
into the mode of granting and renewing Church 
Leases, all additional revenue which may be derived 
from Church Property may be left at the disposal 
of the Church, to be devoted strictly and exclusively 
towards supplying the deficiency of spiritual in- 
struction for the people, and increasing the efficiency 
of the Church of England, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

343 Resolved, 





es 





366 16°—17° Marti. 


Grand Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Caymanas. to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Sony of the Memorial to The Queen in Council 
from the Custos, Magistrates and Inhabitants of the 
Island of Grand Caymanas. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Register of 


The House was moved, That the Resolution of 
Electors. 


the House of the 23d day of June 1835, relative to 
alterations in the Registers of Electors, might be 
read ; and the same was read, as followeth ; 

“ Resolved, That in all cases where a Select Com- 
mittee appointed to try the merits of an Election 
for any County, City or Borough, report to this 
House that the names of any Voters ought not to 
have been placed in the Register of Voters, or that 
the names of any Voters have been unduly omitted 
from such Register, Mr. Speaker shall issue his 
directions thereupon to the Clerk of the Peace, 
Town Clerk or other officer with whom the Register 
of Voters of such County, City or Borough is de- 
posited, to amend such Register by striking out or 
adding names to such Register, as the case may be, 
in conformity to the Report of such Select Com- 
mittee.” 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the said Resolution be re- 
scinded :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Debate be adjourned till this day 
two months :—And the said Motion was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
said Resolution be rescinded:—The said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the execution of the said Resolu- 
tion, in so far as it applies to Scotland and Ireland, 
be suspended until the 1st day of June next. 


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


the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Dissenters 


The ingrossed Bill for the further relief of Quakers, 
Declaration 


Moravians and Separatists, was, according to Order, 
read the third time; and Amendments were made 
to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Solicitor General do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Poor Relief The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
(Ireland) Bill, 4 Committee upon the Poor Relief (Zreland) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Crauses, N® 63 to 66, amended and agreed to. 
CiausE, N° 67 (Rate to be paid by the Occu- 
pier) ——read. 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be postponed ; 
The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the Yeas, J Mt: O'Connell, ; 
Tellers for the Yeas, | Colonel Conolly: J 23. 
mm . L FR 1 
Fellers for the Noes, { yp" iguke” han. 


Cause, N° 67, agreed to, 

Crausz, N° 68, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 69 (Proportion of Rate to be de- 
ducted from Rent)——read. 

Amendment proposed: P. 24. 1. 19. After the 
word “ pay ” to insert the words “ two-thirds.” 

Question put, That the words “ two-thirds ” be 
there inserted ; 

The Committee divided : 
J Mr. WilliamO’ Brien, | 31 
L Mr. O’ Connell: ' paw 


ae ee fe } 
Pellersf or the Noes,{ Mr John Parker: " 


Tellers for the Yeas, 





A. 1837. 


| Another Amendment made. 
| Cxausz, N° 69, as amended, agreed to. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made further 
Progress in the Bill, and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Common Fields 
reading of the Common Fields Inclosure Bill ; Inclosure Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 





The Order of the day being read, for the third Common Fields 
| reading of the Common Fields Improvement Bill ; ane 
| Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time : 

| upon Wednesday next. 


| The Order of the day being read, for the second Escheats Bill. 
| reading of the Escheats Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Descents Bill. 
reading of the Descents Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Controverted 
further consideration the Report on the Controverted Elections Bill. 
Elections Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second Grand Jury 
reading of the Grand Jury Cess (Dublin) Bill; $&lt;" oan 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday, the 26th day of this instant March. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Glass Duties 

reading of the Glass Duties Bill; ma. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

| upon Friday next. 











The Order of the day being read, for taking into g,,,,15. 
further consideration the Resolutions which, upon 
Tuesday last, were reported from the Committee of 
Supply; and which Resolutions were then post- 

oned ; 

Ordered, That the said Resolutions be taken into 

further consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
| mittee of Ws i and Means ; Means. 

| Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

| next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





Ordered, That Mr. Bannerman be discharged from Pensions. 
| any further attendance on the Select Committee on 
| Pensions. 
| Ordered, That Mr. George Wilbraham be added 
' to the Committee. 
| And the House having continued to sit till after 
| twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 


Sabbati, 17° die Martii, 1838. 


| 

| 

| Mr. John Parker presented a Bill to indemnify Indemnity 
| such Persons in the United Kingdom as have omitted -™ 
| to qualify themselves for Offices and Employments, 
and for extending the time limited for those purposes 
respectively, and for the Relief of Clerks to ee 

an 





Mutiny 


Marine 
Mutiny 


Answé 
Addre 


Peni 
(Mil 


Sle 


P 
(] 





Mutiny Bill. 


Marine 
Mutiny Bill. 


Answer to 
Addresses. 


Penitentiary 
(Milbank.) 


No. 216. 


Slavery 


Compensation. 


No. 215. 


Bricks. 

No. 217. 
Penitentiary 
(Milbsnk.) 

No. 218. 
Post Office. 

No, 219. 


Necropoiis 


Cemetery Bill. 


Reading 
Election. 





1 Victroriz. 


and Solicitors in certain cases: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday next. 


Mr. Baring presented a Bill for punishing Mutiny 
and Desertion, and for the better Payment of the 
Army and their Quarters: And the same was read 
the fiyst time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next, 


Mr. Baring presented a Bill for the Regulation 
of Her Majesty’s Royal Marine Forces while on 
Shore: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next. 


Lord John Russell reported to the House, That 
their several Addresses of the 12th, 13th, 14th and 
15th days of this instant March (that Her Majesty 
would be graciously pleased to give directions that 
the Papers therein mentioned might be laid before 
this House,) had been presented to Her Majesty ; 
and that Her Majesty had commanded him to 
acquaint this House, That She will give directions 
accordingly. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to an Address 


16°—17°— 


19° Martz. 367 


others, did not appear to the Committee to be fri 
volous or vexatious : . 
That the opposition to the said Petition did not ap- 
pear to the Committee to be frivolous or vexatious. 
Sir Thomas Troubridge also informed the House, 
| That the Committe had altered the poll taken at 
such Election by striking off Charles Bowen, Henry 
Bowen, Thomas Brookman, Benjamin Clarke, Wil- 
liam Gatward, Joseph Gibbs, James Silver, John 
Taylor, Thomas Cooper, James Hayes, George 
Hatton, Manfred Nott, John Wakefield, Thomas 
Woodley, Charles James Butler, George Harris, 
Thomas Truss, William Butler, Robert Raggett, 
Junior, John Long, Thomas Turner, William Tur- 
ner, John Hodgson, Jeremiah Humphreys, Thomas 
Lague, Charles Moss, Thomas Perry Trendell, John 
Parsons, Charles Carter, Stephen Taylor, William 
Thorn, William Stocker, James Barker, Joseph Nutt, 
John Barry, William Wiggins, Edwin Eyre, Ben- 
jamin Champion, John Gibbs, James William Sum- 
ner, William Mills, John Dutton, John Peirce, 
Thomas Gale, James Raggett, Thomas Hatch Parren, 
Joseph Swain, James Banks, John Wooten, Robert 
| Shearwood, Joseph Walsh, James Swaine, James 
Withers, James New, John Webber, James Doe, 
George Morton, Jonathan Painter, William Cooper, 
| William Dyer, James Chandler, William Powell, 





to Her Majesty,—Copies of any further Reports or | Richard Green, Charles Southcote Whitman, James 
Papers which may have been received at the Office | Smith, George Phiilips, William Huggins, Edward 
of the Secretary of State for the Home Department, | Hodges, and Thomas Thurlow, as not having had a 


with reference to the case of the two Paupers, John 
Welch and Willam Ray, recently confined in the 
Penitentiary at Milbank. 

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


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Slavery 
Compensation, which were presented upon the 17th 


| right to vote at such Election. 
And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
| entered in the Journals of this House. 


| 
1 
| 


| Petition aq ussape 4 of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for the Town of Kingston-upon-Hull, informed 


and 29th days of January last, and the 5th day of | the House, Thatthe Committee met this day, pursuant 


February last, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the Duty on 


|to their Adjournment of Saturday last, when Mr. 
| M‘Cann, a medical gentleman, attended and stated 


Bricks, which was presented yesterday, be printed. |to the Committee, That George Alfred Muskett, 


Ordered, That the Report of the Superintending 
Committee of the General Penitentiary at Milbank, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Account relative to the Post 
Office, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


A Petition of Trustees for building a new parish 
church and a purochial chapel in the parish of 
Saint Pancras, in the county of Middlesex, praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Necropolis 
Cemetery Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
after twelve of the clock on Saturday morn- 
ing, adjourned till Monday next. 


————_—__—_ 





Lune, 19° die Martii ; 


Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 
S18 Thomas Troubridge from the Select Commit- 


tee appointed to try and determine the merits of 
the Petition of John Winter Pidgeon and others, 


Esquire, was unable to attend the Committee this 
day, in consequence of indisposition ; and that the 
Committee then adjourned till To-morrow morning 
at eleven of the clock. 

And the House being informed that Mr. M‘Cann, 
attended at the door, he was called in, and at the 
bar examined upon oath in relation to the state of 
Mr. Muskett’s health:—And then he was directed 
to withdraw. 

Ordered, That Mr. Muskhett be excused for not 
attending the Committee this day, and have leave 
to absent himself from any further attendance on 
the Committee. 


tion of William Fitzwilliam Burton and others, com- 
| plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
| county of Carlow, informed the House that the Com- 
mittee had determined, 

That Nicholas Aylward Vigcrs and John Ashton 
Yates, Esquires, are duly elected Members to serve 
in this present Parliament for the county of Carlow: 

That the Petition of William Fitzwilliam Burton 
and others, did not appear to the said Committee 
to be frivolous or vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not 
appear to the said Committee to be frivolous or vexa- 
| tious. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 











Sir George Strickland from the Select Committee Kingston-upon- 
‘appointed to try and determine the merits of the Hull Election. 


Mr. Mildmay from the Select Committee ap- Carlow County 
pointed to try and determine the merits of the Peti- Election. 


Electors, complaining of an undue Election and Re- | TI did 
turn for the Borough of Reading, informed the | A ‘9 By I Y ‘tted to M 
House, That the Committee had determined, ae Seer, eer ee ee 


ThatCharles Fyshe Palmer, Esquire, 1s duly elected | Gloucester List. 

a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the | Ordered, That the Committee on the Necropolis Necropolis _ 

Borough of Reading : | Cemetery Bill have Powerto send for persons, papers Conatery SU. 
That the Petition of John Winter Pidgeon and —_ records. 


Inclosure Bill was read a second Quedgley _ 
Phillpotts and the Inclosure Bill. 


Vou. 93. 


3Aa4 Mr. 








| 
| 


Walsall 
Election. 


Refuge for the 
Destitute Insti- 
tution Bill. 


Wibsey and 
Huddersfield 
Road Bill. 


Rocester 
Bridge Bill. 


Newcastle and 
North Shields 
Railway Bill, 


Edinburgh 
Community 
Estates. 


Vee Bridge 
Roads Bill. 





368 19° Martz. A. 1838. 


Mr. Ayshford Sanford, from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed to try and determine the merits 
of the Petition of Thomas Pratt, and others, Elec- 
tors of the Borough of Walsall, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the said Borough, 
informed the House, That the Committee had deter- 
mined, 

That Francis Finch, Esquire, is duly elected a 
Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Walsall : 

That the Petition of Thomas Pratt and others, 
did not appear to the Committee to be frivolous or 
vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not ap- 
pear to the Gamedties to be frivolous or vexatious. 

Mr. Ayshford Sanford also informed the House, 
That the Committee had altered the Poll taken 
at the last Election for the said Borough, by strik- 
ing off from such Poll the names of Jared Scott, 
James Shorthouse, James Thornhill, Joseph Moore, 
Thomas Harrison, George Jones, Samuel Stephens, 
James Douglas, Henry Harrison, Thomas Gameson, 
John Brown, George Sparrow, William Allen, John 
Gameson, Hugh Barlow, and William Birch, as not 
having a right to vote. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


The Refuge for the Destitute Institution Bill was 
read a second time; and committed to Mr. Charles 
Lushington and the Middlesex List. 


Petitions from Trustees of the Halifax and Shef- 
field Road ;—and, Owners and Occupiers of lands 
in North Bierley, Wike and Hipperholme-cum-Brig- 
house ; praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Wibsey and Huddersfield Road Bill,—were 
presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Mr. Edward Buller presented a Bill for building 
a Bridge over the River Dove, at Rocester, in the 
County of Stafford: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills, and to whom 
the Petitions of Robert Owen ;—Inhabitants of 
North Shields ;—and, Company of Proprietors of 
North Shields Waterworks, severally complaining 
of non-compliance with the Standing Orders in 
the case of the Petition for the ewcastle-upon-Tyne 
and .Vorth Shields Railway Bill, were referred ; 
That in the case of the Petition for the said Bill, 
the Standing Orders had not been complied with, 
inasmuch as no application was made to the Worth 
Shields Waterworks Company, who are by Act of 
Parliament constituted occupiers; that the Com- 
mittee had considered the Petition of Robert Owen, 
but that the Petitions of the Inhabitants of Worth 
Shields; and, the North Shields Water Company, 
were not sufficiently specific in their allegations. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Edinburgh Community 
Estates Bill, the Standing Orders had not been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. bs 


The House proceeded to take into further conside- 
ration the Report which was yesterday made from the 
Committee on the Dee Bridge Road Bill; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The Paddington Estates Bill was read a second Paddington 
time; and committed to Mr. Hall and the Middle- Estates Bill, 
sex List. 


A Petition of William Alexander Coombe, Town Gravesend Pie Muni 
Clerk of the borough of Gravesend, complaining (No. 2.) Bout 
that the Standing Orders of the House in respect to =. 


the application for the Gravesend Pier (No. 2) Bill, 
had not been complied with; and praying that he 
may be heard against the same, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Pe- Pem 
titions for Private Bills. Ferr 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken gginburgh 
before the Committee on the Edinburgh and Glas- and Glasgow 
gow Railway Bill of the last Session, be referred to Railway Bill 
the Committee on the present Bill; and that leave 
be given to print such Evidence from the Committee 
Clerk’s Copy at the expense of the Parties, if they 
think fit. 


Petitions from Wotton-under-Edge ;—and, Hales- Postage. 
worth; praying for the establishment of a low uni- 
form rate of Postage on Letters,—were presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Postage. 


Petitions from Hill Cliff ;— Cumbernauld ;— Hor- Negro Appren- 
ham;— Charsfield ;— Tunstall ;-- Offton ;— Needham “stip. 
Market ;— Stohe Ash ;—Wattisham ;—Lazfield ;— 

Cratfield ;— Walpole ;—Stradbrooke ;— Bollington ; 
— Knutsford ; — Trowbridge ; — Newcastle-under- 
Lyme ;—Cartmel ;— Cheltenham ;— Redenhall-with- Pal 
Harleston ;— Barnard Castle ;—Widcombe ;—Am- ee 
bleside ;— Truro ;— Gillingham ;— Taunton ;—.Dun- 
gannon ;—Bonhill ;— East Dereham ;—Docking ;— 
Tullamoore ;— Sidmouth ;— Bradford (Wilts) ;— 
Tilshead ;—Shrewton;— Bampton ; — Tarporley ;— 
Blyth; — Earl Shilton ;— Rainow ;— Langley ;— 
Wigan ;—Saint John’s (Dublin) ;—Saint Andrew’s 
(Dublin) ; — Hinckley ;— Grassington ;— Tipton ;— 
Bontnewydd ;—Dumbarton (Chairman of a Meet- 
ing) ;—Bishopwearmouth ;— Latchford ;— Rickhill ; 
— Warrington (four Petitions) ;—Stockton Heath ; 
—Bovey Tracy ;—Lancaster ;— Totnes district of V, 
South Devon Congregational Union (Chairman and C 
Secretary) ;—Kingswinford ;— Ballitore ;— Horse- 
forth (two Petitions) ;— Heptonstall ;— Slack ;— 
Pudsey ; — Cleckheaton ; — Brighouse ; — Hamps- 
thwaite ;— Dewsbury ;--Sedgley (three Petitions) ;— 
Penzance ;— Redruth ;— Calverley ;—Naunton and 
Guiting Power ;— Titchfield ;—--Boston ;—Gomersal ; A 
— Norwich ;— Meltham;— Hebden Bridge ;—Ber- 
wick-upon- Tweed ;— Morley(three Petitions) ;---Drig- 
lington ;— Yelvertoft ;— Marsden ;-—— Gildersome ;— 
Lockwood ;—Nant-y-Glo ;—Whitby ;—--Devonport ; 
—and, Danby ; praying for the abolition of the 
system of Negro Apprenticeship,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


De 


Petitions from Glasgow ;—Cupar (Moderator and Church of 
Clerk) ;—Cupar (Inhabitants) ;—United Secession Scotland. 
Congregation, Duke-street, Glasgow (Chairman and 
Clerk) ;—Relief Church, Strathaven (Minister and 
Clerk) ;— Musselburgh ; —United Associate Pres- 
bytery of Forfar (Moderator and Clerk) ;—Lillies- 
leaf ;—Ceres ;--United Secession Church, Eglington- 
street, Glasgow (Chairman and Clerk) _;— Relief 
Congregation, Campbell-street, Glasgow (Preses and 
Session Clerk) ;—Relief Church, Alderston, Glas- 
gow (Moderator and Session Clerk) ;—A/bion-street 
Chapel, Glasgow (Pastor and Clerk) ;— Paisley 
(three Petitions) ;—Kilbarchan ; (Elders and Dea- 
con of the Relief Congregation) ;— Kirkintilloch ;— 
Bonhill;— Cumbernauld ;— Dumbarton ;— East Lin- 
ton ;—Leith (two Petitions) ;—Relief rts ag at 
Dumfries (Moderator) ;— United Secession Con- 
gregation, Nicholson-street, Lauriestown, Glasgow 


-_— ao 


oat wa 





(Chairman, 





Municipal 
Boundaries 
Bill. 


Pembroke 
Ferry. 


Paliam 
Inciosure. 


Deal Pier. 


Varteg Iron 
Company, 


Army and Navy 


Annuities, 


Standing 
Orders ; 


Combmartin 
ad, 


Twyford and 


Theale Road. 





1 Victroriz. 


(Chairman, Session Clerk and Preses) ;—Old Kil- 
patrick ;—and, First Relief Congregation, Cupar 
(President); praying the House to refuse their sanc- 
tion to any additional endowments to the Church of 
Scotland,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from King’s Lynn (two Petitions) ;— 
Berwick upon-Tweed ;— and, Bideford; praying 
that the Municipal Boundaries Bill may not pass 


into a law as it now stands,—were presented, and | 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


19° Martiz. 


{7 
309 
permitted to proceed with their Bill on inserting 
notices in three successive weeks in the London 
Gazette; and that the Committees on this and the 
preceding Bill do examine, in the first place, how far 
such Orders have been complied with, and do report 
the same to the House on the report of the Bill. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for Bristol and 
the Bristol and Exeter Railway Bill, the Parties be E**tet Railway. 
permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for Garnkirk 
the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway Bill, the Parties —e 
| be permitted to proceed with their Bill. ” 
| 5. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for Linlithgow 





Mr. Greene ym from the Select Committee | the Linlithgow Road Bill, the Parties be permitted ®¢- 


on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Pembroke Ferry Bill, the Stand- 


notice in the Gazette until the 5th of December; 
but it appeared to the Committee that in conse- 
quence of boisterous weather at the latter end of 
October, and the Ferry being rendered impassable 
thereby, the inhabitants of Haverfordwest and Pem- 
broke had a meeting about the 10th or 12th of No- 
vember, at which it was agreed that application 
should be made to Parliament to enable them to 
form a Company to carry on the traffic of the Ferry 
by means of steam navigation ; that they proceeded 
with all the expedition possible to give the notices, 
but were too late to include all withm the month of 
November. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee oa Standing Orders. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Pulham Inclosure Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Deal Pier Bill the Standing 
Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for the Varteg Iron Company Bill, no 
Standing Orders were applicable. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Cadogan Williams, praying that 
military and naval men may be allowed to vest 
any part of the bounty they may be entitled to in 
the purchase of a deferred annuity of the Govern- 
ment, according to the rate of mortality found to 
take place in the Army and Navy, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


, to proceed with their Bill. 


| 6. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for Ardrossan 
ing Orders had not been complied with, inasmuch | 
as the last notice in the Carmarthen Journal was | 
not given till the 1st of December, nor the last | 


Railway. 


the Ardrossan Railway Bill, the Standing Orders 
ought not to be dispensed with. 

7. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for Aberbrothwick 
the Aberbrothwick Harbour Bill, the Standing Orders !!*"¥°"™ 
ought not to be dispensed with. 

The five first Resolutions of the Committee, being 
read a second time, were agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Twyford and 
of the Petition for the Twyford and Theale Road a _ 
Bill, which was this day made from the Select Com-  * 
mittee on Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to 

alter and amend the powers and provisions of an 
Act passed in the seventh year of the reign of his 
late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, 
“ An Act for repairing the Road from the thirty- 
three mile-stone, in the Parish of Ruscombe, in the 
County of Berks towards Reading, to a place called 
the Seven-mile Stone, in the Parish of Beenham, in 
the said County, and a certain other Road com- 
municating therewith:” And that Mr. Robert Palmer 
and Lord Viscount Barrington do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Petitions from Arundel ;—and, Saint Gluvias ; Church 
praying that in the event of any inquiry being in- Pe": 
stituted into the mode of granting and renewing 
leases of ecclesiastical property, all increase of 
revenue that may arise may be left at the disposal 
of the Church to supply the deficiency of spiritual 
instruction for the people,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Electors in the county of Roxburgh, 
praying that the polling-place for the said county 
may be removed from the town of Hawick, and 
that other polling-places may be appointed in more 
convenient situations, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Roxburghshire 
Election. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Naas, praying that Register of 
the Register of Electors in Jreland may be final as Electors 





Lord Viscount Ebrington reported from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders relative to Private , 
Bills, several Resolutions, which were read, as | 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for | 
additional provision in the Combmartin Road Bill, | 
the Parties for the Bill be permitted to introduce | 
such additional provision upon giving notices in| 
three successive weeks in some one newspaper pub- | 
lished in the county of Devon, and also in the | 
London Gazette, and also upon making oe 
to the owners and occupiers on the line of highway | 
intended to be made turnpike, provided a Clause be | 
inserted in ihe Bill restricting the trustees from | 
placing a toll-gate on any part of the existing high- | 
way proposed to be included in the Combmartin | 
Turnpike Trust. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for | 
the Twyford and Theale Road Bill, the Parties be 

Vou. 93. 


Ireland. 
to value, was presented, and read ; and ordered eo ) 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bolton-le-Moors ;—and, Preses of Corn Laws. 
a Meeting of Inhabitants of Glasgow ; praying for 
the repeal of the Corn Laws,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Grocers, Bakers, Provision Dealers, Sma! Debts 
Merchants and Landlords of Glasgow, praying that (Sevtland) Bill. 
the Small Debts (Scotland) Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Presbytery Church of 
of Stranraer, praying the House to take into their S¢t!#"4- 
early consideration the ecclesiastical destitution of 
Scotland, and to make such a provision as may be 
adequate to its removal, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


3B Ordered, 








Devizes Writ. 


Vote by Ballot. 


Tithes 
(Lreland.) 


Factories Act. 


Curates. 


Shipping 
Gazette. 


Salmon 
Fisheries 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Medical 
Profession 
(Ireland.) 


Corn, Flour, 
and Wheat. 


Ecucation. 


Disorderly 
Houses, 


( 


\ 


\ 


370 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present | 
Parliament for the Borough of Devizes, in the room | 
of James Whitley Deans Dundas, Esquire, who, | 
since his Election for the said Borough, hath ac- | 
cepted the Office of Clerk of the Ordnance. 


Petitions from Moreton-in- Marsh ;— Castledermot, 
&amp;e.;—Saint Michael, Saint Join and Saint Wer- 
burgh, Dublin;—and, Saint Mark, Dublin; pray- 
ing for the adoption of Vote by Ballot at Elections 
of Members to serve in Parliament,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saint Michael, Saint John and 
Saint Werburgh, Dublin; —and, Newbridge and 
Two-mile House ; praying for the abolition of Tithes 
in Ireland,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Operatives and Parents of children 
connected with the Woollen Cloth Trade in Eccles- 
hill, praying for the amendment of the Factories 
Act, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie | 
upon the Table. 





A Petition of Joseph Bray, of Heather, Clerk, pray- 
ing the House to institute an inquiry into the state 
of the law affecting Stipendiary Curates, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of Master Mariners belonging ortrading 
to the Port of Mewcastle-upon-Tyne, praying the 
House to relieve the proprietors of the Shipping 
Gazette from the Postage on letters containing 
shipping and commercial intelligence only, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors and Leaseholders of 
salmon weirs on the rivers Suir and Barrow, pray- 
ing the House to assimilate the laws of Ireland to 
those of Scotland, by the introduction of clauses 
into the Salmon Fisheries (Jreland) Bill, for repeal- 
ing so much of the Act 10 Charles 1, as prohibits 
taking Salmon by stake nets, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Licentiate Apothecaries of Treland, 
raying the House to establish a School and Tribunal 
in Lreland, with full powers to educate and judge of 
the education of those who propose to practice as 
Apothecaries in that country, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Quantity of Corn, Flour and Wheat 
imported into this Country from Guernseyand Jersey, 
between the Ist day of January 1837 and the Ist 
day of January 1838; stating the Ports at which 
such importation took place. 


Petitions from Catherston Lewston ;— Lyme Regis 
‘two Petitions) ;—and, Charmouth; praying that no 
system of National Education may be established 
which does not secure the daily reading of the Holy 
Scriptures,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Members of the Committee of the 
London Society for the prevention of Juvenile Prosti- 
tution ;—and, Secretaries of the London Society for 
the prevention of Juvenile Prostitution, the Society 
of the Lock Hospital and Asylum, the Guardian 
of the London Female Mission, and the Maritime 
Penitent Female Refuge Societies; praying the 
House to adopt measures for the suppression of 
Disorderly Houses,—were presented, and read ; and 








19° Marti. 





A. 1838. 


referred to the Select Committee on the Metropolis 
Police Offices. 


A Petition of Members of the Cirencester Ballot Intimidation of 
Union, praying that the Intimidation of Voters Bill Voters Bill. 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of James Malley, of Ballina, in the Moy Nuviga. 

county of Mayo, praying that the promoters of the tion. 

Moy Noniguties Bill may be allowed to proceed 

with their Bill, notwithstanding the Select Com- 

mittee on Standing Orders have reported that the 
Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed with, 

was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Petitions from Medical and Surgical Students in Medical 
Dublin ;—Graduates of the Royal Colleges of Sur- Charities 
geons of London and Edinburgh, practismg in Dub- “*!™) Bil. 
lin ;—and, Surgeons and Apothecaries of Wexford; 
praying that the Medical Charities (Jreland) Bill 
may not pass into a law as it now stands,—were 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Newtown Barry, &amp;c.;— Holywood Poor Relief 
(Chairman of a Meeting) ;—Dunsford (Chairman of (Ireland) Bill. 
a Meeting) ;—Saint Michael, Saint John and Saint 
Werburgh, Dublin;—Saint Mark, Dublin;— Tyrone; 
—Odorney ;—Dublin (Noblemen, Merchants, &amp;c.) ; 
—Waterford;—- Carrickfergus (Grand Jurors);—and, 
Castledermot; praying that the Poor Relief (Jreland) 

Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of the President of the First Relief Bible Printing 
Congregation of Cupar, praying the House to extend (Sta) 
no longer the Patent to the Queen’s Printer in 
Scotland, but to permit all who may desire, to print 
the Scriptures at their own expense and risk, was 
= and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Members of the First United Asso- schools _ 
ciate Congregation, Paisley, praying that the Schools (Scotland) Bill 
(Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law as it now 
stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Parochial Schoolmasters in the Schoolmasters 
Presbytery of Alford, complaining of the Parochial (St!a"4.) 
Schoolmasters of Scotland being inadequately re- 
munerated for the duties they are called upon to 
perform under the Reform of Parliament (Scotland) 

Act, and praying relief, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Dean and Faculty of Procurators Sheriff Courts 
in Paisley, praying that the Sheriff Courts (Scot-(Seotlnd) Bil 
land) Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of William Taylor and Co., of Leith, soap. 
praying for the repeal of the Duty on Soap, was 


presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Ship-owners, Merchants, Under- Merchant 
writers and others of Leith, praying the House to Shipping. 


: adopt measures for examining and licensing masters, 
mates and other officers commanding British Mer- 


chant Vessels, which would materially tend to im- 
prove the characters and efficiency of that important 
class of men, and be the means of saving many of 
the lives and much of the property of Her Majesty’s 
subjects, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition 


ship 
App! 


Glas 
Spin 


Asse 
Dist 


Mu 
(In 


am eet et 








a= 


ill. 





1 VicrorizZ. 
A Petition of Ship-builders of the port of Leith, 


Ship-building : 
Apprenticeship» praying for the repeal or reduction of the Duty on 
a ae of Apprenticeship to the Ship-building 
trade, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 

upon the Table. 


Glasgow Cutton 
Spinners. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Preston, praying the 
House to address Her Majesty to remit the sentence 
recently passed on certain Cotton Spinners of Gilas- 
gow, convicted of a conspiracy to raise wages, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Assessed Taxes =A Petition of William Bennett, of Princes-street, 

—_— Bedford Row, complaining of his goods having been 
twice in the last year seized upon for the Assessed 
Taxes, after he had appealed and shown his inability 
to pay ; and praying the House to alter a law that 
presses so heavily on the Petitioner and the working 
classes in general, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parishes of Saint 
Nicholas Without, Saint Luke, and Bishop’s and 
Dean’s Liberties, Dublin, praying that the Muni- 
cipal Corporations (Zreland) Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Portarlington, pray- 

ing that the said Bill may not pass into a law, was 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 
Dublin and A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of Dublin, 
— Road praying for the repeal of the Act of the year 1798, 
for maintaining the Road between the cities of Dublin 
and Limerick, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Controverted Petitions from Members of the National Trades 


— Political Union, Dublin ;— Saint Audeon, Dublin ; 
—and, Saint Mary, Dublin; praying for an altera- 
tion of the mode of trying Petitions complaining of 
undue Elections and Returns of Members to serve 
in Parliament,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 
Election A Petition of Members of the National Trades 
(nd) Political Union, Dublin, praying the House to in- 
; stitute an inquiry into the nature, structure and 
views of a Society established in England for raising 
a subscription for the purpose of encouraging the 
presentation of Petitions against the return of Mem- 
bers for Ireland, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 
Elective A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Mark, Dublin, 
Poanchise: praying the House to pass an Act for an extension 
of the Elective Suffrage to all who are liable to 
taxation, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 
— Law A Petition of the Vicar, Churchwardens, Over- 
mendment 


in seers and other Inhabitants of Kempsey, praying for 
the amendment of the Poor Law Act, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee 
on the Poor Law Amendment Act. 


Rating of Petitions from President of the Liverpool Borough 

enements Bill, Savings Fund and Benefit Building Society ;— 
Members of Benefit Societies in Liverpool;—Chair- 
man of the Liverpool Cambrian Building Society ; 
—and, Chairman of the William the Fourth Build- 
ing Society, Liverpool; praying that the Rating of 
Tenements Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Rating of Tenements. 


Roman Catholic 


Sep a A Petition of Inhabitants of Liverpool, praying 


for the — of the Roman Catholic Relief Act, 
Vou. 93. 


19° Marti. 











371 
was a and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Four Petitions of Stage Coach Masters, praying stage Coach 
for the repeal of the Duties on Stage Coaches, were Duties. 
aw and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of the Foreman of the Grand Jury of Grand Jury 
the city of Limerick, praying for the adoption of a Presentments 
: : (lreland.) 
more equitable system of taxation by Grand Jury 
Presentments in Jreland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners and others Marine 
interested in the port of Berwick, praying for the Insurance. 
repeal of the Duties on Policies of Marine Insurance, 

— presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Members of the Reform Associa- Burghs of 
tion and others, Inhabitants of Kirkintilloch, pray- ad s 
ing for a reform in the mode of electing the muni- #4) 
cipal office-bearers in burghs of barony in Scotland, 
agreeably to the provisions of the Bill for that pur- 
pose, which was before the House in the last session 
of Parliament, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Samuel Gardom and Thomas James french Claims. 
Maltby, Agents of Messrs. Arthur Heywood, Sons 
and Company, of Liverpool, Bankers, “sir $i, 
that the claim of the said Messrs. Heywood an 
Company, on the fund provided YY, the government 
of France for the liquidation of British claimants 
had not been fully liquidated, and praying the 
House to appoint a Select Committee to investigate % 
their claim, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the Answer to 
House, That their several Addresses of yesterday Addresses. 
(that Her Majesty would be graciously pleased to 
give directions that the Papers therein mentioned 
might be laid before this House), had been presented 
to Her Majesty, and that Her Majesty had com- 
manded him to acquaint this House that She would 
give directions accordingly. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to an Ad- Yeomanry 
dress to Her Majesty,—a Copy of the Circular issued Cavalry. 
for the reduction of Yeomanry Cavalry; and, also, 

a Return of the Number of Corps to be reduced in 
each County ; and of the Number of Corps to be 
retained in each County. 

Mr. Fox Maule also presented, pursuant to Order, gligo Sherifls, 
—A Copy of all Correspondence between the Jrish 
Government and Mr. Howley, or any other Person 
or Persons relative to the appointment of High 
Sheriff and Sub-Sheriff for the County of Sligo, 
for the present year. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Poor Relief 
into a Committee upon the Poor Relief (Jreland) (Ireland) Bill. 
Bili. 

(In the Committee.) 

Criavuse Ne 70, (Where more than one Rent is 
paid) read. 

Amendment proposed: P. 24. 1. 27. after the 
word “ Rent,” to imsert the words “jointure, rent 
charge, or annuity in respect of the same.” 

Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 

The Committee divided : 





Tellers for the ¢ Mr. William O’Brien, 2” 
Yeas, Mr. David Roche: ie 
Tellers for the { Mr. Attorney General, 37 
Noes, Mr. Labouchere: } ; 


3B2 Amendment 








372 19°—20° 


Amendment proposed: To add at the end of the 
Clause, the following Proviso, “ Provided always, 
“ That the Rate on all Lands held by Tenants at will 
“&lt; from year to year, or that shall be let on Lease sub- 
“ sequently to the passing of this Act, shall be 
“ payable one half by the owner and one half by 
“ the occupier thereof.” 

Question, That the Proviso be there added 
and Negatived. 

Cravseg, N° 70, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 71, (Tenements under Five pounds) 
read. 

Amendment proposed: P. 24. 1. 35. To fill up 
the blank with “ Five Pounds.” 

Question put, That the blank be filled up with 
“« Five Pounds ;” 
The Committee divided : 





put, 





Tellers for the Yeas, 4 ee ; } 57. 
Tellers for the Noes, Sr Charter Style: } 27. 


Question put, That Crause N° 71, as amended, 
stand part of the Bill ; 
The Committee divided : 


Tellers for thef Mr. John Parker, 7 
f 49. 


Yeas. Lord Dalmeny : 
Tellers for thef Mr. French, } 2” 
Noes. Lord Viscount Clements : bi 


Crause, N° 72, postponed. 

Criausz, N° 73, amended, and agreed to. 

Ciause, N°. 74, (Receipts for rates to be taken 
in payment of rent) read. ; 

Amendment proposed: P. 25. 1. 29. To leave out | 
all the words after the words “ That no,” and to add | 
the following words: ‘ deduction on account of any | 
“ payment of rate under this Act shall be held to | 
“ bea discharge of any portion of any gale, or quar- | 
“ terly or other payment of rent, due from the per- | 
“ son entitled to make such deduction, so as to pre- | 
“ judice the right of any landlord to recover the | 
“ possession of any hereditaments by ejectment for | 
“ non-payment of the rent thereof, in any case where | 
“ the remaining portion of such gale shall be unpaid ; | 
“ but that it shall and may be lawful for such land- | 
“ lord to proceed for the recovery of such heredita- 
“ ments by ejectment, as effectually as if the entire 
“ gale or quarterly or other payment of rent, out of 
“ which such deduction is hereby allowed, had re- 
“ mained wholly due and unpaid.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 

stand part of the Clause——put, and Negatived. 

Question put, That the proposed words be added; | 

The Commitee divided : 

} 69. 








Tellers for thef Mr. John Parker. 


Yeas, LSir George Grey: 
Tellers for the f Mr. O’ Connell, } a 
Noes, Mr. Bryan: = 


Crausz, N° 74, as amended, agreed to. 











Cravuse, N° 75, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 76, (Constituency for electing Guar- | 
dians to consist of Rate Payers)——-read. 

Amendment proposed : P. 26.1.9. To leave out | 
the words “ or votes.” 

Question put, That the words “or votes” stand part | 
of the Clause ; 


Tellers for the ( Mr. John Parker, - 
Yeas, Lord Dalmeny : es 

Tellers for the { Mr. O’ Connell, } 
Noes, \ Mr. Wakley : 


Amendment proposed: P. 26. 1.24. To fill up | 


the blank with ** Fifty pounds.” 





Martiz. A. 1838. 


Cuiause, N° 77, amended, and agreed to. 


Crause, Ne 78 (At Election of Guardians, votes 
to be taken in writing)—— read. 

Amendment proposed: P. 27. 1. 6. To leave out 
the words “ in writing,” and insert the words “ by 
“ ballot.” 

Question put, That the words “ in writing ” stand 
part of the Cieien ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the f Mr. Edward John Stanley,) 5A 

Yeas, Mr. John Parker : . pone 

Tellers for the { Mr. O’ Connell, - 

Noes, Mr. Wakley : } _ 
Crause, N° 78, agreed to. 


——— N° 79 (Votes may be given by proxy) 
——read. 
Motion made, and Question put, That the said 
Clause stand part of the Bill ; 
The Committee divided : 
} 52. 


Tellers for the ¢ Mr. John Parker, 


Yeas, Mr. Lynch: 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Wyse, } ™ 
Noes, Mr. William O’Brien: f°" 


Cravuse, N° 80, amended, and agreed to. 
Cause, N° §1, agreed to. 

Crausez, N° 82, amended, and agreed to. 
Crausss, N° 83 to N° 96, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 97, postponed. 

Crauses, N° 98 to Ne 100, agreed to. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





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


Martis, 20° die Martii, 1838. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made further 
Progress in the Bill; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Mutiny Bill was, according to Order, read Mutiny Bill. 


a second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House for Monday next. 


The Marine Mutiny Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Indemnity Bill was, according to Order, read 


a second time; and committed to a Committee of 


the whole House, for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Conacre Tenants (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday, 
the 25th day of April next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


| reading of the Registration of Electors Bill ; 
The Committee divided : 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 


18. | further consideration the Report on the Sheriff Courts 


(Scotland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 


Question put, That the blank be filled up with | consideration upon Friday next. 


“ Fifty pounds ;” 
The Committee divided: 
Tellers for the f Mr. Solicitor General, \ 4 
Yeas, Mr. Charles Wood: ion 
Tellers for the { Mr. William O’ Brien, L 
Noes, \ Mr. Brotherton: J 20. 
Criause, N° 76, as amended, agreed to. 





Mr. Gally Knight reported the First Fruits and 
Tenths, &amp;c. Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to, and Clauses were added to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


| be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Friday 


next. 


The 


Marine Mutiny 
ill. 


Indemnity Bill. 


Conacre 
Tenants 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Registration of 
ectors Bill, 


Sheriff Courts 


(Scotland) Bill. 


First Fraits 


and Tenths, &amp;c. 


Bill. 


Anti 
Com 


Esch 


Des 


Sup 


Su] 


W 
M 


Oe ne | 








Auti Dry-Rot 
Company Bill. 


Escheats Bill. 


Descents Bill. 


1 VicrorizZ. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Anti-Dry Rot Company Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read for the second 
reading of the Escheats Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the 
reading of the Descents Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


second 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 


19°—20° Martiz. 


373 


Loans made under an Act passed in the fourth and 
fifth year of his said late Majesty, for the amend- 
ment and better Administration of the Laws relating 
to the Poor in England and Wales: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Public 
Select Committee on Public Petitions; That they Petitions. 


had examined the Petitions presented on the 14th, 
15th and 16th days of this instant March, and had 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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











tears. further consideration the Resolutions which upon The Order for reading a second time upon Wed- Prisons 
Tuesday last were reported from the Committee of | nesday next, the Prisons (Scotland) Bill, was read, (Scotland) Bill, 
Supply; and which Resolutions were then post- | and discharged. 
oned ; : Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
Ordered, That the said Resolutions be taken into | upon Wednesday, the 4th day of April next. 
further consideration upon Monday next. ~~ a the House, having continued to sit 
P till a quarter of an hour before one of the 
Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- clock , Tuesday morning, adjourned till 
mittee of Supply ; dita de . 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve y: 
itself into the said Committee. ws ao 
Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Tirasps ee 
Means, mittee of Ways and M ee ; 3 Martis, 20° die Martii; 
_ Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve Amno 1° Victoria Regine, 1838. 
itself into the said Committee. 
PRAYERS. 
Belfast Ordered, That the Minutes of Proceedings and HE hour appointed for taking into considera- Kerry County, 
Election, Evidence taken before the Belfast Election Com- tion the Petition of Frederick William Mullins, Bridgewater 
mittee, be laid before this House. of Beaufort House, in the County of Kerry, Esquire, et 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for hn 


Advocations 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Poor Law 
Loans Bill. 


Commissions. 


Cork Quarter 
Sessions, 


Manor Courts 
(Ireland, ) 


Poor Law 
Loans Bill, 


No, 221 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
diminish delay and expense on Advocations and 
Suspensions inthe Court of Session in Scotland : And 
that the Lord Advocate and Mr. Attorney General 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Act 6 and 
7 Will. 4, c. 107, to extend the period for the Re- 
payment of Loans made under an Act passed in the 
Fourth and Fifth year of His present Majesty, for 
the Amendment and better Administration of the 
Laws relating to the Poor in England and Wales, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to explain and amend the said Act: And that Mr. 
Solicitor General and Mr. William Miles do prepare, 


and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Abstract of the former Returns 
relative to the various Commissions that have been 
issued since 1830, be re-printed; and that a Return 
of all subsequent Commissions to the present pe- 
riod and Date to which such Return can be made 
up, be annexed thereto ; distinguishing such Com- 
missions as have been cancelled. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Memorials to the Lord Lieutenant 
and Privy Council of Ireland, for additional Quarter 
Sessions in the County of Cork, or for an alteration 
of the present Limits of the Ridings thereof; to- 
gether with the Reports thereon by Assistant Bar- 
risters or others, and the Decisions of the Privy 
Council. 


Ordered, That Mr. Lynch be discharged from 
any further attendance on the Select Committee on 
Manor Courts (Ireland.) 

Ordered, That Mr. Redington be added to the 
Committee. 


Mr. Solicitor General presented a Bill to explain 
and amend an Act of the 7th year of his late Ma- 
jesty, for extending the period for the repayment of 

Vou. 93. 





the said county, being come ; 

Mr. Speaker took the Chair. 

The Serjeant at Arms was sent with the Mace to 
the places adjacent, to require the attendance of the 
Members on the business of the House ; and being 
returned ; . 


Sir Robert Peel, from the Select Committee Evesham 
appointed to try and determine the merits of the Election. 


Petition of Robert Salmon, William Hill and Joseph 
Russeil, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Evesham, informed the 
House, That the Committee had determined, 

That George Rushout, Esquire, is duly elected a 
Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Evesham: 

That Peter Borthwick, Esquire, is not duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said borough : 

That Arthur Marcus Cecil Hill, Esquire, com- 
monly calied Lord Marcus Hill, is duly elected, 
and ought to have been returned a Burgess to serve 
in this present Parliament for the said borough : 

That the Petition of Robert Salmon and other 
Electors did not appear to the Committee to be 
frivolous or vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not 
appear to the Committee to be frivolous or vexatious: 

That the Committee had altered the Poll taken 
at the last Election for the said Borough, by striking 
off from such Poll the names of Joseph Tustin, 
George Brinyard, Richard Averill, Robert Knight, 
Thomas George, John Paine, Charles Partington, 
George Merritt, Edmund Jinks, William Badger 
the elder, Samuel Brotterton, William Hiorns, 
George Clements, Benjamin Murrell, Michael Ald- 
ington, Thomas Milton and Robert Salmon, as not 
having had a right to vote at such Election, 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend Clerk of the 
this House To-morrow, with the last Return for the Crown to 


Borough of Evesham, and amend the same, by 
rasing out the name of Peter Borthwick, Esquire, 
3B3 and 





i 
{ 
i 
| 
| 
| 





Kerry County 
Election. 


Bridgewater 
Election. 


Newry 
Election. 


Sudbury Writ. 


Youghal 
Election. 


374 


and inserting the name of Lord Marcus Hill, instead 
thereof. 


Sir Robert Peel also acquainted the House, That 
the Committee had come to the following Resolu- 
tion, which they had directed him to report to the 
House ; 

That Peter Borthwick, Esquire, was guilty of 
Bribery at the said Election: 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Then the House was counted by Mr. Speaker ; 
and three hundred Members being present ; 

And the Petition of Sir Thomas Buckler Leth- 
bridge, Baronet, and of the Persons whose names 
are thereunto subscribed, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Bridge- 
water, being also ordered to be taken into consider- 
ation upon this day ; 

And the Petition of Denis Caulfield Brady, 
Esquire, of Mewry, in the county of Armagh, in 
that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Jreland, called Ireland, whose name is there- 
unto subscribed, being a Candidate at the last 
Election for a Member to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Newry; and also the 
Petition of the there-undersigned Electors of the 
Borough of Newry, complaining of the undue Elec- 
tion and Return of John Ellis, Esquire, as a 
Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said borough, severally complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the said borough, being 
also ordered to be taken into consideration upon 
this day ; 

The several Parties, counsel and agents, were 
directed to be called in. 


And the door being locked ; 

The Order of the day, for taking into con- 
sideration the said Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the County of Kerry, was 
read, 

And the names of the Members were drawn and 
read in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was 
completed :—And Lists of the said names were de- 
livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 
mittee on the Kerry County Election ; and then the 
door was opened, and the Parties, their counsel and 
agents, withdrew. 

And the door being again locked ; 

And no Parties, counsel or agents, appearing on 
behalf of the Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Bridge- 
water :—The Order for considering the said Petition 
was read, and discharged. 


Then the Order of the day, for taking into con- 
sideration the said Petitions, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Newry, was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn, and 
read, in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names 
was completed :—And Lists of the said names were 
delivered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 


mittee on the Newry Election ; and then the door | 


was opened, and the Parties, theircounsel and agents, 
withdrew. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Sudbury, in the room 
of Sir Edward Barnes, deceased. 


General Lygon from the Select Committee ap- | 


pointed to try and determine the merits of the Peti- 
tion of John Musgrave Wigmore and others, Electors 
of the Borough of Youghal, whose names are there- 
unto subscribed, and claiming a right to vote at the 
last Election for the said borough, complaining of 


20° Marti. 





A. 1838. 


an undue Election and Return for the said borough ; 
informed the House, That the Committee had de- 
termined, 

That Frederick John Howard, Esquire, is duly 
elected a Member to serve in this present Parliament 
for the Borough of Youghal: 

That the Petition of John Musgrave Wigmore, 
Gentleman, and others, did not appear to the said 
Committee to be frivolous or vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not 
appear. to the said Committee to be frivolous or 
vexatious. 

General Zygon also informed the House, That 
the Committee have altered the poll taken at the 
said Election by striking off the names of William 
Doran, Patrick O’ Keeffe, Daniel Quinlan, William 
Flanagan, Francis William Curry, George Evans, 
John Keleher, John Coghlan, James Culbert, John 
Browne, Edward Dartnell, Morgan Brien, John 
Keeffe, Nicholas George Green, Pierce Power, Ed- 
mund Colbert, James Prendergast, Christopher 
Frederick Musgrave, James Boles Johnson, John 
Power, Henry Keating, John Hamilton, Robert 
Davis, Patrick Kennedy, Joseph Vernon, Sobieski 
Kildahl, James Hugh D Arcy, Callaghan M‘Carty, 
John M‘Guire, the Reverend Percy Scott Smith, 
and Richard Cox, Junior, as not having had a right 
to vote at such Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Saint Stephens next Saltash ;—Inhabitants of Salé- 
ash ;—and, Watermen plying for hire upon the river 
Tamer, taking notice of the application for the 
Saltash Floating Bridge Bill; and praying that such 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


the barony of Gorbals, praying that the Glasgow 
Waterworks Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 





A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 
Common Council of the city of Glasgow, praying 
| that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the said Bill, was 
also presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and eounsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


of the Petition for the Garnkirk and Glasgow Rail- 


Committee on Standing Orders relative to Private 
Bills, might be read; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a 
Bill for altering and amending several Acts relating 
to the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway, and for 


Money: And that Lord William Bentinck and Mr. 


Dennistoun do prepare, and bring it in. 


Hereford List. 


Park, in the county of Lancaster, Esquire, praying 
that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or 
agent, against certain parts of the Turton and 
Entwisle Reservoir Bill, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





An 


way Bill, which was yesterday made from the Select ” 


enabling the Company to raise a further Sum of 


Petitions from the Mayor and Free Burgesses of gattash 
the borough of Saltash ;—Land-owners and Inha- Floating 
bitants of the borough of Saltash, and parish of B*dse- 


Petitions from Magistrates of the barony of Gor- Glasgow 


bals of Glasgow ;—--and, Commissioners of Police for bow 


terworks 
l. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Garnkirk 
and Glasgow 
ailway Bill. 


The Leominster Improvement Bill was read a se- Leominster 
. e enh 
cond time ; and committed to Lord Hotham and the _— 


A Petition of Thomas Joseph Trafford, of Trafford Tartow ant 


Entwisle , 
Reservoir Bill. 


Dee E 
Road: 


Ker) 
Elect 


~-— os, 








Dee Bridge 
Roads Bill. 


Kerry County 
Election. 


Seventeenth 
Report on 
Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


No, 222. 


Cookham 
Bridge Bill. 


Twyford and 
Theale Road 
Bill. 


Brandling 
Junction 


Railway Bill. 


Sudbury Town 
Lands Bill. 


Seistol and 
xeter Rail 
Bill, nme 


1 Victrori2. 20° Martie. 375 


An ingrossed Bill for more effectually repairing 
and keeping in Repair certain Roads in the County 
of Kincardine, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That General Arbuthnott do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The counsel and agents in the case of the Kerry 
County Election, being returned to the bar, the 
Clerk appointed to attend the said Committee deli- 
vered in to the House a reduced List; and the same 
was called over as followeth ; 

John Pemberton Plumptre, ay ro, William 
Battie Wrightson, Esquire, Sir John Mordaunt, 
Baronet, William Pinney, Esquire, William Giood- 
enough Hayter, Esquire, John Phillpotts, Esquire, 
Lord Viscount Melgund, Joseph Cripps, Esquire, 
Aaron Chapman, Esquire, Thomas Mackenzie, 
Esquire, and Joseph Pease, Esquire. 

And the said Members, being the Select Com- 
mittee for trying and determining the merits of the 
Petition complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for the Brunch of Kerry, ten of them were 
sworn by the Clerk at the Table, in the usual man- 
ner: And the other Member, being one of the 
people called Quakers, made his solemn Affirmation ; 
and thereupon the counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 





Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Act ; and who 
were empowered to report the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence, taken before them from time to time to the 
House; That they had made further Progress in the 
matters to them referred ; and had directed him to 
report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

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


The Cookham Bridge Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed to Sir William Young, and 
the Bucks List. 





Lord Viscount Barrington presented a Bill to 
alter, amend and enlarge the powers and provisions | 
of an Act passed in the seventh year of the reign | 


of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, inti-| 


tituled, “ An Act for repairing the Road from the | ; 


Thirty-three Milestone in the Parish of Ruscombe, 
in the County of Berks, towards Reading, to a place 
called the Seven-mile Stone, in the Parish of Beenham 
in the said County, and a certain other Road com- 
municating therewith :” And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


The Brandling Junction Railway Bill was read a 
second time; and committed to Mr. Bell, and the 
Northumberland List. 


| 


| 


The House was moved That the Report in re-| 


spect of the Petition for the Sudbury Town Lands 
Bill, which, upon the 1st day of this mstant March, 
was made from the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
for authorizing the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
gesses of the Borough of Sudbury, in the county 
of a to release and discharge from Shackage 
and Commonage, certain Lands within the said 
Borough ; and for other purposes relating to other 
Lands, belonging to the said Borough: And that 
Mr. Logan and Colonel Rushbrooke, do prepare and 
bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Bristol and Exeter Railway 
Bill, which was yesterday made from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders relative to Private 
Bills, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Vou. 93. 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
for making several Branches in the county of So- 
merset, from the Line of the Bristol and Exeter 
Railway, and for amending the Act relating to such 
Railway: And that Mr. William Miles and Mr. 
Ayshford Sanford do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of Proprietors of the Wibsey Low Wibsey and 
Moor Iron Works, and Lords and Ladies of the Huddersfield 
Manor of Royd’s Hall, and Owners of divers in- ®°*4 Bil 
closed lands within the same, all situate in Worth 
Bierley, in the parish of Bradford, in the county of 
York, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Wibsey and Huddersfield Road Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read ; 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


The Birkenhead Improvement Bill was read a Birkenhead 
second time ; and committed to Mr. George Wilbra- Improvement 
ham and the Chester List. _ 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Linlithgow 
of the Petition for the Linlithgow Roads Bill, ihich Roads Bill. 
was yesterday made from the Select Committee on 

Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, might be 

read ; and the same being read ; ( 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

for more effectually repairing and maintaining the 
Road from Borrowstounness by the west-end of Lin- 
Lithgow, and by Torpichen, Bathgate and Whitburn, 
to the confines of the county of Linlithgow, ator near 
Hollhouseburn ; the Road from Borrowstounness to 
the River Avon; and the Road leading eastward 
from Borrowstounness to Champany, by the Kirk of 
Carriden, in the county of Linlithgow: And that 
Mr. George Hope and Mr. Gillon do prepare, and 
bring it in. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Northwich, praying Grand Junction 
that the Grand Junction Railway Bill may pass R+i!way Bill. 
into a law, was presented and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Incorporation of Traffickers or Leith Port. 
Merchant Company of Leith, praying that leave may 
not be granted for any Bill being introduced into 
he House affecting the revenues of Edinburgh or 
Leith, which does not provide for relieving the Port 
of Leith effectually from all interference or control 


?/ in every respect on the part of the Town Council of 
| Edinburgh and its creditors, was presented, and read ; 
| and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


| 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Southampton, pray- Portsmouth 
ing that the Portsmouth Floating Bridge Bill may — Bridge 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- _ 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chancellor, Masters and Scholars oxfora and 
of the University of Oxford, praying that they may Great Western 
be heard, by their counsel, against certain parts of — Railway 
the Oxford and Great Western Union Railway Bill, ~ 
was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by their counsel, upon their Petition, if the 
think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


Petitions from Ludlow ;—Milton (Northampton) ; Negro Appren- 
— Hackleton;— Northampton ;— Kettering ;-- Weldon "eship. 
and Corby Beit ;— Wickham Market ;—and, 
Skipton ; praying for the abolition of the system of 
Negro Apprenticeship,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Gillespy, of Billiter-street, London 
London, submitting a plan for enlarging the present Coal Market. 
London Coal Market; and praying that the House 

33B4 will 





i] 
| 
t 


re nnn 








376 20° Marti. 


will give him leave to lay the said plan before the | 
Select Committee on the Coal Trade (Port of Lon- 
don) Bill, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Sir Henry Paston iy ten of 
Oxburgh Hall, in the county of Norfolk, Baronet, 
stating that an ancestor of the Petitioner was pos- 
sessed of large Estates in the counties of Norfolk and 
Suffolk, and, among others, of an Estate at Eriswell, 
in the county of Suffolk; all which Estate was, by 
an Order of the Parliament of the 22d of January 
1645, declared and adjudged to be forfeited ; and 
that the said Estate at Lriswell was shortly after 
acquired by a Society incorporated by an Act of 
the same Parliament under the name and style of 
the “ Society of the President and Society for pro- 
pagating the Gospel in New England ;” that New 
England has long been separated from this Kingdom, 
and there are now no Heathen natives within that 
Province, yet the said Company still holds the said 
Estate; and praying the House to institute an inquiry 
into the nature and concerns of the said Society in- 
corporated by King Charles the Second, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


New England 
Company. 


Vote by Ballot. Petitions from Mallow ;—and, Worthing; praying 
for the adoption of Vote by Ballot at Elections of 
Members to serve in Parliament,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Chairman of a Meeting of the 
First United Secession Congregation of Auchter- 
muchty ;—and, Members of the United Associate 
Congregation of Fenwick; praying the House to 
abolish entirely the monopoly enjoyed by the Queen’s 
Printer in Scotland of printing Bibles, —were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Church of Petitions from Rutherglen (Moderator, Preses and 

Scotland. Clerk of the Relief Congregation) ;—and, Stratha- 
ven (Moderator and Session Clerk of the United 
Associate Session); praying the House to refuse 
their sanction to any additional endowments to the 
Church of Scotland,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Lower Canada. A Petition of Inhabitants of Dumfries and Maz- 
welltown, praying the House to address Her Majesty 
to put a termination to the War in Lower Canada, 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Tabl 
able. 


The counsel and agents in the case of the Newry 
Election, being returned to the bar, the Clerk ap- 
pointed to attend the said Committee delivered in 
to the House a reduced List; and the same was 
called over, as followeth ; 

William Taylor Copeland, Esquire, Lord Teign- 
mouth, Sir John Buller Yarde Buller, Baronet, Tho- 
mas Dyke Acland, Esquire, John Henry Vivian, 
Esquire, Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot, Esquire, 
Lord Viscount Barrington, Sir George Thomas Staun- 
ton, Baronet, Sir Charles Lemon, Baronet, Joseph 
Bailey, Esquire (of Sudbury), and the Honourable 
Sidney Herbert. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Petitions 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Newry, were sworn by the Clerk 
at the Table in the usual manner; and thereupon 
the counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


Bible Printing 
(Scotland.) 


Newry Election. 


Slave Compen- __ ftesolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
sation, er Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Average Value (in Sterling M oney) of 
a Slave as appraised by the sworn Valuators, and of 
the Compensation awarded for such Slave of each 





A. 1838. 


Class ; of the several divisions of Preedial attached, 
of Predial unattached, and of Non-Predial, in each 
of the Colonies where Compensation has been 
granted :—The Number of Slaves for whom Com- 
pensation has been claimed, and of the Number of 
Claims preferred for such Compensation, and of the 
Amount of Compensation awarded in each of the 
Classes of the Predial attached, Preedial unattached 
and Non-Predial, in each of the Colonies where 
Compensation has been granted :—and, the Num- 
ber of Apprentices who have in the various Colonies 
respectively purchased their freedom since the 1st 
day of August 1834; also the gross Sum which they 
have paid for that purpose; and also the Average 
per Head at which such Freedom has been pur- 
chased ; also distinguishing Males and Females. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this Rises as are 
of Her Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 





A Petition of the Bishop and Clergy of the Church 
united diocese of Down and Connor, complaining sdon Clrelend) 
of the want of sufficient church accommodation in . 
that diocese, and praying the House to confer on 
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for Ireland such 
powers as may enable them to supply the defect, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Protestant and Catholic Gentry, Tithes 
Farmers and other Inhabitants of Canawee, praying (Ireland.) 
for the abolition of Tithes in Jreland,was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitant Rate-payers of Evesham, Municipal 
praying that the Municipal Boundaries Bill may Boundaries 
not pass into a law as it now stands, was presented, ~"* 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London and 
the Report which upon the 8th day of this instant ang 
March was made from the Committee on the London 
and Greenwich Railway Bill, printed Copies of the 
Bill having been delivered at the door upon Friday 
last; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Mr. Chalmers, one of the Clerks attending Com- Belfast 
mittees of this House, presented, pursuant to Order, Election. 
—The Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence taken 
before the Committee on the Belfast Election Pe- 
tition. 

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

A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Adam and Message from 
Mr. Brougham : the Lords. 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for making and main- Paington 
taining a Harbour and other Works at Paington, in Harbour Bil 
the County of Devon : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to alter and enlarge Warminster 
some of the Provisions of anAct passed in the Third = a 

. ° : ae papas oads Bill. 
year of the Reign of his late Majesty King William . 
the Fourth, for better repairing the Roads from 
Warminster, and from Frome to the Bath Road, 
and other Roads therein mentioned: And also, 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Bishoprick o! 

















| to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this ” 
| House: And also, 
| The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act eee Bilt 
for authorizing the Sale of part of the settled Estates re 
| of Christopher Turnor, Esquire, and for investing 

| the Monies arising from such Sale in the Purchase 


of other more convenient Estates to be settled to 


the same uses ; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House :—And then the Messen- 
| gers withdrew. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Coroners. 
posed, 


J seer: ; é eS 
for continuing the Bishoprick of Sodor and Mann; — 


Foreign 


Bonde 


Inte 


Hi 
Bi 


aC, 


wot 


.- ow! 





Foreign Corn. 


Bonded Corn. 


International 
Copyright Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


High Sherift’s 
Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Courts 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
mmission 
Bill, 


Combination 
Workmen, 





1 Vicroriz. 


posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to alter 
and amend the Laws relating to the office of County 
Coroner :—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


Petitions from Dartmouth ; — Brixham ;— and, 
Cork; praying that Foreign Corn in bond may be 
ground into flour for exportation,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House do, immediately, resolve itself into 
a Committee, to consider the Manufacture of Fo- 
reign Bonded Corn, under the Queen’s locks, for 
exportation ; 

he House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the ¢ Colonel Seale, 127 

Yeas, Sir John Rae Reid: } ‘ 

Tellers for they The Marquis of Chandos, \ .., 

Noes, Colonel Rushbrooke : | hoes 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative: —The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Attorney General reported, That 
the Committee had come to a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Attorney General accordingly reported the 
Resolution ; and the same was read as followeth ; 

Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That Foreign Corn in bond be allowed to be ground 
for exportation, under lock. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, was 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Colonel Seale and Mr. War- 
burton do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
provide for International Copyright: And that Mr. 
Poulett Thomson and Lord John Russell do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That it be an instruction to the Committee 
on the Poor Law Amendment Act, to inquire how 
far the regulations of the Poor Law Commissioners 
have been compatible with the inmates of the work- 
houses attending their respective places of worship 
on the Sabbath Day, and to inquire and report how 
provision may be made for securing to all such in- 
mates the power of attending divine service according 
to their respective creeds:—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
regulate the office of High Sheriff in England and 
Wales: And that Colonel Davies and Mr. Barneby 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
consolidate the Ecclesiastical Courts in Lreland, and 
to amend the Laws relating thereto: And that Mr. 
Barron and Mr. Lynch do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
carry into effect, with certain modifications, the 
Fourth Report of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners 
of England and Wales: And that Lord John Russell 
and Mr.Chancellor of the Exchequer do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


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


Mercurii, 21° die Martii, 1838; 
Ordered, That Lord Viscount Lowther be dis- 
charged from any further attendance on the Select 

Committee on Combination of Workmen. 
Ordered, That Lord Ashley be added to the Com- 


mittee. 
Vor. 93. 


20°—21° Martiz. 





377 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Soap, Soap. 


which were presented upon Thursday last, be 
printed. 


No. 223. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Yeomanry Yeomanry 


Cavalry which was presented yesterday, be printed. © 


avalry. 


No. 224. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Custody of 


make more effectual provision for the prevention o 
Offences by Insane Persons in Ireland: And that 
Mr. Attorney General for Jreland and Lord Viscount 
Morpeth do prepare, and bring it in. 


Notice being taken that Forty Members were not 
present, the House was told by Mr. Speaker, and 
Forty Members not being present, and it being then 
a quarter of an hour after twelve of the clock on 
Wednesday morning:—The House was adjourned 
by Mr. Speaker, without a question first put, till 
this day. 





Mercurii, 21° die Martii; 
Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1838. 
PRAYERS. 


f Insane Persons 
(Ireland) Bill. 


HE Clerk of the Crown attending, according Evesham 
to Order, amended the Return for the Borough Re™ 


of Evesham. 


Mr. Parkhouse, from the Office of the Tanjore Carnatic 


Commissioners, was called in; and at the bar pre- 
sented,—Return to an Order, dated the 20th day of 
February last, for an Account of the Number of 
Claims, and the Amount of the same in English 
Money, made upon, and of the Sums awarded by, 
the Carnatic and Tanjore Commissioners, since the 
14th day of July 1836; stating the several Items 
of the last complete year’s Expenditure, and the 
Names of the Persons receiving the same :—Also, 
the Amount of Annual Expenses attending the Com- 
mission in England, since the 14th day of July 1836; 
together with Copies of the Correspondence which 
has taken place between the Court of Directors and 
the Board of Control, respecting the termination of 
the said Commission (see Parliamentary Paper, 
No. 478, of 1836); together with Copies of Cor- 
respondence between the Tanjore Commissioners 
and the Court of Directors of the East India Com- 
pany in relation to the termination of the said Com- 
mission, and to the settlement of the petty Claims 
under the same, since the 14th July 1836; and also, 
Copies or Extracts of Correspondence between the 
Tanjore Commissioners in Behed and those at 
Madras, on the same subject :—And then he with- 
drew. 

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


and ‘Tanjore 
Commissioners 


Mr. Parker, Assistant Secretary to the Poor Law Poor Law 


Commissioners, was called in; and at the bar pre- oe 
ct. 


sented, pursuant to Order,—A Return, showing the 
size, in square Miles, of the several Unions formed 
by the Poor Law Commissioners for England and 
Wales, together with the Population of each, ac- 
cording to the latest census, and the Number of 
Guardians appointed to each :—And then he with- 
drew. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, British 
an Account of the Income and Expenditure of the Museum. 


British Museum, for the year 1837 ; of the estimated 
Charges and Expenses for the year ending 25th 
March 1839, and of the Sums necessary to dis- 
charge the same; and also, an Account of the 
Number of Persons admitted to visit the Museum 
from Christmas 1831 to Christmas 1837. 

Mr. Cowtan, from the Trustees of the British 





3c Museum, 


a a nnn 


Srey 
Z See a e 








OS 


/ 
| 


Turnor’s 
Estate Bill. 


Blackheath, 
&amp;c.,Smal] Debts 
Bill. 


Hereford 
Improvement 
Bill, 


Gravesend 


Cemetery Bill. 


Haleworthy 
Roads Bill. 


Margate 
improvement 


Bill. 


Isle of Thanet 
Cemetery Bill. 


378 21° Martie. 


Museum, was called in; and at the bar presented 
the said Account :— And then he withdrew. 

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


Turnor’s Estate Bill was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Blackheath, &amp;c., Small Debts 
Bill, which upon the 8th day of this instant March 
was made from the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend an Act for the Amendment of four several 
Acts passed in the fifth, sixth, tenth and forty- 
seventh years of the reign of his late Majesty George 
the Third, for the Recovery of Small Debts within 
the Hundreds of Blackheath, of Bromley and 
Beckenham, of Rokesley otherwise Rualey, and of 
Little and Lesness, in the County of Kent, and 
within the Hundred of Wallington, in the County 
of Surrey, and to extend the Powers thereof: And 
that Mr. Barnard and Mr. Brotherton do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Order made 
upon the 12th day of this instant March, That leave 
be given to bring in a Bill for altering, amending 
and enlarging the provisions of two Acts of Par- 
liament relating to the City of Hereford, for re- 
moving the Markets held in the said City for the 
Sale of Cattle, Horses, Sheep and Pigs, and for 
providing another Market-place for the Sale of 
Cattle, Horses, Sheep, Pigs, Hay and Straw, in lieu 
thereof ; for abolishing Saint Ethelbert’s, or the 
Nine day’s Fair, held annually in the said City, 
except the first day thereof; and for transferring 
the Jurisdiction and the Tolls thereof; and for dis- 


posing of certain Estates belonging to the See of | 


Hereford, and annexing other Estates to the said 
See in lieu thereof, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That. leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for amending the provisions of two Acts of Parlia- 
ment relating to the City of Hereford, and for 
limiting the duration of Saint Ethelbert’s, or the 
Nine days’ Fair: And that Mr. Bolton Clive and 
Mr. Hoskins do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Law Hodges presented a Bill for establishing 
a General Cemetery in the Parish of Gravesend, in 
the County of Kent: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Lord Eliot reported from the Committee on the 
Haleworthy Roads Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true ; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Edward Knatchbull presented a Bill for more 
effectually paving, cleansing, lighting, watching and 
otherwise improving the Town of Margate, in the 
County of Kent; and for regulating the Police of 
the said Town: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Isle of Thanet Cemetery 
Bill, which upon the 7th day of this instant March 
was made from the Select Committee on Petitions 


for Private Bills, might be read; and the same being | 


read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for establishing a Cemetery for the Interment of the 
Dead, by a Company to be called “ The Isle of 





A. 1838. 


Thanet Cemetery Company:” And that Sir Edward 
Knatchbull and Mr. Plumptre do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Ramsgate 
of the Petition for the Ramsgate Improvement (No. 2) Improvement Hegre 
Bill, which upon the 6th day of this instant March (® 2) Bill, anal 
was made from the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for better paving, lighting, watching and improving 
the Parish of Ramsgate, in the County of Kent, 
and for regulating the Police thereof: And that Sir 
Edward Knatchbull and Mr. Plumptre do prepare, 


and bring it in. 





Mr. Tatton Egerton ee a Bill for repairing Staley 
| the Road from French Top, in the West Riding ®=4 Bil 
of the county of York, to Staley, in the county 
'palatine of Chester: And the same was read the 

first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


An ingrossed Bill for extending the time for com- London and 
pleting the London and Greenwich Railway, and Greenwich Menics 
for amending the Act relating thereto, was read the R#ilvsy Bill Bound 
third time. Bill 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for extending the Time for com- 


pleting the London and Greenwich Railway. 





Ordered, That Mr. Barnard do carry the Bill to Poor L 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. _ 
ct, 


Petitions from Calverley ; —Stanningley ;—Ship- Factories Act 
ley ;—Farsley ;—and, Guiseley; praying for the 
amendment of the Factories Act,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. William Miles presented a Bill for making Bristol and 
several Branches in the County of Somerset from Exeter Railway 
the Line of the Bristol and Ezeter Railway, and - Ratia 
|for amending the Act relating to such Railway: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Charles Henry Payne, of Uphill Bristol and ‘ 
House, in the county of Somerset, and of Bristol, 7 seit si 
Barrister-at-law, complaining that the Standing — 

Orders of the House, in respect to the application 

for the Bristol and Exeter Railway Bill, had not 

| been complied with; and praying that he may be ' 
heard, by his counsel or agent, against the same, 

| was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 

| the Table. 





Chur 
Prop 


Sir Edward Knatchbull reported from the Select standing 
Committee on StandingOrdersrelative to Private Bills, Orders; 
several Resolutions which were read as follow: 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for = 


the Newcastle-upon- Tyne and North Shields Railway Roiiway. 





Bill, the Standing Orders ought not to be dispensed Ree: 
with. ; Tene 
| 2. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for — 

‘the Edinburgh Community Estates Bill, the Stand- F tates Bill. 
ing Orders ought not to be dispensed with. 


3. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for Pembroke Chu 


the Pembroke Ferry Bill, the Parties be permitted to ““"™" Scot 
proceed with their Bill. 
The last Resolution of the Committee, being read 
a second time, was agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Colonel Davies presented a Bill to regulate the High Sherifls 
office of High Sheriff in England and Wales: And _ one 
‘the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be No. 22 Pos 


| read a second time upon Wednesday next ; and to 


be printed. 


Petitions from King’s County (Grand Jury) ;— Poor Relief 
Seapatrick (Chairman cf a Meeting);—and, Queen’s (Ireland) Bill. 
County 











1 Vicroriz. 


21° Marti. 
County (High Sheriff and Grand Jury) ; praying that | 


379 


Mr. Robert Clive reported from the Select Com- Exeter Com- 


the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill may not pass into a | mittee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case ™*ti*! Gas. 


law as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Negto Appreny Petitions from Bristol;— Birstal ;—Churwell ;— 
ticeship. Gildersome; — Batley; — Hightown; — Westgate 


Hill; --- Walmsley (Minister of the Presbyterian 
Chapel) ;— Wigan ;— Hindley ;— Kidwelly;— Llan- 
dilo; — Waldringfield ; — Rendham; — Ashford ; 
— Bildeston ; — Gravesend ; — Chichester ;— New- 
castle-upon-Tyne; — Tavistock; — Stanton Saint 
Bernard and Woodborough ;—Rye ;— Wrexham ;— 
Horrabridge ; — Wisbech; — Broken Gifford ; — 
Kington Langley ;— Tavistock ;— Christian Malford; 
—Bromham ;— Allendale ;— Willington Quay ;— 
Alston ; — Tewkesbury ;—Bowes and Gilmonby ;— 
Ashton-under-Lyne ;— Warminster ;——_Dromfield ;— 
Peckham ;—Dudley ;— Westmancote ; —Waulworth ; 
—Crockherton ;— Tenterden ;— Madeley ;— Honiton ; 
—Ipswich ;—and, Berwich-upon- Tweed; praying for 
the abolition of the system of Negro Apprenticeship, 


—were presented, andread ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Municipal 
Boundaries 


Bill. 


A Petition of Members of the Council of the 
borough of Rye, praying that the Municipal Boun- 
daries Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands, 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act, 


Petitions from Camelford Union ;—and, Camber- 
well; praying that the House will not consent to any 
alteration, either as it regards the principle or the 
operation, of the Poor Law Amendment Act, until it 
shall be discovered by a more general and “evens 
experience of its enactments that any such amend- 
ments are absolutely necessary,—were presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
the Poor Law Amendment Act. 

Rating of 


Teneeents Bil, Petition of Owners of tenements in Salford, 


praying that the Rating of Tenements Bill may not 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Rating of Tene- 
ments. 


Vote by Ballot. 
ing for the adoption of Vote by Ballot at Elections 
of Members to serve in Parliament,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Church 


2 A Petition of Inhabitants of Redruth, praying that 
foperty. 


in the event of any inquiry being instituted into the 
mode of granting and renewing leases of eccle- 
siastical property, all increase of revenue that may 
arise, may be devoted strictly and exclusively to- 
wards supplying the spiritual wants of the people, and 
increasing the efficiency of the Church of England, 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Recovery of 


: : A Petition of Owners of lands and tenements in 
enements Bill, 


Manchester, praying that the Recovery of Tenements 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read, 
and referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Church of 
Scotland, 


Petitions from Dunbar ;— Jedburgh; — North 

Berwick ;— Waddington ;—Gordon Street, Glasgow 
(Preses and Secretary of the United Secession Con- 
gregation) ;— Inverkeithing ;— Dunfermline ;—and, 
Stirling ; praying the House to refuse their sanction 
to any additional endowments to the Church of 
Scotland,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 
Postage, A Petition of Merchants, Bankers, Traders and 
other Inhabitants of Saint Austell, praying for the 
establishment of a low uniform rate of Suceae on 
letters, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Postage. 

Vou. 93. 








Petitions from Clara;—and, West Malling; pray- | 








of the Petition for the Exeter Commercial Gas Bill, 
the Standing Orders had not been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Robert Clive, by Order, presented a Bill to Wadsley, 
repeal the Wadsley and Langset Turnpike-road Act, Langset and P 
so far as relates to the Wadsley and Langset District — one 
of the said Road, in the West Riding of the County 
of York, and to make new Provisions in lieu thereof ; 
and also for extending the said District of Road to 
or near to Moorfields, in the Parish of Sheffield, and 
for other purposes: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Gravesend, pray- Gravesend Pier 
ing that they may be heard, by their counsel or (No. 1,) Bill. 
agents, against certain parts of the Gravesend Pier 
(N° 1.) Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Mr. Pringle presented a Bill for more effectually Linlithgow 
repairing and maintaining the Road from Borrow- Roads Bill. 
stounness by the west-end of Linlithgow, and by 
Torpichen, Bathgate and Whitburn, to the confines 
of the County of Linlithgow, at or near Hollhouse- 
burn; the Road from Borrowstounness to the river 
Avon; and the Road leading eastward from Bor- 
rowstounness to Champany, by the Kirk of Carriden, 
in the County of Linlithgow: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- Lady Kirk 
spect of the Petition for the Lady Kirk and Norham and Norham 
(Tweed) Bridge Bill, which upon the 13th day io 
this instant March, was made from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
building a Bridge over the river Tweed between 
Lady Kirk in the county of Berwick, and Norham, 
in the county of Durham, and for making Avenues 
and Approaches thereto: And that Mr. Pringle and 
Sir Hugh Campbell do prepare, and bring it im. 


Mr. Barron presented a Bill to consolidate the Ecclesiastical 
Jurisdiction of the several Ecclesiastical Courts in Courts 
Ireland into one Court, and to enlarge the Powers ‘'l2"4) Bill. 
and Authorities of such Courts; and to alter and No. 227. 
amend the Law in certain matters Ecclesiastical : 

And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 4th 
day of April next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Com- Eighteenti: 

mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Act; and who Kepert oa 
° A - + Poor Law 

were empowered to report the Minutes of the Evi- amendment 
dence taken before them from time to time to Act. 
the House; That they had made further Progress No. 225. 
in the matters to them referred ; and had directed 
him to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them. 

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


Petitions from Rate-payers and Freeholders in the Tenby 
borough of Tenby ;—and, Freemen of the borough po sa 
of Tenby, praying that they may be heard, by them- Bill. 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Tenby Improvement and Harbour Bill, were 
presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 

3c2 heard, 








Education. 


Glasgow Cotton 
Spinuers, 


Stage Coach 
Duties. 


Controverted 
Election 
Petitions, 


Tithes 
(Ireland. ) 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Municipal 
Corporations 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Turton and 
Entwisle 
Reservoir Bill. 


Fictitious Votes 


( Scotland.) 


Municipal 
Boundaries 


Bill. 


Universal 
Suffrage. 


380 21° Martiz. 


heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Lyme Regis and 
Charmouth, praying for the establishment of a Na- 
tional System of Education, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table, 


A Petition of the President of the Working Men’s 
Association of Middleton, praying the House to ad- 
dress Her Majesty to remit the sentence recently 
passed upon certain Cotton Spinners of Glasgow, 
convicted of a conspiracy to raise wages, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Four Petitions of Stage Coach Masters; praying 
for the repeal of the Duties on Stage Coaches,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Committee of the 
Camberwell, Peckham and Dulwich Reform Society, 
being Electors of the borough of Lambeth, praying 
the House to institute an immediate inquiry into the 
present mode of conducting Election Committees, 
and to adopt such measures as shall ensure the 
formation of a competent tribunal, independent of 
the House, before which decisions upon Election 
Petitions may be had in a less expensive manner, 
and which shall be so constituted as to inspire im- 
plicit publié confidence in the impartiality of such 
decisions, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Clara, praying for 
the abolition of Tithes in Jreland, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Abbey Strowry ;— Castle Haven ; 
—and, Castle Durrow ; praying that the present 
system of National Eudcation in Jreland may not 
be persisted in,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Master, Wardens and Brothers 
of the Fraternity or Guild of Saint James-the-A postle, 
Dublin, being the Corporation of Cooks and Vintners, 

sraying that the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) 
3ill may not pass into a law as it now stands, was 
yresented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


lable. 


A Petition of Members of the Committee of the 
National Association of Apothecaries of Jreland, 
praying that a clause may be inserted in the Medical 
Charities (Jreland) Bill, to render members of the 
profession of Apothecary eligible to be Commis- 
sioners and Inspectors under the said Bill, was 
—— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


The Turton and Entwisle Reservoir Bill was read 
a second time; and committed to Mr. Wilson Patten 
and the Lancaster List. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Blairgowrie, com- 
plaining of the practice of creating Fictitious Votes 
for Counties in Scotland, and praying relief, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Fictitious Votes (Scotland). 


Petitions from Madeley ;-- Broseley;--and, Dawley ; 

praying that the Municipal Boundaries Bill may 

ass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Greenock ;—and, Preswick; pray- 
ing for the adoption of Universal Suffrage at Elec- 





A. 1838. 


tions of Members to serve in Parliament,—were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Members of the Congregation Chureh of 
usually assembling in the North Church, Inverness ; Scotland, 
—and, Elders, Managers and Members of the Con- 
gregation of the East Church of Inverness ; praying 
the House to grant to the unendowed churches con- 
nected with the Established Church of Scotland, 
such amount of stipend for the Ministers as to the 
House shall seem meet,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister, Elders and other ora’ 
Members of the Congregation of the North Church 
of Inverness, praying the House to pass a law for 
the better Observance of the Lord’s Day, was pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Robert Dichinsonand William White, Municipal 


s Day. 





Attornies and Solicitors and Law Agents to the Corporations 
| Honourable the Corporation of Dublin, praying the “'@!™) Bil. 
House to cause such provision to he made in the 

| Municipal Corporations (Zreland) Bill as will secure 

|to the Petitioners a continuance to the office and 
emoluments of Law Agents to the Corporation of 

Dublin, for the term of their respective lives, or, in 

case of removal from the same, to such compensation 

as to the House shall seem meet, was presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Deacon of the Incorporation of Combination 
Dyers of Glasgow, praying the House to protect the of Workmen 
employers and operatives of this country from the 
intimidation or violence resulting from Associations 
of Workmen, was presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Combination of Work- 
men. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the county of Dublin, Dublin and 
praying for the repeal of the Act passed in the year — _— 
1798, for maintaining the Road between the cities * 
of Dublin and Limerick, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. ‘ 


A Petition of the Grand Jury of the county of Grand Jury 
Dublin, of Michaelmas term 1837, praying for an ‘iced 
amendment of the laws relating to Grand Jury Pre-“™ 
sentments in Jre/and, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. i 


Petitions from Brighton ;—- and, Bovey Tracey ; Poor Law 
praying for the amendment of the Poor Law Act,— Amendm™* 
were presented, and read ; and referred to the Select °°" 
Committee on the Poor Law Amendment Act. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Clonmel, praying that Upper Canada. 
some provision may be made to supply religious 
instruction, and the opportunity of public worship 
to the Protestant settlers of Upper Canada, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Cadogan Williams, praying the Savings Banks 
House to appoint a Committee to investigate the 
merits of his plan for the better regulation of Savings 
Banks, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday Qualification 
next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the Qua- “em 
| lification of Members Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Court of Session, Court of 
Session, &amp;C+» 


&amp;c., (Scotland) Bill be taken into further considera- (Scotland) Bill. 
tion upon Monday next. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, Poor Reliel. | 
resolve itself into a Committee upon the Poor Relief (trela"4) Bi 
ome Bill. 





Resolved, 








1S 


ill, 


id. 


Indemnity Bill. 


Lord’s Day Bill. 


Cork Sessions 
Bill. 


Patterns and 
Inventions Bill. 


Hackney 
Carriages 
(Metropolis) 
Bill. 


Charity 
Commissioners 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Salmon 
Fisheries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Election 
Expenses Bill. 


Bribery at 
Elections Bill. 


Oaths to 
Witnesses 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Common Fields 
Inclosure Bill, 


Common Fields 
Inclosure Bill. 


Common Fields 
Improvement 
Bill. 


1 Victoriz. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into a Committee upon the Indemnity 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read for the second 
reading of the Lord’s Day Bill ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for thes Mr. Plumptre, Lise 
Yeas, {sir Robert Harry Inglis, J ~""* 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hume, 6a 
Noes, Mr. Wakley: : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—The Bill 
was accordingly read a second time and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 
the 16th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Cork Sessions Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 4th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Patterns and Inventions Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Hackney Carriages (Metropolis) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Charity Commissioners (Ireland) Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Wednesday the 4th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Salmon Fisheries (Jreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Election Expenses Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time ; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 4th 
day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Bribery at Elections Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Oaths to Witnesses (Jreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Great Amwell, pray- 
ing, that the Common Fields Inclosure Bill may 
not pass into a, law as it now stands, was presented 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Common Fields Inclosure Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following, were proposed to be 
made to the Question, viz., To leave out the word 
“now,” and at the end of the-Question to add the 
word, “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“now,” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 
posed Amendment and Motion were severally, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 


reading of the Common Fields Improvement Bill ; 
Von. 93. 


21° Martiz. 





381 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Attornies 
for the better regulation of the profession of Attorney eo 
and Solicitor in Zreland: And that Mr. O’ Connell (*""? B" 
and Mr. Litton do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That Mr. Ward be discharged from any Poor Law 
further attendance on the Select Committee on the — 
Poor Law Amendment Act. —_ 

Ordered, That Mr. Langdale be added to the 


Committee. 


Mr. Attorney General for Zreland, presented a Bill Custody of 
to make more effectual provision for the prevention a = Bil. 
of Offences by Insane Persons in Ireland: And the ‘ No, a 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read ~~” a8. 
a second time upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Church Build- 
Return of the Amount of all Drawbacks allowed ins Materials. 
on Building Materials used in the erection of Places 
of Public Worship in Great Britain, from 5th April 
1817 to 5th April 1837, specifying the Amount of 
Allowance made for each Edifice. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Thames 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the Paes Bill 
case of the Petition for the Thames Purifying Com- °"P"'Y 
pany Bill, no Standing Orders were applicable. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for establishing a Company to be called the Thames 
Purifying and Metropolis Sewerage Manure Com- 
pany: And that Mr. Wodehouse and Mr. Bramston 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Metropolitan 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the Suspension 
case of the Petition for the Metropolitan Suspen- P"8* 
sion Bridge Bill, the Standing Orders had not been 
complied with, inasmuch as the third Notice in the 
Morning Chronicle Newspaper and the Surrey and 
Middlesex Standard, was not given till the first 
week in December; that the Notices in the London 
Gazette appeared to have been inserted in due 
time. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Birmingham, 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the Bristol, and 
case of the Petition for the Birmingham, Bristol, acy 
and Thames Junction Railway Bill, the Standing ” 
Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Lough Foyle 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the Drainage 
case of the Petition for the Lough Foyle Drainage 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with, 
so far as relates to the Drainage; but with respect 
to the other objects sought for in the Petition, the 
Standing Orders had not been complied with ; it 
was stated to the Committee that the Parties pro- 
moting the measure only intended to carry into exe- 
cution that part of their application which relates 
to the Drainage. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 

303 Mr. 








British Guiana 
and Mauritius. 


County Rates 
Bill 


Escheats Bill. 


Descents Bill. 


Carlow 
Magistrates, 


Canada, 


Offices in the 
Colonies. 


Poole Borough 
and Tamworth 


- Borough 


Elections. 


382 


Mr. Baring presented,—Further Return to an 
Address to he Majesty, dated the 22d day of 
February last, for Copies of all Orders in Council, 
or Colonial Ordinances, for the better regulation 
and enforcement of the relative Duties of Masters 
and Employers, and articled Servants, Tradesmen 
and Labourers in the Colonies of British Guiana 
and Mauritius; and, of Correspondence relating 
thereto. 

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


The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 
nesday next, the County Rates Bill, was read, and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday, the 4th day of April next. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Friday 
next, the Escheats Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday, the 4th day of April next. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Friday 
next, the Descents Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday, the 4th day of April next. 


A Petition of James Fox, James Bedlow, Robert 
Fitzgerald, James Mahony, James Fitzpatrick, 
Patrick Bolger,and Patrick Peacy,complaiming of 
the conduct of certain Magistrates of the county of 
Carlow, in striking out the names of several Jurors | 
from the Lists returned by the High Constables of 
Baronies, without due notice having been served | 
on the Parties; and praying the House to cause | 
the Jury Lists to be again revised, to have re-| 
stored the names which have been struck off, to | 
withdraw from such Magistrates the authority which | 
they have so shamefully abused, and thereby pre- | 
vent the recurrence of similar outrages from the 
Judicial Bench on the liberties of the Petitioners 
and others, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 








Sir George Grey presented, pursuant to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty,—Copy of a Despatch and 
its Enclosures, addressed to Earl Amherst by the 
Earl of Aberdeen on the 2d April 1835. 

Sir George Grey also presented, pursuant to the 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—A Return of 
all Persons holding Offices in the Colonies who 
have been appointed thereto subsequent to the 
passing of an Act of Parliament of the 54th year | 
of his late Majesty King George the Third, c. 61, 


21°—22° Martz. 





and who are not at present in the execution of the | 
Duties of their respective Offices, as far as regards | 
the Department of the Secretary of State for the | 
Colonies. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the | 
Table. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Jovis, 22° die Martii : 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 
PRAYERS. 


Wis hour appointed for taking into consideration 
the Petition of Robert Slade, of the Town and 
County of Poole, Merchant, and John Henning, of 
the same place, Wine-merchant, Electors of the 
Borough and Town and County of Poole, on behalf 
of themselves and others claiming a right to vote 
for Members to serve in Parliament for the said bo- 
rough, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the said borough, being come ; 
Mr. Speaker took the Chair. 








A, 1838. 


The Serjeant-at-Arms was sent with the Mace to 
the places adjacent, to require the attendance of the 
Members on the business of the House ; and being 
returned ; 

A Member was sworn. 


Sir John Yarde Buller from the Select Committee 
appointed to try and determine the merits of the 
Petitions of Denis Caulfield Brady, Esquire ; and, 
of Patrick M‘Parlan and Patrick Christopher 
Byrne, Electors ; a of an undue Election 
and Return for the Borough of Newry, informed 
the House, That the Committee had determined, 

That John Ellis, Esquire, is duly elected a Burgess 
to serve in this present Parliament, for the Borough 
of Newry: 

That the Petitions of Denis Caulfield Brady, 
Esquire, and of Patrick M‘Parlan and Patrick 
Christopher Byrne, did not appear to the Committee 
to be frivolous or vexatious: 

That the opposition to the said Petitions did not 
appear to the Committee to be frivolous or vexatious. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Mr. Wrightson, from the Select Committee ap- Kerry Election, 


pointed to try and determine the merits of the Peti- 
tion of Frederick Wilitam Mullins, Esquire, an 
Elector of the County of Kerry, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the said county, 
informed the House, That the Committee had 
determined, 

That Arthur Blennerhassett, Esquire, is duly 
elected a Knight of the Shire to serve in this present 
Parliament for the County of Kerry: 

That the Petition of Frederick William Mullins, 
Esquire, did not appear to the Committee to be 
frivolous or vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did 
not appear to the Committee to be frivolous or 
vexatious. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Then the House was counted by Mr. Speaker, and 
Three hundred and four Members being present; 

And the Petition of the several Persons whose 
names are thereunto subscribed, Electors of the 
Borough of Tamworth, in the counties of Warwick 
and Stafford, on behalf of themselves and others, 
claiming a right to vote for Members to serve in 
Parliament for the said borough, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the said borough, 


| being also ordered to be taken into consideration 


upon this day ; 
The several Parties, counsel and agents, were 
directed to be called in. 


And the door being locked ; 

And no Parties, counsel or agents appearing on 
behalf of the Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Poole :— 
The Order for considering the said Petition was 
read, and discharged. 


Newry 
Election, 


Poole Election. 


Then the Order of the day for taking into con- Tamworth 
sideration the said Petition complaining of an undue Election. 


Election and Return for the Borough of Tamworth, 
was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn and 
read in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was 
completed :—And Lists of the said names were de- 
livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 
mittee on the Tamworth Election ; and then the 
door was opened, and the Parties, their counsel and 
agents, withdrew. 


The House was moved, That the Report, in respect Wortley, 


and Bram- Armley, and 
ley Road Bill, which upon the 7th day of this i Road 


instant March was ais from the Select Com- 
mittee 


of the Petition for the Wortley, Armley 





—_ 





Hartlepool 
Dock and 
Railway. 


Newquay 
(Cornwall) 
Harbour Bill. 


Edinburgh 
Courts of 
Justice, 


Gravesend Pier 
(No, 2.) 


Leamington 
Priors Gas Bill. 


1 Victroriz. 


mittee on Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; ) 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for repairing and maintaining the Road from the 
Bridge, over the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, in the 
Township of Wortley, to the Leeds and Halifax 
Turnpike Road, at or near the Toll-bar at Stan- 
ningley, in the Township of Bramley; and for 
making, repairimg and maintaining certain other 
Roads to communicate therewith, all in the West 
Riding of the county of York: And that Mr. Baines 
and Sir George Strickland do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Hartlepool Dock and 
Railway Bill, the Standing Orders had not been 
complied with, inasmuch as no Notices have been 
given in the newspapers, or in the London Gazette, 
as required by the Standing Orders relative to Bills 
of the third class ; it appeared however to the Com- 
mittee, that the Parties were not aware of the ne- 
cessity of making this application to Parliament 
until the 13th day of December last. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 


22° Martiz. 


383 


the Town of Leamington Priors, in the county of 
Warwick: And that Sir John Mordaunt and Mr. 
Shirley do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Leamington 
of the Petition for the Leamington Priors Improve- Priors Improve- 
ment Bill, which upon the 1st day of this instant" — 
March was made from the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills, might be read ; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill for 
lighting with Gas the Town of Leamington Priors, 
and the neighbourhood thereof, in the county of 
Warwick: And that Sir John Mordaunt and Mr. 

Shirley do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Blackburn Gas Bill was read a second time ; Blackburn 
and committed to Mr. Wilson Patten and the Lan- Gas Bill. 
caster List. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- Mary-le-bone 
spect of the Petition for the Mary-le-bone Small Small Debts 
Debts Bill, which upon the 1st day of this instant 8 
March, was made from the Select Committee on Pe- 
titions for Private Bills, might be read ; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the more easy and speedy recovery of Small 





mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Newquay (Cornwall) 
Harbour Bill, the Standing Orders had been com- 
plied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for maintaiming the Pier and Harbour of Newquay, 
in the county of Cornwall: And that Mr. Pendarves 
and Mr. Edmund Turner do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Edinburgh Courts of 
Justice Bill, the Committee recommend that leave 
be given to give the Notices, pursuant to the prayer 
of the said Petition. 

Ordered, That leave be given that Notices be 
published in three successive weeks in the present 
month of March, and in the month of April next, | 
or either of them, in the Edinburgh Gazette, and 
in some one and the same newspaper of the said 
city, and affixed on the church doors of the several 
parishes of the said city for three successive Sun- 
days in the said months, or either of them: And 
that the Committee on the Bill do examine in the 
first place how far the said Order shall have been 
complied with, and do report the same to the House 
on the Report of the Bill. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills, to whom the 
Petition of William Alexander Coombe, complaining 
of non-compliance with the Standing Orders, in the 
case of the Petition for the Gravesend Pier (No. 2) 
Bill, was referred ; That in the case of the Petition 
for the said Bill the Standing Orders had been 
complied with ; and that they had not heard the 
Parties, in support of the Petition of William Alex- 
ander Coombe, it not being sufficiently specific, pur- 
suant to the Standing Orders. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Leamington Priors Gas Bill, 
which upon the 1st day of this instant March was 
made from the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills, might be read ; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for amending and enlarging the Powers and Provi- 
sions of an Act for paving or flagging, lighting, 
cleansing, watching, regulating and improving 


Debts within the Borough of Mary-le-bone: And 
\that Mr. Hall and Lord Teignmouth do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Mr. Bellew presented a Bill for renewing and ex- Dundalk and 
tending the Term, and amending, extending and Dunleer Road 
enlarging the Powers of the Acts for amending the ~'” 
| Road from Dundalk to Dunleer, in the County of 
Louth: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Colonel Rushbroke presented a Bill for inclosing Gazeley _ 
Lands in the Parish of Gazeley, in the County of !nclosure Bill. 
Suffolk: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 





The Ellesmere Roads Bill was read a second time ; Ellesmere 
and committed to Mr. Ormsby Gore and the Salop Roads Bill. 
List. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- Helsington,f&amp;c. 
spect of the Petition for the Helsington, &amp;c. Inclosure Inclosure Bill. 
Bill which upon the 26th day of February last was 
made from the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclosing Lands within the Townships or Divi- 
sions of Strickland Roger, Whinfell and Helsing- 
| ton in the parish of Kirkby in Kendal, in the county 
of Westmoreland ; and for draining and improving 
certain Lands in the said Township of Helsington, 
and in the Townships of Underbarrow and Bradley 
| Field, and Levens in the parishes of Kirkby in Ken- 
| dal and Heversham, in the same county: And that 

Lord Viscount Lowther and Colonel Lowther do 
prepare, and bring it in. 





The House was moved, That the Report in re- Leeds and 


'spect of the Petition for the Leeds and Homefield Homefield Lone 


Lane End Road Bill, which upon the 7th day of this acai 


instant March, was made from the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, might 
be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for repairing and maintaining the Road from Que- 
bec to Homefield Lane End, all in the parish of Leeds, 
in the West Riding of the County of York, with 
a Bridge or Bridges on the line of such Road: And 
that Mr. Lascelles and Lord Viscount Morpeth do 
prepare, and bring it in. 





Vou. 93. 


8c4 + The 








! 


— 


Leicester Ges 
Bill. 


Oxford and 
Great Western 
Unien Railway 
Bill. 


South Australia 
Colenization 
Company Bill. 


Grand Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Protestant 
Dissenters’ 
Assurance 


Company Bill. 


Lough Foyle 
and Lough 
Swilly Drain- 
age. 


384 22° Marti. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
spect of the Petition for the Leicester Gas Bill, which 
upon the 7th day of this instant March was made 
from the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend an Act of King George the Fourth, for 
lighting with Gas the Borough of Leicester, in the 
County of Leicester, and the Liberties, Precincts and 
Suburbs thereof: And that Mr. Duckworth and 
Mr. Easthope do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of Inhabitants or Householders of 
Oxford, praying that the Oxford and Great West- 
ern Union Railway Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of the Corporation of Oxford, praying 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the said Bill, was 
also presented, and read ; 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill, and the Petitioners heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their Peti- 
tion, if they think fit; and counsel heard in favour of 
the Bill, against the said Petition. 





The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
spect of the Petition for the South Australia Colo- 
nization Company Bill, which upon the sth day of 
this instant March was made from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for incorporating and granting certain Powers to the 
South Australian Company: And that Mr. Pattison 
and Mr. Brotherton do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of Corn, Flour and Provision Mer- 
chants and Dealers of Manchester, praying that the 
Grand Junction Railway Bill may not pass into a 
law, was presented, so read; and ordered to lie 
upon the table. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Protestant Dissenters’ As- 
surance Company Bill, which upon the 8th day of 
this instant March was made from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Protestant Dissenters’ and General Life 
and Fire Insurance Company to sue and be sued in 
the name of the Chairman, Deputy Chairman, or of 
any one of the Directors or Secretary of the said Com- 
pany: And that Mr. Brotherton and Mr. Hindley 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills, towhom the Peti- 





tion of the Wardens and Commonalty of the Mystery 
of Fishmongers of the City of London, complaining | 
of non-compliance with the Standing Orders in the | 
case of the Petition for the Lough Foyle and Lough | 
Swilly Drainage Bill, was referred ; That, in the | 
case of the Petition for the said Bill, the Standing | 
Orders had not been complied with, inasmuch as 
it appeared that the Affidavits produced as proof, 
of the Notices having been placed on the church | 
doors, were not sworn before any Assistant Barrister, 
according tothe Directions of the Standing Orders. | 
But it appeared to the Committee that an Assistant 
Barrister was applied to to take the said Affidavits, | 
but he refused to do so, and the Affidavits were | 
therefore made before a Judge ; and also, inasmuch | 
as separate Lists containing the Names of the Own- | 
ers or reputed Owners, Lessees and Occupiers were | 
not deposited in the Private Bill Office, nor pro-| 
duced to the Committee. But it was stated to the, 
Committee, that, the Parties promoting the Bill did | 


{ 





A. 1838. 


not consider that the measure came within the Pro- 
visions of the Standing Order, (N° 4. p. 15.) inas- 
much as they did not intend to take any other 
Lands than those of which they were already in 
possession, the right to which they were prepared 
to prove by a written statement of their Title. In an- 
swer to this, it was stated by the agent of the Fish- 
mongers’ Company, (which statement was delivered 
in in writing) that they were in the actual posses- 
sion of part of the Lands proposed to be affected by 
this measure, and receiving rents for the same ; the 
Committee received Evidence of these facts, and 
have directed the statements of the Parties to be 
appended to their Report. The Committee further 
reported, That they have examined Mr. Towse, Clerk 
to the Fishmongers’ Company; and that a Peti- 
tion from the Agent of the Marquis of Donegall, 
complaining of non-compliance with the Standing 
Orders, was referred to the Committee; but the 
Petition was not entertained, inasmuch as it was not 
presented to the House within the time prescribed 
by the Standing Orders. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Com- Moy Naviga- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the tiov. 


case of the Petition for leave to proceed with the 
Moy Navigation Bill, it appeared to the Committee 
that the Select Committee on Standing Orders had 
reported on the 19th day of March last, that the 
Standing Orders requiring a Subscription Contract 
to be entered into, ought not be dispensed with; 
that the Committee therefore do not consider it 
consistent with their duty to recommend that the 
Parties may now be permitted to proceed with 
their Bill, according to the prayer of the said Pe- 
tition. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Order made Lower Beeding 
upon the 19th day of December last, That leave Church Bil. 


be given to bring in a Bill for the erection of 
a Chapel or Chapels in that part of the parish 
of eating, otherwise Seal, in the county of Sussex, 
called Lower Beeding, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the erection and endowment of a Chapelry, 
for the district of Lower Beeding, in the county of 
Sussex, and for other purposes: And that Sir Ro- 
bert Harry Inglis and Mr. Darby do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Tenby 


That the Members for the city of Bristol and city 
of Gloucester, be added to the Committee on the 
Tenby Improvement and Harbour Bill:—It passed 


in the Negative. 


The House was moved, That the Report, in mf British Pledge 


of the Petition for the British Pledge Society Bill, 
which upon the 14th day of this instant March was 
made from the Select Committee on Petitions for Pri- 
vate Bills, might be read ; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to establish “The British Pledge Society ;” and to 
enable the said Society to sue and be sued, and to 
notify their Offices and take out Licenses in the 
name of their Clerk or Secretary; and for other 
urposes therein mentioned: And that Mr. Pease 
and Mr. Gibson Craig do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of John Livingstone Learmouth, of Edinburgh 
Parkhall, Esquire, Commissioner of Mhomas Lear- and Glasgow 


mouth, of Laurence Park, presently abroad, his bro- 
ther ;—John Shank More, Esquire, Advocate, and 
William Ellis, Esquire, Solicitor before the Supreme 
Courts, Proprietors of the estate of Netherwood ; 
and James Maitland Hogg, of Newliston, in the 

county 


Aude 
Carr! 
Com, 


Tai 
Ele 








1 Vicroriz. 


county of Linlithgow, praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway 
Bill,—were presented and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Pe- 
titioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said 
Petitions. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Anderton Carrying Compan 
Bill, which upon the 6th day of this instant Marc 
was made from the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills, might be read ; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
to enable the Anderton Carrying and Navigation 
Company to sue and be sin and for better en- 
abling the said Company to effect the Purposes 

. thereof: And that Lord Viscount Sandon and Sir 
Philip Egerton do prepare, and bring it in. 


The counsel and agents, in the case of the Tam- 
worth Election, being returned to the bar, the Clerk 
appointed to attend the said Committee delivered 
in to the House a reduced List; and the same was 
called over, as followeth ; 

Lord Viscount Powerscourt, Henry Broadwood, 
Esquire, Sir Charles Broke Vere, John Irving, 
Esquire, Edward Thomas Foley, Esquire, William 
Thompson, Esquire, General Sharpe, the Honour- 
able Henry Beauchamp Lygon, Lord Viscount Bar- 
rington, Horace Saint Paul, Esquire, and George 
Houstoun, Esquire. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Petition com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Tamworth, were sworn by the Clerk at 
the Table in the usual manner; and thereupon the 
counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Contgoverted Elections. 


The House was moved, he Report in respect 
of the Petition, for the Higham Ferrers Inclosure 
Bill, which upon the 27th day of February last 
was made from the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders relative to Private Bills, might be read; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclosing Lands in the parish of Higham Fer- 
rers, in the county of Northampton: And that 


Mr. Fazakerley and Mr. Vernon Smith do prepare, | 


and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition, for the West India Docks, &amp;c. Bill, 
which upon the 6th day of this instant March 
was made from the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders relative to Private Bills, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
to amend the several Acts relating to the West India 
Dock Company, and the East India Dock Com- 
pany, and to consolidate the said Companies: and 
that Mr. John Abel Smith and Mr. Irving do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Rugby and Lutterworth 
Road Bill, which upon the 27th day of February 
last, was made from the Select Committee on Stand- 
ing Orders relative to Private Bills, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for repairing and maintaining the Road from Lut- 
terworth Hand on the Watling Street Road, through 
Ch a Brownsover, Newbold-upon-Avon, Rug- 

OL. 98. 


22° Martiz. 


385 


by and Bilton, in the county of Warwick, to the 
Dun Cow in Dunchurch, in the said county: and 
that Mr. Dugdale and Sir Eardley Wilmot do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of the Commissioners for paving the Metropolis 
Parish of St. John, Clerkenwell, in the county of Improvements. 
Middlesex, praying that the proposed extension of 
Farringdon Street northwards, may speedily be car- 
ried into effect, was presented and read, and referred 
to the Select Committee on Metropolis Improve- 
ments. 


Mr. George William Wood reported, from the Se- Public 
lect Committee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions. 
examined the Petitions presented on the 19th and 
20th days of this instant March; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


A Petition of the Trustees of the British Museum British 
being offered to be presented ; Muscom, 
r. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s command, acquainted the House, That Her 
ajesty, having being informed of the contents of 
the said Petition, recommends it to the consideration 
of the House. 
Then the said Petition was read ; setting forth, That 
the only funds belonging to the Petitioners, for the 
support of the British Museum, consist of 30,0001. 
3 per cent. Reduced Bank Annuities, the annual 
dividends whereof amount to 900/., and also of a 
Bequest of the late Earl of Bridgewater, the annual 
ae of which amount to about 415/.; that the 
stablishment is necessarily attended with an ex- 
pense far beyond the annual produce of the above- 
mentioned sums, and the Trust cannot, with benefit 
to the Public, be carried on without the aid of Par- 
liament ; and praying the House to grant them such 
further support towards enabling them to carry 
on the execution of the Trust reposed in them 
by Parliament for the general benefit of learning 
and useful knowledge, as to the House shall seem 
meet. 
Ordered, That the said Petition 
Table. 


A Petition of Mail Coach Proprietors, Postmasters Post Horse and 
and Innkeepers, of the principal towns between Lon- Stage Coach 
don and Glasgow, praying for the repeal of the P°™** 
Duties upon Horses and Post-carriages employed in 
conveying passengers for hire, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


do lie upon the 





A Petition of James Baker, of No. 1, Dorchester- Courts of Re- 
| place, New South Road, Hoxton, in the county of yew. (Medical 
| Middlesex, Surgeon and Apothecary;—and, Mem- seated 
bers of the Medical Profession, complaining of the 

accounts of Medical men being capriciously and 

unjustly reduced by Commissioners of Courts of 

Request ; and praying for relief,—were presented, 

and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dungarvan ;— Northallerton ;— Negro Appren- 
Halifax ;—and, Llanbrynmair; praying for the ticeship. 
Abolition of the System of Negro Apprenticeship,— 
were presented and read; and ordered to lie upon 
| the Table. 


Petitions from Zewes;—and, Members of the Poor Law 

| Board of Guardians for the Union of Kettering ; Amendment 
praying for the amendment of the Poor Law Act,— 

were presented and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Poor Law Amendment Act. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Clerk of the Church of 
Relief Church of Bridgeton, (Glasgow) ; praying the Scotland. 
House to refuse all further endowments to the Es- 
tablished Church of Scotland, was presented and 
read ; and ordered t» lie upon the Table. 

3D 





A Petition 








386 


Poor Relief A Petition of Inhabitants of Magherafelt; pray- 

(Ireland) Bill. ing that the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill may not pass 
into a law ,was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Education 


Petitions from Kinneigh ;—Lower Cumber ;—and 
(Ireland.) 


Dunmanway ; praying that Scriptural Education 
may be extended in every part of Jreland ; and that 
the House will devise measures for the assistance 
and encouragement of Schools in that country, in 
which the Sctiptatés are made the foundation of 
instruction, and from which the inculcation of doc- 
trines peculiar to the Roman Catholic Church is 
excluded,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 
Municipal A Petition of Inhabitants of Clonmel, praying that 
Corporations, the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Bilt may not 
(Ireland) Bill. : 

pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie wpon the Table. 


Anderton 
Carrying 
Company Bill. 


Lord Viscount Sandon presented a Bill, to enable 
the Anderton Carrying and Navigation Company 
to sue and be sued ; and for better enabling the said 
Company to effect the Purposes thereof: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Blackheath, 
&amp;c. Small Debts 
Bill, 


Mr. Barnard presented a Bill to amend an Act 
for the amendment of four several Acts passed in 
the fifth, sixth, tenth and forty-seventh years of the 
reign of his late Majesty George the Third, for the 
Recovery of Small Debts within the Hundreds of 
Blackheath, of Bromley, and Beckenham, of Rokes- 
ley otherwise Rualey, and of Little and Lesness, in 
the County of Kent, aud within the Hundred of 
Wallington, in the County of Surrey, and to extend 
the Powers thereof: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Church of 


te A Petition of Inhabitants of Antrim, suggesting 
lreland. 


certain plans for a Reform of the Church of Ireland, 
and praying the House to take the same into con- 
sideration, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Message from 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Adam and 
the Lords. 


Mr. Senior : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have passed a Bill, mtituled An Act 
to amend the law for providing fit Houses for the 
Beneficed Clergy, to which the Lords desire the con- 


currence of this House:—And then the Messengers 
withdrew. 


Ciergy Resi- 


dences Bill. 


Guipustoa, Lord Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Ma- 
&amp;ec., Prisoners. jesty’s command,—a Copy of an Agreement for the 
Exchange of Prisoners, proposed by Lord Eliot, 
commissioned by His Britannic Majesty, to serve as 
a rule of conduct for the Commanders in Chief of 
the Belligerent Armies in the Provinces of Gui- 
puscoa, Alava, and Viscaya; and in the Kingdom of 


Navarre. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 
Highland Roads ~=Mr. Loch presented, pursuant to the directions of 
and Bridges. an Act of Parliament,—the Twenty-fourth Report 
of the Commissioners of Highland Roads and 
Bridges. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 
Stipendiary A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
Sheriffs That a Select Committee be appointed, to inquire 
(Scotland, ) 


into the Nature and Extent of the Duties performed 
by the Thirty Stipendiary Sheriffs in Scotland, who 
are paid out of the Exchequer :—Also, into the 
Nature and Extent of the Duties performed w nf 
two Stipendiary Substitutes of the aforesaid Sheriffs, 





22°-93° Martiz. 





A. 1838. 


who are also paid out of the Exchequer; and to 
Report how far it will be advisable to continue the 
system of performing by deputy the Duties of 
Sheriffs in Scotland ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 


' 
' 


The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Wallace, a 19 
Yeas, Mr. Hume: grae 

Tellers for the f Mr. Gibson Craig, } 53 
Noes, Mr. Robert Gordon: oe 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Petitions from Members of the Chamber of Com- Madras and 
merce at Madras;—and, Merchants and others, Bombay — 
native and European Inhabitants of Bombay; pray- **dences 
ing that the power of managing the details of the 
Government, and of carrying into execution all mea- 
sures of improvement within the Presidencies of 
Madras and Bombay, may be restored to the Gover- 
nors in Council of those Presidencies,—were pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 








A Motion was made, and the Question was pro Indian 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to Legislation. 
inquire into the allegations contained in the Petitions 
from Madras and Calcutta, and to report to the 
House in what manner, and to what extent, the Act 
of the Indian Legislative Council, intituled, No. XI. 
of 1836, affects the constitutional rights of the Bri- 
tish-born Inhabitants of India, the prerogatives of 
the Crown, and the interests of the United Empire; 


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


Veneris, 23° die Martit 1838. 


The said Motion was, with leave of the House 
withdrawn. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Haileybury 
enable the Commissioners for the Affairs of India to College Bill. 
make Rules and ations for Haileybury Col- 

lege: And that Sir Hobhouse and Mr. Robert 

Gordon do prepare, bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Union 
Return of the Number of Union Workhouses used Werkhouses 
for the reception of Parochial Poor on the 1st of 
January 1838 ; specifying the Parish in which situate, 
and the number of Parochial Poor in each Work- 
house on the said 1st of January 1838. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Court of 
reading of the Court of Chancery (Zreland) Bill; — Chaneety 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time “*ln¢) * 
upon Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Indemnity Bill 
into a Committee upon the Indemnity Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Baring reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the ill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Sir John Hobhouse presented a Bill to enable the Haileybury 
Commissioners for the Affairs of India to make peng os 
/Rules and Regulations for Haileybury College : No. 229. 
| And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Thursday next; and 

to be printed. 





Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Municipal 
Account of the Total Amount of the Expenses of the - sane 
Municipal Boundaries Commission; including @ 
Statement of the Expenses of the Reports, Surveys, 

Maps, and the printing of the same. 


Resolved, 


Capture 
Atrican 





1 Victoria. 


Captured 
Airicans. 


British 
Museum. 

No, 230. 
Lower Canada. 
No, 231. 
British Guiana. 
No, 232. 


Trade and 
Navigation, 


Standing 
Orders, 


Answer to 
Addresses, 


Public Income 
and Expendi- 
lure, 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before thisHouse, 
Copies or Extracts of all Correspondence between 
the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and the Go 
vernors or Lieutenant Governors of the British 
Possessions in the West Indies, or elsewhere, since 
the 1st of January 1833, relating to the introduction 
into such Possessions of Africans captured, in pur- 
suance of Treaties with Foreign Powers for the 
abolition of the Slave Trade; with a statement of 
the Numbers which have been so introduced or landed 
within the same in consequence of shipwreck or 
otherwise; and any information which may have been 
received relating to such Africans, and to the dis- 
posal of them by apprenticeship or otherwise :— 
Also, Copies of, or Extracts from, any Orders in 
Council, Instructions to Governors, or Lieutenant 
Governors, or Orders in Council or Local Ordinances 
or Acts of Assembly, relating to such Africans. 

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


Ordered, That the Account relative to the British 
Museum, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Lower Canada 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to British 
Guiana, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
half an hour after one of the clock on Friday 
morning, adjourned till this day. 








Veneris, 23° die Marti ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


Ms Irving, Inspector General of Imports and 
Exports, was called in ; and at the bar pre- 
sented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of 
Parliament,—Accounts of the Trade and Naviga- 
tion of the United Kingdom, for three years ending 
5th January 1838 :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders relative to Private ‘Bills, have leave to sit 
this day till five of the clock, during the sitting of 
the House. 


Lord John Russell reported to the House, That 
their several Addresses of the 20th and 22d days 
of this instant March (that Her Majesty would be 
graciously pleased to give directions that the Papers 
therein mentioned might be laid before this House) 
had been presented to Her Majesty; and that Her 
Majesty had commanded him to acquaint this House, 
that She will give directions accordingly. 


Mr. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in; and 
at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of 
several Acts of Parliament,—An Account of the 
Ordinary Revenues and Extraordinary Resources 
constituting the Public Income of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the year 
ending 5th January 1838. 

An Account of the Ordinary Revenues and Extra- 
ordinary Resources constituting the Public Income 
of Great Britain, for the year ending 5th January 
1838. 

An Account of the Ordinary Revenues and Extra- 
ordinary Resources constituting the Public Income 
of Ireland, for the year ending 5th January 1838. 

An Account of the Total Income of the Revenue 
of a and Ireland in the year ended 

fou. 93. 


22°—93° Martiv. 











387 


5th January 1838, after deducting the Repayments, 
Allowances, Discounts, Drawbacks and Bounties of 
the nature of Drawbacks; together with an Account 
of the Public Expenditure of the United Kingdom, 
exclusive of the Sums applied to the reduction of 
the National Debt within the same period. 

An Account of the Net Public Income of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in 
the year ended sth J anuary 1838, after abating the 
Expenditure thereout defrayed by the several Re- 
venue Departments; and of the actual Issues or 
Payments within the same period, exclusive of the 
Sums applied to the redemption of Funded or pay- 
ing off Unfunded Debt; and of the advances and 
Repayments for Local Works, &amp;c.;— Account of 
the Balances of Public Money remaining in the 
Exchequer on the 5th January 1837; the Amount 
of Money raised by the additions to the Funded or 
Unfunded Debt in the year ended 5th January 1838; 
the Money applied towards the Redemption of the 
Funded or paying off Unfunded Debt; the Total 
Amount of Advances and Re-payments on account 
of Local Works, &amp;c., with the Difference accruing 
thereon, and the Balances in the Exchequer on 5th 
January 1838. 


An Account of the Income of the Consolidated Conactitatet 
und. 


Fund arising in the United Kidgdom, in the year 
ended 5th January 1838; and also of the actual 
Payments on account of the Consolidated Fund, 
within the same period. 

An Account of the Money applicable to the Pay- 
ment of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom, in the year ended 5th January 1838, and of 
the several Charges which have become due thereon 
in the same year; including the Amount of Ex- 
chequer Bills charged upon the said Fund, at the 
commencement and at the termination of the year; 
with Appendices. , 

An Account of the actual Receipt and Expen- 
diture of the Sums placed in the hands of the Com- 
missioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, 
in the year ending 5th January 1838. 

An Account of the Total Amount of the Unre- 
deemed Funded Debt, and the Charge thereof, at 
the 5th January 1837; of the Debt, and Charge 
thereof, created in the year ended 5th January 1838 ; 
of the Debt, and Charge thereof, reduced in the 
course of that year; and of the Total Amount of the 
Unredeemed Debt and Charge thereof, as it stood 
on the 5th January 1838. 

An Account of the state of the Public Funded 
Debt of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Charge 
thereupon, at the 5th January 1838. 

An Account of the Unfunded Debt of Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland, and of the Demands outstanding 
on the 5th January 1838, distinguished under the 
following heads; viz. Exchequer Bills; Sums_re- 
maining unpaid, charged upon the Aids granted by 
Parliament; and the Exchequer Bills to be issued 
on the Consolidated Fund; and distinguishing also 
such part of the Unfunded Debt and Demands as 
have been provided for by Parliament; together 
with an Account of the Ways and Means remaining 
in the Exchequer, or to be received, on the 5th Jan- 
uary 1838, to defray such part of the Unfunded 
Debt and Demands Hirer as have been pro- 
vided for; with Appendices. 

An Account, showing how the Monies given for 
the Service of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Ireland for the year 1837, have been disposed 
of, distinguished under their several heads, to the 
5th January 1838. 

Customs; Out-Ports, England, Scotland, Ireland: 
—Account of the Total Amount of Current Balances 
in the hands of the respective Collectors, and 
Arrears of Balances of late Collectors, on the 5th 
January 1838. 

An 
and Current Balances due, on the 5th January 1838, 

3D2 from 


National Debt. 


Funded Debt. 


Unfunded 


Debt. 


Disposition”of 
Grants, 


Arrears and 
Balauces 


( Customs.) 


ccount of the Total Amount of the Arrears (Excise. ) 








t 
i 
i 
U 


Stamps, 


Taxes. 


Post Office. 


Land Revenue 
of the Crown, 


Increase and 
Diminution 
of Salaries. 


Superaunua- 
tions, 


Public Debt. 


Superannua- 
tions, 


Ale and Beer 
luiports (Isle 
of Mann.) 


388 23° Martie. 


from the Officers of Excise in England, from 5th 
January 1774, as far as the same can be made up. 

An Account of the Total Amount of the Arrears 
and Current Balances, due on the 5th January 1838, 
from the Officers of Excise in Scotland, from 5th 
January 1774, as far as the same can be made up. 

Excise, Jreland:—An Account of the Arrears and 
Current Balances due on 5th January 1838, from 
the Officers of Excise in Jreland, from 5th January 
1774. 

An Account of the Total Amount of Arrears due, 
on 5th January 1838, from Distributors of Stamps 
in Great Britain, who have died or gone out of office 
since 5th January 1800, so far as the same can be 
made up. 

An Account of the Net Balances in the hands of 
the Distributors of Stamps in Great Britain, on the 
10th October 1837 and 5th January 1838 respec- 
tively. 

Stamps, Jreland:—An Account of Arrears and 
Balances due from former and present Distributors, 
&amp;c., of the Stamps Department in Jreland, on the 
5th January 1838. 

An Account of the Total Amount of the Arrears 
and Current Balances due, on the 5th January 1838, 
from the Receiving Officers of the Land and Assessed 
Taxes in Great Britain, from 5th January 1790, so 
far as the same can be made up. 

Taxes, Jreland:—An Account of deceased and 
dismissed Tax Collectors’ Balances on 5th January 
1858. 

Taxes, Ireland:—An Account of a Balance due 
by a deceased Revenue Collector, on account of 
‘Taxes, on the 5th January 1838. 

An Account of Arrears due from late Postmasters 
in England on 5th January 1838; and, an Account 
of Irrecoverable Debts due from late Postmasters 
in Scotland on 5th January 1838:—Also, an Ac- 
count of Recoverable Debts due from late Post- 
masters in Scotland on 5th January 1838. 

An Account of Balances and Arrears due from 
Deputy Postmasters and Agents in Great Britain 
and the Colonies; also, of Balances in the hands 
of the Receiver General, in the years 1836 and 
1837. 

An Account of Arrears due by deceased, dismissed 
and resigned Deputy Postmasters and Letter-carriers 
in Ireland, on the 5th January 1838. 

An Account of Balances and Arrears due from 
Deputy Postmasters and others in the General Post 
Office, Ireland, in the years 1836 and 1837. 

Auditors of the Land Revenue:—An Account of 
the Total Amount of the Balances due, on the 5th 
January 1838, from the several Persons employed 
in receiving or collecting the Land Revenue of the 
Crown. 

An Account of every Increase and Diminution 
which has taken place within the year 1837 in the 
Number of Persons employed, or in the Salaries, 
Emoluments, Allowances and Expenses in all Public 
Offices or Departments. 

An Account of all Allowances or Compensations 
granted as Retired Allowances or Superannuations 
inall Public Offices or Departments, which remained 
payable onthe 1st January 1837; the Annual 
Amount which was granted in the course of the year 
1837; the Annual Amount which ceased in the year 
1¢37; and the Total Amount remaining payable on 
the 31st of December 1837. 

An Account of all Additions which have been 
made to the Annual Charge of the Public Debt by | 





Annuities created in the last Ten years. 

Copy of Treasury Minutes granting Special Super- | 
annuation Allowances to J. Church, Esquire, Comp- | 
troller of the Stationery Office ; and, Mr. Henry | 
Smith, a Clerk in the National Debt Office. 

Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to Orders,— | 
A Return of the Quantity of Beer and Ale imported | 
from the Port of Whitehaven, into the Isle of Mate, 





A. 1838. 


in the years ending 31st October 1834 to 1837, and 
the Rate of Duty charged; also, of the Quantity 
imported from 3d November 1837 to 28th February 
1838. 


An Account of the Number of immediate and Savings Banks, 


deferred Annuities for Lives and for Terms of Years, 
granted through the Savings Banks in England, 
Wales, Scotland and Ireland, up to the 10thof March 
1838, in accordance with the Act 3 Will. 3, c. 14; 
distinguishing the Savings Banks through which 
such Annuities were granted. 


An Account of the Amount of Money received Savings Banks, 


from the Trustees of Savings Banks by the Com- 
missioners for the Reduction of the National Debt 
in each year since 6th August 1817, and the average 
price in each year at which the Money was invested 
in Government Securities ; the Amount of Money, 
Principal and Interest, due by the Commissioners 
to the vaiiies of Savings Banks on 20th November 
1837, and the Value of the Government Securities 
standing in the Names of the Commissioners at the 
price of that day, to answer the Amount due to the 
Depositors for Principal and Interest. 


Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to an Ad- Slave Compen- 
dress to Her Majesty,—Returns of the Average **™ 


Value (in sterling Money) of a Slave as appraised 
by the sworn Valuators, and of the Compensation 
awarded for such Slave of each Class, of the several 
divisions of Preedial attached, of Preedial unattached, 
and of Non-preedial, in each of the Colonies where 
Compensation has been granted :—Of the Number 
of Slaves for whom Compensation has been claimed, 
and of the Number of Claims preferred for such 
Compensation, and of the Amount of Compensation 
awarded in each of the Classes of the Preedial at- 
tached, Preedial unattached, and Non-predial, in 
each of the Colonies where Compensation has been 
granted :—And, of the Number of Apprentices who 
have in the various Colonies respectively purcliased 
their Freedom since the Ist day of August 1834; 
also the Gross Sum which they have paid for that 
purpose; and also the average per head at which 
such Freedom has been purchased; also distinguish- 
ing Males and Females :—And then he withdrew. 

‘ re That the said Papers do lie upon the 

able. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the London and London 
Croydon Railway (No. 1.) Bill, have leave tosit this day and Croydon 


till tive of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


General Lygon, from the Select Committee ap- Tamworth 
pointed to try and determine the merits of the Election. 


Petition of William Knight and others, whose names 
are thereunto subscribed, Electors of the Borough 
of Tamworth, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the said borough, informed the House, 
That the Committee had determined, 

That Edward Henry A’Court, Esquire, is duly 
elected a Member to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough of Tamworth : 

That the Petition of William Knight and others, 
did not appear to the said Committee to be frivolous 
or vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not 
appear to the said Committee to be frivolous or 
vexatious. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


A Petition of Samuel Horrocks, of Preston, Cotton Turton and 
the Interest of any Loan that hath been made or | Spinner, praying that he may be heard, by himself, © 
his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the 


Turton and Entwisle Reservoir Bill, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Mr. 


Sout 
rai 


Lu 
Sai 


— &amp; 








South Holland 
Drainage Bill. 


Luton and 
Saint Alban’s 
Road Bill. 


Wakefield 
and Halifax 
Road Bill. 


Deanhead 
(Huddersfield ) 
Reservoir Bill, 


Middlesex 
County Court 
Bill, 


West India 
Docks &amp;c. Bill, 


Severn 
Navigation 
(No. 1.) Bill. 


1 Victroriz2. 


Mr. Handley presented a Bill for amending an 
Act of King George the Third, intituled, “ An Act 
for amending and rendering more effectual an Act of 
his present Majesty, for draining Lands in South 
Holland, and for continuing and amending another 
Act of his present Majesty, for maintaining and re- 
pairing a certain Bank, and the Road thereon, from 
Spalding High Bridge to Brother House, all in the 
County of Lincoln ;” and for enlarging the term, 
and continuing the Tolls and Powers thereby granted 
or continued for maintaining and repairing a Road 
on the said Bank : And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Luton and Saint Alban’s 
Road Bill, which upon the 6th day of this instant 
March was made from the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, might be 
read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for continuing and amending several Acts passed in 
the reigns of King George the First, King George 
the Second, and King George the Third, for repair- 
ing the Roads from Luton to Westwood Gate, in the 
county of Bedford, and from Luton to Saint Alban’s, 
in the county of Hertford: And that Lord Charles 
Russell and Lord Viscount A/ford do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Wakefield and Halifax Road 
Bill, which upon the 7th day of this instant March 
was made from the Select Committee on Standing 
Orders relative to Private Bills, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for repairing and maintaining the Roads leading 
from Wakefield to Halifax, and from near Hipper- 
holm Bar to near Stump Cross, all in the West Riding 
of the county of York: And that Mr. Protheroe 
and Mr. Charles Wood do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
spect of the Petition for the Deanhead (Hudders- 
field) Reservoir Bill, which upon the 6th day of this 
instant March was made from the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making and maintaining a Reservoir at Dean- 
head, in the Parish of Huddersfield, in the West 
Riding of the county of York, and for other pur- 
poses ; to be called the Deanhead Reservoir: And 
that Mr. Protheroe and Mr. Charles Wood do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in an 
of the Petition for the Middlesex County Court Bill, 
which upon the 8th day of this instant March was 
made from the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills, might be read ; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the further Improvement of the County Court 
of Middlesex: And that Mr. Crawford and Lord 
Teignmouth do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. John Abel Smith presented a Bill to amend 
the several Acts relating to the West India Dock 
Company and the East India Dock Company, and 
to consolidate the said Companies: And the same 


was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


‘The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Severn Navigation (No. 1.) 
Bill, which upon the ist day of this instant March 
was made from the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Vox. 93. 


23° Marti. 


389 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for improving the Navigation of the River Severn, 
from the Lock at the entrance of the Gloucester 
and Berkeley Canal in or near the City of Gloucester, 
to the Bridge over the River Severn in the City of 
Worcester: And that Mr. Winnington and Mr. 
Bailey (of Worcester), do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of the Fishguard Harbour Improve- Fishguard 
ment Company, praying that they may be heard, by Harbour Bill. 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Fishguard Harbour Bill, was presented 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, n their . 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Mr. Villiers Stuart reported from the Select Com- Tramore 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the Drainsge- 
case of the Petition for leave to present a Petition 
for the Tramore Drainage Bill, the Committee re- 
commend that leave be granted to present a Petition 
for a Bill. 

Ordered, That leave be given to present a Petition, 
as desired. 


Mr. Brotherton, by Order, presented a Bill for Aylesbury 
repairing and maintaining the Road from Ayles- snd Thame 
bury to Thame, and the Roads from Thame to Ox- %*4 Bi 
ford, Shillingford, Postcomb and Bicester, in the 
Counties of Buckingham and Ozford: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Petitions from the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Edinburgh 
Canal Company ;—Commissioners of the Earl of and Glasgow 
Hopetoun ;—and, Warren H. Sands, and others; Raliway Bat. 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Pulham 
of the Petition for the Pulham Inclosure Bill, which Inclosure Bill. 
upon Monday last was made from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclosing Lands in the Parishes of Pulham 
Saint Mary the Virgin, and Pulham Saint Mary 
Magdalen, in the county of Norfolk: And that 
Mr. Wodehouse and Mr. Burroughes do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Islington 
of the Petition for the Islington (Angel-place), (Ange! vie 
Buildings Bill, which upon the 6th day of this instant P™'4"s* 8" 
March was made from the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills, might be read ; and the 
same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Owners in possession of a piece of ground 
in front of Angel Place, Islington, in the County of 





Middlesex, to enlarge, alter or erect Shops thereon, 
within certain limits: And that Sir Matthew Wood 
and Colonel Rushbrooke do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Saint Pancras 
of the Petition for the Saint Pancras Pavin Bil, Paving Bill. 
which upun the 6th day of this instant March was : 
made from the Select Committee on Standing Orders 
relative to Private Bills, might be read; and the 





same being read ; 


3D3 Ordered, 








| 
| 
| 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Biil 
for repealing certain Acts for paving, lighting, wa- 
tering and cleansing parts of the Parish of Saint 
Pancras, in the County of Middlesex, and for grant- 
ing more effectual Powers in lieu thereof, and for 
including several populous parts of the said Parish, 
for which r 
Mr. Hall and Lord Teignmouth do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Tenby A Petition of the Master, Wardens and Com- 
Tmpuvement monalty of Merchant Venturers, of the city of 
Bill, Bristol, praying that the Tenby Improvement and 
Harbour Bill may not pass into a law as it now 
stands; was presented, and read; and referred to 


the Comiiiittee on the Bill. 


Ramsgate Sir Edward Knatchbull presented a Bill for better 
Gee a) Bil. paving, lighting, watching and improving the Parish 


of Ramsgate, in the County of Kent, and for regu- 
lating the Police thereof: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


—— The House was moved, That the Report in re- 

ay’ spect of the Petition for the Pembroke Ferry Bill, 
which upon Wednesday last was made from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders relative to 
Private Bills, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for establishing a Steam or other Communication 
over Milford Haven, at or near Pembroke Ferry, 
in the county of Pembroke: And that Sir James 
Graham and Mr. John Jones do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Varteg Iron 


’ The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
Company Bill. 


spect of the Petition for the Vartey Iron Company 
Bill, which upon Monday last was made from the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to enable the Proprietors or Shareholders of a Com- 
pany called The Varteg Iron Company, to sue and 

e sued in the name of the Secretary for the time 
being of the said Company: And that Sir Matthew 
Wood and Mr. Crawford do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Barnsley Small The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
Debts Bill. of the Petition for the Barnsley Small Debts Bill, 
which upon 26th day of February last was made 
from the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills, might be read ; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small 
Debts within the Town of Barnsley, and other places, 
in the West Riding of the county of York: And 
that Sir George Strickland and Lord Viscount Mor- 
peth do prepare, and bring it in. 


Brampton The House was moved, That the Report in respect 

pcney end, Of the Petition for the Brampton Bierley and Hooton 

Reads Bill, Zvoberts Roads Bill, which upon the 26th day of 
February last was made from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for repairing and maintaining the Road leading from 
the south end of Angel Lane, in Brampton Bierley, 
to a certain Public Highway in Mexbrough; and 
from Clegg’s Cottage in Rawmarsh, to the west end 
of the village of Hooton Roberts, in the county of 
York: And that Lord Viscount Milton and Sir 

. George Strickland do prepare, and bring it in. 
Salterhebble The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
Roads Bill. of the Petition for the Satterhebble Roads Bill, 

which upon the 6th day of this instant March was 


390 23° Marti. 


no provision has been made: And that | fie 








A. 1838. 


made from the Select Committee on Standing Orders 
relative to Private Bills, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for repairing and maintaining a Road from near Sal- 
terhebble, in the parish of Halifax, to the Hudders- 
id and New Hey Turnpike Road, in the parish of 
Huddersfield, and to Sowerby Bridge, in the said 
parish of Halifax, all in the West Riding of the 
county of York, with a Bridge on the line. of the 
said tas And that Sir George Strickland and 
Lord Viscount Morpeth do prepare, and bring it in. Linton 
Inclosu: 
Sir George Strickland, by Order, reported from the Wibsey ana 
Committee on the Wibsey and Huddersfield Road eee 
Bill ; and to whom several Petitions against the said ~** 5" 
Bill were referred ; That they had heard counsel in 
support of the said Petitions, and had also heard 
counsel in favour of the Bill, and had examined the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be true, 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- Herne 
ments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Deal Pier Bill, 
of the Petition for the Deal Pier Bill, which upon 
Monday last was made from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


for making and maintaining a Pier or Jetty, and a 
other Works, at the Town and Borough of Deal, in Bai 


the parish of Deal, in the county of Kent: and 
that Sir Thomas Troubridge and Sir James Carnac 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Pease presented 2 Bill to establish the British Pledge . 
British Pledge Society, and to enable the said So- Society Bill ry 
ciety to sue and be sued, and to notify their Offices 
and to take out Licenses in the name of their Clerk 
or Secretary, and for other Purposes therein men- 
tioned: And the same was read the first time, and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Liverpool Court 
of the Petition for the Liverpool Court of Passage of Passage Bill. 
Bill, which upon the 8th day of this instant March 
was made from the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill 
for amending certain Acts of Parliament relating to 
the Civil Court of Record of the Borough of Liver- 


pool, and improving the Proceedings thereof; for Bir 
amending other local Acts relating to the Borough, Br 
for the erection of an Observatory, and for altering . 
Boundaries in the Borough: And that Lord Vis- Bi 


count Sandon and Mr. Cresswell do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Southampton 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in Docks Bil. 
the case of the Petition for the Southampton Docks 
Bill, the Standing Orders had not been complied with, 
inasmuch as no application had been made to the 
Owners, Lessees and Occupiers. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders. 


oe 2 | 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Select Belfast 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, to whom yg 
the Petition of the Marquis of Donegall, complain- 
ing of non-compliance with Standing Orders, in the 
case of the Petition for the Belfast Water-works 
(No. 1.) Bill, was referred ; That in the case of the Pe- 
tition for the said Bill the Standing Orders had not 
been complied with, inasmuch as there is no section of 
the ground to be —. by the reservoirs, as required 
by Standing Order No. 3., p- 16; but it appeared 


0. 1.) 


—_—_ | 


to the Committee, that the levels of the banks are 
marked 








1 Victoriz. 


marked on the section, and described in feet and 
inches as required by Standing Order 11, p. 22. 
It was also stated by the engineer for the Bill, 
that, in his opinion, the Standing Order No. 3. p. 16., 
applied only to Railway Bills, the word Railway 
being inserted in the printed copy of the coer’ 
Orders, by which he was guided; and that they ha 
considered the said Petition. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for additional provision in the 
Linton Inclosure Bill, the Standing Orders had not 
been complied with. The allegations of the Petition 
were proved before the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Linton 
Inclosure. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Herne Gas Bill, the 
Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
lighting with Gas the Town of Herne Bay, in the parish 
of Herne, and the said parish of Herne, in the county 
of Kent: And that Sir Edward Knatchbull and 
Mr. Plumptre do prepare, and bring it in. 


Herne Gas Bill, 


Isington Colonel Rushbrooke presented a Bill to enable 

(Angel Place) the Owners in Possession of a Piece of Ground in 

Buildings Bul. front of Angel Place, Islington, in the County of 
Middlesex, to enlarge, alter, or erect Shops thereon, 
within certain Limits: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
spect of the Petition for leave to proceed with the 
Moy Navigation Bill, which was yesterday made 
from the Select Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills, might be read; and the same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Report be referred to the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, Me aie 

Mr. Aglionby, 
Tellers for the Noes, {Mr Shaw Lacie : 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Moy Naviga- 
tion, 


} 19. 
} 22, 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Birmingham, Bristol and 
Thames Junction Railway Bill, which upon Wed- 
nesday last was made from the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
alter the Line of the Birmingham, Bristol and Thames 
Junction Railway, and to amend the Act relating 
thereto: And that Mr. Brotherton and Sir De Lacy 
Evans do prepare, and bring it in. 


Birmingham, 
Bristol, and 
Thames Junce 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


New Brunswick 

and Nova Scotia 

oy Company 
ill, 


Colonel Powell, by Order, presented a Bill for 
granting further Powers to the New Brunswick and 
Nova Scotia Land Company, and for amending an 
Act of the fourth year of his late Majesty relative 
to that Company: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Rugby and 
utterworth 
Road Bill, 


Colonel Powell, by Order, presented a Bill for re- 
pairing and maintaining the Road from Lutterworth 
Hand, on the Watling-street Road, say = Church- 
over, Brownsover, Newbold-upon-Avon, Rugby and 
Bilton, in the County of Warwick, to the Dun Cow 
at Dunchurch, in the said County: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time, 

Vou. 93. 


23° Marti. 





391 


Mr. Bramston presented a Bill for inclosing Lands Great Warley 
in the Manor of Great Warley, in the several Pa- Iclosure Bill. 
rishes of Great Warley and Shenfield, in the County 
of Essex: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Ordered, That all Members serving for the several Edinburgh 
counties, and for the boroughs therein, through nena 
which counties the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- “"""Y ~" 
way is intended to pass, be members of the Com- 
mittee on the Bill for making the said Railway. 


Petitions from Wilsden;--Bingley (three Petitions) ; Negro Appren- 

— Bradford, York (three Petitions) ;—Dewsbury ;— ticeship. 
Bradford Moor ;— Allerton ;—Eccleshill (two Peti- 
tions) ; — Bath; — Saffron Walden ; — Birstal ; — 
Batley and Heckmondwike ;—Dudley Hill, Brad- 
ford ;— Woodhouse Grove ;—Undercliff ;— Otley ;— 
Idle ;— Low Moor, Bradford ; — Sunderland ; — 
Frome (three Petitions) ;— Nottingham (ten Peti- 
tions) ;—Sutton-in- Ashfield;— Basford;— Radford; 
— Lenton ;—Stapleford ;— Eastwood and Kimberley ; 
—New Basford ; — Beeston ;—- Hyson Green ; — 
Pittington and Belmont ;—East and West Boldon; 
—Seaham Harbour ;—Fatfield and Washington ;— 
Chester-le-Street ;— Easington and Shotton;—Mans- 
field ;—Denmark Place, Camberwell ;— Lymington ; 
—Hlalifax (three Petitions) ;— Bourton ;— Tenbury; 
-——Lincoln (two Petitions) ;— Accrington ; — Bent- 
worth ;— Alton (Hants) ;—Newcastle-upon- Tyne ;— 
Thetford ; —Hyde ; — Workington ; —Stratford-on- 
Avon ;— Great Driffield ;— Banbury ;—Longparish; 
— Whitchurch( Hants) ;—Coleraine;--Saint Michael, 
Dublin ; — Sowerby Bridge; —Denton ; — Charles- 
town, Ashton-under-Lyne ; — Stanningley ; -- Lan- 
caster (two Petitions) ;— Leek (two Petitions) ;— 
Southwell ;-- Keyworth ;-— Calverton ;—-Woodborough ; 
—Arklow ;—Plunket-street, Dublin ; — Bungay ;— 
Oldham ; — Wicklow ; — Donegal ; —Lowestoft ; — 
Maas ;—Maryborough ; — Abbeyleix ;—Armagh ;— 
Clones ;— Westport ;— Handsworth (two Petitions) ; 
—Achworth;—Stockton-upon- Tees ;— Mytholmroyd; 
-—Preesall ; — Falmouth ; —Forton ; —and, Caton; 
praying for the abolition of the system of Negro 
Apprenticeship, — were * gat and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Com- Nineteenth 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Act; and who rg mee a 
were empowered to report the Minutes of the Evi- ment or pea 
dence taken before them from time to time to the yy og 
House ; That they had made further Progress in the a 
matters to them referred ; and had directed him to 
report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

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


A Petition of Magistrates, Clergy, Bankers, Mer- Sale of Beer 

chants, Tradesmen and other Inhabitants of Bever- ““ 

ley, praying that an Act may be passed for prohibit- 

ing the consumption of Beer on the premises of 
Beer-shop keepers, and for the better regulation of 

the granting and continuing of the licenses for the 

Sale of Beer, was presented, and read ; and ordered 

to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers of Beverley, Licensed 
praying the House to pass a Bill to relieve them Victuallers. 
from the liability of making good the value of articles 
brought by guests into their houses, without the 
same being placed under their care, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers of Beverley, spirituous 
praying that so much of the Act 24 Geo. 2, as ex- Liquors. 
onerates parties from liability to pay for Spirits when 
purchased in less amount than twenty shillings at 
one time, may be repealed, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saintfield ;—Glenavy ;—and, Com- Education 
ber; praying that the present system of National (frelund.) 
3D4 Education 








| 
i 





392 23° Marti. 


Education im Jreland may not be persisted in,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Grand Jury A Petition of the High Sheriff and Grand Jury 
Presentments of the county of Antrim, assembled at Lent Assizes, 


ager 1838, praying fur an amendment of the laws relating 
to Grand Jury Presentments in Jreland, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Medical Petitions from Saint Patrich’s Hospital, Dublin; 

Charities 


—Antrim ;—and, Cork; praying that the Medical 
Charities (Ireland) Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read ; and.ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of Apprentices and Pupils of the Royal 
College of Surgeons in Jreland, praying that the 
said Bill may pass into a law, was also presented, 


(Ireland) Bill. 





and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Poor Relief 


(Ireland) Bill Petitions from Killeneene, &amp;c. ; —- Killyleagh ; — 
relan ill, 


Down (Chairman of a Meeting) ;—and, Raheen ; 
praying that the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill may not 
pass into a law as it now stands,——were presented, 


and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Poor Law Petitions from Kingston-upon-Hull ;— Wallsend ; 
— —and, Killingworth ; praying for the repeal or 
: amendment of the Poor Law Act,—were presented, 


and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
the Poor Law Amendment Act. 


Poor Law A Petition of Inhabitants assessed to the relief of 
(Gilbert's Act.) the Poor in Alstonefield and other places, in the 
} “ county of Derby, praying that the Poor Law Unions 
formed under Gilbert’s Act may not be dissolved, | 

was presented, and read; and referred to the Select | 

Committee on the Poor Law Amendment Act. 


Necropolis A Petition of William George Pau, of Upper 
Cemetery Bilt Baker Street, in the parish of Saint Matpindites, 
Clerk and Sexton of the said parish, praying that 
the Necropolis Cemetery Bill may not pass into a | 
law as it now stands, was presented, and read; and 


referred to the Committee on the Bill. 


Rating of Petitions from Berwich-upon- Tweed ;— and, Read- 

Tenemeats Bill, 774 praying that the Rating of Tenements Bill may 
pass mto a law,—were presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Rating of Tene- 
ments. 


Poor Prisoners. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | 
Returns, from the Treasurer of every County in 
england and Wales, of the Sums of Money by them 
transmitted out of the County Rates, under the 
provisions of the Act 53 Geo. 3, c. 113, intituled, 
“ An Act for providing Relief for the Poor Prisoners 
confined in the King’s Bench, Fleet and Marshalsea 
Prisons,” to the Treasurer for the County of Surrey, 
and to the Treasurer or Chamberlain for the City of 
London, for the last two years :—and, from the 
Justices of the Peace for the County of Surrey, and 
from the Justices of the Peace for the City of Zon- 
don, of the disbursement of the Sums of Money by 
them received under the provisions of the Act 53 
Geo. 8, c. 113, for the Relief of the Poor Prisoners 
in the King’s Bench, Fleet and Marshalsea Prisons, 
for the last two years. 


Church of 


octhead Petitions from Dundee;—Ayr (Moderator and 


Clerk’ of the United Secession Congregation) ; — 
Campbelton ;—and, Ayr (Moderator and Clerk of 
the Relief Congregation); praying the House to 
refuse their sanction to any further endowments to 
the Church of Scot/and,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Holyhead Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Harbour. a Copy of the Survey of the Harbour of Holyhead, 








A. 1838. 


made in pursuance of the Report of the Select Com- Great 
mittee appointed to inquire into the existing Com- - 
munication between London and Dublin, and to 

consider what improvement could be made therein. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Folkestone 
Copies of any Report made in the course of last Harbour. 
Summer to the Board of Admiralty, on the state of 
Folkestone Harbour :—and, of a Memorial presented 
in 1828 or 1829 from the Merchants, Ship-owners 
and Masters of Ships of the Port of London, to the 
Lords of the Treasury, on the state of Folkestone 
Harbour, with the Signatures attached to that Me- 
morial. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Soap and 
Accounts of the Number of Licenses issued to Soap Candles. 
Makers in England and Scotland respectively, dis- 
tinguishing the Number issued in each year from 
January 1827 to January 1837 :—Of the Number of 
Licenses issued to Tallow Chandlers in England and 
Scotland respectively, from January 1827 to January 
1830, distinguishing the Number issued in each 
year :—Of the Number of Soap-making and Candle- 
making Licenses issued to the same Persons in Eng- 
land and Scotland respectively, distinguishing the 
Number in each year, from January 1827 to January Me 
1830 :—Of the Number of entered Candle Makers Im 
in England and Scotland respectively, licensed as 
Soap Makers, distinguishing the Number in each 
year, from January 1834 to January 1838 :—and, 
of the Number of Candle Makers surveyed by the 
Excise, distinguishing the Number in each year, 
from January 1830 to January 1838. St 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Army. 
Returns, showing the Establishment and Effectives 
of the British Army, Rank and File, at Home and 
Abroad, on the 1st day of January 1837, and on P 
the Ist day of January 1838 :—Showing the Esta- D 


blishment of the British Army, as fixed by the 

King’s Memorandum for Service at Home and on 

Foreign Stations, for each of the years, from 1833 

to 1837, both inclusive ; and also, the Effectives on 

each of those Stations, by the latest Returns received 
on the 25th day of January in each of the years 
from 1833 to 1837 inclusive, and on the 1st day of 
January 1837:—Showing the average Force in Rank 
and File, Establishment and Effectives, at the se- 
veral Foreign Stations, at specified periods, and also 
on the Ist day of January 1836 and 1837 :—and, . 
showing in one Table the Numbers of the descrip- 

tions of armed Force in the United Kingdom, on 

the ist day of January 1838, the Regular Army of 

all Ranks. 


The Order for reading a second time upon Wed- County Rates 
nesday, the 4th day of April next, the County Rates _ 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday, the 2d day of May next. 


A Petition of William Strickland Cookson, of Belfast 7” 
Lincoln’s Inn, Agent for the Promoters of the Belfast fae ey . 
Waterworks (No. 2.) Bill, was presented, and read ;*" 
setting forth, That the Petition presented by the 
Promoters of the said Bill to the House has been 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills, who have entered on the consideration 
of the same, and also of a Petition in opposition 
thereto, and have adjourned the further considera- 
tion of the Petitions until Tuesday next, the 27th 
day of March instant ; that in consequence of such 
adjournment, the Bill cannot be introduced into the 
House within the time limited for that purpose b 
the Session Order, which will expire on the 26t 
day of this instant March ; and praying the House 
to extend the time for bringing in the said Bill. __ 

Ordered, That the time for presenting the said 
Bill be enlarged till Tuesday, the 3d day of April 


next. 


A Petition 








1 Vicroriz. 


Great Central A Petition of Charles Pearson, Agent to the Great 
Irish Railway Central Jrish Railway Bill, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That in consequence of a Report from 
the Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, that the 
Standing Orders of the House had not been complied 
with, the Report was referred to the Committee on 
Standing Orders, who have this day intimated their 
intention to recommend the House to permit the pro- 
moters of the Bill to proceed, with certain restrictions 
therein mentioned ; that one of such restrictions is 
that the Bill is not to be read a second time until the 
Commissioners of Irish Railways have made their Re- 
port; that the Petitioner does not know whether the 
promoters of the Bill in Dublin would desire to pro- 
ceed with the measure, subject to such limitation, and 
has written by this night’s post to the Solicitors in 
Dublin for instructions, but as they will have to call 
a meeting of the Jrish shareholders, he apprehends 
that no answer can be received for a week or ten 
days; he therefore prays that the time for the first 
reading of this Bill may be extended to ten days, 
from Monday the 26th day of March instant. 
Ordered, That the time for presenting the said 
Bill be enlarged till Tuesday, the 3d day of April 
next. 


Metropolis A Petition of Traders and Inhabitants of the 

Improvements- ynper part of Holborn and its vicinity, praying that 
a new street may be made from Holborn to the 
Strand, on the western side of Lincoln’s-Inn Fields, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Metropolis Improvements. 


Stage Coach Six Petitions of Stage Coach Masters, praying 

Duties. for the repeal of the Duties on Stage Coaches,—were 
— and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 

Post-horse,&amp;c., A Petition of Postmasters and Stage Coach Pro- 

Duties. prietors and Innkeepers in Durham, praying for the 
repeal of the Duties on Post Horses and Carriages, 
Guards and Coachmen, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Combination A Petition of Operatives of Joiners and Carpenters 

of Workmen. 


of Kilkenny, praying that no restrictive measures 
may be enacted against Trades Societies, was _pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Combination of Workmen. 


Recovery of 
Tenements Bill 


A Petition of Owners of house property in Sal- 

‘ford, praying that the Recovery of Tenements Bill 

may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


0 A Petition of the President and Committee of the 

Iustitutione Library at Kingston-upon-Hull, designated “ The 
Lyceum,” praying that Literary Institutions may be 
exempted from the payment of Parliamentary and 
other rates, the land-tax excepted, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

qesleipal Petitions of Inhabitants of Raheen ;—and, Aug- 

(Ireland) Bill havass; praying that the Municipal Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

. a) Petitions of Inhabitants of Raheen;—and, Aug- 


havass; praying for the abolition of Tithes in Ire- 
land,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the parish of Saint 


Controverted 


—. George, in the city of Dublin, praying for an altera- 
tion in the mode of trying Petitions complaining of 
undue Elections and Returns of Members to serve 
in Parliament, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

mer of A Petition of Inhabitants of Bushmills, suggest- 


ing plans for a reform in the Church of Ireland, 
and praying the House to take the same into con- 
Vo . 93. 


23° Martiz. 





393 


sideration, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Midhurst, praying church 
that in the event of any inquiry into the mode of Property. 
granting and renewing Church Leases, all increase 
of revenue that may arise may be left at the disposal 
of the Church to supply the deficiency of spiritual 
instruction for the people, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Skerry and Rocavan, County Cess 
praying for the repeal of so much of the Act 6 and (Ireland.) 
7 Will. 4, c. 84, as charges farmhouses to county 
or barony cess in Jreland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Poor Relief 
into a Committee upon the Poor Relief (Jreland) (Ireland) Bill. 
Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Crausss, N° 100 to N° 105, agreed to. 
Ciavuse, N° 106, amended and agreed to. 
Ciause, N° 107, agreed to. 


Crauses, N° 108 and N° 109, amended, and 
agreed to. 


Crausgs, N° 110 and N° 111, agreed to. 
Ciause N° 112, (Power to the Queen to appoint 
a fourth Commissioner) read. 

Amendment proposed: P. 39. 1. 4. After the 
word “ appoint ” to insert the following words 
“ three Persons asa Board to sit in Jreland, for 
“ the purpose of carrying this Act into execution.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted-—— 
put, and Negatived. 

Crause, N° 112, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 113, amended and agreed to. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made further Pro- 
gres in the Bill, and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 

Ciausg, N° 114, agreed to. 

Cuavsez, N° 115, amended, and agreed to. 


Cravusez N° 116, (Interpretation Clause,) read. 

P. 40. 1. 13. Amendment proposed: After the 
word “ incorporeal ” to insert the following words 
“ and also every fee-farm rent and rent-seck and 
rent-charge, the word Tithe shall include rent or 
composition in lieu of Tithe, and also the Minis- 
ters’ money charged under an Act made in the Par- 
liament of Ireland in the Session holden in the 
seventeenth and eighteenth year of the reign of 
King Charles the Second, for provision of Minis- 
ters in cities and corporate towns in Ireland.” 
Amendment proposed to the proposed Amendment: 
To leave out all the words after the words “ in lieu of 
“ Tithe.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the proposed Amendment ; 

The Committee divided: 





Tellers for the j Mr. Solicitor General, ‘i 
Yeas. | Mr. Baring: } ™ 

Tellers for the, Mr. Shaw, a) 
Noes. Mr. Litton: J - 


Original Question agreed to. - 
CrausE, N° 116, as amended, agreed to. 
Postponed Ciausg, N° 26, (Power to Commis- 
sioners to appoint paid Officers)——read. 
Amendment proposed: P. 10. 1.1. To leave out 
all the words after the word “case ” and to insert the 
3£ following 








394 23° Marti. 


following words. “regular meetings of the Board of 
“ Guardians of any Union shall not be holden at 
“ the times enjoined by the orders of the Commis- 
“ sioners, or in case, through the default of the 
“ Guardians, the duties of such Board of Guardians 
“« shall not be duly and effectually discharged ac- 
cording to the intention of this Act, the Commis- 
sioners may appoint such and so many paid offi- 
cers as they may think fit to carry into execution 
the provisions of this Act, and from time to time 
to revoke and determine such appointments; and 
the Commissioners shall from time to time, as 
they shall see fit, define and direct the execution 
of the duties of such officers, and the amount and 
nature of the security to be given by such of 
them as the Commissioners shall thnk ought 
to give security, and regulate the amount of 
salaries payable to such officers respectively, and 
the time and mode of payment thereof; and such 
salaries shall be chargeable and payable out of 
“ the Rates levied for the relief of the Destitute Poor 
of such Union: Provided always, That unless the 
Commissioners shall sooner revoke or determine 
the appointment of such paid officers, such paid 
“ officers shall hold their offices for the term of one 

ear from the date of their appointment, and 
thenceforth till the time of the next election of 
Guardians for such Union under the provisions of 
“ this Act, and no longer.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause——put and Negatived. 

Amendment proposed, to the words proposed to 
be added: To leave out the words “ appoint 
“ such and so many paid officers,” and to insert 
the words “ take order for the payment of such and 
“ so many of the Guardians,” instead thereof. 

Amendment to proposed Amendment, by leave, 
withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed, to the words pro- 
posed to be added: After the word “ Union” to 
insert the following words, “ in the electoral district 
“ for which such paid officers shall be appointed.” 

Amendment to proposed Amendment, by leave, 
withdrawn. 

Original Amendment in P.10., 1. 1., put and 
agreed to. 

Postponed Cravse, N° 26, as amended, agreed to. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the postponed 


Clause, No. 28, as amended, stand part of the Bill; 
The Committee divided : 


nx 


‘sé 
“ 
é 
if 3 
“ 
ir 


“a 
xn 


Tellers for the f Mr. Charles Wood, tine 
Yeas, The Lord Advocate : J =. 

Tellers for the {Sir Robert Bateson, 7 
Noes, Mr. William O’ Brien: = 


Postponed Cravuse, No. 34, agreed to. 


Postponed Cause, N° 42, amended, and agreed 
to 


Postponed Cravuse, No 45, agreed to. 
Postponed Cause, N° 52, Negatived. 


Postponed Crausz, N° 71, amended, and agreed 
to. 


Postponed Crause, N° 72, Negatived. 
Postponed Ciauss, N° 97, amended, and agreed 
to. 
Clause offered :—“ Provided always, and be it 
“ Enacted, That upon application from any Parish, 
“ duly convened in vestry for the purpose (of which 
special notice shall be given by the Churchwar- 
“ dens Ten clear days before at the least), it shall 
“ and may be lawful for the Commissioners to ex- 
empt such Parish from the provisions of this Act, 
or any of them, as to the said Commissioners 
shall seem fit, on condition that such Parish shall 
forthwith elect Guardians for the care of its own 
“ Poor, and conform in all other particulars to such 
provisions of this Act as they shall be subject to, 
and to all such Rules and Regulations of said 
Commissioners as shall be made pursuant thereto, 








A, 1838. 


“ concerning said Parish ; and be it Enacted, That 
such Guardians shall have the same powers of 
levying a Rate upon such Parish as are conferred 
by this Act upon the Guardians of any Union :— 
“ Provided always, That the proceedings of all such 
“ Parochial Boards of Guardians shall be subject to 
the inspection of, and be reported to the Com- 
missioners, and be in all respects subject to the 
control, orders and regulations of the said Com- 
missioners, in like manner as the proceedings of 
the Boards of Guardians of any Union are hereby 
made subject ; and that it shall and may be lawful 
for said Commissioners, if they shall disapprove 
of the proceedings of said Board of Parochial 
Guardians, to annex such Parish to a Workhouse 
Union, as they may see fit” brought up and 
read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be now read 2°; ’ 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the fos: Viscount en 21 

Yeas. Sir Robert Bateson : ‘ 
Tellers for — Seymour, Lee 
Noes. Mr. Robert Gordon: _ 


Clause offered (Liability of Children to support 
their Parents), brought up, read 1°, 2°,and added. 

Clause offered (Loans out of the Poor Rate may 
be granted upon Security given) brought up and 
read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Clause be 
now read 2°. Clause, by leave, withdrawn. 


Clause offered, (Guardians empowered to Con- 
tract for Repair of Public Roads)——brought up 
and read 1°. 

Motion made and Question, That the Clause be 
now read 2°———put and negatived. 

Clause offered, (General Annual Reports of Pro- 
ceedings to Parliament) ——brought up, read 1°, 2°, 
and added. 

Clause offered :—“ And be it further Enacted, 
“ That it shall be lawful for the Guardians of any 


“* Union not divided into electoral districts, to agree 
“ 




















“ 


Guardians, subject to the approbation of the Poor 
Law Commissioners, that each parish within such 
Union shall be separately rateable with and 
liable to defray the expense of its own Poor in 
“ the Union Workhouse; and for the Guardians of 
“* any Union that shall have been divided into elec- 
toral districts, to agree, by writing under the 
hands of all such Guardians, subject to the ap- 
probation of the Poor Law Commissioners, that 
each electoral district within such Union shall be 
separately rateable with and liable to defray the 
expense ofits own Poor in the Union Workkouse.” 
——brought up and read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
be now read 2°; 
The Committee divided : 


“ 
“ 
“ 


“ 
« 


na 


‘ 


wn 


‘ 


n 


“ 


‘ 


. 


Tellers for thes Mr. Lucas, 25 
Yeas. Colonel Conolly : } ’ 
Tellers for the f Mr. Charles Wood, } 53 
Noes. Lord Seymour : . 


Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Robert 
Steuart reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


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


House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Schools (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
tae Monday next. 


The 


by any writing under the hands of all such 


(Scotland) Bill. 


Electi 


Glass 
Bill. 


Sher’ 
(Sco 


Ter 
Bill 








1 Victoria. 
The Order of the day being read, for taking into 


Controverted 
Elections Bille further consideration the Report on the Controverted 
Elections Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


Glass Duties The Glass Duties Bill was, according to Order, 

Bill. read a second time; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Friday next. 

sheriff Courts The Order of the day being read, for taking into 


(Scotland) Bill. further consideration the Report on the Sheriff 
Courts (Scotland) Bill; 


Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


And the House having continued to sit till after 

twelve of the clock on Saturday morning ; 
Sabbati, 24° die Martti, 1838 ; 

The ingrossed Bill for the Consolidation of the 
Boards of First Fruits, Tenths and Queen Anne’s 
Bounty, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

An ingrossed Clause was offered to be added to 
the Bill, by way of rider: “General Court not to be 
held duly constructed unless seven Governors are 
ae of whom one of the Privy Council, one of the 

ishops, and one of the Judges or Queen’s Counsel, 
shall always be three:” And the said Clause was 
brought up; and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question be- 
ing put, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the (Mr. Baines, } 9 

Yeas, Mr. Kinnaird: : 

Tellers for the fMr. Barneby, 37 

Noes, Sir Ftobert Harry Inglis: } . 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for the Consolidation of the Offices 
of First Fruits, Tenths, and Queen Anne’s Bounty. 

Ordered, That Mr. Gally Knight do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


First Fruits and 
Tenths, &amp;c., 
Bill. 


Poor Law 


The Poor Law Loans Bill was, according to Or- 
Loans Bill. 


der, read a second time; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


The Order of the day being read, the Committee 
of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Custody of Insane Persons (Lreland) 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Custody of 
Insane Persons 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Indemnity Bill. Mr. Baring reported the Indemnity Bill; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 

Salmon 
Fisheries 
(Scotland) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to regulate the Salmon Fisheries in Scotland: And 
that Mr. Walter Campbell and Mr. Gibson Craig 
do prepare, and bring it in. 

Standing 


: Mr. Divett reported, from the Select Committee 
rders ; 


on Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, several 
Resolutions, which were read as follow: 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for 
the Metropolitan Suspension Bridge Bill, the Parties 
be permitted to proceed with their Bill. 

Von. 93, ' 


Metropolitan 
Suspension 
Bridge. 


93°—94° Marti. 











395 


2. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for Loagh Suilty 
the Lough Swilly and Lough Foyle Drainage Bill, 4 Lough 
the Parties be permitted to proceed with their Bill, *°Y'ePrsinsge. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for Exeter Com- 
the Exeter Commercial Gas Bill, the Parties be mercial Gas. 
weg to proceed with their Bill, on giving the 

otices for Three successive weeks in the London 
Gazette, and in some one and the same Newspaper 
published in the county of Devon. : 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for Hartlepool 
the Hartlepool Railway and Docks Bill, the Parties Railway and 
be permitted to proceed with their Bill on giving the P°™ 
Notices for Three successive weeks in the London 
Gazette, and in some one and the same Newspaper 
published in the county of Durham. 

5. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for Great Central 
the Great Central Zrish Railway Bill, the Parties be Irish Railway. 
permitted to proceed with their Bill, on giving Notice 
to all the Parties who subscribed the Deed before 
the end of the last Session of Parliament, that they 
are at liberty to withdraw from the Undertaking, 
and on inserting a clause in their Bill for the pur- 
pose of fully carrying that object into effect ; and 
on their paying up and depositing in the Bank of 
England, or investing in some Government Security, 
as required by the Standing Orders, a Sum equal to 
one-tenth part of the amount subscribed, and on 
condition that they do not proceed to the second 
reading of the Bill until the Report of the Irish 
Railway. Commissioners has been laid upon the 
Table of the House; and that the Committees on 
this and the two preceding Bills do examine in the 
first place how far such orders have been complied 
with, and do report the same to the House on the 
Report of the Bill. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Exeter Com- 
of the Petition for the Exeter Commercial Gas Bill, mercial Gas 
which was this day made from the Select Committee - 
on Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
enable the Exeter Commercial Gas Light and Coke 
Company to raise a further Sum of Money: And 
that Mr. Divett and Sir William Follett do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Metropolitan 
of the Petition for the Metropolitan Suspension Suspension 
Bridge Bill, which was this day made from the P*dse Bil. 
Select Committee un Standing Orders relative to 
Private Bills, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
repeal, amend and enlarge, some of the provisions 
of the Act relating to the Metropolitan Suspension 
Bridge: And that Sir De Lacy Evans and Mr, Leader 


do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Salaries that have been paid to each 
Dublin Curate, under the Provisions of the Act 3 &amp; 
4 Will. 4, c. 37, s. 73, with the Names of each re- 
spectively, and the Number of’ Years which they have 
served as Curates in their respective parishes ; toge- 
ther with the Three last Years in which Assessments 
had been made for them or their Predecessors in the 
parishes, and the Amount which they actually re- 
ceived therein :—-And of the Names of those Curates 
who have applied to the Ecclesiastical Commis- 
sioners for Salaries, and have not received any ; 
with the grounds upon which the Commissioners 
have declined to grant them. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Minutes of the Board of Treasury, 
sanctioning the Allowances made to the Superinten- 
dent Registrars appointed under the Registry Acts, 
for Expenses :—Also, the authority under which 
these eewme are paid by the Excise. 

3 E 2 


Dublin Curates. 


Registry Acts: 


Ordered, 








Registry Acts. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Expenses incurred in each of the 
Unions in England and Wales, during the quarters 
ending on the 29th of September, the 25th of De- 
cember, and the 25th of this present month, under 
the provisions of the Act 6 &amp; 7 Will. 4, c. 86, inti- 
tuled, “An Act for Registering Births, Deaths and 
Marriages, in England ;” distinguishing the Amount 
paid for the ua or Erection of new Buildings, 
or alteration of old Buildings, which may have been 
rendered necessary since the passing of the Acts for 
carrying the same into execution. 


Sligo Sheriffs. Ordered, That the Paper relative to Sligo Sheriffs, 
No. 234. which was presented upon Monday last, be printed. 
HighlandRoads Ordered, That. the Twenty-fourth Report of the 
and Bridges. Commissioners of Highland Roads and Bridges, 








No. 235. which was presented yesterday, be printed. 

And then the House having continued to sit 
till one of the clock on Saturday morning, 
adjourned till Monday next. 

Lune, 26° die Martii, 
Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1888. 
PRAYERS. 
Middlesex Me; Crawford presented a Bill for the further 
County Court Improvement of the County Court of Mid- 
Bill. dlesex: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 
Portsmouth Petitions from Inhabitants, Owners and Occupiers 


Floating Bridge of property in Portsmouth, Portsea and Gosport ;— 

_ Rowner and Titchfield ;—Bankers, Merchants and 
others of Portsmouth;—and, Commissioners for 
executing the Act for the better government of the 
Watermen working between Gosport, Portsmouth, 
Portsea and other places within Portsmouth Har- 
bour; praying that the Portsmouth Floating Bridge 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Leamington Sir John Mordaunt presented a Bill for lighting 

Priors Gas Bill. with Gas the Town of Leamington Priors, and the 
Neighbourhood thereof, in the County of Warwick: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Leamington Sir John Mordaunt presented a Bill for amending 

Priors Improve- and enlarging the powers and provisions of an Act 

ment Bill, = for paving or flagging, lighting, cleansing, watching, 
regulating and improving the Town of Leamington 
Priors, in the County of Warwick: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to to be read a 
second time. 


Stecteced Mr. Wilson Patten presented a Bill for establish- 

Tontine Bill. ing a Company for the purpose of assisting in the 
building of a New Town, and in the formation of 
Works for trading and commercial purposes at 
Fleetwood, in the Township of Thornton, in the Pa- 
rish of Poulton-le-Fylde, m the County Palatine of 
Lancaster: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Southampton Mr. Dottin presented a Bill to amend and enlarge 

Pier Bill. the powers and provisions of an Act of the second 
year of King William the Fourth, for erecting and 
maintaining a Pier and other Works for landing and 
embarking Passengers in the Port of Southampton: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Combmartin 


Mr Bewes reported from the Committee on the 
Roads Bill. 


Combmartin Roads Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to 
be true; and had gone through the Bill and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 





396 23°—94°_96° Martzi. 





A. 1838. 


The Bishop’s Castle and Munslow Inclosure Bill Bishop’s Castle 
was read a second time; and committed to Mr. homey = 
Robert Clive and the Salop List. ” 


Mr. Winningtyn presented a Bill for improving severn 
the Navigation of the River Severn, from the Lock Navigation 
at the entrance of the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal, (N° !-) Bill. 
in or near the City of Gloucester, to the Bridge over 
the River Severn, in the City of Worcester: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Mr. Baines presented a Bill for repairing and Wortley, 
maintaining the Road from the Bridge over the Leeds Armley and 
and Liverpool Canal, in the Township of Wortley, Brim*y Roads 
to the Leeds and Halifax Turnpike Road, at or — 
near the Toll-bar at Stanningley, in the Township of 
Bramley, and for making, repairing and maintain- 
ing certain other Roads to communicate therewith, 
all in the West Riding of the County of York: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


Sir Matthew Wood presented a Bill for making @ Farringdon 
New Street from Holborn Bridge, in the City of Street (London) 
London, towards Clerkenwell Green: And the same ®#!!. 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- City of London 
spect of the Petition for the City of Zondon Police Police Bill. 
ill, which, upon the 27th day of February last, was 
made from the Select Committee on Standing Orders 
relative to Private Bills, might be read; and the 
same being read; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
establishing a Day and Night Police in the City of 
London: And that Sir Matthew Wood and Mr. 
Crawford do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- London 
spect of the Petition for the London Grand Junction Grand Junction 
Railway Bill, which upon the 9th day of this instant B+i!way Bill 
March was made from the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, might be 
read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend and enlarge the powers and provisions of the 
Act relating to the fee as Grand Junction Railway: 

And that Sir Matthew Wood and Mr. Crawford do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir Matthew Wood presented a Bill to enable the Varteg trot. | 
Proprietors or Shareholders of a Company, called — 
“ The Varteg Iron Company,” to sue and be sued in 
the name of the Secretary for the time being of the 
said Company: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- Gravesend Pier 
oy of the Petition for the Gravesend Pier (No. 2.) (N% 2) Bill 
ill, which upon Thursday last was made from the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for amending certain Acts passed for the erection 
and support of Gravesend Quay and Pier: And that 
Sir Matthew Wood and Sir Edmund Filmer do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Sir Matthew Wood, by Order, reported from the Notting Hill 
Committee on the Notting Hill Footway Bill, and Footway Bill 
to whom several Petitions against the said Bill, were 
referred; That they had considered the said Peti- 
tions, and had heard counsel in support of one of 
them ; and had also heard counsel in favour of the 
Bill; and had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir 





London 
Grand « 
Railwa: 


Brecon 
Market 


Bougl 
Bridg 


Pemt 
Ferry 


Wak 
and. 
Roa 


He 
Im 


Bil 








1 Victoriz. 


Sir Matthew Wood presented a Bill to amend and 
enlarge the powers and provisions of an Act relating 


London i 
Grand Junction 


Railway Bile +4 the London Grand Junction Railway: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Mr. John Jones reported from the Committee on 
the Brecon Market Bill; That the Order of the 
House, of the 15th day of December last, that Lists 
of Assents, Dissents and Neuters should be forthwith 
deposited in the Private Bill Office, had been com- 
plied with; and that the Committee had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Brecon 
Market Bill. 


Mr. John Jones presented a Bill for building a 
Bridge over the River Wye, at a place called 
Boughrood Ferry, in thesCounties of Brecon and 
Radnor, and for making convenient Approaches 
thereto : And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Boughrood 
Bridge Bill. 


Mr. John Jones presented a Bill for establishing 
a Steam or other Communication over Milford Ha- 
ven, at or near Pembroke Ferry, in the County of 
Pembroke: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Pembroke 
Ferry Bill. 


Wakefield 
and Halifax 
Roads Bill. 


Mr. Protheroe presented a Bill for repairing and 
maintaining the Roads leading from Wakefieldto Ha- 
Ulan, and from near Hipperholme Bar to near Stump 

ross, all in the West Riding of the County of 
York: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Deanhead 
(Huddersfield ) 
Reservoir Bill. 


Mr. Protheroe presented a Bill for making and 
maintaining a Reservoir at Deanhead, in the Parish 
of Huddersfield, in the West Riding of the County 
of York, and for other purposes: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Hereford 
Improvement 
Bill, 


Mr. Bolton Clive presented a Bill for amending 
the provisions of two Acts of Parliament relating 
to the City of Hereford; and for limiting the dura- 
tion of Saint Ethelbert’s, or the Nine-day’s Fair, 
held annually in the said City: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Berden, &amp;c. Mr. Law Hodges, by Order, presented a Bill for 


Inclosare Bill. 


26° Martiz. 





inclosing Lands in the Parishes of Berden, Manew- 
den, and Stansted Mountfitchet, in the County of 
Essex: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Tramure 


Dralange. A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land in 


the parish of Drumcannon, in the county of Water- 
ford, and others, Inhabitants of Tramore, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for inclosing, draining, reclaim- | 
ing, improving and embanking a certain Tract of 
Waste and Sea-covered Sand or Sandy Beach and 
Marshy Ground, called the Back Strand of T’ra- 
more, in the parishes of Drumcannon and Kilmac- 
league, in the baronies of Middlethird and Gaultier, 
in the county of Waterford, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 

selector Gas Mr. Duckworth presented a Bill to amend an Act 
‘ of King George the Fourth, for lighting with Gas 


the Borough of Leicester, in the County of Leiceséer, | 


and the Liberties, Precincts, and Suburbs thereof: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 

Newqua 


Harbour Bill Mr. Pendarves presented a Bill for maintaining 


the Pier and Harbour of Newguay, in the County of 





Cornwall: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 
Vo. 93. 


397 


Captain Alsager reported from the Committee on London 
the London and Croydon Railway (No. 1.) Bill, and —* 
to whom several Petitions against the said Bill were (No. 2) Bill. 
referred ; That the Standing Orders relative to Rail- 
way Bills did not apply to the present case, the 
application being only for the purpose of enlarging 
the station at a depot, and for extending the term 
of the Act; and that the Order of the House, of 
the 19th day of February last, directing that the sum 
of 800/., deposited in the hands of Messrs. Lloyds 
and Company, should be suffered to remain there, 
had been complied with; and that the Committee 
had considered the said Petitions, and had heard 
counsel in support of one of them; and had also 
heard counsel in favour of the Bill; and had exa- 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Sir Robert Harry Inglis presented a Bill for the Lower Beed 
erection and endowment of a Chapelry for the Dis- Church Bill. 
trict of Lower Beeding, in the County of Sussex, 


and for other purposes: And the same was read the 


first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Parish Clerks and Sextons of the Necropolis 
parishes and districts of the Metropolis and its en- Cemetery Bill. 
virons, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Necropolis Cemetery Bill, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Mr. Hall presented a Bill for the more easy and Mary-le-bone 
speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the Borough Small Debts 
of Mary-le-bone: And the same was read the first BM 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Hall presented a Bill for repealing certain Seint Pancras 
Acts for paving, lighting, watering and cleansing Paving Bill. 
parts of the Parish of Saint Pancras, in the County 
of Middlesex, and for granting more effectual Powers 
in lieu thereof; and for including several populous 
parts of the said Parish for which no provision has 
been made: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Petitions from Lanark ;—and, Linlithgow ; pray- Edinburgh 
ing that the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill sd Glasgow 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read; “"'™*) ©" 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Law Hodges presented a Bill for the erection Lee Church 
of a new Church in the Parish of Lee, in the Bill. 
County of Kent: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Lord Charles Russell presented a Bill for continu- Luton and 
ing and amending several Acts passed in the reigns Sint = 
of King George the First, King George the Second, — 
and King George the Third, for repairmg the Roads 
from Luton to Westwood Gate, in the County of 
Bedford, and from Luton to Saint Alban’s, in the 
County of Hertford: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Dennistoun presented a Bill for altering and Garnkirk 
amending several Acts relating to the Garnkirk and = nan, od 
: : ailway Bill. 
Glasgow Railway, and for enabling the Company 
to raise a further Sum of Money: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to alter the Line Bir : 
of the Birmingham, Bristol, and Thames Junction Bristol ant 
Railway, and to amend the Act relating thereto : tion Railway 
3E3 And Bill. 


Birmingham, 








398 


And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time, 


Balmore Mr. Brotherton, by Order, presented a Bill to re- 
Roads Bill. = peal as much of an Act, intituled, “ An Act for 
making and maintaining the Road from Glasgow to 
Redburn Bridge, and certain other Roads in the 
Counties of Stirling, Dumbarton, and Lanark,” as 
relates to the Balmore Road ; and to improve, and 
make and maintain the said Road, and certain other 
Roads connected therewith, in the Parishes of 
Campsie and Baldernock, and County of Stirling 
aforesaid: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 
South Australia Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill for incorporating 
omen and granting certain Powers to the South Australian 
ompasy** Company: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 
Pulham Mr. Brotherton, by Order, presented a Bill for in- 
Inclosure Bill. Closing Lands in the Parishes of Pulham Saint Mary 
the Virgin and Pulham Saint Mary Magdalen, in the 
County of Norfolk: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 
Protestant Mr. Brotherton presented a Bill to enable “ The 
Dissenters’ Protestant Dissenters and General Life and Fire 


Company Bill, Insurance Company,” to sue and be sued in the 
Name of the Chairman, Deputy Chairman, or any 
one of the Directors or Secretary of the said Com- 
pany: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Ribble A Petition of Peter Hesketh Fleetwood, of Ros- 

Navigation sall Hall, in the county of Lancaster, Esquire, 

- praying that he may be heard, by himself, his coun- 
sel or agent, against certain parts of the Ribble Na- 
vigation Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 

Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 

Dublin City Lord Seymour from the Select Committee ap- 

Election. 


pointed to try and determine the merits of the Peti- 
tion of Edward Cottingham, of Belfield, in the 
county of Dublin, Esquire, and others, Electors of 
the county of the city of Dublin, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the said city, in- 
formed the House, That the Committee had deter- 
mined, 

That Daniel O’ Connell, Esquire, and Robert Hut- 
ton, Esquire, are duly elected Citizens to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said City of Dublin: 

That the Petition of Edward Cottingham, and 
others, did not appear to the said Committee to be 
frivolous or vexatious: 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not 
appear to the said Committee to be frivolous or vex- 
atious. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Isle of Thanet | Mr. Plumptre presented a Bill for establishing a 

Cemetery Bill. Cymetery for the Interment of the Dead by a Com- 
pany to be called The Isle of Thanet Cemetery Com- 
pany: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Taw Vale The Taw Vale Railway and Dock Bill was read 
a a second time; and committed to Mr. Frederick 
Dock Bil, Hodgson and the Devon List. 

Turnor’s Turnor’s Estate Bill was read a second time; 
Estate Bill. 


and committed to Mr. Welby and the Lincoln List. 


Sudbury Town 


Mr. Logan presented a Bill for authorizing the 
Lands Bill, 


Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough 


26° Martiz. 








A. 1838. 


of Sudbury, in the County of pases to release and 
discharge from Shackage and Commonage certain 
Lands within the said Borough, and for other pur- 
oe relating to other Lands belonging to the said 

orough: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Sir Thomas Troubridge presented a Bill for mak~ Deal Pier bit, 
ng and maintaining a Pier or Jetty, and other 
orks, at the Town and Borough of Deal, in the 
Parish of Deal, in the County of Kent: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


Sir George Strickland presented a Bill for re- Brampton 
pairing and maintaining the Road leading from the Fietley cate 
south end of Angel Lane, in Brampton Dinte: tO Roads Bill. 
a certain public Highwes in Mexbrough, and from 
Clegg’s Cottage, in Rawmarsh, to the west end of 
the village of Hooton Réberts, in the County of 
York: And the same was read the first time; and 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Sir George Strickland presented a Bill for re~ Salterhebble 
pairing and maintaining a Road from near Salter- Roads Bil. 
hebble, in the Parish of Halifax, to the Hudders- 
field and New Hay Turnpike Road, inthe Parish of 
Huddersfield, and to Sowerby Bridge, in the said 
Parish of Halifax, all in the West Riding of the 
County of York, with a Bridge on the line of the 
said Road: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Sir George Strickland presented a Bill for the Barnsley 
more easy and speedy recovery of Small Debts, Small Debts 
within the Town of Barnsley and other places, in” 
the West Riding of the County of York: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- Wibsey aad 

sideration the Rapest which upon Friday last was Hudderteld 

made from the Committee on the Wibsey and Hud- “°° 

dersfield Road Bill; and the Amendments were read, 

and agreed to. i 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


The Portsmouth Floating Bridge Bill was read a Portsmouth 
second time ; and committed to Mr. Baring and the —~h Bridge 
Hants List. &gt; 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Curbridge | 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in closure Bill 
the case of the Petition for the Curbridge Inclosure 
Bill, the Standing Orders had been complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for inclosing Lands in the Township of Curbridge, 
in the parish of Witney, in the county of Oxford : 

And that Lord Norreys and Mr. Granville Harcourt 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Caithness 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the ae 
case of the Petition for the Caithness Roads and gi, 
Statute Labour Bill, the Standing Orders had been 
complied with. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring’ in a Bill 
for altering and amending an Act of the eleventh 
vear of the reign of his Majesty King George the 
Fourth, intituled “An Act for making, repairing, wi- 
dening and keeping in repair certain Roads and 
Bridges in the County of r,s ; and for better 
regulating and rendering more effectual the Statute 
Labour in the said County, and Conversion Money 
in lieu thereof :” And that Sir George Sinclair and 
Mr. Loch do prepare and bring it in. 


Sir Geerge Sinclair presented a Bill for inclosing Helsington, £e. 
Lands within the Townships or Divisions of — a 
n 


Corbri 
Tnclost 


Caith' 
Road 
Statu 
Bill. 


and | 
(Twe 
Bill, 


Hart! 
Raily 


Bris 
Sait 
rid 


Har 
Rail 


Ney 





1 VicTroriz. 


land Roger, Whinfell and Helsington, in the Parish 
of Kirkby in Kendal, in the County of Westmor- 
land ; and for draining and improving certain Lands 
in the said Township of Helsington, and in the 
Townships of Underbarrow and Bradley Field and 
Levens,in the Parishes of Kirkby in Kendal and 
Heversham, in the same County: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


Corbridge Sir George Strickland, by Order, presented a Bill 

Inclosure Bill. £5» inclosing Lands in the Township of Curbridge, 
in the Parish of Witney, in the County of Oxford: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Leeds and Sir George Sinclair, by Order, presented a Bill 

Homefcld _ for repairing and maintaining the Road from Quebec 

— Bil, to Homefield Lane End, all in the Parish of Leeds, 
in the West Riding of the County of York, with a 
Bridge or Bridges on the line of such Road: And the 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 

Caithness Sir George Sinclair presented a Bill for altering 

—_ _ and amending an Act of the eleventh year of the 

ae reign of his Majesty King George the Fourth, in- 
tituled, “An Act for making, repairing, widening, 
and keeping in repair certain Roads and Bridges 
in the County of Caithness; and for better regulat- 
ing and rendering more effectual the Statute Labour 
in the said County, and Conversion Money in lieu 
thereof :” And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 

Ladykirk Sir George Sinclair, by Order, presented a Bill for 


(Teed) Brid ™ building a Bridge over the River Tweed, between 


Bill, Ladykirk, in the County of Berwick, and Norham 
in the ices | of Durham, and for making Avenues 
and Approaches thereto: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time. 

—— The House was moved, That the Report in re- 


“cand. spect of the Petition for the Hartlepool Dock and 
_— paced Bill, which upon Friday hat'onn made from 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders relative 
to Private Bills, might be read ; and the same being 

read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
to enable the Hartlepool Dock and Railway Com- 
pany, to raise Money by sale of shares in their 
Undertaking, and for amending the Acts relating 
thereto: And that Mr. Harland and Lord Viscount 
Dungannon do prepare, and bring it in. 


Beat a. Mr. Philip Miles presented a Bill, for building 
sare Ban ‘) a Bridge from the Parish of St. Philip and Jacob, 


over the Floating Harbour to the Parish of Temple, 
in the City and County of Bristol: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time. 


rye Mr. Harland presented a Bill, to enable the 
Railway Bill Hartlepool Dock and Railway Company to raise 
’ Money by Sale of Shares in their Undertaking, and 
for amending the Acts relating thereto: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 
Newtyleand = ==Mr. Chalmers presented a Bill, to enable the 
Raleay Bae Newtyle and Coupar Angus Railway Company, to 
raise a further Sum of Money: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read the 
second time. 
ate and = Mr. Handley presented a Bill for altering, amend- 
Drainage Bil, 28&gt; and extending the powers and provisions of an 


Act of the fourth year of King William the Fourth, 

for embanking, draining, and improving Lands in the 

Parishes of Holbeach and Gedney, in the County of 
Vor. 93. 


26° Martit. 








399 
Lincoln: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Sir De Lacy Evans presented a Bill to re 
amend, and enlarge some of the provisions of the 
Act relating to the Metropolitan Suspension Bridge: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


al, Metropolitan 
Suspension 


Bridge Bill. 


Lord Viscount Sandon presented a Bill for amend- Liverpool 
ing certain, Acts of Parliament relating to the Civil a oi 
Court of Record, of the Borough of Liverpool, and ies hiteael 
improving the proceedings thereof; for amending 
other local Acts relating to the Borough, for the 
erection of an Observatory, and for altering Boun- 
daries in the Borough: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Liverpool, pray- Fishguard 
ing that the Fishguard Harbour Bill may pass into Harbour Bill. 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the time for presenting the South- Southampton 
ampton Docks Bill be enlarged till Monday, the eck Bill. 
2d day of April next. 


Mr. Mackinnon, by Order, presented a Bill for Herne Gas Bill. 
lighting with Gas the town of Herne Bay, in the 
Parish of Herne, and the said Parish of Herne, in 
the County of Kent: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Lough Foyle 
of the Petition for the Lough Foyle and Lough oa A ‘ 
Swilly Drainage Bill, which upon Friday last was Bill. . 
made from the Select Committee on Standing Or- 
ders relative to Private Bills, might be read, and 
the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for draining and embanking certain Lands in Lough 
Swilly and Lough Foyle,in the Counties of Donegal 
and Londonderry: And that Captain Jones and Sir 
Robert Ferguson do prepare, and bring it in. 


Sir Matthew Wood presented a Bill for establish- City of London 
ing a Day and Night Police in the City of London : Police Bill. 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Sir Matthew Wood presented a Bill for amending Gravesend Pier 
certain Acts passed for the erection and support of (No. 2.) Bill. 
Gravesend Quay and Pier: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Captain Jones presented a Bill for draining and Lough Foyle 
embanking certain Lands in Lough Swilly and Lough on¢ Level 
Foyle, in the Counties of Donegal and Londonderry: Ri" 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered to 


be read a second time. 


Petitions from Bradford, York (nine Petitions) ; Negro Appren- 
—Byerly (three Petitions) ;— Bolton and Under-ticesbip. 
cliffe ;—Esholt ;— Manningham ;— Horton ;— Great 
and Little Horton ;—Ashton-under-Lyne (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Fairbottom ;--Hooley Hill ;— Dukinfield ; 

— Greatham;— Boston ;-Chippenhum;--Dorchester ; 
— Huddersfield ; — a (three Petitions) ; — 
Brixham ;—Halifax (two Petitions) ;—Ripon (five 
Petitions) ;—Rainton;— Westbury ; — Tottenham ;— 
Mossley ;— Stranton ;—Clitheroe ;— Dublin (Mode- 
rator and Clerk of the Presbytery) ;—Irton ;— Guils- 
borough ;— Tavistock ; —Liverpool (six Petitions) ; 
— Birkenhead ;— William Hart and others ;—Mary- 
lavy ;— Penzance ;— Newlyn ;— Woburn ;— Barford 
Hundred, Beds ;—Ampthill ;—Sheffield ;— Oswald- 
wistle ;— Charlesworth ;—Shipley (two Petitions) ;—- 
Keighley (three Petitions) ;— Thornton ;—Suttoz in 
Craven ; — Baildon ; — Clayton ; -— Windhill; -— 
3E4 Northowram ;— 








Rating of 


400 


Northowram ;—Heaton ;— Eccleshill ;— Brampton ; | 
— Pershore ;—West Alvington ; —Boxford ;— Red- 
ditch;—Stoke-upon- Trent (two Petitions) ;--Accring- 
ton; — South Milton ;— South Church; — North 
Bradley ;—Stockton-on-Tees (Chairman of a Meet- 
ing) ;— Billingham ;— Clones ;--Cochfield ;--Holting- 
fare ;— Bath ;— Brentwood ;— Beccles ;— Dalton-on- 
Tees ;—Darlington (two Petitions) ;—Rochester and 
Chatham ;—New Shildon (two Petitions) ;— Bala ; 
— Wrentham ; —Alcester ;— Llanuwchllyn ; —Saint 
Agnes ;— Towyn ; —Lindley ;—Richmond, York i 
denfield ; — Llancgryn ; — Cerrigdruidion and 
Rhydlydan;— Kingstown ;— Trowbridge ;— Bodmin; 
— Dolgelley ; — Maidenhead ; —- Stratford-upon- 
Avon ;— Harbertonford ;— Ashprington ;—Stalham ; 
— Ludham ; — Belper ; — Norton Saint Philip ;— 
Sudbury ;— Milbrook ;— Torpoint ;— Cawsand and 
Kingsand ;—Landrake ; — Saltash ;—Campsall and 
Burghwallis ;— Wadworth and Loversall ;— Norton; 
— Blythe ; — Fishlake ; — Sprotboro’, Cadeby and 
Melton;— Balby-cum-Exthorpe;--and, Warmsworth ; 
praying for the abolition of the system of Negro 
Apprenticeship,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Chairman of a Meeting of 


Tenements Bill. Guardians of the Leicester Union;— and, Parish 


Factories Act. 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Church of 
Scotland. 


Postage. 


Election 
Witnesses’ 
Expenses. 


Poor Relief 
(ireland) Bill. 


Officers and Inhabitant Rate-payers of Braintree ; 
praying that the Rating of Tenements Bill may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Rating of Tene- 
ments. 

A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of the 
Members of the Crown Building Society and Savings 
Fund, Liverpool, praying that the said Bill may pass 
into a law, was also presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the said Select Committee. 


Petitions from Holmfirth ;—and, Leeds and other 
places; praying for the amendment of the Factories 
Act,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Hamilton, Licentiate of 
the College of Surgeons in Jreland, and Doctor of 
Physic of the University of Edinburgh, and now 
Surgeon of the County Infirmary at Wicklow, and 
William Heath, Licentiate of the College of Sur- 
-_= in Ireland, and now Surgeon of the County 

nfirmary at Baltinglass, praying that the Medical 
Charities (Ireland) Bill may pass into a law, was 
= and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Petitions from Friends of Civil and Religious 
Liberty, agreed upon at a public meeting held at 
the City of London Tavern; -and, Inhabitants of 
Galashiels; praying the House to refuse their sanc- 
tion to any further endowments to the Church of 
Scotland,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Reverend William Carus Wilson, 
of Carleston Hall, in the county of Westmorland, 
praying for the establishment of a low uniform rate 
of Postage on Letters, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Postage. 


A Petition of Electors who were admitted Parties 
to defend the Return of the Earl of Belfast and Mr. 
Gibson, late the Sitting Members for the Borough 
of Belfast, praying for an alteration in the system 
of taxing Witnesses’ Expenses in Election Petition 
cases, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of James Girvin, of Greenvale, in the 
county of Armagh, praying that the Poor Relief 
(Jreland) Bill may not pass into a law as it now 


26° Martiz. 








A. 1838. 


stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of James Burns, of Armagh, praying Patents for 
for an amendment of the law relating to Patents for Inventions. 
Inventions, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee public 
on Public Petitions; That they had examined the Petitions, 
Petitions presented on the 21st, 22d and 23d -_ 
of this instant March ; and had directed him to make 
a Report thereof to the House. 

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


A Petition of Electors, resident Inhabitants of Vote by Balior, 


Hanley and Shelton, praying for the adoption of Vote &amp;«. 
by Ballot at Elections of Members to serve in Par- 
liament; and also praying the House to revise and 
simplify the present system of registering the claims 
of Electors, so that the Rate-paying Clauses may 
be dispensed with, a change of ecmeny present no 
disqualification, whilst the value remains the same, 
and whereby the parties who come forward with 
frivolous and harassing objections may be subjected 
to costs, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Landholders of the townlands of Tithe 
Gilnahirk and Tullycarnet, complaining of the a 
amount of Tithe Composition levied on certain farms “"**"*) 
in those townlands, and praying relief, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Colonel Seale presented a Bill to admit Foreign Bonded Com 
Corn to be ground in Mills under the Lock of the Bill. 
Crown, and manufactured therein, for exportation No. 237. 
only: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday, the 
7th day of May next; and to be printed. 


A Petition of John Goodfellow, late Chief Ma-~ Roxburghshire 


gistrate of Hawick, and Peter Wilson, late Junior ection. 
and now Chief Magistrate of Hawick, praying that 

no Resolution of the House may pass upon the Evi- 
dence laid before the Committee on the Rorburgh- 

shire Election Petition, involving any censure upon 

the conduct of the Petitioners, or of the Inhabitants 

of the town of Hawick, without instituting a full and 

fair inquiry into the circumstances which attended 

the late Election at Hawick, was presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Charles Wood presented,— Return to an Order, Folkestone 
dated the 23d day of March last, for Copies of any 4*to" 
Report made in the course of last Summer to the 
Board of Admiralty, on the state of Folkestone Har- 
bour :—And, of a Memorial presented in 1828 or 
1829, from the Merchants, Ship-owners and Masters 
of Ships of the Port of London, to the Lords of the 
Treasury, on the state of Folkestone Harbour, with 
the Signatures attached to that Memorial, (so far as 
relates to the Board of Admiralty.) 

Ordered, That the said Return do Jie upon the 
Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Mutiny Bill- 
mittee on the Mutiny Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That ” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into 
“ the state of Military Punishments and Rewards 
“ now in force throughout the British Army,” in- 
stead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 


e 


Bil 


Gi 








1 VicToriz. 


The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old gore de 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Lord Seymour, Vase 

Yeas, Mr. Robert Steuart: | oe tae 

Tellers for the { Captain Boldero, } 

Noes, Sir George Sinclair : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. John 
Parker reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


76. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


Marine Mutiny 
Bill. into a Committee upon the Marine Mutiny Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. John Parker reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill, 

and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Supply The House according to Order, proceeded to take 
into further consideration the Resolutions which 
upon the 13th day of this instant March were 
reported from the Committee of Supply, and which 
Resolutions were then postponed: And the same 
were again read, and are as follow: 
General 3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- 
Officers. dred and fifty-two thousand five hundred and sixty- 
six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying 
the Charge of General Staff Officers and Officers 
of the Hospitals, serving with Her Majesty’s Forces 
in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, and on Foreign Stations (excepting India), 
and of Her Majesty’s Garrison of the Tower of 
London, for the year from the 1st day of April 
1838, to the 31st day of March 1839, both days 
inclusive. 
Public Military 4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding fifty- 
Departments. seven thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for defraying the Charge of the Allowances to the 
Principal Officers of the several Public Military 
Departments in Great Britain, their Deputies, 
Clerks and Contingent Expenses for the year from 
the 1st day of April 1838 to the 31st day of March 
1839, both days inclusive. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifteen 
thousand eight hundred aad three pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of the 
Royal Military Asylum, and of the Hibernian Mili- 
tary School, for the year from the 1st day of April 
1838 tothe 31st day of March 1839, both days 
inclusive. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifteen 
thousand nine hundred and eighty-one pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty for defraying the Charge 
of Rewards for distinguished Military Services ; and 
also, of Allowances to Officers of Her Majesty’s 
Garrisons, holding their Appointments as Rewards 
for Military Service, in the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, and on Foreign Stations, 
for the year from the 1st day of April 1838 to the 
31st day of March 1839, both days inclusive. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and three thousand pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of the Pay of 
General Officers in Her Majesty’s Forces not being 
Colonels of Regiments, for the year from the 1st 
day of April 1838 to the 31st day of March 1839, 

both days inclusive. 
Fall Pay for 8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty 
Ret Ovars, thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
" defraying the Charge of Full Pay for Reduced and 
Retired Officers of Her Majesty’s Forces, for the 
year from the 1st day of April 1838 to the 31st day 
of March 1839, both days inclusive. 
Vor. 93. 


Roya! Military’ 
Asylum, &amp;c. 


Rewards for 
Military Ser- 
vices, 


Pay of General 
ficers, 


26° Martiz. 

















401 


9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five hun- Half Pay to d°. 
dred and twenty-nine thousand pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Half 
Pay and Military Allowances to Reduced and Retired 
Officers of Her Majesty's Land Forces, for the year 
from the 1st day of April 1838 to the 31st day of 
March 1839, both days inclusive. 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty- Half Pay to 
nine thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted Foreign Officers. 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Half Pay 
and Reduced Allowances to Officers of Disbanded 
Foreign Corps, of Pensions to wounded Foreign 
Officers, and of Allowances to the Widows and 
Children of deceased Foreign Officers, for the year 
from the 1st day of April 1838 to the 31st day of 
March 1839, both days inclusive. 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- Widows’ 
dred and forty-eight thousand six hundred and fifty Pensions. 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying 
the Charge of Pensions to be paid to the Widows of 
Officers of the Land Forces, for the year from the 
1st day of April 1838 to the 31st day of March 1839, 
both days inclusive. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Compassionate 
hundred and thirty-nine thousand pounds, be granted List. 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Allow- 
ances on the Compassionate List; of Allowances as 
of Her Majesty’s Royal Bounty; and of Pensions, 

Gratuities and Allowances to Officers for Wounds, 
for the year from the 1st day of April 1838.to the 
31st day of March 1839, both days inclusive. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Chelsea and 
million, three hundred and ten thousand, four hun- Kilmainbam 
dred and seventy-four pounds, be granted to Her !spitls. 
Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Chelsea and 
Kilmainham Hospitals; of the In-Pensioners of 
those Establishments; of the Out-Pensioners of 
Chelsea Hospital ; and of Pensions granted to dis- 
charged Negro Soldiers, for the year from the 1st 
day of April 1838 to the 31st day of March 1839, 
both days inclusive. 

14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Forty- superannuation 
four thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, Allowances, 
for defraying the Charge of Allowances, Compensa- 
tions and Emoluments, in the nature of Superannua- 
tion or Retired Allowances, to persons formerly 
belonging to the several Military Public Depart- 
ments in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, for the year from the 1st day of April 
1838 to the 31st day of March 1839, both days in- 
clusive. 

15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ten Cape of Good 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for Hope (Provi- 
defraying the Charge which will probably be incurred sna! Force.) 
for the Maintenance, Clothing and other expenses 
of the Provisional Force, which has been raised for 
the Temporary Service of Her Majesty at the Cape 
of Good Hope, for the year from the Ist day of 
April 1838 to the 31st day of March 1839, both 
days inclusive. 

The said Resolutions were agreed to. 


Mr. Robert Steuart reported the Poor Relief Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill; and the Bill was re-committed to a (Ireland) Bill. 
Committee of the whole House :—The House imme- No. 238, 
diately resolved itself into the said Committee ; and 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Robert Steuart reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Robert Steuart reported the Bill accordingly ; 
and the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Benefices 
mittee on the Benefices Plurality Bill ; Plorality Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
the 6th day of April next, resolve itself into, the said 
Committee. 
3 F The 








Municipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Grand Jury 
Cess (Dublin) 
Bill. 


Registration of 
Electors Bill. 


Anti Dry-Rot 
Company Bill. 


Court of 
Session, &amp;c., 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Schools 


(Scotland) Bill. 


Sheriff Courts 
(Scotland) Bill, 


Poor Law 


Loans Bill, 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Custody of 
Insane Persons 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Indemnity Bill. 


Yeomanry 
Cavalry. 


402 26° Marti. A. 1838. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-, Ordered, That the names of Members who obtain Private Bills, 
nittee on the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Bill ; | leave to bring in a Private Bill, be printed upon the 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the | back of such Bill. 
bth day of April next, resolve itself into the said | 
Committee. __ Ordered, That the Return relative to Bankruptcy Bankruptey 
} _Commissions and Fiats, which was presented upon Commissions 
The Grand Jury Cess (Dublin) Bill was, accord- | the 14th day of this instant March, be printed. sascha 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed to | No. 239, 
a Committee of the whole House, for Monday the | Ordered, That the Return relative to the Poor Poor Law 
30th day of April next. Law Amendment Act, which was presented upon 4™e™duent 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Wednesday last, be printed. No. 236, 
reading of the Registration of Electors Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon | “ Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Trade and Trade ana 


avigation, which were presented upon Friday last, Navigation. 


Monday next. | be printed. No. 240, 
The Order of the day bemg read, for the second Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Public In- Public Income 
reading of the Anti Dry-Rot Company Bili ; come and Expenditure, which were presented upon angle 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon Friday last, be printed. 


this day six months. No. 240, 


| Ordered, That an Abstract of the Accounts rela- Public Offices, 

The Order of the day being read, for taking into | tive to the Increase and Diminution in the Salaries, No. 241. 
further consideration the Report on the Court of Ses- | &amp;c., in Public Offices, which were presented upon 
sion, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill; Friday last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further | Ordered, That the Accounts of all Superannuation Superannua- 
consideration upon Monday next. and Compensation Allowances, in all Public De- "* 
_partments for the year 1837, which were presented No. 242, 
The Order of the day being read, for the second | Upon Friday last, be printed. 





reading of the Schools (Scotland) Bill; Ordered, That the Account relative to the Public Public Debt. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Debt, which was presented upon Friday last, be No. 243. 
upon Friday next. printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Slave Com- Slave Compen- 
The Order of the day being read, for taking into | pensation, which was presented upon Friday last, sation, 
further consideration the Report on the Sheriff | be printed. No, 215. 


Courts (Scotland) Bill ; | Ordered, That the Return of Annuities granted Savings Banks. ' 


Ordered, That the Report be taken into further | through Savings Banks, which was presented upon No. 244. 
consideration upon Monday next. Friday last, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Return of Money received from Savings Banks. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | Trustees of Savings Banks, and invested by the No. 244. 


mittee on the Poor Law Loans Bill; Commissioners for the Reduction of the National 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, | Debt, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
resolve itself into the said Committee. printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| Mr. Divett presented a Bill to enable the Exeter Exeter Com- 


mittee of Supply ; Commercial Gas Light and Coke Company to raise mercial Gas 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday | a further Sum of Money: And the same was read" 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. | the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
| time. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; _ Lord Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Ma- youth, american 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- | jesty’s Command,—A Copy of Correspondence be- Boundary. 
day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. tween Great Britain and the United States relating 


_to the Boundary between the British Possessions in 
The Custody of Insane Persons (Jredand) Bill North America and the United States, under the 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and Treaty of 1783: 
committed to 2 Committee of the whole House, for| Copy of a Convention between Her Majesty, Slave Trade. 
Thursday next. The King of the French, and The Grand Duke 
of Tuscany, for the more effectual suppression of the 
The ingrossed Bill to indemnify such Persons in | Slave Trade: Signed at Florence, November 24th, 
the United Kingdom as have omitted to qualify them- | 1837. 
selves for offices and employments, and for extend-| Lord Viscount Padmerstonalso presented, pursuant Spain. 
ing the Time limited for those purposes respectively, | to an Address to Her Majesty,—Papers, relative to 
and for the relief of Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors | the Services rendered by the British Auxiliary 
in certain cases, was, according to Order, read the | Legion to Spain, or to the Spanish Army, 1836, 
third time. | 1837. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title | _ Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
be, An Act to indemnify such Persons in the United | Table. 
Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for 
offices and employments, and for extending the Time | Mr. John Parker, by Order, presented a Bill for Higham Ferrers 
limited for those purposes respectively, until the | inclosing Lands in the Parish of Higham Ferrers, in Inclosure Bil. 
Twenty-fifth day of March, One thousand eight | the County of Northampton: And the same was 
hundred and thirty-nine, and for the Relief of Clerks | read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 





to Attornies and Solicitors in certain cases. time. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. Mr. Robert Sceuart presented a Bill to extend Courts of 


r : 3 .¢ Justice Build- 
the Powers of the Trustees appointed under an Act ea Scotland) 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s | of 6th Geo. 4, intituled, “ An Act to provide for the pi), 
Command,—A Statement relating to Yeomanry | erection of certain Courts and Offices of Justice M wy 945. 


Cavalry in Great Britain. Scotland :” And the same was read the first time ; 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the | and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
Table. next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, 








Army 


Arm 


miss 








Army Rewards, 


Army Com- 


missions, 


Military 
Punishments, 


Royal Marines. 


Factories Act. 


Berwick-upon- 
Tweed Borough 
Kinsale Bo- 
rough, end 
Worcester Cit y 
Elections, 


1 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Warrant of his late Majesty, dated 26th 
of May 1837, substituting for the additional Pay 
granted to Soldiers after certain periods of Service, 
a Reward of additional Pay for good conduct, with | 
distinguishing marks :—Returns of the Number of | 
Men who have established their Claims to good | 
conduct Pay under the said Warrant ; distinguish- | 
ing those entitled to 1d. a day, to 2d. a day, 
to 3d. a day, and to 4d. a day :—And of the Num- 
ber of Men who have established Claims to marks of 
Distinction only, without relinquishing their Claims 
to additional Pay for length of Service; distin- 
guishing those entitled to one badge, to two badges, 
to three badges, and to four badges. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Appointments to first 
Commissions in the ranks of Cornet, Ensign, Adju- 
tant, and Quartermaster, on Death or other Vacan- 
cies, without Purchase, in each year since the 1st 
of April 1834; shewing the Number of Gentlemen 
introduced into the Army without Purchase, and 
distinguishing the Number of Gentlemen Cadets 
from the Royal Military College, the Number re- 
stored from Half Pay to Full Pay on such clear 
Vacancies, and the Number of Non-Commissioned 
Officers promoted to such Commissions. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Soldiers belonging to 
Regiments and Depots in Great Britain and Ire- 
land, who since the Ist of January 1836, have 
suffered either Corporal Punishment or Imprison- 
ment; and wherever either Corporal Punishment or 
Imprisonment has been inflicted on the same Per- 
son more than once, specifying how often it has 
been so inflicted. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Royal Marines who have 
been Corporally Punished or Imprisoned by Sen- 
tences of Courts Martial, in the years 1836 and 
1837; shewing how often such Punishments have 
been inflicted on the same individuals. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to Order,—A 
Return of the Number of Superintendents employed 
under the Provisions of the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4. 
c. 133, for the Regulation of Factory Labour, with 
the distance required to be travelled yearly by each 
Superintendent in the discharge of his Duty; and 
the Amount of Salary received by each; together 
with the Amount of Allowance, if any, for Travelling 
Expenses, and the Amount of each Superintendent’s 
share, if any, of the Fines imposed upon Parties 
transgressing the law in 1837. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Martis, 27° die Martu; 
Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 
HE hour appointed for taking to considera- 
tion the Petition of John Bertram Orde, of 
Longridge House, in the parish of Norham, in the 
county of Durham, Esquire, and of the several Per- 
sons whose names are thereunto subscribed, Electors | 
of the Borough and Town of Berwich-upon-Tweed | 
and county of the same, on behalf of themselves and 
others claiming a right to vote for Members to serve 
in Parliament for the said borough, and town and 
county of the same, complaining of an undue Elec- | 
tion and Return for the said borough, bemg come; | 
Mr. Speaker took the Chair. | 
The Serjeant at Arms was sent with the Mace to | 
the places adjacent, to require the attendance of the | 

Vot. 93. 





26°—27° Martiz. 


403 


Members on the business of the House; and being 
returned ; 

A Member was sworn. 

Then the House was counted by Mr. Speaker, and 
three hundred and six Members dees present ; 

And the Petition of Henry Thomas, Companion 
of the Order of the Bath and Colonel in Her Ma- 
jesty’s Army, and Lieutenant Colonel of the 20th 
Regiment of Foot, Candidate at the last Election to 
serve in Parliament for the Town and Borough of 
Kinsale in Ireland, complaining of an undue Elec- 
tion and Return for the said borough, being also 
oor to be taken into consideration uvon this 

ay ; 

And the Petition of James Bond, of Sidbury, in 
the city of Worcester, Artist, Thomas Jones, of the 
parish of Saint John, in the said city and borough of 
Worcester, Furrier, William Bristow, of All Hallows- 
well, parish of All Saints, city of Worcester, Currier, 
and William Pugh, of London Road, parish of Saint 
Peter, borough of Worcester, Painter, complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the city of 
Worcester, being also ordered to be taken into con- 
sideration upon this day; 

The several Parties, counsel and agents were di- 
rected to be called in. 


And the door being locked ; 

And no Parties, counsel or agents, appearing on Berwick-upon- 
behalf of the Petition complaining of an undue Tweed Election. 
Election and Return for the Borough of Berwich- 
upon-Tweed :—The Order for considering the said 
Petition was read, and discharged. i 

Then the Order of the day, for taking into con- Kinsale 
sideration the said Petition, complaining of an undue Feetion. 
Election and Return for the Borough of Kinsale, 
was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn, and 
read, in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was 
completed :—And Lists of the said names were de- 
livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 
mittee on the Kinsale Election; and then the door 
was opened, and the Parties, their counseland agents, 
withdrew. 

And no Parties, counsel or agents appearing on Worcester City 
behalf of the Petition complaining of an undue Electivn. 
Election and Return for the City of Worcester :— 

The Order for considering the said Petition was read, 


and discharged. 


A Petition of Feuars, Householders, Electors and Edinburgi 
others, Inhabitants of Dunoon, praying that the 2"4,Glsgow 
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill may pass into soteuaats 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Trustees of the late Roberz 
Warden, Esquire, of Park Hill, praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the said Bill, was also pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 





The Lower King’s Ferry Roads Bill was read a Lower King's 
second time; and committed to Sir Stephen Glynne Ferry Roads 
: Bill. 
and the Wales List. 


A Petition of Thomas Poulton, of Cookham, in the Cooklam 
county of Berks, Coal-merchant, praying that he Bridge Bill, 
may be heard, by himself, his counsel! or agent, 
against certain parts of the Cookham Bridge Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, by 
himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he 
think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


3F2 A Petition 








| 
{ 
\ 
f 
y 





Glasgow 
Waterworks 


Bill. 


Witcham 
Inclosure Bill. 


Grand Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Bude Harbour 
and Canal. 


Belfast 
Waterworks 
(No. 1.) Bill. 


Wickwar 
Inclosure Bill 


Twentieth 
Report on 
Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


No. 246. 


404 27° Marti. 


A Petition of John Douglas, Esquire, and John 
Boyle Gray, Esquire, Inhabitants of Glasgow, and 
Water-rate payers, in that city; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Glasgow Water- 
works Bill, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions of Inhabitants of Glasgow ; — Henry 
Paul, Chairman of the Board of General Commis- 
sioners of Police of the city of Glasgow ;—Provost, 
Magistrates and Councillors of the burgh of Ander- 
ston;—and John Brokmyre, Esquire, one of the 
General Parliamentary Commissioners of Police of 
the city of Glasgow, and Chairman of the Commit- 
tee of the said Commissioners appointed to oppose 
the Glasgow Waterworks Bill; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the said Bill,—were also 
presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


The Witcham Inclosure Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed to Mr. Yorke and the Cam- 


bridge List. 


Petitions from Inhabitants of Nantwich ;—and, 
Sandbach; praying that the Grand Junction Rail- 
way Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Bude Harbour and Canal Com- 
pany, for leave to present a Petition for leave to 
bring in a Bill for extending the powers of an Act 
passed in the 39th year of the reign of King George 
the Third, “ for improving the Harbour of Bude, in 
the County of Cornwall, and for making and main- 
taining a Navigable Canal from the said Harbour of 
Bude, to or near the Village of Thornbury, in the 
County of Devon, and divers Branches therefrom, 
all in the said Counties of Cornwall and Devon ;’’ 
and for enabling the said Company to raise a further 
Sum of Money, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


A Petition of Adam John Macrory, of Belfast, 
Solicitor, was presented, and read ; taking notice of 
the application for the Belfast Waterworks (No. 1.) 
Bill; and setting forth, That the Select Committee 
on Petitions for Private Bills met on the Petition 
for the said Bill on Tuesday, the 20th of March, 
and, by appointment, on the two following days; 
that on Friday last, the 23d of March, the said 
Committee reported to the House that in one par- 
ticular the Standing Orders had not been complied 
with, and the said Report was therefore referred to 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders; that the 
said Standing Order Committee has not assembled 
since the said Report was referred to them, and the 
‘ime limited by the House for the presentation of 
Private Bills will therefore expire before the Report 
from the said Committee can be made; and praying 
that, under the circumstances, the House will be 


— to extend the time for presenting the said 
ill. 

Ordered, That the time for presenting the said 
Bill be enlarged till Wednesday, the 4th day of 
April next. 


The Wickwar Inclosure Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed to Mr. Poulett Scrope and the 
Gloucester List. 


Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Act; and who 
were empowered to report the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence uhen before them from time to time to the 
House ; That they had made further Progress in the 
matters to them referred; and had directed him to 




















A. 1838: 


report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

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


The counsel and agents, in the case of the Kinsale Kinsale 
Election, being returned to the bar, the Clerk ap- Pletion- 


pointed to attend the said Committee delivered in 
to the House a reduced List; and the same was 
called over, as followeth ; 

Henry Gally Knight, Esquire, William Alexan- 
der Mackinnon, Esquire, the Honourable William 
Bingham Baring, Charles Greenaway, Esquire, Tho- 
mas Dyke Acland, Esquire, Sir John Walter Pollen, 
Baronet, Peter Ainsworth, Esquire, Kedgwin Hos- 
kins, Esquire, Thomas William Chester Master, Es- 
quire, Sir Charles Richard Blunt, Baronet, and 
James Power, Esquire. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Petition 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Kinsale, were sworn by the Clerk at 
the Table, in the usual manner; and thereupon the 
counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- a - 
sideration the Report which was yesterday made ““™“*" 


from the Committee on the Brecon Market Bill; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Newcastle-under- Church 
Lyme, praying that all increase of revenue that may P'Pe"y: 


arise from Ecclesiastical Property may be left at the 
disposal of the Church to supply the deficiency of 
spiritual instruction for the people, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House F erences to take into further con- Notting Hill 
eport which was yesterday made from Footway Bil. 


sideration the 
the Committee on the Notting Hill Footway Bill ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


A Petition of William Henry James, an Inhabitant Common Fields 


Householder of Hampstead, praying that the Com- —_— 


mon Fields Improvement Bill may not pass into a 
law as it now stands, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Harborne ;— Bethel Chapel, Trou- Nest Appre™ 


bridge ;—Chart ;—Carter Lane Chapel, Salop ;— aeeep. 


Poulton ;— Coggeshall ;—Freshford ;—Charing ;— 

‘altham Cross ;— Amersham ;—- Norwich ; — Hil- 
perton ;— Saint Catherine’s;— New Alresford ;— 
Norton Saint Philips ;— Paington;— Bury Saint 
Edmunds ;— Colchester ;— Dundalk ;— Whitefriars 
Street and Abbey Street, Dublin ;—Montacute ; 
— Highbridge ;— Hastings; -- Chard ; — Ilmin- 
ster ;—Llanfyllin ;— Rattlesden ;— Knowl ; — Pon- 
tefract ; —Wattesfield ; — Queen’s County ; — Bel- 
fast; — Mersham; — Hothfield; — Staplehurst 


‘(two Petitions) ;— Statisfield ;—Orlestone ; — Bra- 


borne ;—Frittenden ;— Warrington ;— Chesham ;— 
Ingleton ; -— Glastonbury ;— Bishop Auckland ;— 
Toft Hill ;—Croft —High Coniscliffe ;—Ruthin ; 
Sadberge ;— Coatham Mandeville ;— Heighton ;— 
Haughton-le-Skerne ; — Hurworth ;— Warboys ;— 
Houghton and Wilton ;—Holywell with Needing- 
worth ;—St. Ives (Huntingdon) ;—Godmanchester ; 
— Exeter Hall; — Coventry; — Marshfield; — 
Bath (three Petitions) ;—Nafferton ;— Liverpool ;— 
Thurstonland ;— Hepworth ;— Driffield ; —- Thong ; 
— Holmfirth ;—Shipley ;— Farsley ;— Idle ;— Bing- 
ley ;—Horsforth ;— Keighley ;—Low Moor ;—Egre- 
mont ;—Mountain Vale of Borrowdale ;— Ulpha; 
— Oldham (thirteen Petitions) ;—- Carlisle ier 4 

am ; 


Sun¢ 


Poo 


(Ire 


Lin 
(Ire 


oor 








Sunday Wakes. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Linen, &amp;c., 
Manufactures 
(Ireland) Act. 


Education 
{Ireland ) 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Post Horse, 
&amp;c,, Duties, 


Bishoprick 
of Sodor and 


Mann, 


Manicipal 
Boundaries 
Bill, 


Church of 
teland, 


1 Vicrorriz. 


ham;—Stretham ,— fiaddenham;— Lewes ;—Spring- 
head ;— Hey ;— Saint Asaph ;— Holywell ;— Dor- 
chester and Cerne Abbas;—Thomas Clarkson ;— 
Lees ; — Cloughfold ; — Shawforth ; — Crawshaw 
Booth ;—Goodshaw ;—New Church, Lancashire ;— 
Heald ; — Rawtenstall; — Bacup (five Petitions) ; 
Haslingden (two Petitions) ;— Manchester (Qua- 
kers) ;—Royton ;— Teignmouth ;— Almondbury ;— 
Huddersfisld (two Petitions) ;— Lindley ;—Knares- 
borough ;— Yeovil; —Honley;—Fen Court, London; 
—Aldermanbury, London ;—Chester ;—-Snettisham, 
and other places ;— Newport, Isle of Wight (two 
Petitions) ;— Wellow ; — Niton ;-— West Cowes ;— 
Rugeley ;— Lavenham ;—Saint Werburgh, Dublin ;—— 
Whitchurch :—and, Boston; praying tor the aboli- 
tion of the system of Negro Apprenticeship,—were 
— and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of the Curate, Churchwardens, and 
Inhabitants of Skenfreth, praying that the Feast or 
Wake held annually in that parish on the Sunday 
before the Feast of All Saints may be discontinued, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Connor ;— Ballyscullin ; — and, 
Ardbrea; praying that the Poor Relief (Ireland) 
Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Londonderry ;— Belfast ;—and, 
Lisburn; praying the House to renew the provisions 
of an Act passed in the second and third year of the 
reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, 
for the better regulation of the Linen and Hempen 
Manufactures of Jreland,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Faughanvale ;— Connor ;—Lower 
Fahan ;--and, Dingle ; praying that the present 
system of National Education in Ireland may not 
be persisted in,—were presented and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the 
West Kent Division, praying that the Poor Law 
Act may not be repealed, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on the Poor 
Law Amendment Act. 


A Petition of Physicians and Surgeons attached 
to the Medical Charities of the Queen’s County, 
praying that no alteration may be made in the Me- 
dical Charities (Jreland) Bill, calculated to impair 
its efficiency, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Stage Coach Proprietors and Inn- 
keepers in Stockton, praying for the repeal of the 
duties on Post Horses and Carriages, Guards and 
Coachmen, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the 
Archdeaconry of Stafford, praying that the Bishop- 
rick of Sodor and Mann may not be annexed to the 
See of Carlisle, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Great Yarmouth, 
praying that the Municipal Boundaries Bill may 
not pass into a law as it now stands, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Denn;—and, Newcastle (Ireland) ; 
suggesting certain alterations in the ecclesiastical 
polity of the church of Ireland, and praying that 
their views may receive the attention of the House, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

VoL. 93. 


97° Marti. 














405 


A Petition of the Mayor, Magistrates, Merchants, 
Shipowners, Bankers, Tradesmen and Inhabitants 
of Great Yarmouth, praying for the establishment 
of a low uniform rate of postage on Letters, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Postage. 


Postage. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- Cheltenham and 


sideration the Report which upon the 14th day of 
this instant March, was made from the Committee 
on the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Rail- 
way Bill ; printed Copies of the Bill having been 
delivered at the door upon Friday last; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Great Western 


Union Railway 


Bill. 


A’ Motion being made, That this House will, upon Tithes 
Monday the 30th day of April next, resolve itself (treland.) 


into a Committee, to consider the subject of Tithes 
in Ireland; 

Lord John Russell, by Her Majesty’s command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
30th day of April next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to in- Pariidmentary 


spect the Journals of the House of Lords with rela- 
tion to any proceedings upon the Parliamentary 
Electors and Freemen Bill, and to make Report 
thereof to the House :—And a Committee was ap- 
pointed of Mr. William Williams, Mr. Brotherton, 
Mr. Hodgson Hinde, Mr. Hall and Mr. Aglionby: 
And they are to withdraw immediately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Electors and 
Freemen Bill, 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Spain. 


os That an humble Address be presented to Her 
ajesty, expressing to Her Majesty the opinion of 
this House, that no advantage, either to the interests 
of this country or to those of Spain, has resulted 
from the employment of Her Majesty’s subjects in 
the Service of Her Catholic Majesty, in consequence 
of the suspension, by Order in Council, of the pro- 
visions of the Foreign Enlistment Act; and, since 
the continuance of such Order in Council is not 
required by the obligations of existing Treaties, 
humbly praying that Her Majesty will be graciously 
pleased not to renew it. 





A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham and 
Mr. Senior : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, 
An Act for the further Relief of Quakers, Mora- 
vians and Separatists, without Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to amend the Act for the abolition of Slavery in the 
British Colonies; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House:—And then the Mes- 
sengers withdrew. 





And the Question being again proposed, That 
an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, 
expressing to Her Majesty the opinion of this House, 
that no advantage, either to the interests of this 
country or to those of Spain, has resulted from the 
employment of Her Majesty’s subjects in the Service 
of Her Catholic Majesty, in consequence of the sus- 
pension, by Order in Council, of the provisions of 
the Foreign Enlistment Act; and, since the con- 
tinuance of such Order in Council is not required 
by the obligations of existing Treaties, humbly pray- 
ing that Her Majesty will be graciously pleased not 
to renew it:—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


3F3 And 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Dissenters’ 
Declaration 
Bill. 


Slavery 
Abolition Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Spain, 








406 


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


Mercurii, 28° die Martii, 1838: 


97°—28° Martz. 





A. 1838. 


The Bishoprick of Sodor and Mann Bill was read Bishoprick 
| the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 0 Sodor and 


- = M i 
| upon Friday next ; and to be printed. agg 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this Resolved, That au humble Address be presented Fourpenny 


day. 
Mr. Robert Steuart reported the Mutiny Bill; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


Mutiny Bill. 


Marine Mutiny Mr. Robert Steuart reported the Marine Mutiny 
Bill. Bill ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


Slavery The Slavery Abolition Act Amendment Bill was 
——— Act read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
Bn "* time upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 

No. 248, ‘ 
pean Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
ee al to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 


(Westminster.) to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all such Appointments as are in 
the disposal of the Justices of the Peace for tne City 
and Liberties of Westminster, either when assembled 
in Quarter, General or Petty Sessions, or in any 
Committee of such Justices; the Name and Re- 
sidence of every Person who has received and now 
holds his or her appointment from the said Justices ; 
exhibiting the nature of the Office, the Date of the 
Appointment, and the Annual Amount of Remu- 
neration, whether arising from Wages, Salary or 
Fees. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the gross yearly Proceeds of the 
Common Good, Property and Revenues of the seve- 
ral Royal Burghs of Scotland :—and, of all Deduc- 
tions therefrom for defraying the ordinary Municipal 
and Police Charges and Expenses, and other Annual 
Burthens chargeable on such Common Good, Pro- 


Royal Burglis 
(Scotland.) 


perty or Revenues, including the Interest of Debts | 


due by each Burgh. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 


of Her Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Mr. Robert Steuart presented, pursuant to the 
directions of several Acts of Parliament,—Lists o 
Officers and Departments whose Accounts are au- | 
dited by the Commissioners for auditing the Public | 
Accounts. | 

An Account of the Arrears and Balances due to | 
and from all Public Accountants on the 5th of, 
January 1838, which have been stated or declared, | 
completed to the 5th of January 1838. | 

List of the Accounts depending in the Office of 
the Commissioners for auditing the Public Accounts, 
appointed under the authority of the Acts 46 Geo. 3, 
c. 141, and 1 and 2 Geo. 4, c. 121, which have not 
been audited, stated or declared, completed to the 
28th February 1838. 

Mr. Robert Steuart also presented, pursuant to 
Order,—a Copy of a Report on the Harbour of Holy- 
head made in pursuance of the Report of the Select 
Committee appointed to inquire into the existing 
Communication between London and Dublin, and to 
consider what improvement could be made therein. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. P 


The Clergy Residences Bill was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Friday next ; and to be printed. 


Audit Office. 


Holyhead 
Harbour. 


Clergy Resi- 
dences Bill. 


No. 250. 


_to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Pices- 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
| House, a Return of the Amount in Value and Specie 
'of the Coin called Fourpenny Pieces, that have 
| been issued out of the Mint during the reigns of his 
| late and Her present Majesty, to the date of this 
Return. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this seen as are 
of Her Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Qualification of 
Committee this day, upon the Qualification of Mem- Membors Bill, 
bers Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order for reading a second time upon Wed- Copyright Bill 
nesday, the 11th day of April next, the Copyright 
| Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday, the 25th day of April next 





Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Yeomanry Yeomanry 
Cavalry, which was presented yesterday, be printed. Cavalry. 
No. 247. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after twelve of the 
clock on Wednesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 





Mercurii, 28° die Marti ; 
Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 
Me: Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in; Pos: Ofice, 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders, 
| dl Return in abstract, of the Recommendations 
| contained in the ten Reports of the Post Office Com- 
| missioners, shewing:-—1. The Recommendations 
| which have been carried into effect :—2. The Recom- 
/mendations which have been partially carried into 
| effect:—and, 3. Those which have not been acted 
| upon; and stating distinctly to what extent each of 
the Recommendations have been brought into opera- 
| tion, together with the date of the Report in which 
they are contained, and the date when they were 
/adopted, and the names of the Commissioners ap- 
| pended to each Report. 





| A Return to an Order dated the 8th day of this Clergy 


instant March, for a Return of the Amount of (Ireland) 
Money which has been repaid by the Parties to whom 

any portion of the One million voted for the Jrish 

Clergy has been advanced; specifying the Sum 

originally lent to each Borrower, and the Amount 

still remaining due. 

| Copies of the Minutes of the Board of Treasury, Registry Acts. 
'anctioning the Allowances made to the Superintend- 

/ent Registrars appointed under the Registry Acts, 


| for Expenses :—Also, the authority under which these 

| Expenses are paid by the Excise. 

| Further Return to an Order, dated the 23d day of Folkestone 
| this instant March, for Copies of any Report made Harbour. 
in the course of last summer to the Board of Admi- 

ralty, on the state of Folkestone Harbour:—-And, ot 

a Memorial presented in 1828 or 1829, from the 
Merchants, Ship-owners and Masters of Ships ot 








‘the Port of Zondon, to the Lords of the Treasury, 
| on the state of Folkestone Harbour, with the Signa- 
| tures attached to that Memorial. 

Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to the direc- Court of 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Certificate Chances’ 
| of the gross and net Average Annual Value of the 





(Irelard.) 
Fees and Emoluments of Mr. Henry Forde, Clerk 


and 


Car! 
and 
Con 


Che 


Uni 
Bill 


Ney 


tice 





Carnatic 
and Tanjore 
Commissioners, 


Cheltenham and 


Great Western 
Union Railway 
Bill, 


N egro A ppren- 
ticeship. 


1 Vicroriz. 


the Masters of the Court of Chancery in Jreland:— 
and, Copy of Warrant granting Compensation to the 
said Mr. Henry Forde, for loss of Emoluments of 
the said Office :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of the 
East India Company, was called in; and at the bar 
presented,—Further Return to an Order, dated the 
20th day of February last, for an Account of the 
Number of Claims, and the Amount of the same in 
English Money, made upon, and of the Sums 
awarded by, the Carnatic and Tanjore Commission- 
ers, since the 14th day of July 1836; stating the 
several items of the last complete Year’s Expendi- 
ture, and the names of the persons receiving the 
same :—Also, the Amount of Annual Expenses at- 
tending the Commission in England, since the 14th 
day of July 1836; together with Copies of the Cor- 
respondence which has taken place between the 
Court of Directors and the Board of Control, re- 
specting the termimation of the said Commission 
(see Parliamentary Paper, No. 478, of 1836); to- 
gether with Copies of Correspondence between the 
Tanjore Commissioners and the Court of Directors 
of the East India Company in relation to the termi- 
nation of the said Commission, and to the settlement 
of the petty Claims under the same, since the 14th 
July 1836; and also, Copies or Extracts of Corre- 
yeep between the Tanjore Commissioners in 

ngland and those at Madras, on the same subject: 
—And then he withdrew. 

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


An ingrossed Bill to alter the Line of the Chelten- 
ham and Great Western Union Railway, and to 
amend the Act relating thereto, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Pouleté Scrope do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions from Glasgow (seven Petitions) ;—Down- 
ton ;—Bulfordand Durrington ;—Salford;— Broad 
Chalk ;— Thornbury ;— Cheltenham ;— Wolweston ;— 
Hatfield Peverel;—-Sheffield (two Petitions) ;— Milor 
Bridge;— Henley (Suffolk) ;—Culmstock ;— Dudley ; 
—Kettering (two Petitions) ;—Sedgefield ;—-Ames- 
bury ;—Farringdon ;— Chawton;— Berwick, Saint 
John ;— Bentley ;— King’s Cliffe and Nassington ;— 
Crondall;—- Donhead, Saint Mary ;— Knottingly 
(two Petitions) ;— Truro ;—- Derby (three Petitions); 
—Matlock Bath ;—Attleburgh;-—Ecclesfield (two 
Petitions) ;— Thirsk ;— Fakenham ;— Weymouth ;— 
Kinross ;-—Stewarton ;— Topceliffe ;— Idle ; — Ha- 
worth; — Sutton-under-Whitestone-Cliffe; — Ly- 
mington ; —Wymondham ;— Snaith ;-— Bacton ; — 
Denny Loanhead; — Rothwell; — Mattishall ; — 
Stamford Circuit; — Tillicoultry; — Tullow ; — 
Hawks Bridge ;—Bath ;—-Chorley ; — Carluke ;- - 
Dollar ;— Pontefract ;— Reepham ;—East Harling; 
— Malling and East Malling ;—Ryarsh ;— Marden; 
— Bethersden ;—Brenchley ; — Cranbrook ; — Town 
Sutton, Chart and East Sutton ; — Aylesford ;-— 
Wrotham;—-Loose, Linton, and Broughton;—Head- 
corn ;— Yalding ;— Tunbridge Wells ;— Maidstone ; 
-—Trowbridge; — Keynsham (two Petitions) ; — 
Monkton Combe ;— Hinckley ;—Stepney (two Peti- 
tions);— North Walsham ;— Lambeth (two Petitions; 
—Kelvedon ;-—Stansted Mountfitchet ;— Chenies ;— 
Scarborough ;— Hyde ;— Duchinfield ;— Denton (two 
Petitions) ;— Ipswich ;— Chesham ;— Woolwich ;— 
New . Sarum ;— Gravesend ;— Reading ;— Romney 


Street, Westminster ;— Cookham Dean ;— Sutton, | 


Isle of Ely ;—White Waltham ;—Grays Thurrock 

and Horndon-on-the-Hill;— Birmingham (seven 

Petitions) ;— Ashwell ;— Leatherhead ;— Orsett ;— 
Vou. 93. 


28° Martiz. 


and Examiner to Roderick Connor, Esquire, one of | Weston ;— Brixton ;—Fernes ;— Baldock (two Peti- 





407 


| tions) ;— Burnham ;— Stotfold ; —Calverley ;— Fars- 
ley ;—Churwell ;— Battle ; — Hadham ;-— Erith ;— 
Cheltenham ; — Henham ; — Henley-on-Thames ; — 
Rawden ;—Stockport (two Petitions) ;—Morley-cum- 
Churwell ;— Coventry ;—- Globe Fields, London ;— 
Clutton ;—Little Shelford ;— Harston ;—Welling- 
borough ;—Ichleton;—Southgate;— Duxford;—Ux- 
| bridge ; — Keinton ; — Sawston ; — Whittlesford ;— 
| Fulbourn ;— Boston (two Petitions) ;— Melksham 
i(three Petitions) ;—South Hetton ;—Gainford ;— 
| Stockton-upon- Tees ;— Stockport (seven Petitions); 
| — Tintwistle ; — Cardigan ; — Marple; — Lough- 
borough ;— Neath ;—Blackburn (five Petitions); — 
Wilton ;— Hollingbourne ;— Heaton Norris (two Pe- 
titions) ;—Uppingham ;— Blackburn Circuit ;— Gat- 
ley ;— Ribchester ;— Wilmslow (two Petitions) ;— 
Woodley ;— New Windsor ;—Old Windsor ;—Up- 
ton-cum-Chalvey ;— Datchet ;— Ketton ;— Wrexham; 
—Aberystwyth (two Petitions) ;— Folkstone ;—Stam- 
ford ;—Hatherlow ;—Styal ;— Blandford Forum ;-- 
Long Stanton ;—Sheerness (two Petitions) ;-—Long- 
ford; —Kilham; —Burlington;—Kilbarchan (Elders 
of the Baptist Church); — Northampton ;—Huill ; 
— Melbourne ;—Dunlavin ;— Clay next the Sea; 
— Morland ;-- Paisley (four Petitions) ;— Broms- 
grove ;—Sligo county ;—Dublin (five Petitions) ;— 
Johnstone ;-— Hounslow ; — Welling ; — Tooting ;—- 
Richmond ( Yorkshire) ;—Layde ;— Great Driffield ; 
— Evesham ;—Newcastle-upon- Tyne (two Petitions); 
-—Broadstairs ;— Manningtree ;—Stanwell ;— Aber- 
deen ;— Brighton ;— Burlington Quay ;— Gosport ; 
—Forton ;—Swavesey ;— Elmsworth ;— Comburton 
and Toft ;— Milton :—Milngavie (two Petitions) ;— 
Guildford ;— Staines ;— Chatteris ;— Chacewater ; — 
Stithians ;—Forest Gate ;— Tucking Mill;—Cam- 
borne ;— Kahelland ;—Redruth ;— Sevenoaks ;— Bra- 
sted ;— Hadlow ;— Westerham ;— Margate ;— Here- 
ford (six Petitions) ;—Carlton (two Petitions) ;— 
Heanor ;—Arnold (two Petitions) ;—Radcliffe ;— 
Hoxton ;— Blidworth ;—Huckhnall (two Petitions); 
— Ruddington ; — Droitwich ; — Ratcliffe ;— Mac- 
clesfield ;—Southend and Prittlewell ;—Stebbing ;— 
Stock ;—Chelmsford (three Petitions) ;--Felstead ; 
— Witham; — Bilsby ; — Trusthorpe ; — Skelling- 
thorpe;— Irvine;— Tetford; — East Kirby and 
Hagnaby ;—West Ashby ;—Barton-upon-Humber ; 
— Gainsborough ;—Hindleby ;—Spilsby ;— Wetton ; 
—Langham and Mumby ; — Caistor ;—Burgh ;— 
Aby ;—Shendleby ;—Halton ;— Brigg ;— Willough- 
by-with-Sloothby and Claxby; — Waltham; — 
Markby and Hagnaby; — Coningsby — Strubby 
and Maltby ; — Huttoft ;— Cumberworth; — With- 
ern ;—Sution, (Lincoln) ;— Lusby ; — Hogsthorpe ; 
— Addlethorpe and Winthorpe;-— Raithby and 
Mavis Enderby ; — Wragby;— Great and Little 
Steepings ;—Saxilby ;—Barton-on-Humber ;— Wel- 
ton ;—~- East Cowes ;— Horncastle; — Exmouth ;— 
Wellingborough ;— Hackney ; —- Witney ; — Ottery 
Saint Mary; — Bromyard; — Greenock ; — Sutton 
( Hereford) ;— Withington ; — Narraghmore ;—Led- 
bury ;—Kington ; — Pembridge ; — Hay ;—Wotton- 
under-Edge ;— Mordiford ;— Winchelsea ;— Over ;— 
Little Eversden ;—Oakington ; — and, Histon and 
Impington ; praying for the abolition of the system 
of Negro Apprenticeship,—-were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 








| M.A., and the Reverend Temple Frere, M.A., late 


| severally filling the office of Chaplain to the House, 
| praying the House to secure to them that preferment 
in the Church which his late Majesty was graciously 
pleased to promise, in answer to the several Addres- 
'ses of the House, was presented, and read; and 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


i 


| 


ct. 
| Law Act,—were presented, and read ; and referred 
\ 3F4 to 


_A Petition of the Reverend Frederick Vernon Chaplains to 
| Lockwood, M.A., the Reverend Edward Repton, he House. 


Petitions from Rusholme ; — Culmstock ; — and Poor Law 
| Uffculme ; praying for the amendment of the Poor Amendment 








408 


to the Select Committee on the Poor Law Amend- 
ment Act. 


Postage. Petitions from Saint John, Westminster ;—Ep- 
ping ; — Saint Columb Major ;— and, Sunderland ; 
praying for the establishment of a low uniform rate 
of Postage on letters,—were presented, and read ; 


and referred to the Select Committee on Postage. 


Tithes 


Petitions from Lislee and other places ;—Carrig- 
(Ireland.) 


twohill ;— Roscarbery ;—Inniscarra ;—and, Carrig- 
rohanebeg (Chairman of a meeting); praying for 
the abolition of Tithes in Jreland,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Dissenters’ A Petition of Inhabitants of Nailsworth, praying 
Declaration that the Dissenters’ Declaration Bill may pass into 
‘ a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Church of 


Petitions from Campbeltown ;— Coldstream (Mode- 
Scotland, 


rator and Clerk of the United Associate Congrega- 
tion) ;—Saltcoats ;—- Perth ;—- Glasgow (four Peti- 
tions) ;—Dunning ;— Partick (Chairman of a Meet- 
ing of the United Associate Congregation) ;— Errol ; 
—and, Irvine; praying the House to refuse their 
sanction to any further endowments to the Church 
of Scotland,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Benefices 


Plurality Bill Petitions from Derby (two Petitions); — Tyne- 


mouth ;--and, Darley Abbey; praving that the 
Benefices Plurality Bill, may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read ; and uct to lie upon 
the Table. 

— A Petition of the Corporation of Louth, praying 
orporations +s . J 
ia. that the provisions of the Municipal Corporations 
Act, prohibiting the Justices of the borough of 
Louth from acting for the parts of Lindsey, in the 
county of Lincoln, may be repealed, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Lieut.-Colone) A Petition of Francis Home, formerly Lieutenant 

Home. Colonel of the Fusileer Guards, praying the House 
to appoint a Committee to inquire into the truth of 
the allegations of certain documents affecting his 
character, which were laid before his Majesty King 
George the Fourth, in consequence of which he was 
dismissed from the Army, was presented and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Medical Petitions from Trustees of the Hospital founded 

Charities by the late George Simpson, Esquire, Dublin ;—and 

(Ireland) Bill. James Kenny, of Newmarket on Fergus, Surgeon ; 
praying that the Medical Charities (Jreland) Bill, 
may not pass into a law as it now stands,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Jlasgow Cotton Petitions from Brighton ;—and, Chairman of a 

Spinners, 


Meeting of Inhabitants of Bristol ; praying the House 
to address Her Majesty to remit the sentence recently 
passed upon certain Cotton Spinners of Glasgow, 
convicted of a conspiracy to raise wages,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


First Report on 
Fictitious Votes j 
(Ireland.) 


No. 249. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to 
nquire how far the intentions of the Reform Bill are 
defeated, by creating and registering Fictitious and 
Improper Votes in Jreland; have Power to report 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them from 
time to time to the Hcuse. 

Lord Granville Somerset reported from the said Se- 
lect Committee ; That they had made Progress in the 
matters to them referred ; and had directed him to 


Report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before | subject, however, to a payment to be fixed, by arbi- 


them. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; | 
and be printed. 


28° Marti. 





A. 1838. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to Railroads, 
consider the present State of the Communications No, 257, 
by Railroads, so far as it affects the Regularity and 

onvenience of the Transmission of Letters, and the 
Post Office in general; to ascertain on what Terms 
Mails are now conveyed by the Railroads in opera- 
tion, and what Measures it may be just and expe- 
dient to adopt for the purpose of securing to the 
Public, in future, the benefit of the Conveyance of 
the Mails by Railroads ; have Power to report their 
opinion thereupon to the House, together with the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Labouchere reported from the said Select 
Committee ; That they had considered the matters 
to them referred ; and had come to several Resolu- 
tions, which they had directed him to report, toge- 
ther with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them: And the Resolutions of the Committee are as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That it appears to this Committee 
that Companies which are the Proprietors of Rail- 
ways, have it in their power practically to prevent 
the due transmission of the Correspondence of the 
country by the means of the Post Office, as well as 
to impose upon the Public whatever terms they think 
fit for its conveyance. 

2. Resolved, That it is expedient that the Legis- 
lature should forthwith take steps to ensure the 
regular and speedy transmission of this Correspond- 
ence by means of the Railways which either have 
been or may hereafter be completed, upon such 
terms as shall afford to their Proprietors a just and 
reasonable remuneration, under all the circumstances 
of the case. 

3. Resolved, That although this Committee have 
been most anxious to discover some general rule by 
which the Rates of Payment to be made by the Post- 
office to the Companies for the services required 
from them shall be determined, yet that they are 
convinced of the inexpediency of attempting to fix 
any such rule in the present imperfect state of the 
Railway Communications of this country, and of the 
uncertain data which they as yet afford, upon which 
the necessary calculations can be founded. 

4. Resolved, That this Committee feel the subject 
to be of such vast importance to the country at 
large, that they must submit to the House the ne- 
cessity of the attention of Parliament being con- 
stantly directed to it, with the view at the earliest 
possible period of laying down, by legislative enact- 
ment, some fixed and general principles for the due 
transmission of the Post-office Correspondence of 
the country on the Railways. 

5. Resolved, That as the best means of meeting 
the present difficulties and necessity of the case, this 
Committee recommends that a Bill should forthwith 
be submitted to Parliament to compel Railway Com- 
panies duly to perform all such services as may be 
required from them by the Postmaster-General, 
whether by means of Ordinary or Special Trains ; 
and that if the Post-office and the Companies shall 
not agree upon the price which is to be paid for its 
performance, the question of the amount of pay- 
ment shall be referred to Arbitrators, of which one 
shall be appointed by each of the contracting Par- 
ties; and that these two shall name a third, and 
that their decision shall be final: and that it shall 
not be lawful for any Company to enact any Bye- 
law which shall restrain the Powers thus conferred 
upon the Post-office. ' 
| 6. Resolved, That it likewise appears to this Com- 
‘mittee that it is expedient that a Power should be 
‘given to the Post-office to run their own engines 
| upon any Railway, with a train containing a limited 
‘number of passengers and weight of luggage, if they 
shall so think fit, without the payment of any Tolls ; 











tration if necessary, for any services and accommo- 
dation which may be required from the Company by 
the Post-office. 

Ordered, 


o™ aes 








Twenty-first 
Repurt on 
Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


No. 258. 


Standing 
Orders ; 


Lough Foyle 
Drainage Bill. 


Linton 
Inclosure. 


Belfast 
Waterworks 


(No. 1.) 


Southampton 
Docks, 


Shipping 
Gazette, 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Stage Coach 
uties, 


King of 
Hanover, 


Attornies 
and Solicitors 
(Ireland) Bill, 


No. 256. 


1 Vicroriz. 


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


Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Committee 
on the Poor Law Amendment Act; and who were 
empowered to Report the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them from time to time to the House; 
That they had made further Progress in the matters 
to them referred; and had directed him to report 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

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


Lord Viscount Ebrington reported from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders relative to Private 
Bills, several Resolutions, which were read as follow : 

1. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for 
the Lough Foyle Drainage Bill, the Standing Orders 
ought not to be dispensed with. 

2. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for 
additional provision in the Linton Inclosure Bill, 
the Parties be permitted to introduce such additional 
provision in their Bill, on inserting the Notices for 
three successive weeks in the London Gazette, and 
in some one and the same Newspaper published in 
the county of Cambridge, and on odizin the Notices 
on the Church doors of the parishes of Linton and 
Hadstock for three successive Sundays. 

3. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for 
the Belfast Waterworks (No. 1.) Bill, the Parties 
be permitted to proceed with their Bill, on deposi- 
ting forthwith in the Private Bill Office, longitudinal 
and transverse sections of the intended Reservoir, 
according to the provisions of the Standing Order, 
No. 3, p.16. 

4. Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for 
the Southampton Docks Bill, the Parties be per- 
mitted to proceed with their Bill, on making applica- 
tion forthwith to the owners, lessees and occupiers, 
and depositing the Lists in the Private Bill Office : 
And that the Committees on this and the two pre- 
ceding Bills, do examine, in the first place, how far 
such Orders have been complied with, and do report 
the same to the House on the Report of the Bill. 

The three last Resolutions of the Committee, 
being read a second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners, Master 
Mariners and others, of Worth Shields, praying the 
House to relieve the Proprietors of the Shipping 
Gazette from the Postage on Letters containing 
shipping and commercial intelligence only, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of the Foreman of the Grand Jury of 
the county of Kerry, praying that the Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bil may not pass into a law as it now 
stands, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Ten Petitions of Stage Coach Masters, praying 
for the Repeal of the Duties on Stage Coaches, — 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Petitions from Whitburn ;—and, Montrose ; pray- 
ing that the Annuity granted to the King of 
Hanover, as Duke of Cumberland, may be disconti- 
nued,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Mr. O’Connell presented a Bill for the better re- 
gulation of the Profession of Attorney and Solicitor 
in Ireland: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wed- 


nesday the 25th day of April next; and to be 
printed. 


Vor. 93. 


28° Marti. 








409 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bothwell, praying Corn Laws. 
for the Repeal of the Corn Laws, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Trustees and Creditors on the Tolls Highway Rates 
of the Kington Turnpike Trust ;—and, the Radnor- ®- 
shire Turnpike Trust; praying that the Highwa 
Rates Bill may pass into a law,—were panded, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
the Bill. 


A Petition of Junior Aldermen of the Honour- Municipal 
able the Corporation of Dublin, praying that on the (lnchend) Bill 
consideration of the Municipal Corporations (Jre- PF 
land) Bill, the Petitioners’ claims to the rank of 
Aldermen, and to the offices and emoluments con- 
nected therewith, may be fully recognized and pre- 
served during their respective lives, or that provision 
may be made for compensation to the Petitioners 
for the injury and losses they must inevitably sus- 
tain, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kilmanagh ;—and, Union of Kil- Education 
colgan; praying that the present system of National (Ireland.) 
Education in Jfreland may not be persisted in,— 


were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Durham ;—East Sussex ;—and, Bishoprick 
University of Oxford; praying that the Bishoprick oo. 
of Sodor and Mann Bill may pass into a law,— “4 ¥" 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Great Malvern, Charch 
praying that in the event of any on being in- Property. 
stituted into the mode of granting and renewing 
leases of Ecclesiastical Property, all increase of re- 
venue that may arise may be left at the disposal of 
the Church, to supply the deficiency of spiritual in- 
struction for the people, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Layde, praying that salmon 
the Salmon Fisheries (Jreland) Bill may not pass Fisheries 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered (Ireland) Bill. 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Moore, of Bolton-le-Moors, Manchester, 
Surgeon, Thomas Mulliner, of the same place, Ac- Bolton, and 
countant, and Joseph Ramsden, of Clifton, Gentle- eg 
man, praying that they may be heard, by them- 4 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and 
Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions from John Barlow, of Entwisle, Gentle- Turton and 
man ;—and, George Horrocks and Robert Dearden, Entwisle _ 
of Edgworth, Cotton Waste Dealers and Spinners ; ienanaainea 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Turton and Entwisle Reservoir Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit ; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the 
said Petitions. 


A Petition of Henry Jones, a Settler, and Magis- Court of Session 
trate of the province of Upper Canada, complaining (Scotland.) 
of delay in a suit in which he is interested, in the 
Court of Session in Scotland, and praying relief, was 
3G presented, 








Glasgow 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Robert 
Breakey. 


Sheriffs 
(Ireland.) 


Canada. 


No. 251. 


Canada. 
No. 252. 


Pithes 
(Treland.) 


No. 253. 


Factories. 


No. 254. 


Matiny Bill. 


Marine Mutiny 
Bill. 





410 


resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That the Petition cf John Douglas and 
John Boyle Gray, Esquires, which was presented 
yesterday, be referred to the Committee on the 
Glasgow Waterworks Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to Orders, — 
Copies of all Correspondence which has taken place 
between the Jrish Government and the Governors 
or Officers of the Belfast Lunatic Asylum, respect- 
ing the case of Robert Breakey, sent to that Asylum 
by order of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from the 
Gaol of the County of Down, in April 1836; toge- 
ther with Copies of all Resolutions of the said Go- 
vernors, touching that case, transmitted to the Irish 
Government. 


Further Return of an Order, dated the 1st day of 
December last, for a Return of the Total Amount 
of the Salary and Emoluments attached to the Office 
of High Sheriff and Sub-Sheriff in each County, 
County of a City, and County of a Town in Ireland, 
as far as the same can be ascertained, for each of 
the last Three years, 1834, 1835, and 1836 ; specify- 
ing in detail the Sources, whether legal or customary, 
from which such Total Increase has been derived, 
and the Proceeds from each Source ; and exhibiting 
the Increase or Diminution of Income which has 
resulted, or will probably hereafter result, from the 
operation of the Act of 6th and 7th Will. 4, c. 75, 
“ An Act to regulate the Proceedings of the Civil 
Bill Courts in Ireland ;” also stating in detail the 
Expenses incidental to each Office. 

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


Sir George Grey presented, pursuant to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty,—An Account, showing the 
Total Expenditure of the Office and Establishment 
of Lord Gosford, as Governor General and Com- 
missioner in Canada, distinguishing the Salary and 
Emolument accruing to each Individual, for one 
year, to the latest period for which the same can be 
rendered. 

Sir George Grey also presented, by Her Majesty’s 
command,—Copy of the Correspondence relating to 
the Establishment of the Earl of Durham, as Go- 


vernor General of British North America, and Her } mittee on the Oaths to Witnesses (Ireland) Bill; 


Majesty’s High Commissioner. 


28° Marti. 








A. 1838. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Medical 
reading of the Medical Charities (Jreland) Bill ; ae ae 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time (Teland) Bill, 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Married 
reading of the Married Women’s Bill ; Women’s Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Waste Langs 
reading of the Waste Lands (Jreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Tenants for Lie 
reading of the Tenants for life (Zreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Leases and 
reading of the Leases and Exchanges (Ireland) Bill; a ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon ("4 Bil. 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second High Sieriffs 

reading of the High Sheriffs Bill; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 

morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Patterns and 
reading of the Patterns and Inventions Bill; Inventions Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 11th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Hackney 
mittee on the Hackney Carriages (Metropolis) Bill ; yom a 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday {fyet"°P*l#) 
the 11th day of April next, resolve itself into the 


said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Salmon 
reading of the Salmon Fisheries (Ireland) Bill ; Cisient) Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon ° 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Bribery at_ 
reading of the Bribery at Elections Bill; Elections Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Oaths to 
Witnesses 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday (Ireland) Ba. 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the | next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Table; and be printed. 


Ordered, That an Abstract of the Returns rela- 
tive to Tithes (/reland), which were presented upon 
the 17th day of June in the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, and upon the 5th day of this instant March, 
be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Factories, 
which was presented upon Monday last, be printed. 


The ingrossed Bill for punishing Mutiny and De- 
sertion, and for the better payment of the Army and 
their Quarters, was, according to Order, read the 
pony time; and an Amendment was made to the 

ill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Robert Steuart do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


The ingrossed Bill for the regulation of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Royal Marine Forces while on Shore, was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Robert Steuart do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





The Order of the day being read, for the third Common Fields 
reading of the Common Fields Improvement Bill ; —_— 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon “ 
Wednesday the 25th day of April next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the Spain. 
adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed yes- 
terday, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, expressing to Her Majesty the opinion 
of this House, that no advantage, either to the 
interests of this country or to those of Spain has 
resulted from the employment of Her Majesty’s 
subjects in the service of Her Catholic Majesty, in 
consequence of the suspension, by Order in a 

oO 


Highw: 


Adjou 


Si 
E 








1 Vicroriz. 


of the provisions of the Foreign Enlistment Act ; 
and, since the continuance of such Order in Council 
is not required by the obligations of existing Treaties, 
humbly praying that Her Majesty will be graciously 
pleased not to renew it; 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the ¢ Sir Thomas Fremantle, 
Yeas, Mr. Lascelles : 

Tellers for the f Mr. Edward John Stanley, } 
Noes, Mr. Robert Steuart : f 

So it passed in the Negative. 


62. 


- 70. 


Ordered, That Sir Eardly Wilmot be discharged 
from any further attendance on the Select Com- 
mittee on the Highway Act. 

Ordered, That Mr. Pakington be added to the 
Committee. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That this House do now adjourn ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That ” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words, 
“an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, 
expressing to Her Majesty the opinion of this House, 
that the employment of Her Majesty’s subjects in 
the service of her Catholic Majesty, in consequence 
of the suspension, by Order in Council, of the pro- 
visions of the Foreign Enlistment Act, has produced 
no advantage to the interests of this country and 
to those of Spain; and, since the continuance of 
such Order in Council is not required by the obliga- 
tions of existing Treaties, humbly praying Her Ma- 
jesty will be graciously pleased not to renew it, 
instead thereof : 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
roposed to be left out stand part of the Question :— 
he said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 

this House, withdrawn. 

Resolved, That this House do now adjourn. 


And the House accordingly adjourned till To- 
morrow. 





Jovis, 29° die Martii ; 


Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1838. 





PRAYERS. 

Ske hour appointed for taking into considera- 

tion the Petition of John Gallaher, Michael 
Conlan, Matthew Gilgan and Patrick Nelson, Elec- 
tors of the County of Sligo, as well on behalf of 
themselves as of several other Electors of the same 
county, who claimed to vote, were entitled to vote, 
and did vote, at the last Election in and for the 
County of Sligo, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the said county, being come ; 

Mr. Speaker took the Chair. 

The Serjeant at Arms was sent, with the Mace, to 
the places adjacent, to require the attendance of the 
Members on the business of the House; and being 
returned ; 

A Member was sworn. 

Then the House was counted by Mr. Speaker ; 
and two hundred and eleven Members being present ; 

The several Parties, counsel and agents, were di- 
rected to be called in. 

And no Parties, counsel or agents, appearing on 
behalf of the said Petition, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the said county:—The 


Order for considering the said Petition was read, 
and discharged. 


28°—29° Maritiz. 


411 


ham, praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against the Vottingham 
Fields Inclosure Bill, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put ino Hi 
That the Notting Hill Footway Bill be ca ‘ae Footwey Bil 
third time oon tien next; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for ~~ Lord George Lennox, 1 

Yeas, Mr. For Maule: 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hail, 

Noes, | Lord Teignmouth: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Petitions from the Company of Proprietors of the Grand Junction 
Mersey and Irwell Navigation ;—and, te ia a Railway Bill. 
and others interested in the free navigation of the 
River Mersey to Warrington; praying that the Grand 
Junction Railway Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from Proprietors of salt works at Worth- 
wich, in the county of Chester ;—Owners of coal 
mines and coal works at Saint Helen’s, in the 
county of Lancaster; or, Owners of vessels ply- 
ing on the Sankey Canal, the River Mersey and the 
River Weaver;—and, Clergy, Gentry, Merchants, 
Bankers, Manufacturers and other Inhabitants of 
the borough and neighbourhood of Warrington in 
the county of Lancaster; praying that the said Bill 
may not pass into a law as it now stands,—were also 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions from John Clare, of Warrington, Mer- 
chant ;—Shareholders in the Grand Junction Rail- 
way ;—and, Joseph Crosfield, of Bank Quay, near 
Warrington, Merchant ;—praying that the said Bill, 
may not pass into a law as it now stands, and that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against the same,—were also presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Land-owners, Manufacturers, Mer- 
chants, Tradesmen and other Inhabitants of the 
Staffordshire Potteries; praying that the said Bill 
may pass into a law, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being P¥O- Grand Junction 
posed, That the Grand Junction Railway Bill be now Railway Bill. 
read a second time; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the ( Lord Viscount Sandon, 1, 40 
Yeas, Sir Harry Verney: by 
Tellers for the ( Mr. Wilson Patten, \ - 

Noes, \ Mr. Jreland Blackburne : } Rig 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time : 
—The Bill was accordingly read a second time; and 
committed to Lord Francis Egerton and the Lan- 
caster List. 

Ordered, That all Members serving for the several 
counties, and for the boroughs therein through 
which counties the said Railway is intended to pass, 
be Members of the said Committee. 


i" 


: 


A Petition of Proprietors and Occupiers of manu- Glasgow 
factories, hotels, taverns and other public houses, -- pacmaiaee 
stable-yards, baths and other places of public re- “"" 
sort in Glasgow:—and, Proprietors of houses and 

3G 2 House- 


Nottingham 
Fields Inclosure 
Bill, 


A Petition of several Owners of land in the lam- 
mas and other commonable fields, within the liber- 


ties of the town and county of the town of Notting- 
Vou. 93. 














412 29° Marti. A. 1838. 


Householders of Glasgow ;—praying that they may 
be heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Glasgow Waterworks Bill, were pre- 
sented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by their counsel or agents, upon their Peti- 
tions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Glasgow 
Waterworks Bill, have Power to send for persons, 
papers and records. 


Ordered, That the time for presenting the Belfast 
Waterworks, (No. 2.) Bill, be further enlarged till 
Wednesday the 4th day of April next. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Belfast Waterworks (No. 1.) 
Bill, which was yesterday made from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders relative to Private 
Bills, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for giving further Powers to the President and As- 
sistants of the Belfast Charitable Society for the 
better supplying with Water the Inhabitants of the 
borough of Belfast, in the counties of Antrim and 
Down, and the suburbs thereof; and for other 
purposes relating to the said Society: And that Mr. 
Emerson Tennent and Mr. Dunbar do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


An ingrossed Bill for providing Market Places, 
and for regulating the Markets within the Borough 
of Brecon, in the County of Brecon, was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. John Jones do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Joseph Crosfield, 
which was presented this day, be referred to the 
Committee on the Grand Junction Railway Bill; 
and the Petitioner heard, by counsel, upon his 
Petition, if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Right Honourable George Ear] 
of Carlisle, praying that he may be heard, by his 
counsel or agent, against certain parts of the Vew- 
castle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he think 
fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against 
the said Petition. . 


A Petition of the Liverpool and Manchester Rail- 
way Company, praying that they may be heard, 
by their counsel or agents, against certain parts of 
the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal, and Rail- 
way Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill against the said Petition. 


The House proceeded to take into further considera- 
tion the Report which upon the 21st day of this in- 
stant March was made from the Committee on the 
Haleworthy Roads Bill; printed copies of the Bill 
having been delivered at thedoor upon Saturday last ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

_ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- 
_= of the Petition for the Southampton Docks 

ill, which was yesterday made from the Select Com- 
mittee on Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for 
extending the Time for making a Dock or Docks at 
Southampton: And that Lord Viscount Duncan and 
Mr. Dottin do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Midland Counties Railway Bill was read a Midland 
second time; and committed to Mr. William Evans — 
and the Derby List. allway Bil. 

Ordered, That all the Members serving for the 
several Counties, and for the Boroughs therein, 
through which Counties the said Railway is intended 
to pass, be Members of the said Committee. 


Lord Viscount Duncan presented a Bull for ex- Southampton 
tending the Time for making a Dock or Docks at 24s Bill. 
Southampton: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Petitions from Southampton ;— Oldham ;— Man- Negro Appren. 
chester (thirty-three Petitions) ;—Salford (nine Pe- ticeship. 
titions) ;— Chorlton-upon- Medlock (six Petitions) ;— 
Pendleton ;—Chesterfield ;—Great Grimsby ;—Gran- 
tham ;— Glasgow (two Petitions); — Carnarvon ;— 
Conway ;— Merioneth;— Bethesda ;— Mold ;—South- 
ampton (Quakers) ;—Llanelly ;— Kettering ;— Llan- 
dibie;—Long Buckley ;—Northampton (Quakers) ; 
—Market Harborough (three Petitions) ;— Tralee ; 
— Harwich;— Tattenhall ;— Nantwich ;— Sandbach ; 
— Northwich ; — Elswick; — Newcastle-upon-Tyne 
(two Petitions) ;—Newburn ;— Bell’s Close ;—War- 
rington ;—Colne ;—Chester (four Petitions) ;—Shef- 
Sield ;— Old Ford;—North and South Collingham; 
— Newark (Chairman of a Meeting);— Bingham ;— 
Sutton-upon-Trent ;—Newark-upon-Trent (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Bridgford ; — Liverpool (nine Petitions); 
—Airdrie (two Petitions) ;— Alloa; — Kilmarnock 
(two Petitions) ;—Falkirk (three Petitions) ;—Ha- 
milton ;— Lanark (two Petitions) ;— Muchart ; — 
Edinburgh ;— Bannockburn ; — Linlithgow ;— Roch- 
dale (fourteen Petitions) ;—City Road Chapel, Lon- 
don; — Tealby ;— Southport ; — Ashton Keynes ;— 
Pangbourn ;— Bermondsey ;— Reading ;— Bedale ;— 
Massam ; — Hornby ; — Aiskew ; — Appleton-upon- 
Wisk ;— Darlington ;—Oldbrough ;— Hulton Rudby; 
—Canny Hill, Durham ;— Welbury ;—Redworth ;— 
High Conningscliffe ;—Durham (tour Petitions) ;— 
Barton (York) ;—Eppleby and Fosset ;—Northfleet ; 
—Stoke Newington ; — Newbridge ;— Billingshurst 
(two Petitions) ;—Little Prescot-Street Chapel, Lon- 
don ;—Horsham ;—Todmorden (sixteen Petitions) ; 
— Blackshawhead ;— Birstall ;—Hebden Bridge ;— 
Todmorden and Mankinholes ; — Crosstone-in-Stans- 
field ; — Castleford ;— Bradley ; — Lane Bottom ;— 
Skipton in Craven ;—Heckmondwike (two Petitions); 
— Honley ; — Batley ; — Skipton; —Cleckheaton ;— 
Gargrave ;— Rodwell-End-in-Stansjield ; — Brother- 
ton; — Heptonstall ; — Hamphall and Skelbrook ;— 
Holt; — Newtown Barry ;-— South Willingham ;— 
Louth ;—North Somercotes ;—Fulston, Sketlow and 
other places ; —- Alvingham ; ——- Covenham ;— Great 
Grimsby ;— Bluntishaum ;—Dunnington-on- Baine ;— 
Grimoldby ;—Sleaford ;—Finningley ;— Kelstern ;-— 
Sykehouse ;—Upminster ;— Wednesbury ;—Birming- 
ham (fourteen Petitions); — Ramsgate ;— Marston 
Green ; —— Isle of Thanet ;—Hampton-in- Arden ;— 
Maltby ; -- Lidford ; — Honabridge ; -- Calstock ;-- 
Beverley ; — Stockton-upon-Tees ; — Staindrop ; — 
Bishopton, Carlton and other places ;— Middleton ; 
— Egglestone ;— Durham ;—Gateshead;— Strafford ; 
— West Auckland; — Carlisle ; — Nancegollan ; — 
Kerton Wood ;—St. Erth ;—Gwithian ;— Praze ;— 
Hayle ;—Gwinear ;—Carnhell Green ;—Leedstown ; 
—Angarrack ;—Relubbus ;—Hayle Copper House ; 
— Rossendale ;— Bury (Suffolk) (vwo Petitions) ;— 
Moston ;— Blackley ;—Wrotham ; — Hooley Hill ; — 
Hertford ; — Ashton-under-Lyne (two Petitions) ; 
—Crorton; — Granby ; — Plungar Celtsterworth ; 
— Witham; — Welby ; — Somerby ; -— Smithwick ; 
— Bilston; — Hyde; — Newchurch and &lt;Aber- 





nant ; — Bletchley; — Swaffham; — Towcester ;— 


— Thurlestone ;— 








1 Victoriz. 


Thurlestone ;— Rotherham ; —Brecknock;—Swinton ; 
—Tillicoultry ;— Tollesbury ;— Riswick ;—Chipping 
Norton ;—Strathaven ; — Kidderminster ;— Auchter- 
muchty ; — Bermondsey and Rotherhithe ; — Mon- 
mouth ;— Newport ;— Talla Wain; — Braughin ;— 
Failsworth (two Petitions); — Wrigley Head ; — 
Chadderton (two Petitions) ;— Hollinwood (four Peti- 
tions) ;—Gamlingay; — Great Yarmouth; — Great 
Berkhamstead (three Petitions) ;-- Barkway ;--Tring ; 
— Watford ;—Aldbury ; — Puckeridge; — Bunting- 
ford;— Wiveliscombe ;-— Folkestone ; — Bridgnorth;— 
— Bourn ;— Bagenalstown ;—Sandy ;— Shaftesbury ; 
—Southill ;—Cowton;— Onecote ;-— Flask ; — Alstone- 
field; — Wetton;--Longnor ;-- Kingsley ;--Cheddleton ; 
— Beeralstone;— Londonthorpe ;—Stamford ;— Har- 
laxton ; — Bottesford;— Woolsthorpe;— Gonerby ;— 
Spalding ;— Drogheda ;— Cromer ;— Biggleswade ;— 
West Melton;-—-Fenny Stratford ;-~Melton Mowbray ; 
— Dunstable;--Dirkforth ;--Toddington;—- Dewsbury ; 
—Carnarvon ;— Loughton ;— Brigstock ;—Melsham; 
—Coxwold ;— Rotherham ;— Thirsk ;— Bampton ;— 
Lyme Regis ;—Huntingdon;— Kelso ;— Stirling ;-— 
Bury ;— Eccles (two Petitions) ;— New Windsor ;— 
Neasham ; — Ferryhill ;— Aycliffe ;— Heywood (two 
Petitions) ;—A rdwick;— Hulme ;— Shawfield Bury ; 
—Charlestown and Pendleton ;—Stirling ; —Wigan ; 
—Altrinchem ; — Paddington ; -- Pendleton, Man- 
chester ; —Pemberton ;—Chester ;— Rushton ;— Tut- 
bury (two Petitions) ;— Stone (two Petitions) ;—Ec- 
cleshall ;—Abboti’s Bromley and Hickson;— Burton- 
upon-Trent ;—Cheadle;— Endon ;— Middle Saltfleet- 
by ;— Richmond ( York);— Preston (four Petitions) ;— 
Elswick; — Garstang ; — Chichester; -- Bosham ;— 
Maldon ;—Bellericay ;— Earls Colne;—Great Dun- 
mow ;—Thaxted ;— Writtle ;— Kingston-on-Thames; 
— Buckingham (two Petitions) ;—Olney;— Newport 
Pagnell ;— Bury Saint Edmund’s (two Petitions) ; 
— Durham ;—Waterbeach ; — Cottenham (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Fen Drayton ; -- Catierich ;—Ormsby ;— 
Devonport and East Stonehouse ;— Chichester ;— 
Bolton (two Petitions);—Great Bolton ;—Tyldsley ; 
Walmsley ;-- Little Lever ;--There-undersignedCatho- 
’ lies; Halshaw Moor (two Petitions); — Bolton-le- 
Moors (three Petitions);— Blackburn-street, Bolton; 
—Edgeworth (two Petitions);—Moor-lane, Bolton 
(two Petitions);— Horwich (two Petitions) ;—Little 
Bolion (two Petitions) ;—Chorley (two Petitions} ;— 
Halliwell; — Wexford ;—Tazwstock ;— .Brayford (two 
Petitions) ; —Braunton;— Great Torrington (two Pe- 
titions) ;-— Southampton ;—- Langtree ; — Dolton ;— 
Hatherleigh;-- Frithelstock ;--Croyle and Georgeham; 
—Ilfracombe ;—City of London ;— Marton ;—Malt- 


29° Martiv. 





413 


Rawmarsh and Whiston ;—Swinton ;-—Mexbrough ; 
— Wickersley and Bramley ;--Newport, Monmouth; 
—Ash;— Margate (two Petitions) ;—Campden ;— 
Frampden ;—Jersey ; —Clapham (two Petitions) ;— 
Flaunden ;— Colne ;--Charlbury ;-- Burslem ;—Great 
Missenden ;-— West Row, Stockton-upon-Tees ;—Wil- 
ton ;-— Lazenby ;—- Bishop Auckland ;--~Hamsterley ; 
—Chapel-street ( Berwich-upon-Tweed) ;— Howden; 
— Bethell Chapel, Alnwick; --— Wilton-le-Wear ; 
—Wolsingham ; -— Wethersfield ;-— South Cockering- 
ton ; -—Wingham ; —- Haverfordwest ; — Street; — 
Preston; — Northallerton; — Horsham; — Cavan; 
— Torquay (two Petitions);— Ivy Bridge ;—Slapton; 
—South Pool;—Stokenham;—Thurlestone ;— Black- 
auton ;—Charlton ;— East Allington;—East Portle- 
mouth ;—South Brent ; -- Roscrea; — Tamworth;— 
Evenwood ; — Timolin ; — Castledermot ;— Barnard 
Castle ;—Amlwch (four Petitions) ;— Llangefire ;-— 
Fairford ; — Somerton ; — Whitehaven ; — Salendine 
Nook, Huddersfield ; — Stafford ; — Presteigne ; — 
Croydon ;—Chelmsford ;-— Dorking ; — Southwark ; 
-— Holmfirth ; — Haverfordwest ; — Stockport ; — 
Holyhead ; — Llangollen ; — Farnham ;— Kilcullen ; 
—Gorey;—Saint Paul’s Parish (Dublin) ;—Saint 
Peter’s Parish (Dublin) ;—— Islington ;—Lenham ;— 
Spencer-place, Goswell-street Road; — Harrold’s 
Cross (Dublin) ;— Tullyniskin ;— Sentraeth ;— Glyn- 
Ceiriog ;— Holyhead ;— Newsham ;— Yarm (two Pe- 
titions) ; —- Stokesley in Cleveland ; — Tathwell ; — 
Accrington ; — Burley-in-Wharfdale ;— and, North 
and South Elkington; praying for the abolition of 
the system of Negro Apprenticeship,~-were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Petitions from West India Planters and Mer- 
chants ;— William Shand (Chairman of the West 
India Association) ;—and, Merchants and Planters 
connected with British Guiana; praying that the 
House will not pass any Act for putting an end to 
the system of Negro emp before the 1st 
day of August 1840, and that the Petitioners may 
be heard at the bar of the House, by their counsel, 
thereupon,—were also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill spirit Licenses 
to enable Persons holding Licenses to sell Beer, (Scotland) Bill. 


Spirits, and other Exciseable Liquors in Scotland, 
to obtain a renewal of their Licenses from the 
Excise: And that Mr. Gillon and Mr. Dennistoun 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


by ;— Haughton-le-Side ;— Mickleton ; ~ Dalton and 
Newsham;— Padiham ;—Sabden;—Walker-place ;— 
Saint Helen’s Auckland ;—Coatham ;-— Shildon ;— 
Dollar ;— West Auckland;—Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Lon- 
don;—Gloucester ;—Llansawel and Talley ; — Dal- 
keith (six Petitions) ;— lord ;— Edinburgh ;— Basing- 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Spirituous 
to enable Persons to recover Debts contracted for Liquors Sale 
Spirituous Liquors: And that Mr. Gillon and Mr. _ 
Dennistoun do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Negro Appren- 
posed, “ That this House is of opinion, that the ticeship. 


ham ;— Waddington ;—Spalding ;-- Holbeach ;—Gos- 
berton; — Loughborough (two Petitions) ;-- North 
Searle ;—Fleet ;— Romsey ; — Castle Donington ;— 
Lincoln;— Banff and Buckie ;-- Warrington ;—Glas- 
gow ;—Paisley ;—Linthwaite ;— Prescott ; — Upper 
Clapton ;-- Whitworth ;---Bagslate;—Smal! Bridge, 
near Rochdale ;—Heywood ;—Rochdale (two Peti- 
tions) ;-— Gosport ;—Ely and other places ;-— Paisley 
(four Petitions) ;— Farringdon, Middleton One Row; 
—-Adwich-le-Street ;— Thorne ;—-Littlebourn;—-Smea- 
ton ;—Upstreet ; —Stainton and hornton;—Great 
Carlton ;— Dublin ;— Keighley ;— Burwell ; — Dele- 
gates from Anti-Stavery Societies ;—Boston ;— De- 
vizes ; — Ludborough ; — Plymouth ; — Penryn; — 
Penrhyn ; — Heighington ; -- Dudley (Quakers) ; — 
Hungerford ; — Kintbury ; — Clonegal ;— Borris- 
in-Ossory ; — Newbury; — Telbury; — Thatch- 
am ;~—Wantage ;— Newport, Isle of Wight;—Ro- 
therham; —- Wentworth and Greasbro’; — Hithe; 
—Cambridge;—Preston near Wingham, Kent ;— 
Swaffham; — Belturbet ;— Castle Acre ;— Thorpe, 
Scholes, and Kimberworth;— Hooper and Haugh;— 
Vou. 93. 





“‘ Apprenticeship in the British Colonies, esta- 
“ plished by the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 73, shall 
“ determine on the 1st day of August 1838;” 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ the Order of the day for the second reading of 
“‘ the Slavery Abolition Act Amendment Bill be now 
“ read,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, 'Vhat the Debate be adjourned till To- 
morrow. 


The High Sheriffs Bill was, according to Order, High Sheriffs 
Bill. 


5 . . 
read a second time, and committed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be committed to a Select 
Committee :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Wed- 
nesday next. 


3a3 And 








} 
{ 
; 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Treland) Bill. 


Haileybury 
College Bill. 


Custody of 
Insane Persons 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Slavery 
Abolition Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Spirit Licenses 
(Scotland) Bill, 


No. 261. 


Spirituous 
Liquors Sale 
Bill. 


No. 260. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Grand 
Caymanas. 


Tipperary 
Election. 


414 20°—30° Marti. 


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


Veneris 30° die Martii, 1838. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Court of Chancery (Jreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 2d day of May next. 


The Haileybury College Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Custody of Insane Persons (Ireland) 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Slavery Abolition Act Amendment 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


Mr. Gillon presented a Bill to enable Persons 
holding Licenses to sell Beer, Spirits, and other Ex- 
ciseable Liquors in Scotland, to obtain a renewal of 
their Licenses from the Excise: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Wednesday the 2d day of May next; and 
be printed. 


Mr. Gillon presented a Bill to enable Persons to 
recover Debts contracted for Spirituous Liquors : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday the 2d 
day of May next ; and to be printed. 


Mr, George William Wood reported from the 
Select Committee on Public Petitions; That they 
had examined the Petitions presented on the 26th and 
27th days of this instant March, and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Sir George Grey presented, pursuant to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty,—Copy of a Memorial to 
the Queen in Council, from the Custos, Magistrates, 
and other Inhabitants of the Island of Grand Cay- 
manas. 

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


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after twelve of the 
clock on Friday morning ; adjourned till this 


day. 








Veneris, 30° die Martii; 
Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1838. 
PRAYERS. 

M* Speaker acquainted the House, That James 

Dunn and John Shortes, Electors, who peti- 
tioned this House upon the 15th day of this instant 
March, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for the County of Tipperary, had not entered 
into a Recognizance in respect of such Petition, ac- 
cording to the directions of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 22, 


“To consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the | 


Trial of Controverted Elections or Returns of Mem- 
bers to serve in Parliament.” 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 15th day 
of this instant March, for taking the said Petition 
into consideration upon Tuesday the 22d day of 
May next, be discharged. 





A. 1838. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Haddington 
to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ Shire Writ. 
for the electing of a Commissioner to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Shire of Haddington, in 
the room of Lord Ramsay, now Earl of Dalhousie, 

a Peer of the United Kingdom. 


Mr. Phillpotts reported from the Committee on Quedgley 
the Quedgley Inclosure Bill; That they had exa- Inclosure Bil, 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and that the Parties concerned 
had given their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction 
of the Committee ; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


A Petition of the Gloucester and Berkeley Canal severn 
Company, praying that they may be heard, by them- Navigation 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts (N* !) Bill 
of the Severn Navigation (No. 1.) Bill, was _pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Bury (Lancaster) Waterworks Bill was read a Bury (Lancas. 
second time ; and committed to Mr. Richard Walker, ne Waterworks 
: ill. 
and the Lancaster List. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Glasgow 
before the Committees on the Cranston Hill Water- —o 
works Bill, in the Session of 1834, and on the Glas- 
gow Waterworks Bill, in the Session of 1835, be 
referred to the Committee on the Glasgow Water- 
works Bill. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Glasgow 
posed, That it be an Instruction to the Committee — 
on the Glasgow Waterworks Bill, to ascertain‘ 
whether the Directors, or a majority of the Partners 
of the Cranston Hill Waterworks Company have 
power, under the several Acts for the Incorporation 
and Regulation of the said Company, to sell the 
Land and Works belonging to the said Company ; 
and, if they have not such power, whether the Pro- 
moters of the Glasgow Waterworks Bill ought to 
have given Notice to each individual Partner of the 
Cranston Hill Waterworks Company of their inten- 
tion to take the Land of the said Company; and, if 
so, whether such Notice was given:—And the said 
Motion was, with leave of the Gen, withdrawn. 


Mr. Ingham reported from the Committee on the Brandling 
Brandling Junction Railway Bill; That the Stand- — Bill. 
ing Orders relative to Railway Bills did not apply . 
to the said Bill, the application being solely to raise 
an additional sum of money; and that they had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

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


The Kirkstall, Iikley and Shipley Road Bill was Kirkstall, 
read a second time; and committed to Sir George Shipley al 
Strickland and the York List. Bill 


The Dudley Hill and Killinghall Road Bill was Dudiey vil : 
read a second time; and committed to Sir George ee 
| Strickland and the York List. 


aanee 2 . , ‘rina: Wibsey and 
An ingrossed Bill for more effectually repairing rites Seer 
and maintaining the Road from Top of Odsall, near jo.4 Bill. 





Bradford, through Wibsey Low Moor, to Hudders- 
‘field, in the West Riding of the County of York, 
was read the third time. 

| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

| Ordered, That Sir George Strickland do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


| Mr. Townley, by Order, reported from the Com- — on 
mittee on the Sutton Inclosure Bill; That they had “°* 
examined 





Hale 
Roat 


Ba 


moe m7 


pp he ed 


o 


~~ mo Mm as 





Haleworthy 
Roads Bill. 


Bade Harbour. 


St, Helen’s 
and Runcorn 
Gap Railway 
Bill. 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 


Railway Bill. 


Twenty-second 





1 VicTrori2Z. 


examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of 
the Committee ; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill 
for repairing and improving the Road leading from 
Haleworthy, in the Parish of Davidstow, m the 
County of Cornwall, to the East End of Wadebridge, 
and from the West End of Wadebridge into and 
through the Borough of Mitchell, in the said County, 
and for making and maintaining certain new Roads 
to communicate therewith, be now read the third 
time ; 

Sir John Hobhouse, by Her Majesty’s command, 
acquainted the House, that Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Lord Eliot do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for leave to present a Petition 
for the Bude Harbour Bill, the Committee recom- 
mend that the Parties be permitted to present a 
Petition for a Bill, pursuant to the prayer of their 
Petition. 

Ordered, That leave be given to present a Petition, 
as desired. 

A Petition of the Bude Harbour and Canal Com- 
pany, for leave to bring in a Bill to extend the Powers 
of an Act passed in the 59th year of the reign of his 
late Majesty King George the Third “ for improv- 
ing the Harbour of Bude, in the County of Cornwall, 
and for making and maintaining a Navigable Canal 
from the said Harbour of Bude, to or near the village 
of Thornbury, in the County of Devon, and divers 
Branches therefrom, all in the said Counties of Corn- 
wall and Devon,” and for enabling the said Company 
to raise a further Sum of Money, was accordingly 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Saint Helen’s and Runcorn Gap Railway 
Bill was read a second time; and committed to Mr. 
Wilson Patten and the Lancaster List. 

Ordered, That all the Members serving for the 
several counties, and for the boroughs therein, 
through which counties the said Railway is intended 
to pass, be Members of the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Edinburgh 
and Glasgow Railway Bill, have leave to sit To- 
morrow, notwithstanding any adjournment of the 
House. 


Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Com- 


Report on Poor mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Act, and who 


Law Amend- 


ment Act, 
No. 262. 


Dean Forest 
Roads Bill, 


Tenby 
Improvement 
and Harbour 
Bill, 


were empowered to report the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them from time to time to the 
House; That they had made further Progress in 
the matters to them referred; and had directed him 
. report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

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


The Dean Forest Roads Bill was read a second 


time ; and committed to Mr. Grantley Berkeley and 
the Gloucester List. 


Sir James Graham reported from the Committee 


on the Tenby Improvement and Harbour Bill ; and 
to whom several 


Vou. 93. 


30° Martie. 





415 


referred ; That they had considered the said Peti- 
tions, and had heard counsel upon one of them; 
and had also heard counsel in favour of the Bill, and 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true ; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Edinburgh (five Petitions) ;— Church of 
Airdrie ;—Saltcoats (Moderator and Clerk of the Scotland. 


First United Secession Congregation) ;—Cumnock ; 
— Earlstowe ;— Beith (Preses and Clerk of the Re- 
hef Church) ;— Dalry ;—Glasgow (three Petitions) ; 
— Paisley (two Petitions);— West Kilpatrick ;— 
Strathaven ;— Dumblane ;— Logie Almond ;—- Kil- 
marnock (three Petitions);—Linlithgow ;—Lauries- 
ton ;—Leith ;-—-Camelon ;— Peebles ;—Saint Ninians 
(Moderator of the Relief Presbytery) ; — North 
Leith ;—Kilconguhar and Colinsburgh ;— Langholm; 
— Lanark; — Tillicoultry ;—Kinross ; — Carnwath ; 
— Kilwinning ;—Coldstream and Berwick (Modera- 
tor and Clerk of the United Associate Presb tery); 
—Comrie ;—- Muchart ;—Linlithgow —-Maybdle i— 
Campbeltown ;— Greenock ; — Hamilton (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Avondale ;— Alloa;—Buinsford and Gra- 
hamston ;— Dundee (Moderator of the Relief Pres- 
bytery); — Milnathort ; — Falkirk ; — Dumfries ;— 
Loanhead ; — Bellshill (Minister of the Relief 
Church) ;— Denny ;— Falkirk (Moderator and Ses- 
sion Clerk of the Relief Church) ;— Wishawtown ;— 
Whithorn;—and, Larkhall and Millheugh; praying 
the House to refuse their sanction to any further 
endowments to the Church of Scotland, — were 
raga and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Petitions from Bangor ;—Saint Columb ;—Ulceby Negro Appren- 
and Saleby ;—Walkeringham ;—Partney and Dal- ticeship. 


by ;—Mablethorpe ;— East and West Keal ;—Toyn- 
ton, All Saints, and Saint Peter’s;—Scremby and 
Ashby; — Hagworthingham;— Candlesby ; — Old 
Bolingbroke ; —- Misterton ; — Alford ; — Kirton in 
Lindsey ;—- Knottingley ;—Foltwell ;— Southampton ; 
—Mundford; — Glasgow (Minister, Preses, and 
Clerk of the United Secession Congregation);— 
Islington ;— Northwold ;—Kenninghall ;— Foulsham ; 
—Twwerton ; — Harrogate; — Tower Hamlets ; — 
Reading ; — Brandon ; — Methwold ; — Hockwold- 
cum- Wilton ;—Alloa (Minister, Elders and Mana- 

ers of the first United Secession Congregation) ;— 

thristchurch (Hants); — Glemsford; — Hackney 
Road ;—Clerkenwell;— Winchmore Hill ;— Hackney 
(two Petitions) ;—LEdenbridge ; — Wilderness Row, 
London ; — Leyton; — Newmilns ; — Tottenham ;— 
Hornsey Road ; — Maybole ;—Kilwinning ;—Stoke 
Newington ;— Deveral ;— Keneggy ;— Hayle Foun- 
dry ;—Roseworthy ;—Goldsithney ;— Wall ; — Ger- 
moe ;—Horse Downs ;— Beith (Minister and Preses 
of the Relief Congregation) ;— Dalry ;—West Brom- 
wich and Tipton ;—Birmingham (four Petitions) ;— 
Rayleigh ;— Hemelhempstead ;— Beccles; — King’s 
Norton;—Wythall Heath ;—Alvechurch ;—Totham ; 
— Oldswinford ;— Loughton;—Chalfont, Saint Pe- 
ter’s; — Winchester ; —Newmarket ( Flint) ; — Hag- 
gate Briercliffe;— Burnley (two Petitions) ;—Man- 
chester ;— Marsden ;— Leigh ;—Mirfield (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Whitchurch (Salop) ;—Stalybridge ;— Col- 
chester ;— Whitchurch (Hereford); — Ryeford Wes- 
ton ;— Wallingford ;— Bradford ;—Oxendon Street, 
Haymarket ;—Thurlaston ;— Hugglescote ;—Sligo ; 
—Trewallard; — Mousehole ; — Newlyn ; — Saint 
Buryan ;—Saint Just ;—Burslem ;— Great Wake- 
ring ;— Rochford; — Shirley Street (Warwick) ;— 
Hythe ;—-Cochermouth (two Petitions);—Lyme Re- 
gis (two Petitions) ;— Newbury ; — Southport ; — 
North Meols (two Petitions) ;—Preston ;—Jnskip ; 
—and Wokingham; praying for the abolition of 











etitions against the said Bill were | 


the system of Negro Apprenticeship, —were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


3G4 A Petition 








| 


Medical 
Profession 
(Ireland. ) 


Vote by Ballot. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Combination 
of Workmen, 


Marine 
Tusurance. 


Highway Rates 
Bill. 


Poor Relief 
(Treland) Bill, 


Metropolis 
Improvements. 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Church 
Property. 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Registration 
of Voters 
(Ireland.) 


416 30° Martii. 


A Petition of the President and Members of the 
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, praying for 
an amendment of the law relating to the Medical 
Profession in Jreland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Burgesses and Inhabitants of Eye, 
raying for the adoption of Vote by Ballot at 
lections of Members to serve in Parliament, was 

— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Thomas Philip Dennett, Nelson 
Smith Morgan and Joseph Lovegrove, Surgeons, 
praying for an alteration of the present system of 
medical arrangements under the orders of the Poor 
Law Commissioners, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Poor Law 
Amendment Act. 


A Petition of Members of the Trades Union of 
Bury, in the county of Lancaster, praying that no 
alteration may be made in the existing laws touch- 
ing the right of working men to combine for the pro- 
tection of the wages of labour, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Combination of Workmen. 


A Petition of Merchants and Ship-owners belong- 
ing to the Port of Scarborough, praying for the re- 
peal of the duties on Policies of Marine Insurance, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Farmers and Occupiers of land in 
Oswestry, praying that the Highway Rates Bill 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of Benjamin Wills, of Camberwell, 
praying that the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill may 
not pass into a law as it now stands, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Inhabitants and Traders of the 
Strand, Drury Lane, Clare Market and the vicinity ; 
—and, Proprietors and Occupiers of houses and 
buildings in the Strand, Holborn and Streets adja- 
cent to the westward of, and in Lincoln’s Inn Fields ; 
praying that a new street may be formed from the 
Strand to Holborn, through Clare Market, the west 
side of Lincoln’s Inn Fields and Gate Street,—were 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Metropolis Improvements. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Mayne, praying the 
House to devise measures for the assistance and en- 
couragement of Schools in Jreland, in which the 
Scriptures are made the foundation of instruction, 
and from which the inculcation of doctrines pecu- 
liar to the Roman Catholic Church is excluded, was 
— and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the borough of Fins- 
bury, praying the House to appoint a Select Com- 
puttee to inquire into the abuses existing in the 
leasing of Ecclesiastical Estates, the fraudulent 
alienation thereof, and the misapplication of large 
pertions for which no duty is performed, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 
Council of the city of Edinburgh, praying that the 
Medical Charities (Jreland) Bill may not pass into 
a law as it now stands, was presented and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Freeholders and Leaseholders of 
the county of Sligo, complaining of the construction 








A. 1838. 


om upon the value of their Ten Pound freeholds 
the Assistant Barrister of that county, whereby 
they have been deprived of their rightto be put upon 
the Register, and praying relief, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Electors of the parishes of Sain Controvertea 
Anne and Saint Andrew, Dublin, praying for an Election Peti. 
alteration in the mode of trying the merits of Peti- "°"* 
tions complaining of undue Elections or Returns of 
Members to serve in Parliament, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Manufacturers and Manufacturers’ Masters and 
Agents in Kilmarnock, praying for an alteration of Paes 
the law relative to the settling of disputes between Set#n4.) 
Masters and Workmen in Scotland, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Post Masters and Stage Couch Post Horse, 
Proprietors of the county of Ayr, praying for the &amp;*» Duties. 
repeal of the Duties on Post Horses, Stage Coaches 
and Post Carriages employed in conveying goods 
or passengers for hire, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors, Merchants, Bankers, small Debts 
Lawyers, Electors, and other Inhabitants of Beith, (Scotland) Bill, 
praying that the Small Debts (Scot/and) Bill, may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Burgh and Parochial Schoolmasters Window Tax. 
of the Presbytery of Stirling, praying for the re- 
peal of the Window Tax, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Hol- Sale of Beer 
beach Union, in the county of Lincoln, praying for Act- 
the repeal of the Sale of Beer Act, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Carnwath, praying Com Lavs. 
for the repeal of the Corn Laws, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table- 


A Petition of the Merchants’ House of Glasgow, Sale of Spirits 
praying the House to pass an Act to prevent Re- (Scotland) 
tailers of Spirits in Scotland from carrymg on their 
business on the Lord’s Day, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kintore ;—and, Brompton ; praying Postage. 
for the establishment of a low uniform rate of Post- 
age on Letters,—were presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Postage. 


A Petition of Inhabitants and others trading Local Courts. 
within the Hundred of Rothwell, in the county of 
Northampton, praying the House to pass an Act 
for the Establishment of Local Courts, for the more 
easy recovery of small debts, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers of the cities Inn-keepers. 
of London and Westminster, and county of Middle- 
sex, praying for anamendment of the laws relating 
to Innkeepers, and for the gradual abolition of beer- 
houses, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Stewarton, praying Household 
the House to extend the Elective Franchise for S*#s°- 
Members to serve in Parliament to every male 
householder, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon Poor Prisoners 
Friday last, That there be laid before this House, 


Returns, from the Treasurer of every County in 
England 


Ss wd 





Poor Prisoners. 


Poor Prisoners. 


Royal Assent 
to Bills, 


Dissenters’ De- 
claration Bill. 


Custod y of 
Insane Persons 
Bill. 


Paington 
Harbour Bill. 


Milton-next- 
Sittingborne 
Iwprovement 
Bill, 


Warminster 
and Frome 
Roads Bill. 





1 VicTorRiz. 


England and Wales, of the Sums of Money by 
them transmitted out of the County Rates, un- 
der the provisions of the Act 53 Geo. 3, c. 113, 
intituled, “‘ An Act for providing relief for the Poor 
Prisoners confined in the King’s Bench, Fleet 
and Marshalsea Prisons,” to the Treasurer for the 
County of Surrey, and to the Treasurer or Cham- 
berlain for the City of London, for the last two 
years :—And, from the Justices of the Peace for 
the County of Surrey, and from the Justices of the 
Peace for the City of London, of the Disbursement 
of the Sums of Money by them received under the 
provisions of the Act 53 Geo. 3, c. 113, for the relief 
of the Poor Prisoners in the King’s Bench, Fleet 
and Marshalsea Prisons, for the last two years, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that she will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return from the Treasurer of every County in 
England and Wales, of the Sums of Money by them 
transmitted out of the County Rates, under the pro- 
visions of the Act 53 Geo. 3, c. 113, intituled, “ An 
Act for Providing Relief for the Poor Prisoners con- 
fined in the King’s Bench, Fleet and Marshalsea 
Prisons,” to the Treasurer for the County of Surrey, 
and to the Treasurer or Chamberlain for the City of 
London, for the last two years. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns, from the Justices of the Peace for the 
County of Surrey, and from the Justices of the 
Peace for the City of London, of the Disbursement 
of the Sums of Money by them received, under the 
provisions of the Act 53 Geo. 3, c. 113, for the Relief 
of the Poor Prisoners in the King’s Bench, Fleet 
and Marshalsea Prisons, for the last two years. 


A Message by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman 

Usher of the Black Rod : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to the 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 
in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers, where a Commission 
under the Great Seal was read ; giving, declaring and 
notifying the Royal Assent to the several Public and 
one Private Bill therein mentioned ; and that the 
Lords, thereby authorized, had declared the Royal 
Assent to the said Bills: Which Bills are as follow : 

An Act for the further Relief of Quakers, Mora- 
vians and Separatists. 

An Act to repeal so much of an Act of the thirty- 
ninth and fortieth years of King George the Third, 
as authorizes Magistrates to commit to Gaols or 
Houses of Correction, Persons who are apprehended 
under circumstances that denote a Derangement of 
Mind, and a Purpose of committing a Crime; and 
to make other Provisions for the safe Custody of 
such Persons. 

An Act for making and maintaining a Harbour, 
and other Works, at Paington, in the County of 
Devon. 

An Act for better paving, cleansing, lighting, 
watching, and otherwise improving the Town of 
Milton-next-Sittingborne, in the County of Kent. 

_An Act to alter and enlarge some of the Provi- 
sions of an Act, passed in the third year of the reign 
of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, for 
better repairing the Roads from Warminster and 


from Frome to the Bath Road, and other Roads 
therein mentioned. ° 


Vo. 93. 


30° Maritiz. 





417 


An Act for dividing, allotting and inclosing a cer- Ogley Hay | 
tain Tract of uninclosed Common or Waste Land Melosure Bilt. 
called Ogley Hay, in the County of Stafford. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to First Report 
inquire how far Pensions granted in virtue of the Act Pensions. 
1 Will. 4, c. 24., and charged on the Civil List; and No. 263. 
in virtue of the Act 2 and 3 Will. 4, c. 116, and 
charged on the Consolidated Fund, ought to be con- 
tinued, having due regard to the just claims of the 
Parties, and to economy in the Public Expenditure, 
have Power to report their Observations thereupon 
from time to time to the House. 

Mr. Ayshford Sanford reported from the said 
Select Committee, That they had made Progress in 
the matters to them referred; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Poor Relief 

Copies of a Plan for lessening Pauperism, —e (lschend.) 
William Trench, Caugort Park, Roscommon, July No. 270. 
1826:—A Plan for the Relief of the Helpless Poor 
of Ireland, signed William Trench, Caugort Park, 
Roscrea, December 1832 :—A Plan for the Relief 
and lessening of Pauperism in Ireland, signed Wil- 
liam Trench, Caugort Park, Roscrea, February 1834 : 
—Quarterly Account of the Kilmore and Dolla 
Poor’s Fund, December 1832:—Account of the 
Poor’s Fund of the Parish of Clagh-jordan, for the 
second quarter of the thirteenth year of the Institu- 
tion; viz. July, August, and September 1835 :— 
Account of the Poor’s Fund of the Parish of Kinnety, 
Letta, and Roscomroe, for the second half of the 
second year of the Institution; viz. from 1st Sep- 
tember 1837 to 1st March 1838 :—Fourth Report of 
the Akasoragh Charitable Loan Society, dated 31st 
December 1837 :— And, an Extract of a Letter from 
William Trench, Esquire, of Caugort Park, Ros- 
crea, to Sir Frederick Trench. 

Lord Viscount Morpeth accordingly presented the 
said Papers. 

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


A Petition of Directors and Acting Guardians of Rating of __ 
the Poor of the twenty-three incorporated parishes Tenements Bift 
within the hundred of Forehoe, in the county of 
Norfolk, praying that the Rating of Tenements Bill 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Rating of 
Tenements. 


A Petition of Members and Adherents of the Schools 
United Secession Pry rm, Abbey Close, Pais- (Scotlund) Bill 
ley, praying that the Schools (Scotland) Bill ma 
not pass into a law as it now stands, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Lawrence Wright, of Mottram Saint Turton and 
Andrew, and of Upper Cadogan Place, Chelsea, Rntwisle 
Esquire, praying, that he may be heard, by himself, ““*""°" ©" 
his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the 
Turton and Entwisle Reservoir Bill, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Peti- 
tion, if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of 
the Bill, against the said Petition. . 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Controverted 
further consideration the Report on the Controverted Elections Bill. 
Elections Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the Day being read, for 
mittee on the Glass Duties Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee : 
3H 


the Com- Glass Duties 
Bill. 


The 








418 30°—31° Martit.—2° Aprilis. 


Schools The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Scotland) Bill. reading of the Schools (Scotland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Poor Law The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Loans Bill. mittee on the Poor Law Loans Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Clergy Resi: | The Order of the day being read, for the second 
dences Bill. — reading of the Clergy Residences Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Bishoprick of | The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Sodorand Mann reading of the ——_ of Sodor and Mann Bill; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 
Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means, mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee, 


Message from | A Message from the Lords by Mr. Wingfield and 
the Lords. Mr. Senior: 
Mr. Speaker : 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment, viz. 

Indemnity Bill, A Bill, intituled an Act to indemnify such Persons 
in the United Kingdom as have omitted to qualify 
themselves for Offices and Employments, and for 
extending the Time limited for those pares re- 
spectively, until the Twenty-fifth day of March one 
thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine ; and for the 
Relief of Clerks to Attornies and Solicitors in cer- 
tain cases. 


Exmouth A Bill, intituled an Act for regulating the Market 

Market Bill. in the Town of Exmouth, in the County of Devon: 
And also, 

Albano’s The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled an Act for 

Nat. Bill. Naturalizing Benedetto Albano, to which the Lords 


desire the concurrence of this House :—And then the 
Messengers withdrew. 


NegroAppren- The Order of the day being read for resuming the 

— adjourned Debate upon the Amendment which was 
yesterday proposed to be made to the Question, 
“‘ That this House is of opinion that the Apprentice- 
“ship in the British Colonies, established by the 
“ Act 3 and 4 Will. 4,c. 73, shall determine on the 
“ist day of August 1838 :” 

And which Amendment was to leave out from 
the word “ That” to the end of the Question, in 
order to add the words “ the Order of the Day for 
“‘ the Second Reading of the Slavery Abolition Act 
“* Amendment Bill be now read,” —instead thereof: 

And the Question being proposed, that the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—The House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 


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


Sabbati 31° die Martii, 1838. 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the ¢ Sir George Strickland, 


Yeas, \ Mr. Pease: “th 
Tellers for the { Mr. Edward John Stanley, 
Noes, \ Mr. Robert Steuart : ame. 


So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words “ the 





A. 1838. 


“ Order of the day for the second reading of the 
“ Slavery Abolition Act Amendment Bill be now 
“ read,” be added instead thereof :—It was resolved 
in the Affirmative ; 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put, 

Ordered, That the Order of the day for the second 
reading of the Slavery Abolition Act Amendment 
Bill be now read ; and the same being read:—The 
Bill was read a second time, and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House for Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Haileybury 
into a Committee upon the Haileybury College Bill ; College Bill, 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. John Parker reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. Go 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of the Adjournment, 
House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


The Order for reading a second time upon Wed- galmon 
nesday next, the Salmon Fisheries (Jreland) Bill ; ee f 
was read and discharged. cae daa 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 25th day of April next. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Mon- Bonded Corn 
day the 7th day of May next, the Bonded Corn Bill ; ®"" 
was read and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 9th day of May next. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Holyhead Holyhead 
Harbour, which was presented upon Tuesday last, Harbour. E 
be printed. No. 264. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the Post Post Ofiice. 
Office, which was presented upon Wednesday last, No. 265. 
be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the Clergy Clergy 
(Ireland), which was presented upon Wednesday (!reland.) 
last, be printed. No. 266. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Registry Registry Acts. 
Acts, which was presented upon Wednesday last, Ny, 267. 
be printed. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Carnatic Carnatic 
and Yangore Commissioners, which were presented and Tanjore 


| upon the 21st day of this instant March, and upon Commissioners. 


Wednesday last, be printed. No, 258. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to Sheriffs sherits 
(Ireland), which were presented upon the 23rd day (Ireland.) 
of February ‘last, and upon Wednesday last, be No. 268. 
printed. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Grand Grand 
Caymanas, which was presented yesterday, be ©*ym™™* 

i y No. 269 
printed. com 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after one of the clock on 
Saturday morning, adjourned till Monday 
next. 





———————————— _ a a ne enn 


Lune, 2° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Blackstone, from the Select Committee ap- Shaftesbury 
pointed to try and determine the merits of the "lection. 
Petition of George Benvenuto Mathew, of the Lyth, 

in the county of Salop, Esquire, a Captain in the 

Army, William Swayne, of Shaftesbury, in the county 

of Dorset, Bookseller, and of Edmund Godwin, of 

the same place, Innkeeper, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Shaftesbury, 
informed the House, lies 

a 











Government 
Architects. 


Post Office. 


Liverpool Port. 


1 Victroriz: 


That the Committee met this morning, pursuant 
to their adjournment of Saturday, when they received 
a letter informing the Committee that Lord Henniher, 
(one of the Members of the said Committee) was, in 
consequence of illness, prevented from attending ; 
and that the said Committee then adjourned till To- 
morrow at twelve o'clock. 

And the House being informed that Mr. Higham, 
a medical man, attended at the door, who could give 
the House information respecting the state of Lord 
Henniker’s health, he was called in, and at the bar 
examined upon oath in relation thereto:—And then 
he was directed to withdraw. 

Ordered, That Lord Henniker be excused for not 
attending the Committee this day, and have leave to 
absent himself from any further attendance on the 
Committee. 


Mr. Crafer,from the Treasury, was called in; and 
at the bar presented, pursuant to an Address to Her 
Majesty,—A Return of the Names and Dates of the 
appointments of the several Architects now employed 
by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, or by 
any other Department of the Government, to prepare 
plans, and to superintend the Erection or Repairs of 
Public Buildings; stating the Amount of Salary, if 
any, which each receives for that duty, and the rate 
per cent. allowed on the expenditure as commission 
for said duties; stating also, the regulations under 
which the Public Works are conducted by the Go- 
vernment Architects in England :-—Also, a Return of 
the Amount paid to each Government Architect for 
Salary, for Plans, and for superintending the Works, 
and stating the Rate per cent. allowed, and the 
Amount of the Gross Expenditure for each Work, 
in each year since 1820, in England:—And, Similiar 
Returns for Scotland and for Ireland. 

Mr. Crafer also presented,— Returns, to an Order 
dated the 21st day of December last, for Returns in 
detail, of the Number of Cases which have occurred 
from 5th January 1829 to 5th January 1837, in each 
year, of Letters, franked or unfranked, addressed to 
persons in London, Dublin or Edinburgh, or which 
have been applied for through the General Post Offices 
of those Cities, containing Money, Bills, Bank Notes, 
or other property, which have been secreted or pur- 
loined by any person in the employment of the Post 
Office Department, or been demanded therefrom by 
private parties as undelivered; with the Amount 
thereof in each case in each year respectively:— Of 
the Names and Situations of all Persons dismissed 
or removed from the Post Office Department as 
above, under the allegation of having purloined or 
secreted letters, franked or unfranked, or been con- 
cerned therein, containing Money, Bills, Bank Notes 
or other property, belonging to private parties, with 
the Amount in each instance; also, a Return, as 
above, of all Persons who have actually defrauded 
the Revenue Department of the Post Office, and 
been dismissed therefor; stating, in either case, if 
the first offence was visited with removal or dismissal, 
or if repeated previous thereto; and also, the nature 
of the security taken by the Post Office regarding 
the abstracting or purloining Monies or other pro- 
perty by those employed therein; stating if the 
parties becoming sureties are bound to make good 
and restore private property, when abstracted or pur- 
loined by the Servants of the Public in that Depart- 
ment, or only for their fraudulent acts against the 
Revenue :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Wainewright, from the Trustees of the Liver- 
pool Docks, was called in ; and at the bar presented, 
pursuant to the directions of an Act of Parliament, 
—An Account of the Receipt and Disbursement of 
Dock and Light Duties at the Port of Liverpool, 
from the 25th June 1836 to the 24th June 1837:— 
And then he withdrew. 

Vo. 93. 


9° Aprilis. 





419 


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


Ordered, That the Committee on the Edinburgh Edinburgh 
and Glasgow Railway Bill, have leave to sit this day ™4 Glasgow 
till six of the clock, during the sitting of the House. Railway Bill. 


The Oldham Gas and Waterworks Bill was read Oldham Gas 
a second time; and committed to Mr. John Fielden eee 
and the Lancaster List. bag: &gt; 


Petitions from Ministers of Saint Mary and Saint Notting Hill 
John, Paddington, and of Bayswater Chapel, and Footway Bill. 
Occupiers of houses on or near the line of Road 
between Oxford Street and Notting Hill;—Inhabi- 
tants of the Metropolis and its vicinity;—and Inha- 
bitants of Kensington and Notting Hill; praying 
that the Wotting Hill Footway Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Boroughreeve, Constables, Manchester, 
Churchwarden, Overseers of the Poor and Sur- a — 
veyors of the Highways of the township of Salford, nt Mabon 
in the county palatine of Zancaster, praying that Bill. 
the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal, and Rail- 
way Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill. 

Petitions of the es honourable George Augus- 
tus Frederick Henry Earl of Bradford ;—the Right 
Honourable Thomas Earl of Wilton;—and, Ed- 
ward Frere, of Turton, in the parish of Bolton, 
and county palatine of Lancaster, and of Bilton, in 
the county of Gloucester, Esquire; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the said Bill,—were 
also presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit ; 
and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the 
said Petitions. 


Mr. Phillpotts reported from the Committee-on Necropolis 
the Necropolis Cemetery Bill; and to whom several Cemetery Bill. 
Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; That 
they had considered the said Petitions, and had 
heard counsel in support of two of them; and had 
also heard counsel in favour of the Bill; and that the 
Committee had examined the allegations contained 
in the Preamble of the Bill, but that the same had 
not been proved to their satisfaction. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


An ingrossed Bill for inclosmg Lands in the Pa- Quedgley 
rish of Quedgley, in the County of Gloucester, was Inclosure Bill. 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Phillpotts do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Committee cookiam 
on the Cookham Bridge Bill ; and to whom a Petition Bridge Bill. 


|against the said Bill was referred; That they had 


considered the said Petition ; and had examined the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Twyford and Theale Road Bill was read a Twyford and 
second time ; and committed to Mr. Robert Palmer Theale Road 
and the Berks List. Bill. 


Mr. Townley Parker reported from the Committee Ribble 
on the Ribble Navigation Bill; and to whom a Pe- Navigation 
tition against the said Bill was referred ; That the 
Resolution of the House, of the 19th day of February 

3H 2 last, 





eon ca dria 


95 ser mennnee 





Belfast 
Waterworks 
‘No, 1.) Bill. 


Sutton 
Inclosure Bill. 


Teuby 
improvement 
and Harbour 
Bill. 


Notting Hill 
Footway Bill, 


420 


last, had been complied with; and that the Committee 
had heard counsel in support of the said Petition ; 
and had also heard counsel in favour of the Bill; and 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true ; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Adam John Macrory, of Belfast, 
Solicitor for the President and Assistants of the 
Belfast Charitable Society, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That by an Order of the House made 
on the 27th day of March last, the time for pre- 
senting the Belfast Waterworks (No. 1.) Bill was 
enlarged until the 4th day of April inclusive ; that 
the said Bill is now ready for presentation, but in 
consequence of certain negociations which are pend- 
ing, the Petitioner has agreed to defer its — 
tion upon obtaining the sanction of the House for 
so doing; and praying the House to enlarge the 
time for presenting the said Bill until Tuesday the 
10th day of this instant April. 

Ordered, That the time for presenting the said 
Bill be further enlarged till Tuesday the 10th day 
of this instant April. 


An ingrossed Bill for mclosing Lands in the Pa- 
rish of Sutton, in the Isle of Ely and County of 
Cambridge, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Yorke do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- 
sideration the Report which upon Friday last was 
made from the Committee on the Tenby Improve- 
ment and Harbour Bill; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


An ingrossed Bill to divert or alter a certain Foot- 
way across the Notting Hill Farm, in the Parish of 
Kensington, in the County of Middlesex, was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause was offered to be added to 
the Bill, by way of Rider. (Certain Magistrates to 
be admitted to the Hippodrome at all times free of 
charge.) And the said Clause was brought up, and 
twice read with blanks; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House:—The House, accord- 
ingly resolved itself into the Committee ; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair. 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Bill, by way of Rider. (Commissioners of 
Police may send at all times policemen to the Hip- 
podrome, the expense whereof to be wee by its 
proprietor.) And the said Clause was brought up, 
and twice read with a blank; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House :—The House ac- 
cordingly resolved itself into the Committee; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Robert Steuart reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Clause, and 
made an Amendment thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Robert Steuart accordingly reported the 
Clause ; and the Amendment was read, and agreed 
to; and the said Clause was read the third time, 
and agreed to, to be made part of the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Bill, by way of Rider. (No wine, spirituous 
liquors or beer to be sold within the Hippodrome.) 
And the said Clause was brought up, and twice read 
with blanks; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House :—The House accordingly resolved 
itself into the Committee; and, after some time 


2 Aprilts. 








A. 1838. 


ge therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
r. Robert Steuart reported, That the Committee 
had gone through the Clause, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. Glasgow 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. Waterwo 

Mr. Robert Steuart accordingly reported the Rill. 
Clause ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to; and the said Clause was read the third time, and 
agreed to,to be made part of the Bill, by way of Rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added og 
to the Bill, by way of Rider ; (Prohibiting all gam- 4 
ing booths, stalls or tables.) And the said Clause 
was brought up, and twice read with blanks; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House :— 
The House accordingly resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Robert Steuart 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Clause, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Robert Stewart accordingly reported the 
Clause ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to; and the said Clause was read the third time, and 
agreed to, to be made part of the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Bill do pass ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the s Lord George Lennoz, 162 

Yeas, Mr. Wakley : : 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Hail, . 

Noes, Mr. Wood, of Middlesex : } = 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Lord George Lennor do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Controv 
Electior 


Ordered, That the Petition of Thomas Joseph Turton ana 
Trafford, Esquire, which was presented upon the Entwisle 
20th day of March last, be referred to the Committee Reservoir Bill 
on the Turton and Entwisle Reservoir Bill; and 
the Petitioner heard by himself, his counsel or agent, 
upon his Petition, if he think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of David Bellhouse, of Manchester, Saint Helen’s 
and of Widnes, both in the county of Lancaster, «nd —— 
Esquire, praying that he may be heard, by his GP Ry 
counsel or agent, against certain parts of the Saint 
Helen's and Runcorn Gap Railway Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, b 
his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he think 
fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against 
the said Petition. 


Mr. George Wilbraham reported from the Com- Birkenhead 
mittee on the Birkenhead Improvement Bill; That Improvement 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and ®" 
found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Albano’s Naturalization Bill was read the first Albano’s 
time, and ordered to be read a second time. Nat. Bill. 


A Petition of John Cartwright and others, being Turton and 
Occupiers of Mills and Works upon Bradshaw Entwisle Ba 
9 in the county of Lancaster, praying that “S*"" ™™" 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Turton and En- 
twisle Reservoir Bill, was presented, and read. Pox 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the (Ir 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 

Petition, 








Glasgow 
Waterworks 
Sill. 


Great Central 
Irish Railway 
Bill. 


Controverted 
Elections Bill. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill, 





Vicroriz. 


Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Thomas Neilson, Convener of the 
Trades House of Glasgow, praying that the Glas- 
ow Waterworks Bill may not pass into a law as 
it now stands, was presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Committee on the Bill. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for theGreat Central Jrish Railway 
Bill, which upon the 24th day of March last was 
made from the Select Committee on Standing Or- 
ders relative to Private Bills, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for making and maintaining a Railway, from Cel- 
bridge, in the county of Kildare, to Mullingar, in the 
county of Westmeath, to be called The Great Cen- 
tral Jrish Railway: And that Mr. Lefroy and Mr. 
Morgan O’ Connell do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Order of the day for taking into fur- 
ther consideration the Report on the Controverted 
Elections Bill, be now read ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question by leaving out from the words “ That the” 
“ to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
“ words “Controverted Elections Bill be re-com- 
“ mitted to a Select Committee, with an Instruction 
“‘ to the Committee to inquire into the operation of 
“ the Laws regulating the Trial of Controverted 
“ Elections, and to Report such alterations and 
“ amendments as may be best calculated to correct 
“ existing evils,” imstead thereof : 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question ; 


wn 


And the House having continued to sit till after 

twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 
Martis 8° die Aprilis,1838: 

The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Order of the day for taking 
into further consideration the Report on the said 
Bill, be now read ; and the same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be re-committed ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by adding at the end thereof the words, 
“ to a Select Committee, with an Instruction to the 
“ Committee to inquire into the operation of the 
Laws regulating the Trial of Controverted Elec- 
tions, and to report such alterations and amend- 
ments as may be best calculated to correct exist- 
ing evils :” 

And the Question being put, That those words be 
there added ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, - —— 57. 
Tellers forthe Noes, Mr. Baring, 80. 


Mr. Charles Buller : 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the Bill be re- 
committed to a Committee of the whole House :—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 


11th day of May next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 


further consideration the Report on the Poor Relief 
(Zreland) Bill ; 


VoL. 93. F 


9°__3° Aprilis. 





491 


Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. “ 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Registration of 
reading of the Registration of Electors Bill ; Electors Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Court of 
further consideration the Report on the Court of ne ae 
Session, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill ; vipat 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Sheriff Courts 
further consideration the Report on the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill. 
(Scotland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Courts of Jus- 
~— od the Courts of Justice Buildings (Scot- (Scotlend) Bill 
and) Bull; 2 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 2d day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Custody of 
mittee on the Custody of Insane Persons (Zreland) sane Persons 
Bill : (Creland) Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being 
mittee on the Glass Duties Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 30th day of this instant April, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


read, for the Com- Glass Duties 
Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Schools 
reading of the Schools (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself poor Law 
into a Committee upon the Poor Law Loans Bill ; Loans Bill. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- No.271. 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Robert Gordon reported, 

That the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Robert Gordon reported the Bill accordingly ; 
and the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, tu be printed. 


The Clergy Residences Bill was, according to Clergy Resi- 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a dences Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Bishoprick of Sodor and Mann Bill was, Bishoprick 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- of Sodor and 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Fri- oe 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Slavery 
mittee on the Slavery Abolition Act Amendment Abvlition Act 
Bill ; — 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


3H 3 Mr. 





Haileybury 
College Bill. 


Union 
Workhouses. 


Kerry Roads, 


Post Office 
Packets. 


Punishments 


(Army.) 


Punishments 
(Royal Artil- 
lery.) 


422 9°—3° Aprils. A. 1838. 


Mr. Robert Gordon reported the Haileybury 
College Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed; and read the third time this day. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Union Workhouses erected 
in England and Wales during the years 1835, 1836 
and 1837; specifying the Cost at which they were 
severally erected, the Salaries allowed to the Go- 
vernors, Matrons and Medical Attendants on the 
Poor of each of the said Unions, and the Number 
of Paupers maintained within each during the years 
1836 and 1837. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Correspondence with the Board of 
Works in Jreland, in relation to Roads in the Ba- 
rony of Irraghticonnor and County of Kerry; also, 
Copies of Memorials in relation to such Roads, and 
an Account of the Monies advanced for their forma- 
tion by the Board of Works, by the County, or by 
private Persons. 


The House was moved, That the Order made 
upon the 8th day of December last, That there be 
laid before this House, Accounts, showing the Num- 
ber of Post Office Steam Packets on the Liverpool 
and Kingstown, Holyhead and Kingstown, Milford 
and Waterford, and Port Patrick and Donaghadee 
Stations; the Expense incurred in the Building and 
Outfits and Repairs of the Vessels, and Expense of 
the Establishment, the Total Disbursements, and for 
Receipts for Passages, &amp;c., and the Totals of such 
Charge (in continuation of the Accounts in the Re- 

orts of the Commissioners of Revenue Inquiry, and 
in the Report from the Select Committee on the Post 
Communication with Ireland :)—Of the Number of 
occasions, during the years 1832-1837 inclusive, 
on which the Mails have not been put on board the 
Liverpool Packets by Five o’clock P.M.; stating 
the distance from the Pier Head, Liverpool, to where 
the Mail was put on board on each occasion ; and 
also, stating the cause of the delay, and the time 
occupied in transferring Passengers, and getting under 
weigh :—and, of the Number of Hours occupied in 
each Voyage from Liverpool to Kingstown by the 
Admiralty Post Office Packets in the several years 
between the ist January 1834, and the ist January 
1838, or December 1837, including the time oc- 
cupied on each occasion in transmitting the Mail 
from the Post Office, in putting the Mail on board 
by the Tender Packet, in transferring Passengers, 
and getting under weigh, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That a Return to the said Order be laid 
before this House forthwith. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Abstract of the Number of Soldiers belonging to 
Regiments and Depdéts of Regiments in Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland, who, since the 1st of January 
1831, have suffered imprisonment; showing the 
nature of the Offences, in Classes, for which such 
Punishment has been awarded, and the Number in 
each Class; also, the longest and shortest period 
of Confinement awarded as Punishment, and the 
average period for each Class of Offences in each 

ear. 
: Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Abstract of the Number of Soldiers belonging to 
the Royal Artillery in Great Britain and Ireland, 
who, since Ist eae” | 1831, have suffered Im- 
prisonment ; showing the nature of the Offences, 
in Classes, for which such Punishment has been 
awarded, and the Number in each Class; also, the 
—— and shortest period of Confinement awarded 
as Punishment, and the average periods for each 
Class of Offences in each year :—And, a Return of 
the Number of Soldiers in the Royal Artillery who 








have been corporally F sopra or imprisoned by 
Sentences of Courts Martial in each of the years 
1831 to 1837, both inclusive ; showing how often 
such Punishments have been inflicted on the same 
Individuals. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Punishmenis 
an Abstract of thc Number of Men belonging to the (Royal 
Royal Marines, who, since 1st January 1831, have Marines.) 
nee Se imprisonment ; showing the nature of the 
Offences, in Classes, for which such Punishment 
has been awarded, and the Number in each Class ; 
also, the longest and the shortest period of Con- 
finement awarded as Punishment, and the average 
period for each Class of Offences. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Sherif; 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Renfrewshire,) 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return to amend the Returns from the Sheriffs 
of Renfrewshire (which Returns do not exhibit the 
average period Causes have depended), so as to 
show, in columns, the Number of Causes in 1834, 
1835 and 1836, which have been at avizandum 
before the Sheriff, and also before each of the Sheriff 
Substitutes, and the Date of each being sent to 
avizandum ; also, the Date of commencement, and 
period of dependence of each Cause, up to the Date 
of the Return now moved for. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a East India, 
Copy ofthe Minutes of the Supreme Government of 
India, on the subject of the Act 11 of 1836 ; together 
with such portions of the Minutes of the Law Com- 
missioners, recorded in October and November 1835, 
as relate to the grant of Jurisdiction over Europeans 
to the Courts of the Sudder Ameens. 

Mr. Robert Gordon accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Richmond 
Return of the Number of Patients in the Richmond a 
Lunatic Asylum, Dublin; specifying the Districts O""™ 
from which they have been sent, and the Dates of 
their Admission. 


A Petition of John Orde Hall, of Brunswick Row, ar ware 
Queen Square, Bloomsbury, in the county of Mid- !"°s*™ 
dlesex, praying that he may be heard, by himself, 
his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the 
Chesterton Inclosure Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Mr. Baring presented, by Her Majesty’s com- Pensions. 
mand,—An Estimate of the Sum that will be re- No. 272. 
quired to enable Her Majesty to direct the payment 
for the quarter ending the 5th day of April 1838, of 
those Pensions which, at the demise of the Crown, 
were charged upon the Civil List of his late Majesty, 
or upon the Consolidated Fund, pursuant to the 
Act 2 and 3 Will. 4, c. 116. 

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


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Se- Public 
lect Committee on Public Petitions; That they had Petitions. 
examined the Petitions presented on the 28th and 
29th days of March last; and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House. a 

r. 














1 Vicroriz. Q?_.G? 


Mr. George William Wood also reported from the 
said Select Committee ; That they had directed the 
Petitions presented this Session relative to the Mu- 
nicipal Boundaries Bill to be printed as a separate 
Report, and according to the Classification therein 
mentioned. 

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


Durham and Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s 
Warwick Juries» eommand,—A Copy of Papers presented by the 
Grand Juries of the Counties of Durham and War- 
wick to the Judges of Assize for those Counties on 
the late Circuits. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before one of the 
clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 








Martis, 3° die Aprilis. 
Anno 1 Victoria Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


fe... hour appointed for taking into considera- 
a me tion the Petition of Alfred May, of the Borough 
wr imenct Of Maldon, in the county of Essex, Auctioneer, and 
County Elec- Henry Harridance, of the same place, Corn-mer- 
tions. chant, both respectively Electors, and Persons having 
and claiming to have had a right to vote, and who did 
vote, at the last Election of Members to serve in 
Parliament for the Borough of Maldon, in the county 
of Essex, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the said borough, being come ; 

Mr. Speaker took the Chair. 

The Serjeant at Arms was sent with the Mace, to 
the places adjacent, to require the attendance of the 
Members on the business of the House ; and being 
returned ; 

The House was counted by Mr. Speaker, and Two 
hundred and forty-four Members being present ; 

And the Petition of thethere-undersigned Electors 
of the town and county of the town of Carrickfer- 
gus, as well on behalf of themselves as of several 
other Electors of the said town and county of the 
town, who claimed to vote, and were entitled to vote, 
and did vote, at the last Election in and for the said 
town and county of the town of Carrickfergus ; and 
also, the Petition of the there-undersigned Electors 
of the town and county of the town of Carrickfergus, 
as well on behalf of themselves as of several other 
Electors of the said town and county of the town, 
who claimed to vote, and were entitled to vote, and 
did vote, at the last Election, in and for the said 
town and county of the town of Carrickfergus, seve 
rally complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the Borough of Carrickfergus, being also ordered 
to be taken into consideration upon this day; 

And the Petition of the honourable George Eyre 
Massy, of the city of Limerick, Robert George Maun- 
sell, of the said city of Limerick, Esquire, James 
Peacocke, of thesaid city of Limerick, Esquire, George 
Tuthill, of Faha, in the county of Limerick, Esquire, 
and Andrew Evans, of Ulla Hills, in the said county 
of Limerick, Esquire, Freeholders and Electors of 
and for the said County of Limerick, and who had 
or claimed to have had a right to vote at the last 
Election for Members to serve in Parliament for that 
county, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for the said county, being also ordered to be 
taken into consideration upon this day ; 

And Patrick Boyle and John Humphreys, having 
by an Order of the House of the 18th day of De- 
cember last, been admitted Parties with the Sitting 
Members, to defend the said Return ; 

The several Parties, counsel and agents, were 
directed to be called in. 

Von, 93. 


Maldon Bo- 
rough, Carrick- 


Aprilis. 


And the door being locked ; 

The Order of the day, for taking into considera- Maldon 
tion the said Petition complaining of an undue Elec- Election. 
tion and Return for the Borough of Maldon, was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn, and 
read, in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was 
completed :—And Lists of the said names were de- 
livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 
mittee on the Maldon Election; and then the door 
was opened, and the Parties, their counsel and agents. 
withdrew. 

And no Parties, counsel or agents, appearing OM Carrickfergus 
behalf of the Petitions complaining of an undue Election. 
Election and Return for the Borough of Carrick- 
fergus:—The Orders for considering the said Peti- 
tions were severally read and discharged. 

And no Parties, counsel or agents appearing ON J imerick 
behalf of the Petition, complaining of an undue County 
Election and Return for the County of Limerick :— Election. 
The Order for considering the said Petition was read 
and discharged. 


4,23 


The Rocester Bridge Bill was read a second time ; Rocester 
and committed to Mr. Edward Buller and the Staf- Bridge Bill. 
ford List. 


Petitions from Owners or Occupiers of Property Wadsley, 
and others, on the Wadsley and Langset Road ;— Langset, and 
Merchants and others, of Holmfirth ;—Corporation — ae 
of Cutlers of Hallamshire ;—and, Millowners, Ma- ~ 
nufacturers and others, of Stannington, and other 
places ; praying that the Wadsley, Langset and Shef- 
field Road Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Wadsley, Langset and Sheffield Road Bill 
was read a second time ; and committed to Mr. John 
Parker and the York List. 


The Bristol and Exeter Railwa 
second time ; and committed to 
ford and the Somerset List. 

Ordered, That all the Members serving for the 
several counties, and for the boroughs therein, 
through which counties the said Railway is intended 
to pass, be Members of the said Committee. 


Wadsley, 
Langset, and 
Sheffield Road 
Bill. 


Bill was read a Bristol and 
r. Ayshford San- Boor Railway 
, ul. 


A Petition of James Malley, of Ballina, Solicitor, Moy Naviga- 
praying that the Moy Navigation Bill may be al-“™ 
lowed to proceed, notwithstanding the decision of 
the Select Committee on Standing Orders, was _pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Blackstone, from the Select Committee ap- Shaftesbury 
pointed to try and determine the merits of the Peti- Election. 
tion of George Benvenuto Mathew, of the Lyth, in 
the county of Salop, Esquire, a Captain in the Army, 
William Swayne, of Shaftesbury, in the county of 
Dorset, Bookseller, and of Edmund Godwin, of the 
same place, Inn-keeper, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the borough of Shaftesbury, 
informed the House, That the said Committee had 
determined, 

That John Sayer Poulter, Esquire, is not duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment, for the Borough of Shaftesbury : 

That George Benvenuto Mathew, Esquire, is duly 
elected, and ought to have been returned a Burgess 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
borough : 

That the Petition of George Benvenuto Mathew, 
Esquire, and others, did not appear to the said Com- 
mittee to be frivolous or vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not 
appear to the said Committee to be frivolous or 
vexatious: 

That the Committee have altered the Poll taken 
at the said Election, by striking off Robert Warren, 
Thomas Blandford, James Brockway, William Hardy, 
Nathaniel Robbins, Charles Meatyard, John Tucker, 
John Hunt, William Hiscock, Joseph Meatyard, 





3H 4 Thomas 








494 


Thomas Bastable, Walter Snook, Charles Ridout, 
William Snook, John Rake, James Ladder, Elisha 
Rake James Snook, William Hiscock, William Hunt, 
Samuel Butt, Stephen Tucker, James Bridle, William 
Bastable, Martin Hunt, John Cheater, John Dore, 
Lazarus Hiscock, Robert Green Mitchell, Caleb Pike, 
The Reverend Henry James Slingsby, George Shute, 
Thomas Stone, Caleb Taylor and Stephen Wilkins. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

} of the Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend 

amend Return, this House To-morrow, with the last Return for the 
Borough of Shaftesbury, and amend the same, by 
rasing out the name of John Sayer Poulter, Esquire, 
and inserting the name of George Benvenuto Mathew, 
Esquire, instead thereof. . 

Mr. Blackstone also informed the House, That 
it appeared to the Committee that no power is con- 
ferred upon them by the Reform Act, of supplying 
any omissions occasioned by the neglect of Parish 
Overseers at the time of Registration; and it was 
not without considerable difficulty and embarrass- 
ment, arising out of the circumstance, that they felt 
themselves compelled to erase the names from the 
Poll taken at the last Election, of all persons claim- 
ing to have a vote for the parish of Stower Provost, 
within the Borough of Shaftesbury, in consequence 
of the Overseer having neglected to produce his 
List for the signature of the Revising Barrister, during 
the sitting of his Court. 

The Committee also feel it their duty to notice the 
non-production of certain documents, which were 
required in the progress of the Sitting Member’s 
case, and would also beg to direct the attention of 
the House to the facts which appear upon the 
Minutes of the Evidence on this subject, given in 
the testimony of Robert Foot and Henry Foot. 

That it is the opinion of this Committee, that 
although it has not been proved that the candidates, 
or their agents, were implicated by the existence of 
unlawful practices during the late Election for the 
Borough of Shaftesbury, it appears that excessive 
treating has prevailed there to a considerable extent, 
not only in this, but in many prior Elections ; That 
the Committee wish to direct the attention of the 
House to the Evidence given by William Dunham, 
James Strickland and Mark Woodcock, Charles Wil- 
mot, William Berchway and Robert Foot. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings and 
Evidence taken before the Committee, be laid before 
this House. 


Great Central 
Irish 


Bill. 


, Mr. Lefroy presented a Bill for making and main- 
Railway taining a Railway from Celbridge, in the County of 
Kildare, to Mullingar, in the County of Westmeath, to 
be called “ The Great Central Irish Railway :” And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to 
be read a second time. 


aoe , A Petition of the Governor, Bailiffs and Com- 
uclosure Bill. 
monalty of the Company of Conservators of the 
Great Level of the Fens called Bedford Level, pray- 
ing that they may be heard, by their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the Witcham Inclo- 
sure Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Biil, against the said Petition. 
| ae gems Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Commit- 
cm pel yg tee on the Poor Law Amendment Act; and who were 
ment Act. empowered to report the Minutes of the Evidence 
No.273. taken before them from time to time to the House ; 


That they had made further Progress in the matters 
to them referred ; and had directed him to report the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Ordered, ‘That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 





3° Aprilis. 








A. 1838. 


Petitions from Peter Richard Hoare, of Turton, Turton ana 
in the county of Lancaster, and Whatley, in the Entwisle 
county of Somerset, Esquire;—Edward Frere, of ®t Bil. 
Turton, in the parish of Bolton, and county palatine 
of Lancaster, and of Bitton, in the county of Glou- 
cester, Esquire ;—Roger Hamer, of Entwisle, in the 
county of Lancaster, Gentleman ;—and, Company of 
Proprietors of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury 
Canal Navigation and Railway ; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Turton and Entwisle 
Reservoir Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of the Deacon of the Incorporation of Glasgow 
Weavers in Glasgow, praying that the Glasgow Waterworks 
Waterworks Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- ~~" 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- Combmartin 
sideration the Report which upon the 26th day of Roads Bil 
March last was made from the Committee on the 
Combmartin Roads Bill; printed copies of the Bill 
having been delivered at the door upon Friday last. 

And the House being informed that other Amend- 
ments are necessary to be made to the Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to sit 
and proceed To-morrow. 


The Gravesend Cemetery Bill was read a second Gravesend 
time ; and committed to Mr. Law Hodges, and the Cemetery Bil. 
Kent List. 


The counsel and agents, in the case of the Mal- Maldon 
don Election, being returned to the bar, the Clerk Election, 
appointed to attend the said Committee delivered 
in to the House a reduced List; and the same was 
called over, as followeth ; 

William Ormsby Gore, Esquire, Thomas Mac- 
kenzie, Esquire, Lord Viscount Grimston, Edward 
Fellowes, Tes, Lord Fitzalan, William Curry, 
Esquire, John James Bodkin, Esquire, William 
Bird Brodie, Esquire, William Villiers Stuart, 
Esquire, The Honourable William Sebright Lascelles, 
and James Pattison, Esquire. 

And the said eleven Dicken, being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Petition com- 
as of an undue Election and Return for the 

orough of Maldon, were sworn by the Clerk at 
the Table in the usual manner; and thereupon the 
counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


An ingrossed Bill for the improvement of the Bo- Tenby 
rough of Tenby, in the County of Pembroke, and for a 
regulating and maintaining the Harbour and Pier gy 
belonging thereto, was read the third time; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. John Jones do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions from Mewcastle-upon- Tyne ;—Mere ;— Negro Apprev- 
Marlborough ; — Bratton; — Easington Lane ; —ticeship. 
Malmsbury ; — Swanage :— Malone ;—Belfast (two 
Petitions) ;— Matfield Green ;— Howden ;—Uttox- 
eter ;—Dunfermline (two Petitions) ;—Haddington ; 
— Newtownards ;— Worksop ;—Wilsford ;— Toxteth 
Park ;—Blackrod ;— Newton Abbott and Newton 
Bushel ;— Llanidloes ;— Machynlleth ;— Ballinasloe ; 
— Downpatrick ; — Bishop's Cannings; — Berwick- 
upon- Tweed ; — Longton; — Derby ;—and, Perth 
(Chairman of a Meeting); praying for the Abolition 
of the system of Negro Apprenticeship,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Ordered, 


und¢ 
Elec 


on 


P 


. Newcastle- 
under-Lyme 
Election. 


Passing Tolls 
on Vessels. 


Church of; 
Sevtland. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Morning Mail 
(Scotland.) 


Municipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Bishoprick 
of Sodor and 
Maun Bill, 


Rating of 
Tenements Bill, 


1 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That the Clerk who attended the Select 
Committee upon the Trial of the Petition of Richard 
Badanall, against the Return of William Henry Miller, 
Esquire, for the Borough of NMewcastle-under-Lyme; 
and also the Short-Hand Writer who attended the 
said Committee, have leave to attend before the 
Grand Jury at the Central Criminal Court, and give 
evidence in certain indictments for Perjury and Con- 
spiracy about to be preferred against Robert Gaili- 
more and others, and to take with them, and produce 
to the Grand Jury, the said Petition, the Short-Hand 
Writer’s notes, and all other proceedings and docu- 
ments whatsoever had and taken under and pertain- 
ing to the said Petition. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Tolls now authorized to be levied for 
the maintenance of any Piers or Harbours on the 
Coast of Great Britain and Ireland, on Vessels 
eae by, but not entering within such Piers or 

arbours, distinguishing the Amount of any such 
Tolls, the period at which they were authorized to 
be levied, and the time during which they are to be 
continued; together with the Amount of such Tolls 
received in each year, from the year 1807 up to the 
present time. 


Petitions from Limekilns, and Charlestown; — 
Crossgates ;—-Carneyhill ;— Freuchie (Chairman and 
Secretary) ;— Fife and Kinross(Chairman) ;—Strath- 
miglo;— Kennoway ;—Markhinch ;— Ceres ;—New- 
burgh ;— Auchtermuchty ;— Stirling ;—Johnshaven ; 
—Coldstream ;— Balbiggie;— West Kilbride ;—Bur- 
rowstounness ;—Alloa ;— Kincardine ;—-Bathgate ;— 
Howgate; —Longtown ;— Pennycuik;— East Calder ; 
—West Calder;—Mid Calder;—and, Dunfermline, 
(Minister and Preses of the Relief Congregation) ; 
praying the House to refuse their sanction to an 
additional endowments to the Church of Scotland,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Agherton ;—High Sheriff and Grand 
Jury of Kildare ;—and, Rathlin; praying that the 
Poor Relief (Zreland) Bill may not pass into a law 
as it now stands,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the there-undersigned Officers and 
Servants of the Foundling Hospital of Cork, pray- 
ing that in the event of the said Bill passing into a 
law, compensation may be awarded to each and 
every one of the Officers of the said Hospital, was 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 
Town Council of Perth, praying the House to recom- 
mend the Lords of Her Majesty’s Treasury, to issue 
the a orders to the Postmaster General, to 
arrange a Morning Mail for Scotland, on the same 
footing as that now in operation for Ireland, Bir- 
mingham, Liverpool and Manchester, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kilmallock ;—Carnew;—and, Bal- 
lygarret; praying that the Municipal Corporations 
(Jreland) Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Banbury ;—and, Birmingham ; 
praying that the Bishoprick of Sodor and Mann Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


_A Petition of Owners of Houses and other Inha- 
bitants of Congleton, praying that the Rating of 
Tenements Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Rating of Tenements. 

Vor. 93. 


3° Aprilis. 








425 


Petitions from Auchtermuchty;— Liskeard ;—and, Postage. 
Kidderminster; praying for the establishment of a 
low uniform rate of Postage on Letters,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Postage. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Secretary of the Bible Printing 
United Secession Congregation of Freuchie, praying (Scotland.) 
the House to abolish the monopoly enjoyed by the 
Queen’s Printer in Scotland, of Printing Bibles, was 
aes and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Ceres, praying for Cor Laws. 
the repeal of the Corn Laws, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors of Turnpike Securities, Highway Rates 
under the Act for more effectually repairing and Bi. 
amending the Road leading from the High Street in 

the town of Arundel, to the Turnpike Road leading 

from Petworth to Stopham, on Fittleworth Common, 

in the county of Sussex, praying that the Highwa 

Rates Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 

and rs and referred to the Select Committee on 

the Bill. 


Mr. William Williams reported from the Com- Parliamentary 
mittee appointed to inspect the Journals of the House Electors and 
of Lords, with relation to any seaming upon the “men © 
Parliamentary Electors and Freemen Bill, and to 
make Report thereof to the House; That they had 
inspected the said Journals accordingly, and had 
taken copies of the Proceedings of the Lords there- 
upon; and the Report was read, as folhoweth ; 

Die Jovis, 8° Martii, 1838: 

“ The Order of the day being read for the second “Parliamentary 
reading of the Bill intituled, ‘ An Act to regulate Flectors au 
the times of Payments of Rates and Taxes by Par- -““™™" ©" 
liamentary Electors, and to abolish the Stamp Duty 
on the Admission of Freemen,’ and for the Lords 
to be summoned ; 

“Tt was moved, That the said Bill be now read 
a second time. 

“ Which being objected to ; 

“ It was moved, To leave out ‘ now,’ and insert 
‘ this day six months.’ 

“ Afte: Debate ; 

“ The (Question was put, Whether the word ‘ now’ 
shall stand part of the Motion ; 

“ It was resolved in the Negative. 

‘“* Ordered, That the said Bill be read a second 
time on this day six months.” 





Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into further considera- London and 
tion the Report which, upon the 26th day of March Croydon 
last was made from the Committee on the London and iN’ 1) Bill 
Croydon Railway (No. 1.) Bill; printed Copies of the a 
Bill having been delivered at the door upon Friday 
last ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Petitions from Agherton;— and, Kilmalooda ; Education 
praying that the present system of National Educa- (Ireland.) 
tion in Ireland may not be persisted in, — were 

resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of the Guardians and Governors of Medical 
the Hospital founded by Richard Steevens in the (inlond) Bill 
city of Dublin, Esquire, praying that the Medical y 
Charities (Jreland) Bill may not pass into a law as 
it now stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Resoived, That an humble Address be presented Church 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ae 
to give directions, that there be laid before this Kast India.) 
31 House, 








4,26 3° Aprilis. 


House, a Return of the Number of Persons on the 
Ecclesiastical Establishment of the Church of Eng- 
land, and of the Presbyterian Church, and other 
Religious Denominations, maintained by Grant of 
Public Money in each of the Colonies, and in the 
Territories of the East India Company ; stating the 
Rank of each, where stationed, the Expenses of 
fixed Salary, and of Allowances of each, and the 
Total Expenses of each Colony (or Presidency and 
Dependency), for such Establishments, in Sterling 
Money, for the last year the Account can be made 
up, so as to exhibit the whole Amount paid for the 
support of Religion of ery Denomination. 

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


Charch of 


A Petition of Protestant Inhabitants of Aghavoe, 
Treland. 


suggesting a plan for a reform in the Church of Ire- 
land ; and praying the House to take the same into 
consideration, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Deccan A Petition of Philip William Petre, late a Lieu- 

Prize Money. tenant of the Twenty-sixth Bengal Native Infantry, 
forming part of the Grand Army employed in the 
Mahratta War in the years 1817 and 1818, praying 
the House to institute an inquiry into the causes of 
the delay in the settlement of the Deccan Prize 
Money, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Bills of Indict- 


A Petition of Commission Grand Jurors of Dublin, 
ment (Ireland.) 


praying for an alteration of the mode of preparing 
ills of Indictment in Jreland, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Poor Law A Petition of Guardians of the Headington Union, 
Amendment praying that the Poor Law Act may not be re- 
: tes was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on the Poor Law Amendment 
Act. 
Vote by Ballot. A Petition of Inhabitants of Oilgate, praying for 
the adoption of Vote by Ballot at Elections of Mem- 
bers to serve in Pudiannd, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Church A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 

Property. That there be laid before this House, a Return of 
the present Valuation, as far as can be ascertained, 
of all the Property in Lands, Manors, Forests, Li- 
berties, or of any nature whatsoever, which originally 
belonged to the several Monasteries, Abbeys, Chapel- 
ries, or other Religious Houses, which, under various 
pretexts, and for other purposes than those for which 
they were established and endowed, have been from 
time to time alienated from the service of the Church; 
also, a Return of the Names of the Individuals to 
whom and the periods at which such were granted, 
and by whom they are now severally enjoyed :— 
It passed in the Negative. 


Derry Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

Cathedral. Copies of the Correspondence that took place be- 
tween the Jrish Government and the Dean of Derry, 
and with the Rev. Messrs. Monaghan and Dempsey, 
Roman Catholic Priests in Derry; and also with 
Doctor M‘ Loughlin, Titular Bishop, and with Doctor 
M‘ Loughlin, ne, ad to the same, in Derry, relative 
to a breach of the Law committed by certain Persons 
in the Churchyard of the Cathedral of Derry, on 
Sunday the 14th of January 1838. 


Apprenticed A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
ice ) goons That an humble Address be presented to Her 
ajesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give 


directions, that there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of any Communication from the Colonial Of- 
fice to the Marquis of Sligo, Governor of Jamaica, 








A. 1838. 


directing the sudden Emancipation of the Appren- 
tices upon the Estate of Philip Anglin Scarlett, 
Esquire ; and Copies of any other Documents re- 
lating to. that transaction:—And the said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Slaves 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (/maica.) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Correspondence between the Se- 
cretary of State for the Colonies, and the Governor 
of Jamaica, respecting the Negroes on the Estate 
of Philip Anglin Scarlett, Esquire. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this se as are 
of Her Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Soap Manu- Soap. 
facturers, praying for the repeal of the Duty on Soap, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Soap. 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to repeal 
the Duties on Soap ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word. “ repeal ” 
to the end of the at a in order to add the 
words “ one-third of the existing Duty on Soap,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, _ — Smith: 166. 


Tellers for the Noes, = 7 on } 78. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question being put, That leave be 
given to bring in a Bill to repeal the Duties on Soap: 
—It passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Sale of Bread 
to repeal the several Acts now in force relating to (Ireland) Bill. 
Bread to be sold in Jreland, and to provide other 
Regulations for the making and Sale of Bread, and 
for preventing the Adulteration of Meal, Flour and 
Bread in that part of the United Kingdom called 
Ireland: And that Mr. Beamish and Mr. Hutton 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Election 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to in- Witnesses 
— into the Laws which regulate the Taxation of =*?t™*** 

xpenses of Witnesses before Committees on Con- 
troverted Elections :— And the said Motion was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was _- Ayrshire 
Beret That an humble Address be presented to Her — 
ajesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give “*"™"" 

directions, that there be laid before this House, a 

Copy of any Recognition taken for, or Report made 

to, the Lord Advocate of Scotland, respecting the 

conduct of the Ayrshire Yeomanry Cavalry, in and 

near the Town of Kilwinning, during the last Elec- 

tion for the County of Ayr; especially such Extracts 

as will show the Order issued for the assembling of 

the above Corps, or any part of it, on the day pre- 

vious to the said Election ; the Name or Number of 

the Troop or Troops assembled, and the Number of 

Men from other Troop than those ordered out ; 

with the Names of the Officers commanding or ac- 

companying the Troops which turned out on that 

occasion, and stating whether with their own Troo 

and Men, or with those of other Troops ; also, the 

Name of the Place or Places where the Officers and 

Men were ordered to meet, and were quartered, 
during 


- 2. he 


—eo 





1 Victroriz. 


during the Day and Night previous to the aforesaid 
Election ; also, the Hour and Place at which they 
paraded on the Election day; the distance of that 

lace from the Polling Station at Kilwinning; the 
Flour they marched into that Town; stating also, 
the pace at which they were conducted, and the 
Hour and Place of their arriving at the Polling-booth, 
the time they were kept there during the hours of 
polling, and when relieved from duty :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


Public Income Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

and Expendi- an Account of the Public Income and Expendi- 

ai ture of the United Kingdom, in the years ending 
5th of January 1836, 1837, and 1838; distin- 
guishing the actual Payments for the Expenses in- 
curred in the collection and management of the 
Revenue, for the Charges of the Public Debt (the 
terminable Annuities bemg also valued by Estimate), 
for the Expenses of the Civil Government, the 
Allowances to the Royal Family, and to his Royal 
Highness Prince Leopold; the Establishment of 
the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland, the Expenses of the 
two Houses of Parliament, and the Civil Depart- 
ments, theother Pensions onthe Consolidated Fund, 
or the Gross Revenue, and the Civil List :—Also, 
the Payments for the Administration of Justice, 
Diplomatic Expenses, and the Payments on account 
of the Sums voted for the Army, Navy, and Ord- 
nance Services; —Also, Public Works, Bounties, 
Post Office, the Quarantine and Warehousing Esta- 
blishments, and all other Payments not coming un- 
der any of the foregoing heads ; with an Appendix 
showing the several Items composing each head of 
the Account. 


Canada A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
(Lord Durham’s posed, That it is the opinion of this House, that the 
ny duties of the High Commissioner and Governor Ge- 
neral of Her Majesty’s North American Provinces 
should be conducted with the utmost possible de- 
gree of economy consistent with the just and ample 
remuneration of the several persons necessarily em- 
ays a in the discharge of them. 
nd the previous Question being put, That that 
Question be now put; 


And the House yet te ecarme to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 4° die Aprilis, 1838: 


The House divided: 
The Yeas to the new Lobby. 
The Noes to the old Lobby ; 


Tellers for the ¢ Sir Thomas Fremantle, 158 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring: } : 
Tellers for the ( Mr. Edward John Stanley, 160 
Noes, Mr. Charles Wood: } 4 


So it passed in the Negative. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That it appears, from an Account laid before 
this House, that the total Expenditure of the 
Office and Establishment of the Varl of Gosford, 
as Governor General and Commissioner in Canada, 
distinguishing the Salary and Emolument accruing 
to each individual, for one year, amounted to the 
sum of £12,678. 13s. 6d. 

And the previous Question being put, That that 
Question be now put :—It passed in the Negative. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
osed, That it appears to this House, that such 
“stablishment was formed upon a just and liberal 
scale, and therefore appears to constitute a proper 
precedent to be observed in determining the esta- 
blishment of the Earl of Durham. 

And the previous Question being put, That that 
Question be now put :—It passed in the Negative. 















3°—4° Aprilis. 497 


to the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses, 
since Ist of June 1837, regarding the Lighthouse 
at Portpatrick, together with the Answers of the 
Commissioners thereto. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Evesham 
before the Select Committee on the Evesham Elec- Fection- 
tion Petition be laid before this House. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Qualification of 
into a Committee upon the Qualification of Mem- oe 
bers Bill; and after some time spent therein, Mr. No- 274 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Aglionby re- 

po, That the Committee had gone through the 

ill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Aglionby reported the Bill accordingly ; and 

the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Tuesday next; and the Bill, as 

amended, to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Court of 
further consideration the Report on the Court of (Seationd) Bill 
of Session, &amp;c. (Scotland) Bill ; j 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 


consideration upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Custody of 

— on the Custody of Insane Persons (Jreland) (ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill to enable the Commissioners Haileybury 
for the Affairs of India to make Rules and Regula- ©lleee Bul. 
tions for Haileybury College, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the time for presenting the Belfast Belfast 


Waterworks (No. 2.) Bill, be further enlarged till (yo, 2.) Biul. 
Tuesday the 10th day of this instant April. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Returns of the Expense of each District Lunatic land.) 


Asylum in Jreland, for the year ending 31st March 


_| 1838 ; showing the Total Expense, the average Ex- 


pense of each Patient, the Number of Patients from 
each County, and the Sum charged to each me 
in that year:—Of the Number of Patients in eac 
on the ist of April 1837, the Number admitted, the 
Number discharged ; distinguishing those discharged 
as cured, as relieved, and as harmless and incur- 
able ; the Number who have died, and the Total 
discharged and died; the Number to whom admis- 
sion was refused, and the average Number in the 
Asylum during the year ending 31st March 1838 :— 
Of the Total Expenditure ; the Total Cost per head 

annum; the Expenditure in Furniture, Bedding 
and Linen; the Expenditure in Fixtures, Additions, 
Alterations, Workmen’s Bills, &amp;c. ; the Expenditure 
in Clothing; the Expenditure per head per annum 
in Clothing ; the Expenditure in Salaries and Ser- 
vant’s Wages ; the Expenditure per head per annum 
in Salaries and Servants’ Wages; the Expenditure 
in Food only ; the Cost per head per annum in Food. 
only; the Cost per head per “a in Food only ; 
the Cost per head per diem in Food only ; all calcu- 
lated from the Average Number of Patients, and for 
the year ending 31st March 1838:—Of the Parti- 
culars and Amount of Salaries and Servants’ Wages, 
for the year ending 31st March 1838 :—and, similar 
Returns from the Cork Lunatic Asylum for the Five 
last years. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Grand Jury 
Return of the Bank or Banking Company selected Mony ) 
for the Custody of the Public Money of each County (1""!"" 
in Ireland, by the respective Grand Juries thereof. 





“00m Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
ehthouses, ‘Copies r: au Reports or other Communications made 
ox. 93, 





312 The 


j 
| 
























































Smal! Debts 
(Scotland) Bill, 


East India. 
No, 275. 


Durham and 
Warwick Juries, 


No. 276, 


Shaftesbury 
Return. 


Slave Trade 
(East India.) 


Land Tax 
(Saint James, 
Westwiuster.) 













428 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee upon the Small Debts (Scotland) Bill, 
upon the 11th day of this instant April, was read, 
and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will upon Wednesday 
the 16th day of May next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to East India, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to Durham and 
Warwick Juries, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 
And then the House, having continued to sit till 
half an hour after two of the clock on Wed- 
nesday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Mercurii, 4° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


HE Clerk of the Crown, attending according 
to Order, amended the Return fur the Borough 
of Shaftesbury. 


Mr. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of 
the East India Company, was called in; and at 
the bar presented,—- Return to an Order, dated the 
1st day of March last, for Copies or Abstracts of 
all Correspondence between the Directors of the 
East India Company and the Company’s Govern- 
ment in India, since the 1st day of June 1827, on 
the subject of Slavery in the Territories under the 
Company’s rule; also respecting any Slave Trade 
therein ; also, of all Orders and Regulations issued, 
or any Proceedings taken, by order or under the 
authority of the Company, with a view to the aboli- 
tion of Slavery and the Slave Trade, since the 
above date ; also, of any Correspondence between 
the Board of Control and the Contt of Directors 
on the said subjects:—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Rice, Clerk to the Commissioners for the 
Land Tax of the Parish of Saint James, Westmin- 
ster, was called in; and at the bar presented, pur- 
suant to Order,—A Return from the Commissioners 
of Land Tax, in the Parish of Saint James, Westmin- 
ster, showing the Total Amount of Monies arising 
from any excess of Collection in the Assessments of 
any former year or years, remaining in the hands of 
any Collector or Collectors, or any other Person or 
Persons, on 5th day of April 1821; alsothe Amount 
of Arrears due on Assessments of former years, at 
the same period ; showing the following Particulars 
respecting the Quotas, Assessments, Collections 
and Appropriations, of the Sums raised in aid of the 
Land Tax for each year respectively, from 5th April 
1821 to 5th April 1836, as follows: the Amount 
of Unredeemed Quota; the Total Amount assessed 
to meet the same; the Total Amount collected ; 
the Total Amount of Arrears collected in each 
year; the Amount paid to the Receiver General, 
and the Date of such Payments, and on account of 
what year paid; if the excess collected has been 
applied in aid of future years, in pursuance of the 
Act 6 Geo. 4, cap. 32, sec. 2; if for other pur- 
poses, the Items for which it has been applied, and 
the Authority for such Appropriation ; and also, the 
Names of the several Assessors and Collectors of 
Land Tax; the Amount received by each for Pound- 
age for the last Seven years respectively ; and, if 
any other Allowance, the Items of such in each 
year ; also, if they collect personally or by deputy, 
if so, their Names, and i what authority such 
deputies are appointed and authorized to collect the 
said Taxes :—And then he withdrew. 

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


3°—4° Aprilis. 





A. 1838. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable “ The London and London 
Croydon Railway Company” to enlarge their Sta- ot Cnpien 
tion in the Parish of Saint Olave, in the Borough of (No, 1) Bill, 
Southwark, in the County of Surrey, and to amend 
the Acts relating to the said Railway and Station, 
was read the third time; and an ingrossed Clause 
was added by way of Rider; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Captain Alsager do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Philip Howard tg from the Committee Newcastle 
on the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railwa ——— 
Bill ; and to whom a Petition against the said Bill ““""*Y ® 
was referred ; That the Standing Orders relative to 
Railway Bills did not apply to the present Bill, the 
application being solely for the purpose of raising 
an additional Sum of Money for the purposes of the 
Undertaking ; and that the Committee had con- 
sidered the said Petition, and had examined the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


The Linlithgow Roads Bill was read a second Linlithgow 
time ; and committed to Mr. Gillon and the East Roads Bill. © 
Scotland List. 


A Petition of the Rector, Wardens, and others, Rating of 
Inhabitants and Rate-payers of Tooting, praying Tenements Bill 
that the Rating of Tenements Bill may pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Rating of Tenements 


Petitions from Hull ; —Stratford-on-Avon;— New Negro Appren- 
Mills ;-— Newent ;--- Killeagh ;— Market Lavington ; ticeship. 
— West Lavington ;-- Ugborough ;— Sidmouth ;— 
Banff (two Petitions) ;—and, Reigate; praying for 
the Abolition of the System of Negro Apprentice- 
ship,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Upton-upon-Severn ;— Tavistock ; Postage. 
—and, Kirkcudbright; praying for the establish- 
ment of a low uniform rate of Postage on Letters,— 
were presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Postage. 


Mr. Walter Campbell presented a Bill to regulate Salmon 
the Salmon Fisheries in Scotland: And the same Fisheries 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a (s 
second time upon Tuesday next; and to be printed. abet ce 

Petitions from Stirling ;— Kirkaldy ;—and, King- church of 
horn; praying the House to refuse their sanction to Scotland. 
any further endowments to the Church of Scotland, 

—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Joseph Edgar, of Weston-super- Bristol and 
Mare, in the county of Somerset, Attorney-at-Law, Exeter Railway 
praying that he may be heard, by himself, his ®# 

counsel or agent, against certain parts of the Bristol 

and Exeter Railway Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 

4 himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 

if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 

Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions from Carnew;— Lady’s Island, Carne Tithes 
and Saint Iberius ;— Kilmallock ;— Donamore ;— (Ireland.) 
Taghmon ;— Tullaroan ; — Carrigeen ;—Kilmacow ; 
—Eirche, &amp;c. ;— Urlingford ;— Tubrid ;— Newport 
Pratt ;—Kilmain ; — Kilcoman and Robin;—Rev. 
William Hamilton Maxwell ;—and, Balla; praying 
for the abolition of Tithes in Jreland,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition 


cotland) Bill. 


Bonded 


Bill. 


Manicif 
Corpora 
( Ireland 


Salmon 
Fisherie 
(Irelanc 


Vote b 
ke. 


Highw 
Bill. 


Ratin 
Tenet 











1 Vicroriz. 


Bonded Corn A Petition of Corn Merchants, Millers and Dealers 
Bill of Westport, praying that the Bonded Corn Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Manicipal Petitions from Eirke and other places ;—Urling- 
rations 


ford ;—Tubrid;— Lisdowny ;—and, Mooncoin; pray- 

ing that the Municipal Corporations (Zreland) Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


( Ireland) Bill, 


Salmon A Petition of Fishermen of the River Barrow, 
end) Bill, Praymg that the Salmon Fisheries (Jreland) Bill 
(ir may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
st ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Vote by Ballot. 


: A Petition of Inhabitants of Eirke, Fertagh and 
¢. 


Glashare, raving the House to pass an Act for 
taking by Bal ot the votes at all Elections for Mem- 
bers to serve in Parliament; and also that each Par- 
liament shall not continue longer than three years, 


was —_— and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Highway Rates 


A Petition of Richard Wilbraham Ford, of Little 
Bill. 


Risington, praying that the Highway Rates Bill 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Rating of A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the 

Tenements Bill. Weatenhurst Union, praying that the Rating of Te- 
nements Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Rating of Tenements. 


Bishoprick of A Petition of Members of the Church of England, 
_ 4 resident within the Deanery of Dursley, praying that 


the Bishoprick of Sodor and Mann Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Benefices A Petition of Clergymen and Inhabitants of Fair- 

Plurality Bill. ford, praying that the Benefices Plurality Bill ma 
not pass into a law as it now stands, was need, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Education A Petition of Inhabitants of Derriaghy, praying 
(Iteland.) that the present system of National Education in 
Ireland may not be persisted m, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Medical Petitions from the Foreman of the Grand Jury of 
(indy Bin, the city of Limerick ;—and, the Chairman and Se- 
* cretary of a meeting of the Medical Profession of 
Belfast; praying that the Medical Charities (Zreland) 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Schools 


_ _ A Petition of Inhabitants of Kirkwall, praying 
(Scotland) Bill. that the Schools (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a 
law, was —_— and read; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 

on A Petition of Inhabitants of Redruth, praying the 

Guiana.) House to take immediate steps to obtain the reversal 
of the Order in Council of the 12th day of July 1837, 
authorizing the importation of the Native Inhabitants 
of the East Indies into British Guiana, under Inden- 
tures for five years, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

ca Petitions from the Camelford Union ;—and, Dud- 

Act. ~—s Ley; praying for the Amendment of the Poor Law 
Act,—were presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Poor Law Amendment Act. 

Postage, 


_ Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to 
inquire into the present rates and mode of charging 


Postage, with a view to such a reduction thereof as 
VoL. 93. 





4° Aprilis. 











429 


may be made without injury to the Revenue, and 
for this purpose to examine especially into the mode 
recommended for charging and collecting Postage, 


in a pamphlet published by Mr. Rowland Hill, have 
Power to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them from time to time to the House. 


A Petition of Landholders, Householders and Poor Relief 
Inhabitants of the united parishes of Screen, Saint (Ielaud) Bill. 
Nicholas and Saint Margarets, praying that the 
Poor Relief (Zreland) Bill may not pass into a law 
as it now stands, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee Fen Drayton 
on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of the Iclosare. 
Petition for the Fen Drayton Inclosure Bill, the 
Standing Orders had not been complied with, inas- 
much as the notices in the Gazette are not copies of 
the notices in the Newspapers, those in the Gazette 
containing a notice of “ an intention to raise money 
for defraying the expenses of the said Inclosure by a 
rate on the proprietors of the lands to be inclosed, or 
by some other means to be provided for by the said 
Bill,” which was surplusage, as there was no inten- 
tion to bring in a Bill to levy any Tolls, Rates or 
Duties as contemplated in the Standing Order, 

No. 3, p. 15, and that the notices as given in the 
Newspapers were sufficient. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Se- 

lect Committee on Standing Orders. 


Ordered, That the time for presenting the Belfast Belfast 
Waterworks (No. 2.) Bill be further enlarged till (Noa) Bill 
Monday the 7th day of May next. ee 


Ordered, That the time for presenting the Lough ow a Swilly 
Swilly Embankment Bill be enlarged till Monday Ri 
the 7th day of May next. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Blackburn, praying Corn Laws. 
for the repeal of the Corn Laws, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. — 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House a Tithes Commu- 
Return of all Agreements for the Commutation of 0. 
Tithes which have been confirmed by the Tithe Com- 
missioners, from the 19th day of December 1837 to 
the 1st day of April 1838. 


Petitions from Skipton ;— Quithiock ;—Saint Mel- Church 
lion ;—Saint Ives (Cornwall) ;—Southill ;—Menhe- Poperty- 
niot ;— Pillaton ;— Landulph ; — Saint Dominic ;— 
and, Callington; praying that all increase of Revenue 
that may arise from Ecclesiastical Property, may be 
left at the disposal of the Church, to supply the defi- 
ciency of spiritual instruction for the people, —were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Ventilation of 
Copy of a Letter from Dr. Reid to Lord Viscount the House. 
Duncannon, in reply to the observations addressed No. 277. 
to his Lordship by Sir Frederick Trench. 

Mr. Fox Maule accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 

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


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to several Extra Parochi«l 
Addresses to Her Majesty,—A Return of all Extra- P!*ees- 
Parochial Places in each County in England and 
Wales; specifying the Area and Population, as far 
as the same can be ascertained. 

A Return of the Amount in Value and Specie of Fourpenny 
the Coin called Fourpenny Pieces, that have been Pieces. 
issued out of the Mint during the Reigns of his 
late and Her present Majesty, to the date of this 
Return. 

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

313 Mr, 



































































430 

Mr. Walluce reported from the Select Committee 
appointed to inquire into the present Rates and mode 
of charging Postage, with a view to such a reduction 
thereof as may be made without injury to the Re- 
venue, and for this purpose to examine especially 
into the mode recommended for charging and col- 
lecting Postage in a Pamphlet published by Mr. 
Rowland Hill; and who were empowered to report 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them from 
time to time to the House; That they had made 
Progress in the matters to them referred; and had 
directed him to report the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them. 

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


A Petition of Guardians of the Tisbury Union, 
praying the House to adopt some plan for the em- 
ployment of Orphan Children chargeable to parishes 
in England, either by emigration or by endraftment 
of the males into the Army and Navy, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
the Poor Law Amendment Act. 


A Petition of Protestants of the borough of Lam- 
beth, praying the House to consider how greatly the 
Protestant Church and Constitution are now endan- 
gered by the manifest and formidable encroachments 
of Popery in every department of the State, and that 
immediate measures may be adopted for the preserva- 
tion of the Reformed Religion of the United King- 
dom, and for the maintenance of that freedom and 
tranquillity which, under the blessing of God, are 
derived therefrom, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


First Report 
on Postage. 


No. 278, 


Orphan 
Children. 


Protestant 
Religion. 


Lord’sDayBill. A Petition of Clergymen and Inhabitants of Fair- 
ford, praying that the Lord’s Day Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 


to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chamber of Commerce of the 
city of Limerick, praying the House to pass a law, 
rendering it imperative on all Vessels belonging to 
the United Kingdom and its dependencies to be 
provided with and exhibit night signals, for the 
purpose of enabling them to pass each other in 
safety in the night time, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Shipping. 


Prisons SS A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Council 
(Scotland) Bill. of Aberdeen, praying that the Prisons (Scotland) 
Bill, with certain alterations in its details, may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
. to lie upon the Table. 


Highway Rates A Petition of Trustees of the Arundel and Stop- 

Bill. ham Road, praying that the Highway Rates Bill may 
not pass into a law as it now stands, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
the Bill. 


A Petition of Compositors, Pressmen and others 
employed on the premises of Messrs. Bradbury and 
;-| Evans, Printers, Whitefriars, London, praying that 
the Copyright Bill may not pass into a law, was 

resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
the 15th day of December last, That there be laid 
before this Tg a Return of the Total Amount of 
Money, and of the value of other Aids, actually 
issued by the Board of National Education to the 
several Schools in Ireland, from the establishment 
of said Board to 15th December 1837 ; specifying 
the Province and County in which such Schools are 
situated, and distinguishing what Amount of Money 
or Value has been issued for building, for fitting up, 
for Libraries and other Aids :—And, similar Return 
of all Money and other Aids granted but not actually 
issued to Schools, from the establishment of the 


\ Copyright Bill. 


Education 
(Ireland.) 


4° Aprilis. 








A, 1838. 


Board to 15th December 1837; distinguishing them 
as hereinbefore mentioned, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That a Return to the said Order be laid 
before this House forthwith. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to diminish Advocation; 
Delay and Expense in Advocations and Suspensions (Scotland) Bit, 
in the Court of Session in Scotland: And the same No. 281, 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Com- Twenty-fourth 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Act; and who age on Poor 
were empowered to report the Minutes of the Evi- an — 
dence &lt;&lt; before them from time to time to the No. 279 
House ; That they had made further Progress in the Ay 
matters to them referred, and had directed him to 
er the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

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


Mr. Beamish presented a Bill to repeal the several Sale of Bread 
Acts now in force relating to ot to be sold in (Ireland) Bil, 
Freland, and to provide other Regulations for the No. 282, 
making and Sale of Bread, and for preventing the 
adulteration of Meal, Flour and Bread in that part 

of the United Kingdom called Ireland: And the 

same was: read the first time; and ordered to be 

read a second time upon Tuesday the ist day of 

May next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Petitions of Proprietors of Grand Junction 
salt works at Northwich, in the county of Chester; Railway Bill 
Owners of coal mines and coal cm at Saint 
Helen’s, in the county of Lancaster ; Owners of 
vessels plying the Sankey Canal, the River Mersey 
and the River Weaver; and, Clergy, Gentry, Mer- 
chants, Bankers, Manufacturers and other Inhabi- 
tants of the borough and neighbourhood of War- 
rington, in the county of Lancaster, which were 
presented upon Thursday last, be referred to the 
Committee on the Grand Junction Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Petitions of John Clare, of 
Warrington, in the county of Lancaster, Merchant ; 
and, Shareholders in the Grand Junction Railway, 
which were presented upon Thursday last, be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the said Bill; and the 
Petitioners heard, by their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of Lords of manors in the counties of Ong - 
Norfolk and Suffolk, praying that the Copyholds En- f° "Fil, 
franchisement, Copyholds Improvement, and, Ma- 
norial Boundaries Bills may not pass into law, was 
presented, and read, and referred to the Select Com- 


mittee on the Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill. 


A Petition of Master, Wardens, Searchers, Assist- British Manv- 
ants, and Commonalty of the Corporation of Cut- a 
lers in Hallamshire (in which District is situated 
Sheffield) praying that the British Manufacturers’ 
Protection Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The British Manufacturers’ Protection Bill was, British Mane 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- coer 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Wednesday, the 2d day of May next. 


The Sheriffs (Jreland) Bill was, according to Sheriffs __ 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a (Ireland) Bill 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday, the 
2d day of May next. 


The Prisons (Scotland) Bill was, according to Prisons 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a (Scotlan 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 
9th day of May next. G 

e 


4) Bill 


et 


(Irelan 
Cork S 
Bill. 


Charit 
Comm 
(Irelar 


Esche: 


Desce 


Supp 


Med 
Cha 
(Ire 










oor 


eclesiastical 
Courts 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Cork Sessions 
Bill. 


Charity | 
Commissioners 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Escheats Bill. 


Descents Bill. 


Supply. 


‘ 
Ways and 
Means, 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Wicklow 
County, and 
Leicester Bo- 
rough Elections. 





1 Vicroriz. 4O__5° 
The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Eeclesiastical Courts (Jreland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 9th day of May next. 


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


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Charity Commissioners (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 2d day of May next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Escheats Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 25th day of this instant April. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Descents Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Wednesday the 25th day of this instant]. 


April. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, Leet this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Medical Charities (Jreland) Bill; 


And notice being taken that Forty Members were 
not present, the House was told by Mr. Speaker ; and 
Forty Members not being present ; and it being then 
after four of the clock :—The House was adjourned 


by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first put, till 


To-morrow. 











Jovis, 5° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 

T HE hour appointed for taking into considera- 
tion the Petition of the Reverend Richard Quin, 

of Abbey Street, in the town of Armagh, in the 
county of Armagh, Clerk, Edward Keegan, of Kil- 
ternan, in the county of Dublin, Farmer, and Henry 
Sutton, of Calary, in the county of Wicklow, Farmer, 
Electors of the County of Wicklow, on behalf of 
themselves and others claiming a right to vote; and 
who were entitled to vote, and who voted at the last 
Election of Members to serve in Parliament for the 
said County of Wicklow, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the said county, being come ; 
Mr Speaker took the Chair. 
The Sedieunt at Arms was sent with the Mace to 
the places adjacent to require the attendance of the 
Members on the business of the House ; and being 
returned ; 

The House was counted by Mr. Speaker ; and two 
hundred and thirty-nine Members being present ; 

And the Petition of the several Persons whose 
names are thereunto subscribed, being Electors of 
the Borough of Leicester, in the county of Leicester, 
who were registered. as such Electors, and had, or 
claimed to have had a right to vote for Members 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said bo- 
rough at the said Election, and who did vote thereat, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the said borough, being also ordered to be taken 
into consideration upon this day ; 

Vot. 93. 


Aprilis. 431 


The several Parties, counsel and agents, were 
called in. 


And the door being locked ; 


for whom they respectively appeared ; 

The counsel for Mr. Guia, one of the Sitting 
Members for the County of Wicklow, stated, that the 
Petitioners having, in their Petition, submitted to the 
House that Mr. Acton was duly elected, and ought 
to have been returned instead of Mr. Grattan and 
Mr. Howard, or of one or either of them, in case the 
Committee should place Mr. Acton at the head of the 
poll, the interests of the two Sitting Members would 
become directly opposite to and conflicting with each 
other ; that it would, for these reasons, be impossible 
for them to unite in striking the Committee ; and he 
therefore submitted to the Houde that they should be 
allowed to appear as separate Parties, on distinct in- 
terests :—Whereupon the counsel for the Petitioners 
stated that at the Election the two Sitting Members 
stood on the same interests, that they respectively 
voted for each other, and were completely identified 
one with the other. 

And the counsel for Mr. Grattan having been 
heard in reply ; 

The counsel and agents were directed to withdraw 
some way from the bar. 

The House was moved, That the 33d section of the 
Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 22, to consolidate and amend the 
Laws relating to the Trial of Controverted Elections, 
or Returns of Members to serve in Parliament, might 
be read; and the same being read ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Sitting Members, James G'rattan, Esquire, 
and Ralph Howard, Esquire, be permitted to appear 
as separate Parties, on distinct interests ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the Right; 

The Noes to the Left. 


Tellers for the ( Mr. Edward John Stanley,), 124 


Yeas, | Mr. Bernal: 
Tellers for the { Sir Thomas Fremantle : } 112 
Noes, Mr. Freshfield : 4 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That James Grattan, Esquire, and 
Ralph Howard, Esquire, be permitted to appear as 
separate Parties, on distinct interests. 

And the counsel and agents being again called to 
the bar, Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith. 

Then the Order of the day, for taking the said 
Petition into consideration was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn and 
read in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was 
completed :—And Lists of the said names were de- 
livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 
mittee on the Wicklow County Election; and then 
the door was opened, and the Parties, their counsel 
and agents, withdrew. 


And the door being again locked ; 


The Order of the day, for taking into consideration Leicester 


the said Petition complaining of an undue Election B 
and Return for the Borough of Leicester, was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn and 
read in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was 
completed ;—And Lists of the said names were de- 
livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 
mittee on the Leicester Election; and then the door 
was opened, and the Parties, their counsel and 
agents, withdrew. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson Message from 


the Lords, 


and Mr. Brougham: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment ; viz. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for punishing Mutiny Matiny Bil. 


and Desertion, and for the better Payment of the 


Army and their Quarters : 
314 A Bill, 





And the said counsel being asked by Mr. Speaker Wicklow 











Marine Mutiny 


Bill. 


Dee Bridge 
Roads Bill, 


First Fruits and 


Tenths Bill. 


Behrens’ 
Nat. Bill. 


Belfast 
Waterworks 
(No. 1.) Bill. 


Ellesmere 
Roads Bill. 


Blackheath, &amp;c. 


Small Debts 
Bill. 


Portsmouth 
Floating 
Bridge Bill, 


Turnor’s 
Estate Bill. 


Se 


4.52 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for the Regulation of 
Her Majesty’s Royal Marine Forces while on Shore: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for more effectually re- 
pairing, and keeping in Repair, certain Roads in the 
County of Kincardine: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for the Consolidation of the Offices of First 
Fruits, Tenths, and Queen Anze’s Bounty, with 
Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords de- 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for naturalizing George Lewis Augustus Behrens ; 
to which the y Pats desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 





A Petition of Adam John Macrory, of Belfast, 
in the county of Antrim, Solicitor, was presented, 
and read ; setting forth, That previous to the pre- 
sentation of the Petition for the Belfast Waterworks 
(No. 1.) Bill, the Petitioner deposited a Declaration 
in the Private Bill Office, under the Corporate Seal 
of the President and Assistants of the Belfast Cha- 
ritable Society, stating that the expense of increasing 
the existing works, would be defrayed out of the 
funds in their hands, and out of the rates and other 
monies received by virtue of their present Acts ; and 
that a doubt having arisen as to the right of the said 
Society to make such declaration, the Petitioner 
therefore prays, that he may be permitted to substi- 
tute in lieu thereof a Subscription Contract Deed, ex- 
ecuted in the manner required by the Standing Orders 
of the House, or that such other Order may be made 
in the premises as to the House shall seem meet. 

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


Mr. Ormsby Gore reported from the Committee 
on the Ellesmere Roads Bill; That so much of the 
application as enabled the Parties to extend the 
Trust over a Highway had been abandoned, pursuant 
to the Order of the House of the sixth day of March 
last; and that the Committee had examined the alle- 
gations of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The Blackheath, &amp;c. Small Debts Bill was read a 
second time; and committed to Mr. Barnard, and 
the Kent List. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Portsmouth, praying 
that they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Portsmouth Floating 
Bridge Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if they 
think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


Mr. Welby reported from the Committee on the 
Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for author- 
izing the Sale of part of the settled Estates of Chris- 
topher Turnor, Esquire, and for Investing the Monies 
arising from such Sale in the Purchase of other 
more convenient Estates to be settled to the same 
uses; That they had examined the allegations of 
the Bill, and found the same to be true ; and that the 
Parties concerned had given their consent to the Bill, 
to the satisfaction of the Committee; and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment :—And 
the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Welby do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


5° Aprils. 





A. 1838. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Severn Nay; 
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal Navigation a (No. 1.) 


praying that they may be heard by their counsel ~~ 


against the Severn Navigation (No. 1.) Bill, was pre- 
sented and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions fromLand-holders, on the banks of Lough Lough Foyle 

Swilly, in the barony of Ennishowen, ;—Land-hold- a 
ers resident on the banks of Lough Swilly ;—Land- yy 
holders resident within two miles of Lough Swilly ; 
—and, Landed Proprietors and Land-holders of En- 
nishowen; praying that the Lough Foyle and Lough 
Swilly Drainage Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Lord John Russell reported to the House, That Answerto 
their several Addresses of the 27th and 30th days of Adresses. 
March last, and of the 2d and 3d days of this instant 

April, (that Her Majesty would be graciously pleased 

to give directions that the Papers therein mentioned 

might be laid before this House) had been presented 

to Her Majesty; and that Her Majesty had com- 
manded him to acquaint this House, that She will 

give directions accordingly. 


Sir George Grey presented, pursuant to an Ad- Negrces 
dress to Her Majesty,—Copy of the Correspondence J™sic-) 
between the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and 

the Governor of Jamaica, respecting the Negroes on 

the estate of Philip Anglin Scarlett, Esquire. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 


The counsel and agents, in the case of the Wicklow Wicklow 
County Election, being returned to the bar, the Clerk County 
appointed to attend the said Committee delivered in "**™ 
to the House a reduced List; and the same was 
called over, as followeth ; 

Francis Hurt, Esquire, Peter Kirk, Esquire, 
George Evans, Esquire, David Morris, Esquire, The 
Right honourable Henry Labouchere, Charles Wood, 
Esquire, George Bryan, Esquire, Sir George Anson, 
Christopher Blackett, Esquire, John Irving, Esquire, 
and Daniel Whittle Harvey, Esquire. 
And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee fur trying the merits of the Petition 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the county of Wicklow, were sworn by the Clerk 
at the Table in the usual manner; and thereupon 
the counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented French 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Fishermen. 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Memorials or other Documents which 
have, been received by Her Majesty’s Government, 
since Ist January 1832, complaining of the Aggres- 
sions of French iksoties on our Coast. 

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


The counsel and agents, in the case of the Leicester Leicester 
Borough Election, being returned to the bar, the Borough 
Clerk appointed to attend the said Committee deli- "™ 
vered in to the House a reduced List; and the same 
was called over as followeth ; 

William Pinney, Esquire, The Honourable George 
Henry Cavendish, Thomas Gibson, Esquire, Lord 
Viscount Ebrington, Lord Seymour, The Honourable 
John Edmund Elliott, Lord Viscount Melgund, Lord 
Viscount Alford, John Abel Smith, Esquire, Lord 
Leveson, and Frederick John Howard, Esquire. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Petition com- 

laining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Viorteg of Leicester, were sworn by the Clerk at the 








Table, 


Sia 





Saaftesbury 
Election. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Devizes 
Borough 
Election. 


1 Victroriz. 


Table, in the usual manner; and thereupon the coun- 
sel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


Mr. Chalmers, one of the Clerks attending Com™ 
mittees of this House, presented, pursuant to order, 
the Minutes of the Proceedings and Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee on the Shaftesbury 
Election Petition. 

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


Mr. George William Wood reported, from the Se- 
lect Committee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented from the 30th da 
of March last, tothe 3d day of this instant po | 
both inclusive; and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House. 

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


Notice being taken that Forty Members were not 
resent, the House was told by Mr. Speaker, and 
Forty Members not being present ; and it being then 
after four of the clock :—The House was adjourned 
by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first put, till 
To-morrow. 








Veneris, 6° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


PETITION of the several Persons whose 

names are thereunto subscribed, Electors of 
the Borough of Devizes, in the county of Wilts, 
was delivered in, and read; setting forth, That 
the Petitioners were, at and during the last Elec- 
tion of a Member to serve in this Parliament for 
the Borough of Devizes, in the county of Wilts, 
and now are, electors for the said Borough, and 
had and claim to have had a right to vote for a 
Member to serve in Parliament at the said last 
Election for the said Borough; that the said Elec- 
tion was fixed for Saturday the Twenty-fourth day of 
March now last past, and the ge was on Mon- 
day the Twenty-sixth day of the same month, and 
James Whitley Deans Dundas, ~~ a Captain 
in the Royal Navy, and George Heneage Walker 
Heneage, Esquire, were Candidates to represent the 
said Borough, and at the conclusion of the said Elec- 
tion the Returning Officer of the said Borough re- 
turned the said James Whitley Deans Dundas as 
duly elected to serve as a Member for the said Bo- 
rough in this present Parliament ; that at such Elec- 
tion many persons tendered their votes for the said 
George Heneage Walker Heneage, whose names had 
been improperly omitted from the Register of Voters 
in force at the said Election, in consequence of the 
decision of the Barristers who revised"the Lists from 
which such Register was formed, and which votes 
were entered upon the poll-books as tendered for the 
said George Heneage Walker Heneage, and which 
votes ought now to be added to the said poll in 
favour of the said George Heneage Walker Heneage; 
that at the said Election many persons tendered their 
votes for the said George Heneage Walker Heneage, 
who had claimed to be inserted in the Register of 
electors to vote at the said last Election for the said 
Borough, but whose claims had been improperly re- 
jected by the said Revising Barristers, and which 
votes were not entered as tendered for the said 
George Heneage Walker Heneaye, by the said Re- 
turning Officer, but ought now to be added to the 
poll as aforesaid; that at the said Election other 
persons, not being freemen of the said Borough, 
voted for the said James Whitley Deans Dundas, 
— a were not inserted in any List or Lists 

oL, 93. 


5°—6° Aprilis. 





433 


signed by the overseers of any parish within the said 
Borough, of persons entitled to vote in the Election 
of a Member for the said Borough, between the 
First day of November inclusive, in the year One 
hontend: eight hundred and thirty-seven, and the 
First day of November One thousand eight hundred 
and thirty-eight, and that such persons did not make 
any claim to be inserted in any such List or Lists; 
that at the time of the said Election there were con- 
tained in the said Register the names of many per- 
sons not qualified as electors for the said Borough, 
or to be inserted in the said Register, in respect of 
property within the said Borough, according to the 
provisions of the said Act of the second year of the 
reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, 
and also the names of many persons not qualified as 
aforesaid, for want of a sufficient occupation or re- 
sidence, according to the provisions of the said Act, 
and also the names of many persons not qualified 
as aforesaid, by reason of their not having been 
rated, or by reason of their not having paid their 
rates as required by the said Act, to entitle them to 
be registered as electors to vote in the choice of a 
Member for the said Borough, and that such persons 
having voted at the said Election for the said James 
Whitley Deans Dundas, their votes ought to be de- 
clared bad, and to be struck off the poll accordingly ; 
that many other persons, whose names appeared in 
the said Regiaker, had, since the time of their being 
registered, and before the said Election, ceased to 
be qualified to vote at the said Election, by having 
ceased to occupy the premises for and in respect of 
which they were placed upon the said Register; 
but, although they were no longer entitled to vote at 
the said Election, such persons were nevertheless 
improperly admitted to vote and did vote thereat in 
favour of the said James Whitley Deans Dundas; 
that many other persons whose names appeared in 
the said Register, had, since the time of their being 
registered, and before the said Election, ceased to 
be qualified to vote at the said Election, by having 
ceased to occupy a portion of the premises in respect 
of which they were placed upon the said Register, 
but were nevertheless improperly admitted to vote at 
the said Election, and did vote in favour of the said 
James Whitley Deans Dundas; that other persons 
voted at the said Election in favour of the said 
James Whitley Deans Dundas, who were disqualified 
to vote by reason of personal and legal incapacities 
and disabilities; that other persons voted at the said 
Election in favour of the said James Whitley Deans 
Dundas, who had received bribes or promises of 
money, or other advantage or reward, for giving their 
votes as aforesaid; that other persons voted at the 
said Election for the said James Whitley Deans 
Dundas, who had given or offered bribes, or promised 
money or other advantage or reward, to electors of 
the said Borough, in order to induce or procure them 
to vote at the said Election for the said James Whitley 
Deans Dundas; that other persons voted at the said 
Election in favour of the said James Whitley Deans 
Dundas, who had received meat, drink or entertain- 
ment, for giving their votes as aforesaid; that other 
persons voted at the said Election in favour of the 
said James Whitley Deans Dundas, who during such 
Election, or within six months previous thereto, or 
within fourteen days after it was completed, were 
employed thereat as agents, attornies, poll-clerks, 
flagmen, or in some other capacity, for the purposes 
of such Election, and who, either before, during, or 
after such Election, accepted or took from the said 
James Whitley Deans Dundas, or from some other 
person with reference to such employment, certain 
sums of money, retaining fees, offices, places or em- 
ployments, or promises or securities for sums of 
money, retaining fees, offices, places or employ- 
ments, and whose votes were therefore utterly void, 
and of no effect; that the said James Whitley Deans 
Dundas, by himself, his agents, friends and mana- 
gers, and others on his behalf, was, before, at, and 

3K during 









































~ 







































Maldon 
Election. 


Royal Marines. 


Mary-le-bone 
Small Debts 
Bill. 


434. 6° Aprilis. 


during the said Election, guilty of acts of bribery 
and corruption, in order to induce and procure the 
electors of the said Borough to give their votes to 
him, and to forbear to give their votes for the said 
George Heneage Walker Heneage, and in order to 
procure him the said James Whitley Deans Dundas 
to be returned at the said Election to serve in Par- 
liament for the said Borough; that the said James 
Whitley Deans Dundas did, after the teste of the 
Writ for holding the said Election, and previous to 
his Election, by himself, his agents, friends and 
managers, and others on his behalf, give and allow 
to divers persons, electors, or claiming to be electors 
of the said Borough, money, meat, drink, entertain- 
ment and provision, and make promises, agreements 
and engagements, to give and allow to such persons 
money, meat, drink, entertainment and provision, 
in order to be elected, and for being elected, to serve 
in Parliament for the said Borough; that by reason 
of the premises, the said James Whitley Deans 
Dundas, obtained an apparent and colourable ma- 
jority over the said George Heneage Walker Heneage, 
whereas the majority of legal electors voted or ten- 
dered their votes in favour of the said George 
Heneage Walker Heneage; and praying that the 
House will take the premises into their consideration, 
and will declare that the said James Whitley Deans 
Dundas was not duly elected and ought not to have 
been returned, and that his Election and Return are 
wholly null and void, and that the said George 
Heneage Walker Heneage was duly elected and ought 
to have been returned at the er Election, and will 
direct that the name of the said James Whitley 
Deans Dundas be forthwith erased from the Return 
for the said Borough, and the name of the said 
George Heneage Walker Heneage substituted therein 
in its place, and will grant to the Petitioners such 
other and further relief as to the House shall seem 
meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into con- 
sideration upon Tuesday, the 22d day of May next, 
at twenty-five minutes before four of the clock in the 
Afternoon. 

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


Mr. Brodie, from the Select Committee appointed 
to try and determine the merits of the Petition of 
Alfred May and Henry Harridance, Electors of the 
Borough ot Maldon, complaining of an undue Elec- 
tion and Return for the said borough, informed the 
House, that the Committee had determined, 

That John Round, Esquire, is duly elected a Bur- 
a. to serve in this present Parliament for the 

orough of Maldon: 

That the Petition of Alfred May and Henry Har- 
ridance, did not appear to the Committee to be 
frivolous or vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not ap- 
pear to the Committee to be frivolous or vexatious : 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Mr. Charles Wood presented, pursuant to Order, 
—A Return of the Number of Royal Marines who 
have been corporally punished or imprisoned by 
Sentences of Court Martial, in the years 1836 and 
1837; shewing how often such Punishments have 
been inflicted on the same Individuais. 

. gaa That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Stephen Gaselee, Peter Stafford 
Carey, Thomas John Knight, and John Locke, Es- 
quires, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Mary-le-bone Small Debts Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 








A. 1838. 


A Petition of John Agnew, Sovereign of Belfast, Belfast 
taking notice of the application for the Belfast saggy 
Waterworks (No. 1.) Bill, and praying that such * ° 7 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That the Parties promoting the Belfast Belfast 
Waterworks (No. 1.) Bill, be permitted to proceed (Met) Bal 
with their Bill, on ee in lieu of the Declara- = =” * 
tion lodged in the Private Bill Office, a Subscrip- 
tion List, comformable to the Standing Orders of 


the House, to be proved before the Committee on 
the Bill. 


Mr. Emerson Tennent presented a Bill for giving Belfast 
further Powers to the President and Assistant of the sagas 
Belfast Charitable Society, for the better supplying ‘N° *) Bill 
with Water the Inhabitants of the Borough of Bel- 
fast, in the Counties of Antrim and Down, and the 
Suburbs thereof; and for other purposes relating to 
the said Society: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Inhabitants and Owners of property Oxford and 
in Abingdon, praying that the Oxford and Great _ _ 
Western Union Railway Bill may not pass into a pan" 
law, was orgie and read; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


Mr. Chalmers, one of the Clerks attending Com- Evesham 
mittees of this House, presented, pursuant to Order,— Election. 
The Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Select 
Committee on the Evesham Election Petition. 

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


An ingrossed Bill for repairing, amending, and filesmere 
maintaining the Road from Shrewsbury, through Koads Bill. 
Ellesmere, in the county of Salop, to Wrexham, in 
the county of Denbigh, and other Roads branch- 
ing out of the same, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. : 

Ordered, That Mr. Ormsby Gore do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Owners and Proprietors of Land, Lower 
praying that they may be heard, by their counsel or Kings —_ 
agents, against certain parts of the Lower King’s 84s 5". 


_Ferry Roads Bill, was presented, and read. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


TheDundalk and Dunleer Road Bill was read Dundalk end 
a second time; and committed to Mr. Bellew and — Road 
the Leinster List. - 


Lord Viscount Ebrington reported from the Com- Combmartin 
mittee on the (re-committed) Combmartin Roads Bill ; 8o@ds Bill. 
That they had made other Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Lord Viscount Ebrington, by Order, reported Bratton 
from the Committee on the Bratton Fleming Inclo- sere Bill. 
sure Bill; That they had examined the allegations 
of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; and that 
the Parties concerned had given their consent to 
the Bill, to the satisfaction of the Committee ; and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto; and the Amendments 
were read and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Lord Viscount Ebrington, by Order, reported Tew Vale 
from the Committee onthe Taw Vale Railway and joc; Bill. 
Dock Bill; That they had inquired into the several 
matters required by the Standing Orders; and had 


examined 





Manchester, 
Bolton, and 
Bury Canal 
and Railway 
Bill. 


Ashby-de-la- 
Zouch Small 
Debts Bill. 


Walsall 
Market Bill. 


Leominster 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Albano’s 
Nat. Bill, 


Twenty-fifth 
Report on Poor 
Law Amend- 
ment Act. 


No. 283, 


Church of 
Scotland. 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway Bill. 


1 Vicroria. 6° Aprils. 435 


examined the allegations of the Bill, and found _the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee 
on the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and 
Railway Bill; and to whom several Petitions against 
the said Bill were referred; That the present ap- 
plication being solely for the purpose of raising an 
additional sum of money for the purposes of the 
undertaking, and for amending the powers and pro- 
visions of the several Acts relating thereto, the 
Standing Orders relative to Railway Bills did not 
apply to the present Bill; and that the Committee 
had considered the said Petitions, and had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


Mr. Wilson Patten, by Order, reported from the 
Committee on the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Small Debts 
Bill; and to whom a Petition against the said Bill 
was referred ; That they had considered the said 
Petition, and had examined the allegations of the 
Bill and found the same to be true ; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That that the Bill, with the Amend- 


ments, be ingrossed. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Walsall 
Market Bill be revived :—And that they have leave 
to sit and proceed upon Monday next. 


Lord Hotham reported from the Committee on the 
Leominster Improvement Bill; That the Order of the 
House of the 13th day of February last, directing 
that Notice should be inserted three times in the 
London Gazette, had been complied with ; and that 
the Committee had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Albano’s Naturalization Bill was read a second 
time; and committed to Mr. Finch and the Mid- 
dlesex List. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit, 
and proceed upon Monday next. 


Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Act; and who 
were empowered to report the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them from time to time to the 
House; That they had made further Progress in the 
matters to them referred; and had directed him to 
epent the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

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


Petitions from Kilmarnock ;— Pitcairn ;—Bristo 
Street, Edinburgh (Moderatorand Clerk of the United 
Associate Congregation) ; —-and, Hamilton (Pastor 
of the Congregational Church); praying the House 
to refuse their sanction to any additional endow- 
ments to the Church of Scotland,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Dennistoun, by Order, reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill ; 
and to whom several Petitions against the said Bill 
were referred ; That they had considered the said 
Petitions, and had heard counsel in support of se- 


veral of them, and had also heard counsel in favour of 
Vox. 93. 





the Bill ; and that the Committee had inquired into 
the several matters required by the Standing Orders; 
and had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 1st day of May 
next ; and be printed. 


Petitions from Huddersfield; High House (Dur- Negro Appren- 

ham) ;—Preston ;— Haverhill ;— Dudley Circuit ;— ticeship. 
East and West Gate (Durham) ; — Rookhope ; — 
Castleacre ;— Rotherham ;—Ashby-de-la-Zouch (two 
Petitions) ; —Massingham ; — Stoney Stratford ;— 
Belfast (three Petitions) ;— Branston ;— Wolston ;— 
Goole ;— Weymouth ;— Maguire’s Bridge ;—Ballin- 
robe and Cong ;—Wallace-town of Ayr ;—Potters- 
pury ;—Stalybridge ;— Kirbymoorside ;— Abingdon ; 
— Helston ;—Over Darwen ;—- Bath ;—Dissington ; 
— Boston ;— Heyrod ;— Welch Pool ;—Blockley ;— 
East Leake ;— Middlewich ;—Mirfield (two Poti. 
tions) ;—Stonehouse ;— Hillsborough ;—Stanhope; - 
Houghton Regis ;—and, Llanrwsh ; praying for the 
abolition of the system of Negro Apprenticeship,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Banagher ;—and, Maghere; pray- Poor Relief 
ing that the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill may not pass (1teland) Bill. 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Lord Viscount Ebrington reported from the Se- Standing 
lect Committee on Standing Orders relative to Pri- 9'¢*"*: 
vate Bills, a Resolution, which was read as fol- 
loweth : 

Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for Fen Drayton 
the Fen Drayton Inclosure Bill, the Parties be per- ™*!""* 
mitted to proceed with their Bill. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Fen Drayton 
of the Petition for the Fen Drayton Inclosure Bill, I&lt;losure Bill. 
which was this day made from the Select Committee 
on Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, might 
be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for dividing, allotting and inclosing the Open and 
Common Fields, Meadows, Lands, Commons and 
Commonable Places in the parish of Fen Drayton, 
in the county of Cambridge: And that Mr. Townley 
and Mr. Yorke do prepare, and bring it in. 

A Petition of William Nainby Swallow, of Saint 
Ives,in the county of Huntingdon, Gentleman, pray- 
ing that the time for presenting the said Bill may be 
enlarged till Tuesday, the 24th day of this instant 
April, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the time for presenting the said 
Bill be enlarged till Tuesday, the 24th day of this 
instant April. 


A Petition of the Moderator and Clerk of the Church of 
Presbytery of Kirkcaldy, praying the House to take Stl". 
into consideration the state of Religious Instruction 
in Scotland, and to grant suitable endowments to 
the new churches whose ministers are hitherto unpro- 
vided with an adequate and permanent stipend, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Wholesale and Retail Wine and Spirituous 
Spirit Merchants and Grocers in the city of Edin- Liquors Sule 
burgh, praying that the Spirituous Liquors Sale Bill ~"" 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Protestant Inhabitants of the city Maynooth 
of Hereford, praying the House to withdraw the ©°!lese. 
3K 2 usual 


} 
{ 
' 
f 
i 
i 
' 
f 


ee 











436 


usual grant made to the Roman Catholic College 
of Maynooth, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Moderator of the Presbytery 
of Mull;—and, the Moderator of the Provincial 
Synod of Argyle; praying the House seriously to 
consider how greatly the Protestant Church, and 
succession to the Throne, are now endangered by 
the manifest and formidable encroachments of Popery 
in every department of the State, and by the encou- 
ragement unhappily given to its advances by the 
responsible advisers of the Crown; and further 
praying that immediate measures may be taken for 
the preservation of the Reformed Religion of the 
United Kingdom, and for the maintenance of that 
freedom aul tranquillity which, under the blessing 
of God, are derived therefrom,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Protestant 
Religion. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return, showing the Date of commencement, and 
each stage of Procedure, in the cause Smiths, &amp;c. 
against Henry Jones, before the Court of Session in 
Scotland, with the Names of the Parties at whose 
instance Postponements have taken place. 


Court of Session 
(Scotland.) 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of Inquests for each of the years 
1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836 and 1837, held by 
Coroners, in each County or other Jurisdiction in 
England and Wales, on Children supposed to be 
illegitimate, stating the Verdicts of the Juries, under 
the several heads of Wilful Murder by the Mother, 
Death by neglect of the Mother, Death in conse- 

uence of the Concealment of the Birth by the 

other ; other Verdicts than the above :—Of the 
Number of Women convicted of the Murder of their 
illegitimate Children at each Assizes, during the last 
Seven years :—Of the Number of Women convicted 
of the illegal Concealment of the Birth of their ille- 
gitimate Children, during each of the last Seven 
years :—And, of the Number of Women tried and 
acquitted of the above charges in each year, during 
the last Seven years. 

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


Coroners’ 
Inquests 
(Ilegitimate 
Children.) 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Orders of Affilia- 
tion made under the provisions of the Act 4 and 
5 Will. 4, c. 76, s. 72, at each Session of the Peace 
held in England and Wales, subsequently to the 
said Act coming into operation, and made up to the 
latest period. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this Brose as ure 
of Her Majesty's most honourable Privy Council. 


Orders of 
Affiliation, 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson 


Message from 


the Lords. and Mr. te. ag : 

Mr. Speaker, 
Camoys The Lords request that this House will give leave 
Peerage. 


to Captain George Richard Pechell, a Member of 
this - raw to attend their Lordships, in order to 
his being examined as a Witness before the Com- 
mittee for Privileges, to whom the Petition of 
Thomas Stonor, of Stonor, in the county of Oxford, 
Esquire, to Her Majesty, to revive in his person the 


dignity of his Ancestor, by summoning him to Par- 
liament, under the style and title of Lord Camoys ; 
and also the Petitions of Sir Jacob Astley, of Melton 
Constable, in the county of Norfolk, Baronet, and 
of Henry Lestrange Styleman, of Hunstanton, in the 
county of Norfolk, Esquire, Co-heirs of the said 





6° Aprilis. 





A. 1838. 


Barony, to be ‘allowed to appear, by their counsel, 
in support of their interests, stand referred :—And 
then the Messengers withdrew. 

The House proceeded to take the said Message 
into consideration :— And Captain Pechell, being 
present in his place, declared that he was willing, 
with leave of the House, to go to the House of Lords, 
as desired by their Lordships. 

Resolved, That Captain Pechell have leave to go 
to the House of Lords, as desired by their Lordships, 
if he think fit. 

And the Messengers were again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith :—And then 
they again withdrew. 


Complaint being made to the House of a Letter Shaftesbury 
addressed to the Electors of the Borough of Shaftes- Election. 
bury, signed J.S. Poulter, and dated Temple, April 4, 

1838, as containing passages highly reflecting on 
the Committee appointed to try the merits of the 
Petition complaining of the last Election for the Bo- 
rough of Shaftesbury, and printed in The “oe 
Chronicle Newspaper, Friday, April 6th, in breac 
of the Privileges of this House ; 

The said Newspaper was delivered in, and the 
passages complained of were read, as follow : 

“ Av unprincipled combination to which I have 
been for some time exposed has been but too suc- 
cessful. A Petition which, under ordinary circum- 
stances and with a fair Committee, might probably 
have been found frivolous and vexatious, has, by the 
effect of mere chance, been enabled to call to its 
assistance the services of the most corrupt majority 
of a Committee that ever degraded the administra- 
tion of justice and the name of the Commons of 
England. The consequence has been, that I have 
ceased to be your Representative in Parliament. 

The printing of the Evidence by the Order of the 
House, will, I trust, exhibit to you and to the world 
the full particulars of this most flagrant and wicked 
case.” 

“ The majority of the Committee, whose ignorance 
upon the subject was second only to their corruption, 
were thus enabled to put their decision upon the 
shoulders of this gentleman.” 

“In this way my majority was destroyed, and my 
seat as completely filched from me as ever a purse 
was stolen from a person on the common high- 
way.” 

“ T was unwilling to witness in person these dis- 
graceful scenes ; but I am assured that all the pro- 
ceedings of a section of the Committee were accom- 
panied by such external and convincing signs of 
partiality to my opponent and prejudice against 
myself, as to excite the disgust of even casual spec- 
tators! Do not suppose that the high-minded men 
who constitute a large portion of what is called the 
Tory party can approve of these things. I have 
reason to know that they regard such criminal acts 
with the greatest disapprobation. It does seem to 
me that I have been made the victim of a degree of 
iniquity, compared with which the irregular acts of 
all former Committees may fairly claim to stand 
excused.” 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That J. S. Poulter, Esquire, of the Temple, 
whose name is affixed to the said Letter, and Martin 
Smith Metcalfe, of No. 3, Savoy Street, in the Strand, 
Printer of The Morning Chronicle Newspaper, do 
attend this House upon Monday next. 

Then the following paragraph of the said Letter 
was also read: : 

“We then proved a case of treating so extensive 
and decisive, that if any one should desire to state 
the sort of evidence by which such an allegation 
should be sustained, he might be content to take as 
an example what was substantiated before the Com- 
mittee. Ample op rtunity was afforded for esta- 
blishing this part of the case, by the notorious fact, 














that unlimited treating was the only mode an entire 
stranger 


Penit 
(Mill 


Slav 


Ame 
Bill. 





Penitentiary 
(Milbank. ) 


Slavery 
Abolition Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Slavery 
Abolition Act 
Amendment 
Bill, 


Election 
Committees, 


Ecclesiastical 
aties and 
Revenues Bill, 


No. 286. 


1 Vicroriz. 


stranger could adopt of standing against one who 
did, and does at this moment, possess the affections 
and opinions of a large majority of you constituency. 
This proof was also treated with the same contempt 
as the rest of my just and righteous cause.” 
Ordered, That J. S. Poulter, Esquire, of the 
Temple, whose name is affixed to the said Letter, and 
Martin Smith Metcalfe, of No. 3, Savoy Street, in 
the Strand, Printer of The Morning Chronicle News- 
paper, do attend this House upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords to 
request that their Lordships will be pleased to com- 
municate to this House, a Copy of the Report made 
from the Select Committee appointed by their Lord- 
ships to inquire into the cases of certain Prisoners 
confined in the Penitentiary at Milbank: And that 
Mr. Bernal do carry the said Message. 


A Petition of Persons connected with the Island of 
Barbadoes, praying that the Slavery Abolition Act 
Amendment Bill may not pass into a law, was 
— and read ; and eh vs to lie upon the 
Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Slavery Abolition Act 
Amendment Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°. 


To be read 2° paragraph by paragraph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Cause, N° 1, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 2, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 4 and N° 5, agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 6 to N° 10, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 11, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 12 to N° 14, agreed to. 

Cuause, N° 15, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuiavuse, N°16, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 17, amended, and agreed to. 

Crausss, N° 18 to N° 24, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 25, (Her Majesty, by Order in Coun- 
cil, may increase allowances fixed by Proclamation 
of the Governor of British Guiana)——read. 

Question that the Clause stand part of the Bill 
put, and negatived. 

Cravuses, N° 26 and N° 27, agreed to. 
Causes added. 


Cxiauss offered (Apprenticeship in the Island of 
Jamaica to cease on the 1st day of August 1838) 
brought up, and read a first time. 

Question put, That the Clause be now read a 
second time ; 

The Committee divided. 








Tellers for the { Mr. James Stewart, le 
Yeas, Ll Mr. Ward: | Fives 
Tellers for the f Sir George Grey, } 115 
Noes, l Mr. Robert Steuart : at 


Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair, and Mr. Bernai 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Ordered, That all Select Committees for the Trial 
of Controverted Election Petitions have leave to sit 
To-morrow during the sitting of the House. 


Lord John Russell presented a Bill to carry into 
effect, with certain modifications, the Fourth Report 
of the Commissioners of Ecclesiastical Duties and 
Revenues: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday, 
“ 7th on) of May next ; and to be printed. 

ox. 93. 


6° Aprilis. 





437 


The Order of the day being read, for the Commit- Municipal 
tee on the Municipal Corporations (Zreland) Bill ; Corporations 

Resolved, That this House, will upon Monday, Gocend) ame 
the 7th day of May next, resolve itself into the said 
Commitiee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Benefices _ 
mittee on the Benefices Plurality Bill ; Plorelity Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday, 
the 30th day of this instant April, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Schools 
reading of the Schools (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday, the 10th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Poor Law 
further consideration the Report on the Poor Law *"s Bill. 
Loans Bill :—The Bill was re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House:—And the House im- 
mediately resolved itself into the Committee; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made other 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bishoprick of 
mittee on the Bishoprick of Sodor and Manz Bill ; — 4 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday , 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; aan 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- Sheriff Courts 
sideration the Report on the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) (Seotland) Bill. 
Bill :—And the Bill was re-committed to a Com- No. 284. 
mittee of the whole House :—And the House imme- 
diately resolved itself into the Committee ; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and made other Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday the 25th day of this 
instant April; and the Bill, as amended, to be 
printed. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- Court of Ses- 
sideration the Report on the Court of Session, &amp;c. CBentiond) Bit 
(Scotland) Bill:—And the Bill was re-committed to a . 
a Committee of the whole House :—And the House % 285. 
immediately resolved itself into the Committee ; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made other 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon ae ae the 25th day of 
this instant April; and the Bill, as amended, to be 
printed. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Cork Sessions 
next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the Cork 8. 
Sessions Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday, Election _ 
the 2d day of May next, resolve itself into a Com- !xpenses Bill. 
mittee upon the Election Expenses Bill. 

3k 3 Ordered © 





438 6°—7° 


Ordered, That the Medical Charities (Jreland) 
Bill be read a second time upon Monday, the 30th day 
of this instant April. 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Married 
Women’s Bill. 


Ordered, 'That the Married Women’s Bill be read 
a second time upon Wednesday, the 25th day of this 
instant April. 


Waste Lands 


i Ordered, That the Waste Lands (Jreland) Bill be 
(Ireland) Bill. 


read a second time upon Wednesday, the 2d day of 
May next. 


Tenants for Life Ordered,That the Tenants for Life (Ireland) Bill 
(Ireland) Bill. be read a second time upon Wednesday, the 2d 
day of May next. 


Ordered, That the Leases and Exchanges (Ireland) 
Bill be read a second time upon Wednesday, the 2d 
day of May next. 


Leases and 
Exchanges 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Bribery at Ordered, That the Bribery at Elections Bill be 
Elections Bill. read a second time upon Wednesday next. 


Oaths to Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
Witnesses _—_— next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the Oaths 
(Ireland) Bill. 4 Witnesses (Ireland) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Adjourned Debate upon the 
Question proposed upon the 29th day of March last, 
That the High Sheriff’s Bill be committed to a Se- 
lect Committee, be resumed upon Monday next. 


High Sheriffs 
Bill, 


Custody of Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
Insane Persons solve itself into a Committee upon the Custody of 
(Ireland) Bill. Thoane Persons (Ireland) Bill. 


A Petition of Parishioners and Rate-payers of 
Abernant, praying for an alteration of certain Clauses 
in the Poor Law Act, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Poor Law 
Amendment Act. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Municipal 
Boundaries 


A Petition of Inhabitants, coe ae and 
Bill. 


others, of Carmarthen, praying that the Municipal 
Boundaries Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of Proprietors and Occupiers of land, 
situate without the atatne recommended by Her 
Majesty’s Commissioners under the Municipal Act, 
for the County of the Borough of Carmarthen, 
praying that the said Bill may pass into a law, was 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Preston (Lancaster), 
praying the House to take a a general review of the 
legislative regulations affecting the Commercial In- 
tercourse between England, France and Belgium, 
was presented and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Louth, in the county 
of Louth, praying that at all Elections for Members 
to serve in Parliament, the votes be taken by Ballot, 


was — and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Louth, in the county 
of Louth, praying that the Municipal Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Commercial 
Intercourse, 


Vote by Ballot. 


Municipal 
Corporations 


(Ireland) Bill, 


Tithes 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Zouth, in the county 
(Ireland. 


of Louth, praying for the Abolition of Tithes in Zre- 
land, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Physicians and Surgeons of the 
Medical Charities of the county of Louth, praying 
that the Medical Charities (Zreland) Bill, may pass 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Aprilis. A. 1838. 


into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors, Compositors, Press- Postage, 
men, &amp;c., of the Printing Office, Little Pulteney 
Street, St. James’s, praying for the establishment of 
a low uniform rate of ae on Letters, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Postage. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon Bankruptey 
the 12th day of March last, That leave be given to (Scotland) Bil, 
bring in a Bill to amend the Law of Scotland in 
matters relating to sae Tm Personal Diligence, 
Arrestments, Poinding of Goods, Inhibitions, Adju- 
dications, Judicial Sales, Powers of Sale, and Poind- 
ings of the Ground, might be read ; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Personal 
to amend the Law of Scotland, in matters relating /lizeee 
to Personal Diligence, Arrestments, and Poindings : meas 
And that the Lord Advocate and Mr. Attorney- 
General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Behrens’ Naturalization Bill was read the first Bebrens’ 
time; and ordered to be read a second time To- Nat. Bill, 
morrow. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to an Address Lunatic 

to Her Majesty, a Return from the Clerks of the Asy!ums. 
Peace in the several Counties of England and Wales 
(except the County of Middlesex), and of the several 
Cities and Boroughs which have separate Clerks of 
the Peace, of all Houses within their respective juris- 
dictions, to which Licenses have been granted during 
each of the last Three years, for the reception of 
Insane Persons, under the Act 2 and 3 Will. 4, c, 
107; stating the Names of the several ~~ 
or Superintendents, and distinguishing the Numbers 
and Sex of the Patients for whose reception they are 
severally licensed. 

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


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Folkestone Folkestone 
Harbour, which were presented upon the 23d and Harbour. 
28th days of March last, be printed. No. 287. 

Ordered, That so much of the Return relative to Post Office. 
the Post Office, which was presented upon Monday No. 265, 
last, as relates to secreting and purloining Letters, 
and the nature of the Security taken by the Post 
Office, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Sabbati, 7° die Aprilis ; 


Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


ey ON of Inhabitants of Scotby, pray- Negro Apprev- 
ing for the abolition of the system of Negro ticeship. 
Apprenticeship, was. presented, and read; and or- 

dered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Fire Insurance. 
Accounts of all Sums paid into the Stamp Office 
for Duty, by each Insurance Office in Great Britain 
and Ireland, on Insurance from Fire, for the quarters 
ending severally the 25th day of March, 24th day of 
June, 29th day of September and 25th day of De- 
cember 1837; distinguishing the Amount of the 
Allowance made to each Office for collecting the 
same in the Country, London, Edinburgh and Dub- 
lin respectively, with the Dates of such Payments: 
—And, of the Sums insured by each Office on Farm- 
ing Stock exempt from Duty, for the &lt;— ending 
severally the 25th day of March, 24th day of June, 





29th 








Walsall 
Market Bill, 


y 
Bill, 


Leicester 
Borough 
Election. 


Bill, 


Slavery 
Abolition Act 
Amendment 
Bill, 


No. 288. 


1 Vicroriz. 


29th day of September and 25th day of December 
1837 ; distinguishing the Amount of each Office in 
the Country, London, Edinburgh and Dublin re- 
spectively. 


A Petition of Rate-payers, Owners of property 
and Inhabitant Householders of Walsall, praying 
that they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Walsall Market Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by their counsel or agents, upon their Peti- 
tion, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Lord Seymour, from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed to try and determine the merits of the Peti- 
tion of the several Persons whose names are there- 
unto subscribed, being Electors of the Borough of 
Leicester, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the said borough, informed the House, 
That the Committee had determined, 

That John Easthope, Esquire, and Samuel Duck- 
worth, Esquire, are duly elected Members to serve 
in this present Parliament for the said Borough of 
Leicester : 

That the Petition of Joseph Knight, and others, 
did not appear to the said Committee to be frivolous 
or vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not 
appear to the said Committee to be frivolous or 
vexatious. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Sir George Grey reported the Slavery Abolition 
Act Amendment Bill; and the Amendments were 
read, as follow: 

Pr. 2. 1. 18. Leave out from “Colony ” to “ And” 
in I, 22. 

Pr. 3. 1.11. Leave out “ secured ” and insert 
“ given.” 

Pr. 3. 1.16. Leave out “ generally,” and insert 
“ in all cases.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 29. After “ shall ” insert “ after having 
“ been ascertained and declared as hereinafter pro- 
“ vided.” 

Pr. 4, 1. 14. After “ Apprentices” insert “ and 
“ no apprenticed Labourer from whom such allow- 
“ ances shall be withheld shall be liable to punish- 
“‘ ment for, deficiency of work during the period for 
“ which such allowance shall be withheld.” 


Pr. 4. 1. 19. After “ thereupon” insert “ for.” 


Pr. 4. 1. 38. After “ shall” insert “ to the satis- 
faction of the Speciai Justice of the district.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 1. Leave out “ and” and insert “ me- 
dicines and other.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 17. After “across ” insert “ or along.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 18. Leave out “ vein 

Pr. 10. 1.18. After “ way” insert Clause (A.) 


Cuause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for the Governor, by and with the advice 
“ of his council, in each of the said Colonies, if he 
shall deem it expedient for the better protection 
of the apprenticed Labourer, to make such new 
or other regulations for the treatment of all ap- 
prenticed Labourers during the period of their 
confinement in any prison, workhouse, hospital 
or other place of confinement, as to him shall seem 
wis which regulations shall have the force of 
“ law.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 3. After “ or” insert “ any.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 22. Leave out from “ Governor” to 
i in 1. 23. 

r. 14. 1. 6. After “ Apprentice” insert “ on a 
treadmill or.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 10. After “ person ” insert “ or by 
cutting off her hair.” 

Vou. 93. 


n~ 
wn 


“~ 
wn 


a Aa 
nan #8 


‘ 


wn 


¢ 


wn 


‘ 


o 
nxn #8 


‘ 


n 


¢ 


n 


‘ 


“ 


a” 
n~ 








7° Aprils. 4.39 


Pr. 14. 1.19. Leave out from “ person” to 
“ after” in 1. 21. 

Pr. 15. |. 1. After “ punishment” insert “ and 
that from and after the proclamation of this Act, 
it shall not be lawful to punish any apprenticed 
Labourer, being a male, by whipping or beating 
his person for any offence by him committed 
“ against, or for the breach of, any regulation made 
“ for the discipline of any prison, hospital or work- 
house, unless with the approbation and in the 
“ presence of a Special Justice acting unde: the said 
“ recited Act of Parliament.” 


. Pr. 17. 1. 28. After “ directed” insert Clause 
(B.) 

Cravuse (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That when- 
soever any Governor shall have put in force an 
of the special powers conferred upon him by this 
Act, for the change or completion of any classifi- 
cation, for the discharge of any Apprentice, or for 
the regulation of any prison or workhouse, or for 
the staying of any legal proceedings, or for the 
proclamation of any aK allowances, pri- 
~— or indulgences, as hereinbefore described, 
he shall, by the earliest convenient opportunity, 
transmit to Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of 
State for the Colonies, a report of the particulars 
of all acts so done; and such report shall be laid 
upon the tables of both Houses of Parliament 
within Forty days after it shall have been so 
received, or within Forty days after the com- 
mencement of the then next ensuing Session of 
Parliament.” 


Pr. 2. 1. 34..Leave out from “ Act” to “ And” 
in Pr, 24. 1. 14., and insert Clauses (C.) and (D.) 
Cuauss (C.) “ And whereas, in such of the Co- 
“* lonies aforesaid as are subject to the legislative 
“ authority of Her Majesty in Council, certain laws 
“‘ were in force at or immediately before the time 
“ when the said recited Act came into operation, 
“ determining the amount of food and other allow- 
“ ances to he supplied to the persons then held in 
“ slavery in the said Colonies respectively: And 
“ whereas doubts have arisen whether, consistently 
“ with the provisions of the said Act, it is com- 
“ petent to Her Majesty in Council to increase the 
“ said scale of allowances; Be it therefore Declared 
“ and Enacted, That it is and shall be competent 
“ to Her Majesty in Council, by any Order or Orders 
“/ Council for that purpose to be made from time 
“ to time, to make euch an increase of the said scales 
“ of allowances as to Her Majesty in Council shall 
“ seem meet; any thing in the said recited Act to 
“ the contrary notwithstanding.” 
Cravse (D.) “ And whereas, under certain of 
“ the provisions of the said recited Act, children 
“ bound out as apprenticed Labourers before the 
“ First day of August One thousand eight hundred 
“ and Forty, or apprenticed Labourers, under the 
“ sentences or adjudications of the Special Magis- 
“ trates, may in certain cases be compelled to serve 
“ as apprenticed Labourers after the said First day 
“ of August One thousand eight hundred and Forty, 
“ and it is expedient that the said Act should in 
“ that respect be amended; Be it therefore Enacted, 
“ That no person shall, by virtue of the said Act, or 
by virtue of any indenture of apprenticeship en- 
“ tered into by him or her, or on his or her behalf, 
“ in pursuance thereof, be liable to serve as an 
“ apprenticed Labourer after the First day of Fe- 
“ bruary One thousand eight hundred and Forty- 
“ one in the Island of Mauritius, or after the First 
“ day of August One thousand eight hundred and 
“ Forty in any other of the Colonies aforesaid ; any 
“ thing in the said Act or in any such indenture 
“‘ contained to the contrary notwithstanding.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Another Amendment was made to the Bill, in 
Pr. 24, 1. 25., by inserting, after the word “ Colony,” 
3K 4 the 


“ 
“ 
if% 
“ 


“ 








Poor Law 
Loans Bill. 


Custody of 
Insane Persons 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Behrens’ 
Nat. Bill. 


Negro 
‘Task-work, 


Foreign Wine. 


Leominster 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Factories Act. 


Tithes 
(Ireland, ) 


440 


the words “ and the words ‘ Apprentice’ and ‘ ap- 
“ prenticed Labourer’ shall be taken to mean such 
‘‘ persons only as, having been formerly held in 
«« slavery, are now Apprentices subject to the pro- 
visions of the said recited Act of Parliament, or 
of any Order in Council, Ordinance or Act of 
Assembly, made or passed in pursuance thereof.” 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


“ 
“ 
“ 


Mr. John Parker reported the’ Poor Law Loans 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Custody of Insane Persons 
(Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. More 
O’ Ferrall reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


Behrens’ Naturalization Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to Mr. 
Harvey «nd the Middlesex List. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit, 
and proceed, upon Monday next, and to make their 
Report upon Tuesday next. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return from each of our West India Co- 
lonies, of the Number and the Names of all Estates 
on which the practice of Piece-work or Task-work 
has been introduced, with a view either to diminish 
the Number of Hours of Labour as fixed by the 
Laws and Ordinances of the Colonies, or in order to 
enable the apprenticed Labourers to receive wages 
out of their fixed Hours of Labour. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this Hcuse, an 
Account of the Number of Gallons of Foreign Wine 
imported, of the Quantities upon which Duty has 
been paid for Home Consumption, the Rate of Duty 
and the Quantities exported ; also, the Quantities 
retained for Home Consumption, after deducting the 
Amount exported, subsequent to the payment of 
Duty, for the year pa 5th January 1838, com- 
pared with the preceding years 1836 and 1837 ; dis- 
tinguishing Cape, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Ma- 
deira, Rhenish, Canary, Fayal, Sicilian and other 
sorts. 


The House proceeded to take into further consi- 
deration the Report which was yesterday made from 
the Committee on the Leominster Improvement 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
t 


0. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Petitions from Horsforth ;— Rawdon ;— Yeadon ; 
—Idle ; — Bramley ;— Hechmondwike, &amp;c. ; — and, 
Batley (two Petitions); praying for the amendment 
of the Factories Act,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kilmurry ;— Moviddy ;— Ahina;— 
Gortletra and Cloone ;—and, Donoughmore (Chair- 
man of a Meeting); praying for the abolition of 
Tithes in Zreland,—were presented, and read, and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


7° Aprilis. 


A. 1838. 


A Petition of Householders of Saint Catherine, Grand Jury 
Dublin, praying for an alteration of the Law relating (eee 
to Grand Jury Presentments in Ireland, was pre- —— 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Inhabitants of Ballinakill, praying Timaboe ang 
_the House not to renew the Timahoe and Tipperary peperary 

: Road Act, which will expire in the present Session of °*° ““ 

| Parliament, but to leave the Road, like all others in 

| the county, to the care of the cess-payers and Grand 

Jury, was presented, and read; and ordered to 

'lie upon the Table. 

| A Petition of Graduates in Medicine of the Brit- Medical 
|#sh and Irish Universities, and Members and Licen- Charities 
tiates of the British Colleges of Surgeons practising ‘"*!*"4) Bil. 
in Dublin, and its vicinity, praying that the Medical 
Charities (Ireland) Bill may not pass into a law as 

it now stands, was presented, and read; and or- 

dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Balrothery and Bal- Poor Relief 
scadden, praying that the Poor Relief (Zreland) Bill (1reland) Bill 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Electors of Hipperholme-cum-Brig- Elective 
house, praying that such a full and effectual remedy Franchise. 
may be applied to the evils of the present electoral 
system as will secure to each Elector a free exercise 
of his legitimate rights, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Consumers of Soap resident at soap, 
Deusbury, praying for the repeal of the duty on 
Soap, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates and Cess-payers asso- County Cess 
ciated at a Special Sessions held at Omagh, praying (Ie!a04.) 
the House to exempt farmers in Jreland from paying 
any County Cess on account of their houses, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Gortletra and Cloone, Vote by Ballot, 
praying that all votes at Elections for Members to ** 
serve in Parliament be taken by Ballot, and that 
each Parliament shall not continue longer than 
three years, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Gortletra and Cloone, Municipal 
praying that the Municipal Corporations (Zreland) (ireland) Bill 
ill may pass into a law, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Working Men’s ©o™ Laws. 
Association and other Inhabitants of the Burgh of 
Stirling, praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws, 


was — and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to amend the Persoual 
Law of Scotland in matters relating to Personal (Scotland) Bill 
Diligence, Arrestments and Poindings: And the * yy ogg, 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be ; 
read a second time upon Wednesday, the 25th day 
of this instant April; and to be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 














Lune, 9° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Chalk, from the Ecclesiastical Commis- Pluralitics. 
sioners, was called in; and at the bar pre- 
sented, pursuant to Order,—An Abstract of the 
Number of Clergymen holding Livings in Plurality, 


where 











jury 
ments 


.) 


&gt; and 


ct, 


) Bill, 


lief 
) Bill, 


ess 


Ballot, 


ons 


Bill. 


) Bil 


National Debt. 


Leominster 
—_— 
Bill, 


Swavesey 
Inclosure Bill. 


Portsmouth 
Floating 


Bridge Bill. 


Fen Drayton 
Inclosure Bill, 


Haverfordwest 
(Portfield) 
Inclosure Bill, 


London 


1 Victoriz. 9° Aprils. 441 


where one of the Livings so held does not exceed 
£.50 per annum :—The like, where one of the Liv- 
ngs so held does not exceed £.100 per annum :— 
The like, where one of the Livings so held does not 
exceed £.150 per annum :—The like, where one of 
the Livings so held does not exceed £.200 per annum: 
-.-And, the like, whereall the Livings so held severally 
exceed £.200 per annum:—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Peck, from the Office of the Commissioners 
for the Reduction of the National Debt, was called 
in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—An Account 
of the Gross Amount of all Bank Annuities and 
Long Annuities, and any other Annuities for Terms 
of Years, transferred; and of all Sums of Money 
ape to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the 

ational Debt ; and the Gross Amount of Annuities 
for Lives, and for Terms of Years, which have been 

ranted for the same within the year ending on 5th 
anuary 1838. 

An Account of the Gross Amount of all Sums re- 
ceived and paid by the Commissioners for the Re- 
duction of the National Debt on account of Banks 
for Savings (including Friendly Societies) in Great 
Britain and Ireland, from their commencement at 
6th August 1817 to the 20th November 1837 inclu- 
sive :—And, an Account of all expenses incurred by 





the said Commissioners for Salaries of Clerks or 
other Incidental Charges during the«preceding year: 
—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
Table. F 

An ingrossed Bill to amend an Act of the forty- 
eighth year of the reign of his Majesty King George 
the Third, relating to the Improvement of the town 
of Leominster, in the County of Hereford, was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Lord Hotham do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Townley reported from the Committee on the 
Swavesey Inclosure Bill; and to whom a Petition 
against the said Bill, was referred; That they had 
considered the said Petition, and had examined the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true ; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the Com- 
mittee; and that the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Mr. Francis Baring reported from the Committee 
on the Portsmouth Floating Bridge Bill; and to 
whom a Petition against the said Bill was referred ; 
That no person appeared in support of the said Peti- 
tion; and that they had examined the allegations of 
the Bill and found the same to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the time for presenting the Fen 
Drayton Inclosure Bill be further enlarged till Wed- 
nesday the 25th day of this instant April. 


The Haverfordwest (Portfield) Inclosure Bill was 
read a second time; and committed to Sir Richard 
Phillips and the Wales List. 


Grand Junction . 4 Petition of Robert M‘William, of Torrington 
Railway Bilt, ee in the county of Middlesex, and Owen 


omas Owen of the city of London, Surgeon, 


Vot. 93. 





one of the Trustees acting under the marriage settle- 
ment of the first-named Petitioner, Robert M‘ Wil- 
liam, and Charlotte his wife, praying that they may 
be heard, by their counsel or agents, against the 
London Grand Junction Railway Bill, was pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Selkirk ;—Johnstone ;—Dumfries Church of 

Presbytery (Moderator and Presbytery Clerk) ;— Scotland. 
Edinburgh (President and Secretary of the Young 
Men’s Voluntary Church);—Kelso (Moderator of 
the Relief Presbytery) ;—Campbeltown ;— Newtown ; 
— Anstruther ter ;— Kirkcudbright ;— More- 
battle ; — Yetholm ; —- Inverness ; — Ayr (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Lockerbie ;—Annan ;—and, Chapelknowe ; 
praying the House not to sanction any further en- 
dowmentto the Church of Scotland,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Berwich-upon- Tweed, Rating of _ 
praying that the Rating of Tenements Bill may not Tenements Bill, 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Rating of Tene- 
ments. 

A Petition of the Chairman of the Guardians of 
the Brecknock Union, praying that the said Bill 
ee 3 pass into a law, was also presented, and read ; 
and referred to the said Select Committee. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Wrington, praying Church 
that all increase of Revenue that may arise from *™Pe"Y 
ecclesiastical property may be left at the disposal 
of the Church, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Lincoln, praying the 
House to sanction any plan that may be brought 
forward to effect the Enfranchisement of Church 
Property upon just and equitable principles, was 
-&lt; geainas and read ; and ordered to lie uponthe 

able. 


A Petition of the Committee for paving, cleans- Metropolis 
ing and lighting the parishes of Saint-Giles-in-the- Improvements. 
Fields and Saint George, Bloomsbury, praying for 
a better communication between Broad Street, Saint 
Giles, and Charing Cross, and from Waterloo Bridge 
to Gower Street, was presented, and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Metropolis Im- 
provements. 


Petitions from Rhos-y-Tryfan ;— Llanllyni ;— Negro Appren- 
Llandwrog ;— Haworth ;—Reading ;— Talyllyn ;— ticeship. 
Eskdale ;—and, Berwick; praying for the abolition 
of the system of Negro Apprenticeship,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of James Haughton, praying the 
House to compel all Proprietors of Slaves who have 
received Compensation out of the sum of Twenty 
Millions, for being deprived of imaginary rights 
over their Slaves, to refund or pay back the full 
amount paid to them, if they have not fulfilled the 
conditions of the Apprenticeship Act passed in the 
year 1833, was also — and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. ’ 


Mr. Freshfield reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined Petitions: 
the Petitions presented from the 4th to the 7th days 
of this instant April, both inclusive; and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Sierra Leone. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of any Treaties which may have 
been made by the Governors of Sierra Leone = 
3 L the 











442 9° Aprilis. A. 1838. 


the Native Tribes, for the restitution of fugitive | 
Servants who have sought refuge in that Colony; 
with an Account of the Number of Persons given 
up under such Treaties :—Also, an Account of the 
Saphes of Persons who have been kidnapped from 
that Colony, for the purpose of being carried into 
Slavery. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Meieaty« most honourable Privy Council. 


Tonding A Petition of Licensed Victuallers of Leeds, pray- 

Warehouses» ing for the establishment of Inland Bonding Ware- 
houses, to enable them to bond Wines and Spirits 
in Leeds, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Copyright Bill. | Petitions from Principals, Compositors, and others, 
in the Printing Office of J. Wertheimer and Co. ;— 
Wolverhampton ;—Compositors, Pressmen, &amp;c. em- 
ployed on the premises of R. Clay ;—and, Carlisle ; 
praying that the Copyright Bill may not pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Linen Manu- A Petition of Bleachers, Linen Merchants, Manu- 
(iiclon’) Act. facturers and others of Tyrone, praying that the 
Linen Manufactures, &amp;c. (Ireland) Act, which ex- 
pires at the end of the present Session of Parliament, 
may be renewed, was — and read; and or- 


dered to lie upon the Table. 


Poor Relief A Petition of Inhabitants of Stewartstown, pray- 

(Ireland) Bill. ino that the Poor Relief (Zreland) Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Second Report Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Se- 
Ve Fictitious ject Committee on Fictitious Votes (Jreland); and 

otes (Ireland.) 
who were empowered to Report the Minutes of the 


The West India, &amp;c., Docks Bill was read a se~ Wes:tnaia, 5 
cond time; and committed to Mr. Clay and the Deeks Bill’ ” 
Middlesex List. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- Combmartin 
sideration the Report which upon Friday last was Roads Bill, 
made from the sae on the (re-committed) 
Combmartin Roads Bill, and the Amendments were, 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


A Petition of Mackerel Fishing Owners and other Lord’s Day Bil, 
Persons interested in the Mackerel Fishery at Lowe- 
stoft, praying that a Clause may be introduced into 
the Lord’s Day Bill, permitting the landing and 
sale of Mackerel on the Lord’s day, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Magistrates and Town Council Postage. 
of Pittenweem, praying for the establishment of a 
low and uniform rate of Postage on Letters, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Postage. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Cupar, praying for Corn Laws, 
the repeal of the Corn Laws, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dunlavin;—and, Finglassand Saint Municipal 
Margaret’s; praying that the Municipal Corporations Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, (!"¢!"4) Bill. 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Waterford, praying salmon 
that the Salmon Fisheries (Ireland) Bill may not Fisheries 
pass ihto a law, was presented, and read; and or- (/eland) Bill. 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Inhabitants of Finglass and Vote by Ballot, 





No. 294. Evidence taken before them from time to time to 
the House; That they had made further Progress in 
the matters to them referred ; and had directed him 
to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

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


Benefices A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Werburghs, 


wang Se. Derby, praying that the Benefices Plurality Bill 


may not pass into a law as it now stands, was 
= and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


able. 


Factories Act. A Petition of Operatives and Parents of Children 
employed in Factories in Otley, praying for the 
amendment of the Factories Act, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


John George A Petition of John George, Senior, and John 

and Son. George, Junior, praying that an inquiry may be 
made into the merits of a Steam War Chariot and 
a Bullet Proof Soldier’s dress invented by them, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


ae A Petition of Artisans and Mechanics of Not- 


Inventions Bill. tingham, praying that the Patterns and Inventions | P 


Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Poor Law A Petition of the Guardians of the Ulverstone 
Amendment Union, praying for the amendment of the Poor Law 
, Act, was presented, and read; and referred to the 


Select Committee on the Poor Law Amendment 
Act. 


LiverpoolCourt A Petition of the Liverpool New Gas and Coke 
ot Passage Bill. Company, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Liverpool Court of Passage Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Saint Margaret’s, praying that the Votes at all © 
Elections for Members to serve in Parliament be 
|taken by Ballot, and that the duration of each Par- 
|liament shall not continue longer than three years, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Finglass and Saint Tithes 
Margaret’s, praying for the abolition of Tithes in (Ireland. 
Ireland, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the Parish Bratton 
of Bratton Fleming, in the County of Devon, was + Bill. 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Chichester do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Free Inhabitants of Mew South New South 
Wales, praying, that on the expiration of the present ''“* 
Act, providing for the Government of that Colony, 
the eine will be pleased to address Her Majesty, 
to grant to the Petitioners a Representative Assem- 
bly, upon a wide and liberal basis; or that the 
House will be pleased to introduce, instead of the 
resent Legislative Council, a Legislative Council 
and Assembly, consisting of not fewer than fifty 
Members, three-fourths of whom to be elected by 
the Petitioners, and the remaining fourth to be 
nominees of Her Majesty, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Patrickson Pike, of Dame see al 

Street, in the city of Dublin, Gentleman, one of the (rel “rs Bill. 
Solicitors of the High Court of Chancery, and one 
of the Attornies of the Courts of Queen’s Bench, 
Common Pleas and Exchequer, in Jreland, praying 
that the Attornies and Solicitors (Jreland) Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read : and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition 








lia, &amp;e,, 
ill, 


ttin 
ill. 


ay Bill, 


Ns 


Bill, 


Bill. 


allot, 


London — 
Corporation. 


Aberdeen 
University. 


Spirituous 
Liquors Sale 
Bill. 


Leave of 
Absence. 


Haverfordwest 
(Portfield) 
Tnclosure Bill. 


Shaftesbury 
Election. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


London and 
Greenwich 
Railway Bill, 
Haleworthy 
Roads Bill, 


Qued gley 
Inclosure Bill. 


Le Jeune’s 
Nat. Bill, 


Newman’s 
Nat, Bill, 


1 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of Inhabitant Householders of the 
Ward of Farringdon Without, in the city of Lon- 
don, praying the House to take into consideration 
forthwith the Report of the Commissioners ap- 
pointed to inquire into the sagen, pe Control of 
the affairs of the city of London, and without delay 
secure a more extended and wholesome Municipal 
Government for the Metropolis, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Andrew Welsh, Student of Philo- 
sophy, in the Marischal College, and University of 
Aberdeen, praying for the abolition of the office of 
Lord Rector of that University, or for an alteration 
in the mode of Election, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Wholesale and Retail Wine and 
Spirit Merchants of Leith, praying that the Spiri- 
tuous Liquors Sale Bill may pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That Colonel Butler have leave of ab- 
sence for six weeks, on urgent business. 


A Petition of Freemen of Haverfordwest, praying 
that the Haverfordwest (Portfield) Inclosure Bill 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read for the attend- 
ance of J. S. Poulter, “eee f and Martin Smith 
Metcalfe ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That J. S. Poulter, Esquire be 
now called in ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question by leaving out from the word “ That,” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words, 
“‘ the further consideration of the complaint in re- 
“ spect of the matter contained in Mr. Poulter’s 
“ Letter, be deferred till Tuesday the 26th day of 
“ this instant April,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
J. S. Poulter, Esquire, be now called in ; 

And the previous Question being proposed, That 
that Question be now put ; 





A Message from the Lords by Mr. Farrer and 
Sir Giffin Wilson 
Mr. Speaker : 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment, viz. 
A Bill, intituled, An Act for extending the time 
for completing the London and Greenwich Railway : 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for repairing and im- 
proving the Road leading from Haleworthy, in the 
Parish of Davidstow, in the County of Cornwall, to 
the East End of Wadebridge, and from the West 
End of Wadebridge, into and through the Borough 
of Mitchell in the said County, and for making and 
maintaining certain new Roads to communicate 
therewith : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands, in 
the Parish of Quedgley, in the County of Gloucester : 
And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for naturalizing Sophia Nelthorpe Le Jeune, to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for naturalizing Sarah Nelthorpe Newman, to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

Vox. 93. 


9° Aprilis. 


443 


The Lords request that this House will give leave New Zealand. 


to the Honourable Francis Baring, a Member of 
this House, to attend their Lordships, in order to 
his being examined as a witness before the Select 
Committee appointed to inquire into the present 
state of the Islands of Mew Zealand, and the expe- 
diency of regulating the Settlement of British Sub- 
jects therein :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the last part of the said Message: And Mr. Baring, 
being present, in his place, declared that he was 
willing, with leave of the House, to go to the House 
of Lords, as desired by their Lordships. 

Resolved, That the Honourable Francis Baring 
have leave to go to the House of Lords, as desired 
by their Lordships, if he think fit. 

And the Messengers were again called in, and Mr. 
Speaker acquainted them therewith:—And then 
they again withdrew.—— 


The previous Question, That the question (That Shaftesbury 
J.S. Poulter, Esquire, be now called in) be now eto. 


put; was put, and agreed to. 


And the said Question was put accordingly ; and 
agreed to. 

Mr. Poulter being called in; the passages com- 
plained of in the said Letter were read. 


Mr. Poulter was then heard, and admitted him- 
self to be the author of the said Letter, and that the 
same was published with his sanction :—And then 
he was directed to withdraw. 


A Motion was made, andt 2e Question being pro- 
posed, That the expressions in the said Letter, 
containing a charge of corruption against Members 
of a Committee of this House in the discharge of 
their judicial duties, are a false and scandalous im- 
putation on the honour and conduct of Members of 
this House :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Debate be adjourned till this day 
month :—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


And the Question being again proposed, That 
the expressions in the said Letter, containing a 
charge of corruption against Members of a Com- 
mittee of this House in the discharge of their judi- 
cial duties, are a false and scandalous imputation or 
the honour and conduct of Members of this House : 
—The said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Then Mr. Poulter was again called in; and Mr. 
Speaker, by direction of the House, addressed him 
as follows : 


“Mr. Poulter, 1 have been commanded by the 
House to put to you a question arising out of the 
statement which you have already made at the bar. 
Before I do so, I think I shall best discharge my 
duty to the House, and I think I shall equally dis- 
charge my duty to you, by stating to yon what I 
conceive to be the sense of the House with respect 
to the present state of this proceeding. The com- 
plaint is not that you have urged that the decision 
of the Committee was in your opinion erroneous,— 
they make no complaint of that, they desire no re- 
traction of that opinion, they consider that you are 
at liberty to express that opinion so long as you 
shall entertain it,—but the complaint which they do 
make is, that in stating your opinion that the judg- 
ment of the Committee has been erroneous, you 
have applied to the Members of the Committee ex- 
pressions of a harsh nature-—-I use the gentlest ex- 
pressions—I wish the question to be considered 
calmly and temperately by yourself and every body 
concerned—you have used harsh expressions, and 
you have used expressions which you as a person 
who have been long a Member of this House, must 
know very well you in your place in Parliament 
could not have applied to any Member of this 





3L2 House ; 





444, 


House ; therefore, looking at what you have said, I 
conceive there is every reason to hope that you will 
see, as I think the House sees, that there is a dis- 
tinction, and a broad distinction, between retracting 
that which implies your own opinion that the deci- 
sion of the Committee has been erroneous, and re- 
tracting those expressions which impute directly to 
the Members who composed the majority of that 
Committee, which is, after all, a conclusion of which 
no positive proof could in any way be produced, it 
could only have been an inference which you your- 
self drew, because you took a strong view of the 
erroneous nature of the judgment ; and under those 
circumstances I am desired to put to you this ques- 
tion, whether or no you are now disposed to retract 
these expressions in which you charge the Members 
of the Committee with personal corruption in the 
votes they gave, and the conduct they pursued in 
the Committee, and also those expressions in which 
you allege, that your Seat has been ‘as — 
filched from you, as ever a purse was stolen from a 
person on the common highway ?’” 


Whereupon Mr. Poulter said : 


“ Mr. Speaker, I must continue to assert that my 
Seat in this House has been taken from me by poli- 
tical motives. I do not mean to ascribe to the 
Members of this Committee any corruption in the 
sense of pecuniary, or base corruption of that kind ; 
but I must say, that I shall ever regard my Seat as 
having been taken from me from political causes, 
and not from causes founded in justice :’—And then 
he was directed to withdraw. : 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the expressions in the said Letter, 
containing a charge of corruption against Members 
of a Committee of this House, in the discharge 
of their judicial duties, are a false and scanda- 
lous imputation on the honour and conduct of 
Members of this House:—And a Debate arising 
thereupon ; 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Debate be adjourned till this day 
month :—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


And the Question being again proposed, That 
the expressions in the said Letter, containing a 
charge of corruption against Members of a Com- 
mittee of this ines, in the discharge of their judi- 
cial duties, are a false and scandalous imputation 
on the honour and conduct of Members of this 
House ; 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That,” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words, 
“the Order of the day for the third reading of the 
“ Slavery Abolition Act Amendment Bill be now 
“ read,” instead thereof : 


And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers forthe (Sir Thomas Fremantle, 71 
Yeas, \ Mr. Blackstone : f =e 

Tellers for the { Mr. William Smith O’ Brien, 
Noes, Mr. Mildmay: } 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


And the Question being _= proposed, That 
etter, containing a 


120 


the expressions in the said 
charge of corruption against Members of a Com- 
mittee of this House, in the discharge of their judi- 
cial duties, are a false and scandalous imputation 
on the honour and conduct of Members of this 
House :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 


9° Aprilis. 








A. 1838. 


A Motion was made, and the Question bein 
ed That the Debate be adjourned till this day 
week ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. O’ Connell, 

Yeas, Mr. Serjeant Wilde : 

Tellers for the (Sir Thomas Fremantle, 

Noes, Mr. Gladstone : 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


} 121. 
}aaz. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings Shaftesbury 
and Evidence taken before the Select Committee on -lection. 
the Shaftesbury Election Petition, which were pre- No. 290, 
sented upon Thursday last, be printed. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Slavery 
amend the Act for the Abolition of Slavery in the Abolition Act 
British Colonies, was, according to Order, read the gy 
third time. 

An ingrossed Clause was offered to be added to 
the Bill, by way of rider, (mode of valuing the ser- 
vices of Apprentices seeking their discharge): And 
the said Clause was brought up, and read the first 
time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Then the Amendments following were made to 
the Bill; viz. 

In Clause C, added to the Bill, folio 1, 1. 11, leave 
out “ the scale of.” 

Folio 1, 1. 16, leave out “ make such an.” 

Folio 1, 1. 16 &amp; 17, after “ increase,” insert “ the 
amount of.” 

Folio 1,1]. 17, leave out “ the scale of.” 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir George Grey do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read for the Com- Supply; 
mittee of Supply ; 

Ordered, That the Report which upon the 30th Papers, 
day of March last was made from the Select Com-_ "ferred: 
mittee appointed to inquire how far Pensions granted — on Fo 
in virtue of the Act 1 Will. 4, c. 24, and charged 
on the Civil List, and in virtue of the Act 2 and 3 
Will. 4, c. 116, and charged on the Consolidated 
Fund, ought to be continued, having due regard to 
the just Claims of the Parties, and GS Shescconae in the 
Public Expenditure, be referred to the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Estimate of the Sum that will Estimate 
be required to enable Her Majesty to direct the pay- psPtone 
ment for the quarter ending the 5th day of April 
1838, of those Pensions which at the demise of the 
Crown were charged upon the Civil List of his late 
Majesty, or upon the Consolidated Fund, pursuant 
to the Act 2 and 3 Will, 4, c. 116, which was pre- 
sented upon Monday last, be referred to the Com- 
mittee. 

Then the House resolved itself in the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That a Sum not exceeding arte Pensions. 
thousand five hundred pounds be granted to Her Ma- 

jesty, to enable Her Majesty to direct the payment 

for the quarter ending the 5th day of April 1838, of 

those Pensions which at the demise of the Crown 

were charged upon the Civil List of his late Ma- 

jesty, or upon the Consolidated Fund, pursuant to 

an Act of the 2d and 3d year of King William the 
Fourth. 


Resolution to be reported. 











Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ways and 
Means, 


Consolidated 
Fund. 


1 Victroriz. 9°—10° 


Mr.Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Re- 
solution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he was 
directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Petitions from the High Sheriff and Membersof the 
Grand Jury of the county of Monaghan ;—Kilcro- 
naghan;—and, Ballinascreen; praying that the Poor 
Relief (Jreland) Bill may not pass into a law as it 
now stands,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into further consideration the Report on the Poor 
Relief (Zreland) Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill, for 
the employment of the able-bodied Poor ne Public 
Works: And the said Clause was brought up, and 
read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill, (Commissioners at one and the same time, to 
divide Jreland into Unions for the Relief of the 
Poor): And the said Clause was brought up, and 
read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill, (Persons begging within any Union in which the 
Commissioners, shall have declared a workhouse 
to be fit for the reception of the destitute Poor, shall 
be liable to imprisonment): And the said Clause 
was brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill, (Rate-payers in a parish may levy a rate for 
the support of the destitute Poor who have been re- 





sident for three years in the parish, and then the 
power of the Commissioners to cease): And the said 
Clause was brought up, and read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time:—It passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday the 
30th day of this instant April. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into the Committee of Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That towards making good the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, for the service of the year 
One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, the 
sum of Eight Millions be granted out of the Con- 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland. 

Resolution to be reported. 


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


Martis, 10° die Aprilis, 1838: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 








Vo. 93. 


Aprils. 445 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Clergy Resi- 
into a Committee upon the Clergy Residences Bill ; dences Bill, 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
an Amendment thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bishoprick 
mittee on the Bishoprick of Sodor and Mann Bill ; of Sodor and 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday, the” 
7th day of May next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Advocations (Scotland) Bill was, according Advocations 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a (Scotland) Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday, the 
25th day of this instant April. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Registration of 
reading of the Registration of Electors Bill ; Electors Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday, the 4th day of May next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Cork Sessions 
into a Committee upon the Cork Sessions Bill; and ®#!- 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed No. 291. 
the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration — Wednesday the 2d day of May 
next; and the Bill, as amended, to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming High Sheriffs 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed Bill. 
upon the 29th day of March last, That the High 
Sheriffs Bill be committed to a Select Committee ; 
Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till To-morrow. 


The ingrossed Bill to explain and amend an Act Poor Law 
of the seventh year of his late Majesty, for extend- Loans Bill. 
ing the period for the repayment of Loans made 
under an Act passed in the fourth and fifth year of 
his said late Majesty, for the Amendment and better 
Administration of the Laws relating to the Poor in 
England and Wales, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That’ the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth reported the Custody of Custody of 
Insane Persons (Jreland) Bill; and the Amend- Insane Persons 
ments were read, and agreed to. asia 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Factories 
for regulating the Employment of Children and Regulation Bill. 
Young Persons in Factories: And that Mr. For 
Maule and Mr. Labouchere do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


The House was moved, That the Act 7 Geo. 4, Westminster 
c. 78, to vest in the Commissioners of His Ma- Pavements Bill. 
Jesty’s Woods, Forests and Land Revenues the 

owers of several Acts for the Improvement of the 
Streets near Westminster Hall, and the Houses of 
Parliament, and to authorize the conversion of the 
Pavements in several parts of the Metropolis into 
broken Stone Roads, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 


313 Ordered, 

















Land Tax 
Commissioners’ 
Names Bill. 


Stirlingshire 
Election. 


Loan Societies 
(Trelaud) Bill. 


Factories 


Regulation Bill. 


No. 292. 


Loan Societies 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No. 293. 


First Fruits and 
Tenths Bill. 


Newspaper 
Stamps, 


Vaccine 
Institution. 


446 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill | 
to explain and amend the said Act: And that Sir 
De Lacy Evans and Mr. Leader do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to 
appoint additional Commissioners for executing the 
Acts granting a Land Tax, and Duties on Personal 
Estates, Offices and Pensions: And that Mr. Baring 
and Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


The Order for taking into consideration, upon 
Tuesday the 24th day of this instant April, the Pe- 
tition of Lieutenant Colonel the Honourable George 
Ralph Abercromby, complaining of an undue Elec- 
tion and Return for the Shire of Stirling, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday, the 26th day of this 
instant April, at five minutes before three of the 
clock in the afternoon. 


Ordered That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the amendment of the Laws relating to Loan 
Societies in Ireland: And that Lord Viscount Mor- 
peth and Mr. Attorney General for Ireland do pre- 


pare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented a Bill for regulating 
the Employment of Children and Young Persons in 
Factories: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday, 
the 7th day of May next ; and to be printed. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill for the 
Amendment of the Laws relating to Loan Societies 
in Ireland: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Thurs- 
day, the 3d day of May next; and to be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for the Consolidation of the Offi- 
ces of First Fruits, Tenths, and Queen Anne’s 
Bounty ; and the same were read as follow : 

Pr. 6. 1. 19. Leave out “ sixteen,” and insert 
“ twenty-two.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 11. Leave out “ the,” and insert “ their.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 12. Leave out “ appointed by them and.” 

Pr, 9. 1. 17. Leave out “ and appointed by.” 

Pr. . 28. Leave out “ and appointed by.” 

Pr. . 23. Leave out “ the other,” 
“ a 

Pr. 25.1. 24. Leave out “ and,” and insert “ or.” 

Pr. 25. 1. 41. Leave out “ and,” and insert “ or.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Gally Knight do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Newspapers to which 
Stamps were issued, and of the Number of Stamps 
issued to Newspapers, in the years ending 15th 
September 1836 and 1837, and the half year ending 
15tu March 1838 ; distinguishing the Tonten is- 
sued to London Newspapers, to English provincial 
Newspapers, and to /rish and Scotch Newspapers 
respectively, and showing the Total Number and 
Amount each year ; also, the Amount of Newspaper 
Stamp Duty received in each of the above periods. 


1 
25. and insert 


Mr. Baring accordingly presented the said Return. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Fox Maule 


mand,—Copy of the last Report from the National 
Vaccine Establishment, to Her Majesty’s Principal 
Secretary of State for the Home Department. 


presented, by Her Majesty’s com- 


9°—10°—11° Aprilis. 





A. 1838. 


Reports of the Inspectors of Factories to Her 
Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Home 
Department, for the year ending 31st December 
1837. 

Mr. Fox Maule also presented, pursuant to the Prisons. 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—The Third 
Report of the Inspectors appointed under the pro- 
visions of the Act, 5 and 6 Will. 4. c. 38, to visit the 
different Prisons of Great Britain. 

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


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till one of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 








Martis, 10° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 
PRAYERS. 


fm House met, and being counted by Mr. Adjournment, 
Speaker, it appeared that Forty Members were 
not os yet it being four of the clock, Mr. 
sat ser took the Chair, and again counted the 
ouse; and Forty Members not being present :— 
The House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without 
a Question first put, till To-morrow. 








Mercuri, 11° die Aprilis ; 


Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 
PRAYERS. 
A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Wingfield, and Spetm 
e 


Sir Giffin Wilson ; — 
Mr. Speaker : 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for inclosing Lands im the Parish of Sutton, ‘in 
the Isle of Ely, and County of Cambridge, without 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Slavery 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to Abolition Act 
amend the Act for the Abolition of Slavery in the — 
British Colonies, without Amendment:—And then 
the Messengers withdrew. 


Sutton 
Inclosure Bill. 


Mr. Waple, from Her Majesty’s Commissioners Church 
for Building new Churches, was called in; and at Building 
the bar presented, pursuant to Order,—A Return of Mra 
the Amount of all Drawbacks allowed on Building 
Materials used in the Erection of Places of Public 
Worship in Great Britain, from 5th April 1817 to 
5th April 1837, specifying the Amount of Allowance 
made for each Edifice :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Scott, from the Office of the Chamberlain London — 
of the city of London, was called in; and at the bar ©rperat™- 
presented, pursuant to the direction of several Acts London Bridge 
of Parliament,—An Account of Monies received and 
paid by the Chamberlain of the City of London for 
rebuilding London Bridge, and for improving and 
making suitable Approaches thereto, from the 31st 
December 1836 to the 31st December 1837. 

An Account of the Surplus of the Fund created 
and continued by the Acts of the 10th Geo. 4, c.136, 
and the 11th Geo. 4,c. 64, for making and im- 
proving the Approaches to London Bridge, &amp;c., for 
the year ending 5th J mre 1838, and of the Ap- 
propriation of the same in the discharge of Monies 
raised under the authority of the said Acts. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of Zondon between the 6th 
January 1837 and the 25th January 1838, being the 
Produce and Application of the several Duties and 
Payments made payable by the Act of the 10th Geo. 


4,c.136 for improving the Approaches to London 
Bridge ; 








Bridge House 
Estates. 


Paving, 
Lighting, and 
Cleansing. 


Thames | 
Navigation. 


Sewers. 


Blackfriars 
Bridge. 


Mooring 
Chains, &amp;c. 
(RiverThames. ) 


Coal Market. 


House of 
Commons. 


Hops, 


1 Vicroriz. 


Bridge ; and also of the Act 11 Geo. 4, c. 64, for 
making further provision for defraymg the Expenses 
of making the Approaches to London Bridge, and 
the removal of Fleet Market, in respect of the year 
ending the 5th January 1838. 

A Statement of the Receipt and Application of 
the surplus Rents and Profits of the Bridge House 
Estates (after deducting. the existing Charges and 
Expenses of Management of the said Estates), from 
the 14th August 1836 to the 14th August 1837. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of London, for paving, 
lighting and cleansing the said City and Liberties, 
for one year, ending the 29th day of September 
1837. 

An Account of Money received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of London, for improving 
the Navigation of the River Thames westward of 
London Bridge, &amp;c., within the Liberties of the City 
of London, and for further improving the said Navi- 
gation, for the year ending the 29th of September 
1837. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of Zondon, for making, 
maintaining, enlarging, repairing and cleansing the 
Vaults, Drains and Sewers within the said City and 
Liberties, for one year, ending on the 29th of Sep- 
tember 1837. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of London, for lighting, 
watching, cleansing and repairing Blackfriars Bridge, 
for the year ending the 14th August 1837. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of London, in pursuance of 
the Act 4 Will. 4,c. 118, for raising a Sum of Mone 
for the Repair of Blackfriars Bridge, from the 14t 
of August 1836 to the 14th of August 1837, both 
inclusive. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of London, for defraying 
the Costs and Charges of maintaining, repairing, &amp;c. 
the Mooring Chains in the River Thames, and of pay- 
ing the Salaries of the several Harbour Masters, &amp;c., 
on account of the year ending the 25th of July 1837. 

An Account of Monies received and paid by the 
Chamberlain of the City of London, in relation to 
the Market established for the sale of Coals, &amp;c., 
within the Cities of London and Westminster, and 
in certain parts of the Counties of Middlesex, Surrey, 
Kent, &amp;c., for one year, ending on the 31st of De- 
cember 1837:—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Romilly, from the Commissioners for esta- 
blishing Regulations in the Offices of the House of 
Commons, was called in; and at the bar presented, 
pursuant to the directions of an Act of Parliament, 
—Certificate of the Commissioners appointed by an 
Act passed in the 52d year of the reign of his late 
Majesty King George the Third, intituled, “ An Act 
to repeal an Act passed in the thirty-ninth and for- 
tieth year of the reign of his present Majesty, for 
establishing Regulations in the Offices of the House 
of Commons, and for establishing other and further 
Regulations in the said Offices:’—And then he 
withdrew. 

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


Mr. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in ; 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders,—Ac- 
counts of the Total Number of Acres of Land in 
Great Britain under the cultivation of Hops in the 
year 1837; distinguishing the Number of Acres in 
each Parish :—Of the Duty on Hops of the Growth 
of the year 1837; distinguishing the Districts, and 
the old from the new Duty :—Of the Quantity of 
Hops exported from Great Britain to Foreign 
Countries, from 5th January 1837 to 5th January 


1838; distinguishing the Countries to which the 
Vot. 93. 








11° Aprilis. 44,7 


same have been exported, and also the Quantities to 
each Country ; also British from Foreign Growths, 
and the Dates of the Years in which the British 
Hops were grown. 


An Account of the Total Number of Quarters of Malt. 


Malt made between 5th January 1837 and 5th 
January 1838, in the United Kimgdom; distin- 
guishing the Quantity in each Country, and the 
Quantity used by Brewers and Victuallers, and 
Retail Brewers. 


An Account of the Number of Persons in each of Brewers. 


the several Collections in the United Kingdom li- 
censed as Brewers, Victuallers, “to sell Beer to be 
drunk on the Premises,” and ‘to sell Beer not to 
be drunk on the Premises ;” stating the Number of 
each Class who brew their own Beer, and the Quan- 
tity of Malt consumed by them; particularizing 
each Class in each Collection from 5th January 
1837 to 5th January 1838. 


Return to an Order, dated the 1st day of March Glass Duty, &amp;e. 


last, for a Return of the Amount of Duty charged 
on Glass; distinguishing the Amount charged on 
Flint, Plate, Broad, Crown, Bottle and German 
Sheet, in the year ending the 5th day of January 
1838 ; together with the Amount of Drawback on 
each Description of Glass; the Produce of the 
Duties in England, Scotland and Ireland to be stated 
separately :—-And, a Return, specifying the Names 
of the several Glass Makers in England, Scotland 
and Jreland respectively ; the Towns or Places in 
which each Manufactory is situated ; the District 
or Collection in which it is included ; the Amount 
of Duty charged on each Maker in the Year ended 
the 5th day of January 1838; distinguishing the 
Amount charged on Flint, Plate, Broad, Crown, 
Bottle and German Sheet Glass. 


Return of the Number of Ships, and their Ton- New South 
nage, cleared out to Mew South Wales, from 1820 Wales. 


to 1837, distinguishing each year:—A like Return 
for Van Diemen’s Land :—~A Return of the Number 
of Ships, and their Tonnage, reported Inwards from 
New South Wales, from 1820 to 1837, distinguish- 
ing each year:—A like Return for Van Diemen’s 
Land :—A Return of the Number of Pounds of 
Wool Imported from Mew South Wales, from 1820 
to 1837, distinguishing each year :—And a like Re- 
turn from Van Diemen’s Land. 


Accounts of the Total Gallons of Proof Spirits spirits. 


distilled in England, Scotland and Ireland, respec- 
tively ; distinguishing the Quantities produced from 
Malt, and from a mixture of Malt and unmalted 
Grain, or from any other ingredient; showing, also, 
the Total Quantity of each Sort in the United King- 
dom, for the year ending 5th January 1838 :—Of 
the Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits (distin- 
guishing the sorts) on which Duty was paid for Home 
consumption in each of the Three Kingdoms; with 
the Rate per Gallon, and Amount of such Duty ; 
also, the Total of Gallons and Duty in the United 
Kingdom, for the year ending 5th January 1838 :— 
Showing, under separate Heads, the Number of 
Gallons of Proof Spirits (distinguishing the mate- 
rials from which made) imported into each King- 
dom from each of the others respectively, and in- 
cluding, in the cases of England and Scotland, those 
conveyed either by land or sea; stating also, the 
rate of Duty per Gallon, and the Total Amount 
thereof in each case, and what portion of such Duty 
was paid on removal of the Spirits from Bond, and 
what after their Arrival at the place of Destination, 
for the year ending 5th January 1838:—Of the 
Total Number of Gallons of Proof Spirits permitted 
out from Distillers’ Stocks in England, and the 
Total Number of Gallons Proof of British Brandy 
and Spirits of Wine permitted out from Rectifiers’ 
Stocks in England, for the year ending 5th January 
1838; also, the Stocks remaining in the hands of 
English Distillers on 5th January 1838 :—And of 
the Total Number of Proof Gallons of Rum, Brandy, 
Geneva, and all other Spirits, that paid ~~ in each 

3L4 . ingdom, 








SE EET, ppieia eds =r 
= SS ae ee ee Ses cee at 


a 
Se te 


Reo es 


pie tora er Se 


ee 








Paymaster 
General’s 
Office 


Albano’s 
Nat, Bill. 


Lower King’s 
Ferry Roads 
Bill. 


Staley Road 
Bill. 


Cookham 
Bridge Bill. 


Ribble 
Navigation 


Bill. 


Rucester 
Bridge Bill. 


Belirens’ 
Nat, Bill. 


448 11° Aprils. A. 1838. 


Kingdom, from 5th January 1837 to 5th January 
1838; Rate of Duty per Gallon, and Amount thereof; 
Total Number of Gallons of each kind, and Total 
Duty thereon; Total Number of Gallons of all 
kinds, and Total Duty thereon, for the United King- 
dom, showing the Total Number of Proof Gallons 
of all kind that paid Duty, and Total Amount 
thereof in each Kingdom; and Total Number of 
Gallons, and Total Duty thereon, in the whole of the 
United Kingdom, from 5th January 1837 to 5th 
January 1838. 

Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Treasury 
Minute, dated 27th March 1838, on a Letter from the 
Paymaster-General, submitting further Regulations 
with respect to Accounts opened at the Bank of 
England :-- And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Finch reported from the Committee on the 
Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for naturaliz- 
ing Benedetto Albano; That they had examined the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and directed 
him to report the same without Amendment :—And 
the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Finch do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Mr. Tatton Egerton, by Order, reported from the 
Committee on the Lower King’s Ferry Roads Bill ; 
and to whom a Petition against the said Bill, was 
referred; That no person appeared in support of the 
said Petition; a that the Committee had exa- 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Staley Road Bill was read a second time; 
and committed to Mr. Yatton Egerton and the 
Chester List. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- 
sideration the Report which upon the 2d day of this 
instant April was made from the Committee on the 
Cookham Bridge Bill, printed Copies of the Bill 
having been delivered at the door upon Friday last ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- 
sideration the Report which upon the 2d day of this 
instant April was made from the Committee on the 
Ribble Navigation Bill, printed Copies of the Bill 
having been delivered at the door upon Friday last ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


A Petition of Thomas Houldsworth, Esquire, pray- 
ing that he may be heard, by his counsel or agent, 
aga‘nst certain parts of the Rocester Bridge Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he 
think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


Mr. Chalmers, by Order, reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for naturalizing George Lewis Augustus Behrens ; 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and had directed him to report the 


same, without Amendment :—And the Bill was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Chalmers do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


A Message by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman Royal Assent 

Usher of the Black Rod : to Bills, 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
the several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do 
desire the immediate attendance of this Honourable 
House in the House of Peers, to hear the Commis- 
sion read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers, where a Commission 
under the Great Seal was read; giving, declaring 
and notifying the Royal Assent to the several 
Public and Private Bills therein mentioned; and 
that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared 
the Royal Assent to the said Bills: Which Bills 
are as follow : 


An Act toamend the Act for the Abolition of Slavery Aboli- 


: &lt;a Teg tion Act Amend- 
Slavery in the British Colonies : ment Bill, 


An Act for punishing Mutiny and Desertion, and Mutiny Bill 
for the better payment of the Army and their 
Quarters : 

An Act for the regulation of Her Majesty’s Royal Marine Mutiny 
Marine Forces while on Shore : . Bill. 

An Act to indemnify such Persons in the United Indemnity Bill 
Kingdom as have omitted to qualify themselves for 
Offices and Employments, and for extending the 
time limited for those purposes respectively until 
the Twenty-fifth day of March one rset eight 
hundred and thirty-nine, and for the relief of Clerks 
to Attornies and Solicitors in certain cases : 

An Act for the consolidation of the Offices of First Fruits and 
First Fruits, Tenths and Queen Anne’s Bounty : Tenths, &amp;c. Bill, 
An Act for extending the time for completing the London and 

London and Greenwich Railway : Greenwich 
Railway Bill. 

An Act for regulating the Market in the Town of Exmouth 
Exmouth, in the County of Devon : Market Bill. 

An Act for repairing and improving the Road Haleworthy 
leading from Haleworthy in the Parish of David- Roads Bill. 
stow, in the County of Cornwall, to the East End 
of Wadebridge, and from the West End of Wade- 
bridge into and through the Borough of Mitchell, 
in the said County, and for making and maintain- 
ing certain new Roads to communicate therewith : 

An Act for more effectually repairing, and keep- Dee Bridge 
ing in repair, certain Roads in the County of Kin- Reads Bill. 
cardine: 

An Act for inclosmg Lands in the Parish of Sutton __ 
Sutton, in the Isle of Ely, and County of Cam- lnclosure Bill 
bridge: 

ie Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Quedgley _ 
Quedgley, in the County of Gloucester : Tncleoase BE. 

An Act for authorizing the Sale of part of the Tumors 
settled Estates of Christopher Turnor, Soot, and Estate Bill. 
for investing the Monies arising from such Sale in 
the Purchase of other more convenient Estates to 
be settled to the same uses. 


An ingrossed Bill for the more easy and speedy Ashby-de-la- 
Recovery of Small Debts within the Town of Ashby- Zouch 7 
de-la-Zouch, and other Places, in the Counties of —_—— 
Leicester, Derby, Warwick and Stafford, was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Chalmers do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Charles Wood, from the Select Committee wicklow 
appointed to try and determine the merits of the Pe- County 
tition of the Reverend Richard Quin and others, Elec- ='°*"- 
tors, complaining of an undue Electionand Return for 





the 





ee 


Kinsale 
Borough 
Election. 


Clerk of the 
Crown to 
amend Return. 


Sudbury 
Borough 
Election, 





1 Victoria. 


the county of Wicklow, informed the House that the 
Committee had determined, 

That James Grattan, Esquire,and Ralph Howard, 
Esquire, are duly elected Knights of the Shire to 
serve in this present Parliament for the county of 
Wicklow: 

That the Petition of the Reverend Richard Quin 
and others, Electors, did not appear to the Committee 
to be frivolous or vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not 
appear to the Committee to be frivolous or vexa- 
tious. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Mr. Gally Knight, from the Select Committee 
appointed to try and determine the merits of the 
Petition of Colonel Henry Thomas, a Candidate at 
the last Election of Members to serve in Parliament 
for the Borough of Kinsale, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the said borough, informed 
the House, That the Committee had determined, 

That Peirce Mahony, Esquire, is not duly elected 
a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough of Kinsale : 

That Colonel Henry Thomas is duly elected, and 
ought to have been returned a Burgess to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough of 
Kinsale : 

That the Petition of Colonel Henry Thomas did 
not appear to the said Committee to be frivolous or 
vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not 
appear to the said Committee to be frivolous or 
vexatious. 

Mr. Gally Knight also informed the House, That 
the said Committee had altered the Poll taken at 
the said Election, by striking off the names of John 
Murphy, Jeremiah Harrington, John Roche, Patrick 
Donovan, William Thompson, Lawrence Calnan, 
Timothy Casey, and James Leahy, as not having 
had a right to vote at such Election; and had 
added the names of George Griffiths, and Edward 
Barry, as having had a right to vote at such Elec- 
tion. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend 
this House upon Wednesday, the 25th day of this 
instant April, with the last Return for the Borough 
of Kinsale, and amend the same by rasing out the 
name of Peirce Mahony, Esquire, and inserting 
the name of Henry Thomas, Esquire, instead thereof. 


A Petition of the Persons whose names are there- 
unto subscribed, being Electors of the Borough of 
Sudbury, and who thereby claim to have had a right 
to vote at the last Election of a Burgess to serve in 
Parliament for the said Borough of Sudbury, was 
delivered in, and read; setting forth, That at the 
last Election of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough of Sudbury, Sir 
John Benn Walsh, and John Bagshaw, Esquire, 
were Candidates to represent the said Borough in 
Parliament; that, a poll having been demanded 
at the said Election, by and on behalf of the said 
Sir John Benn Walsh, was proceeded in by the 
Mayor and Returning Officer of the said Borough ; 
after which the said Sir John Benn Walsh was by the 
said Returning Officer declared duly elected, and re- 
turned as a Burgess to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Sudbury; that the said Sir 
John Benn Walsh, by himself, his agents, friends, 
managers, partisans, and others on his behalf, before, 
at, and during the said Election, and before, at, and 
during the said poll, was guilty of bribery and cor- 
ruption of the electors of the said Borough, in order 
that he the said Sir John Benn Walsh might be 
elected to serve in this present Parliament for the 


Borough of Sudbury, and by money, gifts and re- 
| 


Vou. 93. 





11° Aprils. 449 


wards, and by promises, offers, agreements, and 
securities for money, gifts and rewards, and by other 
illegal and corrupt practices, did corrupt and pro- 
cure, and attempt and endeavour to corrupt and 
procure, divers persons having or claiming to have a 
right to vote at the said Election, to give their votes 
for the said Sir John Benn Walsh, and to refuse and 
forbear to give their votes to the said John Bagshaw, 
contrary to the Law and Custom of Parliament, 
and to the Laws and Statutes of the Realm enacted 
for the prevention of bribery and corruption; that 
the said Sir John Benn Walsh, before and during 
the said Election, and after the issuing of the Writ 
which commanded the said Election, did, by hiniself, 
his agents, friends, managers, partisans, and others 
on his behalf, give and allow to divers persons having 
or claiming to have a right to vote for the said Bo- 
rough at the said Election, money, meat, drink, en- 
tertainment and provisions, and made presents, 
gifts, rewards and entertainments, and promises and 
agreements and engagements to allow money, meat, 
drink, provisions, presents, rewards and entertain- 
ments, to and for persons having or claiming to have 
a right to vote in the said Election, and to and for 
the use, advantage, benefit, emolument, profit and 
preferment of such persons, in order that he, the 
said Sir John Benn Walsh, might be elected a Bur- 
gess to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
Borough ; that notorious, general, and systematic 
bribery and corruption was resorted to and practised 
by the said Sir John Benn Walsh, and by divers 
persons in his interest and on his behalf, before, at, 
and during the said Election; and that the Return 
of the said Sir John Benn Walsh at the said last 
Election for the Borough of Sudbury, was procured 
by means of bribery, treating and other corrupt and 
illegal practices; that, by means of the premises, 
the said Sir John Benn Walsh obtained an apparent 
and colourable majority of votes over the said John 
Bagshaw, in manifest violation of the rights and 
privileges of the Petitioners, and of all other the 
honest electors of the said Borough of Sudbury ; 
that the said Sir John Benn Walsh, by the said cor- 
rupt and illegal practices, became, and was, and is 
wholly disabled and incapacitated to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough of Sudbury, 
and the Return of the said Sir John Benn Walsh 
was and is wholly null and void; the Petitioners 
therefore humbly pray, that the House will take the 
premises into their consideration, and will declare 
the said Election and Return of the said Sir John 
Benn Walsh to be null and void, or will afford to 
the Petitioners such other relief in the premises as 
to the House may seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday the 31st day of May 
next, at three of the clock in the afternoon. 

A Petition of the Persons whose names are there- 
unto subscribed, being Electors of the Borough of 
Sudbury, and who thereby claim to have had a right 
to vote at the last Election of a Burgess to serve in 


Parliament for the said Borough of Sudbury, was also 


delivered in, and read; setting forth, That at the last 
Election of a Burgess to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the said Borough of Sudbury, Sir John 
Benn Walsh, and John Bagshaw, Esquire, were 
Candidates to represent the said Borough in Parlia- 
ment; that a poll having been demanded at the 
said Election by and on behalf of the said Sir John 
Benn Walsh, was proceeded in by the Mayor and 
Returning Officer of the said Borough ; after which 
the said Sir John Benn Walsh was by the said Re- 
turning Officer declared duly elected, and was re- 
turned as a Burgess to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Sudbury; that at the said 
Election, divers persons who had no legal right to 
vote, and others who had become and were from 
various reasons disqualified to vote, were allowed to 
vote and did vote for the said Sir John Benn Walsh, 





by means whereof the said Sir John Benn Walsh 
3M obtained 


cern cust ant EE ELL IIE IEG CC ITD COOLER AOA 








Maidstone 
Borough 
Election. 


4.50 


obtained a colourable majority of votes over the said 
John Bagshaw, and was returned to serve for the 
said Borough in Parliament, but that the said John 
Bagshaw had a majority of legal votes at the said 
Election over the said Sir John Benn Walsh, and 
ought to have been returned as the Member for the 
said Borough, instead of the said Sir John Benn 
Walsh ; that, for the reasons aforesaid, the Election 
and Return of the said Sir John Benn Walsh was 
and is wholly null and void; the Petitioners there- 
fore humbly pray the House to take the premises 
into consideration, and to declare that the said John 
Bagshaw was duly elected and ought to have been 
returned to serve in Parliament for the said Borough 
of Sudbury, instead of the said Sir John Benn Walsh, 
or to declare the said Election and Return of the 
said Sir John Benn Walsh to be wholly null and 
void, or that the House will afford to the Petitioners 
such relief in the premises as may seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into con- 
sideration upon Thursday, the 31st day of May next, 
at the same time that the preceding Petition is or- 
dered to be taken into consideration. 

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


A Petition of the Persons whose names are there- 
unto subscribed, being Electors of the Borough of 
Maidstone, in the county of Kent, and who thereby 
claim to have had a right to vote at the last Election 
of a Burgess to serve in Parliament for the said 
Borough of Maidstone, was delivered in, and read ; 
setting forth; That at the last Election of a Burgess 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough of Maidstone, John Minet Fector, Esquire, 
and Abraham Wildey Robarts, Esquire, were Can- 
didates to represent the said Borough in Parliament; 
that the said Election was held on Monday the 
twenty-sixth day of March last; and that at the 


11° Aprilis. 


A. 1838. 


sions, presents, rewards, and entertainments to and 
for persons having or claiming to have a right to 
vote in the said Election, and to and for the use, 
advantage, benefit, emolument, profit and _prefer- 
ment of such persons, in order to his the said John 
Minet Fector’s being elected a Burgess to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough ; that 
gross, notorious, extensive and systematic bribery 
and corruption was resorted to and practised by the 
said John Minet Fector, and by divers persons in 
his interest and on his behalf, at the said Election ; 
and that the Return of the said John Minet Fector 
at the said last Election for the said Borough of 
Maidstone, was procured by means of bribery, treat- 
ing, and other corrupt and illegal practices; that by 
means of the premises the said John Minet Fector 
abtained an apparent and colourable majority over 
the said Abraham Wildey Robarts, in manifest vio- 
lation of the rights and privileges of the Petitioners, 
and of all other the real electors of the said Borough 
of Maidstone; that the said John Minet Fector, by 
the said corrupt and illegal practices, became and 
was and is wholly disabled and incapacitated to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said Borough 
of Maidstone, and the Return of the said John 
Minet Fector was and is wholly null and void ; the 
Petitioners therefore humbly pray, that the House 
will take the premises into their consideration, and 
will declare the said Election and Return of the said 
John Minet Fector to be null and void, or will afford 
to the Petitioners such other relief in the premises 
as to the House may seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Thursday, the 31st day of May 
next, at five minutes after three of the clock in the 
Afternoon. 

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


The Order for reading a second time the Finsbury Finsbury 
Small Debts Bill, was read and discharged. — 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. wae 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Finsbury 
for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small om ay Bil 
Debts within the Borough of Finsbury: And that’ ~*~ 
Mr. Wakley and Mr. Thomas Duncombe do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


said Election a poll having been demanded by and 
on behalf of the said John Minet Fector, the same 
was taken by Thomas Pybus, Esquire, the Mayor 
and Returning Officer of the said Borough ; after 
which the said John Minet Fector, Esquire, was by 
the said Returning Officer declared duly elected, and 
the said John Minet Fector, Esquire, was by the 
said Returning Officer returned as a Burgess to 
serve in this present Parliament ; that the said John 
Minet Fector by himself, his agents, friends, mana- 
gers, partisans, and others on his behalf, before, at, 
and during the said Election, and before, at, and 
during the said poll, was guilty of bribery and cor- 
ruption of the Electors of the said Borough, in 
order that he the said John Minet Fector might be 
elected to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Maidstone, and did by money, gifts and 
rewards, and by promises, offers, agreements and 
securities for money, gifts and rewards, and other 
illegal and corrupt practices, corrupt and procure, 
and attempt and endeavour to corrupt and procure, . 
divers persons having or claiming to oe a right to 
vote at the said Election, to give their votes at the 
said Election for the said John Minet Fector, and 
to refuse and forbear to give their votes to the said 
Abraham Wildey Robarts, contrary to the Law and 
Custom of Parliament, and the Laws and Statutes 
of the Realm, enacted for the prevention of bribery 
and corruption ; that the said John Minet Fector, 
before and during the said Election, and after the 
issuing of the writ which caused and commanded 
the said Election, did, by himself, his agents, friends, 





An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the Swavesey 
Parish of Swavesey, in the County of Cambridge, Inclosure Bill. 
was read the third time; and an ingrossed Clause 
was added by way of Rider; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Townley do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of the Surveyors of the Highways for Wadsley, 


set, nd 
the past and present year, of ether Hallam, in the a e: wll 


parish of Sheffield, praying that the Wadsley, Langset, },:)). 
and Sheffield Road Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


The Deanhead (Huddersfield) Reservoir Bill was Deanheed “ 
read a second time ; and committed to Mr. Charles (Hod iee Bill 
Wood and the York List. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Halifax and Shef- Wadsley, ‘ 
field Road, praying that they may be heard, by their Lengel og 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Wad- yj), 





managers, partisans, and others on his behalf, give 
and allow to divers persons having or claiming to 
have a right to vote for the said Borough at the said 
Election, money, meat, drink, entertainment and 
provisions, and made presents, gifts, rewards and 
entertainments, and promises wh agreements and 
engagements to allow money, meat, drink, provi- 





sley, Langset, and Sheffield Road Bill, was presented, 
and read. un 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. . 
n 





Combmartin 
Roads Bill. 


Finsbury 
Small Debts 
(No. 2+) Bill. 


Church 
Property. 


Negro Appren- 
ticeship, 


Education 
(Ireland.) 


Recovery of 
Tenements Bill. 


Metropolis 
Improvements, 


Church of 
Scotland, 


Foreign Corn, 





1 Vicroriz. 


An ingrossed Bill for making a Turnpike Road 
from Combmartin, in the County of Devon, to Brat- 
ton Down, in the same County, and several other 
Roads in the neighbourhood thereof, was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Chichester do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Wakley presented a Bill for the more easy 
and speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the Bo- 
rough of Finsbury: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Petitions from Bridgwater ;— Southampton ; — 
and, Stamford; praying, that all increase of revenue 
that may arise from an improved system of leasing 
Ecclesiastical Property, may be left at the disposal 
of the church to supply the deficiency of spiritual 
instruction for the people,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Frome;— Kingston-upon- Hull (four 
Petitions) ;—Alfred Street ; — Luddenden ;— Ship- 
ton ; — Swadlincote; — Measham; — Ashby-de-la- 
Zouch ;— Ticknall ;— Great Yarmouth, &amp;c. ; —Mer- 
thyr Tidvil;— Arbroath ;— Montrose (two Petitions) ; 
— Husthwaite ;— Danby ;—and, Greenwich; pray- 
ing, for the abolition of the system of Negro Ap- 
prenticeship,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Desert Serges;—and, Castleterra; 
praying that the present system of National Educa- 
tion in Ireland may not be persisted in,—were pre- 


sented, and read: and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Wolverhampton, 
praying that the Recovery of Tenements Bill may 
pass into a law, was presented and read; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Petitions from Barristers, Solicitors and others in 
New Inn, Clement’s Inn and Lyons Inn ;—and, Inha- 
bitant Housekeepers of the united parishes of Saint 
Giles and Saint George, Bloomsbury ;—praying that 
a new street may be formed from the Strand to 
Holborn, through Lineoln’s Inn Fields ; were pre- 
sented and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Metropolis Improvements. 

A Petition of Anthony Portington, of Union 
Street, Somers Town, Land-agent, suggesting a line 
of street from Holborn to the Strand, and praying 
the House to allow him to be examined, and lay his 
plans before the Select Committee on Metropolis 
Improvements, was also presented, and read; and 
referred to the said Select Committee. 


Petitions from Peterhead ;—Banff ;—Bridge of 
Teith ; — Stirling ;— Montrose ;— Brechin (three 
Petitions) ; —Rutherglen ; — North Shields ; —and, 
Stromness; praying the House not to sanction any 
further endowments to the Church of Scotland,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


-— 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account, in half-yearly Returns, of the Number and 
amount of Claims for Abatement of Duty upon Fo- 
reign Corn, Grain, Meal, Flour or other Corn, Rape- 
seed, Hemp-seed or Tares, as imported into the 
Port of London, on account of Damage alleged to 
have been received by heating on board of the im- 
porting vessel during their voyage to this Country, 
from 5th January 1836 to 5th January 1838; and 
also the Number and Amount of such Claims as 
were referred to arbitration, pursuant to the Act 
3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 52, sec. 30, 31, in the like half- 
yearly Returns, and for the same period. 

VoL. 93. 


11° Aprilis. 





451 


Petitions from Compositors and others in the 
house of Mr. E. Lowes, p 2a a Yard, Blackfriars; 
—London and Westminster ;— Dundee ;—Composi- 
tors of London (Chairman of a Meeting) ;—Man- 
chester and Salford ;—Glasgow ;— Leicester ;—Per- 
sons employed on the premises of Messrs. Gilbert 
and Rivington, St. John’s Square, Clerkenwell ;— 
on the premises of Mr. P. White, Devonshire Square, 
Bishopsgate Street ;—in the offices of the Stirling Ob- 
server and Stirling Journal Newspapers ;—on the 
premises of Mr, itd Gowan, Great Windmill Street, 
Haymarket ;—in the office of Messrs. Nichols and 
Son, King Street, Westminster ;—in the office of 
Mr. Spottiswoode ;—in the office of the Morning 
Advertiser ;—and Stereotypers of London; praying 
that the Copyright Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s com- 
mand,—Copy of a Despatch from Lieutenant Go- 
vernor Sir John Franklin to Lord-Glenelg, dated 7th 
October 1837, relative to the present system of con- 
vict discipline in Van Diemen’s Land. 

‘ ee That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Captain Deans Dundas presented,— Return to an Spain (Military 
and Naval 


Order, dated the 13th day of March last, for Returns 
of the Amount of Military and Naval Stores, Arms 
and Ammunition, furnished to the Queen of Spain 
by Her Majesty’s Government; in continuation of 
the Return furnished by the Ordnance Department, 
dated 17th February 1837, recapitulating the items 
of the former Return, under the two heads of Spanish 
Government and Auxiliary Legion :—Of all Stores, 
and the Value thereof, aaiet since 1st September 
1834 by the Ordnance Department to the Naval 
Squadron under the command of Lord John Hay, 
as well as to the Detachments of Her Majesty’s 
Royal Artillery, Royal Sappers and Miners and 
Royal Marines; stating the Extra Pay or any other 
Allowances received by the Officers and Men of the 
Ordnance Corps, as well as any Stores furnished for 
the erection of Batteries on Shore, or draught Cattle 
or Forage for the Artillery employed on Shore, as 
well as any other expenses defrayed by the Ordnance 
Department, connected with the Naval or Military 
Service in Spain :—Recapitulation of the Expense 
under each head, and the Total Value of the same, 
and whether any part of the Expense has been re- 
ceived by the Ordnance Department: —Return of the 
Naval Slops and Provisions issued from any of Her 
Majesty’s Victualling Yards to the respective Ships 
of War and Transports composing the Squadron of 
Lord John Hay on the North Coast of Spain, from 
the 1st September 1834 to the 1st of January 1838 ; 
specifying the Quantities and the Money Value 
thereof, and the Quantities and Value of the said 
Naval Slops and Provisions issued either to the 
British Legion or to the Forces of Her Majesty the 
Queen of Spain :—And a Return of the Periods to 
which the Captains’ and Pursers’ Slop and Pro- 
vision Accounts of the Ships employed under 
Lord John Hay, between the 1st September 1834 
and the Ist January 1838, have been received in 
office, especially those of the Ships which have been 
paid off in this interval. 

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


Copyright Bill. 


Van Diemens’ 


Land, 


Stores.) 


A Petition of Net Fishermen of Limerich, pray- salmon 
ing that the Salmon Fisheries (Zreland) Bill may Fisheries 


not pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow, sale of Spirits 


(Ireland) Bill. 


praying the House to | ag the sale of Spirits in (Scot'aud.) 


Scotland on the Lord’s Day, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


3m 2 Petitions 








Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Greenwich 
Union 
Workhouse. 


Church 
Property. 


British Guiana. 


Attornies and 
Solicitors’ 
Certificates, 


Lieut.-Colunel 
Home. 








452 11° Aprils. A. 1838. 


Petitions from Wottingham Union (Chairman and | Army, which was presented upon the 28th day of 
Clerk) ;—and, Danby and other places ; praying for | March last, be printed. 
the amendment of the Poor Law Act,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to.the Select Com-| A Petition of Members of the Working Men’s Universal 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Act. | Association, and others, Inhabitants of Bristol, pray- Sutftage. 

ing for the adoption of Universal Suffrage at Elec- 

A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Inha- Itions of Members to serve in Parliament, was 
bitants of Saint Paul, Deptford, praying that that gg and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
werrn may be relieved from the burthen of contri- | Table. . 

uting towards the erection of a Workhouse for the Petiti : . 

Greenwich Union on a site which the architect of the |. etitions from Doveridge — and, Belper; pray- Bonstars 
Poor Law Commissioners has pronounced ineligible, |"&amp; that the Benefices Plurality Bill may not pass Plurality Bil, 
and which has been consented to by a Board of ,!™t0 @ law as it now stands,—were presented, and 
Guardians in which the Inhabitants of the parish of | read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
reg o = are ae wine pevong het ae | Petitions from Owners of estates, Merchants, Canada. 
presented, was presented, and read; and referred Traders and others resident in the province of Lower 
to the Select Committee on the Poor Law Amend- | Canada ;—and, Inhabitants of the province of Lower 
enaint det _ Canada; praying the House to pass an Act for 


uniting the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada 


A Petition of Inhabitants of King’s Lynn, praying | pt a ar cele ; a eR cee 
that the proposed inquiry on the subject of Church ®"© T@e 5 ane ordere oP epee Sue Eevee. 


Leases may be of the most searching and extensive | sade . 
nature, that Church Sinecures and Pluralities may A Petition of Inhabitants of Rochester, Chatham Vote by Ballet. 


forthwith be abolished, that the working Clergy fo tegpirg preying By oe adoption of be ey 
may meet with an adequate remuneration, and that | Paot at Blections ot Members to serve in Parha- 


the general wants of the Church may be so provided | auanng —— and read; and ordered to lie 
for as to raise her in the affectionate regard of all | "PO" the Table. 

Her Majesty’s Subjects, was presented, and read ; | 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of the President of the Bristol Chamber Postage. 
of Commerce, Trade and Manufactures, praying for 


ithe establishment of a low and uniform rate of 


tener pe | 1 Sear ree” ae apes nce | Postage on Letters, was presented, and read; and 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | referred to the Select Committee on Postage. 
to give directions that there be laid before this | = 


| 


House, Copies of any Laws in force in the Colony __A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of lands in Kirkstall, 
of British Guiana, prior to the Orders in Council | Baildon, praying that they may be heard, by their l&amp;ley, and 
of March and July 1837, concerning the importation | counsel or agents, against certain parts of the — = 
into that Colony of Labourers under Indentures or Kirkstall, Ilkley and Shipley Road Bill, was pre- ° 
Contracts of Hire or Service; also, Copies of any | sented, and read. 
Laws whereby, prior to the said Orders in Council, | Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
such Indentures or Contracts could have been en- | Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners heard, 
forced summarily in the said Colony; also, in case I by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
there were no positive Laws on the matters afore- | they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
said in the said Colony, a Return, stating how far, | Bill, against the said Petition. 
prior to the said Orders in Council, the importation | 
into the said Colony of Labourers under Contracts | A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers, Bankers, Bonding 
of Service, and the summary enforcement of such | Tradesmen and others of Manchester, praying the Warehouses. 
Contracts by magisterial authority, appear to have | House to grant them the privilege of bonding the 
been supported by precedent and usage. produce and other commodities imported by them 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 'in warehouses situate within the boroughs of Man- 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are | chester and Salford, or such part thereof as the 
of Her Majestv’s most honourable Privy Council. | House may think proper, was presented, and read ; 

; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Ss ‘ a . 
a Return of the Number of Annual Certificates taken | Petitions from Mil ton Union, Kent ;— East Kent ; Poor Law 
out in each year from the 1st of January 1800 in- —and, Eastry Union; praying that the Poor Law — 
clusive to the 31st of December 1837 also inclusive, | Act may not be repealed,—were presented, and read ; "" 
by Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors residing in the  #"d referred to the Select Committee on the Poor 
City of London or the City of Westminster, or within | Law Amendment Act. 
the limits of the Twopenny Post, and who had or | 
have been admitted three years or upwards ; and of 
the Number of such Certificates fe sm out in each 
vear for the same period by Attornies, Solicitors and 
Proctors residing in the same places, but who had 
or have not been admitted three years; and of the A Petition of Beer-sellers of Wolverhampton, Sale of Beer 
Number of such Certificates taken out in each year praying that the Sale of Beer Act may be so altered Ac“ 
for the same period by Attornies, Solicitors and that no information shall lay against the seller of 
Proctors residing elsewhere in England and Wales | Ale and Beer unless preferred by an inhabitant 
than in the Cities of Zondon and Westminster, or the | householder of the parish where the beer-seller re - 
limits of the Twopenny Post, and who had or have sides, nor unless the information be laid within 
been admitted three years or upwards ; and of the | seven days from the time it is charged to have been 
Number of such Certificates taken out in each year, | committed, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
for the same period, by Attornies, Solicitors and | to lie upon the Table. 
Proctors residing elsewhere in England and Wales | 


A Petition of Inhabitants of King’s Lynn, praying Municipal 
that the Municipal Boundaries Bill may pass into — 
“a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie’ * 
upon the Table. 


than in the Cities of Zondon and Westminster, or; A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Glasgow Cotton 


limits of the Twopenny Post, and who had or have | habitants of Bath, praying the House to address Spinners. 
not been admitted three years. | Her Majesty to remit the sentence passed upon cer- 
\tain Cotton Spinners of Glasgow convicted of a con- 
Ordered, That the Petition of Lieutenant-Colonel |spiracy to raise wages, was presented, and read ; 
Francis Home, relative to his dismissal from the | and ordered to lie upon the Table. i 
A Petition 


Cor 


( 
Act 


Tit 
(Ir 


eke 








Courts of 


Requests 
(Medical 


Accounts.) 


Tithes 
(Ireland. 


Medical 
Charities ’ 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Dorchester 
Labourers. 


Pawnbrokers 
(Ireland.) 


Marine 
Insurance, 


Pembroke 
Ferry Bill. 


Church of 
Scotland. 


Great Warley 
Tnelosure Bill. 


| International 
Copyright Bill. 


No. 295. 


1 VicroriZ. 


A Petition of Members of the Medical Profession, 
raying the House to investigate the matter of the 
Petition of Mr. James Baker, presented upon the 
22d day of March last, complaining of the accounts 
of Medical men being capriciously and unjustly 
reduced by Commissioners of Courts of Requests, 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Kilgariffe; — Kilkeranmore ; — 
Rathelaren and Kilbrittain; — and, Kilbonane; 
praying for the abolition of Tithes in Ireland,—were 
= and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Medical Practitioners of Saint 
Michael, Limerick, praying that the Medical Cha- 
rities (Zreland) Bill may not pass into a law, was 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Sheffield ;—Stochport ;-—-Manches- 
ter (Chairman of a Meeting);—Saint Helen’s ;— 
Tolpuddle ;— George Loveless ;--Wives and Fami- 
lies of the transported Dorchester Labourers ;—and, 
Operative Bricklayers of London (Chairman of a 
Meeting); praying the House to adopt measures 
for securing the return of the Dorchester Labourers 
to this country,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clothes-brokers of the city of Lim- 
erick, praying the House to prevent their trade and 
the public suffermg from illegal sales by Pawn- 
brokers in the said city, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Pawnbrokers of the city of Lim- 
erick, denying certain charges contained in the Pe- 
tition of Matthew Barrington, presented on the 12th 
day of December last; and praying that if a Com- 
mittee be appointed to inquire into the system of 
carrying on the Pawnbroking business in Jreland, 
and the laws relating thereto, that they may be 
heard before such Committee, was also presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Incorporation of Traffickers or 
Merchant Company of Leith, praying for the repeal 
or reduction of the duty on Policies of Marine In- 
surance, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Arthur Perry, of Pembroke, So- 
licitor, praying that the Pembroke Ferry Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Airdrie, praying the 
House to grant such provision for the Ministers of 
the newly erected Churches and Parishes of Scot- 
land, as may bring the ministrations of the Gospel 
within the reach of all ranks of Her Majesty’s sub- 
jects, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of Electors of the Burgh of Peter- 
head, praying the House to extend the measure for 
the endowment of the Church of Scotland to em- 
brace that destitution which prevails in the towns 
as well as the rural districts, was also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Great Warley Inclosure Bill was read a 


second time ; and committed to Mr. Bramston and 
the Essex List. 


Mr. Poulett Thomson presented a Bill for se- 
curing to Authors, in certain cases, the benefit of 
International Copyright: And the same was read 
the first time; and ordered to be read a second 


time upon Friday the 11th day of May next; and 
to be printed. 
Vou. 93. 


11° Aprils. 








453 


Estimates, 

Mr. Baring presented, by Her Majesty s com-~ Presented: 
mand,—Statement of the Estimates for Miscel- Miscellaneous 
laneous Services for 1838-9; compared with the aig 
Estimates for the like Services for 1836-7 and No. 310. 
1837=8, Comparative 
Statement. 

An Estimate of the probable Amount that will Public 
be required for the Repairs, &amp;c., of Public Buildings ; Buildings. 
for Furniture, &amp;c., for various Public Departments ; 
for certain Charges for Lighting, Watching, and for 
Rates and Taxes ; and also for the Maintenance and 
Repairs of Royal Palaces, Works in the Royal Gar- 
dens, formerly charged upon the Civil List ; for one 
year, from 1st April 1838 to 31st March 1839. 

An Estimate of the Amount required to be voted Kingstown 
for Works and Repairs to Kingstown Harbour, from Harbour. 
1st April 1838 to 31st March 1839. 

An Kistimate of the Sum which will be required Holyhead 
during the year from 1st April 1838 to 31st March and Liverpool 
1839, by the Commissioners for the Improvement ®*4* &amp;* 
of the Holyhead and Liverpool Roads, Holyhead 
and Howth Harbours, &amp;c. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may probably be British 
required to defray the Charge of the New Buildings Museum. 
at the British Museum, between Ist April 1828 and 
31st March 1839. 

An Estimate of the Amount required to be voted National 
in the year 1838, for Works required for the National Gallery, &amp;e. 
Gallery and Royal Academy. 

An Estimate of the Amount that will be required Houses of 
in the year ending 31st March 1839, to defray the Patliament- 
Expense of providing temporary Accommodation for 
the Houses of Parliament, Committee Rooms, Offices 
and temporary Official Residences for the Speaker 
of the House of Commons, and other Officers of 
that House. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to New Houses of 
be voted in the year 1838, towards the Expense of Parliament. 
erecting the New Houses of Parliament, including 
the purchase of Premises to complete the Site. 

Estimate of the Amount required to be voted to Penitentiary 
complete the Works now in progress at the Genera] (Milbank. 
Penitentiary, Milbank. 

An Estimate of the Sums required for the com- Prison (Isle of 
pletion, fitting and furnishing of the Prison for Wight.) 
Juvenile Offenders in the Isle of Wight, and for its 
Management and Maintenance for one year. 

An Estimate of the Amount that will probably Custom House 
be required to defray the Charge of erecting a new (Dundee.) 
Custom House at Dundee, including the Purchase 


of the Site. Il. 


Statement of the Estimates for Miscellaneous Ser- No. 311. 
vices for 1838-9, compared with the Estimates for Comparative 
the like Services for 1836-7 and 1837-8. Statement. 


An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in galaries, &amp;e., 
the year 1838 to defray the Charge for Salaries and of Officers of 
Expenses of the two Houses of Parliament, and of aha 
Allowances to Retired Officers of the two Houses, 
for the year ending 31st March 1839. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted in po. (tTrea- 
the year from 1st April 1838 to 31st March 1839, to sury.) 
pay the Salaries, Contingent and other Expenses of 
the Department of Her Majesty’s Treasury. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted in p° - (Home 
the year from 1st April 1838 to 31st March 1839, Secretary of 
to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the Office of 5“) 

Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Home De- 
partment. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted to )°- (Foreign 
pay the Salaries and other Expenses in the Depart- Secretary of . 
ment of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for Foreign a 
Affairs; also, of the Foreign Messengers attached to 
the Department, for the year ending 31st March 1839. 

An Estimate of the Sum which may be required pp - (Colonial 
to pay the Salaries and other Expenses in the De- 
partment of Her Majesty’s Secretary of State for the 5) 
Colonies, for the year ending 31st March 1839. D° - (Privy 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required, in Council Office, 
the year from 1st April 1838 to 31st March 1839, _? 

3M 3 to 


Secretary of 











Paymaster 





454. 11° Aprils. A. 1838. 


to pay the Salaries and Expenses in the Department 
of Her Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council, 
and Committee of Privy Council for Trade. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to defray the 


General’s Office. Charge of the Office of Her Majesty’s Paymaster 


Comptroller 
General of 
Exchequer, &amp;c, 


Professors 
(Oxford and 
Cambridge.) 


Insolvent 


General, established pursuant to the Act 5 &amp; 6 
Will. 4, c. 35, from 1st April 1838 to 31st March 
1839. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required, in 
the year from 1st April 1838 to 31st March 1839, 
to pay the Salaries and Contingent Expenses in the 
Departments of the Comptroller General of the Ex- 
chequer, and the Paymaster of Civil Services. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required, in 
the year from Ist April 1838 to 31st March 1839, to 
defray the Charge of the Salaries and Allowances 
granted to certain Professors in the Universities of 
Oxford and Cambridge. 

Ke Estimate of the Sum which may be required 


Debtors Court. ¢o defray the Charge of the Salaries of the Com- 


Penitentiary 
(Milbank. ) 


State Paper 
Office, &amp;c. 


Criminal 
Statutes 
Commission. 


Religious 
Instruction 
(Scotland ) 
Commission. 


Hand-loom 
Weavers 
Commission. 


Ecclesiastical 


Commission. 
Poor Law 
Commission, 


Slave Trade 
Commissions. 


Consuls, 


Inspectors of 
Factories. 


missioners of the Insolvent Debtors’ Court, of their 
Clerks, and the Contingent Expenses of the Court 
and Office, for one year, from 1st April 1838 to 31st 
March 1839; and also of the Expenses attendant 
upon the Circuit. 

An Estimate of the Sum required for the probable 
Expense of the General Penitentiary (Milbank), for 
the year from 1st April 1838 to 31st March 1839. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to 
defray the Charge for one year, from 1st April 1838 
to 31st March 1839, of the Salaries and other Ex- 
penses of the State Paper Office, the Office for the 
Custody of Records in the Tower, and the Office for 
the Custody of Records in the Chapter House, 
Westminster. 

An Estimate of the probable Sum which will be 
required to defray the * nae of the Commission 
“ for digesting the several Statutes relating to Cri- 
minal and other Law.” 

An Estimate of the Sum that will probably be 
required to defray the Expenses of the Commission 
appointed to inquire into the Opportunities of Reli- 
gious Worship and Means of Religious Instruction, 
and the Pastoral Superintendence afforded to the 
People of Scotland. 

An Estimate of the probable Sum which will be 
required to defray the Expenses of the Commission 
for inquiring into the condition of the unemployed 
Hand-loom Weavers. 

An Estimate of the Sum which will probably be 
required to pay Salaries and Expenses incurred 
by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, 
during the year, from 1st April 1838 to 31st March 
1839. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in 
the year 1838, to defray the Charge of Salaries and 
Expenses of the Commissioners appointed to carry 
into execution the Act 4&amp; 5 Will. 4, c. 76, for the 
Amendment and better Administration of the Laws 
relating to the Poor in England and Wales. 

An Estin. te of the Sum which may be wanted 
for one yeat, from the 1st April 1838 to the 31st 
March 1839, to pay Salaries and Incidental Ex- 
penses for the Commissions appointed on the part 
of Her Majesty, under the Treaties with Foreign 
Powers, for preventing the illegal Traffic in Slaves, 
and in pursuance of the several Acts of the Legis- 
lature for carrying the said Treaties into effect. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to 
be granted for the year ending 31st March 1839, to 
defray the Charge of the Salaries of Her Majesty’s 
Consuls General, Consuls and Vice-Consuls, and 
of the Superintendents of Trade at Canton; also 
of the Contingent Expenses connected with the 
Public Duties of such Consuls General, Consuls 
and Vice-Consuls, and Superintendents of Trade at 
Canton. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required in 
the year ending 3lst March 1839, to defray the 
Charge of the Salaries, &amp;c., of the Inspectors and 











Superintendents of Factories, appointed under the 
Authority of the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, intituled, “ An 
Act to regulate the Labour of Children and Young 
Persons in the Mills and Factories of the United 
Kingdom.” 

An Estimate of the Sum required in the year Inspectors of 
ended 31st March 1839, to defray the Salaries and Prisons. 
Expenses of the Inspectors of Prisons, appointed 
under the Act 5 &amp; 6 Will. 4, c. 38. 

An Estimate of the Amount required to defray the Mint. 
Expenditure for the several Branches of the Mint, 
for the year ending 31st March 1839. 


Statement of the Estimates for Miscellaneous Ser- N II. 
vices for 1838-9, compared with the Estimates for | “*° 312. 


the like Services for 1836-7 and 1837-8. pt rg 


An Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted to Superannua- 
defray the Charge of the Allowances or Compen- ©" 
sations granted as Superannuation or Retired Al- 
lowances to Persons formerly employed in the 
Public Offices or Departments, or in the Public 
Service, according to the provisions of the Acts 50 
Geo. 3,c. 117; 3 Geo. 4, c. 1138; 4&amp;5 Will. 4, c. 

24, &amp;e. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be wanted in Toulonese, &amp;c,, 
the year from 1st April 1838 to 31st March 1839, to Emigrants. 
enable Her Majesty to grant Relief to Toulonese and 
Corsican Emigrants, Dutch Naval Officers, Saint 
Domingo len, American Loyalists and others, 
who have heretofore received Allowances from Her 
Majesty, and who, for Services performed or Losses 
sustained in the British Service, have special Claims 
on Her Majesty’s justice and liberality. 


An Estimate of the Sum required to defray the National 
Expense of the National Vaccine Establishment, for Vaccine, 
the year 1838. stablishment. 

An Estimate of the Sum required in aid of the Refuge for the 
Institution called The Refuge for the Destitute, for Destitute. 
the year 1838. 

Estimate of the probable Expense of Confining Crimina! 
and Maintaining Criminal Lunatics in the Buildings Lunatics. 
attached to Bethlem Hospital, for the year 1838, 
ending 31st March 1839. 

An Estimate of the Amount that may be wanted Protestant 
in the year from 1st April 1838 to 31st March 1839, Dissenting 
to pay the usual Allowances to the Protestant Dis- i" ** 
senting Ministers in England, Poor French Refugee 
Clergy, Poor French Refugee Laity, and sundry 
small Charitable and other Allowances to the Poor 
of Saint-Martin’s-in-the-Fields, and others. 


Statement of the Estimates for Miscellaneous Ser- “en 
vices for 1838-9, compared with the Estimates for No. 313. 


the like Services for 1836-7 and 1837-8. Comparative 
Statement. 


An Estimate of the Sum that may be required in gecret Services. 


the year from 1st April 1838 to 31st March 1839, 
to defray the charge of Her Majesty’s Foreign and 
other Secret Services. 


An Estimate of the Expense of providing Station- Stationery, &amp;c. 
ery, Printing and Binding for the several Depart- 
ments of {Government in England, Ireland and 
Scotland, and in the Colonies; and for providing 
Stationery, Binding, Printing Paper, and Printing 
for the two Houses of Parliament, including the 
Expense of the Establishment of the Stationery 
Office; from the ist April 1838 to the 31st of 
March 1839. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to Law Charges 
defray the Expenses of Law Charges for the year 
1838-9. 

Estimate of the probable Expense of providing Convicts. 
for the Convict Hulk Establishment at Home and 
at Bermuda, for the year 1838, ending 31st March 
1839. 

An Estimate of the Sum that may be required in D° - od 
the year ending 31st March 1839, to wey Ba a er 
Charge of maintaining Convicts at New South Wales 
and Van Diemen’s Land. . 

n 


Capt 


Neg 





















i &gt; ale 












































Captured 
Negroes. 


Public 
Records. 


Education 


Education 
(Scotland. ) 


Revising 
Barristers. 


Sheriffs’ 
Expenses, &amp;c. 


County Rates. 


Distressed 
Poles, 


British Museum 
(Etruscan 
Antiquities.) 


V. 
No, 314. 


Comparative 
Statement, 


Bahamas. 


Bermudas. 


Prince Edward’s 
Island, 


Western Coast 
of Africa, 


Ecclesiastical 
Establishment 
(North 
America.) 


Western 
Australia, 


Indian 
Department 
(Canadas.) 


Governors, &amp;¢., 
of West India 
Colonies, 


1 Vicrorix. 


An Estimate of the Sum that may be — in 
the year ending 31st March 1839, to defray Ex- 

enses for the Support of Captured Negroes and 
TV aberated Africans ; wnder the Acts for the Aboli- 
tion of the Slave Trade. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to 
carry on the Business of Binding, Cleaning, Repair- 
ing and Indexing the Public Records, for one year, 
from ist April 1838 to 31st March 1839. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to enable Her 
Majesty to issue Money for the erection of School 
Houses, in aid of Private Subscriptions for that pur- 
nose, for the Education of the Children of the Poorer 
Classes in England, in the year ending 31st March 
1839. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to 
be voted in the year 1838, to enable Her Majesty to 
issue Money for the erection of School Houses, in 
aid of Private Subscriptions for that purpose, for 
the Education of the Children of the Poorer Classes 
in Scotland. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required in 
the year from 1st April 1838 to 31st March 1839, 
to pay the Allowances and Expenses of the Barris- 
ters employed in revising Lists of Voters, &amp;c., under 
the Act 2 Will. 4, c. 45. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required in 
the year from 1st April 1838 to 31st March 1839, to 
defray the Expenses incurred by Sheriffs, formerly 
paid from Civil Contingencies: Also, of the Amount 
required to make good the Deficiency of the Fees 
in the Office of the Queen’s Remembrancer in the 
Exchequer, in consequence of the Diminution of 
Fees in that Department; and to pay the Salaries 
and Ancient Allowances of certain Officers of the 
Court of Exchequer. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in 
the year 1838, to defray certain Charges heretofore 
paid out of the County Rates. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to enable Her 
Majesty to grant Relief to the distressed Poles now 
in this Country. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to enable the 
Trustees of the British Museum to purchase for that 
Institution the Collection of Etruscan Antiquities 
belonging to to Signor Campanari. 


Statement of the Estimates for Miscellaneous Ser- 
vices for 1838-9, compared with the Estimates for 
the like Services for 1836-7 and 1837-8. 


Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Civil 
Establishment of the Bahama Islands, from the 1st 
day of April 1838 to the 31st day of March 1839. 


Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Civil 
Establishment of the Bermudas, in America, from 
the 1st day of April 1838 to the 31st day of March 
1839. 

Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Civil Es- 
tablishment of Prince Edward’s Island, in America, 
from the 1st day of April 1838 to the 31st day of 
March 1839. 

Estimate of the Sum which will be required to 
meet the Charges of the Civil Establishments on the 
Western Coast of Africa, from the 1st day of April 
1838 to the 31st day of March 1839. 

Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Expenses 
of the Ecclesiastical Establishment of the British 
North American Provinces, from the 1st day of April 
1838 to the 31st day of March 1839. 

Estimate of the Charge of defraying the Expense 
of the Settlement of Western Australia, from the 1st 
April 1838 to the 31st March 1839. 

Estimate of the probable Expenditure of the 
Indian Department in Lower and Upper Canada, for 
its Establishment and Pensions, from 1st April 1838 
to 31st March 1839. , 

An Estimate of the Amount that will be required 
from the 1st of April 1838 to the 31st of March 1839, 
to oon - Charge of the Salaries of the Gover- 

oL. 93. 


11° Aprils. 





455 


nors, Lieutenant-Governors, and others, in Her Ma- 
jesty’s West India Colonies. 

stimate of the Sum which will be required to Heligoland. 
defray the Expense of the Civil Establishment of 
Heligoland, for the period from the 1st day of April 
1838 to the 31st day of March 1839. 

An Estimate of the Sum which will be required Slave Trade. 

from the 1st April 1838 to the 31st March 1839, to 
defray the Charge of Salaries and Allowances to 
the Special Justices appointed in pursuance and by 
virtue of an Act of Parliament made and passed in 
the 3d and 4th years of his late Majesty, intituled, 
“ An Act for the Abolition of Slavery throughout 
the British Colonies; for promoting the Industry 
of the manumitted Slaves; and for compensating 
the Persons hitherto entitled to the Services of such 
Slaves.” 

An Estimate of the Sum required to be voted in Negro | 
the year 1838, to enable Her Majesty to defray such Education. 
Expenses as She may incur in aiding the local Le- 
gislatures in providing for the Religious and Moral 
Instruction of the Emancipated Negro Population. 

An Estimate of the Expense of defraying the Emigration, 
Salaries of the Agents for + ads from the 1st 
of April 1838 to the 31st of March 1839. 

Estimate of the Sum that will be required in the St. Helena. 
year ending 31st March 1839, to defray the Charge 
of the Civil Establishment at Saint Helena, and of 
Pensions and Allowances to the Civil and Military 
Officers and Soldiers of the East India Company’s 
late Establishments in that Island. 

Estimate of the Amount required in aid of the Nova Scotia, 
Expenses of the Civil Government of Nova Scotia, 
from the 1st day of April 1838 to the 31st day of 
March 1839. 

An Estimate of the Amount required to be voted Canals in 
in the year 1838, to defray the Charge of the Re- Canada, 
pair and Maintenance of the Rideau and Ottawa 
Canals in Canada. 

; Miscellaneous 

Statement of the Estimates for Miscellaneous Services 
Services in Ireland, for the year ending 31st March (reland.) 
1839, compared with the Grants for the like Ser- No, 3165. 


vices for the years 1836-7 and 1837-8. Comparative 
Statement, 


An Estimate of the Sum required to enable the gaucation, 
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland to issue Money for the 
advancement of Education, from 1st April 1838 
to 31st March 1839. 


An Estimate of the Expense of the Foundling Foundling 
Hospital, Dublin, for one year, from 1st April 1838 Hospital 
to 31st March 1839. atta 

Estimate of the Expense of supporting the House House of 
of Industry in Dublin, the Lunatic Department, and Industry, &amp;c. 
the four General Hospitals attached, for one year, 
from the 1st day of April 1838 to the 31st day 
of March 1839, inclusive. 

An Estimate of the probable Charge of the Hiber- Hibernian — 
nian Marine Society in Dublin, for one year, com- Marine Society. 
mencing the ist April 1838 and ending the 31st 
March 1839. 

Estimate of the Expense of the Female Orphan Female Orphan 
House, Circular Road, Dublin, for one year, from 4ovse- 
the 1st of April 1838 to the 31st of March 1839, for 
160 Children. 

Estimate of the probable Expense of supporting Westmorland 
the Westmorland Lock Hospital, for one year, from 1° Hospital. 
1st April 1838 to 31st March 1839. 

Estimate for the Lying-in Hospital, Dublin, for Lying-in 
the year commencing Ist — 1838. Hospital. 

Estimate of the probable Expense of Dr. Steevens’ Dr. Steevens’ 
Hospital, Dublin, from 1st April 1838 to 31st March Hospital. 
1839. 

Estimate of the probable Expenses of the Fever Fever Hospital, 
Hospital and House of Recovery, Cork Street, Dub- Cork Street. 
lin, for one year, commencing. ist April 1838 and 
ending 31st March 1839. " 

An Estimate for defraying the Expenses of the Hospital for 
Hospital for Incurables for one year, from the 1st [urables. 
of April 1838 to 31st of March 1839. 


3M 4 An Estimate 











456 


11° Aprils. 





A. 1838. 


RomanCatholic An Estimate of the Charge of the Roman Ca-| An Estimate of the Amount that will petety Miscellaneous 


- College. 


Royal Irish 
Academy. 


Royal 
Hibernian 
Academy. 


Royal Dublin 
Society. 


Charitable 
Donations and 
Bequests. 


Royal Belfast 
Academical 
Lustitution. 


Public Works, 


Chief Secretary 


to Lord Lieu- 
tenant, &amp;c, 


Household of 
the Lord 
Lieutenant, 


Paymaster of 
Civil Services’ 
Office. 


Queen’s 
Printers. 


Non-conform- 
ing, &amp;c. 
Ministers. 


Criminal 
Prosecutions. 


Police ( Dublin.) 


Public Works. 


Tewnland 
Survey. 


Railways 
Commission, 


tholic College, for the Financial year ending 31st) 


March 1839. 

Estimate of the probable Expenditure, Income, 
and Sum required for the Royal Zrish Academy, from 
1st April 1838 to 31st March 1839. 

An Estimate of the Expenditure and Income of 
the Royal Hibernian Academy, for the year com- 
mencing the 1st day of April 1838 and ending 31st 
of March 1839. 

Estimate of the Sum that will be required for de- 
fraying the Expenses of the Royal Dublin Society, 
for the year commencing 1st April 1838 and ending 
31st March 1839. 

An Estimate of the Sum necessary for defraying 
the Salary and Expenses of the Commissioners of 
Charitable Donations and Bequests in Jreland, from 
the 1st day of April 1838 to the 31st day of March 
1839. 

Estimate of the Salariesand Expenses of the Royal 
Belfast Academical Institution, for the year com- 
mencing Ist April 1838 andending 31st March 1839, 
so far as it is proposed that the same shall be charge- 
able on the Public Funds. 

Estimate of the probable Expense of repairing 
and maintaining the several Public Buildings in 
the Department of the Commissioners of Public 
Works in Jreland, comprehending the Apartments 
of His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant and _ his 
Household, the Civil Offices, Council and Treasury 
Chambers, the whole of the Courts of Law, and 
keeping in repair the Drains, Grounds, Boundary 
Walls, Fences, &amp;c., in the Demesnes in the Phenia 
Park, including the Vice-Regal Lodge, and other 
official Residences, for the year 1839. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to 
pay the Salaries and Expenses of the Chief Secre- 
tary to the Lord Lieutenant of Jre/and, in Dublin 
and London, and the Privy Council Ottice in Ireland; 
also, the estimated Amount of the Queen’s Printer’s 
Bill for Printing for the Public Offices in Jreland, 
for the year ending 31st March 1839. 

An Estimate of the Sum required to defray the 
Charge of Salaries for the Officers and Attendants 
of the Household of the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland, 
and certain other Officers and Services, formerly 
charged on the Civil List in Ireland, for the year 
ending 31st March 1839. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to 
defray the Charge of the Paymaster of Civil Services’ 
Oftice, for the year ending 31st March 1839. 

Estimate, Queen’s Printers (Jreland), for the year 
ending 31st March 1839. 

Estimate of the Sum that will be necessary to 
defray the Expense of Non-conforming, Seceaing 
and Protestant Dissenting Ministers in Zreland, for 
the year ending 31st March 1839. 

An Estimate of the Sum that will be required to 
defray the Charge of Criminal Prosecutions and 
other Law Charges in freland, for the year ending 
31st March 1839. 

An Estimate of the Income and Expenditure of 
the Public Offices and Metropolitan Police of Dub- 
lin, and ofthe Sum which will be required from the 
Public in aid of these Departments, for the year 
commencing Ist April 1838, and ending 31st March 
1839. 

Estimates of the Sums which will be required to 
defray the Expenses of sundry Departments under 





the charge of the Board of Public Works, for the year | 
from the ist of April 1838 to the 31st of March | 
1839. | 

Estimate of the Sum that will be required in| 
the year, from 1st April 1838 to 31st March 1839, 
to defray the Expense of the Townland Survey of; 
Ireland. 

Estimate of the probable Expense to be incurred 
by the Commissioners for reporting upon the best’ 
system of Railways for Ireland, for the year 1838, | 
to the 31st March 1839. 


Charges 
(Scotland.) 


No. 316, 


be required to defray Law Expenses, Grants to 
Scottish Universities, and other Charges, formerly 
defrayed from the Hereditary Revenues, and not 
provided for on Her Majesty’s Civil List, nor on the 
Consolidated Fund ; from the 1st April 1838 to 31st 
March 1839. 


Estimate of Sums required for the Pay, Allow- Commissariat, 
ances in Money, and Contingent Expenses of the No, 317, 
Commissariat Department at Home and Abroad, 
for the year ending 31st March 1839 ; with a State- 
ment of the Amount required for similar Services in 
the year ending 3ist March 1838. 

Estimate of Sums required for the Half Pay of 
Commissariat Officers, and for Retired Full Pay, 
Compensation and Superannuation Allowances ; 
also, for the Pensions of Widows of Commissariat 
Officers, and for Compassionate Allowances to their 
Children; for one year, from 1st April 1838 to 
31st March 1839. 


An Account of the Sum expended under the head Civii Contin. 
of Civil Contingencies in the year 1837. gencies. 
An Estimate of the Amount that will probably be No. 318. 
required to defray the Expense under the head of 
Civil Contingencies, for the year ending 31st March 
1838. 
Ordered, That the said Estimates do lie upon 
the Table; and be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Newspaper 
Return of the Number of Stamps issued by the Stmps. 
Stamp Office for all Newspapers in Great Britain 
and Jreland, from ist to 31st December 1837; 
specifying each Newspaper by name, and the Num- 
ber of Stamps issued during that period to each 
Newspaper :—-And, a similar Return for each month 
of the Quarter ended 31st March 1838. 


A Petition of John James Hachett, of Gower London 
Place, Saint Pancras, praying that the London Grand Junction 
Grand Junction Railway Bill may not pass into a Bally Bill 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- Brandling 
sideration the Report which upon the 30th day of Jusction Bill 
March last was made from the Committee on the ®#!"9y 7" 
Brandling Junction Railway Bill, printed Copies of 
the Bill having been delivered at the door upon 
Tuesday, the 3d day of this instant April; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till Wednesday, the 
25th day of this instant April. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Tithes 
Committee upon Monday, the 30th day of this in- (ireland) 
stant April, to consider the subject of Tithes in 
Ireland, was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday, 
the 14th day of May next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of supply; 
Supply, a Resolution, which was read as followeth ; 


Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty-three pensions, 
thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to enable Her Majesty to direct the 
payment for the quarter ending the fifth day of April 
One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, of those 
Pensions which at the demise of the Crown were 
charged upon the Civil List of His late Majesty, or 
upon the Consolidated Fund, pursuant to an Act of 
the second and third year of King William the Fourth. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

’ Mr. 


so 











us Ways and 
Means ; 


. Consolidated 
Fond. 


it, 


Religious 
Iustruction 
(Scotland.) 


County Courts 
Bill. 


No. 296. 


Bankrupts’ 
Estates 
(Scotland) Bill. 


No. 297. 


Ccnsolidated 
Fond Bill. 


Land Tax 
Commissioners’ 
Names Bi.l. 


No. 298. 


Custody of 
Infants Bill. 


Patterns and 


Inventions Bill. reading of the Patterns and Inventions Bill; 


Hackney 

cmennees 
etropoli 

‘i 


No. 299. 


Oaths to 
Witnesses 
(Ireland) Bill. 





1 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of Ways 
and Means, a Resolution, which was read as fol- 
loweth ; 

Resolved, That towards making good the Supply 

nted to Her Majesty, for the Service of the year 
Sen thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, the 
sum of Eight Millions, be granted out of the Con- 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Bernal, Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer, and Mr. Baring do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s 
command,—The Fourth Report of the Commis- 
sioners of Religious Instruction, Scotland. 

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


Lord John Russell presented a Bill for the Im- 
provement of the Criminal and Civil Jurisdiction of 
County Courts: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday, the 7th day of May next; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Robert Steuart presented a Bill for regulat- 
ing the Sequestration of the Estates of Bankrupts 
in Scotland: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday, 
the 7th day of May next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Baring presented a Bill to apply a Sum of 
Money out of the Consolidated Fund to the Service 
of the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty- 
eight: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Friday, 
the 27th day of this instant April. 


Mr. Baring presented a Bill to appoint additional 
Commissioners for executing the Acts granting a 
Land Tax and Duties on Personal Estates, Offices 
and Pensions: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Friday, the 27th day of this instant April; and to 
be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Custody of Infants Biil ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Vernon Smith reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received up onWed- 
nesday, the 9th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday, the 16th day of May next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Hackney Carriages (Me- 
tropolis) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Robert 
Gordon reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Robert Gordon reported the Bill accordingly ; 
and the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday, the 2d day of May 
next; and the Bill, as amended, to be printed. 


The House, aowenng t Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Oaths to Witnesses (Ireland) 


Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 


11° Aprilis. 


457 


resumed the Chair; and Lord Viscount Morpeth 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Wed- 
nesday, the 25th day of this instant April. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday, 
the 25th day of this instant April, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Meaas, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday, 

the 25th day of this instant April, resolve itself into 

the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming High Sheriffs 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed Bill. 

upon the 29th day of March last, That the High 

Sheriffs Bill be committed to a Select Committee :— 

The House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 

the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to Colonel, 

Davies, Mr. Barneby, Mr. Edward Clive, Captain 

Pechell, Mr. Law Hodges, General Johnson, Lord 

John Russell, Mr. Edward John Stanley, Mr. Paking- 
ton, Mr. Robert Gordon, Mr. Fyshe Palmer, Mr. 
Bailey (of Worcester), Mr. Shaw Lefevre, Mr. Tho- 
mas Parker, and Mr. Henry Winnington. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Qualification of 
further consideration the Report on the Qualifica- Members Bill. 
tion of Members Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday, the 2d day of May 

next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Salmon 
reading of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Bill; Fisheries 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time (S*tln¢) Bill. 
upon Friday, the 27th day of this instant April. 


Mr. Robert Steuart reported the Clergy Residences Clergy Resi- 
Bill; and the Amendment was read, as followeth: dences Bill. 
Pr. 10. 1. 33. Blank “ Twelve.” 
The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Wednesday, the 25th day of this instant 
April. 


The ingrossed Bill to make more effectual Pro- Custody of 
vision for the Prevention of Offences by Insane Per- insane Fersons 
sons in Ireland, was, according to Order, read the ({*e#4) Bill. 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to ee 
rovide for the better regulation of Municipal Cor- (orp. 
cenatlane in the Royal Burghs of Scotland: And waeeivarties 
that Mr. Fox Maule, the Lord Advocate, and Lord 

John Russell do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Parliamentary 
provide for the better re 
porations in the several Burghs and Towns of Scot- 
land, which now return or contribute to return Mem- 
bers to Parliament, and are not Royal Burghs: 
And that Mr. Fox Maule, the Lord Advocate, and 
Lord John Russell do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a East India. 
Copy, in a connected form, and separate from an 
other Papers, of all the Laws and Regulations which 
have been made by the Governor General of India 





Vou. 93. 


3.N in 


i iat  Burglis 
ation of Municipal Cor: (Scetland) Bill, 








Corporal 
Punishments 
(Navy.) 


Court of 
Chancery. 


Coronation 
Expenses, 


Dean Forest 
Mines Bill. 


Dean Forest 


Encroachments 


Bill. 


Hastings 
Ship of War. 


458 


in Council by virtue of the Act of 3 and 4 Will. 4, 
c. 85. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Corporal Punishments in- 
flicted in the Royal Navy, in each of the years 1834 
to 1837, both inclusive. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Amount of the Sums of Money paid 
into the Bank of England to the credit of the Ac- 
countant General of the Court of Chancery, and 
placed to the credit of the “ Suitors’ Fee Fund,” 
under the Act 3d and 4th Will. 4, c. 94, from the 
27th February 1837 to the 27th February 1838 :— 
an Account of the several Sums of Money paid out of 
the same Fund from the 27th February 1837 to the 
27th February 1838; distinguishing how much has 
been paid for Salaries, and how much on any other 
account ; specifying on what accounts such last- 
mentioned Funds have been paid respectively (as 
for Compensations, &amp;c., under Sec. 48) :—And, an 
Account of the Surplus Cash, Stocks and Funds, 
which stood to the credit of the “ Suitors’ Fee Fund 
Account” on 26th November 1837, and how the 
same has been invested and applied ; and what, if 
any thing, is now standing to the credit of the 
“ Account of Monies pace out to provide for the 
officers of the High Court of Chancery” (See Sec. 
36, 3d and 4th Will. 4, c. 94.) 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Abstract of the Account of the Expenses of the 
Coronations of King George the Third, King George 
the Fourth and of Ring William the Fourth, under 
the several heads of charge ; and stating from what 
Funds the same were paid :—and, an Estimate of the 
Expense of the Coronation of Queen Victoria, so far 
as the same can be made up. 


The House was moved, That the Reports of the 
Dean Forest Commissioners, which were presented 
upon the 11th day of June, the 13th day of 
August, and the 9th day of September 1835, might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, That leave be given 
to bring in a Bill for regulating the opening and 
working of Mines and Quarries in the Forest of 
Dean and Hundred of Saint Briavel’s, inthe County 
of Gloucester ; 

Lord John Russell, by Her Majesty’s command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
gives Her consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for regulating the opening and working of Mines 
and Quarries in the Forest of Dean and Hundred 
of Saint Briavel’s, in the County of Gloucester : 
And that Mr. Robert Gordon and Mr. Vernon Smith 
do prepare, and bring it in. 

And a Motion being made, That leave be given 
to bring in a Bill to confirm Titles to and grant 
Leases of Encroachments on the Forest of Dean ; 

Lord John Russell, by Her Majesty’s command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
gives Her consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to confirm Titles to and grant Leases of Saewenats- 
ments on the Forest of Dean: And that Mr. Robert 
Gordon and Mr. Vernon Smith do prepare, and 
bring it in. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Extra Expense incurred in the 
Hastings 74, for the purpose of fitting her up for 


carrying the Earl of Durham and his Suite to Ca- 
nada. 





11° Aprilis. 





A, 1838. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the improvement of the Sea Coast Fisheries of 
Ireland: And that Lord Viscount Morpeth and 
Mr. Attorney General for Jreland do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the several Acts re- 
lative to Kingstown Harbour and the Port of Dublin, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into a Committee, to consider of the 
said Acts. 

The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. For Maule 
reported, That he was directed by the Committee 
to make a Motion. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Fox Maule accordingly reported, That he was 
directed by the Committee to move, That leave be 
given to bring in a Bill to amend several Acts re- 
lating to Kingstown Harbour and the Port of Dublin: 
—And he moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. Fox Maule, Lord Viscount Morpeth, 
and Mr. Attorney General for Jreland do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Mr. Robert Gordon presented a Bill for regulating 
the opening and working of Mines and Quarries in 
the Forest of Dean and Hundred of Saint Briavel’s, 
in the County of Gloucester: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Friday, the 27th day of this instant April; 
and to be printed. 


Mr. Robert Gordon presented a Bill to empower 
the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods, &amp;c., to 
confirm the Titles to, and to grant Leases of, En- 
croachments on the Forest of Dean, in the County 
of Gloucester: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Friday, the 27th day of this instant April; and to 
be printed. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill to amend 
several Acts relating to Kingstown Harbour and the 
Port of Dublin: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday, the 7th day of May next; and to be 
printed. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill for the 
improvement of the Sea Coast Fisheries of Ireland : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday, the 7th 
day of May next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to an Address 
to Her Majesty,—Returns of all the Municipal Bo- 
roughs or Cities, by name, which have had a Com- 
mission of Peace granted to them :—&lt;And, of all 
Municipal Boroughs and Cities, by name, which 
have had a Court of Quarter Sessions and a Recorder 
appointed. 

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


Sea Coast 
Fisheries 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Kingstown and 
Dublin Port and 
Harbour Bill, 


Dean Forest 
Mines Bill, 


No. 300. 


Dean Forest 
Encroachments 
Bill. 


No. 319. 


Kingstown and 
Dublin Portand 
Harbour Bill. 


No. 301. 


Sea Coast 
Fisheries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No. 302, 


Municipal 
Boroughs and 
Cities. 


Lord Viscount Palmerston presented,—Return to Slave Trade. 


an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 23d day of 
December last, for Copies or Extracts of all Com- 
munications with Foreign Powers, or with the British 
Commissioners, relative to the Slave Trade, since 
the last were presented; and a Statement of the 
measures which have been adopted in consequence 
of the Address of this House to his late Majesty on 
the 9th day of February last, and of his Majesty’s 
most gracious Answer. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Table. 
Ordered, 





rh 





Robert 
Breakey- 


No. 303. 


Lunatic 
Asylums. 


No. 304. 
Royal Marines. 
No. 305 + 


National Debt, 
No, 306. 


Newspaper 
Stamps. 


No, 307. 


Vaccine 
Institution. 


No. 308. 


Kinsale 
Return. 


Stamford Writ. 


Sudbury 
Election, 


1 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to Robert 
Breakhey, which were presented upon the 28th day 
of March last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Lunatic 
Asylums, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the Royal 
Marines, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
printed. 

Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Na- 
tional Debt, which were presented upon Monday 
last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Newspaper 
Stamps, which was presented upon Monday last, be 

rinted. 
Ordered, That the Copy of the Report of the Na- 
tional Vaccine Institution, which was presented upon 
Monday last, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Wednesday, 
the 25th day of this instant April. 





Mercuri, 25° die Aprilts ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


HE Clerk of the Crown, attending according 
to Order, amended the Return for the Borough 
of Kinsale. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Stamford, in the 
room of Thomas Chaplin, Tein, who since his 
election for the said Borough hath accepted the 
office of steward or bailiff of Her Majesty's Three 
Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Bonen- 
ham in the county of Buckingham. 


A Petition of Henry Harding, Thomas Jones, 
and Richard Gainsborough Dupont, Electors of 
the Borough of Sudbury, in the county of Suffolk, 
was delivered in, and read; setting forth, That the 
Petitioners are Electors of the said Borough of 
Sudbury, and had and claimed to have had a right 
to vote at the last Election of a Burgess to serve in 
Parliament for the said Borough, in the room of 
Lieutenant General Sir Edward Barnes, deceased, 
at which Election Sir John Benn Walsh, Baronet, 
was returned as Member to serve in Parliament for 
the said Borough ; that the Petitioners are informed 
that a Petition has been presented to the House, 
subscribed by Thomas Berry and John Edmunds, 
Junior, styling themselves Electors of the said Bo- 
rough, and claiming therein to have had a right to 
vote at the said Election, setting forth, that the said 
Sir John Benn Walsh had only a colourable majority 
of votes at the said Election, but that one John 
Bagshaw had a majority of legal votes at the said 
Election over the said Sir John Benn Walsh, and 
ought to have been returned as Member for the 
said Borough in his stead, and praying the House to 
declare that the said John Bagshaw was duly elect- 
ed, and ought to have been returned to serve in 
Parliament for the said Borough instead of the said 
Sir John Benn Walsh, or to declare the said Elec- 
tion and Return of the said Sir John Benn Walsh 
to be wholly null and void, or that the House will 
afford to the said Petitioners such relief in the pre- 
mises as may seem meet; the Petitioners therefore 
humbly pray to be admitted as Parties to oppose the 

rayer of the said last-mentioned Petition, and to 
“en the Election and Return therein complained 
of. ; 

A Petition of Branwhite Oliver, John Sikes, and 
George W. Fulcher, Electors of the Borough of Sud- 
bury, in the county of Suffolk, was also delivered in, 
es | A setting forth, That the Petitioners are 

OL. 93. 


11°—25° Aprilis. 





459 


Electors of the said Borough of Sudbury,and had and 
claim to have had a right to vote at the last Election 
of a Burgess to serve in Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough, in the room of Lieutenant General Sir Edward 
Barnes, deceased, at which Election Sir John Benn 
Walsh, Baronet, was returned as Member to serve in 
Parliament for the said Borough; that the Petitioners 
are informed that a Petition has been presented to 
the House, subscribed by Andrew Peacock, Baker 
Goody, William Grimwood, Charles Baxter, Robert 
Henry Smith, and Thomas Berry, claiming therein 
to be Electors of the said Borough, and to have had 
a right to vote at the said Election, complaining of 
the said Election and Return of the said Sir John 
Benn Walsh, Baronet, and praying the House to 
declare the said Election and Return to be null and 
void, or to afford to the said Petitioners such other 
relief in the premises as to the House may seem 
meet ; the Petitioners therefore humbly pray to be 
admitted as Parties to oppose the prayer of such 
last-mentioned Petition, and to defend. the Return 
therein complained of. 

The House was moved, That the tenth section of 
the Act 9 Geo. 4. c. 22, to consolidate and amend the 
laws relating to the Trial of Controverted Elections or 
Returns of Members to serve in Parliament, might 
be read, and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Petitioners be admitted Par- 
ties, pursuant to the prayer of their Petitions. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant suffolk 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ (Western Divi- 


for the electing of a Knight of the Shire to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Western Division of 
the County of Suffolk, inthe room of Hart Logan, 
Esquire, deceased. 


An ingrossed Bill for building a“ Bridge over the Cookham 
river Thames, from Cookham, in the County of Berks, Bridge Bill. 


to the opposite shore, in the Parish of Wooburn, in 
the County of Bucks, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir William Young do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Aylesbury and Thame Road Bill was read a Aylesbury 


second time; and committed to Sir Thomas Fre- 
mantle and the Buckingham List. 


Sir George Strickland, from the Select Committee Kingston-upon- 
appointed to try and determine the merits of the Hull Election, 


Petition of Frank Rawson of the Borough of King- 
ston-upon-Hull, Wharfinger’s Clerk, George Binks 
the younger, of the same place, Painter, and John 
Bickerton, of the same place, Potato-dealer, com- 
set of an undue Election and Return for the 

own of Kingston-upon-Hull, informed the House ; 
That the Committee met on Monday the 16th in- 
stant, at ten of the clock, pursuant to their Ad- 
journment of the preceding Saturday, when the 
Chairman received a letter from Mr. Frederick 
Dundas, one of the Members of the Committee, 
stating that he would be prevented attending the 
Committee on that day, and for some days subse- 
quent, owing to the alarming illness of Lady Caro- 
line Dundas, his mother, and also inclosing the Certi- 
ficate from the Medical attendants at Brighton, con- 
firming the above fact, and that the Committee there- 
upon adjourned till this day at three of the clock. 

And Mr. Dundas having in his place verified the 
contents of his said letter upon oath ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Dundas be excused for not 
attending the Committee. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Brandling J unc- Brandling 


Junction 


tion Railway Company to raise an additional Sum 
of Money, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ingham do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


3N2 The 





460 


Higham Ferrers The Higham Ferrers Inclosure Bill was read a 
Inclosure Bill. second time; and committed to Mr. Vernon Smith 
and the Worthampton List. 


The Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway Bill was read 
a second time; and committed to Mr. Dennistoun, 
and the West Scotland List. 


A Petition of Proprietors and Inhabitant House- 
holders in the Borough of Southwark, suggesting a 
new line of Street from Westminster Bridge to the 
Town-hall, Southwark, and praying that they may be 
heard, by their agents, before the Select Committee 
on Metropolis Improvements, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the said Select Committee. 


A Petition of Stephen Adcock, Gentleman, of the 
town of Cambridge, Agent for Thomas Fisher, of the 
said town, praying that he may be heard, by himself, 
his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the Ches- 
terton Inclosure Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, Yhat the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if, he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Garnkirk 
and Glasgow 
Railway Bill, 


Metropolis 
Improvements. 


Chesterton 
Inclosure Bill. 


Pembroke 


Petitions from Farmers, Graziers, Gardeners and 
Ferry Bill. 


other Inhabitants of the parish of Llandstadwell, in 
the county of Pembroke, residing in and near the 
North Bank of Milford Haven ;—and, Merchants, 
Tradesmen and other Inhabitants of the town of 
Pembroke Dock in the said county; praying that 
the Pembroke Ferry Bill may not pass into a law, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


The Berden, &amp;c., Inclosure Bill was read a second 
time; and committed to Colonel Rushbrooke, and the 
Essex List. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Charles Henry 

Y Payne, which was presented upon the 21st day of 

March last, be referred to the Committee on the 

Bristol and Exeter Railway Bill; and the Peti- 

tioner heard, by his counsel or agent, upon his Pe- 

tition, if he think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Berden, &amp;c., 
Inclosure Bill. 


Bristol and 
Exeter Railwa 
Bill. 


Newtyle end 
Coupar Angus 
Railway Bill. 


The Newtyle and —— Angus Railway Bill was 


read a second time; and committed to Mr. Chal- 

mers and the East Scotland List. 

- Church The Zee Church Bill was read a second time ; and 
- committed to Mr. Law Hodges and the Kent List. 


Punishments 
(Royal 
Marines. ) 


Mr. Charles Wood presented, pursuant to Order,— 
An Abstract of the Number of Men belonging to the 
Royal Marines, who, since the 1st of January 1831, 
have suffered Imprisonment ; showing the nature of 
the Offences, in Classes, for which such Punishment 
has been awarded, and the Number in each Class, 
also the longest and shortest period of Confine- 
ment awarded as Punishment, and the average pe- 
riod for each class of Offences. 

. Ordered, That the said Abstract do lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Gentry, Clergy and Inhabitants of 
the barony of Banagh and county of Donegal, pray- 
that the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Rating of 


: Petitions from Frome Selwood ;—and, Fareham 
Tenements Bill. 


Titchfield; praying that the Rating of Tenements 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read and referred to the Select Committee 
on Rating of Tenements. 


Negro Appren- 


Negre Petitions from Banbridge ;— Orton ;—Troutbeck ; 
ticeship. 


—Crosby Ravensworth ; —Ingleton ;— Portsea ;— 
Bourton-on-the- hea ce —_ tppleby — 
Portsmouth: — Fareham ; — Perth ;— Hawick ;— 


25° Aprils. 


A. 1838. 


Newtown ;—and, Manafon; praying for the aboli- 

tion of the system of Negro Apprenticeship —were 

oe raga and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Petitions from the Proprietor, Compositors, and Postage. 


Pressmen of the Printing Office of 7. Brettell, Ru- 
pert Street, Haymarket ;—Southampton (Chairman 
of a Meeting) ;—and, Alford ;—praying for the 
establishment of a low and uniform rate of Postage 
on Letters,—were presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Postage. 


bytery Clerk);—and, Kirriemuir; praying the House 
not to sanction any further endowment to the Church 
of Scotland,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions fron: Warwick ;— Leeds ;— Cambridge 3 Copyright Bill. 


—AHereford;— London and Westminster ;— Hali- 
fax ;— Preston;— Bristol (two Petitions) ;—Bolton- 
le-Moors ;— British Medical Association (President 
and Council) ;— Aberdeen ; — Brighthelmston ; — 
Dundee ;— Edinburgh (three Petitions) ;—Zondon ; 
—Adam Scott and others ;— York ;—Chairman of 
a Meeting held at the Mechanics Institution, South- 
ampton-buildings, Holborn ;— Chester ;—Metropolis ; 
— Dublin ;— Compositors and others in the office 
of Mr. M. Knight, Green Arbour-court, Old Bailey ; 
—in the Office of Messrs. Fisher, and Co., Caxton, 
Islington ;—in the Office of Mr. George Woodfall, 
Angel-court, Skinner-street, London ;—in the Office 
of Mr. Thomas Curson Hansard, Paternoster-row ;— 
in the Office of Messrs. Stewart and Murray, Litile 
Green Arbour-court, Old Bailey ;—in the Office of 
Messrs. Cunningham and Salmon, Crown-court, Fleet- 
street ;—in the Office of Mr. Ravenscroft, Took’s- 
court, Chancery-lane ; —in the Office of Messrs. Dar- 
ling and Son, Leadenhall-street ;—in the Office of 
Messrs. Marchant, Ingram-court, Fenchurch-street ; 
—in the Office of the Pitt Press, Cambridge ;—in the 
Office of Mr. Spottiswoode, Shacklewell ;—in the 
Office of Mr. 7. Rider, Great Bartholomew-close ;— 
in the Office of Mr. Charles Adlard, Bartholomew- 
close;—in the Office of Mr. Spottiswoode, East Hard- 
ing-street, London; —in the Office of Mr. 7. C. Savill, 
Saint Martin’s-lane ;—in the Office of Messrs. Ste- 
vens and Pardon, Bell-yard, Temple Bar ;—-in the 
Office of Mr. Jacob Unwin, Saint Peter’s-alley, 
Cornhill ;—in the Office of E. B. and G. Clarke, 
Dudley-court, Falcon-square ;--in the Office of Mr. 
Norman, Maiden-lane, Covent Garden ;—in the Of- 
fice of Samuel M‘Dowall, Leadenhall-street ;—-in 
the Office of Mr. C. Wood, Poppin’s-court, Fleet- 
street ;—in the Office of Messrs. Robson, Levey and 
Franklyn, Saint Martin’s-lane;—in the Office of 
Mr. Alexander Mackintosh, Great New-street, Lon- 
don ;—in the Office of Mr. Charles Whiting, Beau- 
fort House, Strand :—in the Office of Mr. @. Baine, 
Gracechurch-street ;—in the Office of Messrs. Man- 
ning and Smithson, Tvy-lane, Paternoster-row ;— 
in the Office of Messrs. Southey and Co., Fenchurch- 
street ;—in the Office of the Guardian Newspaper, 
Lancaster ;—in the Office of the Weekly Despatch 
Newspaper, Fleet-street, London ;—in the Office of 
William Henry Cox, Great Queen-street, Lincoln’s- 
Inn-Fields ;—in the Office of Mr. Holmes, Took’s- 
court, Chancery-lane;—in the Office of Messrs. 
Maurice and Co., Fenchurch-street ;—in the Office 
of Mr. Richards, Saint Martin’s-lane;—in the Of- 
fice of Messrs. Ibbotson and Palmer, Savoy-street, 
Strand ;—in the Office of Mr. Arthur Foster, Kirk- 
by Lonsdale ;—in the Office of Messrs. Leighton and 
Murphy, Johnson’s-court, Fleet-street ;—in the Of- 
fice of Mr. Limbird, Strand ;—in the Office of Mr. 
John Neilson, Alex. Gardner, and George Caldwell, 
Paisley ;-—in the Office of Mr. Sweeting, Bartlett’s- 
buildings, Holborn ;—in the Office of Mr. Needham, 





Belle 





Petitions from Stow (Mid Lothian) ;— Queens- Church of 
ferry ;—Craigend;—Perth (Moderator and Pres- *°U@¢. 





1 Vicroriz. 


Belle Sauvage-yard, Ludgate-hill;—in the Office 
of Mr. P. P. Thoms, Warwick-square ;—in the Of- 
fice of Mr. Pascow, Bartholomew Close, London ;— 
in the Office of Mr. A. Taylor, Coleman-street, Lon- 
don ;—in the Office of Henry Mozley and Sons, and 
others, Derby ;—in the Office of the Morning He- 
rald Newspapers ;—in the Office of John Lewis 
Cox and Sons, Great Queen-street, Lincoln’s-Inn- 
Fields ;—in the Office of Mr. John Parker, Saint 
Martin’ s-lane ;—in the Office of Mr. Hodson, Cross- 
street, Hatton Garden;—in the Office of Messrs. 
Ciowes, Charing Cross ;—in the Office of Messrs. 
Shaw and Sons, Fetter-lane ;—in the Office of Mr. 
Charles Whittingham, Took’s-court ;—and, in the 
Office of Mr. John Mitchell and William Bennett, 
Montrose ; praying that the Copyright Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Bible Printing 


Petitions from William Lennie, Teacher of Elo- 
(Scotland. ) 


cution, in Edinburgh, and Thomas Somerville, Mode- 
rator ;—and, William Lindsey, Clerk of the Relief 
Presbytery of Perth; praying the House to a 
all legislation on the subject of the printing of Bibles 
in Scotland that would interfere with the rights of 
printers or purchasers of the same, and on the expi- 
ration of the Queen’s printers patent in Scotland, to 
recommend Her Majesty to a the renewal of it, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 
Salinon A Petition of Inhabitants of Kilkenny, praying 
(Ireland) pi}, that the Salmon Fisheries (Jreland) Bill may not 
" pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Haverfordwest A Petition of Sons of, and Apprentices to Free- 
sng men of Haverfordwest, praying that the Haver- 
cece fordwest ( Portfield) Inclosure Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 
eae A Petition of Managers and Householders of the 
7 Royal Burgh of Dysart, praying the House to 
adopt measures to encourage special attention and 
regard to safety in the building of merchant vessels, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 
Fen Drayton Mr. Townley presented a Bill for dividing, allot- 


Inclosure Bill. ting, and inclosing the Open and Common Fields, 
Meadows, Lands, Commons and Commonable 
Places in the parish of Fen Drayton, in the county 
of Cambridge: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


sag and Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 

Ho 8% th Copy ofa Letter from Sir Frederick Trench to Lord 
Viscount Duncannon, on the subject of Ventilation 
and Lighting of the House of Commons, dated 
Brighton, April 22, 1838. 


Great Yarmouth 
ection. 


A Petition of Thomas Baker, of No. 29, Spring 
Gardens, Westminster, Gentleman, Agent to John 
Penrice, and others, Electors, Petitioners, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Great Yarmouth, was presented, and read; set- 
ting forth, That the poll-books containing the poll 
taken at the last Election were in the hands of Wii- 
liam Barth, Esquire, the Mayor and returning Offi- 
cer; that the Petitioner had endeavoured to serve 
him with the Speaker’s Warrant to produce the said 

oll-books, but that he had not been able to find 

im; and praying that the consideration of the said 
Petition, and Ballot for the Committee {0 try the 
merits of the same, might be postponed from To- 
morrow to some future day. 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 


being put, That Thomas Baker be called to the bar ; 
Vot. 93. 





25° Aprils. 


461 


The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the { Sir Thomas Fremantle, 78 


Yeas, Mr. Maclean: 
‘ellers for the { Mr. Attorney General, 100 
Noes, Mr. Solicitor General ; . 


So it passed in the Negative. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Conacre 
mittee on the Conacre Tenants (Ireland) Bill; ln is 
Resolved, ‘That this House will, upon Wednes- (els) Bill 
day the 23d day of May next, resolve itself into the 

said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Copyright Bill. 
reading of the Copyright Bill ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 
he Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question, viz., to leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, that the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the ( Mr. Serjeant Talfourd, 
Yeas, { Sir Robert Inglis: . } — 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hume, } 94 
Noes, Mr. Warburton: : 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second time, 
and committed. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Bill be committed to a Committee 
of the whole House ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “‘ Committee of 
the whole House,” in order to add the words “ Select 
Committee,” instead thereof. 

And the Question bein 
“ Committee of the whole 
Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Serjeant 7alfourd, 


put, That the words 
ouse,” stand part of the 


} 38. 


Yeas, Sir Robert Inglis: 
Tellers for the f Mr. Philip Howard, } 31 
Noes, { Mr. Hume: F 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That the Bill be committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House. 

Reselved, That this House will, upon Wednesday, 
the 9th day of May next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Attornies 
id of the Attornies and Solicitors (Zreland) CIrelond) Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 16th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Salmon 
reading of the Salmon Fisheries (Ireland) Bill; Gretand) Bill 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 4 
upon Wednesday the 9th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Escheats Bill. 
reading of the Escheats Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 9th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Descents Bill. 
reading of the Descents Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 





upon Wednesday the 9th day of May next. 
3N3 


The 





462 


Sheriff Courts The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
(Scotland) Bill. further consideration the Reporton the Sheriff Courts 
(Scotland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday next. 


Court of The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
(Scotland) Bill further consideration the Report on the Court of 
* Session, &amp;c., (Scotland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday next. 
Married 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Married Women’s Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


Women’s Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Personal Diligence (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


Personal 
Diligence 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Advocations 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Scotland) Bill. 


mittee on the Advocations (Scotland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Oatlis to The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 
(irelend) Bill Report on the Oaths to Witnesses (Ireland) Bill ; 
' Ordered, That the Report be received upon Wed- 
nesday next. 
Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Clergy ag The Order of the day being read, for the third 
qaences Dill. 


reading of the Clergy Residences Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


Constabulary 


ireland.) Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


Return, in compliance with the Act 6 Will. 4, c. 13, 
s. 57, containing a Statement of the Amount of Con- 
stabulary and Police Force employed in each County, 
County ofa City, and County of a Town in Jreland, 
on Ist January 1838; distinguishing the Number of 
Persons in each Class or Rank of the Constabulary 
Force so employed, with the Salaries and Allowances 
actually enjoyed by each Class :—Account of the 
whole Expenditure upon the Police and Constabu- 
lary in each County, County of a City, and County 
of a Town in Ireland, for the year ended on 1st Ja- 
nuary 1838 :—And a Summary of the Total Amount 
of Force employed on 1st January 1838 ; and of the 
Total Expenditure upon the Police and Constabu- 
lary Force for the whole of Ireland for the year 
ended at the above period ; showing the proportion 
of such Total Expense borne on the Consolidated 
Fund, and the Amount borne by the Counties, 
Cities, and Towns of Jreland. 


Dean Forest 


oan, See. The Order for reading a second time upon Friday 


next, the Dean Forest Mines Bill; was read and 
discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


Dean Forest 
Encroachments 
Bill. 


The Order for reading a second time upon Friday 
next, the Dean Forest Encroachments Bill; was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


25°—26° Aprilis. 





A. 1838. 





Jovis, 26° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 
P I ‘H E hour appointed for taking into consideration Stirlingshire, 


the Petition of Lieutenant-Colonel the Honour- Norfolk County ors 
able George Ralph Abercromby, at present residing are = Bill 
at Leamington, in the county of Warwick, complain- Yarmouth Bo. 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the Shire ough Elections, 
of Stirling being come ; a 
Mr. Speaker took the Chair. Rail 


The Serjeant-at-Arms was sent with the Mace to 
the places adjacent, to require the attendance of the 
Members on the business of the House ; and being 
returned ; 

A Member was sworn. 


Then the House was counted by Mr. Speaker, and 
three hundred and thirty-seven Members being 
present ; 

And the Petition of the there-undersigned Per- 
sons, Electors of the eastern division of the county 
of Norfolk, and having and claiming to have a right 
to vote for Members to serve in Parliament for the 
said eastern division of the said county, complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the said 
division of the said county, being also ordered to be 
taken into consideration upon this day ; 

And the Petition of John Penrice, of Great Yar- 
mouth, in the county of Norfolk, Esquire, Edward 
Harbord Lushington Preston, of the same place, 
Timber Merchant, and Edmund Henry Knowles 
Lacon, of Armesby, and of Great Yarmouth, in the 
county of Worfolk, all Electors of the Borough of 
Great Yarmouth aforesaid, who claimed a right to 
to vote, and did vote at the last Election for Mem- 
bers to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
Borough, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the said Borough, being also ordered 
to be taken into consideration upon this day ; 

The several Parties, their counsel and agents, 
were directed to be called in. 


And the door being locked ; 

The Order of the day, for taking into consideras gtiriingshize 
tion the said Petition complaining of an undue Elec- Election. 
tion and Return for the Shire of Stirling, was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn and 
read in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was 
completed :—And Lists of the said names were de- 
livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 
mittee on the Stirlingshire Election; and then 
the door was opened, and the Parties, their coun- 
sel and agents, withdrew. 












Gra 
Rail 




















And the door being again locked ; 

And no Parties, counsel or agents, a ON Norfolk 
behalf of the Petition complaining of an undue Election. 
Election and Return for the eastern division of the 
county of Norfolk :—The Order for considering the 
said Petition was read and discharged. 


Then the Order of the day, for taking into consi- Great Yarmouth 
deration the said Petition complaining of an undue Flection. 
Election and Return for the Borough of Great 
Yarmouth, was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn and 
read in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names 
was completed :—And Lists of the said names were 
delivered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 
mittee on the Great Yarmouth Election ; and then 
the door was opened, and the Parties, their counsel 
and agents, withdrew. 




















The House proceeded to take into further consider- Portsmouth 
ation the Report which upon the 9th day of this Pisating Bridge 
instant April was made from the Committee on the *" 
Portsmouth Floating Bridge Bill, printed Copies of 












the 





Leamington 
y Priors Gas 
Bill. 


London 
Grand Junction 


London 
Grand Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Stirlingshire 
Election. 


Grand Junction 
way Bill, 





1 VicToriz. 


the Bill having been delivered at the door upon 
Thursday last; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The Leamington Priors Gas Bill was read a se- 
cond time; and committed to Sir John Mordaunt, 
and the Warwick List. 


A Petition of John Lloyd, and other Proprietors 
and Occupiers of Premises in or near the line of the 
proposed London Grand Junction Railway ;— Wil- 
liam Cossey, of Gough Street, Gray’s-Inn-Road,— 
and, John Hemming, of Edward Street, Portman 
Square ; praying that the London Grand Junction 
Railway Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Camden Town ;— 
and, the London and Birmingham Railway Com- 
pany; praying that they may be heard by their 
counsel or agents against the said Bill,—were also 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of the London Grand Junction Rail- 
way Company ;—and, Owners and Occupiers of 
Land on or in the immediate vicinity of the line of 
the proposed London Grand Junction Railway, pray- 
ing that the said Bill may pass into a law,--were 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the London Grand Junction Rail- 
way Bill be now read a second time ; 

he Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Thomas Duncombe, } 93 
Yeas, Mr. D’ Eyncourt : : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hall, 1 


Noes, Sir Robert Inglis: | de 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time : 
—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; and 
committed to Mr. Thomas Duncombe, and the Mid- 
dlesex List. 


The counsel and agents, in the case of the Stir- 
lingshire Election, being returned to the bar, the 
Clerk appointed to attend the said Committee de- 
livered into the House a reduced List ; and the same 
was called over, as followeth ; 

The Honourable Henry Robert Westenra, John 
Rundle, Esquire, William Pinney, Esquire, Matthew 
Sharpe, Esquire, Hugh Duncan Baillie, Esquire, 
Henry George Ward, Esquire, Aaron Chapman, 
Esquire, Mark Philips, Esquire, George Wilbraham, 
Esquire, John Ashton Yates, Esquire, and William 
Fawhener Chetwynd, Esquire. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Petition 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Shire of Stirling, were sworn by the Clerk at 
the Table in the usual manner; and thereupon the 
counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


A Petition of Churchwardens and Overseers of 
the Poor of the parish of Darlaston, and the several 
ty of the Foreign of Walsall and Great 

on. 93. 





26° Aprilis. 463 


Barr, within the Walsall Union in the county of 
Stafford, praying that the Grand Junction Railway 
Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands, was 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Committee 
on the Bill. 


A Petition of Land-owners, Occupiers of Land and 
Ratepayers of Breewood ;—Bushbury;— Penkridge ; 
— Dunston ;—and, Trustees of the River Weaver Na- 
vigation ; praying that they may be heard, by their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the said 
Bill,—were also presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by their counsel or agents, upon their Peti- 
tions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to several Ad- Electors 
dresses to Her Mayesty,—a Return, in alphabetical Registered, &amp;c 


order, from every County, City, and Borough in 
England and Wales, of the Number of Electors re- 
gistered in each, for 1836 and 1837, classifying 
them under their respective Qualifications :—Similar 
Return for Scotland:—Similar Return for Jreland: 
—Return of the Number of Electors who actually 
Polled in every County, City and Borough of Eng- 
land and Wales, at the late General Election, clas- 
sifying them under their respective Qualifications : 
—Similar Return for Scotland :—Similar Return for 
Ireland :—A Return of the Number of Freemen in 
each City and Borough in England and Wales on 
the Register of 1837, as entitled to Vote in the 
Election of Members to serve in Parliament; spe- 
cifying the Number of such Freemen who are not 
entitled to Vote by virtue of any other Qualifica- 
tion for Members of Parliament, and the Number of 
such Freemen who are not Municipal Electors :— 
And a Return of the Total Number of Municipal 
Electors on the Register in each City and Borough 
returning a Member to serve in Parliament in Eng- 
land and Wales after the Revision of 1837; stating 
the Number of such Electors who are not also 
Qualified to Vote for Members to serve in Parlia- 
ment, and of those who are so Qualified as Freemen 
only. 


A Return of all such Appointments as are in the Justices of 


Disposal of the Justices of the Peace for the City nie sl 


and Liberties of Westminster, either when assembled 
in Quarter, General, or Petty Sessions, or in any 
Committee of such Justices; the Name and Resi- 
dence of every Person who has received and now 
holds his or her Appointment from the said Justices ; 
exhibiting the nature of the Office, the date of the 
Appointment, and the Annual Amount of Remune- 
ration, whether arising from Wages, Salary, or 
Fees. 


Mr. Fox Maule also presented, pursuant to Orders, Pawnbrokers, 
—Returns from the Marshal of the City of Dublin, of &amp;c. (Ireland.) 


the Names and Residences of all Pawnbrokers in 
Ireland, who have lodged with him Certificates, pur- 
suant to an Act of the Jrish Parliament, 26 Geo. 3, 
c. 43, s. 40, with the Dates on which same were 
lodged respectively :—Of.the Number of Sums lent 
by each Pawnbroker in Zreland, for each of the years 
1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836 and 1837, pursuant 
to the 41st section of said Act:—Of the Number 
and Amount of Penalties imposed during each of 
the years 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836 and 1837, 
on any Pawnbroker who neglected to transmit to 
said Marshal the Monthly Abstract of Accounts, as 
required by last section, pursuant to the 42d section 
of said Act:—Of the Number of Returns made by 
him to Parliament of Sums lent by Pawnbrokers in 
Ireland, for each of the last Ten years respectively, 

ursuant to the 41st section of said Act:—Of the 
Nasiher of Notices of Sales served by him, or by 
persons employed by him, in the years 1832, 1833, 
1834, 1835, 1836 and 1837, respectively ; together 
with the Amount of Fees received by him for such 








3N4 services 





i 
b 
i 
Oy 
i 































464 


services — said years, agreeable to an Act 


passed in the Parliament of Jreland, 28 Geo. 3, ¢. 

49, s. 14:—Of the Amount of Money received for 

Goods sold by each of the Four Pawnbrokers’ Auc- 

tioneers of the City of Dublin, for the years 1832, 

1833, 1834, 1835, 1836 and 1837, respectively ; 

showing the Amount sold by each in every calendar 

month during said years respectively, pursuant to 

the 18th section of said last-mentioned Act :—Of 

the Number and Amount of Penalties imposed 

during the years 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836 and 

1837, on any Auctioneers who — to transmit 

to said Marshal such Accountsand Monthly Returns 

as aforesaid, pursuant to the said 18th section of 

said last Act:—Of the Number of Returns made 

by him to Parliament of Amount of Goods sold by 

Pawnbrokers’ Auctioneers in Jreland, for each of 

the last Ten years respectively, pursuant to the same 

section of said Act :—Returns from the Town Clerk 

of the City of Dublin, of the Names and Residences 

of all Pawnbrokers in the City of Dublin, or within 

three miles thereof, who have lodged bonds with 

them ; together with the Names, Residences and 

Occupation of their sureties, pursuant to an Act 

passed in the Jrish Parliament, in the 28 Geo. 3, 

c. 49, s. 21, and the Dates of each of such Bonds: 

—Of the Number and Names of Pawnbrokers in 

the City of Dublin, or within three miles thereof, 

who have taken the necessary Oath before the Com- 

missioners of Police, and have lodged said Oath with 

such Town Clerk, pursuant to the said section of 

said Act :—Returns from each of the Treasurers of 

Counties in Jreland, of the Names and Residences 

of all Pawnbrokers who have lodged Bonds in his 

Office, and the Names, Residences and Occupations 

of the Securities named in such Bonds, with the 

Dates of such Bonds, pursuant to an Act passed in 

the Parliament of Jreland, in the 26 Geo. 3, c. 43, 

s. 14:—Of the Names and Residences of all Ap- 

genre, Valuators or Auctioneers, who have lodged 

onds in his office, stating the Names, Residences, 

and Occupation of their apeties, and the Date of 

Bonds, pursuant to the 31st section of said Act :— 

Returns from each of the Town Clerks of Cities and 

Towns in Ireland, of the Names and Residences of 

all Pawnbrokers who have lodged Bonds in his 

Office, with the Names, Residences and Occupations 

of the Securities named in such Bonds, and the 

Dates of such Bonds, pursuant to an Act passed in 

the Irish Parliament in the 26 Geo. 3, c. 43, s. 14: 

—Of the Names and Residences of all Appraisers, 

' Valuators or Auctioneers, who have lodged Bonds 

in his Office; stating the Names, Residences and 

Occupation of their Sureties, and the Date of Bonds, 

ware to the 31st section of said Act:—And a 

eturn from each of the Grand Jury Secretaries in 

Ireland, of the Names and Residences of all Per- 

sons appointed Appraisers and Auctioneers in Jre- 

land; of their Sureties who have lodged Bonds in 

their Office, and have taken the Oath appointed to 

be taken, pursuant to an Act passed in the Jrish 
Parliament in the 26 Geo. 3, c. 43, s. 36 and 37. 

Copies of all Memorials to the Lord Lieutenant 
and rivy Council of Ireland, for additional Quarter 
Sessions in the County of Cork, or for an Alteration 
of the present limits of the Ridings thereof; toge- 
ther with the Reports thereon by Assistant Barris- 
risters or others, and the decisions of the Privy 
Council. 

Returns of the Salaries that have been paid to 
each Dublin Curate, under the provisions of the Act 
3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 37, s. 73, with the Names of each 
respectively, and the Number of Years which they 
have served as Curates in their respective Parishes ; 
together with the last Three years in which Assess- 
| ments have been made for them or their predeces- 
sors inthe Parishes, and the Amount which the 

actually received therein:—And of the Names of 
those Curates who have applied to the Ecclesiastical 
Commissioners for Salaries, and have not received 













































































Cork Quarter 
Sessions. 















































Dublin Curates- 















































26° Aprils. 





A. 1838. 


any; with the grounds upon which the Commis- 

sioners have declined to grant them. 

A Return of the Number of Patients in the Rich- Richmond 

mond Lunatic Asylum, Dublin; specifying the Dis- senate 

tricts from which they have been sent, and the Dates (pupiin, 

of their Admission. 

Return to an Order, dated the 3d day of this in- Derry 

stant April, for Copies of the Correspondence that Cathedral. 

took place between the Irish Government and the 

Dean of Derry, and with the Rev. Messrs. Monag- 

han and Dempsey, Roman Catholic Priests in Derry ; 

and also with Doctor M‘Loughlin, Titular Bishop, 

and with Doctor M‘Loughlin, Coadjutor to the 

same, in Derry, relative to a breach of the Law 

committed by certain persons in the churchyard of 

the Cathedral of Derry, on Sunday the 14th of 

January 1838. 

Returns of the Expense of each District Lunatic District Luuatic 

Asylum in Jreland for the year ending 31st March pe 

1838 ; showing the Total Expense of each Patient,‘°™" 

the Number of Patients from each County, and the 

Sum charged to each County in that yes :—Of the 

Number of Patients in each year on the 1st of April 

1837, the Number admitted, the Number discharged ; 

distinguishing those discharged as cured, as relieved, 

and as harmless and incurable ; the Number who 

have died, and the Total discharged and died; the 

Number to whom admission was refused, and the 

average Number in the Asylum during the year 

ending 31st March 1838 :—Of the Total Expendi- 

ture; the Total Cost per head per annum; the Ex- 
enditure in Furniture, Bedding and Linen; the 

Seaceiiien in Fixtures, Additions, Alterations, 

Workmen’s Bills, &amp;c, ; the Expenditure in Clothing ; 

the Expenditure per head per annum in Clothing; 

the Expenditure in Salaries and Servants’ Wages ; 

the Expenditure per head per annum in Salaries and 

Servants’ Wages; the Expenditure in Food only ; 

the Cost per head per annum in Food only ; the Cost 

per head per week in Food only ; the Cost per head 

per diem in Food only; all calculated from the 

Average Number of Patients, and for the year ending 

31st March 1838 :—Of the Particulars and Amount 

of Salaries and Servants’ Wages, for the year ending 

3ist March 1838:—And similar Returns from the 

Cork Lunatic Asylum for the five last years. 

Return, showing the Date of Commencement, Courtt of Session 
and each stage of Procedure, in the cause Smiths, (Scotland.) 
&amp;e., against Henry Jones, before the Court of Session 
in Scotland, with the Names of the Parties at whose 
instance Postponements have taken place. 

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


The counsel and agents, in the case of the Great Great Yarmouth 
Yarmouth Election, being returned to the bar, the E'ectio™ 
Clerk appointed to attend the said Committee de- 
livered in to the House a reduced List, and the same 
was called over, as followeth ; . 

William Bird Brodie, Esquire, the Honourable 
William Henry Ashe a Court Hoimes, Lord Marcus 
Hill, George Byng, Esquire, Joseph Bailey, Es- 
quire, (of Sudbury), the Honourable Edward Har- 
bottle Grimston, George Rushout, Esquire, Robert 
Henry Hurst, Esquire, Henry Thomas, Esquire, 
John Ennis Vivian, Esquire, and Edward Baker, 
Esquire. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Petition com- 

laining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Roroueh of Great Yarmouth, were sworn by the 
Clerk at the Table, in the usual manner ; and there- 
upon the counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


Lord Stanley reported from the Committee on the saint Helen's 
Saint Helen’s and Runcorn Ga erg Bill ; and and Runcorn 


ana Z a . Railway 
to whom a Petition against the said Bill, was re- no § 














ferred ; 


— es 


—_—_- | 


1 Vicroriz. 


ferred; That the Standing Orders relative to Rail- 
way Bills, did not apply to the present Bill, the ap- 
plication being solely for the purpose of raising an 
additional Sum of Money for the purposes of the 
Undertaking, and of amending the powers and pro- 
visions of the several Acts relating thereto; and 
that the Committee had considered the said Peti- 
tion; and had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The Helsington, &amp;c., Inclosure Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed to Lord Viscount Low- 
ther and the Westmorland List. 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners and other 
Inhabitants of Milford ;—and, Boatmen engaged in 
carrying passengers for hire across Milford Haven, 
to and from Neyland and Hazelbeach, on the one 
side, and Hobbs Point and Pembroke Dock on the 
other; praying that the Pembroke Ferry Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Sheffield Improvement Bill was read a second 


26° Aprilts. 





465 


said Motion was, with leave o. the House, with- 
drawn. 


Mr. Yates reported from the Select Committee Public 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the Petitions. 
Petitions presented on the 9th and 11th days of this 
instant April ; and had directed him to make a Re- 
port. thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do die upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Prisons Bill: 
for the better ordering of Prisons: And that Lord 
John Russell and Mr. Fox Maule do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Juvenile = 
for establishing a Prison for Young Offenders: And #*n4es - 
that Lord John Russell and Mr. Fox Maule do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


Election 
Petitions 
Recognizances. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
tv consider the state of the law and practice in re- 
spect to entering into Recognizances and payment 
of Costs in the matter of Election Petitions, and to 
report their observations thereupon to the House. 

Ordered, That the Committee be nominated To- 
molrow. 


— time; and committed to Mr. John Parker and the 
York List. Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed ee 
} to consider the Standing Orders of the House of ,°*"° 
Gravesend Mr. Law Hodges reported from the Committee S Revision: 


Cemetery Bill Commons relating to Private Bills, and to compare 


on the Gravesend Cemetery Bill; That they had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Balmore Roads Bill was read a second time; 
and committed to Mr. Forbes and the West Scot- 
land List. 


The Deal Pier Bill was read a second time; and 
committed to Sir Thomas Troubridge and the Kent 
List. 


The Barnsley Small Debts Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed to Sir George Strickland and 
the York List. 


The Buckstones and Elland Bridge Road Bill 
was read a second time; and committed to Sir 


George Strickland and the York List. 


The Wakefield and Halifax Road Bill was read a 
second time ; and committed to Sir George Strich- 
land and the York List. 


The Salterhebble Roads Bill was read a second 
time; and committed to Sir George Strickland and 


the York List. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s 
command,—Copy of the First Report of the Com- 
missioners appointed by His Majesty William 4, 
November 23d, 1836, and re-appointed by Her 
Majesty Victoria, October 2d, 1837, for visiting the 


Universities of King’s College and Marischal College, | P 


Aberdeen. 
Report on the State of Prison Discipline in Van 
Diemen’s Land. 


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


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That from and after the 14th day of May 
next, Orders of the Day shall have the precedence 
of Notices on Thursdays, for one month :—And the 

VoL. 93, 








them with those of the House of Lords, with the 
view of assimilating as much as possible the Stand- 
ing Orders of both Houses. 

Ordered, That the Committee be nominated To- 
morrow. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Joint Stock 
to inquire into the operation of the Acts permitting Bav's. 
the establishment of Joint Stock Banks in England 
and Ireland, and whether it be expedient to make 
any amendment in the provisions of these Acts. 

Ordered, That the Committee be nominated To- 
morrow. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Metropolis 
for the better Regulation of the Metropolitan Sewers: Sewers Bill. 
And that Mr. Ward and Mr. Hawes do prepare, 
and bring it in, 


Ordered, That Mr. Edward John Stanley be dis- High Sheritts 
charged from any further attendance on the Select Bill. 
Committee on the High Sheriffs Bill. 

Ordered, That Mr. Williams Wynn be added to 


the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Kinsale 
before the Select Committee on the Kinsale Elec- Election. 
tion Petition, be laid before this House. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Clergy Resi 
amend the Law for providing fit Houses for the “ences Bill 
Beneficed Clergy, was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, do 
ass. 

Ordered, That M1, Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with an Amendment; to 
which Amendment this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Abstract of the Number of Pluralities. 
Clergymen holding Livings in Plurality, which was No. 320. 


presented upon the 9th day of this instant April, be 
printed. 





30 Ordered, 





Hops. 
No. 321, 


Malt. 
No, 321. 


Brewers. 


No, 321. 


Glass Duty, &amp;c. 
No. 322. 


Spirits. 
No. 323, 


Van Diemen’s 
Land. 


No. 309. 
Spain (Military 


and Naval 
Stores.) 


No. 324. 


Church Build- 
ing Materials. 


No, 325. 


Wool, and 
Woollen 
Manufactures, 


Lead, and 
Lead Ore. 


Linen, and 
Linen Yarn. 


Copperand Tin, 





466 26°—27° 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Hops, 
which were “geen upon the 11th day of this in- 
stant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Malt, which 
was presented upon the 11th day of this instant 
April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Brewers, 
which was presented upon the 11th day of this in- 
stant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Glass Duty, 
&amp;e., which was presented upon the 11th day of this 
instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Spirits, 
which were presented upon the 11th day of this in- 
stant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Van Diemen’s 
Land, which was — upon the 11th day of 
this instant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Military and 
Naval Stores, &amp;c., furnished to the Queen of Spain, 
which was presented upon the 11th day of this in- 
stant April, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Church 
Building Materials, which was presented upon the 
11th day of this instant April, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned til! To-morrow. 








Veneris, 27° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1858. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in, 

and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders,— 
Returns of the Quantity of Sheep and Lambs Wool 
imported into the United Kingdom in the year 1837; 
specifying the Countries from which it came, the 
Quantity that paid a Duty of One Penny per Pound, 
and the Quantity that paid a Duty of One Half- 
ae | per Pound :—Of the Quantity of Foreign 
Vool re-exported during the same period, and the 
Countries to which it was sent, and the Quantity 
remaining warehoused under Bond on 5th January 
1838:—Of the Quantity of British Sheep and 
Lambs Wool, and Woollen Yarn, exported from 
the United Kingdom in the year 1837, specifying 
the Countries to which they were sent :—And, of 
British Woollen Manufactures exported from the 
United Kingdom in the year 1837. 


An Account of the Imports and Exports of Lead 
and Lead Ore for the last year ending 5th Jan- 
uary 1838. 


An Account of the Quantity and Official Value 
of Linen and Linen Yarn exported from the Uni- 
ted Kingdom in the years 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836, 
and 1837; specifying the Countries to which they 
were sent. 


Accounts of all Copper imported into the United 
Kingdom, in the year ending 5th January 1838 ; 
distinguishing each sort of Copper, from what 
Country, and into what Ports imported :—Of the 
Quantities of Copper exported from the United 
Kingaom, in the year ending 5th J anuary 1838; dis- 
tinguishing each Sort, from what Ports sent, and to 
what Country exported: —Of the Quantities of Copper 
exported from the Port of London, in the year ending 
5th January 1838; distinguishing each Sort, and 
to what Country exported:—Of the Quantities of 
Copper exported from the Port of Liverpool, in the 
year ending 5th January 1838, distinguishing each 
Sort, and to what Country exported :—Of all Co 
ad Ore that has been imported into the United 

ingdom, without payment of Duty, for the purpose 
of Exportation, in the yearending 5th January 1838: 








Aprilis. A. 1838. 


—And, of all Tin imported into the United King- 
dom, inthe year ending 5th January 1838 ; distin- 
guishing from what Countries imported; also, an 
Account of all Tin exported from the United King- 
dom, in the year ending 5th January 1838; dis- 
tinguishing to what Countries exported. 


land, Scotland and Ireland, coastways, to other 
Ports of the United Kingdom, in the year 1837; 
distinguishing the Quantity shipped at each of said 
Ports, as compared with the year 1836:—Of the 
Quantities, and declared Value of Coals, Cinders 
and Culm exported from the several Ports of Eng- 
land, Scotland and Ireland to Foreign Countries, 
and the British Settlements abroad, in the year 
1837, distinguishing the Countries to which the same 
were sent, and comparing the same with the year 
1836 ; also distinguishing the Ports of the United 
Kingdom from which the same were shipped : 
—Of the Quantities of Coal, Cinders and Culm 
exported from the United Kingdom in the year 1837, 
with the Rate and Amount of Duty thereon :—And, 
of the Quantities of Coal brought coastways, and 
by Inland Navigation, into the Port of London, 
during the year 1837, comparing the same with the 
Quantities brought during the year 1836. 


and Jersey, between the 5th January 1837 and the 
5th January 1838; stating the Ports at which such 
Importations took place. 


issued or appointed under Act of Parliament from 
November 1830 to the latest period, and not in- 
cluded in the Return printed by Order of this 
House in the Session of 1836 (No. 528); the Num- 
ber and Names of the Commissioners, Assistant 
Commissioners, Secretaries, Clerks, and other Per- 
sons attached to each, and if employed individually 
in more than one Commission, and in what Num- 
ber so employed ; the Places and Periods of Official 
Duties and Sittings; the Number of Days of each 
sitting since the commencement of Duty; the 
Periods and Dates at which each Commission 
was issued, and Duty of each commenced, and 
the Period at which each closed or reported; the. 
Salaries and Allowances of each Officer or Person; 
the total Expenses incurred; Amount actually Paid 
and Due, and for what cause withheld, in each 
Commission. 


last, requiring that the Abstract of the former Re- 
turns relative to the various Commissions that have 
been issued since 1830, be reprinted ; and that a 
Return of all subsequent Commissions to the pre- 
seut Period and Date to which such Return can be 
made up, be annexed thereto; distinguishing such 
Commissions as have been cancelled. 


of the Municipal Boundaries Commission; inclu- 
ding a Statement of the Expenses of the Reports, 
Surveys, Maps, and the printing of the same. 


houses, since 1st June 1837, regarding the Light- 
house at Portpatrick, together with the Answers of 
the Commissioners thereto. 


Geo. 4, c. 109, to Officers and Attendants of his late 
Majesty Geo. 3, and to others to whom Pensions had 
been granted by his late Majesty Geo. 3; stating 
the Name of each Person receiving a Pension, and 
the Amount of such Pension, and the nature of the 





Office, if any, held by each Person under his late 
Majesty Geo. 3 ; stating, also, whether he now holds 


‘any Office, and what Office, and the Income re- 
‘ceived from such Office, and whether he receives 


any 


Accounts of the Quantities of Coals, Cinders, Coals, Cinders, 
and Culm shipped at the several Ports of Eng-and Culm. 





A Return of the Quantity of Corn, Flour and Corn, Flour, 
Wheat, imported into this Country from Guernsey 24 Wheat. 


A Return of all the Commissions that have been Commissions. 


Return to an Order dated the 19th day of March Commissions. 


An Account of the total Amount of the Expenses Municipal 


Copies of all Reports or other Communications Northem 
made to the Commissioners of Northern Light- Lighthouses. 


A list of Pensions now Payable under the 1st Pensions. 


Bi 


J 
‘ 


Exchequer 
Bills. 


Attornies and 
Solicitors’ 
Certificates. 


Shrewsbury 
and Holyhead 
Road. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


1 Vicrorra. 


any other Pension, Salary, or Allowance, and to 
what Amount, and from what Fund paid :—And, 
a similar Return of the Pensions granted to the Ser- 
vants of the late Queen Charlotte, under the 59th 
Geo. 3, c. 22. 

Accounts of all Exchequer Bills now outstanding 
and not claimed, the Interest on which has ceased, 
showing the Amount of Principal of such Bills of 
each year’s issue not claimed :—Of the Amount of 
Exchequer Bills, distinguishing the several kinds, 
issued in each year since 1808, and the total Amount 
of issues up to 5th January 1838 ; stating also, the 
rate per cent. of Interest payable in each year, and 
the aggregate Amount of Interest paid on the 
same :—Return of the rate of Interest payable to 
the Bank of England on Deficiency Bills, before the 
late rise in the rate of Interest on Exchequer Bills, 
and of the rate of Interest now payable on such 
Deficiency Bills ; and of the Amount of Deficiency 
Bills issued to the Bank of England since the 
raising of the Interest, and the difference between 
the Sums actually paid or payable thereon, and that 
which would have been paid or payable thereon if 
no advance of Interest had taken place :—Return of 
the Amount of Exchequer Bills outstanding when 
the Interest was raised in 1836, stating the rate per 
cent. of Interest before and after raising :—Also, the 
aggregate Amount of increased Interest paid and to 
be paid on Exchequer Bills since the rate of Inter- 
est was increased, to the 5th January last ; and the 
Amount of Exchequer Bills outstanding at that 
date :— And, Copies of the Weekly Returns from the 
Bank of England to the Stamp Office, from 1st July 
1835 to the 1st March 1837. 


A Return in duplicate of the Number of Annual 
Certificates taken out in each year from the 1st of 
January 1800, inclusive, to the 31st of December 
1837, also inclusive, by Attornies, Solicitors and 
Proctors residing in the City of London or the City 
of Westminster, or within the limits of the Two- 
penny Post, and who had or have heen admitted 
three years or upwards; and of the Number of such 
Certificates taken out in each year for the same pe- 
riod by Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors residing 
in the same places, but who had or have not been 
admitted three years; and of the Number of such 
Certificates taken out in each year for the same pe- 
riod by Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors residing 
elsewhere in England and Wales than in the Cities 
of London and Westminster, or the limits of the 


Twopenny Post, and who had or have been admitted | $4 


three years or upwards; and of the Number of 
such Certificates taken out in each year, for the same 
period, by Attornies, Solicitors and Proctors resid- 
ing elsewhere in England and Wales than in the 
Cities of London and Westminster, or limits of the 
Twopenny Post, who had or have not been admitted 
three years :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered; That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Adams, from the Office of the Commissioners 
of the Shrewsbury and Holyhead Road, was called in; 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions 
of several Acts of Parliament,—General Statement 
of the Income and Expenditure of the Shrewsbury 
and Holyhead Road, between 1st February 1837 
and 1st February 1838; and Report of Mr. John 
Provis thereon :—And then he withdrew. 

. Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Parker, from the Office of the Poor Law Com- 
missioners, was called in; and at the bar presented, 
pursuant to Orders,—A Return by Medical Officers 
of Unions, for the year 1837, stating the Name of 
Medical Officer ; Union or District; Parishes, de- 
scribing the Number and Population of 1831 ; area of 
the Union of Medical District; distance of its bounda- 

Von. 93. 


27° Aprilis. 


467 


ries from the Surgeon’s residence, north, south, east 
or west; average Number constantly on the Sick List; 
total Number of Cases treated ; total Number of Per- 
sons treated ; Number of Attendances at Surgeon’s 
residence, at Workhouse, at Patient’s home, and 
Total; Cases how disposed of, Cured, Dead, otherwise 
ceased to be under Medical treatment, remaining 
under Medical treatment 1st January 1838, and 
Total ; and Remuneration, where a Salary is paid, 
stating the Amount of Salary, addition for Mid- 
wifery, Vaccination, and other special Diseases or 
Accidents, and special Remuneration (if any) for 
non-settled Paupers; and where a Salary is not 
paid, stating the Amount and Nature of the Re- 
muneration :—and, a Return, by Medical Officers of 
Unions, stating the Names of Medical Officers ; 
nature of Medical Qualification or Title, a Member 
of what College or Medical Company; age; age 
when licensed to practice; age on taking Office, 
and age on entering district. 


be built, purchased, altered or enlarged, from the 
passing of the Poor Law Amendment Act to the 
present time, with the Number of Persons to be 
provided for, the Amount authorized to be expended, 
and the Names of the Architects and Contractors : 
—And then he withdrew. 

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


of Surrey, was called in; and at the bar presented, 
—Returns to an Order dated the 30th day of March 
last, for Returns from the Justices of the Peace for 
the County of Surrey, and from the Justices of the 
Peace for the City of London, of the Disbursement of 
the Sums of Money by them received under the 
provisions of the Act 53 Geo. 3, c. 113, for the Re- 
lief of the Poor Prisoners in the Queen’s Bench, 
Fleet, and Marshalsea prisons, for the last two 
years (so far as relates to the County of Surrey :)— 
And then he withdrew. 

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





of the River Ribble, in the County Palatine of Lan- 


| caster, and for the further Improvement of the Navi- 


tion of the said River, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass : And that the Title 
be, An Act to repeal an Act passed in the forty-sixth 
year of the reign of his Majesty King George the 
third, for improving the Navigation of the River Rib- 
ble, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and for 
the further Improvement of the Navigation of the 
said River. 

Ordered, That Mr. Thomas Parker do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


themselves, their counsel or agents, against the 
British Pledge Society Bill,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


within Warrington, in the county of Lancaster, 
Esquire ;—Corporation of Liverpool;—and, Com- 
pany of Proprietors of the Mersey and Irwell Na- 
vigation ; praying that they may be heard, by their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Grand 
Junction Railway Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by their counsel or agents, upon their Peti- 
tions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 





302 Petitions 


List of the Unions for which Workhouses have Union 
been ordered by the Poor Law Commissioners to Workhouses. 


Mr Lawson, Clerk of the Peace for the nance | Poor Prisoners. 


An ingrossed Bill to alter, amend and enlarge Ribble Navi- 
the powers of an Act for 7 aan, the Navigation gation Bill. 


Petitions from Pawnbrokers of Preston,—and, British Pledge 
Nottingham; praying that they may be heard, by Society Bill. 


Petitions from John Wilson Patten, of Bank Hall, Grand Sunction 
Railway Bill. 








468 

Petitions from Inhabitants of Roston and Norbury; 
—WSnelstone and Cubley ;—Rocester ;—and Marston 
Montgomery ; praying, that they may be heard, by 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Rocester Bridge ii;-were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by their counsel or agents, upon their Peti- 
tions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Rocester 
Bridge Bill. 


Portsmouth | An ingrossed Bill for establishing a Floating 
— Bridge Bridge over the Harbour of Portsmouth, from or 
0 near a place called Gosport Beach, in the Parish of 
Alwerstoke, in the County of Southampton, to the 
opposite shore, to or near a place called Portsmouth 
oint, in the Parish of Portsmouth, in the said 
County, with proper Approaches thereto, was read 
the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for establishing a Floating Bridge 
or Bridges over the Harbour of Portsmouth, from 
or near a place called Gosport Beach, in the Parish 
of Alverstoke, in the County of Southampton, to the 
opposite shore, to or near a place called Portsmouth 
Point, in the Parish of Portsmouth in the said 
County, with proper Approaches thereto. 
Ordered, That Sir George Staunton do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Exeter Commercial Gas Bill was read a se- 
cond time; and committed to Mr. Divett and the 
Devon List. 


Exeter Com- 
mercial Gas 
Bill. 


Hereford 


The Hereford Improvement Bill was read a second 
Improvement 


time ; and committed to Mr. Bolton Clive and the 


= Hereford List. 
Sheffield A Petition of the Master, Wardens, Searchers, 
Improvement Assistants and Commonalty of the Company of 
— Cutlers in Hallamshire, praying that the Sheffield 
Improvement Bill, may pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 
Boughrood The Boughrood Bridge Bill was read a second 
Bridge Bill. time; and committed to Colonel Wood and the 
Wales List. 
Tramore Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
Drainage Bill. mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the 7ramore Drainage Bill, 
the Standing Orders had not been complied with, 
inasmuch as the affidavit of the affixing Notices on 
the Church Doors, was not sworn before an As- 
sistant Barrister, but before a Judge. 
Ordered, 'That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. ; 
Saint Helen’s An ingrossed Bill to enable the Saint Helen’s and 
and Runcorn = Runcurn Gap Railway Company to raise a further 
Gap Railway Sum of Money, and for amending the provisions 
— of the several Acts relating to such Railway, was 
read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Lord Stanley do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Edinburgh Petitions from the Provost, Magistrates and Town 
und Glasgow Council of Dundee ;—and, Merchants, Bankers, 
Railway Bill, 


Manufacturers, Ship-owners, and other Inhabitants 
of Dundee; praying that the Edinburgh and Glas- 
gow Railway Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Crathorne ;— Edinburgh (two Pe- 
titions) ;— Barningham and Scargill ;— Ballyshan- 
non ;—Maryport ;—St. Neot’s ;— Bedale ;—Muker ; 
— Arkingarthdale ; — Marrick ; — Reeth ; — Low 
Row ;—Officers and Members of the Pottery Me- 


Negro Appren- 
ticeship. 


27° Aprils, 


A. 1838. 


chanics’ Institution ;—— Hull ;—and, Helston ; pray- 
ing for the Abolition of the System of Negro Appren- 
ticeship,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Citizens of Dublin, praying the Dublin 
House to enact, that all Hay brought to Dublin Hay Market. 
Market be trussed in the same manner as in London, 

was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 

the Table. 


Petitions from Hexham ;—and, Carlisle; praying Churck of 
the House to refuse their sanction to any additional Scotland. 
endowments to the Church of Scotland,—were 
ns and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from the Gas Light and Coke Company ; Coal Trade 
—Imperial Gas Light and Coke Company ;—-and, (Port of Lon. 
Edmund Treherne, Walter Hawkins and Nathaniel nie 
Saxon, Trustees of the Equitable Gas Light Com- 

pany; praying that they may be heard, by their 

counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Coal 

Trade (Port of London) Bill,—were presented, and 

read; and referred to the Select Committee on the 

Bill. 


Petitions from Boston ;—Knaresborough ;— and, Church 
St. Florence, Carew, &amp;c.; praying that all increase Preverty- 
of Revenue that may arise from an improved system 

of leasing Ecclesiastical Property be left at the 
disposal of the Church to supply the deficiency of 
spiritual instruction for the people,—were presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Proprietor, Compositors and Postage. 
Pressmen of the Printing Office, 18, Prince’s Street, 
Cavendish Square;—of the Printing Office of 
C. Roworth and Sons, Bell Yard, Fleet Street ;— 
Boston ;— Helston ;—and, Royston; praying for the 
establishment of a low and uniform rate of Postage 
on Letters,--were presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Postage. 


Petitions from the Guardians of the Poor of the Rating of _ 
Hertford Union ;—and, Henstead Union; praying Tenements Bill 
that the Rating of Tenements Bill may pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Rating of Tenements. 

A Petition of Owners of Rinetssanl in Colchester, 
praying that the said Bill may not pass into a law, 
was also presented, and read; and referred to the 
said Select Committee. 


A Petition of the Boroughreeve, Constables, Bonding 
Churchwardens, Overseers, Merchants, Manufac- Warehouses. 
turers, Tradesmen and Inhabitants of Salford, pray- 
ing for the establishment of Bonding Warehouses 
within the Boroughs of Manchester and Salford, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of Brewers and Maltsters of Cockher- Ale and Beer 
mouth, praying the House to prohibit the Importa- — 
tion of Malt Liquor from the Isle of Mann, or to” 
impose such a duty as will place the English aud 
Manx Brewers on the same equality in the English 
market, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Raphoe;— Temple Carne and Pet- Faxcation 
tigo;—and, Aghalee; praying that the present sys- (Ireland.) 
tem of National Education in Jreland may not be 
persisted in,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


of Kendal, praying that the Copyright Bill may not 
pass into a law, was —— and read; and or- 





dered to lie upon the Table. 
The 





A Petition of Compositors, Pressmen and others, Copyright Bill. 





Lower 
Ferry | 
Bill. 


Grave 
Cemet 


West 
Dock: 


IeJ 
Nat. 


New 
Nat. 


Met 
Imp 


Tot 

















Lower King’s 
Ferry Roads 
Bill. 


Gravesend — 
Cemetery Bill. 


West India 
Docks, &amp;c. Bill. 


Le Jeune’s 
Nat, Bill. 


Newman’s 


Nat, Bill. 


Metropolis 
Improvements. 


Tobacco, 


1 Vicroriz. 


The House proceeded to take into further considera- 
tion the Report which, upon the 11th day of this in- 
stant April, was made from the Committee on the 
Lower King’s Ferry Roads Bill, printed Copies of 
the Bill having been delivered at the door upon 
Monday last; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into further considera- 
tion the Report which was yesterday made from the 
Committee on the Gravesend Cemetery Bill; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Sir John Yarde Buller, by Order, reported from 
the Committee on the West India Docks, &amp;c., Bill; 
That the Order of the House, of the 6th day of 
March last, had been complied with; and that the 
Committee had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Le Jeune’s Naturalization Bill was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Newman's Naturalization Bill was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of Proprietors, Leaseholders and Occu- 
piers of houses in the Strand, praying for a line of 
Street from opposite Somerset. House to Little Queen 
Street, with a Street communicating from it into 
Lincoln’s-Inn- Fields, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Metropolis Im- 
provements. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Number of Pounds Weight of 
Leaf Tobacco, Manufactured Tobacco, Segars and 
Snuff, paid Duty upon quarterly, for the year 1837, 
ending 5th January 1838; also, the Rate of Duty, 
and the Total Amount of the same, distinguishing 
Ejigland, Scotland and Ireland ; also, the Number 
of Pounds Weight of each, and the Amount of 
Duty collected at the respective Ports of Importa- 
tion within the same period, and the Total of each 

uarter and year:—Of the Number of Pounds 
Weight of Unmanufactured Tobacco, Manufactured 
Tobacco called Negrohead, Segars and Snuff, im- 
ported into England, Scotland and Ireland, from 
the United States of America, and all other parts, in 
the year 1837, ending 5th January 1838; distin- 
guishing the Quantities of each denomination im- 
ported into the respective Ports of the United King- 
dom, and from whence it came, describing the 
Quantity of Unmanufactured Tobacco, Manufactured 
Tobacco called Negrohead, Manufactured Segars 
and Snuff, and Total Amount of the same :—Of the 
Number of Pounds Weight of Cut, Shag and Roll 
Tobacco, Segars, Rappee (Scotch and Brown), and 
Scotch Snuff respectively, sent out by permit Certi- 
ficate by the Manufacturers in the United Kingdom, 
in the year ending 5th January 1838; distinguishing 
the Quantities under each denomination, for Eng- 
land, Scotland and Ireland :—And, of the Number 
of Pounds Weight of Leaf Tobacco, Tobacco Stalks, 
Returns of Tobacco, Cut, Shag and Roll Tobacco, 
Segars, Stalk Flour, Rappee (Scotch and Brown), 
Scotch Snuff, and Snuff Work respectively, in the 
stock of Manufacturers in the United Kingdom, on 
the 5th January 1838; showing what part of each 
was in Stock, and what in Operation; and distin- 
guishing the Quantities under each denomination for 
England, Scotland and Ireland. ' 

VoL. 93. 


97° Aprilis. 





469 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Barilla. 
Return of all Barilla only, on which Duty has been 
paid for Home Consumption, for the years ending 
4th April 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837 and 1838; distin- 
guishing the Quantities at the Ports of London, 
Bristol and Gloucester. 


The Consolidated Fund Bill was, accordin to Consolidsted 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Fund Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Supply ; 
the Committee of Supply. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty Ordnance Civil 
thousand four hundred and eight pounds, be granted Establishments. 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Salaries to the 
Master General, the principal Officers and Clerks 
belonging to the Office of Ordnance at the Tower 
and Pail Mall, for the year 1838-9. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighty- D°. 

eight thousand four hundred and eighty-seven 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying 
the Salaries of the Civil Departments at Woolwich, 
Salaries at Home Stations, Salaries at Stations in 
Ireland and Foreign Stations, and Salaries to Bar- 
rack Masters, &amp;c.,in Great Britain, Ireland and the 
Colonies, for the year 1838-9. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four thou- Master 
sand three hundred and ninety-one pounds, be Gunuers. 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Expense 
of the Master Gunners at the several Garrisons and 
Batteries in Great Britain, Guernsey, Jersey and 
Lreland, for the year 1838-9. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seventy- Royal 
four thousand two hundred and twenty-two pounds, Engineers, &amp;c. 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Expense 
of the Corps of Royal Engineers, the Corps of Royal 
Sappers and Miners, and of the Establishment for 
the {nstruction of Royal Sappers and Miners, for 
the year 1838-9; and the a of the Royal 
Staff’ Corps, to the 30th June 1838. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two hun- Royal Regi- 
dred and eighty-three thousand seven hundred and ment ef 
ninety-six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for A*tiHery- 
defraying the Expense of the Royal Regiment of 
Artillery, for the year 1838-9. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty-six Royal Horse 
thousand and thirty-five pounds, be granted to Her Attillery, &amp;e. 
Majesty, for defraying the Expense ef the Royal 
Horse Artillery and Riding House Troop, for the 
year 1838-9. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six hun- Field Train 
dred and two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, Department. 
for defraying the Expense of the Field Train De- 
partment, for the year 1838-9. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Nine Medical 
thousand nine hundred and fifty-four pounds, be Establishment. 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Expense 
of the Medical Establishment for the Military De- 
partment of the Ordnance, for the year 1838-9. 

9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two hun- Ordnance 
dred and ninety-one thousand one hundred and jVorks and 
ninety-two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for “?*"* 
defraying the Expense of the Superintendence, and 
for Ordnance Works and Repairs, Building and Re- 
pair of Barracks, Storekeepers’ and Barrack Masters’ 
Expenditure, and Allowances to Barrack Masters 
and Serjeants, in Great Britain, Irelandand the Colo- 
nies, for the year 1838-9, after deducting One hun- 
dred and three thousand four hundred and fifty-three 
pounds, for Rents, Sale of Lands and Premises, Sale 
of Old Stores, &amp;c., and for Rents of Canteens. 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- Contingencies. 
dred and forty thousand four hundred and eighteen 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying 
the Expense of the Military, Civil and Barrack Con- 
tingencies in Great Britain and Ireland, and the 
Colonies, for the year 1838-9. 


303 11. Resolved, 








Stores. 


Services not 
provided for. 


Superannua- 
tions, 


Commissariat. 


Volunteer 
Corps. 


Rating of 
Tenements Bill, 


Payment of 
Rates Bill. 


Land Tax 
Commissioners’ 


Names Bill. 


470 


11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun-| 
dred and twenty-five thousand pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Expense of Stores, 
for Ordnance and Military Store Branch Services in | 
Great Britain, Ireland and the Colonies, for the 
year 1838-9. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand one hundred and seventy-nine pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Expense 
of Services performed by the Office of Ordnance, 
and not provided for by Parliament, in the year 
1837-8. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and sixty-six thousand nine hundred and sixty- 
nine pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for defray- 
ing the Charge of the Office of Ordnance on Account 
of the Allowance to Superannuated, Retired and 
Half Pay Officers, Pensions for Good Services, In- 
ventions and Wounds; also for Pensions to Widows 
and Children of deceased Officers, late belonging to 
the several Ordnance Military Corps, and Allow- 
ances, Compensations and ‘Secdaete in the 
nature of Superannuated or Retired Allowances, to 
Persons late belonging to the Office of Ordnance 
and to the Barrack Department, in respect of their 
having held any Public Offices or Employments of 
a Civil Nature; and also for the Charge of Widows’ 
Pensions, for the year 1838-9. 

14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
hundred and sixty-two thousand two hundred and 
ninety-eight pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Expense of the Commissariat Supplies, 
for Great Britain, Ireland and the Colonies, for the 
year 1838-9. 

Motion made, and Question put, That a sum, 
not exceeding Eighty thousand two hundred and 
eighty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for de- 
fraying the Charge of Volunteer Corps, from the 1st 
“; of April 1838 to the 31st day of March 1839; 

he Committee divided : 
Mr. Fox Maule, 1. 
Mr. Robert Steuart: J?0°: 
Mr. Hume, \ 57 
Mr. Warburton : . 
15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighty 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


Tellers for the Noes, 


97° —28° Aprilis. 








thousand two hundred and eighty pounds, be granted | 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Volun-| 
teer Corps, from the 1st day of April 1838 to the 
31st day of March 1839. 





Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Sabbati, 28° die Aprilis, 1838: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he | 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


| 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Rating of Tenements Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 23d day of May next. 





The Order of the day being read, for the second | 
reading of the Payment of Rates Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time | 
upon Wednesday, the 23d day of May next. | 


The Land Tax Commissioners’ Names Bill was, 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com-) 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Wed-| 
nesday the 23d day of May next. | 


| 


| the Select Committee on Joint Stock Banks ; 





A. 1838. 


Ordered, That the Knights of Shires and other 
Members of this House do prepare Lists, fairly 
written, of the names of Commissioners for execut- 
ing the said Acts for the respective Counties, Cities 
and Places for which there have been used to be 
Commissioners ; and that the Christian and Surnames 
of the said Commissioners be written at length. 

The House was moved, That the Resolutions of 
the House of the 31st day of May 1786, relative to 
delivering in Lists of Commissioners for executing 
any Land Tax Act, might be read; and the same 
were read, and are as follow: 

“ Resolved, That, for the future, every List of Com- 
missioners for executing any Land Tax Act, shall be 
delivered in signed by the Ta delivering in the 
same; and that the said List be carefully kept by 
the Officer to whom the same shall be intrusted ; 
and that no person whatever do presume to make 
any alteration in such List without the Order of the 
House, or a Committee thereof.” 

“ Resolved, That every Member delivering in such 
List shall, at the time of delivery thereof, sign and 
deliver a duplicate thereof, shh duplicate shall be 
kept upon a file open to the inspection of any Mem- 
ber of this House.” 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Salmon 
reading of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) (No.2.) Fisheries 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday, the 9th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; _ Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House was moved, That the Order made Election 
yesterday, That a Select Committee be appointed to Petitions 
consider the state of the law and practice in respect 
to entering into Recognizances se payment of Costs 
in the matter of Election Petitions, and to report 
their observations thereupon to the House, might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Sir Robert Peel, 
Mr. Poulett Thomson, Sir James Graham, Mr. John 
Parker, Mr. Williams Wynn, Mr, Hume, Sir Thomas 
Fremantle, Mr. Serjeant Ball, Mr. Greene, Mr. 
Solicitor General, Sir Edward Sugden, Mr. Charles 
Villiers, Mr. Estcourt, Mr. Shaw Lefevre, and Mr. 
Pringle, with Power to send for persons, papers and 
records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The House was moved, That the Order made Standing 
yesterday, That a Select Committee be appointed to a 
consider the Standing Orders of the House of Com- *“*™ 


'mons relative to Private Bills, and to compare them 
'with those of the House of Lords, with the view of 


assimilating as much as possible the Standing Or- 
ders of both Houses, might be read ; and the same 
being read ; 
A Committee was nominated of Mr. Shaw Lefevre, 
Lord Viscount Ebrington, Mr. Poulett Thomson, 
Sir James Graham, Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. Robert 
Palmer, Mr. Aglionby, Lord Stanley, Mr. Pen- 
darves, Lord Viscount Sandon, Mr. Guest, Mr. 
Greene, Mr. Chalmers, Sir Thomas Fremantle, and 
Mr. Villiers Stuart, with Power to send for persons, 
papers and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 
The Order of the day being read, for nominating Joint Stock 
Banks. 
Ordered, That the Committee be nominated upon 
Monday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, @ Ordnance 
Copy of the Contract or Agreement entered into for Property 
the Sale of the Ordnance Property in Tooley-street ; 
together with a Statement of the Sum actually re- 
ceived on account of such Sale. 

Ordered, 


(No. 2.) Bil 








Recognizances. 




































(Tooley- street.) 


Exchequ 
Bills. 


No.: 


Public | 








Facto 
Inspe 















Adjc 








Just 
(Mi 
d 












Ju 
the 
(v 





C 
(S 

























1 Vicroriz. 


Exchequer Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Bills. an Account of all Exchequer Bills issued, or autho- 
No.327. rized to be issued, charged on the Aids or Supplies 

of 1838, unprovided for. 
Mr. Robert Steuart accordingly presented the 

said Account. 

Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 

Table; and be printed. 


public Income, Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Accounts of the Net Public Income of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in the year 
ended 5th April 1838, after abating the expenditure 
thereout defrayed by the several Revenue Depart- 
ments, and of the actual issues or payments within 
the same period, exclusive of the Sums applied to 
the redemption of funded, or paying off unfunded 
Debt, and of the advances and repayments for Local 
Works, &amp;c.:—And, of the Balances of Public 
Money remaining in the Exchequer on the 5th April 
1837; the Amount of Money raised by additions to 
the funded or unfunded Debt, in the year ended 5th 
April 1838; the Money applied towards the re- 
demption of the funded, or paying off unfunded 
Debt ; the Total Amount of Advances and Re-pay- 
ments on account of Local Works, &amp;c., with the 
difference accruing thereon, and the Balances in the 
Exchequer on 5th April 1838. 


Factory Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
laspectors. to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the last Quarterly Reports of the 
Factory Inspectors up to the 31st March 1838. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


‘ili Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Justices of Ordered, That the Return of all such Appoint- 
the Peace = ments as are in the disposal ‘of the Justices of the 
(Middlesex.) “Peace for the County of Middlesex, either when 
No. 326. assembled in Quarter, General or Petty Sessions, or 
in any Committee of such Justices; the Name and 
Residence of every Person who has received, and 

now holds, his or her appointment from the said 

Justices ; exhibiting the Nature of the Office, the 

Date of the Appointment, and the Annual Amount 

of Remuneration, whether arising from Wages, Sa- 

lary or Fees, which was presented upon the 26th 

day of May, in the last Session of Parliament, be 


rinted. 
Justices of Ordered, That the Return relative to Justices 
the Peace of the Peace (Westminster), which was presented 


(Westminster. 
No. 326, 
Court of Session | Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court of 
(Scotland.) — Session (Scotland), which was presented yesterday, 

No.328, be printed. 
Electors Ordered, That the Returns relative to Electors 
Registered. registered, which were presented yesterday, be 
No. 329. _ printed. 
District Lunatic Ordered, That the Returns relative to District 
Gee.) Lunatic Asylums (Ireland), which were presented 
Ws See. yesterday, be printed. 
iord’s Day Bill, The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee upon the Lord’s Day Bill, upon Wednes- 
day, the 16th day of May next, was read, and dis- 
charged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday, 


the 23d day of May next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


yesterday, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit till 
half an hour after dele of the clock on 


Saturday morning, adjourned till Monday 
next. 


Vou. 93. \ 














27° —28°— 30° Aprilis. 471 


Lune, 30° die Aprilis ; 
Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


M® Campbell, from the Court of Directors of East India 
the East India Company, was called in; and Company. 
at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament,—List (No. 86.), specifying 
the Particulars of the Compensation proposed to be 
granted to certain Persons who belonged to the late 
Maritime Service of the East India Company, under 
an arrangement sanctioned by the Board of Com- 
missioners for the Affairs of India, and laid before 
the Honourable the House of Commons on the 26th 
February 1835. 

List (No. 87.) specifying the Particulars of the 
Compensation proposed to be granted to certain re- 
duced Servants of the East India Company in 
England, under an arrangement sanctioned by the 
Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of Jndia, 
and laid before the Honourable the House of Com- 
mons on the 26th February 1835. 

Mr. Campbell also presented, pursuant to Order, East India. 
—aCopy, in a connected form, mt § separate from any 
Papers, of all the Laws and Regulations which have 
been made by the Governor General of Jndia, in 
Council, by virtue of the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 85: 
—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Baker, from the Select Committee appointed Great Yarmouth 


to try and determine the merits of the Petition of Election. 
John Penrice and others, Electors, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the Rena of 
Great Yarmouth, informed the House, That the 
Committee had determined, 

That Charles Edmund Rumbold, Esquire, and 
William Wilshere, Esquire, are duly elected Bur- 
gesses to serve in this present Parliament for the 
Borough of Great Yarmouth : 

That the Petition of John Penrice and others, 
did not appear to the Committee to be frivolous or 
vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not ap- 
pear to the Comnaniiies to be frivolous or vexatious. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Mr. Ward, from the Select Committee appointed stirlingshire 
to try and determine the merits of the Petition of Election. 
Lieutenant Colonel the Honourable George Ralph 
Abercromby, one of the Candidates for the Shire of 
Stirling at the last Election, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the said Shire, in- 
formed the House, That the Committee had deter- 
mined, 

That William Forbes, Esquire, is not duly elected 
a Commissioner to serve in this present Parliament 
for the Shire of Stirling: 

That Lieutenant Colonel the Honourable George 
Ralph Abercromby is duly elected, and ought to 
have been returned a Commissioner to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Shire : 

That the Petition of the said Lieutenant Colonel 
the Honourable George Ralph Abercromby did not 
appear to the Committee to be frivolous or vexa- 
tious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not 
appear to the Committee to be frivolous or vexa- 
tious : 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend Clerk of the 
this House, To-morrow, with the last Return for the Crown to 


Shire of Stirling,and amend the same by rasing out “end Return. 


the name of William Forbes, Esquire, and inserting 
the name of Lieutenant Colonel the Honourable 
George Ralph Abercromby, instead thereof. 

304 Petitions 






















Grand Junction 
Railway Bill. 





Lower King’s 
Ferry Roads 
Bill. 









































Moy Naviga- 
tion Bill. 












































#ristol and 
Exeter Railway 
Bill, 










































































British Pledge 
Society Bill. 



























































Leicester 


Gas Bill. 























Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 


Railway Bill. 









































Londonderry 
Bridge, &amp;c. 
Bill. 























Pulham 
Inclosure Bill. 























472 


Petitions from Rate-payers of Eccleshall ;—Cheb- | 
sey ;— Willenhall; -- and, Merchants, Ship-owners 
and Traders of Dundalk; praying that the Grand 
Junction Railway Bill may not pass into a law as it 
now stands,—were presented, and read; and referred | 
to the Committee on the Bill. 

Petitions from the Company of Proprietors of the 
Birmingham Canal Navigation ;—and, Inhabitants 
of Wednesfield; praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the said Bill,—were also presented, 
and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Pe- 
titions. 


An ingrossed Bill to alter and amend the Powers 
and Provisions of an Act relating to the Lower 
King’s Ferry Roads, in the Counties of Flint and 
Chester, and for making a new Road to communi- 
cate therewith, and for other purposes relating 
thereto, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That Sir Stephen Glynne do carry the | 


Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Land-owners, Land-holders, Mer- 
chants, Traders, Manufacturers and other Inhabit- 
ants of Ballina, praying the House to allow the 
Parties to el with the Bill for the Improve- 
ment of the Navigation of the River Moy, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Mr. Divett reported from the Committee on the 
Bristol and Exeter Railway Bill; and to whom two 
Petitions against the said Bill, were referred ; That 
the Committee had considered one of the said Pe- 
titions, and had heard counsel in favour of the Bill ; 
and that they had inquired into the several matters 
required by the Standing Orders ; and had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

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


Petitions from Robert Jones and others ;—and, 


30° Aprilis. 





A. 1838. 


that the Pulham Inclosure Bill may not pass into a 
law as it now stands, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


An ingrossed Bill for establishing a General Ce- Graveseng 
metery in the Parish of Gravesend, in the County Cemetery Bit 
of Kent, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Law Hodges do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Brampton Bierley and Hooton Roberts Roads Brampton 
Bill was read a second time; and committed to Sir a er 
George Strickland and the York List. Roads Bill,” 

A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of estates, Wadsley, 
lands, tenements and hereditaments in Wether Hal- Langset and 
lam, in the parish of Sheffield, praying that they may pyjt*4 Row 
be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Wadsley, Langset and 
Sheffield Road Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


The Lough Foyle and Lough Swilly Drainage Bill Lough Foyle 


was read a second time; and committed to Captain and Loogh 
ay Swilly Draix. 
Jones and the Ulster List. age Bill, 


The Bolton and Preston Railway Bill was read a Bolton and 
second time; and committed to Lord Stanley and a 
the Lancaster List. — 


Lord Viscount Ebrington reported from the Select Standing 
Committee on Standing Orders relative to Private Orders; 
Bills, a Resolution, which was read as followeth ; 

Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for the Tramore 
Tramore Drainage Bill, the Parties be permitted to Drainage. 
proceed with their Bill. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Mr. Yorke reported from the Committee on the Witcham _ 
Witcham Inclosure Bill; and to whom a Petition Iclosure Bil. 
against the said Bill was referred; That no person 
appeared in support of the said Petition; and that 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their consent to the Bill, to the 
satisfaction of the Committee; and that the Com- 





John Barlow, Samuel Cheetham and others; praying 
that they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the British Pledge Society 
Bill,-—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of Pawnbrokers of Blackburn, praying 
that the said Bill may not pass into a law as it now 
stands, was also presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


The Leicester Gas Bill was read a second time; 
and committed to Mr. Easthope and the Leicester 
List. 


Petitions from Bankers, Merchants, Manufac- 
turers and other Inhabitants of Perth ;—Lord Pro- 
yost, Magistrates and Town Council of Perth ;---- 
Wick and Pulteneytown;—Dalry;—- and, Kirkcaldy; 
praying that the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Londonderry Bridge, &amp;c., Bill was read a 
second time; and committed to Sir Robert Fergu- 
son and the U/ster List. 


A Petition of Proprietors of messuages, cottages, 
lands and other hereditaments in the parishes of 
Pulham Saint Mary-the-Virgin, and Pulham Saint 
Mary Magdalen, in the county of Norfolk, praying 


mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Stephen Blair, of Bolton-le-Moors, Manchester, 
in the county of Lancaster, Bleacher, and Harrison ~~ “is 
Blair, of Kersley, in the said county, Oil of Vitriol Railway Bill. 
maker, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and 
Railway Bill, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Field, of Neyland, in the Pembroke 
parish of Lianstadwell, in the county of Pembroke, Ferry Bill 
Innkeeper and Boatman, praying that the Pembroke 
Ferry Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands, 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Lord Viscount Andover reported from the Com- wickwar, &amp;. 
mittee on the Wickwar, &amp;c. Inclosure Bill; That they Inclesure Bill 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true; and that the Parties concerned 
had given their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction 
of the Committee; and that the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 





A Petition 


Belfe 
Wate 
(No. 


Twy 
The 
Bill 


Si 


w= eet 





id 
y Bill, 


nd 
oberts 
ll, 


nd 
Road 


yle 


ail. 


jill, 


p 


| and 


eC. 
ill. 


Belfast 
Waterwork s 
(No. 1.) Bill. 


Twyford and 
Theale Road 
Bill. 


Tramore 
Drainage Bill. 


Severn 
Navigation 
(No. 1.) Bill. 


Turton and 
Entwisle 
Reservoir Bill. 


Lord’s Day Bill. 


Negro Appren- 
ticeship. 


Church 
Property. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


1 Victoriz. 


the Copeland Water, praying that the Belfast Water- 
works (No, 1.) Bill may not pass into a law as it 
now stands, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Robert Palmer reported from the Committee 
on the Zwyford and Theale Road Bill; That the Re- 
solution of the House of the 19th day of March last 
had been complied with ; and that the Committee 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to he true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


be ingrossed. 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Tramore Drainage Bill, which 
was this day made from the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for draining, embanking and reclaiming the Back 
Strand of Zramore, in the county of Waterford: 
And that Mr. Villiers Stuart and Mr. John Power 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of the borough of Shrewsbury, praying that they 
may be bene, by their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Severn Navigation (No. 1.) Bill, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of John Moore, of Bolton-le-Moors, in 
the county of Lancaster, Surgeon, Thomas Mullinar, 
of Bolton-le-Moors aforesaid, Accountant, and Joseph 
Ramsden, of Clifton, in the said county, Gentleman, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Turton and Entwisle Reservoir Bill, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Clergy, Churchwardens and Inha- 
bitants cf Islington, praymg that the Lord’s Day 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Minister and Elders representing 
the United Secession Congregation of Urr ;— Carn- 
warth; Watton ;—Auchterarder (two Petitions) ; 
— Whithorn; — Northampton ; — Saint Mawes ;— 
Stroud ; — Birmingham ; — Stockton-upon- Tees ;— 
Newcastle-upon-Tyne ;—and, Narborough (two Pe- 
titions); praying for the abolition of the system of 
Negro Apprenticeship,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ramsgate ;—Preston-upon-Stour ; 
— Weymouth and Wyke Regis ;—Melcombe Regis ; 
——Grantham ;— Grea Gonerby ;—Saint Mary and 
Saint Nicholas, Warwick ;—Blymhill ;— Denton ;— 
Bozxgrove ;— Great Casterton and Pickworth ;— 


- Little Easterton ;—and, Tickencote ; praying that all 


increase of revenue that may arise from an improved 
system of leasing Ecclesiastical Property may be left 
at the disposal of the Church, to supply the deficiency 
of spiritual instruction for the people,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to fie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rate-payers of Sutton Valence and 
Sutton-in-Kent, praying for the amendment of the 


Poor Law Act, was presented, and read; and re- 
Vot. 93. 


30° Aprilis. 


A Petition of Trustees acting in execution of an 
Act of Parliament made and passed in the ninth year 
of the reign of his late Majesty King George the 
Fourth, for repairing and maintaining a Turnpike 
Road from Belfast to Antrim, and from Belfast to 











473 


ferred to the Select Committee on the Poor Law 
Amendment Act. 


Petitions from Haddingtonshire ;— Dunfermline ; sheritt Courts, 
Banffshire (Presés, Secretary and Treasurer of the &amp;c. (Scotland) 
Society of Solicitors) ;—and, Perthshire (President B#!!*- 
of the Society of Procurators); praying that the 
Sheriff Courts; Advocations; and, Personal Diligence 
(Scotland) Bills may pass into law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Leicester ;—South Shields ;—John- church of 
stone ;—Sunderland ;-——and, Monkwearmouth ; pray- Scotland. 
ing the House to refuse their sanction to any addi- 
tional endowments to the Church of Scotland,-— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Working Mechanics of Sheffield, Combination 
praying that a certain number of working mechanics of Workmen. 
of that town may be summoned to give evidence 
before the Combination Committee now sitting, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Combination of Workmen. 


Petitions from Edinburgh ;—-Compositors em- Copyright Bill. 
ployed in the office of Mr. Charles Baldwin, New 
Bridge Street, London ; —Sheffield ;— Aberdeen ;— 
and, Worcester; praying that the Copyright Bill 
wey not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sir De Lacy Evans presented a Bill to amend an westminster 
Act of the seventh year of his Majesty King George Pavements 
the Fourth, to vest in the Commissioners of 
Majesty’s Woods and Forests and Land Revenues 
the powers of several Acts for the Improvement of 
the Streets near Westminster Hall and the Houses 
of Parliament, and to authorize the conversion of 
the Pavements in several parts of the Metropolis 
into broken stone Roads, and for extending the 
powers and provisions thereof: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Friday next; and to be printed. 


is Bill. 
No. 331. 


A Petition of the Paving Committee of Saint Metropolis 
Anne, Westminster, suggesting certain improvements !mprovements. 
in that parish, and praying the House to adopt them, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Metropolis Improvements. 











Petitions from Aughagour ;-—Portaferry (Chair- Poor Relief 
man of a Meeting) ; -——Loughgilly ;—Loughgall ;— (Ireland) Bill. 
Clonleigh ; — Ballymoyer ; — Inch ;-- New Bridge 
and Two-mile House;—Grand Jury of Dublin as- 
sembled at Easter 1838 ;— Portadown ; —Grand 
Jury of Armagh assembled at Spring Assizes 1838 ; 
—Annaghlone ;—High Sheriff and Grand Jury of 
Westmeath assembled at Spring Assizes 1838 ;— 
Magheradroll ; nag Ue City of Dublin; 
praying that the Poor Relief (Zre/and) Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Benton Day,Wine Merchant, x;,, gninee 

James Wilson, Accountant, and George Thornham, Hull Election. 
Watch-maker, all of the borough of Kingston-upon- 
Hull, setting forth, That the Petitioners were all 
summoned, and have been in attendance upon the 
Select Committee of the House appointed to try the 
matter of a Petition against the Return for Kingston- 
upon- Hull as witnesses on the part of the Petitioners, 
who are three Electors of the said borough, com- 
plaining that they have not been paid their expenses 
for attending the said Committee ; and praying the 
House to take their case into consideration, and 
grant them relief, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the Benefices 
Diocese of Canterbury, praying that the Benefices Plurality Bill. 
Plurality Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 

3 P sented, 





474 30° Aprilis. A. 1838. 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the| Ordered, That leave be given to print the Evi- Glasgow 
Table. dence taken before the Committee on the Glasgow Paerworks 


. . 1 
Kinsale Mr. Chalmers, one of the Clerks attending Com-| {N. Gommitice Cletks’ cory if they thiok ft. 


ag mittees of this House, presented, yoy to my 
0.332. —The Minutes of the Evidence taken before the) 4 potit: f William Drew. Peter Drew and Gi 
Select Committee on the Kinsale Election Petition. | 47, nite thins sige Gi i dagger wal eeeeuks 
Ordered, That the said Minutes do lie upon the| po outors of the late William Dr ww, Esquire, of ill, 
? 


Highway Rates 
Bill. 


No, 336. 


Glasgow Cotton 
Spinners. 


Bonding 
Warehouses. 


Maynooth 
College. 


Coal Trade 
(Port of Lon- 
don) Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Tithes 
(Ireland.) 


Rating of 
Tenements Bill, 


Postage. 


West Inida 
Docks, &amp;e. 
Bill. 


Table ; and be printed. 


Mr. Shaw te reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on the Highway Rates Bill; and to whom 
several Petitions were referred ; That they had ex- 
amined the allegations of the Bill and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday the 9th day of May 
next. 


Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


A Petition of John Collins, Chairman of a Meet- 
ing of Inhabitants of Birmingham, praying for a 
remission of the sentence passed on the five Cotton 
Spinners of Glasgow, convicted of a Conspiracy to 
raise Wages, and of Assault, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Committee of the 
Licensed Victuallers of Birmingham, praying for 
the establishment of Inland Bonding Warehouses 
in that town, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Shrewsbury, praying 
the House not to sanction any further grant for the 
College of Maynooth, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Independent Gas-Light and 
Coke Company, praying that provision may be made 
in the Coal Trade (Port of London) Bill to enable 
the Petitioners and all other parties freighting vessels 
to the Port of Zondon with coals for their own use, 
to obtain the discharge of such vessels as heretofore, 
without —— and without being subjected to 
any system of rotation adopted by the factors or 
others for the regulation of Vessels fades with Coals 
for sale on the market, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Petitions from the Grantham Union ;—and, Stohke- 
upon-Trent ; praying for the repeal of the Poor Law 
Act,—were presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on the Poor Law Amendment 
Act. 


A Petition of the Clergy of the diocese of Leigh- 
lin, praying that the proposed measure relative to 
Tithes in Ireland may not receive the sanction of 
the House, was — and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Burslem ;—Hanley and Shelton; 
— Wolverhampton ; — and, Altrincham and other 
places; praying that the Rating of Tenements Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and read; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Rating of 
Tenements. 


Petitions from New Buckenham ;—Leeds ;— East 
Harling ;—and, Bathgate ; praying for a low and 
uniform rate of Postage on Letters,—were presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Postage. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend the several Acts re- 
lating to the West India Dock Company and the 
East India Dock Company, and to consolidate the 
said Companies, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Abel Smith do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


* 





Shawfield Park, in the vicinity of Glasgow, and 
Proprietors of his shares in the Cranstonhill Water 
Company, praying that they may be heard, by their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Glas- 
gow Waterworks Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of William Roberts, of the city of Zon- Anatomy. 


don, Chemist, praying for an inquiry into the merits 

of his plan for arresting the progress of putrefaction 

in dead bodies during the period of dissection, was 

—" and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Public 
Select Committee on Public Petitions; That poe Petitions. 


had examined the Petitions presented on the 25t 
and 27th days of this instant April; and had di- 
rected him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


Mr. Robert Steuart presented, pursuant to Orders, Post Office 
—Returns, showing the Number of Post Office Steam Packets. 


Packets on the Liverpool and Kingstown, Holyhead 
and Kingstown, Milford and Waterford, and Port 
Patrick and Donaghadee Stations, the Expense in- 
curred in the building and Outfits and Repairs of 
the Vessels, and Expense of the Establishment, the 
Total Disbursements, and for Receipts and Passages, 
&amp;e., and the Totals of such Charge :—Of the Num- 
ber of occasions during the years 1832-1837 in- 
clusive, on which the Mails have not been put on 
board the Liverpool Packets by Five o’clock, P.M.; 
stating the distance from the Pier Head, Liverpool, 
to where the Mail was put on board on each occa- 
sion; and also stating the cause of the delay, and 
the time occupied in transferring the Passengers, 
and getting under weigh :—and, of the Number of 
Hours occupied in each Voyage from Liverpool to 
Kingstown &amp; the Admiralty Post Office Packets in 
the several years between the Ist January 1834, and 
the 1st January 1838, or December 1837, including 
the time occupied on each occasion in transmitting 
the Mail from the Post Office, in putting the Mail 
on board by the Tender Packet, in transferring 
Passengers, and gine under weigh. 
Retura to an 


Expenses of the Coronations of King George the 
Third, King George the Fourth and of King William 
the Fourth, under the several heads of charge ; and 
stating from what Funds the same were paid :— 
and, an Estimate of the Expense of the Coronation of 
Queen Victoria, so far as the same can be made up. 

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


The House, pags to Order, resolved itself Consolidated 


into a Committee upon t 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Vernon Smith reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the ees’ being read, for the third Poor Relief 
Bill for the more effectual (Ireland) Bill. 


reading of the ingrosse 
relief of the Destitute Poor in Ireland ; aaa 





rder, dated the 11th day of this Coronation 
instant April, forsan Abstract of the Account of the Expenses. 


e Consolidated Fund Bill ; Fe"4 Bill. 


a= 


Ss et 


wa 





Supply ; 


Ordnance Civil 
Establishments. 


dD. 


Master 
Gunners, 


Roya 
Engineers, &amp;c. 


Royal Regi- 
ment of 
Artillery. 


Royal Horse 
Artillery » &amp;e. 


Field Train 
Department. 


Medical 
Establishment. 


Ordnance 
Works aud 
pairs, 


i Vicroriz. 


he Amendments following were pro to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,’ and at the end of the Question to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the (Lord Viscount Clements, 
Yeas, Mr. Edward John Stanley : 
Tellers for the f Lord Viscount Castlereagh, 
Noes, Mr. Morgan JohnO’ Connell: 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third time ; 
and an ingrossed Clause was added to the Bill by 
— Rider. 
esolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Lord John Russell do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


234. 


59. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of 
Supply, several Resolutions, which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty 
thousand four hundred and eight pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Salaries to the 
Master General, the principal Officers and Clerks 
belonging to the office of Ordnance at the Tower 
and Pall Mall, for the year 1838-9. 

2. Resolved, That assum, not exceeding Eighty- 
eight thousand four hundred and eighty-seven 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying 
the Salaries of the Civil Departments at Woolwich, 
Salaries at Home Stations, Salaries at Stations in 
Zreland and Foreign Stations, and Salaries to Bar- 
rack Masters, &amp;c., in Great Britain, Ireland, and 
the Colonies, for the year 1838-9. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand three hundred and ninety-one pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraymg the expense 
of the Master Gunners at the several Garrisons and 
Batteries in Great Britain, Guernsey, Jersey, and 
Ireland, for the year 1838-9. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seventy- 
four thousand two hundred and twenty-two pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the ex- 
pense of the Corps of Royal Engineers, the Corps 
of Royal Sappers and Miners, and of the Establish- 
ment for the Instruction of Royal Sappers and Miners, 
for the year 1838-9; and the expense of the Royal 
Staff Corps, to the 30th June 1838. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two hun- 
dred and eighty-three thousand seven hundred and 
ninety-six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Expense of the Royal Regiment of 
Artillery for the year 1838-9. . 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
six thousand and thirty-five pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, for defraying the Expense of the Royal 
Horse Artillery and Riding House Troop, for the 
year 1838-9. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six hun- 
dred and two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for defraying the Expense of the Field Train De- 
partment, for the year 1838-9. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding line- 
thousand nine hundred and fifty-four pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Expense 
of the Medical Establishment for the Military De- 
partment of the Ordnance, for the year 1838-9. 

9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two hun- 
dred and ninety-one thousand one hundred and 
ninety-two pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
rainy or - the Expense of the Superintendence, and 
for Ordnance Works and Repairs, Building ahd 
“— 7. Barracks, Storekeepers’ and Barrack 

OL. 93. 


30° Aprilis. 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
ey That the Bill be now read the third time; 








475 


Masters’ Expenditure, and Allowances to Barrack 
Masters and Serjeants, in Great Britain, Ireland and 
the Colonies, for the year 1838-9, after deductin 
One hundred and three thousand four hundred al 
fifty-three pounds, for Rents, Sale of Lands and 
Premises, Sale of Old Stores, &amp;c., and for Rents of 
Canteens. 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Contingencies. 
hundred and forty thousand four hundred and eigh- 
teen pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for defray- 
ing the Expense of the Military, Civil and Barrack 
Contingencies in Great Britain and Ireland, and 
the Colonies, for the year 1838-9. 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Ordnance 
hundred and twenty-five thousand “Sasa an granted Stores. 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Expense of Stores, 
for Ordnance and Military Store Branch Services in 
Great Britain, Ireland, and the Colonies, for the 
year 1838-9. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three Services not 
thousand one hundred and seventy-nine pounds, be provided fhe. 
granted to Her Majesty, for defraying the Expense 
of Services performed by the Office of Ordnance, 
and not provided for by Parliament, in the year 
1837-8. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- Superannua- 
dred and sixty-six thousand nine hundred and sixty- “°"* 
nine pounds, be pees to Her Majesty, for defray- 
ing the Charge of the Office of Ordnance on account 
of the Allowance to Superannuated, Retired, and 
Half Pay Officers, Pensions for Good Services, In- 
ventions and Wounds; also for Pensions to Widows 
and Children of deceased Officers, late belonging to 
the several Ordnance Military Corps, and Allow- 
ances, Compensations and Emoluments, in the 
nature of Superannuated or Retired Allowances, to 
Persons late belonging to the Office of Ordnance 
and to the Barrack Department, in respect of their 
having held any Public Offices or Employments of 
a Civil Nature; and also for the charge of Widows’ 
Pensions, for the year 1838-9. 


14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two Commissariat. 
hundred and sixty-two thousand two hundred and 
ninety-eight pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
defraying the Expense of the Commissariat Supplies, 
for Great Britain, Ireland, and the Colonies, for 
the year 1838-9. 

15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighty VY 
thousand two hundred and eighty pounds, be granted © 
to Her Majesty, for defraying the Charge of Volun- 
teer Corps, from the 1st day of April 1838 to the 
81st day of March 1839. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Volunteer 
orps. 


Intimidation 


The Order of the day being read, for the second (Pynennt 


reading of the Intimidation of Voters Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday, the 16th day of May next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Grand Jury 
mittee on the Grand Jury Cess (Dublin) Bill; Cess (Dublin) 
Resolved, That this pS will, upon Monday vane 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


mittee on the Glass Duties Bi 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day — read, for the Com- Gan Duties 
1; il. 


Benefices 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- ne iia. 


mittee on the Benefices Plurality Bill; __ 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Medical Charities (Jreland) Bill was, accord- Medical 
ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed to awe nar ai 
« Comandliet of the whole House, for Torre (Ireland) Bill. 
e 


3P2 








Ways and 
Means, 


Joint Stock 
Banks. 


Standing 
Orders. 


Slave Trade 
(Sweden) Bill. 


Slave Trade 
(Netherlands) 
Bill. 


476 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mitteee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
Thursday last, that a Select Committee be appointed 
to inquire into the operation of the Acts permitting 
the establishment of Joint Stock Banks in England 
and Ireland, and whether it be expedient to make 
any amendment in the Provisions of these Acts, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Poulett 
Thomson, Sir peed Graham, Mr. Clay, Mr. Goul- 
burn, Mr. Baring, Mr. Loch, Mr. John Abel Smith, 
Mr. Pattison, Mr. Matthias Attwood, Mr. Strutt, 
Sir Thomas Fremantle, Mr. Shaw, Mr. O’ Connell, 
and Mr. Jephson. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That Mr. Ormsby Gore, be one other Member of the 
said Committee :—It passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the Cosmssiitas have Poivat to send 
for persons, papers and records. 


Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That so much of the Ninth General Standing 
Order as requires a Subscription Contract, and the 
lodgment of the one-tenth part of the amount sub- 
scribed, may, as regards Ireland, be dispensed with, 
in case the Commissioners of Public Works in that 
Country give an undertaking to advance, by way of 
loan, three-fourths the amount of the Estimates to- 
wards the production of the work required :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


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


Martis, 1° die Maii, 1838: 


The House was moved, That the Act 7 and 8 
Geo. 4c. 54, to carry into effect the Treaty with 
Sweden, relative to the Slave Trade, might be read ; 
and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Additional 
Article to the Treaty concluded at Stockholm, No- 
vember 6th, 1824, between Great Britain and Swe- 
den, for the Prevention of the Traffic in Slaves, signed 
at Stockholm, June 15, 1835, which was presented 
upon the 3d day of September 1835, might be read; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to carry into effect an Additional Article toa Treaty 
with Sweden, relative to the Slave Trade: And that 
Lord Viscount Palmerston and Mr. Chancellor of the 
Exchequer do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Act 59 Geo. 3, 
c. 16, to carry into effect the Treaty with the WVether- 
lends, relating to the Slave Trade; might be read ; 
and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Additional 
Article to the Treaty concluded at the Hague, May 
4th, 1818, between Great Britain and the Nether- 
lands, for the Prevention of the Traffic in Slaves, 
which was presented upon the 7th day of April 
in the last Session of Parliament, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for carrying into effect an Additional Article to a 
Treaty with the Netherlands, relating to the Slave 
Trade: And that Lord Viscount Palmerston and 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer do prepare, and 
bring it in, 


30° Aprilis—1° Mazz. 








A. 1838, 


The House was.moved, That the Copy of Conven- Slave Trade 
tion between his late Majesty, the King of the = Towns) 
French, and the Hans Towns, for the more effectual ~"* 
Suppression of the Slave Trade, signed at Ham- 
burgh, June 9th, 1837, which was presented upon 
the 4th day of December in the present Session 
of Parliament, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Resolved, That this House will immediately re- 
solve itself into a Committee, to consider of the said 
Convention. 

The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair, and Mr. Robert Steuart 
reported, That he was directed by the Committee to 
make a Motion. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Robert Steuart accordingly reported, that he 
was directed by the Committee to move, That leave 
be given to bring in a Bill for carrying into effect a 
Convention of Accession of the Hans Towns to two 
Conventions with the King of the French, for the 
suppressing of the Slave Trade: And he moved the 
House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. Robert Stewart, Lord Viscount Pal- 
merston and Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to China Courts 
authorize the establishing a Court or Courts with 
Criminal and Admiralty and Civil Jurisdiction in 
China: And that Lord Viscount Palmerston and 
Mr. Attorney General do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Ordnance 
Return in detail, under separate Heads, of the several 5!" 
Articles sold by, and Payments made to, the Ord- 
nance Office, under the Head of Old Stores, for 
which the sum of £.103,453 has been credited in the 
Ordnance Estimates of this year. 


Lord Viscount Palmerston presented a Bill to Slave Trade 
carry into effect an Additional Article to a Treaty (Sweden) Bill 
with Sweden, relative to the Slave Trade: And the No. 333. 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Friday next; and to be 
printed. 


Lord Viscount Palmerston presented a Bill for Slave Trade 
carrying into effect an Additional Article to a Treaty carne 
with the Netherlands, relating to the Slave Trade: ~' 


And the same was read the first time; and ordered °-394- 
to be read a second time upon Friday next; and to 
be printed. 


Lord Viscount Palmerston presented a Bill to China Courts 
authorize the establishing a Court or Courts with Bill. 
Criminal and Admiralty and Civil Jurisdiction in No. 339. 
China: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Friday next ; 
and to be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Municipal 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Corpo™"™ 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, in compliance with the Acts 6 and 
7 Will. 4, c. 104, s. 10, and 1 Vict. c. 78, of all 
Monies received and expended by the several Cor- 

rate Councils for and on Account of the several 
Municipal Corporations in England and Wales, for 
the year 1837. 

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


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after twelve of the clock on 
Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. 








\ Flint County ; 
Woodstock 
Borough, and 
Oxford County 
Elections. 


Stirlingshire 
Return 
amended, 


Public 
Revenue, 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway Bill. 


1 Vicroriz. 


Martis, 1° die Maii ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


_— hour appointed for taking into consideration 
the Petition of George Griffith, of Garn, in the 
County of Denbigh, Esquire, and Thomas Bickerton, 
of Lleweng, in the said County of Denbigh, Farmer, 
Electors of the County of Flint, and who were duly 
registered as such Electors, and had aright, or claim 
to have a right to vote, and who did vote at the last 
Election of a Member to serve in Parliament for 
the said County of Flint; complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the said County, being 
come; 

Mr. Speaker took the Chair. 

The Serjeant-at-Arms was sent with the Mace to 
the places adjacent, to require the attendance of the 
Members on the business of the House ; and being 
returned ; 

The Clerk of the Crown, attending according to 
Order, amended the Return for the Shire of Stirling. 

Then the House was counted by Mr. Speaker ; 
and two hundred and thirty-seven Members being 

resent ; 

And the Petition of the Persons whose names are 
thereunto subscribed, being Electors of the Borough 
of Woodstock, in the County of Oxford, and who 
had and hereby claim to have bad a right to vote at 
the last Election of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough of Woodstock, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Woodstock, being also ordered to be 
taken into consideration upon this day ; 

And the Petition of the rig werwey 6 Elec- 
tors of the County of Oxford,. and who had a right 
to vote at the last Election of Knights of the Shire, 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
County, complaining of an undue Election and Re- 
turn for the said County of Ozford, being also or- 
dered to be taken into consideration upon this day. 

The several Parties, their counsel and agents, were 
directed to be called in. 

And no Parties, counsel or agents, appearing on 
behalf of either of the said Petitions :—The Orders 
for considering the said Petitions, were severally read, 
and discharged. 


Mr. Woodfail, from the Comptroller General’s 
Office, Exchequer, was called in; and at the bar 
presented, pursuant to the directions of several Acts 
of Parliament,—An Account, showing the Amount of 
all Monies received during the year ended on 5th 
April 1838, to the Account of Her Majesty’s Ex- 
chequer, under the several and respective heads of 
Public Revenue ; the Amount of all Royal Orders 
and Treasury Warrants received by the Comptroller 
General of the Exchequer; the Issues made by the 
Bank of England on Credits given pursuant thereto, 
and the Balance of Monies remaining to the Account 
of the Exchequer, on the 5th April 1838 :—An Ac- 
count, showing the Amount of all Monies received 
from the 15th May 1837 to 5th April 1838, to the 
Account of Her Majesty’s poring, si in Ireland, 
under the several and respective heads of Public 
Revenue; the Amount of all Royal Orders and 
Treasury Warrants received by the Comptroller- 
General of the Exchequer; the Transfers made by 
the Bank of Jreland on Credits given pursuant 
thereto; and the Balance of Monies remaining to 
the Account of the Exchequer on the 5th April 1838: 
—And then he withdrew. 

‘ Goran, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
able. 


Petitions from Merchants, Bankers and others, of 
Edinburgh ;—Lord Provost, Magistrates and Town 
Council of Edinburgh ;—Commissioners of Improve- 
a — ;—Incorporated Trades of Edin- 

OL. Je). 


1° Mair. 





477 


burgh ;— Irvine (three Petitions) ;— Saltcoats ; — 
Ardrossan ;—Kilbirnie ;— Dundonald ;—Dreghorn ; 
—Port Glasgow ;—Dalkeith ;— Leith (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Stonehaven (two Petitions) ;— Dunbar ;— 
Haddington (three Petitions) ;—Stevenston ;—Por- 
tobello ; — Kilwinning ; -— Inverness ; -— Girvan ; — 
Maybole;--and, Peebles; praying that the Edin- 
burgh and Glasgow Railwa Bil may pass into 
a law,-—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Thomas Gaskell, of Chorley, Gen- Bolton and 


tleman ;—-Susannah Lady Hoghton, of Astley Hall, 
in the county of Lancaster ;---and, Robert Townley 
Parker, of Cuerdon Hall, in the county of Lancaster, 
Esquire, praying that they may be at by their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Bolton 
uae Preston Railway Bill,—were presented, and 
read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by their counsel or agents, upon their Peti- 
tions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


A Petition of Edward Adolphus, Duke of Somer- 
set, and the Right Honourable Nicholas, Baron 
Bexley, Trustees and Governors of the London Fever 
Hospital, and the Right Honourable William, Earl 
of Devon, the President and one of the Governors 
of the said Hospital, praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the London Grand Junction Railway 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Baron dante 3 of Wortley, in 
the county of York, and William Bingley, of Ellersley 
Lodge, in the parish of Penistone, in the said county, 
Esquire, praying that they may be heard, by their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Wads- 
ley, Langset and Sheffield Road Bill, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Preston Rail- 


way Bill. 


London 


Grand Junction 


Railway Bill. 


Wadsley, 

Langset, and 
Sheffield Road 
Bill. 


Mr. Yorke, by Order, reported from the Committee Linton __ 
on the Linton Inclosure Bill; That the Order of the !¢losure Bill. 


House of the 28th day of March last had been 
complied with, and that they had examined the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the 
Committee ; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


A Petition of the Overseers of the Poor of Wesét- Grand Junction 
bromwich, in the county of Stafford, praying that Railway Bill. 


the Grand Junction Railway Bill may not pass into 
a law as it now stands, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Committee on the Bill. 

A Petition of Clergy, Gentry, Bankers, Merchants, 
Manufacturers and Inhabitants of Warrington, pray- 
ing that they may be heard, by their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the said Bill, was 
also presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


3P3 Petitions 








478 


Petitions from Gateshead ; — Bradninch ;— Wig- 
ton ;—Clynnog ;—Amlwch ;— Bolton and Westward; 
—Dollar ;— Plymouth ;—and, Lanchester ; praying 
for the abolition of the system of Negro Appren- 
ticeship,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Negro Appren- 
ticeship. 


Prisons A Petition of the Magistrates and Town Council 

(Scotland) Bil of Dundee, praying that the Prisons (Scotland) Bill 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Spirit Licenses A Petition of the Magistrates and Town Council 
(Scotland) Bill. oF Dundee, praying that the Spirit Licenses (Scot- 

land) Bill, may not pass into a law, was presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Shipping. A Petition of William Boyd, President of the 
Chamber of Commerce of Belfast, praying the House 
to pass a law rendering it imperative on all vessels 
belonging to the United Kingdom and its Depen- 
dencies, to be provided with and exhibit mght 
signals, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dunbar ;—and, Cupar; praying 
for a low and uniform rate of Postage on Letters,— 
were presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Postage. 


Postage. 


Church Petitions from Whitsbury ;—and, Leamington (two 

Property. Petitions); praying that all increase of Revenue 
that may arise thot an improved — of leasing 
Ecclesiastical Property, may be left at the disposal 
of the Church, to supply the deficiency of spiritual 
instruction for the people,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Lord’s DayBill A Petition of Members of the Congregation of 
Welsh Calvinistic Methodists, assembling for Divine 
Worship in Llanerchymedd, praying that the Lord’s 
‘Day Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Bible Printing 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Muchart, praying 
(Scotland. ) 


the House to abolish the monopoly enjoyed by 
the Queen’s Printer in Scotland of printing Bibles 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Apothecaries A Petition of Medical Practitioners of York, com- 

Act. plaining of the ineffectual provisions of the existing 
Apothecaries Act ; and praying for the amendment 
thereof, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Lauder ;— Dunbar ;—and, Elder 
Street Chapel, Edinburgh (Minister and Deacon); 
praying the House to refuse their sanction to any 
additional endowments to the Church of Scotland, 


~—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Poor Relief A Petition of Inhabitants of Hillsborough and 
(Ireland) Bill. Blaris, praying that the Poor Relief (Zreland) Bill 

may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Church of 
Scotland. 


Glangow A Petitionof Inhabitants of Glasgow, praying that 
Waterworks they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
Bill. agents, against certain parts of the Glasgow Water- 
works Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
‘Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel ey in 
favour of tie Bill, against the said Petition. 
Medical A Petition of the Royal College of Surgeons in 
Cirelend) ein Ireland, praying that the Medical Charities (Zreland) 


Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


1°. Mazz. 





A. 1838. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Garristown, praying Municipal 
that the Municipal Corporations (Zreland) Bill Corporations 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read; and (Ireland) Bill, 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Garristown, praying Tithes 
for the abolition of Tithes in Jreland, was presented, (Ireland.) 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Procurators of the Courts of Law Sheriff Courts, 
in Kincardineshire, praying that the Sheriff Courts; &amp;¢-» (Scotland) 
Advocations; and, Personal Diligence (Scotland) ~~ 
Bills may pass into law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Edinburgh 
into further consideration the Report which upon the oe 
6th day of April last was made from the Committee “""* - 
on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill, 
printed Copies of the Bill having been delivered at 
the door upon Saturday last ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Amendments made by the 
Committee to the Bill be now read a second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question by leaving out from the words “ That the” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words, * Report be taken into further consideration 
“ upon this ae Six months,” instead thereof. 

nd the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question :— 
The said proposed Amendment and Motion were 
severally with leave of the House, withdrawn. 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Thursday next. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- Taw Vale 





sideration the Report which upon the 6th day of Railway and 
April last was made from the Committee on the 
Taw Vale Railway and Dock Bill, printed Copies 
of the Bill having been delivered at the door upon 
Friday last; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- Newcastle 
sideration the Report which upon the 4th day of and Carlise 
April last was made from the Committee on the ®#!y 8! 
~ seller trl set and Carlisle Railway Bill, 
printed Copies of the Bill having been delivered at 
the doorupon Wednesday, the 11th day of April last; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- Manchester, 
sideration the Report which upon the 6th day of Bolton,and 
April last was made from the Committee on the faites Bill 
Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal and Railway 
Bill, printed Copies of the Bill having been delivered 
at the door upon Wednesday, the 11th day of April 
last ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill for 
extending the time for completing a Branch Rail- 
way :—And the said Clause was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 

Then a Clause was added to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wil- Message from 
son and Mr. Brougham: the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, ( 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 
A Bill, intituled, An Act for the Improvement of Tenby 
the Borough of Tenby, in the County of Pembroke, Improvement 


and for regulating and maintaining the Harbour and —— 








Pier belonging thereto 
= A Bill, 


— 


Ellesmere 
Roads Bill, 


Rating of 
Tenements. 


Woodstock 
Writ. 


King of 
Hanover’s 
Annuity. 


Private 
Business, 


Pilotage Bill. 


New England 
ompany, 


1 Vicroriz. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for repairing, amending 
and maintaining the Road from Shrewsbury through 
Ellesmere, in the County of Salop, to Wrexham, in 
the County of Denbigh, and other Roads branching 
out of the same: And also, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, A Copy of a 
Report made from the Select Committee appointed 
by this House, in the present Session of Parliament, 
to consider of the Payment of Rates to which the Oc- 
cupiers of Small Tenements are now liable by law, 
together with the Minutes of Evidence taken before 
pes Committee :—And then the Messengers with- 

rew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an answer to 
the last part of the said Message, by Messengers of 
their own. 

And the Messengers were again called in, and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith :—And 
then they again withdrew. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Woodstock, in the 
room of Henry Peyton, Esquire, who, since his 
election for the said Borough, hath accepted the 
office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s three 
Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Bo- 
nenham, in the County of Buckingham. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That leave be given to bring ina Bill to suspend the 
payment of the Annuity of £.6,000, granted by the 
Acts 46 Geo. 3, c. 145, and 47 Geo. 3, c.39; and 
of the Annuity of £.15,000, granted by the Act 
18 Geo. 3, c. 31, and transferred by the Act 1 Geo. 4, 
c. 108, to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumber- 
land, now King of Hanover, so long as his Royal 
Highness shall continue to be King of Hanover ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Mr.. Hume, 

Tellers for the Yeas,) 14. Warburton : 


Tellers for the Noes, 0 4 oe 7 _ 


De 


} 97. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
consider whether any and what improvement can be 
adopted in the mode of conducting Private Business. 

Ordered, That the Committee be nominated upon 
Thursday next. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for the Regulation of Pilotage in the United King- 
dom: And that Mr. Poulett Thomson, Mr. Labou- 
chere, and Sir Thomas Troubridge do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That there be laid before this House, a Return of 
theNames of the Persons now forming the Society 
incorporated on 7th February 1662, by King Charles 
the Second, by the Name of “ The bear for the 
Propagation of the Gospel in New England, and 
the parts adjacent, in America ;” together with an 
Account of the several Lands, whether Freehold, 
Copyhold or Leasehold, and distinguishing the 
same; also, the Tithes now held and enjoyed b 
such Company, stating the Annual Value of suc 
Lands, and in what Parish or Parishes of England 
such Lands are situated; also, an Account of all 
other Stock, Funds or Property belonging to the 
said Company, or held in trust for its use or pur- 
poses ; and a Copy of the Annual Accounts as made 
up for the year 1837 or the year 1836 ; 

Vox. 93. 


1°—2° Mai. 








479 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Hume, 
Yeas, Mr. Harvey : 

Tellers for the{ Mr. Solicitor General, 
Noes, Mr. Gibson: 

So it passed in the Negative. 


27. 
} 56. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Outrages 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Re- (Ireland.) 
turn of all Outrages and Assaults committed on the 
Person, Property or Place of Worship, of Protestant 
Ministers of all Denominations in Ireland :—Also, a 
Return of all Outrages and Assaults committed on 
Persons engaged in care | Religious In- 
struction to the People of Jrelund, from June 1835 
to the present time ; 


And the House pas 3 continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Wednesday morning ; 


Mercurii, 2° die Maii, 1838: 


And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 


The Sale of Bread (Ireland) Bill was, according gale of Bread 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to (Ireland) Bill. 
a Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday, 
the 16th day of this instant May. 


Mr. Robert Steuart, by Order, reported the Con- Consolidated 
solidated Fund Bill; and the Amendments were Fund Bill. 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Medical 
a Committee upon the Medical Charities (Zreland) Charities __ 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker (Irelan4) Bill. 
resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Morgan John O’Con- No.337. 
nell reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Morgan John O'Connell reported the Bill 
accordingly ; and the Report was ordered to be 
taken into further consideration upon Wednesday, 
the 16th day of this mstant May; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


Lord Viscount Palmerston presented a Bill for slave Trade 
carrying into effect a Convention of Accession of the (Hans Towns) 
Hans Towns to two Conventions with the my | * ie ; 
the French, tor suppressing the Slave Trade: And No. 338. 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Friday next; and to be 
printed. 


The Order for reading a second time, this day, the Dean Forest 
Dean Forest Mines Bill, was read, and discharged. Mines Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday, the 9th day of this instant May. 


The Order for reading a second time, this day, the Dean Forest 
Dean Forest Encroachments Bill, was read, and — 
discharged. 4 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday, the 9th day of this instant May. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Municipal Municipal 
Boroughs and Cities, which was poennes upon the oa and 


11th day of April last, be printe "he, 339. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Wool and wool, and 
Woollen Manufactures, which was presented upon Woollen 


i i Manuf Se 
the 27th day of April last, be printed. - : a 


Ordered, 'That the Account relative to Lead and Lead, and 
Lead Ore, which was presented upon the 27th day bead Ore. 
of April last, be printed. No. 341, 

3P4 Ordered, 








Copper and 
Tin. 


No. 342. 
Linen, and 
Linen Yern. 

No. 343. 
Coals, Cinders 
and Culm. 


No. 344. 


Corn, Flour, 
and Wheat. 


No. 345. 


Commissions. 


No. 346. 


Municipal 
Boundaries 
Commission. 


No. 347, 


Shrewsbury 
and Holyhead 
Road. 


No. 348. 
Pensions. 


No. 351. 


Exchequer 
Bills. 


No. 352. 


Post Office 
Packets. 


No. 349. 


Coronation 
Expenses. 


No. 350. 


Adjournment, 


Bedford 
Borough, and 


Watertord City 


Elections. 


480 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Copper 
and Tin, which were presented upon the 27th day of 
April last, be printed. / 

Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Linen and 
Linen Yarn, which were presented upon the 27th 
day of April last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Coals, 
Cinders and Culm, which were presented upon the 
27th day of April last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Account relative to Corn, 
Flour and Wheat, which was presented upon the 
27th day of April last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the several Returns relative to 
Commissions, which were presented upon the 27th 
day of April last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Account relative to the Muni- 
cipal Boundaries Commission, which was grees 
upon the 27th day of April last, be printed. 


1°—2°——3° Maiz. 





A. 1838. 


Shoemaker, Thomas Sleator, of Waterside, Teacher, 
and William Moran, of Peter-street, Shoemaker, 
all of the City of Waterford, Electors of the said 
City and County of the City of Waterford, on behalf 
of themselves and others who claimed, and who had 
a right to vote and did vote at the last Election for 
the said City of Waterford and County of the City 
of Waterford, complaming of an undue Election 
and Return for the said city, being also ordered to 
be taken into consideration upon this day ; 

The several Parties, their counsel and agents, 
were called in. 


And the door being locked ; 

The Order of the day, for taking into con- Bedford 
sideration the said Petition complaining of an undue Election. 
Election and Return for the Borough of Bedford, 
was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn and 





Ordered, That the Annual Report on the Shrews- 
bury and Holyhead Road, which was presented upon 
the 27th day of April last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Pensions, 
which was presented upon the 27th day of April 
last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Exchequer 
Bills, which was presented upon the 27th day of 
April last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Post 
Office Packets, which were presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Coronation 
Expenses, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after twelve of the clock on 
Wednesday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Mercurii, 2° die Mai; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


T HE House met; and being counted by Mr. 
Speaker, it appeared that Forty Members were 
not present ; yet it being four of the clock, Mr.Speaker 
took the Chair, and again counted the House; and 
Forty Members not being present :—The House was 
adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 





Jovis, 3° die Maii; 
Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1838. 

PRAYERS. 

4% H E hour appointed for taking into considera- 
tion the Petition of George Peter Livius, Es- 
—, Charles Frederick Palgrave, Druggist, James 

‘oodroffe, Builder, and Henry Male, 
the Borough of sat ba in the County of Bedford, 
Electors of the said borough, claiming a right to 
vote and who did vote, at the last Election for Mem- 
bers to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
borough; complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the said borough, being come ; 

Mr. Speaker took the Chair. 

The Serjeant-at-Arms was sent with the Mace to 
the places adjacent, to require the attendance of the 
Members on the business of the House ; and being 
returned ; 

A Member was sworn. 

Then the House was counted by Mr. Speaker ; 
and three hundred and thirty-seven Members being 
present ; 


And the Petition of James Stewart, of Peter- 
street, Shoemaker, John Smith, of Henrietta-street, 





rocer, all of 


read in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was 
completed :—And Lists of the said names were de- 
livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 
mittee on the Bedford Election; and then the door 
was opened, and the Parties, their counsel and 
agents, withdrew. 


And the door being again locked ; 

The the Order of the day, for taking into con- Waterford City 
sideration the said Petition, complaining of an Election. 
undue Election and Return for the City of Water- 

ford, was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn, and 

read, in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names 

was completed :—And Lists of the said names were 
delivered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 
mittee on the Waterford City Election; and then 

the door was opened, and the Parties, their counsel 

and agents, withdrew. 


An ingrossed Bill to authorize the Mewcastle- Newcastle 
upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway Company to raise and Carlisle 
an additional Sum of Money for the purposes of ®#!vay Bill 
their Undertaking, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Philip Howard do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the Pa- Wickwar, &amp;c. 
rishes of Wickwar, Cromhall and Tortworth, in the Inclosure Bill. 
County of Gloucester, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cripps do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Pawnbrokers of Leicester, praying pritish Pledge 
that the British Pledge Society Bill may not pass Society Bill. 
into a law as it now stands, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Pawnbrokers of Bath ;—and, Sal- 
ford; praying that they maybe heard, by their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the said 
Bill,—were also presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


An ingrossed Bill for making a Railway from Taw Vale 
Penhill, in the Parish of Fremington, in the County Railway and 
of Devon, to the Town of Barnstaple, and for con- ?° 
structing a Dock in the said Parish of Fremington, 
to be called the Taw Vale Railway and Dock, was 
read the third time; and an ingrossed Clause was 
added by way of Rider; and Amendments were made 
to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Frederick Hodgson do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Bolton and : 
Preston Rail- 
way Bill. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Committee on the Bolton and Preston 
Railway Bill, in the last Session of Parliament, be 

referred 








1 Victoriz. 


referred to the Committee on the Bill of the present | 


Session. 
Glasgow A Petition of the Incorporation of Hammermen 
Waterworks = of Glasgow, praying that the Glasgow Waterworks 
= Bill may not pass into a lawas it now stands, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Committee | 
on the Bill. 
Linton An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the Pa- 


Inclosure Bill. rish of Linton, in the County of Cambridge, was | 
read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Yorke do carry the Bill to the’ 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Witcham The House proceeded to take into further con- 
Inclosure Bill. sideration the Report which upon Monday last was 
made from the Committee on the Witcham Inclosure 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed | 
to; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Petitions from the Provost, Magistrates and 
Councillors of Jnverary;— Merchants, Bankers, 
Manufacturers, Ship-ownersand Inhabitants of Roth- 
say and Isle of Bute ;—Henry Dunlop, Chairman 
of a Meeting of the Board of Police and Paving 
of the City of Glasgow ;—Merchants’ House Glas- 
gow ;—and, Merchants, Manufacturers, Household- 
ers and Inhabitants of Forfar; praying that the 
Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill may pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway Bill. 


The Hartlepool Dock and Railway Bill was read 
a second time: and committed to Mr. Harland and 
the Durham List. 


An ingrossed Bill for enabling the Company of 
Proprietors of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury 
Canal Navigation and Railway to raise more Money ; 


Hartlepool 
Dock and 
Railway Bill. 


Manchester, 
Bolton, and 
Bury Canal and 
Railway Bill, 


3° Maiz. 






481 


John George Charles Fox Strangways, John Heath- 
coat, Esquire, Alexander Spiers, Esquire, Charles 
Crespigny Vivian, yt Lord Viscount Ebrington, 
and George Richard Philips, Esquire. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Petition 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Bedford, were sworn by the Clerk 
at the Table in the usual manner; and thereupon 
the counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Edinburgh 
into further consideration the Report which upon etna «4 
the 6th day of April last was made from the Com- 0°" ~"* 
mittee on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to; and 
a Clause was added to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


' ingrossed. 


The counsel and agents, in the case of the City of Waterford 
Waterford Election, being returned to the bar, the "tio 
Clerk appointed to attend the said Committee deli- 
vered in to the House a reduced List; and the same 
was called over, as followeth ; 

William Miles, Esquire, Sir Edward Kerrison, 
Baronet, Thomas Peers Williams, Esquire, William 
Wilshere, Esquire, William Neugent Mac Namara, 
Esquire, John Henry Lowther, Esquire, Richard 
Blakemore, Esquire, Thomas Augustus Wolstenholme 
Parker, Esquire, Henry Combe Compton, Esquire, 

John Maher, Esquire and John Ennis Vivian, Es- 
uire. 

. And the said eleven Members, being the Select 

Committee for ‘trying the merits of the Petition 

| complaining of an undue Election and Return for 

the City of Waterford, were sworn by the Clerk at 

the Table, in the usual manner ; and thereupon the 





and for amending the Powers and Provisions of the | 
several Acts relating thereto, was read the third time. | 


counsel and agents withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. |with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 


Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Twyford and 
Theale Roads 
Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill to alter, amend and enlarge the | 
powers and provisions of an Act passed in the: 
seventh year of the reign of his late Majesty King 
George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for repairing 
the Road from the Thirty-three Milestone in the 
Parish of Ruscombe, in the County of Berks, towards 
Reading, to a place called the Seven Milestone, in 
the Parish of Beenham, in the said County, and 
a certain other Road communicating therewith,” was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Robert Palmer do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Newquay Harbour Bill was read a second 
time; and committed to Mr. Pendarves and the 
Cornwall List. 


A Petition of Proprietors or Occupiers of Houses 


Newquay 
Harbour Bill. 


Saint Pancras 


Paving Bill, on the Estate of his Grace the Duke of Bedford, in 
the parish of St. Pancras, and county of Middlesex, 
praying that the St. Pancras Paving Bill may not 
pass into a law as it now stands, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Bedford The counsel and agents, in the case of the Bed- 

Election. 


ford Election, being returned to the bar, the Clerk 
appointed to attend the said Committee delivered 
in to the House a reduced List, and the same was 
called over, as followeth. 

Thomas Charlton Whitmore, Esquire, Sir Charles 
Lemon, Baronet, Arthur Blennerhasset, Esquire, Sir 
Thomas Buchan Hepburn, Baronet, the Honourable 
John George Brabazon Ponsonby, the Honourable 


for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


Resolved, That, by the general Standing Orders Edinburgh 
of this House on Private Bills, it is directed that = Glasgow. 
Ten per cent. of the amount subscribed by any Un- ®*"#9 Bill 
dertaking comprehended within such Orders, shall 
be paid up and deposited in a Bank therein specified. 

) Wa at That the deposit made by the Pro- 
moters of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill 
is not in compliance with the Standing Order, inas- 
much as the sum deposited has not been actually 
paid up, according to the true intent and meaning of 
the Standing Order, by the Subscribers to the Under- 
taking, according to the amount subscribed. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That, under the special circumstances of the 
case of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill, 
this House will dispense with the Standing Order, 
upon the introduction of a Clause into the Bill, 
by which the sum now deposited shall not be with- 
drawn until a sum equal to Ten per cent. of the 
subscribed capital shall have been paid up by the 
Subscribers to the Undertaking on the amount of 
their shares, and shall have been deposited as di- 
rected by the Standing Order:—And a Debate arising 
thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Mon- 
day next. 


A Message from the Lords by Sir Giffin Wilson Messaye from 

and Mr. Senior: the Lords, 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 

ing, without Amendment, viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for more effectually re- Wibsey and 





Vou. 93. 





pairing and me the Road from top of — co 














cists te oo Sperm er 











482 


near Bradford, through Wibsey Low Moor, to Hud- 
dersfield, in the West Riding of the County of 
York: 
Bratton Fleming A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in 
Inclosure Bill. the Parish of Bratton Fleming, in the County. of 
Devon: And also, 


Brecon The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Market Bill. Act for providing Market-places, and for regulating 
the Markets within the Borough of Brecon, in the 
County of Brecon, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 
Lady Kirk The Ladyhirk and Norham (Tweed) Bridge Bill 
and Norham was read a second time; and committed to Mr. 
Cue “8 Pringle and the East Scotland List. 
Courts of A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 
Justice Build- Council of Edinburgh, praying that the Courts of 
Bill (Scotland) Justice Buildings (Scotland) Bill may not pass into 


a law as it now stands, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


County Rates. A Petition of Justices of the county of Kent, 
praying that they may be empowered by Act to 
remunerate sufficiently their constables for the per- 
formance of their public duties, and that courts of 
general or quarter sessions be authorized to direct 
that the County Rate be paid by the guardians of 
the Poor Law Unions, instead of the high constables, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Poor Law Amendment Act. 


Church of 


A Petition of Members of the United Secession 
Scotland. 


Congregation of Alyth, prayins the House to refuse 
their sanction to any further endowments to the 
Church of Scotland, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


County Rates = Ordered, That the County Rates Bill be read a 
- second time upon Wednesday next. 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Court of Chancery (Ireland) 
Bill be read a second time upon Wednesday next. 


Spirit Licenses 


é Ordered, That the Spirit Licenses (Scotland) Bill 
(Scotland) Bill. be read a second time upon Wednesday next. 


Ordered, That the Spirituous Liquors Sale Bill be 


Spirituous 


i Sal - 
— a © read a second time upon Wednesday next. 
Courts of ’ Bos 
Justice Build- Ordered, That the Courts of Justice Buildings 


— (Scvtland) (Scotland) Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 
il. 


British Manu- 
facturers Pro- 
tection Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday, 
the 16th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
a Committee upon the British Manufacturers’ Pro- 
tection Bill. 


Sheriffs 


; Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday, 
(Ireland) Bill. 


the 16th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
a Committee upon the Sheriffs (Jreland) Bill. 


Charity 


Commissioners 
(ireland) Bill, 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself ito a Committee upon the Charity 
Commissioners (Jreland) Bill. 


Election 


4 ; Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
Expenses Bill, 


next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the Elec- 
tion Expenses Bill. 


Waste Lands Ordered, That the Waste Lands (Ireland) Bill be 
(Ireland) Bill. read a second time upon Wednesday next. 


Tenants for Life Ordered, That the Tenants for Life (Ireland) Bill 
(Ireland) Bill. he read a second time upon Wednesday next. 


Leases and 
Exchanges 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Leases and Exchanges (Jre- 
land) Bill be read a second time upon Wednesday 
next. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Cork Sessions 
Bill be taken into further consideration upon Wed- 
nesday, the 23d day of this instant May. 


Cork Sessions 
Bill. 





3° Maiz. 





A. 1838. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Hackney Car- Hackney 
riages (Metropolis) Bill be taken into further con- Carriages 
sideration upon Wednesday, the 16th day of this {ii*tpelis) 
instant May. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Qualification Qualification 
of Members Bill be taken into further consideration of Members 
upon Wednesday, the 16th day of this instant May. Bi 


Ordered, That the Report on the Sheriff Courts Sheriff Courts 
(Scotland) Bill be taken intc further consideration (S°°tl2n¢) Bill, 
upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Court of Session, Court of 
&amp;c. (Scotland) Bill be taken into further considera- Sessie, Xe. 
: (Scotland) Bill, 
tion upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Married Women’s Bill be — 
read a second time upon Wednesday next. oe 


Ordered, That the Personal Diligence (Scotland) se 

° * lligence 
Bill be read a second time upon Monday next. (Seaton 4) Bill 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Advocations 
next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the Ad- (Scotland) Bill. 
vocations (Scotland) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Oaths to Wit- Oaths to 
nesses (Ireland) Bill be read To-morrow. Wituesses 
(Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will To-morrow, resolve supply. 
itself into the Committee of Supply. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve Ways and 
itself into the Committee of Ways and Means. Means. 


Ordered, That the ingrossed Bill, to apply a Sum Consolidated 
of Money out of the Consolidated Fund to the Ser- Fund Bill. 
vice of the year One thousand eight hundred and 
thirty eight, be now read the third time :—The Bill 
was accordingly read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to apply the Sum of Eight mil- 
lions out of the Consolidated Fund, to the Service 
of the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty- 
eight. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions from Leeds ; — Beaminster ;— Chelten- Church 
ham ; — Upway ; — Great Ponton ; — Hornby ; — Poverty: 
Chesterfield ; — Tillington ; — Barnoldswick; — 
Bracewell; — Petworth ;— Thorton-in-Craven ; — 
Padiham ;—Teffont Ewyas ;— Bishop’s Tawton ;— 
Wortley ; — Ipswich (eight Petitions) ; — Portland ; 
— Bilston; — Radipole and Broadway ;— Henlow ; 
— Ripon (Dean and Chapter) ;— Pilton ;— Ryhall- 
cum-Essendine ; — Staley ;—Festiniog and Maent- 
wrog ;—Bedwyn Magna ;—Bengeworth ;—Salwarp ; 
— Beeston ;—Diss ;— Hexham ;— Hanbury ;—Dod- 
derill;— Hungerford ;— Ryde ;— Droitwich ;—Saint 
John Lee;— Bridgnorth (two Petitions) ;— Oldbury ; 
— Stockton ;—Bobbington ;— Claverly ;—Peckham ; 
— Honiton ;—Preston and Sutton Pointz ;—Lang- 
ton Herring ;— Chapel Allerton ;— Great Berkhamp- 
stead, St. Peter’s and North Church;— Warrington; 
-— Bushey ;— Bishop’s Stortford ; — Dolgelley ;— 
Weaton ;— Kirkby Overblow ;— Carmarthen ;—Con- 
gerstone ; — Stamford ; — Shackerstone ; — Kirkby 
Muzloe ;— Braunstone ;—Great Wigston;—Barns- 
taple ;— Barrowby ;—Abdon ;—Camberwell ;—Lin- 
coln ; — Hunslet ;—South Newton; —Manningford ; 
— Bishopstone ; —- Wootton Bassett ;— Chirton ;— 
Bishop’s Cannings ;—Chicklade and Fonthill Gif- 
ford;— Bromham; — Wilcot;— Norton Bavant ;— 





Codford St. Mary;— Yatesbury;—Dinton ;—Stour- 
ton; — Edington ; — Woodborough;— Amesbury ;— 
Winterbourne Bassett ;—Cliffe Pypard ;—Enford ; 
—Great Hinton;--Donhead St. Andrew ;—Strat- 
ford Tony ;—Barford St. Martin's ;—Overton-cum- 
Fyfield ; — Sedgehill ; — Sidcombe ;—Winterbourne 





Stoke; — 





Church Leases, 





1 Vicroriz. 


Stoke ;-- Preshute ;—Sherrington ;— Mildenhall ;— 
Wishford Magna ;—Wylye ;— Charlton ;—Brough- 
ton Gifford ;— Fonthill Bishop ; —- Fovant ;— All 
Cannings and Etchilhampton ;—Chilmark ;—Durn- 
ford; — Odstock;— Great Cheverell;—Codford St. 
Peter ;—Stockton ;-- Coulston ;— Berwick St. John ; 
— Pewsey ;— Hindon;—Erchfont ;—- Warminster ;— 
Rowde ; — Maddington ;— Berwick St. James ;— 
Upavon;—Compton Chamberlaine and Raverstock; 
— Donhead St. Mary ;—Langford Magnaand Lang- 
ford Parva;—Marden ;—Heytesbury and Knook ; 
— East Kennett ;— and, Newton Toney ; praying 
that all increase of revenue that may arise from an 
improved system of leasing Ecclesiastical Property 
be left at the disposal of the Church, to supply the 
spiritual instruction of the people,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Reverend Thomas Peter Gurney, 
of Kenwyn, praying that a fund may be set apart 
out of the Ecclesiastical Revenues for the support 
of the Superannuated and Unbeneficed Clergy of 
the United Kingdom, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
inquire into the mode of granting and renewing 
Leases of the Landed and other Property of the 
Bishops, Deans and Chapters, and other Ecclesias- 
tical Bodies of England and Wales, and into the 
probable Amount of any increased Value which 
might be obtained by an improved management, 
with a due consideration of the interests of the Es- 
tablished Church, and of the present Lessees of such 
Property ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words, “a Select Com- 
mittee be appointed.” 

“And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the Mr. Edward John Stanley, } 277 

Yeas, UMr. Robert Steuart : ee 

Tellers for the (Sir Thomas Fremantle : } 241 

Noes, Mr. Henry Baring: : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

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


Veneris, 4° die Maii, 1838: 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question, by adding at the end thereof, the words 
“‘ with a view of applying such Amount to the 
gradual diminution of the evils which flow from 
the deficiency in the means of religious instruction 
“ and pastoral superintendence, by Ministers of the 
“* Established Church :” 

And the Question being put, That those words be 
there added ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremantle, 

Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring: J 

Tellers for the { Mr. Edward John sani | 265 

Noes, Mr. Robert Steuart: ne 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed, 
to inquire into the mode of granting and renewing 
Leases of the Landed and other Property of the 
Bishops, Deans and Chapters, and other Ecclesias- 
tical Bodies of England and Wales, and into the 
probable Amount of any increased Value which 
might be obtained by an improved management, with 
a due consideration of the interests of the Esta- 
blished Church, and of the present Lessees of such 


\ 254. 


3°—4° Mair. 


483 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Freemen’s 


Freedom of Cities and Boroughs in England and 
Wales: And that Mr. William Williams and Mr. 
Philip Howard do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Pawnbrokers 
to inquire into the laws and regulations which (Ieland.) 
affect the Trade of Pawnbroking in Jreland, and 
their practical operation, and to report to the 
House whether any and what alterations may be 
advantageously adopted therein. 
. Ordered, That the Committee be nominated this 

ay. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon Private 
Tuesday last, that a Select Committee be appointed Business. 
to consider whether any and what Improvement 

can be adopted in the mode of conducting Private 
Business, might be read; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Mr. Poulett 
Thomson, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Shaw Lefevre, Lord 
Stanley, Mr. Hume, Lord Granville Somerset, Mr. 
Loch, Mr. Greene, Mr. Aglionby, Mr. Williams 
Wynn, Lord Viscount Ebrington, Sir James Graham, 

Mr. Edward Ellice, Mr. Preshield, and Colonel 
a with Power to send for persons, papers and 
records. 


Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The Loan Societies (Zreland) Bill was, according Loan Societies 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a “telan4) Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented a Bill for the better Prisons Bill. 
ordering of Prisons: And the same was read the No, 353. 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 

upon Monday, the 14th day of this instant May ; 

and to be printed. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented a Bill for establishing Juvenile 


read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second No. 354. 
time upon Monday, the 14th day of this instant 
May ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Euphrates 
Copies or Extracts from additional Communications Expedition. 
or Despatches addressed to the India Board relating 
to the recent Expedition to the Rivers Euphrates and 
Tigris, and its results. 

Mr. Robert Gordon accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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


Ordered, That the List of Unions for which Work- Union Work- 
houses have been ordered by the Poor Law Com- buses. 
missioners to be built, &amp;c., which was presented 
upon Friday last, be referred to the Select Committee 
on the Poor Law Amendment Act. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Poor Poor Law 
Law Amendment Act, which were presented upon Amendment 
Friday last, be referred to the Select Committee on - 
the Poor Law Amendment Act. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the Public Public 
Revenue, which were presented upon Tuesday last, Revenue. 
be printed. No. 355. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till after one of the clock on Friday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 





Property. 
a 93. 


3 Q2 


repeal the Stamp Duty on the Admission to the Admission Bill. 


a Prison for Young Offenders: And the same was Offenders Bill. 


| 
| 
| 
: 
| 
| 








Ventilation and 
Lighting of 
the House. 


No, 358. 


Newspaper 
Stamps, 


Foreign Wine. 


Public Income. 


Quit and 
Crown Rents 
(Ireland. ) 


Court of 
Chancery. 


Veneris, 4° die Mai; 


Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


M*: Stephenson, from the Treasury, was called 
in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to 
Orders,—A Copy of a Letter from Sir Frederick 
Trench to Lord Viscount Duncannon, on the subject 
of Ventilation and Lighting of the House of Com- 
mons, dated Brighton, April 22, 1838. 

Returns to an Order, dated the 11th day of April 
last, for a Return of the Number of Stamps issued 
by the Stamp Office for all Newspapers in Great 
Britain and Ireland, from 1st to 31st December 
1837; specifying each Newspaper by name, and the 
Number of Stamps issued during that period to each 
Newspaper :—and, similar Return for each month 
of the Quarter ended 31st March 1838. 

An Account of the Number of Gallons of Foreign 
Wine imported, of the Quantities upon which Duty 
has been paid for Home Consumption, the rate of 
Duty, and the Quantities exported ; also, the Quan- 
tities retained for Home Consumption, after deducting 


of Duty, for the year ended Sth January 1838, 


compared with the preceding years 1836 and 1837; | streams in and near Strines Dale;—Inhabitants of 
distinguishing French, Portugal, Spanish, | 
ty 


Madeira, Rhenis 
other sorts. 
Accounts of the Net Public Income of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in the year 
ended 5th April 1838, after abating the Expenditure 
thereout defrayed by the several Revenue Depart- 
ments, and of the actual Issues or Payments within 
the same period, exclusive of the Sums applied to 
the redemption of Funded, or paying off Unfunded 
Debt, and of the Advances and Repayments for 
Local Works, &amp;c.:—and, of the Balances of Public 
Money remaining in the Exchequer on the 5th April 
1837; the Amount of Money raised by the addi- 
tions to the Funded or Unfunded Debt, in the year 
ended 5th April 1838 ; the Money applied towards 
the redemption of the Funded, or paying off Un- 


Canary, Fayal, Sicilian and 


4° Maiz. 











funded Debt; the Total Amount of Advances and | 


Repayments on acconnt of Local Works, &amp;c., with 
the difference accruing thereon, and the Balances 
in the Exchequer on 5th April 1838. 

Mr. Stephenson also presented, pursuant to an 
Address to Her Majesty,—An Account of the Quit 
and Crown Rents paid to the Commissioners of 
Woods and Forests from Jreland, during the year 
1837; together with any Applications and Memo- 
rials which have been transmitted to the Commis- 
sioners, or to the Lords of Her Majesty’s Treasury, 
with respect to the purchasing or appropriating the 
same, and by whom, with the Answers thereto :— 
And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Paper relative to Ventilation 
and Lighting of the House be printed. 


Mr. Parkinson, from the Accountant General’s 
Office of the High Court of Chancery, was called 
in; and at the bar presented,—Return to an Order, 
dated the 11th day of April last, for a Return of 
the Araount of the Sums of Money paid into the 
Bank of England to the credit of the Accountant 
Generali of the Court of Chancery, and placed to the 
credit of the “ Suitors’ Fee Fund,” under the Act 
3d and 4th Will. 4, c. 94, from the 27th February 
1837 to the 27th February 1838:—An Account of 
the several Sums of Money paid out of the same 
Fund from the 27th February 1837 to the 27th Fe- 
bruary 1838; distinguishing how much has been 
paid for Salaries, and how much on any other ac- 
count ; specifying on what accounts such last-men- 
tioned Funds have been paid respectively (as for 
Compensations, &amp;c., under Sec. 48) :—and, an Ac- 











A. 1838. 


count of the Surplus Cash, Stocks and Funds, which 
stood to the credit of the “ Suitors’ Fee Fund Ac- 
count,” on 26th November 1837, and how the same 
has been invested and applied; and what, if any 
thing, is now standing to the credit of the “ Account 
of Monies placed out to provide for the Officers of 
the High Court of Chancery :’—And then he with- 
drew. 

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


Petitions from Obadiah Kirk, Surveyor of the Oldham Gas 
streets, lanes and highways in the village and hamlet nasa 
of Lees, in the parish of Ashton-under-Lyne, in the : 
county of Lancaster ;—Trustees or Commissioners 
of the turnpike road leading from the town of Old- 
ham, in the county of Lancaster, to the village of 
Lees ;—the Company of Proprietors of the canal 
navigation from Manchester to or near Ashton- 
under-Lyne and Oldham ;—Peter Seville, of Lees, 
near Oldham, in the county of Lancaster, Cotton 
Spinner and Land-owner ;—Owners and Occupiers 
of cotton-mills, and other Manufactories, situate on or 


_near to the river Medlock;—Owners or Occupiers 


the Amount exported, subsequently to the loud eeenrectaarys Panerai pen Meggett — 
P , q y Pe) /and premises interested in the waters flowing down 


the river Medlock, and in the several springs and 


Lees ;— Oldham ; — Rayton ;—Chadderton ;—Com- 
pany of Proprietors of the Manchester and Salford 
Waterworks ;—Inhabitants of Failsworth ;— and, 
Samuel Lees, of Green Acres Moor, near Oldham, 
in the county of Lancaster, Iron Roller maker and 
Land-owner ; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Oldham Gas and Waterworks Bill,— 
were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions from George Johnson Wainwright, of Bolton and 
. dteate Preston Rail- 
Liverpool, Esquire ;— and, the Lancaster and Pres- way Bill 
ton Junction Railway Company ; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 


‘against certain parts of the Bolton and Preston 


Railway Bill,--were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Petitions from Pawnbrokers of Gateshead ;— British Pledge 
Bury (Lancaster);—and, Manchester; praying that Suciety Bill. 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, against certain parts of the British Pledge 
Society Bill,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Newman’s Naturalization Bill was read a second Newman's 
time ; and committed to Mr. Emerson Tennent and N«t. Bill. 
the Ulster List. 


Le Jeune’s Naturalization Bill was read a second Fe Jeune’s 
time; and committed to Mr. Emerson Tennent and N*- Bill. 
the Ulster List. 


The Southampton Pier Bill was read a second Southampton 
time; and committed to Mr. Dottin and the South-'* Bill. 
ampton List. 


Mr. Heathcote reported from the Committee on Oakham, &amp;c. 
the Oakham, &amp;c. Small Debts Bill; That they had = Debts 
examined the ullegations of the Bill, and found “"" 
the same to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; and the 
Amendments were read and agreed to. 


Ordered, 





Witch 
Inclosv 


Postas 


Negre 
ticesh 


P 





Lough Foyle 
and Lough 
Swilly Drain- 


ages 


Witcham 
Juclosure Bill. 


Postagee 


Negro Appren- 
ticeship. 


Bonded C. 
naga 


Church 
Property, 





1 Vicroriz. 


_ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


A Petition of John Pitt Kennedy and Tristram 
Kennedy, Trustees and Representatives of the Es- 
tate of the late Reverend John Pitt Kennedy, situate 
on the Banks of Loughs Swilly and Foyle, in the 
county of Donegal, praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Lough Foyle and Lough Swilly 
Drainage Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the 
Parish of Witcham, in the Isle of Ely, in the County 
of Cambridge, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Yorke do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions from Manchester ;— Birmingham ;— 
Kirkcudbright ; — Belfast; — and, Biggleswade ; 
praying for the establishment of a low and uniform 
rate of Postage on Letters,—were presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Postage. 


Petitions from Southampton ;— Castlebar ;—Go- 
dalming ;—Londonderry ;— Saint David's ;— Moy ; 
— Cullercoats ; — Shap; — Tremadock and Port 
Madoc ;— Halstead ;— Frome ;— Burton-in- Kendal ; 
—-Tynemouth ;--Stafford Pottery, near Stockton- 
on- Tees ;— Wellington (Salop);—Chairman of the 
Committee of the Hibernian Anti-Slavery Society ;— 
Ailton and Murton;—Accrington ;— Doncaster (two 
Petitions) ;— Dent ;—Lupton ;—Askham ;— Kirkby 
Lonsdale; — Upton-on-Severn ; — Holmcultram ;— 
Newcastle ;— Great Steeping ;—Partney and Dalby ; 
—-Monksthorp, &amp;c. ;—East and West Keal ;— Wil- 
ton ;-—Candlesby ;— Gateshead (Chairman of a Meet- 
ing) ;—:Cardrington Cotton End ;—East Cowes ; — 
Armagh ;-- Dublin ;— Presbytery of Northumber- 
land ;— Hayton ;— Longtown ; — Castle Sowerby ;— 
Sebergham ;— Walton ; — Stanwick ; — Heshett ;— 
Burgh-by-Sands ;— Beaumont ;-— Caldebech ;--Kirk- 
burton ; —Highhead ;— Dalston ; — Grinsdale ; — 
Wreay ;—Upperby ;— Botcherby ;—Great Orton ; — 
Crosby-on-Eden ; — Cummersdale ; — Stapleton ;—- 
Rockliffe ;— Corby ; —Carlisle ; —Spilsby ; — War- 
wick (Cumberland) ;—Little Steeping ; —Tumby ; — 
Halton ;— Scremby and Ashby ; — Conningsby ;— 
Hagworthingham ;— Brickhill ;—Raithby and En- 
derby ;—Sansthorpe and Aswardby;— Bolingbroke; 
—-Hindleby ;--Shendleby ;--Kirkby and Minningsby ; 
—Mareham-le-Fen and Revesby ;— Tattershall ;— 
Toynton, All Saints, and Saint Peter’s ;—Lusby ;— 
Burnside and Cowan Head ;--—Cross, Crake, and 
Sedgwick ; —Backbarrow ;—Natland ;—Sawrey ;— 
Holme ;—and, Pardshaw and Dean; praying for 
the abolition of the system of Negro Apprenticeship, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Somerton ;-—— Cavendish ;—Spilsby; 
—and, Colchester; praying that the Bonded Corn 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and we seat to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Chamber of Commerce of Bel- 
fast, praying that the said Bill may pass intoa law, 
was also provented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Imber ;— Ringwood ;—Saleby ;— 
Alford ; — Addlethorpe ;— Ashby ; — Halton Hole- 
gate ; —Frishney ;—Irby ;— Wainfleet St. Mary ;— 
eg ;—Ingoldmells ;— Leintwardine;—Hert- 

OL. 93. 


4° Marz. 





485 


| ford ;—and, Ince ; praying that all increase of Re- 
venue that may arise from an improved system of 
leasing Ecclesiastical Property, may be left at the 
disposal of the Church, to supply the deficiency of 
spiritual instruction for the people,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Lord Provost, Magistrates and Prisons 


Town Council of Perth ;—and, Land-holders, Com- (Scotland) Bill. 


missioners of Supply and Justices of the Peace of 
Aberdeen; praying that the Prisons (Scotland) Bill 
ee not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table ; and the last to 
be printed. 


A Petition of the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Registration 
the East Riding of the county of York, praying for ¢! Births, &amp;e., 
the amendment of the Registration of Births, —" 
and Marriages Acts, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ecclefechan;—-Dumfries ;—M offat Church of 
(two Petitions) ;—and, Paisley; praying the House Scotland. 
to refuse their sanction to any additional endow- 
ments to the Church of Scotland,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Formby ;— Ormskirk ;—and, Duin- Lord’s Day Bill. 


fries; praying that the Lords Day Bill may pass 
into a law,—-were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Liverpool; — Dumfries ; — and, Copyright Bill. 


Compositors, Pressmen and others employed in the 
office of Messrs. Clowes and Sons, Duke-street Stam- 
ford-street ; praying that the Copyright Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Stockport ; — and, Manchester ponding 
(Chairman and Committee of Licensed Victuallers); Warehouses. 
praying for the establishment of inland Bonding 
Warehouses in Manchester,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Lisburn and Killul- Poor Relief 
tagh, praying that the Poor Relief (Zreland) Bill ({reland) Bill, 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Lords of Manors in Essex, praying Copyholds 
that they may be heard, by counsel, against the Enfranchise- 
Copyholds Enfranchisement ; Copyholds Improve- 
ment ; and, Manorial Boundaries Bills, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill. 


A Petition of Proprietors and Tacksmen of Sal- sSaimon 
mon Fishings in the rivers Dee and Don, and along Fisheries 
the sea coast in the vicinity of Aberdeen, praying (Wot) Bil 
that the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) No.1. Bills ~~ 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Medical Practitioners of Maccles- apothecaries 
field, praying for the amendment of the Apothe- Act. 
caries Act, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers and British Manu- 
Operatives of Rowley Regis, praying that the. Bri- facturers Pro- 
tish Manufacturers Protection Bill may pass into a ‘i Bill 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Mable. 


Petitions from Matthew Phillips, Geographical French Trawl 
Engineer and Surveyor ;—and, Benjamin Willis, ¥°* 
Owner of the fishing-vessel called “The Neptune,” li- 
censed from the Port of Shoreham ; praying for pro- 

3Q3 tection 





ment, &amp;c., Bills. 





i 
/ 
| 
; 
} 
; 
' 
i 
; 
} 


Rating of 
Tenemeats Bill, 


W. Heseltine. 


Education 
(lreland.) 


Twenty-sixth 
Report on 
Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


No. 359. 


Tithes 


CIreland.) 


Kilmainham 
Hospital. 


Religious 
Ceremonies 
Abroad. 


Spita'fields 
Weavers. 


Sheffield 
Improvement 
Biil. 


486 4° Marz. A. 1838. 


tection from the depredations, annoyances, obstruc- 
tions, and losses occasioned by the intrusion and 
encroachments of French trawl boats during the 
mackarel fishing,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Rate-payers and Inhabitants of 
Market Deeping and Deeping St. James, praying 
that the Rating of Tenements Bill may pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Rating of Tenements. 


A Petition of William Heseltine, of Turret House, 
South Lambeth, in the county of Surrey, Esquire, 
complaining of a demand made upon him by the 
Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, for the renewal of 
a seven years’ lease of a house at South Lambeth, 
and of law expenses attending the same, and pray- 
ing the House to take his case into consideration, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Derryheighan and Ballintoy:— 
Kinsale ;—Raphoe ;—Upper Fahan ;—Magheragal; 
—Attanna ; —- Magherally ;— Cahirconlish ,— and, 
Killygarvin; praying that the present system of 
National Education in Jreland may not be persisted 
in,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Act ; and who 
were empowered to report the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them from time to time to the 
House ; That they had made further Progress in the 
matters to them referred, and had directed him to 
report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

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


A Petition of Protestant and Roman Catholic 
Landed Proprietors and Farmers of Ovens, Aglis 
and other places, praying for the abolition of Tithes 
in Ireland, was presented and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Tatle. 

Petitions from Sutherland and Caithness (Mode- 
rator of the Provincial Synod);—Dean and Chapter 
of Saint Patrick, Dublin ;—and, Killaloe and Kil- 


enora: praying that the proposed measure relative 
; &gt; praying 


to Tithes in Ireland may not receive the sanction of 
the House,—were also a and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Dublin, praying 
that the Royal Hospital of Kilmainham may be 
again opened for the admission of Jrish soldiers, 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Christians of various denominations 
in Dumfries, complaining of the compulsory attend- 
ance of civil and military officers and soldiers on 
religious services abroad; and praying the House 
to take such steps as may seem calculated most 
speedily and effectually to remove so serious an 
evil, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
won the Table. 


A Petition of the Honorary Secretary to the Com- 
mittee of the “ Royal Adelaide Provident Institu- 
tion,” praying the House to commiserate the con- 
dition of the industrious Weavers of Spitalfields, and 
if possible recommend some measures to be adopted 
for their relief,was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Francis Cluley, of Sheffield, praying 
that he may be heard, by himself, his counsel or 
agent, against certain parts of the Sheffield Improve- 
ment Bill, was presented, and read. 














Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to Corp 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner a 
heard, by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his ig 
Petition, if he think fit; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Mr. John Parker reported from the Committee Wadsley Twe 
on the Wadsley, Langset and Sheffield Road Bill ; Langsei, ana Rep 
and to whom several Petitions against the said Bill Shefield Road re 
were referred; That they had considered the said ~~ ot 
Petitions ; and had heard counsel in support of one 
of them; and had also heard counsel in favour of 
the Bill; and had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true ; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Me: 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Brecon ae 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Market Bill, 
tituled, An Act for providing Market Places, and 
for regulating the Markets within the Borough of 
Brecon, in the County of Brecon; and the same 
were read as follow: 
Pr. 4. 1.27. Leave out “ place,” and insert 
“ places ;” and in the same line leave out “ dis- 
“ trict,” and insert “ districts.” 
Pr. 4. 1. 28. Leave out “ Christ,” and insert 
“ Christ’s.” 
Pr. 52. 1. ult. After “ and” insert “ subject as - 
“ hereinafter mentioned.” Del 
Pr. 53. 1. 2. Leave out from “ taken” to “ in,” 
in line 4. 
Pr. 58. 1. 24. Leave out “ markets,” and insert ; 
“ market.” Hl 
Pr. 68. 1. 20. After “ stalls” insert “ or.” Bil 
Pr. 78. 1. 27. After “ market” insert Clause (A.) 
Cuause(A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it 
shall and may be lawful to and for the said 
Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses, and they are 
hereby authorized and required to have, hold and 
keep the said respective markets for ever in the ° Sw 
said respective market-places upon Wednesday Ine 
and Saturday in every week throughout the year, 
and on such other days, and at such hours of the Ba 
day as may from time to time be appointed by the Efi 
said Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses.” ™ 


Pr. 82. 1.14. Leave out “ so.” 
Pr. 85. 1. 25. Leave out from “do” to “ And,” 
in Press 86. line 1. 
Pr. 86. 1.11. Leave out. “ day,” and insert Be 
“ days.” ” 
Pr. 87. 1. 11. Leave out “ appointed,” and in- 
sert “ appropriated.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, sib 
were agreed to. ” 
Ordered, That Mr. John Jones do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their rs 
Lordships. Ae 


Rib 
gatl 


Mr. William Williams presented a Bill to repeal Freewen's 
the Stamp Duty now paid on Admission to the A¢™" 
Freedom of Corporations in England: And the No. 360. 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Thursday next; and to be 
printed. 


A Petition of the Paving Commissioners of Saint Westminster 
James, Westminster, praying that the Westminster Pavemen® ©” 
Pavements Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Canada. 
command,—Further Copies or Extracts of Cor- No, 357: 
respondence relative to the Affairs of Lower Canada 
and Upper Canada. 

Ordered, That the Papers do lie upon the Table ; Pla 
and be printed. - 

r. 


1 Vicrortiz. 4° Maiti. 487 


Corporal Mr. Charles Wood presented, pursuant to Order, 
Punishments __a Return of the Number of Corporal Punishments 
(Nary-) inflicted in the Royal Navy, in each of the years 
1834 to 1837, both inclusive. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


tweaty-severth ~My, Fazakerley reported from the Select Com- 
Report on mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Act; and who 


whl were empowered to report the Minutes of the Evi- 
Act. dence taken before them from time to time to the 


No.359. House ; That they had made further Progress in the 
matters to them referred, and had directed him to 
report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

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


Message from A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson 
ieLords- = and Mr. Senior : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment; viz. 
Ribble Navi- A Bill, intituled, An Act to repeal an Act passed 
gion Bill. jn the forty-sixth year of the Reign of his Majesty 
King George the Third, for improving the Naviga- 
tion of the River Ribble, in the County Palatine of 
Lancaster, and for the further Improvement of the 
Navigation of the said River: 
Ashby-de-la- A Bill, intituled, An Act for the more ag | and 
Zouch Small ~~ sneedy Recovery of Small Debts within the Town 
Debis Bil. of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and other Places in the 
Counties of Leicester, Derby, Warwick and Staf- 
ord : 
Portsmouth A Bill, intituled, Ait Act for establishing a Float- 
~ acl ing Bridge or Bridges over the Harbour of Ports- 
mouth, from or near a Place called Gosport Beach, 
in the Parish of Alverstoke, in the County of South- 
ampton, to the opposite Shore, to or near a Place 
called Portsmouth Point, in the Parish of Ports- 
mouth, in the said County, with proper Approaches 
thereto : 
* Swavesey A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in 
tncosure Bill, the Parish of Swavesey, in the County of Cam- 
bridge: And also, 
Barl of The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
‘fingham’s for authorizing the Investment of a Fund under the 
‘sate Bil, "Will and Codicil of the Most noble Charles, late 
Duke of Norfolk, in the purchase of Estates in any 
part of England ; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House: And also, 
Beurle’s The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 


Nat. Bill. for naturalizing Mark Ludwig Beurle ; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

Sibeth’s The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

Na. Bil. for naturalizing John Nicholas Sibeth; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

Poo Law The Lords request, that this House will give leave 

— Major General Johnson, a Member of this House, 
to attend their Lordships, in order to his being exa- 

a mined as a Wituess before the Select Committee 


appoiuted by their Lordships to examine into the 
several cases alluded to in certain Papers relative to 
the Poor Law Amendment Act:—And then the 
Messengers withdrew. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the last part of the said Message:—And General 
vs Johnson, being present in his place, declared that 

nm he was willing, with leave of the House, to go to the 

House of Lords, as desired by their Lordships. 
Resolved, That General Johnson have leave to 
@ 90.10 the House of Lords, as desired by their Lord- 
ships, if he think fit. 
And the Messengers were again called in, and 
i. Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith :— And 
then they again withdrew. 
Benefices ; The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Peles BE, ites on the Benefices Plurality Bill; 
Vou. 93. 





And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That it be an Instruction to the Committee that 
they have Power to provide against the appointment 
in plurality to any Benefice or Cathedral Preferment, 
from and after the passing of the Bill ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, re oo , V7. 

{ Mr. John Parker : 

Tellers for the Noes, Sir Harry Verney : 1 107. 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 

(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Criavuse, N°1, agreed to. 


Crause, N° 2 (Not more than two preferments 
to be held together) read. 

Amendment proposed: P. 2. 1.18. To fill the 
blank with the word “ Two.” 

Question put. 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the f Mr. Charles Wood, 71 

Yeas, Mr. Solicitor General: J °" 

Tellers for the [ Mr. Charles Lushington, $0 

Noes, UMr. Hume: } te 

Cause, N° 2, agreed to. 

CrausE, N° 3 (Nor two preferments exceeding a 
certain yearly value) read. 

Amendment proposed: P. 2. 1. 29. To fill the 
blank with the words “ Twenty-third day of De- 
“ cember One thousand eight hundred and thirty- 
“ seven ” agreed to. 

Another Amendment proposed: To fill the 
blank with the words “ One thousand pounds.” 

Question put. 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the f Mr. Solicitor General, 65 

Yeas, Mr. Rich: - 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Hume, a 

Noes, | Mr. Warburton : } ; 

Another Amendment 880% To leave out the 
words “ exceeding the yearly value of.”’ 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed: L, 32. To fill up 
the blank with the words “ Five hundred.” 

Question put. 

The Committee divided : 











Tellers for the { Lord Dalmeny, Lop 
Yeas, Mr. Solicitor General, J ‘ 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hawes, Ace 
Noes, L Mr. Hume : } 7. 


Cuavuse, N°’ 3,as amended, agreed to. 


Cuause, N° 4, (Nor Two Benefices unless within 
ten miles of each other) read. 

Amendment proposed: To leave out all the words 
after the words “ Benefices unless” and to add the 
words: “ the income arising from such second Be- 
“ nefice be insufficient tq remunerate the services of 
“ its officiating Minister.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause ; 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed: After the words 
“ shall be” to add the words “ contiguous to.” 

Question, That those words be there added-—— 
put, and Negatived. 

Another Amendment proposed : L.39. To fill the 
blank with the word “ Ten” agreed to. 


CrauseE, N° 4, as amended, agreed to. 


CiauseE, N° 5, amended, and agreed to. 
3Q4 CLAUSE, 














488 


Craust, N° 6, postponed. 

Cuiavuse, N° 7, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 8 (Dispensation for second prefer- 
ment unnecessary) read. 

Question put, That the said Clause stand part 
of the Bill; 

The Committee divided : 





Tellers for the Yeas,{ Mr ye ap hehe }138. 
. Sir Robert Inglis, | 4, 
Tellers for the Noes, { Mr. Gladstone i 16. 


Crause, N° 9 (Present rights of possession saved) 
read. 

Amendment proposed: At the end of the Clause, 
to add the following Proviso, “ Provided always,That 
“ nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to 
prevent any persons who, at the time of the passing 
of this Act, shall be in the actual possession of 
two Benefices, frum resigning one of such Bene- 
fices, and from taking another in lieu thereof (the 
license and permission of the Archbishop of the 
province, or of the Archbishops of both provinces, 
if the Benefices be situate in both provinces, and 
of the patron or patrons of such Benefices, to be 
signified in writing under the hands of the Arch- 
bishops and patrons respectively, being thereunto | 
first had and obtained) :—Provided also, that the | 
distance, although the same may exceed ten miles, | 
between the Benefices to be holden together, by 
means of such exchange be less than the distance | 
between the respective Benefices in the possession 
of such persons at the time of the passing of this 
Act; and that such exchange be subject also to 
the restrictions as to value and population, to 
which the future helding of two Benefices is ren- 
dered liable by the provisions of this Act.” 
Question put, That this Proviso be there added ; 
The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the { Mr. Law, 1 50 
J 106. 





of 


n 


‘ 


n 


c 


“ 


« 


wn 


« 


n 


€ 


- 


‘ 


" 


‘ 


- 


“ 





~ 
nn 


&lt; 


nn 


‘ 


” 


‘ 


. 


‘ 


nan ON 


¢ 


n 


‘ 


” 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n”~ 


Yeas, Mr. Shaw: 
Tellers for the { Mr. Edward John Stanley, 
Noes, Mr. John Parker: 


Cravsez, N° 9, agreed to. 

N° 10, agreed to. 

N° 11, amended, and agreed to. 
Ciavusss, N° 12 to N° 18, agreed to. 
Ciauses, N° 19 and N° 20, postponed. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





CLAUSE, 
CLAUSE, 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal} . 


reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That the 
Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 


Adjournment, ] &gt; ' 
the House this day, adjourned till Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Ordered, That the Account of all Exchequer Bills 
issued or authorized to be issued, charged on the 
Aids or Supplies of 1838, unprovided for, which was 
presented upon the 27th day of April last, be referred 
to the Committee. 


Then the House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty-four 
millions and forty-four thousand five hundred and 
filty a be granted to Her Majesty, to pay off 
and discharge any Exchequer Bills charged on the 
Aids or Supplies of the year 1838, now remaining 
— and unprovided for. 

Resolution to be reported. 


Supply; 


Exchequer Bills. 


Exchequer 
hills, 








4°— 5° Maz. 





A. 1838. 


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


Sabbati, 5° die Maiti, 1838: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair, and Mr. Bernal 
reported, that the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Registration of Electors Bill was, according Kegistration of 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a Electors Bill, 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Westminster 
reading of the Westminster Pavements Bill ; Pavements Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Glass Duties 
mittee on the Glass Duties Bill; Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Slave Trade (Sweden) Bill was, according to slave Trade 
Order, read a second time ; and committed to a Com- (Sweden) Bill, 
mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Slave Trade (ether/ands) Bill was, accord- Slave Trade 
ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed to (Netherlands) 
a Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second China Courts 

reading of the China Courts Bill ; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Friday next. 


The Slave Trade (Hans Towns) Bill was, accord- Slave Trade 
ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed to (Hans Towns) 
a Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. = 


The Courts of Justice Buildings (Scotland) Bill, Courts of | 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and nae 
committed to a Select Committee. _— 

Ordered, That the Committee be nominated upon 
Monday next. 


Colonel Verner reported the Oaths to Witnesses Oaths to 
(Ireland) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and (Ireland) Bill: 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; oe, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House was moved, That the Order made yes- Pawnbrokers 
terday, that a Select Committee be appointed, to (Ireland.) 
inquire into the laws and regulations which affect 
the Trade of Pawnbroking im Jreland, and _ their 
practical operation; and to Report to the House 
whether any, and what, alterations may be advanta- 
geously adopted therein, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Lord Viscount 

Clements, Lord Viscount Morpeth, Mr. Emerson 
Tennent, Mr. Hutton, Mr. John Young, Mr. Pon- 
sonby, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Beamish, Mr. Corry, Mr. 
Redington, Captain Meynell, Mr. William Roche, 
Lord Viscount Adare, Sir Montagu Chapman, and 
Sir William Somerville; with Power to send for per- 
sons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the quorum. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mitttee on the Loan Societies (Jreland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 


Loan Societies 
(Ireland) Bill. 








next, resolve itself into the said Committee. “s 
le 








Municipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Suitors’ Money 
Bill. 


Sheriffs Courts 


(England) Bill. 


ill, 


Education 
(Ireland. 


Tithes Commu- 
tation. 


Commissaries 
Accounts, 


No. 361. 


Euphrates 
Expedition. 


No. 356. 


Ordnance 
Property 


(Tooley-street.) 


Kingston-upon- 


eties Hull Election, 


Bill. 


1 VicToriz. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee upon the Municipal Corporations (Jre- 
land) Bill upon Monday next, was read, and dis 
charged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
the 14th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


Ordered, 'hat leave be given to oa a Bill for 
making further Investments from the Money of the 
Suitors of the Court of Chancery and the Court of 
Exchequer, and for providing for the payment into 
Court of Fees received by certain Officers of the 
Lord Chancellor: And that Mr. Solicitor-General, 
and Mr. Attorney-General, do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in’a Bill 
to extend the Cases in which Issues may be tried 
before the Sheriff or a Judge of a Court of Record, 
for the Recovery of Debts: And that Mr. Solicitor- 
General and Captain Pechell do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


Ordered, That Sir George Strickland be dis- 
charged from any further attendance on the Select 
Committee on Education (Zreland). 

Ordered, That Mr. William Owen Stanley be 
added to the Committee. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
the 4th day of April last, That there be laid before 
this House, a eine of all Agreements for the 
Commutation of Tithes, which have been confirmed 
by the Tithe Commissioners from the 19th day of 
December 1837 to the 1st day of April 1838, might 
be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Return be further extended 
to the 1st day of this instant May. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Abstracts of the Commissaries’ Accounts of Receipts 
into, and Payments from, the several Military 
Chests; with summary Statements of the Expen- 
diture Abroad, on Account of the Extraordinaries 
of the Army, during the period from 1st April 1836 
to 31st March 1837. 

Mr. Robert Steuart accordingly presented the said 
Abstracts. 

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


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Euphra- 
tes Expedition, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before one of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
Monday next. 








Lune, 7° die Maiti; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


APTAIN Deans Dundas presented, pursuant 
to Order,—a Copy of the Contract or Agree- 
ment entered into for the Sale of the Ordnance Pro- 


perty in Tooley-street, together with a Statement of 


the Sum actually received on account of such Sale. 
- — That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Sir George Strickland, from the Select Com- 
mittee a pointed to try and determine the merits of 
the Petition of Frank Rawson and others, Elec- 
tors of the Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, com- 


plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Vot. 93. 


a 
ae 


4°— 5°79 Mazz. 





489 


said Borough, informed the House, That the Com- 
mittee had determined, 


That William Wilberforce, Esquire, is not duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough : 


That William Hutt, Esquire, is duly elected, and 
ought to have been returned a Burgess to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough: 


That Sir Walter Charles James, Baronet, is duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough : 

That the said Petition of Frank Rawson and 
others, did not appear to the Committee to be fri- 
volous or vexatious : 


That the opposition to the said Petition did 
not appear to the Committee to be frivolous or 
vexatious. 

That the Committee had altered the Poll taken 

at the said Election, by striking off the names of 
Matthew Griswood, John Hodgson, William Holmes, 
Robert Graham, John North, William Jackson, 
Samuel Walton, William Bailey, John Newmarsh, 
Robert Young, William Coates, John Jennings, 
Thomas Fryer, John Westerdale, John Wright, Ro- 
bert Wright, Thomas Watson, James Healas, William 
Baker, George Gould, Edward Stevenson, senior, 
William Cooper, John Savage, William Rhodes, 
John Appleby, Jacob Sissons, John Tasker, John 
Headly, William Watson, John Shepherd Dunn, 
Stephen Pratt, James Hoddall, Erle Cherry, John 
Noble Wharton, Robert Headly, William Oliver, 
John Newton, Charles Simpson, William Ablett, 
James Goddard, John Robinson, Edward Ayre, 
Richard Davis, John Percival, Edward Thompson, 
William Baylis, senior, William Baylis, junior, 
Aaron Johnson, John Willingham, William Burton, 
senior, William Burton, junior, Richard Catley, 
Samuel Cavill, John Tall, Robert Lee, George 
Young, Robert Tadman, James Yeal Grover, John 
Wilson, Thomas Latus, William Johnson, Thomas 
Freebody, Walter Wilberforce, Thomas Croft, Ro- 
bert Thorley, George Leng, Henry Spendlove, Robert 
Lee, junior, William Bores, Timothy Hudson, John 
Woodford Scorge, Aaron Baldock, yf tee Longhorn, 
John Bradbury, Thomas Digby, Henry Masterman, 
William Browne, William Wheldale, Thomas Maw, 
James Lloyd, John Hall, Charles Emmanuel Leuty, 
William Wilkinson, John Allen, as not having had 
a right to vote at the said Election; and by adding 
the names of John Rollett, John Smith, Richard 
Crossby Mowbray, Robert Wright, John Wright, 
Edward Stainbank, Daniel Oxtoby, William Wil- 
kinson, Joseph Wilson, and Robert Hudson, as having 
had a right to vote at the said Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend Clerk of the 
this House To-morrow, with the last Return for the Crown to 
the Borough of Kingston-upon- Hull, and amend the *™*"¢ Return. 
same, by rasing out the name of William Wilberforce, 
Esquire, and inserting the name of William Hutt, 
Esquire, instead thereof. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Leicester, praying Leicester 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel Gas Bill. 
or agents, against certain parts of the Leicester Gas 
Bill, was presented, and read ; 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Mr. Grantley Berkeley reported from the Com- Dean Forest 
mittee on Dean Forest Roads Bill; That they had ®o*4s Bil. 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

3R A Petition 








Birmingham 
and Derby 
Railway. 


Turton and 
Entwisle 
Reservoir Bill, 





Fishguard 
Harbour Bill. 








Bedford 
Borough 
Election. 










Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway Bill. 













490 


A Petition of the Birmingham and Derby Junc- 
tion Railway Company, under their common seal, 
for leave to present a Petition for leave to bring in a 
Bill to alter and amend the line of the Birmingham 
and Derby Railway, was presented, and read; and 
reterred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Mr. Bootle Wilbraham reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Turton and Entwisle Reservoir Bill ; 
and to whom several Petitions against the said Bill 
were referred; That they had considered the said 
Petitions, and had heard counsel in support of seve- 
ral of them; and had also heard counsel in favour 
of the Bill; and that they had examined the alle- 
gations of the Bill, and found the same to be true ; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 


7° Mai. 





ments thereunto; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Mr. Poulett Thomson reported from the Commit- 
tee on the Fishguard Harbour Bill; and to whom a 
Petition against the said Bill was referred; That 
they had heard counsel in support of the said Peti- 
tion; and had also heard counsel in favour of the 
Bill; and had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill, 
(That the expense of the Company in obtaining 
their former Act, and of the opposition to the pre- 
sent Act, shall be paid out of the fund of Five thou- 
sand pounds.) 

And the said Clause was brought up, and read 
the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Mr. John Jones, 

Mr. Rice Trevor : 
woe Mr. Fox Maule, 

Tellers for the Noes, Sir Henry Parnell: 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


a4. 


83. 


Lord Viscount Ebrington, from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed to try and determine the merits of 
the Petition of George Peter Livius and others, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Didcugh of Bedford, informed the House, 

That the Committee met this day, pursuant to 
their adjournment of Saturday last; when the Chair- 
man read a Letter from Mr. Thomas Charlton Whit- 
more, one of the Members of the said Committee, 
stating that he would be prevented attending the 
Committee, owing to the alarming illness of three of 
his children, and that the Committee thereupon ad- 
journed till ‘To-morrow, at eleven of the clock. 

And the House being informed that Mr. Whit- 
more, the father of Mr. Thomas Charlton Whitmore 
attended at the door, he was called in, and at the 
bar stated (upon oath) that he had received a Letter 
this morning from Lady Louisa Whitmore, inform- 
ing him that the children of Mr. Charlton Whitmore 
were ina very dangerous state of health :—And then 
he was directed to withdraw. 

Ordered, That Mr. Whitmore be excused for not 
attending the Committee this day, and have leave 
to absent himself from any further attendance on 
the said Committee. ' 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed upon 
Thursday last, That, under the special circumstances 





A. 1838. 


of the case of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway 
Bill, this House will dispense with the Standing 
Order, upon the introduction of a Clause into the 
Bill, by which the sum now deposited shall not be 
withdrawn until a sum equal to ten per cent. of the 
subscribed capital shall have been paid up by the 
subscribers to the Undertaking, on the amount of 
their shares, and shall have been deposited as di- 
rected by the Standing Order :—The House resumed 
the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being again proposed ; 

An Amendment was proposed to he made to the 
Question, by inserting after the word “ Under- 
“ taking ” the words “as instalments.” 

And the Question being put, That the words “ as 
“ instalments ” be there inserted :—It was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put; 

Resolved, That, under the special circumstances 
of the case of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway 
Bill, this House will dispense with the Standing 
Order, upon the introduction of a Clause into the 
Bill, by which the sum now deposited shall not be 
withdrawn until a sum equal to ten per cent. of the 
subscribed capital shall have been paid up by the 
subscribers to the Undertaking as instalments on 
the amount of their shares, and shall have been 
deposited as directed by the Standing Orders. 





sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





was read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause was offered to be added to 
the Bill by way of Rider, “ granting Compensation 
to the Trustees of the Stirling Roads:” And the 
said Clause was brought up, and read the first time. 

Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the said Clause be now read a se- 
cond time :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

A. Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Debate be adjourned till Thursday next ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. : 

Tellers for the { Sir James Graham, 57 


Yeas, | Colonel Sibthorp : ; 
Tellers for the { Mr. Attorney-General, } 130 
Noes. Lord William Bentinck: ; 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the said Clause 
be now read a second time :—It was resolved in the 
Affirmative. 

The said Clause was accordingly read a second 
and third time, and agreed to, to be made part of the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Then several other ingrossed Clauses were added, 
by way of Riders; and Amendments were made to 
the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Attorney-General do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


West Bromwich; — Handsworth; and, the 
seer of the Poor and Ley-Payers of Minshull Vernon, 
| and other places ; praying, that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Grand Junction Railway Bill,—were 
presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Pe- 
titioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit ; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said 





Petitions. 
Mr. 


Petitions from Argyle ;-— Tain ;—and, Ross and gainburgh 
Cromartie ; praying that the Edinburgh and Glas- aud Glasgow 
gow Railway Bill, may pass into a law,—were pre- Railway Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill for making a Railway from gainburgh 
Edinburgh to Glasgow, to be called the Edinburgh and Glasgow 
and Glasgow Railway, with a Branch to Falkirk, Railway Bill. 


Petitions from the Surveyors of the Baers iN Grand Sanetion 
ver- Railway Bill. 





Tramore 
Drainage Bill. 


Deal Pier Bill. 


Salterhebble 
Roads Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Haileybury 
College Bill. 


Leominster 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Combmartin 
Roads Bill. 


Clergy Resi- 
dences Bill. 


Southampton 
Docks Bill. 


Coal Trade 
(Port of Lon- 
don) Bill. 


Negro Appren- 
ticeship, 


Earl of 
Eifingham’s 
Estate Bill, 


Benefices 
Plurality Bill. 


1 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Villiers Stuart presented a Bill for draining, 
embanking, and reclaiming the Back Strand of 
Tramore, in the County of Waterford: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Sir Thomas Troubridge reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Deal Pier Bill ; That they had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true ; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants, and Owners and Occu- 
piers of Property in Stainland, praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Salterhebble Roads Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Adam and 
Mr. Senior : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment, viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Commis- 
sioners for the Affairs of India, to make Rules and 
Regulations for Haileybury College. : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend an Act of the 
forty-eighth year of the reign of His Majesty King 
George the Third, relating to the Improvement of 
the Town of Leominster, in the County of Hereford: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for making a Turnpike 
Road, from Combmartin, in the County of Devon, 
to Bratton Down, in the same county, and several 
other Roads in the Neighbourhood thereof: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House, to the Bill, intituled, An Act to 
amend the Law for providing fit Houses for the Re- 
sident Clergy, without any Amendment :—And then 
the Messengers withdrew. 


The Southampton Docks Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed to Lord Viscount Duncan, and 
the Southampton List. 


A Petition of the British Gas Light Company, 
praying that provision may be made in the Coal 

rade (Port of Zondon) Bill, whereby all persons 
and companies freighting vessels with coals to the 
Port of London, or having vessels laden with coals 
for their own consumption, or having contracted for 
the purchase of cargoes of coals, on arrival in the 
Port of London, may procure such vessels to be dis- 
charged as heretofore, without being unnecessarily 
delayed, was presented, and read; and referred to 
to the Select Committee on the Bill. 


Petitions from Redmire;— Thornton Rust; — 
Hawes (in Wensleydale) ;—Carperby ;—and, Guis- 
brough ; praying for the abolition of the system of 
Negro Apprenticeship,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Earl of Effingham’s Estate Bill, was read the 
first time, and ordered to be read a second time. 


Petitions from Clergy of the Archdeaconry of 
Essex ;—Dean and Chapter of Christ Church, Ox- 
ford; — Saint Michael's, Derby; — Saint Peter’s, 
Derby ;—All Saints, Derby ;—and, Trinity Church, 
Derby; praying that the Benefices Plurality Bill 
— not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Voi. 93. 


7° Mair. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Benefices 





491 


into a Committee upon the Benefices Plurality 
Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Cause, N° 21, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravse, N° 22, postponed. 


Crausszs, N°23 and N° 24, amended, and agreed 
to. 


Crausss, N° 25 and N° 26, agreed to. 


Cravuse, Ne 27 (Certain spiritual persons not to 
be liable to penalties for non-residence)——read. 

Amendment proposed: P. 12. 1. 7. After the word 
“ Cambridge,” to insert the words “ or being Sub- 
“ Dean or Treasurer of Christ Church, in the Uni- 
“ versity of Oxford.” 

Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the { Sir Robert Harry Inglis, \ 

J 





52. 


Yeas, Mr. Estcourt : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Robert Steuart, = 
Noes, Mr. John Parker : owe 


Another Amendment proposed: P. 12. 1. 8. After 
Head Master ” to insert “ or Lower Master.” 
Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 
The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the f The Marquis of Chandos, \ 


“ 


60. 


Yeas, \ Mr. Praed: f 
Tellers for the § Mr. Robert Steuart, } 7 
Noes, Mr. Robert Gordon: : 


Another Amendment proposed: At the end of the 
Clause to add the following Proviso: “ Provided 
always, “ That such Benefice shall not exceed the 
“ yearly value of Five hundred pounds, or have a 
“ population exceeding Three thousand Persons.” 

Question put, That the Proviso be there added ; 
The Committee divided : , 


; Mr. Hawes, ‘ 

Tellers for the Yeas, le Mine 2 45. 
Mr. Robert Gordon, | 

Tellers for the N oes, Mr. Robert Steuart: f 68. 


Another Amendment proposed: At the end of 
the Clause to add the following Proviso “ Provided 
“ always, That the population of such Benefice shall 
“ not exceed Three thousand persons.” 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided : 

Lord Seymour, ‘ 
Mr. John Parker : } at 
Mr. Hawes, ) 
Mr. Hume: s - 


Crause, N° 28 (Spiritual persons holding extra 
offices in the Universities, ke. not to be subject 
to penalties for non-residence on benefices, whilst 
exercising the duties of such offices)—— read. 

Amendment proposed: P. 12. 1. 14. After the 
words “ having or holding,” to insert the words “ the 
“ office of Proctor, or Public Orator, or Librarian, 
“ or Registrar.” 

Question, That the words “ the office of Proctor” 

be there inserted put, and agreed to. 

Question put, That the words “ or Public Orator, 
or Librarian, or Registrar,” be there inserted ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the { Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


Tellers for the Noes, 





Yeas, Mr. Goulburn : ees 
Tellers for the f Mr. Charles Wood, aaa 
Noes, Mr. John Parker : } op 


An Amendment made. 

Another Amendment proposed: At the end of the 
Clause to add the following Proviso: “ Provided 
“ that every Incumbent exempt from residence in 
“ his parish by office, should state the fact in writing 
“ to the Churchwardens of the parish, who shall 
“ cause such writing to be exposed in some con- 
“ spicuous place within the church walls, and such 

3 R2 “ writing 








Bankrupts’ 
Estates 


492 7° Mazi. A. 1838. 


“ writing to be removed when the exemption 
“ ceases.” 
Question put, That the Proviso be there added ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hume, 
Yeas, Mr. Charles Lushington: 
Tellers for the J Mr. Charles Wood, 
Noes, Colonel Sibthorp : 
Crauseg, N° 28, as amended, agreed to. 
Cravuse, N° 29 (Spiritual person, being a Pre- 
bendary, &amp;c. &amp;c., required to reside, and perform 
duties of a Cathedral, &amp;c., may account such re- 
sidence as if he had resided on a Benefice, pro- 
vided that he shall not be allowed to be absent from 
the Benefice for more than months) 
read. 
Proposed to fill the blank with “ Five.” 
Question put, That the blank be filled with 
“ Five ;” 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Solicitor General, } 70 
Yeas, Mr. Charles Wood: , 
Tellers for the ¢ Sir Robert Inglis, 28 
Noes, Mr. East: } yes 


Several Amendments made. 

Crause, N° 29, as amended, agreed to. 
Cravuse, N° 30, amended, and agreed to. 
Causes, N° 31 and 32, agreed to. 


Crause, N° 33 (Bishop may grant Licenses for 
non-residence in certain enumerated cases) 
read. 

Amendment proposed: P. 15. 1. 15. After the 
word “ body” to insert “ of himself, his wife or 
“ child resident with him, and making part of his 
“ family.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted —— 
put, and Negatived. 

Crause, N° 33, agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 34 to N® 36, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 37, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravusz, N° 38, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 39, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 40, agreed to. 

Crauss, N° 41, amended, and agreed to. 


Cravuss, N° 42 (Incumbents to answer queries 
transmitted to them by the Bishop)——-read. 

Several Amendments made. 

Amendment proposed: P. 19. 1. 19. At the end 
of the Clause to add the following words: “ And if 
“ such spiritual person shall wilfully refuse or ne- 
“ glect to transmit such answers, he shall forfeit a 
“ sum equal to the amount of Four per centum on 
“ the income of his Benefice.” 

Question put, That those words be there added ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hume, 1 33 

Yeas, Mr. Hawes: | np 

Tellers for the f Mr. Solicitor General, } 110 

Noes, \ Mr. Charles Wood : . 


Crausz, N° 42, as amended, agreed to. 
Cravses, N° 43 to N° 46, agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


21. 


76. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made further 
Progress in the Bill; and that he was directed to 
move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Bankrupts’ Estates (Scotland) Bill was, ac- 


cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 


(Scotland) Bill. yitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 


Monday next. 





The Order of the day ag read, for taking into Sheriff Courts 
further consideration the Report on the Sheriff (Scotland) Bill, 
Courts (Scotland) Bill :—The Bill was recommitted 
to aCommittee of the whole House :—And the House 
immediately resolved itself into the Committee. 
(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Crauszs, N° 1 to N° 6, agreed to. 

Cuiause, N° 7, (Office of Sheriff Substitute of 
Leith to cease) read. 

Amendment proposed: P. 4. 1. 3. To leave out 


from the word “ jurisdictions” to the end of the 
Clause. 


Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause——put and agreed to. 


Crause, N° 7. agreed to. 
Cravusgs, N° 8 to N° 14, agreed to. 


Crausse, N° 15, (Preparation of Records)—— 
read. 


m Question put, That the Clause stand part of the 
ill ; 
Committee divided : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Robert Stewart, 
Yeas, Mr. Wallace : } _ 
Tellers for the ¢ Sir William Rae, 2 
Noes, Mr. William Mackenzie : } ®. 


Cause, N° 16, amended, and agreed to. 

Crausg, N° 17, agreed to. 

Cxiause, N° 18, amended, and agreed to. 

Causes, N° 19 and 20, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 21, amended, and agreed to. 

Causes, N° 22 to N° 26, agreed to. 

Crausss, N°. 27 and 28, amended, and agreed to. 

Causes, N° 29 to 34, agreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 35, amended, and agreed to. 

Ciausszs, N° 36 to N° 38, agreed to. 

Schedules agreed to. 

Preamble read, and agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 

Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair, and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 


the Bill, and made other Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 





The Order of the day being read, for taking into Courtot Ses- 
further consideration the Report on the Court of Ses- sion, &amp;c. (Scot- 
sion (Scotland), &amp;c. Bill:—The Bill was recommitted land) Bill. 
to a Committee of the whole House :—And the House 
immediately resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by pa- 
ragraph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Crauss, N° 1 to N° 17, agreed to. 

Criausez, N° 18, (Extractors) ——read. 

Question put, That the said Clause stand part of 
the Bill; 

The Committee divided : s 

Mr. Robert Steuart 

Tellers for the Yeas, { Mr. Horsman : } 44, 

Tellers for the Noes, ane ‘oe } 29. 


Curavuses, N° 19 to N° 30, agreed to. 
Crauseg, N° 31, (Compensation)——read. 
Amendment proposed: P. 15.1. 4. To leave out 
“ duration of the service.” 
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
Crause, N° 31, agreed to. 
Crausgs, N° 32 to N° 36, agreed to. 
Schedules 














1 Vicroriz. 


Schedules agreed to. 
Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





t ee: 





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


Martis, 8° die Mati, 1838: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair, and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made other Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of Sup- 
ply, a Resolution, which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That a Sum not exceeding Twenty-four 
millions and forty-four thousand five hundred and 
fifty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty to pay off 
and discharge any Exchequer Bills charged on the 
Aids or Supplies of the year 1838, now remaining 
unpaid and unprovided for. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The Personal ee (Scotland) Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time ; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Monday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Advocations (Scotland) 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday the 21st day of this 
instant May; and the Bill, as amended, to be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Slave Trade (Sweden) 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Robert Steuart reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
had directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed ; and read 
the third time this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Slave Trade (Nether- 
lands) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed ; and read the 
third time this day. 


The House, according 
into a Committee upon the Slave Trade (Hans Towns) 
Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and had 
directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed; and read the 
third time this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

mittee on the Bishoprick of Sodor and Mann Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 


to Order, resolved itself 


Mari. 


493 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Factories. 


reading of the Factories Regulation Bill; Regulation Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second County Courts 
reading of the County Courts Bil : Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Monday next. 


The Kingstown and Dublin Port and Harbour Bill Kingstown and 
was, according to Order, read a second time; and Peres 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for P 
Thursday next. 


The Sea Coast Fisheries (Jreland) Bill was, ac- Sea Coast 
cording to Order, read a second time ; and committed (sedan) Bill. 
toa Committee of the whole House, for Tuesday 

next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Grand Jury 
mittee on the Grand Jury Cess (Dublin) Bill ; Cess (Dubliz) 
Resolved, That this owe will, upon Tuesday Bi. 

the 15th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 

the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply. 

Resolved, That this House will, ‘To-morrow, re- 

solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Glass Duties 
mittee on the Glass Duties Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will upon Monday next, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Committee on the Courts of Justices Build- Courts of © 
ings (Scotland) Bill, was nominated, of Mr. Robert — uaa’) 
Steuart, Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Gibson Craig, iy — 
Mr. Bannerman, Sir George Clerk, the Lord Advo- 
cate, Mr. Chalmers, Mr. Ayshford ye ia Mr. 

Bingham Baring, Sir William Rae, Mr. Hope John- 
stone, Mr. Robert Ferguson and Mr. Pringle. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


The ingrossed Bill to empower the Foreman or Oaths to 
any other Member of Grand Juries in Ireland, to Witnesses , 
administer Oaths to Witnesses on Bills of Indict- “*¢!n4) Bill. 
ment, was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Colonel Verner do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means. Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a stamps on’ 

Return of the Gross Receipt and Net Produce of Deeds, &amp;, 
the Revenue arising from the Stamp Duties on 
Deeds, Law Proceedings, and other Written Instru- 
ments, except Probates and Letters of Administra- 
tion, in England, Scotland and Ireland, respectively, 
for each of the five years ending 5th January 1811, 
1812, 1813, 1814, and 1815: 5th January 1817, 
1818, 1819, 1820 and 1821; 5th January 1827, 
1828, 1829, 1830 and 1831; and 5th January 1834, 
1835, 1836, 1837 and 1838. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a London and 
Copy of a Report on the Harbour of Port-Dynllaen, Dublin Com- 
made in pursuance of the Report of the Select ™™*"™ 
Committee appointed to inquire into the eet 
Communication between London and Dublin, an 
to consider what Improvements could be made 
therein :—Also, Copies of any Surveys or Reports 
or other Papers, which have been submitted to the 
Admiralty or other Public Office, in pursuance of 
the Report of such Select Committee, and which 





Vou, 93. 


have not already been laid before Parliament. 
3R3 The 














































































































































































































































































































i 






























































494. 7°—8° Maiz. 


Parliamentary | 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to provide 


poe a) Bill for the better Regulation of Municipal Corporations 
ms aa ‘in the several Burghs and Towns of Scotland, which 
0, 363. 


now return or contribute to return Members to Par- 
liament, and are not Royal Burghs: And the same 
was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Friday the 18th day of this instant 
May ; and to be printed. 


Royal Burghs The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to provide 
(Scotland) Bill. fo» the better Regulation of Municipal Corporations 
No. 364. in the Royal Burghs of Scotland: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Friday, the 18th day of this instant 

May; and to be printed. 


Suitors’ Money Mr. Solicitor General presented a Bill for making 
7. further investments from the Money of the Suitors 
No. 365. of the Court of Chancery and the Court of Exche- 
quer, and for providing for the Payment into Court 
of Fees received by certain Officers of the Lord 
Chancellor: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Friday 

next ; and to be printed. 


Sheriffs Courts = Mr. Solicitor General presented a Bill to extend 
(England) Bill. the Cases in which Issues may be tried before the 
No. 366. Sheriff or a Judge of a Court of Record, for the 
Recovery of Debts: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 

upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 


Public Mr. George William Wood reported from the Se- 
Wothions, lect Committee on Public Petitions; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented from the 30th day 
of April last, to the 4th day of this instant May, 
both inclusive ; and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House ; 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Pilotage Bill. Mr. John Parker presented a Bill for the regu- 
No. 367. lation of Pilotage throughout the United Kingdom : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday next ; and 
to be printed. 
Emigration. Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of a Report dated 28th April 1838, from 
Mr. Elliot, Agent-General for Emigration from the 
United Kingdom, to the Secretary of State for the Co- 
lonies :—Copy of the Annual Report from the Agent 
for Emigration in Canada, for 1837 :—And, Copies 
or Extracts of any Correspondence between the Se- 
cretary of State for the Colonies and the Governors 
of the Australian Colonies, respecting Emigration, 
since the Papers presented to this House in June 
1837. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this Rents as are 
of Her Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Ventilation of 
the House. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of a Letter addressed by Sir Frederick Trench 
No. 358. to Lord Viscount Duncannon, dated 6th May 1838, 
containing further observations relative to the mode 
of ventilating the House of Commons proposed by 
Dr. Reid. 

Mr. Edward John Stanley accordingly presented 
the said Paper. 

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


Cape of Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Good Hope. to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies or Extracts of Correspondence be- 
tween the Government and the Governors of the 





A. 1838. 


Cape of Good Hope, or the Governor of the Eastern 
District of the Colony, relating to the Emigration of 
certain Inhabitants of that District in the years 
1836 and 1837, and their proceedings beyond the 
frontiers of the Cape Colony subsequent to that 
eriod. g 

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


Mr. Charles Wood presented, pursuant to Order, Hastings 
—a Return of the extra expense incurred in the Ship of Wa. 
Hastings, Seventy-four, for the purpose of fitting 
her up for carrying the Earl of Durham and his 
suite to Canada. 

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


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Pawn- Pawnbrokers 
brokers, &amp;c. (Ireland), which were presented upon (Ireland.) 
the 26th day of April last, be referred to the Select 
Committee on Pawnbrokers (Zreland.) 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Northern Northem 
Lighthouses, which was presented, upon the 27th Lighthouses. 
day of April last, be printed. No, 372. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Newspaper Newspaper 
Stamps, which was presented upon Friday last, be Stamps. 
printed. No. 368, 

Ordered, That the Account relative to Foreign foreign Wine, 
a was presented upon Friday last, be No, ggo, 
printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the Public Public Income. 
Income, which was presented upon Friday last, be No. 370. 
printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Corporal Corporal 
Punishments (Navy), which was presented upon /unishments 


Navy. 
Friday last, be printed. ' No. m 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Court of Court of 
Chancery, which was presented upon Friday last, Chancery. 
be printed. No. 373. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after twelve of the clock 
on Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Martis, 8° die Maii; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


4 i ‘HE hour appointed for taking into considera- Blackbur 


tion the Petition of George Dewhurst, of Black- —_" 


burn, in the County of Lancaster, Reed Maker, com- piections. 


plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
said Borough being come; 

Mr. Speaker took the Chair. 

The Serjeant-at-Arms was sent with the Mace to 
the places adjacent, to require the attendance of the 
Members on the business of the House; and being 
returned ; 


The Clerk of the Crown, attending according to ert 
Order, amended the Return for the Borough of mos ety 
Kingston-upon- Hull. 


Then the House was counted by Mr. Speaker, and 
one hundred and forty-seven Members being present ; 
And the Petition of Richard Roberts, of Denbigh, 
in the county of Denbigh, Labourer, and James 
Ellis, of the same place, Sawyer, Electors of the 
Borough of Denbigh, in the cag: | of Denbigh, on 
behalf of themselves and others, claiming a nght to 
vote fora Member to serve in Parliament for the 
said Borough, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the said borough of Denbigh, being 
also ordered to be taken into consideration upon 
this day ; 

And Samuel Robinson, of Denbigh, in the County 
of Denbigh, Labourer, and John Salusbury, of the 
same 














Wa 


tw bed be 











1 Victoriz. 


same place, Wheelwright, Electors of the Borough 
of Denbigh, in the County of Denbigh, having by 
an Order of the House of the 15th day of December 
last, been admitted Parties to defend the Return 
of the sitting Member for the said Borough ; 

The several Parties, their counsel and agents, 
were directed to be called in. 


And the door being locked ; 

And no Parties, counsel or agents, appearing on 
behalf of either of the said Petitions :—The Orders 
for considering the said Petitions were severally read, 
and discharged. 


Mr. William Miles, from the Select Committee 
appointed to try and determine the merits of the 
Petition of James Stewart, and others, Electors, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the City of Waterford, informed the House, 

That it appeared to the Committee, that Richard 
Cooke, a witness under examination before them, 
had been served with the Speaker’s Warrant to pro- 
duce certain Documents specified therein, but that, 
by some error on his part, he had omitted to bring 
the same with him, and they are still remaining in 
his office in Waterford : 

That it also appeared to the Committee that the 
Sheriff had omitted to execute the Affidavit required 
by the Act of Parliament, 1 Geo. 4. c. 11. s. 3, and 
that the Witnesses necessary to prove the Poll- 
Books had not arrived : 

That it appeared to the Committee that the pro- 
duction of these Witnesses and Documents was es- 
sentially necessary for the purposes of justice; but 
that it will be adviseable to adjourn the sittings of 
the Committee until Monday the 14th day of this 
instant May, to give time for the arrival of the wit- 
nesses and documents in question. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to adjourn 

till Monday next. 
Turton and 


mee An ingrossed Bill to amend an Act for making 
Reservoir Bill, 224 maintaining the Turton and Entwisle Reservoir, 
was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Mark Philips do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Waterford City 
Election. 


British Pledge 


Petitions from Pawnbrokers of Leigh ;—Bolton- 
Society Bill. 


le-Moors ; —Chorley; —and, Rochester, Chatham, 
Strood and Brompton; praying that they may be 
heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the British Pledge Society Bill,—were pre- 
sented, and read, and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Overseers of the Poor and Rate- 


Grand Junction 


—_— payers of Wharton, in the county of Chester, praying 
that the Grand Junction Railway Bill may not pass 
into a law as it now stands, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Committee on the Bill. 

Farringdon A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 


ante) posed, That the Farringdon-street (London) Bill be 


now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question, viz., to leave out the word 
“ now” and at the end of the Question to add the 
words “ upon this day Six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “now” 
stand part of the Question :—It was resolved in the 
Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :— The Bill was accordingly read a second time. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 


proposed, That the Bill be committed :—And a De- | °® 


bate arising thereupon ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Debate be adjourned till Tues- 
day next :—It passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the Bill be 
committed :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That the Bill be committed to Sir Mat- 
thew Wood and the Middlesex List. 

Voi. 93. 


8° Maz. 





495 


Mr. Yorke reported from the Committee on the Chesterton 
Chesterton Inclosure Bill; and to whom two Peti- Inclosure Bill, 
tions against the said Bill were referred; That the 
had considered the said Petitions, and had heard 
counsel in support of one of them; and had ex- 
amined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of 
the Committee ; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

And the House being informed that other Amend- 
ments are necessary to be made to the Bill;—The 
Bill was recommitted to the former Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit 
and proceed, and to make their report upon Thurs- 
day next. 


The Metropolitan Suspension Bridge Bill was Metropolitan 
read a second time; and committed to Sir Matthew pa ag 
Wood, and the Middlesex List. — 


Beurle’s Naturalization Bill was read the first Beurle’s 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. Nat. Bill. 


Sibeth’s Naturalization Bill was read the first Sibeth’s 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. Nat. Bill. 


A Petition of Trustees for repairing and main- Buckstones 
taining the Road from Rochdale, in the county and Elland 
Palatine of Lancaster to Halifax and Elland, in the Brils* Reads 
West Riding of the county of York, praying that 
they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Buckstones and Elland 
Bridge Roads Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


The Fen Drayton Inclosure Bill was read a Fen Drayton 
second time; and committed to Mr. Yorke and the Inclosure Bill. 
Cambridge List. 


Petitions from Stainland (two Petitions) ;—and, Salterhebble 
Stainland and Elland-cum-Greetland ; praying that Reads Bill. 
the Salterhebble Roads Bill may pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


An ingrossed Bill to alter and amend an Act Fishguard | 
passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled, Mathew Om. 
An Act for improving the Harbour and Port of Fish- 
guard, otherwise Abergwain, in the County of Pem- 
broke, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Commit- Twenty-eighth 
tee on the Poor Law Amendment Act ; and who were — on Poor 
empowered to report the Minutes of the Evidence (err Aact. 
taken before them from time to time to the House; yy, 374. 
That they had made further Progress in the matters : 
to them referred ; and had directed him to report the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

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


The House proceeded to take into further con- Bristol and 
sideration the bane which, upon the 30th day of Exeter Railway 
April last, was made from the Committee on the _ 

Bristol and Exeter Railway Bill; printed Copies of 
the Bill having been delivered at the door upon 
Friday last ; and the Amendments were read, and 
reed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Petitions from Owners, Lessees, and Occupiers of Oldham Gas 
Mills and other property in Oldham ,—and, Com- and Watrr- 
missioners for Paving, &amp;c., the Township of Oldham, . 
praying, that the Oldham Gas and Waterworks Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read; 





and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
3R4 Ordered, 


Revising 
Barristers. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Consolidated 
Fund Bill. 


Lower King’s 
Ferry Roads 
Bill. 


West India 
Docks, &amp;c. ,Bill. 


Cookham 
Bridge Bill, 


Expiring Laws. 


Cookham 
Bridge Bill. 


496 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Total Number of days in each 


year, during which the whole of the Barristers ap- | ‘ 


pointed to revise the Lists of Voters for the Counties, 
Cities and Boroughs, in England and Wales, were 
employed in performance of their duty :—Of the 
Number of Barristers appointed in each year; and 
of the Total Cost of such Revision in each year. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Adam and | 


Mr. Senior: 


Mr. Speaker, 


The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- | 


lowing, without Amendment, viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to apply the Sum of 
Eight millions out of the Consolidated Fund, to the 
service of the year One thousand eight hundred and 
thirty-eight. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to alter and amend the 
powers and provisions of an Act relating to the Lower 


King’s Ferry Roads, in the Counties of Flint and | 


Chester, and for making a new Road to communicate 
therewith, and for other purposes relating thereto : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend the several 
Acts relating to the West India Dock Company, 
and the East India Dock Company, and to conso- 
lidate the said Companies: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for building a Bridge over the River Thames, 
from Cookham, in the County of Berks, to the oppo- 
site shore, in the Parish of Wooburn, in the County 
of Bucks, with Amendments ; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of a Re- 
port made from the Select Committee appointed by 
this House in the present Session of Parhament, to 
inquire in relation to the expired and expiring laws: 
And also, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the Re- 
port made from the Select Committee appointed by 
this House in the present Session of Parliament on 
Postage; together with the Minutes of Evidence 
taken before the Committee, and the Appendix 
thereto :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an answer to 
the last parts of the said message by Messengers of 
their own. 

And the Messengers were again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith :— And then 
they again withdrew. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for building a Bridge over the River 
Thames, from Cookham, in the County of Berks, to 
the opposite shore, in the Parish of Wooburn, in the 
the County of Bucks; and the same were read as 
follow : 

Eee Be A. 
“ Charles 
Clark.” 

Pr. 9. ls. 30 &amp; 31. After “undertaking,” insert 
Clause A. 

Cuiavss A. “ And be it further enacted, That it 
shall be lawful for the several proprietors for the 
time being of the said undertaking, and they are 
hereby empowered, whether before or after any 
call shall have been paid in respect of any shares 
held by them respectively, to pay in advance, in 
case the Directors shall think proper to accept 
the same, which they are hereby seer aioe to do, 
to such person as the said Directors shall appoint, 
the respective Sums of Money by them respec- 
tively subscribed for, or such part or proportion 
thereof as shall be wanting over and above the 
amount, if any, actually paid in respect of such 
shares, to make up the full sum of Twenty-five 


yo Leave out “ John Lee,” and insert 
enables, John Edwards Langton, Joseph 


ity 
«“ 
‘ 

““ 
“ 
«“ 
if 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
it 
“ 


8° Maiz. 


A. 1838. 


pounds, in respect of each such share ; and the 
said Company shall, and they are hereby required 
to pay interest at such rate not exceeding the rate 
of Four pounds for every One hundred pounds, 
by the year, upon the principal Monies which 
shall have been so paid in advance, or for so much 
thereof as shall from time to time exceed the 
amount of the calls which shall have been made 
upon the shares in respect of which such money 
shall have been paid in advance as aforesaid, as 
the subscriber paying such sum in advance and 
the Directors for the time being of the said Com- 
pany shall agree upon.” 

r. 36. 1. 35. After “‘ to,” insert “ divert.” 
Pr. 37. 1. 2. After “ for,” insert “ diverting.” 
Pr. 37. 1.10. After “advisable,” insert, “ or for 
diverting such roads, where by such diversion they 
may be rendered more direct.” 





The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
| Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 





| New Gravel-lane, Shadwell, in the county of Mid- 
| dlesex, Merchant, for leave to present a Petition for 
leave to bring in a Bill for the formation of a Com- 
pany, to be called “ The Colonial Patent Sugar 
Company,” for the purpose of purchasing the Patent 
granted to the Petitioners, for their invention of 
Improvements in making and refining Sugar, was 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 





| to take into consideration the propriety of Abolish- 
| Ing the First Fruits of the Clergy in England and 
| Wales, and the more effectual rating, and the better 
collection of the Tenths applicable to the mainte- 
nance of the Poor Clergy ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the; Mr Baines, 
Yeas, Mr. Gally Knight : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Solicitor-General, \ 
Noes, \ Mr. Fox Maule : I 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Resolved, That this House will immediately re- 
solve itself into the said Committee :—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee. 


} 48. 


2 


7. 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That it is 
expedient that a better provision for the mainte- 
nance of the Poor Clergy of the Established Church 
of England and Wales should be afforded than that 
which at present exists, to be derived from the re- 
venues of the said Church. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Gally 
Knight reported, That the Committee had made 
Progress in the matter to them referred ; and that 
he was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 





to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the several Acts of the Legislature 
of Upper Canada in the last Session, for the Preser- 
vation of the Peace, and for the Trial of Persons 





charged 





A Petition of Charles Terry, of Shoe-lane, in the Sugar Refining 
City of Zondon, Merchant, and William Parker, of Patent. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, First Fruits 
That this House do resolve itself into a Committee, #4 Tenths 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Canada. 


Prussian ; 
Commercial 
Treatye 


Woodley 
Troop of 
Yeomanry. 


Loan Societies 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Sheriff Courts 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Court of 
Session, &amp;c. 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Slave Trade 
(Sweden) Bill, 


Slave Trade 
{iiethertands) 
ill, 


Slave Trade 
— Towns) 


1 Vicroriz. 


charged with Insurrection and Revolt against the 
Government of the Province; stating the Dates on 
which the several Bills received the Royal Sanc- 
tion :—Return of the Names and Quality or Station 
of the several Persons arrested in Upper Canada, 
and placed in confinement in the Prisonsin Toronto, 
and other places in the Province, on a charge of 
Insurrection, or Treason, the Dates of their Arrest 
and Discharge, and, if tried, whether by Court Mar- 
tial or Civil Courts, with the result of such Trials 
severally ; also the Number in Prison at the time of 
the last Dispatch :—And a similar Return for Lower 
Canada. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Prussian Commercial Union 
Treaty ; and, Return of the Names of the several 
States which have joined that Union, and the Dates 
at which they so joined; and also the Names of 
the several States in Germany which have not agreed 
to join that Union; together with a Return of the 
Population of each of those States respectively, from 
the latest census. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question was ee 
osed, That an humble Address be presented to Her 
Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give 
directions that there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Report of the state of efficiency of the 
Woodley Troop of Berkshire Yeomanry Cavalry, on 
its inspection in the year 1837:—And the said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Loan Societies (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Robert Steuart reported the Sheriff Courts 
(Scotland) Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Friday 
next. 


Mr. Robert Steuart reported the Court of Session, 
&amp;c., (Scotland) Bill; and the Amendments, were 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Friday 
next. 


The ingrossed Rill, to carry into effect an addi- 
tional Article to a Treaty with Sweden relative to 
the Slave Trade, was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. , 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill for carrying into effect an ad- 
ditional Article to a Treaty with the Netherlands, 
relating to the Slave Trade, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill for carrying into effect a Con- 
vention of Accession of the Hans Towns to two Con- 
ventions with the King of the French for suppressing 

Vou. 93. 





8°—9° Mair. 497 


the Slave Trade, was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 

Resotved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr, Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


‘ Ordered, That the Paper te ya to the Ordnance Ordnance 
roperty ( Tooley-street), which was presented yes- Property 
terday, be sieteh. : WS" (Tooley-street) 
; No. 375. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the Hastings Hastings 
Ship of War, which was presented yesterday, be Ship of War. 
printed. No. 376 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Mercurii, 9° die Maiti ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


M* Ledger, from the Warden and Assistants of Dover 
Dover Harbour, was called in; and at the Harbour. . 
bar presented, pursuant to the directions of an Act 
of Parliament,—An Account of the receipt and ap- 
plication of the Monies received by the Warden and 
Assistants of the Harbour of Dover, in the County 
of Kent, from the 10th day of October 1836, to the 
= day of October 1837:—And then he with- 

rew. 

Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 

Table. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee plackburn 
on the Blackburn Gas Bill; That they had exa- Gas Bill. 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the same 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The South Holland Drainage Bill was read a South Holland 
second time ; and committed to Mr. Handley and Drainage Bill. 
the Lincoln List. 


A Message by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the Royal Assent 

Black Rod : to Bills. 
Mr. Speaker. 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Con.mission for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
several Acts agreed upon by both Woeiii, do de- 
sire the immediate attendance of this Honourable 
House in the House of Peers, to hear the Commis- 
sion read. 

Accordingly Mr.Speaker, with the House, went- 
up to the House of Peers, where a Commission 
under the Great Seal was read, giving, declaring 
and notifying the Royal Assent to the several 
Public and Private Bills therein mentioned; and 
that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared 
the Royal Assent to the said Bills: Which Bills 
are as follow : 

An Act to apply the Sum of Eight millions out Consolidated 
of the Consolidated Fund, to the service of the year ¥4 Bill. 
One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. 

An Act to amend the Law for providing fit Houses Clergy Resi- 
for the Beneficed Clergy. dences Bill. 

An Act to enable the Commissioners for the Affairs Huileybury 
of India, to make Rules and Regulations for Hailey- College Bill. 
bury College. 

An Act to repeal an Act passed in the forty-sixth Ribble Naviga- 

ear of the reign of his Majesty King George the “ Bil 
Third, for improving the N avigation of the River 

ibble, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and 
for the further Improvement of the Navigation of the 
said River. 

An Act to amend the several Acts relating to the West India 
West India Dock Company and the East seit a ote 

3s Dock ~ 


=e 




























































fa a 






Seals a caestaese 


Cookham 
Bridge Bill. 


Portsmouth 
Floating Bridge 
Bill, 


Brecon 
Market Bill. 


Tenby 
Improvement 
and Harbour 
Bill. 


Leominster 
Improvement 


Bill. 


Ashby-de-la- 
Zouch Small 
Debts Bill, 


Wibsey and 
Huddersfield 
Road Bill. 


Ellesmere 
Roads Bill, 


Combmartin 
Roads Bill. 


Lower King’s 
Ferry Roads 
Bill. 


Bratton Fleming 
Inclosure Bill. 


Swavesey 
Inclosure Bill, 


Albano’s 
Nat. Bill. 


Behrens’ 
Nat. Bill. 


Bary (Lancase 
ter) Waterworks 
Bill. 


Boughrood 
Bridge Bill. 


Curbridge 
Inclosure Bill. 


Birkenhead 
Improvement 
Bill. 


438 


Dock Company, and to consolidate the said Com- 
panies. 

An Act for building a Bridge over the River 
Thames, from Cookham, in the County of Berks, to 
the opposite Shore in the County of Buchs. 

An Act for establishing a Floating Bridge or 
Bridges over the Harbour of Portsmouth, from or 
near a place called Gosport Beach, in the Parish of 
Alverstohe in the County of Southampton, to the 
opposite Shore to or near a place called Portsmouth 
Paint in the Parish of Portsmouth, in the said 
County, with proper Approaches thereto. 

An Act for providing Market-places, and for re- 
gulating the Markets within the Borough of Brecon 
in the County of Brecon. 

An Act for the Improvement of the Borough of 
Tenby in the County of Pembroke, and for regulat- 
ing and maintaining the Harbour and Pier belonging 
thereto. 

An Act to amend an Act of the forty-eighth year 
of the reign of his Majesty King George the Third, 
relating to the Improvement of the Town of Leo- 
minster, in the County of Hereford. 

An Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery of 
Small Debts within the Town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch 
and other places in the Counties of Leicester, Derby, 
Warwick and Stafford. 

An Act for more effectually repairing and main- 
taining the Road from Top of Odsall near Bradford, 
through Wibsey Low Moor, to Huddersfield, in the 
West Riding of the County of York. 


An Act for repairing, amending and maintaining 
the Road from Shrewsbury, through Ellesmere, in the 
County of Salop, to Wrexham, in the County of 
Denbigh, and other Roads branching out of the 
same. 

An Act for making a Turnpike Road from Comb- 
martin, in the County of Devon, to Bretton Down, 
in the same County, and several other Roads in the 
Neighbourhood thereof. 

An Act to alter and amend the powers and pro- 
visions of an Act relating to the Lower King’s Ferry 
Roads, in the Counties of Flint and Chester, and 
for making a new Road to communicate therewith, 
and for other purposes relating thereto. 

An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of 
Bratton Fleming, in the County of Devon. 

An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of 
Swavesey, in the County of Cambridge. 

An Act for naturalizing Benedetto Albano. 


An Act for naturalizing George Lewis Augustus 
Behrens. : 


Mr. Richard Walker reported from the Committee 
on the Bury (Lancaster) Waterworks Bill; That 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Colonel Wood reported from the Committee on 
the Boughrood Bridge Bill; That they had exa- 
mmed the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


_ The Curbridge Inclosure Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed to Lord Norreys and the Oz- 
ford List. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend an Act passed in the 
third year of the reign of his late Majesty King 
William the Fourth, intituled, An Act for paving, 
lighting, watching, cleansing and otherwise im- 


9° Mai. 





A. 1838. 


proving the Township or Chapelry of Birkenhead, 
in the County Palatine of Chester, and for regulat- 
ing the Police thereof, and for establishing a Mar- 
ket within the said Township, was read the third 
time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. John Jervis do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for making several Branches in Bristol ana 
the County of Somerset from the Line of the Bristol Exeter Railway 
and Exeter Railway, and for amending the Act re- B#!. 
lating to such Railway, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Divett do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for the more easy and speedy Oakham, &amp;c., 
Recovery of Small Debts within the Parishes of Small Debts 
Oakham and Uppingham, and other places, in the ®!!- 
Counties of Rutland, Leicester and Northampton, 
was read the third time; and an Amendment was 
made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Heathcote do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Tatton Egerton reported from the Committee staley 
on the Staley Road Bill; That they had examined Road Bill. 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to 
be true ; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Birmingham 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 24 Derby 
case of the Petition for leave to present a Petition ®*!"*9: 
for the Birmingham and Derby Railway Bill, the 
Parties be permitted to present a Petition fora Bill, 
pursuant to the prayer of their Petition. 

Ordered, That leave be given to present a Peti- 
tion, as desired. 


A Petition of Sir Edmund Hayes, Baronet, John Lough Foyle 
Vandeleur Stewart, Daniel Chambers and William 24 Lough 
Fenwick, Esquires, praying that they may be heard, S*!..""™ 
by their counsel or agents, against certain parts of ee 
the Lough Foyle and Lough Swilly Drainage Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of 
the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Petitions from Pawnbrokers of Sheffield, Ro- British Pledge 
therham and Doncaster ;—and, Leeds ; praying that Society Bill. 
they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the British Pledge Society 
Bill,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of Pawnbrokers of Dover, Folkestone, 
and Deal, praying that the said Bill may not pass 
into a law as it now stands, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Leeds and Homefield Lane End Road Bill 
was read a second time; and committed to Mr. 
Lascelles and the York List. 


Leeds and 
Hoinefield Lane 
End Road Bill. 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway Dill. 


A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers, House- 
holders and Inhabitants of Kirriemuir, praying that 
the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions 































































1 Victroriz. 





Kirkstall, Petitions from Ilkley; — and, Burley; praying 
Iikley, and g that the Kirkstall, Ilkley and Shipley Road Bill 
oj al may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 


and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Rocester Mr. Edward Buller reported from the Committee 
Bridge Bill. on the Rocester Bridge Bill; and to whom several 
Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; That 
they had considered the said Petitions; and had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the, 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill 
and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Bonded Corn Petitions from Reading and Newbury ;—Hoxne ; 
Bill. — Buckingham (three Petitions) ;—Hitchin;—Hun- 
dred of Dengie, Essex (two Petitions) ;—Chairman 
of the East Suffolk Agricultural Protective Society ; 
—Chairman of the /Vottinghamshire Agricultural 
Association ;—Staplehurst ;— Banbury ;—Corby ;— 
Ousden and other places ;—Hargrave and other 
places ;—Hundred of Hartismere (Suffolk) ;— Wool- 
pit ;—Rattlesden ; — Hessel ; —Tostock ;— Beyton ; 
—Drinkstone ;—Elmswell ;— Rede ;—Stansfield ;— 
Bures Saint Mary;—Monks Eleigh ;—Boxted ;— 
Hartest ;—--Brandon, Downham and Wangford ;— 
Bradfield Saint Clare and other places ;—-Eden- 
ham ; — Newmarket Union ; — Hadleigh ; — Stow- 
market ;—--Denston and other places ;— Creeton ;— 
Stanstead and Gilunsford ;—Covenham and other 
= ; —Holbeach ; —Littlebury and Wenden ; — 
est Wickham ;--Ichleton;— Horseheath and Babra- 
ham ;—Balsham and other places ;— Great Chester- 
ford ;—Wenden Lofts and other places ;— Wimbish ; 
—Radwinter ;— Ballina ;— Boston ;—Swinstead ;— 
Hundred of Tendring (Essex);— Bury Saint Ed- 
mund's ; — Ash Bocking ;—Hundred of Risbridge 
(Suffolk) ; —Little Bytham and Careby ; — Castle 
Bytham ;— Bourn ;—Great Grimsby (Chairman of 
the Agricultural Association) ;—Aslackby ;—Market 
Harborough ;—County of Warwick ge ag toe 
Zouch ;—and, Crowland ; praying that the Bonded 
Corn Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Petitions from James Surrey ;—London ;—Leith 
(two Petitions);— and, Dartmouth; praying that 
the said Bill may pass into a law,—were also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Charch Petitions from Bonchurch ; — Manningtree ; — 

Propertys Lexden ; -— Inworth ; — Kelvedon ; — Oakham ; — 
Ferring ; —— Greetham and other places ; — Great 
Watcham;--High Easter ;-- Writtle;--Good Easter ; 
— East Horndon;— Great Hallingbury ; — Little 
Baddow ;— Cold Norton ;— Spilsby ; — Well and 
Claxby ; — Bratoft ; — Gunby ; — Willoughby ; — 
Scremby ; — Burgh ; —Welton ; — East Rerkby i 
Ensham;— Ashby-de-la-Zouch ;—Seals ;-—- Whitwick ; 
— Blackfordby ; —Packington ;—Appleby ; — Mea- 
sham ae x RA Swepstone; praying that all 
increase of revenue that may arise from an improved 
system of leasing Ecclesiastical Property may be 
left at the disposal of the Church, to supply the 
deficiency of spiritual instruction for the people,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Negro Apprene Petitions from Wakefield ;—Leeds (two Petitions); 
ticeship, — Dundee ;— Newcastle-upon- Tyne (five Petitions) ; 
— Limerick ;— Dover ;— Black Rock (two Petitions) ; 
— Booterstown ; —Williamstown ; —Monkstown ;— 
Stillorgan; — Hexham (two Petitions); — Cupar 
(Chairman of a Meeting) ;—_Eamont Bridge ;—Lan- 
caster ;— Garsdale ;— Tutbury ;—Sedbergh;— Bain- 
bridge ; —Lyndhurst ;— Southampton ;—Ceres (two 
Petitions) ;—South Shields (two Petitions) ;— Tyne- 
mouth ; —Cliburn ; —Hartlepool ; —Auchtermuchty 
(Chairman of a Meeting) ;—Cheddar ;—Ferry Port 


1€ 
I. 


9° Maize. 499 


on Craig ;—Foulsham ;—Yatton ; - Congr — 
Warton and Yealands;— Shipham;— East Dereham; 
— Fakenham ;— Whinfell ;—Salthouse and Blofield; 
—Woodbro’ ; —Guestwick ; ——Maubray and Shen- 
burness ;— Banwell ; —Talgarth ;— Denton ;—Man- 
chester (nine Petitions) ;—Sidcot ;— Dungarvan ;— 
Bridgwater ;— Brigstock ;— Wymondham ;— Claver- 
ham ;—Mattishall ;—Aysgarth ;--Great Yarmouth; 
—WNeatishead ;— Wrington ;—Martham ;— Dublin ; 
— Winton ;— Wigan ;—Salford (two Petitions) ;—- 
West Burton ;— Elgin ;—Thoralby ;—Cleckheaton ; 
—-Lavenham ;—Morland ;—Appleby ; —Warcop ;— 
Kirkby Thore ;—Penrith ;— Whitehill ;—Milngavie 
(taree Petitions) ;—_Brandon;— Stowmarket ;—- Wool- 
wich ; — Worcester ; — Howgill ; —Wadebridge ; — 
Ashrigg ;—Terril and Pooley Bridge ;—New Cross; 
~ North Shields ; — Hackthorpe ; —Dover ;—War- 
rington ;--Charlesworth ;—Lees ;— Hyde ;— Mossley ; 
—AIpswich (three Petitions) ;— East Bergholt ;— 
Chelmondiston ;— Hadleigh ;—Southwold ;— Walton 
(Suffolk) ;—Kirkham ; —Southwingfield (two Peti- 
tions); — Swanwick ; — Alfreton ; — Wallsend ; — 
Wellington Quay ;— Riddings ; —Inverury ;—Low 
Felling (two Petitions) ;— North Berwick ;—Felling 
Shore (two Petitions) ;— Felling ;—and, Pontefract ; 
praying for the abolition of the system of Negro 
Apprenticeship,— were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Mill-owners and Operatives of Butt Factories _ 
Mills, Gomersal, praying that the Factories Regu- Resvlation Bill. 
lation Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Factory Operatives of E/land-cum- Factories Act. 
Greetland, praying for the amendment of the Fac- 
tories Act, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Charles James Hampton ; — and, Metropolis 
Inhabitants of the Strand; praying that in any M™Prevements: 
Bill for the Improvement of the Metropolis a clause 
may be inserted, authorizing the formation of a 
street between Picket Place and Holborn,—were 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Metropolis Improvements. 


Petitions from Wirksworth; — Beeston ;— Castle Idolatr 
Donington ;—Leicester (two Petitions) ;—Ticknall ; (India. 
—East Leake ; — March ; — Wimeswould ; — and, 
Loughborough; praying the House to adopt measures 
to prohibit the interference of British Functionaries 
in the management of Idolatrous Observances in 
India,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Holbeck ; — Hechmondwike ; — Church of 
Pudsey ;—Bramley ; —Leeds (seven Petitions) ;— Scotland. 
Wortley ;— Kilmarnock (Moderator and Clerk of the 
United Associate Presbytery) ;— Edinburgh ;—Saint 
Andrew’s ;—Galston ;— Preston ;— Glasgow (Chair- 
man and Clerk of the United Associate-Congrega- 
tion);—-Thornhill;-—Savoch of Deer ;—Methven ;— 
and, Eaglesham; praying the House not to sanction 
any further endowments to the Church of Scotland, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of the Moderator of the Synod of 
Glasgow and Ayr, praying the House to make a 
liberal provision for the spiritual instruction of the 
poorer classes in Scotland, was also presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Guardians of the Brentford Union, Poor Law Act. 
praying that the Poor Law Act may not be repealed, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Poor Law Amendment Act. 





Vor. 93 





882 Petitions 


Sees TS 
7 


eee 








500 


Petitions from Ballyrashane;—Killowen;—Cle 
of the diocese of Derry;— Camus- stasRatings anil 
Archbishop and Clergy of the ; aman of Armagh ; 
praying that the present system of National Edu- 
cation in Ireland may not be persisted in,—were 
tg and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Education 
(Ireland.) 


Poor Relief A Petition of Citizens of Londonderry, praying 

(Ireland) Bill that the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the table. 


Tithes 
(Ireland.) 


A Petition of the Archbishop and Clergy of the 
diocese of Armagh, praying that the proposed mea- 
sure relative to Tithes in Ireland may not pass 
into a legislative enactment, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Prisons Petitions from Nairn (Convener of a Meeting) ;-— 

(Scotland) Bill. Lanark (Convener of a Meeting) ;--Provost of Cupar ; 
-— Ross (Chairman of a Meeting) ;— Roxburgh (Pre- 
ses of a Meeting of the Commissioners of Supply) ;— 
Maszxwelltown ,—and, Commissioners for building a 
Bridewell at Lanark; praying that the Prisons 
(Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law as it now 
stands,— were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Tithe Commu- 


A Petition of Land-owners of Angmering, com- 
tation. 


plaining that they are unable to effect the Commu- 
tation of the Tithes of that parish, owing to the 
refusal of one of the Tithe-owners to attend any 
meeting, or in any way aid in the Commutation of 
the Tithes, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Salmon Petitions from Bantry;—and, Blackwater; pray- 
(Irelund) ow ing that the Salmon Fisheries (Jreland) Bill may 


not pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Local Courts, A Petition of Inhabitants and others, trading 
within the hundreds of Hualoe;—and, Navisford 
and’ Polebrooke (Northampton) ; praying the House 
to increase the jurisdiction and powers of the Local 
Courts at present existing within the said hundreds, 
for the recovery of small debts, so as to make the 
same effectual for the recovery of debts not ex- 
ceeding five pounds,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Postage. Petitions from Cirencester ; —Southwold ; —and, 
Dunbar ; praying for the establishment of a low and 
uniform rate of Postage on Letters,—were presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Postage. 


Sheriff Courts, 
&amp;c., (Scotland) 
Bills, 


A Petition of the Faculty of Procurators before 
the courts of law in the city of Glasgow, praying 
that the Sheriff Courts ; Advocations; and, Persona 
Diligence (Scotland) Bills may pass into law, was 


presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the |P 


Table. 
Copyright Bill. Petitions from Dublin;—John and Charles Childs 
(of Bungay) ;—Chairman of a Meeting of Persons 
interested in the general diffusion of Literature and 
Science, assembled at Freemason’s Hall ; — and, 
Kilmarnock ; praying that the Copyright Bill may 
not pass into a law,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Samuel Wells, of the Fen Office, 
Serjeant’s Inn, in the city of London, Esquire, Bar- 
rister-at-law, and Registrar of the Honourable the 
Corporation of the Great Level of the Fens called 
the Bedford Level, praying that the said- Bill may 
pass into a law, was also presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


9° Mai. 





A. 1838. 


A Petition of Procurators General of the Eccle- 
siastical Courts in Ireland, praying that the Eccle- 
siastical Courts (Ireland) Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Petitions from John Samuels, Deputy Registrar 
of the Consistorial and Metropolitical Court of Dub 
lin ;—Joseph Hamilton, Registrar of the High Court 
of Appeals, Jreland ;—and, William Stuart, Regis- 
trar of the Prerogative Court, Jreland ; praying the 
House to insert such Provisions in the said Bill as 
will protect the rights of the Petitioners,—were also 
per, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from John Joseph Robinson, Esquire ;— 
and, Thomas Robertson, Esquire, Trustee of the 
estates of the Earl of Fife; praying that the Salmon 
Fisheries (Scotland), No. 2, Bill may not pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of the 
Justices of the Peace of the county of Lanark, 
praying that the Spirit Licenses (Scotland) Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Licensed Spirit Dealers, Victuallers 
and Tavern-keepers in Beith and Dunlop, praying 
that the said Bill may pass into a law, was also 

resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Spirit Dealers in Leith, praying 
that the Spirituous pie Sale Bill may pass into 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Petitions from Chairman of a Meeting of Jus- 
tices of the Peace of the County of Lanark ;—and, 
Moderator of the Synod of Glasgow and Ayr ; pray- 
ing that the said Bill may not pass into a law, —were 
also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


(Scotland) ; and, Spirituous Liquors Sale Bills may 
to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of Free Miners and Quarrymen of 


of Gloucester, praying that the Dean Forest Mines 

Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands, was 

peeernt and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Chapel-en-le-Frith Road ;—Mortgagees upon the 
Tolls of the Sheffield and Chapel-en-le-Frith Road ; 
—Trustees of the Burlton and Llanymynech Turn- 
ike Roads ;—and, Magistrates of Salop; praymg 
that the Highway Rates Bill may pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


raying for the establishment of Bonding Ware- 
ico in Manchester, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition 








Ecclesiastical 
Courts 
(Treland) Bill, 


Salmon 
Fisheries 
(Scotland) 
(No. 2.) Bill, 


Spirit Licenses 
(Scotland) Bill, 


Spirituous 
Liquors Sale 
Bill. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of the spirit Licenses 
Citizens of Glasgow, praying that the Spirit Licenses (Scotland) ; and 


Spirituous 
Liquors Sale 


pass into law, was presented, and read ; and ordered Bills. 


Dean Forest 


Dean and hundred of Saint Briavels, in the county Mines Bill. 


Petitions from Trustees of the Sheffield and Highway Rates 


Bill. 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers of Bolton, Bonding 
Warchouses, 


Two Petitions of Wesleyan Methodists of Stock- Slave Trade. 
port, praying the House immediately to adopt strong 
and decisive measures, with a view to obtain from 
all the Powers concerned an unqualified declaration 
that the Slave Trade shall henceforth be dealt with 
as piracy,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Lord 


Vali 
Will 


Wil 


Po 


ee oie hie 





Lord’s Day Bill. 


Validity of 
Wills, 


Probate of 
Wills. 


Poor Prisoners. 


Grand Jury 
Money 
(Ireland.) 


Constabulary 
(Ireland.) 


Registration 
of Voters 
(Ireland) 
(No. 2.) Bill, 


No. 377, 





1 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Sternfield, praying 
that the Lord’s Day Bill may pass into a law, was 
—- and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to several 
Addresses to Her Majesty,—"A Return for the last 
Ten years, of the Number of Suits in the Ecclesias- 
tical Courts, touching the Validity of Wills, Codi- 
cils and other Testamentary Papers; distinguishing 
whether the Papers in dispute were hclograph or 
otherwise, or attested or unattested; and in what 
Courts the same have been decided ; distinguishing 
those in which the Testamentary Papers were, or 
were not, established ; specifying also, :the Number 
of Decisions from which Appeals were brought ; 
and distinguishing the cases in which the Docu- 
ments forming the ground-work of the Suits were 
holograph or otherwise. 

A Return for the years 1834, 1835 and 1836, 
from the several Provincial, Diocesan and Archi- 
diaconal Courts of England and Wales :—1. Of the 
whole Number of Wills proved in each :—2. Of the 
Number of unattested Wills without Codicils :— 
3. Of the Number of Wills with Codicils unat- 
tested, specifying the Number of the same to each 
Will respectively; distinguishing the Numbers 
ae respectively under each Scale of the Probate 

uty:—And, 4. Of the Number of Administra- 
tions which passed the Seals of the said Courts 
in the said years; specifying in like manner the 
Numbeis proved under each Scale of the Duty. 


Mr. Fox Maule also presented, pursuant to Or- 
ders,—Further Return to an Order dated the 30th 
day of March last, for a Return from the Justices of 
the Peace for the County of Surrey, and from the 
Justices of the Peace for the City of London, of the 
disbursement of the Sums of Money by them re- 
ceived under the provisions of the Act 53 Geo. 3, 
c. 113, for the Relief of the Poor Prisoners in the 
King’s Bench, Fleet arid Marshalsea Prisons, for 
the last Two years (so far as relates to the City of 
London.) 

A Return of the Bank or Banking Company se- 
lected for the custody of the Public Secnay of each 
County in Zreland by the respective Grand Juries 
thereof. 

A Return, in compliance with the Act 6 Will. 4, 
c. 13, s. 57, containing a Statement of the Amount 
of Constabulary and Police Force employed in each 
County, County of a City, and County of a Town in 
Ireland, on 1st January 1838; distinguishing the 
Number of Persons in each class or rank of the Con- 
stabulary Force so employed, with the Salaries and 
Allowances actually enjoyed by each class:-—An 
Account of the whole Expenditure upon the Police 
and Constabulary in each County, County of a 
City, and County of a Town in Ireland, for the year 
ended on Ist January 1838 :—And, a Summary of 
the Total Amount of Force so employed on Ist Ja- 
nuary 1838; and of the Total | eee upon 
the Police and Constabulary Force for the whole of 
Ireland for the year ended at the above period ; 
showing the proportion of such Total Expense borne 
on the Consolidated Fund, and the Amount borne 
by the County, Cities and Towns of Ireland. 

n Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
able. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill to amend 
the Law relative to the Registration of Voters in 
Ireland, for the Election of Members to serve in 
Parliament, and to explain Doubts with respect to 
the Qualifications of such Voters: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Friday, the 25th day of this in- 
stant May ; and to be printed. 

Vor. 93. 





9° Maiz. 501 


Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Com- Twenty-ninth 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Act; and who “ssa ag 
were empowered to report the Minutes of the Evi- ly le 
dence taken before them from time to time to the Act. 
House ; That they had made further Progress in the No. 378. 
matters to them referred; and had directed him to re- 
port the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for the second Bonded Corn 
reading}of the Bonded Corn Bill ; Bill. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question bein 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a secon 
time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word “now” 
stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the fs Colonel Seale, \ b 
Yeas. Lt Mr. Charles Villiers: 16a, 
Tellers for thes The Marquis of Chandos, \ .. 
Noes. { Sir Thomas Fremantle: J 72° 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question bemg put, That the words 
“ upon this day six months” be added at the end of 
the Question : —It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Prisons 
into a Committee upon the Prisons (Scotland) Bill ; (Seotland) Bill. 


and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- No. 379. | 


sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly ; and the 
Report was ordered to be taken into further consid- 
eration upon Monday next; and the Bill, as amended, 
to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Ecclesiastical 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Gourts (Ireland) Bill ; — 4) Bin 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being san mete 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 
he Amendments following, were proposed to be 
made to the Question, viz., To leave out the word 
“ now,’ and at the end of the Question to add the 
word, “ upon this day six months.” 
And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“‘ now,” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 
posed Amendment and Motion were severally, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 23d day of this instant May. 


Mr. Serjeant Talfourd reported the Custody of Custody of 
Infants Bill; and the pales anc were read, and /*fants Bill. 
agreed to. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be in- 
grossed ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ Mr ae Talfourd,\ 1 
Tellers forthe Noes, a a , 18. 


So it was resolved in the Afijrative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be reathe third time upon 
Wednesday next. 
383 The 





iH 
} 
i 
: 
i 
i 
he 


| 
} 
| 


























Copyright Bill. 


Salmon 
Fisheries 


(Ireland) Bill, 


Escheats Bill. 


Nescents Bill. 


Salmon 
Fisheries 
(Scotland) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


502 


The Order of the day being read, for the Commit- 
tee on the Copyright Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr.Speaker do now leave the 

hair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day Six months, resolve 
“ itself into the said Committee” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out, stand part of the Question; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for thes Mr. Serjeant Talfourd, 

Yeas. {Sir Robert Harry Inglis: 

Tellers for thef Mr. Wakley, 

Noes. Mr. Warburton: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Sir Robert 
Inglis reported, That the Committee had made 
Progress in the Bill, and that he was directed 
to move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

gp That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


\ie. 


} 64. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Salmon Fisheries (Ireland) Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day Six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now,” stand part of the Gacition :—The said pro- 
posed Amendment and Motion were severally, with 
leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Escheats Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Descents Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


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


Jovis, 10° die Maiti, 1838: 


The Order of the day being read for the second 
reading of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) (No. 2.) 
Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 


proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time&gt; 


—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Debate be adjourned till this day ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas,{ rr a } 37. 
Mr. Greene, 
Tellers forthe Noes, Mr. William Holmes: han. 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Bill be now read a second time ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 





9°—10° Mazz. 





A. 1838. 


said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Bill be now read a second time ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn:—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

And the Question being put, That the Bill be now 
read a second time ; 

The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. i 

Mr. Walter Campbell, 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. William Hovmes. } 45, 
Tellers forthe Noes, - ag } 14. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—The Bill 
was accordingly read a second time, and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Highway Rates 
further consideration the Report on the Stow Bill. 
Rates Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


The Dean Forest Mines Bill was, according to Dean Forest 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Mines Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 
23d day of this instant May. 


The Dean Forest Encroachments Bill was, accord- Dean Forest 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed Enctoachments 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 
the 23d day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second County Rates 

reading of the County Rates Bill ; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Court of 
reading of the Court of. Chancery (Jreland) Bill; pomnee | on 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon smite 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second r va Licenses 
reading of the Spirit Licenses (Scotland) Bill ; ( 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 23d day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Spirituous 
reading of the Spirituous Liquors Sale Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 23d day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Charity | 
mittee on the Charity Commissioners (Ireland) Commissar 
Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday, 
the 23d day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Election pil 
mitee on the Election Expenses Bill ; ie 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Waste Lands (Ireland) Bill was, according W** Lends 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Tenants for 
reading of the Tenants for Life (Jreland) Bill; _ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


Bill. 


The 





cotland) Bill. 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Life (Ireland) 


Leas 
Excl 
(Irel 


Sup 


W 
Me 


Fi 





Leases and 
Exchanges — 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Married 
Women’s Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


First Fruits 
and Tenths. 


Loan Societies 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Post Office 
(Scotland. ) 


1 Vicroriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Leases and Exchanges (Jreland) 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Married Women’s Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, hot this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred to take into con- 
sideration the propriety of abolishing the First Fruits 
of the Clergy in England and Wales, and the more 
effectual rating, and the better collection of the 
a applicable to the maintenance of the poor 

ergy; 

Maes That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Loan Societies (Jreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Letters and other Documents from the 
Deputy Post Master of Glasgow, the Post Office 
Surveyor of that District, the Secretary and Soli- 
citor of the Edinburgh Post Office, and the Solicitor 
of the General Post Office in London, or others, 
addressed to the Post Masters General, or to the 
Secretaries or others in the Department, respectin 
the opening of Letters, or abstracting Letters, wit 
or without Money, Cash, Notes, Bills, or other valu- 
able Property therein contained, put into or passing 
through the Post Office of Glasgow, or alleged to 
have been so, since the consolidation of the Post 
Offices to the 1st January 1838 :—Of all Letters or 
other Documents relating to the Investigation which 
has taken place as to the opening or abstracting of 
Letters, or taking of Money, Cash, Notes, Bills or 
other valuable Property from Letters put into or pass- 
ing through the Post Office of Glasgow, since the 1st 
of January 1838 :—Return to amend and explain 
No. 265 of this Session, relative to Letters or Packets 
containing Money, Bank Notes, or other valuable 
Property entrusted to or passing through the Post 
Offices in Scotland, by stating the nature or contents 
of the Letters or Packets referred to in the afore- 
said Return, and described as Papers of importance, 
Papers of value, and Enclosures of value, stating 
the Names of the Parties they were addressed to, or 
alleged to be addressed to, the Names of those who 
applied for them, the Post Office they were alleged 
to have been lost in, or taken from, the Place they 
were found at if recovered, with the Dates appli- 
cable to each case. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after one of the clock on 
Thursday morning, adjourned till this day. 


Vot. 93. 


9°—10° Marz. 503 


Jovis, 10° die Maii ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


‘dee hour appointed for taking into considera~ Gloucester and 
tion the Petition of the Persons whose names — Cites 
are thereunto subscribed, being Electors.of the City“ - 
of Gloucester, and who had and hereby claim to 
have had a right to vote at the last Election of Mem- 
bers to serve in this present Parliament for the said 
city, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the said city, being come; 

Mr. Speaker took the Chair. 

The Serjeant-at-Arms was sent with the Mace to 
the places adjacent to require the attendance of the 
Members on the business of the House; and being 
returned ; 

The House was counted by Mr. Speaker ; and 
three hundred and seventy-three Members being 
present ; ; 

And the Petition of the Persons whose names are 
thereunto subscribed, being Electors of the City of 
Norwich, and county of the said city, and who 
hereby claim to have had a right to vote at the last 
Election of Members to serve in Parliament for the 
said city and county of the same, complaining of an 
undue Election and Return for the said city, being 
also ordered to be taken into consideration upon 
this day ; 

The several Parties, their counsel and agents, were 
called in. 


And the door being locked ; 

The Order of the day for taking into considera- Gloucester City 
tion the said Petition, complaining of an undue ection. 
Election and Return for the Gity of Gloucester, was 
read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn, and 
read, in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was 
completed :—And Lists of the said names were de- 
livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 
mittee on the Gloucester Election; and then the 
door was opened, and the Parties, their counsel 
and agents, withdrew. 


And the door being again locked ; 

The Order of the day for taking into considera- Norwich City 
tion the said Petition, complaining of an undue Flection. 
Election and Return for the City of Norwich, was 
read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn, and 
read, in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was 
completed :—And Lists of the said names were de- 
livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 
mittee on the Norwich Election; and then the door 
was opened, and the Parties, their counsel and 
agents, withdrew. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of. lands and Kirkstall, 
tenements, and Rate-payers of Kirkstall, in the 1 _ . 
arish of Leeds, praying that they may be heard, pj) 9 “™" 
y their counsel or agents, against certain parts of 
the Kirkstall, Ilkley and Shipley Road Bill, was 

resented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Mr. Houstoun reported from the Committee on the Balmore _ 
Balmore Roads Bill; That they had examined the ®*¢ Bill. 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


An ingrossed Bill for better lighting with Gas the Blackburn 
Town and Township of Blackburn, in the County &amp;* 3". 





384 Palatine 





= ene are erst cease Nn tin 








Bolton and 
Preston Rail- 
way Bill. 


British Pledge 


Society Bill. 


Staley Road 
Bill. 


Bristol 


(Saint Philip’s) 


Bridge Bill. 


Linlithgow 
Roads Bill. 


Grand Junction 


Railway Bill. 


Thirtieth 
Report on 
Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


No. 380. 


Sheffield 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Westminster 


Improvement. 





504 10° Maiz. 


Palatine of Lancaster, was read the third time; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Wilson Patten do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions from the Lancaster and Preston Junction 
Railway Company ;—and, Company of Proprietors 
of the Lancaster Canal Navigation ; praying that 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel 
or agents, against certain parts of the Bolton and 
Preston Railway Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the 
said Petitions. 


Petitions from Pawnbrokers of Newcastle-upon- 
Tyne ; — Plymouth, Devonport and Stonehouse ;— 
and, James Hodgkins and others; praying that they 
may be heard, by their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the British Pledge Society Bill,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


An ingrossed Bill for repairing the Road from 
French Top, in the West Riding of the County of 
York, to Staley, in the County Palatine of Chester, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for repairing the Road from French 
Top, in the West Riding of the County of York, to 
Staley, in the County Palatine of Chester. : 

Ordered, That Mr. Tatton Egerton do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bristol (Saint Philip’s) Bridge Bill was read 
a second time; and committed to Mr. Philip Miles 
and the Somerset List. 


Mr. Gillon reported from the Committee on the 
Linlithgow Roads Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to 
be true ; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Overseers of the Poor of Weaver- 
ham;—and, Acton; praying that the Grand Junction 
Railway Bill may not pass into a law as it now 
stands, —were presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Committee on the Bill. 


Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Act; and who 
were empowered to report the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence ine before them from time to time to the 
House ; That they had made further Progress in the 
matters to them referred, and had directed him 
to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

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


Mr. John Parker reported from the Committee 
on the Sheffield Improvement Bill; and to whom a 
Petition against the said Bill was referred ; That no 
person appeared on behalf of the said Petition; and 
that the Committee had examined the allegations 
of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


A Petition of Charles Cochrane, and others, for 
leave to present a Petition for leave to bring ina 
Bill for the formation of a Street at or near the 
Broad Sanctuary, in the parish of Saint Margaret, 








A. 1838. 


in the city of Westminster, and terminating at or 
near Grosvenor Place, in the parish of Saint George, 
Hanover Square, in the said city, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


A Petition of the Right honourable and Most oidham Gas 
Reverend Edward Lord Archbishop of York, and and Waterworks 
James Loch, Esquire, Devisees and Trustees under 


the will of the late Most noble Francis Duke of 
Bridgwater, deceased, of the canal and estates late 
of the said Duke, and the Right honourable Lord 
Francis Egerton, praying that they may be heard, 
by their counsel or agents, against certain parts of 
the Oldham Gas and Waterworks Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by their counsel or agents, upon their Peti- 
tion, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Mr. Yorke reported from the Committee on the Chesterton 
(re-committed) Chesterton Inclosure Bill; That they !closure Bill, 


had made other Amendments thereunto; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Petitions from Bovey Tracey;—King’s Lynn ;— Church 
Ipswich ; — Pemberton ;— Upholland ;— Wareham : Property. 


—Saint Mary in Maldon; — Southleigh;— Long 
Preston ;—and, Liverpool; praying that all increase 
of Revenue that may arise from an improved system 
of leasing Ecclesiastical Property, be left at the dis- 
posal of the Church, to supply the deficiency of 
spiritual instruction for the people,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Liverpool ;— George Greathatch ; Negro Appren- 
— Tillicoultry ;— Belfast (twenty-six Petitions) ;— ticeship. 


Swaffham ;—Erdington ;— Preston ;— Milverton ;— 
North Shields ;— Dublin;— Witchampton ;— Dun- 
gannon ; — Rathdrum ;— Ballymacarrett (four Peti- 
tions) ; — Woodbridge ; —Dumfermline ;-- Burnham 
Market;-- Wickham Market ;-— Bacton ;—Necton ; 
--Diss (two Petitions) ;— Alnwick ;—Werstead ;~ 
Tittleshall ;— Chorley ;—Chairman of the Congre- 
gational Union of Ireland ;— Bromsgrove ;-— Guild- 


ford; — Kingston ;— Modbury; — Stokenham ; — 


South Pool ;—Ringmore ;--.Eastallington ;— Ugbo- 
rough ;—Portlemouth ;— Chivelstone;— Loddiswell ; 
— Churchstow ; — South Milton ;— Charletown ;— 
South Huish ;-—- Aveton Gifford ;— Holbeton ;— 
Glasgow (Female Inhabitants); — Glasgow (Male 
Inhabitants) ;—Dublin (seven Petitions) ;— Hawick ; 
— North Shields ; — Kidwelly ; — Malton ; — East 
Grinstead ;— Carluke;— Staveley and Haverthwaite; 
— Strickland ; — Swaffham ; —- East Dereham ; — 
Hinton Charterhouse ;— Manchester (nine Petitions) ; 
—Great and Little Musgrave ;—Spark Bridge ;— 
Crosby Garrett;— Brigham, and other places ;— 
Lorton ;—Walkerplace ;—New Windsor (Salford) ; 
— Carlisle; — Canterbury ; — Ripley (Hants) ;— 
Frome ;— Churchstohe and Mainstone ; — Bishops 
Castle ; — Skene ;— Belfast ;—Bury-street, Salford ; 
—Chorlton-upon-Medlock ;— Woolwich ;— Poole ;— 
Tynemouth ; — Belfast ;—Carlisle ;-- Portsea Anti- 
Slavery Society ; — Arthurstown; — Edenderry ;— 
Fethard, Hook and Templetown;— Throop ;— Hart- 
hill ;— Carmarthen ;—Clare ;— Frome ;— Newry ;— 
Barwardsley ;— Talley and Llansawel; — Percy 
Main ;—Portarlington ;—and, Presteigne; praying 
for the abolition of the system of Negro Appren- 
ticeship,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Carnew, Cashel and Emly ;—and, Tithes 
Drogheda; praying for the abolition of Tithes in (Ireland.) 
Treland,—were igi and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the 


able. 5 
A Petition 











fn 


1 Vicroriz. 10° Mazz. 505 


Crown A Petition of Land-owners and others connected | Bill may not pe into a law as it now stands, was 
(Wales) with the Principality of Wales, praying the House |presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Gloucester City 


Election. 


Maynooth 
College. 


Church of 
Scotland. 


to institute an inquiry into the proceedings of the 
Agents of the Crown, affecting the Petitioners and 
others holding land in the said Principality, was 
emcee, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
‘able. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


The counsel and agents in the case of the Gllou- 
cester City Election, being returned to the bar, the 
Clerk appointed to attend the said Committee de- 
livered in to the House a reduced List ; and the same | 
was called over as followeth ; 

John Wilson Patten, Esquire, The Right honour- 
able Sir George Henry Rose, Montagu Edmund 


Table. 


Petitions from Tarbert ;— and, Creagh, suggest- Church of 
ing certain plans for a reform of the Church of Jre- lreland. 
land, and praying the House to take the same into 
consideration,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Day Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Newcombe Parker, Esquire, Joseph Cripps, Esquire, 
Peter Kirk, Esquire, James Power, Esquire, John 
Easthope, Esquire, Philip William Skynner Miles, | 
Esquire, The honourable George Henry Cavendish, | 
The Marquis of Granby, and Sir William Heath- 
cote, Baronet. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Petition 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the city of Gloucester, were sworn by the Clerk at 
the Table in the usual manner ; and thereupon the 
counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 

| 


A Petition of Members of the Halifax Conser- | 
vative Association, and other Protestant Inhabitants 
of Halifax, praying the House not to sanction any 
further grant to the College of Maynooth, was 


The counsel and agents in the case of the MWor- Norwich City 
wich City Election, being returned to the bar, the Election. 
Clerk appointed to attend the said Committee deli- 
vered in to the House a reduced List ; and the same 
was called over as followeth ; 

William Battie Wrightson, Esquire, John Phill- 
potts, Esquire, Lord Ernest Bruce, William Bus- 
field, Esquire, David Roche, Esquire, Sir Charles 
Henry Coote, Baronet, William Massey Stanley, 
Esquire, the Honourable William Bagot, Samuel 
Duckworth, Esquire, John Edwards, Esquire, and 
Abel Smith, Esquire. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Betition com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 


|City of Norwich, were sworn by the Clerk at the 


Table, in the usual manner; and thereupon the 
counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appomted 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


Table. 





Petitions from Melrose ;— Hunslet ;—Stanning- 
ley ; — Hawick ; — Warkworth ; — and, Whitehill 


A Petition of Persons interested in copyhold lands Copyholds 


holden of divers manors in the county of Sussex, Enfravctise- 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Ayott Saint Law- Lord's Day Bill. 
rence and Ayott Saint Peter, praying that the Lord’s 


' , “*&gt; praying that the Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill 
praying the House not to sanction any further En- may not pass into a law as it now stands, was 
dowments to the Church of Scotland,—were pre-| presented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- | 


Roxburghshire 
Election. 


Idolatry in 
India, 


Apothecaries 
ct. 


Factories 
Regulation Bill. 


sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | jittee on the Bill. 


A Petition of Householders and Inhabitants of, 
Hawick, taking notice of the Petition of Electors | 
in the county of Roxburgh, presented on the 19th) 
day of March last, wherein the Petitioners pray that. 
the polling place for the said county, may be re-| 
moved from the Town of Hawick, and that other| 
polling places may be appointed in more convenient 
situations ; and praying the House to allow no step 
to be taken upon the ez-parte statements of any 
individuals, in a matter involving the character and 
interests of that town, and its inhabitants generally, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of the Minister and Elders of Claver- 
ing-place Congregation, Newcastle-upon- Tyne, pray- 
ing the House to adopt measures for the —— of 
effectually suppressing the idolatrous worship of 
the native Hindoo, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Inhabitants of Halifax ;— and, 
Druggists of Halifax; praying the House not to 
pass any Act which may have the effect of prevent- 
ing Chemists and Druggists from rendering to the 
poorer classes of the community at a very trifling 
cost, that aid in cases of slight ailment which is so 
eagerly sought at their hands, but which, if the par- 
ties were to employ a legally authorized practitioner, 
would entail upon them an expense so great, as 
frequently to amount to a prohibition, and thereby 
operate to the detriment of the public health,—were 


9 gan and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Flax-spinners of the Royal Burgh 
of Dundee, praying that the Factories Regulation 


A Petition of the Chairman, Vice-chairman and Rating of 
Guardians of the Isle of Thanet Union, in the county Tee's: 
of Kent, praying that the Rating of Tenements Bill 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Rating of Tene- 
ments. 


Petitions from Members of the Liverpool Guar- Postage. 
dian Society ;— Swanage ;—- Fermanagh ;—and, Calne; 
praying for the establishment of a low and uniform 
rate of Postage on Letters,—were presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Postage. 


A Petition of W. Whewell and A. Sedgwick, and International 
others, authors of several published works in litera- CPytisht Bill. 
ture or science, praying that the International Copy- 
right Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saint Canice, Kilkenny (Dean and Tithes 
Chapter) ;—and, Cork, Cloyne and Ross (Bishop (Ireland.) 
and Clergy; praying that the proposed measure 
for the abolition of Tithes in Ireland may not 
receive the sanction of the House, —- were pre- 


— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Clergy of Ireland, praying that Clergy 
Incumbents may be exempted from the repayment (Ireland. ) 
of loans advanced for building glebe houses, was 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Seapatrich ;— Ballymena (two Pe- Education 





Vot. 93. 


titions) ;—Aghavoe ;— Temple Omanus and Abbey (e!««-) 
| 3 T 


Mahon ;— 





{ 





Se na nae 


A ie TES ee 





Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Vote by Ballot. 


Municipal 
Corporations 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Provincial 
Magistracy. 


Post Office 
(Scotland.) 


Message from 
the Lords, 


London 
and Croydon 
Railwey 
(No. 1.) Bill. 





506 


system of National Education in Ireland may not 
be persisted in,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Grand Jury of the county of 
Tipperary, assembled at spring assizes 1838, pray- 
ing that the Medical Charities (Jreland) Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Carnew, praying that 
the Votes at Elections for Members to serve in Par- 
liament be taken by Ballot, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Carnew, praying 
that the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Bill may 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon'the Table. 


A Petition of Joseph Davie Bassett, of Water- 
mouth, in the county of Devon, Esquire, one of Her 
Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the said county, 
praying the House to pass a law for the establish- 
ment of local courts for the trial of persons charged 
with those petty felonies and misdemeanors of which 
magistrates have no power to take cognizance, ex- 
cept in quarter sessions, the magistrates of such 
local courts being required to convene a jury of four 
or five persons for the purpose of trying the fact, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


10° Maiz. 


Mahon ;—and, Clonenagh; praying that the present | to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 





A. 1838. 


rence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Wickwar, &amp;e., 


Act for inclosing Lands in the Parishes of Wickwar, 
Cromhall and Tortworth, in the County of Glou- 
cester, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :-- 
And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Lord Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Ma- China 
jesty’s Command,— Papers relative to the Establish- icature. 


ment of a Court of Judicature in China, for the 
purpose of enabling the British Superintendents of 
Trade to exercise a control over the proceedings 
of British Subjects in their intercourse with each 
other, and with the Chinese. 

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


Mr. Poulett Thomson 


Esquire, to Her Majesty’s Principal Secretary of 
State for the Home Department, containing the 
result of an Inquiry into the condition of the Labour- 
ing Classes, and the provision for the relief of the 
Poor in Holland and Belgium. 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Controverted 


amend the Laws relating to the Jurisdiction for the 
Trial of Controverted Elections: And that Sir Robert 
Peel, Mr. Goulburn, and Mr. Shaw Lefevre do pre- 


| pare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Order made | 
yesterday, That there be laid before this House, | 
Copies of all Letters and other Documents from | 
the Deputy Post-master of Glasgow, the Post Office 
Surveyor of that District, the Secretary and Solicitor 
of the Edinburgh Post Office, and the Solicitor of 
the General Post Office in London, and others, ad- | 
dressed to the Post-masters General, or to the Se-| 
cretaries or others in the Department, respecting | 
the opening of Letters, or abstracting Letters, with | 
or without Money, Cash, Notes, Bills, or other valu- 
able Property therein contained, put into or passing 
through the Post Office of Glasgow, or alleged to 
have been so, since the consolidation of the Post 
Offices to the 1st January 1838 :—Of all Letters or 
other Documents relating to the investigation which 
has taken place as to the opening or abstracting of 
Letters, or taking of Money, Cash, Notes, Bills or 
other valuable Property from Letters put into or 
passing through the Post Office of Glasgow, since 
the 1st of January 1838 :—And, Return to amend 
and explain No. 265, of this Session, relative to 
Letters or Packets containing Money, Bank Notes, 
or other valuable Property, entrusted to or passing 





through the Post Offices in Scotland, by stating the 
nature or contents of the Letters or Packets referred 
to in the aforesaid Return, and described as Papers 


of Importance, —— of Value, and Enclosures of | 


Value, stating the |} 
addressed to, or alleged to be addressed to, the 
Names of those who applied for them, the Post 
Office they were shana to have been lost in or 
taker. from, the Place they were found at if reco- 
vered, with the Dates applicable to each case, might 
be read ; and the same being read; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Adam and 
Mr. Senior : 
Mr. mom 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to enable The London and Croydon Railway 
Company to enlarge their Station in the Parish of 
Saint Olave, in the Borough of Southwark, in the 
County of Surrey, and to amend the Acts relating 
to the said Railway and Station, with Amendments; | 


ames of the Parties they were | 





Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That an humble Slave Trade. 


Address be presented to Her Majesty, dutifully to 
submit to Her Majesty, that the Slave Trade, which 
the Congress of Vienna most justly describe as 
having Teainiled Europe, desolated Africa, and 
afflicted humanity, nevertheless still contmues with 
great intensity; that, notwithstanding the various 
Treaties and Conventions which have been entered 
into by Her Majesty and Her Royal Predecessors 
with different Powers for the suppression of this 
traffic ; and notwithstanding all the endeavours of 
successive Administrations at home, and of Her 
Majesty’s Ministers and Agents in foreign Countries, 
and of Her Majesty’s Naval Force employed in this 
service abroad, the trade has been aggravated in all 
its horrors ; and that it is the opinion of this House, 
that a general concurrence of the great Powers pro- 
fessing Christianity, in a declaration that the Slave 
Trade, by whomsoever carried on, is piracy, and 
ought to be punished as such, is, under the blessing 
of God, one of the most probable means of effecting 
the abolition of that trade:—That this House is 
further of opinion, that in all Treaties to be con- 
tracted between Her Majesty and Her Allies, the 
concession of a mutual right of search of their com- 
mercial vessels respectively, would be another of the 
means likely to attain this most important object; 
and that this House most respectfully implores Her 
Majesty to represent these their _ we and wishes 
and hopes, in such manner as to Her Majesty shall 
seem most likely to be effectual, to Her Majesty’s 
several Allies :—That this House cannot refrain fron: 
expressing to Her Majesty the deep concern with 
which they have observed, from the Papers which 
Her Majesty has caused to be laid before them, that 
Portugal has not yet fulfilled the engagements which 
she has taken towards this Country, by concluding 
with Great Britain an adequate Treaty for the 
suppression of the Slave Trade. 

rdered, That the said Address be —— to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty's most honourable Privy Council. 


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


Veneris, 





resented, by Her Ma- Poor Laws 
jesty’s Command,—-Third Report of George Nicholls, (eland.) 


Schools 


1 Vicroriz. 


Veneris, 11° die Maiti, 1838: 
The Order of the day being read, for the second 


(Scotland) Bill. reading of the Schools (Scotland) Bill ; 


Freemen’s 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Admission Bill. reading of the Freemens’ Admission Bill ; 


Kingstown and 
Dublin Port and 


Harbour Bill. 


Metropolis 
Roads, 


Pilotage. 


Wickwar, &amp;c., 
Inclusure Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Kingstown and Dublin Port and Har- 
bour Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Notice being taken that Forty Members were not 
tage the House was told by Mr. Speaker, and 

orty Members not being present; and it being then 
a quarter of an hour after one of the clock on Fri- 
day morning:—The House was adjourned by Mr. 
Speaker, without a Question first put, till this day. 





Veneris, 11° die Mazi ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Robertson, from the Metropolis Roads 
Office, was called in; and, at the bar, pre- 
sented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of Bar- 
liament,—The Twelfth Report of the Commissioners 
of the Metropolis Turnpike Roads North of the 
Thames :— And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Berthon, from the Trinity House, was called 
in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—An Account of the 
Pilots’ Fund of the Corporation of Trinity House 
of Deptford Strond, in the year ending 31st De- 
cember 1837:—And then he withdrew. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parishes 
of Wickwar, Cromhall and Tortworth, in the County 
of Gloucester ; and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 21. 1. 1. Leave out “ Clerk to the,” and in 
the same line, and in I. 2, after ‘“ Commissioner ” 
insert “ or his Clerk.” 

Pr. 21. 1. 7. After “ said” insert ‘‘Commissioner 
“ op ls.” 

Pr. 24. 1. 18. Leave out from “ hereby ” to “to” 
in |. 20., and insert “ required.” 

Pr. 28. 1. 29. After “ proper ” insert “ with the 
consent and under the order in writing of any 
Two Justices of the Peace for the said county of 
Gloucester.” 

Pr. 30. 1. 17. After “ before ” imsert “ such 
order as is hereinbefore mentioned shall have been 
made or.” 

Pr. 38. 1. 38. After “ the” insert “ making of 
the said order, and after the.” 

Pr. 79. 1. 13. Leave out “and.” 

Pr. 79. 1. 14. After “ Cromhall” insert “ and 
Tortworth.” 

Pr. 79. 1.17. Leave out from “ purpose ” to 
“ and ” in |. 21. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cripps do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 

VoL. 93. 


“cc 


“ 


10°—11° Maiz. 





507 


A Petition of the Birmingham and Derby Junction Birmingham 
Railway Company, for leave to bring in a Bill to aud Perby 
alter the line of the Birmingham and Derby Railway, ®*!*s- 


was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration London and 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to enable “ The London and Croy- 
don Railway Company ” to enlarge their Station in 
the Parish of Saint Olave, in the Borough of South- 
wark, in the County of Surrey, and to amend the 
Acts relating to the said Railway and Station; and 
the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 3. 1. 9. Leave out from “ whereas” to “ cer- 
tain” in 1, 11. 

Pr. 7. 1. 12. After “ mentioned ” insert “ and it 
shall not be lawful for said Company to make any 
deviation therefrom.” 

Pr. 17. 1.16. Leave out from “ directed” to 
And” in Pr. 18. 1. 15., and insért Clause (A.) 

CrauseE (A.) “ And whereas by extending the 
present archway of the London and Greenwich 
Railway Company over Dean Street aforesaid, 
for the purposes of the said Station, and by the 
great increase of traflic expected upon the said 
Station, and the Railways connected cr to be 
connected therewith, or using the same, certain 
houses, buildings and property situate in Dean 
Street aforesaid, on the southern side of the said 
archway, and not belonging to the said London 
and Greenwich Railway Company, may be de- 
teriorated in value, and it is just and reasonable 
that any such deterioration shall be compensated 
by the said London and Croydon Railway Com- 
pany; Be it therefore Enacted, That it shall be 
lawful for the person or persons in whom the in- 
terest in a certain lease stated to be granted by 
the Dean and Chapter of the Metropolitical ed 
of Canterbury, to Philip Cox, Esquire, since de- 
ceased, dated on or about the Twenty-eighth day 
of June One thousand seven hundred and seventy, 
or the lessee or lessees of any such person or 
persons at any time or times, by notice in writing, 
to call upon the said Company to treat and make 
reasonable compensation for any such deteriora- 
tion ; and in case the said Company and any such 
person or persons shall not within Twenty-one 
days after the delivery of such notice, agree as to 
the amount or value of such compensation, then 
and in every such case such amount or value 
shall be ascertained and settled by the verdict of 
a jury, in manner in the said recited Act directed 
for ascertaining and settling the value of any 
lands, tenements or hereditaments to be taken or 
purchased by virtue of this .or the said recited 
Acts.” 

Pr, 21. 1. 28. Leave out from “ successors ” to 
And ” in Pr. 23. 1. 10. 

Pr. 29. 1. 9. Leave out “ or agree’ 
and pay.” 

Pr. 42. 1. 1. After “ mentioned ” insert “ Pro- 
vided always, That no such bye-laws, orders or 
rules so made, nor any alteration, amendment or 
repeal thereof, shall be valid, unless the same 
respectively shall have been allowed by the Justices 
of the Peace assembled at any general or quarter 
sessions of the peace for the counties of Kent and 
Surrey, or either of them, or by Her Majesty’s 
Justices of Her Courts of Queen’s Bench or Com- 
mon Pleas, or the Barons of Her Majesty’s Court 
of Exchequer, or by any one or more of the said 
Justices or Barons.” 

Pr, 46. 1. 38. Leave out from “sum” to “ thou- 
sand” in Pr. 47. |. 4., and insert “ not exceeding 
Eighty thousand pounds, and after the said sum 
of One hundred and sixty thousand pounds shall 
have been subscribed for, a further sum of Fifty.” 

Pr. 51. 1. 23. After “ thereof” insert “ Provided 
always,That the sums borrowed on the credit of 

37 2 “ the 


“ 


‘ 


wn 


‘ 


n 


“ 


cad 
xn 


’ 


and insert 


C 
B 


roydon Rail- 


way (No. 1.) 
ill. 








508 


‘ the said Undertaking, either under the authority 
“ of the said recited Acts, or this Act, shall not 
“ exceed in the whole the sum of One hundred and 
‘ thirty thousand pounds.” 

Pr. 52. 1. 8. Leave out from “ the” to “ here- 
‘ inbefore ” in 1. 10., and insert “ sums.” 

Pr. 52. 1. 14. Leave out “ sum ” and insert 
“ sums.” 

Pr. 67. 1. 3. In the second Schedule to the Bill, 
in the second column, leave out “ Sewell,” and in- 
sert “ Jewell.” 

Pr. 67. 1. penult. In the third column, after 
“ ditto,” insert “ and Seymour Teulon.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Captain Alsager do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


nn 


~ 


~ 


Dudley Hill 
and Killinghall 
Road Bill. 


A Petition of the Trustees for executing the Acts 
relating to the Road from the town of Leeds, through 
Harewood, to the south west corner of the Inclosures 
of Harrogate, in the West Riding of the county of 
York, and of several Creditors on the tolls arising 
on the said road, praying that they may be heard, 
by their counsel or agents, against certain parts of 
the Dudley Hill and Killinghall Road Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Salterhebble 


Sir George Strickland reported from the Com- 
Roads Bill. 


mittee on the Sa/lterhebble Roads Bill; and to whom 
a Petition against the said Bill was referred ; That 
they had considered the said Petition; and had 
heard counsel in favour of the Bill; and had exa- 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereto. 

And the House being informed, that other Amend- 
ments are necessary to be made to the Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee ; and that they have leave to sit, 
and proceed, and to make their fipeat upon Mon- 
day next. 


Wakefield 
and Halifax 
Road Bill, 


Sir George Strickland reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Wakefield and Halifax Road Bill; 
That the Resolution of the House of the 7th day of 
March last, by which leave was given to proceed 
with the Bill, had been complied with; and that 
the Committee had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

And the House being informed, that other Amend- 
ments are necessary to be made to the Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee ; and that they have leave to sit, 
and proceed, and to make their Report upon Mon- 
day next. 


Buckstones and Sir George Strickland reported from the Com- 
Elland Bridge mittee on the Buckstones and Elland Bridge Roads 
Roads Bill. Bil] ; and towhom a Petition against the said Bill was 
referred ; That no person appeared in support of the 
said Petition; and that the Committee had exa- 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 
And the House being informed, that other Amend- 
ments are necessary to be made to the Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee; and that they have leave to sit, 
and proceed, and to make their Report upon Mon- 
day next. — 


11° Mazz. 








A. 1838. 


Petitions from Overseers of the Poor of Cuerdley ; Grand Junction 
—and, Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor Reilway Bil. 
of Madeley; praying that the Grand Junction Rail- 
way Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands, 

—were presented, and read; and referred to the 
Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of Sir Sandford Graham, of Portland Kirkstall, 
Place, in the county of Middlesex, Baronet, praying likley and 
that he may be heard, by his counsel or agent, a a 
against certain parts of the Kirkstall, Ilkley and 
Shipley Road Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he 
think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 


against the said Petition. 


The Caithness Road and Statute Labour Bill was Caithness 


read a second time; and committed to Sir George neg 
Sinclair and the East Scotland List. Bill, at 


Bill was read a Liverpool 


r. Cresswell and Court of 
Passage Bill. 


The Liverpool Court of yee 
second time ; and committed to 
the Lancaster List. 


An ingrossed Bill for making a new Street or Sheffield 
Thoroughfare, and widening and improving certain [provement 
other Streets or Thoroughfares, within the Town and ~"* 
Borough of Sheffield, in the County of York, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. John Parker do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions from Royton ;—Failsworth;—and, Old- Oldham Gas 
ham ; praying that the Oldham Gas and Waterworks 4nd Waterworks 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and read; ~" 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Bonded 
Bill, 


A Petition of Tristram Kennedy, Trustee of the Lough Foyle 
Estate of the late Reverend John Pitt Kennedy, 24 Lough 
situate on the Banks of Loughs Swilly and Foyle, in $%y"9 Prine 
Ireland, praying, that the Lough Foyle and Lough ~ 
Swilly Drainage Bill may not pass into a law as it 
now stands, was presented, sa read ; and referred 
to the Committee on the Bill. 


Tnterna 
Copyri 


Charei 
. Seotlar 
Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Committee on Higham Ferrers 


the Higham Ferrers Inclosure Bill; That they had Inclosure Bill. 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of 
the Committee ; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


Petitions from Elmstead ; —Ashton-on- Trent ;— Church 
Great Canfield; — Braintree ; — Faulkbourne ; — Popes: 
Takely ;— Witham; — Hempstead; — Great Samp- 


ford;— Sturmer ;— Ormskirk ;— Langdon Hills ;— 


Stock and Buttsbury ;— Stanford-le-Hope;— Little 
Hallingbury ; — Horndon ;— Cowesby, &amp;c.; — and, 
Truro; praying that all increase of Revenue that 
may arise from an improved system of leasing Eccle- 
siastical Property be left at the disposal of the 
Church, to supply the deficiency of spiritual instruc- 
tion for the people,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ratir 
Tene 


Post 


A Petition of Thomas Clowes, of Caister next Wrecked 
Great Yarmouth, Esquire, complaining of the loss Ge»ds. 
and injury sustained by the operation of the Act 
6 and 7 Will. 4, condemning as Droits of the Admi- 
ralty, wrecked goods picked up at sea, and praying 
relief, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Walpole ;—Framlingham ;— Hales- Negro Apprev- 
worth; —Charlesfield; — Tunstall; — Stoke Ash ;— ticesbip. 








Bonded Corn 
Bill, 


International 
Copyright Bill. 


Chareh of 
Scotland, 


Rating of 
Tenements Bill, 


Postage, 


1 Victoriz. 


Eye ;— Grundesburgh ;—Ipswich ;— Sutton and Al- 
derton ; — Wickham Market; — Bideford ; —New- 
lands ;—Lunark ;--New Lanark ;— Totton ;— Wren- 
tham; — Alnwick ; — Denny ;— Old Meldrum ; — 
Whitburn ; — Kirkfield Bank ;— Stirling; — Rose- 
harty ;— Hamilton ;— Burbage; — Hugglescote; — 
Castle Donnington ; — Long Clawson ;—Quorndon ; 
— Desford ;—Ratley ;—Kirby Muzxloe ;—Sileby ;— 
Broughton Astley ;--Sheepshead ;—Earl Shilton ;— 
Hinckley (three Petitions) ;— Whetstone;— Billesdon ; 
Blaby and Enderby ; — Glenfield ; — Barkly; — 
ata ;— Oadby ;—Great Wigston ;—Arns- 
by;—Manchester (twelve Petitions) ;— Garforth ;— 
Wem;— Armley ; — Potternewton ; —Roundhay ;— 
Holbech ;—Leeds (eight Petitions) ;—_Berwick-upon- 
Tweed ;— Hugil and Ings ;— Staveley ;—Docker ;— 
Patton ;—Scalthwaiterigg ; — Skelsmergh ; — Cork 
(eight Petitions) ;— Howdon ;—Chorlton-upon-Med- 
lock (two Petitions) ;—Ottery St. Mary (two Peti- 
tions) ;— North Meoles ;— Macclesfield ;— Southport; 
—Loughborough (two Petitions) ;—Ardwick ;—Ux- 
bridge (three Petitions) ;— Willenhall ;— Batley ;— 
Wortley ;— Thrapstone (two Petitions) ; — Chapel 
Allerton ;— Halton ;— Thorner ;-—Seacroft;— Pate- 
ley Bridge ;—Doncaster ;— Keighley ;—Culcheth ;— 
Charlestown ;— Eccles Mg ;— Tipton ;—Pad- 
dington (Manchester); — Irvine (Chairman of a 
Meeting) ;—Cookstown ;— Itchen ;— Edinburgh ;— 
Crondall;—Leicester (five Petitions) ;—Appledore ; 
— Peterborough ;— West Drayton ;— Denham ; — 
Nutshalling ;—and, Bandon ; praying for the aboli- 
tion of the system of Negro Apprenticeship,—were 
age , and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. ;' 


A Petition of Land-owners and Farmers in Helms- 
ley, praying that the Bonded Corn Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Authors of published Books, pray- 
ing that the International Copyright Bill may pass 
intoa law, was presented, and read; and ordered to 


lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Perth ;—Portmoak ; —Lethendy ; 
-—Minghive ;— Old Meldrum (Chairman and Clerk 
of the United Secession Congregation ;)— Thorn- 
dean ;—Coupar Angus ; —Braehead ;— Abernethy ; 
— Beggar ; — Greenlouning ;—Chairman of the Ayr- 
shire Voluntary Church Society ;—Pathstruie ;-— 
Airth ;—Balfron ; —Newmilns ;—Kilmaurs ;— Rat- 
tray ; --Auchtergaven; — Letholm; — Greenlaw ;— 
Balerno ;— Saint Ninian’s (Minister of the Relief 
Session and Congregation) ;—Auchtergaven ;—Cam- 
busnethan ;— West Linton ;— Bannockburn; —Port 
Glasgow ;—Holm ;—Stronsay ;— Greenock ;—Mac- 
clesfield ;—and, Drymen; praying the House not 
to sanction any further endowments to the Church 
of Scotland,- were presented, and read; and ordered 
to hie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Midhurst Union;--Billesdon Union; 
—and, Bodmin Union; praying that the Rating of 
Tenements Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Rating of Tenements. 


Petitions from Reading ;— Newbury ;—Composi- 
tors and others in the Printing Office, Bread-street 
Hill ;— of Clowes and Son, Duke-street, Stamford- 
street ;-—Aberdeen ;— Liverpool ;— Kirkcudbright ;-— 
Cupar (Chairman of a Meeting) ;— Downham ;— 
Feltwell ;— Gooderstone ;—Methwold ;---Boughton ; 
—— Wereham ;— Brandon;— Northwold ;— Hockwold- 
cum- Wilton ;— Didlington, &amp;¢.;— Barton Bendish 
and Eastmoor ;—Pollokshaws ;—and, Stoke Ferry ; 
praying for the establishment of a low uniform rate 
of Postage on Letters,—were presented, and read ; 
~~ a to the Select Committee on Postage. 

on. 93, 


11% Maze. 





509 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon Foreign and 
the 19th day of February last, That there be Jaid Colonial Grain, 
before this House, Accounts of the Quantities of ~~ 
Foreign and Colonial Grain and Meal remaining in 
warehouse the 5th January 1837 and 5th January 
1838 :—Of the Quantities of Foreign Grain and 
Meal exported between the 5th January 1837 and 
5th January 1838, stating to what Countries exported : 

—And, of the Quantities of Foreign and Colonial 
Grain and Meal entered for consumption, between 
5th January 1837 and 5th January 1838, statin 
the Quantity charged with each rate of Duty, an 
the total Amount of Duty so paid, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That a Return to the said Order be laid 
before this House forthwith. 


Petitions from Ballinakill ;— Ballyhall ; — and, Tithes 
Hugganstown;— Lisdowney ;—and, Moancoin; pray- (relend.) 
ing for the abolition of Tithes in Ireland,—were pre- 
scented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Dean and Chapter of Ely ;-— Benefices 
Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Leicester ;—Chad- Plurality Bill. 
desden ;—and, Barrow and Twyford ; praying that 
the Benefices Plurality Bill may not pass into a law 
as it now stands,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders and Inhabitants Joint Stock 
of Dundalk, praying the House to enable Joint Banks 
Stock Banks in Ireland to establish a Branch Bank (!e!@n4-) 
at Dundalk, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Joint Stock Banks. 


Petitions from Wolverhampton;—and, Willenhall, British Manu- 
praying that the British Manufacturers’ Protection a 
ill may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Master Mariners and Able Seamen Merchant 

of South Shields, praying for the amendment of the Seamen's Fand. 
Acts 4 and 5 Will. 4. c. 52, and 5 and 6 Will. 4. c. 19, 

relating to the Establishment of a Merchant Seamen’s 

Fund, by making it imperative upon the Trustees 

to relieve all Shipwrecked British Seamen, to enable 

them to get to their homes, was presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors and Tacksmen of Lower salmon 
Salmon Fishings in the river Dee, praying that the Fisheries 
Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) (No. 2.) Bill may not Chee) Bil 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or-* — 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Procurators practising before the Sheriff Courts 
Sheriff Court of Fife, at Cupar, praying that the (Scotland) Bill. 
Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Society of Writers in Aber- gheriff Courts, 
deen, praying that the Sheriff Courts; Advocations; &amp;c., (Scotland) 
and, Personal Diligence (Scotland) Bills may pass ®"""™ 
into law, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Bishoprick 
Cleveland, praying that the Bishoprick of Sodor and of Sodor and 
Mazn Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and Ma Bill. 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Greenock ;—Greenock and Port Factories 
Glasgow; — Wakefield;— Ossett (five Petitions) ;— Regulation Bill. 
Flanshaw ;—and, Birstal (two Petitions); praying 
that the Factories Regulation Bill may not pass into 
a law as it now stands,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ship-owners, Merchants, Underwri- Merchant 
ters and others of Edinburgh, praying the House to Service. 
373 adopt 











510 
adopt measures for the examination and licensing of 
Masters, Mates and other Officers commanding 
British Merchant Vessels, which would materially 
tend to improve the characters and efficiency of that 
important class of men, and be the means of saving 
many of the lives and much of the property of Her 
Majesty’s subjects, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Advocations A Petition of the Procurators practising before the 
(Scotland) Bill. Sheriff Court of Fife, at Cupar, praying that the 
Advocations (Scotland) Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Personal 
Diligence 
(Scotland) Bill, 


A Petition of Procurators practising before the 
Sheriff Court of Fife, at Cupar, praying that the 
Personal Diligence (Scotland) Bill may pass into a 
law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Prisons 


A Petition of Commissioners of Supply of the 
(Scotland) Bill. 


county of Ayr, praying that the Prisons (Scotland) 
Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Magistrates and Inhabitants of 
Wigtownshire, praying that the Spirit Licenses 
(Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Spirit Licenses 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Spirituous A Petition of Magistrates and other Inhabitants 
-— = feet praying that the Spirituous Liquors 
i Sale Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Stration Petitions from Inhabitants of Stratton;—and, 
Charities. Feoffees of Blanchminster’s Charity, praying that an 
inquiry ‘may be instituted into the administration of 
the funds and general management of the Stratton 
Charities,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 
Poor Relief A Petition of Inhabitants of Raphoe, praying that 


(Ireland) Bill. he Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill may not pass into a 
law as it now stands, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Education 


Petitions from Killoran and Kilvarnet ;—Con- 
(Treland.) 


voy ;—and, Portglenone; praying that the present 
system of National Education in Ireland may not 
be persisted in,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

Lord’sDay Bill, Petitions from Dunfermline ;— Huntingdon ; — 
Liverpool (three Petitions);—Gosport and Alver- 
stoke;—and, Company of Butchers of London; pray- 
ing that the Lord’s Day Bill may pass intoa law,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Copyright Bill. A Petition of Persons employed on the premises 
of Samuel Bentley, of Dorset-street, Fleet-street, 
praying that the Copyright Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
tie upon the Table. 

Corn Laws. Petitions from Leicester ;—and, Larkhall; pray- 
ing for the repeal of the Corn Laws,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 
Private Bills. Ordered, That the Petition of the Chairman of a 
Meeting of Landholders, Commissioners of Supply, 
and Justices of the Peace of the County of Aber- 
deen, with respect to the mode of giving evidence 
upon Private Bills, which was presented upon the 
23d day of January last, be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders Revision. 


11° Mazz. 











A, 1838. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Launceston, pray- Maynooth 
ing the House to issue a commission of inquiry, to ©llege. 
be held within the walls of Maynooth College, to in- 
vestigate the course of study and discipline pur- 
sued in the said college, and also to withhold all 
further grant of public money from the said college 
until the result of such inquiry be known, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


The House was moved, That the Order made Factors 
upon the 27th day of April last, for presenting to Inspectors, 
Her Majesty an humble Address that She will be 
graciously pleased to give directions, that there be 
laid before this House, a Copy of the last Quarterly 
Reports of the Factory Inspectors up to 31st March 
1838, might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


The Wortley, Armley and Bramley Road Bill was Wortley, 
read a second time; and committed to Mr. Baines on _ # 
and the York List. Bil. 


Mr. William Evans reported from the Committee Midland 
on the Midland Counties (Mountsorrel) Railway a 
Bill; That the Standing Orders relative to Bills for allway Ba 
making Railways had been complied with; and 
that the Committee had inquired into the several 
matters required by the Resolutions of the House ; 
and had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


The Earl of Effingham’s Estate Bill was read a Earl of 
second time; and committed to Sir George Strick- Biinghan's 
land and the York List. sai 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords to Thames 
request that their Lordships will be pleased to com- P#s8e™ 
municate to this House, a Copy of the Report from 
the Select Committee appointed by their Lordships 
to inquire into the present state of the Laws which 
regulate the carriage of Passengers for hire upon 
the River Thames, [Sess. 1837.]—Also, a Copy of 
the Report from the Select Committee on the 
Laws regulating the carriage of Passengers for hire 
upon the River Thames, [Sess. 1837-38 :] And that 
Mr. Hawes do carry the said Message. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, painburgh 
Copies of any Papers which have been received at and Leith 
the Treasury, relating to an Agreement proposed to Agreement. 
be entered into between the City of Edinburgh and 
the Creditors and the Town of Leith. 

Mr. Robert Steuart accordingly presented the 
said Papers. 


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


Petitions fiom the Dean and Chapter of Ely ; — Ecclesiastical 
and, the Warden and College of Twelve Minor Canons aes 
of Saint Paul, London ; praying that the Ecclesias- “ 
tical Duties and Revenues Bill may not pass into a 
law as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Lees, near Ashton- Bonding 
under-Lyne, praying for the establishment of Bond- We" 
ing Warehcuses in Manchester and Salford, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Town Council, Burgesses and Universal 
Inhabitants of New Milns, praying for the adoption Se4e® 
of Universal Suffrage, Annual Parliaments, and Vote 
by Ballot at the election of Members to serve in 
Parliament; and also that the House will repeal 
the corn laws, and all other laws which interfere 
with the importation of provisions, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition 


&amp;es 


Mo 
(Se 


Sai 


Br 
So 


|. 


1 Vicroriz. 


Apothecaries A Petition of legally authorized Practitioners of 
Act. Medicine in Rochdale, praying for the amendment 
of the Apothecaries Act, by empowering magistrates 
to inflict a penalty on persons convicted before them 
of illegally prescribing or practising Medicine, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 
Morning Mail A Petition of Land-holders, Commissioners of 
(Scotland) Supply, and Justices of the Peace for the county of 


Aberdeen, praying for the establishment of a Morning 
Mail to Scotland on the same footing as that now 
in operation for Ireland, Birmingham, Liverpool and 
Manchester, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 
Savings Banks. © ©ydered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account, showing the difference between the Amount 
aid by the Public for Interest, and Charges on the 
Sums due to the Trustees of Savings Banks and 
Friendly Societies, and the Amount received from 
Dividends on Stock or other Public Securities in 
which the said Sums have been invested by the 
Commissioners for the Reduction of the National 
Debt, from the 5th January 1818 to 5th January 
1838. 


British Pledge 
Society Bill. 


Petitions from Pawnbrokers and Inhabitants of 

Exeter ;—and, Pawnbrokers of Rochdale ; praying 
that the British Pledge Society Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 
Lough Foyle A Petition of the Wardens and Commonalty of 
paler the Mystery of Fishmongers of the city of London, 
Bi, praying that the Lough Foyle and Lough Swilly 
Drainage Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Answer to 
Addresses. 


Lord John Russell reported to the House, That 
their several Addresses of the 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 
11th, 27th and 30th days of April last, and of the 
7th and 8th days of this instant May (that her Ma- 
jesty would be graciously pleased to give directions 
that the Papers therein mentioned might be laid 
before this House,) had been presented to Her Ma- 
jesty; and that Her Majesty had commanded him 
to acquaint this House, That She will give directions 
accordingly. 

Emigration, Sir George Grey presented, pursuant to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty,—A Copy of a Report dated 
28th April 1838, from Mr. Elliot, Agent-General 
for Emigration from the United Kingdom, to the 
Secretary of State for the Colonies :—Copy of the 
Annual Report from the Agent for Emigration in 
Canada, for 1837 :—And, Copies or Extracts of any 
Correspondence between the Secretary of State for 


the Colonies and the Governors of the Australian ‘ 


Colonies, respecting Emigration, since the Papers 
presented to the House in June 1837. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 
Adjournment. — Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Controverted 
Elections Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Controverted 
Elections Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday the 25th day of this 
instant May. 


Benefices 


ces The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Plurality Bill. ‘ 


into a Committee upon the Benefices Plurality Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 
Ciavuses N° 47 to N° 49, amended, and agreed to. 


Causes N° 50 und N° 51, agreed to. 
Vo. 93. 


11° Maze. 








511 


Cravses N°52 and N°53, amended, and agreed to. 
Ciavses N° 54 to N° 66, negatived. 

Ciause N° 67, postponed. 

Cravuse N° 68, agreed to. 

Cuavuse N° 69, amended and agreed to. 

Cravuse N° 70, agreed to. 

Cause N° 71, disagreed to. 

Cuausgs N° 72 to N° 87, agreed to. 

CrausE N° 88, amended and agreed to. 
Crauses N° 89 and N° 90, agreed to. 


Ciavuse N° 91, (Bishop may appoint Curates to 
all sequestered Benefices)——tread. 

Amendment proposed: P. 40, 1. 28. After the 
word “ sequestration,” to insert, “and there is no 
“incumbent, or the incumbent is non-resident, or 
“is incapacitated from doing the duty of the said 
“ Benefice.” 

Question that those words be there inserted—— 
put and negatived. 

CravseE N° 91, agreed to. 

Craust N° 92, agreed to. 

Ciause N° 93, (And deficiency by the succeed- 
ing Incumbent)——read. 

Question, That the said Clause stand part of the 
Bill——put, and negatived. 

CiavseE N° 94, (Bishop who shall grant or revoke 
a license to a Curate, to cause a copy to be entered 
in the registry of his diocese; Registrar to transmit 
a copy to the churchwardens or chapelwardens of 
the parish ; Registrar to be entitled to demand from 
the incumbent a fee of ) read. 

Amendment proposed: P. 41,1. 23. After the 
word “ from,” to insert the words “ the same re- 
“ spectively.” 

Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the f Sir Robert Harry Inglis : 

Yeas, { Mr. Nicholl, 

Tellers for the f Mr. Vernon Smith, 

Noes, \UMr. Labouchere : 

Criavuse N° 94, agreed to. 

CriavseE N® 95, amended, and agreed to. 

CravseE N° 96, agreed to. 

Criavuse N° 97, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses N° 98 to N° 121, agreed to. 

Schedule agreed to. 


Postponed Crauses, N° 6, N° 19 and N° 20, 
agreed to. 


Postponed Criause, N° 22, amended and agreed to. 

CiavusE offered——That from and after the de- 
cease of any spiritual person holding any Benefice, 
to which a house of residence is annexed, and in 
which he shall have been residing at the time of his 
decease, it shall be lawful for the widow or the 
family, or the legal representatives of such spiritual 
person, to reside in such house for any period not 
exceeding three months after the decease of such 
spiritual person, holding and enjoying therewith the 
garden and glebe land (if any) belonging to such 
house, in the same manner as such spiritual person 
might have held and enjoyed the same; provided 
that the quantity of garden and glebe land so held 
shall in no case exceed ten acres.——brought up, 
and read the first time. 

Question put, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time ; 

The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the f Colonel Sibthorp, 
Yeas. Sir George Clerk: 

Tellers for thef Mr. John Parker, 
Noes. L Mr. Solicitor-General : 

Preamble read, and agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





1 
ied 


} 49. 





374 Mr. 



















































Schools 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Kingstown and 
Dublin Port and 
Harbour Bill. 


Sheriff Courts 

































512 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Schools (Scotland) Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into 
“ the system, management, and best means of im- 
“ proving the Parochial Schools in Scotland, and re- 
“ port their opinion thereupon to the House,” instead 
thereof :— 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to he left out, stand part of the Question ; 


And the House having continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Saturday morning. 


Sabbati, 12° die Maii, 1838: 


The said proposed, Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question, viz. to leave out the word 
“now” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now’ 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Mr. Robert Steuart, | 79 
Mr. Fox Maule: f ‘~’ 
Mr. Gillon, 1 19 

Mr. Dennistoun: : oes 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Friday next. 


&gt; 


Tellers for the Yeas, 


Tellers for the Noes, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


11°—12° Mazz. 








into a Committee upon the Kingstown and Dublin 
Port and Harbour Bil; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Solicitor General reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The ingrossed Bill to regulate the Constitution, 


(Scotland) Eill. Jyyisdiction and Forms of Process of Sheriff Courts 


Court of 
Session, &amp;c., 
(Scotland) Bill 


International’ 


in Scotland, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Court of Session, &amp;c., (Scotland) 


* Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon | 


Monday next. 


The International Copyright Bill was, according 


Copyright Bill. to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 


Registration of 


Electors Bill. 


Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Registration of Electors Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 





| 


| 
| 








A. 1838. 


The Westminster Pavements Bill was, according Westminster 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a Pavements Bil, 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second China Courts 

reading of the China Courts Bill ; _ 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Ecclesiastical 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues — and 
Bill : venues Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bishopric; 
mittee on the Bishoprick of Sodor and Mann Bill; 0 Sedor and 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, “#™ Bil. 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Suitors’ Money Bill was, according to Order, Suitors’ Money 
read asecond time ; and committed to a Committee Bill. 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Sheriff Courts (England) Bill was, according Sheriff Cours 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a (England) Bill 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Escheats Bill. 
reading of the Escheats Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Descents Bill. 
reading of the Descents Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Highway Rates 
further consideration the Report on the Highway Bill. 
Rates Bill ; : 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Freemen’s i 
‘reading of the Freemen’s Admission Bill; Admission Bill, 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 


| put, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 


The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr. William Williams, 


} 55. 


Yeas, . Mr. Holmes: 
Tellers for the J Mr. Aglionby, \ 30 
Noes, Mr. Baines : ‘ 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—The Bill 
was accordingly read a second time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be committed to a 
| Committee of the whole House ; 
| A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
that this House do now adjourn:—It passed in the 
Negative. 

Resolved, That the Bill be committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 30th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- waste Lands 
day next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the (Ireland) Bill. 
Waste Lands (Jreland) Bill. 





Ordered, 


Cro 
(In 


Gri 
(ls 


Cor 
(Ir 


Ch 
Pai 
(C 
Bil 


wo 


Tenants for Life 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Leases and 
Exchanges — 
(Ireland) Bill. 


First Fruits 
and Tenths, 


; 


o 


Quit and 
Crown Rents 
(Ireland.) 


No. 381. 


Grand Jury 
Money 
_(Ireland.) 


No. 382. 


Constabulary 
(Ireland.) 


No. 383. 


Church 
Patronage 
(Corporations ) 
Bill. 


Kingston-upon- 
Hull Election. 


Gloucester City 


Election, 


Norwich City 
Election. 


1 VicrorizZ. 


Ordered, That the Tenants for Life (Zreland) Bill. 
be read a second time upon Wednesday next. | 


Ordered, That the Leases and Exchanges (Ireland) | 
Bill be read a second time upon Wednesday next. 





| 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the | 
25th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
a Committee, to take into consideration the pro-, 
priety of abolishing the First Fruits of the Clergy | 
in England and Wales, and the more effectual rating | 
and the better collection of the Tenths applicable to 
the maintenance of the Poor Clergy. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Quit and 
Crown Rents (Jreland), which was presented upon 
Friday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Grand Jury 
Money (Jreland), which was presented upon Wed- 
nesday last, be printed. - ; 


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Consta- 
bulary Force (Zreland), which was presented upon 
Wednesday last, be printed. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for facilitating the sale of Church Patronage belong- 
ing to Municipal Corporations, in certain cases: 
And that Mr. Solicitor General and Mr. Attorney 
General do prepare, and bring it in. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Minutes of the Evidence and Pro- 
ceedings of the Kingston-upon-Hull Election Com- 
mittee be laid before this House ; 


And notice being taken that Forty Members were 
not present, the House was told by Mr. Speaker, 
and Forty Members not being present ; and it being 
then half an hour after one of the clock on Satur- 
day morning :—~The House was adjourned by Mr. 
Speaker, without a Question first put, till Monday 
next. 








Lune, 14° die Mai; 


Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 

IR William Heathcote, from the Select Com- 

mittee appointed to try and determine the merits 
of the Petition of Henry Wood and Charles Clarke, 
Electors, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the City of Gloucester, informed the 
House, That the Committee had determined, 

That Henry Thomas Hope, Esquire, is duly 
elected a Citizen to ser've in this present Parliament 
for the City of Gloucester: 

That the Petition of Henry Wood and Charles 
Clarke, did not appear to the Committee to be frivo- 
lous or vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did 
not appear to the Committee to be frivolous or 
vexatious. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Mr. Wrightson, from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed to try and determine the merits of the 
Petition of Jsaac Wiseman and others, Electors 
of the city of Norwich, and county of the 
same city, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the said city and county of the same, 
informed the House, That the Committee had de- 
termined, 

That the Honourable Arthur Wellesley, commonly 
called The Marquis of Douro, is duly elected a 
Citizen to serve in this present Parliament, for the 
said City of Norwich : 


11°—12°— 





Vou. 93. 





14° Maz. 513 
_ That the Honourable Robert Campbell Scarlett, 
is not duly Elected a Citizen to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the said City of Norwich : 


That Benjamin Smith, Esquire, is duly Elected, 
and ought to have been returned a Citizen to serve 


in this present Parliament for the said City of 


Norwich : 

That the Petition of Isaac Wiseman, and others, 
did not appear to the said Committee to be frivolous 
or vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not 
appear to the said Committee to be frivolous or 
vexatious : 

Mr. Wrightson also informed the House, That the 
Committee had altered the Poll taken at the said Elec- 
tion, by striking off the Names of Matthew Purland, 
Thomas Ellis, Leonard Haylett, Robert Goffin, 
Samuel Tuffield, James Proctor, Thomas Monsey, 
John Lamb, Michael Morrell, Joseph Fearnley, John 
Warminger, Charles Steward, James Carver, Wil- 
liam Atterton, Charles Marsh, William Armes, Robert 
Annison, Samuel Baker, William Allen, John Minns, 
John Mills, junior, James Howard, John Spooner, 
George Hewett and William Green, senior; as not 
having had a right to vote at such Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be . 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend Clerk of the 
this House To-morrow, with the last’ Return for the Crown to 
City of Norwich, and amend the same, by rasing out *™e"4 Return. 


the name of the Honourable Robert Campbell Scar- 
lett, and inserting the name of Benjamin Smith, 
Esquire, instead thereof. 


A Petition of Henry John Spencer Churchill, w k 
commonly called Lord John Spencer Churchill, was co 
delivered in, and read; setting forth, That at the Election. 


last Election of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Woodstock, the Peti- 
tioner and George Spencer Churchill, commonly 
called the Marquis of Blandford, were Candidates 
to represent the said borough in Parliament; that 
a vn having been duly demanded by and on behalf 
of the Petitioner, was proceeded in by the Mayor 
and Returning Officer of the said Borough, after 
which the said George Spencer Churchill, commonly 
called the Marquis of Blandford, was declared duly 
elected, and was, by the said Returning Officer, re- 
turned a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament 
for the said Borough ; that, before and at and during 
the said Election, the said George Spencer Churchill, 
commonly called the Marquis of Blandford, did, by 
himself, his agents, friends, and other persons in his 
behalf, by gifts, presents, money, rewards and pro- 
mises, and by offers, agreements, and securities for 
money, gifts and rewards, and by threats, intimida- 
tion, promises, undue influence, and other corrupt 
and illegal practices, acts and means, corrupt and 
procure, and endeavour to corrupt and procure, 
divers persons having or claiming to have a right to 
vote at such Election, to give their votes at such 
Election in favour of the said George Spencer 
Churchill, commonly called Marquis of Blandford, 
and to forbear to give their votes in favour of the 
Petitioner ; that after the place in Parliament to be 
supplied by the said Election became vacant, and as 
well after as before the teste or issuing out of the 
Writ for the said Election, the said George Spencer 
Churchill, commonly called Marquis of Blandford, 
did, by himself, and by his agents, friends, managers, 
and partisans, by divers ways and means, directly 
and indirectly, give, present, and allow to persons 
having votes at such Election, money, meat, reward, 
drink, lodging, entertainment, provision, and did 
make presents, gifts, rewards and promises, agree- 
ments, obligations and engagements to give money, 
meat, drink, provisions, presents, rewards and enter- 
tainments, to and for persons having votes as afore- 
said, and to and for the use, advantage, benefit, 
enjoyment, and preferment of such persons, in order 

3U that 








514 


that he, the said George Spencer Churchill, commonly 
called Marquis of Blandford, might be elected to 
serve in Parliament for the said Borough; that at 
the taking of the poll at the said Election, divers per- 
sons were admitted to vote, and did vote in favour 
of the said George Spencer Churchill, commonly 
called Marquis of Blandford, although such persons 
were disqualified to vote at such Election, in conse- 
quence of such persons having asked, received, or 
taken money or reward, by way of gift, loan or other 
device, or having agreed or contracted for money, 
gift, office, employment, or other reward, to give 
their votes or to chaos to give their votes at the 
said Election, and divers other persons were in like 
manner admitted to vote, and did vote in favour of 
the said George Spencer Churchill, commonly called 
Marquis of Blandford, although such persons did, 
by themselves or by persons employed by them, by 
gifts or rewards, or by promises, agreements, or se- 
curities for gifts or rewards, corrupt or procure, or 
attempt to corrupt and procure, persons to give their 
votes, or to forbear to give their votes at the said 
Election; that at the said Election the votes of 
divers persons were accepted and recorded in favour 
of the said George Spencer Churchill, commonly 
called Marquis of Blandford, although such persons 
were not entitled and had no right to vote at such 
Election ; that divers persons were admitted to vote 
and did vote at the said Election in favour of the 
said George Spencer Churchill, commonly called 
Marquis of Blandford, who were not duly registered 
as Electors to vote at the said Election, and who 
were not entitled to vote; that at the Registration 
of Voters for the said Borough of Woodstock last 
preceding the said Election, the names of divers per- 
sons were, by the Overseers of the several parishes 
within the said Borough, whose duty it was to make 
out the lists of voters for their respective parishes, 
or by the Town Clerk of the said scent whose 
duty it was to make out a list of Freemen enti- 
tled to be Voters, inserted in such lists although 
such persons were not entitled to vote in the Elec- 
tion of any Member to serve in Parliament for 
the said Borough, and that such persons, though 
duly objected to, were nevertheless improperly re- 
tained in the Register of Voters for the said Borough, 
in consequence of the decision of the Barrister or 
Barristers appointed to revise the lists of Voters for 
the said Borough, and that such persons, being so 
improperly retained in the Register, were at the said 
Election admitted to vote and did vote for the said 
George Spencer Churchill, commonly called Marquis 
of Blandford; that at the said registration the 
names of divers persons, whose names had been 
ne omitted from the before-mentioned lists of 

oters for the said Borough, were nevertheless im- 
properly inserted in the lists by the Barrister or 

arristers appointed to revise the same, whereb 
such persons became registered as voters for the said 
Borough, although such persons were not entitled 
to vote at any Election for the said Borough, and 
such persons were at the said Election admitted to 
vote and did vote for the said George Spencer 
Churchill, commonly called Marquis of Blandford ; 
that at the said Election divers persons were ad- 
mitted to vote and did vote for the said George Spencer 
Churchill, commonly called Marquis of Blandford, 
who were disabled from and incapable of voting for 
the said Borough by divers legal or personal dis- 
qualification or disabilities ; that at the said Election 
many persons were admitted to vote and did vote 
for the said George Spencer Churchill, commonly 
called Marquis of Bland ford,although such persons 
were disqualified to vote thereat, in consequence of 
having received parochial relief or other disqualify- 
ing alms; that the votes of divers persons were 


14° Maii. 





A. 1838. 


said Election, or within fourteen days after the same 
was completed, had been and were employed as 
agents, or in some other capacity, for the purposes 
of the said Election, and who, in consideration of 
and with reference to such employment, accepted 
and took money or other reward, or promise, or se- 
curity for money or other reward; that the votes 
of divers persons were accepted and recorded at the 
said Election in favour of the said George Spencer 
Churchill, commonly called Marquis of Blandford, 
although they had become disqualified to vote thereat 
in consequence of their having ceased to possess the 
property or other qualification in respect of which 
their names had been inserted in the Register of 
Voters for the said Borough in force at the said 
Election, or in consequence of their having aban- 
doned, changed, or departed from their respective 
occupations or residences, or by having ceased to 
reside within the said Borough, or within the limits 
required by the Statute in such case made and pro- 
vided ; that divers persons whose names had been 
improperly omitted from the Register of Voters in 
force at the said Election, tendered their votes at 
such Election for the Petitioner, but such votes were 
not admitted by the said Returning Officer, nor re- 
corded in favour of the Petitioner; that, by means 
of the premises, the said George Spencer Churchill, 
commonly called Marquis of Blandford, obtained 
an apparent and colourable majority of votes over 
the Petitioner, and procured himself to be returned 
as a Member to serve in this present Parliament for 
the said Borough of Woodstock, whereas the Peti- 
tioner had a majority of lawful votes, and ought to 
have been returned ; the Petitioner therefore humbly 
prays that the House will take the premises into 
their consideration, and will declare that the Peti- 
tioner was duly elected and ought to have been re- 
turned to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough of Woodstock, and will amend the 
Return of the said Election by directing the Clerk 
of the Crown to erase therefrom the name of the 
said George Spencer Churchill, commonly called 
Marquis of Blandford, and to insert therein the 
name of the Petitioner, or will otherwise declare the 
said Election and Return of the said George Spencer 
Churchill, commonly called Marquis of Blandford, 
null and void, or afford to the Petitioner such relief 
in the premises as to the House may seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into con- 
sideration upon Thursday the 7th day of June next, 
at Three of the clock in the afternoon. 

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


Mr. Ainsworth, by Order, reported from the Com- golton and 
Y | mittee on the Bolton and Preston Railwa 
and to whom several Petitions against the said Bill “¥ Bi 


were referred; That the Standing Orders relative to 
Bills for making Railways, had been complied with ; 
and that the Committee had considered the said 
Petitions; and had heard counsel in favour of the 
Bill; and had inquired into the several matters re- 
quired by the Resolutions of the House; and had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


The Ramsgate Improvement (No. 2.) Bill was Ramsgate 


read a second time ; and committed to Sir Edward 
Knatchbull and the Kent List. 


Bill ; Preston Rail- 


accepted and recorded at the said Election in favour 
of the said George Spencer Churchill, commonly 
called Marquis of Blandford, who within six months 
previous to the said Election, or at and during the 


The Order for reading a second time, the Se- Severn _ 
vern Navigation (No. 1.) Biil, was read and dis- Nevie\e.) 
charged. 5: (No. 1.) Bt 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 





Mr. 














Sugar Refining 
Patent. 


Wakefield 
and Halifax 
Roads Bill. 


Brampton 
Bierley and 
Hooton Roberts 
Roads Bill. 


Buckstones 
and Elland 
Bridge Road 
Bill, 


Salterhebble 
Roads Bill. 


Bewle’s 


Nat, Bill. 


Leamington 
Priors Gas Bill. 


Grand Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Duties and 
Reveuues Bille 


Charch 
Property, 


1 VicTrortZ. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre, by Order, reported from the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills ; That 
in the case of the Petition for leave to present a 
Petition for the Sugar Refining Patent Bill, the Com- 
mittee recommend that leave be given to present a 
Petition for a Bill, pursuant to the prayer of the said 
Petition. 

Ordered, That leave be given to present a Peti- 
tion, as desired. 


Sir George Strickland reported from. the Commit- 
tee on the (re-committed) Wakefield and Halifax 
Roads Bill; That they had made other Amend- 
ments thereunto; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Sir George Strickland reported from the Commit- 
tee on the Brampton Bierley and Hooton Roberts 
Roads Bill; That they had examined the allegations 
of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Sir George Strickland reported from the Commit- 
tee on the (re-committed) Buckstones and Elland 


Bridge Road Bill; That they had made other | 
Amendments thereunto ; and the Amendments were | fi 


read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Sir George Strickland reported from the Commit- 
tee on the (re-committed) Salterhebble Roads Bill ; 
That they had made other Amendments thereunto ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Beurle’s Naturalization Bill was read a second 
time; and committed to Sir George Strickland and 
the York List. 


A Petition of Rate-payers, and Owners or Occu- 
piers of property in the parish of Leamington Priors, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Lea- 
mington Priors Gas Bill, was presented, and read. 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the | 


Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Manchester and Birmingham 
Railway Company, praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Grand Junction Railway Bill, 
was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Dean and Chapter of the Ca- 
thedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, of 
Lincoln, praying that the Ecclesiastical Duties and 
Revenues Bill may not pass into a law as it now 
stands, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bath ;—Bilsby ;— Carrington ;— 
Horsmonden;— Ardleigh ;— Layer Marney ;— River- 
hall;—East Thorpe ;—Little Horkesley ;— Wakes 
Colney and Chapel ;— Black Notley; —Arkesden;— 
— + sas ; — Southminster; —- Latton ; — 

oL. 93. 


14° Mazz. 








514 


Chadwell Saint Mary ; —Enfield;—and, Hemel 
Hempstead; praying that all increase of revenue 
that may arise from an improved system of leasing 
Ecclesiastical Property may be left at the disposal 
of the Church to supply the deficiency of spiritual 
instruction for the people,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Marquis of Chandos reported from the Com- Aylesbury 
mittee on the Aylesbury and Thame Road Bill; = oo 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, “°° ~"" 
and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; 
and the Amendments were read, and aged to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


Sibeth’s Naturalization Bill was read a second Sibeth's 
time; and committed to Mr. Pattison and the Mid- Nt Bill. 
dlesex List. 


Petitions from Kirkwall ;— Forfar ;— Carnoustie; Church of 
—and, Newbigging; praying the House not to S-tland. 
sanction any further endowments to the Church of 
Scotland,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from North Shields ;— Yeovil (two Peti- Negro Appren- 
tions) ;— Watchet ;— Wiveliscombe ; — Stogumber ;— tisesbip. 
Street ;—Montacute ;—Langport ;— Keinton Maud- 
eld ;— Walton ;— Barton Saint David ;— Somerton 
(two Petitions);—Helsington and Brigsteer ;—He- 
versham and Hincaster ;— Witherslack ;— Ashton- 
under-Lyne;—Audenshaw ;— Altrincham ;—Comrie ; 
— Dundalk ;— Haltwhistle ; — Forfar (Moderator 
and Clerk of the United Secession Presbytery) ;— 
Othery ;— Minehead ;— Wellington, Somerset (two 
Petitions); — Weston-super-Mare ; — Shapwich ; — 
Longsutton ;—Hemyock ;— Norton Saint Phillip’s 
(two Petitions) ;— Brampton ;— Lanercost ;—Hail 
Bank Gate ;—Saint John’s, Beckermet ;— Cumwhin- 
ton ;—Allonby ;—Carlisle (six Petitions) ;— Laug- 
harne ; — Carmarthen ;— Withicombe Raleigh ; — 
Thomas Rowell and others ;—Hawkshead ;—Co- 
niston ;—Bath (Chairman of a Meeting);—-Edin- 
burgh, Rose-street (Preses and Clerk of the United 
Associate Congregation);—and, Wetherell; praying 
for the abolition of the system of Negro Appren- 
ticeship,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Rector, Curate and Farmers, poor Law 
Rate-payers of Wilksley, praying for the repeal of Amendment 
the Poor Law Act, was presented, and read; and Act. 
referred to the Select Committee on the Poor Law 
Amendment Act. 


Petitions from Shelton ;— Southampton ;—Leck- Lord’s Day Bill. 
ford ;— Beaumaris ;—Robert Ross, Provost of Cro- 
marty ;-—-and, Bath; praying that the Lord’s Day 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Mary’s, New vote by Ballot 
Ross, in the county of Wexford, praying for the 
adoption of Vote by Ballot, and that Parliament 
shall not continue longer than three years at the 
utmost, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Brigown ;—Swords ;—Coleraine ; Education 
—and, Tydavnet ; praying that. the present system (Ireland.) 
of national education in Jreland may not be per- 
sisted in,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Public 
Select Committee on Public Petitions; That they Petitions. 
had examined the Petitions presented from the 7th 
to the 11th days of this instant May, both inclu- 

3 U2 sive ; 








516 


sive ; and had directed him to make a report thereof 
to the House. 

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


Gazeley _ The Gazeley Inclosure Bill was read a second 
Inclosure Bill. time; and committed to Colonel Rushbrooke and 
the Suffolk List. 


Petitions from Axbridge ;—Lanark (Convener of 
the County) ;— Devonport (Corporation) ;— Limerick 
(Chamber of Commerce) ;—Cromarty (Provost) ;— 
Ennis ;— Ross (Preses of a Meeting) ;—and, Henry 
Martin; praying for the establishment of a low and 
uniform rate of Postage on Letters,—were presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Postage. 


Two Petitions of Beer Sellers of Bradford ( York), 
praying for an alteration of the Sale of Beer Act, 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of the Master, Wardens and Brethren 
of the Corporation of Saddlers, Upholders, Coach 
Makers, Harness Makers, Bridle Cutters, Wheel- 
wrights and Rope Makers or Guild of the Blessed 
Virgin Mary, Dublin, in Common Hall assembled, 
complaining that Roman Catholic Members of the 
House have taken part in, and voted on, subjects 
affecting directly the spiritual and temporal affairs 
of the Established Church; and praying the House 
to adopt such measures as shall be most advisable 
for preserving inviolate the property of the Esta- 
blished Church of Great Britain and Ireland to the 
sacred purposes for which it was originally intended, 
and cause the laws already in existence to be re- 
spected, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Postage. 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Roman Catholic 
Members of 
Parliament. 


— Petitions from Governors and Subscribers of the 
arities 


., Rathkeale Dispensary ;—the Brough Dispensary ;— 
(Ireland) Bill. the Rathkeale Raves Rapid ;--the Glin aicaiaey ; 
—the Knockaney Dispensary ;—the Pallis Green 
Dispensary ;—and, Chairman of a Meeting of Licen- 
tiate Apothecaries of Ireland; praying that the Me- 
dical Charities (Zredand) Bill may pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from the Chairman and Secretary of a 
Meeting of British Graduates in Medicine and Sur- 
gery of Limerick ;—and, Governors of the Hospital 
of Sir Patrick Dun (Dublin); praying that the said 


14° Maz. 











A. 1838. 


Sen and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Spirit-dealers of Kirkintilloch, pray- Spirituous 
ing that the Spirituous Liquors Sale; and, Spirit gga 
Licenses (Scotland) Bills, may pass into law, was 
ecg and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Aberbrothwick;—and, Ross (Preses me Licenses 
of a Meeting); praying that the Spirit Licenses (Std) Bill 
(Scotiand) Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates, Town Council and Corn Laws, 
Inhabitants of Arbroath, praying for the repeal 
of the Corn Laws, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


Petitions from Kirkbymoorside ; — and, Ormsby Bonded Corn 
with-Kelsby ; praying that the Bonded Corn Bill Bill. 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Thirsk, praying the Education. 
House not to sanction any plan of instruction of 
which Scripture truth does not form the basis, as &gt; 
well as the governing principle of its operations, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Mr. Henry Grattan reported from the Committee Dundalk and 
on the Dundalk and Dunleer Road Bill; That they — Roud 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found * 
the same to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

And the House being informed, that other Amend- 
ments are necessary to be made to the Bill ; 

Ordered,. That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee; and that they have leave to 
sit, and proceed, and to make their Report To- 
morrow. 


A Petition of Pawnbrokers of Stoke-upon- Trent, British Pledge 
praying that the British Pledge Society Bill may Society Bill. 
not pass into a law as it now stands, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners of houses, and other Inha- Rating of _ 
bitants of Penkhull, praying that the Rating of Teuements Bill 
Tenements Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Rating of Tenements. 





Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands,—were 
also — and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Salmon Petitions from Tacksmen of Salmon Fishings in 


ene mee the River Spey;— Proprietors and Tacksmen of 

(Scotland) Pee ; » - s 

(No.2.) Bil, Salmon Fishings in the Rivers North and South 
Esk ;-—and, Trustees of the Duke of Gordon; pray- 
ing that the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) No. 2. Bill 
may not pass into a law as it now stands,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Bible Printing A Petition of the Moderator and Clerk of the 


(Scotland.) United Secession Presbytery of Forfar, praying the 


House to refuse their sanction to any measure which 
might countenance the renewal to Her Majesty’s 
Printers in Scotland of the exclusive right of print- 
ing the Holy Scriptures, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Prisons 


Petitions from Kirkwall; -—— Saint Andrew’s ;— 
(Scotland) Bill. 


and, Aberbrothwick ; praying that the Prisons (Scot- 
land) Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands, 


—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Spirituous 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town 
Liquors Sale . 


Council of Aberhrothwick, praying that the Spirituous 
Bill. : P o™ 
Liquors Sale Bill may not pass into a law, was 





Petitions from Cork (Grand Jury) ;—Kinnatta- Tithes 
loon; — Ballymartle’and Cullen; — Condons and &lt;'eland.) 
Clongibbons ;—Fanlobbus and other places ; — Clon- 
drohid ;--Inniscarra and Carriqwhanebeg ;—Brinny 
and Knockavilly ;—Saint Mary’s, New Ross ;—and, 
Castledermot, Moone and Levitstown; praying for 
the abolition of Tithes in Jreland,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Lay Impropriators and Lessees of 
Lay Impropriate Tithes in Jre/and ;—and, Clergy of 
the diocese of Limerick; praying that the proposed 
measure relative to Tithes in Jreland may not be 
carried into effect,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from New Ross;—-and, Oilgate; praying Municipal 
that the Municipal Corporations (Jreland) Bill may Corporations 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and (Ireland) Bill 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Registered Freemen of the County 
of the City of Waterford, praying that the said Bill 
may not pass into a law, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill Higham Ferrers 
for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Higham Ferrers, lclosure Bill. 
in the County of Northampton, be now read the 
third time ; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
|jesty’s command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty 








— ky bd 


C 
A 


—_—s 7 


ers 


1 Victroriz. 


Majesty, having been informed of the purport of 
the Bill, gives Her consent, as far as Her Majesty’s 
interest is concerned, that the House may do therein 
as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Fazakerley do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Westminster Three Petitions of Rate-payers of Mary-le-bone, 

Pavements Bill. hraving that the Westminster Pavements Bill may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

Reform of A Petition of Electors and Inhabitants of Tyne- 

ery Act. mouth, praying for the amendment of the Reform 

(208 of Parliament (England) Act, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


CourtsofRe- A Petition of Henry 7. Tovey, and others, pray- 

gest (Medical ing the House to investigate the matter of the Peti- 

Accounts-) tion of Mr. James Baker, relative to the reduction of 
Medical Accounts, by Commissioners of Courts of 
Request, and praying for an inquiry, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

British Manu- Petitions from Oldbury ;—Netherton;—and Dud- 


facturers’ Pro- Jey; praying that the British Manufacturers’ Pro- 
tection Bill. . : : ee ; 
tection Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Copyholds A Petition of Owners or Mortgagees of Lands in 

Enfranchise- the manor of Kibworth Harcourt, praying that the 

nent Bill. Copyholds Enfranchisement Bill may not pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Bill. 

Farringdon A Petition of John Mallcott, of Newgate-street, 


Sreet(London) in the city of London, Stone-mason, praying that he 
- may be heard, by his counsel or agent, against 
certain parts of the Farringdon-street (London) Bill, 
was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he 
think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


Chesterton 
Inclosure Bille yish of Chesterton, in the County of Cambridge, 
was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Yorke do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Tithes Commue 
tation, 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer- presented, by 
Her Majesty’s Command,—-Report of the Tithe 
Commissioners for England and Wales, to Her Ma- 
jesty’s Principal Secretary of State, for the Home 
Department. 

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


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to Orders,— 
A Return of all Agreements for the Commuta- 
tion of Tithes, which have been confirmed by the 
Tithe Commissioners, from the 19th of December 
1837 to the 1st of May 1838. 

Copies of all Correspondence with the Board of 
Works in Ireland, in relation to Roads in the Barony 
of Irraghticonnor and County of 7 ; also, Copies 
of Memorials in relation to such Roads, and an 
Account of the Monies advanced for their formation 
by the Board of Works, by the County, or by private 
persons. 

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


Colonel Davies reported, from the Select Commit- 


Tithes Commue 
lation, 


Kerry Roads, 


High Sheriffs 
Bill. 


No. 385. 


14° Mazz. 


An ingrossed Bil] for inclosing Lands in the Pa-| 


517 
Ordered, Tuat the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 


mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Mr. Robert Steuart presented, pursuant to Orders, West India 
—An Account of the Quantities of Sugar imported !™ports. 
into the United Kingdom, from the West Indies and 
the Mauritius, and the parts of those Quantities re- 
entered for exportation between the 5th January 
1837 and the 5th January 1838; distinguishing the 
proportions received from each Colony respectively ; 
and the like of other West Indian Produce. 

Accounts of all Sums paid into the Stamp Office Fire Insurance. 

for Duty, by each Insurance Office in Great Britain 
and Jreland, on Insurance from Fire, for the quarters 
ending severally the 25th of March, 24th of June, 
29th of September, and 25th of December 1837 ; 
distinguishing the Amount of the Allowance made 
to each Office for collecting the same in the Country, 
London, Edinburgh and Dublin respectively, with 
the dates of such payments :—And, of the Sums in- 
sured by each Office on Farming Stock exempt 
from Duty, for the quarters ending severally the 
25th of March, 24th of June, 29th of September and 
25th December 1837; distinguishing the Amount of 
each Office in the Country, London, Edinburgh and 
Dublin respectively. 

A Return of all Barilla only, on which Duty has Barilla. 
been paid for Home Consumption, for the years 
ended 4th April 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837 and 1838 ; 
distinguishing the Quantities at the Ports of Lon- 
don, Bristol and Gloucester. 

Returns of the Sums granted by Parliament in Education. 
each year, from 1834 to 1837 inclusive, for the ad- 
vancement of Education in England and Wales :— 
Of the Number of applications made to the Lords 
of the Treasury in each year, from 1834 to 1837 in- 
clusive, for aid towards the Building or Mainte- 
nance of Schools, or Payment of Teachers, classified 
according to the Counties and Societies to which 
they respectively belong :—-Of the Number and 
Amount of Grants, and of the Amount of each 
Grant, severaily made by the Lords of the Treasury 
in answer to such applications, classified according 
to the Counties and Societies to which tiie Schools 
to which such Grants have been made respectively 
belong :—Copy of the Conditions and Regulations 
| under which such Grants have been made :—Report of 
| the manner in which such Grants have been applied 

to each School, and of the results produced thereby: 
| —A Return of the Names and Qualifications of In- 
spectors, if any, appointed by the Treasury to see 
such grants applied in accordance with the Regula- 
tions under which they were made :---A Return of the 
/Sum granted by Parliament for the Establishment 
| of Schools for Teachers:—And, a Report of the pro- 
gress made, if any, in the application of such Grant. 

Accounts of the Number of Licenses issued Soap and 
Soap Makers in yo ers and Scotland respectively, Candles. 
distinguishing the Number issued in each year from 
January 1827 to January 1837:—Of the Number 
of Licenses issued to Tallow Chandlers in England 
and Scotland respectively, from January 1827 to 
January 1830, distinguishing the Number issued in 
each year :-—Of the Number of Soap Making and 
Candle Making Licenses issued to the same persons © 
in Ne and Scotland respectively, distinguishing 
the Number in each year from January 1827 to 
| January 1830 :—Of the Number of entered Candle 

Makers in England and Scotland respectively, Li- 
censed as Soap Makers, distinguishing the Number 
in each year, from January 1834 to January 1838: 
| —And, of the Number of Candle Makers surveyed 


| by the Excise, distinguishing the Number in each 
| year, from January 1830 to January 1838, 
| Returns of the Total Number of days in each Revising 





























| 
| 
i 


tee on the High Sheriffs Bill; That they had ex-) year during which the whole of the Barristers ap- Barristers. 
amined the allegations of the Bill, and found the | pointed to revise the Lists of Voters for the Counties, 


same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and! Cities and Boroughs in England and Wales, were 


made Amendments thereunto. 
Vou. 93. 


employed in performance of their duty :—Of the 
3u3 Number 









518 


Number of Barristers appointed in each year :—And, | 
of the Total Cost of such Revision ineach year. | 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the Table. | 


A Petition of Tenants, deriving under the See of | 
Killaloe, praying for protection of their interests in 
the Fisheries of the Shannon, and compensation for 
losses under the Acts for the improvement of the 
navigation of the said river, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 







Shannon Navi- 
gation Acts. 









Factories 


Petitions from Keighley (Chairman of a Meeting ); 
Regulation Bill. 


—and, Batley; praying that the Factories Regula- 

tion Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands,— 

were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon | 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Clergy, Churchwardens, Vestry- 
men and Inhabitants of Saint Margaret and Saint 
John-the-Evangelist, in the city of Westminster, 
praying that all public-houses and spirit shops in 
the metropolis may be closed at twelve o’clock on 
Saturday night till one o’clock in the afternoon 
on the following Sunday, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 







Lord’s Day Bill. 












Chast of law. Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Select 
don) Bill. Committee on the Coal Trade (Port of Zondon Bill), 





that they have Power to inquire into the operation 
of the Act 1 and 2 Will. 4, c. 76, and to report the 
same, with their observations thereupon, to the 
House. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Citizen to serve in this present 
Parliament for the city of Gloucester, in the room 
of Henry Thomas Hope, Esquire, who since his 
Election for the said city hath accepted the Office 
of Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s Three Chil- 
tern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Bonenham, 
in the County of Buckingham. 







Gloucester City 
Writ. 










Tithes 
Ireland.) 





The Order of the day being read, for the House 
to resolve itself into a Committee to consider the 
subject of Tithes in Ireland; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question | 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the | 
Chair ; 

The House was moved, That the entry in the 
Journal of the House, of the 7th day of April 1835, 
of the Resolutions of the House, relative to the 
Church Establishment in Jreland, might be read ; 
and the same were read as follow: 

“ Resolved, That any surplus revenue of the pre- 
sent Church Establishment in Jreland, not required | 
for the spiritual care of its members, be applied to | 
the moral and religious education of all classes of | 
the people, without distinction of religious persua- | 
sion, providing for the resumption of such surplus, | 
or of any such part of it as may be required by an | 
increase of the number of the members of the Esta- 
blished Church. 

“ Resolved, That it is the opinion of this House, 
that no measure upon the subject of Tithes in Jre- | 
land can lead to a satisfactory and final adjustment, | 
which does not embody the principle contained in | 
the foregoing Resolution.” 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the | 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ the said Resolutions be rescinded,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the | 
Question :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; | 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To- | 


morrow. 










































The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Prisons Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Prisons Bill. 













14° Marz. 


the Duties of the Lord Ordinary, 





A. 1838. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Juvenile 
reading of the Juvenile Offenders Bili; Offenders Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Municipal 
mittee on the Municipal Corporations (Zreland ) Bill; Corporations 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, (Ireland) Bill 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bankrupts’ 
mittee on the Bankrupts’ Estates (Scotland) Bill ; — 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, (land) Bill 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Personal 
mittee on the Personal Diligence (Scotland) Bill; — Piligenee - 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, ‘ ee ee 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Factories 
reading of the Factories Regulation Bill; Regulation Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second County Courts 
reading of the County Courts Bill ; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday, the 28th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Glass Duties 
mittee on the Glass Duties Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Pilotage Bill. 
reading of the Pilotage Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next, 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Prisons 
further consideration the Report on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill 
(Scotland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Benefices Plurality Bill ; Benefices _ 
and the Bill was re-committed to a Committee of Plurality Bill 
the whole House :—And the House immediately re- No. 408. 
solved itself into the Committee; and, after some 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; 
and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly; and the 
Report was ordered to be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Friday, the 25th 5 of this instant 
May; and the Bill, as amended, to be printed. 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 
Report on the Kingstown and Dublin Port and Har- 
bour Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Kingstown and 
Dublin Portand 
Harbour Bill. 


The ingrossed Bill to make certain alterations in Court of 
and in the esta~ Session, 
blishment of Clerks and Officers of the Court of ©") 
Session and Court of Commissioners for Teinds in 
Scotland, and to reduce the Fees payable in those 
Courts, was, according to Order, read the third time ; 
and an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- International 
‘mittee on the International Copyright Bill ; Copyright Bul 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 


resolve itself into the said Committee. 
The 





. 


1 Vicroriz. 


Westminster The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Pavements Bill. into a Committee upon the Westminster Pavements 
No. 384. Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr.Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. For Maule reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 

made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Foz Maule reported the Bill accordingly ; 
and the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


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


Martis, 15° die Mati, 1838: 


China Courts The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Bill reading of the China Courts Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Suitors’ Money 


- The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
1. 


into a Committee upon the Suitors’ Money Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Sheriff Courts The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(England) Bill. mittee on the Sheriff Courts (England) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Escheats Bill The Order of the day being read, for the second 


reading of the Escheats Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time | 


upon Friday next. 


Descents Bill. 
reading of the Descents Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 


| 


mittee of Supply ; 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve. 


itself into the said Committee. 


Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
— mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 


14°-—15° Maz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second | 30 
| County of Lancaster, complaining of an undue Elec- roughs Elec- 





519 


Mr. Lambton, Mr. Granville Vernon, Mr. Pease, 
Mr. Childers, Mr. Gally Knight, Mr. Hector, Mr. 
Ingham, Mr. Solicitor-General, Lord Eliot, Mr. 
Baines, Mr. William Evans, Mr. tHiope Johnstone, 
Mr. Ward, Mr. Baring Wall, Mr. Hawes, Lord 
Viscount Sandon, and Lord Viscount Ebrington ; 
with Power to send for persons, papers and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the quorum. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Oxford and 
before the Committee on the Oxford and Great Great Western 
Western Union Railway Bill in the last Session, be oo eae 
referred to the Committee on the Bill in the present 


Session. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Validity of Validity of 
Wills, which was presented upon Wednesday last, Wills. 
be printed. No. 386. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Probate of Probate of 
Wills, which was presented upon Wednesday last, Wills. 
be printed. No. 386. 
Ordered, That the Twelfth Report of the Com- Metropolis 
missioners of the Metropolis Roads, which was pre- Reads. 
sented upon Friday last, be printed. No. 387. 
Ordered, That the Papers relative to Emigration, Emigration. 
which were presented upon Friday last, be printed. No. 388. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after Twelve of the 
clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 





Martis, 15° die Maii ; 
Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1848. 


PRAYERS. 


{ ‘HE hour appointed for taking into considera- Bolton-le- 


i : nay ino: Moors, and 
tion the Petition of the there undersigned, being Bury St. Fd- 


mund’s Bo- 





Electors of the Borough of Bolton-le-Moors, in the 


tion and Return for the said borough, being come; ‘is. 
Mr. Speaker took the Chair. 
The Serjeant-at-Arms was sent with the Mace to 
the places adjacent, to require the attendance of the 
fembers on the business of the House; and being 
returned ; 
The Clerk of the Crown attending, according to Norwict 
Order, amended the Return for the City of Norwich, Retum | 
Then the House was counted by Mr. Speaker, and 
one hundred and fifty-eight Members being present; 
And the Petition of the Persons whose names are 
thereunto subscribed, being Electors of the Borough 


_ of Bury Saint Edmund's, in the County of Suffolk, and 


who had and claimed to have had a right to vote at 
the last Election of Members to serve in this present 


be entered into between the City of Edinburgh, the) Parliament for the said borough ;—and also, the 


a Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
artes to consider the terms of an Agreement proposed to’ 
Creditors and the Port of Leith, laid before this! 
House on the 11th instant, and to report to this) 
House whether it is expedient to sanction the same) 
by any legislative enactment. | 
Ordered, That the Committee be nominated this 
day. 
Church Leases, 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
the 3d day of this instant May, That a Select Com- 


other Property of the Bishops, Deans and Chapters, 
and other Ecclesiastical Bodies of England and 
Wales, and into the probable Amount of any in-| 
creased Value which might be obtained byan improved | 
Management, with a due consideration of the inter-| 
ests of the Established Church, and of the present, 
Lessees of such Property, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That the Committee do consist of twenty- 
one Members. 

A Committee was nominated of Lord John Rus- 
me ae Mr. Vernon Smith, Mr. Pusey, 

ou. 93. 














Petition of the several Persons whose names are 
thereunto subscribed, Electors of the Borough of 
Bury Saint Edmund’s, in the County of Suffolk, on 
behalf of themselves and others, claiming aright to 
vote for Members to serve in Parliament for the said 
borough, severally complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the id Borough of Bury Saint Ed- 
mund’s, being also ordered to be taken into considera- 


tee ge | tion upon this day; 
mittee be appointed, to inquire into the mode of | 


granting and renewing Leases of the Landed and | 


The several Parties, their counsel and agents, 
were directed to be called in. 


And the door being locked ; 

And no Parties, counsel or agents, appearing on 
behalf of either of the said Petitions:—The Orders 
for considering the said Petitions were severally 
read and discharged. 


Mr. William Miles, from the Select Committee waterford City 
appointed to try and determine the merits of the Election. 
Petition of James Stewart and others, Electors, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
City of Waterford, informed the House, That the 
Committee had determined, 

3u4 That 





Factories, 


Lunatics. 


Farringdon 


— Dean of the Cathedral Church of the Holy and 


Berden, &amp;c. 


Inclosure Bill. 


Eastern 
Counties 


Railway Bill. 


Fastern 
Counties 


Railway Bill. 





520 


That Henry Winston Barron Esquire, is duly 
elected a citizen to serve in this present Parliament 
for the City of Waterford: 

That the Petition of James Stewart and others, 


Electors of the said city, did not appear to the | 


Committee to be frivolous or vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not 
appear to the Committee to be frivolous or vex- 
atious. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s 
command,—Copy of the second Memorial of the 
Short time Committee of Factory Operatives of 
Manchester and the swrounding district, to Her 
Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Home Depart- 
ment, dated 13th July 1837; with Copy of the 


Report thereupon by Leonard Horner, Esquire, one | 


of the Inspectors of Factories. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Du Bois, from the Metropolitan Commis- 
sioners in Lunacy, was called in; and at the bar 
presented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of 
Parliament,—An Account of Monies received for 
Licenses by the Clerk of the Metropolitan Commis- 
sioners in Lunacy, and of all Monies received and 
paid out of the Consolidated Fund to the said Clerk | 
from the 1st August 1836 to the 1st August 1837 ; 
specifying the several heads of Expenditure :—And 
then he withdrew. 

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


A Petition of James Wood, Doctor in Divinity, 


Undivided Trinity in Ely, praying that he mav be 
heard, by his counsel or agent, against certain parts 
of the Daclakinehed (London) Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the | 
Committee on the Bill, and the Petitioner heard, by | 
his counsel or agent, upon his Petition if he think 
fit; and counsel heard in favour of the Bill, against 
the said Petition. 


Mr. Bramston reported from the Committee on the 
Berden, &amp;c., Inclosure Bill; That it appeared to the | 
Committee that the Standing Order, No. 2, on In-| 
closure Bills did not apply to the present Bill, and 
therefore they have not inserted in the Bill a Clause 
authorizing an open space to be left for the purposes 
of exercise and recreation for the verona | 
population ; and that the Committee had examined 
the allegations of the Bill and found the same to be 
true; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the Commit- 
tee ; and that the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; and the 
Amendments were read and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


15° Mazz. 





A. 1838. 


“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon Tuesday the 29th day of this instant 
“ Ma Se 
pe 4 the Question being put, That the word “ now,” 
stand part of the Question :—It passed in the Ne- 
gative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon Tuesday the 29th day of this instant May”’ 
be added at the end of the Question :—It was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday the 29th day of this instant May. 





Mr. Henry Grattan reported from the Committee Dundalk and 
on the (re-committed) Dundalk and Dunleer Road Duuleer Road 
‘Bill; That they had made other Amendments Pl. 
'thereunto; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Petitions from Pawnbrokers and others, of Chel- British Pledge 
tenham ;— Northampton ;— Bristol ;— Macclesfield ; Sciety Bill. 
-— Sunderland ;— and, Hackney Road, and other 
places; praying that the British Pledge Society Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kensington ;—-Paddington ;— Saint yiiddlesex 
Pancras ; — Islington and Hornsea; — Ossulston County Court 
Hundred (Middlesex) ;—Saint George the Martyr, Bill. 
Saint Andrew, Holborn, and pT, Ay Clerkhen- 
well (two Petitions) ;—Enfield, Edmonton, and Tot- 
tenham;-——Edmonton and South Mimms ;— Uxbridge; 
-—Isleworth and Hounslow ;—Saint Luke, Middlesex ; 
-—Saint Gilesand Saint George, Bloomsbury ;—Saint 
Mary-le-bone ;— Saint Pancras and Saint Mary, 
Hampstead ;—and, Householders qualified to sit upon 
Juries in the county of Middlesex; praying that the 
Middlesex County Court Bill may pass into a law, 

—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


The Birmingham, Bristol and Thames Junction Birmingham, 
Railway Bill was read a second time; and com- _ oll 
mitted. ton Railway 

Mi, 

Sir Robert Ferguson reported from the Committee Londonderry 
on the Londonderry Bridge, &amp;c., Bill ; That they had Bridge, &amp;c., 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the Bil. 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto ; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Petitions from Newtownlimavady ; —Myroe ;— Lough Foyle 
Rathmullan ;— Londonderry ; — Movill ; — Letter- and Lough 
kenny ;—Donagh ;—Ramelton ;—and, Moville and porn, — 
other places; praying that the Lough Foyle and 
Lough Swilly Drainage Bill may pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 





ingrossed. 

Petitions from the Right Honourable William 
Henry Francis Lord Petre ;—and, William Davis, 
of Water-street, Blackfriars, in the City of London, 
Gentleman, praying that the Eastern Counties Rail- 
way ‘3ill may not pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Robert Robertson, Attorney for 
Peter Cesar Labouchere, of Hylands, in the county | 
of Essex, Esquire, praying that he may be heard, 
by his counsel or agent, against certain parts of the | 
said Bill, was also presented, and read ; and ordered | 
to lie upon the Table. 





A Motion was made, and the Question being 


the Table. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Westminster 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the Improvement 
case of the Petition for leave to present a Petition 
for the Westminster Improvement Bill, the Com- 
mittee recommend that leave should be given to 
present a Petition for a Bill, pursuant to the prayer 
of the said Petition. 

Ordered, That leave be given to present a Petition, 
as desired. 

A Petition of Charles Cochrane, and others, for 
leave to bring in a Bill for the formation of a Street 
at or near the Broad Sanctuary, in the parish of 
Saint Margaret, in the city of Westminster, and 


proposed, That the Eastern Counties Railway Bill | terminating at or near Grosvenor-place, in the 


be now read a second time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be | 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word | 


arish 

of Saint George, Hanover-square, in the mi 4 city, 

was accordingly presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 

A Petition 


Bri 


Bri: 
Bri 


Gri 
Un 
Bil 


Hi 


os et et ed wore wm 


a i et 








1 Vicroriz. 15° Mazz. 521 


Wortley, A Petition of Susanna Holmes, of Bramley-hill,| The Lords communicate a Copy of the Report Thames 
Armleyand in the parish of Leeds, Spinster, praying that she | from the Select Committees appointed by their Lord- Passengers. 


Bramley Road may be heard, by her counsel or agent, against cer- 


Bill. 


British Pledge 


tain parts of the Wortley, Armley and Bramley Road 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, b 
her counsel or agent, upon her Petition, if she think 
fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against 
the said Petition. 


The Order for reading a second time the British 


ships to inquire into the present. state of the Laws 
which regulate the Carriage of Passengers for Hire 
upon the River Thames, and to consider and report : 
with the Minutes of Evidence taken before them— 
(Session 1837) :—Also, a Copy of the Report from 
the Select Committee on the Laws regulating the 
Cariage of Passengers for Hire, on the River Thames 
—(Session 1837-8):—And then the Messengers 
withdrew. 














Society Bill. Pledge Society Bill, was read, and discharged. 


Mr. Charles Wood presented,—Further Return Spain (Military | 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


to an Order, dated the 13th day of March last, and Naval 
for Returns of the Amount of Military and Naval S®**) 


Bristol A Petition of Feoffees of Temple Church Lands, 
(Saint Philip’s) in the city of Bristol, praying that they may be| Queen of Spain by Her Majesty’s Government; in 
Bridge Pill. heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain | continuation of the Return furnished by the Ord- 
parts of the Bristol (Saint Philip’s) Bridge Bill,| nance Department, dated 17th February 1837, re- . 
was presented, and read. capitulating the Items of the former Return, under a 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the | the two heads of Spanish Government, and Auxiliar 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, | Legion:— Of all Stores, and the Value thereof, fur- if 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if| nished since 1st September 1834, by the Ordnance | ' 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the | Department, to the Naval Squadron under the com- 
Bill, against the said Petition. mand of Lord John Hay, as well as to the Detach- 
ments of Her Majesty’s Royal Artillery, Royal 
Oxford and A Petition of Inhabitants of at praying that | Sappers and Miners, and Royal Marines ; stating 
Great Western the Oxford and Great Western Union Railway Bill | the extra Pay, or any other Allowances, received b 
1. Railway may pass into a law, was presented, and read}; and | the Officers and Men of the Ordnance Corps, as well 


Highway Act. 


Thirty-first Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Dae- part of tha Expense han been taseied vy she. GU: \) 
——- waren the eye Law mney Seay ae Evi. nance Department:—Return of the Naval Slops and | 
— Fencing gp a sect is - time to the | PTovisions issued from any of Her Majesty's Vic- 
ct. : . . 
No.390. House; That they had made further Progress in tualling Yards to the respective Ships of War and 


Message from 


theLords. and Mr. Brougham: —And, a Return of the periods to which the Cap- 
Mr. Speaker, tains’ and Pursers’ Slops and Provision Accounts of 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- | the Ships employed under Lord John Hay, between 
ing, without Amendment ; viz. the 1st September 1834 and the 1st January 1838, 
a ‘A Bill, intituled, An Act to explain and amend | have been received in office, especially those of the 
Loas Bill. | an Act of the seventh year of his late Majesty, for ~“— which have been paid off in this interval. 
extending the period for Re-payment of Loans, made rdered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
under an Act passed in the fourth and fifth year of | Table. 
his said late Majesty, for the amendment and better ; 
administration of the Laws relating to the Poor in Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords to Postage. 
England and Wales : request that their Lordships will give leave to Lord 
Saint Helen’s A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Saint | Ashburton to attend in order to his being examined 
and Runcom Helen’s and Runcorn Gap Railway Company to | as a witness before the Select Committee appointed 
o Railway - raise a further Sum of Money, and for amending | by this House, to inquire into the present rates and 
“7 the provisions of the several Acts relating to such | mode of charging Postage, with a view to such a 
Railway : reduction thereof as:may be made without injury to 
Turton and A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend an Act for | the Revenue ; and for this purpose to examine espe- 
fatwisle , making and maintaining the Turton and Entwisle| cially into the mode recommended for charging 
meek Bl. Dp orveir: and collecting Postage, in a pamphlet published by 
Witcham A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in | Mr. Rowland Hill: And that Mr. Wallace do carry 


Inclosure Bill. 


Linton A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in : We li and Halitax: 
Inclosure Bill. the Parish of Linton, in the County of Cambridge: pigs ee Hippeshoke tgp ages ‘Stump se 
And also, sig he all in the West Riding of the County of York, was 
Manchester, The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An read the thisd’ tldis 
Ba a i Act for enabling the Com any of Proprietors of the Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Railway Bill. Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal Navigation and Ordere d, That Sir George Strickland do carry the 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the High- 
way Act have Power to report their opinion there- 
upon te the House, together with the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them. 


the matters to them referred; and had directed him 
to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

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


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson 


the Parish of Witcham, in the Isle of Ely, in the 
County of Cambridge : 


Railway to raise more Money; and for amending 
the Powers and Provisions of the several Acts re- 
lating thereto, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

Voi. 93. 





Stores, Arms and Ammunition, furnished to the 


as any Stores furnished for the erection of Batteries 
on shore, or Draught Cattle or Forage for the Artil- 
lery employed on shore, as well as any other Ex- 
penses defrayed by the Ordnance Department, con- 
nected with the Naval or Military Service in Spain: 
—Recapitulation of the Expense, under each head, 
and the Total Value of the same, and whether any 


Transports, composing the Squadron of Lord John 
Hay, on the North Coast of Spain, from the 1st 
September 1834 to the 1st January 1838; specify- 
the Quantities and the Money Value thereof, and 
the Quantities and Value of the said Naval Slops 
and Provisions issued either to the British Legion 
or to the Forces of her Majesty the Queen of Spain: 


the said Message. 


Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Halifax, to the Huddersfield and New Hay Turn- 





3x pike 


An ingrossed Bill for repairing and maintaining Wakefield 


An ingrossed Bill for repairing and maintaining Salterhebble 
a Road from near Salterhebble, in the Parish of Roads Bill. 





| 
| 


522 15°—16° Mazz. 


pike Road, in the Parish of Huddersfield, and to 
Sowerby Bridge, in the said Parish of Halifaz, all 
in the West Riding of the County of York, with a 
Bridge on the line of the said Road, was read the 
a time ; and Amendments were made to the 

ill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir George Strickland do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Brampton An ingrossed Bill for repairing and maintaining 
Bierley end the Road leading from the South end of Angel 
Pooton Roberts Lane, in Brampton Bierley, to a certain public 
Highway in Mexbrough, and from Clegg’s Cottage, 
in Rawmarsh, to the West end of the Village of 
Hooton Roberts, in the County of York, was read 
= third time ; and Amendments were made to the 
ill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir George Strickland do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Negro Appren- _ A Petition of Inhabitants of Dittisham, praying 

ticeship. for the abolition of the system of Negro Appren- 
ticeship, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Bankers, Tradesmen 
and Inhabitants of Devonport, praying for the esta- 
blishment of a low uniform rate of Postage on Let- 
ters, was presented, and read ; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Postage. 


Postage. 


Spirit Licenses A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 
(Scotland) Bill. Town Council of Perth, praying that the Spirit Li- 
censes (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, was 
resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Spirituous A Petition of the Lord Provost, Magistrates and 

Liquors Sale ~=Town Council of Perth, praying that the Spirituous 

™ Liquors Sale Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Edinburgh The House was moved, that the Order made yes- 
end Leith terday, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
Agreement. consider the terms of an Agreement proposed to be 
entered into between the City of Edinburgh, the 
Creditors and the Port of Leith, laid before this 
House on the 11th imstant, and to Report to the 
House whether it is expedient to sanction the same 
by any legislative enactment, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 
A Committee was nominated of Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir George 
Clerk, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. Robert 
Steuart, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Mr. Warburton, 
Sir William Rae, Mr. Hawkins, Mr. Hope John- 
stone, Mr. Hume, Sir Thomas Troubridge, Sir Robert 
Price and Mr. Gibson Craig; with Power to send 
for persons, pen and records. 
dered, That Five be the quorum. 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to Edinburgh 
and Leith Agreement, which was presented upon 
Friday last ; be referred to the Committee. 


Tithes The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
(ireland.) adjourned Debate upon the Amendment which was 
esterday proposed to be made to the Question, That 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair (for the House 
to resolve itself into a Committee to consider the 
subject of Tithes in Zreland), and which Amendment 
was to leave out from the word “ That,” to the end 
of the Question, in order to add the words, “ the 

said Resolutions be rescinded,” instead thereof. 
And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—The House resumed the said adjourned 

Debate. 


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








A. 1838. 


Mercurii, 16° die Maii, 1838: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. ; 

Tellers for the f Mr. Edward John Stanley, 

Yeas, { Mr. Robert Steuart : } siz. 

Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 9 

Noes, Mr. Henry Baring: ad 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr.Speaker do now leave the Chair: 
—The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair, and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the matter to them referred, and that he was directed 
to move, That the Committee may have leave to sit 
again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said tes wey 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-Sea Coast 
mittee on the Sea Coast Fisheries (Jreland) Bill ; Sse “ 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday ‘ ese eae 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Grand Jury 
mittee on the Grand Jury Cess (Dublin) Bill ; Cess (Dublin) 
Resolved, That this Meus will, upon Tuesday” * 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Loan Societies 
mittee on the Loan Societies (Jreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Kingstown and 
Report on the Kingstown and Dublin Port and Har- Dublin Port and 
bour Bill ; Harbour Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Fri- 
day next. 


Mr. Solicitor-General reported the Suitors’ Money suitors’ Money 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Friday 
next. 


Ordered, That Mr.Speaker do issue his Warrant Saint Ives 
to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ V+ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this pre- 
sent Parliament for the Borough of Saint Ives, in 
the room of James Halse, Esquire, deceased. 


The House proceeded to take into further consi- Dean Forest 
deration the Seek which upon the 7th day of Roads Bill. 
this instant May was made from the Committee on 
the Dean Forest Roads Bill; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to; and an Amendment was 
made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Mr. Solicitor-General presented a Bill for facili- Church 
tating the Sale of Church Patronage belonging to } tare A 
Municipal Corporations, in certain cases: And the pi). ; 
same was read the first time ; and ordered to beread yo, 391. 


a second time upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 


The Order for taking into further consideration Medical 
this day the Report on the Medical Charties (Jre- (ireland) Bill. 
land) Bill; was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday next. 


Ordered, That the Bribery at Elections Bill be Bribery a 
read a second time this day. Elections 


The Order for reading the third time this day, the Canty 
Custody of Infants Bill, was read, and discharged. *"™” 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Wednesday next. i 
e 








Copyright Bill. 


Derry 
Cathedral. 


No. 392. 


Tithe Commu- 
tation. 


No. 393. 
West India 
Imports. 

No. 394. 
Education. 

No. 395. 
Soap and 
Candles. 

No. 396. 


Revising 
Barristers. 


No. 397. 


Marriages. 


1 Vicroriz. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee this day, upon the Copyright Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Derry Cathe- 
dral, which was presented upon the 26th day of April 
last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Tithe Com- 
mutation, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to West India 
Imports, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Education, 
which were presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Soap and 
Candles, which were presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Revising 
Barristers, which were presented yesterday, be 
printed. 

And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after one of the clock on 
Wednesday morning, adjourned till this day. 





Mercurii, 16° die Maiti; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Mann, Chief Clerk in the General Register 

Office for Births, Marriages and Deaths, was 
called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to 
Order,—a Return of the Number and Names of 
Places Licensed for the Celebration of Marriage 
under the provisions of the Act 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 85; 
and of the Number of Marriages celebrated other 
than according to the rites and ceremonies of the 
Established Church, under the provisions of the 
said Act; specifying the Places, Parishes or Dis- 
tricts, wherein the same were celebrated, and the 
Number in each Place, Parish or District respec- 
tively ; distinguishing those which were celebrated 
in the office of the Superintendent Registrars ; also 
distinguishing where the same,were celebrated by 
License, or on production of Certificate ; and further, 
stating the Number of Licenses issued, and Certifi- 
cates granted by the Superintendent Registrars in 
England and Wales ; such Returns being respectively 
made upfrom 30th June 1837 to31st December 1837: 
—-And, of the Number of Marriages celebrated ac- 
cording to the rites and ceremonies of the Esta- 


. blished Church, within the Bills of Mortality, be- 


East India 
q Company. 





tween 30th June 1837 and 31st December 1837, 
distinguishing whether the same were celebrated 
after publication by Banns, or on production of Li- 
cense :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of the 
Eust India Company, was called in; and at the 
bar.presented, pursuant to the directions of an Act 
of Parliament,—Resolutions of the Court of Direc- 
tors of the East India Company, being the War- 
rants or Instruments granting any Pension. 

Resolutions of the Court of Directors of the East 
India Company, being the Warrants or Instruments 
granting any Salary or Gratuity. 

List No 88, specifying the particulars of the Com- 
pensation to be granted to a person late of the Ma- 
ritime Service of the East India Company, under 
an arrangement sanctioned by the Board of Com- 
missioners for the Affairs of India, and laid before 
the Honourable the House of Commons on the 26th 
February 1835. 

List No 89, specifying the particulars of the Com- 
pensation to be granted to certain persons of the 

Vot. 93. 


15°—16° Mazz. 





523 


Maritime Service of the East India Company, 

under an arrangement sanctioned by the Board of 

Commissioners for the affairs of India, and laid 

before the Honourable the House of Commons on 

the 26th February 1835 :—And then he withdrew. 

‘ aan That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Stephenson, from the Treasury, was called in ; Foreign and 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders,—Ac- Colonial 
counts of the Quantities of Foreign and Colonial “™” - 
Grain and Meal remaining in Warehouse on the 5th 
January 1837 and 1838 :—Of the Quantities of Fo- 
reign Grain and Meal exported between the 5th Ja- 
nuary 1837 and 5th January 1838, stating to what 
Countries exported :—And, of the Quantities of Fo- 
reign and Colonial Grain and Meal entered for con- 
sumption, between 5th January 1837 and 5th Ja- 
nuary 1838, stating the Quantity charged with each 
rate of Duty, and the Total p Oose of Duty so 
paid :—And then he withdrew. 

‘ ss That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Leamington Leamington — 
Priors Gas Bill, have leave to sit this day, till five of Pro's Gs Bill. 
the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Oxford and Oxford and 
Great Western Union Railway Bill have leave to Great Westem 
sit this day, till five of the clock, during the sitting eo 


of the House. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment. 
the House this day, adjourn till Friday next. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Wortley, Armley Leeds and 
and Leeds, praying that the Leeds and Homefield say ae Lane 
Lane End Road Bill may not pass into a law as it a 
now stands, was presented, and read ; and referred to 


the Committee on the Bill. 


Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Commit- Thirty-second 
tee on the Poor Law Amendment Act ; and who were Sana wna 
empowered to report the Minutes of the Evidence amendment 
taken before them from time to time to the House ; Act. 

That they had made further Progress in the matters No. 400. 
to them referred ; and had directed him to report the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 


The Middlesex County Court Bill was read a Middlesex 
second time; and committed to Mr. Crawford and ae Court 
the Middlesex List. 2 


A Motion being made, that the ingrossed Bill for Dean Forest 
making, repairing and maintaining certain Roads 4s Bill. 
in Her Majesty’s Forest of Dean, and the Waste 
Lands belonging to the said Forest, and in several 
Parishes adjoining thereto, in the County of Glou- 
cester, be now read the third time ; 

Sir Henry Parnell, by Her Majesty’s command, 
acquainted the House, that Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
consent, as faras Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, 
that the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Grantley Berkeley do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Pendarves reported from the Committee on Newquay 
the Newquay Harbour Bill; That they had exa- Harbour Bill. 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Committee on the Birmingham, Bristol and Birmingham, 
Thames Junction Railway Bill was nominated of Piste) 7 
Sir De Lacy Evans and the Middlesex List. tion Railway 

$x2 A Petition Bill. 











524 


A Petition of Peter Harris Abbott, of Brunswick 
Square, in the county of Middlesex, and Henry Pat- 
teson, of Hart-street, Bloomsbury, in the same 
count;, Gentlemen, for leave to present a Petition, 
for leave to bring in a Bill, to enable the proprietors 
of certain patents for preventing the oxidation of me- 
tals, to assign their interest therein to the Petitioners 
and others, as a company, and for enabling the said 
company to carry into effect the objects thereof, 
was presented, aid réad ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Galvanization 
of Metals 
Company. 


Manchester, 
Bolton, and 
Bury Canal and 
Railway Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for enabling the Company of Pro- 
at of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal 
Navigation and Railway to raise more Money; and 
for amending the Powers and Provisions of the seve- 
ral Acts relating thereto: And the same were read, 
as follow: 

Pr. 13. 1. 26. Leave out “ by any means how- 
** soever, and.” 

Pr, 14, 1. 21. Leave out “and supply of water.” 

Pr. 15. 1.16. After “ of” insert “ the parties en- 
“ titled or interested in such water, and of the.” 

Pr. 15. 1. ult. After “ diversion” insert Clause 
(A.) 

Cravuse(A.) “AND whereas by the said recited 
Acts, or one of them, the said Company are autho- 
rized and required to make, construct and com- 
plete, in manner therein mentioned, a certain 
collateral Branch Railway, commencing at or near 
to Unity Brook, in the township of Clifton, or in 
the township of Kersley, and passing through or 
within the townships of Clifton and Kersley afore- 
said, and extending to certain vitriol works in the 
township of Kersley therein described, within Two 
years from and after the opening (for the passage 
of waggons and other carriages) of the Branch 
“ Railway authorized to be made by the said recited 
“ Act of the fifth year of King /filliam the Fourth: 
‘“* And whereas by the said last-mentioned recited 
Act, the time within which the said Company were 
“ authorized and empowered to take lands for the 
° om wey of the said collateral Branch Railway was 

imited to the term or space of Three years, to 
“ commence and be computed from the passing of 
“ the last-mentioned Act: And whereas the said 
Railway hath :ot yet been opened for the passage 
“ of waggons and other carriages, nor will the said 
Railway, for a considerable time yet to come, be 
“* completed and opened as aforesaid: And whereas 
“ the said Company have not completed the pur- 
chase of lands to be taken and appropriated for 
“ the purpose of the said collateral Branch, and it 
“ is expedient that further time should be allowed for 
“ that purpose, im order that the said collateral 
“ branch may be constructed and completed in 
“€ manner and within the time aforesaid; BE it 
“ therefore Enacted, That the said Company shall, 
‘“‘ and they are hereby empowered and required to 
“« purchase, and take, within the space of one year, 
“ to be computed from the Seventeenth day of June 
“ One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, the 
houses, buildings, lands and hereditaments, or so 
much thereof as shall be necessary and proper 
“ for the purpose of making, constructing ml com- 

“ pleting the said collateral Branch Railway.” 

: The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


“cc 


“~ 


‘ 
“é 


‘ 


nw 


‘ 


~ 
nxn A 


‘ 


a an 
a ee 


co 
nx 


~ 
w~ 


Church 


Petitions from Tuyby ;—East Norton ;—Dune- 
Property. 


ton ;—North Chapel ;— Wigan ;— Charles Hill;— 
Stanton Harcourt ;—- Croft ; — Stickney ; — East 
Keal;—Marhby ;—and, Wainfleet All Saints ; pray- 
ing that all increase of revenue that may arise from 





16° Mazz. 








A. 1838. 


an improved system of leasing Ecclesiastical Pro- 
perty, be left at the disposal of the Church, to 
supply the deficiency of spiritual instruction for the 
“api presented, and read ; and ordered to 
ie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Guardians of the Bradford (York) Poor Law 
Union ;—Soberton ;—- Tonbridge ;— Meonstohe and — 
other places;—and, Great Yeldham; praying for - 
the amendment of the Poor Law Act,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Act. 

A Petition of the Guardians of the Witney Poor 
Law Union, in the counties of Oxford, Berks and 
Gloucester, praying the House not to consent to 
any alteration in the said Act, was also presented, 
and read; and referred to the said Select Com- 
mittee. 


Petitions from Tonbridge ;—and, Glasgow; pray- Copyright Bill, 
ing that the Copyright Bill may not pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Manufacturers and others of Bir- British Manu 
mingham, praying that the British Manufacturers’ a - 
Protection Bill may pass into a law, was presented, ““"" °"" 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Peebles ;—Balerno ;—Edinburgh ; Negro Appren- 

— Ravenstonedale ;— Milnthorp;— Kirkby Stephen ; ticeship. 

— Grasmere ; —Langdale ;— Poole ;— Kirkwall ; — 

Paignton ;—Saltcoats ;— Birmingham (Chairman of 

a Meeting); —-- Corbridge; — South Ronaldshay ; — 

Hexham (four Petitions);—Worth Shields ;—Tyne- 

mouth ;—Dean ;—Exmouth ;—King’s Lynn ;—and, 

Idle; praying for the abolition of the system of 

Negro Apprenticeship,—were presented, and read; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Methven ;— Caithness (Preses of a Postage. 

Meeting) ;—Ayr ;--Selkirk (Chairman of « Meet- 
ing);— Proprietor, Compositors, &amp;c., of the Printing- 
office, Castle-street, Leicester-square ;—of the Print- 
ing-office, 50, Old Bailey ;—of the Printing-office, 
15, Frith-street, Soho-square ;—G. Davidson ;—and, 
Kilrush ; praying for the establishment of a low 
and uniform rate of Postage on Letters,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Postage. 


Petitions from Mansfield and Warsop ;—and, the East India 
the Moderator of the Synod of Perth and Stirling ; !0!@'y- 
praying the House to pass a measure prohibiting the 
interference of British functionaries in the manage- 
ment of idolatrous ceremonies in India,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Owners or Proprietors of the Sal- Salmon 
mon Fishings in the Tay, or the sea coast adjacent, Seectund) 
raying that the Salmon Fisheries, (Scotland) (No. 2.) (No.2.) Bill. 
3ill may not pass into a law as it now stands, was 


— ‘and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


able. ° 


Petitions from the Chairman of a Meeting of Non- Prisons " 
electors of Cupar, in Fife ;— Caithness (Preses of a (Scotiand) Bul 
Meeting of pte il of Supply) ;— Selkirk 
(Preses of a Meeting) ;—and, the Provost, Magis- 
trates and Town Council of Ayr, in Council assem- 
bled; praying that the Prisons (Scotland) Bill may 
not pass into a law as it now stands,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Members of the United Secession Church of 
Congregation of Westray, praying the House to Scotland. 
refuse their sanction to any additional endowments 
to the Church of Scotland, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition 


Dep 


Int 
e7 


or 


bo md 


De tford 
Dork Yard. 


Lord’s Day Bill. 


Intimidation 
of Voters. 


‘Small Debts 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Merchant 
Seamen’s Fund, 


British Pledge 
Society Bill. 


Maynooth 
College. 


Tithes 
(Ireland.) 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Education. 


Deal Pier Bill, 


Education, 





1 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Pa- 
rishioners of Saint Paul, Deptford, in the counties 
of Kent and Surrey, praying the House to relieve 
the parishioners of that parish from the burthen of 
paying Government land-tax, and keeping Govern- 
ment poor, without possessing the equitable power 
of assessing Government and national property as 
they do private property, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to he upon the Table. 


Petitions from St. Luke, Chelsea ;—Northleigh;— 
Farway ;—Feniton ;— Buckerell;—Sidmouth ;—Az- 
minster ;— Llanddeusant and other places; — Ottery 
St. Mary ;—and, Watton; praying that the Lords 
Day Bill may pass intoa law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Persons en- 
titled to vote in the Election of a Member of Par- 
liament, for the county of Fife, complaining of in- 
timidation and ill treatment at the two last general 
Elections, and praying the House to adopt measures 
to secure them from a recurrence of the same, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Glasgow; — Irvine; — Ayr; — 
Douglas ;—Lanarh ;—Lochwinnoch ;—J ohnstone;— 
and, Greenock ; praying that the Small Debts (Scot- 
land) Bill, may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchant Seamen of Worth Shields, 
raying the House to alter the law relating to the 
Terchant Seamen’s Fund, and to extend the Benefits 

thereof to all British shipwrecked seamen, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Pawnbrokers of Worth and South 
Shields, praying that the British Pledge Society 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Protestant Inhabitants of Glaston- 
bury, praying the House to refuse any further grant 
to the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth, was 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Landholders of Blackrath, in the 
county of Kilkenny, praying for the abolition of 
Tithes in Jreland, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Citizens of Londonderry, praying 
that the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill may not pass 
into a law as it now stands, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Provincial 
Synod of Sutherland and Caithness, praying the 
Shines to discontinue all grants of Money for Edu- 
cational measures, calculated to restrict or injure a 
purely scriptural education, and to encourage only 
such measures as provide for the introduction and 
regular reading of the Protestant version of the Word 
of God, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into further consi- 
deration the Report which upon the 7th day of this 
instant May was made from the Committee on the 
Deal Pier Bill; printed Copies of the Bill having 
been delivered at the door upon Friday last ; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


A Petition of Cle en, Landholders and Pro- 
testant Inhabitants of Balteagh, praying that the 
Vou. 93. 


16° Mai. 











525 


present system of National Education in Ireland 
may not be persisted in, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Brotherton, by Order, reported from the Com- Le Jeune’s 
mittee on the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act Nat. Bill. 
for Naturalizing Sophia Nelthorpe Le Jeune ; That 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found thesame to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and directed him to report the same, with- 
out Amendment :—And the Bill was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Mr. Brotherton, by Order, reported from the Com- Newman’s 
mittee on the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act Nat. Bill. 
for Naturalizing Sarah Nelthorpe Newman; That 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and directed him to report the same, with- 
out Amendment :—And the Bill was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


A Petition of the Overseers of the Poor of Norton, Grand Junction 
in the county of Chester, praying that the Grand Railway Bill. 
Junction Railway Bill may not pass into a law as it 
now stands, was presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of the Governor and Assistants of Lough Foyle 
London, of the New Plantation in Ulster, praying 
that they may be heard, by their counsel an 
agents, against certain parts of the Lough Foyle 
and Lough Swilly Drainage Bill, was presented, 
and read; 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel and agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


and Lough 
Swilly Drain- 
age Bill, 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Ennis, praying for yote by Ballot. 
the adoption of Vote by Ballot in the Election of 
Members to serve in Parliament, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Stromness, in Orkney, goa Coast 
praying that the Sea Coast Fisheries (Ireland) Bill, Fisheries _ 
may not pass into a law as it now stands, was pre- (Ireland) Bill. 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Glass Duties 
into a Committee upon the Glass Duties Bill; and, ®'"- 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed No. 401. 
the Chair; and Mr. Robert Steuart reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill; and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Robert Steuart reported the Bill accordingly ; 
and the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next ; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Commit- sinall Debts 
tee on the Small Debts (Scotland) Bill; (Scotland) Bill, 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being No. 402. 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will upon this day Six months resolve 
“ itself into the said Committee” instead thereof. 

3x3 And 








Patterns and 
Inventions Bill, 


&gt; 
Attornies 


and Solicitors 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Sale of Bread 
(Ireland) Bill. 


526 f 16° Mazi. 


And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
Pithe said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 


graph. 
Preamble postponed. 


Crausz, N° 1, agreed to, 


Crausz, N° 2, (Justices of the Peace to hear and 
determine Causes for sums not exceeding )» 
read. 

Amendment proposed, to fill the blank, P. 2, 1.17, 
with “ one hundred pounds Scots.” 

Afterwards proposed, to fill the blank with “five 
pounds sterling.” 

Question put, That the blank be filled with “ one 
“ hundred pounds Scots.” 

The Committee divided : 





Tellers forthe Yeas, “wd "Pringle Rae, } 60. 
Tellers forthe Noes, a oy ” 40. 


Crausez, N° 2, as amended, agreed to. 


Criause, N°3, (Service of Summonsin such Causes) 
read. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause 
stand part of the Bill : 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the Yeas, a ae ge } 75. 


Tellers forthe Noes,f a Ginn } wet 





Cravse, N° 3, agreed to. 
Cravuszs, N° 4 to N° 17, agreed to. 


Cravuse, N° 18, (Decree of Justices not subject 
to review)——read. 
Question put, That the Clause stand part of the 





A. 1838. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Sheriffs 
mittee on the Sheriffs (Zreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 30th day of this instant May, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Hackney 
further consideration the Report on the Hackney fens 
Carriages (Metropolis) Bill ; _ 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Qualification of 
further consideration the Report on the Qualification Members Bill, 
of Members Bill:—The Bill was re-committed to a No. 403, 
Committee of the whole House :—And the House 
immediately resolved itself into the Committee ; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Hume reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Hume reported the Bill accordingly ; and the 
Report was ordered to be taken into further consi- 
deration upon Wednesday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Commit- Salmon 
tee on the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) (No. 2.) Bill ; (Seetlend) 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday (no. 2.) Bill, 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read; for the second County Rates 
reading of the County Rates Bill; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second upon 
Wednesday the 6th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Court of 
reading of the Court of Chancery (Ireland) Bill; Chancery 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time (lel) Bill 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Election 
mittee on the Election Expenses Bill ; Expenses Bil 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 6th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 





Bill ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers forthe Yeas,{ hae: } 55. 
Tellers forthe Noes, _ , } 10. 


Cravses, N° 19 to N° 32, agreed to. 
added. 





Cravsg, (Scale of Fees) 
Schedules agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Lord James Stuart reported, That the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Lord James Stuart reported the Bill accordingly ; 
and the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday next; and the Bill, 
as amended, to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read for the second 
reading of the Patterns and Inventions Bill ; 

Crdered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 30th day of this instant May. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Attornies and Solicitors (Jreland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Commit- 
tee on the Sale of Bread (Ireland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That that this House will, upon Wed- 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Married 

reading of the Married Women’s Bill ; Women’s Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Waste Lands 
mittee on the Waste Lands (/reland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Tenants — 
reading of the Tenants for Life (Zreland) Bill ; (heekend) 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Leases and 


bending of the Leases and Exchanges (Zreland) ireland) Bil 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 





nesday next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


resolve itself into the said Committee. n 
1e 








1 Victoriz. 
The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Bribery at : ; ; ; 
Elections Bill —— the Bribery at Elections Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


Highway Rates 


The Order for — into further consideration, 
Bill. 


upon Friday next, the Report on the Highway Rates 
Bill, was read and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday the 30th day of this 
instant May. 


Freemen’s The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Admission Bill. Committee, upon Wednesday the 30th day of this 
instant May, on the Freemen’s Admission Bill, was 
read and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 13th day of June next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Fire Insurance. 


No. 398. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Fire Insur- 
ance, which was presented upon Monday last, be 
printed. 











Factories. Ordered, That the Paper relative to Factories, 
No. 399. which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
Spain (Military Ordered, That the Return relative to Spain (Mili- 
ee tary and Naval Stores), which was presented yester- 
No.404, ‘ay, be printed. 
And then the House adjourned till Friday next. 
Veneris, 18° die Maii ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838.° 
PRAYERS. 
Borden, —— A* ingressed Bill for inclosing Lands in the 
gn einai Parishes of Berden, Manewden and Stansted 
Mountfitchet, in the County of Essex, was read the 
third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bramston do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
ae The House proceeded to take into further con- 
mgs’ sideration the Report which, upon the 9th day of 
this instant May, was made from the Committee on 
the Rocester Bridge Bill; printed Copies of the Bill 
having been delivered at the door upon Monday last; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 
Deanhead Lord Viscount Morpeth, by Order, reported: from 
warns the Committee on the entaad (Huddersfield) 
Reservoir Bill; That the Resolutions of the House 
of the 6th day of March last had been complied 
with ; and that the Committee had examined the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
Exeter Com- Mr. Divett reported from the Committee on the 
pr o** = Exeter Commercial Gas Bill ; That the Resolutions 


of the House of the 23d day of March last, had 
been complied with; and that the Committee had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Helsington, &amp;c., 
Tnclosure Bill. 


Colonel Lowther reported from the Committee 
on the Helsington, &amp;c., Inclosure Bill; That they 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true ; and that the Parties concerned 
~~ ~— their consent to the Bill, to the satis- 

OL. 93. 


16°—18° Mazz. 








527 


faction of the Committee ; and that the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into further considera- Bury (Lancas- 
tion the Report which upon the 9th day of this in- 7 Waterworks 
stant May was made from the Committee on the Bury" 
(Lancaster) Waterworks Bill ; printed Copies of the 
Bill having been delivered at the door upon Friday 
last; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


An ingrossed Bill for making and maintaining a Deal Pier Bill. 
Pier or Jetty, and other Works, at the Town and 
Borough of Deal, in the Parish of Deal, in the 
County of Kent, was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir Thomas Troubridge do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Liverpool 
Liverpool and Harrington Waterworks, praying that Court of Pas- 
they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or 8° Bil. 
agents, against certain parts of the Liverpool Court 
of Passage Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Sir Charles Knightley reported from the Com- Towcester and 
mittee on the Towcester and Hardingston Road Bill; Hardingston 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, Red Bill 
and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- Wadsley, 
sideration the Report which upon the 4th day of Langset, and 
this instant May was made from the Committee on Pitield Road 
the Wadsley, Langset and Sheffield Road Bill; and ~ 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


Sir George Strickland reported from the Com- pudiey Hill 
mittee on the Dudley Hill and Killinghall Road and Kiliinghall 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations of the #4 Bill. 
Bill, and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


An ingrossed Bill for more effectually amending Buckstones and 
and improving the Roads from Buckstones, by Barkis- Elland Bridge 
land School, to Elland Bridge, and from Sykehouse ®a4s Bill. 
to the Highway leading from Barkisland to Stain- 
land, all in the West Riding of the County of York, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
title be, An Act for more effectually amending and 
improving the Roads from Buckstones, by Barkis- 
land School to the Rochdale and Elland Turnpike 
Road, near the Town of Elland, and from Sykehouse 
to the Highway leading from Barkisland to Stain- 
land, all in the West Riding of the County of York. 

Ordered, That Sir George Strickland do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for repairing and maintaining Aylesbury 
the Road from Aylesbury to Thame, and the Roads adn y 
from Thame to Oxford, Shillingford, Postcomb and “°** ~** 
Bicester, in the Counties of Buckingham and Ox- 
ford, was read the third time. 


3x4 Resclved, 














: ‘ 
ia 
+ 
18 


Southampton 
Docks Bill. 


Londonderry 
Bridge, &amp;c., 
Bill. 


Boughrood 
Bridge Bill» 


Maynooth 
College. 


Negro Appren- 
ticeship. 


Ecclesiastical 
Duties and 
Revenues Bill. 


Church 
Property. 





528 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That the Marquis of Chandos do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


Sir Thomas Troubridge, by Order, ne from 
the Committee on the Southampton Docks Bill; 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend an Act passed in the 
fifth and sixth year of the Reign of King William 
the Fourth, regarding Londonderry Bridge, and to 
amend several Acts relating to the City and Port of 
Londonderry, was read the third time ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Robert Ferguson do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- 
sideration the hagas which upon the 9th day of this 
instant May was made from the Committee on the 
Boughrood Bridge Bill; printed Copies of the Bill 
having been delivered at the door upon Saturday last ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be | 


ingrossed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Doncaster, praying 
the House to discontinue all further grants of Public 
Money to the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Richmond( York) ;—- Holme Monthly 
Meeting District, Cumberland ;— Maryport ;—Hen- 
singham ;—Pitlessie (two Petitions) ;— Gateshead; 
—Kendal ;—Alston (two Petitions);—-Kirkoswald ; 
—Kennoway ;— Enfield ;—Cotherston ;—Cupar ;— 
Whitby ;— Clifton and Stainburn ;— Willingborough ; 
— Hartsop ;—Beathwaite Green ;— Brough ;—Fir- 
bank ;— Poole ;— Edinburgh (two Petitions) ;—Slate- 
ford ;— Huddersfield ;— Banbury ;—Seaton and Beer 
(fou® Petitions);— Shap ;— Whitehaven (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Birmingham (five Petitions);— Backworth ; 
— Monmouth ;— North Shields;—Ipswich (two Pe- 
titions) ;— Cratfield ; - - Cramlington; — Patterdale ; 
—Ambleside ; — Worcester (four Petitions) ;—Bar- 
nard Castle ;— Ross ( Hereford) ;— Newmarket ; — 
East Budleigh ;—Bridgend ;—Laverton; — Bishop 
Auchland ; — Mitchel Dean ; — Eythorne ;— Aber- 
deen; — Sudbury; — Peckham ; —Great Bridge ;— 
Whitchurch (Hereford) ;— Stonehaven; —Chadling- 
ton ; — Egglestone ; — Gorsley ;—- Llangarren ; — 
Layshill ;—-Ryeford ;—Lydbrook ;—-Barnard Castle ; 
— -Gainford ;—Blyth (two Petitions) ;— Dudley ;— 
Monkseaton ;—and, Coleford ; praying for the abo- 
lition of the system of Negro Apprenticeship,—were 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from the University of Oxford;—Dean 
and Canons of Saint George, Windsor ;—Christ 
Church, Oxford;— Dean and Chapter of Saint Peter, 
Weetminster ;—and, Dean and hashes of Wells ;—- 


oraying that the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues 


ill may moh oer into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Chicheley ;— Ludlow ;—Burnham; 


— Foulness ;— Steeple ;— Colchester (two Petitions) ; | 
— Wisborough Green ;— Little Canfield ;— Burbage | 


18° Mazz. 





A. 1838. 


—and, Levenshulme; praying that all increase of 
revenue that may arise from an improved system of 
leasing Ecclesiastical Property may be left at the 
disposal of the Church, to supply the deficiency of 
spiritual instruction for the people,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. (s 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Chelmsford, praying Idolatry 
the House to prevent the interference of the British (idia.) 
authorities in India in regard to the worship and 
service of Idolatry by the natives, was presented, B 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. ( 


Petitions from Kirkcaldy ;— Worcester ;—Settle ; Postage. 
—Chairman of the Committee of Queen Charlotte’s 
ay, 0 Hospital ; — Auchtermuchty ; — Bridport 
(two Petitions) ;—Goudhurst ;— Glasgow (Provost) ; 
—Attornies and Solicitors of London Pee ee i 
Proprietors, Compositors and others, of the Printing 
Office, Robert-street, Bedford-row ;—Printing Office, 
Threadneedle-street ;-—Printing Office, Old Bailey ; 
—Printing Office, Took’s-court, Chancery-lane (two 
Petitions) ;—Printing Office, Gracechurch-street ;— 








and, Printing Office, Devonshire-square, Bishopsgate- 
| street; praying for the establishment of a low uniform 

rate of Postage on letters,—were presented, and read ; 
| and referred to the Select Committee on Postage. 


th Se et 


Petitions from Kettle; — Wemyss ;— Leven; — Church of 
Lochgelly ;—Colinton;— Lathones;—Ferry Port-on- S&lt;ot'a4- 
Craig ;—and, Mearns (Minister, Preses, and Session 
Clerk); praying the House not to sanction any further 
endowments to the Church of Scotland,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister and Deacons of the Bible Printing 
Free Communion Baptist Congregation of Cupar, (Sevtland.) 
praying that the Patent held by Her Majesty’s 
Printer in Scotland, of exclusively printing Bibles, 
may not be renewed,—was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clement Joseph Philip Pen Baron French Claims. 

de-Bode, Baron of the Holy Roman Empire, a 
Knight of several Orders, and a natural born British 
subject, praying the House to institute an inquiry, 
either at the bar or by a Select Committee, into his 
claim on the Fund provided by the Government of 
France for the liquidation of the claims of British 
subjects on that country, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Donnemagin, Kelis Tithes 
and Kilmagany, praying for the abolition of Tithes (!*elan¢.) 
in Ireland, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 





Two Petitions from Dundee, praying that the Spirit Licenses 
Spirit Licenses (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a (Scotland) Bill 
law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Coun- Salmon 
cil of Dundee, praying that the Salmon Fisheries (Gentiend) 
(Scotland) (No. 2.) Bill may not pass into a law as (No. 2.) Bill 
it now stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 








_ Petitions from Kilcoleman and Crossboyne ;— Education 
_and Stranorlar ; praying that the present system of (Ieland.) 
| National Education in Jreland may not be persisted 
_in,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 

| upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kelmington ;—Blendworth ;—and, Lord’s Day Bill. 


and Easton ;— Kingston and Collingborne Ducis;— Pentraeth; praying that the Lords Day Bill may pass 
Froxfield ;—New Sampford ;—Woodham Mortimer; | into a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered 


— Rochford ;—Sandon;— Worcester ;—Althorne ;— 
Hawhwell; — East Hanningfield ;— Rochford ; — 


Broomfield;—Langham Saint Mary ;—Woolpit ;— | 


Rattlesden ;--Bury Saint Edmund's ;—Ickworth ; 


_ to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Procurators, practising before the Sheriff Courts, 


Courts of Law in Elginshire, praying that the She- &amp;&lt;: (Scotlaud) 
| m2 


gf Bil 








1 VictoriZ. 


18° Mazz. 


529 


riff Courts; Advocations; and, Personal Diligence |@ law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 


(Scotland) Bills, may pass into law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Prisons __—— Petitions from Forfar ;—and, Inverness; praying 
(Scotland) Bill. that the Prisons (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a 
law as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Anderston of Glas- 
gow, praying the House to include Glasgow in any 
Bill which may be introduced, to regulate the Mu- 
nicipal Corporations of Scotland, to confer upon the 
electors within the Parliamentary district of that 
city, right freely to elect a common council and 
corporation magistrates for the whole Parliamentary 
district, and to protect the inhabitants of Anderston 
from any attempt to exclude them from the right 
to elect the magistrates and councillors of Glasgow, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Parliamentary 
Burghis 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Petitions from Cheadle Union;—and, Edmonton ; 
praying for the amendment of the Poor Law Act,— 
were presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Poor Law Amendment Act. 

Petitions from Uttoxeter Union ;—and, Haver- 
fordwest Union; praying that the said Act may not 
be repealed,—were also presented, and read; and 
referred to the said Select Committee. 


Thirty-third 
Report on Poor 


Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Act; and who 


=o nd- were empowered to report the Minutes of the Evi- 
No.405. dence taken before them from time to time to 
the House; That they had made further Progress 
in the matters to them referred; and had directed 
him to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 
Medical A Petition of the Grand Jury of the city of Cork, 
Charities. praying that the Medical Charities (Ireland) Bill 
(Ireland) Bill. = ; . 
may not pass into a law as it now stands, was pre- 
sented and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Butter Trade A Petition of Coopers of Cork, praying the House 
(Ireland.) to institute an inquiry into the state of the Butter 
Trade of Jreland, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Saint Paul's A Petition of Samuel Birch, Clerk, Doctor in Di- 
Cathedral, 


vinity, praying the House to investigate the abuses 
existing in Saint Paul’s Cathedral, in regard both 
to patronage and funds, and to make provision that 
for the future the vacant benefices thereof be first 
offered to its unprovided members, before they be 
allowed to be given away to strangers, was pre- 
sented, and read, and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Church Leases. 


Tithe Commu- 


A Petition of Clergy, Incumbents, or Curates of 
tation Act. 


Stretton-on-Dunsmore, and other places, praying for 
the amendment of the Tithe Counaantlaiion Act, 
was presented and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Metropolis 
Improvements. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of property 
in Bedford, Russell, Tavistock, and the adjacent 
squares and streets, praying the House to carry into 
immediate effect the proposed new street from High 
Holborn, along the west side of Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields, 
through Clare Market, by the side of New Inn, and 
— Newcastle-street, into the Strand, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Metropolis Improvements. 


Custody of 


et A Petition of Henrietta Lavinia Greenhill, pray- 


ing that the Custody of Infants Bill, may pass into 
Vor. 93. 


upon the Table. 


A Petition of the several Pawnbrokers and others, British Pledge 
whose names are thereunto subscribed, praying that Resiety BAR 
the British Pledge Society Bill may not pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Bankers, Merchants, Manufactu- Promissory 
rers, Tradesmen and others of Warrington, _ ing Notes. 
that all private or joint stock banks in sleet 
and Wales, which issue Promissory Notes payable 
on demand, or after sight, be compelled to make 
them payable in London, and also at the | age 
where they are issued, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Joint Stock 
Banks. 


A Petition of the Saint Katherine Dock Com- Coal Trade. 
pany, praying that the time limited for levying a 
duty on coals brought into the Port of London may 
not be extended, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Metropolis 
Improvements. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Vestrymen of Highways. 
the parish of Richmond, in the county of Surrey, 
praying the House to insert a Clause in any future 

ill relating to Highways, enabling all parishes, 
whether governed by a local Act of Parliament or 
not, to avail themselves of all the Clauses in the 
General Highway Act, except those which imme- 
diately relate to the jurisdiction of the Highways, 
was presented and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- Baimore 
sideration the Report which, upon the 10th day of Road Bili. 
this instant May, was made from the Committee 
on the Balmore Road Bill; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


A aaa of William Mather, of ari Ledyhik 
upon- Tyne, Esquire, praying that he may be heard, @n¢ Northam 
by his ~ inet a Hh oe Soak certain ae of the caw teal 

adykirk and Norham (Tweed) Bridge Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he 
think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Yeomanry 
Return of the Number of Troops, or Corps, or Regi- ©*'P* 
ments of effective Yeomanry of Great Britain and 
Ireland, according to the last Muster Roll, stating 
the Date of that Muster, and distinguishing the 
Number of Officers and Men in each Coit or Re- 
giment, and the Expense of each Corps in 1837; 
showing the manner in which the Sums voted for ° 
Great Britain and Ireland in that year were ex- 
pended. 


A Petition of Proprietors, Operatives and others Factories _ 
depending on the Scribbling and Carding of Wool Regulation Bill. 
at Hick-lane Mill, in Batley, praying that the Fac- 
tories Regulation Bill may not pass into a law as 
it now stands, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Clare, in the county Roman Catholic 
of Suffolk, praying that the Roman Catholic Relief Relief Act. 
Act may be repealed, was eae and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Hereford, praying Education, 
for the establishment of a national system of dus 

cation, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 

upon the Table. 





38 Y¥ A Petition 








Sea Coast 
Fisheries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Vestries in 


Churches Bill. 


Fourpenny- 
Pieces. 


No. 406, 


Slavery in 
Ceylon, 


Birmingham 
and Derby 
Railway. 


Manicipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Tithes 
(Ireland.) 


Ways and 
Means ; 


Exchequer 
Bills. 


530 


A Petition of Corn Millers and Mill Proprietors 
of the county and city of Cork, praying the House 
not to sanction the introduction of any Clause into 
the Sea Coast Fisheries (Jreland) Bill, compelling 
the Millers on the River Blackwater, to construct a 
gap, termed a King’s Gap, in their weirs or mill- 
dams, to be opened every night; and to place wire 
gratings in font and rear of their mill-wheels, 
with the object of affording a free passage and pro- 
tection to the fish in the river, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer and 

Mr. Brougham: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled An Act 
to prevent the holding of Vestry or other Meetings 
in Churches, to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House:—~And then the Messengers 
withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Fourpenny- 
pieces, which was presented upon the 4th day of 
April last, be printed. 


Sir George Grey presented, pursuant to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty,—Copies or Extracts of all 
communications relating to the subject of Slavery in 
the island of Ceylon, and to the measures there 
taken for its abolition. 

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


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of Lands on 
the line of Railway hereinafter mentioned, com- 
plaining that the Standing Orders of the House, in 
respect to the application for the Birmingham and 
Derby Railway Bill, had not been ee with, 
and praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
or their agents, against the same, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, upon Monday next, upon the Munici- 
pal Corporations (Jreland) Bill, was read, and dis- 
charged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, upon Monday next, to consider further 
of the subject of Tithes m Ireland, was read, and 
discharged. 

Busbal, That this House will, upon Monday the 
28th day of this instant May, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
the Committee of Ways and Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That towards making good the Supply 
anys to Her Majesty, the sum of Thirteen mil- 
ions be raised by Exchequer Bills, for the service 
of the Year 1838. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Ber- 
nal reported, That the Committee had come toa 
Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
—. 

r. Bernal also acquainted the House, That he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


18°—19° Mazz. 








A. 1838. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Kingstown and Dublin Kingstown and 


Dublin Port and 


Port and Harbour Bill; and the Amendments were pho. Sir 


read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Prisons 
further consideration the Report on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill, 
(Scotland) Bill:—The Bill was re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House:—And the House 
immediately resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 


graph. 
Frenilllte postponed. 
Cxiause, N°. 1, agreed to. 


Ciause, N°. 2, (General Board of Directors of 
Prisons) read. 
P. 4, l. 26:—Amendment proposed, after “ Edin- 
burgh,” to insert, “and nine persons to be nomi- 
“ nated severally by the County Boards, as herein- 
“ after designed, of the nine Counties of Scotland 
“ in which the Circuit Courts are held.” 

Question put, That those words be there in- 


serted : 
\ 50 





“ 


The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Colquhoun, 


Yeas. Mr. George Hope: ; 
Tellers for the f Mr. Fox Maule, } 28 
Noes. Mr. Ftobert Steuart : : 


Cause, N° 2, agreed to. 

Cxrausz, N° 3, agreed to. 

CuavuseE, N° 4, (Secretary to the Board)——read. 

Question put, That the Clause stand part of the 
Bill; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Fox Maule, 


Yeas. Mr. Robert Steuart: ” 
Tellers for the ( Mr. Lockhart, 40 
Noes. Captain Gordon : é 


Crauses, N° 5 to N° 7, amended, and agreed to. 
Cxauses, N° 8 to N° 12, agreed to. 


Ciause, N° 13, (Board to provide necessary pri- 
son accommodation of every kind)——read. 
Amendment proposed, P. 8, 1.44, to leave out the 
words “and particularly for training the prisoners 
* in good and industrious habits, by employmg them 
“in useful labour, by affording them religious and 
“‘ moral instruction, and by effecting their complete 
“‘ separation from vicious society.” 
Question put, “That the words proposed to be 
left out stand part of the Clause :” 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Hawes, 
Yeas. Mr. Pease: 
Tellers for the f Mr. Solicitor-General, 
Noes. \ Mr. Robert Steuart : 
Crausz, N° 13, agreed to. 
CravuseE, N° 14, agreed to. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





} 22. 
}ao. 





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


Sabbati, 19° die Maii, 1838: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill, and that he was directed to move, That the 
Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second ater a 
reading of the Parliamentary Burghs (Scotland) Bill; Ure) .. py, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time Sm) 8 

upon Wednesday next. 


The 








Royal Burghs 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Schools 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Registration 
of Electors Bill, 


Ecclesiastical 
Duties and 
Revenues Bill. 


Bishoprick 
of Sodor and 
Mann Bill. 


Prisons Bill. 


Juvenile 
Offenders Bill. 


Bankrupts’ 
Estates 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Personal 
Diligence 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Factories 
Regulation Bill. 


Pilotage Bill. 
International 
Copyright Bill, 


China Courts 
Bill. 


Sheriffs Courts 
(England) Bill. 


Escheats Bill. 


1 Vicroriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Royal Burghs (Scotland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Schools (Scotland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Registration of Electors Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Bichopeick of Sodor and Mann Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Prisons Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Juvenile Offenders Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Bankrupts’ Estates (Scotland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Personal Diligence (Scotland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Factories Regulation Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Pilotage Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the International Copyright Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the China Courts Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Sheriffs Courts (England) 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and the Lord Advocate reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received unon Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Escheats Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 

Vor. 93. 





18°—19° Mazz. 


531 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Descents Bill. 
reading of the Descents Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third suitors’ Money 
reading of the Suitors’ Money Bill; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

upon Monday next. 


The Church Patronage (Corporations) Bill was, church 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- Patronage 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Mon- ey 
day next. . 


The Order of the day bein 
mittee on the Waste Lands (/reland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee, 


read, for the Com- Waste Lands 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Tenants for Life 
reading of the Tenants for Life (Zreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

Monday next. 


The Order of the day proms, Sen for the second Leases and 
reading of the Leases and Exchanges (Jreland) Exchanges 
Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Vestries in Churches Bill was read the first Vestries in 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon Churches Bill 
Friday next ; and to be printed. No. 407. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Bankruptcies. 
Returns as to Bankruptcies previous to the Act of 
Parliament passed in 1831, appointing Official As- 
signees to take possession of the Estates :—1. The 
Names of the Official Assignees, and of their Official 
Residence :—2. Names of the Bankrupts previous to 
the Act whose Estates were taken possession of, in 
whole or in part, their Description and Residence :—- 
3. Dates of their Bankruptcies :—4. Amount of As- 
sets of each Estate received from the original Assig- 
nees:—5. Amount of Debts due to the ‘Estates not 
then received :—6. Amount of Assets from the 
Estate since received :—7. Amount of further ex- 
pected Assets from the Debts:—8. Amount of 
Dividends declared by the Official Assignees, and 
Dates :—9. Total Amount paid to Creditors :—10. 
Total Amount remaining unpaid to Creditors :— 
11. Expenses charged for Assignees, Commission 
and Allowances:—12. Expense charged to the 
Estate for Petty Charges :—13. Balance of Cash 
in each Account, debiting the same only with the 
Cash paid away, and Charges :—14. How the Ba- 
lance is disposed of, whether paid to the Accountant 
General :—15. Or retained in the hands of the Of- 
ficial Assignees for Creditors not having yet applied 
for their Dividends:—The Receipts or Payments, 
on account of the undivided Estates, or of unclaimed 
Dividends, to be separately returned. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, upon Advocations 
Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee, to (Scotland.) 
consider of granting Compensation to Persons whose 
interests may be affected by any Act to be passed in 
the present Session relating to Advocations and Sus- 
pensions in the Court of Session in Scotland; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s command, acquainted the House, that Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject- 
matter of this Motion, recommends it to the con- 
sideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





38 y¥2 A Motion 





Hi 
| 
' 
) 


Personal 
Diligence 
(Scotland.) 


Adjournment, 


Bankruptcy 
Court Bill. 


Eastern 
Counties 
Railway Bill. 


Boughrood 
Bridge Bill. 


Refuge for the 
Destitute Insti- 
tution Bill. 


London 
Grand Junction 
Railway Bill, 


532 


A Motion being made, That this House will, upon 
Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee to con- 
sider of granting Compensation to Persons whose 
interests may be affected by any Act to be passed 
in the present Session relating to Personal Diligence, 
Arrestments and Poindings in Scotland ; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s command, acquainted the House, that Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject-matter 
of this Motion, recommends it to the consideration 
of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of the 
House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to diminish in future the Number of Commissioners 
and Deputy Registers of the Court of Bankruptcy, 
and the Number of Official Assignees to act in 
London, to make better Provision for the Security 
of the Suitors of the said Court, and for the Ad- 
ministration of the Estates of Persons found Bank- 
rupt under Country Fiats: And that Mr. Solicitor 
General and Mr, Attorney General do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


The Order for reading a second time, upon Tues- 
day, the 29th day of this instant May, the Eastern 
Counties Railway Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
a Wednesday, the 80th day of this instant 
May. 

And then the House, having continued to sit 
till one of the clock on Saturday morning, 
adjourned till Monday next. 








Luna, 21° die Maii; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


AS ingrossed Bill for building a Bridge over 
the River Wye, at a place called Boughrood 
Ferry, in the Counties of Brecon and Radnor, and 
for making convenient Approaches thereto, was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Colonel Wood do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Charles Lushington reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Refuge for the Destitute Institution Bill ; 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


Petitions of William Parker, of Maiden-lane, 

Battlebridge, Builder ;— Robert M‘ William, of Tor- 
rington-square, in the county of Middlesex, and Owen 
Thomas Owen, of the city of London, Surgeon ;— 
Proprietors and Occupiers of premises in or near 
the line of the proposed Zondon Grand Junction 
Railway ;—John APE of Edward-street, Port- 
man-square, London;—and, Company of Proprietors 
of the Regent’s Canal; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the London Grand Junction Rail- 
way Bill,—were presented, and read. 
e And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


18°—19°—21° Mazz. 





A. 1838. 


An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands within the Helsington, &amp;¢, Grand . 
Townships or Divisions of Strickland Roger, Whin- closure Bill, oy di 
fell and Helsington, in the Parish of Kirkby-in- - 
Kendal, in the County of Westmorland; and for 
draining and improving certain Lands in the said 
Township of Helsington, and in the Townships of 
Underbarrow and Bradley Field and Levens, in the 
Parishes of Kirkby-in-Kendal and Heversham, in 
the same County, was read the third time; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Colonel Lowther do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. e Hs 

Ordered, That the Petition of John James Hackett, London 
which was presented upon the 11th day of April Grand Junction 
last, be referred to the Committee on the London ®#ilway Bill. 

Grand Junction Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Petitions of Inhabitants of Religi 
Camden Town; William Cossey, of Gough-street, Con 
Gray’s-Inn-Road ; and, the London and Birming- Abroa 
ham Railway Company, which were presented upon 
the 26th day of April last, be referred to the Com- 
mittee on the said Bill ; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


An ingrossed Bill for supplying with Water the , _— 
Town of Bury, and the several Townships of Wal- res reemar 
mersley-cum-Shuttleworth, Bury and Elton, all in the Bill. Facte 
Parish of Bury, in the County Puletine of Lancaster, Reg 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Richard Walker do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for renewing and extending the pundaik and Neg 
term, and amending, extending and enlarging the Dunleer Road tines 
Powers of the Acts for amending the Road from Bill. 

Dundalk to Dunleer, in the County of Louth, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Henry Grattan do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Philip Miles reported from the Committee Bristol 
on the Bristol (Saint Philip's) Bridge Bill; and to (Saint Philip’s) 
whom a Petition against the said Bill was referred ; Bride Bil. 
That no person appeared on behalf of the said Pe- 
tition; and that the Committee had examined the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Exeter Commer- Exeter Com 
cial Gas Light and Coke Company to raise a further mercial Gas 
Sum of Money, was read the third time. =. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Divett do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions from Dundee ;—Ludlow ;— Wincanton ; postage. 
—Proprietor, Compositors, Pressmen, &amp;c. of the 
Printing Office, 74, New Cut, Lambeth ;—Proprietor 
of the Printing Office, 13 and 14, Wine Office-court, 
Fleet-street ;—and, Greenock ; praying for a low uni- 
form rate of Postage on letters,—were presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Postage. 


A Petition of the Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Poor Law 
Guardians of the Thetford Union, praying the Amendment 
House not to alter the general principles of the Poor _ 

Law Act, was presented, and read; and referred to 
the Select Committee on the Poor Law Amendment 
Act. 


A Petition of Protestant Inhabitants of Dublin, Ecclesiastical 
praying that the Ecclesiastical Courts (Ireland) Bill ©" 





ris 
i Ireland) Bill. 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read . ( reland) 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition 








Grand Jury 
Cess (Dublin) 
Bill. 


R, Harpur. 


Religious 
Ceremonies 
Abroad. 


Factories 
Regulation Bill. 


Negro Apprene 
ticesbip, 





1 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Upper Bagot-street, 
Pembroke-place and Pembroke-road in the city of 
Dublin, praying that provision may be made in the 
Grand Jury Cess (Dublin) Bill, for extending to the 
said streets the benefit of the Acts now in force, 
for the lighting of the other parts of the city of 
Dublin, and for the supply of it with pipe-water, 
and for the watering of the streets of said city, and 
assessing the several houses and inhabitants of said 
street and places for the purpose, in common with all 
other parts of the said city, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Richard Harpur, late a Tide-waiter 
in the Port of Dublin, complaining of having been 
dismissed from his office, and praying for an inquiry, 
was pens and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Protestants of the city of Dublin, 
praying that Her Majesty's Protestant Officers and 
Private Soldiers, whether serving at home or on Fo- 
reign stations, may be exempted from the unreason- 
able and unjust alternative of being obliged, in 
violation of conscience and the commands of God, 
to render compulsory attendance on and actually to 
countenance, concur in and support Romish idola- 
tries, and impure and degrading Mahometan and 
Hindoo abominations, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kirkcaldy ;—Proprietors and others 
at Union Mill, Soothill;—and, Mill Proprietors and 
others at Spring Mill, Batley; praying that the Fac- 
tories Regulation Bill may not pass into a law as it 
now stands,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ofton ;—Otley (two Petitions) ;— 
Stradbroke ;— Wattesham ;— Horham;—South Mol- 
ton ;— Redpath ;—Ipswich ;—Bath (two Petitions) ; 
— Birmingham (sixteen Petitions) ;—Stockport (five 
Petitions) ; — Chesham ; — Sunderland (four Peti- 
tions) ; — South Chard; — Broadway ; — Shepton 
Beauchamp ;— Winsham ;—Ilminster (two Petitions) ; 
—Chard (three Petitions) ;— Donyat ;—.Puckhington; 
—Willand ;— Sevington ; —Barrington ; —Edward 
Paltridge, and others ; —Wellington ; — Knowl ;— 
Kingston (Somerset) ;—Ashill ; Prescott ;--Bard- 
well ;— Troston ;— Glemsford ; —Rattlesden ;—Isle- 
ham ;— Brockley and Hartest ;—Wetherden ;—Bar- 
ton Mills ;—Elmswell ; — Thurlow ; — Bradfield ;— 
Lavenham ;— Burwell ;— Mildenhall ; —Melford ;— 
Barrow ;—- Walsham-le-Willows ;— Barningham ;— 
Melbourne (two Petitions) ;-— Ticknall(two Petitions) ; 
—Breedon (two Petitions) ;— Stradeshall;— Fin- 
dern ;— Quorndon ;— Burnaston ; —Little Eaton ;— 
Belper ;— Horsley ;— Housley Woodhouse ;— Willing- 
ton ;—Shottle ; — Etwell ;—Coxbench ;—Breadsall ; 
— Muginton ;—Brailsford ;— Mickleover ;—WSinfin ; 
— Duffield ; — Langley ; — Dalbury ; — Kilburn ;— 
Littleover ;—Markworth ;—Allestree ;—Holbrook ; 
— Twinditch ;— Windley ;-Osmaston ;—Markeaton; 
— Normanton ;— Weston Underwood ;— Smalley ;— 
York ;— Leyburn ;—Aycliffe; — egone ;— Heigh- 
ington ;— Wolsingham ;—Smeaton ;—Hamsterley ;— 
Middleham ;— South Church ;—Evenwoodand Cock- 
field ;—Saint Helen’s Auckland ; —Chimleigh ;— 
Shaftesbury ;—Dalton and North Cowton ;—Wor- 
cester (five Petitions) ;— Forfar ; — Kettering ;— 
Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; — Westerham jena 
Cleveland ;—-Staindrop ;-- Oxted ;— Corney ;--Haile; 
— Paisley (Moderator of the Presbytery) ;—Mussel- 
burgh ;— South Leith ;— Leith (two Petitions) ;— 
Shardlow ;—Southampton;— Hemmingtonand Lock- 
ington ;— Diseworth ;— Kegworth;—Long Whatton; 
-—Hathern ;—Edinburgh (four Petitions) ;—Stock- 
ton-on- Tees ;— Hunt End ;—Warboys ;—Weston-on- 
Trent ;— Wednesbury (three Petitions) ; — Hemel 
Hempsted ;—Astwood;— West Bromwich ;—Leices- 
“a Petitions) ;—Leslie (three Petitions) ;— 

OL. 93. 








2 1° Mair. 533 


Kettle ;—Strathmiglo ; —Kennoway ;— Warkworth ; 
— Merthyr Tidvil (seven Petitions) ;—Han/ley and 
Shelton (two Petitions) ;— Oakham ;— Bristol (two 
Petitions) ;— Tilshead ;-Wendover ; — Thetford ;— 
oo s Barton; — Thurcaston ; — Creetown ;— 
Eagle-street Chapel, Red Lion-square, London ;— 
Brecon ; —Kirkcaldy ;— Cheltenham ;—Saint Ives, 
(Cornwall) ;— Winlaton ; —Belfast ; —Bewdley and 
Stourport ;— Calverley ;—Leeds ;— Thorpe Arch;— 
Parrak Nook ;— Wetherby ; — Gildersome ;—Em- 
tray;— Wetherby and Boston ;—Anstruther ;—Raw- 
don ;—Selby ;— Cawood ;— Donington ;— Sheffield ; 
Remy ;—Durham ; —Derby ; — Kiddermin- 
ster ; — Walworth ;— Alvechurch ;—Rotherham ;— 
Ludlow ; — Leominster; -— Bury Saint Edmund’s 
(seven Petitions) ;— Alyth ;— Darlington ;— New 
Shildon;—Etherley ;— Margate (two Petitions) ;— 
Northampton ;— Leighton Buzzard ; —Galashiels ; 
—Earl Shilton ;—Sapcote ;—Casby ;—Elvaston ;— 
Aston-on- Trent ;—Castle Donington ; ~ Borrowash 
(two Petitions) ;—Chellaston ;— Breadston ;—Long 
Eaton (two Petitions); — Ockbrook; — Sandiacre 
(three Petitions) ;—J/keston (six Petitions) ;—Puwil- 
heli ;— Marlpool ;— Heanor (four Petitions) ;—Sel- 
ston; — West Bromwich ;— Hechmondwike (three 
Petitions) ;—James Thomson, Junior, aud others ;— 
wer ;-- Barnsley ;— Hazlegrove (two Petitions) ; 
—Hollingworth; — Wilmslow ; — Smethwick (two 
Petitions) ;—Frome Selwood ;—Durham (County) ; 
— Ramsgate ;— Colnegal ; —Bures ; — Falmouth ;— 
Saint Andrew's — Keynsham (two Petitions); — 
Thringstone ;— Swadlincote ;—Paulton (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Packington ;— Heather ;— Normanton; — 
Worthington ;— Oakthorpe;—Ravenstone ;— Wooden 
Box ;—Smisby ;— Biggar ;— Stogumber ; — Ashby- 
de-la-Zouch ; — Midsomer Norton ;—Hartshorn ;— 
Sampford Courtenay ;—Griffydam ; — Measham ;— 
Swannington ;—Whitwick ; — Moira; — Ibstock ;— 
Mountmelick ;— Weobly ;— Knaresborough ;— Norta 
Huish ;—- Blachauton;—-South Brent ;--Ashprington ; 
—-Halwiil ;--Harbertonford ;-- Evesham ;—Luton;-- 
Talley Caw and Llansawell ;— Carmarthen ;— Cor- 
storphine ;--Kerriemuir ;--Middleton-in- Teesdale ;— 
Barnard Castle (two Petitions) ;— Okehampton ;— 
Doncaster (two Petitions) ;—Lowestoft (Chairman 
of a Meeting)--Kirby Wishe ;---Sutton-under-White- 
stone Cliffe ;—Borrowby ;— Thirsk ;— Hastings ;— 
Whigtown ;—Rearsby ;— Queniborough ; — Ansty ; 
— Syston ;-—Stone (two Petitions) ;— Nottingham 
(Chairman of a Meeting) ;— Tenbury ;—Ulverstone ; 
—Beaulieu ;—Quakers of Ireland ;—Stoke Dame- 
rel ;—Lockerley ;—and, North Shields; praying for 
the abolition of the system of Negro Apprenticeship,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Bath;—West Surrey ;—Exeter Ecclesiastical 
(Vicars Choral of the Cathedral) ;—and, Ezeter Duties and _ 
(Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral) ; praying that Revenues Bill. 
the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Bill may not 
pass into a law as it now stands,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Donagcloney ;—Derryheiyhan, &amp;c.; Education 

— Maghera and Kilmonaghan ; — Ballyhelly ; — (eland.) 
Drumachose ;— Tamlaght O’ Crilly ; — Magilligan ; 
—and, Innismacsaint; praying that the present 
system of National Education in Ireland may not 
be persisted in,- -were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Pollockshaws ;—-Craigdam ;--Liver- Church of 
pool (Minister and Deacons of Everton Crescent Scvtland. 
Chapel) ;—and, Wigtown (Moderator and Clerk) ; 
praying the House not to sanction any further en- 
dowments to the Church of Scotland,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Lord Viscount Ebrington, from the Select Com- pedfora 
mittee appointed to try and determine the merits of Borovgh 
the Petition of George Peter Livius and others, Elec- #e¢tions 

3x3 tors, 




















Clerk of the 
Crown to 
amend Return, 


International 
Copyright Bill. 


Lord’s Day Bill. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Church 
Property. 


Bank of 
Treland. 


Public 
Petitions, 


534 


tors, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the Borough of Bedford, informed the House, 
That the Committee had determined, 

That Henry Stuart, Esquire, is not duly elected 
a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament, for 
the Borough of Bedford: 

That Samuel Crawley, Esquire, is duly elected, 
and ought to have been returned a Burgess to serve 
in this present Parliament for the said Borough: 

That the Petition of George Peter Livius and 
others, did not appearto the Committee to be fri- 
volous or vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not ap- 
pear to the Committee to be frivolous or vexatious. 

Lord Viscount Ebringtonalsoinformed the House, 
That the Committee had altered the Poll taken 
at the said Election, by striking off Bartlett Pow- 
ers, Benjamin Taylor, George Mayes, William 
Foxon, Thomas Corby, Samuel Watford, John 
Measures, James Wiltshdw, John Carter, William 
French, Joseph Field, William Woods, Henry Bel- 
lamy, William Claridge, John Green Amos, John 
Nunn, William Manning, Thomas North, Joseph 
Pickering, Matthew Clay, John Whitbread, Ebenezer 
Burr, Robert Taylor, John Payne, Thomas Swanson, 
junior, Thomas Attack, Ralph Barchard Hankin, 
John Clayton, George ‘Diide, William Harrison, 
George Burnham, Thomas Wells, William Smith, 
John Griffen and William Hoskins, as not having 
had a right to vote at the last Election for the 
Borough of Bedford : 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend 
this House To-morrow, with the last Return for the 
Borough of Bedford, and amend the same, by rasing 
out the name of Henry Stuart, Esquire, and insert- 
ing the name of Samuel Crawley, Mesaiee, instead 
thereof. 


Petitions of Dr. Dionysius Lardner ;—Dr. Brew- 
ster and others ;— Authors of several published 
works ;— Thomas Campbell ;—and, Messrs. Saunders 
and Otley; praying that the International Copyright 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Worcester ;—Liverpool ;— Bristol; 
—and, York; praying that the Lord’s Day Bill may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Gen- 
try and Land-holders of the county of Meath, pray- 
ing that the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill may not pass 
into a law as it now stands, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Tottenham ;— Heybridge;— Cress- 
ing ;—Stisted ;—Great and Little Birch ;— Wick- 
ham Saint Paul's ;—Latchingdon ;—Great Totham 
and Little Braxted ;—- Ashen, &amp;c. ;— Brightlingsea; 
—Mylande ;— Colchester ;—and, Great Horkesley ; 
praying that all increase of Revenue that may arise 
from an improved system of leasing Ecclesiastical 
Property, may be left at the disposal of the Church, 
to supply the deficiency of spiritual instruction for 
the people,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Gentry, Merchants, Ship-owners, 
Spinners, Manufacturers and Inhabitants of Drog- 
heda, praying the House not to renew that Clause 
in the Charter of the Bank of Ireland, which pro- 
hibits the formation of Joint Stock Banks within 
fifty miles of Dublin, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Se- 
lect Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented from the 14th to 





21° Mazz. 








A. 1838. 


the 18th days of this instant May, both inclusive ; 
and had directed him to make a Report thereof to 
the House. 

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


A Petition of Operative Broad-Silk Weavers of Foreign 
Spitalfields and its vicinity, praying the House to Wrought Silks 
pass a law prohibiting the importation of Fo- 
reign Wrought Silks, or to grant a repeal of the 
Corn Laws, and thereby enable the Petitioners to 
compete with the labour of the comparatively un- 
taxed foreign artisan; or to enact a law whereby a 
higher duty may be placed on all foreign goods 
coming into the British market, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates and Town Council of the Church of 
royal burgh of Nairn, praying for the abolition of the Setland. 
law of Lay Patronage in Scotland, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers of Liverpool, spirituous 
praying that the Spirituous Liquors Sale Bill may Liquors Sale 
: Bill. 
pass into a law, was — and read; and or- 


dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Brew- sale of Beer 
ers, Wine and Spirit Merchants, Licensed Victuallers Act. 
and other Inhabitants of Liverpool, praying for the 
amendment of the Sale of Beer Act, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitant Householders of Sainé Metropolis 
Matthew, Bethnal Green, praying the House to ex- Improvements, 
tend the proposed improvements of the streets of 
London, to the eastern suburbs of the Metropolis, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Metropolis Improvements. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Stourport, praying Bonding 
for the establishment of Inland Bonding Ware- Warehouses. 
houses, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Maidstone and its een 
vicinity, praying the House to prevent the inter- (Idi 
ference of the British authorities n India, in regard 

to the worship and service of Idolatry by the natives, 

was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 

the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town Salmon 
Council of Aberdeen, praying that the Salmon Fish- (Scotland) 
eries (Scotland) (No. 2.) Bill may not pass into a (No, 2.) Bill 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

Petitions from Proprietors on the Rivers Dee and 
Don;—and, on the Rivers North and South Esk, 
praying that the said Bill may pass into a law,— 
were also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost and Magistrates of Spirit Licenses 
Aberdeen, praying that the Spirit Licenses (Scotland) 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kendal;—and, Charles Fox; pray- Oaths. 
ing that Separatists and others may be permitted to 
make affirmation in cases where an oath is now re- 
quired,—were presented and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


al as much of an Act, Balmore 


An ingrossed Bill to re org 


intituled, An Act for making and maintaining the 
Road from Glasgow to Redburn Bridge, and certain 
other Roads in the Counties of Stirling, Dumbarton 
and Lanark, as relates to the Balmore Road; and 
to improve, and make and maintain the said ~— 
an 


(Scotland) Bill. 


gfe 


Oldh 
and | 
work 


Pri 


Sh 


Bi 








ool 
Court of Pas- 
sage Bill. 


Liverp 


Oldham Gas 
and Watere 
works Bill. 


Towcester and 
Hardingston 
Road Bill. 


Prisons 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Gaelic Lan- 
guage (Scottish 
Universities.) 


Ship “ Vixen.” 


Bible Printing 
(Scotland,) 


Queen’s 
Coronation, 


Church Esta- 
blishment 
(Canada. ) 


1 Victroriz. 


and certain other Roads connected therewith, in the 
Parishes of Campsie and Baldernock, and County 
of Stirling aforesaid, was read the third time ; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of James Robinson, President of the 
Members of the Liverpool Law Society, praying 
that the Liverpool Court of Passage Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of John Jackson, the elder, Frederick 
Jackson, and John Jackson, the younger, uf Old- 
ham, in the county of Lancaster, Hat Manufacturers 
and co-partners;—and, Owners, Lessees or Occu- 
piers of mills, manufacturies, shops, messuages or 
dwelling-houses, in the division of the township of 
Oldham, called Oldham-below-town, in the borough 
of Oldham ; praying that they may be heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain 
parts of the Oldham Gas and Waterworks Bill, 
—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit ; 
and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the 
said Petitions. 


An ingrossed Bill for repairing, maintaining and 
improving the Road leading from Towcester to the 
Turnpike Road in Cotton end, in the Parish of 
Hardingston, in the County of Northampton, was 
read: the third time; and Amendments were made 
to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Charles Knightley do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Commissioners of Police of Paisley, 
praying that the Prisons (Scotland) Bill may not 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Students of King’s College, Aber- 
deen, praying that a professorship for teaching the 
Gaelic language be established in connection with the 
united divinity halls of King’s and Marischal Col- 
lege, Aberdeen, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Lord Viscount Palmerston, presented by Her Ma- 
jesty’s command,—Further Papers relating to the 
seizure and confiscation of the “ Vixen” by the 
Russian Government. 

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


Petitions from Saint Ninian’s;—Edinburgh(Chair- 
man of a Meeting of the Synod of Relief);—and, 
Fife (Chairman of a Meeting of the Western District 
Bible Society); praying the House to refuse their 
sanction to the continuance of the monopoly hitherto 
enjoyed by Her Majesty’s Printers in Scotland of 
Printing Bibles,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Gold and Silver Lace Weavers, 
praying for the postponement of the Queen’s Coro- 
nation, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy and Inhabitants of Lichfield, 

praying the House to secure to the Members of the 

stablished Church settled in the Provinces of 

Upper and Lower Canada, and elsewhere in North 

— “i permanent advantages of a regular and 
OL, 93. 


21° Mair. 


535 


independent ministry and of adequate episcopal 
superintendence, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bridgend ;—Neath ;—and, Merthyr Negroes (Bri- 
Tydvil; praying that the Order in Council autho- tish Guiana.) 
rizing the importation from the East Indies of inden- 
tured apprentices for a term of five years to work on 
estates in British Guiana, may be suspended, and 
the system utterly prohibited,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Carrigeen;—and Tullaroan; pray- Municipal 
ing that the Municipal Corporations (Jreland) Bill (Cindiend) Bill 
me not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Vestrymen of Saint Mary-le-bone, Westminster 
praying that the Westminster Pavements Bill may Pavements Bill. 
not pass into a law as it now stands, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address he presented to Upper Canada. 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Instructions tothe Lieutenant 
Governor of Upper Canada, relative to proceedings 
against persons recently arrested in that Province. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented 
to Her Majesty by such Members of this House 
as are of Her Majesty’s most Honourable Privy 
Council. 


The House was moved, That the Act 6 Will. 4, Slave Vessels 
c. 6, for carrying into effect a Treaty made between Captured 
His Majesty and the Queen Regent of Spain, for toons) 
the abolition of the Slave Trade, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, That this House will, 
To-morrow, resolve itself into a Committee to con- 
sider of granting a Bounty out of the Consolidated 
Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Lreland, upon the Tonnage of Ships and Vessels 
condemned for having been engaged in the illegal 
traffic in Slaves ; 

Lord John Russell, by Her Majesty’s command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Mo- 
tion, recommends it to the consideration of the 
House. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself Registration of 
into a Committee upon the Registration of Electors Electors Bill. 
Bill. ; 
(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1° to be read 2° paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Cravuszs, N° 1 to N° 5, agreed to. 

CrauseE, N° 6, negatived. 

CiausE, N° 8, agreed to. 

Cravses, N° 9 and N°10, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 11 to N°14, agreed to. 

Crauses, N°15 to N°17, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauss, N° 18 (Town Clerk to give a notice, re- 
quiring freemen entitled to vote to send in their 
claims in certain cases)——read. 

Several Amendments made. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided : 

¥ 
} 69. 


Yeas, Mr. Solicitor General : 
Tellers for the { Mr. Praed, 
Noes, | Lord Viscount Sandon: - 





Tellers for the s Mr. Robert Steuart, 
3y4 CLAUSES, 

















ae nent Se = 





a-~aemanaatt 





536 


Cuiavusss, N°19 to N°23, amended, and agreed to. 
Ciavszs, N° 24 to N° 30, agreed to. 

CiauseE, N° 31, amended, and agreed to. 
Crausss, N° 32 to N° 36, agreed to. 

Cuiause, N° 37, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuiauszs, N° 38 to N° 42, agreed to. 


Crause, N° 43, (Power to Barrister to give costs 
im certain cases to parties claiming or objecting) 
read. 

Proposed to fill the blank, P. 19, 1. 32, with 
“* Ten shillings :” Afterwards proposed to fill the 


blank with “ Five pounds.” 
Question put, That the blank be filled with 
Tellers fur the ( Mr. Solicitor General, 
Yeas, Mr. John Parker: 
Line 43. Proposed to fill the blank with “ Ten 
* shillings :” Afterwards proposed to fill the blank 
“ Ten shillings ;” 
The Committee divided : 
} 64. 
Lord Worsley, } 36 
Colonel Sibthorp: . 
Crauses, N° 44 to N° 49, agreed to. 


Ten shillings ;” 
} 77. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Praed, 
with “ Forty shillings ;” 
Mr. Robert Steuart, 
Ciause, N° 43, as amended, agreed to. 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





“ 


The Committee divided : 

Noes, Sir Thomas Fremantle : ». 
Question put, That the blank be filled with 
Tellers for the Yeas,| ie: Mihie Masher: 


Tellers for the Noes, 





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


Martis, 22° die Maii, 1838. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in | 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That | 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, | 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


A Motion being made, That this House will, this | 
day, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of | 


21°99 Mazz. 


| 








A. 1838. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


_ The House, according to Order, resolved itself Personal 
into a Committee, to consider of granting Compen- Diligence 

; : (Scotland) 
sation to persons whose interests may be affected by [Compencai 
any Act to be passed in the present Session relating to Oftcers,) 
to Personal Diligence, Arrestments and Poindings 
in Scotland. 

(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That Compensations may be granted to 
such persons as shall sustain loss by the operation 
of any Act of this Session of Parliament to amend 
the law of Scotland in matters relating to Personal 
Diligence, and that the same shall be paid out of 
the monies which by several Acts of her Majesty 
Queen Anne were made chargeable with the expenses 
of the Court of Session in Scotland. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come toa Reso- 
lution. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Advocations 
further consideration the Report on the Advocations (Scotland) Bil. 
(Scotland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- High Sheri 
mittee on the High Sheriffs Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Westminster 
further consideration the Report on the Westminster Pavemeats Bill, 
Pavements Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 


| consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Glass Duties 


further consideration the Report on the Glass Duties Bill. 
Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 


making provision out of the Consolidated Fund of | consideration upon Friday next. 


the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Jreland, | 

for the payment of Barristers appointed to revise | 

Lists of Voters under any Act to be passed in the | 

en Session for the Registration of Parliamentary 
lectors ; 

Lord John Russell, by Her Majesty’s command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee to consider of granting Compen- 
sation to persons whose interests may be affected by 
any Act to be passed in the present Session relating 
to Advocations and Suspensions in the Court of Ses- 
sion in Scotland. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That Compensations may be granted 
to such persons as shall sustain loss by the opera- 
tion of any Act of this Session of Parliament, to 
diminish delay and expense in Advocations and 
Suspensions in the Court of Session in Scotland, 
and that the same shall be paid out of the monies 
which by several Acts of her Majesty Queen Anne 
were made chargeable with the expenses of the said 
Court. 

Resolution to be reported. 











The Order of the day being read, for the Com- saimon 
mittee on the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) (No. 2.) umes ' 
Bill; cotland) 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday sea 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Robert Steuart, by Order, reported from the Ways and 
Committee of Ways and Means, a Resolution, which Means; 
was read as followeth : 

Resolved, That, towards making good the Supply Exchequer 
granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Thirteen Millions Bil’. 
be raised by Exchequer Bills, for the service of the 
year 1838. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Robert Steuart, Mr. 
Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr. Baring do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- ways aud 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Kingstown and 
reading of the Kingstown and Dublin Port and Har- ee = 
bour Bill ; arbour . 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The 


r~ THR 





tion, 


ll 


Prisons 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Schools F 
(Scotland) Bill, 


Ecclesiastical 
Duties and 
Revenues Bill. 


Prisons Bill. 


Juvenile 
Offenders Bill, 


Pilotage Bill. 


International 


Copyright Bill. 


China Courts 
Bill. 


Sheriffs Courts 


(England) Bill. 


Suitors’ Money 


Church 
Patronage 
(Corporations) 
Bill, 


Waste Lands 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Tenants for Life 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Leases and 
Exchanges 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Supply. 


1 Vicroriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Schools (Scotland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday, the 11th day of June next. 


The Order of the day. being read, for the second 
reading of the Prisons Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Juvenile Offenders Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Pilotage Bill was, according to Order, read 
a second time; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for Wednesday, the 13th day of 
June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the International Copyright Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The China Courts Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Mr. Solicitor General, by Order, reported the She- 
riffs Courts (England) Bill; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Suitors’ Money Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Church Patronage (Cor- 
porations) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill; and directed him to report the same, with- 
out Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed ; and read 
the third time this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Waste Lands (Jreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Tenants for Life (Zreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 

reading of the Leases and SReclonest (Ireland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Friday next. , 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 

Vot. 98. 


21°—29° Maiv. 








537 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Steam Vessels 
for better regulating Steam _ sone worked for Hire (Thames) Bill. 
on the River Thames between New Windsor and 

Yantlet Creek: And that Mr. Hawes and Mr. D’ Eyn- 

court do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Registration 
to provide for the Registration of Leases not under of Jeases 
a certain duration, in Scotland: And that the Lord Seot#n¢) Bill. 
Advocate, Mr. Attorney General, and Mr. Gibson 
Craig, do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Hawes presented a Bill for better reguiating Steam Vessels 
Steam Vessels worked for Hire on the River Thames (Thames) Bill. 
between New Windsor and Yantlet Creek: And the No. 409. 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return in Abstract of the Re- Post Office. 
commendations contained in the Ten Reports of the 
Post Office Commissioners be amended, by referring 
the same to the Admiralty and the Post Office Com- 
mission, for the purpose of those Departments sup- 


plying the information which has not been given by 
the Post Office. 


Sir George Grey presented,—Return to an Address Convicts (New 
to hislate Majesty, dated the 30th day of March 1836, South Wales, 
for a Return of the Number of Persons charged with ** 
Criminal Offences, who were committed to the dif- No. 410. 
ferent Gaols in New South Wales and in Van Die- 
men’s Land, and the Dependencies thereof, for Trial 
at the Assizes or Sessions held for the several Counties 
or Circuits and Towns therein, during the last Seven 
years ; distinguishing the Number in each year, and 
showing the nature of the Crimes respectively of 
which they were convicted or scqnittel, and with 
which those were charged against whom no bills 
were found, and who were not prosecuted ; the 
Sentences of those convicted, and the Number of 
those executed who received Sentence of Death; 
distinguishing Males from Females (so far as relates 
to New South Wales). 

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


Mr. Robert Steuart presented, pursuant to the di- Ecclesiastical 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—Order in Council, Commission. 
dated 4th April 1838, ratifying a scheme prepared 
by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, 
under the Act 6 and 7 Will.4,c. 77, for prospectively 
augmenting the Income of the See of Lincoln, and 
for providing a Residence for the Bishop of Lincoln 
within the new limits of his Diocese. 

Mr. Robert Steuart also presented, pursuant to Foreign Corn. 
Orders,—Accounts, in half-yearly Returns, of the 
Number and Amount of Claims for Abatement of 
Duty upon Foreign Corn, Grain, Meal, Flour or 
other Corn, Rape Seed, Hemp Seed or Tares, im- 
ported into the Port of Zondon, on account of damage 
alleged to have been received, by heating, on board 
of the importing Vessel during their Voyage to this 
Country, from 5th January 1836 to 5th Januar 
1838; and, of the Number and Amount of at | 
Claims as were referred to Arbitration, pursuant to 
the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 52, s. 30, 31, in the like 
half-yearly Returns, and for the same period. 

An Account, showing the difference between the Savings Bauks. 
Amount paid by the Public for Interest, and charges wo, 411, 
on the Sums due to the Trustees of Savings Banks 
and Friendly Societies, and the Amount received 
from Dividends, on Stock or other Public Securities 
in which the said Sums have been invested by the 
Commissioners for the Reduction of the National 
Debt, from 5th January 1818 to 5th January 1838. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table; and that the Account relative to Savings 
Banks, be printed. , 


Captain Deans Dundas presented,—Return to an Punishments 
Order, dated the 2d day of April last, for an Abstract ( ~~ Artil- 
32Z — 





538 


of the Number of Soldiers belonging to the Royal 
Artillery in Great Britain and Ireland, who, since 
ist January 1831, have suffered Imprisonment ; 
showing the nature of the Offences, in classes, for 
which such Punishment has been awarded, and the 
Number in each class ; also, the one and shortest 
period of confinement awarded as Punishment, and 
the average Periods for each class of Offences in each 
year :—And, a Return of the Number of Soldiers in the 
Royal Artillery who have been poise | ang 
or imprisoned by Sentences of Courts Martial, in 
each of the years 1831 to 1837, both inclusive, 
showing how often such Punishments have been 
inflicted on the same individuals. 











rough Elections. Rochford Bridge, and Francis Mitchell, of Drin- 
more, all in the county of Westmeath, Farmers, in that 
part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, called Ireland, on behalf of themselves and 
others, claiming a right to vote at the Election of 
Members to serve in Parliament for the said County 
of Westmeath, complaining of an undue Election 
and Return for the said county, being come ; 

Mr. Speaker took the Chair. 

The Serjeant-at-Arms was sent with the Mace, to 
the places adjacent, to require the attendance of the 
Members on the business of the House ; and being 
returned ; 





Bedford The Clerk of the Crown, attending, according to 
peace Order, amended the Return for the Borough of 


, Bedford. 
| Then the House was counted by Mr. Speaker, and 
three hundred and fifty-five Members being present ; 
And the Petition of the several Persons whose 
names are thereunto subscribed, which said Persons 
are Electors of the County of the Town of Galway, 
on behalf of themselves and others, claiming a right 
to vote for Members to serve in Parliament for the 
said ty the Town of Galway, complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the Town of 





21°—22° Mazz. 


Ordnance A Return, in detail, under separate heads, of the 
caine several articles sold by, and payments made to, the 
Ordnance Office, under the head of Old Stores, for 
which the sum of £.103,453 has been credited in 
the Ordnance Estimates of this year. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 
Marriages. Ordered, That the Return relative to Marriages, 
No.412. which was presented upon Wednesday last, be 
printed. 
Foreign and _ Ordered, That the Return relative to Foreign and 
Colonial Grain. CJonial Grain, which was presented upon Wednes- 
No, 413. day last, be printed. 
a &gt; A Petition of John David Towse, Clerk and So- 
an U ie 4 - ino 
Swilly Tateng: pr ere eee mg Company, praying that 
Bill. e may be heard, by his counsel or agent, against 
certain parts of the Lough Foyle and Lough Swilly 
Drainage Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he 
think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 

And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after one of the 
clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 

Martis, 22° die Maiti; 
Anno 1 Victorie Regine, 1838. 
PRAYERS. 
Westmeath oe hour appointed for taking into considera- 
Galecy To = tion the Petition of John Faunt, of Ballinea, 
and Devizes Bo- William Beatty, of Ardmore, Peter Nowlan, of 





A. 1838. 


Galway ; being also ordered to be taken into consi- 
deration upon this day ; 

And the Petition of the several Persons whose 
names are thereunto subscribed, Electors of the Bo- 
rough of Devizes, in the County of Wilts, complain- 
idg of an undue Election and Return for the said 
borough, being algo ordered to be taken into con- 
sideration upon this day ; 

The several Parties, their counsel and agents, 
were called in. 


And the door being locked ; 

The Order of the day, for taking into considera~ Westmeath 
tion the said Petition, complaining of an undue Elec- grvtisy 
tion and Return for the County of Westmeath, was P 
read, 

And the names of the Members were drawn, and 
read, in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was 
completed :—And Lists of the said names were de- 
livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Come 
mittee on the Westmeath County Election; and 
then the door was opened, and the Parties, their 
counsel and agents, withdrew. 


Not 
Fiel 
Bill 


Fie 
And the door being again locked ; - 
The Order of the day, for taking into consideration Galway 

the said Petition complaining of an undue Election a 

and Return for the Town of Galway, was read. : 

And the names of the Members were drawn and 
read in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was 
completed :—And Lists of the said names were de- 
livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 
mittee on the Galway Election; and then the door 
was opened, and the Parties, their counsel and 
agents, withdrew. 


And the door being again locked ; 

The Order of the day, for taking into considera- Devizes 
tion the said Petition, complaining of an. undue Election. 
Election and Return for the Borough of Devizes, 
was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn and 
read in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was 
completed :—And Lists of the said names were de- 
livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 1 
mittee on the Devizes Election; and then the door 
was opened, and the Parties, their counsel and 
agents, withdrew. 


The counsel and agents in the case of the West- Westmeath 
meath County Election, being returned to the bar, a 
the Clerk appointed to attend the said Committee “°° 
delivered in tothe House a reduced List; and the 
same was called over, as followeth ; 

William Battie Wrightson, Esquire, Lord George 
Bentinck, George Thornhill, Esquire, Charles Fyshe 
Palmer, Esquire, Sir George Thomas Staunton, Ba- 
ronet, Sir Stephen Richard Glynne, Baronet, John 
Round, Esquire, James Stewart, Esquire, Edmund 
Wodehouse, Esquire, Robert Palmer, Esquire, and 
Thomas Henry Hastings Davies, Esquire. 


And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Petition 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the County of Westmeath, were sworn by the Clerk 
at the Table in the usual manner; and thereupon 
the counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Com- thirty-fourth 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Act; and who Report on Poor 
were empowered to report the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them from time to time to the 
House; That they had made further Progress in the 
matters to them referred, and had directed him to 


Law Amend- 
ment Act. 


No. 414. 





report 











1 Viwroriz. 


report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

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


Petitions from Members of the Town Council 
of Nottingham ;—and, Inhabitants of Mottingham ; 
praying that the MVottingham Melds Inclosure Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

‘ Petitions from Members of the Council of WVot- 

tingham ;—and, Members of a Committee appointed 

by the Council of the Town of Nottingham ; praying 

that they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, 

against certain parts of the said Bill,—were also 

— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 

Petitions from Freemen and Inhabitants of WVot- 
tingham ;--and, Inhabitants of Wottingham ; praying 
that the said Bill may not pass into a law as it now 
stands,—were also presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Nottingham 
Fields Inclosure 
Bill. 


Nottingham 
Fields Inclosure 


Bill posed, That the Vottingham Fields Inclosure Bill be 


now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon Tuesday next.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “now,” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided: 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas,{ Mr Cally Rrig ht: } tos. 

Tellers for the Noes,J Sir Ronald Ferg attied } 28. 

i Mr. Briscoe : 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words “ upon 
Tuesday next” be added at the end of the Question : 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Tuesday next. 


Paddington 


Mr. Hall reported from the Committee on the 
Estates Bill, 


Paddington Estates Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to 
be true ; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

And the House being informed that other Amend- 
ments are necessary to be made to the Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 


Mr. Robert Clive reported from the Committee 
on the Bishop’s Castle and Munslow Inclosure Bill ; 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true ; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their consent to the Bill, to the 
satisfaction of the Committee; and that the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


Bishop’s Castle 
and Munslow 
Inclosure Bill. 


The counsel and agents, in the case of the Galway 
Town Election, being returned to the bar, the Clerk 
appointed to attend the said Committee delivered 
in to the House a reduced List; and the same was 
called over, as followeth ; 

The Honourable William Howard, Henry Jeffreys 
Winnington, Esquire, The Honourable George Ralph 
Abercromby, George Benvenuto Mathew, Esquire, 
Henry Meynell, Esquire, Sir Charles Broke Vere, 
Thomas Nicholas Redington, Esquire, Francis 
Aglionby, Esquire, Lord Viscount Morpeth, William 
ae and Daniel Callaghan, Esquire. 

ou. 93. 


Galway Town 
Election, 


22° Maiz. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- |. 


539 
And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Petition com- 
— of an undue Election and Return for the 
own of* Galway, were sworn by the Clerk at the 
Table in the usual manner ; and thereupon the coun- 
sel and agents withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


Mr. Wolstenholme Parker reported from the Com- Curbridge 
mittee on the Curbridge Inclosure Bill; That they !™losure Bill. 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true ; and that the Parties concerned 
had given their consent to the Bill, to the satisfac- 
tion of the Committee ; and that the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

And the House being informed, that other Ame~ 
ments are necessary to be made to the Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 


Thames 
Navigation. 


A Petition of the London Dock Company, pray- 
ing, that if any further sum of Money be raised for 
the improvement of the Metropolis, a portion thereof 
be appropriated towards improving the River Thames, 
under the direction of the Port of London Naviga- 
tion Committee, and the Harbour Masters, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Metropolis Improvements. 


The Lower Beeding Church Bill was read a second Lower Beeding 
time ; and committed to Mr. Darby and the Sussea Church Bill. 
List. 


The counsel and agents, in the case of the Devi- Devizes 
zes Election, being returned to the bar, the Clerk Election. 
appointed to attend the said Committee delivered 
in to the House a reduced List; and the same was 
called over, as followeth ; 

John James Bodhin, Esquire, Montagu Edmund 
Newcombe Parker, Esquire, Lord Viscount Eastnor, 
Sir Robert Alexander Ferguson, Baronet, Richard 
Walker, Esquire, Henry Negus Burroughes, Esquire, 
Joseph Bailey (of Sudbury), Esquire, Charles Den- 
ham Orlando Jephson, Esquire, Sir Walter Charles 
James, Baronet, Lord Teignmouth, and Sir John 
Mordaunt, Baronet. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Petition com- 

laining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Deneaeh of Devizes, were sworn by the Clerk at 
the Table in the usual manner; and thereupon the 
counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


A Petition of Overseers of the Poor of Cronton, Grand Junction 
in the county of Lancaster, praying that the Grand Railway Bill. 
Junction Railway Bill may not pass into a law as it 
now stands, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Committee on the Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- Midland 
sideration the Same which upon the 11th day of Counties 
this instant May was made from the Commit- Railway Bill 
tee on the Midland Counties (Mountsorrel) Rail- 
way Bill; printed Copies of the Bill having been 
delivered at the door upon Friday last; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into further consi- Boiton and 
deration the Report which upon the 14th day of this Preston Rail- 
instant May was made from the Committee on the “*Y Bil! 
Bolton and Preston Railway Bill; printed Copies of 








the Bill having been delivered at the door upon Fri- 


3z2 day 











Slave Trade. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Newcastle 
and Carlisle 
Railway Bill. 


Sheffield 
Improvement 


Bill. 


Birkenhead 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Oakham, &amp;c, 
Small Debts 
Bill. 


Staley Road 
Bill. 


Regency Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Painswick 
Vicarage Bill. 


Fictitious Votes 


(Ireland.) 


540 29° Mai. 


day last; and the Amendments were read, and 


agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. ’ 


Lord Viscount Palmerston reported to the House, 
That their Address of the 10th day of this instant 
May, relative to the Foreign Slave Trade, had been 

resented to Her Majesty, and that Her Majesty 
fad been pleased to receive the same very graciously, 
and to give the following Answer: 


“1 have received your dutiful Address, expressing 
your + perce your wishes, and your hopes, as to 
the Measures best calculated to accomplish the 
effectual extinction of the Traffic in Slaves. 

I can assure you, that I fully share your regret at 
observing the extent of human suffering which is 
still occasioned by this cruel Trade. 

I have recently concluded, with some Foreign 
States, additional a for the a ee of 
putting down this Traffic: I am engaged in Negotia- 
tions with other Foreign States, for arrangements 
founded upon the principles recommended in your 
Address; and I am urging Portugal to fulfil her 
atte to Great Britain, by the conclusion of 
a Treaty adapted to suppress the Slave Trade now 
carried on under the Portuguese flag. 

You may rely on My earnest endeavours to give 
full effect to your wishes on this interesting and 
important subject.” 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer and 
Mr. Senior : 

Mr. Speaker : 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment, viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Actto authorize the Vewcaséle- 
upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railway Company to raise 
an additional Sum of Money for the purposes of 
their Undertaking : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for making a new Street 

or Thoroughfare, and widening and improving cer- 
tain other Streets or Thoroughfares within the 
Town and Borough of Sheffield, in the County of 
York: 
- A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend an Act passed 
in the third year of the reign of his late Majesty 
King William the Fourth, intituled, An Act for pav- 
ing, lighting, watching, cleansing and_ otherwise 
improving the Township or Chapelry of Birkenhead, 
in the County Palatine of Chester, and for regulat- 
ing the Police thereof, and for establishing a Mar- 
ket within the said Township : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for the more easy and 
speedy Recovery of Small Debts, within the Parishes 
of Oakham and Uppingham, and other places, in the 
Counties of Rutland, Leicester and Northampton: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for repairing the Road 
from French Top, in the West Riding of the County 
of York to Staley, in the County Palatine of Ches- 
ter: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to 
repeal part of an Act, intituled, An Act to provide 
for the Administration of the Government in case the 
Crown should descend to Her Royal Highness the 
Princess Alexandrina Victoria, Daughter of his late 
Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, being under the 
age of eighteen years, and for the care and guar- 
dianship of her Person, towhich the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for the sale of the Advowson of the Vicarage of 
Painswick, in the County of Gloucester, to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of 
the Reports made from the Select Committee ap- 
pointed by this House, in the present Session of 





A. 1838. 


Parliament, on Fictitious Votes, Jreland ; together 
with the Minutes of Evidence taken before the 
Committee: And also, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased Railrvads, 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of 
a Report made from the Select Committee ap- 

ointed by this House, in the present Session of 

arliament, on Railroad Communication ; together 
with the Minutes of Evidence taken before the 
Committee, and the Appendix and Index:—And 
then the Messengers withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an answer to 
the last parts of the said Message, by Messengers of 
their own :—And the Messengers were again called 
in, and Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith :— 
And then they again withdrew. 


The Regency Act Amendment Bill, was read the Regency Act 
first time, and ordered to be read a second time, upon Amendment 
Thursday next. _ d 

Ordered, That the Bill be printed. No. 415, 

Petitions from Sutton Bonnington ;— Ruddington Negro Appren- 
(two Petitions) ;— Carrington (two Petitions) ; — ticeship. 
Arnold ;— Southwell ;— Bramcote ;—Thrumpton ;— 
Willoughby ;— Hickling ;— Lenton (two Petitions) ; 
— Paisley ;— Colne ;— Leith Lumsden ;—Cambusne- 
than; — Farsley ; — Pudsey ; — Kingswinford and 
Brierley ; — Culling forth ; — Haworth ;— Erith ;— 
Kingstown ; — Downham Market ; — Denholme ;— 
Keighley (two Petitions) ;—Stanningley ;—Heaton ; 
—Stebbing ;— Cottingley ;— Bingley (four Petitions); 
— Baildon ; — Wilsden; —— Solihull; — Harden ; — 
Ashby-de-la-Zouch ; — Birmingham (six Petitions) ; 
— Brandeston ; — Bradford; — Chipping Norton; 
— Wickham Market ;— Maer ; — Buckingham; — 
Cardiff; — Old Lenton ; — Greasley ; — Mansfield 
(five Petitions); — Basford (two Petitions) ; — 
Beeston; — Bulwell; — New Lenton; — New Rad- 
ford; — Woodhouse ; — Carlton; — Newhaven ; — 
Stroud (five Petitions) ;— Bisley and other places ; 
— Kingstanley ; — Nailsworth ; — Minchin Hamp- 
ton, and other places ;—Calverton ;— Woodborough ; 
— Gunthorpe ; — Farnesfield; — Lambley (two Pe- 
titions) ; — Cotgrave ; — Gotham; — East Leake ; 
— Caythorpe ; — West Bridgeford; — Gedling ;— 
Preston and Blakemere; —- Norton Canon ; — Led- 
bury ; — Sutton; — Mordiford; — Withington ; — 
Rhynie; — Beech Lane Chapel (Salop) ; — Hale- 
sowen ; — King’s Norton; — Oldswinford ; — Truro 
(four Petitions); — Penzance ;—Kidwelly, and other 
places ;—Conwil and other places ;—Llandilo and 
other places; — Londonderry (three Petitions) ; — 
Rochester (two Petitions); — Huddersfield ; — Hit- 
chin; — Dublin (two Petitions); — Louth; — 
Warberthwaite ; -— Saint Bees (two Petitions); --: 
Muncaster ;— Tewkesbury ;—Tough ; — Huntingdon ; 
— Lochwinnock ; — Paisley (two Petitions) ; — 
Abirchirder; — Cranfield; — Hook Norton; — 
Spilsby ; —- Hunmanby; — Edinburgh; — Flam- 
borough; — South Ockenden; — Kilmarnock; — 
Bridlington ;—Sheffield (three Petitions) ;— Swale- 
cliffe ;— Cropredy ; — Nunney ;—Foulmire ;—Railey 
Fell ;— Sutton (Ely) ; — Campstal; — Cricklade ; 
— Attercliffe; — Perran-ar-Warthall ; — Hecking- 
ton; — North Shields (two Petitions); — Bala; 
— Warrington ; — Breinton ; — Oxford ; — Dudley ; 
— poeta a! ;— Cork (seven Petitions) ;— Pres- 
cott ;— Taunton (eight Petitions); — Norton Fitz- 
warren; — Curland; — Kingston (Somerset) (two 
Petitions) ;— Bishop’s Hull ; — Pitminster ; — Not- 
tingham (twenty Petitions); — Southampton ; — 
New Basford (four Petitions) ;—Lowdham ;—Brad- 
ninch; — Exeter (ten Petitions) ;— Collumpton ; — 
Failsworth (three Petitions) ;— Hollinwood (three 
Petitions) ; — Oldham (two Petitions) ; — Newton 
Heath (two Petitions) ;—Ralph Green ;—Chadder- 
ton ;— Waterford ;— Southwark ;— Ryde;— Culm- 
stock ;— Hawick ;— Newport Pagnell ;—Banchory ; 
— Devonport (two Petitions); — Daybrook and 








Arnold ;— 








1 VicTorRIZ. 


Arnold ;—Huckaail Torkard (three Petitions) ;—Odld 
Radford (two Petitions); — Radford; — Beeston 
(three Petitions) ;—Chilwell;—Stapleford (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Hyson Green, Notts (three Petitions) ;— 
Kimberley ;— Sutton in Ashfield (two Petitions) ;— 
Sneinton Element ;— New Radford; — Todmorden 
(nine Petitions) ;— Eastwood;—Sneinton;-- Bulwell ; 
— Sherwood; — Brighhouse (thré&amp; Petitions) ; — 
Elland (two Petitions) ;—Halifar (three Petitions); 
— Stainland ;— Rastrick ; — Northowram;— Myrtle 
Grove ( Halifax) ;—- Sowerby Bridge ; — Millwood ; 
— Blackley ;— Crosstone (Halifaz) 3;— Southowram ; 
— Mytholmroyd ;— Upstreet ;— Church-street, Black- 
friars-road ; —Devonshire-square Chapel, London ;— 
Draycott ;—Wycliffe Chapel, London ;— New Mills 
(two Petitions); — Poultry Chapel, London; — 
Stockport (nine Petitions) ; — Reading (two Peti- 
tions) ;— Lambeth; — Redruth ;— Saint Agnes ;— 
Tealby ; — Roxton; — Somersham ; — Honiton ; — 
Norwich ;—- Bishop’s Auckland ; — Crook ; — Man- 
chester ;— Salford ; — Idle ; — Bierley;— Aston ;— 
Tetford ; -- Thornton ; — Kentisbeare; —- Halberion; 
—Sampford Peverell ;—Uffculm (three Petitions) ; 
— Alphington ; — Leven, Fifeshire; — Tintwistle ;— 
Ash ;— Plymouth ;— Rochester, &amp;c.;— Brechin (two 
Petitions) ;— Charléury ;— Chevening ;— Bewdley ; 
— Upper Clapton ;—Newbottle ;—Royston ;—Hen- 
drick-street, Dublin ; —Wattesfield ;—United Asso- 
ciate Presbytery of Stirling and Falkirk ;—Mem- 
bers of the United Associate Congregation of Denny 
Loan Head, Stirlingshire ;—North and South Col- 
lingham;-- East Bridg ford ;—Caddington ;— Newark- 
upon-Trent (four Petitions) ;— Honiton’s Clyst ;-— 
Stonehouse ; — Sheffield ; — Milbourne-place, North 
Shields; — Chatteris ; — Athy ; — Bassingbourne ; 
—- Bor Moor ;— Houghton and Witton; — Great 
Grimsby ; — Chudleigh ; — Exminster ;— Kenton ;— 
Topsham (two Petitions); — Ashton; — Christow ; 
— Heavitree; — Dawlish ; — Newton Abbott and 
Newton Bushell ;— Chagford; — Wragby ; — Mor- 
chard Bishop; — Brompton, near Northallerton; — 
Honiton; — Inverness ;— Long Marton ; — Irton ;— 
March ;— Chester (two Petitions) ; — Egremont ; — 
Holbeck; — Hunslet (two Petitions); — Bramley; 
— Cambridge (fourteen Petitions); — Chishill (two 
Petitions) ; — Saffron Walden (two Petitions) ; — 
Staines ; — Whitwell and Selside ; — Falkirk ; — 
North Leith; — Grayrigg ; — Bampton (two'Peti- 
tions) ; — Sutton-on-I'rent ;—— Beethom and Hale ; 
— New Ross; — Taghmon (two Petitions) ; — Car- 
rick (Wexford); — Wexford ; — Swansea ; — Mer- 
thyr Tidvil ; — Broughton in Cartmel;— Lando- 
very, &amp;c.;— Belfast (three Petitions); — Leek; 
— Bingham; — Newton; —- Wick; — Durston; — 
Bathpool ;— Rawlett ;— Bickenhall ; — Stoke Saint 
Gregory (two Petitions); — Burrowbridge ; -— Isle 
Abbotts ; — Upottery ;— Bishop’s Hull; — Williton ; 
— Stoke Saint Mary ;—Hatch Beauchamp ; — La- 
nark ;— Bathgate; — Dalkeith (five Petitions); — 
West Calder ; — Loanhead (two Petitions) ; —— Scar- 
borough ; — Ford; — Currie ; — Bathgate (Young 
Men’s Society for Religious and Intellectual Im- 
provement) ;— Morningside ;— Bowes and Gilmonby ; 
— Carmarthen (three Petitions); — New Broad- 
street, London ;—Saltcoats;— Leomohogow ;— Crieff ; 
— Horsham ; — Carnwath (two Petitions); — Edin- 
burgh (five Petitions) ; -— Littlebury ; — Clavering ; 
— Woodbridge ; — Mallow ;— Penicuik (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Scawby ;— Derby (eight Petitions) ; — Ec- 
clesfield ; — Brotherton ;— Bramley (two Petitions) ; 
— Knottingley ; — Castleford; — Addingham ; -- 
Doncaster ;—Grassington (two Petitions) ; — Neath; 
— Durham ;— Sheffield ;— Tarves ;— Killington ; — 
Dearham; — Cleartor ;-- Maryport ;— Arlecdon ; — 
Gilcrux ;— Warminster ;— Sedgley ; — Wigan; — 
Mountrath ;—Carlow ;— Manchester (six Petitions) ; 
— Shepton Mallett ;— Balitore ;—Sevenoaks ;— Bury 
Saint Edmund’s ;—Carnew ;— Wincanton (two Peti- 
tions) ;--Mosterton ;—-Stocklinch ;— Crewkerne (three 


Petitions) ;—Creech Saint Michael ;—North Curry 
Vou. 93. 


92° Marz. 














541 


(three Petitions) ;—Curry Mallett ;—King’s Cromp- 
ton and Dulverton; — North Petherton ; -— Bishop’s 
Lideard ;— Timberscombe ; — Norton ;— Seghill ;— 
March ; --,Gillingham ; — Mickleton ;— Ampthill ;— 
Coundon ; -—— Ware ;— Youghal ;— Milverton ;—Yar- 
combe (two Petitions) ; — Weston Zoyland ;— South Pe- 
therton;—--Brompton Ralph ;-Haselbury ;—Netherhay ; 
—~Ilton ;— Fordingbridge ;-—Littlebourne ;—Wilsden 
( York) ;——Ashton (ten Petitions) ;— Stalydridge (four 
Petitions) ;—-Holbech (two Petitions) ;—~Eccleshill ;— 
Mells ; — Chenies; — Lynn; — Faversham ;— Wing- 
ham ;— Hyde (two Petitions) ;— Pershore ;— Mosley ; 
—Denton (two Petitions) ;—Bath (three Petitions) ; 
— Haughton Green; -— Glossop ; — Duking field ;— 
Moresby ;-—— Whitehaven (five Petitions) ;— Grims- 
thorpe; — Ballymacarrett ; — Newport (Essex) ; — 
Bankefelin, Xc.; — Cockermouth ; — Alfred-place, 
Chapel, Kent-road;— Hulme ; — Hoddesdon ; — 
Houghton-le-Spring ;—Slacklane ; — Shelford (two 
Petitions); — Burton Joyce (three Petitions); — 
Dolgelly ;— Hereford (six Petitions) ; — Ipswich ; 
— Frome ;— Caythorpe; — Dorstone and Pem- 
bridge ;— Kingsland ; — Yarm ; — Hartly ;—South- 
wall;— Bingham ; —Oxton ;— Gotham ; —- Ratcliffe ; 
— Broadwinsor; — Bristol (thirteen Petitions); 
— Bempton ;— Kilham ;—Henrietta-street Chapel, 
Brunswich-square ; — Yeadon ;— Felstead ; -— Frome 
Woodlands ; — Scamblesby ;— Morton ;— Wareham; 
— Whitstable ; — Salisbury ; — Amersham ;— Leeds 
(twenty-one Petitions); — Bardney ; — Shirley ;— 
Southampton; — and, Kirkstall (two Petitions) ; 
praying for the Abolition of the system of Negro 
Apprenticeship, — were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Negro Appren- 
That it is the opinion of this House, that Negro teeship. 
Apprenticeship in the British Colonies should im- 
mediately cease and determine ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby: 


Tellers for the ¢ Sir Eardley Wilmot, 1 


Yeas, Mr. Warburton: J al 
Tellers for the { Mr. Labouchere, \ 93 
Noes, Mr. More O’ Ferrall: : 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Registration 
Bill to amend the Law relating to the Registra- he 
tion Voters and taking of Polls in Ireland: (No"s) bin, 
And that Mr. Serjeant Jackson, Sir William Follett 
and Mr. Emerson Tennent do prepare, and bring it 
in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Armouries 
Return of the Number of Persons admitted to see (Tower.) 
the Armouries in the Tower, in each of the past 
years 1824 to 1838; distinguishing the Number 
of those who were admitted free of charge by Go- 
vernment Orders and by Ordnance Orders, the 
Number of those who paid for admittance, stating 
the Amount paid for admission, by each person, for 
the several objects and parts of the same, in each of 
the years; also, the aggregate Amount of money 
received in each year, and how applied. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Licensed 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to agg &gt; 
regulate the Houses of Licensed Victuallers and “”’~°"** 
Coffee-house Keepers within the Metropolis :—-And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Houses of 
That the Select Committee on building the two Parliament. 
Houses of Parliament, be re-appointed :—It passed 
in the Negative. 


323 Resolved. 








New South 
Wales, 


Waterloo 
Annuities 
Bill. 


Sea Coast 
Fisheries 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Grand Jury 
Cess (Dublin) 
Bill. 


Loan Societies 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Slave Vessels 
Captured 
(Bounty on 
Tonnage.) 


542 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Persons charged with 
Criminal Offences, who were committed to the dif- 
ferent Gaols in New South Wales and the depen- 
dencies thereof, for trial at the Assizes or Sessions 
held for the several counties or circuits, and towns 
therein, during the last seven years ; distinguishing 
the Number in each year, and showing the nature 
of the crimes respectively of which they were con- 
victed or acquitted, and with which those were 
charged against whom no Bills were found, and 
who were not prosecuted; the sentences of those 
convicted ; and the number of those executed who 
received sentence of death; distinguishing males 
from females. 

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


The House was moved, that the Act 59 Geo. 3, 
c. 34, to amend and render more effectual several 
Acts for enabling the Commissioners for the Reduc- 
tion of the National Debt to grant Life Annuities, 
and to empower the said Commissioners to grant 
Annuities for Lives or Years, for promoting the 
beneficial purposes of the Fund commonly called 
the Waterloo Subscription, might be read, and the 
same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 2 and 
3 Will. 4, c. 59, to transfer the management of 
certain Annuities on Lives from the receipt of his 
Majesty’s Exchequer, to the management of the 
Commissioners for the reduction of the National 
Debt, and to amend an Act for enabling the said 
Commissioners to grant Life Annuities and An- 
nuities for Terms of Years, might be read ; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
to transfer the Management of certain Annuities 
on Lives from the Trustees of the Waterloo Sub- 
scription Fund to the Commissioners for the reduc- 
tion of the National Debt, and to amend several 
Acts for enabling the said Commissioners to grant 
Life Annuities and Annuities for Terms of Years : 
And that Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer and 
Mr. Edward John Stanley do prepare, and bring it 


in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Commit- 
tee on the Sea Coast Fisheries (Jreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Grand Jury Cess (Dublin) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Loan Societies (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee, to consider of granting a Bounty 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, upon the Ton- 
nage of Ships and Vessels condemned for having 
been engaged in the illegal Traffic in Slaves. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to make provision 
for the payment out of the Consolidated Fund of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
of Bounties upon the Tonnage of Ships and Vessels 
seized and condemned under the provisions of any 


22° Mair. 








A. 1838. 


Treaties with Foreign Powers for the Abolition of 
the illegal Traffic in Slaves. 


Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Solici- 
tor General reported, That the Committee had come 
to a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 





The Lord Advocate, by Order, reported from the Advocations 
Scotland 
t ares 


Committee to whom it was referred to consider of 
granting compensation to persons whose interests 
may be affected by any Act to be passed in the 
present Session relating to Advocations and Sus- 
—— in the Court of Session in Scotland, a 

esolution, which was read, as followeth ; 

Resolved, That Compensations may be granted 
to such persons as shall sustain loss by the opera- 
tion of any Act of this Session of Parliament, to 
diminish delay and expense in Advocations and 
Suspensions in the Court of Session in Scotland, 
and that the same shall be paid out of the monies 
which by several Acts of Her Majesty Queen Anne, 
were made chargeable with the expenses of the said 
Court. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, was 
agreed to. 


to Officers.] 


The Lord Advocate, by Order, reported from the Personal 
Committee to whom it was referred to consider of Diligence 


granting Compensation to persons whose interests 


present Session relating to Personal Diligence, 
Arrestments and Poindings in Scotland, a Reso- 
lution, which was read as followeth ; 

Resolved, That Compensations may be granted to 
such persons as shall sustain loss by the operation 
of any Act of this Session of Parliament to amend 
the. law of Scotland in matters relating to Per- 
sonal Diligence, and that the same shall be paid 
out of the monies which by several Acts of her 
Majesty Queen Anne were made chargeable with 
the Expenses of the Court of Session in Scotland. 

The said Resolution, being read a second. time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Personal Diligence (Scotland) Bill, 
That they have Power to make provision therein 
pursuant to the said Resolution. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Commit- Registration 
of Electors 

[Payment to 
Revising Bar- 


tee to whom it was referred to consider of maki 
pian out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 

ingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the 
payment of Barristers appointed to revise Lists of 
Voters under any Act to be passed in the present 
Session for the Registration of Parliamentary Elec- 
tors ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the Day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Prisons (Scotland)Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Sheriffs Courts (England) Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read the third time; 

The Amendments — were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the sar Ba :—The said 
proposed Amendment and Motion were severally, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next. 


The 


(Scotland) 
[Compensation 


may be affected by any Act to be passed in the to Officers.) 


risters.] 


Prisons 


(Scotland) Bill, 


Sheriffs Courts 
(England) Bill. 


Suito: 
ill. 


Chure 
Patro 
(Cory 
Bill. 


of le 
(Scot 


Writ 


Cop 


Atte 
(Ire 


Arn 


An 





Suitors’ Money 
Bill. 


Church 
Patronage 
(Corporations) 
Bill. 


Registration 
of Leases 
(Scotland) Bill. 


No. 416. 


Writs of Trial. 


Copyright Bill. 


Attornies 
and Solicitors 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Army. 


Army Rewards, 


Amy Commis- 
sions, 





1 Vicroriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Suitors’ Money Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. 


The ingrossed Bill for facilitating the Sale of 
Church Patronage belonging‘to Municipal Corpora- 
tions, in certain cases, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Lord Advocate presented a Bill to provide for 
the Registration of Leases not under a certain dura- 
tion in Scotland: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Friday next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Writs of Trial since the passing of 
the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 42, with the Number of 
Applications for new Trials thereon, and the result 
thereof in each case. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a 
Committee, To-morrow, upon the Copyright Bill, 
was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this all will, upon Wednesday, 
the 6th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 
the Attornies and Solicitors (Jreland) Bill, was read, 
and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday, the 30th day of this instant May. 


Lord Viscount Howick presented, pursuant to 
Orders,—Returns, showing the Establishment and 
Effectives of the British Army, Rank and File, at 
Home and Abroad, on the 1st January 1837, and on 
the 1st January 1838 :—Showing the Establishment 
of the British Army, as fixed by the King’s Memo- 
randum for Service at Home and on the several Fo- 
reign Stations, for each of the years, from 1833 to 
1837, both inclusive ; and also, the Effectives on each 
of those Stations, by the latest Returns received on 
the ist January in each of the years from 1833 to 
1837, inclusive :—Showing the average Force in Rank 
and File, Establishment and Effectives, at the several 
Foreign Stations, at specific periods, and also on 
the 1st January 1836 and 1837 :—And, showing in 
one Table, the Numbers of the Descriptions of 
armed Force in the United Kingdom, on the 1st Ja- 
nuary 1838 ; and the Regular Army of all Ranks. 

A Copy of the Warrant of his late Majesty, dated 
26th of May 1837, substituting for the additional 
Pay granted to Soldiers after certain periods of Ser- 
vice, a reward of additional pay for good conduct, 
with distinguishing marks. 

Returns of the Number of Men who have esta- 
blished their claims to their good conduct Pay under 
the said Warrant; distinguishing those entitled to 1d. 
a-day, to 2d. a-day, to 3d. a-day, and to 4d. a-day: 
—And, of the Number of Men who have established 
claims to marks of distinction only, without relin- 
quishing their claims to additional Pay for length 
of service; distinguishing those entitled to one 
badge, to two badges, to three badges, and to four 
badges. 

Returns of the Number of Appointments to first 
Commissions in the Ranks of Cornet, Ensign, Adju- 
tant and Quartermaster, on death or other vacancies, 
without a aes: in each year since the 1st of April 
1834; showing the Number of Gentlemen intro- 
duced into the Army without purchase, and distin- 

uishing the Number of Gentlemen Cadets from the 

oyal yg College, the Number restored from 

«7 ~~. to Full Pay on such clear vacancies, and 
ot. 93. 


29°—93° Mair. 





543 


the Number of Non-Commissioned Officers pro- 
moted to such Commissions. 

A Return of the Number of Soldiers belonging to Military 
Regiments and Depots in Great Britain and Jre- Pouishments 
land, who since the 1st of January 1836 have suf- 
fered either Corporal Punishment or Imprisonment; 
and wherever either Corporal Punishment or Im- 
prisonment has been inflicted on the same person 
more than once, specifying how often it has been so 
inflicted. 

Lord Viscount Howick also presented, pursuant Army Hal! Pay. 
to the directions of an Act of 7B a Return 
of Military Officers upon Half Pay, who have been 
allowed to receive their Half Pay since ist April 
1837, under Acts 2 and 3 Will. 4, c. 126, s. 2 
and 24, and 1 Vict. c. 79, s. 19 and 20. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Mercurti, 23° die Maii; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838, 


PRAYERS. 


R. Watson, from the Corporation for the Relief Merciant 
of Seamen in the Merchant Service, was called Seamen's Fund. 
in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—An Account of the 
Income and Expenditure of the President and Go- 
vernors of the Gorpettinn for Relief of Seamen in 
the Merchant Service, their Widows and Children, 
at the Port of London, and at the various Out-ports 
under their management, from 1st January 1837 to 
31st December 1837, inclusive. 

An Account of the Income and Expenditure of 
the Trustees for the Relief of Seamen in the Mer- 
chant Service, their Widows and Children, appointed 
by the therein-mentioned Out-ports of the United 
Kingdom, from Ist January to 31st December 1837: 
—And then he withdrew. 

" Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
able. 


The Sudbury Town Lands Bill was read a second Sudbury Town 
time; and committed to Mr. Benjamin Smith and "4s Bill. 
the Suffolk List. 


An ingrossed Bill to incorporate the Subscribers Refuge for the 
to the Institution called “The Refuge for the Des- Destitute 
titute,” and for the better enabling them to carry 't™ Bill. 
on their Charitable Designs, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Charles Lushington do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Bolton Clive reported from the Committee on Hereford 
the Hereford Improvement Bill; That they had Improvement 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true ; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

An ingrossed Bill for amending and enlarging the Midland 
eat of the Act relating to the Midland Counties ee 

ailway, and for making a Branch therefrom to the Railway Bill. 
Town of Mountsorrel, in the County of Leicester, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. William Evans do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Birmingham 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case Gallwey 
of the Petition for the Birmingham and mt 
Railway Bill, the Standing Orders relative to Rail- 

324 way 








Galvanization 
of Metals 
Company. 


Birmingham, 
Bristol, and 
Thames Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


Leicester 
Gas Bill. 





544, 23° Mai. A. 1838. 


way Bills, had not been complied with; but it ap- of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had 
peared to the Committee that, in consequence of | gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
proceedings in the High Court of Chancery, which | thereunto; and the Amendments were read, and 
did not terminate till early in May, the Parties were | agreed to. 
unable to ascertain before that time the possibility | Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
of their making the deviation contemplated by the | be ingrossed. 

resent Bill; that all the owners and occupiers of 


a i ; Bill for i i i ‘shoo’ 
ands on the line of the proposed deviation assent An ingrossed Dill for inclosing Uands in. the Bishey's Cus 


; Manors of Bishop’s Castle and Munslow, in the and Munslow 
to the measure; and that the Parties have given | Count y of Salop, was read ‘the third time; and closure Bill, 
notices in the London Gazette of May 15th, and in | 4 1 ndments were made to the Bill ? 


the Birmingham Herald of May 17th; that the | 

Plan, Section and Book of Reference were deposited | pra mg ay oy seh Prine do cits ah Wa 
with the Clerk of the Peace, and the several parish | 4, ine Lords. and desire their recolored 

clerks, on the 18th of May,and the Estimate and Un- | as : 


dertaking in the Private Bill Office before the pre-| ay ingrossed Bill for enabling the Bolton and Bolton and 
sentation of the Petition, and that notice of aban- | p,o.ton Railway C ompany to extend and alter the Preston Rai. 
donment was given to the owners and occupiers on | way Bill. 


- Line of such Railway, and to make Collateral 
the 18th of May; that a P etition was presented, | Branches thereto, and for amending and enlarging 
complaining of non-compliance with the Standing 


&gt; t : | the P d Provisi i 
Orders, but that the Parties attended, and in person | mt — peg ap ge of the Act relating thereto, 


declined to proceed. | A . 
Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select | ya ay an spe &amp; Pag carry the Bill to 
Committee on Standing Orders. | the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 





Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee on | A Petition of Commissioned Officers, Non-Com- British Legiov 
Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of the | missioned Officers, Privates, and others, lately en- (Spain.) 
Petition for leave to present a Petition for the Galva- | gaged in the service of her Catholic Majesty the 
nization of Metals Company Bill, the application was | Queen of Spain, complaining of the non-fulfilment 
to enable the Parties to purchase certain Patent rights, | of the engagement of the Spanish Government to 
and that the Committee had called evidence before | pay to them the Pay and Gratuity which they were 
them, which proved that the patent was not offered | entitled to at the termination of their service; and 
for sale till about a fortnight ago; that an outlay of | praying the House to take their case into considera- 
near £.400,000 is necessary for effecting the pur-| tion, and procure for them the justice to which they 
chase, and carrying on the works, and that the | are entitled, was presented, and read; and ordered 
invention is one which may be of great and essential | to lie upon the Table. 
service to the public; under these circumstances, 
the Committee submit to the House, that the Parties 


be permitted to present a Petition for leave to bring Act, was presented, and read; and referred to the 


in a Bill to effect the objects they have specified ; | ¢ : 
that although there are no Standing Orders appli- yor ot Commins oy the Faw awe, Seatenment 


cable to Bills of this description, yet the Committee 
are of opinion that, inasmuch as the Parties now} Petitions from Aylesbury ;— Gosport ;—and, Port- Rating of _ 
appear before the House after the period fixed by its | sea; praying that the Rating of Tenements Biil may Tenements Bill 
Sessional Orders, they should give notice of their | not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 

intention to proceed with the Bill, by advertise- | referred to the Select Committee on Rating of Tene- 

ments inserted three times in the London Gazette | ments. 

and the Times Newspaper, and that proof of such| A Petition of Inhabitants of Crowland, praying 

notices should be given before the Committee on | that the said Bill may pass into a law, was also 

the Bill. presented, and read ; and referred to the said Select 

Ordered, That leave be given to present a Petition, | Committee. 
as desired. 

A Petition of Peter Harris Abbott, of Brunswick 
Square, in the county of Middlesex, and Henry 
Pattison, of Hart-street, Bloomsbury, in the same 
county, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable the 
proprietors of certain Patents for preventing the 
Oxidation of Metals, to assign their mterest therein 
to the Petitioners, and others, as a Company, and 
for enabling the said Company tv carry into effect 
the objects thereof, was accordingly presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Peti-| Petitions from Birkenhead -—Payhembury ;—All Lord's Day Bil 
tions for Private Bills. Souls and Trinity, Saint Mary-le-bone ;— Yeovil ;— 
Kentisbeer ; —Awliscombe ; —Yoxford ; — Woolpit ; 

A Petition of the Great Western Railway Com- | —Rattlesden ;— Blymhill; — Henham a. 
pany, praying that they may be heard, by their | and other places ;—Cork ;— Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Wickham, praying Poor Law Act. 
for an alteration in certain clauses of the Poor Law 


Mr. Serjeant Jackson presented a Bill to amend Registration 
the Law relative to the Registration of Voters in of Voters 
Ireland, and to taking the Poll at Elections in that (ie 

. 7s 2. ot a (No. 2.) Bill. 
part of the United Kingdom, and to assimilate the * |; 
. = . ~~ No. 417. 
same as nearly as may be to the Law in force in 
England and Wales: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Friday, the 1st day of June next ; and to be 
printed. 


counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Bir- | —Peckham ;— Shipton ;— Weyhill ;—Newton-upon- 
mingham, Bristol and Thames Junction Railway | Ouse ;—Nether Poppleton ;— Linten-upon- Ouse ;— 
Bill, was presented, and read. Wilberfoss ;— Catton ;--Pochlington ;—-Long Sutton; 


Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the | —and, Honiton; praying that the Lord’s Day Bill 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, | may pass into a law,—were presented, and read; 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if | and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
oa think ou and ces heard, in favour of the! \ petition of Protestant Inhabitants of Kilhoney, Eécestion 
Pe praying that the present system of National Educa- aamaate 
tion in Jreland may not be persisted in, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 





Mr. Easthope reported from the Committee on 


the Leicester Gas Bill; and to whom a Petition Tabl 

against the said Bill was referred; That they had | *~ . 
heard counsel in support of the said Petition, and | Petitions from Derrybrusk ;-- Thomastown ;--Bally Church o! 
had also heard counsel in favour of the Bill; and | Easton;—Ennis;—and, Youghal; suggesting a plan 
that the Committee had examined the allegations | for a reform in the Church of Jreland; and praying 


Treland. 


the 


Pe 


rom 














1 Victoriz. 


the House to take the same into consideration,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Church Petitions from Uppingham ;—Brinkhill ;— Great 

Property: Steeping ;—and, Hundleby; praying that all increase 
of revenue that may arise from an improved system 
of leasing Ecclesiastical Property may be left at the 
disposal of the Church to supply the deficiency of 
spiritual instruction for the people,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Postage. Petitions from Holbeach ; — Wisbech ; — Ilfra- 
combe ;— Nairn ; —- Reading ;— Neath ; ~—Kirkcud- 
bright ;—Proprietors, Compositors, Pressmen, &amp;c., of 
the Printing Office, 17, Fetter-lane, Fleet-street ;— 
Secretary of the Sun Fire Assurance Company ;— 
—Proprietors, Compositors, Pressmen, &amp;c., of the 
Printing Office, 23, Middle-street, Cloth Fair ;— 
Proprietor, Compositors, Pressmen, &amp;c., of the 
Printing Office, 12, Tabernacle Walk;—A. J. Valpy; 
—Proprietor, Compositors, Pressmen, &amp;c., of the 
Printing Office, 7, Tavistock-street, Covent Garden ; 
—Secretary of the Phoenix Insurance Company ; 
—and, Managing Director of the National Life 
Assurance Society; praying for the establishment 
of a low and uniform rate of Postage on Letters, 
were presented, and read: and referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Postage. 


NegroApprene Petitions from Helensburgh ;-- Bridport ;—Hands- 

ticeship. worth (two. Petitions) ;— Nairn ; —Swallwell ;— 
Whitehaven ;—North Wilts;—Haslingden ;— Deal ; 
— Wareham ;— Carmarthen ;— Devonport and East 
Stonehouse ; — Devonport (six Petitions) ,— Stoke 
Damerel (two Petitions) ;—and, Torpoint; praying 
for the abolition of the system of Negro Apprentice- 
ship,— were a and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Medical Petitions from Carlow ;— James Vaux ; and, 

Charities = Foreman of the Grand Jury of Galway; praying 

(Ireland) Bill. that the Medical Charities (Ireland) Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Medical Superintendents of Dis- 
pensaries in the county of Wexford, praying that 
the said Bill may pass into a law, was also presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Church of Petitions from Kilmany ;— Southwark ;—Hather- 

Scotland. low; — Stockport (four Petitions) ;— Gatley ;—and, 
Hazel Grove; praying the House not to sanction 
any further endowments to the Church of Scotland, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Sheriff Courts, A Petition of Procurators practising before the 
By, ¢Seetland) Sheriff Court of Wigtownshire, praying that the She- 
: riff Courts ; Advocations ; and, Personal Diligence 
(Scotland) Bills, may pass into law, was presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Idolatry Petitions from Earl Shilton; — Leicester; — 

(India. Hinckley ;—Derby ;—Nottingham (two Petitions) ; 
— Whittlesey; — and, Ashby-de-la-Zouch ; praying 
the House to prevent the interference of the British 
Authorities in India, in regard to the worship and 
service of Idolatry by the natives,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Spirit Licenses 


s A Petition of the Preceptor and Directors of the 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Towns Hospital of Glasgow, praying that the Spirit 
Licenses (Scotland) Bill, may not pass into a law, 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


ae , A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Mary, in the 
sand.) city of Dublin, praying for the abolition of Tithes 
in Ireland, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the 
nay Ossory, praying that the proposed mea- 
ou. 93. 


23° Marz. 545 


sure relative to Tithes in Ireland, may not receive 
the sanction of the House, was also presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Dean and Chapter of the Cathe- Ecclesiastica 
dral Church of Durham, praying that the Eccle- Duties and _ 
siastical Duties and Revenues Bill may not pass Revenues Bill. 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee 4 ay to First Report 
take into their consideration the several Plans for on Metropolis 
the Improvement of the Metropolis, concerning Improvements 
which a Report was made to this House by a Com- No. 418. 
mittee in the year 1836, together with any other 
Plans for the same object, which they may deem 
deserving of consideration, and to report their opi- 
nion as to the expediency of adopting any of the 
said improvements, and also as to the best means of 
carrying the same into effect, have Power to report 
their observations thereupon from time to time to 
the House. 
Sir Matthew Wood reported from the said Select 
Committee ; That they had made Progress in the 
matters to them referred; and had directed him to 
report their Observations thereupon to the House, 
with an Appendix. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Chaplains to 

to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ‘he House. 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Som of the Names of the Chaplains to this 
House since the year 170; and of the Dates of 
Addresses to the Throne, praying that some Prefer- 
ment and Dignity in the Church might be conferred 
upon them ; also specifying the Dignities conferred 
upon them in consequence of such Addresses. 

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


The Painswick Vicarage Bill was read the first Painswick — 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. Vicarage Bill. 


A Petition of Proprietors and Inhabitants of Moy- Poor Relief 
goish, praying that the Poor Relief (Zreland) Bull (1reland) Bill. 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of Journeyman Bakers of London;— Sunday Baking. 
and, Master Bakers of London, praying that that 
part of the Bakers’ Act, which allows the baking of 
dinners on the Lord’s Day, may be repealed,—were 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
lable. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Leonard, Shore- Vestry Meet- 
ditch, praying that the Vestry Meetings in Churches _ inChurches 
Bill, may not pass into a law, was presented, and = 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Gentry, Merchants and others, Bank of 
Traders of the town of Kells, praying the House not !eland. 
to renew that part of the Charter of the Bank of 
Ireland, which prohibits the formation of Joint Stock 
Banks within fifty miles of Dublin, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Leslie, praying that the Patent Bible Printing 
of the Queen’s Printers in Scotland, which gives Scotland.) 
them the exclusive privilege of printing Bibles for 
the use of the inhabitants of that country, may not 
be renewed,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of London, and the vi- Oaths. 
cinity, and not being Quakers, Moravians or Sepa- 
ratists, praying that they may be put, with respect 
to the taking of Oaths, upon the same footing of 
the Christian communities above mentioned, was 
—— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 





4A A Petition 





| 
i 
/ 


eee 


a oe eo ares 


TT 


53 See. SE 


Serre 


eo = ee 


Se ae 


i 
i 


| 
i 











546 


Fictitious Votes 


A Petition of Inhabitants, Electors and Non- 
(Scotland. ) 


Electors of Selkirk, complaining of the creation of 
Nominal and Fictitious Votes in the election of 
Members to serve in Parliament for Scotland, was 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Ministers and Elders of the 
Presbytery of Dalkeith, praying the House to pass 
an Act to prevent retailers of Spirits, in Scotland, 
from carrying on their business on the Lord’s Day, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Spirit Licenses, 


A Petition of Spirit Merchants of Paisley, pray- 
os *c ing that the Spirit Licenses (Scotland) Bill; and the 
; Spirituous Liquors Sale Bill, may pass into law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 

the Table. 


Small Debts =A Petition of Warehousemen, Shopkeepers and 
(Scotland) Bill. Tohabitants of Paisley, praying that the Small 
Debts (Scotland) Bill may pass into a law, was 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Owners, Masters and Mates of 


Sale of Spirits 
(Scotland.) 


Harbours of 


Refuge. vessels trading between the northern and eastern 
parts of Great Britain, praying for the establish- 
ment of a Harbour of Refuge at Redcar, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Prisons 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of Com- 
missioners of Supply of the county of Dumbarton, 
praying that the Prisons (Scotland) Bill, may not 
pass into a law as it now stands, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


(Scotland) Bill. 


Factories A Petition of Owners, Occupiers and Workmen of 


Regulation Bill. CorJinghow Mill, in Batley, praying that the Fac- 
tories Regulation Bill, may not pass into a law as it 
now stands, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Conacre 
Tenants 


(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Conacre Tenants (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 20th day of June next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


Rating of The Order of the day being read, for the second 
enements Bill. reading of the Rating of Tenements Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday, the 13th day of June next. 


Payment of The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Rates Bill, reading of the Payment of Rates Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday the 13th day of June next. 
Land Tax | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
aoe mittee on the Land-Tax Commissioners’ Names Bill; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 20th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Lord’s Day Bill. The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


into a Committee upon the Lord’s Day Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; tobe read 2°, paragraph by paragraph. 
Preamble postponed. 
To report Saee, and ask leave to sit again. 

_ Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Sir George 
Sinclair reported, That the Committee had made Pro- 
gress in the Bill, and that he was directed to move, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 


the 6th day of June next, again resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 





Cork Sessions 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Bill. 


further consideration the Report on the Cork Ses- 
sions Bill; 


23° Maiz. 


A. 1838. 


Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon this day Three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Ecclesiastical 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Courts (Jreland) Bill; ac an 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon “**""*) Bill 
Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Dean Forest 
into a Committee upon the Dean Forest Mines Bill ; Mines Bill. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker No. 419. 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Aglionby reported, 

That the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Aglionby reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday the 1st day of June next; 
and the Bill, as amended, to be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Dean Forest 
into a Committee upon the Dean Forest Encroach- Encroachments 
ments Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. » 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Aglionby re- No. 420. 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Aglionby reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Friday the 1st day of June next; 
and the Bill, as amended, to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read for the second Spirit Licenses 
reading of the Spirit Licenses (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) Bill. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day Six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

ry r Mr. Gilion, 

Tellers for the Yeas, in Models 56. 
fSir George Clerk, 45 
*\ Mr. George Hope: 3 ~~* 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second time, 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House 
for Wednesday the 13th day of June next. 


Tellers forthe Noes 


The Order of the day being read for the second Spirituous 
reading of the Spirituous Liquors Sale Bill; gaa sad 
And a Motion being made, and the Question be-" ~ 
ing proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day Six months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word 
now” stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ “4 oe 16. 


Tellers for the Noes} — ; a oe 59. 

‘So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day Six months,” be added at the 
end of the Question :—It was resolved in the Af- 
firmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put : 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
| this day Six months. 


“ 





The 








Mec 
(Ire 


Int 








1 Victortiz. 


Cherity The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Creland) Bill. mittee on the Charity Commissioners (Zreland) Bill ; 

_ " Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 6th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Medical The Order of the day being read, for taking into 

oniaed) pj), further consideration the Report on the Medical 

_ 401, _ Charities (Ireland) Bill :—The Bill was re-committed 

No. 421, +5 a Committee of the whole House:—And the House 

immediately resolved itself into the said Committee ; 

and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 

resumed the Chair; and Mr. Jephson reported, That 

the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Jephson reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday, the 6th day of June 
next; and the Bill, as amended, to be printed. 


Custody of The Order of the day being read, for the third 

Infants Bill. reading of the ingrossed Bill to provide for the 
access of Parents living apart from each other to 
their Children of tender age; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. n 

Mr. Serjeant Talfourd, 

Tellers for the Yeas,{ Mr. Pry “D J } 60. 

Tellers for the Noes, 9 eral pas. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time; and an ingrossed Clause was added to the 
Bill, by way of Rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr.Serjeant Talfourd do carry the 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Small Debts The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
(Scotland) Bill. further consideration the Report on the Small Debts 
(Scotland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday, the 6th day of June 
next. 


Sale of Bread The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
(Ireland) Bill. into a Committee upon the Sale of Bread (Jreland) 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Morgan John 
Connell reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Friday 
next. 


Hackney The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
(Metrselis) further consideration the Report on the Hackney 
Bill, Carriages (Metropolis) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday next. 


Qualification of | The Order of the day being read, for taking into 


Members Bill. further consideration the Report on the Qualification 
of Members Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday next. 
Court of The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Chancery peading of the Court of Chance (Ireland) Bill; 
(Ireland) Bill. ©, ered, That the Bill be eh a second time 
upon Thursday, the 31st day of this instant May. 
Vot. 93. 








23° Maii. 547 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Married 
reading of the Married Women’s Bill ; Women’s Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday, the 6th day of June next. 


The Bribery at Elections Bill was, according to Bribery at 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Elections Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Parliamentary 
reading of the Parliamentary Burghs (Scotland) Burels 
Bill ; (Scotland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Royal Burghs 
reading of the Royal Burghs (Scotland) Bill; (Scotland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bankrupts’ 
mittee on the Bankrupts’ Estates (Scotland) Bill; /&lt;tstts 4) Bun 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ‘ ne 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Personal 
mittee on the Personal Diligence (Scotland) Bill; Diligence 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday oe 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Escheats Bill. 
reading of the Escheats Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday, the 13th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Descents Bill. 
reading of the Descents Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday, the 13th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Advocations 
further consideration the Report on the Advocations (Scotland) Bill. 
(Scotland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Steam Vessels Thames Bill was, according steam Vessels 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a (Thames) Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


Mr. Robert Steuart, by Order, reported from the Slave Vessels 
Committee to whom it was referred to consider of Captured 
eranting a Bounty out of the Consolidated Fund of tonne. ¥ 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
upon the Tonnage of Ships and Vessels condemned 
for having been engaged in the illegalTraffic in Slaves, 

a Resolution; which was read, as followeth ; 

Resolved, That it is expedient to make Provision 
for the payment out of the Consolidated Fund of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
of Bounties upon the Tonnage of Ships and Vessels 
seized and condemned under the provisions of any 
Treaties with Foreign Powers, for the abolition of 
the illegal Traffic in Slaves. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Robert Steuart and Mr. 
Chancellor of the Exchequer do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

4aA2+ The 





1 
{| 


2) 
i 
iy 
? 
i 
et! 
fe 
rf 
i 
i 
















































Registration 

of Electors 
Payment to 
evising 

Barristers. } 


Hackney 
Carriages 
(Metropolis) 


ee yon 
rivers’ Li- 
censes. ] 


Post Office 
(Scotland.) 
























































Justice of 
Peace Courts 


(Glasgow.) 



































































































































548 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee, to consider of making Provision | 


out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the (on 
of the Barristers appointed to revise Lists of Voters, 
under any Act to be passed in the present Session, 
for the Registration of Parliamentary Electors. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That Provision be made, out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britainand Ireland, for the payment of the 
Barristers appointed to revise Lists of Voters under 
an Act of this Session of Parliament for the Regis- 
tration of Parliamentary Electors. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Pryme 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Re- 
solution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into a Committee, to consider of imposing a 
Duty upon Licenses to Drivers of Hackney Carriages, 


the Registry of Metropolitan Public Carriages. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts of all Letters and other Docu- 
ments from the Deputy Post-master of Glasgow, the 
Post Office Surveyor of that district, the Secretary 
and Solicitor of the Edinburgh Post Office, and 
the Solicitor of the General Post Office in London, 
or others, addressed to the Post-master General, or 
to the Secretaries or others in the Department, with 
the Replies thereto, respecting the opening of Letters, 
or abstracting Letters, with or without Money, Cash, 
Notes, Bills, or other valuable Property therein con- 
tained, put into or passing through the Post Office 
of Glasgow or alleged to have been so, since the 
Consolidation of the Post Offices to the 1st January 
1838: Also, a Return to amend and explain the 
Return No. 265 of this Session, relative to Letters 
or Packets containing Money, Bank Notes, or other 
valuable Property entrusted to or passing through 
the Post Offices in Scotland, by stating the nature 
or contents of the Letters or Packets referred to in 
the aforesaid Return, and described as Papers of 
5. segue Papers of Value, and Enclosures of 
Value, stating the Names of the Parties they were 
addressed to, or alleged to be addressed to, the 
Names of those who applied for them, the Post 
Office they were alleged to have been lost in or taken 
from, the place they were found at if recovered, with 
the Dates applicable to each case. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing the Number of Justice 
of Peace Courts held in the City of Glasgow since 
the appointment of the present Justice of the 
Peace Clerk for the Lower Ward of Lanarkshire, 
the Number of Causes tried and decided in each 
year since his appointment, the Amount of Fees paid 
to, or received by, or on account of the said Justice 
of Peace Clerk, the Number of Courts at which he 
officiated personally, also the Number in which his 
Deputy officiated, stating the profession to which 
the Principal and Depute Clerks belong, and if 
in Partnership, the Names of their Partners, also, 
the — or periods in each year during which 
the Justice of Peace Clerk of Glasgow has been 
absent from that City since his appointment; the 
Return to be in columns, showing distinctly the 
Number of Causes and Courts, and Sums, made u 
yearly, to the 1st of May, with the Totals for ae | 
year, since the date of the appointment of the said 


23°—94° Maz. 








A. 1838. 


Justice of Peace Clerk for the Lower Ward of 
Lanarkshire. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her aseekys Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Postage 
Return of the Public Offices that Frank and receive (Public Offices.) 


Letters Free: And, a Return, in detail, of the Total 
Expense and Sums Total incurred on Account of 
Postage in each of the last Five years ending 5th 
January 1838, by each Public Office not Franking 
or receiving Letters Free. 


Mr. Robert Steuart presented a Bill for raising a Exchequer Bills 
Sum: of Money by Exchequer Bills for the service (£-13,000,000,) 


of the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty- 
eight: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time To-morrow. 


Mr. Robert Steuart presented a Bill for the better 


Slave Vessels 


and more effectually carrying into effect the Treaties (Captured) 


and Conventions made with Foreign Powers for 
suppressing the Slave Trade: And the same was 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a 


and of providing for the expenses of an office for SEES EE TERY ES oe gee 


Mr. Robert Steuart reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on the Courts of Justice Buildings (Scotland) 
Bill; That the Standing Orders had been complied 
with, pursuant to the leave granted by the House, on 
the 22d day of March last ; and that the Committee 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Eccle- 
siastical Commission, which was presented upon 
Monday last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Army, 
which were presented yesterday, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to Army Re- 
wards, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Army 
Commissions, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Military 
Punishments, which was presented yesterday, be 

rinted. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Army Half 
Pay, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 











Jovis, 24° die Maii; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


OF DERED, That the Committee on the Glas- 
gow Waterworks Bill have leave to sit this day 
till five of the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


The House being informed that the Sheriffs of 
the City of London attended at the door, they were 
called in; and at the bar presented, —A Petition of 
the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the 
City of London in Common Council assembled :— 
And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition, praying for leave to pre- 
sent a Petition for leave to bring in a Bill for 
enabling the Petitioners to borrow the sum of 
150,000/. on the credit of the Orphans’ Fund, for 
the purpose of widening and improving the streets 
and avenues in the neighbourhood of the Royal Ex- 
change, was read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. in 

he 


No. 427. 


Courts of Jus- 
tice Buildings 
(Scotland) Bill, 


No. 422. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission. 


No. 423, 
Army. 

No. 424. 
Army Rewards. 

No. 425. 


Army Comnis- 
sions. 


No. 424. 
Military 
Punishments. 

No, 425. 
Army Half Pay. 

No. 426. 


Glasgow 
Waterworks 


Royal Exchange 
Rebuilding. 








Regis 
Elect 


Earl 


Estat 


P 


Registration of 
Electors Bill. 


Earl of 
Effingham’s 
Estate Bill. 


Thirty-fifth 
Report on 
Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


No. 428. 


Hereford 
Improvement 
Bill, 


Postage. 


Statute Duty, 


Marriages Act, 


Registration of 


irths, &amp;c., Act. 


Ecclesiastical 
uties and 
€venues Bill, 


1 Vicroriz. 


The House being informed that the Sheriffs of the 
City of London attended at the door, they were 
called in; and at the bar presented,—A Petition of 
the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the 
City of London, in Common Council assembled :— 
And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition, praying that the Registra- 
tion of Electors Bill may pass into a law, was 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sir George Strickland reported from the Committee 
on the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
authorizing the investment of a Fund under the 
Will and Codicil of the Most noble Charles late 
Duke of Norfolk, in the Purchase of Estates in any 
part of England ; That they had examined the alle- 
gations of the Bill, and found the same to be true; 
and that the Parties concerned had given their con- 
sent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the Committee ; 
and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, 
and had directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment :—And the Bill was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir George Strickland do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, without any Amend- 
ment. 


Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Act; and who 
were empowered to report the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them from time to time to the 
House ; That they had made further Progress in the 
matters to them referred; and had directed him to 
report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

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


The House proceeded to take into further consi- 
deration the Report which was yesterday made from 
the Committee on the Hereford Improvement Bill ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to; 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Petitions from Carlisle ;—and, New Sarum; pray- 
ing for the establishment of a low and uniform rate 
of Postage on Letters,—were presented, and read; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Postage. 


Petitions from MNorthleach;—Stow-on-the-Wold; 
— Moreton-in-Marsh;—and, Chipping Norton; pray- 
ing that as a check against any im + 9 applica- 
tion of the monies arising from the Tolls on Turn- 
pike Roads, a statement containing a detailed ac- 
count of the disbursements of the public money be 
published annually in the county newspapers, and 
that no alteration be made in the existing laws 
whereby the heavy burthens of Statute Labour, or 
composition in lieu thereof, shall be again imposed 
on the rate-payers,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the 
Deaneries of Warwick and Kineton, praying for the 
repeal of the Marriages Act, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the 
Deaneries of Warwick and Kineton, praying for the 
amendment of the Registration of Births, &amp;c. Act, 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from the Archdeacon and Clergy of the 
Deaneries of Warwick and Kineton ;—and, the Dean 
and Chapter of Ripon; praying that the Ecclesias- 


24° Maze. 





549 


tical Duties and Revenues Bill may not pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Charles Thomas Hill, a Lieutenant Lieutenant 
in the Royal Navy, and late Commander of Her Ma- Thomas Hilt. 
jesty’s Steam Vessel Alban, complaining of having 
been removed from the command of the said vessel, 
and praying that a Committee may be appointed to 
inquire into his conduct, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of Guardians and Rate-payers of Poor Law 
the Dunmow Union praying that Protestant Dis- Amendment 
senting Ministers may be still allowed to hold re-“™ 
ligious service in any union workhouse, and that 

no adult inmate be prevented attending such ser- 

vice, nor the child of any parent who desires it, 
whatever may have been the denomination under 

which they stand registered, was presented, and 

read; and referred to the Select Committee on the 

Poor Law Amendment Act. 


Petitions from Edgworth;— Turton ;— Horsforth ; Church of 
—Horwich (two Petitions);— Westhoughton ;—Ec- Set!an4- 
cleshill;— Halshaw Moor ;—Idle;— Bolton ;— Loch- 
winnoch ;—and, Thornliebank; praying the House 
not to sanction any further endowments to the 
Church of Scotland,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Glandwr;— Neston and Park- Negro Appren- 
gate ;— Chelmsford ;— Wollaston ;—Chirton ;— Pill; ties. 
—Bristol, North Circuit ;—Measham and Appleby; 
—Knottingley;—and, Weymouth; praying for the 

abolition of the system of Negro Apprenticeship,— 

were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 

the Table. 


Petitions from Thomas Baines, Horbury ;--Masters Factories 
and Workmen in the Mills of Hirst, Mayman and Regulation Bill, 
Co., Batley Carr ;—Mr. Thomas Baines, Horbury ; 
—Dex Mill ;—Flush Mill, Heckmondwike ;—Cater 
Mill, Heckmondwike ;— Albion Mill, Batley Carr ;— 
of Mr. Thomas Collett, of Ossett ;—Workmen and 
Children in the Mill of Thomas Collett ;— and, 
Joseph Rhodes, junior; praying that the Factories 
Regulation Bill may not pass into a law as it now 
stands,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Waterford, praying Idolatry 
the House to prohibit the interference of British (India.) 
functionaries in the management of idolatrous ob- 
servances in India, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Nayland;—and, Barningham ; Church 
praying that all increase of revenue that may arise Property. 
from an improved system of leasing Ecclesiastical 
Property may be left at the disposal of the Church 
to supply the deficiency of spiritual instruction for 
the people,— were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- Newquay 
sideration the anent which upon the 16th day of Harboor Bill. 
this instant May was made from the Committee 
on the Newquay Harbour Bill; printed copies of 
the Bill having been delivered at the door upon 
Friday last ; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

_ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


A Petition of Clergymen of the Diocese of Cashel Clergy 
and Emly, praying that Incumbents in Zreland may (Ireland) 
be exempted from the repayment of money advanced 
for building glebe-houses, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table, 





Vou. 93. 


4a3 Petitions 


Se aaa a= SAE ee a 


ty PO oa A EE Pe NEP = 
ae. Se SE a 


: 


STA EE 


= 


| 
# 
( 


| 
| 
| 

















Bible Printing 
(Scotiand.) 


Universal 
Suffrage. 


Kingston-upon- 
Hal! Election. 


Law Courts, 
Westminster 


(Causes tried. ) 


Harbours of 
Refuge. 


Education. 


Tithes 
(Ireland.) 


Oldham Gas 


550 


Petitions from Whitburn ;—Cupar-Fife (Chair- 
man of a Meeting) ;-- Perth ;— Berwich-on- Tweed ; 
—Urr;—and, Ceres; praying the House to refuse 
their sanction to any measure which might coun- 
tenance the renewal to Her Majesty’s Printers in 
Scotland of the exclusive right of printing the Holy 
Scriptures,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. * 


A Petition of Members of the Working Men’s 
Association of South Shields, praying for the adop- 
tion of Universal Suffrage at Elections of Members 
to serve in Parliament, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Electors for the Borough of Kingston- 
upon- Hull, at the last general Election, complaining 
of their names having been struck off the poll by 
the Select Committee appointed to try and determine 
the merits of the Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the said borough; and 
praying that their names may be restored to the 
poll, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there he laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Causes tried in the Su- 
perior Courts at Westminster, in one year, ending 
Hilary Term and Sittings 1838 ; showing the Num- 
ber of Verdicts under £.20; the Number from £. 20 
to £.50; the Number above £.50, and the Number 
of Verdicts subject to Arbitration. 


A Petition of Owners, Masters and Mates of 
vessels trading between the northern and eastern 
parts of Great Britain, praying for the appointment 
of a Select Committee to inquire into the propriety 
of establishing a Harbour of Refuge at Redcar, was 
preer and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Members of the Bridport Mechanics’ 
Institution, praying that a system of Education may 
be established without reference to the peculiar 
tenets of any sect or denomination of religious pro- 
fessions, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of Ferns, 
praying that the proposed measure relative to Tithes 
in Ireland may not receive the sanction of the House, 
was nsec | and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Samuel Lees, of Green Acres Moor, 


and Waterworks near Oldham, Iron Roller Maker, and Land-owner, 


Bill. 


Bank of 
Treland. 


Post Horse and 
Stage Coach 
Duties. 


praying that he may be heard, by himself, his 
counsel or agent, against certain parts of the Old- 
ham Gas and Waterworks Bill, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Peti- 
tion, if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of 
the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Gentry, Merchants and Traders of 
Navan, praying the House not to renew that part 
of the Charter of the Bank of Jreland which pro- 
hibits the formation of Joint Stock Banks within 
fifty miles of Dublin, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Joint Stock 
Banks. 


A Petition of Postmasters and Stage Coach Pro- 
prictors and Inn-keepers in Sunderland, praying for 
the repeal of the Duty on Post Horses and Stage 
Coaches, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


94°—95° Marz. 








A. 1838. 


Petitions from Ferns ;—and, Clogher; praying Education 
that the present system of Education in Ireland “!"¢-) 
may not be persisted in,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Silk Goods 
Return of all Silk Goods imported and entered for Pet: 
Home Consumption, from 5th January 1833 to 
5th January 1838; viz. Velvets, Plain or Figured ; 

Silks, Plain or Figured ; Satins, Plain or Figured ; 
Ribbons, Plain or Figured ; distinguishing the 
Countries from whence they came. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Danish Claims, 
That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- 
jesty, praying that Her Majesty will be graciously 
pleased to give directions tu the Commissioners to 
whom it was referred to examine the Claims of 
certain British Subjects, for losses sustained on ac- 
count of Book Debts and other Property confiscated 
by the Government of Denmark in the year 1807, 
that they shall examine the Claims for losses sus- 
tained on account of Seizures of Ships and Cargoes 
by the said Government in the said year, and that 
the said Commissioners shall report on such Claims 
to the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Trea- 
sury ; ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 






Mr. Cresswell, ; ore 

Tellers for the Yeas, St. Widens - J 115. 
¢ Mr. Charles Wood, 

Tellers for the Noes,) a ae Maesteg 81. 





So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

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





A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Roxburghshire 
posed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill, dis- Polling Places 
oe Hawick from being a Polling-place for 
the County of Roxburgh, and enabling the Sheriff 
of that County to appoint other Polling-places in 
lieu thereof: ~And a Debate arising thereupon ; 





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


Veneris, 25° die Maii, 1838: 


Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till this 
day. 








Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Spirit Licenses 

Return of the Number of Retail Spirit Licenses now (Ireland.) 

in force in Ireland; specifying the Number in each 

city, borough, town and county :—Also, the Num- 

ber of such Retail Spirit Licenses held by Persons 

who are Grocers :—Also, the Number of Persons 

holding: such Licenses as Occupiers of premises 

under the value of 107. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro~ Adjournment. 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And -the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 





Ordered, That a Copy of the Proceedings of the Kingston-upon- 
Kingston-upon-Hull Election Committee, together Hul! Election. 
with the Minutes of Evidence taken before the same 
Committee, be laid before this House. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Inverness-shire 
to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ W't- 
for the electing of a Commissioner to serve in this 
present Parliament for the Shire of Znverness, in the 
room of Alexander William Chisholm, Esquire, who, 
since his election for the said Shire, hath accepted 
the office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s 
three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and 
Bonenham, in the County of Buckingham. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Commit- Salmon 
tee on the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland), (No. 2), Bill; (Seat 1 
Resolved, (No. 2.) Bill. 











































— eS OO Oe 


Regency Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Registration 

of Electors 
Payment to 
evising 

Barristers. } 


Hackney 
Carriages 
(Metropolis) 
{ Daty on 
Drivers’ Li- 
censes. | 


Exchequer Bills 





VicToriz. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The Regency Act Amendment Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


Mr. Bernal reported, from the Committee to 
whom it was referred to consider of making pro- 
vision out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the 
payment of the Barristers appointed to revise Lists 
of Voters, under any Act to be passed in the present 
Session for the Registration of Parliamentary Elec- 
tors, a Resolution ; and the same was read as fol- 
loweth ; 

Resolved, That provision be made out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for the payment of the Bar- 
risters appointed to revise Lists of Voters, under an 
Act of this Session of Parliament for the Registra- 
tion of Parliamentary Electors. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Registration of Electors Bill, that 
they have Power to make Provision therein, pur- 
suant to the said Resolution. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of im- 
posing a Duty upon Licenses to Drivers of Hackney 
Carriages, and. of providing for the expenses of an 
Office for the Registry of Metropolitan Public Car- 
riages ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself nto the said Committee. 


The Exchequer Bills Bill was, according to Order, 


(£.13,000,000.) read a second time; and committed to a Committee 


Bill. 


Union 
Workhouses, 


Poor Law 
Ametidment 
Act. 





of the whole House, for this day. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after Twelve of the 
clock on Friday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 








Veneris, 25° die Mau; 
Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1838. 

PRAYERS. 

R. Parker, Assistant Secretary to the Poor 

Law Commissioners, was called in; and at 
the bar presented,—Further Return to an Order, 
dated the 21st day of December last, for a List of 
the Unions, for which Workhouses have been ordered 
by the Poor Law Commissioners to be built, pur- 
chased, altered or enlarged, from the passing of the 
Poor Law Amendment Act to the present time; with 
the Number of Persons to be provided for; the 
Amount authorized to be expended, and the Names 
of the Architects and Contractors. 

Further Return toan Order, dated the 22d day of 
December last, for Returns by Medical Officers of 
Unions, for the year 1837, stating the Name of Me- 
dical Officer; Union or District; Parishes, describ- 
ing the Number and Population of 1831; Area of 
the Union or Medical District; Distance of its Bound- 
aries from the Surgeon’s Residence, north, south, 
east or west; Average Number constantly on the 
sick list; Total Number of Cases treated; Total 
Number of Persons treated ; Number of Attendances 
at Surgeon’s Residence, at Workhouse, at Patient’s 
Home, and Total; Cases how disposed of, cured, 
dead, otherwise ceased to be under medical treat- 
ment, remaining under medical treatment ist Jan- 
uary 1838, and Total; and Remuneration, where a 
Salary is paid stating the Amount of Salary, addition 
~ Midwifery, Vaccination and other special Diseases 

OL. 93. 


94° 95° Mare. 











551 


or Accidents, and Special Remuneration (if any) for 
Non-settled Paupers; and, where a Salary is not 
paid, stating the amount and nature of the Remune- 
ration: By Medical Officers of Unions, stating the 
Names of Medical Officers; nature of Medical 
Qualification or Title, a Member of what College or 
Medical Company; Age; Age when licensed to 
practice; Age on taking office, and Age on entering 
District :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Returns be referred to the 
Select Committee on the Poor Law Amendment Act. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Oldham ojaham Gas 
Gas and Waterworks Bill have leave to sit this day, and Waterworks 
till five of the clock, during the sitting of the i 
House. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Glasgow Glasgow 
Waterworks Bill have leave to sit this day, till five Waterworks 
of the clock, during the sitting of the House. iat 


Lord Viscount Morpeth, from the Select Cam- Galway Town 
mittee appointed to try and determine the merits of Election. 
the Petition of Andrew Semple, Patrick Cooley, 
and others, Electors, complaining of an undue Elec- 
tion and Return for the town and county of the 
town of Galway, informed the House, That the 
Committee had determined, 

That Andrew Henry Lynch, Esquire, is duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the town and county of the town of 
Galway: 

That the said Petition of Andrew Semple and 
others did not appear to the said Committee to be 
frivolous or vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not 
appear to the said Committee to be frivolous or 
vexatious. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Mr. Chalmers, one of the Clerks attending Com- Kingston-upon- 
mittees of this House, presented, pursuant to Order, Hull Election, 
—The Minutes of the Evidence taken before the No. 433. 
Select Committee on the Kingston-upon-Hull Elec- 
tion Petition. 

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


Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee Standing 
on Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, a Re- O'e": 
solution ; which was read as followeth ; 

Resolved, That in the case of the Petition for the Birmingham. 
Birmingham and Derby Railway Bill, the Parties a 
be permitted to proceed with their Bill. “J 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill to Wadsley and 
repeal the Wadsley and Langset Turnpike-road Act, — Road 
so far as relates to the Wadsley and Langset District’ ” 
of the said Road, in the West Riding of the County 
of York, and to make new provisions in lieu thereof ; 
and also for extending the said District of Road to 
or near to Moorfields, in the Parish of Sheffield, and 
for other purposes, be now read the third time; 

Lord Viscount Morpeth, by Her Majesty’s com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
gives Her consent as far as Her Majesty’s interest is 
concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time; and an 
ingrossed Clause was added to the Bill, by way of 
Rider. 

Resolved That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. John Parker do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Lord Francis Egerton reported from the Commit- Grand Junction 
tee on the Grand Junction Railway Bill; and to whom Railway Bill. 
4a4 several 





: 
i 
| 
| 


pests , — 
ee ae i 


__—_ Se ra cS 








several Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; 
That the Standing Orders relative to Railway Bills 
did not apply to the present Bill as amended by the 
Committee, the application being only for the pur- 
pose of altering, amending, extending and enlarging 
the powers and provisions of the several Acts re- 
lating to the said Railway ; and that the Committee 
had considered the said Petitions, and had heard 
counsel in support of several of them, and had also 
heard counsel in favour of the Bill; and had exa- 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true, (except so far as related to the con- 
struction of the Railway therein mentioned); and 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

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


Liverpool Court Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
of Passage Bill. mittee on the Liverpool Court of Passage Bill, that 


they have Power to divide the said Bill into two 
Buls. 


Leeds and Mr. Lascelles reported from the Commitice on the 
ey ae _ Leeds and Homefield Lane End Road Bill; and to 
on™ whom a Petition against the said Bill was referred ; 
That in pursuance of the Resolution of the House, 
of the ath day of March last, such parts ofthe Bill as 
would enable the Parties to widen the existing Road 
had been abandoned; and that the Committee had 
considered the said Petition, and had also heard 
counsel in favour of the Bill; and had examined the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto ; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 
ag Mr. Lascelles reported from the Committee on the 
tions Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act fornaturalizing 
Mark Ludwig Beurle; That they had examined the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and directed 
him to report the same without Amendment :—And 
the Bill was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Lascelles do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without any Amendment. 


RoyalExchange Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee 
Rebuilding. Oy Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of 
the Petition for leave to present a Petition for leave 
to bring in a Bill to improve the neighbourhood of 
the Royal Exchange, the Committee recommend 
that leave be given to present a Petition, as desired. 

Ordered, That leave be given to present a Petition, 
as desired. 

The House being informed that the Sheriffs of the 
city of London attended at the door, they were 
called in; and at the bar presented,—A Petition of 
the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Commons of the 
city of London in Common Council assembled :— 
And then they withdrew. 

And the said Petition, praying forleave to bring 
in a Rill for enabling the Petitioners to borrow the 
Sum of £.150,000, on the credit of the Orphans’ 
Fund, for the purpose of widening and improving 
the Streets and Avenues in the neighbourhood of the 
Royal Exchange, was read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Devizes Lord Viscount Eastnor, from the Select Committee 

panten. appointed to try and determine the merits of the 
Petition of Henry Butcher, junior, and George 
Giddings, Electors of the Borough of Devizes, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
said borough, informed the House, That the Com- 
mittee had determined, 





| 





552 Qh° Mazz. A. 1838. 


That James Whitley Deans Dundas, Esquire, is 
not duly elected a Member to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Devizes : 

That George Heneage Walker Heneage, Esquire, 
is duly elected, and ought to have been returned a 
Member to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough of Devizes : 

That the Petition of Henry Butcher, junior, and 
George Giddings did not appear to the said Com- 
mittee to be frivolous or vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not 
appear to the said Committee to be frivolous or 
vexatious : 

Lord Viscount Eastnor also informed the House, 

That the Committee had altered the poll taken at 
the said Election, by adding thereto the names of 
James Smallbones, Robert Reynolds, Thomas El- 
dridge, James Hull, John Crook, Frederick William 
Tabois, Jonathan Lewis, and George Smith, as 
having had a right to vote at such Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Ordered, That the Clerk of the Crown do attend Clerk of the 
this House upon Monday next, with the last Return penta 
for the Borough of Devizes, and amend the same,“ 
by rasing out the name of James Whitley Deans 
Dundas, Esquire, and inserting the name of George 
Heneage Walker Heneage, Esquire, instead thereof. 


Petitions from Owners and Occupiers of Lands Wortley, 
and Tenements in Wortley ;—Armley ;—Bramley ;— te ~&lt;a 4 
and, Inhabitants of Holbeck; praying that they pin), 7 
may be heard, by their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Wortley, Armley and Bramley 
Road Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by their counsel or agents, upon their Peti- 
tions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


Notice being taken that the Paddington Estates Paddington 
Bill had been reported to the House on Tuesday Eststes Bill 
last, without Notice being given to the Clerks in the 
Private Bill Office ; 

Ordered, That the Proceedings of the House upon 
the Report of the said Bill, be null and void. 


A Petition of Linen Manufacturers and Weavers Linen Manv- 
of Armagh, praying that the Linen Manufactures (tii) on 
(Ireland) Act may be renewed, was presented, and : 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Bishop and Clergy of the diocese Tithes 
of Elphin, praying that the proposed measure rela- (Irelard.) 
tive to Tithes in Ireland may not receive the sanc- 
tion of the House, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners of small tenements in the Rating of 


borough of Stroud, praying that the Rating of Te- Tenemen's - 


nements Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Rating of Tenements. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Clutton Union, in gale of Beer 
the county of Somerset, praying for the amendment Act. 
of the Sale of Beer Act, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Parochial Clergymen of the Isle of pishoprick 
Mann, setting forth, That highlyas the Petitioners of Sodor and 
appreciate the benefit of a resident Bishop, they are, Man" Bil. 
notwithstanding, fully persuaded that a respectable 
provision for the Clergy would have a more bene- 
ficial influence on the. religion and morals of the 
people, inasmuch as their pastors would be thereby 
enabled to devote their whole attention to the duties 
of their sacred functions without embarrassment 
from secular cares ; and praying that in the event of 
the Bishoprick of Sodor and Mann Bill passing 

into 


Educ 
(Ire! 


Post 


Jni 








1 Vicroriz. 


into a law, provision be made for the improvement of 
the Petitioners’ condition, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Clergy of the diocese of Lime- 
rick, praying that the present system of National 
Education in Ireland, may not be persisted in, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Education 
(Ireland.) 


Petitions from Shefford ;— Landford ;— Whit- 
church (Hereford) ;— Glasgow (Provost) ;—Directors 
of the General Benefit Assurance Company;— 
Hutton ;—Monquhitter;—Members of an Anthro- 
pological Society, Great Windmill-street, London ; 
—and, Lochwinnoch ; praying for the establishment 
of a low uniform rate of Postage on Letters,— 
were presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Postage. 


Postage. 


International A Petition of Publishers and Booksellers in Lon- 
Copyright Bill. Jon and Westminster, praying that the International 
Copyright Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Lord’sDay Bill. A Petition of Inhabitants of Tynemouth, praying 
that the Lord’s Day Bill may pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 
Copyright Bill. A Petition of the Journeymen Bookbinders of 
London and Westminster, praying that the Copy- 
right Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Coldstream ;— Rantenstall ;—Kep- 
pel-street, Chapel, Russell-square ;— and, South 
Shields ; praying for the abolition of the system of 
Negro Apprenticeship,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Negro Appren- 
ticeship. 


Sudbury Town 


amg A Petition of Free Burgesses of Sudbury, praying 


that the Sudbury Town Lands Bill may not pass 
into a law as it now stands, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Committee on the Bill. 


A Petition of Churchwardens and Inhabitants of 
Saint Mary, Islington, praying that provision may 
be made in the Vestry Meetings in Churches Bill 
to enable parishes to raise money for the purpose of 
providing vestry rooms, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Vestry Meetings 
in Churches 
Bill. 


Sibeth’s 


a. Ordered, That the Committee on Sibeth’s Natu- 
at. Dill. 


ralization Bill be revived :—And that they have leave 
to sit and proceed upon Monday next. 

Sub-ways. A Petition of John Williams, late of Cornhill, in 
the city of London, submitting his method to prevent 
the removal of the pavement in the streets to get 
to the pipes and sewers, by the construction of Sub- 
ways immediately under the surface, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Metropolis Improvements. 


Thirty-sixth 
Report on Poor 
Law Amend- 
ment Act. 


No. 429, 


Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Act; and who 
were empowered to report the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them from time to time to the 
House; That they had made further Progress in 
the matters to them referred ; and had directed him 
° report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

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


Charch of 


Siena. Petitions from Busby ;—and, Warrington; pray- 


ing the House not to sanction any further endow- 
ment to the Church of Scotland,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vor. 93. 


25° Mair. 











553 


The Zuton and Saint Alban’s Road Bill was read Luton and 
a second time; and committed to Lord Viscount _— — . 
Alford and the Bedford List. ; 


Petitions from Worcester ;—and, Saint Nicholas, Poor Law 
Deptford ; praying for the repeal of the Poor Law Amendment 
Act,—were presented, and read; and referred to - 
the Select Committee on the Poor Law Amendment 
Act. 


A Petition of Graduates in Medicine and Surgery, Medical 
and Practitioners in the King’s County (Ireland), Charities 
praying that the Medical Charities (Jreland) Bill ‘*e!s¢) Bill 
may not pass into a law as it now stands, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Neath, complaining sugar. 
of the bounty paid on the exportation of Sugar in a 
refined state from this country ; and praying the 
House to take the same into consideration, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- Rirmingnamand 
spect of the Petition for the Birmingham and Derby Derby Railway 
Railway Bill, which was this day made from the Bill. 

Select Committee on Standing Orders relative to 
Private Bills, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to alter the Line of the Birmingham and Derby 
Junction Railway: And that Sir Eardley Wilmot 
and Mr. Dugdale do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Petition of Matthew Barring- Pawnbrokers 
ton, which was presented upon the 12th day of De- (Ireland.) 
cember last; also the Petition of the Clothes Brokers 
of the city of Limerick; and also, the Petition of 
the Pawnbrokers of the city of Limerick, which were 
presented upon the 11th day of April last, relating 
to Pawnbrokers (Ireland), be referred to the Select 
Committee on Pawnbrokers (Ireland). 


Sir Eardley Wilmot presented a Bill to alter the Birminghamand 
Line of the Birmingham and Derby Junction Rail- Derby Railway 
way: And the same was read the first time ; and 8!!! 


ordered to be read a second time. 


A Petition of George Bell, Merchant, James ship « Vixen.” 
Polder, and Thomas Merton, Ship-owners, all of 
Fenchurch-street, in the city of London, complain- 
ing of the seizure of the ship “ Vixen,” by a Rus- 
sian man-of-war, and praying for inquiry, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


The House was moved, That the entry in the Negro Appren- 
Journal of the House, of the 29th day of March ticeship. 
last, of the proceedings of the House relative to 
Negro Apprenticeship, might be read ; and the same 
was read, as followeth : 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That this House is of opinion, that 
the Apprenticeship in the British Colonies, 
established by the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 73, 
shall determine on the 1st day of August 1838 ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Question by leaving out from the word 
“ That” to the end of the Question, in order 
to add the words “ the Order of the day for 
“ the second reading of the Slavery Abolition 
“ Act Amendment Bill be now read,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till 
To-morrow. 





4B The 








554 


The House was also moved, That the entry in the 
Journal of the House, of the 30th day of March 


last, of the further proceedings of the House upon | 


the same subject, might be read; and the same was 
read, as followeth: 


The Order of the day being read, for resum- 
ing the adjourned Debate on the Amendment 
which was yesterday proposed to be made to the 
Question, “ That this oe is of opinion that 
“ the Apprenticeship in the Britis Colonies, 
‘ established by the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 73, 
“ shall determine on the 1st day of August 
“ 1838 ;” 

And which Amendment was to leave out 
from the word “That” to the end of the 
Question, in order to add the words “ the Order 
“‘ of the day, for the second reading of the 
“ Slavery Abolition Act Amendment Bill, be 
“ now read,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being again proposed, that 
the words proposed to be left out stand part of 
the Question :—The House resumed the said 
adjourned Debate. 


nw 


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


Sabbati, 31° die Martii, 1838: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the ¢ Sir George Strickland, \ , 05 

Yeas, - Mr. Pease: a 
f Mr. Edward John 

Stanley, ! 269. 
Mr. Robert Steuart: 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ the Order of the day, for the second reading 
“ ofthe Slavery Abolition Act Amendment Bill, 
“ be now read,” be added instead thereof :—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being 

ut; 

Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the 
second reading of the Slavery Abolition Act 
Amendment Bill, be now read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time. 

The Bill was accordingly read a second time, 
and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for Monday next. 


Tellers for the 
Noes, 


The House was also moved, That the entry in the 
Journal of the House, of Tuesday last, of the further 
proceedings of the House upon the same subject, 
might be read ; and the same was read, as followeth : 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
puts That it is the opinion of this House, that 
egro Apprenticeship in the British Colonies 
should immediately cease and determine ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the ( Sir Eardley Wilmot, 96 
Yeas, { Mr. Warburton: } ; 
Tellers for the { Mr. Labouchere, =. 
Noes, Mr. More O’ Ferrall: 5 °°: 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That the matter of the said Proceedings 
be taken into consideration upon Monday next. 


Chaplain to, Ordered, That the Chaplain to this House do 
Mic House at. Preach before this House at Saint Margaret’s, West- 


St. Margaret's. minster, upon Tuesday next, the 29th day of this in- 
stant May. 

Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


Adjournment, 


25°—26° Maiz. 





A. 1838. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Roxburghshire 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed Polling Places, 
yesterday, That leave be given to bring in a Bill dis- 
qualifying Hawick from being a Polling Place for 
the County of Roxburgh, and enabling the Sheriff 
of that County to appoint other Polling Places in 
lieu thereof ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 


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


Sabbati, 26° die Maii, 1838: 


And the Question being put ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 250 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring : ’ 

Tellers for the { Mr. Edward John Stanley, 279 
Noes, Mr. Robert Steuart : } we 

So it passed in the Negative. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Registration 
reading of the Registration of Voters (Ireland) cued) 
(No. 1.) Bill ; : (No. 1.) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Controverted 
mittee on the Controverted Elections Bill ; Electious Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday the 
8th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- First Fruits 
mittee to whom it was referred to take into consider- nd Tenths, 
ation the propriety of abolishing the First Fruits of 
the Clergy in England and Wales, and the more effec- 
tual rating, and the better collection of the Tenths 
applicable to the maintenance of the Poor Clergy ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Benefices 
further consideration the Report on the Benefices Plurality Bill. 
Plurality Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Municipal 
mittee on the Municipal Corporations (Jreland) Pe sry 
Bill ; (Lreland) Bil ° 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bishoprick of 
mittee on the Bishoprick of Sodor and Manz Bill ; — = 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday “""”"" 
the 8th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Commitiee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Factories - 
reading of the Factories Regulation Bill ; —- 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Vestries in. 
reading of the Vestries in Churches Bill; Churches Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Registration of 
mittee on the Registration of Electors Bill ; a 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- High Sheriffs 
mittee on the High Sheriffs Bill ; =. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 6th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. ae 

e 





Glas¢ 
Bill. 





Scho 
(Sco! 


Pris 


, Jov 


Off 


Int 
Co 


ore 


le te FSD 
























1 Victroriz. 


Glass Duties The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Bill. further consideration the Report on the Glass Duties 
Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 
Schools The Order of the day being read for the Com- 


(Scotland) Bill. mittee on the Schools (Scotland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Prisons Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Prisons Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 
, Juvenile The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Offenders Bill. reading of the Juvenile Offenders Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Intervational 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Copyright Bill. mittee on the International Copyright Bill ; 
Resolved, That that this House will, upon Thurs- 
day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Waste Lands The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


(Ireland) Bill. mittee on the Waste Lands (Jreland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Tenants for Life The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Ireland) Bill. yeading of the Tenants for Life (Jreland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Leases and The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Ireland) Bill reading of the Leases and Exchanges (Ireland) 
rela ° Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 
enon The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
isheries 


(Ireland) Bill. mittee on the Sea Coast Fisheries (L7re/ana) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Grand Jury The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
oy (Dublin) mittee on the Grand Jury Cess (Dublin) Bill ; 
; Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Loan Societies The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill. mittee on the Loan Societies (Ireland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Prisons === The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Scotland) Bills mittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Sheriffs Courts © The Order of the day being read, for the third 
(England) Bill. reading of the Sheriffs Courts (England) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 


Suitors’ Money 
ill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Suitors’ Money Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 


Registration 


at The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Scotland) Bil, Feading of the Registration of Leases (Scotland) 
Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


Sale of Bread 


eta The Order of the day being read, for receiving 


the Report on the Sale of Bread (Ireland) Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


VoL. 93. 


25°—26° Mae. 








555 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Steam Vessels 
mittee on the Steam Vessels ( Thames) Bill; (Thames) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Slave Vessels Captured Bill was, according Slave Vessels 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a Captured Bill, 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Courts of 
further consideration the Report on the Courts of Justice Build- 
Justice Buildings (Scotland) Bill ; ccc 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Regency Act 
into a Committee upon the Regency Act Amendment — 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr.” ° 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill ; and had directed him to report the same, with- 
out Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Hackney 
into a Committee, to consider of imposing a Duty Caress | 
; : : (Metropolis) 
upon Licenses to Drivers of Hackney Carriages, and fputy on 
of providing for the expenses. of an Office for the Drivers’ Li- 


Registry of Metropolitan Public Carriages. censes.] 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a Stamp Duty of Five shillings 
shall be charged upon every License which may be 
granted under the provisions of an Act of this Ses- 
sion of Parliament for the better Regulation of 
Hackney Carriages and Omnibuses in and near the 
Metropolis. 

2. Resolved, That the Lords Commissioners of 
Her Majesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct the 
payment of the Salaries and Expenses of an Office 
for the Registry of Metropolitan Public Carriages 
out of the Duties under the care and management 
of the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes. 

Resolutions to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, ‘That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Exchequer Bills 
into a Committee upon the Exchequer Bills Bill ; ata 
and, afier some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill; and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The House was moved, That the Act 25 Geo. 3, Turpentine 
c. 77, to “‘ amend so much of an Act passed in the Penalties Bill. 
fourteenth year of the reign of His present Majesty, 
for the further and better regulation of Buildings 
and Party-walls, and for the more effectually pre- 
venting mischiefs by Fire within the cities of London 
and Westminster, and the liberties thereof, and other 
the places therein mentioned, as relates to Manufac- 
tories of Turpentine ; for extending the Provisions of 

4B2 the 





Government 
Annuities. 


Slave Vessels, 


Turpentine 
Penalties Bill. 


No. 432. 


Foreign Corn. 


No. 430. 


Merchant 
Seamen. 


No. 431. 


Devizes Return 
amended, 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 





556 25°—26°—28° Maiti. A. 1838. 


the said Act, so amended, to Manufactories of Pitch, 
Tar and Turpentine, throughout that part of Great 
Britain called England, and for indemnifying the 
Proprietor of a Turpentine Manufactory in Potters’ 
Fields, in the Borough of Southwark, against the 
Penalties he may be liable to under the said Act, 
and for excepting for a limited time his said Manu- 
factory from the Diovninnd herein contained,” might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
alter and amend so much of the said Act as relates 
to Manufactories of Pitch, Tar and Turpentine: 
And that Mr. Hutt and Mr. Ord do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of all the Government Stock that has 
been transferred to the National Debt Office in ex- 
change for Annuities for terms of years in each year 
since 1830, per Act 10 Geo. 4, c. 24; stating the 
description of Stock transferred in each year; and 
the Amount of Annuity, and the terms of years 
granted for such Stock, in each year, ending on the 
5th January. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of Slave Vessels brought before 
the several Courts of Mixed Commissions for Adju- 
dication between January 1st 1828 and January 1st 
1838, stating the Name of the Seizor, and the de- 
cretal part of the Sentence, whether Forfeiture or 
Restitution. 

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


Mr. Hutt presented a Bill to amend so much of 
an Act of the 25th year of King George the Third, 
for the further and better regulation of Buildings 
and Party-walls, and for the more effectually pre- 
venting mischiefs by Fire, within the cities of London 
and Westminster, and as relates to Manufactories of 
Pitch, Tar and Turpentine: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Foreign 
Corn, which were presented upon Monday last, be 
printed. 

Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Merchant 
Seamen, which were presented upon Wednesday 
last, be printed. 


And then the House having continued to sit till 
half an hour after one of the clock on Satur- 
day morning, adjourned till Monday next. 





Lune, 28° die Mai; 
Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 
HE Clerk of the Crown attending, according 
to Order, amended the Return for the Borough 
of Devizes. 


Mr. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in; 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to Order,—A 
Return of the Total Amount of Money, and of the 
Value of other Aids, actually issued by the Board of 
National Education to the several Schools in Ireland, 
from the establishment of the said Board, to 15th 
December 1837, specifying the Province and County 
in which such Schools are situated, and distinguish- 
ing what Amount of Money or Value has been 
issued for Building, for Fitting-up, for Libraries and 
other Aids :—And a similar Return of all Money 
and other Aids granted, but not actually issued to 








Schools, from the establishment of the Board to 
the 15th of December 1837 ; distnguishing them as 
hereinbefore mentioned 

Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to several Ad- Sheriffs Courts, 

dresses to Her Majesty,—Return to an Address to 
Her Majesty, dated the 21st day of December last, 
for Returns of the Number of Issues directed to be 
tried before the Sheriff, under the provisions of the 
Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 4, c. 42, in each of the years 1834, 
1835, 1836 and 1837; distinguishing those in which 
the Sum endorsed on the Writ of Summons exceeded 
£.10, and those in which it was £.10, and under :— 
and of the Number of Writs of Inquiry of Damages 
executed by the Sheriff in each of the same years ; 
distinguishing those in which the Verdict or Finding 
exceeded £.10, and those in which it was £.10 and 
under. 

A Return from the Treasurer of every County in Poor Prisoners, 
England and Wales, of the Sums of Money by them 
transmitted out of the County Rates, under the pro- 
visions of the Act 53 Geo. 3, c. 113, intituled, “An 
Act for Providing Relief for the Poor Prisoners con- 
fined in the King’s Bench, Fleet and Marshalsea 
Prisons,” to the Treasurer for the County of Surrey, 
and to the Treasurer or Chamberlain for the City of 
London, for the last two years. 

A Return to amend the Returns from the Sheriffs Sheriffs 
of Renfrewshire (which Returns do not exhibit the (Renfrewshire,) 
average period Causes have depended), so as to show 
in columns, the Number of Causes in 1834, 1835 
and 1836, which have been at avizandum before the 
Sheriff, and also before each of the Sheriff Substi- 
tutes, and the Date of each being sent to avizandum ; 
also, the Date of commencement, and period of 
dependence of each Cause, up to the Date of this 
Return. 

A Return of the Number of Orders of Affiliation Orders of 
made under the provisions of the Act 4 &amp; 5 Will. 4, Afiliation. 
c. 76, s. 72, at each Sessions of the Peace held in 
England and Wales, subsequently to the said Act 
me into operation, and made up to the latest 
period. 

Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to the direc- Edccation 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—The Report Ireland.) 
of the Commissioners of Education in [reland, for 
the year 1837-8. 

A Statement of the Expenses incurred under the Land Tax. 
Acts for the Redemption and Sale of the Land-Tax, 
and for discharging the incidental Expenses attend- 
ing the execution of those Acts, from 5th April 1837 
to 5th April 1838 :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Linlithgowshire 

to the Clerk of the Crown, to make out a new Writ VW" 

for the electing of a Commissioner to serve in this 

present Parliament for the Shire of Linlithgow, in 

the room of the Honourable James Hope, who, since 

his Election for the said Shire, hath accepted the 

Ofthce of Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s Three 

Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Bo- 

nenham, in the County of Buckingham. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the West¢- Westmeath 
meath Election Petition, have leave to sit during the Flecto™ 
time of the attendance of the House upon Divine 
Service, To-morrow. 


Petitions from Commissioners acting in execution Sint — 
of an Act for watching, lighting, watering, clean- P*""8 ™™ 
sing, gravelling and otherwise improving the Foot, 

Carriage and other Public Ways, on certain Lands 


‘and Grounds in the Parish of Saint Pancras, in the 


County of Middlesex, called Camden Town, and of 
Owners of Property and Rate-payers in Camden 
Town aforesaid ;--Commissioners acting in execution 
of An Act, for forming, paving and otherwise im- 
proving certain Streets and other Public Passages 
and Places, in the Parish of Saint Pancras, in the 

county 


Saint Luke’s 


Hospital Bill. 


Barnsley 
Small Debts 
Bill, 


1 VicToriz. 


county of Middlesex, which are, or shall be made 
upon Ground belonging to Joseph Lucas, Esquire, 
and which is commonly called The Lucas Estate ; 
and of Owners of Property and Rate-payers in the 
Lucas Estate shail ;—Owners of oe and 
Rate-payers of the Parish of Saint Pancras ;— 
Bondholders or Mortgagees by Assignment of cer- 
tain Rates or Assessments, levied and raised under 
an Act for watching, lighting, watering, cleansing, 
gravelling, and otherwise improving the Foot, Car- 
riage and other Public Ways, on certain Lands 
and Grounds, in the Parish of Saint Pancras, 
called Camden Town;—Bondholders or Mortgagees 
by Assignment, of certain Rates or Assessments 
levied and raised under two Acts of Parliament, 
for paving, lighting, cleansing, watering and watch- 
ing that part of the parish of Saint Pancras, in 
the county of Middlesex, called Somers Town; 
—Commissioners acting in execution of two Acts, 
for paving, lighting, cleansing, watering and watch- 
ing that part of the parish of Saint Pancras, 
called Somers Yown ;—Commissioners acting in 
execution of an Act, for paving, cleansing, lighting, 
watching, and otherwise improving all such Streets 
and other Public Passages, as are, or shall be made 
upon a certain Piece of Ground belonging to Eliza- 
beth Doughty, Spinster, situate in the parish of Saint 
Pancras ;——-Bondholders or Mortgagees by Assign- 
ment, of certain Rates or Assessments, levied and 
raised under an Act for paving, lighting, watching, 
and otherwise improving the several Streets and 
other Public Places, partly lying on the west side of 
Maiden-lane, on the north side of the New Road, 
and partly on the west side of the Pancras Road, 
near Battlebridge, in the parish of Saint Pancras, 
and for preventing nuisances and obstructions 
therein, and which are commonly called The Pancras 
Union Estates ;—Commissioners for paving and 
lighting the district called The Skinners Estate, in 
the parish of Saint Pancras, and Inhabitant House- 
holders on the said Estate ;—Owners of Property 
and Rate-payers on the Skinners Estate, in the 
parish of Saint Pancras;—Owners of Property, 
Inhabitants and Rate-payers of that part of the 
parish of Saint Paneoras called The South Western 
District ;—Commissioners, acting in execution of an 
Act, for paving, lighting, watching, and otherwise 
improving the several Streets and other Public Places, 
partly lymg on the west side of Maiden-lane, partly 
on the north side of the New Road, and partly on 
the west side of the Pancras Road, near Battle- 
bridge, in the parish of Saint Pancras, and for pre- 
venting nuisances and obstructions therein; and 
which are called The Pancras Union Estates ;—and, 
Robert Withers, one of the Commissioners for 
paving, lighting and cleansing Somers Town, in the 
parish of Saint Pancras ; praying that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Saint Pancras Paving Bill,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Petitions from Commissioners for lighting Kent- 
tish Town, in the parish of Saint Pancras ;—and, 
Commissioners for paving Gloucester-place, Kentish 
Town, in the parish of Saint Pancras ; praying that 
the said Bill may pass into a law,—were also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Captain Alsager reported from the Committee on 
the Saint Luke’s Hospital Bill; That they had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


A Petition of the Right honourable Charles 
William, Earl Fitzwilliam, praying that he may be 
“7 y counsel or agent, against certain parts 

ou. 93. 


28° Maiz. 


557 


of the Barnsley Small Debts Bill, was presented, 
and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he 
think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, 
against the said Petition. 


Mr. Yorke reported from the Committee on the Fen Drayton 
Fen Drayton Inclosure Bill; That they had exa- Inclosure Bill. 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the same 
to be true ; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the 
Committee; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Saint Pancras 
posed, That the Saint Pancras Paving Bill be now Paving Bill. 
read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question, viz. to leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Mr. Hall, 

Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Hume: 


Lord Teignmouth, 
Tellers for the Noes, { Si Robert Inglis : 


54 


v 
}s 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day six months” be added at the end of 
the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day six months. 


0. 


Ordered, That the Hereford Improvement Bill be Hereford 
read the third time, upon Thursday the 7th day of [mprovement 
June next. ‘ 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect Festiniog 
of the Petition for the Festiniog Railway Bill, which, Railway. 
upon the 22d day of February last, was made from 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for granting further Powers to the Festiniog Rail- 
way Company: And that Mr. Ormsby Gore and 
Mr. Richards do prepare, and bring it in. 


An ingrossed Bill for maintaining the Pier and Newquey — 
Harbour of Newquay, in the County of Cornwall, “arbour Bill. 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Pendarves do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for building a Bridge over the Rocester 
River Dove at Rocester, in the County of Stafford, Bridge Bil. 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Edward Buller do carry the 
er to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Hindley reported from the Committee on the Glasgow 
Glasgow Waterworks Bill; and to whom several Waterworks 
Petitions against the said Bill were referred; That ° 
they had considered the said Petitions, and had 
heard counsel in support of several of them; and 
had also heard counsel in favour of the Bill; and had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true ; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

4B3 An 








558 


An ingrossed Bill for repairmg and maintaining 
the Road from Quehec to Homefield Lane End, all 
in the parish of Leeds, in the West Riding of the 
County of York, with a Bridge or Bridges on the 
Line of such Road, was read the third time; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lascelles do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- 
sideration the Report which, upon the 18th day of 
this instant May, was made from the Committee on 
the Dudley Hill and Killinghall Road Biil; printed 
copies of the Bill having been delivered at the door 
upon Thursday last ; and the Amendments were read, 


Leeds and 
Homefield 
Lene End 
Road Bill. 


Dudley Hill 
and Killinghall 
Road Bill. 


28° Marz. 





and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Paddington 


Mr. Hail reported from the Committee on the 
Estates Bill. 


Paddington Estates Bill; That they had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to 
be true ; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 
And the House being informed, that other Amend- 
ments are necessary to be made to the Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 
Wortley, A Petition of Inhabitants of Armley, Bramley 
Bremity Road and Pudsey, praying that the Wortley, Armley and 
Bill. Bramley Road Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Pulham The Pulham Inclosure Bill was read a second 

Inclosure Bill. time; and committed to Mr. Wodehouse and: the 
Norfolk List. 

Festiniog _ Mr. Ormsby Gore presented a Bill for granting 

Railway Bill. further Powers to the Festiniog Railway Company: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 

Oxford and Mr. Phillpotts, by Order, reported from the Com- 


— i mittee on the Oxford and Great Western Union Rail- 
Bi way Bill; and to whom several Petitions against the 
said Bill were referred ; That the Standing Orders 
relative to Bills for making Railways had been com- 
plied with; and that the Committee had considered 
the said Petitions, and had heard counsel in support of 
one of them, and had also heard counsel in favour of 
the Bill; and that they had inquired into the several 
matters required by the Resolutions of the House ; 
and had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Deanhead 
(Huddersfield) 
Reservoir Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- 
sideration the Report which, upon the 18th day of 
this instant May, was made from the Committee 
on the Deanhead (Huddersfield) Reservoir Bill ; 
printed copies of the Bill having been delivered at 
the door upon Thursday last ; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Painswick The Painswick Vicarage Bill was read a second 

Vicarage Bill. time; and committed to Mr. Poulett Scrope and 
the Gloucester List. 

London Mr. Thomas Duncombe reported from the Com- 


Grand Junction mittee on the London Grand Junction Railway Bill ; 
Railway Bill. ? 
and who were empowered to proceed MA the Reso- 
lution of the House of the 9th day of March last ; 


and to whom several Petitions against the said Bill 
were referred ; That the Standing Orders relative to 





A. 1838. 


Railway Bills did not apply to the present Bill, the 
application being wou for the purpose of extending 
the time for the purchase of land, and for altering 
and amending the provisions of the former Act; and 
that the Committee had considered the said Peti- 
titions, and had heard counsel in support of two of 
them, and had also heard counsel in favour of the 
Bill; and had examined the allegations contained 
in the preamble of the Bill, but that the same had 
not been proved to their satisfaction. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table 

and be printed. 


A Petition of Clergymen of the Church of Eng- fdolatr 
land assembled at Matlock, praying the House to (India.) 
prevent the interference of the British authorities 

in India in regard to the worship and service of 
Idolatry by the Natives, was presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the Registration 
diocese of Canterbury, praying for the amendment °f Births, &amp;.; 
of the Registration of Births, &amp;c.; and, Marriages —_—e 
Acts, was — and read; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Mew Zealand, com- New Zealand, 
plaining of acts of oppression by British subjects in 
that colony upon the lives and property of their 
countrymen who are more peaceably disposed, and 
praying the interference of the British Parliament, 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Directors and Secretary of the Postage. 
General Annuity Endowment Association ;— Pro- 
prietor, Compositors, &amp;c., of the Printing Office, 13, 
Bartlett’s-buildings, Holborn ; — Ennistymon ; — 
Weyhill ;—and, Stafford ; prayimg for the establish- 
ment of alow and uniform rate of Postage on letters, 
—were presented, and read ; and referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Postage. 


Petitions from Aldringham ; — Aldeburgh ; — Negro Appren- 
Rendham;— Bildestone ;— Waldringfield ; — Bally- ticeship. 
caine ;— West Alvington ;—London (Wesleyan As- 
sociation) ;—Kilsyth ;— Sherford ;— Woodleigh ;— 
Slapton :—.Dumfermline ;—Cheadle (two Petitions); 

— Huntley ;—Culsamond and other places ;—Mal- 
borough ; — Thurlestone ;—Chairman of a Meeting of 
Deputies from Congregations of Protestant Dis- 
senters in and within twelve miles of London ;— 
Alton ;— Whitchurch ;— Staffordshire Potteries ;— 
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Presbytery (Moderator and 
Clerk) ; — Carrickfergus ; — Eynsford and_ other 
places (two Petitions) ; — Dudley ;— Wicklow ;— 
Holm ;—Stuartfield ;—~ Rasnatraw ;— Llandudno ;— 
Laverton ;—Isleham ;— Soham ;— Kildare;—-A bbey- 
leiz ;—Newcastle and Closegraig ;—Irvinestown ;— 
Necton;— and, Frome; praying for the Abolition of 
the system of Negro Apprenticeship,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Gittisham ;— Membury ;—New- Lord’s Day Bill. 
castle-upon- Tyne Presbytery (Moderator and Clerk); 
—and, Talaton; praying that the Lord’s Day Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Protestant Inhabitants of Maldon, RomanCatholic 
praying for the exclusion of Roman Catholic Mem- mang 
bers from the Legislature, was presented, and read ; “°°” 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Beith, praying the Church of 
House not to sanction any further endowments to Seotland. 
the Church of Scotland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Wakefield, praying Maynooth 
the House not to sanction any further grants - the College. 
oman 








Factor 
Regul: 


W. He 


Chure 


Court 


Quee: 
Coro 


Sund 


Lim 


Eccl 
Duti 
Rev 


Pilo 


Con 
of V 
(Ire 


Factories 
Regulation Bill. 


W. Heseltine. 


Church 
Property. 


Court of 
Chancery. 


Queen’s 
Coronation, 


Sunday Wakes, 


Lime. 


Ecclesiastical 
Duties and 
Revenues Bill. 


Pilotage Bill. 


Combination 
of Workmen 
(Ireland.) 


1 Vicroriz. 


Roman Catholic College of Maynooth, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Liversedge (two Petitions) ;—Flor- 
bury ;—Hechmondwike (two Petitions); — George 
Foster ;—and, Batley; praying that the Factories 
Regulation Bill may not pass into a law as it now 
stands,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Petition of William Heseltine, 
of Turret House, South Lambeth, in the county of 
Surrey, Esquire, complaining of a demand made 
upon him by the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury, 
for the renewal of a seven years’ lease of a house at 
South Lambeth, and of law expenses attending the 
same, which was presented upon the 4th day of this 
instant May, be referred to the Select Committee on 
Church Leases. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Blackawton, praying 
that all increase of revenue that may arise from an 
improved system of leasing Ecclesiastical property 
be devoted strictly and exclusively towards sup- 
plying the spiritual wants of the people, and in- 
creasing the efficiency of the Church of England, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of J. H. Smith and others, of Bristol, 
complaining of difficulty and embarrassment arising 
from delay in a Suit, in which they are interested, in 
the Court of Chancery; and praying the House to 
introduce and pass some measure which shall have 
the effect of expediting and simplifying the law, 
and thereby prevent the ruin which the present 
system so manifestly inflicts, was —- and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders and Manufac- 
turers of London and Westminster, praying that 
the forthcoming solemn and important ceremony of 
the Coronation may be conducted ina style of gran- 
deur worthy of the Monarch of this great empire, 
and consonant with the loyalty of Her affectionate 
subjects ; and that it be postponed until the 1st 
day of August next, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Ross, in the county 
of Hereford, praying for the suppression of Sunday 
Wakes or Feasts, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land in 
the county of Hereford, praying that lime used for 
agricultural purposes may be exempt from toll, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Dean and Chapter of the ca- 
thedral church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity 
of Carlisle, praying that the Ecclesiastical Duties 
and Revenues Bill may not pass into a law, was 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Owners or Part-owners of Pilot 
Boats, and being licensed Pilots, belonging to the 
port of Liverpool, praying that they may be heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, against cer- 
tain parts of the Pilotage Bill, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Thomas Whitty, of Macmine, 
in the county of Wexford, Farmer ;—and, Stone 
Masons of Dublin; praying the House to institute 
an inquiry into the several combinations of work- 
men now existing in Jreland,—were presented, and 

Vou. 93. 


98° Mazz. 











559 


read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Com- 
bination of Workmen. 


A Petition of Thomas M‘ Quaid, of Barrach-street, T. M‘Quaid. 
Dublin, Licensed Spirit, Wine and Beer Retailer, 
complaining of the refusal of certain magistrates of 
that city to sign the Petitioner’s certificates to enable 
him to obtain a renewal of his licenses, and praying 
for inquiry, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Mill-owners, Millers and others of Bonded Corn 
Kilmacow, praying that the Bonded Corn Bill may Bill. 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy of the united dioceses of Tithes 
Down and Connor, praying that the proposed mea- (Ireland.) 
sure relative to Tithes in Jreland may not receive the 
sanction of the House, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Herring-curers in Berwick-upon- Sea Coast 
Tweed ;—and, Fishermen and others connected with Fisheries __ 
the Herring Fishery in the said port; praying that ({elud) Bill. 
the Sea Coast Fisheries (Jreland) Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President of the Chamber of Sunderland and 
Commerce of Sunderland, praying that a direct Stockton Post 
Communication by Post may be established between 
the ports of Sunderland and Stockton, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of W. D. Gillon, a Freeholder of the Linlithgowshire 
county of Linlithgow, stating that the Honourable VW" 
James Hope did not affix a date to his application 
for the office of the Stewardship of the Chiltern 
Hundreds, and has not signified his acceptance of 
the same; and praying that the House will dis- 
charge the Order to the Speaker to issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Commissioner for the said 
county, and suspend the said Writ till communica- 
tion between the Speaker and the said Mr. Hope, 
was brought up, and read :—And, by leave, with- 
drawn. 


A Petition of the Company of Watermen and Steam Vessels 
Lightermen of the River Thames, praying that the (Thames) Bill. 
Steam Vessels (Thames) Bill may not pass into a law 
as it now stands, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this Heuse, an Spirits. 
Account of the Number of Proof Gallons of Rum, 
Brandy, Geneva and other Foreign, Colonial or Jer- 
sey Spirits imported; of the Quantities upon which 
Duty has been paid for Home Consumption, the 
Quantities exported, and the Quantities shipped as 
Stores, and used by the Navy, for the year ended 
5th January 1838, compared with the preceding 
years 1836 and 1837; together with the Onantities 
remaining in Bond on 5th January 1836, 1837 and 
1838, distinguishing London from the Country. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Foreign Wine. 
Account of the Quantities of all Foreign Wines re- 
maining in Bond on 5th January 1836, 1837 and 1838, 
distinguishing Cape, French, Portugal, Spanish, Ma- 
deira, Rhenish, Canary, Fayal, Sicilian and other 
sorts; and distinguishing London from the Country. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Select Public 
Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had exa- Petitions. 
mined the Petitions presented from the 21st to the 
25th days of this instant May, both inclusive ; and 
had directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

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


4B4 A Message 



































































560 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson 
and Mr. Senior: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment ; viz. 
A Bill, intituled, An Act for making, repairing and 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Dean Forest 


eee maintaining certain Roads in Her Majesty’s Forest 
of Dean, and the Waste Lands belonging to the said 
Forest, and in several Parishes adjoining thereto, in 
the County of Gloucester : 

Deal Pier Bill. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for making and main- 
taining a Pier, or Jetty and other Works at the 
Town and Borough of Deal, in the Parish of Deal, 
in the County of Kent: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for repairing and main- 
taining a Road from near Salterhebble, in the Parish 
of Halifax to the Huddersfield and New Hey Turn- 
pike Road, in the Parish of Huddersfield, and to 
ape oh Rai in the said Parish of Halifax, all 


Salterhebble 
Road Bil!. 


in the West Riding of the County of York; with a 
Bridge on the Line of the said Road : 
Wakefield A Bill, intituled, An Act for repairing and main- 
Rigi taining the Roads leading from Wakefield to Hali- 
fax, and from near Hipperholme Bar to near Stump 
Cross, all in the West Riding of the County of 
York: 
Brampton A Bill, intituled, An Act for repairing and main- 
Bierley aud : 


Hooton Roberts taining the Road oe the South End of 
Road Bill. | Angel-lane, in Brampton Bierley to a certain public 
Highway, in Mexbrough, and from Clegg’s Cottage, 
in Rawmarsh, to the West End of the Village of 
Hooton Roberts, in the County of York: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to alter, amend and en- 
large the Powers and Provisions of an Act passed 
in the Seventh year of the Reign of his late Majesty 
King George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for 
repairing the Road from the Thirty-three Milestone, 
in the Parish of Ruscombe, in the County of Berks, 
towards Reading, to a Place called The Seven Mile- 
stone, in the Parish of Beenham, in the said County, 
and a certain other Road communicating there- 
with: And also, 

Custody of The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

Insane Persons Act to make more effectual provision for the Pre- 

(Ireland) Bill. vention of Offences by Insane Persons in Jreland, 
with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

Cheltenhamand The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

bal oe Act to alter the Line of the Cheltenham and Great 

Bill. &gt; Western Union Railway, and to amend the Act re- 
lating thereto, with Amendments ; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

Buckstonesand The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

; ster ae Act for more effectually amending and improving 

‘the Roads from Buckstones, by Barkisland School 

to the Rochdale and Elland Turnpike Road, near 
the Town of Elland, and from Sykehouse to the 
Highway leading from Barkisland to Stainland, 
all in the West Riding of the County of York, with 
Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords de- 
sire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

Higham Ferrers = The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

Inclosure Bill. Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Higham 
Ferrers, in the County of Northampton, with an 
Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 

Chesterton — The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

waranee OE hal Bi inclosing Lands in the Parish of Chesterton, 
in the County of Cambridge, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

. lergy ng The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

—"* *%) to su ply an omission in an Act passed in the pre- 
sent Session of Parliament, intituled, An Act to 
amend the Law for providing fit Houses for the Bene- 
ficed Clergy ; to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

Parry's The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

Fstute Bill. for authorizing the granting of Leases of part of the 


Twyford and 
Theale Road 
Bill. 


28° Maz. 





A. 1838. 


Estates in the County of Carnarvon, devised by the 
Will of the late Richard Parry, Esquire ; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 
And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented,—Returns to an Order, Court of 
dated the 5th day of this instant May, for Returns Chancery. 
of the Total Amount of the Fees received by the 
Six Clerks of the High Court of Chancery in each 
year since the 1st day of January 1835; distinguish- 
ing how much has been received by them in respect 
of their office of Six Clerks, and how much as 
Clerks of the Inrolments and Comptrollers of the 
Hanaper respectively :—Of the Total Amount of 
the Fees and Sums of Money which have become 
due and payable to or have been received by or on 
account of the Sworn Clerks of the Court of Chan- 
cery in each year, since the 1st day of January 1835; 
distinguishing how much has been received in each 
year on account of the Six Clerks of the said Court: 
—Of the Total Amount of the Sums of Money paid 
by such Sworn Clerks in each of the said years to 
any person other than the Six Clerks ; specifying to 
whom and on what account such Sums have been 
paid :—Of how much of the Fees which have be- 
come payable to, or been received by, the said 
Sworn Clerks in each of the said years, have arisen 
from the taxation of Costs; specifying the largest 
Amount received during each of the said years for 
any one Bill of Costs, and in respect of how many 
Bills of Cost in each year such Fees have become 
payable :—Of how much of such Fees has been 
received or become payable in each of the said 
years in respect of Office Copies, distinguishing 
how much for Copies of Pleadings, and how much 
for Copies of Depositions of Witnesses taken by 
Commission :—Of the Number of Writs made out 
by the said Sworn Clerks in each of the said years, 
specifying the different kinds of Writs, and the 
Number of each description of Writs in each year: 
—Of the Number of Bills filed in the Court of 
Chancery in each of the said years :—and, Of the 
Total Amount of Fees received by the Clerks of 
the Masters in Ordinary of the High Court of Chan- 
cery, in each year from the ist day of January 1835 ; 














and in respect of how many Bills such Fees have 
been received. 

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


Lord Viscount Howick presented, pursuant to Yeomanry 
Order,—A Return of the , a a of Troops, or Corps. 
Corps, or Regiments, of effective Yeomanry of Great 
Britain and Ireland, according to the last Muster 
Roll, stating the date of that Muster, and distin- 
guishing the Number of Officers and Men in each 
Corps or Regiment, and the Expense of each Corps 
in 1837, showing the manner in which the Sums 
voted for Great Britain and Ireland in that year 
were expended. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Negro Appret- 
consideration the matter of the Proceedings of the —, 
House, of the 29th and 30th days of March last, 
and the 22d day of this instant May; relative to 
Negro Apprenticeship ; 

And a Motion beg made, and the Question 
being proposed, That in order to prevent the injurious 
consequences which may follow from the intentions 
of Parliament being left in doubt, and in order to 
maintain the peace and welfare of the Colonies, it is 
necessary to declare that, in the opinion of this 
House, it is not advisable to adopt any proceeding 
for the purpose of giving effect to the Resolution of 
the 22d day of May ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to the 
end of the Question, in order to add the words “ it 


“ is the opinion of this House, that the Resolution 
passed 











County Courts 
Bill. 


Tithes 
(Treland.) 


Westminster 
Pavements Bill. 


Kingstown and 
Dublin Port and 
Harbour Bill. 


China Courts 
Bili. 


Parliamentary 
Burghs 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Royal Burghs 
(Scotland) Bill. 


1 Victroriz. 


“* passed on the 22d of May, should be carried into 
‘ effect by means of a legislative enactment, due 
“ provision being made to secure the peace of the 
“« Colonies, and to promote the welfare and good 
“ conduct of the Negro Population, on their attain- 
“ ing the full enjoyment of their entire freedom,” 
instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Question; 


And the House having continued to sit till after 

twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 
Martis, 29° die Maii, 1838: 

And the Question being put ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby; 

Tellers for thef Mr. Edward John Stanley, \ ,.. 

Yeas, Mr. Robert Steuart: } Piaat 

Tellers for the f Sir Eardley Wilmot, 178 

Noes, UMr. Ward: } a 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question being put ; 

Resolved, That in order to prevent the injurious 
consequences which may follow from the intentions 
of Parliament being left in doubt, and in order to 
maintain the peace and welfare of the Colonies, it is 
necessary to declare that, in the opinion of this 
House, it is not advisable to adopt any proceeding 
for the purpose of giving effect to the Resolution of 
the 22d day of May. 

Resolved, That this House, at the same time, de- 
clares its opinion that no means should be omitted 
which can tend to secure to the Negro Population 
of Her Majesty’s Colonies the privileges to which 
they are entitled under the Act for the Abolition of 
Slavery, and under the Act for the Amendment of 
the Slavery Abolition Act; and further, that the 
anxious attention of this House will be directed to 
the state and condition of the Negro Population, 
when the expiration of the term of Apprenticeship 
shall have entitled them to the full enjoyment of 
entire freedom. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the County Courts Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday the 18th day of June next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider the 
subject of Tithes in Jreland ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
11th day of June next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Westminster 
Pavements Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Kingstown and Dublin Port and 
Harbour Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read for the Com- 
mittee on the China Courts Bill; . 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Parliamentary Burghs (Scotland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Royal Burghs (Scotland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 

Vou. 93. 


28°—29° Mazz. 


561 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bankrupts’ 
mittee on the Bankrupts’ Estates (Scotland) Bill; a a 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve Scotland) Bilt 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Persona! 
into a Committee upon the Personal Diligence (.Scot- (Becnlend) Bill 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. No. 435, 
Speaker resumed the Chair, and Mr. Robert Steuart ‘®:-4%9- 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received 

Mr. Robert Steuart reported the Bill accordingly ; 
and the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Advocations 
further consideration the Report on the Advocations (Scotland) Bill. 
(Scotland) Bill:—The Bill was re-committed to a No. 436. 
Committee of the whole House. 

The House was moved, That the Resolution, which 
upon Tuesday last was reported from the Committee 
to whom it was referred to consider of granting 
Compensation to persons whose interests may be 
affected by any Act to be passed in the present 
Session relating to Advocations and Suspensions in 
the Court of Session in Scotland, and which Reso- 
lution was then agreed to by the House, might be 
read; and the same was read, as followeth: 

Resolved, That Compensations may be granted 
to such persons as shall sustain loss by the opera- 
tion of any Act of this Session of Parliament to 
diminish delay and expense in Advocations and 
Suspensions in the Court of Session in Scotland ; 
and that the same shall be paid out of the monies 
which by several Acts of Her Majesty Queen Anne, 
were made chargeable with the expenses of the said 
Court. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Bill, that they have Power to make 
provision therein, pursuant to the said Resolution. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Robert Steuart reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Robert Stevart reported the Bill accordingly; 
and the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Benefices 
further consideration the Report on the Benefices Plurality Bill. 
Plurality Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday the 8th day of June 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Vestries in 
reading of the Vestries in Churches Bill; Churches Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thurday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Registration of 
mittee on the Registration of Electors Bill ; Electors Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Waste Lands 
mittee on the Waste Lands (Jreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Tenants forLife 
reading of the Tenants for Life (Zreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 7 
The Order of the day being read, for the second Leases and 
reading of the Leases and Exchanges (Ireland) Bill ; (ireland) Bil 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- . 
morrow. 





4c The 











562 


Grand Jury The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
— (Dublin) ittee on the Grand J ury Cess (Dublin) Bill; 
; Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Sale of Bread | The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
(Ireland) Bill. the Report on the Sale of Bread (Jreland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Fri- 


day next. 
Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Steam Vessels | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Thames) Bill. mittee on the Steam Vessels (Z’hames) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Slave Vessels The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Captured Bill. mittee on the Slave Vessels Captured Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to re- 
peal part of an Act, intituled, ‘ An Act to provide for 
the Administration of the Government in case the 
Crown should descend to Her Royal Highness the 
Princess Alexandrina Victoria, Daughter of his late 
Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, being under the 
age of eighteen —_ and for the care and guar- 
dianship of her Person,’ was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without any Amendment. 


. Mr. Robert Steuart, by Order, reported from the 
Carriages | Committee to whom it was referred to consider of 
(Metropolis); eee : . 

Duty on imposing a Duty upon Licenses to Drivers of Hack- 
rivers’ Li- ney Carriages, and of providing for the expenses of 
censes.] an office for the Registry of Metropolitan Public 
Carriages, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 

follow : 

1. Resolved, That a Stamp Duty of Five shillings, 
shall be charged upon every License which may be 
granted under the provisions of an Act of this 
Session of Parliament, for the better regulation of 
Hackney Carriages and Omnibuses in and near the 
Metropolis. 

2. Resolved, That the Lords Commissioners of 
Her Majesty’s Treasury, be authorized to direct pay- 
ment of the Salaries and Expenses of an Office for 
the Registry of Metropolitan Public Carriages, out 
of the Duties under the care and management of 
the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Exchequer Bills Mr. Robert Steuart, by Order, reported the Ex- 
sassqeeny chequer Bills Bill ; and the Amendments were read, 
- and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed; and read the third time, this day. 


Regency Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Hackney 


Turpentine The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Penalties Bill. yeading of the Turpentine Penalties Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time, 
upon Thursday next. 


British Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 


Museum. Account of any Proceedings adopted by the Trustees 
of the British Museum, with reference to the Reso- 
lutions of the Select Committee of this House on 
the subject of that Institution in 1836. 

Factories. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by 


Her Majesty’s command, —Reports of the Inspec- 


28°—29° Mazz. 





A. 1838. 


tors of Factories to Her Majesty Principal Secretary 

of State, for the Home Department for the quarter 

ending 31st March 1838. 

* Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Waterloo 
Bill to transfer the management of certain Annuities Annuities Bill, 
on Lives from the Trustees of the Waterloo Subscrip- No, 434, 
tion Fund to the Commissioners for the Reduction 
of the National Debt, and to amend several Acts 
for enabling the said Commissioners to grant Life 
Annuities and Annuities for Terms of Years: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time, upon Friday next; and to be 
printed. 


Parry's Estate Bill, was read the first time; and Parry’s 
ordered to be read a second time. Estate Bill. 


The Order for taking into further consideration, Smell Debts 
upon Wednesday the 6th day of June next, the (Scotland) Bill 
Report on the Small Debts (Scotland) Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday the 20th day of 
June next. 

And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before one of the 
clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned till 


this day. 


Martis, 29° die Mai; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Speaker came to the House at half an hour The House 
after ten of the clock, and proceeded, with the attended — 
Members then present, to Saint Margaret’s Church, Div Service. 
and after Divine Service, returned to the House. 





= ———SSSSSSSS==_ 





Ordered, That the Select Committee on Petitions Royal Exchange 
for Private Bills have leave to sit To-morrow, on the Rebuilding. 
Petition for the Royal Exchange Rebuilding Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Chesterton 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Inclosure Bill. 
titled, An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of 
of Chesterton, in the County of Cambridge; and the 
same were read, as follow ; 

Pr. 63. 1, 2. After “ undug”’ insert “ brick.” 

Pr. 64. 1. 22. Leave out “ hereinafter” and in- 
sert “ hereinbefore.” 

Pr. 66. 1. 34. After “ Act,” insert “erect any 
“ brick-kiln within Two hundred feet from the north 
“ side of the said turnpike-road as widened, nor.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Phillpotts do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration, Higham Ferrers 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Inclosure Bill. 
tituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of 
Higham Ferrers, in the County of Northampton; and 
the same was read, as followeth ; 

Pr. 74. 1.22. Leave out from “ Fitzwilliam” 
to “And,” in Pr. 76 1. 1. 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Phillpotts do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into further consi- vere, 
deration the Report which, upon the 10th day of this eicmubenas 
instant May, was made from the Committee on the 
Linlithgow Roads Bill; printed copies of the Bill 
having been delivered at the door upon Friday the 
18th day of this instant May ; and the Amendments 





were 





ti 


Cc 
P 


a © oe | 








Municipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Negro Appren- 
ticeship. 


Church 
Property. 


Carmarthen 
Election. 


Apothecaries 
Act. 


Medical 
Profession 
(Ireland. ) 


Linen 
Manufactures 
(Ireland) Act. 


Education. 


/ 
\ 
\ 
\ 
\ 


Registration of 
Births, &amp;c., 
Act. 


Marriages Act. 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


1 Vicroriz. 


were read and agreed to; and a Clause was added 
to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Petitions from Kilrush;— Rosdroit and other 
places ;— Castledermot and other places ;—Monaster- 
evan and other places ;—and, Newbridge and Two- 
mile-house ; praying that the Municipal Corporations 
(Ireland) Billmay pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Perth (two Petitions) ;— Wollaston; 
— Leicester; — and, Aylesbury; praying for the 
abolition of the system of Negro Apprenticeship, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Chudleigh, praying 
that all increase of Revenue that may arise from an 
improved system of leasing Ecclesiastical Property, 
may be left at the disposal of the Church to sup- 
ply the deficiency of spiritual instruction for the 
people, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Edward Adams, the younger, of 
Middleton Hall, in the county of Carmarthen, Es- 
quire, and Edward Crompton Lloyd Hall, of Picton- 
terrace North, in the county borough of Carmarthen, 
Esquire, Barrister-at-Law, complaining of the in- 
terference of the Steward of a Peer, at the last 
Election for the Borough of Carmarthen, and praying 
for inquiry, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of legally qualified Practitioners of 
Medicine in Sheffield, complaining of the injuries 
sustained by the Medical Profession and the public, 
by the malpractices of pretending quacks, and pray- 
ing for the amendment of the Apothecaries Act, was 
ee and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Secretary of a 
Meeting of Physicans, Surgeons and Apothecaries 
practising in Ulster, praying for the amendment of 
the laws relating to the Medical Profession in Jre- 
land, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Linen Merchants and Manufacturers 
of the county of Armagh, praying for the renewal 
of the Linen Manufactures (Zreland) Act, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Norwich, praying 
the House to adopt zk: measures as may seem best 
adapted for affording an opportunity to every in- 
dividual in this country, in early life, without regard 
to sect or party, of obtaining tne elements of useful 
knowledge, and an acquaintance with the Sacred 
Scriptures, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the 
Archdeaconry of Berks, praying for the amendment 
of the Registration of Births, &amp;c., Act, by relieving 
the Petitioners from the necessity of sending to the 
Registrar their Returns of Marriages, four times in 
each year, as also, from the penalty now imposed by 
the said Act, on omitting to send notice, as therein 
directed, within seven days after the burial of a —- 
without certificate from the Registrar, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the 
Archdeaconry of Berks, praying for the amendment 
of the Marriages Act, by relieving the Petitioners 
from the necessity of marrying parties upon the Re- 
gistrars’ certificates, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kilmanogue and Ballyfeard;—and, 


Cloncha; praying that the present system of Na- 
Vou. 93, 


29° Maite. 





563 


| tional Education in Jreland may not be persisted in, 


—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of William Trail and others, Clergymen Charch of 
and Laymen of the United Church of England and @!4. 
Ireland, suggesting a plan of reform in the Church 
of Ireland, and praying the House to take the same 
into consideration, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Macclesfield ;— Chichester ;—Pro- Postage. 
prietor, Compositors, Pressmen, &amp;c., of the Printing 
Office, 13, Rolls’ buildings, Fetter-lane;—and, at the 
Printing Office, 12, Ivy-lane, Newgate-street ; praying 
for the establishment of a low uniform rate of 
Postage on Letters,—were presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Postage. 


Captain Jones reported from the Committee on Lough Foyle 
the Lough Foyle and Lough Swilly Drainage Bill ; willy Deain- 
and to whom several Petitions against the said Bill age Bill. 
were referred; That they had considered the said 
Petitions, and had heard counsel in support of two of 
them ; and had also heard counsel in favour of the 
Bill ; and had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


Sir George Strickland reported from the Com- Kirkstall, 
mittee on the Kirkstall, Iihley and Shipley Road Tiley, and 
Bill; and to whom several Petitions against the pi 
said Bill were referred ; That they had heard counsel 
in support of the said Petitions, and had also heard 
counsel in favour of the Bill; and had examined the 
allegations of the Biil, and found the same to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Buckstones 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, tg ds 
intituled, An Act for more effectually amending and Bill.” 
improving the Roads from Buckstones, by Barkis- 
land School to the Rochdale and Elland Turnpike 
Road, near the Town of Elland, and from Sykehouse 
to the Highway leading from Barkisland to Stain- 
land, all in the West Riding of the County of York ; 
and the same were read as follow ; 

Pr. 2. 1. 11. Leave out from “the” to “as” in 
1.12, and insert “ Rochdale and Elland Turnpike 
“ Road.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 21. After “ to” insert ‘ the Rochdale 
“ and.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 22. Leave out “ Bridge” and insert 
“ Turnpike Road.” 

Pr. 22. 1. ult. Leave out from “ granted” to 
“ and” in Pr, 24, 1, 28. 

The said Amendments being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir George Strickland do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into further consi- Bristol 
deration the Report which, upon the 21st day of this (Saint Philip’s) 
instant May, was made from the Committee on the ®"4se Bill 
Bristol (Saint Philip’s) Bridge Bill; printed Copies 
of the Bill having been delivered at the door upon 
Friday last; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Abingdon, pray- Oxford and 
ing that the Oxford and Great Western Union Rail- spo [se 
way Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, pj), 7 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


4c2 The 








~ 


v 


64 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 


In 


tituled, An Act to alter the Line of the Cheltenham 


and Great Western Union Railway, and to amend 
the Act relating thereto; and the same were read, as 
follow; 


Pr. 5. 1. 16. Leave out “ in.” 
Pr. 10. 1. 1. Leave out “ to.” 
Pr. 11. 1. 1. Leave out from “ plan” to “ and” 


in Pr. 12. 1. 24. 


Pr. 13. 1. 26. After “ upon” insert “and take 


possession of.” 


Pr. 14. 1. 34. Leave out from “ the” to “ Act” 


in line 35. and insert “ expiration of the period 


“ 


limited by the said recited.” 
Pr. 15. 1. 13. After “lands’’ insert Clauses (A) 


(B) and (C). 


‘ 


an 


“ 


‘ 


wn“ 


‘ 


nw 


‘ 


wn“ 


a anaaae a. &amp; = 
pea &amp; &amp; &amp; &amp; &amp; 


~ 
n 


“cc 


‘ 


ca 


‘ 


- 


‘ 


nn 


‘ 


n 


&lt; 


nn 


Cf 


. 


. 
” 


nw 
nx 


o 
n. 


“ 
- 


~ a a ~ « 
a a ae ae 


- 
- 


Crause (A.) And be it further Enacted, That 
upon payment or legal tender of such sums of 
money, as shall have been agreed upon between 
the parties, or awarded by a Jury in manner in the 
said recited Act mentioned, for the purchase of any 
lands, rent or other charge for the purposes of the 
said Undertaking, to the respective proprietors of 
such lands, or other persons respectively interested 
therein and entitled to receive such money, or if 
the parties so respectively interested and entitled 
as aforesaid, cannot be found or shall be absent 
from England, or shall refuse or be unable from 
any cause whatever, to receive such money as 
aforesaid, or shall refuse, neglect or be unable to 
make a good title to such lands, to the satisfac- 
tion of the said Company, or if any party entitled 
unto, or to convey such lands, shall not be known 
or shall die after such agreement or award, or 
shall be absent from England, or shall refuse, 
neglect or be unable from any cause to convey the 
same, then upon payment of such money into 
the Bank of England, as in the said recited Act 
directed, to the credit of the parties interested in 
such lands, or in case such money shall have been 
agreed or awarded to be paid for the purchase of 
any such lands, rent or other charge, which an 
corporation, trustee or person under disability 1s 
by the said recited Act capacitated to convey, 
upon payment of such money into the Bank of 
England, as in the said recited Act is directed, to 
an account exparte ‘ The Cheltenham and Great 
Western Union Railway Company,’ then and in 
every such case it shall be lawful for the said 
Company immediately to enter upon such lands, 
and thereupon all the estate, use trust and in- 
terest of all parties in respect of whose rights or 
interests, such purchase-money shall have been 
paid shall thenceforth be vested in and become 
the sole property of the said Company, to and 


for the purposes of the said recited Act and this 


Act, and such payment or tender and conveyance 
or such deposit in the Bank of England, as afore- 
said, shall operate to merge all outstanding or 
other terms of years, and to bar and destroy all 
dower and courtesy, and all estates tail and other 
estates in reversion and remainder, and all rights, 
titles, limitations and trusts whatsoever, of and in 
the said lands, purchased or paid for by means of 
such payment, tender or deposit: Provided al- 
ways, that before such payment, tender or eee 
in the Bank of England as aforesaid, it shall not 
be lawful for the said Company or for any person 
acting under their authority, to bore under, dig 
or cut into or enter upon such lands for any of 
the purposes of this or the said recited Act, ex- 
cept as hereafter mentioned, without the previous 
consent of the owners and occupiers thereof 
respectively: Provided nevertheless that the said 
Company shall be at liberty to enter upon the 
said lands, for the purpose of setting out and 
marking by stakes the line of the said Railway, 
and ascertaining the precise direction thereof, 
and the quantity and extent of land requisite to 


29° Maiz. 











A. 1838. 


“ be taken for the purpose of the same, but without 


boring upon, digging or excavating the said lands 
further than may be absolutely necessary, for as- 
certaining the nature of the soil thereof, with the 
consent of the occupiers thereof or without their 
consent at such reasonable times and under such 
regulations and restrictions as shall be authorized 
and imposed by any Justice of the Peace, acting 
for the district within which such lands or any 
part thereof may be situate, upon notice, to be 
given to the respective occupiers of the said lands 
or left at their last known or usual place of abode: 
Provided also that the said Company shall pay 
full compensation for any damage they may do, 
in setting out or ascertaining their said line, and 
the nature of the soil thereof, whether by the 
destruction of timber, boring, excavation or other- 
wise, such compensation, in case of dispute about 
the same, to be settled by any two Justices of the 
Peace, for the district where the said lands may 
lie.” 

CriauseE (B.) And be it further Enacted, That in 
all cases of controversy between the said Com- 
pany and any person, or persons, where by the 
said recited Act a Jury is authorized or directed 
to be summoned, it shall be lawful for the said 
Company or for the person or persons with whom 
any such controversy shall arise, and they are 
hereby empowered, if they think proper so to do, 
to require the Sheriff or Under Sheriff of the 
County in which such controversy is to be deter- 
mined to summon the party with whom such 
controversy shall arise, or the Company, to appear 
by himself or themselves, or his or their Attorney, 
before the said Sheriff or Under Sheriff at such 
convenient place and time, not being less than 
seven days from the service of the warrant re- 
quiring a Jury to be summoned as such Sheriff or 
Under Sheriff shall appoint, for the purpose of 
nominating a special Jury between the said parties, 
which requisition to the said Sheriff or Under 
Sheriff shall be served on such Sheriff or Under 
Sheriff a reasonable time before the time appointed 
for taking the said inquiry, and such Sheriff or 
his Under Sheriff shall and he is hereby required 
to produce or cause to be produced at the place 
and time so appointed, the jurors’ book and the 
special jurors’ list, and the numbers written on 
parchment or card as specified and directed in 
and by the statute made and passed in the 6th 
year of the reign of his Majesty King George 
the Fourth, intituled, ‘An Act for consolidating 
and amending the Laws relative to Jurors and 
Juries,’ and at the place and time so appointed, 
the said Sheriff or his Under-sheriff, or some per- 
son ton | appointed by them, or one of them, shall 
proceed to nominate or strike a special jury in the 
manner specified and authorized by the last-men- 
tioned Act, to be performed by the proper officers 
of Her Majesty’s Court at Westminster, and the 
said Sheriff or Under-chesiff or some person duly 
appointed by them or any of them as aforesaid, 
shall at some then future reasonable time and 
place, to be appointed by him in that behalf, pro- 
ceed to reduce the said special jury in the manner 
used and accustomed to be performed by the 
proper officers of the superior courts aforesaid, of 
which last-mentioned time and place not less than 
seven days’ notice in writing shall be given by 
the party requiring such special jury to be sum- 
moned to the said other party, and the special 
jurymen to be summoned, empannelled and _re- 
turned by the said Sheriff or Under-sheriff shall 
be subject to all such and the same fines and 
penalties for non-attendance, and to all such and 
the same provisions as jurymen are by the said 
recited Railway Act rendered subject to: Pro- 
vided always, That nothing herein contained shall 
be construed to prevent the same special jury 
from trying any number of inquiries, so as the 

“ parties 








1 Vicroriz. 


“ 
« 


n 


‘ 


nn 


“ 
‘ 


n 


“ 
¢ 


n 


“ 
‘ 


wn 


- 
n 


“ 
sé 


parties to such inquiries respectively, or their 
attornies, shall have signified their assent in 
writing to the nomination of such special jury, 
for the trial of their respective inquiries; nor 
shall any special jurymen be summoned more 
than once in the same year for the trial of any 
inquiries under this Act: Provided also, That if 
a sufficient number of special jurymen shall not 
attend at the time and place appointed for holding 
the inquiry, the Sheriff, Under-sheriff, Coroner 
or other person presiding thereat, shall on the 
request of either of the parties to such inquiry, 
add to the list of such special jury the names of 
any by-standers qualified to act as jurymen for 
the county in which the inquiry is held, and all 
persons shall have their lawful challenges against 
the jurymen so added, and the said Sheriff, 
Under-sheriff, Coroner or other person, shall and 
may proceed in the said inquiry with the jurors so 
added, in like manner as he might have done if 
all the persons summoned to attend as jurymen, 
on such inquiry had attended thereat.” 

Cuause (C.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
it shall be lawgul for a majority of Justices of the 
Peace, assembled at some Petty Sessions of any 
district where the said Railway shall be in pro- 
gress, and they are hereby required to appoint 
from time to time such fit and proper persons 
as may be named to them by the said Com- 
pany, and as they shall think proper, to be Spe- 
cial Constables within the said Railway and other 
works, and every or any part thereof during the 
progress thereof, and every person so appointed 
shall make a solemn declaration, to be adminis- 
tered by any one Justice of the Peace, duly to 
execute the office of a Constable within the limits 
hereafter mentioned, and every person so ap- 
pointed, and having made such declaration as 
aforesaid, shall have power to act as a Constable 
for the preservation of the peace, and for the 
security of persons and properties against felonies 
and other unlawful acts within the limits of the 
said Railway and other works, and within half a 
mile therefrom, and shall have, use, exercise, and 
enjoy all such powers, authorities, Fee senaysen and 
privileges for the apprehending offenders, as well 
by night as by day, and for doing all acts, mat- 
ters and things, for the prevention, discovery and 
prosecution of felonies and other offences, and 
for the preservation of the peace, as Constables 
duly appointed now have by the laws and statutes 
of this eaten: and in case the said Company 
shall fail to nominate to the said Justices a sufli- 
cient number of fit and proper persons, to be 
appointed by them as Constables, upon being re- 
quired so to do, the said Justices may, within 
seven days after such default, nominate any per- 
son or persons whom they may think proper, to 
act as Constables as aforesaid; and it shall be 
lawful for any two Justices to dismiss or remove 
any such Constable from his office of Constable, 
and to re-appoint another fit and proper person 
in his stead, to be nominated by the said Com- 
pany as aforesaid, or in case of their default as 
aforesaid, then to be nominated by the said Jus- 
tices, and upon every such dismissal or removal, 
all powers, authorities, protections and privileges 
by virtue of such appointment as aforesaid vested 
in any person so dismissed or removed shall 
wholly cease; and every person so appointed by 
such Justices as aforesaid, shall, during such time 
as he shall act as Constable for the purposes afore- 
said, receive from the said Company such reason- 
able salary as the said Justices shall appoint, and 
such salary shall be payable at such times, and in 
such manner as the said Justices shall appoint, 
and shall be recoverable in the same manner as 
damages toa small amount are by the said recited 
Act directed to be recovered.” 


Pr. 22. 1.28, Leaveout “always,” andinsert “also.” 
Vor. 93, 





29° Maiz. 


565 


Pr. 25. 1. 17. Leave out “also,” and insert 


“ always.” 


Pr. 30. 1. 10. After “ aforesaid,” insert Clauses 


“ D. and E.” 


Cravse (D). “ Provided always, and be it fur- 
ther Enacted, That the said Cheltenham and Great 
Western Union Railway Company shall, and they 
are hereby required within one month from the 
passing of this Act, to deliver or cause to be de- 
livered to the several owners of land, or heredit- 
aments required for the purposes of the said 
Railway, within the parish of Churchdown, in the 
county of Gloucester, or to the agents of such 
owners, a plan or plans, specifying the particulars 
and quantity of land or hereditaments the said 
Company will require to purchase of such re- 
spective owners for the purposes of the said Rail- 
way, and within two months from the delivesy of 
such plan or plans respectively, the said Company 
shall, and they are hereby required to do and 
perform such Acts as shall be necessary on their 
on for ascertaining and determining the price to 

e paid for and in respect of the said lands orhere- 
ditaments, either by agreement or arbitration, or by 
the verdict of a jury, as occasionmay require ; and 
the amount or price so to be ascertained as afore- 
said shall be paid to such respective owners, and 
the purchase of the said lands and hereditaments 
completed by the said Cheltenham and Great 
Western Union Railway Company, on or before 
the ‘Twenty-fifth day of March, One thousand 
eight hundred and thirty-nine ; and in the event of 
the said Company failing either to deliver the 
plans of the said lands, or to determine and ascer- 
tain the price to be paid for the same, or to pay 
the purchase-money for the same on or before the 
said Twenty-fifth day of March, One thousand 
eight hundred and thirty-nine, it shall be lawful 
for the said Birmingham and Gloucester Railwa 
Company, at any time after the said Twenty-fifth 
day of March, One thousand eight hundred and 
thirty-nine, to deliver such plans, or ascertain the 
sane to be paid for the same, or if the same shall 

ave been agreed for, then to complete the said 
purchases according to the plans so to be deli- 
vered, and at the price so to be ascertained as 
aforesaid, within Fifteen months from the passing 
of this Act, otherwise the said lands and heredit- 
aments shall not be taken without the consent of 
the owners thereof respectively : Provided always, 
That if the said Cheltenham and Great Western 
Union Railway Company, shall fail to deliver the 
said plans, or to do and perform such acts as may 
be necessary on their parts for ascertaining and 
determining the price to be paid for the said lands 
and hereditaments as aforesaid, within the periods 
hereinbefore respectively limited for the purpose, 
then and in such case, and on the happening of 
either of the said events, the said Company shall 
forfeit and pay a sum of One hundred pounds for 
every week during which they shall so omit to 
deliver such plans or to perform such acts as 
aforesaid, which penalty may be recovered by any 
person interested in the lands now set out for the 
purposes of the said Railway, within the parish 
of Churchdown, before any two Justices of the 
Peace for the County of Gloucester, and the 
amount thereof distributed under the order of the 
said Justices, rateably among the several owners 
of lands in the said parish of Churchdown, 
through which the said Railway is at present 
marked and set out, in proportion to the extent 
of their several properties within the said parish 
required for the purposes of the said Railway: 
Provided also, That in case the said Cheltenham 
and Great Western Union Railway Company 
shall incur such sae as aforesaid, and the 
said Birmingham and Gloucester Railway Com- 
pany shall, under any of the powers hereinbefore 
contained, purchase land or construct the line 

4c3 “ between 











Coroners. 


566 


“ between Cheltenham and Gloucester, or any part 
“ thereof, the said penalty or any monies paid on 
“ account thereof shall form no part of the costs 
“ or expenses which the said Cheltenham and Great 
“ Western Union Railway Company, under any of 
the provisions hereinbefore contained, shall be 
entitled to demand or receive from the said Bir- 
mingham and Gloucester Railway Company.” 

Ciavuse (E). “ And whereas the shares of and 
in a certain Railway or Tramroad, lying between 
Cheltenham and Gloucester, and called or known 
as the Cheltenham Railway, have been purchased 
by the said two Companies, and a moiety of the 
said shares is holden in trust for them respec- 
“ tively; Be it therefore Enacted, That the said 
Birmingham and Gloucester sage Company, 
in the event of their becoming entitled to enter 
and take possession of the line of Railway lying 
between the said two depots at Cheltenham and 
Gloucester under the provisions of this Act, shall, 
and they are hereby required to repay to the said 
“ Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway 
Company the sum of Seventeen thousand five hun- 
dred pounds, paid by them in respect of a moiety 
of the said shares, with interest thereon after the 
rate of five pounds per cent per annum, from the 
day on which the said sum of Seventeen thousand 
five hundred pounds was paid by the said Chel- 
tenham and Great Western Union Railway Com- 
pany, deducting from such Seventeen thousand 
five hundred pounds and the interest thereon, the 
dividends which shall have been received by them 
during the same period on such shares, such sum 
to be paid by the said Birmingham and Gloucester 
Railway Company at the same time as they are 
hereinbefore directed to pay to the said Chelten- 
ham and Great Western Une Railway Company, 
the monies which may become payable to them 
under the provisions hereinbefore contained, in 
the event of the Birmingham and Gloucester Rail- 
way Company entering on the possession of the 
line between the said depots: Provided always, 
“ That in the event of the said Cheltenham and 
Great Western Union Railway Company re-pur- 
chasing the said line between Cheltenham and 
Gloucester, or their original interest therein under 
any of the provisions herein contained, they shall 
repay to the said Birmingham and Gloucester 
Railway Company, with interest at five per cent., 
the sum which may have been paid by the said 
last-mentioned Company to the said Cheltenham 
“ and Great Western Taion Railway Company, in 
respect of the said shares in the said Railway or 
Tramroad, the said Birmingham and Gloucester 
Railway Company paying back the dividends 
which they shall have received on the said shares 
in the mean time.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Pouleté Scrope do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


xn wn 


“ec 
“ 
“ec 


x A 8 
nxn nan nN 


hal 
n 


A Petition of the Corporation of Macclesfield, 
praying that the privilege of appointing a Coroner 
for that borough, without the condition of holding 
separate quarter sessions of the peace, may be re- 
restored to them as fully as before the passing of the 
Municipal Reform Act, the expenses attendant there- 
upon being paid as heretofore out of the County 
Rate, and that the jurisdiction of such Coroner may 
extend to those parts of the neighbouring town- 
ships of Sutton and Hurdsfield, as have been by 
the said Act added to the ancient borough for the 
purposes of Municipal Government, having regard 
to the vested interest of the present Coroner of the 
North East Division of the county, as far as regards 
the parts of Sutton and Hurdsfield so added, was pre- 


29° Marz. 





A, 1838. 


The Order for reading a second time To-morrow, Eastern 
the Eastern Counties Railway Bill; was read, and Counties _ 
discharged. Railway Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Medical Officers 
Return of Medical Officers of the Army, and Me- (Army.) 
dicines, &amp;c., for the following years, namely, in each 
year of 1834, 1835 and 1836; the Number of Me- 
dical Officers actually serving upon full pay, Regi- 
mental and Staff; the Amount of their respective 
Pay and Emoluments; the Cost of Medicines for 
the whole Troops in the Service, and Surgical Ma- 
terials; the average Numbers of all Persons in the 
Army entitled to ‘Medical Attendance; the average 
Numbers constantly sick; the Number of Deaths. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Gaols (Ireland,) 
Return from Jrish Gaols, for the years 1832, 1833, 

1834, 1835, 1836 and 1837; namely, of the Num- 
ber of Medical Officers, including severally the 
Number of Physicians, Surgeons and Apothecaries; 
the Amount of Salaries of the above Officers re- 
spectively; the Cost of Medicines; the Cost of 
other Medical appliances; the Nutnber of Prisons; 
the average Population of the Prisons; the average 
Numbers constantly Sick; the Total Number of 
Cases of Sickness occuring; the Number of Deaths. 


Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That the Thanks Chaplain 





of this House be given to the Reverend John Vane, thanked for 
Chaplain to this House, for the Sermon by him Ms Se™ 
preached this day, before this House, at Saint Mar- 

garet’s, Westminster; and that he be desired to print 

the same. 


Petitions from Gorebridge;---Berwich-upon- Tweed ; Church of 
— Otterburn ;—and, Wooler ; praying the House to Scotland. 
refuse their sanction to any additional endowments 
to the Church of Scotland,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the Ecclesiastical 
Archdeaconry of Berks, praying that the Ecclesias- Duties and 
tical Duties and Revenues Bill may not pass into Revenues Bill, 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Vicars of the Royal College of Municipal 
Galway, praying that in the event of the Municipal Ce Bil 
Corporations (Ireland) Bill passing into a law, the (Heland) Bil. 
connexion between the college and the lay Corpora- 
tion may be entirely dissolved, that the Petitioners’ 
offices and revenues may be expressly continued to 
them during their lives, that the future night of 
nominating and distributing may be vested in the 
Crown or the Archbishop of the diocese, that the 
proceeds of sale (if any shall be effected) may be 
held by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for the 
trust, uses and purposes specified in the Church 
Temporalities Act, and that such other regulations 
may be made as to the House shall seem fit, to pre- 
serve the character of the college, to maintain the 








Clergy in the independent discharge of their duties, 
and to promote the interests of pure and undefiled 
religion in the country and in the Church, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Mallow, praying Poor Relief 
that the Poor Relief (Zreland) Bill may not pass (Ireland) Bill 
into a law as it now stands, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Hereford, praying sunday Wakes. 
the House to adopt measures for the suppression of 

Sunday Wakes and Feasts, was presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Oldtown and Rowlestown;—Ba- Tithes 
liane;—and Old Ross and Carnagh; praying for the (Ireland.) 
abolition of Tithes in Jreland,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition 
























Birmingl 
fristol, 
Thames 
tion Ral 
Bill. 


Cheplai 
the Hor 


No. 


Austra 




























Rar 
Imy 
(Ne 










Co) 
Co 













Birmingham, 
Rristol, and 
Thames Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


Chaplains to 
the House. 


No. 437. 


Australia. 


Ramsgate 
mprovement 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


Common Law 
Courts, 


Municipal 
orporations 


(Ireland) Bill, 





1 Vicroriz. 29° 30° —- 31° Mazz. 567 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the | (In the Committee.) 
Middlesex Waterworks, praying that they may be| Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
heard, by their counsel or agents, against certain | oraph, sy 
parts of the Birmingham, Bristol and Thames Junc-|~ Preamble postponed. 
tion Railway Bill, was presented, and read. Tos tenant ins 4 ack thhve 0h sit chun 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the | P eo » iat 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard,; Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if | reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the | the Bill, and that he was directed to move, That the 
Bill, against the said Petition. Committee may have leave to sit again. 

| Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 








Mr. Robert Steuart presented,—Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 23d day of this 4 
instant May, for a Return of the Names of the Chap-| The Order of the day being read, for the second 
lains of this House since the year 1700; and of the | reading of the Nottingham Fields Inclosure Bill; 
Dates of Addresses to the Throne, praying thatsome| Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
Preferment and Dignity in the Church might be con- | upon Thursday next. 
ferred upon them ; also specifying the Dignities con-| The Order of the dav b eing read, for the Com- 
ferred upon them in consequence of such Addresses. | mittee on the Grand Tun Cess ( Dublin) Bill; 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the| Resolved, That this ~ esa will, upon Thursday 
Table ; and be printed. next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented| The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | mittee on the Slave Vessels Captured Bill ; 


to give directions, that there be laid before this| RPesolyed. That this H il Frid t 
House, a Return of all the Expenses defrayed by | resolve itself into pragma ers, So ty ralatere 


this country in the Colony of Western Australia, 


Nottingham 
Fields Inclosure 
Bill. 


Grand Jury 


Cess (Dublin) 
Bill. 


Slave Vessels 
Captured Bill. 


during the last three years, ending the 5th April | The ingrossed Bill for raising a Sum of Money by Exchequer Bills 
1838, in each year respectively ; distinguishing the Exchequer Bills, for the service of the year One (£-13,000,000.) 


Expenditure provided for in the Estimates laid be- | thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, was, ac- 
fore Parliament, the Cost of the Army, Navy and | cording to Order, read the third time. 

Ordnance, and of every other Department respec- | _fesolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
tively of which the entire charge is not maintained | Title be, An Act for raising the Sum of Thirteen 
out of funds raised in the Colony :—Also, the Ac- Millions by Exchequer Bills, for the service of the 
count of all Monies received by the Sale of Crown | year One thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. 
Lands, in each year during the same Period; the|_ Ordered, That Mr. Ber nal do carry the Bill to the 
Number of Ships, and Amount of their Tonnage, | Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


which have cleared out of any Port of Great Bri-| The Clergy Residences (No. 2.) Bill, was read the 


tain and Ireland in each year respectively, since | first time; and ordered to be read a second time, To- 
the 5th April 1835; and the Number of Inhabitants, | morrow. , 


exclusive of Troops, so far as it can be ascertained, , pee ‘ 
now in the Colony:—Also, Copy of a Despatch And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


from Governor Sir James Stirling, bearing date the | == = SS 





15th of October 1835, forwarding a Memorial from Oss fag o 7 ve 
the Inhabitants of Western Australia; together with Mercurti, 30° die Mai; 
a Copy of the Answer which has been returned Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


thereto :—A similar Return for South Australia;! Prayers. 


—Also, a Return of the Annual Charge to be THE House met; and being counted by Mr. 


provided for by the local Government of South 
Australia, under the several heads of Interest on Speaker, it appeared that Forty Members were 


Debts contracted on the Credit of the Colonial Re- not present; yet it being Fourof theclock, Mr.Speaker 
boi of Expenses of 7 local gy and Forty M oe - —_ ee ery i one 
ontingencies ; and, of Expenses of the Establish- | — ,. : te . 
ment of the Colonization ‘Coniabadlenibie in this ree by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
Country, and Contingencies. put, o-morrow. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to |———————— 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are : bei * 
of Her Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. Jovis, 31° die Mai; 


A Petition of Sir William Curtis, of Ramsgate, Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1838. 
Baronet, praying that he may be heard, by his| Prayers. 


counsel or agent, against certain parts of the Rams- T HE hour appointed for taking into considera- 
gate Improvement (No 2.) Bill, was presented, and tion the Petition of the Persons whose names 
read. are thereunto subscribed, being Electors of the Bo- 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the rough of Sudbury, and who thereby claim to have 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, by | hada right to vote at the last Election of a Burgess 
his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, if he think | to serve in Parliament for the said Borough of Sud- 
fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against | bury; and also the Petition of the Persons whose 
the said Petition. names are thereunto subscribed, being Electors of 


‘ the Borough of Sudbury, and who thereby claim to 
_&amp;, — ey ne os rem: on poe have had a right to a at the last Ricetion of a 
of Ou *B - h "C if Ange R =n . " mi Burgess to serve in Parliament for the said Borough 
. a ts &amp; Bench, a Copy of the new Mules tatery | of Sudbury, severally complaining of an undue Elec- 
mersenlbes nll pene soe by tne ey, sagt7 tion and Return for the said Borough, being come ; 
e Act 3 an ill. 4. c. 42, in- : : 
tituled, “ An Act for the further amendment of the And Henry Harding, Thomas Jones, and Richard 


; Gainsborough Dupont ; and Branwhite Oliver, John 
Law, and the better advancement of Justice” :—And | ¢. } . ‘ 
the said Paper was laid upon the Table. Sikes and George W. Fulcher, having, by an Order 


of the House of the 25th day of April last, severally 
The House, according to Order, resolved itself into | been admitted Parties with the Sitting Member to 
a Committee upon the Municipal Corporations (Zre- | defend the said Return ; 
land) Bill. Mr. Speaker took the Chair. 

Von. 938. 404 The 














Bill. 


Clergy 
Residences 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Adjournment. 


Sudbury and 
Maidstone 
Boroughs 
Elections. 











568 


The Serjeant-at-Arms was sent with the Mace to 
the places adjacent, to require the attendance of the 
Members on the business of the House ; and being 
returned ; 

A Member was sworn. 

Then the House was counted by Mr. Speaker ; 
and two hundred and eighty-two Members being 

resent ; 

And the Petition of the Persons whose names 
are thereunto subscribed, being Electors of the Bo- 
rough of Maidstone, in the County of Kent, and 
who thereby claim to have had a right to vote at 
the last Election of a Burgess to serve in Parlia- 
ment for the said Borough of Maidstone, complain- 
ing of an undue Election and Return for the said 


31° Mazz. 





Borough, being also ordered to be taken into con- 
sideration upon this day ; 

The several Parties, counsel and agents, were 
directed to be called in. 


And the door being locked ; 

And no Parties, counsel or agents, appearing on 
behalf of the Petitions complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Sudbury : 
—The Orders for considering the said Petitions were 
severally read, and discharged. 

Then the Order of the day, for taking into con- 
sideration the said Petition complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the Borough of Maidstone, 
was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn and 
read, in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was 
completed :—And Lists of the said names were de- 
livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the Com- 
mittee on the Maidstone Election ; and then the door 
was opened, and the Parties, their counsel and 
agents, withdrew. 


Sudbury 
Election. 


Maidstone 
Election. 


Dungannon Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 

— to the Clerk of the Crown in Jre/and to make out a 
new Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve in 
this present Parliament for the Borough of Dun- 
gannon, in the room of Lord Viscount Northland, 
who, since his election for the said Borough, hath 
accepted the office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Ma- 
jesty’s three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough 
and Bonenham, in the County of Buckingham. 


Law Courts 
(Westminster. ) 


Mr. Denman, Clerk of the Sittings at Nisi Prius, 
was called in; and at the bar presented,—Return to 
an Order, dated the 24th day of May last, for a Re- 
turn of the Number of Causes tried in the Superior 
Courts at Westminster, in one year, ending Hilary 
Term and Sittings 1838 ; showing the Number of 
Verdicts under £.20; the Number from £.20 ot 


£.50.; the Number above £.50; and the Number of 


Verdicts subject to Arbitration, so far as relates to the 
Court of Queen’s Bench :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lieupon the Table. 


Curbridge 
Tnclosure Bill. 


Mr. Phillpotts, by Order, reported from the Com- 
mittee on the (re-committed) Curbridge Inclosure 
Bill; That they had made other Amendments there- 
unto ; andthe Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Rugby and The Rugby and Lutterworth Road Bill was read a 
coe second time; and committed to Mr. Dugdale and 


the Warwick List. 


Ordered, That the Saint Luke’s Hospital Bill be 
read the third time upon Thursday next. 


Saint Luke’s 
Hospital Bill. 


Lady Kirk Mr. Pringle reported from the Committee on the 

(Teed) Bet ice LAdyhirk and Norham (Tweed) Bridge Bill; and to 

Bill, * whom a Petition against the Bill was referred ; That 
they had considered the said Petition; and had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 








A. 1838. 


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill Lough Foyle 
for draining and embanking certain Lands in Lough eae a 
Swilly and Lough Foyle, in the Counties of Done- age Bill, , 
gal and Londonderry, be now read the third time; 

Mr. Poulett Thomson, by Her Majesty’s command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having been 
informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her con- 
sent,as far as Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, that 
the House may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Captain Jones do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The National Loan Fund Assurance Society Bill National Loan 
was read a second time ; and committed to Mr. Hall eo ig 
and the Middlesex List. ; 


The counsel and agents, in the case of the Maid- Maidstone 
stone Election, being returned to the bar, the Clerk Election. 
appointed to attend the said Committee delivered in 
to the House a reduced List; and the same was 
called over, as followeth ; 

Lord Ernest Bruce, William Villiers Stuart, Es- 
quire, Francis Bernard Beamish, Esquire, Sir Charles 
Lemon, Baronet, John Power, Esquire, Earl Jermyn, 
Charles Frederick Ashley Cooper Ponsonby, Esquire, 
Sir Charles Broke Vere, the Right honourable Sir 
John Cam Hobhouse, Baronet, John Easthope, Es- 
quire, and Henry Thomas, Esquire. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Petition 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Maidstone, were sworn by the Clerk 
at the Table, in the usual manner; and thereupon 
the counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


Petitions from Commissioners of the Metropolis Birmingham, 
Turnpike Roads north of the Thames ;—and, the Bristol, and 
Grand Junction Waterworks Company ; praying that a &gt; ag 
they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, against Bill. 
certain parts of the Birmingham, Bristoland Thames 
Junction Railway Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by their counsel or agents, upon their Peti- 
tions, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- Southampton 
sideration the Report which, upon the 18th day of Docks Bill 
this instant May, was made from the Committee on 
the Southampton Docks Bill; printed Copies of the 
Bill having been delivered at the door upon Monday 
last ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


An ingrossed Bill for building a Bridge from the Bristol 
Parish of Saint Philip and Jacob, over the Floating oe — » 
Harbour, to the Parish of Temple, in the City and e 
County of Bristol, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- Royal Exchange 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case Rebuilding 
of the Petition for the Royal Exchange Rebuilding 
Bill, the Standing Orders had not been complied 
with ; but it appeared that in consequence of the Se- 
lect Committee on Metropolis Improvements having 
only agreed to their Report within the last few days, 
it was impossible for the Parties who are desirous of 
bringing in this Bill, founded upon the recommenda- 
tion of that Committee, to give the Notices required 
by the Standing Orders within the proper time. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. ” 

r. 














Im 
Bill 


I 
( 


4 


ige 


Westminster 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Isle of Thanet 
Cemetery Bill, 


Deanhead 
(Huddersfield ) 
Reservoir Bill. 


Fen Drayton 
Inclosure Bill. 


Ramsgate 
Improvement 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Leicester 
Gas Bil. 


India Steam 
Ship Company. 


Custody of 
Insane Persons 
(Ireland) Bill. 





1 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Westminster Improve- 
ment Bill, the Standing Orders had not been com- 
plied with; but it appeared to the Committee that 
the Petitioners do not propose to take any com- 
pulsory powers for purchasmg lands, but pad to 
incorporate the Company, and to enable it to hold 
lands and property, and to empower incapacitated 
persons or bodies politic, corporate or collegiate, to 
sell or grant longer leases than they are at present 
enabled to do. 

Ordered, That the Report be referred to the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders. 


The Isle of Thanet Cemetery Bill was read a se- 
cond time ; and committed to Sir Edward Knatch- 
bull and the Kent List. 


An ingrossed Bill for making and maintaining a 
Reservoir at Deanhead, in the Parish of Hudders- 
field, in the West Riding of the County of York, 
and for other purposes, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for making and maintaining a Re- 
servoir at Deanhead, in the Parish of Huddersfield, 
in the West Riding of the County of York, and for 
other purposes relating thereto. 

Ordered, That Mr. Protheroe do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for dividing, allotting and in- 
closing the Open and Common Fields, Meadows, 
Lands, Commons and Commonable Places, in the 
Parish of Fen Drayton, in the County of Cam- 
bridge, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Lord Hotham do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions from the General Steam Navigation 
Company ;—and British Gas Light Company ; pray- 
ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their coun- 
sel or agents, against certain parts of the Ramsgate 
Improvement (No. 2.) Bill, were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be referred 
to the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petitions. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend an Act of King George 
the Fourth, for lighting with Gas the Borough of 
Leicester, in the County of Leicester, and the Liber- 
ties, Precincts and Suburbs thereof, was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Easthope do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of John Stephens, of Paul’s Wharf, 
Upper Thames-street, in the city of London, Gentle- 
man, and Augustus Manning, of Chalk Hill House, 
Kingsbury, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, 
for leave to present a Petition for leave to bring in 
a Bill for mcorporating a Company, to be called 
“ The India Steam Ship Company,” for establishing 
a certain and expeditious communication by means 
of Steam Vessels or Ships between this country and 
the British Possessions in India, by way of the 
Cape of Good Hope, and between this country and 
Australia, and between the last-mentioned terri- 
tories and India, and for that purpose to enable the 
said Company to purchase certain patent rights for 
improvements to steam engine apparatus, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to make more effectual Provision 
for the prevention of Offences by Insane Persons in 
Ireland ; and the same were read, as follow : 

VoL, 93. 


31° Maiz. 








569 


Pr. 1. 1,29. Leave out “insane ” and insert “ a 
“ dangerous lunatic ;” and in the same line leave 
out from “ idiot ” to “ such ” in Pr, 2. 1. 6. and in- 
sert “it shall be lawful for the said Justices, by 
“ warrant under their hands and seals, to commit 
such person to the gaol of such county, county 
of a town, city or town, and liberties, there to be 
“ kept in strict custody until, or unless,” and in 
Pr. 2. 1. 6. leave out “ not.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 7. Leave out “ therefrom, except.” 

Pr. 2. 1.14. After “ Majesty’s ” insert “ Su- 
perior.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 17. Leave out from “ seal” to “ And” 
in Pr, 3. 1. 7. and insert “ or until such person shall 
“ be removed to the proper lunatic asylum, by order 
“ of the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor 
“ or Governors of Ireland, as hereinafter provided ;” 
and in Pr. 3.1.7. leave out from “ That ” to “ it ” 
inl. 18; and in 1. 18. after “ the ” insert “ said.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 20. Leave out “of Zreland” and insert 
“if he or they shall so think fit.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 21. After “his” insert “ or their ;” and 
in the same line, after “hand,” insert “ or hands;” 
and also in the same line leave out from “ that” to 
“ and ” in |. 27. and insert “any person who may 
“ be detained in custody in any gaol by virtue of 
any such warrant as aforesaid, or any person who 
may be under any sentence of imprisonment or 
transportation, or under any warrant in default 
of surety to keep the peace, in any gaol or place 
of confinement, and in respect of whom it shall 
be certified by two physicians or surgeons, or a 
surgeon and physician, that such person is or has 
become insane, shall be removed to the lunatic 
asylum established, either wholly or in ps for 
the county, county of a city or county of a town 
in which such person shall be in custody.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 32. After “the” insert “ said.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 33. Leave out “of Ireland.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 34. After the second “ or” insert “a.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 37. After “ the” insert “ said.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 38. Leave out from “Governors” to 
“is” in 1, penult. 

Pr. 4. 1.5. Leave out “removed back from 
“ thence” and insert, “ remitted.” 

Pr. 4. 1.7. After “he” insert “or she.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 10. After “expired” insert “ or if such 
“ person shall not be under any sentence of impri- 
“ sonment;” and in the same line leave out “ he,” 
and insert “such person.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 12. After “the” insert “ said.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 13. Leave out “ of Ireland.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 14. After the second “or” insert “a.” 

Pr. 4, 1. 16. Leave out “now or hereafter to be.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 21, Leave out “of Lreland.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 25. Leave out “ transmitted” and in- 
sert “ removed.” 

Pr. 4. 1.30. Leave out “such person shall be.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 2. Leave out “should be” and insert 
“ may have been.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 12. Leave out “they” and insert “ he 
“ or she.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 14. Leave out “ they ” and insert “ he 
“ or she.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


“ 
“ 


“cc 


Ordered, That the Patterns and Inventions Bill Patterns and 


be read a second time upon Wednesday next. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday sheriss’ 
next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the (Ireland) Bill, 


Sheriffs’ (Ireland) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Highway Rates Highway Rates 
Bill be taken into further consideration upon Thurs- Bill. 


day, the 14th day of June next. 


4D + Ordered 











570 


Ordered, That the Attornies and Solicitors (Jre- 
land) Bill be read a second time upon Tuesday, the 
12th day of June next. 


“Attornies 
and Solicitors 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Hackney Ordered, That the Report on the Hackney Car- 

CMontne lis) riages (Metropolis) Bill be taken into further con- 

Bill, sideration upou Wednesday, the 13th day of June 
next. 

Qualification Ordered, That the Report on the Qualification 
esau of Members Bill be taken into further consideration 
upon Friday, the 8th day of June next. 

a _ Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 

ne next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the Bribery 
at Elections Bill. 
Salmon Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday, 
ee the 13th day of June next, resolve itself into a Com- 
(Scotland) mittee upon the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) (No. 2.) 
(No. 2.) Bill. Bill 
ill. 
First Fruits Resolved That this House will, upon Wednesday, 
and Tenths, 


the 13th day of June next, resolve itself into a Com- 
mittee to take into further consideration the pro- 
priety of abolishing the First Fruits of the Clergy in 
England and Wales, and the more effectual rating 
and the better collection of the Tenths applicable 
to the maintenance of the Poor Clergy. 


Ordered, That the Registration of Leases (Scot- 
land) Bill be read a second time upon Friday, the 
15th day of June next. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Westminster 
Pavements Bill be taken into further consideration 
upon Wednesday, the 13th day of June next. 


Registration 
of Leases 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Westminster 
Pavements Bill. 


Bankrupts’ Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday, the 
(Seotlen a) Bill 15th day of June next, resolve itself into a Com- 


mittee upon the Bankrupts’ Estates (Scotland) Bill. 


Waste Lands 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday, 
(Ireland) Bill. 


the 13th day of June next, resolve itself into a Com- 
mittee upon the Waste Lands (Jreland) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Tenants for Life (Ireland) Bill 


Tenants for Life 


(Ireland) Bill. be read a second time upon Wednesday, the 13th 
day of June next. 

Teases and Ordered, That the Leases and Exchanges (Ire- 

caked Bia land) Bill be read a second time upon Wednesday, 

‘ * the 13th day of June next. 

Ways and Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 

ate itself into the Committee of Ways and Means. 

Supply. Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the Committee of Supply. 

Clergy Resi- Ordered, That the Clergy Residences (No. 2.) Bill 


— (No. 2-) he read a second time To-morrow. 


Lord’s Day Bill. Two Petitions from Exeter, praying that the Lord’s 
Day Bill may pass into a.Law,—were ren and 


read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Postage. Petitions from Falmouth ;— Newark ;—Pontefract ; 
—Compositors and others at the Printing Office, 
No. 5, Great Queen-street, Lincoln’s-Inn Fields ;— 
Printing Office, 15, Owen’s Row, Saint John’s Street 
Road; and, Perth (Dean of Guild); praying for a 
lov and uniform rate of Postage on Letters,—were 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Postage. 


A Petition of the Dean and Chapter of the Ca- 
thedral and Metropolitical Church of Christ, Can- 
terbury, praying that the Ecclesiastical Duties and 
Revenues Bill may not pass into a Law as it now 
stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Ecclesiastical 
Duties and 
Revenues Bill, 


Church 


Petitions from Rushall;—and, Avebury and Win- 
Property, 


terbourne Monkton; praying that all increase of Re- 
venue that may arise from an improved system of 
leasing Ecclesiastical Property may be left at the 


disposal of the Church, to supply the deificiency of 











31° Marz. 








A. 1838. 


spiritual instruction for the people,—were presented 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Wingfield and Message from 
Sir Giffin Wilson. the Lords, 
Mr. Speaker, 

The poe have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Bury (Lancas. 
Act for supplying with Water the Town of Bury ter)Waterworks 
and the several Townships of Walmersley-cum-Shut-~"* 
tleworth, Bury and Elton, all in the Parish of Bury, 

in the County Palatine of Lancaster, without any 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed tothe Bill, intituled, An Act Berden, &amp;c., 
for inclosing Lands in the Parishes of Berden, Ma- luclosure Bill. 
newden, and Stansted Mountfitchet, in the County of 
Essex, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 

And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Taw Vale 
Act for making a Railway from Penhill, in the Parish Railway and 
of Fremington, in the County of Devon, to the Town seenimate 
of Barnstaple, and for constructing a Dock in the 
said Parish of Fremington, to be called The Taw 
Vale Railway and Dock, with an Amendment; to 
which Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act The Lords 
to explain and extend the Powers of the Trustees of sar passed 
Lady Glenorchy’s Chapel and School in Edinburgh ; Glenorchy’s 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this Chapel Bill. 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Bennet’s 
for authorizing the Sale, Exchange and Partition of state Bill. 
the Real Estate devised by the Will of Richard 
Henry Alexander Bennet, Esquire, deceased, and 
for the application of the Produce thereof, and for 
authorizing the granting of Leases of the same Estate, 
and for authorizing the Investment in Land of the 
residuary Personal Estate bequeathed by the same 
Will, and for other purposes; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House ;—-And then 
the Messengers withdrew. 


Lady Glenorchy’s Chapel Bill was read the first Lady 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time. Glenorchy’s 
Chapel Bill. 


Bennet’s Estate Bill was read the first time ; and Bennet’s 
ordered to be read a second time. Estate Bill. 


A Petition of Lords of Manors in the counties of Copyholds 
Norfolk and Suffolk, praying that the Copyholds Enfranchise- 
Enfranchisement ; Copyholds Improvement; and, ™"” Soo 
Manorial Boundaries Bills, may not pass into law 
as they now stand, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Knockholt, praying Dogs. 
the House to impose a Tax on all Trucks or Car- 
riages drawn by Dogs on turnpike-roads or public 
highways, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Trustees of the Kingswood District Highway Rates 
of Turnpike Roads in the counties of Gloucester and Pill. 
Wilts ;—and, Creditors of the Tolls on the said Dis- 
trict of Roads; praying that the Highway Rates 
Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bishop’s Waltham, Poor Law 
Upham and Durley, praying for the Amendment of — 
the Poor Law Act, was presented, and read; and - 
referred to the Select Committee on the Poor Law 
Amendment Act. 


The Pembroke Ferry Bill was read a second time ; Pembroke 
and committed to Sir Richard Philipps and the Ferry Bill. 
Wales List. 


The House was moved, That the Entry in the Chaplains to 
Journal of the House of the 12th day of October the House: 
1831, of the Proceedings of the House relative to 
the Chaplain, might be read; and the same was 


read, as followeth : 
“ Resolved, 








om 


orks 





1 Victroriz. 


“ Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That an humble 
Address be presented to His Majesty, that He will 
be graciously pleased to confer some dignity in the 
Church upon the Reverend Frederick Vernon Lock- 
wood, Chaplain to this House.” 

The House was also moved, That the Entry in 
the Journal of the House of the 17th day of October 
1831, of his Majesty’s Answer to the said Address, 
might be read; and the same was read, as fol- 
loweth : 

“ Lord Viscount Althorp reported to the House, 
That their Address of Wednesday last (that His 
Majesty would be graciously pleased to confer some 
dignity in the Church upon the Reverend Frederick 
Vernon Lockwood, Chaplain to this House), had 
been presented to His Majesty ; and that His Ma- 


jesty had commanded him to acquaint this House, 


that He will confer some dignity in the Church upon 
the Reverend Frederick Vernon Lockwood, as is 
desired,” 


The House was also moved, That the Entry in the 
Journal of the House of the 10th day of August 
1832, of the Proceedings of the House relative to 
the Chaplain, might be read; and the same was 
read, as followeth : 

“ Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That an humble 
Address be presented to His Majesty, that He will 
be graciously pleased to confer some dignity in the 
Church upon the Reverend Edward Repton, Chaplain 
to this House.” 

The House was also moved, That the Entry in 
the Journal of the House of the 16th day of August 
1832, of his Majesty’s Answer to the said Address, 
might be read; and the same was read, as fol- 
loweth : 

“ Lord Viscount Althorp reported to the House, 
That their Address of Friday last (that His Majesty 
would be graciously pleased to confer some dignity 
in the Church upon the Reverend Edward Repton, 
Chaplain to this House) had been presented to His 
Majesty; and that His Majesty had commanded 
him to acquaint this House, that He will confer 
some dignity in the Church upon the Reverend 
Edward Repton, as is desired.” 


The House was also moved, That the Entry in the 
Journal of the House of the 23d day of August 
1833, of the Proceedings of the House relative to 
the Chaplain, might be read; and the same was 
read, as followeth: 

“‘ Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That an humble 
Address be presented to His Majesty, that He will 
be graciously pleased to confer some dignity in the 
Church upon the Reverend Temple Frere, Chaplain 
to this House.” 

The House was also moved, That the Entry in 
the Journal of the House of the 28th day of August 
1833, of his Majesty’s Answer to the said Address, 
might be read; and the same was read, as fol- 
loweth : 

“ Lord Viscount Palmerston reported to the House, 
That their Address of Friday last (that His Majesty 
would be graciously pleased to confer some dignity 
in the Church upon the Reverend Temple Frere, 
Chaplain to this House) had been presented to His 
Majesty; and that His Majesty had commanded 
him to acquaint this House, that He will confer 
some dignity in the Church upon the Reverend 
Temple Frere, as is desired.” 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, humbly representing that his late 
Majesty King William the Fourth was graciously 
pleased, in answer to the Addresses of this House, 
to assure this House that he would confer dignities 
in the Church upon the Reverend Frederich Vernon 
Lockwood, Edward Repton and Temple Frere, late 
Chaplains to this House, and praying that Her Ma- 
jesty will be graciously pleased to confer such dig- 
nities on the said Frederick Vernon Lockwood, Ed- 
ward Repton and Temple Frere. 

VoL. 93. 


31° Mazi.—1° Junie. 571 


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


Notice being taken that Forty Members were 
not present, the House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present, and it being 
then after Four of the clock :—The House was ad- 
journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 








Veneris, 1° die Junii; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Le Blanc, from the Court of Queen’s Bench, writs of Trial 

was called in, and at the bar presented,—Re- 
turns to an Order dated the 22d day of May last, 
for a Return of the Writs of Trial since the passing 
of the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 42, with the Number of 
applications for New Trials thereon, and the result 
thereof in each case, so far as relates to the Courts 
of Queen’s Bench and Common Pleas :—And then 
he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 

Table. 


Mr. Bramston reported from the Committee on Great Warle 
the Great Warley Inclosure Bill; That they had Inclosure Bill. 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of 
the Committee ; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Berden, &amp;c., 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Inclcsure Bill. 
intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parishes 
of Berden, Manewden and Stansted Mountfitchet, 
in the County of Essex; and the same were read as 
follow ; 

Pr. 1. 1. 13. After “ is ” insert “ or claims to 
“ be.”’ 

Pr.1. 1.19. After “is” insert “ or claims to be.” 

Pr.1. 1.26, After “is” insert “or claims to be.” 

Pr.1. Lult. After “is” insert “or claims to be.” 

Pr. 2.1.7. After “is ” insert “ or claims to be.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bramston do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Colonel Rushbrooke reported from the Committee Gazeley 
on the Gazeley Inclosure Bill; That the Standing Inclosure Bill, 
Orders relative to Inclosure Bills. had been com- 
plied with ; and that they had examined the allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and 
that the Parties concerned had given their consent 
to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the Committee ; and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto ; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The Eastern Counties Railway Bill was read a Eastern 
second time ; and committed to Mr. Charles Round Counties 
and the Middlesex List. Railway Bill, 

Ordered, That all Members serving for the several 
Counties and for the Boroughs therein, through 
which Counties the said Railway is intended to pass, 
be Members of the said Committee. 


Mr. Dottin reported from the Committee on the Southampton 
Southampton Pier Bill; That they had examined Pier Bill. 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 





. 4pd2 Amendments 














oo aap: 


ne NI i cn OK 


572 


1° Juniz. 





A. 1838. 


Amendments thereunto; and the Amendments were bing that all increase of Revenue that may arise Adve 


read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Gravesend Pier Sir Matthew Wood reported from the Committee 
(No. 1.) Bill. on the Gravesend Pier (No. 1.) Bill; and to whom a 
Petition against the said Bill was referred ; That they 
had heard counsel in support of the said Petition, 
and had also heard counsel in favour of the Bill; 
and that the promoters of the Bill had subsequently 
stated to the Committee, that they did not wish to 
proceed any further with the measure. 
Ordered, That the as so be taken into further 
consideration upon this day six months. 


Gravesend Pier ‘he Order for reading a second time the Graves- 
(No. 2-) Bill. ond Pier (No. 2.) Bill, was read and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Sir John Mordaunt reported from the Committee 
on the Leamington Priors Gas Bill; and to whom 
a Petition against the said Bill was referred ; That 
they had heard counsel in support of the said Pe- 
tition, and had also heard counsel in favour of the 
Bill; and had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to; and a Clause 
was added to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Leamington 
Priors Gas Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill for more effectually repairing 
and maintaining the Road from Borrowstounness by 
the West End of Linlithgow, and by Forpichen, Bath- 
gate and Whitburn, to the confines of the County of 
Linlithgow, at or near Hollhouseburn; the Road 
from Borrowstounness to the river Avon; and the 
Road leading eastward from Borrowstounness to 
Champany, by the Kirk of Carriden, in the County 
of Linlithgow, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Chalmers do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Linlithgow 
Roads Bill. 


Southampton 


An ingrossed Bill for extending the time for 
Docks Bill. 


making a Dock or Docks at Southampton, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Dottin do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Sudbury Town 


Lends Pill, A Petition of Owners of Lands in Sudbury, pray- 


ing that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Sud- 
bury Town Lands Bill, was presented, and read. 
Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 
Rugby and 


Lutterworth 
Road Bill, 


A Petition of Trustees for executing the Act for 
repairing the Road from Dunchurch to Hillmorton, 
and also of Mortgagees of the Tolls by the said Act 
granted, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Rugby and Lutterworth Road Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, b 
themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their Peti- 
tion, if they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Benefices 


Plurality Bill A Petition of Clergy in the county of Essez, 


praying that the Benetices Plurality Bill may not 


pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- | 


dered to lie upon the Table. 
Church - Petitions from Hatfield Broad Oak ;—White 
emyeny. Notley ;—East Tilbury ;— Springfield ;—Nasing ; 
—Fryerning ;— Hornchurch ;—and, Coventry; pray- 





from an improved system of leasing Ecclesiastical (Sco 
Property, may be left at the disposal of the Church, 
to supply the deficiency of spiritual instruction for 
the people,—were presented, and read; and ordered 


to lie upon the Table Ref 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Poor Law ae 
habitants of Woolwich, praying the House to adopt Amendment . 
such measures as will effectually separate the town A“ 
and parish of Woolwich from the Greenwich Union, 
and that Woolwich parish may be again brought 
under the full operation of the provisions of the local 7 
Act 47 Geo. 3, c. 111, or united to the parishes of a 
Plumstead and Charlton, or one of them, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Act. 


Petitions from Free Miners of the Forest of Dean Dean Forest Ros 
and Hundred of Saint Briavels ;—and, Free Miners Mines Bill. Inst 
and Quarrymen, and Owners and Proprietors of 
Stone Quarries, in the Forest of Dean and Hundred 
of Saint Briavels; praying that the Dean Forest 
Mines Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Estcourt reported from the Select Committee standing 
on Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, several Orders; 
Resolutions; which were read as follow ; 

1. Resolved, That, in the case of the Petition for RoyalExchange 
the Royal Exchange Rebuilding Bill, the Parties be Rebuilding, 
permitted to proceed with their Bill, on giving No- 
tices of the proposed Bill for three successive weeks 
in the London Gazette, and in one and the same News- 


paper of the county, and on affixing such Notices Sea 
on the Church-doors of the several parishes for three on 
successive Sundays ; and that application in writing 

be made to the owners, lessees and occupiers of any 

lands or houses intended to be taken, and that lists Me 
of the Names of such owners, lessees and occupiers, Chi 
distinguishing which of them assent, dissent, or are (In 


neuter in respect to the proposed measure, be de- 
posited in the Private Bill Office ; and that tha Com- 
mittee on the Bill do in the first place examine how 
far such Order has been complied with; and do report 
the same to the House, on the Report of the Bill. - 
2. Resolved, That, in the case of the Petition for Westminster 
the Westminster Improvement Bill, the Parties be Improvement. 
permitted to proceed with their Bill, so far as relates 
to the incorporation of the Company, and theenabling 
the same to hold lands and other property. 
The said Resoluticns, being read a second time, M 
were agreed to. Co 


A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the Ecclesiastical 
Archdeaconry of Wilts, praying that the Ecclesias- — —— 
tical Duties and Revenues Bill may not pass into ee ne 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 











upon the Table. Pr 
o.° 7 ‘ § 
Petitions from Newcastle-upon-Tyne (two Peti- Church of ( 
tions) ;—and, Saltcoats; praying the House to re- So°t!an«- 
fuse their sanction to any further endowments to 
the Church of Scotland,-—-were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. TI 
°° a js T 
Petitions from Liverpool ;—Chairman of the Lon- Postage. au 
don Board of the Scottish Union Insurance Corpo- ni 
ration ;—Secretary of the Philological School ;— A 


Euxton ;— Tain ;—Samuel Bagster ;—Great Yar- A 
mouth ;—and, Workington; praying for the esta- 

blishment of a low and uniform rate of Postage on 

Letters,—were presented, and read ; and referred to 

the Select Committee on Postage. 


Petitions from Measham ;— Burton-Extra ; — Idolatry ; 
Heptonstall Slack ;—Quorndon;—and, Edinburgh (Idia.) 
(Moderator and Clerk of the Secession Church) ; 
praying the House to prevent the interference of the 
British authorities in India in regard to the wor- 
ship and service of Idolatry by the natives,—were . 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the B 


Table. 
A Petition 








1° Junie. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 


1 Vicroriz. 573 
ounds voted for Rewards, Experiments and other 
xpenses for Scientific purposes, under the head of 

“ No. 5, Scientific Branch,” in the Navy Estimates 

for the years 1835, 1836 and 1837. 


Advocations © 

(Scotland) Bill. Merchants and other Inhabitants of Inveraray, 
praying that the Advocations (Scotland) Bill may 
not pass into a law as it now stands, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Taw Vale 





Reform of A Petition of Inhabitants of Montrose, praying ‘]]. Railway and 
Parliament for the amendment of the Reform of Parliament the Antoine waite by Qe: Sane 0 tie: PED ick Oe. 
Acts. er ath” .--,. | intituled, An Act for making a Railway from Penhiil 
Acts, by dividing the empire into electoral districts, | ;, the Parichof Freninet in the County of i , 
containing as nearly as possible the same number | herent name A phen Lagan ome eng 
of tchkdiicete, Geo ine anal 4a Cae on. the Town of Barnstaple, and for constructing a 
decdinaiin “a a a ble. a atch °F | Dock in the said Parish of Fremington, to be called 
: the Zaw Vale Railway and Dock; and the same 
NegroAppren- Petitions from Rowley and other places ;—Mot- | was read as followeth : 
ticeship. tram ;— Newton ;--Fullwood ;—and, Saint Peter,| Pr. 63,1. 12, after “ subject,” insert (“‘ Clause A.”’) 
Isle of Thanet; praying for the abolition of the sys-| (Ciauss A.) “ And be it further Enacted, That in 
tem of Negro Apprenticeship,—were presented, and | “ all cases of controversy between the said Com- 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. “‘ pany and any person or persons, where by this 
i able : : - 
Royal Belfast Ordered, That there be laid before this House, | « — 4 h ee 1 “k sage yt seca 
Institution, Returns of all Persons who have become Proprietors | « ST er a RO pn 4 
as or for the person or persons with whom any such 
of the Royal Belfast Institution since the date of | « controversy shall arise. and they are hereby em- 
the last Return, with the grounds on which they | « - nats oy Fae 
Aven uit fe |“ powered, if they think proper so to do, to require 
claim :—Of all Applications for Transfers of Pro-|« the Sheriff or Under-sheriff of the Count 
prietorships made to the Joint Boards of the Royal | « a ee 
‘ meee ; Devon to summon the party with whom such 
Belfast Institution, with the answers to the same ; | « contuevenns deal ccken ox Ges Cen t . 
specifying the date of the receipt of such applica-| « }. him i. r th ol, : a ns ges ech. 5 oe 
cations by the Secretary:—Of all Public tend oe ee ee ee eee 
paid to the Royal Belfast Institution since May er penance slbarere-ybondigtcmcert nt my He 
: : “ such convenient place and time, not being less 
9» . ’ 
1829, with the Expenditure of the same, as ac-/« than seven days sve the service of the warrant 
counted for to the Auditors of Public Accounts :— | «« - . : 

. requiring a jury to be summoned, as such Sheriff 
and, of all Money received from private sources by | « 6, Under-sheriff shall appoint, for the purpose of 
the Royal Belfast Institution, with the items of the | « “ae eae va 

: : ; nominating a special jury between the said par- 
Expenditure of the same, since May 1829. “ ties, which requisition to the said Sheriff or Under 
. &gt;. . re 
Sea Coast _ Petitions from Montrose ;—and, Eyemouth ; pray- | “ sheriff shall be served on such Sheriff or Under- 
(lelend) pi, 228 that the Sea Coast Fisheries (Ireland) Bill may | “ sheriff a reasonable time before the time appointed 
* not pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and | “ for taking such inquiry, and such Sheriff or his 
ordered to lie upon the Table. | “ Under-sheriff shall, and he is hereby required to 
Metical A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Paul, Dublin, | ,, Produce or cause to be produced at the place and 
reland) , Praying, that provision may be made in the Medical | ,, “™*. 5° appointed, the jurors’ book and the spe- 
' ng m ; ns 4° ‘ c 
(Ireland) Bill. Charities (Ireland) Bill, to facilitate the correction | ., cial jurors’ list, and the numbers written on parch 
? : : ri |“ ment or card as specified and directed in and by 
of all abuses in the Hospital and Dispensary, for | ¢« . . . 
he relief of the Sick Poor |“ the statute made and passed in the Sixth year of 
per voy of the Sick Poor of that parish, was pre- | « the reign of his Majesty King George the Fourth 
t : i PR cae c fe tn, 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | «6 intituled, “ An Act for consolidating and amending 
oe - - ae of Proprietors and Operatives, and | the Laws relative toJurors and Juries ;” and at the 
. ‘others, depending on the scribbling and carding of |“ place and time so appointed the said Sheriff or 
wool, at the Branch Road Mill, in Batley, praying | “ his Under-sheriff, or some person duly appointed 
that the Factories Regulation Bill may not pass | “ by them, or one of them, shall proceed to nomi- 
=. a — = ——— and read ; and ordered to | “ nate or strike a special jury in the manner speci- 
ie upon the Table. “ fied and authorized by the last-mentioned Act to 
Municipal A Petition of the Corporation of Leeds, prayin —— pared Weg. Sho . peepee: eoany nisass Bias 
————e for the amendment of the Municipal Cokbaonions  jesty’s Court at Westminster, and the said Sheriff 
acts, = i i 
a) Acts, so far as regards the qualifications of Bur- y “ — ene, na ee acy duly “EP AL. on 
gesses, and the formation and revision of Burgess | ,, -» 90 er See Sh eee Poe ee 
Li me ; o«. | some then future reasonable time and place to be 
sg re peenten, and read ; and ordered to lie | « appointed by him in that behalf, proceed to reduce 
upon the Table. 6 : wy ; ? 
the said special jury in the manner used and 
0 , Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday | “ accustomed to be performed by the proper officers 
colland.) next, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider of |“ of the superior courts aforesaid, of which last- 
authorizing the imposition of an Assessment for the | “ mentioned time and place not less than seven days’ 
purposes of an Act to be passed in this Session for | “ notice in writing shall be given by the party re- 
the Improvement of Prisons in Scotland. “ quiring such special jury to be summoned to the 
Thitty-seventh, Mr. Fazakerl. t c .,_ |“ said other party; and the special jurymen to be 
Thirt ‘eighth, Mas Ses tae _oo wep Commit- | « summoned empannelled and returned by the said 
and Thirty- tee on the Poor Law Amendment Act; and who were | ,, Sheriff U der-sheriff, shall be subject to all 
ninth Reports €mpowered to report the Minutes of the Evidence | ¢, a a h mpipondien po sae d e "6 — oa 
. Poor Law taken before them from time to time to the House; | ,, -’@ 9” ee a ee eee 
mendment "That th -; &gt;| “ attendance, and to all such and the same provi- 
oo at they had made further Progress in the matters : : i j 
, : ain dt sions as jurymen are by this Act rendered subject 
No. 439, 1 them referred ; and had directed him to report the | « dass: Peenian ‘oh Whos nothin heel 
me" Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. « afi ade i gir te 7 a ing meer onto 
Ordered, ‘That the Reports do lie upon the Table; |. © 1 = Ps C COnswUSS &lt;0 irae fj oe 
and be printed. * a pie: iy — trying a 3 — a net rg 
so as the parties to such inquir ectively, 
per and " ewe, ng: there be laid before this House, a | “ or their attornies, shall have signified their assent 
. eturn of the Total Quantity of Beer and Porter | “ in writing to the nomination of such special jur 
on 4 fae ge opedl peg Ireland, a the |“ for the trial of their respective 0 nor shall 
st day of June 1837 and the Ist day of June 1838; | “ any special jurymen be summoned more than 
distinguishing the Ports whereinto the same has | “ once in the same year for the trial of any inquiries 
“ ts been imported :—and, a like Return from Scotland. |“ under this Act: Provided also, That if a suffi- 
Sel (Scientific Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a |“ cient number of s cial jurymen shall not attend 
. Return of the Expenditure of the One thousand |“ at the time and place of holding the inquiry, the 
Vot. 93. 4D3 “ Sheriff, 




















Lord’s Day Bill, 


Apothecaries 
Act. 


Highway Rates 
Bill. 


Second Report 
on Rating of 
Tenements. 


No. 440. 


574 
“* Sheriff, Under-sheriff, Coroner or other person 
“ presiding thereat, shall, on the request of either 
of the parties to such inquiry, add to the list of 
such special jury the names of any bystanders 
qualified to act as jurymen for the said county, 
and all persons shall have their lawful challenges 
against the jurymen so added; and the said 
Sheriff, Under-sheriff, Coroner or other person, 
shall and may proceed in the said inquiry with 
the jurors so added, in like manner as he might 
have done if all the persons summoned to 
attend as jurymen on such inquiry had attended 
“ thereat.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Frederick Hodgson do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendment made by 
their Lordships. 


“ 
“ 


ne 
nn 


“ 


A Petition of Clergymen and Inhabitants of 
Tunstall, praying that the Lord’s Day Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Practitioners of Medicine in Ather- 
stone, praying for the amendment of the Apotheca- 
ries Act, by empowering magistrates to inflict a 
penalty on persons convicted before them of illegally 
prescribing medicine, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Rate-payers of the parish of Saint Leonard, Shore- 
ditch;—and, Edward Earles, of High-street, in the 
parish of Saint Leonard, Shoreditch, the Surveyor 
appointed by Public Vestry for the maintenance 
and repair of the common highways, praying that 
the Highway Rates Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
to consider of the payment of Rates to which the 
Occupiers of Small Tenements are now liable by 
law, Ste Power to report their opinion thereupon 
to the House. 

Mr. Robert Gordon reported from the said Select 
Committee ; and who were empowered to report the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them from 
time to time to the House; and to whom several 
Petitions upon the subject were referred ; That they 
had further considered the matters to them referred ;. 
and had come to several Resolutions, which they 
had directed him to report, together with the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them ; and the Resolu- 
tions of the Committee were read, and are as follow : 

1. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Com- 
mittee, That the Owners of Tenements not exceeding 
the annual value of Nine pounds, not under lease 
or agreement for more than Twelve months, be liable 
to the payment of the Poor-rates thereon, subject to 
certain conditions and limitations. 

2. Resolved, That no Parish or Township sup- 
porting its own Poor do come under the operation 
of the new law, unless the inhabitants in General 
Vestry assembled shall consent thereto by a majority 
of two thirds. 

3. Resolved, That when any Parish or Township 
has consented as aforesaid, the Guardians of the 
Union under the Poor Law Amendment Act, or 
under Gilbert’s Act, or under any local Act, in which 
such Parish shall be situated, shall fix the amount 
of allowance to be made to the Owners of such 
Tenements in such Parish or Township. 

4. Resolved, That such allowance shall not be 
less than Ten nor more than Fifty per cent. on the 
amount of the Rate. 

5. Resolved, That where neither the Poor Law 
Amendment Act, nor Gilbert’s Act, nor any local 





1° Junzz. 





A. 1838. 


Act shall be in operation, the Justices at Petty Ses- 
sions assembled shall fix the allowance as aforesaid. 
6. Resolved, That any Occupier of such Tene- 
ments as aforesaid shall, if he desire it, be rated 
for such Tenement, and on payment of such rate 
be entitled to any franchise or privilege dependent 
thereon. 

7. Resolved, That the Owners of Tenements as 
aforesaid, shall not be liable to pay such Poor-rate 
on Tenements, which have been unoccupied for Three 
consecutive months. 

8. Resolved, That a summary mode of recovering 
possession of such Tenements after the determina- 
tion of the Tenantcy thereof be provided. 

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


A Petition of Inhabitants of Ballyjamesduff, Education 
praying that the present system of National Educa- (Ieland.) 
tion in Ireland may not be persisted in, was pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Castle Poor Law 
Ward Union, in the county of Northumberland, Amenduent 
praying for the amendment of the Poor Law Act, so 
far as relates to the Bastardy Clauses, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Act. 


A Petition of Postmasters, and Stage Coach Pro- Post Horse, &amp;«., 
prietors and Innkeepers in Alnwick, praying for the Duties 
repeal of the Duties on Post Horses, Carriages let 

for hire, Stage Coachmen and Guards, was presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Clergy, Cotton Spinners, Manu- Sale of Beer 
facturers and Inhabitants of Ashton-wnder-Lyne, A*- 
Stalybridge, and Dukinfield;—and, Licensed Vic- 

tuallers of Ashton-under-Lyne, Stalybridge and 
Dukinfield; praying for the amendment of the Sale 

of Beer Act,—were presented, and read; and or- 

dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Watermen of the united parishes of steam Vessels 
Saint Margaret and Saint John the Evangelist, West- (Thames) Bill 
minster, praying that the Steam Vessels (Thames) 
Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands, was 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Robert Steuart presented, pursuant to Order, Silk Goods 
—An Account of all Silk Goods imported and en- Imported. 
tered for home consumption, from the 5th January 
1833 to 5th January 1838; viz. Velvets, plain or 
figured; Silks, plain or figured; Satins, plain or 
figured ; Ribbons, plain or figured; distinguishing 
the Countries from whence they came. 

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


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to flection 


consider the state of the law and practice in respect Petitions ” 
Sages: ; Pee 
to entering into Recognizances and payment of Costs Recognizar 
a r No. 441. 


in the matter of Election Petitions, and to report 
their observations thereupon to the House, have 
Power to report their opinion thereupon iy ood 
with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

Sir Robert Peel reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; That they had considered the matters to 
them referred ; and had come to several Resolutions, 
which they had directed him to report, together 
with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them; and the Resolutions of the Committee were 
read, and are as follow: 

1. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Com- 
mittee, That the Speaker should be empowered to 
appoint some person, to be called the Examining 
Officer, who, acting under his general superintend- 











ence, 





1 VicroriZ. 


relating to the sufficiency of Sureties in the case of 
Election Petitions. 

2. Resolved, That in case of the illness or unavoid- 
able absence of the Examining Officer, the Speaker 
should be empowered to make temporary provision 
for the discharge of his duties. 


3. Resolved, That the Examining Officer should 
have the Power of taking evidence on oath in re- 
spect to the matters on which it is his province to 
decide. 

4. Resolved, That he should have Power to adjourn 
his proceedings from day to day. 


5. Resolved, That previous to the presentation of 
any Election Petition to the House, a Recognizance 
shall have been entered into by the Petitioners, or 
one of them, to the amount of One thousand pounds, 
with two sureties in Five hundred pounds, or four 
sureties in Two hundred and fifty pounds each. 


6. Resolved, That such Recognizance shall be en- 
tered into either before the Examining Officer, or 
before a Justice of the Peace. 

7. Resolved, That each rea shall swear to his 
sufficiency by an Affidavit, in a form to be prescribed 
by law, to be taken and witnessed, as in the case of 
of the Recognizance. 

8. Resolved, That before a Petition be presented 
to the House, it shall be certified at the foot thereof, 
by the Examining Officer, that the Recognizance 
and Affidavits have been received by him duly per- 
fected. 

9. Resolved, That it shall be allowed to the 
Sitting Member petitioned against, or to Electors 

etitioning, and admitted Parties to defend the 

lection, to inspect such Recognizance and Affida- 
vits, and to object to the Sureties on the ground of 
insufficiency, or that a Surety cannot be found or 
ascertained from the want of sufficient description, 
or that the persons named in the Recognizance have 
not acknowledged the same. 

10. Resolved, That such objection shall be made 
within Ten days from the presentation of such 
Petition; that the ground of objection shall be 
stated in writing, and an Affidavit in support thereof, 
to be sworn before the Examining Officer, or a Jus- 
tice of the Peace, shall be deposited with the Exa- 
mining Officer. ne 

11. Resolved, That copies of such objections and 
Affidavit be furnished by the Examining Officer to 
the Petitioners or their Agent upon their appli- 
cation. 

12. Resolved, That on notice of such objection 
being lodged with the Examining Officer, he shall 
notify the receipt of it by affixing in some conspicu- 
ous part of his office an acknowledgment of the 
same, and shall appoint a day, not exceeding Eight 
days from the date of the notice, to hear and deter- 
mine on such objection ; that no objections in re- 
spect to the sufficiency of Sureties shall be enter- 
tained by the oe Officer, unless previous 
notice of the same shall have been given, as above 
required. 

13. Resolved, That the decision of the Examining 
Officer shall be final between the Parties. 

14. Resolved, That in case the Examining Officer 
should decide against the sufficiency of any Surety, 
the Speaker shall report the same to the House, and 
the Order for taking such Petition into consideration 
shall be discharged. 

15. Resolved, That it should be permitted to a 
Petitioner, on entering into his Recognizances, and 
previously to the presentation of the Petition, instead 
of finding Sureties to the amount of One thousand 
pounds, to deposit a sum to the like amount in the 
Bank of England, on the joint account of some 
person subscribing the Petition and some other 
person to be named by the Speaker, as trustees for 
securing the payment of costs, expenses and fees, 
which may be adjudged to be payable. 

VoL. 93. 


1° Junie. 


ence, shall have authority to decide upon all matters | 








575 


16. Resolved, That in like manner, instead of pro- 
viding two Sureties of Five hundred pounds each, or 
four Sureties of Two hundred and fifty pounds each, 
it shall be permitted to a Petitioner to lodge either 
Two hundred and fifty pounds, Five hundred pounds 
or Seven hundred and fifty pounds in the Bank of 
England ; and he shall be required, in that case, to 
find Surety only for the difference between any ot 
the sums above mentioned and the sum of One 
thousand pounds. 

17. Resolved, That it shall be competent to the 
Party petitioning, at any time after the presentation 
of the Petition, to withdraw the same, upon giving 
formal notice to the Sitting Member or his Agent 
that it is not his intention to proceed with the Peti- 
tion, the Party petitioning being in that case liable 
to the payment of such taxed costs and expenses 
as may have been incurred by the Sitting Member. 

18. Resolved, That al] costs and expenses to 
Witnesses and to Parties, and all costs payable in 
the case of an Election Petition being found frivolous 
and vexatious, shall be taxed by the Examining Of- 
ficer, according to such general rules and scales of 
of allowance as he may establish under the authority 
of the Speaker. 

Ordered, That the Report do die upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s Prisons. 
command,—Third Report of the Inspectors ap- 
pointed under the provisions of the Act 5 and 
6 Will. 4, c. 38, to visit the different Prisons of 
Great Britain. 

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


Lord Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her Slave Trade. 
— command,—Copy of a Convention be- 
tween Her Majesty, the King of the French, and 
the King of the two Sicilies, for the more effectual 
Suppression of the Slave Trade, signed at Naples, 
February 14, 1838. 

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


Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of Adjournment, 
the House this day, adjourn till Wednesday next. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell Message from 

and Mr. Farrer: the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for building a Bridge Boughrooa 
over the River Wye, at a Place called Boughrood Bridge Bill. 
Ferry, in the Counties of Brecon and Radnor, and 
for making convenient Approaches thereto : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for repairing, maintain- Towcester and 
ing and improving the Road leading from Towcester Hardingston 
to the Turnpike Road in Cotton End, in the Parish Road Bill. 
of Hardingston, in the County of Northampton : 

A Bill, mtituled, An Act for repairing and main- Aylesbury 
taining the Road from Aylesbury to Thame, and the and Thame 
Roads from Thame to Ozford, rea» Pose- Bonds Bil. 
comb and Bicester, in the Counties of Buckingham 
and Oxford: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for establishing a General Gravesend 
Cemetery in the Parish of Gravesend, in the County Cemetery Bill. 
of Kent: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Fishguard 
Act to alter and amend an Act passed in the last Harbou Bill. 
Session of Parliament, intituled, An Act for improv- 
ing the Harbour and Port of Fishguard, otherwise 
Abergwain, in the County of Pembroke, with Amend- 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Bristol and 
Act for making several Branches in the County of Breter Railway 
Somerset from the Line of the Bristol and Exeter ®" 
Railway, and for amending the Act relating to such 
&gt; 4p4 Railway, 








The Lords 
have passed 
Macclesfield 
School Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Schools 
&lt;Scotland) Bill, 


Waterloo 
Annuities Bill. 


Dean Forest 
Mines Bill. 


No, 438, 


576 


Railway, with Amendments ; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House : 
And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to 
enable the Governors of the Possessions, Revenues 
and Goods of the Free Grammar School of King Ed- 
ward the Sixth, in Macclesfield, in the County of 
Chester, to establish a second School, to be called 
“The Modern Free School in Macelesfield, in the 
County of Chester,” and for other purposes; to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 
And then the Messengers withdrew. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Municipal Corporations 
( Ireland) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Crausss, N° 1 to N° 5, postponed. 


Cravse, N° 6 (Occupiers of houses and shops, 
of the value of in boroughs named in 
Schedule (A.), and of the value of 
in boroughs named in Schedules (B.) and (C.), en- 
titled to be Burgesses) read, 

P. 4. 1,24. Amendment made, by inserting after 
the word “ owners” the following words, “ and 
“ shall in respect of the same premises, be assessed 
“ under any Act which may be passed in the pre- 
“ sent Session of Parliament for the Relief of the 
“ Destitute Poor of Jreland, to a rate of :” 

After the words “ rate of,” proposed to add the 
words “ Ten pounds.” 

Question put, That the words “ Ten pounds ” 





be added ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the { Sir George Clerk, Vag 
Yeas, L Mr. Shaw: if ; 


Tellers for the ( Mr. Robert Steuart, 7 137. | 
Noes, \ Mr. Edward John Stanley :§ °°" 


Amendment proposed: To insert “ Five pounds” 
~—agreed to. 


Several Amendments made. 

Criausr, N° 6, as amended, agreed to. 
Crausx, N° 7, amended, and agreed to. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made further 
rogress in the Bill; and that he was directed tomove, 
That the Committee may have leave to sit again. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Schools (Scotland) Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Robert Gordon reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Wed- 
nesday next. 


The Waterloo Annuities Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time ; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Dean Forest 
Mines Bill :—The Bill was re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House; and the House imme- 
diately resolved itself into the said Committee ; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


1° Juniz. 





A. 1838. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Dean Forest 
further consideration the Report on the Dean Forest Encroachments 
Encroachments Bill ; Bill. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Registration 
reading of the Registration of Voters (Ireland) (reload) 
(No. 1.) Bill; (No. 1.) Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Registration 
reading of the Registration of Voters (Ireland) of Voters 
(No. 2.) Bill ; gg 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon’ 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second factories 
reading of the Factories Regulation Bill ; Regulation Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday, the 22d day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Glass Duties 
further consideration the Report on the Glass Duties i". 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday the 15th day of this instant 
June. 


The Prisons Bill was, according to Order, read a Prisons Bul, 
second time; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House, for Friday next. 


The Juvenile Offenders Bill was, according to Juvenile 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Oifenders Bill, 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Sea Coast 
mittee on the Sea Coast Fisheries (Zreland) Bill; —_ Fisheries . 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday ('¢!8"¢) Bi 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Loan Societies 
mittee on the Loan Societies (Jreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill, 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-Prisous 
mittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill; (Scotland) Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Courts of _ 
further consideration the Report on the Courts of tran too 
Justice Buildings (Scotland) Bill ; — 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- China Cows 
mittee on the China Courts Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


TheOrder of the day being read, for the second Parliamentary 
reading of the Parliamentary Burghs (Scotland) Buels yi 
Bill : (Scotlan ) Ie 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Royal Barghs 
reading of the Royal Burghs (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) Bi? 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Personal 
into further consideration the Report on the Personal ome ee Bill. 
Diligence (Scotland) Bill; and the Amendments were ¢ 
read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Friday next. 











The 


Adv 
(Se 


Su 


— 





1 Vicrorr2. 
The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 


Advocations 
(Scotland) Bill. into further consideration the Report on the Advo- 
cations (Scotland) Bill; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Friday 
next. 


Registration of The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Electors Bill. mittee on the Registration of Electors Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Sale of Bread Mr. Beamish reported the Sale of Bread (Ireland) 
(Ireland) Bill. Bill ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 

the 11th day of this instant June. 


Steam Vessels 


(Thames) Bill The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee on the Steam Vessels ( Thames) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Slave Vessels 
Captured Biil. 


No. 442. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Slave Vessels Captured 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr.Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Wednesday next ; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ways and 
Means, 


Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of 7 ly ; 
Resolved, bet this House will, upon Wednesday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Clergy Resi- 


dens (Ho. 2) The Clergy Residences (No. 2.) Bill was, accord- 

Bill. “ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for Friday 
next. 


Ordered, That all Railway Bills, the Reports on 
which might, according to the Standing Orders of 
the House, stand for further consideration on Tues- 
day next, in case the House were then sitting, shall, 
in consequence of the adjournment to Wednesday, 
stand for consideration on Thursday next. 


Railway Bills, 


New Zealand 


a A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
ul, 


osed, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for the 
Provisiateal Government of British Settlements in 
the Islands of New Zealand ; 

Lord John Russell, by Her Majesty’s command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject matter of this Motion, 
gives Her consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

And the Question being put ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Francis Baring, ta 4 

Yeas, Mr. Villiers : | haan 

Tellers for the { Sir Robert Harry Inglis, \ es 

Noes, L Colonel Wood : : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—And that 
Mr. Francis Baring and Sir George Sinclair do 
prepare, and bring in the Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Letters and other Documenrits addressed 
to the Poor Law Commissioners or their Secretary, 

Von. 93. 


Poor Law 

Amendment 

Act (Holborn 
Juion.) 


1° June. 





577 


with the Replies thereto, respecting the last Election 
of Guardians for the Holborn Union. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Innkeepers. 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill, for the more 
effectual Protection of Innkeepers :—It*passed in 
the Negative. 


Mr. Francis Baring presented a Bill for the Pro- New Zealand 
visional Government of British Settlements in the Bill. 
Islands of New Zealand: And the same was read No. 443. 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time, 
upon Wednesday the 20th day of this instant June ; 
and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Court of Chancery (Zreland) Court of 
Bill be read a second time upon Wednesday the ireland) Bill 
20th day of this instant June. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, International 
resolve itself into a Committee upon the Interna- Copyright Bill. 
tional Copyright Bill. 


Ordered, That the Sheriffs’ Courts (England) Bill Sheriffs’ Courts 
be read the third time upon Wednesday next. (England) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Suitors’ Money Bill be read Suitors’ Money 
the third time upon Wednesday next. Bill. 


The Order for guar third time the Kingstown Kingstown and 

and Dublin Port and Harbour Bill, was read, and Dublin Port 

discharged , j = Harbour 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. - 


The House was moved, That the Act of the Par- Kingstown 
liament of Ireland, 26 Geo. 3, c.19, for promoting ~Ptiag A 
the Trade of Dublin, by rendering its Port and© 
Harbour more commodious, might be read ; and the 
same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 6 &amp; 7 
Will. 4, c. 117, to amend several Acts relating to 
the Harbour of Kingstown, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
to make further Provisions, and to amend the Acts 
relating to the Harbour of Kingstown and the Port 
and Harbour of Dublin: And that Lord Viscount 
Morpeth and Mr. Attorney-General for Jreland do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Vestries in Churches Bill be Vestries in 
read a second time upon Wednesday next. Churches Bill, 


Ordered, That the Soe Penalties Bill be Turpentine 
read a second time upon Thursday next. Penalties Bill. 


Ordered, That the Nottingham Fields Inclosure Nottingham 
Bill be read a second time upon Wednesday next. fii. pin 
Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- Grand Jury 
solve itself into a Committee upon the Grand Jury py em) 

Cess (Dublin) Bill:—The House accordingly re-" ,° ~ 
solved itself into the Committee; and, after some ® 44°- 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; 
and Mr. Edward John Stanley reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Stanley reported the Bill accordingly; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Thursday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


Parry’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; and Parry’s _ 
committed to Mr. Maclean and the Ozford List. Estate Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Ramsgate 
a Return of the Sums collected under the Act of Pavins- 
the 25th Geo. 3, intituled, “ An Act for better paving, 
4E &amp;e. 














578 


&amp;c. the Town of Ramsgate,” and an Act of the 36th 
Geo. 3, intituled, “ An Act to enlarge the Powers of 
an Act, &amp;c., for better paving the said Town of Rams- 
gate,” on account of the Duty —- by such 
Acts respectively on Coals, Coke or Cinders, in each 
year, from the passing of the said Acts respectively, 
up to the 31st December last ; and a Return of the 
Sums levied in each year, by Rents and Tolls, under 
the said Acts, during the aforesaid period ; and also 
of the Amount levied in each year by Rates, Assess- 
ments, or any other impositions under the same 
Acts; and also, a Return of the Expenditure out 
of such Duties, Rents, Tolls, Rates, Assessments 
and other impositions, m each year during the afore- 
said periods, stating the particular heads of Ex- 
penditure:— and, a further Return of all Sums 
borrowed or raised by way of Loan, on Mortgage 
or Annuity, under the powers of the said Acts, during 
the aforesaid periods, and of all Sums repaid in 
respect of such Loans, and of the Debts and An- 
nuities still outstanding, with the periods at which 
the same are payable, and the rate of Interest pay- 
able in respect thereof, and the names of the parties 
to whom the same are due. 


Kingstown Lord Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill to make 
- neem A further Provisions, and to amend the Acts relating 
arbour Dill. 


: to the Harbour of Kingstown and the Port and 
No. 444. Harbour of Dublin: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Thursday next ; and to be printed. 


Linen The House was moved, That the Act 5 and 6 
Manufactures Will. 4, c. 27, to continue and amend certain Re- 
(Ireland) Bille culations for the Linen and Hempen Manufactures 
in Ireland, might be read; and the same being 

read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring im a Bill 
to continue the said Act: And that Lord Viscount 
Morpeth and Mr. Curry do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Manor 


Manor Courts 


(Ireland.) Courts (Ireland) have leave to sit To-morrow, not- 

withstanding the adjournment of the House. 
Macclesfield The Macclesfield School Bill was read the first 
School Bil time; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Patterns and The Order for reading a second time, upon Wed- 

Inventions Bill. nesday next, the Patterns and Inventions Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 

upon Wednesday, the 13th day of this instant June. 


Education Ordered, That the Return relative to Education 
(lreland.)  (Zreland), which was presented upon Monday last, 
No. 446. be printed. 


Ordered, That the Report of the Commissioners 


‘ireland. of Education in Ireland for the year 1837-8, which 
No. 447. Was presented upon Monday last, be printed. 

Wicome Ordered, That the Return relative to Yeomanry 

Corps. 7 Corps, which was presented upon Monday last, be 
No. 448, printed. 

Gite of Ordered, That the Return relative to Orders of 

Affiliation. Affiliation, which was presented upon Monday last, 
No.449, _ be printed. 

Common Law _ Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Common 

Courts, Law Courts, which was laid upon the Table upon 


No. 450. 


Tuesday last, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Wednesday 
next. 






1°—6° Juniz. 


A. 1838. 


Mercurii, 6° die Juni; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Wheatley, from the Court of Common Law Courts, 
Pleas, was called in; and at the bar presented, Westminster. 
—Further Return to an Order, dated the 24th day 

of May last, fora Return of the Number of Causes 

tried in the Superior Courts at Westminster, in one 

year, ending Hilary Term and Sittings 1838 ; show- 

ing the Number of Verdicts under £.20; the Num- 

ber from £.20 to £.50; the Number above £.50; 

and the Number of Verdicts subject to Arbitration, 

so far as relates to the Court of Common Pleas :— 

And then he withdrew. 

. a That the said Return do lie upon the 

able. 


An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the Pa- Gazeley 
rish of Gazeley, in the County of Suffolk, was read losure Bill 
the third time; and an Amendment was made to 
the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Colonel Rushbrooke do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Sir John Hobhouse, from the Select Committee —— 
appointed to try and determine the merits of the “°"™ 
Petition of William Fish and others, Electors, com- 
plaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Maidstone, informed the House, That 
the Committee had determined, 

That John Minet Fector, Esquire, is not duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the Borough of Maidstone: 

That the last Election for the said Borough is a 
void Election : 

That the Petition of William Fish, and others, 
Electors, did not appear to the Committee to be 
frivolous or vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did not ap- 
pear to the med to be frivolous or vexatious : 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Maidstone 
to the Clerk of the Crown, tomake out a new Writ "" 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament, for the Borough of Maidstone, in the 
room of John Minet Fector, Esquire, whose Election 
has been determined to be void. 


The Birmingham and Derby Railway Bill was Birmingham 
read a second time; and committed to Sir Eardley tat 
Wilmot and the Warwick List. F 


An ingrossed Bill to amend and enlarge the Southampton 
powers and provisions of an Act of the second Pir Bill 
year of King William the Fourth, for erecting and 
maintaining a Pier and other Works for landing 
and embarking Passengers in the Port of South- 
ampton, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Billdo pass : And that the Title 
be, An Act to amend and enlarge the powers and 
provisions of An Act passed in the first and second 
years of the reign of King William the Fourth, for 
erecting and maintaining a Pier and other Works for 
landing and embarking Passengers in the Port of 
the Town of Southampton. 

Ordered, That Mr. Dottin do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the Curbridge 
the County of Oxford, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Dottin do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the Blackheath, 








Blackheath, &amp;c., Small Debts Bill, to . ba eh = | 


Township of Curbridge, in the Parish of Witney, in Inclosure Bill 








Ro 
Re 
Bil 


— 


thant Pou toed tet 





1 Vicroriz. 


Report be enlarged till Friday the 22d day of this 
instant June. 


Royal Exchange 
Re-building 
Bill, 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Royal Exchange Re-building 
Bill, which upon Friday last, was made from the 
Select Committee on Standing Orders relative to 
Private Bills, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for improving the Site of the Royal Exchange, in 
the City of London, and the Avenues adjoining 
thereto: And that Sir Matthew Wood and Mr. Craw- 
ford do prepare, and bring it in. 


Macclesfield 


The Macclesfield School Bill was read a second 
School Bill. 


time; and committed to Mr. Grimsditch and the 
Chester List. 


Sir George Strickland reported from the Commit- 
tee onthe Wortley, Armley and Bramley Road Bill; 
and to whom several Petitions against the said Bill 
were referred; That the Resolution of the House of 
the 7th day of March last, permitting the Parties to 
proceed on abandoning such parts of the Bill as 
enables them to widen the existing Roads, had been 
complied with; and that the Committee had heard 
counsel in support of four of the said Petitions, and 
had considered the other Petitions; and had also 
heard counsel in favour of the Bill; and had exa- 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Wortley, 
Armley and 
Bramley Road 
Bill. 


Barnsley 
Small Debts 
Bill. 


Sir George Strickland, by Order, reported from 
the Committee on the Barnsley Small Debts Bill ; 
and to whom a Petition against the said Bill was 
referred; That no person appeared in support of the 
said Petition; and that the Committee had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to 
be true ; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


South Holland Sir George Strickland, by Order, reported from 
Drainage Bill. the Committee on the South Holland Drainage Bill; 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto ; 

and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 
Kirkstall, The House proceeded to take into further con- 
en and sideration the Report which, upon the 29th day of 
— ieee May last, was made from the Committee on the 
Kirkstall, Ilkley and Shipley Road Bill; printed 
copies of the Bill having been delivered at the door 
upon Friday last; and the Amendmeuts were read, 
and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 
Hereford 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Hereford, praying 

Lageovement that the Hereford Improvement Bill may not pass 

; » Into a law as it now stands, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Hartlepool A Petition of Shareholders in the Hartlepool 
~saeag ge Dock and Railway Company, praying that they 


may be heard, by their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Hartlepool Railway and Dock 
Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition, 

Voz. 93. 


6° June. 














579 


A Petition of Clergy, Merchants, Bankers, Manu- Poor Law 
facturers and other Inhabitants of Leicester, deny- — 
ing the correctness of certain parts of the Evidence ™ 
given before the Select Committee on the Poor Law 
Amendment Act, by the Assistant Poor Law Com- 
missioners ; and praying that such modification and 
alteration may be made in the existing Poor Laws, 
as may render them consistent with justice and 
mercy, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Poor Law Amendment Act. 


Petitions from King’s Lynn ;—Fowey;—and, Me- Pilotage Bill. 
vagissey; praying that the Pilotage Bill may not 
pass into a law as it now stands,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Hop-growers resident in the county Hops. 
of Nottingham, praying for the repeal of the duty 
upon Hops, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition recommending the improvement of the Orfordness 


| Harbour of Orfordness, was offered to be presented : Harbour. 


But it appearing that such object could not be 
carried into effect without a grant of public money ; 
and Her Majesty’s Recommendation not having 
been signified thereto :—The said Petition was not 
received. 


Petitions from Glanmire ;—Brinny ;—Lislee ;— Education 
Timoleague ;—Fermoy ; —Waterford ; — and, Erri- (eland.) 
gle; praying that the present system of National 
Education in Ireland may not . persisted in ;— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Lancaster ;—Leeds ;—Pill;—and, Postage. 
Bridqwater ; praying for the establishment of a low 
and uniform rate of Postage on Letters,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Postage. 


Petitions from Fowey ;— Charter-house Hinton ; Negro Apprev- 
—and, Forton; praying for the abolition of the ticeship- 
system of Negro Apprenticeship,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Mew-street, Paisley ;— the Fife Bible Printing 
Central Bible Society (President, Secretary and (Scotland.) 
Treasurer) ;—and, Saint Andrews (Preses and Clerk 
of the United Associate Congregation); praying the 
House to abolish the monopoly enjoyed by the 
Queen’s printers in Scotland, of printing Bibles, — 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Protestant Dissenters of the In- Church of 
dependent denomination, assembling at Potter Scotland. 
Newton, praying the House to refuse their sanction 
to any additional endowments to the Church of 
Scotland, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Reverend John Jordan, Curate Vestries in_ 
of Somerton, in the county and diocese of Oxford, Churches Bill, 
praying that the Vestries in Churches Bill may not 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Sligo ;—and, Wexford; praying Medical 
that the Medical Charities (Jreland) Bill may not Charities | 
: : (Ireland) Bill. 
pass into a law, as it now stands,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Board of Guar- Sale of Beer 
dians of the Clutton Union, in the county of Som- Act, 
erset, praying for the amendment of the Sale of Beer 
Act, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Baster, of Orange-street, Middlesex 
Bloomsbury Square, Middlesex, Miller, praying that County Court 
the Middlesex County Court Bill may not pass ®! 

4E2 into 








Lady 
Glenorchy’s 
Chapel Bill. 


Bennet’s 
Estate Bill. 


Ecclesiastical! 
Duties and 
Revenues Bill. 


John Nicholl 
Thom (alias 
William 

Courtenay. ) 


Sugar Refining 
Patent. 


Chaplains to 
the House. 


Slave Vessels 
Captured. 


580 6° Juniz. 


into a law as it now stands, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Committee on the Bill. 

A Petition of Vestrymen of the parish of Saint 
Mary-le-bone, praying that they may be heard, by 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
said Bill, was also presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit ; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Lady Glenorchy’s eee Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed to Mr. Pringle and the East 
Scotland List. 


Bennet’s Estate Bill was read a second time; and 
committed to Mr. Ward and the York List. 


A Petition of Councillors of the borough of Stock- 
ton, praying that the Ecclesiastical Duties and Re- 
venues Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands, 


was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Order or Commitment under which 
John Nicholl Thom, who assumed the name of Sir 
William Courtenay, was received into the Kent Lu- 
natic Asylum :—Of all applications made to the 
Secretary of State, praying for the discharge of 
John Nicholl Thom from the Kent Lunatic Asylum: 
—Of all communications between the Secretary of 
State and the Visitors or Superintendent of the 
Kent Lunatic Asylum, relating to the said John 
Nicholl Thom:— Of the Order or Instrument au- 
thorizing the discharge of John Nicholl Thom from 
the Kent Lunatic Asylum :—And, Copy or Extract 
of Letters from Dr. Poore to the Secretary of State, 
respecting the conduct of John Nicholl Thom, and 
the measures taken by the Magistrates thereupon, 
in May and June 1838. 

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


A Petition of Charles Terry, of Shoe-lane, in the 
City of London, Merchant, and William Parker, of 
New Gravel-lane, Shadwell, in the county of Mid- 
dlesex, Merchant, for leave to bring in a Bill for the 
formation of a Company, to be called “‘ The Colonial 
Patent Sugar Company,” for the purpose of pur- 
chasing the Patent granted to the Petitioners, for 
their invention of Improvements in making and 
refining of Sugar, was presented, and read ; and re- 
ferred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Lord John Russell reported to the House, That 
their Address of Thursday last, relative to the late 
Chaplains to this House, had been presented to Her 
Majesty, and that Her Majesty had been pleased 
to receive the same very graciously and to give the 
following answer ; 

“ Her Majesty has received the Address of this 
House, praying Her Majesty to confer Dignities 
in the Church upon the Reverend Frederick Ver- 
non Lockwood, Edward Repton, and Temple Frere, 
late Chaplains to this House; and Her Majesty 
will take into Her consideration in what manner 
the wishes of Her faithful Commons can be carried 
into effect.” 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all Slave Vessels captured under 








A. 1838. 


the late Spanish Treaty, by Her Majesty’s ships of 
war, since the 15th day of November 1835, distin- 
guishing whether Slaves on board or not, to the 
latest date for which the same can be prepared 
and stating the name of the Ship by which each 
vessel was captured. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Waterloo Fund, 


Copy of the application of the Trustees of the 
Waterloo Fund to the Commissioners of the Na- 
tional Debt for the transfer of the Waterloo Annui- 
ties :—And, a Statement of the distribution and 
management of the Waterloo Fund. 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer accordingly 
presented the said Papers. 
. — That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


cester, and who had, and hereby claim to have had 
a right to vote at the last Election of a Member to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said City, 
was Pet in, and read ; setting forth, That at 
the last Election of a Member to serve in Parlia- 








ment for the said City of Gloucester, Henry Thomas 
Hope and Edward Webb, Esquires, were Candidates 
to represent the said City in Paclinnenat ; that a poll 
being demanded at such Election, was proceeded 
in and taken by James Maurice Shipton, who, at 
the time of such Election, was the Sheriff and Re- 
turning Officer of and for the said City, after which 
the said Henry Thomas Hope was by the said 
Returning Officer declared duly elected, and was by 
him returned as a Member to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said City ; that gross, notorious, 
and extensive bribery and corruption, by means 
of bribes, gifts, rewards, entertainments, promises, 
corrupt solicitations, threats, intimidation, undue 
influence, and other illegal and unconstitutional 
practices, were pursued and carried on before, down 
to, and at and during the said Election, by the said 
Henry Thomas Hope, and by divers persons desi- 
rous of procuring the Election and Return of him, 
the said Henry Thomas Hope, and the Election and 
Return of the said Henry Thomas Hope were pro- 
cured and brought about by the said bribery and 
corruption, and other illegal and unconstitutional 
practices hereinbefore mentioned, in direct defiance 
of the Law of Parliament and of this Realm, in 
contempt of the House, and in manifest violation of 
the rights and privileges, not only of the Petitioners 
and the other Bocas of the said City of Gloucester, 
but of the great body of Electors throughout the 
Kingdom ; that before, and at and during the said 
Election, the said Henry Thomas Hope was, by him- 
self, and by his agents, friends, and managers, guilty 
of divers acts of bribery and corruption, in order to 
corrupt and procure, and did by himself and by his 
agents, friends, managers, and other persons em- 
ployed in his behalf, by gifts, presents, money, re- 
wards, and promises, agreements and securities for 
money, gifts, and rewards, and by threats, intimida- 


and illegal practices, acts, and means, corrupt and 
procure persons having or claiming to have a right 
to vote at such Election to give their votes in favour 
of the said Henry Thomas Bas, and to forbear to 
give their votes in favour of the said Edward Webb ; 
that the said Henry Thomas Hope, by the said cor- 
rupt and illegal practices, became and was, and is 
wholly disabled and incapacitated and ineligible to 
serve in this present Parliament for the said City of 
Gloucester, and the Return of the said Henry Tho- 
mas Hope was and is wholly null and void, whereas 
Edward Webb was duly elected, and ought to have 
been returned ; and praying the House to take the 





premises 


A Petition of the Persons whose names are there- Gloucester City 
unto subscribed, being Electors of the City of Glou- Election. 


tion, promises, undue influence, and other corrupt . 


Woodst 
Electio’ 


Mun 
Corp 
(Irel 


Cou 
Bill 


Woodstock 
Hlection. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill, 


No. 451. 


County Rates 
Bill, 





1 VicTroriZ. - 


premises into their consideration, and declare that the 
said Edward Webb is duly elected and ought to have 
been returned to serve in the present Parliament for 
the said City, and that the said Henry Thomas 
Hope is not duly elected, and will cause the Return 
to be amended, by erasing the name of the said 
Henry Thomas Hope, and inserting that of the said 
Edward Webb, or that the House will afford to the 
Petitioners such other relief in the premises as to 
the House shall seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 3d day of July 
next, at three of the clock in the Afternoon. 

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


A Petition of William Grane, Agent for the Marquis 
of Blandford, the Sitting Member, for the Borough 
of Woodstock, stating the circumstances under which 
the Lists of Voters intended to be objected to by 
the Sitting Member had not been deposited in the 
Office of the Clerk of the House of Commons, ac- 
cording to the provisions of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 22, 
s. 14; and praying the House to postpone the day 
for the consideration of the Petition complaining of 
an undue Election and Return for the Borough of 
Woodstock, or to grant such other relief as to the 
House may seem meet, was presented, and read. 

And the House being informed, that Mr. Grane 
attended at the door, he was called in ; and at the bar 
examined in relation to the subject-matter of his 
Petition :—And then he was directed to withdraw. 

Then several other persons were called in; and 
at the bar examined in relation to the said matter: 
—And then they were directed to withdraw. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the Order of the day for taking into 
consideration, To-morrow, the Petition complaining 
of an undue Election and Return for the Borough 
of Woodstock, be discharged ; 

And the House being informed, that no objection 
would be taken on the part of the Petitioner in 

oint of form, in respect of the time when the said 
List of Voters was deposited:—The said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Municipal Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill :—And the Bill was re-commited to a 
Committee of the whole House :—And the House 
immediately resolved itself into the said Committee ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next ; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


The Order of the day 8, i for the second 
reading of the County Rates Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

he Amendments following were proposed to be 

made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hume, 


} 37. 


Yeas, Mr. Villiers: 
Tellers for the f Colonel Sibthorp, } 105 
Noes. \Lord Viscount Degen : ; 
So it passed in the Negative. 


Vo. 93. 


6° Juniz. 





581 


And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day six months” be added at the end of 
the Question : —It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day six months. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Election _ 
a Committee upon the Election Expenses Bill. Expenses Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Bill hg read a sqeond time, paragraph by para- 
graph ; 

: a Motion made, and Question put, That 
the Chairman do now leave the Chair ; 

The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the f Colonel Sibthorp, 1 71 
Yeas, L Sir Edward Knatchbull: J °° 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Hume, at 43 
Noes, Mr. Jervis : er 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Copyright Bill. 
into a Committee upon the Copyright Bill; and, No, 461. 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Hawes reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Hawes reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday, the 20th day of 
this instant June; and the Bill, as amended, to be 
printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Lord’sDay Bill. 
into a Committee upon the Lord’s Day Bill; and, Wo, 454, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resume 
the Chair; and Sir George Sinclair reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, ‘That the Report be now received. 

Sir George Sinclair reported the Bill accordingly; 
and the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday, the 20th day of 
this instant June; and the Bill, as amended, to be 
printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Charity 
mittee on the Charity Commissioners (Ireland) Bill ; Commissioners 

Resolved, That this House will, upon this day (‘eland) Bill. 
three months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Medical 
further consideration the Report on the Medical Charities 
Charities (Ireland) Bill ; — 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Married 
reading of the Married Women’s Bill ; Women’s Bill, 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word “ now”’. 
stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Lynch, le 
Yeas, LMr. Beamish : iit 
Tellers for the {Sir Edward Sugden, l se 
Noes, Sir Robert Harry Inglis: J °°" 


So it passed in the Negative. 


4E3 And 








582 


And the Question being put, That the words | 
“ upon this day three months ” be added at the end 
of the Question:—It was resolved in the Affir- 
mative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 
High Sheriffs The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
a=. mittee on the High Sheriffs Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr.Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed #0 be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ this House will, upon this day three months, 
“ resolve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
osed to be left out, stand part of the Question :— 
t passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“* this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” be added 
instead thereof :—It was resolved in the Affirm- 
ative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
three months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Sheriffs The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill. mitee on the Sheriffs (Ireland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday, 
the 20th day of this instant June, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


Bribery at 


Elections Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee on the Bribery at Elections Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Schools = == The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
(Scotland) Bill. 4h. Report on the Schools (Scotland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Friday 
next. 


Waterloo 
Annuities Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Waterloo Annuities Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Slave Vessels § The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Captured Bill. further consideration the Report on the Slave Vessels 
Captured Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee of Supply ; ; ' 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Sheriffs Courts | The Order of the day being read, for the third 
(England) Bill. reading of the Sheriff Courts (England) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

upon Wednesday, the 20th day of this instant June. 


Suitors’ Money 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
1 


Bill. reading of the Suitors’ Money Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 
Vestries in The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Churches Bill. reading of the Vestries in Churches Bill ;_ 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


6°—7° Junie. 





A. 1838. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Turpentine 
the Turpentine Penalties Bill, was read, and dis- Penalties Bill, 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday, the 20th day of this instant June. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented British Guiana 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased &amp;c. ; 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of Papers relating to the state of the 
Hospital on Plantation Bulthyock, in the Colony of 
British Guiana, and to certain Legal Proceedings 
connected therewith, as contained in the “ Govern- 
ment Notices” inserted in the “ Royal Gazette,” 
under date March 20, 1838; also, of the Names of 
the Justices constituting the Court before which 
such Proceedings were heard :—Of Correspondence 
between the Missionaries in the Colony of British 
Guiana, or any of them, and the late Sir James 
Carmichael Smyth as Governor, on the subject of 
any restrictions imposed upon the said Missionaries, 
or any of them, as to the exercise of his or their 
religious duties :—Of any Petition, Memorial, Letter 
or Application from Planters in British Guiana, or 
any party connected therewith, for permission to 
resuine the use of the whip as a stimulus to labour 
in that Colony :—Of Despatches from the late Go- 
vernor, or the Acting Governor, of British Guiana, 
relative to the rejection of certain Bills presented to 
the Court of Policy by the late Governor, Sir James 
Carmichael Smyth, and the Attorney General, and 
the Message of the Governor to the said Court of 
Policy thereupon :—Of Despatches from the Mau- 
ritius, in answer to the Despatch of Lord Glenelg, 
dated 5th August 1835, on the subject of the imme- 
diate Emancipation of 2,000 Negroes unjustly and 
illegally detained as Apprentices subsequently to 
August 1, 1834; and, the Correspondence connected 
therewith :—And, Copy of any Order in Council or 
Correspondence relative to the allowance of Food 
to apprenticed Negroes in the Island of Trinidad, 
or the restriction of labour in certain cases as regards 
Females, since August 1834. 

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


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Jovis, 7° die Junii ; 


Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1838. 





PRAYERS. 


8 ts hour appointed for taking into considera- Woodstock 
tion the Petition of Henry John Spencer —— 
Churchill, commonly called Lord John Spencer “'°™ 
Churchill, complaining of an undue Election and 
Return for the Borough of Woodstock, being come ; 

Mr. Speaker took the Chair. 

The Serjeant-at-Arms was sent with the Mace to 
the places adjacent, to require the attendance of the 
Members on the business of the House; and being 
returned ; 

A Member was sworn. 

Then the House was counted by Mr. Speaker ; 
and three hundred and one Members being present ; 

The several Parties, their counsel and agents, 
were called in. 


And the door being locked ; 

The Order of the day for taking the said Petition 
into consideration, was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn, and 
read, in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was 
completed:—And Lists of the said names were de- 
livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the said 
Committee ; and then the door was opened, and the 
Parties, their counsel and agents, withdrew. 





An 













Saint I 
Hospit 


Westn 
Electi 



















Im 














Saint Luke’s 
Hospital Bill. 


Westmeath 
Election. 


Ramsgate 
Improvement 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


1 Vieroriz. 


An ingrossed Bill to incorporate the Gover- 
nors and Subscribers to Saint Luke’s Hospital for 
Lunatics, and for better enabling them to carry on 
their Charitable Designs, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Captain Alsager do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Robert Palmer, from the Select Committee 
appointed to try and determine the merits of the 
Petition of John Faunt, and others, Electors of the 
County of Westmeath, complaining of an undue 
Election and Return for the said County, informed 
the House, 


That one of the Parties before the Committee 
having applied for a Commission, under the provi- 
sions of an Act passed in the 42d year of King 
George the Third for regulating the Trials of Con- 
troverted Elections, or Returns of Members to serve 
in the United Parliament for Jreland, and it having 
appeared to the Committee, from the nature of the 
case and the number of witnesses to be examined 
relative to the allegations in the said Petition, that 
the same cannot be effectually inquired into before 
the said Committee, without great expense and in- 
convenience to the Parties, the Committee have 
thought it necessary to order, and they have accord- 
ingly made an Order for the nomination and appoint- 
ment of Commissioners to examine Evidence in 
Ireland, respecting certain facts, allegations, matters 
and things referred to the said Commissioners, and 
specially assigned and limited in the said Order : 


That the Parties interested in the said Commis- 
sion have nominated two Barristers, and that the 
Committee have appointed a third Barrister as 
Chairman, qualified according to the — of 
the said Act, and that the said three Barristers, so 
agreed upon, and consenting to act by virtue of the 
said Act, became and are Commissioners for the 
execution of the said Order. 


That the Chairman of the said Committee has 
issued a Warrant, under his hand and seal, directed 
to each of the Commissioners so appointed as afore- 
said, commanding them and each of them, under 
the penalty of five hundred pounds, to repair to the 
Town of Mullingar, in the said County of West- 
meath, on Wednesday the twenty-seventh day of 
June instant, and has addressed to the Chairman of 
the said Commission a true Copy of the Petition re- 
ferred to the Committee, and of the statements and 
lists of the Parties delivered to the Committee, to- 
gether with a true Copy of the Order made by the 
Committee as aforesaid. 


That the Committee have gone through that part 
of the said Petition relative to the proof of the Poll, 
and that they have gone through all the other parts 
of the said Petition, except what have been spe- 
cially referred to the Commissioners in Jreland 
herein mentioned ; and they humbly ask permission 
of the House to adjourn, until such time as Mr. 
Speaker shall, by his Warrant, in manner directed 
by the said Act, direct the Committee to re- 
assemble. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to ad- 
journ, till such time as Mr. Speaker shall, by his 
Warrant, direct the Committee to re-assemble. 


Sir Edward Knatchbull reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Ramsgate Improvement. (No. 2.) Bill ; 
and to whom several Petitions against the said Bill 
were referred; That they had considered the said 
Petitions; and had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true ; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; 
and the Amendments made by the Committee to 
the Bill, as far as Clause (O.), being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Vor. 93. 


7° Juniz. 





583 


Clause (O.), the next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House doth agree with the 
Committee in the said Amendment:—lIt passed in 
the Negative. 

Then the subsequent Amendments, being read 
a second time, were agreed to; and a Clause was 
added ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Bristol and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, ged Railway 


intituled, An Act for making several Branches in the 
County of Somerset, from the Line of the Bristol 
and Exeter Railway, and for amending the Act re- 
lating to such Railway; and the same were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 13. 1.17. Leave out from “ therefrom ” to 
“ and,” inl. 19. 

Pr. 14. 1.1. Leave out “ or agree,’ 
“ and pay.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 7. After “ hereby” insert “ revived 
“ and.” 


Pr. 15. 1. 23. Leave out from “ granted” to 
“and,” in Pr. 16.1. 15, and insert Clause (A.) 


CrauseE (A.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
in all cases of controversy between the said Com- 
pany and any person or persons, where by the said 
recited Act a jury is authorized or directed to be 
summoned, it shall be lawful for the said Com- 
pany, or for the person or persons with whom any 
such controversy shall arise, and they are hereby 
empowered, if they think proper so to do, to re- 
“ quire the Sheriff or Under-sheriff of the County 
in which such controversy is to be determined, to 
summon the party with whom such controversy 
shall arise, or the Company, to appear by himself 
or themselves, or by his or their Attorney, before 
“ the said Sheriff or Under-sheriff, at such conve- 
nient place and time as such Sheriff or Under- 
sheriff shall appoint, for the purpose of nominatin 
a special jury between the said parties, whic 
requisition to the said Sheriff or Under-sheriff, 
“« shall be served on such Sheriff or Under-sheriff 
a reasonable time before the time appointed for 
taking such inquiry, and such Sheriff or his 
“ Under-sheriff or Agent shall, and he is hereby 
required to give Three days’ notice of such time 
and place to each party, or his or their attorney or 
agent, and to produce or cause to be salient at 
the place and time so appointed, the Jurors’ Book, 
and the Special Jurors’ List, and the numbers 
written on parchment or card, as specified and 
directed in and by the statute made and passed 
“ in the Sixth year of the reign of His Majesty King 
“ George the Fourth, intituled ‘An Act for consoli- 
dating and amending the Laws relative to Jurors 

and Juries;’ and at the pres and time soappointed, 

“ the said Sheriff or his Under-sheriff, or some per- 
son duly appointed by them, or one of them, shall 
proceed to nominate or strike a special jury, in 
the manner specified and authorized by the last- 
mentioned Act, to be performed by the proper 
“ officers of Her Majesty’s Courts of Record at 
“&lt; Westminster, and the said Sheriff or Under-sheriff, 
“ or some person duly appointed by them or any of 
them as aforesaid, shall, at some then future rea- 
sonable time and place to be appointed by him 
in that behalf, proceed to reduce the said special 
jury in the manner used and accustomed to be 
performed by the proper officers of the Superior 
Courts aforesaid, of which last-mentioned time 
and place, not less than Seven days’ notice in 
writing shall be given by the party requiring such 
patel jury to be summoned to the said other 
party, and the special jurymen to be summoned, 
empannelled and returned by the said Sheriff or 
.4E4 “ Under-sheriff, 


’ and insert 








Hereford 
Improvement 
Rill. 


Hereford 
Improvement 
Bill. 





584 


“ Under-sheriff, shall be subject to all and the same 
“ fines and penalties for non-attendance and to all 
“* such and the same provisions as jurymen are by 
“ the said recited Railway Act rendered subject to: 

Provided always, That nothing herein contained 
shall be construed to prevent the same special 
jury from trying any number of inquiries, so 
as the parties to such inquiries respectively, or 
‘their attornies, shall have signified their assent 
in writing to the nomination of such special 
jury, for the trial of their respective inquiries, 
nor shall any special juryman be summoned more 

than once in the same year for the trial of any 

inquiries under this Act: Provided also, That if 

a sufficient number of special jurymen shall not 

attend at the time and place of holding the inquiry, 

the Sheriff, Under-sheriff, Coroner, or other person 
presiding thereat, shall, on the request of either 
of the parties to such inquiry, add to the list of 
such special jury the names of any bystanders 
qualified to act as jurymen for the county in 
which the inquiry is held, and all persons shall 
have their lawful challenges against the jurymen 
“so added; and the said Sheriff, Under-sheriff, 
Coroner or other person, shall and may proceed in 
the said inquiry with the jurors so added, in like 
manner he might have done if all the persons 
summoned to attend as jurymen on such inquiry, 
“ had attended thereat.” 
Pr. 18. 1.7 and 8. Leave out from “ thereupon” 
* to “all,” in 1.11. 

Pr. 19. 1.34. After “ lands” insert “ purchased 
or paid for by means of such payment, tender or 
“ deposit.” 

Pr. 19. 1. 7 and 8. Leave out from “ respec- 
tively ” to “ with,” in 1. 12, and insert “ Provided 
nevertheless, that the said Company shall be at 
“* liberty to ascertain and set out the Line of the said 
Railway, by fixing stakes in the said lands.” 

Pr, 21. 1. 10. Leave out from “by” to “ able,” 
“ in |. 14. and insert “such.” 

Pr. 21. 1. 14. Leave out from “ practical” to 
surveyor,” in l. 23. 

Pr. 21. 1. 27. Leave out from “nominate” to 
“ shall,” in 1. 33. and insert “and such surveyor.” 


7° Junie. 





Pr. 27. 1. 34. Leave out “their or.” 
Pr. 32. 1. 3. Leave out from “ Act” to “and,” 
“ in Pr. 33. 1. 12. 

Pr. 40. 1. 15. After “ lands” insert “ and shall 
be paid and applied in manner directed by the 
“ said recited Act.” 

Pr. 45. 1.19. After “Company” insert “ or for 
any penalty.” 

Pr. 45. 1.37. Leave out from “ or” to “against,” 
“in I. ult. 

Pr. 46. 1. 23. After “Company” insert “ or to 
their said Treasurer, as the case may be.” 

Pr. 46. 1. 24. Leave out from “ that ” to “the,” 
“ inl. 36. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Divett do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Hereford, praying 
‘hat the Hereford Improvement Bill may not pass 
juto a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
le upon the Table. 

A Petition of Rate-payers of Hereford, praying 
that the said Bill may pass into a law, was also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon theTable. 


~ 
nx 


An ingrossed Bill for amending the provisions 
of two Acts of Parliament relating to the City of 
Hereford, and for limiting the duration of Saint 
Ethelbert’s or the Nine-day’s Fair, held annually in 
the said City, was, according to Order, read the 
third time; and Amendments were made to the 


Bill. 





A. 1838. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bolton Clive do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Stephen Gaselee, Peter Stafford Middlesex 
Carey, Thomas John Knight and John Locke, Es- — Court 
quires, praying that they may be heard, by their  ~ 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Mid- 
dlesex County Court Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Commissioners for executing an Ashiy-de-la- 
Act of the present Session of Parliament for the Zouch, &amp;c,, 
more easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts, Ne. 8) Bal 
within the Town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and other ’ 
places, in the Counties of Leicester, Derby, Warwick 
and Stafford, for leave to present a Petition for 
leave to bring in a Bill to rectify a mistake in the 
said Act, was presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


Mr. Darby, by Order, reported from the Com- Lee Church 
mittee on the Lee Church Bill; That they had Bill. 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Mr. Cresswell reported from the Committee on Liverpool 
the Liverpool Court of Passage Bill; and to whom Court of — 
a Petition against the said Bill was referred ; That Ponags 
no fae appeared on behalf of the said Petition ; 
and that the Committee had examined the allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the same to be true; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto; and the Amendments were read ; 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into further consi- Glasgow 
deration the Sues which, upon the 28th day of Waterworks 
May last, was made from the Committee on the Bi! 
Glasgow Waterworks Bill; printed Copies of the 
Bill having been delivered at the door upon Friday 
last ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee India Steam 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of Ship Compaty- 
the Petition for leave to present a Petition for the 
India Steam Ship Company Bill, the Committee 
recommend that leave be given to present a Petition 
for a Bill, upon the Parties giving notices three 
times in the London Gazette, and in some News- 
paper usually circulated in the County of Middle- 
sex, the same to be proved before the Committee 
on the Bill; it having been proved before the Com- 
mittee, that considerable delay had been occasioned 
to the Parties in presenting the Petition for leave to 
present a Petition for leave to bring in the Bill, by 
the want of an early answer from the Board of 
Trade to their sagen on this subject. It has 
also been proved that great benefit might accrue to 
the public from the application of the patent right, 
(which the Company seek to purchase) to Steam 
Navigation on long voyages, which could nut be 
effected without an i of Money, rendering the 
formation of a Joint Stock Company necessary. 

Ordered, That leave be given to present a Peti- 
tion as desired. 

A Petition of John Stephens, of Paul’s Wharf, 
Upper Thames-street, in the City of London, Gentle- 





man, 





Bon 
Bill. 


Scot 


Cro’ 
(W 


Bri 
(8; 


&gt; &amp; 


1 VicToriz. 7° Juniz. 585 


man, and Augustus Manning, of Chalk Hill House, 
Kingsbury, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman, 
for leave to bring in a Bill for incorporating a Com- 
pany, to be ostied “The India Steam Ship Company,” 
for establishing a certain and expeditious Communi- 
cation by means of Steam Vessels or Ships between 
this country and the British Possessions in India, 
by way of the Cape of Good Hope, and between 
this country and Australia, and between the last- 
mentioned territories and India, and for that purpose 
‘to enable the said Company to purchase certain 
patent rights for Improvements to Steam-engine Ap- 
paratus, was accordingly presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Bonded Corn = A Petition of Members of the East Suffolk Agri- 
Bill cultural Protective Society, and ‘others interested in 
the welfare of Agriculture, praying that the Bonded 
Corn Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Church of Petitions from Rigg Gretna;—and, Lasswade; 
Scotland, praying the House not to sanction any further en- 
dowments to the Church of Scotland,—were pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Crown Property Petitions from the hundred of Penilyn and else- 

(Wales. ) where, in the Principality of Wales;—Llanfechell;— 
and, Bromfield ne Yal; complaining of the pro- 
ceedings of the agents of the Crown Property in 
Wales, against the Petitioners, for recovery of 
portions of land inclosed from the waste, and pray- 
ing for inquiry,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


British Legion A Petition of Officers, Non-Commissioned Offi- 

(Spain. cers, Privates and others, lately engaged in the ser- 
vice of Her Catholic Majesty the Queen of Spain, 
resident in the city and county of Cork, complaining 
of the non-fulfilment of the engagement of the 
Spanish Government to pay them the remuneration 
they were entitled to at the termination of their 
services; and praying the House to take their case 
into consideration, and procure for them the justice 
to which they are entitled, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ratingof =A Petition of the Guardians of the Watford 

Tenements Bill Union, praying that the Rating of Tenements Bill 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


mae Petitions from Cheverel Parva;— Wilsford ;-—- East 
— Knoyle;— Tisbury ; — Winkfield; —and, Chisledon; 
praying that all increase of Revenue that may arise 
from an improved system of leasing Ecclesiastical 
Property may be left at the disposal of the Church, 
to supply the deficiency of spiritual instruction for 
the people,—were presented, and read; and ordered 

to lie upon the Table. 
Poor Law A Petition of Guardians of the Wilton Union, 
{amndmont praying that the Poor Law Act may not be re- 


ealed, was presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on the Poor Law Amendment Act. 


Fortieth Report Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Com- 


.* aoe mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Act; and who 
Act. were empowered to report the Minutes of the Evi- 


No. 452, dence taken before them from time to time to the 
"House ; That they had made further Progress in the 
matters to them referred; and had directed him to re- 

port the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 
Woodstock The counsel and agents before-mentioned being 
pasate “gy to the bar, the Clerk appointed to attend 
o1.. 93. 








the said Committee delivered in to the House 
a reduced List; and the same was called over as 
followeth ; 

Granville Harcourt Vernon, Esquire, Robert Ot- 
way Cave, Esquire, Richard Godson, Esquire, Am- 
brose Goddard, Esquire, Horace Saint Paul, Esquire, 
Lord James Stuart, Thomas Grimston Bucknall 
Estcourt, Esquire, Sir William John Brabazon, 
Baronet, Sir John Buller Yarde Buller, Thomas 
Duffield, Esquire, and the Earl of Lincoln. 

And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Petition 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Woodstock, were sworn by the Clerk 
at the Table, in the usual manner; and thereupon 
the counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


A Petition of the Chamber of Commerce and Railway 


Manufactures of the City of Edinburgh, praying 
the House to Address Her Majesty to issue a Com- 
mission for the purpose of ascertaining the best line 
for a communication by Railroad betwixt London 
and the capitals of the North and West of Scot- 
land, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Worcester, praying 
the House to institute an it into the state, 
studies and discipline of the Roman Catholic Col- 
lege of Maynooth, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Communication 
(Scotland.) 


Maynooth 
College. 


A Petition of Fish-curers of Burntisland, praying Sea Coast 
that the Sea-coast Fisheries (Ireland) Bill may not Fisheries 


pass intoa law, was — and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


(Ireland) Bill, 


Petitions from Birmingham ;—and, the Island of Negro Appren- 


Stronsay ; praying for the abolition of the system 
of Negro Apprenticeship,— were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of Foreign Manufactured Silks imported 
into the United Kingdom (for Home Consumption), 
in each year, from the 5th January 1833 to the 5th 
January 1838; distinguishing the Countries from 
which imported :—Of Foreign Manufactured Silks 
exported from the United Kingdom, in each year, 
from the 5th January 1833 to the 5th January 1838: 
—And, of the Amount of Drawback paid on the 
exportation of British Silk Manufactured Goods, 
from the 5th January 1830 to the 5th January 1831, 
and in each prs“ year, to the 5th January 
1838; distinguishing the Amount paid on Stuffs or 
Ribbons of Silk only, upon Stuffs or Ribbons of 
Silk and Cotton mixed, and upon Stuffs or Ribbons 
of Silk and Worsted mixed. 

Mr. Poulett Thomson accordingly presented the 
said Returns. 

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


ticeship. 


Silk Goods. 


Mr. Loch presented, pursuant to the directions of Caledonian 


An Act of Parliament,—The Thirty-third Report of 
the Commissioners for making and maintaining the 
Caledonian Canal. 

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


Canal, 


A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the Registration of 


Archdeaconry of Ozford, praying for the amend- 
ment of the Registration of Births, &amp;c., Act, b 
relieving the Petitioners from the necessity of send- 
ing to the Registrar their returns of Marriages four 
times in each year, as also from the penalty now 
imposed by the said Act, on omitting to send notice 
4F as 


Births, &amp;c., Act. 








Marriages Act. 


Ecclesiastical 
Duties and 
Revenues Bill. 


Spirit Licenses 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Merchant 
Seamen. 


Idolatry 
(India. ) 


Church 
Establishment 
(Canada. ) 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Metropolis 
Improvements. 


Benefices 
Plurality Bill. 





586 7° Junit. A. 1838. 


as directed therein, within seven days after the 
burial of a body without a certificate from the Regis- 
trar, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the 
Archdeaconry of Oxford, praying for the amend- 
ment of the Marriages Act, by relieving the Peti- 
tioners from the necessity of marrying parties upon 
Registrars’ Certificates, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the 
Archdeaconry of Oxford, praying that the Eccle- 
siastical Duties and Revenues Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Magistrates and Town Council 
of Montrose, praying that the Spirit Licenses (Scot- 
land) Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns, specifying the Total Number of Apprenticed 
Seamen registered on the 31st July 1835; and the 
Total Number registered under the Act 5 and 6 
Will. 4, c.19, to the latest date to which the Return 
can be completed :—And, specifying the Number 
of Registered Seamen serving in British Vessels, 
made up to the latest date. 


Petitions from Birmingham ;— and, Presbytery 
of Northumberland ; praying the House to prevent 
the interference of the British authorities in India 
in regard to the worship and service of Idolatry by 
the natives,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chancellor, Masters and Scholars 
of the University of Oxford, praying the House to 
take into consideration the present state of the 
Ecclesiastical Establishment in the Canadas, and 
extend to the Church of those Provinces that 
protection and encouragement which the contracted 
resources of an infant and increasing Colony, craving 
for the blessings of the Christian Ordinances, so 
imperatively require, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to le upon the Table. 


Petitions from Members of the Senatus Academicus 
of the University of Edinburgh ;—and, the Royal 
College of Surgeons in London; praying that the 
Medical Charities (Jreland) Bill may not pass into 
a law as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Rector, Churchwardens and 
others, Vestrymen of the Joint Vestry of the parishes 
of Saint Giles-in-the-Fields and Saint George 
Bloomsbury, in Vestry assembled, praying that a 
more direct communication may be made between 
those parishes and Charing Cross, was presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Metropolis Improvements. 


A Petition of George Humphrys and Josiah 
Humphrys, of Millman-street,in the county of Mid- 
dlesex, Gastenen, Patentees of the Office of Clerk 
of the Dispensations and Faculties in Chancery, 
being offered to be presented ; 

Lord John Russell, by Her Majesty’s command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of the said Pe- 
tition, recommends it to the consideration of the 
House. 

Then the said Petition, praying that the Benefices 
Plurality Bill may not pass into a law, without pro- 
vision being therein made to compensate the Peti- 

















tioners for the loss they will thereby sustain, was 
brought up, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Cupar Fife ;— Carlisle; — and, Postage, 
Elphin; praying for the establishment of a low and 
uniform rate of Postage on Letters,—were presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Postage. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Ramsate 

a Return of all Sums borrowed and taken up at Paving. 
Interest on Annuities for Lives by the Commis- 
sioners of the Town of Ramsgate, under the pro- 
visions of the Acts of the 25 Geo. 3, c. 34, and the 

36 Geo. 3, c. 43, for the better paving, &amp;c., the Town 

of Ramsgate, and each or either of them, for the 
purpose of providing a Sinking Fund for paying off 

and discharging the Principal and Interest of the 
Money which has been borrowed under the said 
Acts. 


A Petition of William Bullen, complaining of the Battersea 
proceedings of the Churchwardens and Overseers Common Fields, 
of the parish of Battersea towards the Petitioner 
and other parishioners, in reference to a disputed 
right of common there; and praying the House to 
appoint a Committee to inquire into the truth of the 
allegations of his Petition, and to grant him redress, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Commissioners of the Banbury and yighway Rates 
Burford Road, praying that the Highway Rates Bill. 
Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the barony of Gaul- salmon 
tier, in the county of Waterford, praying that the Fisheries 
Salmon Fisheries (Zreland) Bill may pass into a law, (H*el#n¢) Bill. 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Lord John Russell reported to the House, That Answer to 
their Address of yesterday (that Her Majesty would Address. 
be graciously pleased to give directions that the 
Paper therein mentioned might be laid before this 
House) had been presented to Her Majesty ; and 
that Her Majesty had commanded him to acquaint 
this House, that She will give directions accord- 


ingly. 
Mr. Robert Steuart presented, pursuant to an Slave Vessels 


Address to Her Majesty,—A Return of all Slave Captured. 
Vessels captured under the late Spanish Treaty, by 


| Her Majesty’s Ships of War, since the 15th No- 


vémber 1835, distinguishing whether Slaves on board 
or not, to the latest date to which the same can 


|be prepared, and stating the Name of the Ship by 


which each Vessel was captured. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- Oxford and 
sideration the Report which, upon the 28th day of Gree aie 
May last, was made from the Committee on the gi, 
Oxford and Great Western Union Railway Bill; 
printed Copies of the Bill having been delivered at 
the door upon Wednesday, the 30th day of May 
last. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Amendments made by the Com- 
mittee to the Bill be now read a second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “That the” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ Report be taken into further consideration 
“ upon this day three months,” instead thereof. 

And the Question mone put, That the words pro- 


posed to be left out s part of the Question ; 
e 


Ra 


Ed 
Gi 
Lo 
4 


1 Victroriz. 


The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Granville Harcourt, 131 


Yeas, Mr. Pryme: 
Tellers for the wn Robert Harry em} 31 
Noes, Mr. Estcourt : 3 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Committee to the Bill be now read a second time : 
—The said Amendments were accordingly read a 
second time, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Message from 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Wingfield and 
the Lords. 


Mr. Farrer : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Brandling 
Junction Railway Company to raise an additional 
Sum of Money: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to repeal as much of an 
Act, intituled, “ An Act for making and maintaining 
the Road from Glasgow to Redburn Bridge, and 
certain other Roads in the Counties of Stirling, 
Dumbarton and Lanark,” as relates to the Balmore 
Road, and to improve and make and maintain the 
said Road, and certain other Roads connected there- 
with, in the Parishes of Campsie and Baldernoch 
and County of Stirling aforesaid : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend an Act passed 
in the fifth and sixth year of the Reign of King 
William the Fourth, regarding Londonderry Bridge, 
and to amend several Acts relating to the City and 
Port of Londonderry : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in 
the Manors of Bishop’s Castle and Munslow, in the 
County of Salop: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for authorizing the Bale of part of the Estates de- 
vised by the Will of Samuel Smith, Esquire, deceased, 
and for investing the Proceeds of such Sale in the 
Purchase of other Estates, to be settled upon the 
same Trusts; to which the Lords desire the con- 
currence of this House :—And then the Messengers 
withdrew. 


Brendling 
Junction 


Railway Bill. 


Balmore 


Roads Biil. 


Londonderry 
Bridge, &amp;c., 
Bill. 


Bishop’s Castle 
and Munslow 
Inclosure Bill, 


The Lords 
have passed 
Smith’s 
Estate Bill. 


Grand Junction 


: C The House proceeeded to take into further consi- 
Railway Bill. 


deration the Report which, upon the 25th day of 
May last, was made from the Committee on the 
Grand Junction Railway Bill; printed Copies of 
the Bill having been delivered at the door upon 
Friday last ; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Crown Property 


9 A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
lales,) i 


into subjects contained in the Petition of the Land- 
owners and others connected with the Principality 
of Wales, which was presented upon the 10th day 
of May last; and that all other Petitions presented 
on the same subject be referred to the same Com- 
mnittee ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Ormsby Gore, 
Yeas, Mr. John Jones: 
Tellers for the { Mr. Edward John ve sg? 98 
Noes, Mr. Robert Steuart : " 
So it passed in the Negative. 


} 50. 


Edinburgh, 
gow, and 
idon Rail- 
Way. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That an humble Address be presented to Her 
Majesty, that She will graciously be pleased to give 
directions for the appointment of a Commission to 
ascertain a report on the best line for a commu- 

Vox. 93. : 


7°—8° Junie. 


That a Select C ittee be appointed to inquire | 
pag again ee ya PP 4 ‘Return of ail Joint Stock Banks in England that Banks. 

















587 


nication by Railroad from London, and the manu- 
facturing districts of England, to Edinburgh and 
Glasgow :—And the said Motion was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Edinburgh, 
That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma Glasgow, and 
jesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give Not of Ens- 
directions for the appointment of an Engineer or . 
Engineers, to ascertain and report on the best En- 
gineering Line for a Communication by Railway from 
the North of England to Edinburgh and Glasgow, 
in communication with the existing Railways from 
the South ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Hodgson Hinde, 1 53 
Yeas, Sir George Clerk : ' ae 
Tellers for the { Mr. Edward John Stanley, \ . 3 
Noes, Mr. Robert Steuart : tre 
And the numbers being equal, Mr. Speaker 
declared himself with the Noes. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Lieutenant 
proposed, That a Select Committee be appointed, Thomas Hill. 
to take into consideration the Petition of Lieutenant 
Thomas Hill, late Commander of Her Majesty’s 
steam-vessel A/ban, which was presented upon the 
24th day of May last, complaining of having been 
removed from the command of the said vessel ; 


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


Veneris, 8° die Junii, 1838: 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House do now adjourn ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers forthe, Mr. Brotherton, } 13 

Yeas, Mr. Deans Dundas : ; 

Tellers forthe f Sir Robert Harry Inglis, } 56 

Noes, \ Mr. Nicholl: Lie 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That a Select 
Committee be appointed to 7 into consideration 
the Petition of Lieutenant Thomas Hill, late Com- 
mander of Her Majesty’s steam-vessel Alban, which 
was presented upon the 24th day of May last, com- 
plaining of having been removed from the command 
of the said vessel :—It passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill County 
to render more easy the taking the Poll at County Election 5 
Elections in Scotland: And that Mr. Hope John- @°°t#"4) Bil 
stone and Sir William Rae do prepare, and bring 
it in. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Joint Stock 


have suspended Payment, or have become Bankrupt, 
from 1832 to the present time :— Also, a Return of 
all Private Banks in England that have suspended 
Payment, or have become Bankrupt, from 1832 to 
the present time ; distinguishing those situate within 
sixty-five miles from London, from those beyond that 
distance. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Bankruptcies 
Return of the Number of Bankruptcies and Insol- and Insolven- 
vencies which have taken place in each year from“ 

1833 to 1838, both inclusive. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Deficiency Bills 
Account of the Deficiency Bills held by the Bank (Bank of Eng- 
of England, in each year since 1831. ne 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Exchequer 
Account showing the advances made on Exchequer Bills. 

Bills by the Bank of England, for the quarterly 
charge of the Consolidated Fund, in each quarter 
of the years 1832 to April 1838 ; stating the period 

4F2 at 








588 7°—8° 


at which each of such quarterly advances was paid 
off, and the total Amount of Interest paid to the 
Bank on such advances in each year. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Value of the Booty captured as Prize 
Money by the Army, in the Deccan, in 1817-18; 
the Amount which has been distributed, and the 
Dates when distributed ; stating also, the Amount 
now in the possession of the naan or of the 
East-India Company, and when the distribution of 
that Amount will take place. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Nature and Amount of the Fees 
charged at the Treasury and the Exchequer on all 
Bounties issued for the seizure of Slaves. 


Deccan 
Prize Money. 


Slave Bounties. 


Sea Coast 
Fisheries 
(Ireland) Bill, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Sea Coast Fisheries (Jreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Loan Societies The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill. mittee on the Loan Societies (Zreland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Prisons = The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Scotland) Bill. mittee on the Prisons (Scotlund) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Courts of The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Justice Build. | further consideration the Report on the Courts of 
— ) Justice Buildings (Scotland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday the 15th day of this in- 
stant June. 


China Courts | The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


A. 1838. 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to the Water- Waterloo Fung, 
loo Fund, which were presented yesterday, be No. 453. 
printed. 


Juniz. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till halfan hour after one of the clock on 
Friday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Veneris, 8° die Junii ; 
Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Walker, one of the Masters of the Court writs o: Trial, 

of Exchequer, was called in; and at the bar 
presented,—Further Return to an Order, dated the 
22d day of May last, for a Return of the Writs of 
Trial since the passing of the Act of the 3d and 4th 
Will. 4, c. 42, with the Number of Applications for 
new Trials thereon, and the result thereof in each 
case, so far as relates to the Exchequer of Pleas : 
—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

Table. 


Mr. Burroughes reported from the Committee on Pulham 
the Pulham Inclosure Bill; That they had examined Inclosure Bill, 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true; and that the Parties concerned had given their 
consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the Com- 
mittee (except the Proprietors assessed to the amount 
of 76/7. 12s., who refused to sign the Bill, and the 
Proprietors assessed to the amount of 551. 2s., who 
were neuter, the whole amount of property assessed 
being 4451. 8s.); and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 





Bill, mittee on the China Courts Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Parliamentary 
Burghs 
“ , 
(Scotland) Bill. Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Royal Burghs § The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Scotland) Bill. reading of the Royal Bae, (Scotland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Grand Jury The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Cess(Dublir) further consideration the Report on the Grand Jury 
we Cess (Dublin) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration this day. 


Kingstown The Order of the day being read, for the second 
and Dublin Yeading of the Kingstown and Dublin Harbour 
arbour Bill. Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 
Waterloo The House, according to Order, resolved itself | 


Annuites Bill. into a Committee upon the Waterloo Annuities Bill; 
and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Robert Steuart reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Suitors’ Money read, for the third 


The Order of the day bein 


Bill. reading of the Suitors’ Money Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 





Mr. Dugdale, by Order, reported from the Com- Painswick 
mittee on the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act Vicarage Bill. 


|for the Sale of the Advowson of the Vicarage of 


The Order of the day being read, for the second | Bir gunned Pradeoseaay hdhys oon + Bees vt 


reading of the Parliamentary Burghs (Scotland) | 


had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true; and that the Parties con- 
cerned had given their consent to the Bill, to the 
satisfaction of the Committee; and that the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment :— 
And the Bill was read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

| Ordered, That Mr. Dugdale do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without any Amendment. 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the Rugby and 
Rugby and Lutterworth Road Bill, to make their er 
Report, be enlarged till Monday, the 18th day of “~~ 
this instant June. 


Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee Ashby-de-la- 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of — ed 
the Petition for leave to present a Petition for the °™* **” 
Ashby-de-la-Zouch Small Debts (No. 2.) Bill, the 
/Committee recommend that leave be given. 
| Ordered, That leave be given to present a Petition, 
as desired. 

A Petition of Commissioners for executing an Act 
| passed in the present Session of Parliament, for the 
‘more easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts 
|within the Town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and other 
Places in the Counties of Leicester, Derby, War- 
| wick, and Stafford, for leave to bring in a Bill to 
| rectify a Mistake in the said Act, was accordingly 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 








Railway Company to alter and extend the Line "4 Railway Bill 
suc 









































An ingrossed Bill to enable the Grand J unction Grand Junction 





wprawo 


m7 


om bel 








Caithness 

Road and 
Statute Labour 
Bill. 


Sudbury Town 
Lands Bill. 


Isle of Thanet 
Cemetery Bill. 


Paddington 
Estates Bill. 


National Loan 
Fund Life 
Assurance 
Society Bill. 


Festiniog 
Railway Bill. 


Middlesex 
County Court 
Bill, 


Middlesex 
County Court 
Bill. 


Oldham Gas 
and Water- 
works Bill. 


Middlesex 
County Court. 


1 Victoriz. 


such Railway, and for other purposes connected 
therewith, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to alter, amend, extend and enlarge 
the powers and provisions of the several Acts re- 
lating to the Grand Junction Railway, and for other 
purposes connected therewith. 

Ovderdi, That Lord Francis Egerton do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Sir George Sinclair reported from the Committee 
on the Caithness Road and Statute Labour Bill ; 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Sudbury 
Town Lands Bill, have leave to sit To-morrow, not- 
withstanding any adjournment of the House. 

Ordered, That the time for the said Committee 
to make their Report be enlarged till Wednesday 
next. 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the 
Isle of Thanet Cemetery Bill to make their Re- 
port be enlarged till Monday, the 18th day of this 
instant June. 


Mr. Hail reported from the Committee on the 
(re-committed) Paddington Estates Bill; That they 
had made other Amendments thereunto; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the 
National Loan Fund Life Assurance Society Bill, to 
make their Report be enlarged till Wednesday, the 
20th day of this instant June. 


The Festiniog Railway Bill was read a second 
time ; and committed to Mr. Ralph Ormsby Gore 
and the Wales List. 


Petitions from Hounslow and Staines ;-—Elthorne 
Hundred (Middlesex) ;—Saint Mary-le-bone ; —Os- 
sulston Hundred (Middlesex) ;—Saint Mary, Isling- 
ton;—Saint Luke and Saint James, Clerkenwell ;— 


8° Junie. 


589 


Mr. Chalmers reported from the Committee on Newtyle and 
the Newtyle and Coupar Angus Railway Bill; That Couper Angus 
the application being solely to raise a further sum of "7 ©" 
money, the Standing Orders relative to Railway 
Bills did not apply to the present Bill; that the 
Order of the House, of the 6th day of March last, 
had been complied with; and that the Committee 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto, 

Ordered, That the Report do |.e upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the Manor Great Warle 
of Great Warley, in the several Parishes of Great Inclosure Bill. 
Warley and Shenfield, in the County of Essex, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bramston do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Oxford and 
posed, That the ingrossed Bill for making a Rail- Great Western 
way from Oxford to join the Great Western Railway piv" Bey 
near Didcot, with a Sok therefrom to Abingdon, ~ 
to be called The Oxford and Great Western Union 
Railway, be now read the third time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“now,” and at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for thef Mr. Cripps 
Yeas, Mr. Mark Philips : } 79. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Maclean, 7 26 
Noes, Mr. Robert Harry Inglis: 5 ~~* 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for making a Railway from Ozford 
to join the Great Western Railway near Didcot, to 
be called The Ozford and Great Western Union 
Railway. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cripps do carry the Bill to 





Saint George-the-Martyr, Saint Andrew, Holborn, 
and Saint Luke and Saint James, Clerkenwell ;— 
and, Fulham, Chelsea and Old Brentford ; praying 
that the Middlesex County Court Bill may pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the time for the Committee on the Middlesex 
County Court Bill to make their Report be enlarged 
till Monday, the 18th day of this instant June ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Creseford, 

Yeas, L Mr. Aglionby : 
Tellers for theJ Mr. Thomas Wood, 
Noes, Sir Robert Harry Inglis: 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


} 
j 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the 
Oldham Gas and Waterworks Bill to make their 
Report be enlarged till Friday next. 


39 
19. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Total Amount of Fees received by 
the County Clerk of Middlesex and his Officers ; 
the Number of Summonses issued; the Number of 
Cases heard; and the Number of Persons im- 
prisoned, during the year 1837, by Order of that 
Court. 

VoL. 93. 





the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- Ladykirk 
sideration the Report which, upon the 31st day of and Norham 
May last, was made from the Committee on the Gridge he 
Ladykirk and Norham (Tweed) Bridge Bill; printed 
Copies of the Bill having been delivered at the door 
upon Tuesday last; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Mr. Hope Johnstone presented a Bill for render- County 
ing more easy the taking the Poll at County Elec- Election Polls 
tions in Scotland: And the same was read the first (S¢ot¢) Pill. 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon ey ae. 
Wednesday next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a public Works 
Pee of the Sixth Annual Report of the Board of (Ireland.) 
Public Works in Ireland. 

Mr. Robert Steuart accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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


Mr. Robert Steuart presented, pursuant to Orders, Tobacco. 
—Accounts of the Number of Pounds weight of Leaf 
Tobacco, Manufactured Tobacco, Segar 


s, and Snuff, 
1837, ending 





paid Duty upon quarterly, for the year 
4F3 


5th January 











590 


5th January 1338; also, the Rate of Duty, and 
the Total Amount of the same, distinguishing Eng- 
land, Scotland, and Ireland; also, the Number of 
Pounds weight of each, and the Amount of Duty 
collected at the respective Ports of Importation 
within the same period, and the Total of each quarter 
and year:—Of the Number of Pounds weight of 
Unmanufactured Tobacco, Manufactured Tobacco 
called Negrohead, Segars, and Snuff, imported into 
England, Scotland and Ireland, from the United 
States of America, and all other parts, in the year 
1837, ending 5th January 1838; distinguishing the 
Quantities of each denomination imported into the 
respective Ports of the United Kingdom, and from 
whence it came, describing the Quantity of Unmanu- 
factured Tobacco, Manufactured Tobacco called 
Negrohead, Manufactured Segars and Snuff, and 
Total Amount of the same:—Of the Number of 
Pounds weight of Cut, Shag, and Roll Tobacco, 
Segars, Rappee (Scotch and Brown), Scotch Snuff 
respectively, sent out by permit certificate by the 
Manufacturers in the United Kingdom, in the year 
ending 5th January 1838 ; distinguishing the Quan- 
tities under each denomination for England, Scot- 
land and Ireland :—And, of the Number of Pounds 
weight of Leaf Tobacco, Tobacco Stalks, Returns 
of Tobacco, Cut, Shag and Roll Tobacco, Segars, 
Stalk Flour, Rappee (Scotch and Brown), Scotch 
Snuff, and Snuff Work respectively, in the stock of 
Manufacturers in the United Kingdom, on the 5th 
January 1838, showing what part of each was in 
stock, and what in operation; distinguishing the 
Quantities under each denomination for England, 
Scotland and Ireland. 


Mr. Robert Steuart also presented, pursuant to 
several Addresses to Her Majesty,—Returns of In- 
quests for each of the years 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 
1836, and 1837, held by Coroners in each county 
or other jurisdiction in England and Wales, on Chil- 
dren supposed to be illegitimate, stating the Verdicts 
of the Juries, under the several heads of, Wilful 
Murder by the Mother; Death by Neglect of the 
Mother; Death in consequence of the Concealment 
of the Birth by the Mother ; other Verdicts than 
the above :—Of the Number of Women convicted 
of the Murder of their Illegitimate Children at each 
Assizes during the last seven years: —Of the Num- 
ber of Women convicted of the illegal Concealment 
of the Birth of their [legitimate Children during each 
of the last seven years:—And, of the Number of 
Women tried and acquitted of the above Charges in 
each year during the last seven years. 


Returns from the Surgeons of Prisons in England 
and Wales, forthe year 1837; showing the Name 
of the Prison; the County or District in which the 
Prison is situated ; the Average Number of Prison- 
ers; the Total Number of Prisoners admitted in 
1837; the Total Number of cases of Sickness occur- 
ring in 1837; the Average Number of Persons on the 
Sick List in 1837; the Number of Deaths in 1837; 
the Amount of the Surgeon’s Salary; the Amount 
of extra Charges connected with the Medical Treat- 
ment in 1837; on what terms the Medicines are 
supplied; the Prime Cost of the Medicines to the 
Surgeon; the Name of the Surgeon; and, Explan- 
atory Remarks. 


Mr. Robert Steuart also presented, pursuant to 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—Act of 
Sederunt, explaining the Acts of Sederunt regula- 
ting the Fees of the Sheriff and Stewart Clerks of 
Scotland, dated 27th January 1830 and 7th July 
1836. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do hie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from North Leith; — and, Pitlessie 
(two Petitions); praying the House to refuse their 
sanction to any measure which might countenance 
the renewal to Her Majesty’s Printers in Scotland 


8° Junie. 





A. 1838. 


of the exclusive night of printing the Holy Scrip- 
tures,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the United Secession Church of 
Congregation of Buchlyvie, praying the House to Scotland. 
refuse their sanction to any further endowments to 
| the Church of Scotland, was presented, and read ; 
| and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


| 





A Petition of the Chairman of the Guardians of poor Lay 
'the Poor in the Leicester Union, praying that such Amendment 
alterations may be made in the Poor Law Act as At 

may render it consistent with the necessities of the 

‘labouring population, and with the true interests of 
the country, was presented, and read ; and referred 
_to the Select Committee on the Poor Law Amend- 
|ment Act. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the Isle of Mann, Bishoprick 
‘praying that the Bishoprick of Sodor and Mann of Sedor and 
| Billi may pass into a law, was presented, and ™@"" 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


| Petitions from Great Dunmow ;—Lamarsh and Charch 

| Alphamstone ; — Great Maplestead; — and, West Property. 
| Bergholt; praying that all increase of Revenue that 

|may arise from an improved system of leasing 
Ecclesiastical Property may be left at the disposal 

of the Church to supply the defficiency of spiritual 
instruction for the people,—were presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Watermen and Lightermen of the Steam Vessels 
River Thames ;—and, Free Watermen and Lighter- (Thames) Bill. 
men of the River Thames, praying that the Steam 
Vessels (Thames) Bill may not pass into a law,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the Education. 
Deanery of Taunton, praying that no plan of Na- 
tional Education may be established which does not 
include the daily reading of the Holy Scriptures, 
was * ser and read ; and ordered to lie upon © 
the Table. 

Petitions from Earsden;—Newchapel and other Negro Appren- 
places ;—and, Durham; praying for the Abolition ticeship. 
of the system of Negro Apprenticeship,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the Sale of Beer 
Deanery of Taunton, praying the House to make A: 
such alterations in the Sale of Beer Act as may put 
a stop to the rapid increase of beer-houses, was 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Petitions from The Merchants’ House of Glasgow ; Royal Burghs 
—and, Gardeners, Fruit-growers, and others attend- (S¢otland) Bill. 
ing the fruit and vegetable markets of the city of 
Edinburgh, praying that the Royal Burghs (Sco¢- 
land) Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Faculty of Procurators in Pais- Sheriff Courts 
ley, praying that the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill (Scvtlan4) Bil. 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Faculty of Procurators in Pais- Personal 
ley, praying that the Personal Diligence; and, Diligence, Ke» 
Advocations (Scotland) Bills, may pass into law, St)?" 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Fish-curers and Dealers in Fish, Sea Coast 
at the Port of Leith, praying that the Sea Coast Fisheries 
Fisheries (Zreland) Bill may not pass into a law, —_— 
was — and read ; and ovdated to lie upon 
the Table. 





Petitions 





Postage. 


Negro 
Education. 


Upper Canada. 


Lee Church 
Bill. 


New Zealand. 


John Nicholl 
Thom (alias 
William 

Courtenay.) 


Benefices 
Plorality Bill. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 








1 Vicroriz. 


Petitions from the Printing Office, West Strand 
and Saint Martin’s-lane ;— Christow ;—- Leith ;— 
and, Pittenweem; praying for the establishment of 
alow and uniform rate of Postage on Letters,—were 
presented, and read; and yo he: to the Select 
Committee on Postage. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a Report from C. J. Latrobe, 
Esquire, to Lord Glenelg, on Negro Education in 
the Windward and Leeward Islands :—Of a Schedule, 
showing the Appropriation, in detail, of the Sum 
of £30,000 voted by Parliament in the year 1837, 
for the promotion of Negro Education; also, the 
Amount of Aid out of such Grant applied for by the 
different Societies co-operating with Her Majesty’s 
Government in carrying that object into effect:— 
And, of a Report from the Trustees of Lady Mico’s 
Charity to Lord Glenelg. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address’ be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, an Extract of a Despatch from the Lieu- 
tenant Governor of Upper Canada, relative to the 
disposal of the Prisoners convicted of Treason in that 
Province. 

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


A Motion being made, That the ingrossed Bill 
for the Erection of a new Church in the Parish of 
Lee, in the County of Kent, be now read the third 
time ; 

Mr. Poulett Thomson, by Her Majesty’s com- 
mand, acquainted the House, That Her Majesty 
having been informed of the purport of the Bill, 
gives Her consent as far as Her Majesty’s interest 
is concerned, that the House may do therein as they 
shall think fit. 

Then the Bill was read the third time; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. . 

Ordered, That Mr. Darby do carry the Bill to the 


8° Juni. 





Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords to 
request that their Lordships will be pleased to com- 
municate to this House a Copy of the Evidence 
taken before the Select Committee appointed by 
their Lordships on the present state of Mew Zealand: 
—And that Lord Ashley do carry the said Message. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Record of the Conviction of 
William Courtenay, at the Summer Assizes for the 
County of Kent, for Perjury, in the year 1833. 

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


A Petition of Clergymen residing in Lutterworth, 
praying that the Benefices Plurality Bill may not 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Report of the Poor Law Commission- 
ers, relative to certain Charges which have been dis- 
— by the Auditors of Unions in England and 


591 


The Order of the day being read, for taking imto Benefices 
further consideration the Report on the Benefices Plurality Bill. 


Plurality Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Amendments made by the Com- 
mittee to the Bill be now read a second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “That 
the” to the end of the Question, in order to add 
the words “ Bill be re-committed” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. Page 

Mr. John Parker, 

Tellers for the Yeas,) 4," “Robert Steuart: 

Tellers for the Yeas, { = Cane 

The numbers reported by the Tellers to the House, 
were, 

Yeas- - - - - = - 145. 
Noes- - - - - = - 86. 

And the House being informed, that two Mem- 
bers, Lord Granville Somerset and Mr. Robert Gor- 
don, who were in the new Lobby when the Question 
was put, and did not go forth with the other Mem- 
bers, had been counted in with the Noes; and the 
votes of the said two Members having been objected 
to, the House decided that they had no right to 
vote ; and their votes were disallowed accordingly. 

And the numbers reported by Mr. Speaker to the 
House, were— 

Yeas- - - - - - - 145. 
Noes- - - - - - - 384. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Committee to the Bill be now read a second time: 
—The said Amendments were accordingly read a 
second time, and agreed to. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in Clause 2, p. 2.1. 23, of printed Bill, as 
amended by the Committee, and on re-commitment, 
by inserting after the word “ diocese,” the words 
“but such two Benefices shall not each involve 
“ the cure of souls.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the ( Sir Harry Verney, Lae 
Yeas, \ Mr. Aglionby: | gems 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Charles Wood, } 96 
Noes, Mr. Robert Gordon: ’ 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in p. 2,1. 39, by leaving out Clauses 4 
and 5, in order to insert the words, “ And be it 
“ Enacted, That no spiritual oe holding any 
“ Benefice involving the cure of souls, shall accept 
“‘ or take to hold therewith any other Benefice in- 
“ volving the cure of souls, unless such Benefices 
“ are situated contiguous to one another, and the 
“ Pansh Churches are within three miles of each 
“ other, and the united population of such two 
“ Benefices do not exceed three thousand souls, and 
“ the united incomes of such two Benefices amount 
“ to less than Seven hundred and fifty pounds per 
“ annum,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Bill; 

The House divided : 

Tne Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Charles Wood, Lsy7 
Yeas, Mr. Nicholl : : al 
Tellers for the { Sir Harry Verne 
Noes, (Me. Baines : ™ } -- 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 





Voi. 93. 





4F4 


































592 §°—9° 


Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in Clause 35, p. 16, |. 19, by inserting, 
after the words “ by any,” the words “ dangerous 
“illness or infirmity of body of himself, or of 
“ his wife or child, making part of and residing 
“ with him as any part of his family, or by any.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there inserted :—The said proposed Amend- 
ment: was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in Clause 36, p. 17, 1. 6, by insert- 
ing after the words, “in any case,” the words 
“ of dangerous illness of the wife or child of any 
“ spiritual person, residing with him, and forming 
“ part of his family, and in any other case.” 

And the Question being proposed, That those 
words be there inserted :—The said proposed Amend- 
ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in Clause 57, p. 27, |. 3, by inserting, 
after the words “ inadequately performed,” the 
words “or on receiving a memorial signed by 
“* twenty-five respectable householders, resident 
within the parish, or parishioners representing 
one-fourth of the value of the parish to that 
“* effect.” 

And the Question being put, That those words be 
there inserted :—It passed in the Negative. 

Then several other Amendments were made to 
the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, by inserting at the end of Clause 69, p. 31, 
1. 43, the followmg Proviso :—“ Provided also, That 
“ it shall be lawful for the Governors of Queen 


ce 
“ 





“ Anne’s Bounty, if they shall in their discretion | 


see fit, on the application in writing of any such | 
Curate as aforesaid, such application being autho- | 
rized by the signature of such Bishop, to make | 
up or increase such stipend to any amount that | 
they may think fit, not exceeding the sum of 
seventy-five pounds per annum.” 
And the Question ebieg proposed, That those 
words be there inserted :—The said proposed Amend- 
ment was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill in Clause 83, p. 36, 1. 27, by inserting | 
after the words “ receive from the,” the words, 
‘* same respectively.” 

And the Question being put, That those words be 
there inserted :—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in Clause 85, p. 37, 1. 28, by inserting at 
the end of the Clause, the words, “ and that if any 
o etre resident within such Benefice shall think 
“ himself aggrieved by the grant of such institution 
or license, on account of such want of instruction 
in the Welsh Language, it shall be lawful for such 
person in like manner, within one month after 
such grant, to — to the Archbishop of Can- | 
terbury, who shall proceed on the said appeal as 
“ aforesaid.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted :—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, by inserting at the end of the Schedule | 
A., p. 45, after “ Question 18,” the words “ Ques- 
“ tion 19,—W hat is the gross annual value of your 
“ Benefice ?” 

And the Question being put, That those words be | 
there inserted ; 

The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


&amp; 
“ 
&lt; 


n 


“ 
“ 


“ 


“ 








A. 1838. 


Then several Clauses were added to the Bill. 

Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill, “That no Stamp duty shall be chargeable on 
“ any instrument connected with the admission to 
any Benefice not exceeding Two hundred pounds, 
of any spiritual person not holding any other 
preferments of the annual value of One hundred 
and fifty pounds.”—And the said Clause was 
brought up, and read the first and second time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be added to the Bill; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Junii. 


“cc 


Tellers for the f Mr. Nicholl, 
Yeas, Sir Robert Harry Inglis: } 
Tellers for they Mr. Robert Gordon, a 55 
Noes, Mr. Robert Steuart : i 


So it passed in the Negative. 


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


Sabbati, 9° die Junii, 1838: 


Another Clause was offered to be added to the 
Bill, “ Permitting the widew of a Clergyman to 
“ reside for a limited time in the Parsonage house :”’ 
—And the said Clause was brought up, and read the 
first time. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed; and read the third time upon Friday 
next. 


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


House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Registration of Electors 
Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 


the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
_made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be now received. 
Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly ; and 


the Report was ordered to be taken into further 


consideration upon Friday next; and the Bill, as 


amended, to be printed. 


Registration of 
Electors Bill. 


No. 487. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself {yternational 


into a Committee upon the International Copyright Copyright Bill. 


Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Controverted Elections Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Bishoprick of Sodor and Mann Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 


| resolve itself into the said Committee. 


No. 509, 


Controverted 
Elections Bili. 


Bishoprick 
of Sodor and 
Mann Bill. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


, Mr. Hume, | ‘The Order of the day being read, for taking into Qualification of 
Tellers for the Y eas, | Mr. Finch: } Sh...) gchemanmed deration the Report pes Qualitc etion: ew _ 
f Mr. Robert Gordon } | of Members Bill:—The Bill was re-committed to a No. 400. 
Tellers for the Noes, 4," Wicholl: J ®!* | Committee of the whole House:—And the House 


immediately resolved itself into the said Committee ; 
and, 


Dea 
Min 


Dea 
Enc 
Bill. 


Reg 
of \ 
(Ire 
(Ne 


Re; 
of \ 
(Ire 
(Ne 


Pri 


Juv 
Off 


Pe 
Dil 


(s 





1 VictrorizZ. 


and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Aglionby reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Aglionby reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration, upon Wednesday the 20th day of 
this instant June; and the Bill, as amended, to be 
printed. 


Dean Forest 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
Mines Bill. 


into further consideration the Report on the Dean 
Forest Mines Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Friday 
next. 
Dean Forest The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
‘rr into further consideration the Report on the Dean 
- Forest Encroachments Bill; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed; and read the third time upon Friday 
next. 


Registration 
of Voters 
(Ireland) 
(No. 1.) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Registration of Voters (Jreland) 
(No. 1.) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Registration 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


(Ireland) reading of the Registration of Voters (Jreland) 
(No. 2.) Bill, (No. 2.) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 
Prisons Bill. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Prisons Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Juvenile The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Offenders Bill. mittee on the Juvenile Offenders Bili; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Personal 
Diligence 
(Scotland) Bill. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend the Law of Scotland 
in matters relating to Personal Diligence, Arrest- 
ments and Poindings, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Advocations 


(Scotland) Bill. The ingrossed Bill to diminish Delay and Expense 


in Advocations and Suspensions in the Court of 
Session in Scotland, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Steam Vessels 


(Themes) Bill The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


* mittee on the Steam Vessels ( Thames) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Clergy Resi- ‘The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
Bil N® 2a Committee upon the Clergy Residences (No. 2.) 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, Thiat 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next, 
Vou. 93. 


8°— 9° Juniz. 








593 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the schools 
Report on the Schools (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) Bilt. 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Slave Vessels 
further consideration the Report on the Slave = era Captured Bill. 
Captured Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Mesus. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Vestries in 
reading of the Vestries in Churches Bill ; Churches Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Sea Coast 
mittee on the Sea Coast Fisheries (Jreland) Bill; Fisheries 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday (intend) Be 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- China Courts 

mittee on the China Courts Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 

resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Grand Jury 

further consideration the Report on the Grand Jury Cess (Dublin) 
Cess (Dublin) Bill:—The Bill was re-committed to Bil. 
a Committee of the whole House :—And the House 
immediately resolved itself into the said Committee; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Kingstown and Dublin Harbour Bill was, Kingstown 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- 2nd Dublin 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for ##*our Bill. 
Monday next. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Waterloo Annuities Bill ; waterloo 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. — Annuities Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third guitors’ Money 

reading of the Suitors’ cnet Bill ; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken Evesham 
before the Select Committee on the Evesham Elec- Election 
tion Petition, be printed. No. 460. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Fossil Remains. 
Copy. of a Memorial presented to the Chancellor of 
the Exchequer, recommending the purchase of cer- 
tain Collections of Fossil Remains by the Trustees 
of the British Museum. 


Ordered, That the Copies of the Charters granted Colonial and 
to the Colonial and Australasian Banking Com- A¥%tralasian 


— which were presented upon the 23d day of nen 
ecember last, be printed. No. 457. 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Silk Goods, Silk Goods. 
which were presented yesterday, be printed. No, 458. 
46 Ordered, 








594 


Caledonian Ordered, That the Thirty-third Report of the 
a pon Commissioners of the Caledonian Canal, which was 
oO. ° 


presented yesterday, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before one of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
Monday next. 





Luna, 11° die Junii ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 





PRAYERS. 
Oldham Gas O RDERED, That the Committee on the Old- 
and Water- ham Gas and Waterworks Bill have leave to sit 
tei day, till five of the clock, during the sitting of 
the House. 


Mr. Barneby reported from the Select Committee 
appointed to inquire into the operation of an Act 
assed in the fifth and sixth years of the reign of 
is late Majesty, relating to the Highways in that 
part of Great Britain called England; and who 
were empowered to report their opinion se 
to the House, together with the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them; That they had considered 
the matters to them referred ; and had directed him 
to make a Report thereof to the House, together 
with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them ; 
with an Appendix. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed. 


Highway Act. 
No. 463. 


Mr. Freshfield reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions; That they had exa- 
mined the Petitions presented from the 28th day of 
May last to the 8th day of this instant June, both 
inclusive ; and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 


Public 
Petitions. 


§°—9°—11° Junie. 





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


Farringdon Sir Matthew Wood reported from the Committee 
Street(London)on the Farringdon-street (London) Bill; and to 
Bill. whom two Petitions against the said Bill were re- 
ferred; That the Standing Orders had been com- 
lied with, pursuant to the leave granted by the 
Beate on the 27th day of February last; and that 
no person appeared on behalf of the said Petitions ; 
and that the Committee had examined the allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the same to be true; 
and had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Sir Matthew Wood reported from the Committee 
on the Metropolitan Suspension Bridge Bill; That 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true ; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Metropolitan 
Suspension 
Bridge Bill. 


Royal Exchange Sir Matthew Wood presented a Bill for improving 

Rebuilding Bill. the Site of the Royal Exchange, in the City of 
Lordon, and the Avenues adjoining thereto: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 


South Holland An ingrossed Bill for amending an Act of King 
Drainage Bill. George the Third, intituled, “ An Act for amending, 
and rendering more effectual, an Act of his present 
Majesty, for draining Lands in South Holland, and 
for continuing and amending another Act of his pre- 
sent Majesty, for maintaining and repairing a certain 
Bank and the Road thereon, from Spalding High 
Bridge to Brother House, all in the County of Lin- 
coln ;” and for enlarging the term, and continuing 
the Tolls and Powers thereby granted or continued 








A, 1838. 


for maintaining and repairmg a Road on the said 
Bank, was read the third time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for amending an Act of King 
George the Third, for draining Lands in South 
Holland, and for repairing and maintaining the 
Road from Spalding High ridge to Brother House, 
all in the County of Lincoln. 

Ordered, That Mr. Handley do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for lighting with Gas the Town Leamington 
of Leamington Priors, and the Neighbourhood Priors Gas Bill 
thereof, in the County of Warwick, was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir John Mordaunt do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Dennistoun reported from the Committee on Garnkirk 
the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway Bill; That the 74 Glaagew 
“gage ; 2 ailway Bill. 
application being solely for powers to raise a further 
sum of money, the Standing Orders relative to Rail- 
way Bills did not apply to the present Bill; and 
that they had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Lord Viscount A/ford reported from the Com- Luton and 
mittee on the Luton and Saint Alban’s Road Bill ; Saint Alban’s 
That the Order of the House of the 6th day of 84 i 
March last had been complied with; and that they 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


An ingrossed Bill for inclosing Lands in the Pa- Pulham 
rishes of Pulham Saint Mary-the-Virgin and Pul- Wclosure Bill. 
ham Saint Mary Magdalen, in the County of Wor- 
folk, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Maclean do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Darby reported from the Committee on the Lower Beeding 
Lower Beeding Church Bill; That they had exa- Church Bill 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the same 
to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto; and the Amendments were 
read and agreed to; and Amendments were made to 
the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


An ingrossed Bill for building a Bridge over the Ladykirk 
River Tweed, between Ladykirk, in the County of he 
Berwick, and Norham, in the County of Durham, jyidge Bil. 
and for making Avenues and Approaches thereto, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Pringle do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for amending certain Acts of rp sna 
Parliament relating to the Civil Court of Record of * *““*® 
the Borough of Liverpool, and improving the Pro- 
ceedings thereof, for amending other Local Acts re- 
lating to the Borough, for the erection of an Ob- 
servatory, and for altering Boundaries in the Bo- 
rough, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for amending certain Acts relating 
to the Civil Court of Record of the Borough of 
Liverpool, and improving the Proceedings thereof. 

Ordered, That Mr. Cresswell do carry the Bill to 





the Lords, and desire their concurrence. . 
n 





wet 


bet oO oe ied 


ae TP ee 














Paddington 
Estates Bill, 


Pembroke 
Ferry Bill. 


Glasgow 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Haverfordwest 
(Portfield ) 
Inclosure Bill. 


Hartlepool 
Dock and 
Railway Bill. 


Birmingham, 
Bristol, and 
Thames Junc- 
tion Railway 
Bill. 


Caithness 

ads and 
Statute Labour 
Bill. 


Smitir’s 
Estate Bill, 








1 VicTortiz. 


An ingrossed Bill for enabling the Trustees of 
certain Lands called the Bread and Cheese Lands, 
in the Parish of Paddington, in the County of 
Middlesex, to grant Building Leases of the said 
Lands, and for other purposes, was read the 
third time; and Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for enabling the Trustees of certain 
Lands situate in the Parish of Paddington, in the 
County of Middlesex, to grant Building Leases of 
the said Lands, and for other purposes. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hail do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Sir James Graham reported from the Committee 
on the Pembroke Ferry Bill; That they had exa- 
amined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


An ingrossed Bill to alter and amend, and in part 
repeal, the Powers of certain Acts for supplying the 
City of Glasgow and Suburbs with Water; to enable 
the Company of Proprietors of the Glasgow Water- 
works to purchase the Cranstonhill Waterworks, 
and to raise a further Sum of Money ; and to alter 
the Rates leviable by the said Company of Pro- 
prietors, was read the third time ; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hindley do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the 
Haverfordwest (Portfield) Inclosure Bill to make 
their Report be enlarged till To-morrow. 


Mr. Harland reported from the Committee on 
the Hartlepool Dock and Railway Bill; and to 
whom a Petition against the said Bill was referred ; 
That the application being solely to raise a further 
sum of money, the Standing Orders relative to 
Railway Bills did not apply to the present Bill ; 
that the Resolution of the House of the 9th day 
of March last had been complied with; and that 
they had considered the said Petition; and had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


A Petition of Edward Andrews and others, Occu- 
piers of houses in Kensington-crescent and Curzon- 
place, and Edward’s-terrace, Kensington, and Vale- 
place, and Portland-place, Hammersmith; praying 
that they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, 
against certain parts of the Birmingham, Bristol and 
Thames Junction Railway Bill, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


Notice being taken that the Caithness Roads and 
Statute Labour Bill was a Bill of the Second Class, 
and that the Report which, upon Friday last, was 
made from the Committee thereon, ought to have 
been ordered to lie upon the Table; 

Ordered, That the Proceedings of the House upon 
the Report of the said Bill be null and void. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Smith’s Estate Bill was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 
Vou. 93. 








11° Juniz. 595 


Petitions from Cresswell ;—and, Waltham Holy Church 
Cross; praying that all increase of revenue that Prey: 
may arise from an improved system of leasin 
Ecclesiastical Property may be left at the disposa 
of the Church to supply the deficiency of spiritual 
instruction for the people,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister, Congregation and Church of 
Friends assembling in Fullwood Chapel, in the parish S-tland 
of Sheffield, praying the House to refuse their sanc- 
tion to any additional endowments to the Church 
of Scotland, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Colchester, praying Poor Law 
the House to prevent the mischiefs arising from the — 
unlimited powers exercised by the Poor Law Com- 
missioners, from the injustice of the Bastardy Clauses 
in the Poor Law Amendment Act, from the want 
of prompt surgical assistance, and from the separa- 
tion of married paupers; and to enable courts of 
guardians to make regulations for the management 
of their own unions, and to administer out-door 
relief to able-bodied paupers, without the interference 
of the Poor Law Commissioners, was presented, and 
read ; and referred to the Select Committee on the 
Poor Law Amendment Act. 


A Petition of Magistrates, Clergy, Bankers, Mer- Sale of Beer 
chants, Tradesmen and other Inhabitants of Sheffield, Act. 
praying that an Act may be passed for prohibiting 
the consumption of beer on the premises of beer- 
shop keepers, and for the better regulation of the 
granting and continuing of the Licenses for. the 
Sale of Beer, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Owners and Occupiers of Cotton Royal Burghs 


mills and other public works in Glasgow ;—and, (S«otland) Bill. 


the Provost of Burntisland; praying that the Royal 
Burghs (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law as 
it now stands,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Proprietor and Editor of the Postage. 
Leeds Intelligencer Newspaper, and the Reporters 
and others employedin his establishment ;— Dunbar ; 
—and, Paisley; praying for the establishment of 
a low and uniform rate of Postage on Letters,—were 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Postage. 


A Petition of Citizens of Armagh, praying that Municipal 
the Municipal Corporations (Zreland) Bill may pass ma wy 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered ("a") Bill 
to lie upon the table. 


Petitions from the Moderator of the Presbytery Spirit Licenses 
of Forfar ;—and, the Minister and Elders of the (Scotland) Bill 
General Assembly of the Church of Scotland ; pray- 
ing that the Spirit Licenses (Scotland) Bill may not 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Apothecaries of Armagh, praying Medical 
that the Medical Charities (Ireland) Bill may not Charities 
‘ : (Ireland ) Bill. 
pass into a law as it now stands, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Seago ;—Killeavy ;—Portadown ; Church of 
— Ballymore (two Petitions) ; — Tandragee ; — "4. 
Loughgilly ;— Mullavilly ;—and, Kiernan; suggest- 
ing a plan for a reform in the Church of Ireland; 
and praying the House to take the same into con- 
sideration,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

4G2 A Petiticn 





Westminster 


Pavements Bill, 


Negro Appren- 
ticeship. 


Idolatr 
(india. 


Church of 
Scotland. 


Maynooth 
College, 


Church of 
Scotland 


Pilotage Bill. 


Bonding 
Warehouses, 


Prunkenness. 


Lord’s Day Bill. 


Beer Houses, 


Licensed 
Victuallers, &amp;c. 


596 


A Petition of Vestrymen of the parish of Saint 
Mary-le-bone, praying that the Westminster Pave- 
ments Bill may be referred to a Select Committee, 
and thet the Petitioners may be heard before such 
Committee, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
against such parts of the said Bill as affect them, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Ballintra;— and, Pettigo; pray- 
ing for the abolition of the system of Negro Appren- 
ticeship,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Ministers and Elders of the 
General Assembly of the Church of Scotland ;— 
and, the Moderator of the Presbytery of Glasgow ; 
praying the House to prevent the interference of the 
British Authorities in India, in regard to the worship 
and service of Idolatry by the natives,—were pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Carmylie, praying 
for the abolition of the system of Lay Patronage in 
the Church of Scotland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Leeds, praying the 
House to refuse all further grants of public money 
for the support of the Roman Catholic College of 
Maynooth, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Society of Licen- | 


tiates of the Church of Scotland in Aberdeen, pray- 
ing the House to grant such additional endowments 
to the Established Church of Scotland, as shall 
enable her ministers to impart the blessings of re- 
ligious instruction and consolation to every destitute 
member of the community, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Merchants, Ship-owners and others 

of Boston ;—and, Pilots enaed the Corporation 

of the Trinity House of Newcastle-upon- Tyne, and 

Residents in South Shields; praying that the Pilotage 

Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands,—were 

prerentes, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Barnsley, praying 
the House to extend the privilege of Bonding to the 
town of Wakefield, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Hamilton Bawn, 
praying the House to adopt measures for the sup- 
pression of Drunkenness, was presented, and ‘id : 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Moderator and Clerk of the 
Associate Synod of Original Seceders, met at Edin- 
burgh, praying that the Lord’s Day Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Number of Licenses taken out for 
each Beer House in the years 1835, 1836 and 1837 
respectively. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Licensed Vic- 
tuallers who passed the various Insolvent Courts of 
England and Wales in the years 1829, 1830 and 


11° Junie. 














A. 1838. 


1831; and the Number of Licensed Victuallers and 
Beer-sellers (distinguishing each) who have passed 
the said Courts, from the 1st June 1835 to the 1st 
June 1838 inclusive ; distinguishing the Number in 
each year. 

Ordered, That the said Address be 
Her Majesty by such Members of this 
of Her 


resented to 
ouse as are 
ajesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Sale of Beer 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Act. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Police Convic- 
tions which have taken place under the new Beer 
Act, in the years 1836, 1837 and 1838 :—And, of 
the Number of Excise Convictions for the purchase 
or sale of Spirituous Liquors by Beer-sellers which 
have taken place in the years 1836, 1837 and 
1838. 

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


Mr. Pattison reported from the Committee on gine, 
the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for natu- Nat. Bill. 
ralizing John Nicholas Sibeth; That they had exa- 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment :—And the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Pattison do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without any Amendment. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Adam and Message from 
Mr. Senior: the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment, viz. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for raising the Sum of Exchequer Bills 
Thirteen Millions by Exchequer Bills, fer the Service (£. 13,000,000.) 


of the year One thousand eight hundred and Thirty- 8#!'. 
eight : 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands within Helsington, &amp;c. 


the Townships or Divisions of Strickland Roger, Inclosure Bill. 
Whinfell 7 Helsington, in the Parish of Kirkby 
in Kendal, in the County of Westmorland, and for 
draining and improving certain Lands in the said 
Township of Helsington, and in the Townships of 
Underbarrow and Bradley Field and Levens, in the 
Parishes of Kirkby in Kendal and Heversham, in 
= same County :—And then the Messengers with- 
rew. 


A Message by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman 

Usher of the Black Rod: = evs. i 
Mr. Speaker. 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
the several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do 
desire the immediate attendance of this Honourable 
House in the House of Peers, to hear the Commis- 
sion read. 

Accordingly Mr.Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers, where a Commission 
under the Great Seal was read, giving, declaring 
and notifying the Royal Assent to the several 
Public and Private Bills therein mentioned ; and 
that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared 
the Royal Assent to the said Bills: Which Bills 
are as follow : 


An Act for raising the Sum of Thirteen Millions Exchequer - 
by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the year One agente: 


thousand eight hundred and Thirty-eight : 

An Act to repeal part of an Act, intituled, “ An Regency Act 
Act to provide for the Administration of the Govern- a 
ment, in case the Crown should descend to Her ~ 
Royal Highness the Princess Alexandrina Victoria, 

Daughter 

















Poo! 
Loa 


Sait 
Gaj 
Bill 


Bra 
Jun 


pet eee et 


the bed bee 





Poor Law 
Loans Bill, 


Custody of 
Insane Persons 


(Ireland) Bill. } 


London 
and Croydon 
Railway Bill. 


Saint Helens 
and Runcorn 
Gap Railway 
Bill. 


Brandling 
Junction 
Railway Bill. 
Newcastle 
and Carlisle 
Railway Bill. 


Cheltenhamand 
Great Western 
Union Railway 
Bill. 


Manchester, 
Bolton, and 
Bury Canal, 
&amp;c., Bill. 


Bristol and 
Exeter Railway 
Bill. 


Taw Vale 
Railway and 
Dock Bill. 


Deal Pier Bill. 


Bury (Lancas- 
ter) Waterworks 
Bill. 


Turton and 
Entwisle 
Reservoir Bill. 
Boughrood 
Bridge Bill. 


Londonderry 
Bridge, &amp;c., 
Bill. 


Birkenhead 
Improvement 
Bill. 


Sheffield 
Improvement 
Bill, 


Gravesend 
Cemetery Bill. 


1 Vicroriz. 


Daughter of his late Royal Highness the Duke of 
Kent, being under the age of Ei hteen years, and 
for the care and guardianship of Her Person :” 

An Act to explain and amend an Act of the seventh 
year of his late Majesty, for extending the period 
for the Repayment of Loans made under an Act 
rows in the fourth and fifth year of his said late 

ajesty, for the Amendment and better Administra- 
tion of the Laws relating to the Poor in England 
and Wales: 

An Act to make more effectual Provision for the 
Se of Offences by Insane Persons in Jre- 
and : 

An Act to enable the Zondon and Croydon Rail- 
way Company to enlarge their Station in the Parish 
of Saint Olave, in the Borough of Southwark, in the 
County of Surrey, and to amend the Acts relating 
to the said Railway and Station : 

An Act to enable the Saint Helens and Runcorn 
Gap Railway Company to raise a further Sum of 
Money, and for amending the provisions of the 
several Acts relating to such Railway : 


An Act to enable the Brandling Junction Rail- 
way Company to raise an additional Sum of Money: 


An Act to authorize the Newcastle-upon-Tyne 
and Carlisle Railway Company to raise an addi- 
tional Sum of Money for the purposes of their Un- 
dertaking : 

An Act to alter the Line of the Cheltenham and 
Great Western Union Railway, and to amend the 
Act relating thereto : 


An Act for enabling the Company of Proprietors 
of the Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal Navi- 
gation and Railway to raise more Money, and for 
amending the powers and provisions of the several 
Acts relating thereto: 

An Act for making several Branches in the 
County of Somerset from the Line of the Bristol 
and Exeter Railway, and for amending the Act 
relating to such Railway : 

An Act for making a Railway from Penhill, in 
the Parish of Fremington, in the County of Devon, 
to the Town of Barnstaple, and for constructing a 
Dock in the said Parish of Fremington, to be called 
The Taw Vale Railway and Dock : 

An Act for making and maintaining a Pier or 
Jetty and other Works, at the Town and Borough 
of Deal, in the Parish of Deal, in the County of 
Kent : 

An Act for supplying with Water the Town of 
Bury, and the several Townships of Walmersley-cum 
Shuttleworth, Bury and Elton, all in the Parish of 
Bury, in the County Palatine of Lancaster : 

An Act to amend an Act, for making and main- 
taining the Turton and Entwisle Reservoir : 


An Act for building a Bridge over the River Wye, 
ata place called Boughrood Ferry, in the Counties 
of Brecon and Radnor, and for making convenient 
Approaches thereto : 

An Act to amend an Act passed in the fifth and 
sixth year of the reign of King William the Fourth, 
regarding Londonderry Bridge, and to amend se- 
veral Acts relating to the City and Port of London- 
derry: 

An Act to amend an Act passed in the third year 
of the reign of his late Majesty King William the 
Fourth, intituled, An Act for paving, lighting, watch- 
ing, cleansing, and otherwise improving the Town- 
ship or Chapelry of Birkenhead, in the County 
Palatine of Chester, and for regulating the Police 
thereof, and for establishing a Market within the 
said Township : 

An Act for making a new street or thoroughfare, 
and widening and improving certain other streets or 
thoroughfares, within the Town and Borough of 
Sheffield, in the County of York: 

An Act for establishing a general Cemetery in 
sa! sg of Gravesend, in the County of Kent : 

oL. 93. 


11° Junie. 





597 


An Act for the more easy and speedy recovery of Oakham, &amp;c. 
Small Debts within the Parishes of Oakham and — Debts 
Uppingham, and other places, in the Counties of” 
Rutland, Leicester and Northampton : 

An Act for making, repairing and maintaining Dean Forest 
certain Roads in Her Majesty’s Forest of Dean, 024s Bill. 
and the Waste Lands belonging to the said Forest, 
and in several Parishes adjoining thereto, in ‘the 
County of Gloucester : 

An Act for more effectually amending and im- Buckstones 
proving the Roads from Buckstones, by Barkisland mat sy 
School, to the Rochdale and Elland Turnpike Road, 
near the Town of Elland, and from Sykehouse to 
the Highway leading from Barkisland to Stainland, 
all in the West Riding of the County of York: 

An Act for repairing the Road from French Top, Stuley ‘ 
in the West Riding of the County of York, to Sta- ®*4 Bill. 
ley, in the County Palatine of Chester : 

An Act to alter, amend and enlarge the powers Twyford and 
and provisions of an Act passed in the seventh year fieale Road 
of the reign of his late Majesty King George the * 
Fourth, intituled An Act, for repairing the Road 
from the Thirty-three milestone, in the Parish of 
Ruscombe, in the County of Berks, towards Reading, 
to a place called the Seven Milestone, in the Parish 
of Beenham, in the said County, and a certain other 
Road communicating therewith : 

An Act for repairing and maintaining a Road, Salterhebble 
from near Salterhebble, in the Parish of Halifax, to ®o4s Bill. 
the Huddersfield and New Hey Turnpike Road, in 
the Parish of Huddersfield ; and to Sowerby Bridge, 
in the said Parish of Halifax, all in the West Riding 
of the County of York, with a Bridge on the line of 
the said Road: 

An Act for repairing and maintaining the Roads Wakefield 
leading from Wakefield to Halifax, and from near #4 Halifax 
Hipperholm Bar to near Stump Cross, all in the . 
West Riding of the County of York: 

An Act for repairing and maintaining the Road Brampton 
leading from the South End of hae tee: in —— a 
Brampton Bierley, to a certain Public Highway in Road Bill, 
Mexbrough, and from Clegg’s gery A in Rawmarsh, 
to the West End of the Village of Hooton Roberts, 
in the County of York: , 

An Act for repairing, maintaining and improving Toweester and 
the Road leading from Towcester to the Turnpike ee 
Road in Cotton End, in the Parish of Hardingston, “°° ~"" 
in the County of Northampton: 

An Act for repairing and maintaining the Road Aylesbury 
from Aylesbury to Thame, and the Roads from Thame ang 
to Oxford, Shillingford, Postcomb and Bicester, in 
the Counties of Buckingham and Oxford: 

An Act to repeal as much of an Act, intituled An Balmore 
Act for making and maintaining the Road from Roads Bill. 
Glasgow to Redburn Bridge, and certain other 
Roads, in the Counties of Stirling, Dumbarton and 
Lanark, as relates to the Balmore Road, and to 
improve and make and maintain the said Road, and 
certain other Roads connected therewith, in the 
Parishes of Campsie and Baldernoch and County 
of Stirling aforesaid : ae 

An Act for inclosing Lands, within the Townships Helsington, &amp;c., 
or Divisions of Strickland Roger, Whinfell and losure Bill. 
Helsington, in the Parish of Kirkby-in-Kendal, in 
the County of Westmorland, and for se and 
improving certain Lands in the said Township of 
Helsington, and in the Townships of Underbarrow 
and Bradley Field and Levens, in the Parishes of 
Kirkby-in-Kendal and Heversham, in the same 
County : . ; : 

An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Lin- 
ton, in the County of Cambridge : 

An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Witcham _ 
Witcham, in the Isle of Ely, in the County of Inclosure Bill. 
Cambridge : . ‘ 

An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parishes of Wickwar, ie, 
Wickwar, Cromhall and Tortworth, in the County !&lt;lesure Bil. 
of Gloucester: : 

An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Comstertn. 
Chesterton, in the County of Cambridge: ReanS Sa 

4a3 An Act 


Linton 
Inclosure Bill. 








Higham Ferrers 
Inclosure Bill, 


Berden, &amp;c., 
Inclosure Bill. 


Bishop’s Castle 
and Munslow 
Inclosure Bill. 


Earl of 
Effingham’s 
Estate Bill. 


Painswick 
Vicarage Bill. 


Le Jeune’s 
Nat, Bill. 


Newman’s 
Nat. Bill, 


Beurle’s 
Nat. Bill. 


Post Office. 


Controverted 
Elections 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


No. 464. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Duke of 
Norfolk’s 
Estate Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill. 





598 


An Act for inclosng Lands in the Parish of 
Higham Ferrers, in the County of Northampton : 

An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parishes of 
Berden, Manewden and Stansted Mountfitchet, in 
the County of Essex : 

An Act for inclosing Lands in the Manors of 
Bishop's Castle and Munslow, in the County of 
Salop : 

An Act for authorizing the Investment of a Fund, 
under the Will and Codicil of the Most noble 
Charles, \ate Duke of Norfolk, in the Purchase of 
Estates in any part of England : 

An Act for the Sale of the Advowson of the 
Vicarage of Painswick, in the County of Gloucester : 

An Act for naturalizing Sophia Nelthorpe Le 
Jeune: 

An Act for naturalizing Sarah Nelthorpe New- 
man : 

An Act for naturalizing Mark Ludwig Beurle. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies cf the Contract between the Post Master 
General and the London and Birmingham Railway 
Company, in May 1838, for the Conveyance of the 
Mails :—And, of the Award made by the Arbitrators 
under such Contract. 


Sir Robert Peel presented a Bill to amend the 
Jurisdiction for the Trial of Election Petitions: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Wednesday, the 20th 
day of June next ; and to be printed. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Adam and 
Mr. Senior : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for giving effect to certain Powers of Appointment 
over settled Estates of the Duke of Norfolk, so that 
by the exercise of such Powers the Estates to be 
appointed may be discharged from the Countess of 
Surrey’s Pin-money; and for discharging certain 
parts of the said settled Estates from the Portions 
of the Daughters and younger Sons of the Earl and 
Countess of Surrey; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House :--And then the Mes- 
sengers withdrew. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Municipal 
Corporations (Ireland) Bill:—The Bill was re-com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ this House will, upon Monday next, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
— to be left out stand part of the Question :— 

t was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 


reamble postponed. 

Crauses N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 

Criause N° 3 (No person to be admitted a free- 
man by gift or purchase) read. 

Amendment proposed: P. 3. 1. 23. At the end of 
the Clause to add “ or at the discretion of any per- 
“ son or body.” 


Question proposed : That those words be there 
added. 


Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 
Cause N° 3, postponed. 





119-—12° Juniz. 








A. 1838. 


CiausE N° 4, agreed to. 
CiavusE N° 5, postponed. 


Criause N° 6, (Inhabitant householder in any 
borough named in Schedules, who shall hold and 
occupy any house, &amp;c., which shall be rated to the 
relief of the poor, as of the net annual value of Five 
pounds, entitled to be a burgess and a member of 
the body corporate)——read. 

Several Amendments made. 

Amendment proposed: P. 4. 1. 30. To leave out 
“ Five pounds,” and insert “ Ten pounds.” 

Question put, That “ Five pounds ” stand part 
of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for thef Mr. Charles Wood, lose 

Yeas, Mr. Robert Steuart : a 

Tellers for the { Sir George Clerk, Jo6 6 


Noes, Sir Thomas Fremantle : 
To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 





Crause N°’ 6, as amended, agreed to. 





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


Martis, 12° die Junii, 1838: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Tithes 


into a Committee to consider further of the subject 
of Tithes in Zreland. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That it is expedient to abolish Com- 
me for Tithes in Jreland, and to substitute 

ent-charges in lieu thereof. 

2. Resolved, That provision be made out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for defraying the expenses 
which may be incurred in the revision of Tithe Com- 
positions in Ireland. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The ingrossed Bill to repeal the several Acts now 
in force relating to Bread to be sold in Zredand, and 
to provide other Regulations for the making and 
sale of Bread, and for preventing the adulteration of 
Meal, Flour and Bread in that part of the United 
Kingdom called Ireland, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Beamish do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Loan Societies (/reland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday, 
the 20th day of this instant June, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. oi 

e 


( Ireland.) 


Ecclesiastical 
Duties and 
Reveuues Bill, 


Sale of Bread 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Loan Societies 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Prisons ; 
(Scotland ) Bill, 























































Parlian 
Burghs 
(Scotla 


Royal 
(Scot 


Contre 
Electi 
(No. 1 


Risho 


Mann 


Clerg 
dence 
Bill. 


Scho 


Slav 
Cap 





Me 






Su] 



























woo 














— | 



























































1 Vicroriz. 


Parliamentary | The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Burghs 4) Bill reading of the Parliamentary Burghs (Scotland) Bill; 
(Scotland) “Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


upon Friday next. 


Royal Burghs 


etland) Bill The Order of the day being read, for the second 
cota! ° 


reading of the Royal Burghs (Scotland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Controverted The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
No. 1.) Bill mittee on the Controverted Elections (No. 1.) Bill; 
(Mone Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
day, the 20th day of this instant June, resolve itself 
into the said Committee. 
Rishoprick The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
of Sodor 74 mittee on the Bishoprick of Sodor and Mann Bill ; 
ee Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Clergy Resi- The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
_ (No. 2.) supply an omission in an Act passed in the present 
‘ Session of Parliament, intituled, An Act to amend 
the Law for providing fit Houses for the Beneficed 
Clergy, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without any Amendment. 
Schools The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 


(Scotland) Bill. Report on the Schools (Scotland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Slave Vessels The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Ceptured Bill. further consideration the Report on the Slave Vessels 
Captured Bill; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration To-morrow. 


Ways and The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Means. mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Supply. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
— in The Order of the day being read, for the second 
ches Bill. reading of the Vestries in Churches Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 
arma The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bil], _Mittee on the Sea Coast Fisheries (Jreland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Grand Jury The Order of the day ow, read, for receiving 


= (Dublin) the Report on the Grand Jury Cess (Dublin) Bill; 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 
om The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Harbour Bill, Mittee on the Kingstown and Dublin Harbour Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Waterloo 
Annuities Bill. 


The ingrossed Bill to transfer the management 
of certain Annuities on Lives from the Trustees of 
the Waterloo Subscription Fund, to the Commis- 
sioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, and 
to amend several Acts for enabling the said Com- 
missioners to grant Life Annuities and Annuities for 
Terms of Years, was, according to Order, read the 
i time; and Amendments were made to the 

ill. 

Vou. 93. 


11°—12° Junie. 









599 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Suitors’ Money Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


Suitors’ Money 
Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Fines and 
for the more effectual levying of Fines, Penalties, (irclond) Bill 
Issues, Deodands and Amerciaments, and of for- 4 
feited Recognizances estreated in Jreland, and for 
the application and distribution thereof: And that 
Lord eseine Morpeth and Mr. Attorney-General 
for Ireland, do prepare and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Land Tax 
Return of all Assessments of the Land-tax for the (Middlesex), 
several Divisions in the County of Middlesex, the “* 

City of London, and the City and Liberty of West- 
minster, since the year 1821, inclusive; with the 
Amount collected in each year, and the Quotas for 
each Division paid to the Receiver General, in- 
cluding the Amount of the Surplus Receipts from 
former years received by the Commissioners from 
the Collectors, and the Amount of the remaining 
Surplus, stating where it is at present deposited ; 
likewise an Account of that part of the Surplus 
which has been alienated; stating the Items on 
which it has been expended, and the authority for 
such appropriation. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill for the Fines and 
more effectual levying of Fines, Penalties, Issues, ery oo 
Deodands and Amerciaments, and of forfeited Re- ‘1*¢lan4) Bill. 
cognizances estreated in Ireland, and for the Appli- No. 465, 
cation and Distribution thereof: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Tuesday next ; and to be printed. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill to con- Linen Manu- 
tinue, for a limited time, an Act of the fifth and sixth wand _ 
_ of his late Majesty for the Regulation of the ("*"" yam. 

inen and Hempen Manufactures in Ireland: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time this day. 


The Duke of Worfolk’s Estate Bill was read the Dake of 

first time ; and ordered to be read a second time. = Norfolk's 
Estate Bill. 

The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Salmon 
Committee, upon Wednesday next, upon the Salmon ‘Bcotlent) 
Fisheries (Scotland) (No. 2.) Bill, was read, and re 2.) Bill. 
discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 20th day of this instant June, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


Lord Viscount Palmerston presented, pursuant to Prussian 
an Address to Her Majesty,—A Copy of the Prus- Commercial 
sian Commercial Union Treaty; and Return of the !*¢*Y- 
Names of the several States which have joined that 
Union, and the Dates at which they so joined ; and 
also the Names of the several States in Germany 
which have not agreed to join that Union; together 
with a Return of the Population of each of those 
States respectively, from the latest Census. 

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


Mr. Charles Wood presented, pursuant to Orders, Navy (Scientific 
—A Return of the Expenditure of the £.1,000 voted Branch.) 
for rewards, experiments, and other Expenses for 
Scientific purposes, under the head of ‘ No. 5, Sci- 
entific Branch,’ in the Navy Estimates for the years 
1835, 1836 and 1837. 

An Account of the Number of Apprentices in Merchant 
the Merchant Service of the United Kingdom on Seamer. 
the 31st of July 1835, when the Act 5 &amp; 6 Wil. 4, 

c. 19, was passed. 
An 


4G4 































































































































































































Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Slave Vessels 
Captured. 


No. 466. 


Public Works 
(Ireland. 


No. 462. 
Tobacco. 
No. 467. 


Sheriff and 
Stewart Clerks 
(Scotland.) 


No. 468. 


Law Courts, 
Westmister. 


Woodstock 
Election. 



























600 


An Account of the Total Number of Apprenticed 
Seamen whose Indentures have been registered since 
the 31st of July 1835, when the Act 5 &amp; 6 Will. 4, 
c. 19, was passed, up to the latest date. 

An Account of the Number of Registered Seamen 
serving in British Vessels, made up to the 9th of 
June 1838. 

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


The Order for taking into further consideration 
upon Wednesday next, the Report on the Medical 
Charities (Ireland) Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday the 27th day of this 
instant June. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Slave Ves 
sels Captured, which was presented upon Thursday 
last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Sixth Annual Report of the 
Commissioners of Public Works in Jreland, which 
was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Tobacco, 
which were presented upon Friday last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to Sheriff and 
Stewart Clerks (Scotland), which was presented 
upon Friday last, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after twelve of the clock on 
Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Martis, 12° die Junii ; 
Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


N R. Morris, from the Court of Exchequer, was 

called in; and at the bar presented,—Further 
Return to an Order, dated the 24th day of May 
last, for a Return of the Number of Causes tried in 
the Superior Courts at Westminster, in one year, 
ending Hilary Term and Sittings 1838; showing 
the Number of Verdicts under £.20; the Number 
from £.20 to £.50; the Number above £.50, and 
the Number of Verdicts subject to Arbitration, so 
far as relates to the Court of Exchequer :—And then 
he withdrew. 

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


The Earl of Zincoln, from the Select Committee 
appointed to try and determine the merits of the 
Petition of Henry John Spencer Churchill, com- 
monly called Lord John Spencer Churchill, com- 
aaa. of an undue Election and Return for the 

orough of Woodstock, informed the House, That 
the Committee had determined, 

That the Honourable George Spencer Churchill, 
commonly called the Marquis of Blandford, is duly 
elected a Burgess to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the soba of Woodstock : 


That the Petition of Henry John Spencer Churchill, 
commonly called Lord John Spencer Churchill, did 
not appear to the Committee to be frivolous or 
vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition did 
not appear to the Committee to be frivolous or 
vexatious. 

The Earl of Zincoln also informed the House, 
That the Committee had altered the Poll taken 
at the last Election for the said Borough, by 
striking off Richard Partridge, William Johnson 
and John Prior, as not having had a right to vote at 
such Election. 

And the said Determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


11°— 12° Juniz. 








A. 1838. 


The House proceeded to take into further consi- Farringdon 


deration the Report which was yesterday made from Street (London) 


the Committee on the Farringdon-street (London) 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Mr. Benjamin Smith reported from the Committee sudbury Town 


on the Sudbury Town Lands Bill; and to whom two Lands Bill, 


Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; That 
they had considered one of the said Petitions ; and 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Macclesfield, praying Macclesfield 
that they may be heard, by themselves, their counsel School Bill, 


or agents, against certain parts of the Macclesfield 
School Bill, was presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Sir Richard Phillips reported from the Committee Haverfordwest 
(Portfield) 


on the Haverfordwest ( Portfield) Inclosure Bill; That 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their consent to the Bill, to 
the satisfaction of the Committee; and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto ; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


{nclosure Bill, 


A Petition of Rowland Alston, of Fishobury, in Tramore 


the county of Hertford, Esquire, M. P., Rowland Drainage Bill. 


Gardiner Alston, of the same place, Esquire, and 
George Lane Fox, Esquire, M.P., of Bramham 
Park, in the county of York, praying that the Tra- 
more Drainage Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion being made, That the Zramore Drainage Tramore 


Bill be now read a second time ; 

Sir Hussey Vivian, by Her Majesty’s command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the purport of the Bill, gives Her 
consent, as far as Her Majesty’s interest is con- 
cerned, that the House may do therein as they shall 
think fit. 

And the Question being proposed, That the said 
Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question, viz., to leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now ” stand part of the Guaktion :—The said pro- 

osed Amendment and Motion were severally, with 
laa of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


Drainage Bill. 


Petitions of John Strettell Brickwood and Edward fastern 


Clanfield Brichwood ;— and, the Thames Haven, Dock 


and Railway Company ; praying that they may be Railway Bill. 


heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
certain parts of the Eastern Counties Railway Bill, 
—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or 
agents, upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and 
counsel heard, in favour of the Bill, against the 
said Petitions. 


A Petition of Clergymen and Inhabitants of Sax- Lord’s Day Bill. 








mundham, praying that the Lord’s Day Bill may 


pass 


Counties 


Eccl 
Dati 
Reve 


Sale 
Act. 


Chu 
Pro 


Pil 





lon) 


wn 


Ecclesiastical 
Duties and 
Revenues Bill. 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Church 
Property. 


Pilotage Bil!. 


Hackney Cars 
(Dublin.) 


Armouries 
(Tower. ) 


Highway Rates 
Bill. 


Forty- first 
Report on 
Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act, 


No. 469. 


County Courts 


Bill. 


Medieal 
Charities 


(Ireland) Bill. 


1 Victrortz. 


pass into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Stockton, praying 
that provision may be made in the Ecclesiastical 
Duties and Revenues Bill for securing ample en- 
dowments to the University of Durham, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered tolie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Guardians of the Keynsham 
Poor Law Union, in the counties of Somerset and 
Gloucester, praying for the repeal of the Sale of 
Beer Act, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Stafford, praying 
that all increase of Revenue that may arise from an 
improved system of leasing Ecclesiastical Property, 
may be left at the disposal of the Church, to supply 
the deficiency of spiritual instruction for the people, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Petitions from Cork;— and, Dublin (two Peti- 
tions); praying that the Pilotage Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Hackney Car and Licensed Vehicle 
Owners of Dublin, praying for a law whereby offences 
with which they may be charged may more clearly 
be defined, and for the establishment of a separate 
Carriage Court, under the presidency of one and the 
same judge, with sufficient power to compel the 
attendance of witnesses on both sides, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sir Hussey Vivian presented, pursuant to Order, 
—A Return of the Number of Persons admitted to 
see the Armouries at the Tower, in each of the past 
years 1824 to 1838 ; distinguishing the Number of 
those who were admitted free of charge by Govern- 
ment Orders and by Ordnance Orders, the Number 
of those who paid for admittance, stating the Amount 


paid for admission by each person for the several | 2; 


objects and parts of the same, in each of the years ; 
also, the aggregate Amount of Money received in 
each year, and how applied. 


ry 


Table. 


Petitions from Trustees of the Hull, Hessle and 
Ferriby Turnpike-road ;—Mortgagees of the Tolls 
of the said Road ;—Mortgagees of the Tolls of the 
Hull and Hedon new Turnpike-road ;—and, Trustees 
of the said Road; praying that the Highway Rates 


12° Junie. 


601 


A Petition of Members of the National Trades Po- Municipal 
litical Union of Dublin, praying that the Municipal paste 
Corporations (Ireland) Bill may pass into a law, sieeeats 
was eet. and read; and ordered to lie upon 

the Table. 

A Petition of Merchants, Traders and other Inha- 





bitants of Vew Ross, praying that in any Act which 
may pass the House for the regulation of or relating 
to Municipal Corporations in Jreland, the town of 
New Ross may be included and preserved as a cor- 
porate town, was also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed Edinburgh 
to consider the terms of an Agreement proposed to ywetareted 
be entered into between the City of Edinburgh, the A 474 
Creditors and the Port of Leith, laid before the ~°°!™ 
House on the 11th day of May last; and to report 
to the House whether it is expedient to sanction the 
same by any legislative enactment, have Power to 
report their Opinion thereupon to the House. 

Mr. Labouchere reported from the said Select 

Committee ; and towhom several Papers which have 
been received at the Treasury, relating to an Agree- 
ment proposed to be entered into between the City 
of Edinburgh and the Creditors and the Town of 
Leith, which was presented upon the 11th day of 
May last, was referred ; That they had considered 
the matter to them referred; and had come toa 
Resolution which they directed him to report, toge- 
ther with an Appendix; and the Resolution of the 
Committee was read, as followeth ; 
_ Resolved, That in the opinion of this Committee, 
it is expedient that the terms of the Agreement on 
the affairs of Leith and Edinburgh, which has been 
referred to their consideration, should be carried 
into effect by an Act of Parliament; and that the 
Interest payable upon the Government Debt upon 
the Leith property ought to be postponed for that 
purpose ; but that no part of the Government Debt 
should be abandoned. 

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





A Petition of Protestant Inhabitants of Desertog- Education 
ll, praying that the present system of National Edu- (!teland.) 


| cation in Ireland may not be persisted in, was pre- 
| sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the! A Petition of Ministers, Elders, Managers and Church of 


Members of the United Secession Congregation of Seotland. 
Greenock, praying the House not to sanction any 
| further endowments to the Church of Scotland, was 
presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Petitions from King’s Lynn (two Petitions);—and, Postage, 


Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands,— | Secretary of the City of London Lying-in Hospital, 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon | praying for the establishment of a low and uniform 


the Table. 


Mr. William Miles reported rom the Select Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Act ; and who 
were empowered to report the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them from time to time to the 
House ; That they had made further Progress in the 


matters to them referred, and had directed him to | 


report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of 
Magistrates of the county of Worcester, in General 
Sessions assembled, praying that the County Courts 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Governors of the Coombe Lying- 
in Hospital, Dublin, praying that the Medical 
Charities (Jreland) Bill may pass into a law, was 
"4 and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


rate of Postage on Letters,-—-were presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Postage. 


A Petition of Henry Jones, a Settler and Magis- Courtof Session 
trate of the county of Kent, in Upper Canada, com-(Stland.) 
plaining of delay in the Court of Session in Scotland 





in the cause of Smith, Payne and Smith versus 
Jones, and praying for inquiry, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Petitions from James Jones and others ;—-and, Patterns and 
John Bidwell and others; praying that the Patterns Inventions Bill. 
and Inventions Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Chalfont Saint Peters ;-— Hor- Negro Appren- 
sington ;—and, Old Kilpatrick; praying for the ‘icesip- 
abolition of the system of Negro Apprenticeship,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Lord Viscount Howick presented, by Her Majes- Army Sickness, 
ty’s command,—A Statistical Report on the Sick- &amp;«+ (West 





Vor. 93. 


4 H Indies.) 

















Carmarthen 
County 
Election, 


British Guiana. 


Negro Appren- 
ticeship, 


Highways Bill. 


Tithes 
(Treland.) 





602 


ness, Mortality and Invaliding among the Troops 

in the West Indies, prepared from the Records of the 

Army Medical Department and War Office Returns. 
Ordered, Thatthesaid Paperdolie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Petition of Edward Adams, the younger, 
and Edward Crompton Lloyd Hall, Esquires, com- 
plaining of the interference of the Steward of a Peer 
at the last Election for the Borough of Carmarthen, 
which was presented upon the 29th day of May last, 
be referred to a Committee of Privileges:—It passed 
in the Negative. 


Resoived, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of the Minutes of Evidence and 
Report of the Commissioners appointed by his Ex- 
cellency the Governor of British Guiana, on the 
Hospital Treatment of the Sick, and the general 
Treatment of the Apprenticed Labourers on Plan- 
tation Blairmount, the property of James Blair, 
Esquire, in the district of Berbice, in British Guiana, 
and the Correspondence thereon with his Excellency 
the Governor :—Of the Cause tried in the district 
of Berbice, in British Guiana, on the 7th May 1836, 
“ The King versus Campbell Faloon,” for neglect 
of the Apprentice Lewis :—Also, Copy of the Cor- 
respondence between the Right Honourable Lord 
Glenelg and Mr. Blair, regarding the Blairmount 
Investigation, and consequent Proceedings :—Of the 
Minutes of Evidence and Decision of Special Justice 
Allen in the Case of Complaint against Bess, Eliza- 
beth, Johanna and Lizy, attached to the Plantation, 
John Hove, the property of B. J. Hopkinson, Es- 
quire, in the district of Demerara, British Guiana ; 
and the Correspondence thereon with his Excellency 
the Governor :—Of the Minutes of Evidence and 
Decision of Special Justice Allen on the Complaint 
of Jane and Jenny Anne, attached to Plantation 
Vreed Wrrendschaft, the property of Dr. John Bry- 
den, in the district of Demerara, British Guiana :— 
And, a Return of the Number of Apprenticed La- 
bourers, distinguishing the Sexes, who have been 
tried before the Inferior and Superior Criminal 
Courts of British Guiana for Offences committed 
under the “ Ordinance of the Government for the 
regulation of Apprenticed Labourers” in that 
Colony; specifying the Nature of their Offences, 
and the Punishments which have been inflicted. 

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


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee appointed in the last 
Session, to inquire into the working of the Appren- 
ticeship system in the Colonies, the condition of the 
Apprentices and the emancipated Negroes and the 
laws and regulations affecting them ; and also, the 
state of Education of the Negroes in the Colonies, 
be laid before this House. 


The House was moved, That the Act 5 and 6 
Will, 4, c. 50, to consolidate and amend the Laws 
reiating to Highways in that part of Great Britain, 
called England, might be read ; and the same being 
read ; ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring ina Bill to 
amend the said Act: And that Mr. Barneby and Mr. 
Shaw Lefevre do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Charles Wood, by Order, reported from the 
Committee to whom it was referred to consider the 
subject of Tithes in Ireland, several Resolutions 
which were read as follow ; 

1. Resolved, That it is expedient to abolish Com- 
positions for Tithes in Ireland, and to substitute 
Rent Charges in lieu thereof. 


12° Juniz. 





A. 1838. 


2. Resolved, That Provision be made out of the 
Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for defraying the Expenses 
which may be incurred in the revision of Tithe Com- 
positions in Ireland. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolutions : And that Mr. Charles Wood, Lord John 
Russell and Lord Viscount Morpeth do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Attornies 
reading of the Attornies and Solicitors (Jreland) Bill; (teeleud) oak 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ™ 


upon Wednesday, the 20th day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Loan Societies 

mittee on the Loan Societies (Zreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 

solve itself into the said Commitiee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Sea Coast 
mittee on the Sea Coasts Fisheries (Ireland) Bill ; a ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve (1reland) Bill. 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Grand Jury 
Report on the Grand Jury Cess (Dublin) Bill; Cess (Dublin) 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. a 


The Linen Manufactures (Jreland) Bill was, ac- Linen Man- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and committed (ireland) Bill 
to a Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. * , 


The Order for reading a second time, 'To-morrow, Escheats Bill. 
the Escheats Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday, the 27th day ofthis instant June. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, Descents Bill. 
the Descents Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday, the 27th day of this instant June. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Loan Societies. 
Return of the Number of Loan Societies which have 
been registered in the United Kingdom under the 
Regulations of the Loan Societies Acts, specifying 
the Name of each place where they are established. 


Mr. Barneby presented a Bill toamend the Laws Highways Bill. 
relating to Highways in England and Wales: And No. 470. 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Tuesday the 26th day of 
this instant June ; and to be printed. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Pilotage Bill. 
Committee, To-morrow, upon the Pilotage Bill, was 
read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order for taking into further consideration, International 
upon Friday next, the Report on the International Copytis" - 
Copyright Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Tuesday next. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Coroners’ Coroners’ 
Inquests (Illegitimate Children), which was pre- (Iegitimate 
sented upon Friday last, be printed. Children.) 

No. 471. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Prussian Prussian _ 
Commercial Treaty, which was presented yesterday, — t 
be printed. No. 472 

Ordered, That the Accounts relative to Merchant Merchant 
Seamen, which were presented yesterday, be printed. Seamen. ., 
. : No. 473. 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Poor. 
Amen 
Act ( 
Union 


Crow 
(Scot 


Fees 
Offic: 


Dul 


mul 


om 








Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act (Holborn 
Union. ) 


Crown Rights 
(Scotland. 


Fees (Public 
Offices.) 


London and 
Dublin Com- 
munication, 


Government 
Annuities, 


Slave Bounties. 


Fossil Remains. 


Land Tax 
(Middlesex), 
&amp;e, 





1 Victroriz. 


Mercuriti, 13° die Juni; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Parker, Assistant Secretary to the Poor 

Law Commissioners, was called in; and at 

the bar presented, pursuant to Order,—Copies of all 

Letters and other Documents addressed to the Poor 

Law Commissioners or their Secretary, with the Re- 

plies thereto, respecting the last Election of Guardians 
for the Holborn Union :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 


Mr. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in; 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to an Address to 
Her Majesty,—-A Return of any Rights belonging 
to the Crown along the Sea Shores of Scotland, 
which have been granted since the Union; distin- 
guishing the nature of such Rights, to whom granted, 
and for what consideration. 

Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to Orders,— 
Returns from the Admiralty Board, from the War 
Office, from the Board of Ordnance, from the Se- 
cretaries of State for the Home, for the Foreign, and 
for the Colonial Departments, from the Signet Of- 
fice, from the Privy Seal Office, from the Treasury, 
from the Colonial Registry Office, from the Office of 
the Comptroller General of the Exchequer, from the 
Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Office, the Queen’s 
Remembrancer’s Office ; stating how far the whole, 
or what part, of the recommendations of the Com- 
mittee appointed by the Lords of the Treasury in 
1836, as to the abolition of Fees in these several 
Offices, have been attended to, and carried into 
effect ; stating, where the abolition or modification of 
the Fees have not been made, the reasons for not 
having abolished or modified the same :—Also, Copy 
of any Minutes of the Treasury respecting the abo- 
lition of Fees in the Stamps and Taxes, Customs, 
Excise, and the Woods, Forests, Land Revenues 
and Works and Buildings, in furtherance of the re- 
commendations of the above-named Committee. 

Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of May 
last, for a Copy of a Report on the Harbour of 
Port Dynllaen, made in pursuance of the Report 
of the Select Committee appointed to inquire into 
the existing Communication between London and 
Dublin, and to consider what Improvements could 
be made therein :—Also, Copies of any Surveys or 
Reports, or other Papers, which have been sub- 
mitted to the Admiralty or other Public Office, in 
pursuance of the Report ofsuch Select Committee, and 
which have not already been laid before Parliament. 

An Account of all the Government Stock that 
has been transferred to the National Debt Office in 
exchange for Annuities for Terms of Years in each 
year since 1830, per Act 10 Geo. 4, c. 24; stating 
the Description of Stock transferred in each year ; 
and the Amount of Annuity, and the Terms of Years 
granted for such Stock, in each year, ending on the 
5th January. 

A Return of the Nature and Amount of the Fees 
charged at the Treasury and the Exchequer on all 
Bounties issued for the seizure of Slaves. 

Copy of a Memorial presented to the Chancellor 
of the Exchequer, recommending the purchase of 
certain Collections of Fossil Remains by the Trus- 
tees of the British Museum. 

Return of all Assessments of the Land Tax for 
the several Divisions in the County of Middlesex, 
the City of London, and the City and Liberty of 
Westminster, since 1821, inclusive ; with the Amount 
collected in each year, and the Quotas for each Di- 
vision paid to the Receiver General, including the 
Amount of the Surplus Receipts from former years 
received by the Commissioners from the Collectors, 
and the Amount of the remaining Surplus, stating 


where it is at present deposited; likewise an 
Vou. 93. 


13° Junie. 


603 


Account of that part of the Surplus which has 
been alienated ; stating the liems on which it has 
been expended, and the authority for such Appro- 
priation. 

Copies of the Contract between the Post Master Post Ofiice. 
General and the London and Birmingham Railway 
Company, in May 1838, for the Conveyance of the 
Mails :—And, of the Award made by the Arbitrators 
under such Contract :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the Eastern 
Eastern Counties Railway Bill to make their Report — - 
be enlarged till Monday, the 2d day of July next. “*"™*9 © 


An ingrossed Bill for dividing, allotting and in- Haverfordwest 
closing Common and Waste Lands, called Portfield, (Portfield) _ 
otherwise Poorfield, in the County of the Town of Mlosere Bill 
Haverfordwest, was read the third time; and an 
Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Pryme do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House was moved, That the Report which Edinburgh 
was yesterday made from the Select Committee ap- and Leith 
pointed to consider the terms of an Agreement pro- em" 
posed to be entered into between the City of Edin- 
burgh, the Creditors and the Port of Leith, laid 
before the House on the 11th instant, and to report 
to this House whether it is expedient to sanction the 
same by any legislative enactment, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to regulate and secure the Debt due by the City of 
Edinburgh to the Public ; to confirm an Agreement 
between the said City and its Creditors; and to 
effect a settlement of the Affairs of the said City and 
the Town of Leith: And that Mr. Labouchere and 
Mr. Robert Steuart do prepare, and bring it in. 

Ordered, That leave be given that Notices be pub- 
lished in three successive weeks in the present month 
of June, and in the month of July next, or either of 
them, in the Edinburgh Gazette, and in some one 
and the same Newspaper of the said city :—And that 
the Committee on the Bill do examine, in the first 
place, how far the said Order shall have been com- 
plied with ; and do report the same to the House on 
the Report of the Bill. 


Mr. Whittam, one of the Clerks attending Com- Negro Appren- 
mittees of this House, presented, pursuant to Order, ticeship. 
—The Minutes of the Evidence taken before the Se- 
lect Committee appointed in the last Session, to in- 
quire into the working of the Apprenticeship system 
in the Colonies, the condition of the Apprentices 
and the emancipated Negroes, and the ats and 
Regulations affecting them; and also the State of 
Education of the Negroes in the Colonies. 

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


An ingrossed Bill for the erection and endowment Lower Beeding 
of a Chapelry for the District of Lower Beeding, Church Bill. 
in the County of Sussex, and for other purposes, was 
read the third time; and an Amendment was made 
to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Darby do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions from Truro ;—Whitby ;— Padstow ;— pilotage Bill. 
and, Saint Ives (Cornwall); praying that the Pilot- 
age Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Newcastle- 
a Return of all Primage and other Dues received by a 
the Corporation of the Trinity House of Newcastle- Saaity Botan 





4H 2 upon- Tyne, 























Coal Trade 
(Port of Lon- 
don) Bill. 


No. 475. 















No. 485. 










Parry’s 
Estate Bill, 























Postage. 















Maynooth 
College. 









Negroes (Rri- 
tish Guiana,) 









604 





upon- Tyne, in the Ports of Tyne, of Sunderland, and 
all other Places within its jurisdiction, for the last 
Three years ending on the 31st day of December 
1837; and the Particulars of the Expenditure for 
the same period: Also, Copy of the Charter of the 
Corporation of the Trinity House of Newcastle-upon- 
Tyne. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Bill 
to continue an Act for regulating the Vend and De- 
livery of Coals in the Cities of London and West- 
minster, and in certain parts of the Counties of 
Middlesex, Surrey, Kent, Essex, Hertfordshire, 
Buckinghamshire, and Berkshire, have Power to re- 
port the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Labouchere reported from the said Select 
Committee; and who were instructed to alter and 
amend the Act 1 and 2 Will. 3, c.763; and to in- 
quire into the operation of the said Act; and to 
report the same, with their observations thereupon, 
to the House; and to whom several Petitions on the 
subject were referred ; That they had examined the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 


13° Juniz. 





A. 1838. 


the 12th of July 1837, allowing the importation of 
the inhabitants of the East Indies, to any extent, 
into British Guiana, under indentures of five years, 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Dean and Chapter of the Ca- Ecclesiastical 
thedral Church of the Holy Trinity of Winchester, Duties and 
praying that the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues ®¢¥¢"*s Bill 

ill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. William Miles reported from the Select Com- Forty-second 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Act; and who Report on 
were empowered to report the Minutes of the Evi- oo. 
dence taken before them from time to time to act, 
the House; That they had made further Progress wo, 479, 
in the matters to them referred ; and had directed 
him to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them. 

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





true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto ; and had also inquired into 
the matters submitted to their consideration ; and 
had directed him to report their observations there- 
upon to the House, together with the Minutes of the 
Evidence taken before them. 

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

And the House being informed, that other Amend- 
ments are necessary to be made to the Bill :—The 
Bill was re-committed to a Committee of the whole 
House. 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 

The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Pendarves 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Pendarves reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Monday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


Mr. Hector, by Order, reported from the Com- 
mittee onthe Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for authorizing the granting of Leases of part of the 
Estates in the County of Carnarvon, devised by the 
Will of the late Richard Parry, Esquire ; That they 
had examined the allegations of the Bill,and found the 
same to be true ; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of 
the Committee ; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment :—And the Bill was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, ‘That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Myr. Hector do carry the Bill to 
the Lo:ds; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without any Amendment. 


Petitions from Wallingford; — Chairman of the 
Ceneral Committee of the Governors of the Royal 
Freemasons’ Charity for Female Children ;— Folk- 
ingham ;—and, Long Sutton; praying for the esta- 
blishment of a low and uniform rate of Postage on 
Letters,—were presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Postage. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Newbury, praying 
the House not to sanction any further grants of 


public money to the Roman Catholic College of 


Maynooth, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Kingsbridge, pray- 
ing the House to repeal the Order in Council, dated 


Petitions from High and Low Dunsforth ;—Mar- church 

ton with Grafton ;—Little Ouseburn ;— Wilstrop ;— Property 
Helperby and Brafferton; — Great Ouseburn ; — 
Staveley ;— Topcliffe ;—Copgrove ;— Thorpe Under- 
woods ;—Aldborough ;—Shelton ;—Nun Monchion ; 
— Minskhip ; — Rowecliffe; — Burton Leonard; — 
Kirby-Hill;—Arkendale;—Bilton with Harrogate 
and Pannal ;—Kirk-Hammerton ;—and, Borough- 
bridge ; praying that all increase of Revenue which 
may arise from an improved system of leasing Ec- 
clesiastical Property, may be left at the disposal 
of the Church, to supply the deficiency of spiritual 
instruction for the people,--were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Cavan, praying that Spirits 
the Sale of Spirits by Grocers in Ireland may be (!reland.) 
prohibited, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Petition from Birmingham, Idolatry 
relative to Idolatry in India, which was presented (India.) 
upon Thursday last, be printed. 


A Petition of William Lane, of Cahirdrinny, in Wiiliam Lane. 
the county of Cork, Farmer, complaining of not 
having been paid a reward offered by the Govern- 
ment of Ireland, for the apprehension of the mur- 
derer of his brother Robert Lane, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Protestant Inhabitants of Rath- Education 
drum, praying that the present system of National (Ireland-) 
Education in Jreland may not be persisted in, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Robert Steuart presented, pursuant to an John Nicholl 
Address to Her Majesty,—Copies of the Order of Thom es 
Commitment under which John Nicholl Thom, who a . 
assumed the name of Sir William Courtenay, was 
received into the Kent Lunatic Asylum :—Of all 
applications made to the Secretary of State, praying 
for the discharge of John Nicholl Thom from the 
Kent Lunatic Asylum:—Of all communications 
between the Secretary of State and the Visitors or 
Superintendent of the Kent Lunatic Asyium, re- 
lating to the said John Nicholl Thom :—Of the 
Order or Instrument authorizing the discharge of 
-| John Nicholl Thom from the Kent Lunatic Asylum : 

—and, Copy or Extract of Letters from Dr. Poore 
to the Secretary of State, respecting the conduct of 
John Nicholl Thom, and the measures taken by the 
Magistrates thereupon, in May and June 1838. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 











A Petition 





‘Par 
Bur 


} 
C 
( 
E 


1 VicTroriZ. 


Parliamentary A Petition of Trustees of the Harbour of Peter- | 
Boxian 4) Bill head, praying that the Parliamentary Burghs (Scot- | 


land) Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Sea Coast A Petition of Merchants, Fish-curers and Inha- 

Fisheries, bitants of Fraserburgh, praying that the Sea Coast 

(ireland) Bill. Fisheries (Ireland) Bill may not pass into a law as 
it now stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Freemen’s The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Admission Bill. into a Committee upon the Freemen’s Admission 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Alston re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 

Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Rating of The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Tenemeats Bill. reading of the Rating of Tenements Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


Payment of 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Rates Bill. 


reading of the Payment of Rates Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


Spirit Licenses The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
(Scolland) Bill. into a Committee upon the Spirit Licenses (Scot- 


13°. Juniz. 





land) Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Cravuse, N° 1, amended. 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the | 
Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill :—After- 
wards Motion made, and Question put, That the 
Chairman do leave the Chair ; 

} 101. 


The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the f Sir George Clerk, 


Yeas, L Sir Thomas Fremantle : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Wallace, 70 
Noes, Mr. Gillon: ; 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair. 


Hackney The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
(Menenetis) further consideration the Report on the Hackney 
_— Carriages (Metropolis) Bill :—The Bill was re-com- 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House. 

The House was moved, That the Resolutions 
which, upon the 25th day of May last, were reported 
from the Committee to whom it was referred to 
consider of imposing a Duty on Licenses to Drivers 
of Hackney Carriages, and of providing for the ex- 
penses of an Office for the Registry of Metropolitan 
Public Carriages, and which Resolutions were then | 
agreed to by the House, might be read; and the 
same were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That a Stamp Duty of Five shillings 
shall be charged upon every License which may he 
granted under the provisions of an Act of this Ses- 
sion of Parliament for the better Regulation of 
Hackney Carriages and Omnibuses in and near the 
Metropolis. 

2. Resolved, That the Lords Commissioners of 
Her Majesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct the 
payment of the Salaries and Expenses of an Office 
for the Registry of Metropolitan Public Carriages 
out of the Duties under the care and management | 
of the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes. | 

Ordered, That it bean Instruction to the Committee | 
on the Bill, that they have Power to make provision 
therein, pursuant to the said Resolutions. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 


mittee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. | 
Vor. 93. | 





| 
| 





605: 


Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Pryme re 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- First Fruits 
mittee to whom it was referred to take into consi- ard Tenths. 
deration the propriety of abolishing the First Fruits 
of the Clergy in England and Wales, and the more 
effectual Rating, and the better collection of the 
Tenths applicable to the maintenance of the Poor 


Clergy ; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday the 
25th day of this instant June, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Westminster 
further consideration the Report on the Westminster Pavements Bill. 
Pavements Bill:—The Bill was re-committed to a 
Select Committee. 


Ordered, That the Committee be nominated To- 
morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into Waste Lands 
a Committee upon the Waste Lands (Jreland) Bill; (Ireland) Bill. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- No, 480. 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Pryme reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Pryme reported the Bill accordingly; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 


consideration upon Thursday the 21st day of June 
next; and the Bill, as amended, to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Tenants for Life 
reading of the Tenants for Life (Ireland) Bill ; (Ieclend) Bal, 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That. the Bill be now read a second 


, time; 


The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,’ and at the end of the Question to add the 
words “ upon this day six months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“now” stand part of the Question:—It was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time : 
—The Bill was accordingly read a second time, and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Thursday the 21st day of this instant June. 


The Leases and Exchanges (Jreland) Bill was, Leases and 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- a 
mitted toa Committee of the whole House, for ee 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bribery at 
mittee on the Bribery at Elections Bill ; Elections Bill. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question No. 481 

being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“this House will, upon this day six months, resolve 
“ itself into the said Committee” instead thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the { Mr. O’ Connell, 1 
Yeas, Mr. Finch: s 
Tellers for the ¢ Colonel Sibthorp, } 
Noes, Lord Viscount Dungannon: 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
4H3 the 


55. 





County 
Election Polls 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Registration 
of Voters 
(Treland ) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Steam Vessels 
(Thames) Bill. 


Schools 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Slave Vessels 
Captured Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Supply. 


Suitors’ Money 
Bill. 


Loan Societies 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No. 482, 


Sea Coast 
Fisheries 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Grand Jury 
Cess (Dublin) 
Bill. 


Linen Manu- 
factures 


(Ireland) Bill, 





606 13° Juni. 


the Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Morgan 
John O’ Connell reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Morgan John O'Connell reported the Bill 
accordingly ; and the Report was ordered to betaken 
into further consideration upon Wednesday next; 
and the Bill, as amended, to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the County Election Polls (Scotland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 








A. 1838. 


resumed the Chair; and Mr. Pryme reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill to Tithes Hi 
abolish Compositions for Tithes in Ireland, and to (land) Bill 
substitute Rent Charges in lieu thereof: And the No. 483, 
| same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 





| 
| 


Mr. Solicitor General presented a Bill to diminish Bankruptcy 
the Number of Commissioners and Deputy Regis- Court Bill. 
trars of the Court of Bankruptcy, and the Number No. 484. 
of Official Assignees in London, to make better 


The Order of the day being read, for the second | provision for the security of the Suitors of the said R 
reading of the Registration of Voters (Jreland)| Court, and for the Administration of the Estates of L 


(No. 2.) Bill; 


Persons found Bankrupts under Country Com- . 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time} missions and Fiats: And the same was read the 


upon Wednesday the 27th day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-| 


mittee on the Steam Vessels (Thames) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the | 


Report on the Schools (Scotland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Slave Vessels 
Captured Bill; 


Ordered, That the Report be taken into further Clerks in the Counties of Aberdeen, Argyll, Banff, 


consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 


. 


resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


? 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Suitors’ Money Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To-| 


morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Loan Societies (Jreland) 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Pryme reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, 'Yhat the Report be now received. 

Mr. Pryme reported the Bill accordingly; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Sea Coast Fisheries (Zreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth reported the Grand Jury 
Cess (Dublin) Bill; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 

Oréered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Fri- 
aay next. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Linen Manufactures (/reland) 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 


first time; and ordered to be read a second time 


‘upon Monday next; and to be printed. 
| : 


Ordered, That the Return to an Address to his Justice of 
late Majesty, dated the 3d day of May in the last Peace Clerks 
| Session of Parliament, for a Return (to amend and (S¢°t!an¢.) 
|complete the Return by the Justices of Peace No. 476, 










| Clerks and their Deputies and Assistants, ordered 
17th August 1836, and printed 14th February 1837,) 
for each of the Three years preceding Ist April 
1837, or during the Incumbency of the present 
Officers, if less than Three years, showing the de- 
signations and whole employments of the Depute 








a 






Berwick, Bute, Caithness, Clackmannan, Dumbar- 
ton, Dumfries, Edinburgh, Elgin, Fife, Forfar, 
Haddington, Kincardine, Kinross, Kirkcudbright, 
Lanark, Orkney, Perth, Renfrew, Roxburgh, Ross, 
Stirling and Sutherland; also, any other Offices 
held, or Occupations or Busmess followed by the 
principal Justice of Peace Clerks of the Counties of 
Life, Elgin, (Elgin District), Lanark, (Glasgow and 
| Lanark Districts) and Sutherland ; also, distinguish- 
ing, where such Offices are held by Clergymen, to 
| what Sect they belong; where held by Merchants, 
| whether they are Merchants by Retail; where held 
by Schoolmasters, whether they are Parochial 
| Schoolmasters; where held by Factors or Land 
| Stewards, whether their Salaries or Emoluments as 
such are received from any of the acting Justices, 
| or for the management of Landed Properties within 
‘the jurisdiction of the Court; and where held by 
Solicitors or Writers, or Attornies, whether, by 
| themselves or their Partners, they practise as such 
within the district of such Court, which was pre- 
| sented upon the 13th day of July in the last Session 
| of Parliament, be printed. 


| 
| 



































| Ordered, That the Returns relative to Causes paw Courts, 

| tried in the Law Courts of Westminster, which were Westminster. 
‘presented upon the 31st day of May last, upon No. 477. 
| Wednesday last, and yesterday, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to Writs of Writs of Trial. 
Trial, which were presented upon the 1st and 8th No, 477. 
days of this instant June, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the Ar- Armouries 


mouries at the Tower, which was presented yester- ene “ 
day, be printed. 0. 478, 













And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 






























Margate 
Harbour. 


Rugby and 
Lutterworth 
Road Bill. 


Ramsgate 
Improvement 


(No. 2.) Bill. 


Middlesex 
County Court 
Bill, 


Ramsgate 
Improvement 
(No, 2.) Bill. 


Metropolitan 
Suspension 
Bridge Bill, 


Luton and 
Saint Alban’s 
Road Bill, 


Canada, 


1 Victoriz. 


Jovis, 14° die Junii ; 
Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS, . 
R. Cobb, from the Margate Pier and Harbour 
Company, was called in; and at the bar pre- 
sented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of Par- 
liament,—An Account of the Receipt and Applica- 
tion of all Monies which have been received by the 
Directors of the Margate Pier and Harbour Com- 
pany, from the 6th day of April 1837 to the 5th day 
of April 1838, both days inclusive :—And then he 
withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Dugdale reported from the Committee on the 
Rugby and Lutterworth Road Bill; and to whom 
a Petition against the said Bill was referred ; That 
the Parties had complied with the Order of the House 
of the 27th day of February last; and that the Com- 
mittee had heard counsel in support of the said Peti- 
tion; and had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the ingrossed Bill for better paving, 
lighting, watching and improving the Parish of 
Ramsgate, in the County of Kent, and for regulating 
the Police thereof, be now read the third time :— 
And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Mon- 
day next. 


A Petition of Rate-payers and Traders of Fins- 
bury, praying that they may be heard, by themselves, 
their counsel or agents, against certain parts of the 
Middlesex County Court Bill, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in fa- 
vour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Deputy Chairman 
of the Board of Directors of the Commercial Steam 
Packet Company, praying that they may be heard, 


by their counsel or agents, against the Ramsgate | 


Improvement (No. 2) Bill, was presented, and read ; 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into further consi- 
deration the Report which, upon Monday last, was 
made from the Committee on the Metropolitan 
Suspension Bridge Bill; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into further consi- 
deration the Report which, upon Monday last, was 
made from the Committee on the Luton and Saint 
Alban’s Road Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of an Explanatory Memorandum ad- 
dressed by gi Francis Head to fae Glenelg, dated 
the 21st day of May last. 

VoL. 93. 


14° Juniz. 


| bination of Workmen, or 


607 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 


| Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Petitions from South Shields ;-—Harton, and other Charch 
places ;—and, Wallsend; praying that in any mea- Property. 
sure to be entertained by the House, touching the 
property of which the Petitioners are lessees, under 
Deans and Chapters, full protection may be perma- 
nently secured to their interests,—were presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Church Leases. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of the Criminal Laws. 
General Baptist Church at Leicester, praying for the 
abolition of the punishment of Death for all crimes 
except that of wilful murder, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Secretary of a Meeting of Licen- yedical 
tiate Apothecaries of the county of Wicklow, pray- Charities 
ing that the Medical Charities (Ireland) Bill may (!eland) Bill. 
not pass into a law as it now stands, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Vestrymen and Paving Com- New Street 
missioners of the parish of Saint James, Westminster, A* 
being offered to be presented ; 

Mr. Labouchere, by Her Majesty’s command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the contents of the said Petition, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

Then the said Petition, praying that a Select Com- 
mittee may be appointed to inquire into and report 
upon the claim of the Paving Commissioners of 
that parish to the sum of 7,000/. remaining due to 
them, and unpaid, by the Commissioners under the 
NewStreet Act, and thereby to enable them to obtain 
|through Parliament that equitable adjustment of 
| their claim which the law has failed to afford, was 
brought up, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 





A Petition of the Ministers and Elders of the Clergy 
General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, met (Canada) 
at Edinburgh, praying the House to take the ; 
state of the Scottish settlers in Canada into considera- 
tion, and adopt such measures as may enable the 
Church of Scotland to participate in the Clergy Re- 
serves of the Provinces of Canada, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Selkirk; — Falkirk District of Elective 
Stirlingshire ;—and, Lennoxtown Polling District (Seotland.) 
of Stirlingshire; expressing regret at the decision ati 
of the Committee which lately sat upon the last 
Roxburghshire Election Petition ; and praying the 
House to enact such laws as may be effectual for 
the protection of Electors in the free exercise of 
their Franchise,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Exeter (Chairman of a Meeting) ; Pilotage Bill. 
—and, Sunderland ; praying that the Pilotage Bill 
may not pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed Combination 
to inquire into the operation of the Act 6 Geo. 4, of Workmen. 
c. 129, and generally into the Constitution, Pro- No. 488. 
ceedings and Extent of “— rades’ Union or Com- 

mployers of Workmen, 
in the United Kingdom, have Power to report the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them from 
time to time to the House. 

Mr. Hindley reported from the said Select Com- 
‘mittee; That they had made Progress in the mat- 
iters to them referred; and had directed him to 
4H 4 report 






































































608 : 14° Junzz. 


report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 


and be printed. 


Pauper A Petition of William Finch and James Lacy, of 

Lunatics. Laverstoch House, Wilts, praying for such an altera- 
tion of the law as will prevent the expense of main- 
taining Lunatics who may become paupers after 
their admission into any Lunatic Asylum, from falling 
upon the proprietors, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Poor Law 
Amendment Act. 


Education A Petition of the Bishop and Clergy of the diocese 

(Ireland. ) of Kilmore, praying that the present system of Na- 
tional Education in Ireland may not be persisted in, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of John Childs, of Bungay Saint Mary, 
in the county of Suffolk, praying for the abolition 
of Church Rates, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Church Rates. 


Negro Apprene Petitions from Oswestry ;—Negro and Coloured 

ticeship. Apprentices of Saint Thomas-in-the-Vale, Jamaica ; 
—and, Apprentices of the parish of Saint Catherine, 
Jamaica; praying for the abolition of the system | 
of Negro Apprenticeship, — were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Edinburgh A Petition of Students of the University of | 
University. — Edinburgh ; praying that the constitution proposed | 
in the Report of the Royal Commissioners for the 
government of the said University, be adopted, was 
—-" and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


able. 


Church A Petition of Inhabitants of Warblington, Ems- 

Establishment worth and Havant, praying that no money or lands 

(aay which are now applicable to the support of the 
Clergy and Bishops in Canada may cease to be so; | 
in order that as the clergy increase in that extensive 
diocese every district under pastoral care may, as | 
hitherto, have the benefit of episcopal visitation, | 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon | 
the Table. 




























A. 1838. 


with the periods at which the same are payable, and 
the rate of Interest payable in respect thereof, and 
the names of the parties to whom the same are due, 
might be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Order made 
upon Thursday last, That there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all Sums borrowed and taken 
up at Interest on Annuities for Lives by the Com- 
missioners of the Town of Ramsgate, under the 
provisions of the Acts of the 25th Geo. 3, c. 34, and 
the 36th Geo. 3, c. 43, for the better paving, &amp;c., 
the Town of Ramsgate, and each or either of them, 
for the purpose of providing a Sinking Fund for 
paying off and discharging the Principal and Interest 
of the Money which has been borrowed under the 
mone Acts, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That Returns to the said Orders be laid 
before this House forthwith. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- pitotace Bill 
mittee on the Pilotage Bill; " 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 


solve itself into the said Committe. 


The Order for reading the third time, To-morrow, pean Forest 
the Dean Forest Mines Bill, was read, and dis- Mines Bill. 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order for reading the third time, To-morrow, Dean Forest 
the Dean Forest Encroachments Bill was read, and Encroachments 
discharged. _ 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Wednesday next. 


A Petition of Clergymen of the Established Clergy 
Church in the diocese of Meath, praying that they (Ireland. ) 
may be relieved from all arrears and future instal- 
ments to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, in re- 
payment of money formerly advanced for building 
glebe-houses in Ireland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of James Logan, praying for the esta- Gaelic 
blishment in one of the Northern Colleges, or else- Lansvage 


shar 2 aiers ‘ . : Scottish 
where, of a Gaelic Professorship for the instruction of aeons ES 


as ; ; | students in divinity, and others who may wish to 

Spirits Petitions from Inhabitants of Dublin ; — and, | acquire a proper knowledge of a language which, 
Ireland.) Members of the Port of Dublin Temperance Society ; | Including the dialect of Treland, is spoken by nearly 
praying the House to prohibit the sale of Spirits by | six millions of Her Majesty’s subjects, was pre- 


erocers in Jreland,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ramsyate The House was moved, That the Order made 
Paving. upon the ist day of this instant June, That there 
be laid before this House, a Return of the Sums 
collected under the Act of the 25th Geo. 3, intituled, 
“ An Act for better paving, &amp;c., the Town of Rams- 


gate,” and an Act of the 36th Geo. 3, intituled, “ An | 
Act to enlarge the Powers of an Act, &amp;c., for better | 


paving the said Town of Ramsgate,” on account of 
the Duty imposed by such Acts respectively on | 
Coals, Coke or Cinders, in each year, from the 
pessing of the said Acts respectively, up to the 31st 
December last; and a Return of the Sums levied 
in each year, by Rents and Tolls, under the said | 
Acts, during the aforesaid period ; and also, of the 
Amount levied in each year by Rates, Assessments 
or any other impositions under the same Acts; and 
also, a Return of the Expenditure out of such Duties, 
Rents, Tolls, Rates, Assessments and other imposi- 
tions, in each year during the aforesaid periods, 
stating the particular heads of Expenditure :—And, 
a further Return of all Sums borrowed or raised by 
way of Loan, on Mortgage or Annuity, under the 
powers of the said Acts, during the aforesaid periods, 
and of all Sums repaid in respect of such Loans, 


and of the Debts and Annuities still outstanding, | 


‘pairing and maintaining the Road from Borrow- Reads 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 





Mr. Labouchere presented a Bill to regulate and Edinburgh ané 
secure the Debt due by the City of Edinburgh to Leith Agree- 
the Public, to confirm an Agreement between the on 
said City and its Creditors, and to effect a settle- Nv. 489- 
ment of the Affairs of the said City and the Town of 

Leith: And the same was read the first time ; and 

ordered to be read a second time, upon Friday the 

29th day of this instant June ; and to be printed. 


_ A Petition of Inhabitants of Strokestown, praying Postage. 
for the establishment of a low and uniform Rate of 
Postage on Letters, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Postage. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Adam and Message from 
Mr. Senior: the Libra 
Mr. Speaker: 
The ede have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing without Amendment ; viz. 
A Bill, intituled, An Act for extending the time Southampton 
for making a Dock or Docks at Southampton : Docks Bill. 
A Bill, intituled, An Act for more effectually re- Linlabges 
Ait. 
stounness, by the West End of Linlithgow, and by 
Torpichen, Bathgate and Whitburn, to the —_— 
0 


Site eis ti 


eS oO 


boot 


eo Fe 


wt he ee 


a} 





1 Vicroriz. 


of the County of Linlithgow, at or near Hollhouse- 
burn; the Road from Borrowstounness to the River 
Avon ; and the Road leading eastward from Bor- 
rowstounness to Champany, by the Kirk of Carriden, 
in the County of Linlithgow: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for better lighting with 
Gas the Town and Township of Blackburn, in the 
County Palatine of Lancaster : 


Blackburn 
Gas Bill. 


Curbridge 

Inclesure Bill. the Township of Curbridge, in the Parish of Witney, | 
in the County of Ozford: 

Gazeley __ A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in | 

Inclosure Bill. the Parish of Gazeley, in the County of York: 

Leicester A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend An Act of King | 





lees George the Fourth, for lighting with Gas the Bo- 
rough of Leicester, in the County of Leicester, and 
the Liberties, Precincts and Suburbs thereof: 

Exeter Com- A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Exeter 
on Gas Commercial Gas Light and Coke Company to raise 

; a further Sum of Money : 
Leeds and A Bill, intituled, An Act for repairing and main- 
pet taining the Road from Quebec to Homefield Lane 
End, all in the Parish of Leeds, in the West Riding 
of the County of York, witha Bridge or Bridges on 
the line of such Road : 
Fen Drayton A Bill, intituled, An Act for dividing, allotting 
Inclosure Bill. oq inclosing the Open and Common Fields, Mea- 
dows, Lands, Commons and Commonable Places, 
in the Parish of Fen Drayton, in the County of Cam- 
bridge: And also, 

Church The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 

icerporetions) for facilitating the Sale of Church Patronage belong- 

Bill, ing to Municipal Corporations, in certain cases, with 

Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords de- 
sire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

Rocester The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

Bridge Bill. Act for building a Bridge over the River Dove at 

Rocester, in the County of Stafford, with Amend- 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

— The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An! 
_— Act to amend and enlarge the Powers and Provisions | 

of an Act passed in the first and second years of the 

reign of King Wiilliam the Fourth, for erecting and 

maintaining a Pier and other Works for landing and 

embarking Passengers in the Port of the Town of 
Southampton, with Amendments ; to which Amend- | 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this | 
House: And also, 

Bristol The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
rsa i Act for building a Bridge from the Parish of Saint 
eo Philip and Jacob, over the Floating Harbour, to the 

Parish of Temple, in the City and County of Bris- 
tol, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
Lords desirethe concurrence of this House: And also, 

Church The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 

_—- Acts to amend and and render more effectual the Church 
Bill. _— Building Acts; to which the Lords desire the con- 


currence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for abolishing Arrest on Mesne Process in Civil 
Actions, except in certain cases, for extending the 
remedies of Creditors against the property of 
Debtors, and for amending the Laws for the Relief 
of Insolvent Debtors in Zngland; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for renewing, granting and confirming certain 
joint powers of Appointment to the Honourable 
John Simpson, and 


Imprisonment 
for Debt Bill. 


Simpson’s 
Estate Bill. 


and of Revocation and new Appointment, to the 
said Henry Bridgeman Simpson, and for establishing 
and confirming certain Indentures of Settlement 
made on the Marriage of the said Henry Bridgeman 
Simpson, respectively affecting the Estates of the 
said John Simpson and Henry Bridgeman Simpson, 
in the several Counties of Nottingham, Derby, York 
and Warwick; to which the Lords desire the con- 


14°—15° Juniz. 


609 
The Lords request that this House will be pleased Highways Act. 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of a Re- 
port made from the Select Committee Sopeine 
i 


by this House in the present Session of Parliament 
to inquire into the operation of an Act passed in the 





enry Bridgeman Simpson, his | 
eldest son, and certain sole powers of Appointment, | 


fifth and sixth years of the reign of his late Majesty, 
relating to Highways, in that part of Great Bri- 


| cain called England: together with the Minutes of 
A Bill intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in | Evidence taken before the Committee, and the Ap- 


pendix: And also, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased Rating of 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the Tenements. 
Second Report made from the Select Committee 
appointed by this House, in the present Session of 
Parliament, to consider the Payment of Rates to 
which the Occupiers of small Tenements are now 
liable by law, together with the Minutes of Evidence 
taken before the Committee, and the Appendix :— 

And then the Messengers withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an answer to 
the last parts of the said Message by Messengers 
of their own. 

And the Messengers were again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith :—And then 
they again withdrew. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Houses of 
That a Select Committee be appointed to take into Parliament. 
consideration the most eligible site for the two 
Houses of Parliament ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Colonel Davies, 

Yeas, Mr. Mackinnon : 
Tellers for thef Mr. Edward John Stanley, \ 90 
Noes, UMr. Vernon Smith: : Seen 
So it passed in the Negative. 


33. 


Petitions from Burnley ; — Preston (Lancaster) Education, 
—Great and Little Marsden ;—Liverpool ;—and, 
Bolton Le Moors; praying for the establishment of 
a National System of Education,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Education. 
That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- 
jesty, praying that She will be graciously pleased to 
appoint a Board of Commissioners of Education in 
England, with the view especially of providing for 
the wise, equitable and efficient application of sums 
granted or to be granted for the advancement of 
Education, by Parliament, and for the immediate 
establishment of Schools for the education of - 
Teachers, in accord with the intention already ex- 
pressed by the Legislature ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old ya 

. ae f Mr. Wyse, 

Tellers for the Yeas,) yy." py oo. 

: Mr. Charles Wood, 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Robert Gordon : 
So it passed in the Negative. 


v 


1 vo 
bra” 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- London 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Return University. 
of the Minutes of the Proceedings of the Senate of 
the University of London, since the granting of the 
Royal Charter in 1836, up to the present time ; 


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


Veneris, 15° die Junii, 1838: 
And the Question being put :—lIt passed in the 
Negative. 
The House was moved, That the Act 6 &amp; 7 Will, Parochial 





currence of this House: And also, 
Vou. 93. 


| 41+ 


4, c. 96, to regulate Parochial Assessments, might — 
be read ; and the same being read ; . 
Ordered, 




















610 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
declare the effect of the said Act: And that Mr. 
Shaw Lefevre and Sir Edward Knatchbull do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Report which, 
upon the 28th day of March last, was made from 
the Select Committee on Railways, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
provide for the Conveyance of Mails by Railways: 
And that Mr. Labouchere and Lord Seymour do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


The Select Committee on the Recovery of Tene- 
ments Bill was nominated of Mr. Aglionby, Mr. 
Solicitor General, Mr. Courtenay, Mr. William 
Maule, Mr. Pryme, Mr. Finch, Mr. Estcourt, Mr. 
John Jervis, Mr. Swynfin Jervis, Mr. Wakley, Mr. 
Brotherton, Mr. Barneby, Mr. Clay, Mr. William 
Williams and Mr. Law Hodges. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for relieving the Commissioners and others acting 
in the execution of divers Local Improvement Acts 
from certain Penalties and Disabilities: And that 
Mr. John Parker and Mr. Ayshford Sanford do pre- 
pare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for nominating 
the Select Committee on the Westminster Pavements 
Bill ; 

A Committee was nominated of Sir De Lacy Evans, 
Mr. Hall, Lord Teignmouth, Mr. Leader, Mr. Shaw 
a Lord Viscount Lowther, Mr. Greene, Mr. 
Hume, Mr. William Miles, Mr. George Richard Phil- 
lips, Sir Edward Codrington, Lord Worsley, Mr. 
Crawford, Mr. Briscoe and Mr. Mackinnon. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 

Ordered, That the Petition of the Vestrymen of 
the parish of Saint Mary-le-bone, which was pre- 
sented upon Monday last, be referred to the Com- 
mittee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Highway 
Rates Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Prisons Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Juvenile Offenders Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. William Williams reported the Freemen’s 
Admission Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report on the Schools (Scotland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Tues- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Slave Vessels 
Captured Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Suitors’ Money Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


14°—15° Junie. 





A, 1838. 


The Imprisonment for Debt Bill was read the first Imprisonment 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon * Vebt Bill, 
Monday the 25th day of this instant June; and to No.500. 
be printed. 


The Church Building Acts Amendment Bill was Church 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second Building Acts 


time upon Monday next; and to be printed. _— 


No. 490. 
Simpson’s Estate Bill was read the first time ; and Simpson’s 
ordered to be read a second time. Estate Bill. 


Mr. Labouchere presented a Bill to provide for the Mails on 
Conveyance of Mails on Railways; And the same Railways Bill. 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a No. 491. 
second time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. John Parker presented a Bill for relieving the Local Commis. 
Commissioners and others acting in the execution of sioners’ Relief 
divers Local Improvement Acts from certain Penal- age 
ties and Disabilities: And the same was read the No-486. 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Poor Law Poor Law 
Amendment Act (Holborn Union), which was pre- Amendment 


sented yesterday, be printed. — 


No. 493, 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to London London and 
and Dublin Communication, which was presented Dublin Commu. 


P nication. 
yesterday, be printed. No. 492. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Slave Boun- Slave Bounties. 
ties, which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 494. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Land Tax Land Tax 
(Middlesex), which was presented yesterday, be Te 


printed. No. 495. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Post Post Office. 
Office, which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 496. 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to John Nicholl Jot Nicholl 


. Thom. 
Thom, which were presented yesterday, be printed. “\v 497. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Fees (Public Fees (Public 


Offices), which was presented yesterday, be printed. oes 
0. 498. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Government Government 
Annuities, which was presented yesterday, be Amuities. 
printed. No. 499. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before One of the 
clock on Friday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 








Veneris, 15° die Junii ; 
Anno, 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 
PRAYERS. 


MOTION was made, and the Question being Farringdon 
proposed, That the ingrossed Bill for making Street (London) 
a New Street from Holborn Bridge, in the City of “"” 
London, towards Clerkenwell Green, be now read 
the third time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 
And the Question being proposed That the word 
“now” stand part of the Question :—The said pro- 
posed Amendment was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Sir Matthew Wood do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Petitions of Inhabitants of Wheatley ;— Newall; Kirkstall, 
— Guisley ;---Farnley ;—Addingham ;— Burley ;— Shipley Road 


Asquith Bill. 





Metrope 
Suspens 
Bridge : 


Luton &lt; 
Saint A 
Roads 


Dadle 
and I 
Road 


Kirk 
Tikle 
Ship 
Bill, 





Ss 











1 Vicroriz. 


Asquith and Weston ;—Baildon ;— Hawksworth ;— 
Burley Wood Head;—lItkley ;— Menstone ;—Den- 
ton and Middleton ;—and, Otley; praying that they 
may be heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
‘against the Kirkstall, Ilkley and Shipley Road 
Bill,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Middlesex 
County Court Middlesex County Court Bill to make their Report 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the 
- be further enlarged till Monday the 25th day of this 
instant June. 


Forty-third 
Report on Poor 
Law Amends 
ment Act. 


No. 501. 


Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Act; and who 
were empowered to report the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them from time to time to the 
House ; That they had made further Progress in the 
matters to them referred; and had directed him 
te report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

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


Metropolitan 
Suspension 
Bridge Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill to repeal, amend and enlarge 
some of the provisions of the Act relating to the 
Metropolitan Suspension Bridge, was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Matthew Wood do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Luton and 
Saint Alban’s 
Roads Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill for continuing and amending 
several Acts passed in the reigns of King George 
the First, King George the Second and King George 
the Third, for repairmg the Roads from Luton to 
Westwood Gate, in the County of Bedford, and from 
Luton to Saint Alban’s, in the County of Hertford, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
title be, An Act for repairing the Road from Maul- 
den Wood Corner to Westwood Gate, in the County 
of Bedford. 

Ordered, That Sir George Strickland do carry the 

Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Dudley Hill An ingrossed Bill for more effectually Pape) 
and Killinghall jmproyiag and maintaining the Dudley Hill and 
mel Kit Turnpike Road, and for making a new 
Road therefrom to communicate with the Leeds and 
Harrogate Turnpike Road, all in the West Riding 
of the County of York, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir George Strickland do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 






Kirkstall, 
Ikley, and 

hipley Road 
Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill to vary and alter the Lines of the 
Kirkstall, Ilkley and Shipley District of Road, and 
for making a new Road from the Otley Branch Road, 
in the said District, to Burley, in the parish of Otley, 
all in the West Riding of the County of York, was 
read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause was offered to be added to 
the Bill, by way of Rider, (reducing the Tolls on 
Coals in certain cases.) 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the said Clause be now brought up : 
—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 
said Bill be adjourned till Monday next. 


Bristol The House proceeded to take into consideration the 
— Philip’s) Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, intituled, 
"ge Bill. An Act for building a Bridge from the Parish of 
Saint Philip and Jacob, over the Floating Harbour, 
to the Parish of Temple, in the City and County of 
Bristol; and the same were read, as follow: 
Pr. 100. 1. 30. Leave out from “ recovered” to 
* And” in Pr. 101. 1. 5. 
Pr. 101.1. 20. After “ whatsoever” insert “ Pro- 
“ vided always, That it shall not be lawful for the 
Vor, 93. 


15° Junie. 


611 


said Company to cause or permit such cranes or 
weighing engines to be id for any other pur- 
pose than for weighing waggons and other car- 
riages, and the goods, wares or other articles 
therein, having passed or intended to pass over 
the said Bridge, without the previous consent of 
the Town Council of the said City and County, 
nor shall such cranes or weighing engines, nor 
any toll-gate or toll-bar be placed in such a situ- 
ation as to impede the free passage of persons 
using the said approaches, and not going on or 
over the said Bridge.” 

Pr. 119. 1. 21. Leave out from “ passage” to 
shall” in 1, 22. and insert “ of each such vessel 
through the said Bridge for the passage where- 
of the same.” 

Pr. 120. 1, 4. Leave out “ from passing ” and in 
same line after “ masts” insert “ from passing.’’ 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


The Duke of Norfolk’s Estate Bill was read a Duke of 
second time; and committed to Captain Pechell — 
and the Sussex List. a 


“&lt; 
“&amp; 
it3 
it 3 
“ 
“ 
“ 
‘ 


n 


‘&lt; 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


“ 
“ 


An ingrossed Bill for repairing and maintaining Rugby and 
the Road from Lutterworth Hand, on the Watling- Lutterworth 
street Road, through Churchover, Brownsover, New- ®°*4 8". 
bold-upon-Avon, y abe and Bilton, in the County 
of Warwick, to the Dun Cow, at Dunchurch, in the 
said County, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
title be, An Act for repairing and maintaining the 
Road from Lutterworth Hand on the Watling-street 
Road, through Churchover, Brownsover, Newbold- 
upon-Avon, Rugby and Bilton, in the County of 
Warwick, to the Tarnpike Road between Dunchurch 
and Hillmorton, in the said County. 

Ordered, That Mr. Dugdale do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Southampton 
the Amendmgpts made by the Lords to the Bill, Pier Bill. 
intituled, ict to amend and enlarge the Powers 
and Provisions of An Act passed in the first and 
second years of the reign of King William the Fourth, 
for erecting and maintaining a Pier and other Works 
for landing and embarking Passengers in the Port 
of the Town of Southampton; and the same were 
read, as follow: 

Pr. 3. 1. 12. Leave out from “ execution” to 
“ and” in Pr. 4.1. 9. 

Pr, 5.1. 4. Leave out “ pounds.” 

Pr. 12.1. 13. After “ more” insert “ of.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. . 

Ordered, That Mr. Dottin do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


General Johnson reported from the Committee Oldham Gas 
on the Oldham Gas and Waterworks Bill; and to #4 Waterworks 
whom several Petitions against the said Bill were a0: 
referred ; That they had heard counsel in support of 
several of the said Petitions; and had also heard 
counsel in favour of the Bill; and had examined the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Smith’s Estate Bill was read a second time; and Smith's 
committed to Mr. Pease and the Durham List. Estate Bill. 


A Petition of several Persons resident in Liver- Pilotage Bill. 
pool, praying that the Pilotage Bill may pass into 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 
412 





A Petition 











East India, &amp;c., 
Literature. 


Postage. 


Negro Appren- 
ticeship. 


Idolatr 
India.) 


Gresham 
Lectures, 


Church of 
England, 


Distillery Laws 
(Scotland. ) 


Patterns and 
Inventions Bill. 


Benefices 
Plurality Bill, 


Church 
Establisiment 
(Canada. ) 


612 


A Petition of Booksellers and others of Calcutta, 
praying the House to take into consideration the 
rights of Authors and Compilers, Copyright-holders, 
and Publishers within the limits of the East-India 
Company’s territories in Asia, with a view to give 
efficiency to the law, and especially to remove the 
doubts ——e respecting the right in works ori- 
ginally published in the Colonies, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Downpatrick ;—Newhaven (Scot- 
land) ;—Society of Writers to Her Majesty’s Signet 
in Scotland ;—and, Lewes; praying for the establish- 
ment of a low and uniform rate of Postage on Letters, 
—were presented, and read; and referred to the 
Select Committee on Postage. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Stafford, praying 
for the abolition of the system of Negro Appren- 
ticeship, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bath, praying the 
House to prohibit the interference of British func- 
tionaries in the management of idolatrous observ- 
ances in India, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Gresham Lecturers, praying that 
a site may be provided for an adequate building, to 
be appropriated for the use of the Gresham Lec- 
turers, wherein they may at all times study and re- 
gularly read their Lectures, was presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Metropolis 
Improvements. 


A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the 
Archdeaconry of Stafford, and of the Peculiars si- 
tuated within the limits thereof, being assembled 
respectively at the yearly visitation of the said Arch- 
deacon, and of the Dean and Chapter of the ca- 
thedral church of Lichfield, praying the House not 
to sanction any further alterations in the constitu- 
tion, discipline or services of the Church, till an 
opportunity has been afforded, through her legiti- 
mate organs, of deliberating and @kpressing her 
mind respecting the meditated changes, was pre- 
aoe, and read; and ordered to he upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Proprietors, Farmers and others in- 
terested in agriculture attending the Kirkcaldy mar- 
ket, in the county of Fife, complaining of the 
stoppage of the distilleries in Scotland working for 
the English market, occasioned by the unequal ope- 
ration of the Excise laws; and praying the House 
to pass such a law as, by equal and impartial exe- 
cution over the three Kingdoms, may have the effect 
of removing the grievances so justly complained of, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of James Welsford, Tailor and Draper, 
of Essex-street, Strand, praying that the Patterns 
and Inventions Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the 
Archdeaconry of Durham, and of the Officialty of 
the Dean and Chapter of Durham, praying that the 
Benefices Plurality Bill may not pass into a law 
as it now stands, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Clergy of the Deanery of Har- 
low, in the Archdeaconry of Middlesex, Diocese of 
London, praying the House to take into considera- 
tion the present state of the Ecclesiastical Esta- 
blishment in the Canadas, and to put into execution | 





15° Juniz. 





A. 1838. 


such measures as may afford effectual protection 
and encouragement to the Church in that part of 
Her Majesty's dominions, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Graduates in Medicine of the British Medical 
and Jrish Universities, and Members and Licentiates Page se Bi 
of the British Colleges of Surgeons, in the county of eee 
Wexford, praying that the Medical Charities (Jreland) 
Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands, was 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Land-owners, Merchants, Traders Bauk of 
and others of Carrick-on-Suir, praying the House !reland. 
not to renew the Charter of the Bank of Ireland, 
with its present exclusive privileges, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Tabie. &gt; 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Dundalk, praying Municipal 
that that town may be included in the Municipal Corporations 
Corporations (Ireland) Bill, was presented,and read ; Goad 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Magistrates and Town Council of Royal Burghs 
Pittenween, praying that the Royal Burghs (Sco¢- (Scotland) Bill, 
land) Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the United Secession Church of 
Congregation of Keith, praying the House not to Scotland. 
sanction any further endowments to the Church of 
Scotland, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Fish-curers and Coopers of Find- Sea Coast 
horn, praying that the Sea Coast Fisheries (Ireland) Fisheries 
Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands, was (*&lt;l#nd) Bill 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre presented a Bill to declare the Parochial 
effect of an Act of the sixth and seventh years of Assessments 
King William the Fourth, to regulate Parochial _ 
Assessments : And the same was read the first time; No. 502. 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Wednes- 
day, the 11th day of July next ; and to be gpinted. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Adam and Message from 

Mr. Senior : the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Hereford 
Act for amending the Provisions of two Acts of Par- Improvement 
liament relating to the City of Hereford, and for _ 
limiting the Duration of Saint Ethelbert’s, or the 
Nine Days’ Fair, held annually in the said City, with- 
out Amendment : 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An midland 
Act for amending and enlarging the Provisions of Counties 
the Act relating to the Midland Counties Railway, Coe 

= t y Bill. 
and for making a Branch therefrom to the Town 
of Mountsorrel, in the County of Leicester, with 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords de- 
sire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Bolton and 
Act for enabling the Bolton and Preston Railway hg 
Company to extend and alter the Line of such Rail- “*Y ™ 
way, and to make Collateral Branches thereto, and 
for amending and enlarging the Powers and Pro- 
visions of the Act relating thereto, with Amend- 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House :—And then the Messen- 
gers withdrew. 

















Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Loans 
Return of the Sums advanced for the Relief of (iteland-) 
Commercial Credit in Zreland, under the following 
Acts, 1 Geo. 4, c. 39, 3 Geo. 4, c. 22, 3 Geo. 4, 

c. 118 and 4 Geo. 4, c. 42, the Sums remaining er 
) 














Ramsgate 
Paving. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Vacation 
Sittings Bill. 


1 Vicroriz. 


of such Loan on Ist April 1838, with the Names 
and Descriptions of the Sureties for re-payment, 
and whether such Sureties be solvent or otherwise, 
and the Names of the Commissioners under whose 
direction such Loans were made. 


Mr. Wolverley Attwood presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 1st day of this instant June, for a 
Return of the Sums collected under the Act of the 
the 25th Geo. 3, intituled, An Act for better pav- 
ing, &amp;c. the Town of Ramsgate, and an Act of the 
36th Geo. 3, intituled, An Act to enlarge the Powers 
of an Act, &amp;c., for better paving the said Town of 
Ramsgate, on account of the Duty imposed by such 
Acts respectively on Coals, Coke or Cinders, in each 
year, from the passing of the said Acts respectively, 

p to the 31st December last; and a Return of the 
“Sums levied in each year, by Rents and Tolls, under 
the said Acts, during the aforesaid period ; and 
also, of the Amount levied in each year by Rates, 
Assessments, or any other Impositions, under the 
same Acts; and also, a Return of the Expenditure 
out of such Duties, Rents, Tolls, Rates, Assessments 
and other Impositions, in each year during the afore- 
said periods, stating the particular Heads of Expen- 
diture: And, a further Return of all Sums borrowed 
or raised by way of Loan, on Mortgage or Annuity, 
under the powers of the said Acts, during the afore- 
said periods, and of all Sums repaid in respect of 
such Loans, and of the Debts and Annuities still 
outstanding, with the periods at which the same are 
payable, and the Rate of Interest payable in respect 
thereof, and the Names of the Parties to whom the 
same are due. 


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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Municipal Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 

Crauses, N° 7 to N° 11, agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 12 and N° 13, disagreed to. 

Crausss, N° 14 to N° 45, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 46, postponed. 

Cuiausss, N° 47 to N° 59, agreed to. 

CrauseE, N° 60, amended, and agreed to. 

Crausss, N° 61 to N° 96, agreed to. 

Crausez, N° 97, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 98 to N° 107, agreed to. 

Cxausez, N° 108, amended, and agreed to. 

CravusE, N° 109, agreed to. 

Cuiause N° 110, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauszs, N° 111 to N° 164, agreed to. 

Postponed Crauses, N° 3, N° 5, and N° 46, 
agreed to. 

Schedules (A.) to (E.), agreed to. 

Ciavse offered (Regulation of joint occupiers) 
brought up, and read 1°, 2°, and added. 
Preamble agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be received upon 
Monday next. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell 


and Mr. Senior : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to enable Her Majesty’s Courts at Westminster to 


hold Sittings in Banc in time of Vacation; to which 
Vou. 93. 


15°-—16° Juniz. 














613 


the Lords desire the concurrence of this House :— 
And then the Messengers withdrew. 


The Vacation Sittings Bill was read the first time; Vacation 
and ordered to be read a second time To-morrow; Sittings Bill. 
and to be printed. No. 503. 


The House, accordin 


J to Order, resolved itself Ways and 
into the Committee of 


ays and Means. Means. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply sugar Duties. 
granted to Her Majesty, the several Duties on Sugar, 
imposed by an Act of the 6th and 7th years of his 
late Majesty, should be further continued. 

2. Resolved, That, instead of the Bounties or 
Allowances now payable on the exportation of the 
descriptions of refined Sugar hereinafter mentioned, 
the following Bounties or Allowances be payable, 
that is to say ; 


For every Cwt. of Refined Sugar in loaf complete and whole, 
or lumps duly refined, having been perfectly clarified, 
and thoroughly dried in a stove, and being of a uniform 
whiteness throughout, or such Sugar pounded, crashed 
or broken ; and also for every Cwt. of Sugar Candy, 


£. 8. d. 

- - - if exported ina British Ship - -| 110 8 

- - - if exported in a Ship not British -| 1 9 2 
- - - and for every Cwt. of double Refined 
Sugar, or of Sugar equal in quality to 

double Refined, the additional sumof -| -— 5 - 


Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Sabbati, 16° die Junii, 1838: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Bishoprick of 
into a Committee upon the Bishoprick of Sodor and Sodor and 
Mann Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr, “a Bill. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
pares That the Committee had gone through the 

ill, and had directed him to report the same, with- 
out Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Registration 
reading of the Registration of Leases (Scotland) of Leases 
Bill ; (Scotland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bankrupts’ 
mittee on the Bankrupts’ Estates (Scotland) Bill; states 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, sc tas 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Glass Duties 
further consideration the Report on the Glass Duties Bill. 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Courts of 
further consideration the Report on the Courts of Justice Build- 
Justice Buildings (Scotland) Bill ; Bal (Scotland) 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being &gt; 
put, That the Bill be re-committed to a Committee 
of the whole House ; 


418 The 




















































































The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas,{ 4 ome ayers " } 35. 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Prisg _— } 65. 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon this day three months. 


Benefices The Order of the day being read, for the third 
Plurality Bill. yeading of the Benefices Plurality Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Registration of | The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Electors Bill. further consideration the Report on the Registration 
of Electors Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


Registration The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(ireland) reading of the Registration of Voters (Ireland) 


(No. 1.) Bill. (No. 1.) Bill; ' 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


China Courts 


Bill The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


mittee on the China Courts Bill ;_ 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Ecclesiastical © The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Rutics and 41, Treading of the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Parliamentary 
Burghs 
(Scotland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Parliamentary Burghs (Scotland) 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Royal Burghs The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Scotland) Bill. reading of the Royal Burghs (Scotland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


Vestries in The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Churches Bill. reading of the Vestries in Churches Bill ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time: 
—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 
A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That'the Debate be adjourned till Monday next ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Mr. Brotherton, 


Tellers for the Yeas, age eng 34. 
Tellers for the Noes, Prinale: }59. 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Bill be now read a second time :—The said Motion 
was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Bill be read a second time this day ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the Yeas Mr. Nicholl, 
’L Sir George Clerk: 


\ 

J 

4M y Mr. Hume, } 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Hatt: 26. 


«1 


5 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


614 15°—16° Juniz. 








A. 1838. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Leases and 
mittee on the Leases and Exchanges (Zreland) Bill; (relend) Bil 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- ™ 
mittee, that they have Power to divide the Bill into No-504. 
two Bills, and to make provision for ascertaining the 
Boundaries of Estates. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Committee ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr, Speaker 
resumed the Chair, and, Mr. Robert Gordon re- 
ported, That the Committee had, pursuant to the 
power given them by the House, divided the said Bill 
into two Bills ; and had gone through one of the said 
Bills, to enable Tenants for Life and Mortgagors in 
possession of Lands in Jreland, to grant Leases, and 
to enable Tenants for Life of Lands in Jreland to 
make Exchange ; and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Robert Gordon reported the Bill accordingly # 
and the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Thursday the 21st day of this 
instant June; and the Bill, as amended, to be 
printed. 

Mr. Robert Gordon also reported, That the Com- Boundaries 
mittee had gone through the other of the said Bills, of Estates 
for giving a summary Remedy for Partition, as to 
Lands in Ireland, and to authorize the identifying No. 505. 
or ascertaining of the Boundaries of Lands in Jre- 
land, where such Boundaries are confused or un- 
known ; and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Robert Gordon reported the Bill accordingly ; 
and the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration, upon Thursday the 21st day of this 
instant June; and the Bill, as amended, to be 
vrinted. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second County 
reading of the County Election Polls (Scotland) Bill ; Election Polls 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Steam Vessels 
mittee on the Steam Vessels (Thames) Bill ; (Thames) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Loan Societies 
further consideration the Report on the Loan So- (Ireland) Bill. 
cieties (Ireland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- sea Coast 
mittee on the Sea Coast Fisheries (Ireland) Bill; —_ Fisheries 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday (Ireland) Bill. 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill to assimilate the levy and ex- Grand Jury 
penditure of Grand Jury Cess in ‘the County and Cess (Dublin) 
County of the City of Dublin to the mode at present ~'” 
by Law established in the other Counties of Jreland, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to amend the (nic relating to the 
Levy of Grand Jury Cess in the County of the City 
of Dublin. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Pilotage Bill. 
into a Committee upon the Pilotage Bill; and, after No. 507. 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and. Mr. Bernal reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, 


(Ireland) Bill, 


? (Scotland) Bill. 


Pri: 


Juv 
Off 


Fre 
Ad 


me TP 


na eet FS 





1 Victroriz. 


Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly; and the 
Report was ordered to be taken into further consi- 
deration upon Friday next; and the Bill, as amended, 
to be printed. 


Prisons Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Prisons Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Juvenile 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Offenders Bill. 


mittee on the Juvenile Offenders Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Freemen’s °® The ingrossed Bill to repeal the Stamp Duty now 

Admission Bill. paid on Admission to the Freedom of Corporations 
in England, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill do pass :—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being 
put, That the Debate be adjourned till Wednesday 
next; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the {Sir Charles Style, 04 

Yeas. Mr. Hutt: oe 

Tellers for me George Clerk, } 57 

Noes, Mr. Maclean: nies 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Bill do pass ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

And the Question being put, That the Bill do 

ass ; 
. The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the ¢ Sir George Clerk, i 

Yeas, \ Mr. Hodgson Hinde : ;* 

Tellers for the f Mr. George William ve 1 

Noes, UMr. Hutt: 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That Mr. William Williams do carry 


the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concur- 
rence. 


7. 


9. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Suitors’ Money Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Suitors’ Money 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
a * . Lords to the Church Patronage (Corporations) 
areerstions) Bill be taken into consideration upon Monday 
next. 


Church 
Patronage 


Ordered, That Mr. Hawes be discharged from 
any further attendance on the Select Committee on 
Church Leases. 

Ordered, That Mr. Aglionby be added to the 
Committee. 


Church Leases. 


The House was moved, That the several Acts 
relating to the importation and keeping of Arms 
and Gunpowder in freland, might be read ; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to continue the said Act: And that Lord Viscount 
Morpeth and Mr. Attorney General for Ireland do 
prepare, and bring it in. 

Vou. 93. 


Arms (Ireland 
Bill, ( ) 


15°—16° Juniz. 





615 


The House was moved, That the Act 2 and 8 Party Proces- 
Will. 4, c. 118, to restrain, for Five years, in certain 5°" (Ireland) 
- és ili. 
cases, Party Processions in Ireland, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to continue the said Act: And that Lord Viscount 
Morpeth and Mr. Attorney General for Jreland do | 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill to con- Arms (Ireland) 
tinue, for a limited time, the several Acts relating Bill. 
to the importation and keeping of Arms and Gun- 
powder in Jreland: And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill to con- Party Proces- 
tinue, for a limited time, an Act of the second and °° (Ireland) 
third years of the reign of his late Majesty, torestrain  ~ 
for Five years, in certain cases, Party Processions 
in Ireland: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Inhabitants Cape of Good 
of the British Settlement of Albany, Cape of Good Hope. 
Hope, South Africa, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That on the 12th of July 1819, a Motion 
was submitted to the House, and agreed to, that 
a sum of fifty thousand pounds sterling should be 
applied to the purposes of conveying Emigrants 
from Great Britain to the Cape of Good Hope; 
that in firm reliance on the good faith, protection 
and paternal regard of the British Government, five 
thousand British Subjects were induced to quit the 
land of their birth, and to take up their abode in 
that part of Her Majesty’s dominions; that Peti- 
tioners are bound to state to the House, that the 
expectations held out to them have not been 
realized ; that the country beyond the eastern boun- 
dary of that Colony is inhabited by a barbarous but 
numerous and warlike people called Kafirs, whose 
dispositions and predatory habits lead them to make 
continual inroads into the Colony, sometimes mur- 
dering the inhabitants, burning and pillaging their 
houses, and almost invariably carrying off much 
live stock, consisting of horses and cattle, into their 
own territory ; that during the period that has been 
a British Settlement, viz. thirty years, the frontier 
inhabitants have been repeatedly driven from their 
homes by these barbarous and ruthless people, and 
the whebe of the country, now forming the eastern 
province of that colony, and consisting of the districts 
of Albany, Uitenhage, Somerset and Graaf Reinet, 
has been laid waste and reduced to a desert state ; 
and the Petitioners are the more imperatively urged 
to bring their case before the tribunal of their 
country, by the fact that great numbers of the 
inhabitants of that frontier, driven to despair by the 
incessant and ruinous inroads of the Kafirs on the 
one hand, and the neglect of their just complaints 
on the other, are fast abandoning the Colony; and 
thus, while that exposed frontier 1s deprived of its 
most efficient and most economical defence, the 
Colony at large is impoverished by a great diminu- 
tion of the productive classes, and by a correspond- 
ing influx of idle and dishonest vagrants, who roam 
the country with impunity, and who either extort 
by fear, or obtain by fraud, the supply of their 
wants from the een deeply injured frontier 
farmers ; and praying the House to take their case 
into consideration. 

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


Ordered, That the Returns relative to Poor Pri- Poor Prisoners. 
soners, which were presented upon the 27th day of No, 506. 
April last, and upon the 9th and 28th days of May 
last, be printed. 


414 Ordered, 















































Prisons. 


Birmingham 
aud Derby 
Railway Bill. 


Medical 
Charities 
(Treland) Bili, 


Killarney 
Steamer. 


Refined Sugar 
Drawback. 


iH Juvenile 
H | Offenders Bill. 








Ways and 
Means. 


Sugar Duties. 




















616 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Prisons, 
which was presented upon Friday last, be referred 
to the Select Committee on the Poor Law Amend- 
ment Act. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till near two of the clock on Saturday morn- 
ing, adjourned till this day. 


Sabbati, 16° die Junii ; 


Anno 1° Victorie Regine, 1838. 





PRAYERS. 


mM: Dugdale, by Order, reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Birmingham and Derby Rail- 
way Bill; That the Standing Orders relative to Bills 
for making Railways had been complied with; and 
that the Committee had examined the allegations of 
the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto.' 

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


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of the 
Governor and Company of the Apothecaries Hall 
and Licentiate Apothecaries of Dublin, praying 
that the Medical Charities (Jreland) Bill may not 
pass into a Jaw as it now stands, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Poulett Thomson presented, by Her Majesty’s 
command,—Copy of the Correspondence relative to 
the loss of the Killarney Steamer, and the com- 
plaints alleged against the steam-boats plying 
between certain Ports in Ireland and Great Britain, 
in which an export trade in pigs and other live 
stock is carried on. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of a Letter written by Order of the Lords of 
the Committee of Privy Council for Trade, to the 
Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, on the sub- 
ject of the Drawback on Refined Sugar. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Juvenile Offenders Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of Ways 


and Means, several Resvlutions, which were read, as | 


follow : 

1. Resolved, That towards raising the Supply 
granted to Her Majesty, the several Duties on 
Sugar, imposed by an Act of the 6th and 7th years 
of his late Majesty, should be further continued. 


2. Resolved, That instead of the Bounties or'| 
Allowances now payable on the exportation of the | 


des«riptions of refined Sugar hereinafter mentioned, 
the following Bounties or Allowances be payable, 
that is to say; 


For every Cwt. of Refined Sugar in loaf complete and whole, 
or lumps duly refined, having been perfectly clarified, 
and thoroughly dried in a stove, and being of a uniform 
whiteness throughout, or such Sugar pounded, crashed 
or broken; and also for every Cwt. of Sugar Candy, 


&amp;..%° a. 

- - - if exported ina British Ship - - 110 8 

- - - if exported in a Ship not British - 1 9 2 
- - - and for every Cwt. of double Refined | 
Sugar, or of Sugar equal in quality to | 

double Refined, the additional sum of - | - 5 - 


The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


15°— 16° Juniz. 





A. 1838. 


Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolutions: And that Mr. Bernal, Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Mr. Poulett Thomson do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


The Vacation Sittings Bill was, according to Vacation 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Sittings Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Vestries in Churches Bill was, according to Vestries in 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Churches Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Bishoprick 
continuing the Bishoprick of Sodor and Mann was, ¢* Seder aud 
according to Order, read the third time. — 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the Bill do pass ; ° 

The House divided: 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Edward John Stanley, } 69 


Yeas, Mr. Fox Maule: ‘ 
Tellers for the ( Mr. Charles Lushington, } ‘ 
Noes, Mr. Hawes: ue 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Rocester 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Bridge Bill. 
intituled, An Act for building a Bridge over the 
River Dove, at Rocester, in the County of Stafford; 
and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 1. 1.27. Leave out “ Clerk” and insert 
“ Clarke.” 

Pr. 1. 1. 28. Leave out “ Wanderson” and in- 
sert “ Wandesford.” 

Pr. 8. 1.7. Leave out “ foot.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 8. After “ Bridge” insert “ for foot 
“ passengers only.” 

Pr, 21. 1. 26. Leave out “ Company” and in- 
sert “Commissioners.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Edward Buller do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Municipal 
settle and describe the Municipal Boundaries in bere 
Ireland: And that Lord John Russell, Lord Vis-\"°™" need 
count Morpeth and Mr. Attorney General for Ire- 
land do prepare, and bring it in. 





Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Municipal 
_to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Cherities. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, A Return of the Names of the Cities and 
Boroughs in which Trustees for Municipal Charities 
have been appointed by the Lord Chancellor :— 
The Dates of Appointment :—The Number and the 
Names of the Trustees included in each Appoint- 
,ment:—The Amount of Income derived from the 
several Charities which have come into the receipt 
of each Board of Trustees, from the 1st January 
1837 to the 1st January 1838:—The Amount of 
Legal Charges made for the same period by the 
Solicitors appointed by each Board of Trustees :— 
And, the Names of those Cities and Boroughs in 
which, since the appointment of Trustees, the Ac- 
counts have annually been published. 

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





Mr. John Parker, by Order, presented a Bill for Sugar Duties 


granting to Her Majesty certain Duties on Sugar 7 508. 





imported 





M 


Ish 





Answer to 
Addresses. 


Canada. 


Navy (Scientific 


Branch.) 
No. 510. 


Crown Rights 
(Scotland. ) 


No. 511. 


Deficiency Bills 
(Bank of Eng- 
land.) 


Exchequer 
Bills. 


British 
Museum. 


Ramszate 
Improvement 


(No. 2.) Bill, 


Isle of Thanet 


Cenetery Bill. 


1 Vicroriz. 


imported into the United Kingdom, for the service 
of the year One thousand eight hundred and Thirty- 
eight: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 
next; and to be printed. 


Lord John Russell reported to the House, That 
their several Addresses of the 8th, 11th, 12th, and 
14th days of this instant June (that her Majesty 
would be graciously pleased to give directions 
that the Papers therein mentioned might be laid 
before this sal had been presented to Her Ma- 
jesty; and that Her Majesty had commanded him 
to acquaint this House, that She will give directions 
accordingly. 


Mr. John Parker presented, pursuant to an Ac- 
dress to Her Majesty,—Copy of an explanatory 
Memorandum addressed by Sir Francis Head to 
Lord Glenelg, dated the 21st day of May last. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to the Navy 
(Scientific Branch) which was presented upon Mon- 
day last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Crown Rights 
(Scotland), which was presented upon Wednesday 
last, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 








Lune, 18° die Junii ; 
Anno 1° Victories Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


M* Gray, from the Bank of England, was 
called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant 
to Orders,—An Account of the Deficiency Bills held 
by the Bank of England, in each year since 1831. 

An Account, showing the Advances made on Ex- 
chequer Bills by the Bank of England, for the 
Quarterly Charge of the Consolidated Fund, in each 
Quarter of the years 1832 to April 1838; stating 
the period at which each of such Quarterly Advances 
was paid off, and the Total Amount of Interest paid 
to the Bank on such Advances in each year :—And 
then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Cowtan, from the British Museum, was called 
in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to Order,— 
An Account of any Proceedings adopted by the 
Trustees of the British Museum, in reference to the 
Resolutions of the Select Committee of this House 
on the subject of that Institution in 1836 :—And 
then he withdrew. 

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


Petitions of Inhabitants of Mewcastle-upon- Tyne ; 
—Saint Lawrence and Saint Peter’s, Kent ;—Rams- 
gate;—and, Sunderland; praying that the Rams- 
gate Improvement (No. 2.) Bill may not pass into a 
law as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Ramsgate, praying 
that the said Bill may pass into a law, was also pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


16°—18° Junzz. 





Sir Edward Knatchbuil reported from_the Com- 
mittee on the Jsle of Thanet Cemetery Bili; That 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 

Vor, 93. 











617 


The Order of the day bei 
adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed upon 
Thursday last, That the ingrossed Bill for better 
paving, lighting, watching and improving the Pa- 
trish of Ramsgate, in the County of Kent, and for 
regulating the Police thereof, be now read the third 
time ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative :—The Bill was accordingly read the 
third time. 

An ingrossed Clause was offered to be added to 
the Bill, by way of rider (Drawback of duty on 
Coal to be allowed on Cval re-shipped). 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now brought up ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby: 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Wolverley Attwood, 


Yeas. Mr. Hume: i 
Tellers for the{ Sir Edward Knatchbull, 1 
Noes. Mr. Plumptre: pare 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—The said 
Clause was accordingly brought up, and read the 
first, second and third time, and agreed to, to be 
made part of the Bill, by way of rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Biil, by way of rider, (Penalty on refusal to 
allow Drawback on Coal re-shipped):—And the said 
Clause was brought up, and twice read with a blank; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House : 
—The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Hume 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Clause, and made an Amendment thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Hume accordingly reported the Clause; and 
the Amendment was read, and agreed to; and the 
said Clause was read the third time, and agreed to, 
to be made part of the Bill, by way of rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Edward Knatchbull do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Charles Round reported from the Committee 
on the Eastern Counties Railway Bill; and to whom 
two Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; 
That the Standing Orders relative to Railway Bills 
did not apply to the present case, the application 
being only for the purpose of extending the period 
limited for the purchase of lands under the existing 
Act, and for amending some of the provisions of such 
Act; and that the Committee had considered the 
said Petitions, and had heard counsel in favour of 
the Bill; and had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

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


Simpson’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; 
and committed to Mr. Brotherton and the Warwick 
List. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for enabling the Bolton and Preston 
Railway Company to extend and alter the Line of 
such Railway, and to make Collateral Branches 
thereto, and for amending and enlarging the Powers 
and Provisions of the Act relating thereto; and the 
same were read as follow : 

Pr. 9. 1.14. After “raise” insert “ and for 
ever afterwards maintain.” 
Pr. 17. 1. 24. After “Plans” insert Clause (A.) 
Crause (A.) “ And whereas by the recited Act it 
“ is Enacted, That in all cases where in exercise of 
4k “ the 


“ 


Improvement 


ne read, for resuming the Ramsgate 
(No. 2.) Bill, 


Eastern 
Counties 
Railway Bill, 


Simpson’s 
Estate Bill, 


Bolton and 
Preston Rail. 
way Bill. 








618 


ce 
“ 
‘ 


“ 


the powers thereby granted, any part of any car- 
riage or horse road, railway or tram-road, either 
public or private, shall be found necessary to be 
gone across, cut through, raised, sunk, taken or in- 
jured, in manner therein mentioned, the said Com- 
pany shall, at their own expense, before any such 
road shall be so gone across, cut through, raised, 
sunk, taken or injured, as aforesaid, cause a good 
and sufficient road (as the case may require) to be 
set out and made instead of such road so gone 
across, cut through, raised, sunk, taken or injured ; 
and such new road is thereby directed to be made 
as convenient for passengers and carriages as the 
said road so to be gone across, cut through, raised, 
sunk, taken, or injured ag aforesaid, or as nearly 
so as may be ; and the said Company are thereby 
required to cause such new road to be put in good 
and substantial order and condition where the 
former road cannot be more easily restored ; Be 
it Enacted, That where the road so gone across, 
cut through, raised, sunk or passed over, shall be 
a turnpike road or public carriage road, the sub- 
stituted road, if temporary, shall be so made, and 
the principal road restored within six calendar 
months after the commencement of such opera- 
tion, and the Railway where it shall cross such 
turnpike road or public carriage road shall be 
made and kept in repair, so as to prevent incon- 
venience or obstruction to the passage along such 
turnpike road or public carriage road; and in 
case the said Company shall not, im manner afore- 
said, cause a good and sufficient road to be set 
out and made before any such road shall be so 
injured or prejudiced as aforesaid, or in case an 
turnpike road or public carriage road shall not be 
restored within Six calendar months after the 
commencement of the operation hereinbefore 
mentioned, then and in either of such cases the 
said Company shall forfeit and pay for each and 
every day during which such good and sufficient 
road shall be neglected to be made as herein- 
before directed or during which such turnpike 
road or public carriage road shall not be restored 
after the expiration of the said Six calendar 
months, the sum of Twenty pounds, which penalty 
shall be recoverable from the said Company in 
such and the same manner as any other penalties 
incurred by the said Company for which no 
special provision is made by the recited Act or 
this Act, on the complaint of the Trustees of the 
turnpike road or any three of them, in case such 
road shall be a turnpike road, or on the complaint 
of the surveyors of the said public carriage road, 
or other persons in whom the management of 
such road shall be vested, in case such carriage 
road shall be a highway only, and shall be ap- 
plied in the restoration or maintenance of such 
turnpike or public carriage road, as the case 
may be. 


18° Juniz. 





A. 1838. 


Pr. 49. 1. 35. Leave out “ greater,” and insert 
“ Jess.” 

Pr. 50. 1. 8. Leave out “ machines,’ 
“ machine.” 

Pr. 52. 1.37. Leave out “ or,” and insert “and 
“ other.” 

Pr. 61. Is. penult and ult. After “ respectively ” 
insert “ Provided always, That nothing herein con- 
“ tained shall extend to authorize the said North 
Union Railway Company to make the said branch 
lines of railway, or to pay any proportion of the 
expense of making the same, or any part thereof, 
unless and until the consent of Three-fifths of the 
proprietors of the said last-mentioned Company pre- 
sent at some general meeting specially convened 
for the purpose by advertisement inserted for four 
successive weeks in some one and the same News- 
paper circulating in the County of Lancaster, and 
held at least Seven days from the last insertion of 
such advertisement, shall have been previously ob- 
tained for the purpose: Provided further, never- 
theless, That the said North Union Railway Com- 
pany shall not be entitled to make any use of the 
said branch lines of railway, unless such meet- 
ing shall have been held, and such consent given 
as aforesaid.” 


Pr. 63. 1. 23. Leave out “ Junction,” and insert 
Junctions.” 

Pr. 71. 1. 10. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 73. 1. 3. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 73. 1. 7. Leave out “ shall.” 

Pr. 73. 1. 13. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 77. 1. 27. Leave out “a,” and insert “ the.” 


Pr. 82. 1. 19. After “ purpose,” insert “ but no- 
thing herein contained shall extend, or be deemed 
or construed to extend, to take away or prejudice 
any right to use any of the wharfs or lands of the 
said Lancaster Canal Company which the said 
North Union Railway Company were before the 
passing of this Act entitled to under the provisions 
of the Acts relating to the said Lancaster Canal, 
or any of them.” 


In the Schedule to the Bill : 

Pr. 94. 1. 26. In the second column, leave out 
from “ Company” to “ co-heirs,” in Pr. 95. 1. 24, 
and insert “ The.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


? 


and insert 


if3 
ce 
“ 
if 3 
“ce 
“ 
é 


a 


“ 
‘&lt; 


n 


n~ nn nan 48 
xn an nn Aa ea 


n~ 
n 


ad nx“ nan &amp; n 
n nA RR RH 


the Bill, intituled, An Act for amending and en- 
larging the provisions of the Act relating to the 
Midland Counties Railway, and for making a Branch 
therefrom to the Town of Mountsorrel, in the County 
of Leicester ; and the same were read as follow: 


Pr. 9.1.29. After “respectively,” insert Clause 





Pr. 17. 1. 25. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 20. 1. 17. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 21. 1. 16. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 21. 1. 16. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 21. 1.19. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 21. 1. 85. Leave out “ said.” | 

Pr, 22. 1. 20. Leave out “ said.” . | 

Pr. 23. 1. 28. Leave out from “ lie” to “ And,’’| 
in Pr, 24, 1, 16. 

Pr. 24. 1. 18. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 24. 1. 30. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 24. 1.37. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 25, 1. 13. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 25. 1. 32. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 26. 1. 16. Leave out “ said.” 

Pr. 28. 1. 23. Leave out “ said.” 


and insert “ North.” 


Pr. 41. 1. 20. Leave out “ than a ton.” 
Pr. 48. 1. 4. Leave out “on,” and insert “or.” 


Pr. 33. ls. 30. and 31. Leave out “ Northern,” 


A.) 

' Criause(A.) “And be it further Enacted, That 
if the said Branch Railway shall not have been 
made and completed within the period by the said 
recited Act limited for the completion of the 
works authorized by the said recited Act, all the 
powers, authorities and privileges given by this 
Act for the making and completion of the said 
Branch shall cease and determine, save only and 
except as to so much of such Branch as shall have 
been declared and certified to be completed before 
the expiration of the said period by the Justices 
of the Peace of the said County of Leicester, m 
Quarter Sessions assembled, within such time and 
in such manner as is required with respect to the 


¢ 


nn 


“cc 


“ce 


n 
. 


‘ 


. 


‘ 


~ "8 
a a a ae ome 


. 
n 








wn 


works authorized by the said recited Act.” 
| Pr. 9. 1. 35. After “be” insert “revived.” 
! Pr. 13. 


The House proceeded to take into considera- yfjgland 
tion the Amendments made by the Lords to Counties 


1 Vicroriz. 


é 
“cc 
é 


n 


n 


‘é 


nN 


‘ 


n 


é 


n 


of 
i 4 
‘ 


n 


n 


« 


wn 


of 


n 


if 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


wn 


« 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 
&lt;¢ 
“ 


n 


&lt; 


n 


iT 
‘ 


n 


é 


n 


é 


nw 


ce 
&amp; 
‘ 


n 


“ec 
“ 
“ 
“c 
“ec 
‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


3 
&lt; 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘&lt; 


n 





Pr. 13. 1. 27. After “ Act” insert Clause (B.) 

Curavset (B.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
it shall be lawful for all corporations and persons 
by this Act or the said recited Act capacitated 
to contract for the sale of, and to convey to the 
said Company any lands, taken or used for the 
purposes of this Act or the said recited Act, in 
like manner for and on behalf of themselves, 
their heirs and successors, and all persons entitled 
in reversion, remainder or expectancy after them, 
and for and on behalf of their respective wives, 
wards, idiots, lunatics and cestut que trusts as 
aforesaid, to contract for the enfranchisement of, 
and to enfranchise any copyhold lands taken or 
used for the purposes of the said recited Act or 
of this Act, and to sell and convey any common 
or waste land, or any lands charged with or sub- 
ject or liable to any right or privilege of common 
thereupon, which shall be so taken or used, and 


to agree for the release of, and to release any |* 


lands so taken or used from any rent, payment or 
incumbrance, and to agree for the apportionment 
of any such rent, payment or incumbrance, and 
to apportion the same, and also to sell and convey 
to the said Company all such other lands as the 
said Company are by the said recited Act or by 
this Act authorized or empowered to purchase, and 
to release rents or other charges thereon, and 
enfranchise the same, being copyhold or custo- 
mary lands, in the same manner as the corpora- 
tions and persons capacitated by the said recited 
Act are thereby authorized to do, and that all the 
powers and provisions contained in the said recited 
Act with respect to the sale and conveyance of 
lands, the enfranchisement of copyhold and cus- 
tomary lands, the conveyance of common or waste 
lands, and the extinguishment of rights of com- 
mon, and the release and apportionment of rents, 
charges and incumbrances by the corporations 
and persons thereby capacitated in that behalf, 
shall extend and be construed, deemed and taken 
to extend to this Act, and to the several corpora- 
tions and persons by this Act capacitated in that 
behalf.” 


Pr. 20. 1.20. After “ Act” insert “or by this 
Act.” 
Pr. 22. 1.11. After “ determined”’ insert “ either 


by the verdict of a jury or.” 


Pr. 22. ls. 30 and 31. Leave out from “ affidavits” 


to “ Provided,’ in Pr. 27,1.4, and insert Clauses 
(C.) and (D.) 


“ec 
“ 
“cc 
“ 
“ 
“ 
ce 
« 
ce 
“ 
cc 
“cc 
«&lt; 
“ 
“ec 
“cc 
&lt; 


° 


« 
“ 
“ 
“ 
&lt; 


wn 


‘ 


a 


&lt; 


n 


&lt; 


n 


&lt; 


n 


“ 


“ec 


CravuseE(C.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
in all cases of controversy between the said Com- 
pany and any corporation or person, where by the 
said recited Act or this Act a jury is authorized 
or directed to be summoned, and the party with 
whom such controversy shall arise shall have 
given to the said Company, or the said Company 
shall have given to such party the Twenty-one 
days’ notice in writing required by the said recited 
Act to be given previously to the issuing of a 
warrant for the summoning of such jury, it shall 
be lawful for the person or persons with whom 
such controversy shall arise to give to the said 
Company, or for the said Company to give to 
sych person or persons, at any time before the 
expiration of the said Twenty-one days, a notice 
in writing of his or their desire that the matter 
in question shall be tried by a special jury, and 
that upon such notice being given or received, as 
the case may be, the said Company shall and 
they are hereby required to issue their warrant, in 
manner and form by the said recited Act directed, 
to the Sheriff of the county in which the lands in 
question shall be situate or the matter in dispute 
shall arise, or to such other person as is by the 
said recited Act enabled and directed to act in 
the premises, commanding such Sheriff or other 
person to nominate a special jury between the 


parties for trial of the matter in question, and 
Von. 93. 





18° Junie. 


‘é 


n 


“ 
“ 


619 


that the said Sheriff or his Under-sheriff, or such 
other person as aforesaid, shall, within Two days 
from the receipt by him of the said warrant, 
summon both the parties to appear, by themselves 
or by their attornies, before the said Sheriff, Un- 
der-sheriff or other person, at such convenient 
place and time, not being less than five days from 
the service of such summons, as such Sheriff, 
Under-sheriff or other person shall appoint for 
the purpose of nominating a special jury between 
the said parties, and such Sheriff, Under-sheritf, 
or other person shall and he is hereby required to 
produce, or cause to be produced, at the place 
and time so appointed, the jurors’ book and the 
special jurors’ list, and the numbers written on 
parchment or card, as specified and directed in 
and by the statute made and passed in the sixth 
year of the reign of his Majesty King George the 
Fourth, intituled, ‘ An Act for consolidating and 
amending the Laws relative toJurors and Juries ;’ 
and at the place and time so appointed, the said 
Sheriff, Under-sheriff or other person, shall pro- 
ceed to nominate or strike a special jury, in the 
manner specified and authorized by the last-men- 
tioned Act, to be performed by the proper officers 
of Her Majesty’s courts at Westminster, and the 
said Sheriff, Under-sheriff or other person, shall at 
some then future reasonable time and place, to be 
appointed by him in that behalf, proceed to reduce 
the said special jury in the manner used and 
accustomed to be performed by the proper officers 
of the superior courts aforesaid, of which last- 
mentioned time and place not less than five days’ 
notice in writing shall be given by the party re- 
quiring such special jury to be summoned to the 
said other party, and the special jurymen to be 
summoned, impannelled and returned by the said 
Sheriff, Under-sheriff or other person, shall be 
subject to all such and the same fines and penal- 
ties for non-attendance and to all such and the 
same provisions as jurymen are by the said re- 
cited Railway Act rendered subject to: Provided 
always, That nothing herein contained shall be 
construed to prevent the same special jury from 
trying any number of inquiries, so as the parties 
to such inquiries Pe eR a or their attornies, 
shall have signified their assent in writing to the 
nomination of such special jury for the trial of 
their respective inquiries, nor shall any special 
juryman be summoned more than once in the 
same year for the trial of any inquiries under the 
said recited Act or this Act: Provided also, That 
if a sufficient number of special jurymen shall 
not attend at the time and place of holding the 
inquiry, the Sheriff, Under-sheriff, Coroner or 
other person presiding thereat, shall, on the re- 
quest of either of the parties to such inquiry, add 
to the list of such special jury the names of any 
by-standers qualified to act as jurymen for the 
county in which the inquiry is held, and all per- 
sons shall have their lawful challenges against the 
jurymen so added, and the said Sheriff, Under- 
sheriff, Coroner or other person shall and may 
proceed in the said inquiry with the jurors so 
added in like manner as he might have done if 
all the persons summoned to attend as jurymen on 
such inquiry had attended thereat.” 

CLAUSE (D.) “ Provided always, and be it fur- 
ther Enacted, That no such rae | before at 
special jury as hereinbefore mentioned shall take 

lace on an earlier day than Fourteen days from 
the delivery of the said warrant requiring a jury 
to be summoned, and that if such warrant shall 
have been directed to any other person than the 
sheriff of the county in which the inquiry is to 
be held, such Sheriff or his Under-sheriff shall, 
immediately on receiving notice of the delivery of 
the said warrant, deliver over to the person to 
whom the same shall have been directed, or to 
any person appointed by him to receive the same, 

4K2 “ the 








620 


~ 
nw 


xn 
n 


also insert Clause (E.) 


the jurors’ book, and the special jurors’ list of 
and belonging to the same county.” 


Pr. 27. 1. 37. After “ Act” insert “ Provided 
also, That nothing herein contained shall extend 
to any case of compensation for the occupation of 
any land for temporary purposes, or for any tem- 
porary injury the owner or occupier may sustain 
im consequence of such occupation, where an 
contract shall exist at the passing of this Act 
between the said Company and any other party 
whatsoever, whereby such other party has become 
bound, or entered into an engagement with the 
said Company, to pay the amount of compensation 
for such occupation or injury as aforesaid ;” and 


Cravse (E.) “ And whereas by the said recited 
Act it is Enacted, That in all cases where, in 
exercise of the powers thereby granted, any part 
of any carriage or horse road, either public or 
private, shall be found necessary to be gone across, 
cut through, raised, sunk, taken or injured in 
manner therein mentioned, the said Company 
shall at their own expense, before any such road 
shall be so gone across, cut through, raised, sunk, 
taken or injured as aforesaid, cause a good and 
sufficient road (as the case may require) to be set 
out and made, instead of such road so gone across, 
cut through, raised, sunk, taken or injured; and 
such new road is thereby directed to be made as 
convenient for passengers and carriages as the 
said road so to be gone across, cut through, raised, 
sunk, taken or injured as aforesaid, or as nearly 
so as may be; and the said Company are thereby 
required to cause such new road to be put in good 
and substantial order and condition where the 
former road cannot be more easily restored ; Be 
it Enacted, That when the road sc gone across, 
cut through, raised, sunk or passed over, shall be 
a turnpike road or public carriage road, the sub- 
stituted road, if temporary, shall be so made and 
the principal road restored within Six calendar 
months after the commencement of such operation, 
and the Railway, where it shall cross such turn- 
pike road or public carriage-road, shall be made 
and kept in repair, so as to prevent inconvenience 
or obstruction to the passage along such turnpike 
road or public carriage road; and in case the said 
Company shall not in manner aforesaid cause a 
good and sufficient road to be set out and made 
before any such road shall be so injured or pre- 
judiced as aforesaid, or in case any turnpike road 
or public carriage road shall not be restored within 








18° Junie. A. 1838. 


“ their office in all the counties through or in 
“ which the said Railway or works shall be in 
“ progress.” 

Pr. 36. 1, 22. Leave out from “ recovered” to 
“ and” in lL. penult. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Mr. Ward reported from the Committee on the Bennet’s 
Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for authorizing Estate Bill. 


the Sale, Exchange and Partition of the Real Estate 
devised by the Will of Richard Henry Alexander 
Bennet, Esquire, deceased, and for the Application 
of the Produce thereof, and for authorizing the 
granting of Leases of the same Estate, and for 
authorizing the Investment in Land of the Residuary 
Personal Estate bequeathed by the same Will, and 
for other purposes; That they had examined the 
allegations of the Bill, and found the same to be 
true; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the 
Committee ; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment :—And the Bill was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Ward do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without any Amendment. 


The House proceeded to take into further consi- 


Barnsley 


deration the Report which, upon the 6th day of this Small Debts 


Barnsley Small Debts Bill. 
And the House being informed that other Amend- 
ments are necessary to be made to the Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to 
sit, and proceed, upon Wednesday, and to make 
their Report upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Proceeding upon the third reading 


the Kirkstall, Ilkley and Shipley District of Road, 

and for making a new Road from the Otley Branch 

Road, in the said District, to Burley, in the Parish 

of Otley, all in the West Riding of the County of 
ork ; 





Six calendar months after the commencement of 
the operation hereinbefore mentioned, then and 
in either of such cases the said Company shall 
forfeit and pay for each and every day during 


neglected to be made as hereinbefore directed, or 
during which such turnpike road or public car- 
riage road shall not be restored after the expira- 
tion of the said Six calendar months, the sum of 
Twenty pounds, which penalty shall be recover- 
able from the said Company in such and the | 
same manner as any other penalties incurred by | 
the said Company for which no special provision | 
is made by the said recited Act or this Act, on 
the complaint of the trustees of the turnpike road, 
or any ye of them, in case such road shall be 


} 
which such good and sufficient road shall be Lybster, in the county of Caithness, praying that the 


| Caithness Road and Statute Labour Bill may not pass 


Ordered, That the further Proceeding upon the 


said Bill be further adjourned till To-morrow. 


into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


deration the Report which, upon the 8th day of 
this instant June, was made from the Committee 
on the Caithness Road and Statute Labour Bill; 
printed Copies of the Bill having been delivered at 
the door upon Wednesday last; and the Amend- 





a turnpike road, or on the complaint of the sur- | 
veyors of the said ope carriage road, or other | 


persons in whom the management of such road | 


shall be vested, in case such carriage road 


shall be highway only, and shall be applied: 


in the restoration or maintenance of such turn- 
Pe or public carriage road, as the case may 
” = ° 


Pr. 35. 1.15. After “kingdom ” insert “ and all 
such constables, duly appointed by the justices of 
any district as aforesaid, may and shall exercise 





ments were read, and agreed to; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


Mr. Pringle reported from the Committee on the 
| Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to explain 
/and extend the Powers of the Trustees of Lady 
| Glenorchy’s Chapel and School in Edinburgh ; That 
| they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
; found the same to be true; and that the Parties con- 

cerned had given their consent to the Bill, to the 
satisfaction 


instant June, was made from the Committee on the Bill. 


Kirkstall, 


Ilkley, and 
of the ingrossed Bill to vary and alter the Lines of — ee 


Bi 


A Petition of Temple F. Sinclair, Esquire, of Caithness Road 


and Statute 


Labour Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into further consi- Caithness Road 


and Statute 
Labour Bill. 


Lady 
Glenorchy’s 
Chapel Bill. 


Sug 
Pat 


Inc 
Sh 


ao at tr 





1 Vicroriz. 


satisfaction of the Committee; and that the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and directed him 
to report the same, without Amendment :—And the 
Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Pringle do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without any Amendment. 


Sugar Refining 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 


Patent. mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the Sugar Refining Patent 
Bill no Standing Orders are applicable. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 
India Steam Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 


Ship Company. mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Petition for the India Steam Ship Com- 
pany Bill no Standing Orders are applicable. 

rdered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for forming and regulating a Company to be called 
The India Steam Ship Company, and to enable 
the said Company to purchase certain Letters Patent: 
And that Mr. Williams Wynn and Mr. Gaskell do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


18° Junze. 








Blackheath, A Petition of Stephen Gaseley, Peter Stafford 
&amp;cSmallDebts Carey, Thomas John Knight and John Locke, 
Esquires, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Blackheath, &amp;c., Small Debts Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 

favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 
Belfast A Petition of the Most honourable George Au- 
(es) gustus, Marquis of Donegall, a Peer of Parliament, 


and the Right Honourable George Hamilton Chi- 
chester, commonly called the Earl of Belfast, pray- 
ing that the Sub-Committee on Petitions for Private 
Bills, who took the original Petition for the Belfast 
Waterworks (No. 2) Bill into consideration, may be 
revived, and that the Petitioners may be at liberty to 
proceed thereon, was presented and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration To-morrow ; and be printed. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty had been pleased to direct him to give 
notice to the House, that She had appointed a 


Coronation of 
Her Majesty. 


Gallery in the Abbey for them, at the solemnity of | 
Her Majesty’s Coronation on Thursday the 28th | 


day of this instant June; but that She’ thought it | 
not so convenient for the House to bear any part in 
the proceeding. 

Resolved, That a Committee be appointed to con- 
fer with the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Woods 
and Works, and to consider how this House shall 
be accommodated with necessary conveniences in 
going to and coming from Westminster Abbey, aud 
while they are there, at the solemnity of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Coronation, and what order shall be observed 
therein. 

Ordered, That the Committee be nominated To- 
morrow. 

Ordered, That the Serjeant-at-Arms attending 
this House do take into custody all and every such 
person and persons, other than Members and offi- 


into a law as it now stands, was 





cers of the House, that shall presume to press or 
come into the Galleries in the Abbey Church at | 
Westminster, appointed for this House to be in at the | 
solemnity of Her Majesty’s Coronation. 

Mr. Edward Buller reported from the Select Com- | 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined 
ihe Petitions presented from the 11th to the 16th 


Public 
Petitions, 





day of this instant June both inclusive; and had 


Vor. 93. | 


621 


directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

Mr. Edward Buller also reported from the said 
Select Committee; That they had directed the Peti- 
tions presented this Session relative to the Eccle- 
siastical Duties and Revenues Bill to be printed as 
a separate Report, and according to the classifica- 
tion therein mentioned. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented a — 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased ae 
to give directions, that there be laid before this nay.) 
House, a Copy of the Certificate given under the 
hands of John G. Welch, M.D., and J. Whatman, 
surgeon, whereupon the Warrant of the 26th Octo- 
ber 1833, for the removal of William Courtenay, 
alias Sir William Courtenay, from the County Prison 
to the Kent Lunatic Asylum at Barming Heath, was 
founded:—And, a Copy of the Certificate required 
by the 55th section of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 40, as the 
authority for the Secretary of State to direct the re- 
moval back of a prisoner (having become insane) 
from a Lunatic Asylum to the Prison from whence 
he shall have been taken, in case the prisoner shall 
be liable to be continued in custody, or to be 
discharged, in case the period of imprisonment or 
custody shall have expired. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Ship “ Vixen.” 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of any judicial proceeding or sentence 
of a Court of Law in Russia, relating to the con- 
fiscation of the Viwen:—Of any application or re- 
monstrance on behalf of the Vizen, addressed to the 
Court of Saint Petersburgh by Her Majesty’s Am- 
bassador there: —Of a Communication, dated October 
12th 1831, of the Russian Regulations under which 
the Vixen was seized and confiscated, which com- 
munication is referred toin Monsieur de Boutenieff’s 
note to Lord Ponsonby of September 13th, 1836 ; 
together with the Despatch of his late Majesty’s 
Representative at Constantinople, transmitting it to 
the Office for Foreign Affairs :—And, of any instruc- 
tion addressed to the Earl of Durham, relative to 
the Vixen, between the 27th January and the 19th 
April 1836. 

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


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed British 
to inquire into the Plans and Estimates for the Museum. 
Completion of the Buildings of the British Museum. 

Ordered, That the Committee be nominated To- 
morrow. 


A Petition of Pilots and Watermen of Sunder- Pilotage Bill. 
land, praying that the Pilotage Bill may not pass 
resented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Company of Proprietors of the Mails on 
North Union Railway, praying that the Mails on Railways Bill. 
Railways Bill may not pass into a law as it now 
stands, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Tithes 
reading of the Tithes (Jreland) Bill ; (Ireland ) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The ingrossed Bill to abridge the holding of Benefices 
Benefices in Plurality, and to make better Provision P!urality Bill, 
4k3 for 








—EEE 


seepage os =: 


——E 





Message from 
the Lords, 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 


Railway Bill. 


Saint Luke’s 


Hospital Bill. 


622 18° Junie. 


for the residence of the Clergy, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause was offered to be added to 
the Bill, by way of rider, (Dispensation to be pro- 
cured in every case of Plurality):—And the said 
Clause was brought up, and twice read with a blank; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House: 
—The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Lord Viscount Mor- 
peth reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Clause, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Lord Viscount Morpeth accordingly reported the 
Clause; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to; and the said Clause was read the third time, 
and agreed to, to be made part of the Bill, by way 
of rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Bill, by way of rider, (Granting compensation 
to certain Officers.) 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the said Clause be now 
brought up ; 

And it appearing that it was proposed by the said 
Clause to lay a charge on the Consolidated Fund ; 

And the Question being put :—-It passed in the 
Negative. 

Then several other ingrossed Clauses were added, 
by way of riders; and Amendments were made to 
the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill, in Pr. 32. 1. 26, by inserting after the 
words “ Deputy Clerk thereof” the words “ or as 
* Master of the Temple, or as preacher of Lincoln’s 
** Inn, Gray’s Inn, or the Rolls Chapels.” 

And the Question being put, That those words be 
there inserted:—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill in Pr. 39. 1. 6, by inserting after the 
word “ body” the words “ of himself or by any 
“ dangerous illness of his wife or child, making 
“ part of, and residing with him as part of his 
“ family.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted; 

The House divided: 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the ; Mr. Freshfield, Lao 
Yeas, \. Mr. Nicholl: \ eal 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. More O’ Ferrall, te 
Noes, Mr. Rich : — 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Then several other Amendments were made to 
the Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, by inserting at the end of Schedule (A.) the 
words “ What is the Annual Value of your Benefice?”’ 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted :—It passed in the Negative. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That. Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell 

and Mr. Senior : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for making a Railway from Edinburgh to Glas- 
gow, to be called The Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail- 
way, with a Branch to Falkirk, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this Heuse: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to incorporate the Governors and Subscribers 
to Saint Luke’s Hospital for Lunatics, and for better 
enabling them to carry on their Charitable Designs, 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 














A. 1838. 


The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Ocths Validity 
to remove doubts as to the validity of certain Oaths; Bi. 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Traherne’s 
for effecting an exchange of Lands in the County of state Bill. 
Glamorgan between Morgan Popkin Traherne, Es- 
quire, and the Right honourable Sir John Nicholl, 
Knight ; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House :—And then the Messengers with- 
drew. 


Traherne’s Estate Bill was read the first time, Traherne’s 
and ordered to be read a second time. Estate Bill. 


Mr. Fox Maule, by Order, reported the Municipal Municipal 
Corporations (Zreland} Bill:—And the Bill was re- Corporations 
committed to a Committee of the whole House :— (ied) Bil. 
And the House immediately resolved itself into the No. 512, 
Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
g aph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Crauses N° 1 to N°5, agreed to. 

Criavuse N° 6 (Occupiers of houses and shops 
rated as of the value of Five pounds) read. 

Amendment proposed: P. 4. Is. 26 and 27. To 
leave out the words “ rated to the relief of the poor 
“ as of the net annual value of Five pounds,” and 
to insert instead thereof the words “ the yearly 
“ value of Ten pounds.” 

Question, That the words proposed to be left 

out stand part of the Clause put,and agreed to. 

CiavseE N° 6, agreed to. 

Criauses N°7 to N°19, agreed to. 

Ciause N° 20, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravuses N° 21 to N° 165, agreed to. 

Schedules agreed to. 

Ciavses added. 

Preamble read, and agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 











Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Slave Vanes 
further consideration the Report on the Slave Ves- ©? snachaney 
sels Captured Bill :—The Bill was re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House :—And the House 
immediately resolved itself into the Committee. 

_ (In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph 

Preamble postponed. 

Crauses N°1 to N°3, agreed to. 

Cause N° 4 (Bounties to be paid out of the Con- 
solidated Fund) read. 

Amendment proposed: At the end of the Clause 
to add the words “ free from all fees and deductions 
‘“« whatsoever.” 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Cause N°4, agreed to. 

Crausss, N° 5 and N° 6, agreed to. 

Cuavse respecting “ Prize-money,” added. 

Preamble read, and agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 








Mr. 





Sugat 
Bill. 


Roy: 
(Scot 


Parli 
Burg 
(Sco 


itn =~ ha?) 








1 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Sugar Duties 


The Sugar Duties Bill was, according to Order, 


Bill read a second time; and committed toa Committee 
of the whole House, for To-morrow. 
Royal Burghs A Petition of Householders, Warehousemen and 


(Scotland) Bill. ee. of the city of Glasgow, praying that 
the Royal Burghs (Scotland) Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 
Parliamentary © The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Burghs  ., reading of the Parliamentary Burghs (Scotland) 
(Scotland) Bill. Bill : 5 
? 
And a Motion being made, and the Question be- 
ing proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 


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


Martis, 19° die Junii, 1838: 


The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. - . 

e : Mr. Fox Maule, ' 

Tellers for the Yeas,) \7." Robert Steuart : f 88. 


Tellers for the Noes, { Mr, Coleah as } 59. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time: 
—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


Royal Burghs The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Scotland) Bill. reading of the Royal Burghs (Scotland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Linen Manu- Lord Viscount Morpeth reported the Linen Manu- 
— ., factures (Ireland) Bill; and the Amendments were 
(Ireland) Bill. pead, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 


be ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


Party The Order of the day being read, for the second 
eet oe reading of the Party Processions (Ireland) Bill ; 
‘ sae And a Motion being made, and the Question be- 
ing put, That the Bill be now read a second time; 
The House divided: 
The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Robert Steuart, Ling 
Yeas, Mr. Fox Maule: er 
Tellers for the f Lord Viscount Dungannon, 


Noes, USir Robert Bateson : } - 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—The Bill 
was accordingly read a second time ; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


a (Ireland) The Arms (Lreland) Bill was, according to Order, 
” read a second time ; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the County Courts Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 

Vou. 93. 


County Courts 
Bill 


18°—19° Junzz. 623 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Coal Trade 
further consideration the Report on the Coal Trade (Port of Lone 
(Port of London) Bill ; — 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the we. 
Report on the Hackney Carriages (Metro olis) Bill; (Metropolis) 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. Bill. 


The Bankruptcy Court Bill was, according to ey 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Cot Bil 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday, the 29th 
day of this instant June. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second ——— 
reading of the Church Building Acts Amendment Acts dene 
Bill; ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of day being read, for the second Mailson 
reading of the Mails on Railways Bill; Railways Ball 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Local Commissioners Relief Bill was, ac- Local Commis- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- ‘ners Relief 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To-~" 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second oy aoe 
ane of the Registration of Leases (Scotland) (Scotland) Bill. 
ill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Giass Duties 
further consideration, the Report on the Glass Du- Bill. 
ties Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Registration of 
,further consideration the Report on the Registration Flectrs Bill. 
of Electors Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- China Courts 

mittee on the China Courts Bill; . Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Ecclesiastical 
reading of the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues Duties and 
Bill Revenues Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second County 
reading of the County Election Polls (Scotland) Election Polls 
Bill; (Scotland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 


itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Loan Societies 
further consideration the Report on the Loan So- (Ireland) Bill. 
cieties (Ireland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Thursday next. 





4x4 The 


f 
ft 
i 
f 
i 
i 
i 
} 


ees 


eta ootd 






















































Sea Coast 
Fisheries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Suitors’ Money 
Bill, 


Church 
Patronage 
(Corporations) 
Bill. 









Juvenile 


Offenders Bill. 








Vacation 
Sittings Bill. 







Vestries in 
Churches Bill. 


No. 513. 










624. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-, 
mittee on the Sea Coast Fisheries (Jreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





The ingrossed Bill for making further investments 
from the Money of the Suitors of the Court of| 
Chancery and the Court of Exchequer, and for pro- 
viding for the payment into Court of Fees received 
by certain officers of the Lord Chancellor, was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for facilitating the Sale of Church 
Patronage belonging to Municipal Corporations, in 
certain cases ; and the same were read as follow: 

Pr. 4. 1.7. After “corporation” insert “or in 
“ any member of such corporation in virtue of his 
“ office as such.” 

Pr, 5. 1. 24. After “corporation” insert Clause 
(A.) 

Cravuse (A.) “ Provided always, and be it hereby 
“ further Enacted, That nothing in this Act or in 
*“‘ the said first recited Act contained shall preclude 
any Municipal Corporation seised of any manors, 
lands, tenements or hereditaments, subject to an 
obligation to nominate, provide and sustain any 
such priest, curate, preacher or minister, from 
augmenting and endowing such priestship, curacy, 
preachership or ministry, either by the assigning 
of a competent portion of such manors, lands, 
tenements or hereditaments, to such priest, curate, 
preacher or minister, and his successors, or by 
charging thereon an annual stipend, either in 
““ money or in kind, for his and their use and be- 
nefit, in as full and ample manner as such Cor- 
poration might have done before the passing of 
“ the said first recited Act.” 

The said Amendments, as far asClause (A.), being 
read a second time, were agreed to. 

Cravss (A.), the next Amendment, being read a| 
second time; the Amendments following were made | 
thereunto: 

Fo. 1. 1.7. After “ nominate” insert “ and.” 

Ls. 7 and 8. Leave out “ and sustain,” and at| 
the end of the Clause add, “ Provided always, That 
“no such augmentation or endowment shall be | 
valid, without the consent of the Lords Commis- | 


| 


” 


“ 
sé 
“cc 





“ 


“cc 


“ of them.” 
And the said Amendment, so amended, was agreed | 
to. | 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to' 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath | 


agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord-| 


ships, with Amendments; to which Amendments | 


this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 


Mr. Fox Maule reported the Juvenile Offenders | 


Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Friday 
next, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Vacation Sittings Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself! 


18°—19° Junz7. 


sioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, or any three | _ 


A. 1838. 


the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 


| Amendments thereunto. 


Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Estcourt reported the Bill accordingly; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Saturday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


The House was moved, that the Act 5 Geo. 4, c. Vagrant Act 
83, for the punishment of idle and disorderly per- Amendment 
sons, and rogues and vagabonds, in that part of” 
Great Britain called England, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill, 
to amend the said Act: And that Mr. Estcourt and 
Mr. Nicholl do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Window Duty, 
Return of the Duty on Windows assessed, for the 
Twelve Towns in England which contribute the 
largest amount. 


The Order for reading a second time To-morrow, Attoruies 
the Attornies and Solicitors (Zreland) Bill, was 904 Solicitors 
: (Ireland) Bill. 
read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday, the 2d day of July next. 


The Order for reading the third time To-morrow, Dean Forest 
the Dean Forest Mines Bill; was read, and dis- Mines Bill. 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order for reading the third time To-morrow, Dean Forest 
the Dean Forest Encroachments Bill, was read, no 
and discharged. - 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Sheriffs Sheriffs 
(Renfrewshire), which was presented upon the 28th (Raiewdion) 
day of May last, be printed. No. 514. 


_ Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Killarney Killarney 
Steamer, which was presented upon Saturday last, Steamer. 
be printed. No, 515. 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to Canada, which Canada. 
were presented upon Saturday last, be printed. No. 516. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after one of the clock on 
Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Martis, 19° die Junii ; 
Anno 1° Victoria Regine, 1838. 





PRAYERS. 


- HE House met; and being counted by Mr. Adjournment. 
Speaker, it appeared that Forty Members were 

not present ; yet it being four of the clock, Mr. Speaker 

took the Chair, and again counted the House ; and 

Forty Members not being present :—The House was 

adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 

put, till To-morrow. 


Mercurit, 20° die Junii ; 


Anno 2° Victoria Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Miller, from the Court of Bankruptcy, was Joint Stock 
N called in; and at the Bar presented,—Return Bhs. 
to an Order, dated the 7th day of this instant June, 





for a Return of all Joint Stock Banks in England 


into a Committee upon the Vestries in Churches | that have suspended payment, or have become 


Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Estcourt reported, That 


‘bankrupt, from 1832 to the present time :—Also, a 
Return of all Private Banks in England that have 


suspended 


Bank 
and | 
cies. 


Nati 
Fun 
Soci 


Sud 


Ki 
Ilk 
Shi 
Bil 


P 
~ 








Bankruptcies 
and Insolven- 
cies. 


National Loan 


Fund Assurance 


Society Bill. 


Sudbury Town 
Lands Bill. 


Kirkstall, 
Ilkley, and 
Shipley Road 
Bill. 


Macclesfield 
School Bili. 


2 VictToriz. 


suspended payment, or have become bankrupt, from 
1832 to the present time; distinguishing those si- 
tuate within sixty-five miles from London from those 
beyond that distance. 


Return to an Order, dated the 7th day of this 
instant June, for a Return of the Number of Bank- 
ruptcies and Insolvencies which have taken place, 
in each year, from 1833 to 1838, both inclusive :— 
And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Hall reported from the Committee on the 
National Loan Fund Assurance Society Bill ; That 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto ; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- 
sideration the Report which, upon the 12th day of 
this instant June, was made from the Committee 
on the Sudbury Town Lands Bill. 

Andthe House being informed, that other Amend- 
ments are necessary to be made to the Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned proceeding upon the third reading of 
the ingrossed Bill to vary and alter the Lines of the 
Kirkstall, Ilkley and Shipley District of Road, and 
for making a new Road from the Otley Branch 
Road in the said District, to Burley, in the Parish of 
Otley, allin the West Riding of the County of York : 
—The House resumed the said adjourned proceed - 
ing :—And an ingrossed Clause was added to the 
Bill, by way of rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir George Strickland do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Grimsditch, by Order, reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Macclesfield School Bill; and to whom 
a Petition against the said Bill was referred ; That 
they had heard counsel in support of the said Peti- 
tion, and had also heard counsel in favour of the 
Bill ; and had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true ; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their consent to the Bill, to the 
satisfaction of the Committee ; and that the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto; and the Amendments were read, 
as follow : 

Pr, 42. 1.15. Leave out from “ scheme” to 
“ should,” in 1. 18. 

Pr. 44, 1. 3. After “ amount” insert “ except 
so far as the same may for the present be re- 
stricted in number by reason of the provision for 
payment thereof hereinafter mentioned.” 

Pr, 46. 1. 23. Leave out from “ notwithstand- 
“ ing” to “ And,” in 1.7. Pr. 47. 

Pr, 48. 1.10. Leave out from “ aforesaid” to 
“ Provided,” inl. 7. Pr. 49., and add Clauses (A.), 
(B.), (C.), (D.), (E.) and (F.) 
_Crausz (A.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
it shall and may be lawful for the said Governors 
and their successors to borrow and take up at in- 
terest from time to time, such sums of money not 
exceeding in the whole the sum of One thousand 
pounds, as the said Governors shall from time to 
time require, in or towards paying the expense of 
erecting, completing and finishing such houses, 
buildings and other conveniences as shall be ade- 
quate and suitable for the purposes of the said 


modern Free School, and by any writing or writ- 
Vox. 93. 


“ 
“ 
“ 


it 
ce 
ce 
“ 
“ 





20° Juniz. 








625 


ings under the common seal of the said Governors 
to grant or demise all or any part of the messuages, 
lands and hereditaments belonging to the said 
Governors (except the hereditaments comprised 
in the Schedule to this Act), unto such person or 
persons, or body or bodies corporate, as shall ad- 
vance all or any part of the money hereby autho- 
rized to be borrowed as aforesaid, his, her or their 
respective executors,administrators, successors and 
assigns, as a security for the money so advanced, 
with interest, and that such mortgages shall or 
may (so far as the same may be applicable) be in 
the form or to the effect following (that is to 
say); 
“ We the Governors of the possessions, revenues 
“ and goods of the Free Grammar School of 
“ King Edward the Sixth, in Macclesfield, in 
the County of Chester, in consideration of 


xn 
wn 


“ the sum of advanced 
“ and lent to us by 
- 2 upon the credit 


and for the purposes ofa certain Act of Par- 
liament passed in the year of the 
reign of Queen Victoria, intituled, [here state 
the title of this Act], do hereby grant, bar- 
gain, sell and demise unto the sant 

his [her or their] executors, administrators, 
successors and assigns, all and singular the 
messuages, lands, tenements and heredita- 
ments now vested in or belonging to us, and 
“ which we are by the said Act authorized to 
mortgage [or, as the case may require, in- 
sert a short description of such ay of the 
charity estates as is intended to be charged], 
to be had and holden from the day next 
“ before the day of the date hereof until the 
said sum of together 
“ with interest henceforth for the same, after 
“ the rate of per centum 
“* per annum shall have been fully repaid and 
“ satisfied ; such interest to be payable in the 
“ meantime half yearly on the 

“ day of and the day of 
- in every year. In witness whereof 
“ we, the said Governors have caused our com- 
“ mon seal to be hereunto set and affixed this 


nn A 
nxn An nN 


n 
n 


n~ 
nn 


“A 
wn 


n 
Xn 


" day of in the year 
“ of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred 
14 and ” 


Cuiavse (B.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
it shall be lawful for the person or respective per- 
sons for the time being entitled to any mortgage 
or mortgages to be made in pursuance of this Act, 
from time to time, by writing under his, her or their 
hand and seal, or respective hands and seals, or 
(in case of bodies corporate having a common 
seal), under their common seal, to transfer such 
mortgage or mortgages, and the full benefit 
thereof to any person or persons whomsoever ; 
and that every such transfer shall or may (so 
far as the same may be applicable), be made 
in the form or to the effect following (that is to 
say); 

a * of 

“ being entitled to the ——- sum of 
= y virtue of a mortgage 
“ bearing date the day of 
" under the common seal of 
“ the Governors of the possessions, revenues 
“ and goods of the Free Grammar School of 
“ King Edward the Sixth, in Macclesfield, 
“ upon the credit, and for the purposes of a 
“ certain Act of Parliament passed in the 
" ear of the reign of Queen 
“ Victoria, intituled, [here state the title of 
“ this Act], do hereby, in consideration of the 
“ sum of to me 
“ paid by A. B., of 
“ transfer the said principal sum of 
4. “ and 












626 


wn“ 
nx 


wn 
n“~ 


nw 
n 


~ 
nw 


wn 
n 


w~ 
n 


nw 
n 


~ a 8 
nn On 


n~ a &amp; 
x. sa &amp; 


- 
. 





6“ and all interest due and to 
“¢ become due thereon, and all my right, title, 
“ security, interest, claim and demand in, to, 
“ for or in respect of the same, unto the said 
+ ALB. to hold, 
“to him, his executors, administrators and 





“ assigns, for his and their absolute use and 
“ benefit. As witness my hand and seal this 
* day of 
“ in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight 
“ hundred and r 


Crause (C.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
every such a shall be an effectual discharge 
to the mortgagee or the money, for securing the 
re-payment whereof such mortgage shall be ex- 
pressed to be given, and shall discharge such 
mortgagee from seeing to the application thereof, 
or being answerable for the misapplication or 
non-application thereof.” 


Cxiavuse (D.) “ Provided nevertheless, and be it 
further Enacted, That notwithstanding any such 
mortgage or mortgages as aforesaid, it shall be 
lawful for the said Governors and their successors 
from time to time to make such contracts and 
agreements for granting leases, and such leases, 
either under the powers which the said Governors 
now possess b tow or under any powers which 
shall iediiise be given or confirmed to the said 
Governors or their successors, or otherwise how- 
soever as they the said Governors might have 
made in case this Act and the said mortgage or 
mortgages had not been passed or ae and 
that such mortgage or mortgages shall also be 
subject to the effect of all such contracts or agree- 
ments for leases, and of all such leases as have 
been already made of any of the estates of the 
said charity, and are now subsisting.” 


Cravuse(E.) “ Provided always, and be it further 
Enacted, That after the making of any such mort- 
gage or mortgages as aforesaid, a sufficient por- 
tion of such of the surplus funds of the said 
charity as are hereinafter directed to be applied 
for the maintenance of the said modern Free 
School shall be in the first place appropriated 
and set apart from time to time by the said Go- 
vernors, for the purpose of keeping down the 
interest accruing due upon oak mortgage or 
mortgages, and for the purpose of being applied 
in or towards the discharge of the principal 
thereof, at such times and in such manner as shall 
be deemed expedient, and as shall effectually 
provide for the discharge of such mortgage money 
within Fifty years from the time of the advance- 
ment thereof.” 


Cravse (F.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
the money (if any) to arise by the sale of the 
materials of the buildings hereby authorized to 
be pulled down, and also the money to be raised 
by the said mortgage or mortgages, shall be ap- 
plied by the said Governors from time to time, as 
the same shall be wanted, in or towards paying 
the expense of building, laying out, completing 
and finishing such houses, buildings, courts, yards, 
play-grounds and other conveniences as shall be 
adequate and suitable for the purposes of the said 
modern Free School; and in case the money (if 
any) received for the materials of the buildings 
hereby authorized to be pulled down, and the 
sewer 4 raised by mortgage as aforesaid, shall be 
insufficient to pay the expense of building, laying 
out, completing and finishing such houses, build- 
ings and other conveniences, as last mentioned, 
then such deficiency shall be supplied, and the 
amount thereof paid and satisfied, by the said 
Governors and their successors, by and out of 
such of the surplus funds of the said charity as 
are hereinafter directed to be applied for the 
maintenance of the said modern Free School.” 








20° Junie. A. 1838. 


&lt; Pr. 49. 1. 22. After “ purpose” insert Clause 
(G.). 
Criavuse(G.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
it shall be lawful for the said Governors and their 
successors, under the directions of the said High 
Court of Chancery, by and out of the surplus or 
residue which shall from time to time remain of 
the income of the said charity, after providing for 
the maintenance of the said Free Grammar School, 
and for all the purposes thereof, to pay and allow 
two of the said exhibitions hereby authorized to 
be established, or such of the said two exhibitions 
“ as shall for the time being be established, to the 
person or persons by whom the same respectively 
shall for the time being be held, pursuant to the 
scheme or schemes which shall for the time being 
be in force for regulating such exhibitions as afore- 
said, and also to pay and allow to the examiners 
a competent sum for conducting the examination 
of candidates for such exhibitions, and for their 
travelling and other expenses; and as to the clear 
surplus or residue which shall from time to time 
remain of the income of the said charity, after 
providing for the maintenance of the said Free 
Grammar School, and after providing for two of 
the said exhibitions and the expenses of exami- 
nations as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the 
said Governors, and they are hereby required to 
apply such last-mentioned surplus for the main- 
tenance of the said modern Free School, and all the 
purposes thereof, as long as the same surplus does 
not exceed yearly the sum of Three hundred and 
fifty Pounds; and when and so soon as the same 
shall exceed that amount yearly, then it shall be 
lawful for the said Governors and their successors, 
and they are hereby required by and out of such 
clear surplus as last aforesaid, in the first place to 
apply an annual sum of Three hundred and fifty 
Pounds from time to time for the maintenance of 
such modern Free School, and all the purposes 
thereof, and subject thereto, in the next place to 
pay and allow from time to time, as and when 
circumstances will permit, the two other or re- 
maining exhibitions hereby authorized to be esta- 
blished, or such of them as shall for the time 
“ being be established, to the person or persons 
“ by whom the same respectively shall for the 
“ time being be held, pursuant to the scheme or 
“ schemes which shall for the time being be in 
“ force for regulating such exhibitions as afore- 
“ said.” 

Pr. 50. 1. 4. Leave out from “to” to “and” 
in]. 10, and insert “ the admission of scholars 
“ therein.” 


Pr. 50. 1.15. After “ regulated” insert “ ex- 


“‘ cept as hereinbefore and next hereinafter pro- 
“ vided.” 


Pr. 50. 1. 21. After “ thirty-seven ” insert Clause 
(H.) 

Ciauss (H.) “ Provided always, and be it fur- 
“ ther Enacted, That the masters or ushers of the 
said modern Free School for the time being shall 
not be at liberty or authorized and empowered to 
take into their houses any boarders whatever, and 
that the amount of the charge of the head master 
for the tuition of each of the scholars (inclusive 
of all charges for school books or stationery) at 
the said modern Free School, to be from time to 
time fixed by the said Governors, shall not exceed 
“ Ten shillings and shall not be less than Five 
“ shillings per quarter, any thing in the said scheme 
“ hereinbefore set forth to the contrary thereof in 
“ any wise notwithstanding.” 

Pr. 51. 1. 8. After “ forth” insert “ as the same 
“ is hereby revised and amended.” 

Pr. 51. 1. 12. After “ said” insert “ exhibitions 
“ and.” ‘ 

Pr. 51. 1. 25. After “ exhibitions” insert Clause 
(L.) 


“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 


- 
n 


n 
nx 


“ 








Cravse (I.) 











2 VicToriz. 


Cuavse (I.) “ And whereas it would tend to 
“ promote the interests of the said charity if the 
8; limits were enlarged within which the persons 
now eligible to be Governors of the possessions, 
revenues and goods of the said Free Grammar 
School must be inhabitants; Be it therefore 
Enacted, That any person, being an inhabitant 
of any Pir or township included in the Prest- 
bury division of the hundred of Macclesfield, 
shall from and after the passing of this Act be 
eligible and in all respects qualified to be and 
continue to be a Governor, in the same manner 
as if such person were an inhabitant of the vill of 
Macclesfield or parish of Prestbury aforesaid ; 
and that in case any Governor shall remove and 
dwell elsewhere, and with his family depart out 
of the Prestbury division of the hundred of Mac- 
clesfield, or be incapacitated from attending, or 
shall wholly neglect to attend any meeting of the 
Governors during the space of Two years, he shall 
cease to be a Governor, but such Governor shall 
not thereby be disqualified from being re-elected.” 

Pr. 61. 1. 12. After “School” insert Clauses 
(J.) and (K.) 

Cuause (J.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
in case the Governors shall at any time hereafter 
deem it necessary to apply to the High Court of 
Chancery, or to Parliament, the said Governors 
shall, and they are hereby required to give one 
month’s previous notice by advertisement in some 
one yeti 2 printed and published within the 
said town of Macclesfield, of the general nature of 
such intended application, and if there shall not 
be any newspaper printed and published within 
the said town of Macclesfield, then such notice as 
aforesaid shall be given by advertisement in some 
other newspaper printed and published in the 
city or county of Chester.” 

Cuavuse (K.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
an abstract of the accounts of the income and 
expenditure of the revenues arising from the school 
estates, shall be hereafter published by the Go- 
vernors once in the month of August in ever 
year in some one newspaper printed and published 
within the said town of Macclesfield; and in case 
there shall not be any newspaper printed and 
published within the said town of Macclesfield, 
then an abstract of such accounts shall be pub- 
lished as aforesaid in some other newspaper 
printed and published in the city or county of 
Chester.” 


ce 
“ 
“ 
‘ 
&lt;&lt; 
“ 
“cc 


n 


“ 
‘ 
ii 
if 
&lt; 
it 
“ 
‘ 
é 
iT 


wn 


nxn nw 


cc 
if3 


“cc 
“cc 
‘ 


“ 


é 
cc 
“ 


n 


cc 
é 


n 


“ 


6 


n 


“ 
ce 
“cc 


n 
n 


te 


n 


‘ 


20° Juniz. 





The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Pembroke The House proceeded to take into further consi- 
Feny Bill. eration the Report which, upon the 11th day of this 
instant June, was made from the Committee on the 
Pembroke Ferry Bill; printed Copies of the Bill 
having been delivered at the door upon Friday last ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to ; and 
Amendments were made to the Biil. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 
Ashby-de-lae Mr. Pease reported from the Select Committee 
— (Nea ) on Petitions for Private Bills ; That in the case of the 


Petition for leave to bring in the Ashby-de-la-Zouch 
Small Debts, the Petition is for leave to bring in a 
Bill solely to remedy a verbal error in an Act of 
this Session, wherein the words Ashby-de-la-Zouch, 
though obviously intended to have been inserted, 
were omitted ; That it appears by the Minutes of 
the Committee which sat upon the Petition for 
leave to bring in the original Bill, That all the 
notices required to be given by the Standing Orders 
of the House were duly given, and included the 
Town of Ashby-de-la-~Zouch, as well as the places 
named in the Petition; and that there are no fur- 
ther Standing Orders to be complied with. 

Vor. 93. 


627 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
rectify a mistake in an Act passed in the present 
Session of Parliament, for the Recovery of Small 
Debts, within the Town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and 
other places, in the Counties of Leicester, Derby, 
Warwick and Stafford: And that Mr. Packe and 
Mr. Farnham do prepare, and,bring it in. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Saint Luke’s 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, #ospital Bill. 
intituled, An Act to incorporate the Governors and 
Subscribers to Saint Luke’s Hospital for Lunatics, 
and for better enabling them to carry on their Chari- 
table Designs; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 9. 1. 9. Leave out from “purchase” to 
“and,” inl19. 

Pr. 10. 1.15. After “ hereditaments” insert “ or 
of any stocks, money, goods, chattels, or other 
personal estate, to be laid out or disposed of in 
the purchase of lands or hereditaments.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 22. Leave out “ fourth” and insert 
second”; and in the same line leave out from 
“ Act” to “ and,’s in 1. 25, and insert “ to restrain 
“ the disposition of lands, whereby the same become 
“ unalienable.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Captain Alsager do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


“ 
“ 
“ 


“ 


Mr. Pease, by Order, presented a Bill to rectify Ashby.de-la- 
a mistake in an Act, passed in the present Session of — _ 
Parliament, for the acre of Small Debts within -—"* ita 
the Town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and other places, 
in the Counties of Leicester, Derby, Warwick and 
Stafford: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


Mr. Ormsby Gore reported from the Committee Festiniog 
on the Festiniog Railway Bill; That the Standing Railway Bill. 
Orders relative to Railway Bills did not apply to 
the said Bill, the application being solely to raise 
an additional Sum of Money; and that they had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto ; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Mr. Ormsby Gore, by Order, presented a Bill for India Steam 
forming and regulating a Company, to be called m4 Company 
The India Steam Ship Company, and to enable the "* 
said Company to purchase certain Letters Patent: 

And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time. 


Petitions from Evantown ;— Cromarty ;—Conon Small Debts 
Bridge ;—Lochalsh ;— Plocktown ; —Janetown ;— (Scotland) Bill. 
Avoch; — Maryburgh ;—Dingwall;—and, Thurso ; 
praying that the Small Debts (Scotland) Bill, may 
pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Committee of the General Idolatry 
Baptist Missionary Society ;— Stalybridge ;—Birch- (india. 
cliff ; — Billesdon ; — Tarporley ;—-and, Longford 
(Warwick); praying the House to prohibit the mter- 
ference of British Teuctienteien in the management 
of Idolatrous Observances in India,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants and Ship-owners of New Zealand. 
London, trading in the South Seas, and to the Aus- 
tralian Colonies, setting forth, That the British 
Settlers in New Zealand (now estimated to exceed 





two thousand in number), are rapidly increasing ; 
that they commit the most cruel outrages on the 
4L2 native 








New Zealand 
Bill. 


Church 
Property. 


Pilotage Bill. 


Bank of 
Treland, 


Mails on 
Railways Bill. 


628 


native inhabitants, take part in war and massacres | 
between the native tribes, incite the natives to com- | 
mit depredations on British shipping, and to harass 
and plunder the masters and crews of such shipping 
when peaceably engaged on shore, and entice the 
crews of such shipping to abandon their vessels, 
and to reside upon the said islands, leading the same 
life of license and crime as those by whom they 
have been seduced from their engagements ; That 
if law and order were established in the said islands, 
so that a respectable class of British subjects should 
not be afraid to settle there, and that a commercial 
intercourse might be securely carried on with such 
settlers, and with the native inhabitants, there is 
every reason to believe that a great and most valu- 
able extension of British Trade and employment 
for British shipping in that part of the world 
would immediately take place, with corresponding 
benefit, as well to the native inhabitants as to the 
shipping and trading interests of this country; and 
praying the House to take the above circumstances 
into consideration, and to adopt such measures 
for the remedy of the evils complained of, and the 
advantage of British interests, as to them shall seem 
meet, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Stockton; — Secretaries of the 
Committee of the Church Missionary Society ; 
Treasurers and Secretaries of the Wesleyan Mis- 
sionary Society ; — Charles Francis de Thierry ;— 


and, Sunderland; praying that the Mew Zealand | Pp 


Bill may not enw into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of New Sarum, praying 
that all increase of Revenue that may arise from an 
improved system of leasing Ecclesiastical Property 
be left at the disposal of the Church, to supply 
the deficiency of — instruction for the people, 
was presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Church Leases. 

A Petition of the Clergy of the Deaneries of 
Blackburn and Leyland, praying that the manage- 
ment of Ecclesiastical Revenues may not be placed 
in the hands of Commissioners, was also presented, 
and read; and referred to the said Select Committee. 


A Petition of Ship-owners of the Port of New- 
castle, resident within the Borough of South Shields, | 
praying that the Pilotage Bill may not pass into a| 
law, was lc and read; and ordered to lie| 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Governor, Deputy Governor and 
Proprietors of the Hibernian Joint Stock Bankin 
Company ;—and, Merchants and others, of Ennis- 
corthy ; praying the House not to renew the Charter 
of the Bank of Zreland, but to pass an Act grant- 
ing free trade in banking to all classes of Her 
Majesty’s subjects in Jreland,—were presented, and 
aa ; and referred to the Select Committee on Joint 
Stock Banks. 


A Petition of the Bristol and Exeter Railway | 
Company, praying that the Mails on Railways Bill 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the North Midland Railway Com- 
pany, praying that the said Bill may not pass into 
a law as it now stands, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the London and Southampton Rail- 
way Company, praying that the said Bill may not 
pass into a law, and that they may be heard, by 
their counsel or agents, at the bar of the House, 
against the same, was also presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from the Grand Junction Railway Com- 
pany ;—the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Com- 
pany ;—and, the Company of Proprietors of the 














20° Junii. 


A. 1838. 


Manchester, Bolton and Bury Canal Navigation and 
Railway ; praying that the said Bill may not pass 
into a law as it now stands, and that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
the same,—were also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Surgeon of the Westmorland Medical 
Lock Hospital ;—Physician and Surgeons of the —- ' 
City of Dublin Hospital ;—Surgeon of the Fever {#4 Bil. 
Hospital and House of Recovery, Cork-street, Dub- 
lin ;—and, President of the Members of the Royal 
College of Surgeons in Ireland; praying that the 
Medical Charities (Ireland) Bill may pass into a law, 

—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Tipperary ;—and, Chairman of a 
Meeting of the Apothecaries of Dublin; praying 
that the said Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
also presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Saint Austell ;— Aylsham Union Rating of 
(Chairman) ;— Radford Union ;— Hitchin ; — and, Tenements Bil, 
Saint Olave, Southwark; praying that the Rating 
of Tenements Bill may pass into a law,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the. 

Table. 


A Petition of Letter-press Printers and others, Copyright Bil, 
employed in the University and other offices in 
Oxford, praying that the Copyright Bill may not 
ass into a law, was presented, and read; and or. 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Proprietor, Pressmen, &amp;c. of Postage. 
the Printing Office, Angel-court, London ;—Pro- 
prietor, Pressmen, &amp;c. of the Printing Office, G'reen- 
street, Theobald’s Road ;—Secretary of the Small 
Pox and Vaccine Hospital ;—Governors and Secre- 
tary of the Finsbury Dispensary ;—Members of the 
Associated Catholic Charities ; — Newcastle-upon- 
Tyne ;— Stirling (two Petitions) ;— Ipswich ; — 
Allonby ; — Leeds; — Lechlade; — and, Halifax ; 
praying for the establishment of a low and uniform 
rate of Postage on Letters,--were presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Postage. 


A Petition of Clergy and Inhabitants of Brighton, church 
praying that no existing means which the members Establishment 
of the Established Church settled in the Provinces (©*"*4*) 
of Upper and Lower Canada, and elsewhere in 
North America, have enjoyed, may be withdrawn, 
and that the House wil adopt such measures as 
may be deemed expedient for securing to that portion 


Sof the population the permanent advantages of a 


regular and independent ministry, and of adequate 
episcopal superintendence, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Com- Forty-fourth 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Act; and who #4 Forty-fifth 
:. : ports on 
were empowered to report the Minutes of the Evi- poor Luw 
dence taken before them from time to time to the Amendment 
House ; That they had made further Progress in the Act. 
matters to them referred, and had directed him to No. 518. 
report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

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


Petitions from the Clifton Union (Chairman of Poor Law 
the Guardians of the Poor) ;—and, Lanilid, Lan- ns 
haranand other places ; praying for the amendment 
of the Poor Law Act,—were presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on the Poor 


Law Amendment Act. 


An ingrossed Bill for establishing a Cemetery for Isle of Thanet 


the Interment of the Dead, by a Company to be «™ete") Bill 


called 





ne FH teh rat 





Westminster 
Pavements Bill. 


Caithness 
Roads and 
Statute Labour 
Bill. 

Spirits 
(Ireland. ) 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Municipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Impressment 
of Seamen, 


Ecclesiastical 
Duties and 
Revenues Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission, 


2 VicToRIz. 


called The Isle of Thanet Cemetery Company, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir George Clerk do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the West- 
minster Pavements Bill have Power to report their 
opinion thereupon to the House. 

Sir De Lacy Evans reported from the said Select 
Committee; and to whom a Petition against the 
said Bill was referred ; That they had examined the 
matters to them referred, and had come to a Reso- 
lution, which they had directed him to report ; and 
the Resolution of the Committee was read, as fol- 
loweth ; 

Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Committee, 
That the Bill virtually amends certain local Acts, 
and consequently comes under Class No. 3, in the 
existing Standing Orders relating to Private Bills. 

Ordered, That the Report do he upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Caithness Roads and Statute 
Labour Bill be read the third time To-morrow. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Mounimelick, pray- 
ing that the sale of Spirits by Grocers in Ireland 
may be prohibited, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Protestant Inhabitants of Knock- 
avilly, praying that the present system of National 
Education in Ireland may not be persisted in, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Corporation of Tailors or Guild 
of Saint John-the-Baptist, Dublin, praying that in 
any measure for the regulation of Municfpal Cor- 
porations in Ireland, the rights of the Petitioners 
may be protected, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Council 
of Greenock, praying the House to abolish the system 
of manning the British Navy by the Impressment 
of Seamen, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Clergy of the Deanery of Ripon ; 
—and, Archdeacon and Clergy of the Archdeaconry 
of Exeter ; praying that the Ecclesiastical Duties 
and Revenues Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
= and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the 
Archdeaconry of Exeter; setting forth, That the 
Petitioners having observed in several Bills now 
pending before the House it is proposed to grant 
certain powers to a corporation recently created 
by Act of Parliament under the style and title 
of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England ; 
the Petitioners implore the House to pause before 
any fresh authority is conferred upon that body ; 
the Petitioners cannot but view this perpetual cor- 
poration, growing, as it did, out of a temporary 
Commission of Inquiry into Ecclesiastical Duties 
and Revenues, with increasing suspicion and dis- 
trust; they cannot but see that it is gradually 
acquiring to itself inordinate power, as relates to 
the Church; and that practically the authority of 
Convocation, of the Bishops, and of Parliament 
itself, will be superseded by a Court of Privy Coun- 
cil, acting on the recommendation of the Ecclesias- 
tical Commissioners ; and praying the House not to 
revive, in any shape or degree, powers so like to 
those which the Bill of Rights declared to be illegal 
and pernicious, but to consult at once for the liberty 
of the subject, the security of property, and the 

Vor. 93. 


20° Junie. 











629 
peace of the Church, by refusing its consent to all 
measures which may involve the existence or instru- 
mentality of the Ecclesiastical Commissionets, or 
any similar Board, where the interests of the Clergy 
without a hearing or power of appeal, are consigned 
to a body of men the majority of whom may be lay- 
men, and all but three directly appointed, and re- 
movable by the Crown, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. John Parker presented, pursuant to an Ad- Slave Vessels. 


dress to Her Majesty,—A Return of Slave Vessels 
brought before the several Courts of Mixed Com- 
missions for Adjudication between January 1st 1828 
and January 1st 1838, stating the Name of the 
Seizor, and the decretal part of the Sentence, whe- 
ther Forfeiture or Restitution. 


Mr. John Parker also presented, pursuant to Order, Refined Sugar 
—Copy of a Letter, dated 17th March 1838, written Dravbeck. 


by Order of the Lords of the Committee of Privy 
ouncil for Trade, to the Lords Commissioners of 
the Treasury, on the subject of the Drawback on 
Refined Sugar. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Wolverley Attwood presented, pursuant to Or- Ramsgate 
der,—A Return of all Sums borrowed and taken up Paving. 


at Interest on Annuities for Lives by the Commis- 
sioners of the Town of Ramsgate, under the Pro- 
visions of the Acts of the 25th Geo. 3, c. 34, and 
the 36th Geo. 3, c. 43, for the better paving, &amp;c., 
the Town of Ramsgate, and each or either of them, 
for the purpose of providing a Sinking Fund for pay- 
ing off and discharging the Principal and Interest 
of the Money which has been borrowed under the 
said Acts. 

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


Sir George Grey presented, pursuant to several Upper Canada. 


Addresses to Her Majesty,—A Copy of Instruc- 
tions to the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, 
relative to Proceedings against Persons recently ar- 
rested in that Province. 


Extract of a Despatch from the Lieutenant Go- Upper Canada, 


vernor of Upper Canada, relative to the disposal of 
the Prisoners convicted of Treason in that Province. 


Copies of the several Acts of the Legislature of Upper Canada. 


Upper Canada in the last Session, for the Preser- 
vation of the Peace, and for the Trial of Persons 
charged with Insurrection and Revolt against the 
Government of the Province; stating the Dates on 
which the several Bills received the Royal Sanc- 
tion. 


Copy of a Report from C. J. Latrobe, Esquire, Negro 
to Lord Glenelg, on Negro Education in the Wind- Education. 


ward and Leeward Islands:—Copy of a Schedule, 
showing the Mey in detail, of the Sum of 
£.30,000 voted by Parliament in the year 1837, for 
the Promotion of Ne ro Education; also, the Amount 
of Aid out of such Grant applied for by the different 
Societies co-operating with Her Majesty’s Govern- 
ment in carrying that object into effect :—And, Copy 
of a Report from the Trustees of Lady Mico’s Cha- 
rity to Lord Glenelg. 

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


A Petition of Tar and Turpentine Distillers of Turpentine 
en a: en praying that the Turpentine Penultes Bill. 


Penalties Bill may pass into a law, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Parishioners of Saint Bartholomew, RoyalExchange 
praying that pons 
or agents,” 


by the Exchange, in the city of London, 
they may be heard, by their counse 
against certain parts of the Royal Exchange Re- 
building Bill, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


4L3 A Petition 





Lord’s Day Bill. 


Medical 
Profession 
(Ireland.) 


Courts of 
Request (Me- 
dical Accounts, ) 


Garnkirk 
and Glasgow 
Railway Bill. 


Hartlepool 
Dock and 
Railway Bill. 


Newtyle and 
Coupar Angus 
Railway Bill, 


British 
Museum. 


Kingstown 
and Dublin 
Harbour Bill. 


Fines and 
Recognizances 
(Ireland) Bill. 


International 
Copyright Bill. 


630 


Great Yarmouth, praying that the Lord’s Day Bill 
may not pass into a law as it now stands, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Liverpool, praying 
that the said Bill may pass into a law, was also 
resented, and read ; ad ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Apothecaries of the city of Dublin, 
denying the allegations of the Petition of the Presi- 
dent and Members of the Royal College of Surgeons 
in Ireland (presented on the 30th day of March 
last), and praying the House to reject the same, was 

resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. ' 


A Petition of Members of the Medical Profession, 
raying the House to investigate the matter of the 
etition of Mr. James Baker, presented upon the 

22d day of March last,complaining of the Accounts 
of Medical men being capriciously and unjustly re- 
duced by Commissioners of Courts of Request, 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into further considera- 
tion the Report which, upon the 11th day of this in- 
stant June, was made from the Committee on the 
Garnkirkand Glasgow Railway Bill; printed Copies 
of the Bill having been delivered at the door upon 
Wednesday last; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- 
sideration the Report which, upon the 11th day of 
this instant June, was made from the Committee on 
the Hartlepool Dock and Railway Bill. 

And the House being informed that other Amend- 
ments are necessary to be made to the Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- 
sideration the Report which, upon the 8th day of 
this instant June, was made from the Committee on 
the Newtyle and Coupar Angus Railway Bill; 
printed Copies of the Bill having been delivered at 
the door upon Wednesday last; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House was moved, That the Order made 
upon Monday last, That ‘a Select Committee be ap- 
pointed to inquire into the Plans and Estimates for 
the completion of the Buildings of the British 
Museum, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Sir Robert Peel, 
Mr. Estcourt, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, 
Mr. Hawes, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Thornely, 
Sir Philip Egerton, Mr. Compton, Mr. Marshall, 
Lord Stanley, Mr. Hume, Mr. Bingham Baring, 
Mr. Pease, ae Viscount Sandon and Mr. Planta, 
with Power to send for persons, papers and re- 
cords. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into a Committee upon the Kingstown and 
Dublin Harbour Bill. 


Ordered, That the Fines and Recognizances (Ire- 
land) Bill be read a second time To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Report on the International 
Copyright Bill be taken into further consideration 
To-morrow. 


20° Juni. 
A Petition of Mackarel et Merchants of 
0 





words “ Bill be re-committed,” instead thereof. 





A. 1838. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Highway Rates Highway Rates 
Bill be taken into further consideration upon Wed- B#!! 
nesday, the 4th day of July next. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Schools (Sco¢- Schools 
land) Bill be received upon Friday next. (Scotland) Bill 


The House was moved, That the Resolution of the Her Majesty’; 
House, of Monday last, That a Committee be ap- Coronation. 
inted to confer with the Commissioners of Her 
Majesty's Woods and Works, and to consider how 
this House shall be accommodated with necessary 
conveniences in going to and coming from Wes¢- 
minster Abbey, and while they are there, at the 
solemnity of Her Majesty’s Coronation, and what 
order shall be observed therein, might be read ; and 
the same being read ; 
A Committee was nominated of Mr. Chancellor of 
the Exchequer, Sir George Clerk, Lord Eliot, Sir 
Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Goulburn, and Lord 
Seymour. 
Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Slave Vessels Slave Vessels 
Captured Bill be received To-morrow. Captured Bill, 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, Sugar Duties 
resolve itself into a Committee upon the Sugar Bi! 
Duties Bill. 


Ordered, That the Linen Manufactures (Zreland) Linen Mam- 
Bill be read the third time To-morrow. (ireland) os 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve Party 


itself into a Committee upon the Party Processions Processions | 
i land) Bill. 
(Ireland) Bill. (Ireland) Bill 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve Arms (Ireland) 
itself into a Committee upon the Arms (Ireland) ®!. 
Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, resolve Vacation 

itself into a Committee upon the Vacation Sittings S#tinss 8! 
Bill:—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill; and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Friday next. 


Mr. Estcourt presented a Bill to amend an Act Vagrant Act 
for punishing idle and disorderly Persons and Rogues — 
and Vagabonds: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Saturday next; and to be printed. 


No. 517. 





The Order of the day being read, for the Com-LandTax 
mittee on the Land Tax Commissioners’ Names Bill ; Commisnovers 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Controverted 


reading of the Controverted Elections (No. 2) Bill; Rioctione 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon (N° *-) 8!" 


Wednesday the 4th day of July next. 


A Petition of the Faculty of Procurators of Glas- y-ray 
gow, praying that the Small Debts (Scotland) Bill Peers 
may not pass into a law as it now stands, was pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further cunsideration the report on the Small Debts 
(Scotland) Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Amendments made by the Com- 
mittee to the Bill be now read a second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “ That the” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 


Small Debts _ 
(Scotland) Bill. 





And 








New Zealand 
Bill, 


2 Viwroriz. 20° Junie. 631 


And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby. 

The Noes to the old Lobby ; 


Tellers for the Yeas, oS ee ~ 111 


Tellers for the Noes,{ ba oe jin. 


(And the Numbers being equal, Mr. Speaker de- 
clared himself with the Noes, in order to give the 
House a convenient opportunity for further con- 
sidering the Bill:)—So it passed in the Negative. 


And the Question being put, that the words “ Bill 
“‘ be re-committed”’ be added instead thereof :—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put; 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House. 


Resolved, That this House will, peo re- 
solve itself into the said Committee :—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
giaph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Cravse, N° 1, agreed to. 


Cuiausg, N° 2 (Justices of the Peace to hear and 
determine Causes for sums not exceeding One hun- 
dred pounds Scots)——read. 

Amendment proposed, P. 2, 1. 17, to leave out 
“ One honda pounds Scots,” and insert “ Five 
* pounds sterling.” 

sae ut, That “ One hundred pounds Scots” 
stand part of the Clause; 

The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ &gt; a = pg 119. 
Tellers for the Noes, arm piece, } 110. 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do now leave the Chair. 

Motion, by leave, withdrawn. 

Ciause, N°2, agreed to. 


Other Clauses agreed to. 
Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Pryme 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Pryme reported the Bill accordingly ; and the 
Amendments, were read and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed, and read the third time upon Wed- 


_nhesday the 11th day of July next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the ew Zealand Bill ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 
the Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. ro leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “upon this day three months.” 
And the Question being put, That the word “now,” 
stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided: 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for the { Mr. Francis Baring, 
Yeas, Mr. Ward: 
Tellers for the f Sir George Grey, 
Noes, _Sir Robert Harry Inglis: 
So it passed in the Negative. 
Vou. 93. 


32. 


92. 


And the Question being put, That the words “ upo 
this day three months” be added at the end of the 
Question :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Court of 
reading of the Court of Chancery (Ireland) Bill; Chancery 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon ‘ aneaeaes 
Monday the 2d day of July next. 


The Order of the day being read, fortaking into fur- Copyright Bill. 
ther consideration the Report on the Copyright Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon this day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, fo taking into Lord’s Day Bill. 
a consideration the Report on the Lord’s Day 
il 5 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be re-committed ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “ That the” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ Report be taken into further consideration 
“ upon this day three months,” instead thereof. 


And the Question being put That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for thes Mr. Plumptre, 75 
Yeas, Sir Robert Harry Inglis: } r 
Tellers for thef Mr. Ward, 1 53 
Noes, Mr. John Jervis: i ‘ 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House. 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee :—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Cravse, N° 1 (Prohibiting certain acts from being 
done on the Lord’s Day)——read. 

Amendment proposed: P. 1. 1. 14. After the 
word “ shall,”’ to insert the words “ do ur cause to 
“ be done any manner of work, or shall.” 
Question proposed, That those words be there in- 
serted ; 

Whereupon, Motion made, and Question put, That 
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to 
sit again ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the {f Mr. Philip Howard, } 34 


Yeas, Mr. Brotherton : 
Tellers for the {f Mr. Plumptre, } ee 
Noes, \ Sir Thomas Fremantle : F 


Question put, That the words “ do or cause 
“ to be done any manner of work, or shall,” be 
there inserted ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the f Mr. John Jervis, 39 
Yeas, \ Mr. Villiers : : 
Tellers for the { Mr. Plumptre, as 
Noes, Sir Thomas Fremantle: : 


Another Amendment proposed: To insert the 
words “use or cause to be used any horse or horses, 
“ carriage or carriages, not licensed for the public 
“ conveyance of passengers.” 

Question, That those words be there inserted :— 
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 


Motion:made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
man do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again ; 





4L4 The 


















































Sheriffs’ Courts 
(England) Bill. 


Adjournment. 


Turpentine 
Penalties Bill, 


Qualification of 
Meubers Bill. 


Prisons 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Controverted 
Elections 
(No. 1.) Bill. 


Salmon 
Fisheries 
(Scotland) 
(No, 2.) Bill. 


632 


The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the Yeas, a at } 49. 
Mr. Plumptre, } ' 
Mr. Pringle: "- 

Motion made, and Question proposed, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again ; 

Motion, by leave, withdrawn. : 

Another Risin proposed: P. 1. 1. 15. To 
leave out from the word “ Market” to the end of 
the Clause, and to add, instead thereof the words, 
“ Provided always, That nothing herein contained 
‘ shall be deemed or taken to prevent the keeping 
“ of open shop, so far as is necessary for supplying 
“ refreshment, after the hour of one o’clock in the 
afternoon.” 

Question proposed, That the words proposed to 
be left out stand part of the Clause ; 

Whereupon, Motion made, and Question put, That 
the Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to 
sit again ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the { Mr. John Jervis, 7 44 
Yeas, \ Mr. Leader : J 
Tellers for the f Mr. Plumptre, } 85 

Noes, Sir Thomas Fremantle : 7 

Question again stated, That the words proposed 
to be left out stand part of the Clause, 

Whereupon Motion made, and Question, That 
the Chairman do now leave the Chair; put, and 
Negatived. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


nA 


“ 





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


Jovis, 21° die Junii, 1838: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Pryme 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 4th day of July next, again resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Sheriffs’ Courts (England) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Wednesday the 4th day of July next. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And 
the said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Turpentine Penalties Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Qualification 
of Members Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 


consideration upon Wednesday the 4th day of July 
next, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Controverted Elections (No. 1.) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 4th day of July next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


The Order of the oy being read, for the Com- 
=e on the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) (No. 2.) 
il; 


20°—21° Juni. 








A. 1838. 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Rating of _ 
reading of the Rating of Tenements Bill ; cee BM, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Payment of 
reading of the Payment of Rates Bill; Rates Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Bribery at 
further consideration the Report on the Bribery at Elections Bill, 
Elections Bill; 








Ordered, That the Report be taken into further " 
consideration upon Wednesday next. 
The Order of the day being read, for receiving Hackney 
the Report on the Hackney Carriages (Metropolis) Carriages | 
Bill; piri 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Local Commis. F 
mittee on the Local Commissioners’ Relief Bill; _sioners’ Relief 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- B#!- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. SF 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
The Order of the day being read, for the second Registration 
wang of the Registration of Leases (Scotland) ’soctiend) Bill. 
ul ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply. Be 
mittee of Supply ; . 
Resolved, That that this House will, To-morrow, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Court of Session In 
a Return of the Interlocutor pronounced by the Lord (Scotland.) - 
Ordinary, remitting to the Jury Roll the Action ( 
brought in the Court of Session by Smith, Payne 
and Smith, against the Orbiston Company, and 
Henry Jones, as a Partner of that Company, and 
of the Note which accompanied that Interlocutor ; 
also, of the Issues in that Cause, the Minute of 
Agreement between the Parties, and the Verdict 
returned by the Jury. 7 
! 
Ordered, That the Account relative to Deficiency Deficiency 
Bills (Bank of England), which was presented upon Pyerknss , 
Monday last, be printed. No. 519. dl 
Ordered, That the Account relative to Exchequer Exchequer 
Bills, which was presented upon Monday last, be Bills. 
printed. No, 519. c 
And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after two of the clock on 
Thursday morning, adjourned till this day. 


Jovis, 21° die Juniz ; 
Anno 2° Victoria Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


Me: Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in ; 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders, 
-—An Account of the Public Income and Expendi- 
ture of the United Kingdom, in the years ending 
5th January 1836, 1837 and 1838; distinguishing 
the actual Payments for the Expenses incurred in the 
Collection and Management of the Revenue, for the 
Charges of the Public Debt (the terminable Annui- 

ties 


Public Income 
and Expendi- 
ture. 





Post Office. 


Foreign Wine. 


Spirits. 


Beer and 
Porter. 


Insolvent 
Debtors Court 
(Ireland.) 





2 VicToRiz. 


ties being also valued by Estimate), for Expenses of 
the Civil Government, the Allowances to the Royal 
Family, and to his Royal Highness Prince Leopold ; 
the Establishment of the Lord Lieutenant of Jre- 
land, the Expenses of the Two Houses of Parlia- 
ment, and the Civil Departments, the other Pensions 
on the Consolidated Fund, or the Gross Revenue, 
and the Civil List:—Also, the Payments for the 
Administration of Justice, Diplomatic Expenses, 
and the Payments on account of the Sums voted 
for the Army, Navy and Ordnance Services :—Also, 
Public Works, Bounties, Post Office, the Quarantine 
and Warehousing Establishments, and all other 
Payments not coming under any of the foregoing 
heads ; with an Appendix, showing the several items 
composing each head of the Account. 

Return to an Order, dated the 2ist day of May 
last, That the Return in abstract of the Recom- 
mendations contained in the Ten Reports of the Post 
Office Commissioners be amended, by referring the 
same to the Admiralty and the Post Office Com- 
mission, for the purpose of those Departments sup- 
plying the information which has not been given by 
the Post Office. 

An Account of the Quantities of all Foreign 
Wines remaining in Bond on 5th January 1836, 
1837 and 1838, distinguishing Cape, French, Por- 
tugal, Spanish, Madeira, Rhenish, Canary, Fayal, 
Sicilian, and other sorts; distinguishing London 
from the Country. 

An Account of the Number of Proof Gallons of 
Rum, Brandy, Geneva, and other Foreign, Colonial, 
or Jersey Spirits, imported ; cf the Quantities upon 
which Duty has been paid for Home Consumption, 
the Quantities exported, and the Quantities shipped 
as Stores and used by the Navy, for the year ended 
5th January 1838, compared with the preceding 
years 1836 and 1837; together with the Ouantitics 
remaining in Bond on 5th January 1836, 1837 and 
1838, distinguishing London from the Country. 

A Return of the Total Quantity of Beer and Porter 
imported into England from Ireland, between the 
ist June 1837 and the Ist June 1838; distinguish- 
ing the Ports whereinto the same has been imported : 
—and, a like Return from Scotland. 

Mr. Crafer also presented, pursuant to the direc- 
tions of an Act of Parliament,—Copy of Treasury 
Minute, dated 24th April 1838, granting a Super- 
annuation Allowance of £.60 per annum to William 
Barwick, Receiver of the Insolvent Debtors’ Court 
in Ireland :-—-And then he withdrew. 

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





21° Junie. 633 


for Zreiand :—A Return of the Number of Freemen 
in each City and Borough in England and Wales 
on the Register of 1837, as entitled to vote in the 
Election of Members to serve in Parliament ; speci- 
fying the Number of such Freemen who are not 
entitled to vote by virtue of any other Qualification 
for Members of Parliament, and the Number of suck 
Freemen who are not Municipal Electors:—and, a 
Return of the Total Number of Municipal Electors 
on the Register in each City and Borough returning 
a Member to serve in Parliament in England and 
Wales after the revision of 1837; stating the Num- 
ber of such Electors who are not also qualified to 
vote for Members to serve in Parliament, and of 
those who are so qualified as Freemen only. 


Copy of the Record of the Conviction of William Jobn Nicholl 
Courtenay, at the Summer Assizes for the County Thom (alias 


of Kent, for perjury, in the year 1833 :—Copy of 
the Certificate given under the hands of John G. 
Welch, M. D. and J. Whatman, surgeon, whereupon 
the Warrant of the 26th October 1833, for the 
removal of William Courtenay, alias Sir William 
Courtenay, from the County Prison to the Kent 
Lunatic Asylum at Barming Heath, was founded. 

Copy of the Certificate required by the 55th sec- 
tion of the 9th Geo. 4, c. 40, as the authority for 
the Secretary of State to direct the removal back of 
a prisoner (having become insane) from a Lunatic 
Asylum to the Prison from whence he shall have 
been taken, in case the prisoner shall be hable to be 
continued in custody, or to be discharged, in case 
the period of imprisonment or custody shall have 
expired. 

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


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That Robert Gloucester City 
Hudson and Robert Phillips, Electors, who peti- Election, 


tioned this House on the 6th day of this instant 
June, complaining of an undue Election and Return 
for the City of Gloucester, had not entered into a 
Recognizance in respect of such Petition, according 
to the directions of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 22, “ to con- 
solidate and amend the Laws relating to the Tria lof 
Controverted Elections or Returns of Members to 
serve in Parliament.” 

Ordered, That the Order made upon the 6th day 
of this instant June, for taking the said Petition 
into consideration upon Tuesday the 3d day of July 
next, be discharged. 


The Royal Exchange Re-building Bill was read RoyalExchange 
a second time ; and committed to Sir Matthew Wood — 


and the Middlesex List. 





The House was moved, That the Report in respect Westminster I. 
of the Petition for the Westminster Improvement a i 
Bill, which upon Friday the 1st day of this instant “"" } 


Turnpike Mr. Foa Maule presented, pursuant to the direc- 
Trusts, tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Abstract of the 





Lighthouses 
(Ireland. ) 


Charities, 


General Annual Statement of the Turnpike Trusts 


in England and Wales, for the year 1836. 

An Account of the Receipt and Expenditure of 
all Monies levied for the Building and Maintenance 
and Repairs of the Lighthouses, round the Coast of 
Ireland, for the year ending 31st December 1837. 

Thirty-second Report of the Commissioners ap- 
pointed in pursuance of the Act 5 &amp; 6 Will. 4, c. 71, 
to continue the Inquiries concerning Charities in 


June, was made from the Select Committee on 
Standing Orders relative to Private Bills, might be 
read, and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to establish a Company for improving certain parts 
of the City of Westminster, to be called “ The West- 
minster Improvement Company ”: And that Sir De 
Lacy Evans and Sir Matthew Wood do prepare, and 















England and Wales. bring it in. 
Electors Mr. Fox Maule also presented, pursuant to several An ingrossed Bill for altering and amending se- Garnkirk 
poe) Addresses to Her Majesty,—Further Returns to an | veral Acts relating to the Garnkirk and Glasgow sacha, 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 30th day of} Railway, and for enabling the Company to raise a ede. 
November last, for a Return, in alphabetical order, | further Sum of Money, was read the third time. 
from every County, City and Borough in England| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
and Wales, of the Number of Electors registered Ordered, That Mr. Dennistoun do carry the Bill 
in each, for 1836 and 1837, classifying them under | to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
their respective Qualifications:—A similar Return 
for Scotland:—A similar Return for Ireland:—A The ingrossed Bill for altering and amending an Caithness 
Return of the Number of Electors who actually | Act of the eleventh year of the reign of his Majesty eet 
polled in every County, City and Borough of Eng-| King George the Fourth, intituled, “An Act for pi), 
land and Wales, at the late General Election, clas- making, repairing, widening and keeping in repair, 
sifying them under their respective Qualifications : | certain Roads and Bridges in the County of Cuith- 
—A similar Return for Scotland :—A similar Return ness; and for better regulating and ren ering more 
Vot. 93. 4m effectual 








Macclesfield 
School Bill. 


Newtyle and 
Coupar Angus 
Railway Bill. 


Pembroke 
Ferry Bill. 


Factories 
Regulation Bill. 


Pilotage Bill, 


Mails on 


Railways Bill. 


Rank of 
Ireland. 


Small Debts 
(Scotland) Bill. 








634 21° Juniz. A. 1838. 


effectual the Statute Labour in the said County, and 
Conversion Money in lieu thereof,” was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir George Sinclair do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to enable 
the Governors of the Possessions, Revenues and 
Goods of the Free Grammar School of King Edward 
the Sixth, in Macclesfield, in the County of Ches- 
ter, to establish a second School, to be called The 
Modern Free School in Macclesfield, in the County 
of Chester, and for other purposes, was read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 

ass. 

Ordered, That Lord Stanley do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


An ingrossed Bill to enable the Newtyle and 
Coupar Angus Railway Company to raise a further 
Sum of Money, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Chalmers do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


An ingrossed Bill for establishing a Steam or other 
Communication over Milford Haven, at or near 
Pembroke Ferry, in the County of Pembroke, was 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for establishing a Steam Commu- 
nication over Milford Haven, at or near Pembroke 
Ferry, in the County of Pembroke. 

Ordered, That Sir James Graham do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of Factory Operatives of Manchester, 
praying that the Factories Regulation Bill may not 
pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Trustees of the Harbour of Peter- 
head, praying that the Pilotage Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners and Ship- 
masters of Great Yarmouth, praying that the said 
Bill may not pass into a law, and that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
the same, was also presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Sub-Commissioners of Pilotage for 
the Port of Wisbech, praying that the said Bill may 
not pass into a law as it now stands, was also pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the London and Birmingham Rail- 
way Company ;—and, the Great Western Railway 
Company ; praying that the Mails on Railways Bill 
may not pass into a law as it now stands,—were 

resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


lable. 


A Petition of the Lord Mayor and Citizens of 
Dublin, praying that the Charter of the Bank of 
Freland may not be renewed to the exclusion of other 
Joint Stock Banking Companies, was presented, and 


read ; and referred to the Select Committee on Joint 
Stock Banks. 


A Petition of the Magistrates and Town Council 
of Wick, praying that the Small Debts (Scotland) 


Bill, may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 








A Petition of the Magistrates and Town Council Royal Burghs 
of Wick, praying that the Royal Burghs (Scotland) (Scotland) Bill, 
Bill, may not pass into a law as it now stands, was 


a and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Edinburgh 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- and Glasgow 
tituled, An Act for making a Railway from Edin- ®!way Bil. 
burgh to Glasgow, to be called The Edinburgh and 
Glasgow Railway, with a Branch to Falkirk; and 
the same were read, as follow; 

Pr. 1. 1. ult. Leave out “ Zearmouth,”’ and in- 
sert “ Learmonth.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 6. Leave out “ Tennent,” and insert 
“ Tennant.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 6, Leave out “ where,” and insert 
“ when.” 

Pr. 4. 1.33. After “ respective,” insert “ She- 
“wm.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 34. Leave out “ the peace for.” 

Pr. 9. 1.9. After “ respective,” insert “ She- 
“a. 

Pr. 9. 1.10. Leave out “ the peace for.” 

Pr. 9. 1.16. After “ said” insert “ Sheriff.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 17. Leave out “ of the peace.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 24. After the first “ the” insert “She- 
“ riff;” and in the same line leave out from “ clerk” 
to “in,” in 1. 25. 

Pr. 9. 1. penult. After “ said” insert “ Sheriff;” 
and in the same line leave out from “clerks” to 
“ or” inl. ult. 

Pr. 11. 1.6. After “ several” insert “ Sheriff;” 
and in the same line leave out “ of the peace.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 19, Leave out “ 4$, 17, and ¥.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 8. Leave out “ so.” 

Pr. 16. 1.27. Leave out “ plan,” and insert 
“ plans ;” and in the same line leave out from “ the” 
to “ Sheriff,” in 1. 29, and insert “ several ;” and in 
1, 29, leave out “ clerk,” and insert “ clerks, as 
“ hereinbefore mentioned.” 

Pr. 26. 1.7. Leave out from “ Company” to 
« And,” in Pr. 31. 1.35, and insert Clauses (A.), 
(B.), (C.), (D.), (E.), (F.), (G.), (H), (1), (K.), (L.), 
(M.), (N.), (O.), (P-), (Q.), (R.), (S.), (T.) and (U.) 

CravuseE (A.) “ And whereas in the execution 
of the powers by this Act granted, several pieces 
of land may be cut through and divided so that 
what remains thereof on one side of the said Rail- 
way will exceed one half of a statute acre in quan- 
tity: And whereas by this Act the said Company 
are required to make and erect such and so many 
bridges, arches, hollows, culverts and passages 
over, under or by the side of, or leading to or from 
the said Railway, for the commodious use of the 
land cut through or divided by such Railway, as 
herein provided: And whereas it often happens 
that in a short time after the formation of a Rail- 
way the proprietors of the land which has been 
cut through and divided sell or exchange the 
smaller part of such land left on one side of the 
Railway, and not conveniently situated with re- 
spect to the remainder or larger portion thereof, 
and the bridges, arches, hollows, culverts and 
passages which have been erected for the use and 
occupation of the said lands become not only use- 
less to the proprietors of land on either side of the 
said Railway, but cause a considerable expense 
annually to the said Company in their mainte- 
nance and repair: And whereas it is expedient 
that further powers of purchasing lands should be 
given to the said Company for the purpose of 
avoiding an unnecessary expense in the erection 
of such bridges, arches, hollows, culverts and pas- 
sages for the use and occupation of the lands cut 
“ through or divided by the said Railway; BE it 
“ therefore further Enacted, That where any land 
“ shall be cut through or divided, and the proprietor 
thereof, or other the person or persons by this Act 
empowered to contract for the sale and convey- 

* ance 





bs: 





“ 
iT% 
‘ 


Nn 


“ 
‘ 


. 


‘ 
“c 
ce 
“ 


n 


‘ 
iT4 


n 
o 


n 
na 


wn“ 
wn 


n 
n 


~ 
n 


n 
n 


n 
n 


na 
n 


xa A 
an SN 


“ 
n 


n~ 
nw 





2 Vicroriz. 





ance thereof, shall be willing to sell to the said 
Company the part which shall be left on one side 
of the said Railway, it shall be lawful for any cor- 
poration or person by this Act capacitated to sell 
or convey lands to enter into any Agreement with 
the said Company for the sale and conveyance of 
the land so left on one side of the said Seteny, 
and the said Company are hereby authorized and 
empowered to treat and agree with any corpora- 
tion or person for the purchase of such lands, and 
of any subsisting leases, terms, estates and in- 
terests therein; and the said Company shall then 
be discharged from their liability under the pro- 
visions of this Act to make any bridge, arch, hol- 
low, culvert or passage for the purpose of con- 
necting such land as aforesaid: Provided always, 
That the said Company shall and they are hereby 


* required to sell and convey all such lands which 


they shall so purchase, or such part thereof as 
may not be necessary for the purposes of the said 
Undertaking, within such time and in such wa 
and manner as is directed by this Act for the sale 
of any superfluous lands not required for the pur- 
poses of the said Railway and Works.” 

Cuiause(B.) “ And be it Enacted, That in the 
execution of the powers in this Act contained, the 
said Company shall not be entitled to form the 
said Railway in or through the fields or inclosures 
numbered on the map or plan deposited with the 
sheriff clerks of the several counties aforesaid, 
16,17, ¥,in the parish of Ratho, in the county of 
Edinburgh, without the consent in writing of 
William Logan White, Esquire, or the proprietor 
for the time being of the estate of Kellerstane, 
but shall be bound to vary the line of the said 
Railway so as to avoid the said fields or inclo- 
sures: Provided always, That no such variation 
shall extend beyond the limits hereinbefore pre- 
scribed with regard to deviations of the said 
line.” 

Cuiauss (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That except 
for the purpose of constructing the embankment 
or arching in the line of the said Railway, the 
said Company shall have no power to lay down 
or deposit on any part of the lands belonging to 
the said James Maitland Hog any earth, clay, 
stone, rubbish or other material, and shall on no 
account use any part of the lands of the said 
James Maitland Hog as a deposit for spoil or 
waste substances; and the said Company shall 
have no power to take or appropriate, for any 
purpose whatever, any part of the lands of the said 
James Maitland Hog, except what is necessary 
for forming the line of the said Railway, whether 
by embankment, arching, cutting or passing on a 
level with the surface of the ground, or for the 
purpose of any necessary alteration of the roads 
crossed by the said Railway; and the said Com- 
pany shall not use any part of the land belonging 
to the said James Maitland Hoq, whether in the line 
of the said Railway or not, as a place for burning 
lime, tiles or bricks, or any other such purpose, 
without the consent in writing of the said James 
Maitland Hog, his heirs or successors, in each of 
the before-mentioned cases; and further, the said 
Company shall have no power, without such con- 
sent as aforesaid, to erect any wharf, depdét, dwel- 
ling-house, warehouse, station-house or other 
buildings, or fixed or permanent machinery of any 
description, on any part of the lands belonging to 
the said James Maitland Hog, excepting always 
the bridges, drains, arches and other such erec- 
tions in or across or under the line of the said 
Railway necessary for the formation thereof; and 
also excepting a station-house for passengers at 
the place where the said Railway crosses the new 
Turnpike Road by Bath Gate, between Edinburgh 
and Glasgow,with the necessary access by means 
of steps or otherwise between the said station- 
house and the line of the said Railway, and ex- 


Vor. 93. 








21° Junie. 


« 
“ec 


“ 
ii 
“ 
“ 


“ 
“ 
“ 
“cc 
“ec 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“cc 
“c 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“cc 
“cc 
cc 
“ 
cc 
“ 





635 


cepting mere temporary buildings to beused during 
the formation of the said Railway.” 

Criause (D.) “ And be it Enacted, That in form- 
ne the said Railway through the said estate of 

ewliston, belonging to the said James Maitland 
Hog, it shall not be in the power of the said Com- 
pany to exercise the power of deviation contained 
in this Act in such a manner as to carry the said 
Railway nearer to the house of Newliston than is 
shown on'the plans thereof deposited as aforesaid, 
without the consent of the said James Maitland 
Hog, or the proprietor of the said estate of Vew- 
liston, in writing, being first had and obtained ; 
and the said Company shall be bound, where the 
said Railway passes through the said estate of 
Newliston to fence the side thereof which is next 
to the said house of Vewliston with wall of stone 
and lime, of such height and character as shall 
be fixed by the sheriff of the county, on application 
to be made to him for that purpose either by the 
said James Maitland Hog, or the proprietor of the 
said estate of Mewliston for the time, or by the 
said Company; and the said Company shall main- 
tain the said walls in good and sufficient repair in 
all time thereafter.” 

Cause (E.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
the slopes of the embankments and cuttings 
through the estate of the said James Maitland 
Hog shall be made smooth, and carefully soiled 
over, and sown with grass seeds, and the same 
shall be afterwards maintained in good order by 
the said Company; and it shall be lawful to and 
the said Company are hereby required to plant 
and enclose, and protect as planting, the slopes of 
the embankments which are situated on the estate 
of the said James Maitland Hog ; and the said 
Company shall be bound to plant with evergreens 
and other ornamental shrubs and bushes the sides 
or slopes of the embankment through the estate 
of the said James Maitland Hog next to the 
house of Vewliston, and constantly to keep up 
and maintain the same in the like embellished 
state.” 

Cuiausz (F.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
the said Company shall have no power, without 
consent in writing of the Earl of Hopetoun, or the 
proprietor for the time being of the estates of 
Hopetoun, to take or appropriate, use, occupy or 
possess any part of the lands and estates belong- 
ing to the said Earl situated in the parishes of 
Kirkliston, Dalmeny, Abercorn and Linlithgow, 
and county of Linlithgow, for any purpose what- 
ever, except the ground in, upon or through which 
the said Railway or the roads or watercourses 
requiring alteration are to be made and formed 
through the said Earl’s estates, whether by em- 
bankment, cutting or passing on a level with the 
present surface of the ground, and also excepting 
those parts of the said Earl’s estates hereinafter 
specially named which may be required for the 
uses and purposes to which the same are by spe- 
cial provision hereinafter permitted to be applied 
by the said Company; and further, that the said 
Company shall have no power, except with con- 
sent as aforesaid, to erect any dwelling-house, 
warehouse, wharf, depdt, station-house or other 
building whatsoever (other than mere temporary 
buildings to be used during the original formation 
of the Railway), nor any fixed or permanent 
machinery, on any part of the said lands and es- 
tates belonging to the said Earl situated in the 
parishes and county aforesaid, excepting always 
the bridges, drains, watercourses, and other com- 
munications in over or under the said Railway, 
the tunnel in the line thereof, and the inclosure, 
walls, fences and gates; and also with this further 
exception, that the said Company shall have 
power to erect a passengers’ waiting or station 
house on the side of the line of the said Railway 
at a place situated somewhere near to the village 

4m 2 “ of 








“ 


n 
n 


636 





of Winchburgh, between the turnpike road lead-| 
ing from Edinburgh to Linlithgow, and the road 
called the Myres Road, to the northward of the 
said turnpike road, and to make, form and con- | 
stantly maintain the necessary road of communi- 
cation between the said turnpike road and the 
said station-house, but which station-house, and 
road communicating therewith, the said Company 
shall be bound to enclose with a stone and lime 
wall at least Six feet high, and constantly to 
maintain and uphold the said wall.” 

Cravse (G.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
it shall not be lawful for the said Company to dig, 
get, use or remove any earth, soil, clay, stone, 
lime, gravel, sand, wood, or other materials, from 
or out of any of the lands or grounds of the said 
Earl of Hopetoun adjoining or near to the said 
intended Railway, and situated to the northward 
or westward of the road near Broomhouse, marked 
Number 28, on the plan of the said Railway in 
the parish of Kirkliston, for the purpose of form- 
ing embankments or making bricks, or for any 
other purpose for the use of the said Railway ; 
nor shall it be lawful for the said Company to 
burn bricks, tiles, or lime upon the line of the 
said Railway, or any lands adjoining thereto in 
the course of the said Railway through any of 
the lands or grounds of the said Earl of Hope- 
toun situated as aforesaid, without the consent in 
writing of the said Earl of Hopetoun, or other the 
owner or proprietor for the time being of such 
lands, for that purpose first had and obtained : 
but provided always, and be it enacted, that the 
said Company shall have power to take such part 
of the earth, soil, clay, stone, lime, gravel, sand, 
or other materials from that part of the said Earl’s 
lands lying to the southward or eastward of the 
said road near Broomhouse as they may require 
for their embanking operations on the adjoining 
lands and estates belonging to James Maitland 
Hog, Esquire, of New/iston, and likewise to burn 
bricks or otherwise manufacture on the said part 
of the said Earl’s lands lying to the southward or 
eastward of the said road near Broomhouse any 
materials required for the formation of the said 
Railway.” 

Crause (H.)“ And be it further Enacted, That 
it shall not be in the power of the said Company, 
without consent of the said Earl, or the proprietor 
of the estates of Hopetoun for the time being, first 
had and obtained in writing, to lay down or de- 
posit on either side of the line of said Railway 
any earth, clay, stone, rubbish, or other material 
of whatever nature or description, on any part of 
the said lands and estates belonging to the said 
Earl of Hopetoun, except during the original for- 
mation of the said Railway at those two places 
in the said parish of Abercorn which lie between 
the said line of Railway and the Edinburgh and 
Glasgow Union Canal, and which presently form 
part of the fields marked on the plans deposited 
as aforesaid, Numbers 48, 50 and 51, and Num- 
bers 33, 34 and 36, and will be cut off from the 
said fields by the said Railway, at which two 
places the said Company are hereby authorized 
to deposit earth, clay, stone, rubbish or any other 
material; but declaring that it shall not be in the 
power of the said Company, without consent as 
aforesaid, to raise embankments on the said de- 
tached portions of the said fields marked Num- 
bers 48, 50 and 51, and 33, 34 and 36, on the 
plans deposited as aforesaid, to a greater height 
than fifteen feet from the present surface of the 
grounds, and which embankments shall be by the 
said Company formed in a natural, undulating and 
sloping manner, and shall be properly smoothed 
and soiled ovet, and then enclosed with a stone 
wall of the description after mentioned, and 











planted with larch and hard wood trees, all, as 
soon as the operations of the said Company will 





21° Junie. 


“c 


r 


‘ 


n 


‘&lt; 


wn 


CE a 
xn aA An KR 


n 
nn 


. 
a 


n 
w 


”“ 
. 


n 
“ 


~ 
. 


nee &amp; &amp; &amp;2 &amp; &amp; S's 2 SS 
a a a a a a 2 


- 
n 


nx 
nx 


nn 
n 


“ 
n 


na 
nw 


. 
wn“ 


A. 1838. 


permit, by and at the expense of the said Com- 
any.” 

Sciebiii (1.) “ And be it further Enacted, That in 
forming the said Railway through the lands and 
estates belonging to the said Karl of Hopetoun, 
the said Company shall be bound, except in rock- 
cutting, to smooth and carefully soil over and 
sow down with grass seeds the sides or slopes of 
the embankments and of the cuttings through 
the said lands and estates of the said Earl, and 
to make such slopes not steeper than one and 
a half horizontal to one perpendicuiar; and the 
said Company shall further be bound to erect‘and 
constantly maintain on each side of the said Rail- 
way along the bottom of the embankments, and 
along the summit or top edge of the cuttings 
through the lands and estates of the said Earl, 
(except in the enclosures at Craigton House and 
Niddry Castle, on the side next the said house 
and castle, to be fenced in manner after provided), 
a substantial dry stone wall, with cope on edge 
set in lime, at least four and a half feet high from 
the finished surface of the outer side of the wall, 
and to keep and preserve the said slopes or banks 
constantly in grass, which may be cut and carried 
away, but shall not be pastured with cattle, sheep 
or other bestial; and it shall not be lawful to the 
said Company, unless with consent of the said 
Earl or the proprietor of the estates of Hopetoun 
for the time being, to dig up, or to plant with 
trees, shrubs or bushes, any part of the sides of 
the said embankments or cuttings, nor to use the 
same for any other purpose than cutting grass as 
before expressed; but declaring that the said 
Company shall be entitled from time to time to 
perform such operations on the said slopes as may 
be necessary for maintaining the same; and fur- 
ther declaring that, in the option of the said Earl 
or of the proprietor of the Hopetoun estates for 
the time being, the said Company shall be bound 
to plant the slopes or sides of the said embank- 
ments with trees, and to keep and preserve the 
same constantly in wood: Provided always, and 
be it Enacted and declared, That the said Earl, or 
the proprietor of the Hopetoun estates for the 
time being, shall have the option, at any time 
previous to or within Thirty days after beimg 
called upon by the said Company in writing, to 
make his election of requiring the said Company 
to erect and maintain the said enclosure walls 
along the bottom, in place of along the summit 
or top of the whole or any part of the said cuttings 
through the said lands and estates of the said 
Earl; and in case the said Earl or the proprietor 
of said estates for the time being shall think 
proper to avail themselves of this option in whole 
or in part, it is further hereby provided and 
enacted, that the said Company shall in that case 
have no right of property in those parts of the 
banks or slopes forming the sides of the said 
cuttings enclosed with a wall at the bottom thereof, 
but that those parts of the slopes or sides of said 
cuttings which are so enclosed shall belong en- 
tirely to the said Earl, or the proprietor of his 
said estates for the time being, and may he used 
in any way the said Earl, or the proprietor of said 
estates for the time being, may think proper, sub- 
ject always, however, to this servitude and restric- 
tion, that they shall not be used in any manner 
which might be obstructive or injurious to the 
said railway communication, or endanger the said 
slopes.” 

Crause(K.) “ And be it Enacted, That in form- 
ing the said Railway through the enclosures sur- 
rounding Craigton House and Niddry Castle be- 
longing to the Earl of Hopetoun, it shall not be 


5 


in the power of the said Company to exercise the 
power of deviation contained in this Act in such 
a manner as to carry the line of the said Railway 
nearer to the said house or castle than is shown 

&lt;e on 








n 


n 


wn 


n 


nana na a aR A 


wn 








2 Vicroriz. 


on the plans thereof deposited as aforesaid ; and | 
where the said Railway passes through the said | 
enclosures the said Company shall be bound to | 
fence the side of the said Railway which is next 


to the said house and castle respectively, of par} ‘ 


height and character as shall be fixed by the said | 
Earl or his successors, proprietors of the said | 
lands, and to maintain the said fences in good | 
and sufficient repair in all time thereafter ; and 

where the said Railway shall be carried through 

any plantation on the estates of the said Earl, or 

through the said enclosures surrounding Craigton 

House and Niddry Castle, the said Company shall 

and they are hereby required, before beginning 

any operation in any such plantation or enclosures, 

to erect sufficient temporary fences on each side 

of the line of the said Railway for the protection 

of such parts of such plantations or enclosures as 

shall not be required and taken for the line of the 

said Railway, and to maintain the same until from 

the state of progress of the works, permanent 

fences can be erected, as herein provided.” 

Ciausz (L.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
in the price of the land to be purchased from the 
said Earl of Hopetoun there shall be included 
the value of the whole stone, lime, coal, ironstone, 
silver, tin, lead or slate which may require to be 
dug up or excavated in the formation of the said 
Railway through the said lands: provided never- 
theless, that it shall be in the option of the said 
Earl of Hopetoun and his heirs and successors 
at any time to require the said Company to lay 
down upon his or their property, at convenient 
places not exceeding the distance of One hundred 
yards from the places where such coal, ironstone, 
silver, tin, lead or slate shall be dug or excavated, 
all such coal, ironstone, silver, tin, lead or slate 
as aforesaid which may be dug up or excavated 
after such option is declared, or such part thereof 
as the said Earl of Hopetoun, his heirs and suc- 
cessors, may think proper and direct, which the 
said Company shall be bound to do; and in such 
case the said Company shall not be bound or 
obliged to pay to the said Earl, or his heirs or 
successors, for any such coal, ironstone, silver, 
tin, lead or slate as aforesaid so received by him 
or them.” 

Crause (M.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
in making the necessary bridges, arches, passages 
and roads across the line of the said Railway 
through the lands of the said Earl of Hopetoun, 
the said Company shall, at their own expense, 
make and direct and from time to time maintain 
not less than one communication bridge at the 
road marked Number 31 on the said plan of the 
parish of Kirkliston, one communication bridge 
at the road marked Number 1 on the said plan 
of the parish of Dalmeny, and one at each of the 
Roads marked Number 47, 38, 24 and 3 on the 
said plan of the parish of Abercorn; and not less 
than five communication bridges at private roads 
or such other places across the said Railway on 
the lands of the said Earl as shall be directed by 
him, his heirs or successors; and not less than 
two surface crossings, one whereof at or near to 
Niddry Castle, and the other at or near to East 
Pardovan, at the points where the said Railway 
is formed, on the surface of the ground or nearly 
so, to be fixed by the said Earl or his successors 
in the said estates for the time being, with a 
wooden or iron foot bridge as an access to the 
miller at Philpston Mill to his sluice ; which 
bridges, arches, passages or roads shall be made 
and completed without prejudice to the said Earl’s 
right to all such other bridges or crossings as may 
be convenient and necessary under the general 
provisions of this Act.” 

Cravuse (N.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
it shall not be lawful for the said Railway Com- 














“ pany to construct any depot, station or building 
Vow 93. 





21° Junie. 


“&lt; 
“ 
iT 
“ 


“ 


n 
n 


oe «= a Ss 2 eS OS 
a ae a ee a. 


n 
n 


cal 
n 


n 
n 


na na 
nan nN 


” 
n 


n~ 
“~ 


n 
n 


‘ 


n 


“ 





637 


of any kind, except the said Railway itself, and 
the bridges, drains, watercourses and other com- 
munications on, over or under the same, or con- 
nected therewith, and the enclosure walls, fences 
approaches and gates thereof, upon any part of 
the lands the property of Lord Dundas, in the 
parishes of Polmont and Falkirk, or annexed to 
the parishes of Cumbernauld and Denny, in the 
county of Stirling, without consent in writing of 
the owner thereof, except a depdt or station at or 
near the point where the line of Railway is in- 
tended to cross the turnpike road from Stirling 
to Glasgow by Cumbernauld, and which depét 
or station shall be situated on the north side of 
the said Railway.” 

Criavuse (O.) “ And be it Enacted, That where 
the said Railway shall be carried through any 
plantation on the lands of the said Lord Dundas, 
the said Company shall and they are hereby re- 
quired, before beginning any operation in any such 
plantation, to erect sufficient temporary fences on 
each side of the line of the said Railway for the 
protection of such parts of such plantations as 
shall not be required and taken for the line of 
the said Railway, and to maintain the same until 
from the state of the progress of the works the 
permanent. fences can be erected by the said 
Company as herein provided.” 

Crause (P.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
in making the said Railway through the lands 
and estates belonging to the said Lord Dundas, 
the said Company shall erect and constantly main- 
tain on each side of the said Railway throughout 
the whole extent of the said lands and estates a 
substantial dry stone wall, with cope on edge set 
in lime, at least four feet and a half high from the 
surface on which the same is placed.” 

Cuavuse (Q.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
in making the necessary bridges, arches, passages, 
and roads across the line of the said Railway 
through the lands of the said Lord Dundas, the 
said Company shall, at their own expense, make 
and erect and from time to time maintain not 
less than one communication at the road leading 
to Castlecary House, and not less than two com- 
munications for private roads at such other places 
across the said Railway on the lands of Castlecary, 
and one communication for a private road or 
access at such place on the lands of Gilston, in 
the parish of Polmont, and one communication 
for a private road or access at such place on the 
lands of Seabegs, in the parish of Falkirk, all as 
shall in case of difference of opinion be directed 
by the Sheriff of the county of Stirling, on the 
application of either party ; which bridges, arches, 
passages, crossings or roads shall be made and 
completed without prejudice to the said Lord 
Dundas’s rights to ,all such other bridges or 
crossings, if any, as may be convenient and ne- 
cessary under the general provisions of this Act.” 

Crauss (R.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
over and above the price of the land to be pur- 
chased from the said Lord Dundas, or from such 
of the other proprietors in the line of the said 
Railway where the minerals underneath the said 
lands are the property of Lord Dundas, there 
shall be payable to his Lordship the value of the 
whole coal, ironstone, limestone or slate which 
may require to be dug up or excavated in the 
formation of the said Railway through the said 
lands: Provided nevertheless, that it shall be in 
the option of the said Lord Dundas and his heirs 
and successors, before the said Company shall 
commence their works upon the said lands, the 
property of Lord Dundas, or in which he has a 
right to the minerals, to require them the said 
Company to lay down upon the property of the 
said Lord Dundas, his heirs or successors, at con- 
venient places, not exceeding the distance of One 
hundred yards from the places where such coal, 

4m 3 “ ironstone, 








638 


“ 
é 


ironstone, limestone or slate shall be dug or ex- 
cavated, all such coal, ironstone, limestone or 
slate as aforesaid so dug up or excavated, or such, 
part thereof as the said Lord Dundas, his heirs 
or successors, may think proper and direct, which 
the said Company shall be bound to do; and in 
such case the said Company shall not be bound 
or obliged to pay to the said Lord Dundas or 
his heirs or successors for any such coal, iron- 
stone, limestone or slate as aforesaid so received 
by him or them.” 

Cuausz (S.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
in the price of any part of the land to be purchased 
from the said Lord Dundas upon which there is 
growing wood there shall be included the value 
of such wood as shall require to be cut in the 
formation of the said Railway through the said 
lands: Provided nevertheless, that it shall be in 
the option of the said Lord Dundas and his heirs 
and successors, before the said Company shall 
commence their works upon the said lands, to 
require them the said Company to lay down upon 
the property of the said Lord Dundas, his heirs 
or successors, at convenient places, not exceed- 
ing the distance of One hundred yards from the 
places where such wood shall require to be cut, 
all such wood or timber as the said Lord Dundas, 
his heirs or successors, may think proper and 
direct, which the said Company shall be bound 
to do; and in such case the said Company shall 
not be bound and obliged to pay to the said Lord 
Dundas, or his heirs or successors, for any such 
timber or wood as aforesaid so received by him 
or them.” 

Crauss(T.) “Provided always,andbe it Enacted, 
That if in the formation or repair of the said 
Railway through the lands of Bantaskine or Glen- 
“ fuir, the reputed property of the Union Canal 
“ Company, the leaden pipe or pipes conveying 
“* water to the mansion house of Bantaskine, and 
“* to the offices, hot-house and green-house thereof, 
the reputed property of Thomas Campbell Hagart, 
Esquire, shall be cut through, injured or inter- 
rupted, the said Company shall be bound, at their 
expense, forthwith well and sufficiently to renew, 
restore or repair such pipe or pipes, so that the 
supply of water to the said mansion house, offices, 
hot-house and green-house shall be preserved and 
secured against all operations of the said Com- 
pany, to the like extent in quantity and force of 
flow at least as at present; and the said Com- 
pany shall be bound, after the said Railway has 

en formed, to repair the said pipes whenever 
the same are injured by the operations of the said 
Company ; and likewise to afford to the said Tho- 
mas Campbell Hagart, and his successors in the 
estate of Bantaskine, access thereto on all ne- 
cessary occasions for the inspection and repair 
thereof; and also to indemnify the said Thomas 
Campbell Hagart or his said successors for what- 
ever damage shall arise in consequence of the 
water supplying the said mansion house, offices, 
hot-house and green-house being stopped, cut off, 
or impaired by means of the said Railway ; and 
also to free and relieve the said Thomas Campbell 
Hagart and his said successors of any obligations 
they may be under for any damage that ma 
arise to the lands of Bantaskine or Glenfuir, the 
reputed property of the Union Canal Company, 
in consequence of any operations of the said Rail- 
way Company necessary to maintain the supply 
of water to the said mansion house, offices, hot- 
house and green-house.” 

Ciause(U.) “ Providedalways, and be it Enacted, 
That where the said Railway passes underground 
by means of a tunnel through the lands now 
belonging to the heirs of Patrick Bell, in the 

arishes of Saint David’s and barony Glasgow, 
it shall be lawful to the owners for the time being 
of the said lands to apply for and receive com- 


n 


‘ 
“ 
“ 
“cc 
if 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 


wn 


al 
n 


n 
n 


“ 
na 


wn“ 
wn 


“ 


n 


‘ 


wn 


“ 
it 4 
iti 
iT4 
&lt; 
&amp; 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
« 
if 3 
“ 
“ 
“cc 
it 
“ 
“ 
«&lt;&lt; 
“ 
ae 
“ 
“&lt; 
“ 
“ 
« 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
‘ 


wn“ 





Q1° Junie. 





A. 1838. 


pensation in the manner by this Act directed as 
to damages for any loss, injury or damage which 
may arise from slips or slidings to such lands in 
consequence of the formation of such tunnel, at 
any time within Five years after the said Com- 
pany shall use the Railway through such tunnel, 
pow the damages for such slips or slidings 

ave not been previously agreed for or assessed 
and paid in terms of the provisions in this Act 
contained: Provided always, That it shall not be 
necessary for the owners for the time being of the 
lands now belonging to the heirs of the said 
Patrick Bell to give the notices or statement of 
damages or claims herein provided for, in so far 
as relate to damages caused by such slips or 
slidings, until they shall resolve to apply to the 
Sheriff to summon a jury to assess compensation 
for the same, when they shall be bound to give 
the notice in writing to the said Company by this 
Act required Ten days before the summoning of 
such jury ; but providing that the jury who shall 
be impannelled to assess and shall assess com- 
pensation under this Act between the said owners 
and the said Company shall specify how far such 
compensation as they may award extends and 
applies to the price or value of the land, or to 
damages arising from slips or slidings caused by 
the formation of such tunnel.” 

Pr. 34. 1.19. After the first “ the ” insert “ She- 
-, and in the same line leave out “ the peace 
“Re 

Pr. 35. 1. 14. Leave out “ Committee of” and 
insert “ Governor and.” 

Pr. 35. 1.15. Leave out “ in Scotland.” 

Pr. 40. 1. 1. After “ the” insert “ Sheriff.” 

Pr. 40. 1. 2. Leave out “ the peace for.” 

Pr. 40. 1. 3. Leave out “ county ” and insert 
counties.” 

Pr. 41. 1.27. After “ footpath ” insert “ or such 
good and sufficient temporary road or footpath as 
aforesaid.” 

Pr, 41. 1. 36. Leave out from “ hour ” to 
during” in Pr. 42. 1. 7. 

Pr. 47. 1. 3. Leave out “ considered ” and insert 
specified in such notice as.” 

Pr. 67. 1. 35. After “road” insert “ from and 
after the payment of the money hereinbefore pro- 
vided to be paid to the trustees of the said road.” 

Pr. 68. 1, 21. In Clause (B.), added, by way of 
rider, to the Bill: 

Pr. 1. 1.25. Leave out “ Act” and insert “ debt.” 

Pr. 68. 1, 21. In Clause (C.), added, by way of 
rider, to the Bill : 

Pr. 1. 1.5. Leave out “ Fourth ” and insert 
“ Third.” 

Pr. 68. 1. 21. In Clause (E.), added, by way of 
rider, to the Bill: 

L. 3. After “ several” insert “ last-mentioned.” 

L. 8. Leave out from the second “ of” to “ hun- 
* dred” in 1. 9., and insert “ for.” 

L. 13. After “ Dumbarton” insert “ from and 
after the payment of the money hereinbefore 
provided to be paid to the trustees of the said 
roads.” 

Pr. 97. 1. 38. After “ titles ” insert “ and in the 
“ event of the lands so used or taken being a part 
or portion of other lands held by the same owner, 
a the same titles, they shall not be liable for 
any feu duties or casualties to the superiors thereof, 
nor shall the said Company be bound to enter 
with the said superiors.” 

Pr. 106. 1. 11. Leave out “hands” and insert 
“ hand.” 

Pr. 110. Is. penult and ult. Leave out “ re- 
mainder” and insert “ moiety” and in l. 43, after 
“expenses” insert “ to be defrayed by such party.” 

br. 111. 1. 5. Leave out “ such other party” and 
insert “him.” 

Pr. 124. 1. 31. After “jury” insert “ to be 


“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
itd 


“ 


“ 
n 


n 
n 


‘ 


n 





‘‘ summoned for that purpose in manner hereinbefore 
“ directed 








2 VicrorizZ. 


“ directed” and in the same line leave out from 
“ shall” to “find” in 1. 32. 

Pr. 125. |. 18. Leave out from “ them” to 
“and” in 1. penult. 

Pr. 128. 1. 22. Leave out from “Sheriff” to 
“of” in 1. 23. 

Pr. 202. 1. 5. Leave out “ Tennent” and insert 
“ Tennant.” 

Pr. 277. 1. 15. Leave out the first “ or” and in 
the same line leave out the second “ or” and insert 
“— 

Pr. 277. 1. 16. Leave out “ by” and in the same 
line after “suspension” insert “ or,” and also in 
the same line, leave out from “ reduction” to 
“any” inl. 17. 

Pr. 278. 1.30. Leave out from “ cease” to“ And” 
in Pr. 280. 1. 23. and insert Clause (V). 

CrausE (V.) “ And be it further Enacted, 
“ That it shall be lawful for the Sheriffof any county 
in which the works of the said Railway shall be in 
progress, and he is hereby required to appoint from 
time to time such fit and proper persons as may be 
named to him by the said Company, and as he 
shall think proper, to be special constables within 
“ the said Railway and other works, and every or 
any part thereof, during the progress thereof; and 
every person so appointed shall make a solemn 
declaration to be administered by the said Sheriff, 
duly to execute the office of a constable within 
the limits hereafter mentioned ; and every person 
so appointed, and having made such declaration 
as aforesaid shall have full power to act as a 
constable for the preservation of the peace, and 
for the security of persons and property against 
felonies and other unlawful acts within the limits 
of the said Railway and other works, and within 
half a mile therefrom, and shall have, use, exercise 
and enjoy all such powers, authorities, protections 
and privileges for the a offenders as 
well by night as by day, and for doing all acts, 
matters and things for the preservation, discovery 
and prosecution of felonies and other offences, 
and for the preservation of the peace, as constables 
duly appointed now have by the laws and statutes 
“ of this Kingdom; and in case the said Company 
“‘ shall fail to nominate to the said Sheriff a suffi- 
cient number of fit and proper persons to be ap- 
pointed by him as constables upon being required 
** so to do, the said Sheriff may, within Seven days 
after such default, nominate any person or per- 
sons he may think proper to act as constables as 
“ aforesaid ; and it shall be lawful for such Sheriff 
to dismiss or remove any such constable as may 
have been appointed by him from the office of 
constable, and to re-appoint another fit and pro- 
per person in his stead, to be nominated by the 
said Company as aforesaid, or in case of their de- 
fault as aforesaid then to be nominated by the 
said Sheriff; and upon every such dismissal or 
removal all powers, authorities, protections and 
privileges by virtue of such appointment as afore- 
said vested in any person so dismissed or re- 
moved shall wholly cease ; and every person so 
“ appointed by such Sheriff as aforesaid shall, during 
such time as he shall act as constable for the 
purposes aforesaid, receive from the said Company 
mach reasonable salary as the said Sheriff shall 
appoint ; and such salary shall be payable at such 
times and in such manner as the said Sheriff shall 
appoint, and shall be recoverable in the same 
manner as damages to a small amount are by this 
Act directed to be recovered.” 


In the Schedule to the Bill: 


Pr. 294. 1. 20. After 


“ Liston - “4 ae 


un 
wn 


“n 
n 


insert “ Counties of Edinburgh and Linlithgow.” 
Pr. 308. 1. 28. In the third column leave out 

“ Gant” and insert “ Grant.” 

Vot. 93. 


21° Junie. 





Pr. 310. 1. 38. After 
; | | | path,” 
insert “ County of Stirling.” 

Pr. 320. 1. 14. After 
« | | Rankine - | ” 
insert “ County of Dumbarton.” 

Pr. 322. 1. 27. After 
“ | j | garden,” 
insert “ County of Lanark.” 


The said Amendments, as far as Clause (U.), being 
read a second time, were agreed to. 
Clause (U.), the next Amendment, being read a 
second time; 
An Amendment was made thereunto, in folio 1, 
1. 25, by inserting after the word “ jury” the words 
“ but providing that the jury.” 
And the said Amendment, so amended, was 
agreed to. 

Then the subsequent Amendments, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Dennistoun do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships, with an Amendment; to which Amend- 
ment this House doth desire the concurrence of their 
Lordships. 


surance Society, praying for the establishment of a 
low and uniform rate of Postage on letters, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Postage. 


Woods and Works, and to consider how this House 
shall be accommodated with necessary conveniences, 
in going to and coming from Westminster Abbey, 
and while they are there, at the solemnity of Her 
Majesty’s Coronation, and what order shall be ob- 
served therein, have Power to report their opinion 
thereupon to the House. 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported from 
the said Select Committee, That they have viewed 
the galleries and seats in Westminster Abbey, and 
find them very convenient for the accommodation of 
the Members, and have been assured by Sir Benja- 
min Stephenson, one of the Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Woods and Works, that they are per- 
fectly strong and safe, and capable of receiving 613 
persons ; and that the Committee had also come to 
the following Resolutions : 

1. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Com- 
mittee, that it will be expedient that the House 
should assemble at eight of the clock in the morn- 
ing of the day of Her Majesty’s Coronation, and 
that the Members should attend in Court Dresses, 
out of mourning, and that they enter by the great 
gate of Westminster Hall. 

2. Resolved, That tt is the opinion of this Com- 
mittee, that, to secure free passage for the carriages 
of the Members, Mr. Speaker be requested to issue 
tickets to such Members as shall apply for the same. 

3. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Com- 
mittee, that the names of the Counties of the United 
Kingdom be put into a glass; and that, after Mr. 
Speaker shall have left the Chair, the same be drawn 
thereout by the Clerk, and that no Member do pre- 
sume to go out of the House until the County for 
which he serves shall have been called; and that, 
for the more regular proceeding of the Members, 
Mr. Speaker be requested to stay, after he shall 
have left the Chair, till all the Members shall have 
proceeded in the order according to which their 
Counties have been called. 

4. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Com- 
mittee, that no Member of this House do remain in, 





4M 4 or 


A Petition of Directors of the Universal Life As- Postage. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee sppented Her Majesty’s 
to confer with the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Coronation. 




































































Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Claims on 
Spain. 


Foreign 
Commerce. 


Negro Appren- 
ticeship, 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Ladykirk 
and Norham 
(Tweed) 
Bridge Bill. 


South Holland 
Drainage Bill. 





640 21° Juniz. A. 1838. 


or do cross or pass through, any part of the passages | from Spalding High Bridge to Brother House, all 

leading from the door of the Lobby of the House | in the County of Lincoln : et 

to the Gallery prepared for the Members in West- A Bill, intituled, An Act for lighting with Gas Leamington 
minster Abbey ; and that the Serjeant-at-Arms do | the Town of Leamington Priors, and the Neighbour- Priors Gas Bit, 
keep the said passages clear of Members. hood thereof, in the County of Warwick : 

5. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Com-| A Bill, intituled, An Act for inclosing Lands in Pulham 
mittee, that the Deputy Serjeant-at-Arms do precede | the Parishes of Pulham Saint Mary the Virgin, and Inelosure Bill. 
the Members, and conduct them to their seats in the | Pudham Saint Mary Magdalen, in the County of 
Abbey. Norfolk: And also, 

6. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Com-| The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Grand Junction 
mittee, that, when the Members go to the Abbey, | Act to alter, amend, extend and enlarge the powers Railway Bill, 
they proceed two abreast, without crowding, through | and provisions of the several Acts relating to the 
the Members’ waiting rooms, across Saint Mar-| Grand Junction Railway, and for other purposes 
garet’s-street to the Abbey door in Poets’ Corner, | connected therewith, with Amendments; to which 
under a covered way, and so to the gallery prepared | Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
for their accommodation over the Altar in the Abbey, | this House: And also, 
and that they return by the same way to the House. The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Lee Church 

7. Resolved, That it is the opinion of this Com-| Act for the erection of a new Church in the Parish Bill. 
mittee, that, after nine of the clock in the morning, | of Lee, in the County of Kent, with Amendments ; 
the passage to the Abbey by Poets’ Corner be kept | to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
clear, for the exclusive use of the Members of the | rence of this House: And also, 

House of Commons, until they shall have passed to! The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Dundalk and 
their seats, and again, after the solemnity shall have | Act for renewing and extending the term, and — Road 
concluded, until they shall have returned to the amending, extending and enlarging the Powers of ~" 
House. the Acts for amending the Road from Dundalk to 

The said Resolutions being read a second time, | Dunleer, in the County of Louth, with Amendments; 
were agreed to. | to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table; | rence of this House: And also, 
and be printed. | The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Wadsley, Lang- 

_ Act to repeal the Wadsley and Laagset Turnpike- “s — 

A Petition of Guardians of the Easingwold Union, | road Act, so far as relates to the Wadsley and Lang- ie ieoas 
wraying that no alterations may be made in the | set District of the said Road, in the West Riding of 
Poor Law Act, was presented, and read; and ree | the County of York, and to make new provisions in 
ferred to the Select Committee on the Poor Law! lieu thereof; and also for extending the said District 
Amendment.Act. | of Road to or near to Moorfields, in the Parish of 

uF Sheffield, and for other purposes, with Amendments ; 

A Petition of Claimants for losses sustained by to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
them during the late war between this country and | rence of this House: And also, 
the United States of America, in 1814, praying the The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Batthyany’s 
House to take their case into consideration, with a for naturalizing Gustavus Theodore Anthony Count Net. Bill. 
view to the Petitioners obtaining such relief as they | Batthyany, to which the Lords desire the concur- 
may appear entitled to; and that, if necessary, the | rence of this House:—And then the Messenvers 
House will order the case of the Petitioners to be | withdrew. : - 
investigated by the Commissioners appointed to | 
investigate and report on the Claims of British; Batthyany’s Naturalization Bill was read the first Batthyany’s 
subjects whose property was seized and sequestered | time ; and ordered to be read a second time. Nat. Bill. 
by the Spanish Government in the years 1804 and | 


1805, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie | Lord John Russell -reported to the House, That Answer to 
upon the Table. = | their several Addresses of the 16th and 18th days Addresses. 
Ordered, That the Petition be printed. |of this instant June, (that Her Majesty would be 


| graciously pleased to give directions that the Papers 


A Petition of Merchants, Bankers, Ship-owners ; : : : : 

and others, of Liverpool, praying San Wits a tocol oe mentioned might be laid before this House,) 
the attention of the Government, to the present, a — agen to ried rs a » and that = 
state of the commercial intercourse with Foreign | Hoos 1, t Sh pe: po “dir tic ei ae this 
Countries, with a view of insuring full protection to | a, ae ee ee ee ee 

b h of trade actually in existenc ell | . 
as of petlaeGar ea’ entnet “re Zz oth rr pone ‘en ete | Lord Viscount Palmerston presented, pursuant to Ship “ Vixen.” 

g xt 


" : . . | an Address to Her Majesty,—Copies of an ici 
developing their resources, aided by improved means | Waccectaltens ai Maaten - - p Cours of aa Ae acm 
of communication, was presented, and read; and ey, pone 


ordered to lie upon the Table relating to the Confiscation of the Vixen :—Of an 


Appear or Remonstrance on behalf of the Vixen, 
Petitions from Peterhead ;—Chalford Hill (two | ®°° 








lressed to the Court of Saint Petersburgh, by Her 
Petitions) ;—and, Eastcombs ; praying for the aboli- Majesty’s Ambassador there :—Of the Communica- 
lition of the system of Negro Apprenticeship,—were | tion, dated October 12th, 1831, of the Russian 


resented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Regulations under which the Vixen was seized and 
Fable. confiscated, which Communication is referred to in 


Monsieur de Boutenieff’s note to Lord Ponsonby of 
A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell | September 13th, 1836; together with the Despatch 


and Mr. Senior : of his late Majesty’s Representative at Constanti- 
Mr. Speaker : nople, transmitting it to the Office for Foreign 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- | Affairs :—and, of any Instruction addressed to the 
ing, without Amendment, viz. Earl of Durham, relative to the Vixen, between the 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for building a Bridge | 27th January and the 19th April 1836. 
over the River Tweed, between Ladykirk, in the| - Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
County of Berwick, and Norham, in the County of | Table. 
Durham, and for making Avenues and Approaches 
thereto: Ordered, That there be laid before this House, shipwrights, 
A Bill, intituled, An Act for amending an Act of! a Return of the Promotions and Appointments of &amp;c+, (Dock 
King George the Third, for draining Lands in South | the various Shipwrights and other Officers, that have ¥*"¢*) 
Holland, and for repairing and maintaining the Road | taken place since 1830, with their Salaries, in Her 


Majesty’s 





























2 Vicroriz. 


Majesty’s Dock Yards, distinguishing those who 
were educated at the School of Naval Architecture. 


Ships “ Pique,” Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
gaveonstants” Copies of Reports of Senior Officers on the sailing 


qualities of Her Majesty’s Ships Pigue and In- 
constant, of Vanguard, Pembroke and Bellerophon, 
of Rodney and Vanguard, during their respective 
Trial-cruizes; and also, Vice-Admiral Sir Charles 
Paget’s Reports of Trials between Her Majesty’s 
Ships Pique and Inconstant, in November and 
December 1836 :—Of the Report of Captain Lord 
John Hay on Trial of sailing qualities between Her 
Majesty’s Ships Pigue and Castor, in 1835 :-—Of 
the Report of Sir J. G. Bremer on Trial of sailing 
qualities between Her Majesty’s Ships Castor, Pique 
and Inconstant, July 1837:—A Return of the Ex- 
pense of building the respective Hulls of the 
above-named Ships :—Also, a List of Defects to 
be made good, as given by the Boatswains and 
Carpenters of said Ships, on coming into Port, after 
each Trial-cruize. ° 
Ship “ Vixen.” A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That a Select Committee be appointed to 
inquire into the following allegations contained in 
the Petition of Mr. George Bell and others, namely, 
that the Petitioners have suffered seriously in their 
interests and characters through the seizure of their 
Vessel, the Vixen, and her cargo, by a Russian 
Man of War in the Bay of Soujonk-kalé; that the 
intention of the Petitioner, George Bell, to send a 
Vessel to the Coast of Circassia for the purpose of 
trading independently with the population of that 
Coast, was previously made known to Her Majesty’s 
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and 
had his approval and sanction ; and that the tinal 
arrangements for the Vessel’s voyage were, before 
she sailed from Constantinople, communicated to 
and expressly sanctioned by Her Majesty’s Repre- 
sentative at the Sublime Porte. 


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


Veneris, 22° die Junii, 1838: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old Lobby : 


Tellers for the { Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 184 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring: 5 7 
Tellers for the { Mr. Edward John Stanley, } 200 
Noes, Mr. John Parker: F 


So it passed in the Negative. 


Insolvent Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 

Debtors. a Return of the Number of Persons who have applied 
for their discharge under the Insolvent Debtors’ 
Act, in town and country, during the last Three 
years; showing the Number of such Persons who 
have been remanded during that period, if any, and 
how many of that Number have been remanded on 
account of fraud. 


Ordered, That Mr. Ward be discharged from any 
further attendance on the Select Committee on 
Church Leases. 

Ordered, That Mr. William Blake be added to 
the Committee. 


Church Leases, 


South Australia 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


The House was moved, That the Act 4 and 5 
Will. 4, c. 95, to empower his Majesty to erect South 
Australia into a British Province or Provinces, and 
to provide for the Colonization and Government 
thereof, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the said Act: And that Mr. Hutt and 
Mr. Mackinnon do prepare, and bring it in. 

Vou. 93. 





21°—22° Junie. 641 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Waste Lands 
further consideration the Report on the Waste Lands ("eland) Bill. 
(Ireland) Bill; 

. Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Tenants for Life 
mittee on the Tenants for Life (Jre/and) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Leases and 
further consideration the Report on the Leases and em ee 
Exchanges (Ireland) Bill ; a 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Boundaries 
further consideration the Report on the Boundaries of Estates 
of Estates (Ireland) Bill ; eae 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Loan Societies 
further consideration the Report on the Loan So-(!reland) Bill. 
cieties (Ireland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- sea Coast 
mittee on the Sea Coast Fisheries (Ireland) Bill; Fisheries __ 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday (Ieland) Bil. 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Kingstown 
into a Committee upon the Kingstown and Dublin 24 ona 
Harbour Bill; and, after some time spent therein, mmaaatis 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fox Maule 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Fines and 
reading of the Fines and Recognizances (Ireland) Recognizances 
Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into International 
further consideration the Report on the International Cupyright Bill. 
Copyright Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration this day. 


Mr. Fox Maule, by Order, reported the Slave Siave Vessels 
Vessels Captured Bill; and the Amendments were Captured Bill. 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Mon- 
day next. 


The ingrossed Bill to continue, for a limited time, Linen Manu- 
an Act of the fifth and sixth years of his late Ma-factures 
jesty, for the Regulation of the Linen and Hempen (!e!#n4) Bill. 
Manufactures in Ireland, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to continue for Five years, and 
from thence until the end of the then next Session 
of Parliament, an Act of the fifth and sixth years of 
his late Majesty, for the Regulation of the Linen 
and Hempen Manufactures in Ireland. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Party — 
mittee on the Party Processions (Ireland) Bill ; dead) Bil 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve . 








itself into the said Committee. 
4N The 








i 
i 
} 
t 











642 


Arms(Ireland) The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bill. mittee on the Arms (Ireland) Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
Prisons = = The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Scotland) Bill. mittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill ; 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Salmon The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
‘Scotland) mittee on the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) (No. 2.) 


(No.2.) Bil. Bill ; a 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Rating of 


: The Rating of Tenements Bill was, according to 
Tenements Bill, 


Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


Payment of 


The Payment of Rates Bill was, according to 
Rates Bill. 


Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 
Mr. Hutt presented a Bill to amend an Act of 


South Australia 


Act Amend- the fourth and fifth years of his late Majesty, to 
aaa. erect South Australia mto a British Province: And 
No.521. the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time upon Monday next; and to 
be printed. 
British Ordered, That the Account relative to the British 
Museum. Museum, which was presented upon Monday last, 
be referred to the Select Committee on the British 
Museum. 
Joint Stock Ordered, That the Return relative to Joint Stock 
anks, 


Banks, which, was presented yesterday, be referred 
to the Select Committee cn Joint Stock Banks. 


Bankruptcies Ordered, That the Return relative to Bankruptcies 
and Insolven- and Insolvencies, which was presented yesterday, 
; be printed. 


No. 522. 

Refined Sugar Ordered, That the Paper relative to Refined Sugar 

Drawbacke § Drawback, which was presented yesterday, be 
No, 523, printed. 

Upper Canada. Ordered, That the Paper relative to Upper Ca- 
No. 524, nada, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


- Negro Ordered, That the Paper relative to Negro Educa- 


a one tion, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
No. 520. ” 
And then the House, having continued to sit 


till near half an hour after one of the clock 
on Friday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Veneris, 22° die Juni; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


ee M R. Barnard reported from the Committee on 

Debts Bill. the Blackheath, &amp;c., Small Debts Bill; and 
to whom a Petition against the said Bill was re- 
ferred ; That they had considered the said Petition, 
and had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
_ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Traherne’s 


Traherne’s Estate Bill was read a second time; 
Estate Bill. ‘ 


and committed to Mr. Nicholl and the Wales List. 


Grand Junction The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Railway Bill. the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill 
intituled, An Act to alter, amend, extend and enlarge 
the Powers and Provisions of the several Acts re- 
lating to the Grand Junction Railway, and for other 





21°—99° Junii. 


A. 1838. 


purposes connected therewith ; and the same were 
read as follow. 

Pr. 8. 1. 15. Leave out from “ years”’ to “ and” 
in Pr. 9. 1. 18. 

Pr. 16. 1. ult. After “means” insert “and under 
“ such regulations and restrictions.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 31. Leave out “ only in the” and in- 
sert “ not in any greater.” 

Pr. 17. 1.32. Leave out “ which” and insert 
“ than.” 

Pr. 18. Is. 20 and 21. Leave out from “ com- 
pany’ to “and” in l. 30. 

r. 23. 1. 9. After “ Railway” insert “ now 
passes or” and in the same line, after “ shall” in- 
sert “ hereafter.” 

Pr. 23. 1. 26. After “ Railway” insert “ Pro- 
“ vided always, That if the said Company shall 
“ refuse or neglect to keep such accounts, the 
“ shall forfeit and pay the sum of Three hundred 
“ pounds for each default therein, and if the said 
“ Company shall, at any reasonable time during the 
“ first fourteen days inthe months of February and 
August respectively, in each year, refuse (for ten 
“‘ days after demand in writing), to permit any of 
“ the said overseers of the poor to inspect such ac- 
“ counts as aforesaid, the said Company shall forfeit 
“ and pay the sum of fifty pounds for each 7 
“ during which such refusal shall continue, suc 
“ several penalties to be recovered and applied in 
“ like manner as penalties and forfeitures are by 
“‘ the said recited Acts, or one of them, directed to 
“ be recovered and applied.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
tothe Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Ordered, That the time for the Committee on the Middlesex 
Middlesex County Court Bill to make their Report, a Court 
be further enlarged till Friday the 6th day of July ~"” 


next, 
Sir George Strickland reported from the Com- Barnsley 


Bill; That they had made other Amendments there- - 
unto. 

And the House being informed, that other Amend- 
ments are necessary to be made to the Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee. 


The House was moved, That the Report in re- sugar Refining 
spect of the Petition for the Sugar Refining Patent Patent Bill. 
Bill which, upon Monday. last, was made from the 
Select Committee on Petitions for Private Bills, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for forming and establishing The Colonial Patent 
Sugar Company, and to enable the said Company 
to purchase certain Letters Patent: And that Mr. 

Pease and Mr. Liddell do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Dundalk and 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, _— Reel 
intituled, An Act for renewing and extending the ~ 
Term, and amending, extending and eniarging the 
Powers of the Acts for amending the Road from 
Dundalk to Dunleer, in the County of Louth; and 
the same were read, as follow; 

Pr. 11, 1. 13. After “ refusal” insert “ resigna- 
tion.” 

Pr. 24. 1. 20. Leave out “ the said Acts or.” 

Pr. 24. 1. 30. After “clerk” insert “ for the 
“ time being, shall abate or be discontinued by the 
“ death or removal of any such treasurer or clerk.” 

Pr. 24. 1. 38. Leave out from “ trustees” to 
“as” in 1. penult and insert “in whose name 
“ such action or suit shall have been so ——. 
sha 





mittee on the (re-committed) Barnsley Small Debts Small Debts 








Sugar Refining 
Patent Bill, ~ 


Lee Church 
Bill, 


2 Vicroriz. 


** shall always be deemed the plaintiff, prosecutor, 
“ informant, appellant, defendant or respondent in 
“ any such action or suit.” 

Pr. 24. 1. ult. Leave out from “ be” to “ pro- 
“ vided” in Pr. 25.1.1. 

Pr. 25. 1.19. Leave out “ or” and insert “ pro- 
“ secutor” and in the same line, after “ defendant” 
insert “ informant, appellant or respondent.” 

Pr. 26. 1. 5. Leave out “ the said recited Acts 
or.” 

Pr, 29. 1. 24. Leave out “ amending.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 25. Leave out “ and maintaining.” 

Pr, 58. 1. 21. Leave out from “ money” to “as” 
in |, 23. 

Pr. 78. 1. 27. Leave out “ whereof” and insert 
“¢ thereof.” 

Pr. 85. 1. 5. Leave out “ other” and insert 
“ their.” 

Pr. 108. 1. 16. After “Acts” insert “ hereby 
repealed.” 

Pr. 108. 1. 28. After “ Acts” insert “ hereby 
repealed.” 

Pr. 108. 1. 32. Leave out from “ if” to “ pro- 
vided” in 1. 36, and insert “such money had 
been borrowed or become due and owing on the 
credit or on account of this Act, and that all and 
every person and persons owing any sum or sums 
of money to the respective trustees for executing 
the said Acts hereby repealed, shall be liable to 
the payment thereof, to the trustees of this Act;” 
and also insert Clause (A.) 


Cuavse (A.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
all and every books or book, in which any entry or 
entries of any proceeding or proceedings relating 
or in anywise appertaining to the said Road, of 
any of the directors or trustees, or other person 
or persons acting by and under the authority of 
said former Acts, shall be and be deemed to be 
good and sufficient evidence of such proceedings in 
any court whatsoever, any thing herein contained 
to the contrary notwithstanding.” 

Pr. 109. 1. 26. Leave out from “ Act” to 
shall” in 1. 33, and insert “ shall commence and 
take place from the passing thereof, and.” 

Pr.109. 1.37. Leave out from “ Parliament” 
to “and” in Pr. 110, 1. 4. 

In the Title of the Bill: 

L. 1. Leave out from “for” to “the” inl. 4. 
and insert “ more effectually repairing.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Redington do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


“ 


“ 
“ 
“ 
ii 
“ 
‘ 


n 


ce 
if 
cc 


“ 
‘ 


a 


Mr. Pease presented a Bill for forming and esta- 
blishing The Colonial Patent Sugar Company, 
and to enable the said Company to purchase certain 
Letters Patent: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for the erection of a new Church in 
the Parish of Lee, in the County of Kent: And the 
same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 6. 1. 29. After “conveyance” insert “ or 
vesting under the provisions hereinafter contained 
respectively.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 32. Leave out “ vest in such committee 
“ and.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 38. Leave out “ their,” and insert 
“ the ;” and in the same line, after “ property,” 
insert “ of such committee.” 

Pr. 10. 1.8. Leave out “ also” and insert “ al- 
“ ways.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 24. After “ appropriated ” insert “ or 
“ reserved for free sittings.” 

Vot. 93. 


“cc 
“ 


22° Junie. 











643 


Pr. 16. 1. 1. After “ re-payment” insert “ ac- 
cording to the provisions of the said Act.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 5. Leave out from “ of 
“ And,” in 1. 8. 
_ Pr. 16. 1.11. Leave out from “ assigns” to “by,” 
in 1, 12. 

Pr. 25. 1.2. After “ Curate” insert “or the 
officiating Minister for the time being.” 

Pr. 25. 1. 83. Leave out “ thereof,” and insert 
of the said parish respectively.” 

Pr. 25. 1.8. After “ or,” insert “ by such of- 
ficiating Minister, or by the.” 

ibe 29. 1.26. Leave out “ always,” and insert 
also.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 32. Leave out “ of the rate.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Barnard do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


é 


%? to 


“ 
“ 


if 


Petitions from Oilgate ;—Kilmain ;—Monastere- Tithes 
van, &amp;c.;—Macroom ;—and, Magourney and Aha- (Ireland.) 
bologue; praying for the abolition of Tithes in Jre- 
land,—were — and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dumbarton ;—Colchester ;—Kil- Postage. 
marnock (Provost);—and, Teigh; praying for the 
establishment of a low and uniform rate of Postage 
on Letters,—were presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Postage. 


A Petition of the Ministers and Elders composing Spirit Licenses 
the associate Burgher Presbytery of Glasgow, pray- (Seotland) Bill. 
ing that the Spirit Licenses (Scotland) Bill may not 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Saint Botolph, Colchester ;—and, Church 
Norfolk; praying that all increase of Revenue that Property. 
may arise from an improved system of leasing Ec- 
clesiastical Property may be left at the disposal of 
the Church, to supply the deficiency of spiritual in- 
struction for the people,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Municipal 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Co'porations. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the different Sums paid as Com- 
pensation to Town Clerks and others, under the Act 
to provide for the regulation of Municipal Corpora- 
tions in England and Wales. 

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


Petitions from Monasterevan ;— Naas, Newbridge, Dublin and 
and Kildare ;—and, Maryborough ; praying for the re mae 
repeal of the Dublin and Limerick Road Act,— ” 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Armagh, praying Municipal 
that the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Bill may Corporations 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read; and (Heland) Bill. 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the London and Croydon Railway Mails on 
Company, praying that the Mails on Railways Bill Railways Bill. 
may not pass into a law, and that they may be heard, 
by their counsel or agents, against the same, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
lable. 

Petitions from the South-Eastern Railway Com- 
pany;—and, the Eastern Counties Railway Com- 
pany ; praying that the said Bill may not pass into a 

4n2 law, 








644. 
law,—were also presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the London and Brighton Railway 
Company, praying that the said Bill may not pass 
into a law as it now stands, and that they may be 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, against 
the same, was also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Royal Exchange 
Re-building 
Bill. 


A Petition of the Treasurer and Managers of the 
Society or Partnership called The Sun Fire Office 
Company, praying that they may be heard, by them- 
selves, their counsel or agents, against certain parts 
of the Royal Exchange Re-building Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, — their 
: Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Charch A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint John Lee, 
Establishment raving the House to take into consideration the 
(Canada. ) m7 


present state of the Ecclesiastical Establishment in 
the Canadas, and to extend to the Church of those 
Provinces that protection and encouragement which 
the contracted resources of an infant and increasing 
Colony, craving for the blessings of the Christian 
ordinances, so imperatively require, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Tithe Commu- 
tation, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of all Parishes where the Tithes have been 
commuted, under the Tithe Commutation Act, and 
where the Poor-rates which have been added to the 
Composition to make up the Rent-charge, have been 
calculated on the principle laid down in the case of 


Rez v. Joddrell. 


Steam Vessels A Petition of Watermen and Lightermen of the 

(Thames) Bill. River Thames, residing at Gravesend, praying that 
the Steam Vessels ( Thames) Bill may not pass into 
a law as it now stands, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Royal Burghs —- Petitions of the Convener and Commissioners of 

(Scotland) Bill. the eight southern districts of Edinburgh ;—and, 
Councillors, Merchants, Manufacturers and Inhabit- 
ants of Dunfermline; praying that the Royal Burghs 
(Scotland) Bill may not pass into a Jaw as it now 
stands,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Medical A Petition of Members of the Royal College of 
pe pil, Surgeons of Edinburgh, praying that the Medical 
(Ireland) Bil. Charities (Jreland) Bill may pass intoa law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Factories Petitions from Stalybridge ;— Manchester (eleven 


Regulation Bill. Petitions) ;— William Foster ;—Horbury (three Pe- 
titions) ;— Batley (two Petitions) ;-—Batley Carr ;— 
Calverley, &amp;c.;-— Cleckheaton ;— Ovenden ;— Hud- 
dersfield (Chairman of a Meeting) ;— Halifax ;— 
Manchester and Salford (Chairman of a Meeting); 
— Bradford, York(Chairman of a Meeting);—Bath 
and Bristol ;—Arbroath;—and, Cupar; praying 
that the Factories Regulation Bill may not pass into 
a law,-—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


A Petition of the Guardians of the Great Bough- 
ton Union in the counties of Chester, Flint and city 
of Chester, praying for the amendment of the Poor 
Law Act, was presented, and read ; and referred to 


the Select Committee on the Poor Law Amendment 
Act. 


Turpentine A Petition of Turpentine Distillers of Bristol, 
Penalties Bill. praying that the Turpentine Penalties Bill may pass 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


22° Juniz. 





A. 1838. 


Petitions from Honley; — Tadcaster ; — and, Lord’s Day Bill 
Wetherby ; praying that the Lord’s Day Bill may 

pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President and Fellows of the Medical 
King and Queen’s College of Physicians in Ireland, (irelend.) 
denying the allegations of the Petition of the Pre- ‘ 
sident and Members of the Royal College of Sur- 
wee in Ireland, (presented on the 30th day of 

arch last), and praying for inquiry, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Horbury ;—and, Dewsbury ; pray- Bonding 
ing for the establishment of Bonding Warehouses W#rebouses. 
at Wakefield—were presented, and read ; and or- 

dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergymen and Members of the Established 
Established Church, residing at Cockermouth, setting Church. 
forth, That the Petitioners are convinced that the 
existing mode of distributing the funds provided 
for the maintenance of the Clergy is not only incon- 
sistent with the views of those who have from time 
to time given their property for religious purposes, 
but, by diminishing the efficiency and lowering the 
respectability of the working Clergy, tends strongly 
to excite dissatisfaction and promote dissent, and is 
unjust to the Clergy themselves, and is not condu- 
cive to the general welfare of the community ; that 
the Petitioners are convinced that such part of the 
Ecclesiastical Property as is now held by various 
Dignitaries of the Church, by virtue of Prebendal 
Stalls, and other places of preferment, might be 
more beneficially expended in augmenting small 
Livings, in erecting parsonage houses, and in pro- 
viding adequate means of increased spiritual instruc- 
tion in populous districts; and praying the House 
to enact such laws as may remedy all abuses exist- 
ing in the Established Church, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Reverend Robert Noble, Vicar Clergy 
of Athboy, in Ireland, praying the House to relieve (Ireland. ) 
the Clergy of Jreland from the payment of Instal- 
ments for re-building Glebe-houses, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners of Collieries in the West Recovery of | 
Riding of the County of York, praying that the Tenements Bill 
Recovery of Tenements Bill may pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the Bri- British 
tish Musuem have Power to adjourn from place to Museum. 
to place. 


An ingrossed Bill for granting further Powers to Festiniog 
the Festiniog Railway Company, was read the third Railway _ 
time. Company Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Divett do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell Message from 

and Sir Giffin Wilson : the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment, viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for making and main- Deanhead 
taining a Reservoir at Deanhead, in the Parish of yar 
Huddersfield, in the West Riding of the County of ““*" 
York, and for other purposes relating thereto : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to repeal, amend and Metropolitan 
enlarge some of the provisions of the Act relating S'P° hi 

. . ° ge . 
to the Metropolitan Suspension Bridge: 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to incorporate the Sub- Refuge for 


scribers to the Institution called The Refuge for the the Destitute 
Destitute, and for the better enabling them to carry 
on their Charitable Designs: And also, 








The 





Institution Bill. 


Mac 
Sch 





Macclesfield 
Schoo! Bill, 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway Bill. 


Lower Beeding 
Church Bill. 


Farringdon 


Bill. 


Gray’s 
Estate Bill. 


Privileges. 


Gray’s 
Estate Bill. 


Poor Law 
Awendment 
Act. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill. 


irits 


§ 
(Ireland.) 


2 Vicroriz. 
The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 


by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to| L 


enable the Governors of the Possessions, Revenues 
and Goods of the Free Grammar School of King 
Edward the Sixth, in Macclesfield, in the County of 
Chester, to establish a second School, to be called, 
The Modern Free School, in Macclesfield, in the 
County of Chester, and for other purposes, without 
any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships, to the Bill, intituled, An Act for making 
a Railway from Edinburgh to Glasgow, to be called 
“ The Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway,” with a 
Branch to Falkirk, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for the erection and endowment of a Chapelry 
for the District of Lower Beeding, in the County of 
Sussex, and for other purposes, to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


Street(London) Act for making a New Street from Holborn Bridge, 


in the City of London, towards Clerkenwell Green ; 
to which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to confirm a Division already made, and to enable a 
further Division of the Residuary Personal Estate of 
William Gray, deceased, and to determine the 
right of Survivorship and Contingency affecting the 
same; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords request that this House will give leave 
to Lord Viscount Edrington, a Member of this 
House, to attend the Committee for Privileges, to 
whom the Petition of George, Baron Nugent, of that 
part of the United Kingdom called Ireland, praying 
that his right to vote at the Election of Peers of 
Ireland to sit in the Parliament of the United King- 
dom may be admitted, stands referred :—And then 
the Messengers withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an answer to 
the last part of the said Message, by Messengers of 
their own. 

And the Messengers were again called in; and 


Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith :—And then | 


they again withdrew. 


Gray’s Estate Bill was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Correspondence between Messrs. Wood- 
ward and Annesley, late Clerks of the Pershore 
Union, in the county of Worcester, the Chairman 
of the Board of Guardians, and the Poor Law Com- 


missioners, on the subject of an increase of the Salary 
of the Clerks. 


A Petition of William Crawford, Clerk to the 


Chartered Magistrates of the City of Dublin, pray- P 


ing that provision may be made in the Municipal 
Corporations (Zreland) Bill, for compensation to him 
for the losses he must sustain in case the Bill is 
permitted to pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions of the Chairman of a Meeting of Gra- 
duates in Medicine practising in Ireland ;—and, 
President and Fellows of the King and Queen’s 
College of Physicians in Ireland, praying that the 
Medical Charities (Ireland) Bill may not pass into 
a law as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Ballitore, praying 
that the Sale of Spirits by Grocers in Ireland, may 
be prohibited, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

VoL. 93. 


22° Junie. 


645 


A Petition of Electors and Freemen of King’s Registration 
ynn, praying that the Registration of Electors Bill of Electors Bill, 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Householders and Proprietors of Quay Wall Tax 
Grounds and Houses, situate upon the line of Quay, (Dublin.) 
north and south of the River Anna Liffey, in the 
city of Dnblin, praying for the Repeal of the Quay 
Wall Tax, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Warehousemen, Shopkeepers and gmall Debts 
Inhabitants of Kilmarnock, praying that the Small (Scotland) Bill. 
Debts (Scotland) Bill may pass into a law, was 
igi and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Henry Newstead, of Otley, in the Parliamentary 
West Riding of the County of York, Clerk of the Retums. 
Peace for the Liberty of Cawood, Wistow and Otley, 
in the said Riding, complaining that he has not been 
remunerated for preparing Parliamentary Returns, 
and praying the House to take his case mto consi- 
deration, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Farsley ;—and, Rawden; praying Church of 
the House not to sanction any further endowments Scotland. 
to the Church of Scotland,— were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Braintree ;—and, Bocking; pray- Negro Appren- 
for the Abolition of the system of Negro Appren-ticeship. 
ticeship,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Minister and Elders of the Church of 
General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, pray- Scotland. 
ing that, in any measure for providing additional 
means of religious instruction in Scotland, an ade- 
quate grant may be included for the supply of the 
spiritual necessities of the town as well as of the 
rural population, was offered to be presented :—But 
the same appearing to be an application for a grant 
of public money, and Her Majesty’s Recommen- 
dation not having been signified ; the said Petition 
was not received. 





Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Com- fory-sixth 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Act ; and who Report on Poor 
were empowered to report the Minutes of the Evi- biw Amend- 
dence taken before them from time to time to the wen 
House ; That they had made further Progress inthe N®-518- 
matters to them referred, and had directed him to 
oes the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- yithes 
osed, That the Order of the day for the second (Ireland) Bill. 
reading of the Tithes (Ireland) Bill be now read ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “Tithes (Jre- 
land),” and inserting the words “ Factories Regula- 
tion,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ Tithes (Ireland),” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, = — care , } 119. 

{ Lord Ashley, 
\ Mr. Freshfield : } ana 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Order of the day for the se- 
cond reading of the Tithes (Zreland) Bill, be now 
read ; and the same being read ; 

4N3 


Tellers for the Noes, 





Ordered, 








Glass Duties 
Bill. 


Vacation 
Sittings Bill, 


International 
Copyright Bill. 


Mails on 
Railways Bill. 


Party 
Processions 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Juvenile 
Offenders Bill, 


Kingstown 
and Dublin 
Harbour Bill. 


646 


Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second time; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Monday the second day of July next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Glass Duties 
Bill :—The Bill was re-committed to a Committee 
of the whole House :—And the House immediately 
resolved itself into the Committee; and, after some 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; 
and Mr. Baines reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
enable Her Majesty’s Courts at Westminster to hold 
Sittings in Banc in time of Vacation, was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without any Amendment. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into further consideration the Report on the Inter- 
national Copyright Bill; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Mails on Railways Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Party Processions (Jre- 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. John Parker 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The ingrossed Bill for establishing a Prison for 
Young Offenders, was, according to Order, read the 
third time ; and an ingrossed Clause was added to 
the Bill, by way of rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Kingstown and Dublin 
Harbour Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 


‘agreed to. 


Arms (Ireland ) 
Bill, 


Local Commis- 
sioners’ Relief 
Bill, 


Pilotage Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Arms (Ireland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Local Commissioners’ 
Relief Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill, and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
ae consideration the Report on the Pilotage 

ill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 


22° Junie: 





A. 1838. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Sugar Duties 

mittee on the Sugar Duties Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Prisons Bill, 
mittee on the Prisons Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- China Courts 
mittee on the China Courts Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Ecclesiastical 
reading of the Ecclesiastical ‘Duties and Revenues Duties and : 
Bill ; Revenues Bill, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Prisons 
mittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Church 
reading of the Church Building Acts Amendment a Acts 
Bill; Bill, ment 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second County Courts 
reading of the County Courts Bill ; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Rating of 


and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker No. 532. 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Lynch reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Lynch reported the Bill accordingly; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday, the 13th day of July 
next ; and the Bill, as amended, to be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Payment of 
into a Committee upon the Payment of Rates Bill ; Rates Bill. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Lynch reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Friday, 
the 13th day of July next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Coal Trade 
further consideration the Report on the Coal Trade (Port of Lon- 
(Port of London) Bill; Som) Ba. 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Schools __ 
the Report on the Schools (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) Bill 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 

day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Salmon 
mittee on the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) (No. 2.) eto 
Bill ; No. 2.) Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bankrupts’ 
mittee on the Bankrupts’ Estates (Scotland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday, 
the 2d day of July next, resolve itself into the said 





consideration upon Friday next. 





Committee. 
The 


(Scotland) Bill, 


into a Committee upon the Rating of Tenements Bill; Terements Bill 


Estates ; 
(Scotland) Bill. 


__ | 


— ~~, 


—- 





3 VicToRIZ. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Registration of Leases (Scotland) 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday, the 2d day of July next. 


Registration 
of Leases 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Registration The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(ireland) reading of the Registration of Voters (Ireland) 
(No. 1.) Bill. (No. 1.) Bill; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Registration of — The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Electors Bill. further consideration the Report on the Registra- 
tion of Electors Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


County 
Recitend) Bill reading of the County Election Polls (Scotland) 
— 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 
Turpentine The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Penalties Bill. reading of the Turpentine Penalties Bill ; ' 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Hackney 
Carriages 
(Metropolis) 


The Order of the day being read, for — 
Report on the Hackney Carriages (Metropolis) Bill ; 
nd a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the Report be now received ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the { Sir Matthew Wood, 1 56 
Yeas, Mr. Pryme: Te 
Teller for the f Mr. Warburton, } 15 
Noes, Mr. Hume: i 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Mr. Pryme accordingly reported the Bill; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Fossil Remains. Ordered, That the Paper relative to Fossil Re- 
No.527, mains, which was presented upon the 13th day of 
this instant June, be printed. ; 

Ordered, That the Account relative to Public 


Public Income 


vig aaa Income and Expenditure, which was presented yes- 
No. 528, terday, be printed. 
aga Ordered, That the Abstract of the General State- 
s. 


ments of Turnpike Trusts in England and Wales, 


No. 529. which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


fees” Ordered, That the Account relative to Light- 
‘ No. 530, houses in Ireland, which was presented yesterday, 
“be printed. 
peme ) Ordered, That the Returns relative to Electors 
No. 531, (Lreland), which were presented yesterday, be printed. 
om Nicholl Ordered, That the several Papers relative to John 
Willing Conte. Vicholl Thom (alias William Courtenay), which were 
nay.) presented yesterday, be printed. 
No. 525, 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Vot. 93. 


29°— 93° Juniz. 





647 


Sabbati, 23° die Junii; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 
M R. Parker, Assistant Secretary to the Poor Poor Law 


Law Commissioners, was called in; and at — 
the bar presented, pursuant to Order,—Copy of the “" 
Report of the Poor Law Commissioners, relative to 
certain charges which have been disallowed by the 
Auditors of Unions in England and Wales :—And 
then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Farringdon 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Street(London) 
tituled, An Act for making a New Street from Hol- - 
born Bridge, in the City of London, towards Clerk- 
enwell Green; and the same were read, as follow; 

Pr. 27. 1. 34. In the interlineation, leave out 
estates, interests.” 

Pr. 28. 1.15. In the interlineation, leave out 
estates, interests.” 

Pr. 29.1. 26. In the interlineation, leave out 
“« aldermen or.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 27. Leave out “ of London” and in- 
sert “ or county in which such tenements or here- 
“ ditaments shall lie.” 

Pr. 59. 1. 7. In the interlineation, leave out 
and corporations.” 

Pr. 101. 1. 5. After “ Zondon” insert “ and in 
“ the county of Middlesex.” 

Pr. 191. 1. 31. After “ London” insert “ and 
* county of Middlesex.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir Matthew Wood do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


“ 


“ce 


“ 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Postage. 
gesses of Stockport, praying for the establishment 
of a low and uniform rate of Postage on Letters, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Postage. 


A Petition of Protestant Dissenters of Stockport, Church of 
praying the House not to sanction any further en- S¢vtland. 
dowments to the Church of Scotland, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Convenery or Heads of the Four- Royal Burghs 
teen Incorporated Trades of Edinburgh, praying (Scotland) Bill. 
that the Royal Burghs (Scotland) Bill may not pass 
into a law as it now stands, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Wadsley, 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Langs¢t and 
intituled, An Act to repeal the Wadsley and Langset as ba 
Turnpike-road Act, so far as relates to the Wadsley 
and Langset District of the said Road, in the West 
Riding of the County of York, and to make new 
provisions in lieu thereof; and also for extending 
the said District of Road to or near to Moorfields, 
in the Parish of Sheffield, and for other purposes ; 
and the same were read, as follow ; 

. Pr. 29. ls. 2 and 3. After “repairing” insert 
“ or” and in |. 3, leave out from “ maintaining” 
to “any” inl. 4. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and ‘i ee them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 

4Nn4 The 








Prisons Bill, 


Kingstown 
aud Dublin 
Harbour Bill. 


Party 
Processions 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Arms (Ireland) 
Bill. 


Vestries in 
Churches Bill. 


Vagraut Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


China Courts 
Bill. 


Churcii Building 


Acts Amend- 
went Bill. 


648 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upori the Prisons Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1° to be read 2° paragraph by paragraph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Cuavuszs, N° 1 to N° 5, agreed to. 


Criause, N° 6, (Exchequer Loan Commissioners 
may grant loans for borough Prisons) read, 
everal Amendments made. 
Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the Yeas, aa aera ' \ 96. 


Tellers for theNoes,{ Ma Worborton : } wa 





Crauses, N°7 to N° 10, agreed to. 

Cxiavuss, N° 11, postponed. 

Crause, N° 12, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 13, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 14, (Secretary of State to have power 
to make rules from time to time)——read. 


Question, That the Clause stand part of the Bill 
put, and Negatived. 


Cravusg, N° 15, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravusss, N° 16 to N° 27, agreed to. 
Schedule agreed to. 

Preamble read, and agreed to. 





Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 


reported, That the Committee had gone through the | 


Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The ingrossed Bill to make further Provisions, 
and to amend the Acts relating to the Harbour of 
Kingstown and the Port and Harbour of Dublin, 
was, according to Order, read the third time ; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Foa Maule reported the Party Processions 
(Ireland) Bili; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Arms (Jreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report .on the Vestries in 
Churches Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Saturday next. 


The Vagrant Act Amendment Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Saturday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the China Courts Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read for the second 
reading of the Church Building Acts Amendment Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 





23°—25° Junie. 





A. 1838. 


Ordered, That there be laid-before this House, Ministery 
Returns of the Dates of the several Commissions Money 
issued by the Lord Lieutenant and Privy Council of ‘**!*"*.) 
Ireland, pursuant to the Act 17 and 18 Car. 2, c. 7; 
specifying the Parishes, Cities or Corporate Towns 
assessed :—And, of the Amount of Ministers’ Mone 
assessed under each Commission or Valuation, wit 
the Amount thereof actually paid to each Clergyman, 
for the years 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836 
and 1837, respectively. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a County 
Return of the Amount received for the Fee Fund, Crelend) 
under the Act 1 Vic. c. 54, and the regulations by ‘ 
the Lord Lientenant of Jreland in pursuance thereof, 
and of the Payments out of the same Fund to the 
25th day of March last; distinguishing the Sum 
paid by the Treasurer of each County, &amp;c., and the 
Amount of each Payment. 


printed. 


Commission, which was presented upon Thursday 
Jast, be printed. 





And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 
| 





Lune, 25° die Junii ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1838. 
PRAYERS. 


N | R. Fasson, from the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, Chelsea 
was called in, and at the bar presented, pur- Hospital. 

suant to the directions of an Act of Parliament,— 

An Account of Unclaimed Army Prize Money (for- 

merly made by the Deputy Treasurer of the Royal 

Hospital at Chelsea) from the 18th January 1809 to 

the 31st December 1836. 

An Account of Unclaimed Army Prize Money (for- 
merly made by the Deputy Treasurer of the Royal 
Hospital at Chelsea) from the 18th January 1809 to 
the 31st December 1837 :—And then he withdrew. 

. Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
able. 


Petitions of Henry Bainbridge, Chairman and Coal Trade 





‘ ‘ Bill. 
ation Company ;—John Malcolmson, Director of scan 


the teh Steam Packet Company ;—and, John 
Osborne, Manager of the British and Irish Steam 
Packet Company ; praying that the Coal Trade (Port 
of London) Bill may not pass into a law as it now 
stands,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


tenth, and forty-seventh years of the reign of his 
late Majesty George the Third, for the Recovery of 
Small Debts within the Hundreds of Blackheath, 
of Bromley, and Beckenham, of Rokesley otherwise 
Ruzley, and of Little and Lesness, in the County of 
Kent, and within the Hundred of Wallington, in the »@ 
County of Surrey, and to extend the Powers thereof, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Barnard do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


The House proceeded to take into further con- Wortley, 
sideration the Report which, upon the 6th day of 
this instant June, was made from the Committee on gill. 
the Wertley, Armley and sy Aa Road Bill; printed 
Copies of the Bill having been delivered at the door 
upon Thursday last; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to; and Amendments were made 
to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 

The 





Ordered, That the Return relative to Slave Ves- Slave Vessels, 
sels, which was presented upon Wednesday last, be No. 533, 


Ordered, That the Abstract of the Recommend- Post Office, 
ations in the Ten Reports of the Post Office Inquiry No. 534. 








Director of the British and American Steam Navi- (Port of Lon 


An ingrossed Bill to amend an Act for the amend- Blackheath r 
ment of four several Acts passed in the fifth, sixth, oer ™" 


Armley and 
Bramley Road 


Oldh 
and | 
work 


Post 


Chu 
Scot 


Tdo 





Oldham Gas 
and Water- 
works Bill. 


Postage. 


Church of 
Scotland. 


Idolatry 
(India.) 


Ecclesiastical 
Duties and 
Revenues Bill, 


Bishoprick 
of Sodor and 
Mann Bill. 


Royal Burghs 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Mails on 
Railways Bill, 


Spirits 
(freland.) 


Maynooth 
lege, 


Medical 
Charities 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Y VicTorRiz. 


The House proceeded to take ‘into further con- 
sideration the Repost which, upon the 15th day of 
this instant June, was made from the Committee on 
the Oldham Gas and Waterworks Bill. 

And the House being informed, that other Amend- 
ments are necessary to be made to the Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to the 
former Committee :—And that they have leave to sit 
and proceed, and to make their Report To-morrow. 


Petitions from Newport (Monmouth) ;—Ezeter ;— 
and, Linlithgow ; praying for the establishment of 
alow and uniform rate of Postage on Letters,— 
were presented, and read; and referred to the Se- 
lect Committee on Postage. 


Petitions from Norham ;— Lanark (two Petitions); 
—Annan;— Tranent ; —- Dundee ; — Alnwick ;— 
Falkirk ;— Hamilton ;—Avonbridge ;-— Abernethy ; 
—and, Dalry; praying the House not to sanction 
any further endowments to the Church of Scotland, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Baptist Church 
and Congregation Burnley-lane, Burnley, praying 
the House to prohibit the interference of British 
functionaries in the management of Idolatrous Ob- 
servances in India, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of Dor- 
set, praying that the Ecclesiastical Duties and Reve- 
nues Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands, 


was or and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Church of England, 
resident in Bridgnorth, praying that the Bishoprick 
of Sodor and Mann Bill may pass into a law, was 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
lable. 


Petitions from Anstruther Easter (Chief Magis- 
trate); — Glasgow ;—and, Dumfries; praying that 
the Royal Burghs (Scotland) Bill may not pass into 
a law as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the York and North Midland Rail- 
way Company, praying that the Mails on Railways 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from the Midland Counties Railway 
Company ;—the Birmingham and Gloucester Rail- 
way Company ;—and, the Birmingham and Derby 
Junction Railway Company; praying that the said 
Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands,—were 


also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Dungannon ; — Youghal; — and, 
Athy ; praying that the sale of Spirits by Grocers in 
Ireland, may be prohibited,—were presented, and 
and read; and chu to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from London ; — Blackheath; — and, 
York; praying the House not to sanction any fur- 
ther grant to the Roman Catholic College of May- 
nooth,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Ennis ;-—Queen’s County ;-- Cashel ; 
—Louth;—and, Surgeon to the Kildare Infirmary ; 
praying that the Medical Charities (Jreland) Bill 
may pass into a law,—were presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Professors of the School of the A 
thecaries Hall in Ireland, praying that the said Bill 
may not pass into a law as it nowstands, was also pre- 
— ry read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

OL. 


Q5° Juniz. 





649 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of the Hali- Poor Law 
fax Union, praying for the dmendment of the Poor A™endment 
Law Act, was presented, and read; and referred ” 
to the Select Committee on the Poor Law Amend- 
ment Act. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Saviour’s, Saint Saviour’s 
Southwark, complaining of the proposed purchase (Southwark) 
and enlargement of the Workhouse in the parish ‘hous. 
of Christ Church, united with the parish of Saint 
Saviour’s, Southwark, by order of the Poor Law 
Commissioners ; and praying that the said proposed 
purchase and expenditure may not be carried into 
effect, as a considerably less sum will be sufficient 
to erect a much more commodions building, and 
one capable of containing a greater number of poor, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Poor Law Amendment Act. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Coventry, praying Church 
that all increase of Revenue that may arise from Property. 
an improved system of leasing Ecclesiastical Pro- 
perty, be left at the disposal of the Church, to 
supply the deficiency of spiritual instruction for the 
people, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of Lessees of Ecclesiastical Property, 
situated in the Eastern Division of the county of 
Kent, stating that the Petitioners respectfully beg 
to express their great disappointment at the delay 
which has occurred in bringing the question of the 
tenure of Ecclesiastical Landed Property to a final 
settlement ; and praying that in any measure which 
the House may adopt for the speedy and final set- 
tlement of this important matter, 5 oe regard may 
be paid to the interests of the Petitioners, who from 
time immemorial have purchased, and been led to 
consider this property so far a matter of perpetuity, 
subject to customary fines, as to make it the sub- 
ject of mortgage and settlement, was also presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Church Leases. 


Petitions from Rochdale (Chairman of a Meet- Factories 
ing); — Oldham (Chairman of a Meeting) ; — Lees Regulation Bill. 
(Chairman of a Meeting ;)—and, Leeds (Chairman 
of a Meeting ;) praying that the Factories Regula- 
tion Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Runcorn ;—and, Osmaston; pray- Benefices _ 
ing that the Benefices Plurality Bill may not pass Plurality Bill. 
into a law,—were presented, ae read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the district of Rose- Church of 
hall, in the counties of Ross and Sutherland, pray- Scotland. 
ing that the said district may be erected into a 
separate parish, and a permanent endowment pro- 
cured for a Pastor of the Church of Scotland, was 
—— and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Carnwath ;—Aberdeen (Minister, Bible Printing 
Preses and Clerk) ;— Leven ;— Lochwinnoch ;— Car- (Scotland.) 
luke ;—and, Dunfermline; praying that the Patent 
enjoyed by the Queen’s Printer for Scotland of print- 
ing Bibles, may not be renewed,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Hexham ;—Bristol ;—Simonburn; Church 
—Members of the Bath Church of England Lay Establishment 
Association ;—and, Staley; praying the attention of (Oenada,) 
the House to the depressed and declining state of 
the Church in Upper and Lower Canada,—were 
ages and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned Bishops, Canada, 
Vicars General, Rectors, and other Members of the 
Catholic Clergy of the District of Quebec, was pre- 

40 sented, 








650 
sented, and read ; setting forth, That the Petitioners 
respectfully beg leave to address the House, and 
express their profound veneration for the sacred per- 
son of the Sovereign, and their inviolable attachment 
to the connexion which unites that Province to 
Great Britain; it is with pleasure they assure the 
House, that from the fortunate period when that 

rovince became part of the British Empire, the 
Catholic Clergy thereof have never on any occasion 
failed to manifest their loyalty to the Government of 
the mother country, and have constantly used every 
effort to inspire with the same loyalty the people 
with whose mstruction they have been intrusted ; 
The Petitioners can assure the House, that it was 
with deep anxiety for the future lot of their fellow 
countrymen, that they saw some among them, 
(possessing unfortunately but too much influence), 
oppose insurmountable obstacles to the conciliatory 
measures which his Excellency the Earl of Gosford, 
whom Her Majesty’s royal predecessor had placed 
at the head of the Government of that Province, had 
it so earnestly at heart to use for the purpose of 
restoring peace to their beloved country, and which 
indeed he endeavoured, from the very commence- 
ment of his administration, to carry into effect ; and 
it is therefore with the most sincere regret that they 
now see that noble Lord resign the reins of Govern- 
ment there, without having obtained that success 
with which his benevolent efforts deserve to be 
crowned ; but the source of their deepest affliction 
is in the acts of rebellion against Her Majesty’s 
Government, which have recently been committed 
by a portion, though a very inconsiderable one, of 
their fellow countrymen, who were unworthily de- 
ceived and seduced by ambitious leaders, or com- 
pelled by force and against their conscience to take 
part in proceedings as insensate as they were cri- 
minal; they ought nevertheless to state, that they 
derive great consolation from being enabled to assure 
the House, that their sentiments on this subject are 
participated by the great majority of their fellow sub- 
jects of French origin, who have ever continued to 
cherish those feelings of loyalty to the Government 
of the mother country, of which they have so often 
given proof, and who condemn in the most explicit 
manner the insurrectionary attempts of which the Pe- 
titioners have spoken, a fact to which the numerous 
manifestations of fidelity which have been addressed 
from all quarters to Her Majesty’s noble representa- 
tive, bear ample witness ; after having thus repre- 
sented to the wile the feelings of affection by which 
their fellow-countrymen are, almost without excep- 
tion, closely bound to the mother country, the Peti- 
tioners venture to entertain the hope that the House 
will concur in granting their anxious prayer, that 
nothing may be done by the imperial authorities which 
might tend to deprive their countrymen (for the sake 
of punishing a small number of guilty persons), of the 
nights and ratte og guaranteed to PS by the Con- 
stitution which the Parliament of Great Britain held 
it right to grant to that province under the reign of 
one of Her Majesty’s august predecessors ; they are 
led to prefer this humble prayer to the House by their 
having reason to fear, that there may be submitted 
to the imperial Legislature a project of which the 
rye is to deprive the inhabitants of that country 
of French origin of the rights and privileges in ques- 
tion, by effecting a union of the Legislatures of Upper 
and Lower Canada; whatever be the motives which 
may induce a certain portion of their fellow subjects 
to solicit such union, the Petitioners hold it their 
duty humbly to represent to the House that none but 
disastrous results can be expected from a measure 
like this, against which the immense majority of Her 
Majesty’s subjects in Lower Canada energetically re- 
monstrated at a recent period, by a petition addressed 
to the three branches of the imperial Parliament, who 
felt bound in justice to accede to its prayer: And the 
Petitioners do not hesitate to declare to the House, 
that the union in question would have the effect of 





25° Junie. 








A. 1838. 


increasing instead of diminishing the political dis- 
sensions, upon which of late years certain agitators 
seem to have made it their study to work, to the bane 
of the country, and which it is the ardent desire of 
the Petitioners to see extinguished for ever; anxious 
to omit nothing that may tend to prevent the imperial 
authorities from lending their aid to carry into effect 
the project against which the Petitioners presume 
humbly to address the House, they venture to affirm 
that the dispositions they know to be entertained b 
those of their fellow countrymen whose influence will 
enable them most eminently to contribute to the re- 
storation of peace to the country, by renewing the ties 
of brotherly feeling which ought to exist among Her 
Majesty’s subjects of different origin, cannot fail to 
produce the most favourable result, if to the motives 
by which they are now actuated, should hereafter be 
added that of gratitude to the British Parliament for 
the benefit which would be conferred on the great 
majority of the inhabitants of that province, by pre- 
serving to them the enjoyment of their constitution, 
which the calamities they have lately felt have taught 
them more highly than ever to appreciate; with 
regard to the object which more especially concerns 
themselves, they mean the happy freedom hitherto 
enjoyed by Her Majesty’s Catholic subjects in that 
province in the exercise of their religion, the know- 
ledge they have of the equally benevolent and equi- 
table disposition of the imperial authorities tends 
much more to inspire them with gratitude for the 
past than with apprehension for the future. 

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


The House proceeded to take into consideration Lower Beeding 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Church Bill. 


intituled, An Act for the erection and endowment of 
a Chapelry for the District of Lower Beeding, in 
the County of Sussex, and for other purposes: And 
the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 8. 1. 9. Leave out “ minister,” and insert 
“ curate.” 

Pr. 12. 1. ult. Leave out “ eight,’ and insert 
“ six;” and in the same line leave out “ nine,” 
and insert “ eleven.” 

Pr. 13. 1.1. Leave out 
“ eight.” 

Pr. 18. 1.12. Leave out from “ them” to “ and,” 
in 1,15. 


“ two,” and insert 


In the first Schedule to the Bill: 

Pr. 24. 1. 11. In the fourth column, leave out 
“ 38,9, 2,” and insert “ 36, 11, 8.” 

Pr. 25. 1. 3. In the second column, leave out 
“ for.” 

Pr, 25. 1.14. In the second column, after “ plain,” 
insert “ farm.” ray 

Pr. 25. 1. 25. In the second column, leave out 
“50,” and insert “ 54.” 

Pr. 25. l. ult. After 


* | of Waller.” | | 
insert 
“* Nathaniel Bar- | - - Eighty acres on 

well, or adjoining Plum- 


mer’s Plain, in his 
own occupation. 


In the second Schedule to the Bill: 


Pr. 26. 1.19. After “ on,” insert “ an sg a 
“ tion road, belonging to the said Dowager Mar- 
“ chioness of Northampton, adjoining to.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second 
time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Barnard do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Lessee | 117 6” 








Mr. George William Wood reported from the Se- Public 
lect Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had Petitions. 


examined the Petitions presented from the 18th to 
the 





Education. 


Privileges. 


Municipal 
Boundaries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No. 540. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Education 
(Ireland.) 


Rating of 
Tenements Bill. 


Lord’s Day Bill. 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Ecclesiastical 
ommission, 


2 Victoriz. 


the 23d days of this instant June, both inclusive ; 
and had directed him to make a Report thereof to 
the House. 

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


A Petition of the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of 


/ Huntingdon, praying the House not to sanction any 


general system of Education, that shall not be based 

upon the Word of God, and conducted in harmony 

with the principles of the Established Church, was 

— and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Message of the Lords, of Friday last, wherein 
their Lordships request, That this House will give 
leave to Lord Viscount Ebrington, a Member of 
this House, to attend the Committee for Privileges, 
to whom the Petition of George Baron Nugent, of 
that part of the United Kingdom called Jreland, 
praying that his right to vote at the Election of 

eers of Ireland to sit in the Parliament of the 
United Kingdom may be admitted, stands referred. 

And Lord Viscount Ebrington being present in 
his place, declared that he was willing, with the 
leave of the House, to go to the House of Lords, as 
desired by their Lordships. 

Resolved, That Lord Viscount Ebrington have 
leave to go to the House of Lords, as desired by 
their Lordships, if he think fit. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, to 
acquaint them, that this House hath given leave 
to Lord Viscount Ebrington to go to the House 
of Lords, as desired by their Lordships, if he 
think fit: And that Mr. Bernal do carry the said 
Message. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill to settle 
and describe the Limits and Boundaries of Cities, 
Boroughs, and Towns Corporate in Ireland, and to 
divide certain of them into Wards: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


A Petition of Proprietors of Shares of the Profits 
of Waterworks, established for supplying the city of 
Cork with Water, praying that Clauses may be in- 
serted in the Municipal Corporations (Zreland) Bill, 
to protect the rights of the petitioners, and the other 
shareholders in the pipe-water establishment, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Berehaven, praying 
that the present system of National Education in 
Ireland may not be persisted in, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. ~ 


A Petition of Owners and Proprietors of small 
Dwelling-houses or Tenements in Boston, praying 
that the Rating of Tenements Bill may not pass into 
a law as it now stands, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Upper Chelsea ;—Llanaber ;—and, 
Lanfair, and other places; praying that the Lord’s 
Day Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers of Rochdale, 
praying for the amendment of the Sale of Beer Act, 


was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Official and Clergy of the Royal 
Peculiar and Exempt Jurisdiction of the Deanery 
of Bridgnorth, praymg the House to stay the 
proceedings of the Ecclesiastical Commission, was 


—- and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Vor. 93. 


25° Junie. 
A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Wingfield and Message from 


the Lords. 





651 


Mr. Farrer : 
Mr. Speaker : 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for 
from Maulden Wood Corner to 
the County of Bedford: 

A Bill, mtituled, An Act for repairing and main- 
taining the Road from Lutterworth Hand, on the 
Watling-street Road, through Churchover, Brown- 
sover, Newbold-upon-Avon, Rugby and Bilton, in 
the Cvunty of Warwick, to the Turnpike Road 
between Dunchurch and Hiillmorton, im the said 
County: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, mtituled, An Act 
to authorize the snchsints of Conveyances in Fee or 
Demises for long terms of years, of Estates devised 
by or settled to the uses of the will of Thomas Peter 
Legh, Esquire, deceased, for building on or other- 
wise improving the same, under yearly rents, to be 
reserved in the same conveyances and demises, and 
to sell certain parts of the said Estates, and to pur- 
chase other Estates in lieu thereof, under the con- 
trol of the Court of Chancery, and for other purposes 
connected with the same Estates; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


mepnining the Road 


estwood Gate, in 


The Lords request, That this House will give leave summary 


to William Miles, Esquire, a Member of this House, 
to attend their Lordships, in order to his being 
examined as a witness before the Select Committee 
appointed by their Lordships to take into consider- 
ation the Third Report made by the Commissioners 
on Criminal Law, and the expediency of providing 
by Law for the summary conviction of offenders in 
certain cases of Larceny:—And then the Messen- 
gers withdrew. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the last part of the said Message :—And Mr. Miles 
being present in his place, declared that he was 
willing, with the leave of the House, to go to the 
House of Lords, as desired by their Doedihins. 

Resolved, That William Miles, Esquire, have 
leave to go to the House of Lords, as desired by 
their Lordships, if he think fit. 

And the Messengers were again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith :—And then 
they again withdrew. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 


reading of the ingrossed Bill for the Regulation of Corporations 


Municipal Corporations and Borough Towns in 
Ireland. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read the third time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Edward John Stanley, 100 
Yeas, Mr. Robert Steuart : J . 

Tellers for the f Mr. Henry Baring, ) 
Noes, {Sis Thomas Fremantle: f{ 134. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third time, 
and several ingrossed Clauses were added to the Bill, 
by way of riders. 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Bill, by way of rider, (Taxes to be payable in 
advance) :—And the said Clause was brought up, 
and read the first time. 

Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second time : 
—It passed in the Negative. 


402 Another 


ee 





Pt sa Te 


Luton and 
Saint Alban’s 
Road Bill. 


Rugby and 
Lutterworth 
Road Bill. 


cba sso abet aets 


ae SE 


Legh’s 
Estate Bill. 


Convictions. 


Municipal 
(Ireland) Bill. 





Sugar Duties 
Bill. ‘ 


Slave Vessels 
Captured 
Bill, 


Supply 


652 


Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Bill, by way of rider, (specifying the taxes 
necessary to be paid to entitle a person to be placed 
on the Burgess Roll):—And the said Clause was 
brought up, and read the first time. : : 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Then several Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Sugar Duties Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That it be an Instruction to the Committee, that 
they have Power to make provision for permitting 
British Plantation Sugar to be taken from the Bond- 
ing Warehouses, for the ae me of refining, on ap- 

roved security being given for the payment of the 

Duty :—It passed in the Negative. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 

(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1° to be read 2° paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 


Cravuse N° 1 (Duties imposed by 6th and 7th 
Will. 4, c. 26, continued till 5th July, 1838)—— 


read. 


An Amendment made. 

Amendment proposed: At the end of the Clause 
to add the words “ except in so far as relates to 
“ the duties thereby imposed on Brown or Musco- 
“ vado clayed Sugar, the growth of any British 
‘« possessions in America, andimported from thence ; 
‘ and that the duties on such last-mentioned Sugar 
“ shall be Twenty shillings for every hundred-weight 
“ thereof.” 

Question, That those words be there added 
put, and negatived. 

Cravuse N° 1, as amended, agreed to. 

Cxavuses N° 2 to N° 4, amended, and agreed to. 


CravuseE N° 5, agreed to. 


. 





CiausE N° 6, amended, and agreed to. 
CravseE N° 7, agreed to. 

Cravses N°S and N°9, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuavusss N° 10 and N° 11, agreed to. 

Cravuse N° 12, amended, and agreed to. 
CrausE N° 13, agreed to. 

CuiavusE N° 14, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuiauses N° 15 and N° 16, agreed to. 
Preamble read, and agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Ber- 
nal reported, That the Committee had had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The ingrossed Bill for the better and more effec- 
tuaily carrying into effect the Treaties and Conven- 
tions made with Foreign Powers for suppressing the 
Slave Trade, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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


Martis, 26° die Junii, 1838: 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 


25°—26° Juniz. 
Ordered, That the Account of the Sum expended Account of 


under the head of Civil Contingencies in the year pepe a. 
1837 :—Also, an Estimate of the Amount that will “** "&lt;4. 


of Her 








A. 1838. 


probably be required to defray the Expense under 
the head of Civil Contingences, for the year ending 
31st March 1838, be referred to the Committee. 
Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 
(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty thou- j,i 
sand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards Contingencies. 


defraying the Charge of Civil Contingencies for the 
year 1838. 
Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
— That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
ution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill for regulating the opening and Dean Forest 
working of Mines and Quarries in the Forest of Mines Bill. 


Dean and Hundred of Saint Briavels, in the County 
of Gloucester, was, according to Order, read the 
third time ; and ingrossed Clauses were added to 
the Bill, by way of riders. 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Bill, by way of rider, (Power to inspect Mi- 
nute-books of Commissioners, and to take Copies :) 
And the said Clause was brought up; and twice 
read with a blank; and committed toa Committee of 
the whole House: —The House accordingly resolved 
itself into the Committee; and, after some time 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. Bernal reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Clause, and made an Amendment there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal accordingly reported the Clause; and 
the Amendment was read, and agreed to; and the 
said Clause was read the third time, and agreed to, 
to be made part of the Bill, by way of rider. 

Then several Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The omnes Bill to empower the Commissioners Dean Forest 
ajesty’s Woods, &amp;c., to confirm the Titles Encroachments 
to, and to grant Leases of Encroachments on the B#!!- 


Forest of Dean, in the County of Gloucester, was, 
according to Order, read the third time; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title 
be, An Act to empower the Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, to 
confirm the Titles to, and to grant Leases of En- 
croachments on the Forest of Dean, in the County 
of Gloucester. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Prisons Bill:—And the Prisons Bill. 
Bill was re-committed to a Committee of the whole Ny, 541. 


House :—And the House immediately resolved itself 
into the said Committee ; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Bernal reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Monday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. my 

e 











2 Vicroriz. 


Mails on The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Railways Bill. yeading of the Mails on Railways Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


Glass Duties Mr. Bernal reported the Glass Duties Bill; and 
Bill. the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


International = = The Order of the day being read, for the third 
Copyright Bill. reading of the International Copyright Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


First Fruits 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
and Tenths. 


mittee to whom it was referred to take into con- 
sideration the propriety of abolishing the First Fruits 
of the Clergy in England and Wales, and the more 
effectual rating, and the better collection of the 
Tenths applicable to the maintenance of the Poor 
Clergy ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday, 
the 6th day of July next, resolve itself into the said 
Committee. 


Imprisonment The Order of the day being read, for the second 
for Debt Bill’ reading of the Imprisonment for Debt Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Parliamentary © The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

Burghs awe mittee on the Parliamentary Burghs (Scotland) Bill ; 

(Scotland) Bill. Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Royal Burghs The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Scotland) Bill. reading of the Royal Burghs (Scotland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


Waste Lands § The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
(Ireland) Bill. further consideration the Report on the Waste Lands 
(Ireland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration this day. 


Tenantsfor Life The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill. mittee on the Tenants for Life (Jreland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Leases and The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Exchanges further consideration the Report on the Leases and 
(ireland) Bu. Exchanges (Ireland) Bill ; 
. Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration this day. 


Boundaries The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
(Ireland) Bill further consideration the Report on the Boundaries 
an ih, 


of Estates (Ireland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration this day. 


Loan Societies The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
(Ireland) Bill. further consideration the Reporton the Loan Societies 
Ireland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration this day. 


Sea Coast The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Pmt -_ mittee on the Sea Coast Fisheries (Zreland) Bill ; 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Fines and The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Ireland) Bill py of the Fines and Recognizances (Ireland) 
F Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
ay. 
Vot. 98. 





95°—96° Junie. 653 


The South Australia Act Amendment Bill was, South Australia 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com-~ ActAmendment 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Wed- ” 
nesday, the 4th day of July next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Prisons 
mittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Coal Trade 
further consideration the Report on the Coal Trade (Port of Lon- 
(Port of London) Bill ; enone 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Schools 
the Report on the Schools (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) Bill 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Registration of 
further consideration the Report on the Registration Flectors Bill. 
of Electors Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second County 
reading of the County Election Polls (Scotland) Election Polls 
Bill ; (Scotland) Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 

. 

The Turpentine Penalties Bill was, according to Tarpeutine 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Penalties Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Wednesday the 
4th day of July next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Hackney 
reading of the Hackney Carriages (Metropolis) Bill; ee 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon hon oe 
Wednesday the 4th day of July next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means ; Means. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill to continue for a limited time, party 
an Act of the second and third years of the reign of Processions — 
his late Majesty, to restrain for five years in certain (Ie!nd) Bill. 
cases Party Processions in Jreland was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to continue for Five Years, and from 
thence until the end of the then next Session of 
Parliament, an Act of the second and third years 
of the reign of his late Majesty, to restrain for Five 
Years, in certain cases, Party Processions in Ireland. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- China Courts 
mittee on the China Courts Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Church 
reading of the Church Buildmg Acts Amendment Building Acts 
Bill ; —_— 

Ordered, That the Bill be reada second time upon ~ 
Friday next. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Army. 
Returns of the Number of Officers in the Army, of 
each Regimental Rank, on Full Pay, on the 25th 
of December 1836; distinguishing the Number in 
each Class who held Brevet Rank in addition to 
their Regimental, and stating also what Brevet 
Rank; together with an Abstract of the total Amount 
of Pay of such Officers, for the year 1836 :—Of the 

403 Number 


33 tere ee 


Se A a RS 


=3 _ eee 


\ 
i 
{ 


ee I ae 





pc a 





Small Debt 
Courts 
( Scotland.) 


654 


Number of Officers in the Army, of each Regimen- 
tal Rank, including Unattached, upon Half Pay 
and upon Retired Pay ; distinguishing the Number 
of each Class, and also the Number who held Bre- 
vet Rank in addition to their Regimental; toge- 
ther with an Account of the total Amount of the 
Pay of such Officers, for the year 1836 :—Of the 
Number of Officers in the Army who have been 
romoted by Brevet since 1st January 1837; stat- 
mg the Number of each Rank, and how many from 
Full Pay, and from Half and Retired Pay; and 
the Amount of additional Pay and Allowances which 
the Officers of each Rank will receive in conse- 
5 seve of that Promotion ; the Amount of additional 
nnual Expense of each Rank, and of the whole, 
by such Brevet Promotion :—Of the Names of all 
Officers in the Army promoted by Brevet since the 
Ist January 1837; distinguishing those on Full 
from those on Half and on Retired Pay, at the 
time of Promotion :—Copies of all Warrants by His 
late Majesty, and of all General Orders issued by 
the Commander of the Forces respecting Brevet 
Promotions in the Army since the Giencotl Order, 
No. 432, dated 25th April 1826 :—Return of the 
Number of Officers of the Medical Department of 
the Army, on the 25th December 1836, on Full 
Pay ; distinguishing the Number of each Rank: 
—Similar Return of the Number on Half and 
on Retired Pay:—Of the Number of Officers of 
the Medical Department of the Army promoted 
since 1st January 1837; distinguishing the Num- 
Ber of each Rank, and whether promoted from 
Full, Half, or Retired Pay; stating, also, the date 
of Entry of each into the Service, the Dates of 
their several Promotions, the aggregate time each 
has served on Full Pay, and the aggregate time 
each has been on Half and Retired Pay, since en- 
tering the service; likewise the Annual Increase of 
Expense to the country, in consequence of such 
Promotions:—List of the Lieutenants from the 
Guards who had been promoted to Lieutenant Colo- 
nelcies and the command of Regiments of the Line, 
without ever having served as Regimental Captains 
or Majors; specifying the length of service of each 
revious to such Promotion:—And, a Return of the 
Besdier of Officers who availed themselves of Un- 
attached Promotion by the Regulations of His late 
Majesty, George the Fourth, dated Horse Guards, 
sth April 1826 ; stating those who have since then 
sold out; and also those who have returned to Full 
Pay ; and the respective Ranks which the latter now 
hold in the Army. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Tabular Return, with a column for remarks, from 
the Justice of Peace Clerks in Scotland, showing 
the Names of the Counties and of the places in 
each county respectively, where Small Debt Courts 
have been held ; the Number of Courts held at each 

lace during the years 1823, 1824, and 1825; the 
Neinber of Courts held at each place during the 
years 1835, 1836 and 1837:—Also the Number of 
Courts appointed to be held during each of those 
years wherein no business was transacted, in con- 


. sequerce of the absence of any Justices or of the 


necessary Quorum :—Also, the Number of Causes 
set down for Trial at each of the Courts held during 
those years ; specifying those which were decided 
at the first calling in Court, and such as were con- 
tinued, and such as were decided in absence, or 
after hearing Parties: —Also, a Return of the Names 
and Desiynations of the Justices and of the Clerks 
acting at each of those Courts :—And, Copies of any 
Reports made to the Secretary of State for the 
Home Department, by the Sheriffs of the different 
Counties in Scotland, relative to the Circuit Small 
Debt Courts held in terms of the Statute 1 Vic. c. 41. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 


Q5°— 96° Juniz. 








A. 1838. 


Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Arms (Ireland) 
to prevent improper Persons from having Arms in Bill. 


freland, and to regulate the Importation of Arms, 
Gunpowder and Ammunition into Jreland, and the 
making, removing, selling and keeping of Arms, 
Gunpowder and Ammunition there: And that Lord 
Viscount Morpeth and Lord John Russell do pre- 


pare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Act 6 and 7 Grand Jury 
Will. 4, c. 116, to consolidate and amend the Laws Presentments 


relating to the Presentment of Public Money 
Grand Juries in Jreland, might be read ; and the 
same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the said Act: And that Lord Viscount 
Morpeth and Lord John Russeli do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


by (Ireland) Bill, 


The House was moved, That the several Acts Dublin Police 
relative to the Police of the district of the Dublin Me- Bill. 


tropolis might be read; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

to amend the said Acts: And that Lord Viscount 

Morpeth and Lord John Russell do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble address be presented to Spirit Licenses 


Her Majesty, that She will be 
give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Return in columns, showing the Number of Spirit 
Licenses applied for and refused in the first instance, 
but granted on appeal before the Justice of Peace 
Court of the Lower Ward of Lanarkshire, held in 
Glasgow, in the year 1837, and up to the Ist of 
June 1838, with the Names of the Parties, and the 
date and Amount of the Fee or Fees levied as above 
| the Justice of Peace Clerk ; showing also the 

ature of the Service rendered for each Payment, 
and the authority under which the Justice of Peace 
Clerk exacts the Fee or Fees, with the Sum Total 
of Fees paid him on applications appealed in each 
of the above years :—And, a Return for the above 
period, showing the Sum Total received by the 
aforesaid Justice of Peace Clerk, in each year, for 
all Fees paid for Spirit Licenses. 

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


raciously pleased to (Lanarkshire.) 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Jury Causes 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to (Scotland.) 4 


give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of Causes tried by Jury in Scotland, since 
the Jury Court merged in the Court of Session ; 
specifying in columns the date of commencement, 
and each stage of procedure, before the issues were 
settled, and subsequently to the final close of each 
Cause before the Court of Session ; also the Amount 
of Expenses awarded in each Cause, and the Amount 
taxed off, if any :—And, a similar Return of Causes 
set down to be tried by Jury, and which have been 
settled by compromise, or otherwise than by trial in 
Court. 

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


Lord Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill to pre- Arms (Ireland) 
vent improper persons from having Arms in Ireland, 8'!l. 


and to regulate the importation of Arms, Gunpowder 
and Ammunition into Jreland, and the making, re- 
moving, selling and keeping of Arms, Gunpowder 
and Ammunition there : And the same was read the 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Lord 


No. 536. 

















Grand Jury 
Presentments 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No. 537. 


Dublin Police 
Bill. 


Fishguard 
Harbour Bill. 


Fish guard 
Harbour 
(No, 2.) Bill, 


Escheats Bill. 


Descents Bill. 


‘tc 


2 Vicroriz. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill to amend 
an Act of the 6th and 7th years of his late Ma- 
jesty King William the 4th, for consolidating and 
amending the Laws relating to the Presentment of 
Public Money by Grand Juries in Ireland: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill to amend 
the Acts relating to the Police of the district of the 
Dublin Metropolis; And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next; and to be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 


tituled, An Act to alter and amend an Act passed in 
the last Session of Parliament, intituled, An Act for 
improving the Harbour and Port of Fishguard; 
otherwise Abergwain, in the County of Pembroke, 
and the same were read, as follow ; 

Pr. 3. 1.34. Leave out from “ has” to “ ac- 
“ tually” in 1.35, and in 1. 35, leave out from “ ex- 
“ pended” to “ and” in Pr. 4, l. 7, and insert “ or 
« hon become liable to pay, in obtaining their said 
Act, or in the execution of its powers up to the 
“ time of the passing of this Act.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 16. Leave out “ contracts” and insert 
“ liabilities.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 21. After “ or” insert “annulling the 
“ same, or for compounding or.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 22. Leave out “ such contract” and 
insert “ contracts”? and in the same line leave out 
“ agreement” and insert “ agreements.” 

r. 4. 1. penult. Leave out from “sums” to 
“ And” in Pr. 5, 1. 3, and insert “ expended by the 
“ said Company or which they may have become 
“ liable to pay as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 5.1. 5. After “ Act” insert “ and of the op- 
“ position thereto.” 

Pr. 5. 1.15. Leave out from “aforesaid” to 
“ and” in 1. 16. 

Pr. 5. 1.18. After “ Act” insert “ and of the 
opposition thereto.” 

Pr. 7, 1. 9. Leave out from “ customs” to 
and” in}. 27. 

Pr. 8. 1. 4. After “ paid” insert Clause (A.) 

Crause (A.) “ Provided also and be it further 
“ Enacted, That the provisional committee under 
“ whose directions the said recited Act was obtained, 
“ or the directors since appointed under the provi- 
“ sions thereof, shall not be personally liable for any 
“ acts which they may have performed or directed 
“ to be performed as such provisional committee or 
“* directors as aforesaid.” 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into 
further consideration upon this day three months. 


wn 


wn 
wn 


The House was moved, That the Report in respect 
of the Petition for the Fishguard Harbour Bill 
which, upon the 22d day of February last, was 
made from the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills, might be read ; and the same being 
read. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for 
improving the Harbour of Fishguard, in the County 
of Pembroke: And that Mr. Poulett Thomson and 
Mr. John Parker do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 
the Escheats Bill, was read and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 4th day of July next. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 
the Descents Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
7 ne the 4th day of July next. 
OL. 93. 


Q5°—26° Junie. 





655 
Poor Law 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Poor 
Law Amendment Act, which was presented upon {mendment 
Saturday last, be printed. No. 539. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after one of the clock on 
Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Martis, 26° die Junii ; 
Anno 2° Victoria Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Parker, Assistant Secretary to the Poor Law Poor Rates. 

Commissioners, was called in; and at the 
Bar presented, pursuant to Orders,—Returns of the 
Amount of Property assessed to the Poor Rate, in 
the Borough of Birmingham, from Lady-day 1836 to 
Lady-day 1837:—Amount of Poor Rate raised in that 
year; stating the Rate in the pound on the rack- 
rent :—and, similar Returns for the Boroughs of 
Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Bristol, Wakefield, 
Wolverhampton, Sheffield, Nottingham, Bolton, 
Bury (Lancashire), Hull, York, Tower Hamlets, 
Mary-le-bone, Greenwich, Lambeth, Finsbury, West- 
minster, Canterbury and Norwich. 

Copy of the Correspondence between Messrs, Poor Law 
Woodward and Annesley, late Clerks of the Pershore Amendment 
Union, in the County of Worcester, the Chairman of ~ 
the Board of Guardians, and the Poor Law Com- 
missioners, on the subject of an increase of the 
Salary of the Clerks:—And then he withdrew. 

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


Sir Matthew Wood presented a Bill to establish a Westminster 
Company for rE certain parts of the City of oo 
Westminster, tobe called ‘The Westminster Improve-" * 
ment Company :” And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


and Legh’s 


Legh’s Estate Bill was read the first time, Esote Bil 


ordered to be read a second time. 


Gray’s Estate Bill was read a second time ; and one. 
committed to Lord George Lennox and the Sussex ste Bil 
List. 


General Johnson reported from the Committee on Oldham Gas 
the (re-committed) Oldham Gas and Waterworks ene 
Bill; That they had made other Amendments there- ~"* 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Atherstone; — Glasgow ; — and, Postage. 
Upton Saint Leonards; praying for the establish- 
ment of a low and uniform Rate of Postage on 
Letters,—were presented, and read ; and referred to 
the Select Committee on Postage. 


A Petition of Hand Loom Weavers of Manches- Corn Laws. 
ter, praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws, was 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
lable. 


A Petition of Members of the London Democratic Canterbury 
Association, praying that a Committee may be ap- *t- 
oe to inquire into the circumstances of the late 

jot at Canterbury, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Electors and Inhabitants of G'lou- Gloucester City 
cester, praying that a Committee may be appointed Election. 
to investigate the circumstances which led to and 
accompanied the late resignation and re-election of 
Henry Thomas Hope, Esquire, for that city, and 
that some test in the nature of a solemn declaration 
upon oath may be established, and required of every 
Representative in the Commons House of Parlia- 
ment before he takes his seat, that he has not, either 
404 personally 








656 


personally or through his friends, expended any 
money in procuring it; and that the future Elections 
ot the City and Borough of Gloucester may be made 
by Ballot, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Petitions from Agents for the Royal College of 
— in Ireland ;— and, the Agent for the 
Medical Profession of the county and city of Cork, 
praying that the Medical Charities (Jreland) Bill, 
— pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Spirit Licenses 


A Petition of Licensed Dealers in, and Retailers 
&amp;c., (Scotland) 


of Ale and Spirits in Edinburgh, praying that the 


Bills. wg 7 pit ; 
om Spirit Licenses (Scotland) ; and, Spirituous Liquors 
Sale, Bills, may pass into law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Metropolis Petitions from Ministers, Churchwardens, Over- 


Improvements. seers and Inhabitant Householders of the United 
Parishes of Saint Margaret and Saint John the 
Evangelist, in the city of Westminster ;—and, The 
Secretary of the Provisional Committee of the West- 
minster Improvement Company, setting forth, That 
the Select Committee on Metropolis Improvements 
in their Report have, with the approbation of the 
Chancellor of the Exchequer, recommended a plan 
for raising the sum of £.300,000, one half of which 
was allocated to improvements in the neighbour- 
hood of the Royal Exchange, and the other half 
set apart to assist in the execution of such other 
improvements in the western parts of the metro- 
polis, as Parliament may think fit to sanction; and 
praying that £.150,000, so set apart as aforesaid, 
may be granted to the Westminster Improvement 
Company, in aid of the improvements projected 
by them,—were presented, and read; and referred 


to the Select Committee on Metropolis Improve-. 


ments. 


Plurality of A Petition of the Committee of Management of 

bras the Westminster Reform Society, praying the House 
to repeal the various Acts of Pastiennent which 
recognize the adoption of Plurality of Voting in 
parochial matters, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Poor Law Petitions from Saint Clement Danes, Westminster; 

—_——- —and, Saint George the Martyr, Southwark; praying 

: for the amendment of the Poor Law Act,—-were 

presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Poor Law Amendment Act. 

Inpelenment A Petition of Thomas Ford, late of Howfield 

or Vebt. 


House, in the county of Essex, now a prisoner con- 
fined in Whitecross-street Prison, praying the House 
to alter the law relative to Writs of Attachment and 
Process of Contempt for alleged Attorneys’ Costs, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Ordered, That the Petition of the Churchwardens 
and Overseers of Saint Bartholomew-by-the-Ex- 
change, which was presented upon Wednesday last, 
be referred to the Committee on the Royal Exchange 
Re-building Bill; and the Petitioners heard, by 
themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their Pe- 
tition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour 
of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Royal Exchange 
Re-building 


Bill, 


Pilotage Bill, A Petition of Commissioners of Pilotage for the 
Port of Kingston-upon-Hull, praying that the Pilot- 
age Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 


and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Western 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
Australia. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Copies of, or Extracts from a Statistical Re- 


26° Juniz. 








A. 1838. 


port of the Colony of Western Australia, which ac- 
companied Sir om Stirling’s Despatch of the 
15th October 1837; also, the Land Regulations con- 
tained in the Appendix, addressed to the Secretary 
of State for the Colonies. 

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


A Petition of the Chancellor and Clergy of the Idolatry 
Diocese of Carlisle, praying the House to prohibit (India.) 
the interference of British functionaries in the 
management of Idolatrous Observances in India, was 
ge and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Prisoners confined for debt in Her Imprisonment 
Majesty’s Gaol of Whitecross-street, praying for the *r Debt. 
abolition of Imprisonment for Debt, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Deputy Chairman and Secretary sugar Duties 
of the Association of West India Merchants and Drawback. 
Planters of Glasgow ;—and, Merchants, Ship-owners 
and others connected with the trade of Sugar in the 
Ports of Clyde, setting forth, That the Petitioners 
view with much alarm the great reduction proposed 
to be made in the Drawback on Refined Sugar ex- 
ported from Great Britain ; and praying the House 
to continue the present Drawbacks, or that the re- 
duction may be a moderate one, and carried into 
effect by degrees ; and that no part of the reduction 
may come into operation till 1839,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Bettridge, Bachelor in Church 
Divinity, of Saint John’s College, Cambridge, and Establishment 
Rector of Woodstock, in the Province of Upper Ca- (Canada.) 
nada, praying the House to adopt measures for the 
better maintenance of the Clergy of the Established 
Church in Canada, and to increase its efficiency, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
lable. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the Kent-road and Maynooth 
its vicinity, in the county of Surrey, praying for the College. 
discontinuance of the annual grant made to the 
College of Maynooth, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Beguildy, praying Negro Appren- 
for the abolition of Slavery, was presented, and ticeship. 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates of the county of Salop, Rural Police. 
praying the House to take into consideration the in- 
efficiency of the present Rural Police Force, was 
=" and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Lancaster, praying mails on 
that the Mails on Railways Bill may not pass into Railways Bill. 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace Sale of Beer 
for the County of Lancaster, praying for the amend- Act. 
ment of the Sale of Beer Act, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Guardians of the Poor of the Poor Law 
Bingham Union, praying that no material alterations Amendment 
may be made in the new Poor Law Act, was pre-““" 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Act. 


Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s Negro Appren- 
command, —Papers relating to the measures adopted ticeship. 
by the Legislatures of Bar, %, Montserrat, Nevis, No.535. 


Virgin Islands, Saint Christopher and Saint Vincent, 


for 











Eastern 
Counties 
Railway Bill. 


Birmingham 
and Derby 
Railway Bill, 


Her Majesty’s 
Coronation, 


Registration 
of Voters 
(Ireland) 
(No. 2.) Bill, 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Great Warley 
Tuclosure Bill. 


Church 

a 
orporations 

Bill, ) 


2 Vicroriz. 26° Juni. 657 


for the abolition of the system of Apprenticeship 
on the Ist of August 1838. 

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


The House proceeded to take into further consi- 
deration the Report which, upon the 18th day of 
this stant June, was made from the Committee on 
the Eastern Counties Railway Bill; printed Copies 
of the Bill having been delivered at the door upon 
Friday last; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to; and Clauses were added to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


The House proceeded to take into further con- 
sideration the Report which, upon the 16th day of 
this instant June, was made from the Committee on 
the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway Bill; 
printed copies of the Bill having been delivered at 
the door upon Friday last; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The House was moved, That the first of the Re- 
solutions which, upon Thursday last, were reported 
from the Select Committee appointed to confer with 
the Commissioners of Her Wiajesty’s Woods and 
Works, and to consider how this House shall be ac- 
commodated with necessary conveniences in going 
to and coming from Westminster Abbey, and while 
they are there, at the solemnity of Her Majesty’s 
Coronation, and what order shall be observed there- 
in, might be read; and the same was read, as fol- 
loweth : 

1. ‘* Resolved, That it will be expedient that the 
House should assemble at eight of the clock in the 
morning of the day of Her Majesty’s Coronation, 
and that the Members should attend in Court 
Dresses/out of mourning, and that they enter by 
the great gate of Westminster Hall.” 

Resolved, That this House will assemble at nine 
of the clock in the morning, instead of eight of the 
clock. 

The House was also moved, That the third of the 
Resolutions of the said Select Committee might be 
read ; and the same was read, as followeth: 

3. “* Resolved, That the names of the Counties of 
the United Kingdom be put into a glass, and that 
after Mr. Speaker shall have left the Chair, the same 
be drawn thereout by the Clerk; and that no Mem- 
ber do presume to go out of the House until the 
County for which he serves shall have been called ; 
and that, for the more regular proceeding of the 
Members, Mr. Speaker be requested to stay after he 
shall have left the Chair, till all the Members shall 
have proceeded in the Order according tu which 
their Contin have been called.” 

Ordered, That the said Ballot do take place at 
half an hour after nine of the clock precisely. 


The Order for reading a second time, To-morrow, 
the Registration of Voters (Zreland) (No. 2.) Bill, 
was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday the 11th day of July next. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Wingfield and 
Mr. Farrer : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for inclosing Lands in the Manor of Great 
Warley, in the several Parishes of Great Warley 
and Shenfield, in the County of Essex, without 
any Amendment: And also, 

e Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act for facilita- 
ting 9 of Church Patronage belonging to 

ou. 93. 





Municipal Corporations in certain Cases, without 
any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act All Souls Col- 
for effecting an Exchange between the Warden and fee (Ontrd) 
Fellows of the College of All Souls, Oxford and ™ ; 
Thomas Penrice, Esquire, to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House :—And then the Mes- 
sengers withdrew. 


All Souls College (Oxford) Estate Bill, was read All Souls Col- 


the first time, and ordered to be read a second time. ns 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Juhn Nicholl 
osed, That a Select Committee be appointed to Tran Gras 
Inquire into all the circumstances connected with the pay.) 
discharge of. John Nicholl Thom alias William 
Courtenay, from the Kent Lunatic Asylum ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by adding at the end thereof the words 
“and into the state of Education of the lower 
“ Classes in the Eastern Division of the county of 
“* Kent, the scene uf these transactions :’—And the 
Question being proposed, That those words be there aa 
added :—And a Debate arising thereupon ; 

And words of heat having’ passed between Win- Words of Heat 
throp Mackworth Praed, Esquire and Edward Lytton (Mr. Bulwer | 
Bulwer, Esquire ; and Mr. Praed having left the psec iatiie 
House ; 

Ordered, That Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Es- 
quire, do attend this House in his place forthwith. 


And the Question being again proposed, That 
those words be there added :—The said proposed 
Amendment was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. ; 

And the Question being put, That a Select Com- 
mittee be appointed to inquire into all the circum- 
stances connected with the discharge of John 
Nicholl Thom, alias William Courtenay, from the 
Kent Lunatic Asylum ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby, 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers fur the ( Sir Thomas Fremantle, Lica 
Yeas, Mr. Edward John Stanley: ~~~ 

Tellers forthe ( Mr. Warburton, 19 
Noes, \ Mr. Hodges : &gt; 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
And Sir Edward Knatchbull was nominated to 
be one of the Members of the Committee. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being 
roposed, That the Earl of Lincoln be one other 
Member of the Committee ; 5 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the name of the “ Earl of 
“Lincoln,” and inserting-the name of “ Sir Tho- 
mas Acland ”’ instead thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the name of 
the Earl of Lincoln stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 
Tellers for thee Sir Thomas Fremantle, tes 
Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring : tin 
Tellers for the f Mr. Charles Wood, ey ‘i 
Noes, \ Mr. Edward John Stanley:J °*°~ 
So it passed in the Negative. 


And the Question being put, That the name of 
Sir Thomas Acland be inserted instead thereof ;— 
It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That Sir Thomas Acland be one other 
Member of the Committee. 

Then Mr. Fox Maule was nominated to be one 
other Member of the Committee. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 

sed, That the Marquis of Chandos be one other 
i of the Committee ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the name of “ the ee 

4P fey 





a aera 


Words of Heat 


(Mr. Bulwer 


and Mr. Praed.) 


Coroners 
(Treland.) 


658 


“ of Chandos,” and inserting the name of “ Sir Ro- 
“« bert Peel” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the name of 
the Marquis of Chandos stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for thee Sir Thomas Fremantle, 112 

Yeas, Mr. Henry Baring : } , 

Tellers for thef Mr. John Parker, _ 

Noes, { Mr. Edward John Stanley : ‘ 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the name of 
Sir Robert Peel be inserted instead thereof :—It was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put; 

Ordered, That Sir Robert Peel be one other Mem- 
ber of the Committee. 


Mr. Speaker informed the House, that the Serjeant 
had not been able to find Mr. Praed. 

Then Mr. Speaker, by direction of the House, 
called upon Mr. Bulwer, who, by the direction.of the 
House, had remained in his place, to assure the 
House that he would not be a party to any hostile 

roceedings in consequence of what had taken place 
seni himself and Mr. Praed:—Whereupon, Mr. 
Bulwer gave the House an assurance accordingly. 

Ordered, That Mr. Praed do attend this House, 
in his place, To-morrow. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bulwer do attend this House, 
in his place, To-morrow. 


Then Lord Viscount Howick was nominated to 
be one other Member of the Committee. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Mr. Winthrop Mackwoérth Praed be 
one other Member of the Committee; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the name of “ Mr. Winthrop 
“ Mackworth Praed,” and inserting the name of 
“ Mr. Robert Clive”’ mstead thereof. 

And the Question bemg put, That the name of 
Mr. Winthrop Mackworth Praed stand part of the 
Question :—It passed in the Negative, 

And the Question being put, That the name of 
Mr. Robert Clive be inserted instead thereof :—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Robert Clive be one other 
Member of the Committee. 

Then Mr. Shaw Lefevre was nominated to be one 
other Member of the Committee. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Mr. Darby be one other Member of the 
Committee ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the name of “ Mr. Darby,” 
and inserting the name of “ Sir Robert Harry In- 
*“ glis” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the name of 
Mr. Darby stand part of the Question:—It passed 
in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the name of 
Sir Robert Harry Inglis be inserted instead thereof : 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put; 

Ordered, That Sir Robert Harry Inglis be one 
other Member of the Committee. 

Then Mr. Harvey, Lord Hotham, Mr. Langdale, 
Sir Henry Hardinge, Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. 
Plumptre and Mr. Pendarves were nominated to 
be other Members of the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee have Power to send 
for — apers and records. 

rdered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return by the several Coroners of every County of a 
City or Town in Jreland, of all Inquests held by 
them respectively, in cases of Homicides, from Sum- 


26°—27° Junie. 





A. 1838. 


mer Assizes 1837 to Spring Assizes 1838, specifying 
the name of the deceased upon whom the Inquest 
was held, the date of the Inquest, in what Barony 
held, the Verdict of the Jury, and the name of the 
Surgeon or Medical Gentleman who attended the 
Inquest in each case :—And, a like Return by the 
Treasurer of each County, or the Secretary to the 
Grand Jury, for the like period. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Spain (British 
eg That an humble Address be presented to Auxiliary 
er Majesty, humbly praying that Her Majesty ““8™) 
will be graciously pleased to direct Her Minister at 
the Court of Spain to take such measures as may 
be requisite to ensure the immediate settlement of 
the just claims of the Officers, Non-commissioned 
Officers and Privates of the late British Auxiliary 
Legion, acting in the Service of herCatholic Majesty 
under the authority of Licenses issued by Order in 
Council by the British Government ; 


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


Mercurii, 27° die Junii, 1838: 


The said Motion was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 


Resolved, Nemine Contradicente, That an humble Spain (British 
Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that 0 Sg 
Her Majesty will be graciously pleased to direct —s 
Her Majesty’s Minister at the Court of Madrid, to 
continue to use his good offices for the purpose of 
obtaining an early settlement of the just claims of 
the Officers, Non-commissioned Officers and Pri- 
vates, of the late British mg arn engaged 
in the Service of her Catholic Majesty under the 
authority of the Orders in Council.of June 1835,° 
and of June 1837. 

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


The House was moved, That the Act 7 Will. 4, Letters Patent 
and 1 Vict. c. 73, for better enabling Her Majesty to Bill. 
confer certain Powers and Immunities on trading 
and other Companies, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the said Act: And that Mr. Poulett Thom- 
son and Mr. Solicitor General do prepare, and 
bring it in. 

Mr. Robert Steuart, by Order, reported from the Supply ; 
Committee of Supply, a Resolution, which was read 
as followeth : 

Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty thou- Civil Contin- 
sand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, towards sencies- 
defraying the charge of Civil Contingencies for the 
year 1838. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


Mr. Robert Steuart, by Order, reported the Sugar Sugar Duties 
Duties Bill; and the Amendments were read, and Bill. 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The Highways Bill was, oronrennt to Order, read Highways Bill. 


a second time; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House, for Wednesday, the 11th day of July 
next. 

The Mails on Railways Bill was, according to Mailson 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Railways BM. 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read for the third Glass Duties 
reading of the Glass Duties Bill ; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Friday next. ‘ 
e 








9 VicTorRiz. 


The ingrossed Bill for securing to Authors, in 


International 
Copyright Bill. certain cases, the Benefit of International Copyright, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Parliamentary © The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

—_ a) Bill mittee on the Parliamentary Burghs (Scotland) Bill; 

" Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Royal Burghs The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Scotland) Bill. reading of the Royal Burghs (Scotland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Waste Lands The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
(Ireland) Bill. further consideration the Report on the Waste Lands 
(Ireland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration this day. 


Tenants for Life The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Ireland) Bill. syittee on the Tenants for Life (Ireland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Leases and The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Exchanges, further consideration the Report on the Leases and 
seeder Exchanges (Ireland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration this day. 
Boundaries The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
tireland) Bill further consideration the Report on the Boundaries 


of Estates (Ireland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration this day. 


Loan Societies 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 


(Ireland) Bill. further consideration the Report on the Loan So- 
cieties (Ireland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the rape be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 
Fines and The Fines and Recognizances (reland) Bill was, 
(ieeedy Ba according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
, * mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 
Prisons 


_ The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(Scotland) Bill. mittee on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Coal Trade The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Vou” further consideration the Report on the Coal Trade 
° (Port of Zondon) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 
Schools The Order of the day being read, for receiving 


(Scotland) Bill. the Report on the Schools (Scotland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the China Courts Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


China Courts 
Bill. 


Foreign Wine, 


Ordered, That the Account relative to pose 
No, 542. 


Wine, which was presented upon Thursday last, be 
rinted, 


Spirits, Ordered, That the Account relative to Spirits, 

No. 542, which was presented upon Thursday last, be printed. 
Chelsea Ordered, That the Annual Accounts of Unclaimed 
yoy Army Prize Money, which were presented yesterday, 


be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after one of the clock on 
Wednesday morning, adjourned till this day. 


Vot. 93. 


26°—27° Junie. 





659 


Mercurii, 27° die Junii; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


M®: Massey, from the Insolvent Debtors’ Court, Insolvent 
was called in; and at the bar presented, pur- Debtors. 
suant to Order,—A Return of the Number of Persons 
who have applied for their discharge under the In- 
solvent Debtors’ Act, in Town and Country, durin 
the last Three Years, showing the Number of suc 
Persons who have been remanded during that period, 
and how many of that Number have been remanded 
on account of Fraud :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Waple, from the Commissioners for building New Churches. 
New Churches, was called in; and at the bar pre- 
sented, pursuant to the directions of several Acts 
of Parliament,—An Account of Charges and Ex- 
penses paid by Her Majesty’s Commissioners in and 
about the execution of the Acts of Parliament 
passed for building New Churches, from the 25th 
of March 1837 to the 25th of March 1838 :—And 
then he withdrew. 

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


The Ashby-de-la-Zouch Small Debts (No. 2.) Bill, Ashby-de-la- 
was read a second time; and committed to Mr. — eg 
Packe and the Leicester List. * 7 

Mr. Benjamin Smith reported from the Committee Sudbury Town 
on the (re-committed) Sudbury Town Lands Bill ; Lands Bill. 
That they had made other Amendments thereunto ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend and enlarge the Eastern 
powers and provisions of the Act relating to the Counties 
Eastern Counties Railway, was read the third time. way Bil. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Round do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Oldham Gas Oldham Ges 
and Waterworks Bill be taken into further consi- —" 


deration upon Friday next. 


An ingrossed Bill to alter the Line of the Bir- ery 
mingham and Derby Junction Railway was, accord- 8 Bill. 
ing to Order, read the third time. “ 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Dugdale do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Captain Pechell reported from the Committee on Duke of 
the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for giving se 
effect to certain powers of appointment over settled “°° 
Estates of the Duke of Norfolk, so that by the 
exercise of such powers the Estates to be appointed 
may be discharged from the Countess of Surrey’s 
Pin-money, and for discharging certain parts of the 
said settled Estates from the Portions of the Daugh- 
ters and younger Sons of the Earl and Countess 
of Surrey ; That they had examined the allegations 
of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and 
that the Parties concerned had given their consent 
to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the Committee; 
and that the Committee had gone through the Bill, 
and directed him to report the same without any 
Amendment :—And the Bill was read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Captain Pechell do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, without any Amend- 
ment. 


4pP2 Mr. 








660 


Hartlepool Mr. Harland reported from the Committee on 
pau’ ~— the (re-committed) Hartlepool Railway and Dock 
' Bill ; That they lad made other Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 
Wortley, An ingrossed Bill for repairing and maintaining 
Bramiiy Roads the Road from the Bridge over the Leeds and Liver- 


Bill. pool Canal, in the Township of Wortley, to the 
Leeds and Halifax Turnpike Road, at or near the 
Toll Bar at Stanningley, in the Township of Bram- 
ley, and for making, repairing and maintaining cer- 
tain other Roads to communicate therewith, all in 
the West Riding of the County of York, was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for repairing and ot the 
Road from the Leeds and Halifax Turnpike Road 
at Stanningley, to the Bridge over the Leeds and 
Liverpool Canal, and making and maintaining a 
continuation of the same Road to Water-lane, in 
Leeds, and other Roads communicating therewith, 
all in the West Riding of the County of York. 

Ordered, That Sir George Strickland do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the 
Archdeaconry of Totnes and Diocese of Exeter, 
praying the House to refuse their consent to all 
measures which may involve the existence or instru- 
mentality of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, or 
any similar board where the interests of the clergy, 
without a hearing or power of appeal, are consigned 
to a body of men, the majority of whom may be 
laymen, and all but three directly appointed and 
removable by the Crown, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission, 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Petitions from the Surgeon to the King’s County 
Infirmary ;— Medical Practitioners of Galway ;— 
Medical Practitioners of Belturbet ;— Medical Of- 
ficers of the Coombe Lying-in-Hospital, Dublin ;— 
and, Medical Practitioners and Students of Cavan; 
« praying that the Medical Charities (Jreland) Bill 

may pass into a law,—were presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Petitions from Professors of the School of Physic 
in Ireland, and the School of the Apothevaries Hall, 
and the Governors and Master of the Lying-in- 
Hospital, Dublin ;—and, Members of the Senate of 
the University of Glasgow; praying that the said 
Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands,—were 
also — and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Hackney 
Carriages 
(Metropolis) 
Bill. 


A Petition of Proprietors of Short Stage Coaches 
and Omnibuses, praying that the Hackney Car- 
riages (Metropolis) Bill, may not pass into a law 
as it now stands, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


India Steam The India Steam Ship Company Bill was read a 
Ship Company second time ; and committed to Captain Wood and 
Bul. the Middlesex List. 


4. Petition of Inhabitants of Markethill, praying 
the House to adopt measures for the suppression of 
Drunkenness, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Drunkenness. 


Sale of Beer A Petition of Inhabitants of Carshalton, praying 

Act, for the repeal or amendment of the Sale of Beer Act, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Protestant A Petition of Inhabitants of Carshalton, raying 

Religion. the House to adopt such immediate and decisive 


measures for preserving the Reformed Religion of 
the United Kingdom from the encroachments of 





97° Juniz. 











A, 1838. 


Popery on the one hand, and of infidelity on the 
other, that those who come after us for many gene- 
rations may find the Church of our forefathers not 
only unimpaired in its strength and efficiency, but 
more firmly established than ever, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Flax Bourton ;—and, Chelvey and Postage, 
Brockley ; praying for the establishment of a low 
uniform rate of Postage on Letters,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Postage. 


Mr. Praed and Mr. Bulwer being in their places, Words of 


according to the Orders of the House, Mr. Speaker Peck eet M 
informed Mr. Praed that the House having reason Bu oo 


ulwer. 
to suppose that it was his intention to take hostile , 
proceedings against Mr. Bulwer, in consequence of 
something which had passed during the Debate last ee 


night, had ordered him to attend in his place, and 
that the House expected that he would give an 
assurance that no such proceedings would be taken 
on his part:—Whereupon Mr. Praed and Mr. Bul- 
wer respectively entirely submitted themselves to the 
authority of the House, and the House was satisfied 
that no hostile proceedings would take place. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by Her Majesty's 
Her Majesty’s command,—An Estimate of the Sum Coronation, 
which may probably be required to defray the Ex- No. 544, 
pense to be mcurred on account of Her Majesty's 
Coronation. 

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


A Petition of the Managing Director of the city Pilotage Bill. 
of Dublin Steam Packet Company, praying that 
the Pilotage Bill may pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors and Managers of the Coal Trade 
Peninsular Steam Navigation Company, praying (Port of Lon- 
that proper Clauses may be introduced into the %) Bi! 
Coal Trade (Port of London) Bill, for taking off the 
duty on Coals shipped on board the Steamers of the 
Petitioners for their use, or allowing a drawback of 
the said duty upon Coals re-shipped into their Steam 
Vessels, and not consumed in the Port of London, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Thames Tunnei. 
Copy of Mr. Walker’s Report to the Treasury on 
the Works at the Thames Tunnel. 
Mr. Robert Steuart accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Merchants and Bankers of the city Royal Exchange 
of London, praying that they may be heard, by — 
themselves, their counsel or agents, against certain ~ 
parts of the Royal Exchange ‘Re-buil ing Bill, was 
presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners heard, 
by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon their 
Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in 
favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Mr. Fazakerley reported from the Select Com- Forty-seventh 
mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Act; and who Report on gd 
were empowered to report the Minutes of the Evi- 4 4mc"* 
dence taken before them from time to time to the No. 526 
House ; That they had made further Progress in the ge 
matters to them referred; and had directed him to 
report the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

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

A Petition 


P 


P 
A 
. 


~~ Gn eh 





Recovery of 
Tenements Bill. 


Poor Rates. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Medical 
Charities 
(Ireland) Bill. 


2 Vicroriz. 


A Petition of James Ford, Merchant in Dundee, 
praying that the Recovery of Tenements Bill may 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Poor Rates, 
which was presented yesterday, be referred to the 
Select Committee on the Poor Law Amendment 
Act. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the Poor 
Law Amendment Act, which was presented yester- 
day, be referred to the said Select Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Medical 
Charities (Ireland) Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be re-committed ; 

An Amendment was gy aaa to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “ That 
“ the” to the end of the Question, in order to add 
the words “ Report be taken into further con- 
“ sideration upon this day three months,” instead 


Q7°—28° Junii. 


661 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for takin 
further consideration the Report on the Bound 
of Estates (Ireland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Tuesday next. 


Notice a taken that Forty Members were not 
oats the House was told by Mr. Speaker, and 

orty Members not being present; and it being 
then after four of the dock :—The House was ad- 
journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 28° die Juniti ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1838. 
PRAYERS. 


ryN 
1 H E House being met ; 


into Boundaries 
aries of Estates 
(Ireland) Bill. 


thereof. 


And the time being arrived for the House to PTO- Her Majesty’s 
And the Question being proposed, That the words 


ceed to be present at the solemnity of Her Majesty’s Coronation. 
Coronation, Mr. Speaker desired the Members to take 


Land Tax 
Commissioners’ 


Names Bill. 


Supply. 


County 
Election Polls 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Sugar Duties 
Bill. 


Waste Lands 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Tenants for Life 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Teases and 
Exchanges 
(Ireland) Bill. 


proposed to be left out stand part of the Question: 
Pithe said proposed Amendment and Motion were 
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Land Tax Commissioners’ Names Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
the 11th day of July next, resolve itself into the 
said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the County Election Polls (Scotland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill for granting to Her Majesty 
certain Duties on Sugar imported into the United 
Kingdom for the service of the year One thousand 
eight hundred and thirty eight, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for granting to Her Majesty until 
the Fifth day of July, One thousand eight hundred 
and thirty-nine, certain Duties on Sugar imported 
into the United Kingdom, for the Service of the year 
One thousand eight hundred and a 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Waste Lands 
(Ireland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Tenants for Life (Ireland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Leases and 
Exchanges (Ireland) Bill ; 

Vo. 93. 





their places, and to remain therein, until the Names 
of their respective Counties should be drawn, and 
then to go forth and proceed towards the Abbey; 
whereupon the Members took their places accord- 
ingly :—Then the Clerk drew from a glass the Name 
of one of the Counties, and the Members serving for 
that County, and for all the Places within the same, 
rose from their places and went forth. Then the Clerk 
drew the name of another County, and the Members 
went forth in the same manner; and the Names of 
all the Counties having been drawn, and all the 
Members having gone forth, Mr. Speaker adjourned 
the House till To-morrow, and left the Chair. 

And the House accordingly adjourned at half an 
hour after nine of the clock in the morning. 





Mr. Speaker and the House then went in pro- 
cession to Westminster Abbey, to a Gallery directly 
over the Altar, which had been provided for their » 
accommodation, in the following order, viz. 

Some of the Serjeant’s Messengers went first. 

Then the under Clerks ; 

Then the Deputy Serjeant-at-Arms ; 

Then the Members, two and two, according to the 
Counties as they were drawn ; 

Mr. Speaker’s Secretary ; 

The Chaplain ; 

The Clerk of the House ; 

The Serjeant, carrying the Mace, as usual, before 
Mr. Speaker ; 

Mr. Speaker alone ; 

The Clerks Assistant. 


Mr. Speaker sat in the centre of the Gallery, in a 
chair prepared for him, with the Mace on a cushion’ 
before him, the Clerk on his right hand, and the 
Serjeant-at-Arms on his left, and the Clerks Assist- 
ant, Deputy Serjeant, Chaplain and Secretary, in 
the seat immediately behind his chair. 


Note:—The Serjeant’s Messengers and Door- 
keepers of this House were placed at the 
doors of the Gallery in the Abbey, with orders 
that none, but Members should be let into the 
same; and, the better to keep off the crowd, 
a platform and covered way were erected, 
from the Members’ waiting-room, across 
Saint Margaret’s-street, at the door of the 
Abbey in Poets’ Corner, and several of the 
Police were placed along the passages. 


AP 3 








Adjournment. 


Maidstone 
Election. 


662 


Veneris, 29° die Junii ; 
Anno 2° Victoria Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 
HE House met; and being counted by Mr. 
Speaker, it appeared that Forty Members were 
not present; yet it being Fourofthe clock, Mr. Speaker 
took the Chair, and again counted the House; and 
Forty Members not being present :—The House was 
adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 








Sabbati, 30° die Junii; 


Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1838. 





PRAYERS. 

r. ¥ ETITLON of the there-undersigned Electors 

of the Borough of Maidstone, in the County 
of Kent, and who had a right to vote, and claim to 
have had a right to vote at the last Election of a 
Member to serve in Parliament for the said Borough, 
was delivered in, and read ; setting forth, That at the 
General Election of Members to serve in Parliament 
for the said Borough of Maidstone, which took place 
on the twenty-sixth day of July, in the year of Our 
Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, 
Wyndham Lewis, Esquire, and Benjamin D' Israeli, 
Esquire, were returned as Members to serve in Par- 


29°—30° Juniz. 





A. 1838. 


to serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
‘rough of Maidstone, John Minet Fector, Esquire, 
and Abraham Wildey Robarts, Esquire, were Can- 
didates to represent the said Borough in Parlia- 
ment; that the said Election was held on Monday, 
the twenty-sixth day of March last, and that at 
the said Election a poll having been demanded by 
and on behalf of the said John Minet Fector, the 
same was taken by Thomas Pybus, Esquire, the 
Mayor and Returning Officer of the said Borough, 
after which the said John Minet Fector, Esquire, 
was by the said Returning Officer declared duly 
elected ; and the said John Minet Fector, Esquire, 
was by the said Returning Officer returned as a 
Burgess to serve in this present Parliament ; that 
the said John Minet Fector, by himself, his agents, 
friends, managers, partisans, and others on his be- 
half, before, at and during the said Election, and 
before, at and during the said poll, was guilty of 
bribery and corruption of the electors of the said 
Borough, in order that he the said John Minet Fec- 
tor might be elected to serve in this present Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Maidstone, and did by 
money, gifts and rewards, and by promises, offers, 
agreements, and securities for money, gifts and re- 
wards, and other illegal and corrupt practices, cor- 
rupt and procure, and attempt and endeavour to 
corrupt and procure, divers persons having or 
claiming to have a right to vote at the said Election, 
to give their votes at the said Election for the said 
| John Minet Fector, and to refuse and forbear to 





liament for the said Borough ; and that by the death | give their votes to the said Abraham Wildey Robarts, 
of the said Wyndham Lewis, Esquire, a vacancy for | contrary to the law and custom of Parliament, and 
the said Borough was occasioned in the month of | the laws and statutes of the realm enacted for the 
March now last past, whereupon a new Writ was| prevention of bribery and corruption; that the said 
ordered by the House to be issued to the Returning | John Minet Fector before and during the said Elec- 
Officer of the said Borough, for the Election of a| tion, and after the issuing of the Writ which caused 
Member to serve in Parliament in the room of the | and commanded the said Election, did by himself, his 
said Wyndham Lewis, deceased, and the said Writ | agents, friends, managers, partisans and others on his 
was issued accordingly, and an Election was held, | behalf, give and allow to divers persons having or 
by virtue thereof, on the twenty-sixth day of March | claiming to have a right to vote for the said Borough 
last ; that at the said last-mentioned Election, Johz | at the said Election, money, meat, drink, entertain- 
Minet Fector, Esquire, and Abraham Wildey Ro- ment and provisions, and made presents, gifts, re- 
barts, Esquire, were Candidates, and a poll having | wards and entertainments, and promises and agree- 
been taken by the Returning Officer, the said John | ments and engagements to a vs money, meat, 
Minet Fector was declared duly elected, and re-| drink, provisions, presents, rewards and entertain- 
turned a Member to serve in Parliament for the said | ments to and for persons having or claiming to have 
Borough ; that, at the said last-mentioned Election, | a right to vote in the said Election, and to and for 
the said John Minet Fector, by himself, his agents, the use, advantage, benefit, emolument, profit and 
managers and friends, was guilty of bribery and cor-| preferment of such persons, in order to his the said 
rupt practices, and did by money, gifts, loans, re- | John Minet Fector’s being elected a Burgess to serve 
wards, and other corrupt devices, and by promises |in this present Parliament for the said Borough ; 
and engagements for money, gifts and rewards, cor-| that gross, notorious, extensive and systematic bri- 
rupt and procure, or endeavour to corrupt and pro- | bery and corruption was resorted to, and practised 


cure divers persons having or claiming to have votes | by the said John Minet Fector, and by divers per- 
at such Election, to give their votes in favour of the 


2 /sons in his interest and on his behalf at the said 
said John Minet Fector, or to refuse and forbear to | Election, and that the Return of the said John Mi- 
give their votes in favour of the said Abraham|net Fector at the said last Election for the said 
Wildey Robarts ; and did also, after the teste of the | Borough of Muidstone, was procured by means of 
Writ for the said Election, and after the place to be | bribery, treating and other corrupt and illegal prac- 


supplied by such Election had become vacant, give 
or allow money, meat, drink, provision and entertain- 
ment, to divers persons having voices thereat, in 
order to be elected, and for being elected a Member 
to serve in Parliament for the said Borough; and 
that, by reason of the premises, the said John Minet 
Fector became and was wholly disabled and inca- 

acitated to be elected and returned at the said 

lection as a Member to serve in Parliament for the 
said Borough, and became and was wholly disqua- 
lified and ineligible to be elected or returned for the 
said Borough, on any vacancy which might there- 
after occur, on the avoiding or setting aside of the 


said Election and Return of him, the said John | 


Minet Fector ; that, after the said Return of the 
said John Minet Fector, an humble Petition of cer- 
tain Electors of the said Borough of Maidstone was 
presented to the House, complaining of the said 
Election and Return of the said John Minet Fector, 
and showing that, at the last Election of a Burgess 





tices ; that, by means of the premises, the said John 
Minet Fector obtained an apparent and colourable 
majority over the said Abraham Wildey Robarts, in 
manifest violation of the rights and privileges of the 
Petitioners, and of all other the real electors of the 
| said Borough of Maidstone; that the said John Minet 
Fector, by the said corrupt and illegal practices, 
became and was, and is wholly disabled and incapa- 
citated to serve in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough of Maidstone, and the Return of the 
said John Minet Fector was and is wholly null and 
void ; and the said Petitioners thereupon prayed 
that the said Election and Return of the said John 
Minet Fector might be declared null and void, and 
the said Petition contained no other allegations or 
matter than such as are hereinbefore above set forth; 
that after the presenting of the said Petition, a 
Select Committee was appointed by the House to 
hear and determine the matters thereof, and_ report 
upon the same to the House, and the said Petition © 
came 








2 Vicroria. 30° Juni. 663. 


came on in due course to be heard and tried before 
the said Committee; that at the hearing of the said 
Petition before the said Committee, the said Peti- 
tioners proposed to prove certain acts of bribery 
committed by certain agents of the said John 
Minet Fector, and. amongst others by one Thomas 
Potts, whom they alleged to have been an agent of 
the said John Minet Fector at the said Election, by 
reason of which acts of bribery the said Petitioners 
prayed that the said Committee would declare the 
said Election and Return of the said John Minet 
Fector to be null and void ; that evidence having 
been adduced before the said Committee to show 
that the said Thomas Potts had been an agent of 
the said John Minet Fector at the said Election, 
it was resolved by the said Committee that evidence 
had been produced fixing the character of an agent 
on the said Thomas Potts; whereupon the said 
John Minet Fector, by. his counsel, informed the 
Committee, that in consequence of the decision of 
the Committee, by which agency had been declared 
proved with regard to the said Thomas Potts, the 
said John Minet Fector had determined to with- 
draw from the contest, thereby admitting, as the 
Petitioners humbly submit, the truth of the acts of 
bribery alleged and charged to have been committed 
and done by the said Thomas Potts, so declared by 
the said Committee to have been the agent of the 
said John Minet Fector ; that the said Committee 
afterwards resolved, that John Minet Fector was not 
duly elected a Burgess to serve in this present Par- 
liament for the Borough of Maidstone, and that the 
said Election for the said Borough was a void Elec- 
tion, which Resolutions were duly reported to the 
House, and a new Writ was thereupon ordered by 
the House to be issued for the said Borough of 
Maidstone, in the room of the said John Minet Fec- 
tor, Esquire, whose Election had been determined 
to be void ; that by reason of the premises the said 
John Minet Fector became and was wholly incapa- 
citated, disqualified and ineligible, to be elected and 
returned or to sit in this present Parliament for the 
said Borough on the vacancy occasioned by the 
setting aside of his former Election and Return, and 
the issuing of the Writ for a new Election as afore- 
said ; that by virtue of the said last-mentioned Writ, 
an Election of a Member to serve in Parliament 
for the said Borough of Maidstone, in the room of 
the said John Minet Fector, was held by Thomas 
Pybus, Esquire, Mayor and Returning Officer of 
the said Borough, on the fourteenth day of June 
now instant; that at the said Election the said 
John Minet Fector, Esquire, notwithstanding his 
said incapacity to be returned or sit in Parliament 
on the said vacancy, became a Candidate to repre- 
sent the said Borough, together with Abraham Wildey 
Robarts, Esquire ; and a poll having been taken by 
the said Returning Officer, the said John Minet 
Fector was by the said Returning Officer declared 
duly elected and returned to serve in this present 
Parliament for the said Borough; that at the said 
last-mentioned Election, and at and during the tak- 
ing of the said poll, notice of the disqualification 
and ineligibility of the said John Minet Fector to 
be returned or to sit in Parliament, as aforesaid, was 
given to the electors of the said Borough, and the 
same was public and notorious throughout the said 
Borough; that, at and during the taking of the 
said poll, notice of the said disqualification and in- 
eligibility of the said John Minet Fector to be elected 
and returned to serve in Parliament at the said 
Election, and that all votes recorded in favour of 
the said John Minet Fector would, in consequence 
thereof be lost and threwn away, was given person- 
ally to a considerable number of the electors of the 
said Borough, and who voted at such Election, both 
before and at the time of their voting, but such voters 
nevertheless gave their votes in favour of the said 
John Minet Fector, and their votes were recorded 


accordingly; whereby, by reason of the said dis- 
Vou. 93. 





qualification and ineligibility of the said John Minet 
Fector, and the said notice thereof so given as afore- 
said, the votes of the said electors, so given and re- 
corded in favour of the said John Minet Fector were 
wholly thrown away and lost, and became in law 
inoperative, and of no effect; that the number of 
votes so thrown away and lost by reason of the pre- 
mises Was considerably greater than the majority 
of the said John Minet Fector on the poll, and 
that the said majority, by means of which the said 
John Minet Fector procured himself to be declared 
duly elected and returned, was a colourable majority 
only, whereas the said Abraham Wildey Robarts 
had the majority of legal votes, and ought to have 
been returned ; that before, and at and during the 
said last-mentioned Election, the said John Minet 
Fector, by himself and his agents, managers, friends, 
and others in his behalf, did, by gifts and rewards, 
and by promises, agreements and securities for gifts 
and rewards, corrupt and procure, and attempt to 
corrupt and procure, divers persons having or claim- 
ing to have votes at the said Election, to give their 
votes at the said Election in favour of the said John 
Minet Fector, or to refuse or forbear to give their 
votes for the said Abraham Wildey Robarts; that 
before and after the teste or issuing of the Writ for 
the said Election, and after the place to be supplied 

by the said Election had become vacant, the said 
John Minet Fector did by himself, his agents, ma- 
nagers, friends, and others on his behalf, give and 
allow to persons having votes at such Election, 
money, meat, drink, entertainment and provisions, 
and make presents, gifts, rewards and entertain- 
ments, and make promises, agreements, obligations 
and engagements, to and for persons having votes 

at the said Election, and to and for the use, advan- 
tage, benefit, employment, profit and preferment of 
such persons, in order to be elected, and for being 
elected to serve in Parliament for the said Borough; 
that by means of the premises, the Election and 
Return of the said John Minet Fector for the said 
Borough became and was and is wholly null and 
void, and the said John Minet Fector became and 

is wholly disabled and incapacitated to serve in 
this present Parliament for the said Borough; and @ 
praying, that the House will take the premises 
mto their consideration, and will declare that the 
said Abraham Wildey Robarts was duly elected, 
and ought to have been returned, and will order 
the Return of the said Election to be amended 
accordingly, or will declare the said Election and 
Return of the said John Minet Fector to be null 
and void, and will grant to the Petitioners such 
other relief in the premises as to the House shall 
seem meet. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be taken into 
consideration upon Tuesday, the 17th day of July 
next, at three of the clock in the Afternoon. 

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


Mr. Wright, from the County Court of Middle- yriadlesex 
sex, was called in; and at the bar presented, pur- County Court. 
suant to Order,—-A Return of the Total Amount of 
Fees received by the County Clerk of Middlesex, 
and his Officers; the Number of Summonses issued ; 
the Number of Cases heard; and the Number of 
Persons imprisoned during the year 1837, by Order 
of that Court :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. John Parker presented a Bill to amend an Fishguard 
Act of the last Session of Parliament, for improving Harbour _ 
the Harbour of Fishguard, in the County of Pem- (No?) Bill. 
broke: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time. 

4p4 A Petition 











Middlesex A Petition of Stephen Gaselee, Peter Stafford 
7 Court Carey, Thomas John Knight, and John Locke, 
Esquires, Barristers at Law, praying that the Mid- 
dlesex County Court Bill may not pass into a law as 
it now stands, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Committee on the Bill. ‘ 
Legh’s Legh’s Estate Bill was read a second tinfe ; and 
Estate Bil. Committed to Mr. Wilson Patten and the Lancaster 
List. 
AllSoulsCel- All Souls College (Oxford) Estate Bill was read 
ah a a second time ; and committed to Sir Robert Harry 
"Inglis and the Oxford List. 
Oldham Gas Ordered, That the Report on the Oldham Gas and 
— Waterworks Waterworks Bill be taken into further consideration 
upon Monday nest. 

Coal Trade Petitions from James Beale, Trustee and Director 
pr aaa ofthe North Holland and Friesland Steam Naviga- 
i tion Company ;— Newcastle-upon- Tyne ;—and, Ber- 
wich-upon-Tweed; praying that the Coal Trade 
(Port of Zondon) Bill, may not pass into a law as it 
now stands,—were presented, and read; and ordered 

to lie upon the Table. 
Church A Petition of Inhabitants of Elsenham, praying 
Property. that all increase of Revenue that may arise Ried an 
improved system of leasing Ecclesiastical Property, 
be left at the disposal of the Church to supply the 
deficiency of + poy instruction for the. people, was 
recat , and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. : 

Mails on A Petition of the Hull and Selby Railway Com- 


Railways Bill. 


Postage. 


Royal Exchange 
Re-building 
Bill. 


Her Majesty’s 
Coronation, 


Edinburgh 
and Leith 
Agreement Bill, 


Bankruptcy 
Court Bill. 


Local Cemmis- 
sioners’ Relief 


Bill. 


664. 


pany, praying that the Mails on Railways Bill may 
not pass into a law as it now stands, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Gnosall, praying 
for the establishment of a low and uniform rate of 
Postage on Letters, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Postage. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of the city of London, 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsei or agents, against certain parts of the Royal 
Exchanye Re-building Bill, was presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 
the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 
heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, upon 
their Petition, if they think fit; and counsel heard, 
in favour of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Report of the Superintendent 
of Police in Hyde Park to the Commissioners of 
Police, on the day of Her Majesty’s Coronation. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this Seas as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Ordered, That the Edinburgh and Leith Agree- 
meat Bill be now read a second time :—The Bill 
was accordingly read a second time; and committed 
to a Select Committee. 

Ordered, That the Committee be nominated upon 
Monday next. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the Bank- 
ruptcy Court Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the Local 
Commissioners’ Relief Bill. 





30° \Juniz. A. 1838. 


Ordered, That the —_ on the Pilotage Bill be Pilotage Biy, 
taken into further consideration upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Registration of Voters (Ireland) Registration 


(No. 1.) Bill be read a second time upon Friday Giodeat} 


next. (No. 1.) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Imprisonment for Debt Bill be Imprisonment 
read a second time upon Monday next. for Debt Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Registration Registration of 
of Electors Bill be taken into further consideration Flectors Bill, 
upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Church Building Acts Amend- Church 


ment Bill be read a second time upon Monday next. Building Acts 
Amendment 


Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Mails on 
next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the Mails Railways Bill 
on Railways Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Parliamentary 
next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the Par- —— “ei 
liamentary Burghs (Scotland) Bill. (Sevtland) Bill, 


Ordered, That the Royal Burghs (Scotland) Bill Royal Burghs 
be read a second time upon Monday next. (Scotland) Bill, 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday Prisons 
next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the Pri- (Scotland) Bill, 
sons (Scotland) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Coal Trade (Port Coal Trade 
of London) Bill, be taken into further consideration (Pert of Lon. 

. don) Bill. 
upon Tuesday next. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday guppiy. 
next, resolve itself into the Committee of Supply. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday ways and 
next, resolve itself into the Committee of Ways and Means. 
Means. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Puor Law 
Copy of the Report to the Poor Law Commissioners, Amendment 
of an Inquiry into the Administration of the Board 4“ 
of Guardians of the Hartismere Union, in the 
County of Suffolk, against the proceedings of which 
Board various charges were preferred in The Times 
newspaper. of the 16th day of this instant June. 

: Lord John Russell accordingly presented the said 
aper. 

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


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Vestries in_ 
further consideration the Report on the Vestries in Churches Bil. 
Churches Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be re-committed ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question ; by leaving out from the words “ That the” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ Report be taken into further consideration 
* upon this day three months” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 141 


Yeas, Mr. Nicholl: 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hawes, } és 
Noes, Mr. Clay: p 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House. 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee:—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee. 








Bill 


Vagrant Act 
Aweudment 
Bill, 


British 
Museum. 


No. 545. 


Glass Duties 
Bill, 


China Court 
— 


2 Vicroriz. 


(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2° paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Crause, N° 1, (Vestry and other meetings not t® 
be held in Churches or Chapels of parishes, where 
the population exceeds one thousand)——read. 

Amendment proposed: P. 1, 1. 10, after the words 
“ thirty-nine,” to insert the words “ it shall be law- 
“ ful for the inhabitants in Vestry assembled of an 
“ parish, if they shall at any time think fit, to order 
“* that.” 

Question put, That the proposed words be there 


inserted ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the Yeas, at ping ¢ 68. 
Tellers for the Noes, = te " \ 88. 


Motion made, and Question put, That the Chair- 
man do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again ; 
The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the Yeas, - dglionby : } 54. 
Tellers for the Noes, a are 3 } 80. 


Amendment proposed: P. 1, 1. 18, to leave out 
the word “ecclesiastical,” and insert the words 
“ charitable or religious.” 

Question proposed, That the word “ ecclesias- 
“ tical” stand part of the Clause ; 

Whereupon, Motion made, and Question put, 
That the Chairman do report Progress, and ask 
leave to sit again ; 

The Committee divided : 


: Mr. Hawes, 
Tellers for the Yeas, { Mr. Aglionby : 


Mr. Nicholl, 
Tellers for the Noes, { Mr. Estcourt: J 61. 
Motion made, and Question, That the Chairman 
do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again—— 
put, and Negatived. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bethell 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill, and that he was directed to move, That the 
Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


42. 


nil 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Vagrant Act Amend- 
ment Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Freshfield re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


Lord Stanley, by Order, reported from the Select 
Committee appointed to inquire into the plans and 
estimates for the completion of the Buildings of the 
British Museum; and to whom the Account of any 
Proceedings adopted by the Trustees of the British 
Museum, in reference to the Resolutions of the Select 
Committee of this House on the subject of that Insti- 
tution in 1836, was referred ; That they had consi- 
dered the matters to them referred, and had directed 
him to make a Report thereof to the House, with an 
“—e. 

rdered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Glass Duties Bill be read the 
third time upon Monday next. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the China 
Courts Bill. 

Vor. 93. 


30° Junzz.—2° Julze. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Schools (Scoé- Schools 
(Scotland) Bill. 





665 


land) Bill, be received upon Monday next. 


mittee on Combination of Workmen. 
Ordered, That Mr. Labouchere be added to the 
Committee. 


be — 
last, be printed. 


be printed. 


censed Victuallers who passed the various Insolvent 
Courts of England and Wales in the years 1829, 
1830 and 1831; and the Number of Licensed Vic- 
tuallers and Beer-sellers (distinguishing each) who 
have passed the said Courts from the 1st June 1835 
to the 1st June 1838 inclusive; distinguishing the 
Number in each year. 


—A Return of the Interlocutor pronounced by the 


brought in the Court of Session by Smith, Payne 
and Smith, against the Orbiston Company, and 
Henry Jones, as a Partner of that Company, and of 
the Note which accompanied that Interlocutor ; also, 
of the Issues in that Cause, the Minute of Agree- 
ment between the Parties, and the Verdict returned 
by the Jury. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table; and that the last be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 








Lune, 2° die Julii; 
Anno 2° Victoria Regine, 1838. 
PRAYERS. 


called in; and at the bar presented,—Return 
to an Order, dated the 18th day of May last, for 
Returns as to Bankruptcies previous to the Act of 
Parliament, 1831, appointing Official Assignees to 
take Possession of the Estates :—1. The Names of 
the Official Assignees, and of their Official Resi- 
dence :—2. Names of the Bankrupts previous to 
the Act whose Estates were taken possession of, in 
whole or in part, their Description and Residence : 
—3. Dates of their Bankruptcies :—4. Amount of 
Assets of each Estate received from the Original 
Assignees:—5. Amount of Debts due to the Es- 
tates not then received :—6. Amount of Assets from 
the Estate since received :—7. Amount of further 
expected Assets from the Debts :—8. Amount of 
Dividends declared by the Official Assignees, and 
Dates :—9. Total Amount paid to Creditors :— 
10. Total Amount remaining unpaid to Creditors : 
—11. Expense charged for Assignees, Commission 
and Allowances:—12. Expense charged to the 
Estate for Petty Charges:—13. Balance of Cash 
in each Account, debiting the same only with the 
Cash paid away and Charges :—14. How the Ba- 
lance is disposed of, whether paid to the Accountant 
General:—15. Or retained in the hands of the 
Official Assignees for Creditors not having yet ap- 
plied for their Dividends:—The Receipts or Pay- 
ments, on account of the undivided Estates, or of 
unclaimed Dividends, to be separately returned :— 








And then he withdrew. 
4Q Ordered, 


Ordered, That Sir Henry Parnell be discharged Combination 
from any further attendance on the Select Com- of Workmen 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Insolvent Insolvent 
Y | Debtors, which was presented upon Wednesday last, Debtors. 
N 


rdered, That the Account relative to New New Churches. 
Churches, which was presented upon Wednesday No. 547. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Thames Thames Tunnel. 
Tunnel, which was presented upon Wednesday last, No. 548. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to an Address Licensed 
to Her Majesty,—A Return of the Number of Li- Victuallers, &amp;e. 


Mr. For Maule also presented, pursuant to Order, Court of Session 
(Scotland.) 


Lord Ordinary remitting to the Jury Roll the Action No. 549. 


R. Cannan, from the Court of aarp dk WAS Bankruptcies« 











666 


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


Middlesex Mr. Crawford reported from the Committee on 
Gonnty Court the Middlesex County Court Bill; and to whom 
several Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; 
That they had heard counsel in support of one of 
the said Petitions, and had considered the other 
Petitions, and had also heard counsel in favour of 
the Bill; and had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


Simpson’s 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Committee on 
Estate Bill. 


the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for renew- 
ing, granting and confirming certain joint powers 
of appointment to the Honourable John Simpson 
and se Bridgeman Simpson, his eldest son, and 
certain sole powers of appointment and of revoca- 
tion and new appointment to the said Henry 
Bridgeman Simpson, and for establishing and con- 
firming certain Indentures of Settlement, made on 
the marriage of the said Henry Bridgeman Simp- 
son, respectively affecting the Estates of the said 
John Simpson and Henry Bridgeman Simpson, in 
the several Counties of Nottingham, Derby, York 
and Warwick; That they had examined the allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and 
that the Parties concerned had given their consent 
to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the Committee ; and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment :—And the Bil was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without any Amendment. 


Mr. Brotherton, by Order, reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for effecting an Exchange of Lands in the County of 
Glamorgan, between Morgan Popkin Traherne, 
Esquire, and the Right honourable Sir John Nicholl, 

@ Knight; That they had examined the allegations of 
the Bill, and found the same to be true; and that the 
Parties concerned had given their consent to the Bill, 
to the satisfaction of the Committee ; and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment :—And 
the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, without any 
Amendment. 


Traherne’s 
Estate Bill. 


An ingrossed Bill for authorizing the Mayor, 
Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Sudbury, 
in the County of Suffolk, to release and discharge 
from Shackage and Commonage certain Lands 
within the said Borough, and for other purposes re- 
lating to other Lands belonging to the said Borough, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Colonel Rushbrooke do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Sudbury Town 
Lands Bill. 


Batthyany’s Batthyany’s Naturalization Bill was read a se- 


2° Sulit. 





A. 1838. 


Debts Bill; That they had made other Amendments 
thereunto; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


A Petition of Vestrymen of the Parish of Sainé Royal Exchange 
Mary-le-bone, praying that the Royal Exchange ening 
Re-building Bill may not pass into a law as it now — 
stands, was presented, and read ; and referred to 

the Committee on the Bill. 

A Petition of the Wardens and Commonalty of 

the Mystery of Mercers of the City of London, 

praying that they may be heard, by their counsel or 

agents, against certain parts of the said Bill, was 

also presented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to 

the Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioners 

heard, by their counsel or agents, upon their Peti- 

tion, if they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour 

of the Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of the Secretary of the Enniskillen Postage. 
Total Abstinence Society, praying for the esta- 
blishment of a low and uniform rate of Postage on 
Letters, was presented, and read ; and referred to 

the Select Committee on Postage. 


Mr. Freshfield reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined Petitions. 
the Petitions presented from the 25th to the 30th 

days of June last, both inclusive ; and had directed 

him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 

and be printed. 


A Petition of Magistrates, Clergy, Bankers, Sale of Beer 
Tradesmen and Inhabitants of Macclesfield, praying A*- 

for the amendment of the Sale of Beer Act, was 
— and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Denis M‘Carthy, praying for the Tithes 
abolition of Tithes in Ireland, was presented, and (Ireland.) 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Swords, praying that Tithes 

the Tithes (Ireland) Bill may not pass into a law, (Ireland) Bill 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 

the Table. 


A Petition of Proprietors or Holders of Land, in 
Castlelyons, in the county of Cork, complaining of 
the amount of Composition for Tithes awarded to 
the Incumbent of that parish; and praying that a 
Clause may be introduced into the Tithes (Jreland) 
Bill, to give the Petitioners an opportunity of trying 
their case on its own merits before some competent 
tribunal, was also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Church Lands. 
Copy of all the Parliamentary Surveys of Church 
Lands, made in 1646, and deposited by Parliament 
in the Library of Manuscripts at Lambeth Palace. 


A Petition of Charles Miller, M. A., Clerk, pray- Tithes Commu- 
ing for the repeal of the Tithes Commutation Act, ‘tion Act. 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Town Parliamentary 
Council of Leith, praying that the Parliamentary (Seutland) Bill 
Burghs (Scotland) Bill may pass into a law, was 

resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Electors and other Inhabitants of 
Dingwall, praying that the Small Debts (Scotland) ‘ 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Society of Writers to Her 
jesty’s Signet in Scotland, praying the House t 
enact, that all Agents duly qualified to practise in 


Small Debts — 
Scotland) Bill. 


Ma- Law Courts 
° (Scotland.) 





Nat. Bill. cond time; and committed to Sir Richard Philipps 
and the Wales List. 
Oldham Gas The House proceeded to take into further con- 
= Waterworks sideration the Report which, upon Tuesday last, was 
“in made from the Committee on the Oldham Gas and 
Waterworks Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 
Barusley Mr. Richard Hodgson, by Order, reported from 
— Detts the Committee on the (re-committed) Barnsley Small 





the 























Church of 
Treland. 


Caledonian 
Canal. 


Danish Claims. 


Deccan 
Prize Money. 


Beer-houses. 


Window Daty. 


Sale of Beer 
Act, 


Coal Trade 
(Port of Lon- 
don) Bill, 


Smitlh’s 
Estate Bill, 


2 Victoriz. 2° Jultt. 667 


the Supreme Court, be competent to practise in the 
inferior Courts of Scotland, in all such matters, 
as may, by the Bills now pending, connected with 
the law of sScotland, or any of them, be removed 
into the inferior Courts from the Supreme Court, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Coleraine, suggest- 
ing a plan of Reform for the Church of Jreland, 
and praying the House to take the same into con- 
sideration, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of Mr. Walker’s Report to the Board of Trea- 
sury on the Caledonian Canal. 

Mr. Robert Stewart accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Minute of the Board of Treasury, dated 
22d June 1838, on the subject of Claims of British 
Subjects for losses sustained in consequence of the 
acts of the Danish Government in 1807. 

Mr. Robert Steuart accordingly presented the 
said Paper. 

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


Mr. Robert Steuart presented, pursuant to Orders, 
—A Return of the Value of the Booty captured as 
Prize Money by the Army in the Deccan, in 1817-18 ; 
the Amount which has been distributed, and the dates 
when distributed ; stating also, the Amount now in 
the possession of the Trustees or of the East-India 
Company, and when the distribution of that Amount 
will take place. 

A Return of the Number of Licenses taken out 
for each Beer-house in the years 1835, 1836 and 
1837 respectively. 

Return of the Duty on Windows assessed for 
the twelve Towns in England which contributed 
the largest Amount. 


Mr. Robert Steuart also presented, pursuant to 
an Address to Her Majesty,—A Return of the Num- 
ber of Police Convictions which have taken place 
under the new Beer Act, in the years 1836, 1837 
and 1838 :—And,a Return of the Number of Excise 
Convictions for the Purchase or Sale of Spirituous 
Liquors by Beer-sellers which have taken place in 
the years 1836, 1837 and 1838. 

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


A Petition of the Chairman and Deputy Chair- 
man of the Board of Directors of the Commercial 
Steam Packet Company, praying that the Coal 
Trade (Port of Zondon) Bill may not pass into a 
law as it now stands, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Pease reported from the Committee on the 
Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for autho- 
rizing the Sale of part of the Estates devised by the 
Will of Samuel Smith, Esquire, deceased, and for 
investing the proceeds of such Sale in the Purchase 
of other Estates to be settled upon the same Trusts; 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true ; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their consent to the Bill, to the 
satisfaction of the Committee ; and that the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and directed him 
to report the same, without Amendment :—And the 
Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Pease do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without any Amendment. 

Vou. 93. 





Ordered, That Mr. John Jones have leave of ab- Leave of 
sence for a month, on urgent business. Absence. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- Liverpool 
gesses of Liverpool, for leave to present a Petition Cletsy Endow- 
for leave to bring in a Bill for settling a dispute be- =~ 
tween the Petitioners and certain Parties to a deed 
for the Endowment of the Clergy of Liverpool, was 
presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Petitions for Private Bills. 


The Order for reading a second time upon Wed- Controverted 
nesday next, the Controverted Elections (No. 2.) (Nos) Bill 
Bill, was read and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Controverted 
Committee, upon Wednesday next, upon the Con- (No ©) Bill 
troverted Elections (No. 1.) Bia, was read and dis-* ©” ° 
charged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Tithes 
mittee on the Tithes (Ireland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That whereas, on the 3d of April 1835, this 
House agreed to the following Resolution : 

“That this House do resolve itself into a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, in order to consider the 
present state of the Church Establishment in Ireland, 
with the view of applying any surplus of the reve- 
nues not required for the spiritual care of its mem- 
bers to the general education of all classes of the 
people, without distinction of religious persuasion.” 

And whereas, on the 7th of April 1835, this 
House agreed to a second Resolution, stating, 

“That it is the opinion of this House, That no 
measure upon the shiek of Tithes in Ireland can 
lead to a satisfactory and final adjustment, which 
does not embody the principle contained in the 
foregoing Resolution.” 

And whereas, on the 21st of July 1835, on 
going into Committee upon the Irish Tithes Bill, the 
House refused to assent to an Instruction to the 
Committee, the object of which was to divide the 
Bill into two Bills, because mconsistent with the 
preceding Resolutions : 

And whereas, on the 4th of June 1836, the 
House rejected an Amendment proposed upon the 
Second Reading of the Irish Tithes Bill of that 
Session, to the effect, That leave be given to bring 
ina Bill for the conversion of Tithe Composition 
into Rent-charges, and for the redemption thereof, 
and for the better distribution of Ecclesiastical Re- 
venues in Ireland : 

And whereas, on the 17th of May last, in this 
present Parliament of 1838, this House refused to 
rescind the Resolutions of 1835, which, conse- 
quently, remain upon its Journals, 

It be an Instruction to the Committee, That the 
have Power to make provision in the present Bill, 
for giving effect to these Resolutions, by proceeding 
to a better distribution of ecclesiastical property in 
Ireland, and by appropriating the surplus revenues 
of the present Church Establishment, not required 
for the spiritual care of its members, to the moral 
and religious education of all classes of the people, 
without distinction of religious persuasion ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Ward, } 46 

Yeas. Mr. Hawes: 4 

Tellers for the ( Mr. Robert Steuart, sho 

Noes. { wr. Edward John Stanley: § ~*~ 

So it passed in the Negative. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 

4Q2 “ this 





Orders of the 
day. 





668 


“ this House will, upon this day three months, resolve 
“‘ itself into the said Committee ” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question:—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 








Tellers for the Yeas, 78. 


1 
f 59. 





(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2° paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Cravses, N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 

Crausz, N° 3, (Lands subject to the pappent of 
Tithe Composition, charged with an annual sum by 
way of rent-charge equal to of 
such Composition, read. 

Proposed to fill the blank with “ seven-tenths ;” 
afterwards proposed to fill the blank with “three- 
fourths : 

Question put, “ That the blank be filled with 
“ seven-tenths.” 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the Yeas, ps a D, resi } 167. 

Mr. Shaw, 

Tellers for the Noes,{ yyy, Serjeant Jackson : } 188. 

Question, That the words “ three-fourths” be in- 
serted put and agreed to. 

An Amendment made. 

Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause to 
insert the following proviso: “ Provided always, 
“« That if at any time such rent-charge shall be in 
“ arrear and unpaid for the space of six months 
“ next after the same shall have accrued due and 
“ payable, then and in such case a sum equal to four- 
“ fifths of the annual amount of such Tithe Com- 
“‘ positions shall, pro illd vice, be due and payable in 
“ lieu of such three-fourths.” 

Question proposed, That the proposed words be 
there added ; 

Whereupon, Motion made, and Question put, 

That the Chairman do report Progress and ask 
leave to sit again ; 

The Committee divided : 

f Mr. O’ Connell, 
\ Mr. Brotherton: 

Tellersforthe Noes, rhe . 137. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Chairman 
do now leave the Chair——put, and Negatived. 

Motion made, and Question again put, That the 
Chairman do report Progress, and ask leave to sit 
again ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the f Mr. Charles Walker, 

Yeas. Mr. Morgan John O’ Connell: 
Tellers for the) Mr. Kemble, 10 
Noes. Lord Viscount Dungannon: } 

Motion made, and Question, That the Chairman 
do leave the Chair again put, and Negatived. 

Motion made, and Question, That the Chairman 
do report Progress, and ask leave to sit again—— 
put, and agreed to. 





And the House having continued to sit till after 
tweive of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 


Martis, 3° die Julii, 1838: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair, and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That the 
Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the other Orders of the day be now read ; 





9°__ 3°__4° Juiz. 





A. 1838. 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House do now adjourn :—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 


And the House having continued to sit till two 
of the clock on Tuesday morning, adjourned 
accordingly till this day. 





Martis, 3° die Julii ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 18 38. 


PRAYERS. 


T HE House met; and being counted by Mr. Adjournment, 
Speaker, it appeared that Forty Members were 

not present; yet it being Four of theclock, Mr. Speaker 

took the Chair, and again counted the House ; and 

Forty Members not being present:—The House was 

adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 

put, till To-morrow. 








Mercurii, 4° die Julii; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1838, 


PRAYERS. 


M R. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of the siave Trade 
East India Company, was called in; and at (East India.). 
the bar presented,— Further Return to an Order dated 

the ist day of March last, for Copies or Abstracts 

of all Correspondence between the Directors of the 

East India Company and the Company’s Govern- 

ment in India, since the 1st day of June 1827, on 

the subject of Slavery in the Territories under the 
Company’s Rule; also respecting any Slave Trade 

therein ; also of all Orders and Regulations issued, 

or any Proceedings taken, by Order or under the 
Authority of the Company, with a view to the Abo- 

lition of Slavery and the Slave Trade, since the 

above date ; also of any Correspondence between the 

Board of Control and the Court of Directors on the 

said subjects. 

Mr. Campbell, also presented, pursuant to the di- East India 
rections of an Act of Parliament,—List, No. 90, Company. 
specifying the particulars of the Compensation pro- 
posed to be granted to certain Persons, reduced from 
the East India Company’s Service in England, 
under an arrangement sanctioned by the Board of 
Commissioners for the Affairs of India, and laid 
before the Honourable the House of Commons on 
the 20th March 1834:—And then he withdrew. 

‘ es That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


Petitions from Tynemouth; — Members of the Coal Trade 
London, Leith, Edinburgh and Glasgow Shipping (Pert of Low 
Company ;—and, Edinburgh and Leith; praying 0% 8" 
that the Coal Trade (Port of Zondon) Bill may not 
pass into a law as it now stands,—were presented, 


6.| and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


An ingrossed Bill for the more easy and speedy Barnsley 
Recovery of Small Debts, within the Town of Small Debts 
Barnsley and other places, in the West Riding of 3! 
the County of York, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Petition of the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Car- Mails on __ 
lisle Railway Company, praying that the Mails on Railways Bill 
Railways Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Knossington ;—-Cold Overton ;— Maynooth 
Whitby ;— Bath;—and, Ramsgate; praying the College. 
House to refuse their sanction to any further grant of 
Public Money to the Roman Catholic College of 
Maynooth, — were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions 


Bonding 
Warehouses. 


Royal Assent 
to Bills. 


Sugar Duties 


Bill. 


Bishoprick 
of Sodor and 
Mann Bill. 


Church 
Patronage 
(Corporations) 
Bill, 


Clergy Resi- 
dences (Nu, 2.) 
Bill. 


Freemen’s 
Admission Bill. 


Vacations 
Sittings Bill. 


Sale of Bread 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Party 
Processions 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Lee Church 
Bill. 


Lower Beeding 
Church Bill. 


Bolton and 
Preston Rail- 
way Bill, 


Midland 
Counties 
(Mountsorrel) 
Railway Bill. 


Edinburgh 
and Glasgow 
Railway Bill. 


Grand Junction 
Railway Bill. 


Garnkirk 
and Glasgow 
Railway Bill, 





2 Vicroriz. 


Petitions from Rochdale;—and, Huddersfield; 
raying for the establishment of Inland Bonding 
Weaseladen, webs resented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Message by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman 

Usher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
the several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do 
desire the immediate attendance of this Honourable 
House in the House of Peers, to hear the Commis- 
sion read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers, where a Commission 
under the Great Seal was read; giving, declarin 
and notifying the Royal Assent to the ae 
Public and Private Bills therein mentioned; and 
that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared 
the Royal Assent to the said Bills: Which Bills 
are as follow; 

An Act for granting to Her Majesty until the 
fifth day of July One thousand eight hundred and 
Thirty-nine, certain Duties on Sugar imported into 
the United Kingdom for the Service of the year 
One thousand eight hundred and Thirty-eight : 

An Act for continuing the Bishoprick of Sodor 
and Mann: 


An Act for facilitating the Sale of Church Pa- 
tronage, belonging to Municipal Corporations, in 
certain cases: 


An Act. to supply an omission in an Act passed 
in the present Session of Parliament, intituled, An 
Act to amend the Law for providing fit Houses for 
the Beneficed Clergy : 

An Act to repeal the Stamp Duty now paid on 
Admission to the Freedom of Corporations in Eng- 
land: 

An Act to enable Her Majesty’s Courts at West- 
minster, to hold Sittings in Banc in time of Vaca- 
tion : 

An Act to repeal the several Acts now in force, 
relating to Bread to be sold in Jreland, and to pro- 
vide other Regulations for the making and Sale of 
Bread, and for preventing the Adulteration of Meal, 
Flour and Bread, in that part of the United King- 
dom called Jreland : 

An Act to continue for Five years, and from 
thence until the end of the then next Session of 
Parliament, an Act of the second and third years of 
the reign of his late Majesty, to restrain for Five 
years, in certain cases, Party Processions in Ire- 
land: 

An Act for the erection of a new Church in the 
Parish of Zee, in the County of Kent: 

An Act for the erection and endowment of a 
Chapelry for the District of Lower Beeding, in the 
County of Susser, and for other purposes : 

An Act for enabling the Bolton and Preston Rail- 
way Company to extend and alter the Line of such 
Railway, and to make collateral Branches thereto, 
and for amending and enlarging the powers and 
provisions ofthe Act relating thereto: 

An Act for amending and enlarging the provisions 
of the Act relating to the Midland Counties Rail- 
way, and for making a Branch therefrom to the 
Town of Mountsorrel, in the County of Leicester: 

An Act for making a Railway from Edinburgh to 
Glasgow to be called “ The Edinburgh and Glas- 
gow Railway,” with a Branch to Falkirk: 

An Act to alter, amend, extend and enlarge the 
powers and provisions of the several Acts relating 
to the Grand Junction Railway, and for other pur- 
poses connected therewith : 

An Act for altering and amending several Acts 
relating to the Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway, and 
for enabling the Company to raise a further Sum of 
Money : 

Vox. 93. 


4? Sulit. 














669 


An Act to enable the Newtyle and Coupar Angus Newtyle end 
Railway Company, to raise a further Sum of Coupar Angus 
Money: Railway Bill, 

An Act for better lighting with Gas the Town and Blackburn 
Township of Blackburn, in the County Palatine of &amp;as Bill. 
Lancaster : 

An Act to enable the Exeter Commercial Gas Exeter Com- 
— and Coke Company to raise a further Sum of mercial Gas 

oney : § 

An Act to amend an Act of King George the Leicester 
Fourth, for lighting with Gas the Borough of LZei- Gas Bill. 
cester, in the County of Leicester and the Liberties, 

Precincts and Suburbs thereof : 

An Act for lighting with Gas the Town of Lea- Leamington 
mington Priors and the Neighbourhood thereof, in oes 
the County of Warwick: os 

An Act for extending the time for making a Dock Southampton 
or Docks at Southampton : Dena 

An Act to amend and enlarge the powers and Southampton 
provisions of an Act passed in the first and second Pier Bill. 
years of the reign of King William the Fourth, for 
erecting and maintaining a Pier and other Works 
for landing and embarking Passengers in the Port of 
the Town of Southampton: 

An Act for making and maintaining a Reservoir at Deenhead 
Deanhead, in the Parish of Huddersfield, in the eons g 
West Riding of the County of York, and for other ““°"°" """ 
purposes relating thereto : 

An Act for building a Bridge over the River Dove 
at Rocester, in the County of Stafford : 


An Act for building a Bridge from the Parish of Bristol 
Saint Phillip and Jacob, over the Floating Harbour es Puiliy's) 
: . : ridge Bill. 
to the Parish of Temple, in the City and County of 
Bristol: 
An Act to repeal, amend and enlarge some of the Metropolitan 
rovisions of the Act relating to the Metropolitan ——— 
Suspension Bridge : arene 
An Act for building a Bridge over the River Tweed Ladykirk 
between Ladykirk, in the County of Berwick and and Norham 
Norham, in the County of Durham, and for making oe i 
ge Bill. 
Avenues and Approaches thereto : 


An Act for amending the provisions of two Acts Hereford 
of Parliament relating to the City of Hereford, and Improvement 
for limiting the duration of Saint Ethelbert’s or the ®"" 
Nine Days’ Fair held annually in the said City : 


An Act for better paving, lighting, watching and Ramsgate 
improving the Parish of Ramsgate, in the County Improvement 
of Kent, and for regulating the Police thereof: (No. 2.) Bill. 


An Act to incorporate the Subscribers to the In- Refuge for 
stitution called “The Refuge for the Destitute”’ the Destitute 
and for the better enabling them to carry on their Mstitution Bill. 
Charitable Designs : 

An Act to incorporate the Governors and Sub- Saint Luke's 
scribers to Saint Luke’s Hospital for Lunatics, and Hospital Bill. 
for better enabling them to carry on their Charitable 
Designs : 

An Act for repairing and maintaining the Road Leeds and 
from Quebec to Homefield Lane-end, all in the Pa- pines 
rish of Leeds in the West Riding of the County of y1)°°" ®4 
York, with a Bridge or Bridges on the line of such 
Road: 

An Act for more effectually repairing and main- Linlithgow 
taining the Road from Borrowstounness, by the Keads Bill. 
West End of Linlithgow, and by Torpichen, Bath- 
gate and Whitburn, to the confines of the County 
of Linlithgow at or near Hollhouseburn, the Road 
from Borrowstounness to the River Avon, and the 
Road leading eastward from Borrowstounness to 
Champany by the Kirk of Carriden, in the County 
of Linlithgow: 


An Act for more effectually reRNnNE the Road Dundalk and 
from Dundalk to Dunleer, in the County of Louth: funleer Road 


An Act for repairing and maintaining the Road Rugby and 
from Encherworeh Hand on the Watling-street Road Lutterworth 
through Churchover, Brownsover, Newbold-upon- Road Bill. 
Avon, Rugby and Bilton, in the County of Warwick 
to the Turnpike Road between Duxchurch and Hill- 
morton, in the said County : 

4Q38 


Rocester 
Bridge Bill. 


An 











































































































































































































































































































































































Luton and 
Saint Albans 
Road Biil. 


Wadsley, 
Langset and 
Sheffield Road 
Bill. 


Kirkstall, 
Ilkley, and 
Shipley Road 
Bill. 


South Holland 
Drainage Bill. 


Caithness 
Roads and 
Statute Labour 
Bill. 


Fen Drayton 
Inclosure Bill. 


Curbridge 
Inclosure Bill. 


Gazeley 
Inclosure Bill. 


Pulham 
Inclosure Bill. 


Great Warley 
Inclosure Bill. 


Parry’s 
Estate Bill. 


Lady 
Glenorchy’s 
Chapel Bill. 


Bennet’s 
Estate Bill. 


Macclesfield 
School Bill. 


Duke of 
Norfolk’s 
Estate Bill. 


Simpson’s 
Estate Bill. 


670 4° Julit. 


An Act for repairing the Road from Maulden 
Wood Corner to Westwood Gate, in the County of 
Bedford: 

An Act to repeal the Wadsley and Langset Turn- 
pike Road Act, so far as relates to the Wadsley and 
Langset District of the said Road, in the West 
Riding of the County of York, and to make new 
provisions in lieu thereof, and also for extending the 
said District of Road to or near to Moorfields in the 
Parish of Sheffield, and for other ome : 

An Act to vary and alter the Lines of the Kirk- 
stall, Ilkley and Shipley District of Road, and for 
making a new Road from the Otley Branch Road in 
the said District of Burley, in the Parish of Otley, 
all in the West Riding of the County of York: 

An Act for amending an Act of King George the 
Third, for draining Lands in South Holland, and 
for repairing and maintaining the Road from Spald- 
ing High Bridge to Brother House, all in the 
County of Lincoln: 

An Act for altering and amending an Act of the 
eleventh year of the reign of His Majesty King 
George the Fourth, intituled, An Act for making, 
repairing, widening and keeping in repair certain 
Roads and Bridges in the County of Caithness, and 
for better regulating and rendering more effectual 
the Statute Labour in the said County, and Conver- 
sion money in lieu thereof: 

An Act for dividing, allotting and inclosing the 
Open and Common Fields, Meadows, Lands, Com- 
mons and Commonable Places, in the Parish of 
Fen Drayton, in the County of Cambridge: 

An Act for inclosing Lands in the Township of 
Curbridge, in the Parish of Witney, in the County 
of Oxford : 

An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Gaze- 
ley, in the County of Suffolk : 

An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parishes of 
Pulham Saint Mary-the-Virgin, and Pulham Saint 
Mary Magdalen, in the County of Norfolk : 

An Act tor inclosing Lands in the Manor of Great 
Warley, in the several Parishes of Great Warley 
and Shenfield, in the County of Essex : 

An Act for authorizing the granting of Leases of 
part of the Estates in the County of Carnarvon, 
devised by the Will of the late Richard Parry, 
Esquire : 

An Act to explain and extend the Powers of the 
Trustees of Lady Glenorchy’s Chapel and School in 
Edinburgh: 

An Act for authorizing the Sale, Exchange and 
Partition of the Real Estate devised by the Will of 
Richard Henry Alexander Bennet, Esquire, deceased, 
and for the application of the Produce thereof, and 
for authorizing the granting of Leases of the same 
Estate, and for authorizing the Investment in Land 
of the Residuary Personal Estate bequeathed by 
the same Will, and for other purposes : 

An Act to enable the Governors of the Possessions, 
Revenues and Goods of the Free Grammar School 
of King Edward the Sixth, in Macclesfield, in the 
County of Chester, to establish a second School, to 
be called “The Modern Free School, in Macclesfield, 
in the County of Chester,” and for other purposes : 

An Act for giving effect to certain Seven of 
Appointment over Settled Estates of the Duke of 

ovfolk, so that by the exercise of such Powers the 
Estates to be appointed may be discharged from 
the Countess of Surrey’s Pin Money, and for dis- 
charging certain parts of the said Settled Estates 
from the Portions of the Daughters and younger 
Sons of the Earl and Countess of Surrey: 

An Act for renewing, granting and confirming 
certain Joint Powers of Appointment to the Honour- 
able John Simpson and Henry Bridgeman Simpson, 
his eldest Son, and certain sole Powers of Appoint- 
ment and of Revocation and new Appoitment to 
the said Henry Bridgeman Simpson, and for esta- 
blishing and confirming certain Indentures of Set- 
tlement made on the Marriage of the said Henry 








A. 1838. 


Bridgeman Simpson, respectively affecting the Estates 
of the said Folin een “a Fl ne 
Simpson, in the several Counties of Nottingham, 
Derby, York and Warwick : 

An Act for effecting an Exchange of Lands in Traheme’s 
the County of Glamorgan, between Avail Popkin Estate Bill 
Traherne, Esquire, and the Right honourable Sir 
John Nicholl, Knight : 


An Act for naturalizing John Nicholas Sibeth. ay 
at. Bill, 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Cashel Writ. 

to the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland to make out 
a new Writ for the electing of a Citizen to serve in 
this present Parliament for the City of Cashel, in 
the room of the Right honourable Stephen Woulfe, 
who, since his Election for the said City, hath ac- 
cepted the office of Lord Chief Baron of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Court of Exchequer in Ireland. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant Clonmel Writ. 

to the Clerk of the Crown in Ireland to make out 
a new Writ for the electing of a Burgess to serve’in 
this present Parliament for the Borough of Clonmel, 
in the room of Nicholas Ball, Esquire, who, since 
his Election for the said Borough, hath accepted 
the office of Her Majesty’s Attorney General for 
Ireland. 


A Petition of Protestant and Roman Catholic Tithes 
Land-owners and‘Land-holders of the east and west (1teland.) 
divisions of West Carbery, praying for the abolition 
of Tithes in Ireland, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Surgeons, &amp;c., of the county of Medical 
Carlow ;—Governors and Surgeon of Mayo County Ye Bill 
Infirmary ;—Superintendents of Dispensaries in — 
county of Mayo;—and, Physicians and Surgeons 
of Nenagh; praying that the Medical Charities 
(Ireland) Bill may pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers of Macclesfield, Licensed 
praying the House to pass a Bill to relieve them Victuallers. 
from their liability to make restitution of the pro- 
perty of their guests and customers lost in their 

ouses, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Tipperary, praying spirits 
the House to pass a law for prohibiting the - of (Ireland.) 
Spirits by Grocers in Ireland, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Chorlton-wpon-Medlock ; — Man- Church of 
chester (six Petitions);— and, Salford; praying 5¢°tlan4. 
the House to refuse their sanction to any further 
endowment to the Church of Scotland,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of William Blazland, of Birmingham, Indirect 
praying the House to investigate the effects of In- Taxation. 
direct Taxation, arising from the combined effects 
of the Tithe, Corn, Customs and Excise Laws, was 


ee and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of James Robertson, late of the 91st James 
Regiment of Foot, praying that he may be permitted Robertson. 
to receive certain prize-money due to his uncle, who 
died on board a man-of-war ship, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Merchants, Bankers and others of Fourdrinier's 
the city of London;—and, Paper-makers in Scot- = 
land ; gig House to take into consideration 
the case of Messrs. Fourdrinier relative to their 
Patent for the manufacture of paper,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition 


siete 





Battersea 


Common Fields. aynoint a Committee to or into the truth of the 


Ecclesiastical 
Duties and 
Revenues Bill. 


Postage. 


Parliamentary 
Burghs 
(Sco 


Sea Coast 
Fisheries 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Pilotage Bill. 


Prisons 


(Scotland) Bill, 


Grain and 
Meal, 


Oldham Gas 
and Water- 
works Bill. 


Charities, 


fund) pil). Of the burgh of Peterhead, and Feu Proprietors, 


2 Vicroriz. 
A Petition of James Mills, praying the House to 


allegations contained in the several Petitions pre- 
sented to the House, complaining of the conduct of 
the churchwardens and overseers of the parish of 
Battersea in reference to a disputed right of com- 
mon there, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy in the deanery of Borough- 
bridge, praying that the Ecclesiastical Duties and 
Revenues Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
Rl and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Council 
of the burgh of Peterhead, praying for the establish- 
ment of a low, uniform rate of Postage on Letters, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Postage. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and Council 


Bankers, Merchants, Ship-owners and other Inha- 
bitants of the said burgh, praying that the Parlia- 
mentary Burghs (Scotland) Bill may pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Fish-curers, Coopers and others re- 
siding at the Port of Lossiemouth, praying that the 
Sea Coast Fisheries (Zreland) Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Pilots residing at Newhaven, Scot- 
land, praying that the Pilotage Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Provost of the burgh of Peter- 
head, praying that the Prisons (Scotland) Bill may 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
an Account of the Quantity of Foreign and Colonial 
Grain and Meal remaining in Warehouse on the 
5th day of July 1838. 


An ingrossed Bill for enlarging and extending the 
Powers and altering and amending the Provisions 
of an Act passed in the sixth year of the reign of 
King George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for 
lighting with Gas the Town of Oldham, and the 
Neighbourhood thereof, within the Parish of Prest- 
wich-cum- Oldham, in the County Palatine of Zan- 
caster, and for the better supplying the Inhabitants 
of the said Town and Neighbourhood with Water,” 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. John Fielden do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
the 8th day of March last, That there be laid before 
this House, Returns of the Number of Informations 
filed in the Courts of Equity by the Attorney General, 
at the instance of the Commissioners appointed to 
inquire concerning Charities in England and Wales, 
from the day of the last Return to the present time ; 
specifying the Names of the Defendants, the objects 
of each Proceeding, the result of each Case ter- 
minated, the Costs incurred, and to whom and by 
whom paid, and the present state of the Causes in 
progress :—Of the Number.of Petitions preferred by 
the Attorney General at the instance of the Com- 
missioners ; showing what further Proceedings have 


4° Julie. 


671 


Cause terminated, the Amount of Costs subsequent 
to the last Return incurred, and by whom and to 
whom paid, and the present stage of each Cause in 


— :—A Statement of the Total Amount of the 


Money which, since the appointment of the said 
Commissioners, has been advanced by the Treasury, 
on account of the Cost of such Proceedings, and 
the Total Amount which has been received from 
Parties, or out of the Charity Funds, to reimburse 
such Costs; specifying whether such Costs are taxed, 
and by whom the disallowed portion of Costs is 
paid, and the Total Amount of such Disallowance : 
—A Return of all Informations signed by the At- 
torney General, at the instance of Relators, and of 
Petitions allowed by him since holding the Office 
of Attorney General, with the title of each Proceed- 
ing :—And, a Statement of the Total Expenses which 
have been incurred by the Charity Commission, from 
its commencement in the year 1818 to its final ter- 
mination; specifying whether any portion thereof 
remains unpaid, and upon what account, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That a Return to the said Order be laid 
before this House forthwith. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Coast Guard. 
Return of the Names, Stations, Annual Pay and 
Emoluments of all Officers appointed by the Trea- 

sury to the Coast Guard Service, since its com- 
mencement, with the Dates and Copies of such 
Appointments, and the Names of all such Officers 

now remaining in the Service. 


Lord John Russell reported to the House, That Answer to 
their several Addresses of the 18th, 22d, 25th, 26th Addresses. 
and 30th days of June last (that Her Majesty would 
be graciously pleased to give directions, that the 
Papers therein mentioned might be laid before this 
House), had been presented to Her Majesty; ana 
that Her Majesty had commanded him to acquaint 
this House, That She will give directions accordingly. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to Order,— Gaols 
A Return from Jrish Gaols, for the years 1832, (Ireland.) 
1833, 1834, 1835, 1836 and 1837; namely, of the 
Number of Medical Officers, including severally the 
Number of Physicians, Surgeons and Apothecaries; 
the Amount of Salaries of the above Officers respec- 
tively; the Cost of Medicines; the Cost of other 
Medical Appliances ; the Number of Prisons; the 
average Population of the Prisons; the average 
Number constantly sick; the Total Number of 
Cases of Sickness occurring ; and the Number of 
Deaths. 

Return to an Order dated the 22d day of this in- Tithe Commu- 
stant June, for a Return of all Parishes where the ‘tion. 
Tithes have been commuted, under the Tithe Com- 
mutation Act, and where the Poor Rates which have 
been added to the Composition to make up the 
Rent-charge, have been calculated on the principle 
laid down in the case of Rex v. Joddrell. 

Mr. Fox Maule also presented pursuant to an Her Majesty’s 
Address to Her Majesty,—a Copy of the Report of Coronation. 
the Superintendent of Police in Hyde Park to the 
Commissioners of Police, on the day of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Coronation. 

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


Ordered, That the Court of Chancery (Jreland) Court of 

Bill be read a second time upon Friday next. Chancery 
(Ireland) Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- Bankrupts’ 
solve itself into a Committee upon the Bankrupts’ Estes 
Estates (Scotland) Bill:—The House accordingly 
resolved itself into the Committee; and, after some 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; 
and Mr. Robert Steuart reported, That the Com- 


No, 552. 





been taken in the several Causes set forth as un- 
— or pending ; specifying the Results of each 
OL. 93, 


mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 
Ordered, 


4Q4 





ee Te 


(Scotland) Bill. 


esa AN 





andiee 











































































672 


Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Robert Steuart reported the Bill accordingly ; 
and the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


Registration Ordered, That the Registration of Leases (Scot- 
(Scotland) Bill ae Bill be read a second time upon Monday 
Municipai . Ordered, That the ora Boundaries (Zreland) 
Boundaries ~~ Bill, be read a second time To-morrow. 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Prisous Bill. Ordered, That the Report on the Prisons Bill 
be taken into further consideration upon Friday 
next. 

Sea Coast Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 

Fisheries resolve itself into a Committee upon the Sea Coast 


(Ireland) Bill. Pi cheries (Zreland) Bill. 


Arms (Ireland) Ordered, That the Arms (Jreland) Bill, be read a 
Bill. second time To-morrow. 


Grand Jury Ordered, That the Grand Jury Presentments (/re- 


(Ireland) Bil land) Bill, be read a second time upon Friday 


next. 
Dublin Police Ordered, That the Dublin Police Bill, be read a 
Bill. second time To-morrow. 


Loan Societies Ordered, That the Report on the Loan Societies 
(Ireland) Bill. (Jyeland) Bill, be taken into further consideration 
To-morrow. 


Fines and Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
(reed) Bil solve itself into a Committee upon the Fines and 
Recognizances (Jreland) Bill. 


Edinburgh The Committee on the Edinburgh and Leith 
and Leith si), Agreement Bill, was nominated of Mr. Robert 
, * Steuart, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James 
Graham, Sir George Clerk, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. 
Goulburn, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Mr. Warburton, 
Sir William Rae, Mr. Hawkins, Mr. Hope Johnstone, 
Mr. Hume, Sir Thomas Troubridge, Sir Robert 

Price, and Mr. Gibson Craig. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


4° Juli. 





A. 1838. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, Supply. 
resolve itself into the Committee of, Supply. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, Ways ana 
resolve itself into the Committee of Ways and Means, Means. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Vagrant Act Vagrant Act 
Amendment Bill be received upon Saturday next. Gan tom 


Ordered, That the Glass Duties Bill be read the Glass Duties 
third time upon Friday next. Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday China Couns 
next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the China Bill. 
Courts Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Schools (Sco- Schools 
land) Bill be received upon Friday next. (Scotland) Bill 


Ordered, That the Report on the Waste Lands Waste Lands 
(Ireland) Bill be taken into further consideration (!**!@"4) Bill. 
To-morrow. 


_ Resolved That this House will, To-morrow, resolve Teuants for Life 
itself intoa Committee upon the Tenants for Life ({*e!4) Bill. 
(Lreland) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Leases and Ex- Leases and 
changes (Ireland) Bill be taken into further consi- rane. r 
deration To-morrow. (ireked) Bik. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Boundaries of Boundaries 
Estates (Jreland) Bill be taken into further consi- - ca 
deration To-morrow. (Ireland) Bill, 


Ordered, That the Report on the Coal Trade (Port Coal Trade 
of London) Bill, be taken into further consideration (Pert of Lon- 
upon Friday next. don) Bill. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson Message from 

and Mr. Brougham: the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for granting to Her Ma- sugar Duties 
jesty until the fifth day of July One thousand eight Pill. 
hundred and Thirty-nine, certain Duties on Sugar 
imported into the United Kingdom for the Service 





of the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty- 


Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit; eight : 


and proceed upon Friday next. 


Local Commis- Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
Bill. Relief solve itself into a Committee upon the Local Com- 
ill. a ae : 
missioners’ Relief Bill. 


Pilotage Bill. 
be taken into into further consideration upon Friday 
next. 


Imprisonment 


for Debt Bill. read a second time upon Friday next. 


Registration of 


Electors Bull, Ordered, That the Report on the Registration of 


Electors Bill be taken into further consideration 
upon Friday next. 


on Building Ordered, That the Church Building Acts Amend- 

ace Nu” ~—- ment Bill be read a second time upon Friday next. 

Mailson Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 

Railways Bill. pesolye itself into a Committee upon the Mails on 
Railways Bill. 


Parliamentary Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
nd ~— next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the Par- 
(Sesdand) Bi ‘liamentary Burghs (Scotland) Bill. 


Royal Burghs Ordered, That the Royal Burghs (Scotland) Bill, 
(Scotland) Bill. he read a secord time upon Monday next. 


Prisons Resolved, That this House will, upon Saturda 
(Scotland) Bill. next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the Pni- 
sons (Scotland) Bill, 


| 
Ordered, That the Imprisonment for Debt Bill be | 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to repeal the Stamp Duty Freemen’s 


| now paid on Admission to the Freedom of orpor- Admission Bill. 


ations in England : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue for Five Years Party 
and from thence until the end of the then next Ses- onan 
sion of Parliament, an Act of the second and third {!"!@"4) 


Ordered, That the Report on the Pilotage Bill | years of the reign of his late Majesty to restrain 


for Five Years, in certain cases, Party Processions in 
| Ireland: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to repeal the several Sale of Bread 
Acts now in force relating to Bread to be sold in (Ireland) Bill. 
Jreland, and to provide other Regulations for the 
making and Sale of Bread, and for preventing the 
Adulteration of Meal, Flour and Bread in that part 
of the United Kingdom called Jreland : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for better paving, light- Ramsgate 
ing, watching and improving the Parish of Ramsgate, age 
in the County of Kent, and foi regulating the &gt; 
lice thereof : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for altering and amending Garnkirk and 
| several Acts relating to the Garnkirk and Glasgow nae Rail- 
Railway, and for enabling the Company to raise a“? “"" 
further Sum of Money : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Vewtyle Newtyle and 
and Coupar Angus Railway Company to raise a Seieay Bal. 
further Sum of Money : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to vary and alter the Kirkstall, 
Lines of the Kirkstall, Ilkley and Shipley District Mly&gt; °04 
| of Road, and for making a new Road from the O¢- Bill 
| ley Branch Road in the said District of Burley, in 
| the Parish of Otley, all in the West Riding of the 

County of York: 
A Bill, 











Cai 


Sta 
Bill 


hee | 


od 


we 





2 Victroriz. 


Caithness A Bill, intituled, An Act for altering and amending 
Roadsand =&gt; an Act of the eleventh year of the reign of His Ma~- 
sg Labour iesty King George the Fourth, intituled, An Act for 
making, repairing, widening and keeping in repair 
certain Roads and Bridges in the County of Caith- 
ness, and for better regulating and rendering more 
effectual the Statute Labour in the said County, and 
Conversion Money in lieu thereof: And also, 
Newquay The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
(Comwall) Act for maintaining the Pier and Harbour of New- 
peer See quay, in the County of Cornwall, with an Amend- 
ment; to which Amendment the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 
Lough Foyle The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


ee , Act for draining and embanking certain Lands in 
zi, ** Lough Swilly and Lough Foyle, in the Counties of 


Donegal and Londonderry, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 
Dudley Hill The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
hi. Act for more effectually repairing, improving and 
maintaining the Dudley Hill and Killinghall Turn- 
pike Road, and for making a new Road therefrom to 
communicate with the Leeds and Harrogate Turnpike 
Road, all in the West Riding of the County of York, 
with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 
Blackheath,&amp;c., The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Small Debts Act to amend an Act for the amendment of four 
bu. several Acts passed in the fifth, sixth, tenth, and 
forty-seventh years of the reign of his late Majesty 
George the Third, for the Recovery of Small Debts 
within the Hundreds of Blackheath, of Bromley 
and Beckenham, of Rokesley otherwise Ruzley, and 
of Little and Lesness, in the County of Kent, and 
within the Hundred of Wallington, in the County of 
Surrey, and to extend the Powers thereof, with 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 
Pembroke The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Ferry Bill. Act for establishing a Steam Communication over 
Milford Haven, at or near Pembroke Ferry, in the 
County of Pembroke, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 
TithesandLand The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act to 
Merger Bill. facilitate the Merger of Tithes and Land, to which 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 
Western The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
Australia Bill, +5 continue until the 31st day of December, One 
thousand eight hundred and Forty-one, and from 
thence to the end of the then next Session of Par- 
liament, an Act of the tenth year of his late Majesty 
King George the Fourth, for providing for the 
Government of his Majesty’s Settlements in Wes- 
tern Australia, on the western coast of New Hol- 
land; to which the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 
East India The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
labourers Bill. for the protection of Natives of Her Majesty’s Ter- 
ritories in the East Indies contracting for labour to 
be performed without the said Territories, and for 
regulating their Passage by Sea ; to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 
ss The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act for 
pa naturalizing Frederick Rudolph Grohte ; to which the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 
a The Lords request that this House will give leave 
(betand.) to the Right honourable Stephen Woulfe, a Mem- 
ber of this House, to attend their Lordships, in 
order to his being examined as a witness before the 
Select Committee on the Appointment of Sheriffs 
in Jreland :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 
Resolved, That this House will send an answer 
to the last part of the said Message, by Messengers 
of their own. 
And the Messengers were again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith :—And 
then they again withdrew. 
Vou. 93. 


4° Jultz. 673 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Highway Rates 
further consideration the Report on the Highway ®#!. 
Rates Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be re-committed ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “That 
the,” to the end of the Question, in order to add 
the words “ Report be taken into further consider- 

“ ation upon this day three months” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question :—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House. 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee :—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 


“. 
reamble postponed. 
Cravsz, N° 1, agreed to. 
Cause (A) agreed to. 
Cuavse (B), amended, and agreed to. 
Cuiavuse (C). (If additional Toll found not to 
answer the purpose, justices at quarter sessions 
may order an additional highway rate) read. 
Question put, That the Clause, as amended, stand 
part of the Bill. 
The Committee divided : 





Tellers for they Mr. Shaw Lefevre, 1 130 
Yeas, Mr. Philip Howard : + Deny 

Tellers for thef Mr. Parrott, i 
Noes, Captain Pechell : tha 


Crauses (D) (E) (F) and (G), agreed to 
CiavusE (H), amended, and agreed to. 
CuavuseEs, 5, 6 and 7, agreed to. 
Preamble read, and agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Aglionby reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Lord’s Day Bill. 
mittee on the Lord’s Day Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That,” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee” instead 
thereof : 

And the Question being put, That the words 
pagenss to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

e House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 
The Noes to the old cre 
r. Plumptre, ry 
Tellers for the Yeas, { Sir Thom = Acla watt 45. 
Mr. Hume, 

Tellers for the Noes, Mr. John Jervis : } oz. 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” be added 
instead thereof :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
three months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Sheriffs Courts 
reading of the ingrossed Bill to extend the Cases (®"s'*"4) Bill. 
in which Issues may be tried before the Sheriff, or 





4R a Judge 


RE OE SS xe 


































































Qualification of 
Members Bill. 


No, 553. 


South 
Australia 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Turpentine 
Penalties Bill 


Turpentine 


Penalties Bill. 


674 


a Judge of a Court of Record, for the Recovery of 
Debts ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“now” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Solicitor-General, | 54 
Yeas, Mr. Villiers: . 

Tellers for the f Mr. Serjeant Jackson, } ‘ie 
Noes, Mr. Serjeant Zulfourd : 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ' 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Qualifica- 
tion of Members Bill:--The Bill was re-committed 
to a Committee of the whole House. 

And a Motion was made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, resolve 
“ itself into the said Committee”’ instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, a a. 1 67. 


J 
Tellers for the Noes,{ ae me aa 4 } 11. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House, accordingly resolved itself 
into the Committee; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed ‘the Chair; and Mr. 
Aglionby reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Aglionby reported the Bill accordingly; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Saturday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the South Australia Act Amend- 
ment Bill; se after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Lord Worsley re- 
— That the Committe had gone through the 

ill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


A Petition of Turpentine Drawers and Rosin 

* Manufacturers of London, praying that the Turpen- 

tine Penalties Bill may not pass mto a law, was 

resented, and read; and ordered to lie wpon the 
able. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Turpentine Penalties 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Lord Wors/ey reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


4° Juli. 


A. 1838. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Hackney 
reading of the in seeadl' Bill for the better Regula- pra 
tion of Hackney Carriages, and of Omnibuses used Bil, Polis) 
in and near the Metropolis, and of the Drivers and 
Attendants thereof ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the Bill be now read the third time ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the { Sir Matthew Wood, 

Yeas, | Lord Viscount Dungannon , 
Tellers for the { Colonel Sibthorp, 

Noes, Mr. Hawes: } eS. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 


An ingrossed Clause was offered to be added to 
the Bill, by way of rider (Number of passengers to 
be intial inside the carriage): — And the said 
Clause was brought up, and twice read with a blank; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House : 
—The House accordingly resolved itself into the 
Committee ; and after some time spent therein, Mr. 
~ sme resumed the Chair; and Mr. Solicitor 

eneral reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Clause, and made an Amendment 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 


Mr. Solicitor General accordingly reported the 
Clause ; and the Amendment was read, and agreed 
to; and the said Clause was read the third time, 
and agreed to, to be made part of the Bill, by way 
of rider. 

Another mgrossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Bill, by way of rider (Limiting the number of 
passengers):—And the said Clause was brought up, 
and read the first, second and third time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be added to the Bill, 
by way of rider; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


; , Sir Matthew Wood, 
Tellers for the Yeas, Sea intents 4 j 66. 


Tellers for the Noes, | a. Thornely?” } m 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Bill, by way of rider (Complaints may be 
heard before any Justice acting within the district 
of the Central Criminal Court):—And the said 
Clause was brought up, and read the first time ; 
and, by leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Matthew Wood do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second County 


Ordered, That the Bili be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bankraptey 
mittee on the Bankruptcy Court Bill; Cott 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ this House will, upon this day three months, 
“ resolve itself into the said Committee ” instead 
thereof. 
And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question ; 
And the House having continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Thursday morning ; 











Jovis, 





reading of the County Election Polls (Scotland) Bill ; (ectiond) Bill 





V 


&gt; &amp; wo —_ ss &lt;4 


ae 





2 Vicroriz. 
Jovis, 5° die Julit, 1838: 


And the Question being put ; 
The House divided: 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. aid: 

' r. Fox Maule, 
Tellers for the Yeas,) 14." Frases : } 37. 
Tellers forthe Noes, a } 28. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. John Parker 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Vestries in 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Churches Bill. 


mittee on the Vestries in Chyrches Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That this House will, upon Saturday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “Saturday next,” 
and inserting the words “ Monday aext,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 

Saturday next” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Mr. Nicholl, 
Tellers for the Yeas, Sir George Sinclair : } 23. 
Tellers forthe Noes, 4 ad He } 32. 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being proposed, That the words 
“ Monday next” be inserted instead thereof; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
said proposed Amendment, by leaving out the words 
“ Monday next,” and inserting the words “ this 
“ day,” instead thereof. 

. And the Question being put, That the words 
“ Monday next” stand part of the said proposed 
Amendment :—It passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ this day” be inserted instead thereof :—It was 
resolved in the Affirmative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“‘ this day” be inserted in the original Question :— 
It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon this day, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


&lt; 


Tithes and Land 
Merger Bill. 


No. 557. 


The Tithes and Land Merger Bill was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Western 
Australia Bill, 


No. 558. 


The Western Australia Bill was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next; and to be printed. 


Kast India 
Labourers Bill, 


No. 559. 


The East India Labourers Bill was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next; and to be printed. 


Grohte’s 


og Grohte’s Naturalization Bill was read the first 
svat, hie 


time ; and ordered to be read a second time. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act, 

No. 550. 
Licensed 
Victuallers, &amp;c, 


No. 554, 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Poor Law 


Amendment Act, which was presented upon Satur- 
day last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Licensed 
Victuallers, &amp;c., which was presented upon Satur- 
day last, be printed. 

es. 93. 





4°—5°—6° Julie. 





oil. 


675 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Cale- Caledonian 
donian Canal, which was presented upon Monday Cul. 
last, be printed. No. 551. 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to Danish Danish Claims. 
Claims, which was presented upon Monday last, be No. 555. 
rinted. 
F Ordered, That the Return relative to Deccan Deccan 
Prize Money, which was presented upon Monday P'#° Money. 
last, be printed. No. 556. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Beer-houses, Beer-houses. 
which was presented upon Monday last, be printed. No. 554. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to the Sale of Sale of Beer 


Beer Act, which was presented upon Monday last, pe , 
be printed. No. 554. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till one of the clock on Thursday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 





Jovis, 5° die Juli ; 
Anno 2° Victoria Regine, 1 8 38. 
PRAYERS. 


th House met; and being counted by Mr, Adjournment. 
Speaker, it appeared that Forty Members were 

not present; yet it being Four of the clock, Mr. 

Speaker took the Chair, and again counted the 

House; and Forty Members not being present :— 

The House was adjourned by Mr. Speaker, without 

a Question first put, till To-morrow. 








Veneris, 6° die Juliz ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That the Report on the (re-com- Hartlepool 
mitted) Hartlepool Dock and Railway Bill be on and 
taken into further consideration upon Monday next. “**Y ©" 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Newquay 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- (Comvall 
tituled, An Act for maintaining the Pier and Harbour "0" P™- 
of Newquay, in the County of Cornwall; and the 
same was read, as followeth ; 

Pr. 3. 1. 3. Leave out “ fifth” and insert 
“ ninth.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Pendarves do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


— 


The House proceeded to take into convideration Blackheath, &amp;c., 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Small Debts 
tituled, An Act to amend an Act for the amendment Be. 
of four several Acts passed in the fifth, sixth, tenth 
and forty-seventh years of the reign of his late Ma- 
jesty George the Third for the Recovery of Small 
Debts within the Hundreds of Blackheath, of Brom- 
ley and Beckenham, of Rokesley otherwise Ruzley, 
and of Little and Lesness, in the County of Kent, 
and within the Hundred of Wallington, in the 
County of Surrey, and to extend the Powers there- 
of; and the same were read, as follow ; 

Pr. 5. 1.21. Leave out from “ the” to 
in 1, 22, and insert “ fund.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 34. After “thereon” insert “in case 
the money hereinbefore directed to be borrowed 
shall not have been sufficient for that purpose, 
‘ and then.” 

Pr. 7. 1.19. After “stated” insert Clause (A.) 

Cravusz (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
in the said recited Act shall be construed to ex- 
tend so as to prevent or restrain any person or 
“ persons from suing in any of Her Majesty’s Su- 
“ perior Courts at Westminster, or from levying 

4R2 “ plaints 


: 
. 
i 
af 
¢ 
i 
i 


”» 
* so 


“c 
““ 


nn 


“ 
“ 


ee aos : ie a ie oka 

















Lough Foyle 
and Lough 
Swilly Drain- 
vege Bill. 





676 


“ plaints in the Court of the Queen’s Palace of 
“ Westminster, where the sum sought to be re- 
‘ covered shall amount to the sum of Forty Shillings, 
“ jn the same manner as he or they might have done 
“ in case the said recited Act had not passed.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Barnard do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


na 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for draining and embanking certain 
Lands in Lough Swilly and Lough Foyle, in the 
Counties of Donegal and Londonderry; and the 
same were read, as follow ; 


Pr. 1. 1. 3. Leave out from “ Swilly” to “ and” 
in |. 4. 

Pr. 2. 1.24. After “male” insert “and the 
“ word ‘ Undertakers’ shall extend to and mean all 
and every of the persons for the time being re- 
“ spectively who are by this Act declared to be Un- 
dertakers for executing each of the several and 
“ respective purposes of this Act.” 

Pr. 3. 1.9. After “ their” insert “ several and 
respective.” 

Pr. 3. 1.13. After “ Act” insert “ so far as the 
purposes, provisions, matters and things in this 
“ Act mentioned, expressed or contained relate to 
“ or concern Lough Swilly or the waste Jands, mud 
“ banks or slobs of, in or near to Lough Swilly 
“ aforesaid, and that the same several persons their 
several and respective executors, administrators 
“ and assigns shall be, and they are hereby declared 
to be Undertakers for executing the purposes of 
this Act, so far as the purposes, provisions, mat- 
“ ters and things in this Act mentioned, expressed 

or contained, relate to or concern Lough Poyle or 
the waste lands, mud banks or slobs of in or near 
to Lough Foyle.” 

Pr. 3. 1, 22. Leave out from the first “ Swilly ” 
to “as” in 1. 23. 

Pr. 4. 1. 2. Leave out from “ Ballymoney” to 
“ in” inl. 6. 
Pr. 4. 1. 8. Leave out from “ called” to 
“ Drumboy” in |. 14. and in |. 14. leave out from 
“ Glebe” to “ Moneygreggan” in ls. 21. and 22. 
Pr. 4 1.33. Leave out from “of” to “ All 
“ Saints” in |. 34. and in 1. 34. leave out from “ All 
“ Saints” to “ Burt” inl. 35. 
Pr. 5. 1. 38. Leave out from “ Swilly” to “ re- 
“ spectively” in 1. ult. 
r. 6. 1.6. Leave out from “ slobs” to “ north- 
“ ward” in |. 10, 
Pr. 7. 1. 5. Leave out from “ Derry” to “ Pro- 
“ vided” inl. 20, and insert “ Provided also, That 
“ nothing herein contained shall extend or be con- 
“ strued to extend to give any power or authority to 
“ the said Undertakers, their heirs, executors, ad- 
‘« ministrators or assigns, to embank or cause to be 
“* embanked, or do or cause to be done, or perform 
“ or cause to be performed any works under or by 
“ authority of this Act, whereby or by means 
“« whereof any of the fisheries or rights and privileges 
“‘ belonging thereto, vested in or hitherto enjoyed 
by the society of the governor and assistants, 
“ London, of the new plantation of Ulster within 
“ the realm of Jreland under or by virtue of any 
“ charter heretofore granted to them by the Crown 
* or otherwise, or their lessees in their fisheries, and 
such other rights as aforesaid, or persons or cor- 
porations claiming under them for the remainder 
of their leases (existing at the time of the passing 
“ of this Act) may be damaged, injured, disturbed 
or in any manner affected.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 29. Leave out “and Swilly or Letter- 
“ Renny River.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 32. Leave out from “Esquire” to 


~ A 
nxn On 


‘ 


n 








6° Juli. 








A. 1838. 


“ Charles” in |. 33. and in 1. 33. after the second 
“ Esquire” insert “ and.” 

Pr. 8. 1.34. Leave out from “ Esquire” to 
“ and” in |. 35. 

Pr. 9. 1. 6. Leave out from the first “ Swilly” 
to “and” inl. 7. 
Pr. 19. 1.28. After “ slobs” insert “ not being 

a of Shell Island, called the Great Shell- 

“ bank.” 
Pr. 19, 1. 33. After “being” insert “ or being 
“ claimed to be.” 

Pr. 20. 1. 3. Leave out from “ the” to “ suc- 
cessors” inl. 5. and insert “ owners of the said 
townlands, their executors or.” 

_ Pr. 20. 1. 16. Leave out from “the” to “ are” 
in 1, 20. and insert “ owners of the said town- 
“ lands.” 
_ Pr. 20, 1.31. Leave out from “said” to “ and” 
in |. 33, and insert “ owners.” 

Pr. 21. 1.26. After “ slobs” insert “not being 
‘ part of Shell Island.” 

Pr. 21. 1. 28. After “ estate” insert “ being or 
being claimed to be the estate.” 

Pr. 21. 1. 31. After “ and” insert “ as,” 

Pr. 22. 1. 32. Leave out from “ the” to “ suc- 
cessors”’ in Is, 33. and 34. and insert “ owners of 
the said estate, their executors or.” 

Pr, 23. 1. 5. Leave out “ wardens and common- 
alty” and insert “ owners.” 

_ Pr. 28. 1. 13, After “slobs” insert “ not being 
“ part of Shell Island.” 

Pr. 24. 1. 30. After “ Foyle” insert “not being 
‘ part of Shell Island.” 

Pr. 25. 1. 4. Leave out from “ the” to “ac- 
cording” in Is. 5. and 6. and insert “owners of 
“ the said lands.” 

Pr. 25. 1. 24. Leave out from “ said” to “ from” 
in 1, 25, and insert “ owners.” 

Pr. 26.1. 1. Leave out “ of” and insert “ claimed 
“ to belong to.” 

Pr. 26. 1. 7. Leave out from “ doughs” to 
“ when” in 1. 11.” 

Pr. 26. 1.18. Leave out from “ the” to “ his” 
inl. 19, and insert “ owner of the said estate.” 

Pr. 26. 1. 25. After “to” insert “ his and.” 

Pr. 26. 1. 31. Leave out from “said” to “may” 
in 1. 32. and insert “ owner.” 

Pr. 26. 1.37. Leave out “ Sir Hervey Bruce” 
and insert ‘ owner.” 

Pr. 27. 1. 4. Leave out from “ said” to “ or” 
inl. 5. and insert “ owner.” 

Pr. 27. 1.19. After “ assigns” insert “ Clauses 
(A.) and (B.) 

Cuause (A.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
‘‘ a proportion equal to one-tenth in the whole of 
“ the said waste lands, mud banks or slobs, which 
“ are abutting upon, adjacent or opposite to the 
“ frontage of the townlands of Tullyverry, Faugh- 
anvale and Coolagh, in the County of London- 
“ derry, being or claimed to be the lands of Peter 
“ Benson Maxwell, of Birdstown, in the county of 
“ Donegal, clerk, when embanked and drained as 
“ aforesaid at the expense in all things of the said 
Undertakers their executors, administrators and 
assigns, shall be and are hereby vested in the: 
owner for the time being of the said lands, his 
executors, administrators or assigns, for the term 
of Three hundred years, from the first day of Ja- 
nuary One thousand eight hundred and thirty- 
seven, to his and their own use and benefit, any- 
thing herein contained to the contrary thereof in 
“ anywise notwithstanding, and without prejudice 
to such, if any, estate, right, title or interest as the 
said owner his executors, administrators or assigns 
claim to be seized or entitled in respect of the 
freehold and inheritance of the said waste lands, 
mud banks or slobs, or any part or parts thereof 
subject to the same term: Provided always, That 
such proportion shall be a of the slob opposite 
to such frontage, and shall be selected by an 

sal 


“cc 


“c 
“ 


nx 


n 


ce 


nw 


‘&lt; 


na 


n 


nw 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


wn 


‘ 


na 


‘ 


wn 


‘ 


wn 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


wn 


en 
&gt; oe 


‘ 


nw 


‘ 


nw 


‘ 


. 


‘ 


. 











2 VicToRiz. 


n 
n 


n 
n 


~ A 
nn 


cal 
n 


a 
n 


iff 





said owner, his executors, administrators and as- 
signs, and the said Undertakers, their executors, 
administrators and assigns, with due regard to the 
convenience and interest of the said owner of the 
said lands.” 

Ciause (B.) “ Provided always, and be it 
further Enacted, That nothing herein contained 
shall extend or be construed to extend to authorize 
or empower the Commissioners hereby appointed 
or hereafter to be appointed to include within the 
boundaries of the said waste lands, mud banks 
or slobs which they are hereby required to ascer- 
tain and determine for the purposes of this Act, 
any portion of the said waste lands or high fringe 
of slob which is already partially reclaimed, im- 
mediately fronting upon and adjoining the several 
townlands aforesaid, now being or claimed to be- 
long to the said Peter Benson Maxwell.” 

Pr. 27. 1. 29. After “ corporation” insert “ or 
with the guardian or trustee of any person.” 

Pr. 28. 1.10. After “assigns” insert “ guardians 
or trustees.” 

Pr, 28. 1.27. After “assigns” insert “ guardians 
or trustees.” 

Pr. 39. 1.31. After “ passed” insert “ Pro- 
vided, That nothing herein contained shall extend 
or be construed to extend to give to any party or 
parties in any portion of the waste lands, mud 
banks or slobs of Lough Foyle, any greater es- 
tate or interest than is by this Act vested in the 
said Undertakers in respect of the same waste 


“ lands, mud banks and slobs respectively :” and 
also insert Clause (C.) 


oc 
iT3 
“ 
‘é 


n 


sé 
T3 
ii9 
“ 
“ 
cc 
“ 
“ec 
¢ 


n 


“ 
“ 
é 


n 


“ 


Cravuse (C.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
the conveyance in fee simple of any land agreed 
upon as compensation between the said Under- 
takers or any of them, and any person or persons 
whatsoever, shall be made by the said Undertakers 
respectively or their respective heirs or assigns, 
and every such conveyance shall, as to the lands 
thereby conveyed, be as effectual for the purpose 
of limiting the same to the person, his heirs and 
assigns, or to the corporation, their successors and 
assigns, to whom the same shall be conveyed, or 
to such uses and in such manner as such person 
or corporation, or his or their heirs, successors or 
assigns shall direct or appoint, as the same would 
have been, if the fee simple and inheritance of 
such land had by virtue of this Act been previ- 
ously vested in and become the property of the 
said Undertakers, their heirs and assigns.” 

Pr. 41. 1. ult. After “ drainage” insert Clauses 


(D.) and (E.) 


‘ 


n 


cc 


a A 
a a“ 


Cuavse (D.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
all the costs, charges and expenses on the part as 
well of the seller as the purchaser of all convey- 
ances and assurances of any lands, mud banks or 
slobs which shall be purchased or taken by the 
said Undertakers for the purposes of this Act, and 
of deducing, evidencing and verifying such title 
as the said Undertakers may require, and of 
making out and furnishing such abstract and such 
attested copies as the said Undertakers may re- 
quire, and all expenses whatsoever incident to the 
investigation, deduction and verification of such 
title, shall be exclusively borne and paid by the 
said Undertakers; and the said Undertakers before 
entering into possession of the premises so pur- 
chased or taken, shall pay the amount of such 
costs, charges and expenses, or in case there shall 
be any dispute about the same, shall obtain such 


‘ order as hereinafter mentioned, and shall deposit 


for the purpose of paying the same, in such 
manner as hereinafter mentioned, the amount of 


‘ the costs, charges and expenses obtained by the 


party from whom the premises shall be purchased 

or taken: Provided always, That the said Under- 

takers shall not be prevented from entering into 

possession of the said premises so purchased, by 

reason of the non-payment of the said costs, 
Vox. 93. 








6° Julze. 


“ 


a“ an 84 
na a 8K 


677 


charges and expenses, or by reason of the order 
herembefore mentioned not having been obtained 
or the deposit herein mentioned not having been 
made, unless the party from whom such lands, 
mud banks or slobs shall have been purchased, 
shall within seven days after notice in writing for 
that purpose shall have been given to them by the 
said Unlertakers deliver a bill of their said costs, 
charges and expenses to the said Undertakers: 
Provided also, That in case the said Undertakers 
shall not require the making out or furnishin 
such abstract of title as aforesaid, but shall be 
satisfied with an inspection of the title deeds of 
the seller of the property purchased or taken, 
such seller shall be bound, at the expense of the 
said Undertakers, to produce or cause the produc- 
tion of the title deeds relating to the said lands, 
mud banks or slobs, when required by the said 
Undertakers so to do, without furnishing any 
abstract of his title.” 

Ciavss (E.) “ And be it further Enacted, That if 
the said Undertakers and the party aforesaid, can- 
not agree as to the amount of such costs, charges 
and expenses, the same shall be ascertained b 
the said Court of Chancery, and it shall be lawful 
for the said Court, on petition to be presented by 
the said Undertakers, to order and direct that 
such costs, charges and expenses shall be referred 
to one of the masters of the said Court, to be 
taxed in the usual manner, and such order shall 
be served on the party aforesaid, who shall be at 
liberty to proceed under the same, and after tax- 
ation thereof it shall be lawful for the said Court 
to order and direct the amount of such costs, 
charges and expenses so taxed, together with the 
costs, charges and expenses attending the taxation 
thereof, or so much of the same as shall be pay- 
able by the said Undertakers to the party from 
whom the premises shall have been purchased or 
taken to be paid to the party aforesaid: Provided 
always, That the said Undertakers shall not be at 
liberty to enter into possession of the premises so 
purchased or taken until an order shall have been 
made for the taxation of the said costs, charges 
and expenses, and the said Undertakers shall have 
deposited the sum claimed in respect of the same 
in the Bank of Jreland, in the name and with the 
privity of the Accountant General of the said 
Court of Chancery, to be placed to his account 
there ex-parte the said Vacledtiheon, which sum 
shall be applied under the order of the said Court 
in payment of the said costs, charges and ex- 
penses: Provided always, That the expense of 
determining such costs, charges and expenses as 
aforesaid, and of obtaining the order or orders re- 
ferring the same to be taxed, shall be paid and 
borne by the said Undertakers unless the sixth 
of the said costs, charges and expenses shall be 
disallowed in which case the said expense shall 
be paid and borne by the party from whom the 
said premises were purchased and taken, and the 
amount thereof may then be paid to the said 
Undertakers out of the said sum so deposited by 
them as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 57. 1.2. After “ thereto” insert Clause (F.) 

Cuiavuse (F.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
where by reason of any disability or incapacity 
of any person or corporation entitled to any lands 
to be purchased, taken or used under the autho- 
rity of this Act, or from any other cause except 
the wilful refusal of such person or corporation 
to convey the said lands or to accept the purchase 
or compensation-money herein mentioned, the 
the purchase-money or any money to be paid by 
way of compensation for the same shall be re- 
quired to be paid into the Bank of Ireland, it 
shall be lawful for the said Court of Chancery to 
order the reasonable costs, charges and expenses 
attending any such purchase, or which may be 
incurred in consequence thereof, and also all the 

4R3 “ costs, 








678 6° Juliz. 


“ costs, charges and expenses of the investment of 
such purchase or compensation-money in govern- 
“&lt; ment or real securities and of the re-investment of 
“ the same, or the government or real securities 
“ purchased therewith, in the purchase of other 
ands, together with the necessary costs, charges 
and expenses of obtaining the proper orders and 
of all other proceedings for such purposes except 
such as may be occasioned by litigation between 
claimants, and for the payment of the dividend 
and interest of the government or real securities 
upon which such f psc or compensation-money 
may be invested, and for the payment out of 
court of the principal of such purchase or com- 
pensation-money, or the government or real 
securities as aforesaid, to be paid by the said Un- 
“ dertakers ; and the said Undertakers shall from 
time to time pay such sums of money for the 
costs, charges and expenses hereinbefore men- 
tioned, as the said Court shall direct.” 

Pr. 59. 1. 15. After “‘ shown” insert “ all.” 

Pr. 59. 1. 16. After “ Court” insert “ or by the 
determination of some court of competent juris- 
diction of law or equity.” 

Pr. 60. 1. 37. After “respectively” insert “ or 
any existing Fisheries on the said River Roe and 
River Faughan.” 

Pr. 61. 1. 32. Leave out “ and.” 

Pr. 61. 1. 33. After “ Esquire” insert “ and 
“ the manager of the Fisheries of the Irish Society 
“« for the time being.” 

Pr. 63. 1. 3. After “ performed” insert “ and 
such specification eliall' apleeds the manner in 
which such embankments or channel and works 
“ shall be formed.” 

Pr. 68. 1.4. Leave out “hereto” and insert 
“ thereto.” 

Pr. 68. 1. penult. After the second “ to” insert 
“ confirm.” 

Pr. 69. 1. 8. After “ the” insert “ reversion,” and 
in the same line leave out “ and” and insert or.” 

Pr. 69. 1. 13. Leave out “three” and insert 
“ one,’ and in the same line, after “ years,” insert 
“ and the extension of the said term as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 69. 1. 21. Leave out from “ nor” to “ to” 
in |, 26. 

Pr. 71. 1. 8. After “to” insert “ confirm.” 

Pr. 71. 1,33. Leave out “ other,’ and in the 
same line, and |. 34. leave out from “ persons” to 
“ or” in 1. 36. 

Pr. 72. 1. 3. Leave out from “ whatsoever” to 
“ and” inl. 13. 

Pr. 72. 1. 29. Leave out from the first “ Swilly” 
to the second “ or” in 1. 30. 

Pr. 74. 1.17. After “ Act” insert “ contrary 
‘ to or against any right, title, claim or interest of 
“ any corporation or person whomsoever.” 

Pr. 78. 1. 38. After “ made” insert “ or during 
which the aforesaid presented or county roads or 
any of them, shall not be continued after the ex- 
piration of six calendar months from the period 
“ aforesaid.” 

Pr. 78. 1. penult. Leave out “such” and in- 
sert “a.” 

Pr. 78. 1. ult. Leave out from “ penalty” to 
“ not” in Pr. 79. 1. 2. 

Pr. 79. 1.32. Leave out “ three” and insert 
“ tw.” 

Pr, 79. 1.36. Leave out from “ situate” to 
“ in” in 1. 37. and in |. 37. leave out from “ afore- 
“ said” to “to” in|. 39. 

Pr. 79. 1.40. Leave out from “ level” to “and” 
in Pr. 80. 1. 3. 

Pr. 80. 1. 27. After “ the” insert “ owners of 
“ the said estate being or being claimed to be the 
“* estate of the.” 

Pr. 80. 1. 31. Leave out “and,” and in the same 
line, after “ their,” insert “executors or.” 

Pr.80. 1.34. Leave out from “ said” to “during” 
in 1, 35. and insert “owners.” 


wn 
n 


n 
n 


6 
6 


an «A 


é 
“ 


n 


“ 
“ 


“ 
“ 
“ 











A. 1838. 


Pr. 80, l.ult. Leave out from “ said” to “during” 
in Pr. 81. 1. 3. and insert “ owners.” 

Pr. 81. 1.9. After ‘‘ contained” insert “ in re- 
“ lation to such level.” 

Pr. 81. 1. 12. Leave out from “said” to “ and” 
in |, 14. and insert “ owners.” 

Pr. 81. 1.15. After “ their” insert “ executors or.” 

Pr. 81. 1.25. Leave out from “ said” to “ their” 
in 1. 26. and insert “ owners,” and in 1. 26. after 
“ their” insert “ executors or.” 

Pr. 84. 1. penult. After “ Newtown, Cunning- 
“ ham” insert “or,” and in the same line and 
l. ult. leave out “ or Letterkenny.” 

Pr. 112. 1. 16. Leave out “ periods” and insert 
“ period.” 

Pr. 112, 1.24. Leave out from “ Forty-one”’ to 
“ then” inl, 29. 

Pr. 113. 1. 32. Leave out “ levels” and insert 
“ level.” 

Pr. 115. 1. 4. After “ Crown” insert “ or other- 
“ wise.” 

Pr. 116. 1.2. Leave out “ beyond” and insert 
“ save and except as to the ground upon which,” and 
in the same line, after “embankments,” insert “ are.” 

Pr. 116. 1. 31. After “ rivers” insert “ in that 
“ part.” 

Pr. 116, 1.32. After “Kingdom” insert “ of 
“ Great Britain and Ireland called Ireland.” 

‘a Pr. 117. 1. 15. After “ Admiralty” insert Clause 
(G.) 

Ciavuss (G.) “ Provided always and be it further 
Enacted, That nothing in this Act contained shall 
extend to prejudice, diminish, alter or take away 
any of the rights, royalties, privileges, powers or 
“ authorities claimed by the Wardens and Com- 
monalty of the Mystery of Fishmongers of the 
City of London, their successors or assigns, in, to, 
upon or over the said waste lands, mud banks or 
slobs in any part thereof respectively, except so 
“ far as in this Act provided, or.” 

Pr. 117. 1. 18. After “ successors” insert “ and 
“ all other persons.” 

Pr. 117. 1. 23. Leave out from “are” to “ in” 
in 1. 26. and insert “ paid for or compensated for.” 

Pr. 117. 1. 29. After “ successors” insert “ or 
“ any other person.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
several were agreed to, and others were disagreed 
to, which will more fully appear in the Report of 
the Committee appointed to draw up Reasons to be 
offered to the Lords at a Conference for disagreeing 
to certain of the said Amendments, v. p. 679. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw 
up Reasons to be offered to the Lords at a confer- 
ence for disagreeing to the Amendments to which 
this House hath disagreed :—And a Committee was 
appointed of Captain Jones, Sir Robert Ferguson, 
Sir Robert Bateson, Sir Edmund Hayes, Mr. Dunbar, 
Mr. Emerson Tennent, Sir Charles Style and Mr. 
Lucas; and they are to withdraw immediately. 

Ordered, That three be the Quorum. 


gt 
nw 


Mr. Greene reported from the Select Committee Liverpool , 
on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the case of a sean 
the Petition for leave to present a Petition for the 


Liverpool Clergy Endowment Bill, the Committee 
recommend that leave be granted to present a Peti- 
tion for a Bill. «A 

Ordered, That leave be given to present a Petition, 
as desired. 

A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses, 
of Liverpool, for leave to bring in a Bill to settle a 
dispute between the Petitioners and certain parties 
to a Deed for the Endowment of the Clergy of 
Liverpool, was accordingly presented, and read ; 
and referred to the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit, and 
proceed upon the said Petition, upon Wednesdaynext. 

Ordered, That the Parties promoting the said a 

o 









Per 
Fer 


~~ aes 























Pembroke 
Ferry Bill. 


Belfast 
Waterworks 
(No. 3.) 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Lough Foyle 
aud Lough 
Swilly Drain- 
age Bill, 





do give Notice, in some Newspaper published in 
Liverpool, that the Select Committee on Petitions 
for Private Bills have leave to sit and proceed with 
the said Petition upon Wednesday next; and that 
the same be proved before the said Committee. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for establishing a Steam Commu- 
nication over Milford Haven, at or near Pembroke 
Ferry, in the County of Pembroke ; and the same 
were read, as follow; 

Pr. 2. 1.11. After “ the ” insert “ embarking or.” 

Pr. 40. 1. ult. After “ gate” insert “ or on some 
“ part of the said steam communication.” 

Pr. 41. 1.16. After “ stationed” insert “ or on 
“ the said steam communication.” 

Pr. 50.1.19. After “and” insert “embarking or.” 

Pr. 51. 1.17. After “ assistants” insert “ with 
“ the consent of the owner of the said ferry for the 
“ time being.” 

Pr. 51. 1. 26. After “ several” insert “ embark- 
ing or.” 

Pr, 51. 1. 34 and 35. After “ abutments” insert 
“‘ embarking.” 

Pr. 87. 1. 24. After “ ferry” insert “or on the 
“ said steam communication.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir James Graham do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


A Petition of the most Honourable George Augus- 
tus, Marquis of Donegal, and the Right Honourable 
George Hamilton Chichester, commonly called Earl 
of Belfast, for leave to present a Petition, for leave 
to bring in a Bill for better supplying the town of 
Belfast with Water, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Petitions for 
Private Bills. 


Petitions from Fersfield;— Tiverton; — King’s 
Lynn; — Attercliffe-cum-Darnall ; — Lopham ; -~- 
Titchfield ;—Shipley ;— Thurstonland (Chairman of 
a Meeting) ;—Astley (two Petitions) ;—Walton-le- 
Dale ;—Hutton;—Cumnock ;— Westleigh ;—Ather- 
ton (two Petitions) ;—Leigh ;--Somerford Booths ; 
—Dalston ;—Bedford (Leigh) (two Petitions) ;— 
Swettenham ; — Lowton ;— Hindley ; — Ansty ; — 
Burwash ;— Pennington ;— Aberdar ; —Lampeter ; 
-— Collumpton; -— Sowerby ;—Stoke-upon- Trent ; — 
Bradford ;—-Ystrad ;—and, Leicester; praying for 
the repeal of the Poor Law Act,—were presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
the Poor Law Amendment Act. 


“ 





Captain Jones reported from the Committee ap- 
pointed to draw up Reasons to be offered to the Lords, 
at a Conference, for disagreeing to certain Amend- 
ments made by the Lords to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for draining and embanking certain Lands in 
Lough Swilly and Lough Foyle, in the Counties of 
Donegal and Londonderry ; 

That the Committee had drawn up Reasons ac- 
cordingly, which they had directed him to report: 
and the same were read, as follow: 

The Commons dissgree to the Amendments in Pr. 
61. 1. 32., being to leave out “and,” and also, to 
the Amendment in Pr. 61.1. 33., being after the word 
“ Esquire,” to insert “ and the manager of the Fish- 
eries of the Irish Society for the time bemg,” for 
the following Reasons : 

Because they consider the Inspectors originally 
named, both in point of number and ability, 
quite sufficient to ensure the fulfilment of the 
object for which they were appointed. 

Because the ‘ manager of the Fisheries for the 
time being’ does not designate any particular 
person, three individuals claiming to fill that 
office. 

Vou. 93. 























2 Victoriz. 6° Julit. 679 


Because the embankments to be formed are all 
outside the mouth of the River Roe, and the 
object of the appointment of Inspectors being 
to ensure as good a drainage for the-surround- 
ing country as at present exists, the appoint- 
ment of a Party interested in preventing tha 
object, might be most injurious. 

The said Reasons, being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Conference be desired with the 
Lords, upon the subject matter of the Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the said Bill: And that 
Captain Jones do go to the Lords, and desire the 
said Conference. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of York, praying for the Postage. 
establishment of a low and uniform rate of Postage 
on Letters, was presented, and read; and referred 
to the Select Committee on Postage. 


A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the Ecclesiastical 
Archdeaconry of Durham, praying that the Eccle- Duties and 
siastical Duties and Revenues Bill may not pass into *¢ve""s B"- 
a law, as it now stands, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Warrington Oper- RomanCatholic 
ative Conservative Association, praying for the Member: 
exclusion of Roman Catholic Members from the 
Legislature, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the t able. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon Passing Tolls 
the 3d day of April last, that there be laid om jn Voorn 
this House, A Return of all Tolls now authorized 
to be levied for the maintenance of any Piers or 
Harbours on the Coast of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, on Vessels passing by, but not entering within 
such Piers or Harbours ; distinguishing the Amount 
of any such Tolls, the period at which they were 
authorized to be levied, and the time during which 
they are to be continued ; together with the Amount 
of such Tolls received in each year, from the year 
1807 up to the present time, might be read ; and the 
same being read ; 
Ordered, That a Return to the said Order be laid 
before this House forthwith. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Business of 
posed, That after the present week, this House, on the House. 
Tuesdays and Thursdays, will sit from twelve till 
four of the clock, for Consideration of Orders of the 
day, and resume at six of the clock, to proceed 
upon Notices of Motions ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question by leaving out from the word “ week,” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words, 

“on Tuesdays and Thursdays Orders of the day 
“ have precedence of Notices” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for thes Sir George Grey, } , 
Yeas. { Sir Thomas Troubridge : _ 

Tellers for thef Mr. Hume, 7 97 
Noes. Mr. Warburton: Y sonata 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Resolved, That after the present week, this House, 
on Tuesdays and Thursdays, will sit from twelve till 
four of the clock, for Consideration of Orders of 
the day, and resume at six of the clock to proceed 
upon Notices of Motions. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Snppls ; 
posed, That the Order of the day for the Committee 
of. Supply, be now read ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That ” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words ; 
4Rr4 “ There 








P. P. 306 of 
1838. 


P. P. 244 of 
1838, 


P. P. 244 of 
1838. 


P. P. No. 169, 
1827. 

P. P. No. 35, 
1828. 

P. P. No. 238, 
1832. 

P. P. No. 306, 
1838, and 


P. P.244, 1838. ve 


See 9 Geo. 4, 
€. 92, S, 24. 


680 


“ There has been received by the Commis- 
“ sioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, 
“ on account of Savings Banks and Friendly So- 
“ cieties in Great Britain and Jreland, between 
“ the 6th August 1817 and the 20th November 
“ 1837, the aggregate Sum of £.31,978,161. 2s. 11d. 
‘“&lt; Principal and Interest ; and they have paid within 
“ the same period the Sum of £.11,460,446. 8s. 2d., 
“ leaving the Amount of £.20,517,714. 14s. 9d. due 
“ to the Trustees of Savings Banks and Friendly 
“ Societies on the 20th November 1837. 

2. “ That the Government Securities and Cash 
“ standing, on the 20th November 1837, in the 
names of these Commissioners, valued at the 
market prices on that day, (the 3 per Cents at 
“ £.93. 4s., the 34 per Cents at about par), and in- 
“ cluding £.302,196. 17s. 5d. of Cash remaining in 
their names uninvested in the Banks of England 
“ and Jreland, amounted only to £. 20,453,494. 
12s.8d., showing a deficiency in Assets of 
“ £,64,220. 2s. 1d. to pay the whole Amount due 
and owing by them to the Trustees. 


3. “ That the Commissioners received, within the 
same period of twenty years, as Interest or Di- 
vidends on Government Stock 
and Securities standing in their 
Names, the aggregate Amount 
“ of r. we &lt; pa 
whilst they paid as Interest to 
the Trustees of Savings Banks 
“ and Friendly Societies in the 
same time, the Sum of - 9,558,060 15 6 


&amp;: s. d. 
8,073,963 16 6 





= 

i oflmtenat of ea af 184,008 19 - 
paid by the Commissioners to the Trustees more 
than they have received from the Government 
Securities, being on the average, an annual sum 
of £.74,207 more allowed to Trustees than re- 
“ ceived. 

4. “ That the Commissioners have paid to the 
Trustees of Savings Banks and Friendly Societies 
a fixed rate of Interest of 3d. per £.100 per diem, 
or £.4.11s.3d. per cent. yearly, from 1817 to 
1828 ; and from that year to the present time 
“ the fixed rate of 24d. per £.100 per diem, or 
£.3.16s.-4d. per cent. yearly ; whilst a variable 
and lower rate of Interest has been received by 
the Commissioners, thereby producing a great 
loss yearly to the public; and that loss is rapidly 
increasing, according to the increase of the 
“ deposits. 

“ That the aggregate loss in ten years, viz. from 
“ 1817 to 1828, was £.487,657, or about £.48,762 
early, on the average of these ten years. 
“ That the aggregate loss in fifteen years, viz. 
“ from 1817 to 1832, was £.965,661, or £.68,957 
yearly, on the average of these fifteen years. 
at the aggregate loss in twenty years, 
viz. from 1817 to 20th November 1837, was 
“ £.1,548,317 (including £.64,220 deficient in the 
estimate of Assets), or about £.77,416 yearly on 
the average of these twenty years, exclusive of 
compound Interest, which ought to be added, to 
show the actual excess of Interest paid by the 
“ Commissioners. 

“ In the year ending 20th November 1838, the 
loss may may be estimated at about £.90,000.* 

5. “ That, whilst the Commissioners paid, to 
about five hundred Savings Banks in England, 
“ Wales and Ireland, Interest at the fixed rate of 
£.3. 16s. — $d. per anntim, 412 Banks paid their 
Depositors only £. 3. 6s. 8d., and 88 Banks paid 
their Depositors £.3. 8s. 5d., (being the largest 
“ Amount allowed by the Act to be paid), thus 
“ Jeaving a surplus of Interest of 9s. 4}d. per cent. 


n 
~ 


- 
n 


“ 


“ to the Trustees of 412 Banks, and 7s. 73d. to 





* The Interest of £.247,787 on Separate Fund Account, at 31 per 


6° Juli. 


“ 
‘ 


wn 


‘ 


w~ 


“ 
“ 
“ 
‘ 


wn“ 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


ro 


ce 
“ 
“ 
“cc 
“ 


na 
wn“ 











cent — £. 8,672. 10s. yearly,—to be deducted from the loss. 























A. 18388. 


the Trustees of 88 Banks. That out of that Sur- 
plus the Expenses of the Savings Banks have 
generally been defrayed ; and, on the 28th Feb- 
ruary 1838, there was standing in the Bank of 
England, to the credit of the Commissioners 
‘in the Separate Fund Account,’ the sum of 
£.247,787 of that Surplus, the Interest of which, 
amounting at 34 per cent., to £.8,672. 10s. yearly 
interest, is available towards defraying the loss 
incurred by the Public as before shown, although 
the Principal Sum remains liable to be called for 
by the several Savings Banks, if required by them, 
and will reduce the annual loss to Government to 
that Amount. 

6. “ That the Government Securities standing 
in the names of the Commissioners on the 20th 
November 1837, viz. £. 13,306,210 of 33 per cent. 
stock, though valued at par, was purchased at 


prices varying from £.75. 18s. 7d. per £.100 stock P. P, 244 of 


upwards; and the £.6,931,317 of 3 per Cents, 1838. 
though valued at £.95. 4s. per £.100 stock, was 
purchased at prices varying from £.67. 17s. 11d. 

er £.100 stock upwards. That these Securities, 
if sold at this time, would realize the full Amount 
of capital and interest due to the Trustees of 
Savings Banks and Friendly Societies ; but, if 
the 3 per Cents should fall from £.93. 4s. to 
£.83. 4s. per £.100 stock, and the 33 per Cents 
from £.100 to £.90 per £.100 stock, there would 
be a loss of capital to the Government of two 
millions sterling ; and, if the fall of 3 per Cents 
should be to £.73. 4s., and the 34 per Cents to 
£.80 per £.100 stock, the loss of capital would 
be four millions sterling on the whole Amount 
due to Depositors, and so in proportion to the 
Amount of Stock sold out to meet the demands 
of the Depositors. 


7. “That the whole of the Deposits, amounting g Geo. 4, c. 92, 
to £.20,517,714, are by law payable in Cash ; * 20 end a1. 


? 


Sums under £.10,000 may be demanded by every 
Bank at five days’ notice; and Sums above 
£. 10,000 at fourteen days’ notice; and, in times 
of political excitement and panic, the Depositors 
may thus legally make large demands of Cash, 
so as to produce a heavy loss to the Government, 
and greatly inconvenience, if not endanger, Public 
Credit. 


8. * That, by the existing law, the Commis- g Geo, 4, c. 92, 
sioners may buy, sell and exchange the Govern- * 5° '° 57- 


ment Securities of the Saving Banks, as they ma 

think fit; they may purchase Exchequer Bills 
and exchange them for Stock ; they may sell out 
Stock and purchase Exchequer Bills; thereby 
affecting materially the currency of the Country, 
and changing the nature of the Public Debt, 
without the previous knowledge of Parliament : 


and it appears that they have exercised these P. P.306, 1838: 


powers largely during the last twenty years, 
having paid £.35,355,014 for the purchase of 
Stock and Exchequer Bills, and received from 
the sale of Stock and Exchequer Bills the sum of 
£.16,684,645, leaving £.18,670,369 as the amount 
of Cost of the Stock and Exchequer Bills stand- 
ing in their names, on the 20th November 1837. 

9. “ That whilst it is highly important to the 
best interests of the Country that the Govern- 
ment should continue to afford encouragement 
and protection to the prudential investment and 
safe custody of the Savings of the industrious 
classes, it is proper that such assistance should 
be afforded without loss to the Government, 
and with as little danger as possible to Public 
Credit. 

10. “ That this House do resolve itself into a 
Committee, to consider of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 
92, with the view of altering and amending the 
same,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 


| pours to be left out stand part of the Question :— 
t 


was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, 


Esti 

refe 
Mise 
Serv 
Mis 
Cha 
(Sce 


Con 





2 Victoriz£. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply, be now read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That the several Estimates for Miscel- 
laneous Services for the year 1838-9, be referred to 
the Committee. 

Ordered, That the Estimate for Miscellaneous 
Charges (Scotland), from 1st April 1838 to 31st 
March 1839, be referred to the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Estimate of Sums required for 
the Pay, Allowances in Money, and Contingent 
Expenses of the Commissariat Department at Home 
and Abroad, for the year ending 31st March 1839 ; 
with a Statement of the Amount required for similar 
Services in the year ending 31st March 1838, be 
referred to the Committee. 


Ordered, That the Estimate of Sums required for 
the Half Pay of Commissariat Officers, and for Re- 
tired Full Pay, Compensation and Superannuation 
Allowances ; also, for the Pensions of Widows of 
Commissariat Officers, and for Compassionate Al- 
lowances to their Children ; for one year, from 31st 
April 1838 to 31st March 1839, be referred to the 
Committee. 


Ordered, That the Estimate of the Sum which 
may probably be required to defray the Expense 
to be incurred on account of Her Majesty’s Coro- 
nation, be referred to the Committee. 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
_— proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 

air ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That ” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“‘ an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, 
“« praying Her Majesty to take into Her considera- 
‘ tion the Parliamentary Allowances hitherto granted 
‘** to and at present enjoyed by his Royal Highness 
“ the Duke of Sussex, with a view to recommend 
“ to this House some addition to the same,” instead 
thereof. 


And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hawes, 
Yeas, (Mr. Warburton: 
Tellers for thef Mr. Gillon, 48 
Noes, \ Lord Viscount Dungannon } , 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair:—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Estimates, 
referred : 

Miscellaneous 

Services. 


Miscellaneous 
Charges 
(Scotland 5 


Commissariat. 


Her Majesty’s 
Coronation. 


wn 


Los. 
J 


a Majesty's 1, Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seventy 
sronation. thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense incurred on account of Her 
Majesty’s Coronation. 
te 2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seventy- 
uildings, &amp;¢. four thousand nine hundred and eighty-six pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st 
day of March 1839, the Expense of Works and 
Repairs of Public Buildings, and for Furniture, and 
certain Charges for Lighting and Watching, and 
for Rates and Taxes, and for the Maintenance and 
Repairs of Royal Palaces, and Works in the Royal 
Gardens, heretofore charged upon the Civil List. 
aati 3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ten thou- 
si sand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Expense of Works and Repairs at the Harbour 
of Kingstown, to the 31st day of March 1839. 
eyed is. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four thou- 
Roads, &amp;e Sand one hundred and forty-four pounds, be granted 


to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Holy- 
head and Liverpool Roads, and Holyhead and Howth 
Harbours, to the 31st day of March 1839. 


6° Julie. 


68 1 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighteen British Museum 
thousand and ninety-six pounds, be granted to Her “tg Sait 
Majesty, :to defray the Chase of New Buildings at 

the British Museum, to the 31st day of March 

1839. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four thou- National_ 
sand three hundred: and seventy-eight pounds, be Gallery, &amp;c. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 1838, 

the Expense of Works required for the National 

Gallery and Royal Academy. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighteen Housesof Lords 
thousand three hundred and ninety-four Fata be #nd Commons. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 

providing temporary Accommodation for the Houses 

of Parliament, Committee Rooms, Offices, and tem- 

pony Official Residences for the Speaker of the 

ouse of Commons, and other Officers of that House, 
to the 31st day of March 1839. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- New Houses of 
dred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, Parliament. 
towards defraying, in the year 1838, the Expense 

of erecting the New Houses of Parliament, including 

the purchase of Premises to complete the Site. 

9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two thou- Penitentiary 
sand four hundred and fifty pounds, be granted to (Milbank.) 
Her Majesty, to complete the Works now in progress 

at the Geta Penitentiary, Milbank. 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fourteen Prison (Isle of 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for Wigt-) 

the completion, and fitting and furnishing the Prison 

for Juvenile Offenders in the Isle of Wight, and for 

its Management and Maintenance, for one year. 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight Custom House 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to (Pundee-) 
defray the Charge of erecting a new Custom ~ iden 

at Dundee, including the purchase of the Site. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seventy- 
two thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Charge of Salaries and Expenses of 
the two Houses of Parliament, and of Allowances 
to Retired Officers of the two Houses, to the 31st 
day of March 1839. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Forty- D® - (Trea- 
eight thousand and six hundred pounds, be granted *""Y*) 

to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries, Contingent and 

other Expenses of the Department of Her Majesty’s 

Treasury, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Nine- De - (Home 
teen thousand three hundred and seven pounds, be Oftice-) 
ranted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 

Expenses of the Office of Her Majesty's Secretary 

of Btate for the Home Department, to the 31st day 

of March 1839. 

15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty- De - (Foreign 
three thousand and ninety-two pounds, be granted Office. 
to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and other Ex- 
penses in the Department of Her Majesty’s Secre- 
tary of State for Foreign Affairs, also of the Foreign 
Messengers attached to the Department, to the 31st 
day of March 1839. 

16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixteen Do - (Colonia! 
thousand seven hundred and forty-five pounds, be Office.) 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
other Expenses in the Department of Her Majesty’s 
Secretary of State for the Colonies, to the 31st day 
of March 1839. 

17. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- D° - (Privy 
five thousand three hundred and thirty pounds, be — Ores, 
— to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and ~ 

xpenses in the Department of Her Majesty’s Most 
honourable Privy Council, and Committee of Privy 
Council for Trade, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

18. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- D° - (Paymas- 
six thousand seven hundred and eighty-four pounds, a 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge “7 


Salaries and 
Expenses 
(Houses of 
Parliament.) 


of the Office of Her Majesty’s Paymaster General, 
to the 31st day of March 1839. 
19. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fourteen D° - (Comp- 


troller-General 
of the Exche- 


thousand four hundred and four pounds, be granted 





Voi, 93. 











to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
458 


Contingent quer, &amp;c.) 
Expenses 














682 


Expenses in the Department of the Comptroller 
General of the Exchequer, and the Paymaster of 
Civil Services, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

20. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand and six pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries and Al- 
lowances granted to certain Professors in the Uni- 
versities of Oxford and Cambridge, to the 31st day 
of March 1839. 

21. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twelve 
thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries of the 
Commissioners of the Insolvent Debtors’ Court, of 
their Clerks, and the Contingent Expenses of the 
Court and Office, and also the Expenses attendant 
upon their Circuits, to the 31st day of March 
1839. 

22. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six thou- 
sand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Charge of the General Penitentiary at Milbank, 
to the 31st day of March 1839. 

23. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand two hundred and thirteen pounds, be 
granted to Her a: to a the Charge of 
the Salaries and other Expenses of the State Paper 
Office, the Office for the Custody of Records in the 
Tower, and the Office for the Custody of Records 
in the Chapter-house, Westminster, to the 31st day 
of March 1839. 

24. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five 
thousand and one hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the Commission 
for digesting the several Statutes relating to the 
Criminal and other Law. 

25. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expenses of the Commission appointed 
to inquire into the opportunities of Religious Worship 
and Means of Religious Instruction, and the Pas- 
toral Superintendence afforded to the People of 
Scotland. 

26. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand and ten — be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Expenses of the Commission for 
inquiring into the Condition of the unemployed 
Hand-loom Weavers. 

27. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to pay Salaries and Expenses incurred by 
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, to 
the 31st day of March 1839. 

28. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty- 
four thousand two hundred and fifty-two pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 
1838, the Charge of Salaries and Expenses of the 
Commissioners for carrying into execution the Poor 
Law Amendment Act. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Sabbati, 7° die Julii, 1838: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, That he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred to take into con- 
sideration the propriety of abolishing the First 
Fruits of the Clergy in England and Wales, and the 
more effectual Rating, and the better Collection of 
the Tenths applicable to the Maintenance of the 
Poor Clergy ; 


6°—7? Julie. 





A, 1838. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
three months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Registration 
reading of the Registration of Voters (Ireland) of Voters 
(No. 1.) Bill; Co. 1.) mn 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time =” * 
upon this day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Middlesex 
further consideration the Report on the Middlesex County Court 
County Court Bill ; _ 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Court of 
reading of the Court of Chancery (Ireland) Bill; Chancery 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time “#4 Bil. 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Prisons Bil.’ 
further consideration the Report on the Prisons 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Sea Coast 
mittee on the Sea Coast Fisheries (Jreland) Bill; Fisheries 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday “"!"4) Bill. 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


being read, for the second Grand Jury 


ury Presentments ( Ireland) Presentments 


The Order of the re J 
(Ireland) Bill. 


reading of the Grand 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Pilotage Bill. 
further consideration the Report on the Pilotage 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Tuesday next. 


read, for the second !mprisonment 

reading of the Imprisonment for Debt Bill ; aioe 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 

Monday next. 


The Order of the day a 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Registration of 
further consideration the Report on the Registration Electors Bill. 
of Electors Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Church Building Acts Amendment Bill was, Church Building 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- A¢ts a 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Mon-™™* ®" 
day next. 


Mails on 


The Order of the ~~ being read, for the Com- Railways Bill 


mittee on the Mails on Railways Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ways and 
Means. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Glsss Duties 
reading of the Glass Duties Bill; Pe 
Ordered, That the Bill’ be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Schools 


The Order of the day a for receiving the (Scotland) Bill 


Report on the Schools ( nd) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. a 
e 





ae 


et ee 


pw 2 ee ® TE 


fm ot 


&gt; 








6°—7° 


2 Vicroriz. 


Coal Trade The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
(Port of Lon- further consideration the Report on the Coal Trade 
so) Bul. (Port of London) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Thursday next. 
Bankruptcy The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Court Bill. mittee on the Bankruptcy Court Bill ; 
Resolved, That this Rowse will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
Municipal Ordered, That the Municipal Boundaries (Leland) 
deeland) Bill Bill be read a second time upon Monday next. 


Arms (Ireland) Ordered, That the Arms (Ireland) Bill be read a 


Bill second time this day. 
Dublin Police Ordered, That the Dublin Police Bill be now read 
Bill. a second time :—The Bill was accordingly read a 


second time; and committed to a Committee of the 
whole House, for Monday next. 


Loan Societies Ordered, That the Report on the Loan Societies 

(Ireland) Bill. (Jyejand) Bill be taken into further consideration 
upon Monday next. 

Fines and Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

(ireland) Bill next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the Fines 
and Recognizances (Lreland) Bill. 


Local Commis- 
sioners’ Relief 
Bill. 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the Local 
Commissioners Relief Bill. 


Waste Lands Ordered, That the Report on the Waste Lands 
(Ireland) Bill. ( J&gt;eland) Bill be taken into further consideration 
upon Wednesday next. 


Tenants for Life Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednes- 
(Ireland) Bill. day next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the 
Tenants for Life (Jreland) Bill. 


Leases and 
Exchanges 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report on the Leases and Ex- 
changes (Ireland) Bill be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Wednesday next. 


Sulit. 683 


to provide for the repayment of such Advances, and 
to direct certain proceedings to be taken in reference 
to the default of such late Treasurer: And that 
Lord Viscount Morpeth and Lord John Russell do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Dudley Hill 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, sn¢ Kilimghall 
intituled, An Act for more effectually repairing, — 
improving and maintaining the Dudley Hiil and 
Killinghall Turnpike Road, and for making a new 
Road therefrom to communicate with the Leeds and 
Harrogate Turnpike Road, all in the West Riding 
of the County of York; and the same were read, 
as follow: 
Pr. 3. 1. 26. After “to” insert “ Rigton-lane, 
and for improving and maintaining the said lane, 
called Rigton-lane, to its termination at.” 
Pr. 13. 1. 25. After “ made” insert “ by any 
“* owner or occupier of lands.” 
Pr. 13. 1. 26. After “ any” insert “ such.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Lord Viscount Morpeth do carry 
the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


“ce 
“ 


Lord Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill to autho- County of Clare 
rize the Advance of a certain Sum of Money for the Advance Bill. 
relief of the County of Clare, and of the Creditors No. 561. 
and others remaining unpaid by reason of the de- 

fault of the late Treasurer of the said County, and 

to provide for the repayment of such Advances, 

and to direct certain Proceedings to be taken in re- 

ference to the default of such late Treasurer: And 

the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 

read asecond time this day; and to be printed. 


A Petition of Clergy of the Deanery of Ripon, Maynooth 
praying that the annual grant to the Roman Catholic ©°!*8*- 
College of Maynooth may be discontinued, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Earthenware Manufacturers in the Fourdrinier’s 
counties of York, Durham, Northumberland, and Pent. 





Ordered, That the Report on the Boundaries of 
Estates (Ireland) Bill be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Wednesday next. 


Boundaries 
of Estates 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Highway Rates 


Hig Ordered, That the Report on the Highway Rates 


Bill be received upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Report on the South Australia 
Act Amendment Bill be received this day. 


South Australia 
Act Amendment 


Bill 
Turpentine Ordered, That the Report on the Turpentine Pe- 
Penalties Bill. palties Bill be now received. 

No. 560. Mr. Hutt reported the Bill accordingly; and the 
Report was ordered to be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Monday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 

Vestries in Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


Churches Bill. next, resolve itself into a Committee upon the 
Vestries in Churches Bill. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of a Memorial presented to the Chancellor 
of the Exchequer, recommending the Purchase, by 
the Trustees of the British Museum, of the two 
Collections of Fossil Remains belonging to Mr. 
Mansell and Mr. Hawkins. 


Fossil Remains. 


County of Clare 


on db Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 


authorize the Advance of a certain Sum of Mone 
for the relief of the County of Clare, and of the Cre- 
ditors and others remaining unpaid by reason of the 
default of the late Treasurer of the said County, and 


Scotland generally, praying the House to take into 
consideration the case of the Messrs. Fourdrinier 
relative to their Patent for the manufacture of paper, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Barilla, Barilla. 
which was presented upon the 14th day of May No. 562. 
last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Reports relative to Thames Thames 
Passengers, which were communicated from the Passengers. 
Lords upon the 15th day of May last, be printed. No. 563. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to the Window Window Duty. 
Duty, which was presented upon Monday last, be Ne. 564. 
printed. 

Ordered, That the Copy of the Report of the Her Majesty’s 
Superintendent of the Police in Hyde Park to the Corntion. 
Commissioners of Police on the day of Her Ma- 0-565. 
jesty’s Coronation, which was presented upon Wed- 
nesday last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Tithe Com- Tithe Commu- 
mutation, which was presented upon Wednesday 0" 
last, be printed. No. 566. 


And then the House having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after one of the clock 
on Saturday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 





Vou. 93. 


482 





Fishguard 
Harbour 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


Ashby-de-la- 
Zouch Small 
Debts (No. 2.) 
Bill. 


Middlesex 
County Court 
Bill, 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Prisons 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Small Debts 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Edinburgh 
and Leith 
Agreement Bill. 


Royal Burghs 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Pilotage Bill. 
Bonding 


Warchouses, 


Education. 


Postage. 


Prisons 
(Scotland) Bill. 


684. 


Sabbati, 7° die Julii; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


She Fishguard Harbour (No. 2.) Bill was read 
a second time; and committed to Mr. John 
Henry Vivian and the Wales List. 


Mr. Packe reported from the Committee on the 
Ashby-de-la-Zouch Small Debts (No. 2.) Bill; That 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto ; and the 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Petitions of James Baker ;—and, Chairman of a 
Meeting of Inhabitants of Saint James, Clerkenwell; 
praying that the Middlesex County Court Bill may 
not pass into a law as it now stands,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the late Candidates for the Office 
of Guardians for the United Parishes of Saint 
Andrew Holborn and Saint George the Martyr, 
praying for the amendment of the Poor Law Act, 
was presented, and read; and referred to the Select 
Committee on the Poor Law Amendment Act. 


Petitions from Orkney (Preses and Clerk of a 
Meeting of the Commissioners of Supply) ;—and, 
Perth; praying that the Prisons (Scotland) Bill 
may not pass into a law as it now stands,—were 


resented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Petitions from Ross and Cromarty ;—and, Tho- 
mas Waddel; praying that the Small Debts (Scot- 
land) Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Incorporation of Maltmen of 
Leith, praying that the Edinburgh and Leith Agree- 
ment Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from the Magistrates and Town Council 
of Lauder ;— and, Edinburgh; praying that the 
Royal Burghs (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a 
law as it now stands,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Ship-owners and Merchants of 
Peterhead, praying that the Pilotage Bill may not 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Brighouse; — and, Wakefield ; 
praying for the establishment of Inland Bonding 

arehouses,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Select Committees on Education in 
Sessions 1834 and 1835, be referred to the Select 
Committee on the same subject of the present 
Session. 


A Petition of Bankers, Traders and others of 
Woodbridge, praying for the establishment of a low 
and uniform rate of Postage on Letters, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Postage. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Prisons (Scotland) Bill. 


7° Juliz. 








A. 1838. 


(In the Committee.) 
Cuause, N° 15, amended, and agreed to. 
Crauss, N° 16, agreed to. 


Crause, N° 17 (County Boards established for 
the purpose of appointing Local Boards)——-read. 

Amendment proposed: P. 11. 1. 8. After the 
words “ Lord Lieutenant for such County,” to in- 
sert the words, “ or in his absence by one of the 
“ Deputy Lieutenants to be named by the Lord 
“ Lieutenant.” 

Question put, That those words’ be there in- 


serted ; 
The Committee divided : 
Tellers for the Yeas, a sie. td t: } 33. 
Tellers for the Noes, a ay Sa pe } 53. 


CiausE, N° 17, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 18, disagreed to. 

Ciauses, N° 19 to N°29, amended, and agreed to. 
Cause, N° 30, disagreed to. 

Crause, N° 31, disagreed to. 

Crauses, N° 32 to N° 34, agreed to. 


Crause, N° 35 (Assessment on Counties) 
read. 

Amendment proposed: P. 16. 1. 34. To leave 
out the words “ and upon all houses within such 
“ County, &amp;c.,” and to insert, instead thereof, 
the following words, “ and upon all inhabited and 
“ other houses and buildings, lime works, coal 
works, mines and quarries, public works and 
manufacturing premises, and other heritages, ac- 
cording to the annual value; (that is to say) for 
“ every five pounds Scots that shall be assessed on 
“ every one leaded pounds Scots of the valued 
rents of lands and heritages, there shall be as- 
sessed the sum of one penny sterling on every 
pound sterling of the annual value according to 
“ which such inhabited and other houses and build- 
“ ings, lime works, coal works, mines and quarries, 
“ public works, and manufacturing premises, shall 

9 or have been assessed for the House Tax ; 
“ or, if not so assessed, opt as the rent or 
“ yearly value shall be estimated: Provided always, 
that no assessment according to the real value 
“ shall be imposed upon farmhouses or other build- 
ings used exclusively for agricultural purposes, 
“ or upon ee or houses for charitable pur- 
“« poses, churches and places of worship, public or 
“ parish schools.” 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the Yeas, a pane oh ls 
Mr. Lockhart, 

Sir James Graham : 


Several Amendments made. 

Crause, N° 35, as amended, agreed to. 
Crausgs, N° 36 to No 42, agreed to. 
Cause, N° 43, amended, and agreed to. 
CxiauseE, N° 44, disagreed to. 

Cravuses, N° 45 and N° 46, agreed to. 
Cravse, N° 47, disagreed to. 

Cravuse, N° 48, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N° 49 to 56, agreed to. 

Clauses added. 

Preamble amended, and agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. ea 

I. 





“ 
“ 
“ce 


9 
&gt; 


Tellers for the Noes, 45. 











Supp! 


Her 3 
Coron 


Publi 
Build 


King 
Hart 


Hols 
and 
Roa’ 


Brit 
Mu: 
(Ne 
ing! 


Nat 
Gal 


ain 


ae ted FO 










Supply ; 


Her Majesty's 
Coronation. 


Public 
Buildings, &amp;c. 


Kingstown 
Harbour. 


Holyhead 
and Liverpool 
Roads, &amp;c. 


British 
Museum 
(New Build- 


ings.) 


National 
Gallery, &amp;c. 


Houses of Lords 
aud Commons. 


New Houses of 
Parliament, 


Penitentiary 
(Milbank.) 


Prison (Isle of 
Wight.) 


Custom House 
(Dundee,) 


Salaries and 
Expenses 
(Houses of 
Parliament. ) 


De. (Trea- 
sury. ) 


D° - (Home 
Office.) 


2 Vicroriz. 


Mr. Robert Steuart, by Order, reported, from the 
Committee of Supply, several Resolutions; which 
were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seventy 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense incurred on account of Her 
Majesty’s Coronation. 

2. Hesolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seventy- 
four thousand nine hundred and eighty-six pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st 
day of March 1839, the Expense of Works and 
Repairs of Public Buildings, and for Furniture, and 
certain Charges for Lighting and Watching, and 
for Rates and Taxes, and for the Maintenance and 
Repairs of Royal Palaces, and Works in the Royal 
Gardens, heretofore charged upon the Civil List. 


3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ten 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of Works and Repairs at the 
Harbour of Kingstown, to the 31st day of March 
1839. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand one hundred and forty-four pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the Holyhead and Liverpool Roads, and Holyhead 
and Howth Harbours, to the 31st day of March 
1839. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighteen 
thousand and ninety-six pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of New Buildings 
at the British Museum, to the 31st day of March 
1839. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand three hundred and seventy-eight pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 
1838, the Expense of Works required for the Na- 
tional Gallery and Royal Academy. 


7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighteen 
thousand three hundred and ninety-four pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Doan of 
providing temporary accommodation for the Houses 
of Parliament, Committee Rooms, Offices and tem- 

orary Official Residences for The Speaker of the 
fuse of Commons, and other Officers of that 
House, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
towards defraying, in the year 1838, the Expense of 
erecting the New Houses of Parliament, including 
the purchase of premises to complete the Site. 

9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand four hundred and fifty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to complete the Works now in 
progress at the General Penitentiary, Milbank. 


10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four- 
teen thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
for the completion and fitting and furnishing the 
Prison for Juvenile Offenders in the Isle of Wight, 
and for its management and maintenance, for one 

ear. 
: 11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of erecting a new Custom House 
at Dundee, including the purchase of the Site. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seventy- 
two thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of Salaries and Expenses of the 
Two Houses of Parliament, and of Allowances to 
Retired Officers of the Two Houses, to the 31st day 
of March 1839. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Forty- 
eight thousand and six hundred pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries, Contingent and 
other Expenses of the Department of Her Majesty’s 
Treasury, to the 31st day of March 1839. 


14, Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Nine- 
teen thousand three hundred and seven pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 


Expenses of the Office of Her Majesty’s Secretary 
Vou. 93. 


7° Sulit. 





the 31st day of March 1839. 





685 


of State for the Home Department, to the 31st day 
of March 1839. 

15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty- D° - (Foreign 
three thousand and ninety-two pounds, be granted ) 
to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and other Ex- 
penses in the Department of Her Majesty’s Secre- 
tary of State for Foreign Affairs, also of the Foreign 
Messengers attached to the Department, to the 31st 
day of March 1839. 

16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixteen D° - (Colonial 
thousand seven hundred and forty-five pounds, be Office.) 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
other Expenses in the Department of Her Majesty’s 
Secretary of State for the Colonies, to the 31st day 
of March 1839. 

17. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- p» . (priv 
five thousand three hundred and thirty pounds, be Council Office, 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and **) 

xpenses in the Department of Her Majesty’s Most 
honourable Privy Council, and Committee of Privy 
Council for Trade, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

18. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- D° - (Paymas- 
six thousand seven hundred and eighty-four pounds, = 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of“ 
the Office of Her Majesty’s Paymaster-General, to 
the 31st day of March 1839. 

19. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four- D° - (Comp- 
teen thousand four hundred and four pounds, be “oller General 
granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and guer, &amp;c.) 
Contingent Expenses in the Department of the 
Comptroller-General of the Exchequer, and the 
Paymaster of Civil Services, to the 31st day of 
March 1839. 

20. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two Professors 
thousand and six pounds, be granted to Her Ma- Osbeiden) 
jesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries and “°™°""®™ 
Allowances granted to certain Professors in the 
Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, to the 31st 
day of March 1839. 

21. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twelve Insolvent 
thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to Her Debtors Court. 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Salaries of the 
Commissioners of the Insolvent Debtors Court, of 
their Clerks, and the Contingent Expenses of the 
Court and Office, and also the Expenses attendant 
upon their Circuits, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

22. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six Penitentiary 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to (Milbank.) 
defray the Charge of the General Penitentiary at 
Milbank, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

23. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four State Paper 
thousand two hundred and thirteen pounds, be Office, &amp;c. 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Salaries and other Expenses of the State Paper 
Office, the Office for the Custody of Records in the 
Tower, and the Office for the Custody of Records 
in the Chapter-house, Westminster, to the 31st day 
of March 1839. ' 

24. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five Criminal Law 
thousand and one hundred pounds, be granted to Her Commission. 
Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the Commission 
for digesting the several Statutes relating to the 
Criminal and other Law. 

25. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four Religious 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to (Gebtana) 
defray the Expenses of the Commission appointed a 
to inquire into the opportunities of Religious Wor- 
ship and means of Religious Instruction, and the 
Pastoral Superintendence afforded to the people of 
Scotland. ‘ 

26. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four Hand-loom 
thousand and ten pounds, be granted to Her Ma- ect 4 
jesty, to defray the Expenses of the Commission : 
for inquiring into the Condition of the unemployed 
Hand-loom Weavers. 

27. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two Ecclesiastical 
thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to Her Commission. 
Majesty, to pay Salaries and Expenses incurred by 
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England, to 


483 28, Resolved 








Poor Law 
Commission. 


Vagrant Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Qualification of 
Members Bill. 


Prisons Bill. 


Arms (Ireland) 
Bill. 


South 
Australia Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


County of Clare 
Advance Bill. 


Post Office Bill. 
No. 567. 


Spain (British 
Auxiliary 
Legion. ) 


28. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty- 
four thousand two hundred and fifty-two pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 1838, 
the Charge of Salaries and Expenses of the Com- 
missioners for carrying into execution the Poor Law 
Amendment Act. 

The first twenty-seven Resolutions, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

The last Resolution being read a second time; 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be taken into 
further consideration upon Monday next. 


Mr. Estcourt reported the Vagrant Act Amend- 
ment Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Tuesday 
next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into further consideration the Report on the 
Qualification of Members ; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to; and Amendments were 
made to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 


further consideration the Report on the Prisons | 


Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Arms (Jreland) Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Mr. Hutt, by Order, reported the South Australia 
Act Amendment Bill; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


The County of Clare Advance Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to 
a Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Mr. Labouchere ame a Bill for the better 
Government of Her Majesty’s Post Office: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Tuesday next ; and to be 
printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 





Lune, 9° die Julii ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Stevens Byng reported to the House, That 

their Address of Tuesday, the 26th day of 
June last, relative to the Claims of the late British 
Auxiliary Legion, had been presented to Her Ma- 
jesty ; and that Her Majesty was pleased to receive 
the same very graciously ; and to give the following 
Answer: 

“ T have received your dutiful Address, praying 
that I will direct ny 4 ainiater at the Court of Madrid 
to continue to use his good offices for the purpose 
of obtaining an early settlement of the just Claims 
of the Officers, Non-commissioned Officers and 
Privates of the late British Auxiliary Legion, en- 
gaged in the Service of her Catholic Majesty, under 
the authority of the Orders in Council of June 1835 
and of June 1837. 

“IT have instructed My Minister at Madrid, 
agreeably to your wishes.” 








686 7°—9 Juliz. A, 1838. 


Sir Matthew Wood reported from the Committee Royal Exchange 


on the Royal Exchange Re-building Bill; and to Re-building 
whom several Petitions against the said Bill were “"* 
referred ; That the Order of the House, of the 1st 
day of June last, had been complied with; and that 
they had considered the said Petitions, and had 
heard counsel in support of several of them, and 
had also heard counsel in favour of the Bill; and 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto; and the Amend- 
ments, as far as the first Amendment in P. 1. 1. 11 
being read a second time, were agreed to. 

P.1. 1.11, the next Amendment, being read 
second time ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Questiov. 
being put, That this anes doth agree with the 
Committee in the said Amendment :—It passed in 
the Negative. 

Then the subsequent Amendments, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Middlesex 
further consideration the Report on the Middlesex a Court 
County Court Bill; uy 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Amendments made by 
the Committee to the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “That the ” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ Bill be re-committed,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the {Sir Matthew Wood, } 
Yeas, Lord Viscount Dungannon :) ~~" 

Tellers for the be Benjamin Hall, } 5 
Noes, Mr. Freshfield : ; 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Committee to the Bill be now read a second time: 
—The said Amendments were accordingly read a 
second time, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being National Loan 
proposed, That the ingrossed Bill to enable the Na- Fund —~ Aw 
tional Loan Fund Life Assurance Society to sue and jyme’ °° 
be sued in the Name of the Chairman or Secretary, 
or any one Director of the said Society, be now read 
the third time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. . 

Tellers for the Yeas,{ gr Benjamia Hall: } 

Tellers for the Noes,{ Mr. Gakfadae } 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time: —The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Benjamin Hall do carry the 


Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. “ 
r. 


109. 


38 











Gray’s 
Estate 


Ashb 
Zoucl 
Debt: 
Bill. 


Grok 
Nat. 


Hart 
Doel 
Rail 





Gray’s__: 
Estate Bill. 


Ashby-de-la- 
Zouch Small 
Debts (No. 2.) 
Bill. 


Grohte’s 
Nat. Bill. 


Hartlepool 
Dock and 
Railway Bill. 


Church 
Establishment 
(Canada. ) 


Maynooth 
College, 





2 Victoriz. 


Mr. Packe, by Order, reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to confirm a Division already made, and to enable 
a further Division of the Residuary Personal Estate 
of William Gray, deceased, and to determine the 
right of Survivorship and contingency affecting the 
same; That they had examined the allegations of 
the Bill, and found the same to be true; and that 
the Parties concerned had given their consent to 
the Bill, to the satisfaction of the Committee ; and 
that the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment :—And the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Packe do carry the Bill to the 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without any Amendment. 


An ingrossed Bill for the more easy and speedy 
Recovery of Small Debts within the Town of Ashby- 
de-la-Zouch, and other places, in the Counties: of 
Leicester, Derby, Warwick and Stafford, was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Packe do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Grohte’s Naturalization Bill was read:a second 
time; and committed to Mr. Brotherton and the 
Lancaster List. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the (re-com- 
mitted) Hartlepool Dock and Railway Bill:—The 
House proceeded to take the said Report into further 
consideration ; printed Copies of the Bill having 
been delivered at the door upon Friday the 29th day 
of June last. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Amendments made by 
the Committee to the Bill be now read a second 
time ;. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “ That 
“ the” to the end of the Question, in order to 
add the words “ Report be taken into further con- 
“ sideration upon this day three months” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out, stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the {Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 63 

Yeas, (Lord Viscount Dungannon: , 

Tellers for the f Mr. Hume, a? 

Noes, UMr. Cayley: : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Committee to the Bill be now read a second time: 
—The said Amendments were accordingly read a 
second time, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Petitions from Devonport ;—- Shotley ; — Horn- 
castle;— Twyford ;—Norham ;— Belfast ;— Choller- 
ton ;—Kingston-upon-Hull ;—and, Peckham; pray- 
ing the House to take into consideration the present 
state of the Ecclesiastical Establishment in Canada, 
and extend to the Church of those provinces pro- 
tection and encouragement,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Robert Simpson, M.A. ;— Hull; 
— Bridgwater ;— and, Ripon; praying the House 
to discontinue the annual grant made to the Roman 
Catholic College of Maynooth,—were presented, 
— — - and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

oL. 93. 


9° Julie. 








687 

A Petition of Charlotte Conway, Countess de French Claims. 
Rollat, complaining of the confiscation of the pro- 
perty of her mother in France, on the ground of her 
being a British subject, and of the rejection of her 
claim to compensation by the Commissioners of 
French Claims, on the ground of her being a foreign- 
born subject; and praying the House to take her 
case into consideration, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Supply; 
mittee of Supply ; 

Ordered, That the Account of the Income and Estimates, &amp;c., 
Expenditure of the British Museum, for the year "fred: 
1837 ; of the estimated Charges and Expenses for —* 
the year ending 25th March 1839, and of the Sums 
necessary to discharge the same ; and also, an Ac- 
count of the Number of Persons admitted to visit 
the Museum from Christmas 1831 to Christmas 
1837, which was presented upon the 21st day of 
March last, be referred to the Committee. - 

Ordered, That the several Estimates for Charitable Charitable In- 
Institutions and Miscellaneous Services in Jreland, ficclona’ &amp;e., 
be referred to the Committee. caneied 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 

(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fourteen Slave Trade 

thousand and seven hundred pounds, be granted to Commissions. 
Her Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of March 1839, 
Salaries and Incidental Expenses for the Commis- 
sions appointed on the part of Her Majesty, under 
the Treaties with Foreign Powers, for preventing 
the illegal Traffic in Slaves. 


2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- Consuls, &amp;c. 

dred and seven thousand nine hundred and ninety- 
three pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray, 
to the 31st day of March 1839, the Charge of the 
Salaries of Her Majesty’s Consuls General, Consuls 
and Vice-Consuls, and of the Superintendents of 
Trade at Canton ; also of the Contingent Expenses 
connected with the Public Duties of such Consuls 
General, Consuls and Vice-Consuls, and Superin- 
tendents of Trade at Canton. 


3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Nine Inspectors of 
thousand and fifty-five pounds, be granted to Her Factories 
Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 1839, 
the Charge of the Salaries and Expenses of the 
Inspectors and Superintendents of Factories under 
the Act to regulate the Labour of Children and 
Young Persons in the Mills and Factories of the 
United Kingdom. 


4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six thou- Inspectors ef 
sand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray Prisons. 
the Senin and Expenses of the Inspectors of 
Prisons, to the 31st day of March 1839. 


5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty- Mint. 
three thousand seven hundred and three pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenditure 
for the several Branches of the Mint, to the 31st 
day of March 1839. 


6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighty- Compensations. 
three thousand two hundred and twelve pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Allowances or Compensations to Persons formerly 
employed in the Public Offices or Departments, 
or in the Public Service, to the 31st day of March 
1839. 


7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Nine Toulonese 
thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to Her Emigrants, &amp;c. 
Majesty, to enable Her to grant Relief, to the 31st 
day of March 1839, to Toulonese and Corsican 
Emigrants, Dutch Naval Officers, Saint Domingo 
Sufferers, American Loyalists and others, who have 
heretofore received Allowances from Her Majesty, 
and who, for Services performed or Losses sustained, 
in the British Service, have special Claims on Her 
Majesty’s justice and liberality. 


484 8. Resolved, 









































Vaccine 
Establishment. 


Refuge for the 
Destitute. 


Criminal 
Lunatics. 


Protestant 
Dissenting 
Ministers, &amp;c. 








Stationery, &amp;c. 













7" 
° Law Charges. 







Convicts, 
















688 


8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One thou- 
sand eight hundred and 4 | pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the National 
Vaccine Establishment, for the year 1838. 


9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three | 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for | 
the support of the Institution called ‘The Refuge 
for the Destitute,’ for the year 1838. 


10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand and seventy-three pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of confining 
and maintaining Criminal Lunatics in the Buildings 
attached to Bethlem Hospital, to the 31st day of 
March 1839. 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That a 
sum, not exceeding Four thousand and five hundred 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay, to the 
31st day of March 1839, the usual Allowances to 
Protestant Dissenting Ministers in England, Poor 
French Refugee Clergy, Poor French Refugee Laity, 
and sundry small Charitable and other Allowances 
to the Poor of Saint Martin’s-in-the-Fields, and 
others ; 

Afterwards, Motion made, and Question put, That 
asum, not exceeding Two thousand eight hundred 
and five pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to pay, 
to the 3ist day of March 1839, the usual Allow- 
ances to Poor French Refugee Clergy, Poor French 
Refugee Laity, and sundry small Charitable and 
other Allowances to the Poor of Saint Martin’s-in- 
the-Fields, and others ; 

The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the f Mr. Hume, 16 
Yeas, i Mr. Hindley : } ; 
Tellers for the ¢ Sir Thomas Troubridge, 84 
Noes, { Mr. Robert Steuart : ioe 


11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of March 1839, 
the usual Allowances to Protestant Dissenting Mi- 
nisters in England, Poor French Refugee Clergy, 
Poor French Refugee Laity, and sundry small Cha~- 
ritable and other Allowances to the Poor of Saint 
Martin’ s-in-the-Fields, and others. 


12. Motion made, and Question put, That a sum, 
not exceeding Thirty-five thousand and nine hundred 
pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Charge of Her Majesty’s Foreign and other Secret 
Services, to the 31st day of March 1839; 

oa Committee divided : 

ellers for thef Sir Georye Grey, 
Yeas, { Mr. miles aout : } it. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Hume, 7 

Noes, \ Mr. William Williams: f 3° 


13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and ninety-seven thousand seven hundred and 
ninety-six Fema be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of providing Stationery, Printing 
and Binding for the several Departments of Go- 
vernment in England, Ireland and Scotland, and in 
the Colonies ; and for providing Statio..ery, Binding, 
Printing Paper, and Printing for the two Houses 
of Parliament, including the ‘Expense of the Esta- 
blishment of the Stationery Office, to the 31st day 
of March 1839. 


14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirteen 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expenses of Law Charges to the 31st 
day of March 1839. 


15. Resolved, That a sum, not exeeeding Forty- 
six thousand six hundred and ninety pounds, 3 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
aera for the Convict Hulk Establishment at 
7 ome and at Bermuda, to the 31st day of March 
839. 

16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two hun- 
dred and thirty-five thousand pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to defray the Shape of maintaining 


O°— 10° Julzz. 





A. 1838. 


Convicts at New South Wales and Van Diemen’s 
Land, to the 31st day of March 1839. 


17. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty Capturea 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Negroes, ' 
defray the Expenses for the support of captured 
Negroes and liberated Africans, under the Acts 
for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, to the 31st 
day of March 1839. 


18. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five Public Records, 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
cleaning, binding, repairing and indexing the Public 
Records, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

19. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty School Houses 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to (England.) 
enable Her to issue Money for the erection of School 
Houses, and to provide for the inspection of the 
Schools already established, in aid of Private Sub- 
scriptions for that purpose, for the Education of the 
Children of the Poorer Classes in England, to the 
31st day of March 1839. 


20. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ten D°- (Scotland) 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
enable Her to issue Money for the erection of School 
Houses in aid of Private Subscriptions for that 
purpose, for the Education of the Children of the 
Poorer Classes in Scotland, to the 31st day of March 
1839. 
Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Martis, 10° die Julti, 1838: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, That he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, again 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Tithes 
mittee on the Tithes (Ireland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for oe into Bankrupts’ 
further consideration the Report on the Bank- yell 4) Bill 
rupts’ Estates (Scotland) Bill ; ens 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Registration 
reading of the Registration of Leases(Scotland) Bill; of worse pill 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon cts") ™™ 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Parliamentary 
mittee on the Parliamentary Burghs(Scotland) Bill; a 4) Bill 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday ~ 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- China Courts 
mittee on the China Courts Bill; Bili. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Tithes and Land 
reading of the Tithes and Land Merger Bill; Mere" Bil 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Westen _ 
reading of the Western Australia Bill ; Australia Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 





To-morrow. 
The 





et 


~~ Ss 





East India 
Labourers Bill. 


Court of 
Chancery 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Sea Coast 
Fisheries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Imprisonment 
for Debt Bill. 


Registration of 
Electors Bill, 


Charch 
Building Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Mails on 
Railways Bill, 


Ways and 
Means, 


Glass Duties 
Bill. 


Schools 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Rankraptcy 
Court Bill. 


Municipal 
Boundaries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Dublin Police 
Bill. 


Loan Societies 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Fines and 
izances 
(Ireland) Bill. 


2 Vicroriz. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the East India Labourers Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


The Court of Chancery (Ireland) Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Sea Coast Fisheries (Ireland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Imprisonment for Debt Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Registra- 
tion of Electors Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into furtlier 
consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Church Building Acts Amendment 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Mails on Railways Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Glass Duties Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 
Report on the Schools (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report he received upon Thurs- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Bankruptcy Court Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day pgs | read for the second 
reading of the Municipal Boundaries (Jreland) 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Dublin Police Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Loan Socie- 
ties (Ireland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
— on the Fines and Recognizances (Ireland) 

ill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee, 

Vot. 93. 


9°—10° Julie. 





689 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Local Commis- 
mittee on the Local Commissioners’ Relief Bill; —_sioners’ Relief 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re-~"* 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported the Highway Rates Highway Rates 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed Bill. 
to; and Amendments were made to the Bill. No. 568. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Friday 
next. 
Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Turpentine 
into further consideration the Report on the Turpen- Penalties Bill. 
tine Penalties Bill ; and the Amendments were read, 

and agreed to. . 

_ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 

ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Prisous 
the Report on the Prisons (Scotland) Bill; (Scotland) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Supply 
further consideration the last of the Resolutions (7 Juy-] 
which upon Saturday last were reported from the 
Committee of Supply ; 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be taken into 
further consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Qualification of 
reading of the ingrossed Bill to amend the Laws re- Members Bill. 
lating to the Qualification of Members to serve in 
Parliament ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the ( Mr. Warburton, } 63 
Yeas, Mr. Aglionby : . 

Tellers for the { Colonel Sibthorp, \ 4 
Noes, Lord Viscount Dungannon: 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That 
the Bill be now read the third time; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question be- 
ing put, That this House do now adjourn ; 

e House divided : 
The Yeas to the new Lobby; 
The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ Colonel Sibthorp ‘ } 14, 


fis. 

Tellers for the Noes, a ae Woke d } 51. 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Bill be now read the third time:—And a Debate 
arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Prisons Bill. 
further consideration the Report on the Prisons 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day wow | read, for the Com- Arms (Ireland) 
mittee on the Arms (Jreland) Bill; Bil. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 





4T+ The 


| 























690 


South Australis The ingrossed Bill to amend an Act of the fourth 
Act Amend- and fifth years of his late Majesty, to erect South 
_ Australia into a British Province, was, according 
to Order, read the third time; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to amend an Act of the fourth and 
fifth years of his late Majesty, empowering his Ma- 
jesty to erect South Australia into a’ British Pro- 
vince or Provinces. 
Ordered, That Mr. Hutt do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


County of Clare The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Advance Bill. mittee on the County of Clare Advance Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


County of Clare A Motion being made, That this House will, this 
Kfowerny of day, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of 
“i authorizing an Advance of Money out of the Con- 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, for the County of Clare, and 
of the payment of the public monies which have 
been advanced to the said County ; 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Majes- 
ty’s command, acquainted the House, that Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject mat- 
ter of this Motion, recommends it to the consider- 
ation of the House. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Fines and A Motion being made, That this House will, this 
aon day, resolve itself into a Committee, to consider of 


Payment of authorizing the payment of Fines, Penalties, Issues, 
ines, &amp;e., to Deodands, Amerciaments and Forfeited Recogni- 
8 Chari- zances in Ireland, to certain local charities and 
‘ purposes, so long as the hereditary Revenues of the 
Crown shall not be payable to Her Majesty ; 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s command, acquainted the House, that Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject matter 
of this Motion, recommends it to the consideration 
of the House. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Public Records Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

Bil. for keeping safely the Public Records: And that 
Mr. Solicitor General and Mr. Attorney General 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Division of Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 

Parishes Bill. to authorize the Division of large or populous 
Parishes and Townships into Wards, for the election 
of Guardians of the Poor: And that Mr. Baines 
and Mr. Brotherton do prepare, and bring it in. 


Revenue The House was moved, That the Act 6 and 7 
ee Will. 4, c. 28, to enable Persons to make Deposits 
~~" of Stock or Exchequer Bills, in lieu of giving Secu- 
rity by Bond to the Postmaster-General and Commis- 
sioners of Land Revenue, Customs, Excise, Stamps 
and Taxes, might be read; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the said Act: And that Mr. Chancellor of 
the Exchequer and Mr. John Parker do prepare, 
anc bring it in. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 


Shannon Navi- 


gation Bill. —_ for promoting the improvement of the Navigation of 
the River Shannon: And that Mr. Chancellor of the 
Exchequer and Lord Viscount Morpeth do prepare, 
and bring it in. 

County The House was moved, That the Act 1 Vic. c. 54, 


(rclend) Bill to provide more effectual means to make Treasurers 


of Counties and Counties of Cities in Jreland ac- 
count for Public Monies, and to secure the same, 
might be read; and the same being read ; 

dered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the said Act: And that Lord Viscount 





9°—10° Juliz. 





A. 1838. 
Morpeth and Mr. More O’Ferrall do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Act 2 and 3 Insane Persons 
Will. 4, c. 107, for regulating for Three years, and (25slend) Bill, 
from thence until.the end of the then next Session 
of Parliament, the care and treatment of Insane 
Persons in England, might be read; and the same 
was read. 

The House was also moved, that the Act 3 and 
4 Will. 4, c. 64, to amend an Act of the second 
and third year of his present Majesty, for regulating 
the care and treatment of Insane Persons in Eng- 
land, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to continue the said Acts: And that Lord Ashley 
and Mr. Solicitor General do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


The House was moved, That the Act 1 Vice. c. '78, Trading 
for better enabling Her Majesty to confer certain Companies Bil. 
Powers and Immunities on Trading and other Com- 
panies, might be read ; -and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the said Act: And that Mr. Poulett 
Thomson and Mr. Robert Steuart do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Canada. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Instructions to Lord Durham, for the 
constitution of the Special Council; Lord Durham’s 
Proclamation dissolving the Special Council; Lord 
Durham’s Letter to the Members of the Executive 
Council, dispensing with their attendance ; and the 
appointments made by Lord Durham of the Execu- 
tive Council and the Special Council. 

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


Mr. Solicitor General presented a Bill for keeping Public Records 
safely the Public Reaeine And the same was read Bill. 

the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time No. 573. 
upon Thursday next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Revenue 
Bill to amend an Act for enabling persons to make oe or marl 
deposits of Stock or Exchequer Bills, in lieu of “* 
giving security by bond to the Postmaster-General No. 570. 
and Commissioners of Land Revenue, Customs, 

Excise, Stamps aud Taxes: And the same was read 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Thursday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Shannon Navi- 
Bill for promoting the improvement of the Naviga- gation Bill. 
tion of the River Shannon: And the same was read No. 569. 
the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Lord Ashley presented a Bill to continue two Acts Insane Persons 
relating to the care and treatment of Insane Persons (England) Bill. 
in England: And the same was read the first time; No. 571. 
and ordered to be read a second To-morrow ; 
and to be printed. 


Mr. Robert Steuart presented a Bill to amend Trading _ 
an Act of the first year of Her present Majesty, Companies Bill. 
for better enabling ° os Majesty to confer certain Nov.572. 
Powers and Immunities on Trading and other Com- 

panies: And the same was read the first time; and 

ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday 

next ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Baines presented a Bill to authorize the Division of 
division of large and populous Parishes and Town- Parishes Bill. 
ships into Wards, for the election of Guardians of No, 574. 
the Poor: And the same was read the first time; 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Thurs- 





day next ; and to be printed. 
Mr. 





Public 
Petiti 


Poor | 
Amen 
Act. 


Edint 
Leith 
ment 


Roya 
(Scot 


Beer. 


Sunc 
Stoc! 


Con 


Har 


Chu 





2 Victoria. 


Public Mr. George William Wood reported from the 
Petitions. Select Committee on Public Petitions; That they 
had examined the Petitions presented from the 2d 
to the 7th days of this instant July, both inclusive ; 
and had directed him to make a Rescik thereof to 
the House. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Poor Law A Petition of Members of the Council of the Pro- 

Awendment —_ yincial Medical and Surgical Association, praying for 

Act. the amendment of the Poor Law Act, was presented, 
and read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
the Poor Law Amendment Act. 


Edinburgh and =A Petition of the Incorporation of Traftickers 
Leith Agree- or Merchant Company of Leith, praying that the 
— Edinburgh and Leith Agreement Bill may not pass 
into a law as it now stands, was presented, and read; 
and referred to the Select Committee on the Bill. 
Petitions from the Incorporation of the Trinity 
House of Leith ;—and, Merchants, Heritors, Ship- 
owners and Inhabitants of Leith; praying that the 
said Bill may pass into a law,—were also presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Royal Burghs A Petition of the Incorporation of Wrights, Ma- 

(Scotland) Bill. sons, &amp;ec., in South Leith, praying that the Royal 
Burghs (Scotland) Bill may not pass mto a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Beer. Ordered, That there 'be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Convictions against persons for adul- 
terating Beer; distinguishing the Beer Retailers 
licensed by the Excise from those licensed by the 
Magistracy, for the three years ending October 
1837. 


Sunderland and Ordered, That the Petition of the President of the 

Stockton Post’ Chamber of Commerce of Sunderland, praying that 
a direct Communication by Post may be established 
between the ports of Sunderland and‘ Stockton, 
which was presented upon the 28th day of May last, 
be referred to the Select Committee on Postage. 


And then the House having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after one of the clock 
on Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Martis, 10° die Julii ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


ll 


PRAYERS. 
Committees, ORDERED, That all Committees have leave to 
sit this day till Four of the clock, during the 

sitting of the House. 


Ramsgate Mr. Shadwell, from the Directors of the Royal 
Harbour. Harbour of Ramsgate, was called in; and at the 
bar presented, pursuant to the directions of an Act 
of Parliament,—An Account of the Revenue and 
Expenditure of the Royal Harbour of Ramsgate 
Trust, from 24th June 1836 to 24th June 1837 :— 
And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table. 


Church Lands, | The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
the 2d day of this instant July, that there be laid 
before this House, a Copy of all the Parliamentary 
Surveys of Church Lands, made in 1646, and depo- 
sited by Parliament in the Library of Manuscripts 
at Lambeth Palace, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 


Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to 


Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased to 
Vou. 93. 








9°—10° Jule. 691 


give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of all the Parliamentary Surveys of Church 
Lands made in 1646, and deposited by Parliament 
in the Library of Manuscripts at Lambeth Palace. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Petitions from Charmouth; — and, Bolton-le Church 
Moors ; praying the House to take into considera~ Fstablishment 
tion the present state of the Ecclesiastical Esta- ‘~"™ ae 
blishments in Canada, and extend to the Church of 
those Provinces protection and encouragement,— 


were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Bankers, Printers, Booksellers and Fourdrinier’s 
Consumers of Paper, in the city of Oxford, praying Patent. 
the House to take into consideration the case of 
Messrs. Fourdrinier, in regard to their Patent, 
relative to the manufacture of paper, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Aberdeen ;—and, Scarborough ; Pilotage Bill. 
praying that the Pilotage Bill may not pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Dalbury and Trus« Maynooth 
ley; praying that the Annual Grant made to the College. 
Roman Catholic College of Maynooth be discon- 
tinued, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Bankers, Merchants and Tradesmen Jmprisonment 
of Devonport, praying that the Imprisonment for for Debt Bill. 
Debt Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen, Council and Bonding 
Inhabitants of Worcester, praying for the establish- Warehouses. 
ment of Inland Bonding Wasslinssen, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bolton-le-Moors, churci 
praying that all increase of Revenue that may arise Property. 
from an improved system of leasing Ecclesiastical 
Property, may be left at the disposal of the Church 
to supply the deficiency of spiritual instruction for 
the people, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Spirit Retailers of Maas Spirit Deale 
and Kilcock, praying that Spirit Dealers in Treland (Ireland. 
may be placed on the same footing with those of 
England and Scotland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Caernarvon, praying Postage. 
for the establishment of a low and uniform Rate of 
Postage on Letters, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Postage. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Pilotage Bill. 
further consideration the Report on the Pilotage 
Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon this day three months. 


Ordered, That the Hartlepool Dock and Railway Hartlepool 
Bill be read the third time To-morrow. Railway Bill 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com-Tithes 
mittee on the Tithes (Ireland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That it be an Instruction to the Committee, 
that they have Power to make arrangements for the 
diminution or discharge of the arrears of Tithes now 
due :—And the said Motion was, with leave of the 
House, withdrawn. 





4T2 Then 





ra a snr ry mere rs Ta Pine 














et COS 


692 10° Juliz. 


Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Prisons Mr. Fox Maule reported the Prisons (Scotland) 
(Scotland) Bill. Bill :—And the Bill was re-committed to a Committee 
No. 575. of the whole House; and the House immediately 
resolved itself into the said Committee ; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 

ments thereunto. : 

em That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed, and read the third time upon Friday 
next. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


County of Clare The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
—— of into a Committee, to consider of authorizing an Ad- 
“a vance of Money out of the Consolidated Fund of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, for the County of Clare, and of the payment 
of the Public Monies which have been advanced 
to the said County; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Bernal reported, That the Committee had made 
Progress in the matters to them referred; and that 
he was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, again resolve itself into the said Commitiee. 


Vagrant Act The ingrossed Bill to amend an Act for punish- 
— ing idle and disorderly Persons, and Rogues and 
, Vagabonds, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Estcourt do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Post Office The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Bill reading of the Post Office Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 
Supply. The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report from the Committee of Suppy ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 
China Courts The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Bill. mittee on the China Courts Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Sea Coast The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
(inelend) Bill. mit.ee on the Sea Coast Fisheries (Jreland) Bill ; 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Imprisonment The Order of the day being read, for the second 
for Debt Bill. reading of the Imprisonment for Debt Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


Registration of | The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
Electors Bill. further consideration the Report on the Registration 
of Electors Bill; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration To-morrow. 








A. 1838. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Dublin Police 

mittee on the Dublin Police Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 

solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Loan Societi 
further [consideration the Report on the tea So- (ireland) Bill 
cieties (Ireland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Come Fines and 
mittee on the Fines and Recognizances (Ireland) Recognizances 
Bill ; (Treland) Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into supply 
further consideration the last of the Resolutions 7 July.] 
which, upon Saturday last, were reported from the 
Committee of Supply ; 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be taken into 
further consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- County of Clare 
mittee on the County of Clare Advance Bill ; Advance Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Captain Wood reported from the Committee on India Steam 
the India Steam Ship Company Bill; That they Ship Company 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 3#!- 
the same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Leeds ;—Kingston-upon-Hull ;— sale of Beer 
Bristol ;—Manchester and Salford (two Petitions) ; Act. 
— Birmingham ; — Manchester ; — Bolton ; —Hali- 
fax ;—Oldham (two Petitions) ;—and, Bury (Lan- 
caster); praying for the amendment of the Sale of 
Beer Act,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Robert Steuart reported from the Select Com- Edinburgh and 
mittee on the Edinburgh and Leith Agreement Bill ; Leith Agree- 
and to whom a Petition against the said Bill was re- "“" o 
ferred; That the Order of the House, of the 13th day No. 576. 
of June last, had been complied with; and that the 
Committee had considered the said Petition and 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true; and had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Saturday next. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Mr. Charles Wood presented, pursuant to Order,— Shipwrights, 
A Return of the Promotions and Appointments of a aes 
the various Shipwrights and other Officers that have 
taken place since 1830, with their Salaries, in Her 
Majesty’s Dock Yards; distinguishing those who 
were Educated at the School of Naval Architecture. 

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


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell and Message from 

Mr. Senior: the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for repairing and main- Wortley, 
taining the Road from the Leeds and Halifax Turn- _— - , 
pike Road at Stanningley to the Bridge over the giy), J 
Leeds and Liverpool Canal, and making and_main- 
taining a continuation of the same Road to Water- 
lane in Leeds, and other Roads communicating 


therewith, all in the West Riding of the County of 
York: A Bill, 





Bar 
Sma 


Bill 


Fest 
Rail 


Poo 
(Ire 


Hav 
fr 
nel 


Pad 
Est 


She 
(Ire 


Poc 
(Ire 


Ca 
Go 


Sal 





Barnsley 
Small Debts 


Bill. 


Festiaiog 
Railway Bill. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland ) Bill. 


Haverfordwest 


Portfield) — 
cians Bill. 


Paddington 
Estates Bill. 


Sheriffs 
(Ireland. ) 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No. 577. 


Cape of 
Good Hope. 


Sale of Beer, 





2 Vicroriz. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for the more easy and 
speedy Recovery of Small Debts within the Town 
of Barnsley, and other Places, in the West Riding 
of the County of York: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for granting further 
Powers to the Festinioy Railway Company: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for the more effectual relief of the Destitute 
Poor in Jreland, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House :—And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for dividing, allotting and inclosing Common 
and Waste Lands called Portfield, otherwise Poor- 
field, in the County of the Town of Haverford- 
west, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for enabling the Trustees of certain Lands 
situate in the Parish of Paddington, in the County 
of Middlesex, to grant Building Leases of the said 
Lands, and for other purposes, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords request, That this House will give 
leave to Lord Viscount Morpeth, a Member of this 
House, to attend their Lordships, in order to his 
being examined as a witness before the Select Com- 
mittee appointed by their Lordships to inquire into 
the manner in which Sheriffs have been appointed 
for the Counties in Jreland:—And then the Mes- 
sengers withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an answer to 
the last part of the said Message, by Messengers 
of their own. 

And the Messengers were again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith :—And then 
they again withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Poor Relief (Zreland) Bill, as 
amended by the Lords, be printed. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That an humble Address be presented to Her Ma- 
jesty, praying Her Majesty to issue a Commission 
to investigate on the spot the past and actual state 
of the relations between the Inhabitants of the 
Eastern Province of the Cape of Good Hope and 
the Kafir Tribes ; the Causes and extent of the re- 
cent Migrations beyond the Frontier; and the best 
means of providing for the future security of the 
Province ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Gladstone, 1 


Mr. Praed: J $2. 
Tellers for the Noes, { 


Mr. Robert Steuart, 41 
So it passed in the Negative. 


Sir George Grey: 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 


10°—11° Juliz. 


693 


January 1838, complaining of the New Commission 
appointed by the Portuguese Government to inves- 
tigate their Claims. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- Business of the 
posed, That notwithstanding the Resolutions of the House. 


House on the 24th November 1837, or any other 
Resolutions or Orders relating to Public Business, 
any Member be permitted to fix the first day of the 
next Session on which Notices shall be entitled to 
precedence of Orders of the day for moving for the 
the production of any Papers :—And the said Mo- 
tion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Stipendiary 
Return of all the Stipendary Magistrates in Ireland; a&gt; 


specifying their Names, Salaries and Emoluments, 
the Date of their Appointment, their Residence, 
and the Districts under their Charge, and for what 
Counties they hold Commissions of the Peace. 


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


Mercurii 11° die Juliit, 1838: 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- New Houses of 
Parliament. 


posed, That there be laid before this House, a Re- 
turn of the Purchases of Property for the Site of 
the New Houses of Parliament made by the Com- 
missioners of Woods, &amp;c., of the Sums offered by 
the Commissioners to the Parties, and of the Sums 
awarded by Verdict of a Jury and otherwise, and 
the Legal Expenses incurred by the Commissioners 
in each case; specifying the Number of Counsel 
employed, and the Fees paid to.them ; also, 
the Number of Surveyors employed as Witnesses, 
and the Fees paid to each of them; and also, the 
Amount of the Costs paid by the Commissioners in 
each Case to the opposite Party:—And the said 
Motion was, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Government 
Copies of all Minutes of the Governor-General and of Oude. 


Members of Council in Bengal, and of all Pro- 
ceedings of the Governor-General in Council, and 
of all Communications from the Governor-General 
in Council to the Court of Directors; and of all 
Communications from the Resident of the East 
India Company at Lucknow, to the Governor-Gene- 
ral in Council, or to the Court of Directors, relative 
to the Death of the late King of Oude, Nussur-od- 
deen- Hyder, and the steps adopted by the Resident 
of the Company for the regulation of the Succession 
to the Throne :—Of all Memorials addressed to the 
Governor-General in Council to the Court of Direc- 
tors, or to the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs 
of India, by any individuals asserting a Claim to 
the Throne of Oude, and the Answers returned 
thereto :—And, of all Treaties ratified between the 
Governor-General in Council and the present reign- 
ing King of Oude. 


Copies of any Passages in Presentments of Grand 
Juries in England and Wales, having reference to 
the state of the law affecting the Sale of Beer, for 
the years 1836, 1837 and 1838. 
Ordered, That the said Address be 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Fines and 
into a Committee, to consider of authorizing the ~—-z 
Payment of Fines, Penalties, Issues, Deodands, | payinent of 
Amerciaments and Forfeited Recognizances, in Jre- Fines, &amp;c., to 


resented to “e ‘ti 
land, to certain Local Charities and purposes, so long Local Charities. 


ouse as are 


British 
Auxiliary 
Legion 
(Portugal.) 


Her Majesty by such Members of this 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy: Council. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this 
House, Copy of a Letter from General Sir Milley 
Doyle, and other Officers of the British Auxiliar 
i —_— to Lord Howard de Walden, 6th 

OL. . , 





as the Hereditary Revenues of the Crown shall not 
be payable to Her Majesty. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That so long as the Hereditary Revenues 
of the Crown shall not be payable to Her Majesty, 
Her heirs and successors, Fines, Penalties, Issues, 
Deodands, Amerciaments and forfeited Recogni- 

4T3 zances, 








East India 
Company. 


Hartlepool 
Dock and 
Railway Bill. 








694. 10°—11° Julia. A. 1838. 


zances, arising in Ireland, may be applied in aid of 
certain Local Charities and purposes. 
Resolution to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Robert 
Gordon reported, That the Committee had come to 
a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after one of the clock on 
Wednesday morning, adjourned till this day. 











Mercurii, 11° die Julii; 
Anno 2° Victoria Regine, 1838. 
PRAYERS. 


M&amp; Campbell, from the Court of Directors of 
the East India Company, was called in; and 
at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of 
several Acts of Parliament,—1. An Account of the 
Receipts and Disbursements of the Home Treasury 
of the East India Company, from 1st May 1837 to 
30th April 1838 :—2. Estimate of the Receipts and 
Disbursements of the Home Treasury of the East 
India Company, from ist May 1838 to 30th April 
1839:—3. An Account of the Debts and Credits in 
England of the Government of India on the 1st May 
1838 :—4. A List of the several Establishments of 
the East India Company in England, and the 
Salaries and Allowances payable by the Court of 
Directors in respect thereof, on the 1st of May 1838: 
—5. An Account of new or increased Salaries, Esta- 
blishments or Pensions payable in Great Britain, 
granted or created between Ist May 1837 and Ist 
May 1838 :—6. Allowances, Compensations, Re- 
munerations and Superannuations granted to Officers 
and Servants of the East India Company, under the 
93d Section of the Act 53 Geo. 3, c. 155, between 1st 
May 1837 and 1st May 1838 :—7. Compensations 
granted between 1st May 1837 and 1st May 1838 
under the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 85, s.7:—8. Com- 
pensations granted to reduced Officers and Servants 
of the East India Company in England, in the form 
of Annuities, and to their Widows and Children :— 
9. Compensations granted to Commanders and Of- 
ficers of the Company’s Maritime Service, in the 
form of Annuities :—10. Compensations to the Ma- 
ritime Service, in the form of Gratuities to those 
who have served less than Ten years, computed ac- 
cording to Rank and Service:—11. Extra Compen- 
sation, in the form of a Gratuity to an Officer of a 
Company’s own Ship:—12. Compensation to the 
Family of a deceased Gunner of the Company’s 
Maritime Service, in the form of an Annuity :—And 
then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Accounts do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the ingrossed Bill to enable the Hartle- 
pool Dock and Railway Company to raise Money 
by sale of Shares in their Undertaking, and for 
amending the Acts relating thereto ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read the third time ; 

‘The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Lord Viscount Dungannon, 6: 

Yeas, \ Mr. Frederick Hodgson : } a 

Tellers for the { Mr. Cayley, ‘ 

Noes, \ Mr. Muskett : } = 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill, in Pr. 4. 1. 36. by inserting after the words 
“ three fourths in” the words “ number and.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 

be there inserted :—It passed in the Negative. 

Resolved, That the Bil do pass. 

Ordered, That Lord Viscount Dungannon do 
carry the Bill to the Lords, and desire their con- 
currence. 


An ingrossed Bill for the further Improvement of Middlesex 
the County Court of Middlesex, was read the third ae Court 
time ; and Amendments were made to the Bill. sa 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in Pr. 28. 1.15. by leaving out from the 
word “ sent” to the word “ And,” in Pr. 29. 1.25. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Bill ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, { - ag a , 
Tellers for the Noes, = Freja } 92. 
So it passed in the Negative. 


Then several other Amendments were made to 


15. 


‘the Bill. 


Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in Pr. 29. 1. 25. by leaving out from the 
words “ said plaintiff” to the word “ And” in 
Pr. $2. I. 1. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Bill :—And 
a Debate arising thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till To- 


morrow. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- Westminster 
posed, That the Westminster Improvement Bill be Improvement 
now read a second time; — 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 


made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word Har 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the oe 
words “ upon this day three months.” = 


And the Question being put, That the word 
“now” stand part of the Question:—It passed in 
the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day three months” be added at the end 
of the Question:—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That that the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 






All 
lege 
Est 








The House proceeded to take into consideration Paddington 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Estates Bil. 
intituled, An Act for enabling the Trustees of cer- 
tain Lands situate in the Parish of Paddington, in 
the County of Middlesex, to grant Building Leases 
of the said Lands, and for other purposes; and the 
same were read, as follow ; 

Pr. 6. 1.4. After “the” insert “ representative 
“ of the.” 

Pr. 14. 1.15. Leave out from “leases” to “ but” 
in I, 23. 

Pr. 14. 1. 24. Leave out “ several purposes,” 
and insert “ purpose.” 

Pr. 20. 1.16. After “‘ expressed” insert “ and 
so as the full rent be reserved and made payable 
“ at or before the expiration of Seven years from 
“the making of any such contract or ayree- 
ment.” 

Pr. 24, 1.23. After “which” insert “ by reason 
“ of.” 

Pr. 24. 1. penult. Leave out “for any of them.” 











iso 







‘ 


n 






nn 





“ 








Pr. 25. 


Haverfordwest 
(Portfield) 
Tnclosure Bill. 


All Souls Col- 
lege (Oxford) 
Estate Bill. 


Legh’s 
Estate Bill. 





2 Victoriz2. 


Pr. 25. 1s. 8. and 9. Leave out from “ respec- 
“ tively” to “so,” in 1. penult. 

Pr. 26. 1.7. Leave out “lessee or lessees,” and 
insert “ person or persons.” 

Pr. 27. 1.6. Leave out from “ executed” to 
“ saving,” in Pr. 30. 1. 30. and insert Clause (A.) 

Ciausz (A.) “ And whereas a piece or parcel 

of land belonging to the said charity estate hath 
been taken by a certain Company called the Great 
Western Railway Company, under the powers of 
certain Acts of Parliament, for the purposes of 
their Railway, and the purchase-money to be 
paid by the said Company for the same will form 
part of the funds belonging to the said charity, 
and will, under the provisions of the said Acts, 
or one of them, be paid into the Court of Exche- 
“ quer; BE it therefore further Enacted, That it shall 
and may be lawful for the said court, and the said 
court is hereby empowered, upon a Petition to be 
preferred by the Trustees of the said charity es- 
tate, m a summary way to order the costs, 
charges and expenses of obtaining and passing 
this Act, and all proceedings which have been 
** taken in relation or preparatory thereto, together 
“‘ with the costs and expenses of obtaining such 
“ order, to be raised and paid out of the purchase- 
“ money so to be paid into the said court as afore- 
“ sdid, and the same shall be raised and paid ac- 
“ cordingly: Provided always, That it shall be law- 
“ ful for the said Court of Exchequer to make such 
“ order or orders as the said court shall think fit 
“ for taxing and settling the said costs, charges 
“ and expenses.” 

Pr. 31. 1.19. Leave out “ one,” and insert 


“ any.’ 


‘ 


wn 


‘ 


n 


‘é 


n 


‘ 


n 


In the Schedule to the Bill : 
Pr. 32. 1. 14. Leave out from “ Nevius” to 
for,” in 1. 16. 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir Matthew Wood do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


‘ 


n 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Haverfordwest (Portfield) Inclosure Bill be 
referred to Sir Richard Philipps, and the Committee 
upon the Bill, to inquire whether the Parties con- 
cerned consent to the said Amendments. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit 
and proceed, and to make their Report To-morrow. 


Sir Robert Harry Inglis reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for effecting an Exchange between the Warden and 
Fellows of the College of Ali Souls, Oxford, and 
Thomas Penrice, Esquire ; That they had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to 
be true; and that the Parties concerned had given 
their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of the 
Committee; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment :—And the Bill was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Robert Harry Inglis do carry 
the Bill to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, without any Amend- 
ment. 


Mr. Wilson Patten reported from the Committee 
on the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
authorize the making of Conveyances in Fee or 
Demises for long terms of years, of Estates devised 
by or settled to the uses of the will of Thomas 
Peter Legh, Esquire, deceased, for building on or 
otherwise improving the same under yearly rents 
to be reserved in the same Conveyances and De- 
mises, and to sell certain parts of the said Estates, 
and to purchase other Estates in lieu thereof, under 

Vou. 93. 


11° Juhi. 





695 


the control of the Court of Chancery, and for other 
purposes connected with the same Estates; That 
they had examined the allegations of the Bill, and 
found the same to be true; and that the Parties 
concerned had given their consent to the Bill, to 
the satisfaction of the Committee; and that the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto; and the same were read, 
as follow; 

Pr. 8. 1. 7. Leave out “ on,” and insert “ in, 
and in the same line leave out “ Twenty-seventh 
“ day” and insert month.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 24. Leave out “ three” and insert 
“ nine.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 25. Leave out “ and forty-two.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 16. At the end of the line insert 
© Par.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 8. After 
* Parr.” 

Pr. 40. 1. 8. After “ Wood” insert “ Parr.” 

Pr. 43. 1. 32. After “ Burton Wood” insert 
“ Parr.” 

Pr. 53. 1.12. Leave out “ Bladen” and insert 
“ Beaden.” 

Pr. 56. 1,21. Leave out “ 32” and insert “ 16.” 

Pr. 59. 1. 18. Leave out “ John” and insert 
‘ Joseph,” and leave out “ 6” and insert “ 4.” 


Pr. 59. 1. 21. Leave out “ Hubler” and insert 


’ ”? 


“ Burton Wood” insert 


n~ 


“ Hullab.” 

Pr. 59. 1. 27. Leave out “ John ” and insert 
“ James.” 

Pr. 61. 1. 14. Leave out “ Zee ” and insert 
“ Leigh.” 

Pr. 61. 1. 15. Leave out “ Lee” and insert 
“ Leigh.” 

Pr. 61. 1. 16. Leave out “ Zee” and insert 
“ Leigh.” 

Pr. 63. 1. 7. Leave out “ Jane” and insert 


“« Elizabeth.” 

Pr. 63. 1. 8. After “ Pilley” insert “ H.” 

Pr. 65. 1. 7. Leave out “5 5 0” and insert 
“11 11 0.” 

Pr. 65. 1. 17. Leave out the whole of the line 
and the word “ road” in the next. 

Pr. 67. 1. 11. Leave out “29|| | 2,553 1 8” 
and insert “ 27 || | 2,536 12 8.” 

Pr. 67. 1.14. Leave out “ 29” and insert “ 27,” 
and leave out “ 2,553 1 8 | 2,553 1 8” and insert 
“ 9,536 12 8 | 2,536 12 8.” 

Pr. 71. 1. 10. Leave out “ Charton”’ and insert 
“ Churton.” 

Pr 73. 1. 17. Leave out “ Leigh” and insert 
“ tet 

Pr. 77. 1. ult. Leave out “2 34 | 2,917 8 5 
“ 3,410 11 5” and insert “ 3 2] 2,900 19 5 
“ 3.389 6 5.” 

Pr. 84. 1. 30. Leave out “ 18” and insert “ 8 

Pr. 84. 1. 38. Leave out “ 30” and insert “ 3, 
and leave out “ 30” and insert “ 3.” 

Pr. 84, l. ult. Leave out “6 6 0| 6 6 0” and 
insert “10 0 0| 10 0 0.” 

Pr. 86. 1. 6. Leave out “83 0 0| 83 0 0” 
and insert “ 41 0 0| 41 0 0.” 

Pr. 87. 1. 13. Leave out “ 25 16 0 | 25 16 0” 
and insert “24 14 0 | 24 14 0.” 

Pr. 87. 1. 22. Leave out “ Baines” and insert 
“ Barnes.” ; 

Pr. 87. 1. 34. Leave out “ Hulton” and insert 
“ Halton.” 

Pr. 88. 1.4. After “ Claughton” insert “ Mary.” 

Pr. 88, . 16. Leave out “ Mary” and insert 
“ Sarah.” 

Pr. 89. 1. 19. Leave out “0 0 41” and insert 
*.@.} 3," 

Pr. 89. 1. ult. Leave out “ Thomas” and insert 
James.” 
Pr.90. 1. 36. Leave out “ Haughton” and insert 
“ Houghton.” 
Pr. 90. 1.38. After “ Arnold” insert “ George.” 
4T4 Pr. 92. 


9 
. 


”? 


“ 








696 


Pr. 92. 1. 6. Leave out “ George” and insert 
“ Gerrard.” 

Pr. 93. 1. 19. Leave out “ Bownall”’ and insert 
“ Pownall.” 

Pr. 93. 1. 23. Leaveout “46 18 0 | 46 18 0” 
and insert “£.41 0 0 | £.41 0 0.” 

Pr. 95. 1. ult. Leave out the whole of the line 
and insert Paper (A.) 


“PAPER (A.) 









































Tenants’ Names. Contents. Yearly Rent. | Yearly Value. 
iam: * : oo oe 2 = is £2 
Appleton, Ann, cottage) i 3 3 5 
and garden - -J as 1 ~ 
Rate, George, cottage | 2 4 na! ae 
andgarden - -f| ~~ ~3 es 
Bell, John, cottage at i &gt; Stl a aon 2 
garden - - “S| - 
Ball, James, cottage - | - -— -} 210 - $3 . 
Boardman, Mary, cot-) } 4 4 
tageand garden = -f| ~~ “er per 
Cain, William, cottage | | 2 3 10 3 10 
andgarden - -f| ~~ —#? ~ % 
Gorse, John (in lease) - - - 6 - 2- 6 - - 
Gloster, George, cottage | 4 5 3 
and garden - — we — 
Howard, John (in lease - -10 - 4- 5 - - 
Harrison, John, jun., ) : _ 3 3 
cottage and garden - { ee &gt;in ~~ 
Ince, Henry, cottage - - - -j 110 - 110 - 
Low, John, cottage and rm Me dog 4 ee 
garden - - - | ~ 
Brandwood, Nancy, cot- | &lt;&lt; a a -, - 
tage = - - -f | &gt; . 
Singleton, Betty, cottage - - -4! 2 10 210 - 
Shearson, Miss, cottage - - 20 21 - - 21 - - 
Twiss, William, cottage | - - 10 | 213 - 212 - 
Thomasson, Mary, cot-\) j | * 4 
tage and gardens - f | —= — 7 = 
Unsworth, Thomas, cot- } | | 
tages Md -f| 7 7 73 | l1- &lt;= 1-- 
al y | 
= om ae \} +m wi 210 - 210 - 
Worsley, John, execu- it 30 114 18 - % — — 
tors (in lease) -J| 
Wooley, James, cottage | - - -} es acl ce re. 
2,064 ~ 74/3,724 10 11 | 4,298 16 3 
| 
** TownsHIrP or Parr. 
| es ee ——s 
Boardman, James - 84 1 22 mo « ae: « 
Orrell, Charles - - 4 — 36 6-- G6 - « 
Johnson, William - - =~ 90 - 3 - =a @ - 
Taylor, Ralph - - - -1 - 2- - 2 - 
Worsley, Peter - - - ~ - 4- a 4 « 
89 - 38 131 9 - 131 9 - 














= 9? 


Pr. 96. 1. 29. Leave out “25” and insert “ 35 
&gt; 


and leave out “ 25” and insert “ 35.” 

Pr. 97. 1. 30. Insert 
“ Tabbiner, Timothy | - - 6 | 410 -j 410 —” 

Pr. 97. 1. ult. Leave out the whole of the line 
and insert “773 1 14 | 857 12 9 | 945 10 0.” 

Pr. 99. 1. 34. Leave out “ windows ”’ and insert 
“ widows.” 

Pr. 100. |. 21. Leave out “ Gorton” and insert 
“&lt;&lt; Garton.” 

Pr. 101. 1. 38. Leave out “ Kilshaw’”’ and insert 
“ Kilshall.” 

Pr. 104. ].28. Leave out “24” and insert “32,” 
and leave out “ 24” and insert “ 32,” 

Pr. 106. 1.24. Leave out “ 30 ”’ and insert “ 40,” 
and leave out “ 30” and insert “ 40.” 

Pr. 106. Is. 33. and 34. Leave out “ Nayler, 
“ Elizabeth” and insert “ Cooper, John.” 

Pr. 106, ls. 36. and 37. Leave out “ Twiss, 
« James” and insert “ Greenhall, Peter.” 

Pr. 108. ls. 1. and 2. Leave out the whole of both 
lines. 

Pr. 109. 1. 19. Leave out “4 6 8/468” 
and insert ‘‘ £.3. 9. 4. | £.3. 9. 4.” 

Pr. 109. 1. 28. Leave out “ Davies.” 

Pr. 109. 1. 29. Leave out the whole of the line. 

Pr. 110. 1. 18. Leave out “3 18 0|3 18 0” 
and insert “3 9 4|3 9 4.” 

Pr. 110. 1.30. Leave out “424/424” 
and insert “4 6 8 | 4 6 8.” 


11° Julaz. 








| 





| 





| 





| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 











A. 1838. 


Pr. 112. 1. 9. Leave out “ 7 11 8|7 11 8” 
and insert “7. 7. 4.] 7. 7. 4.” 

Pr. 112. 1. 18. Leave out “0” and insert “ 8,” 
and leave out “ 0” and insert “ 8.” 

Pr. 112. |. 25. Leave out the whole of the line 
and insert Paper (B.) 


“PAPER (B.) 

















Tenant’s Names. Contents. Yearly Rent. | Yearly Value. 
A. R. P. £53 d.| £5 d. 
Houlton, Robert - - - -10 3.3 .- 83 - 
Haydock mansion, gar- | : 
dias call catiad dings ri 23 3 10 | occupied by troops, rent-free. 
Jolleys, executors (can- 
teen) - - + 7 =-§| F&lt; = 20 - - 
Kenyon, John - - - -12 | 8310 - 310 - 
Thomasson, Zachary, | 
cottage and garden c | =e BP i: = 
| Lithgoe, William - - - -4/ 3 - 8 3 - 8 
Leyland, James - - - -10 | 3.5 - 3.5 - 
Pilling, Thomas, jun. - - - -} 212 - 212 - 
Taylor, John - - - - 8 | 310 - 310 - 
Burrows, William - - -10 | a 5 - = 
Carr, Richard, cottage - - - -}! 2-- 2-- 
Fairclough’s executors - - -10 212 - 212 - 
2,336 2 2543/3,597 13 8 |3,699 - 8” 








‘2,913 18 6,” and _ insert 


Pr. 113. 1.16. Leave out “ 28” and insert “ 30,” 
and leave out “28” and insert “ 30.” 

Pr. 114. 1.3. Leave out “ 3” and insert “ 11,” 
and leave out “ 3” and insert “ 11.” 

Pr. 114. 1. ult. Leave out the whole of the line 
and insert 


** Booth, Thomas ee | 


a 
Torars - -| 304 116 | 53819 2 | 659 5 -” 
Pr. 117. 1.24. Leave out “11” and insert “10.” 
Pr. 123. 1. 3. Leave out “ 2s.” and insert “ 4s.” 
Pr. 123. 1. 12. Leave out “ 5” and insert “ 6.” 
Pr. 125. 1. 16. Leave out “94” and insert “ 82,” 
and leave out “ 94” and insert “ 82.” 
Pr. 125. 1. 27. Leave out “74” and insert “ 53,” 
and leave out “ 74” and insert “ 53.” 
Pr. 127. 1. 6. Leave out “0 0 8 ” and insert 
“03 0,” and leave out “ 0 0 3 ” and insert 


Or ih) Bie a 





‘es ¢ 


Pr. 127. 1. 21. Leave out “ Dysart” and insert 
“ Dyster.” 

Pr. 129. 1.11. Leave out “ 10” and insert “11,” 
and leave out “‘ 10” and insert “ 11.” 

Pr. 129. 1. 15. Leave out “ 2,662 18 9 | 
é “ 9,643 11 6 | 
*¢ 2,881 10 0.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
to inquire into the provisions of the Act 3 and 4 
Will. 4, c. 19, (Metropolis Police Offices) with a 
view to the Improvement of the same, have Power 
to report their observations thereupon to the House, 
together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them. 

Mr. Hawes reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee; and to whom several Petitions on the 
subject were referred; That they had considered 
the matters to them referred ; and directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House, together with 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

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


Metropolis 
Police Offices. 


No. 578. 


Mr. Hawes, by Order,reported from the Select Come Forty-eighth 


mittee on the Poor Law Amendment Act; and who 
wereempowered toreport the Minutes of the Evidence 
taken before them from time to time to the House; 
That they had made further Progress in the matters 
to them referred ; and had directed him to report the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 
Ordered, 'That the Report do lie upon the Table; 
and be printed 
A Petition 


Report on Poor 
Law Amend- 
ment Act. 


No. 579. 





Chur 
Scot! 


Puni 


(Am 


Paro 
Ass¢ 
Bill. 


Par. 
Ass 
Bill 


Si 


f 


Church of 
Scotland. 


Punishments 
(Amy. ) 


Parochial 
Assessments 
Bill. 


Parochial 
Assessments 
Bill. 


Small Debts 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Small Debts 
(Scotland) Bill. 





2 VicToriz. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Whitby, praying the 
House not to sanction any additional endowments to 
the Church of Scotland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Lord Viscount Howick presented,—Return to an 
Order, dated the 2d day of April last, for an Ab- 
stract of the Number of Soldiers belonging to Regi- 
ments and Depots of Regiments in Great Britain 
and Ireland, who, since the ist day of January 
1831, have suffered Imprisonment; showing the 
nature of the Offences, in Classes, for which such 
Punishment has been awarded, and the Numbers in 
each Class ; also, the longest and shortest period of 
Confinement awarded as Punishment; and the ave- 
rage period for each Class of Offences in each year. 
. Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of the Reverend Henry Dawson Roun- 
dell, Rector of Fringford, in the county of Ozford, 
praying that the Parochial Assessments Bill may 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Parochial Assessments Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made tothe Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “now,” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Shaw | } 04 

Yeas, Mr. Aglionby : ' 

Tellers for thef Sir Robert Harry Inglis, } 42 

Noes, Mr. Nicholl: . 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time: 
—The Bill was accordingly read a second time; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for Monday next. 


Petitions from Kirkaldy ;—and, Society of Pro- 
curators in Perthshire (Preses); praying that the 
Small Debts (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a 
law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the ingrossed Bill for the more effectual 
Recovery of Small Debts in the Justice of Peace 
Courts in Scotland ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now,” stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Sir William Rae, )\, 5 
l a pene: + * ) Bees 
Ir. Fox Maule, } 

Tellers for the Noes,} Mr. Gillon: 63. 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ upon this day three months” be added at the end 
of the Question :—It was resolved in the Affirma- 
tive. 


Vor. 93. 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ 


11° Julie. 





697 


Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
this day three months. 


The Registration of Voters (Ireland) (No. 2.) Bill Registration 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and Trelend) 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for (No. 2.) Bill. 


Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Highways Bill. 
mittee on the Highways Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
three months, resolve itself into the said Committee, 


‘The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Land Tax 
mittee on the Land Tax Commissioners’ Names Commissioners’ 
Bill : Names Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Waste Lands 
further consideration the Report on the Waste (Ireland) Bill. 
Lands (Ireland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon this day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Tenants for Life 
mittee on the Tenants for Life (Zreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
three months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Leases and 
further consideration the Report on the Leases and Exchanges 
Exchanges (Jreland) Bill ; (ieciens) Be, 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon this day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Boundaries 
further consideration the Report on the Boundaries of Estates 
of Estates (Ireland) Bill ; os 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon this day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-supply. 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Tithes and Land Merger Bill was, according Tithesand Land 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a Merger Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Wester 
reading of the Western Australia Bill ; Australia Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Eust India 
reading of the East India Labourers Bill ; Labourers Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Court of 
mittee on the Court of Chancery (Ireland) Bill; Chancery 
And a Motion being made, and the Question (ooo 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words, 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 
And the Question being proposed, That the words 
Je oop to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—The said a Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 
Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speakerresumed the Chair; and Mr. John Parker 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 





day next. 


4U+ The 





i 
ik 
i 
i} 
i} 





Church 
Building Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Local Commis- 
sioners’ Relief 


Bill. 
No. 580. 


Turpentine 
Penalties Bill. 


Qualification of 
Members Bill, 


Prisons Bill. 


Insane Persons 
(England) Biil. 


Post Office 
Bill. 


Supply ; 


Slave Trade 
Commissions. 


Consuls, &amp;c. 


698 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Church Building Acts Amendment 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Local Commissioners’ 
Relief Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Lynch re- 

orted, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Lynch reported the Bill accordingly; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend so much of an Act 
of the 25th year of King George the Third, for the 
further and better regulation of Buildings and 
Party-walls, and for the more effectually preventing 
mischiefs by Fire, within the cities of London and 
Westminster, and as relates to Manufactories of 
Pitch, Tar and Turpentine, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Richard Hodgson do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed 
upon Monday last, That the ingrossed Bill to amend 
the Laws relating to the Qualification of Members 
to serve in Parliament, be now read the third time ; 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate ; 

And the Question being put :—It was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

The Bill was accordingly read the third time ; 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Warburton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Prisons Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration To-morrow. 


The Insane Persons (England) Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed 
to a Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Post Office Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Friday next. 


Mr. John Parker, by Order, reported from the 
Committee of Supply, several Resolutions, which 
were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fourteen 
thousand and seven hundred pounds, be granted to 
Her Majesty, to pay to the 31st day of March 1839, 
Salaries and Incidental Expenses for the Commis- 
sions appointed on the part of Her Majesty under 
the Treaties with Foreign Powers for preventing the 
illegal Traffic in Slaves. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- 
dred and seven thousand nine hundred and ninety- 
three pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
to the 31st day of March 1839, the Charge of the 
Salaries of Her Majesty’s Consuls-General, Con- 
suls, and Vice-Consuls, and of the Superintendents 


11° Julzz. 








A. 1838. 


of Trade at Canton; also, of the Contingent Ex- 
penses connected with the Public Duties of such 
Consuls-General, Consuls, and Vice-Consuls, and 
Superintendents of Trade at Canton. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Nine Inspectors of 
thousand and fifty-five pounds, be granted to Her Factories. 
Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 1839, 
the Charge of the Salaries and Expenses of the 
Iuspectors and Superintendents of Factories under 
the Act to regulate the Labour of Children and 
young persons in the Mills and Factories of the 
United Kingdom. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six thou- Inspectors of 
sand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray Prisons. 
the Salaries and Expenses of the Inspectors of 
Prisons, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty- Mint. 
three thousand seven hundred and three pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expenditure 
of the several Branches of the Mint, to the 31st day 
of March 1839. 


6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighty- Compensatious, 


three thousand two hundred and Twelve pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
Allowances and Compensations to Persons formerly 
employed in the Public Offices or Departments, or 
in the Public Service, to the 31st day of March 
1839. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Nine Toulonese 
thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to Her Emigrants, &amp;c. 
Majesty, to enable Her to grant relief, to the 31st 
day of March 1839, to Ywuolonese and Corsican 
Emigrants, Dutch Naval Officers, Saint Domingo 
Sufferers, American Loyalists, and others, who have 
heretofore received Allowances from Her Majesty, 
and who, for Services performed, or Losses sustained, 
in the British Service, have special claims on Her 
Majesty’s justice and liberality. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Vaccine 
thousand eight hundred and fifty pounds, be granted Establishment. 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Na- 
tional Vaccine Establishment, for the year 1838. 

9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three Refuge for the 
thousand pounds, be gianted to Her Majesty, for Destitute. 
the support of the Institution called ‘ The Refuge 
for the Destitute,’ for the year 1838. 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three Criminal 
thousand and seventy-three pounds, be granted to Lunatics 
Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of confining 
and maintaining Criminal Lunatics in the buildings 
attached to Bethlem Hospital, to the 31st day of 
March 1839. 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four Protestant 
thousand and five hundred pounds, be granted to Her Hoang 
Majesty, to pay, to the 31st day of March 1839,5 
the usual Allowances to Protestant Dissenting 
Ministers in England, Poor French Refugee Clergy, 

Poor French Refugee Laity, and sundry small 
Charitable and other Allowances to the Poor of 
Saint Martin’s-in-the-Fields, and others. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- Secret Services. 
five thousand and nine hundred pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Foreign and other Secret Services, to the 
31st day of March 1839. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Stationery, &amp;c- 
hundred and ninety-seven thousand seven hundred 
and ninety-six pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Expense of providing Stationery, Prin- 
ting and Binding, for the several Departments of 
Government in England, Ireland and Scotland, and 
in the Colonies, and for providing Stationery, Bind- 
ing, Printing Paper and Printing for the Two Houses 
of Parliament, including the Expense of the Esta- 
blishment of the Stationery Office, to the 31st day 
of March 1839. 

14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirteen Law Charges. 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expenses of Law Charges, to the 31st 
day of March 1839. 


15. Resolved, 


Con 


Cap 
Neg 


Pub 


Sch 
(Ep 


(Sec 


Chi 
Bill 


Fisl 


(Ire 


Inj 
for 


Du 
Bil 


(I 


Fi 











11° Judiz. 


which, upon Saturday last, were reported from the 
Committee of Supply ; 


Ordered, That the said Resolution be taken into 
further consideration upon Monday next. 


2 VicTorRiz. 


15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Forty- 
six thousand six hundred and ninety pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the E e of 

roviding for the Convict Hulk Establishment at 
fieme and at Bermuda, to the 31st day of March 
1839. 

16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
hundred and thirty-five thousand pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of maintain- 
ing Convicts at New South Wales and Van Diemen’s 


Convicts. 


Mr. John Parker reported from the Committee, Fines and 
to whom it was referred to consider of authorizing Recognizances 
the payment of Fines, Penalties, Issues, Deodands, {Peyment of 
Amerciaments and Forfeited Recognizances in Fre- Fines, &amp;c., to 


land, to certain Local Charities and purposes, so LocalCharities.] 


Captured 
Negroes. 


Public Records. 


School Houses 
(England. ) 


(Scotland.) 


China Courts 
Bill. 


Sea Coast 
Fisheries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Imprisonment 


for Debt Bill. 


Registration of 
Electors Bill, 


Dublin Police 
Bill. 


Loan Societies 


Land, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

17. Resolved, That asum, not exceeding Twenty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expenses of the support of Captured 
Negroes and Liberated Africans, under the Acts for 
the Abolition of the Slave Trade, to the 31st day of 
March 1839. 

18. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, for 
cleaning, binding, repairing and indexing the Public 
Records, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

19. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
enable Her to issue Money for the erection of School 
Houses, and to provide for the inspection of the 
Schools already established, in aid of Private Sub- 
scriptions for that purpose, for the Education of the 
Children of the Poorer Classes in England, to the 
31st day of March 1839. 

20. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ten 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
enable Her to issue Money for the erection of School 
Houses in aid of Private Subscriptions for that 
purpose, for the Education of the Children of the 
Poorer Classes in Scotland, to the 31st day of 
March 1839. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the China Courts Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Sea Coast Fisheries (Jreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Imprisonment for Debt Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to 
Committee of the whole House, for Friday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Registration 
of Electors Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Dublin Police Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 


long as the Hereditary Revenues of the Crown shall 
not be payable to Her Majesty, a Resolution, 
whch was read, as followeth ; 

Resolved, That, so long as the Hereditary Re- 
venues of the Crown shall not be payable to Her 
Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, Fines, Penalties, 
Issues, Deodands, Amerciaments, and Forfeited Re- 
cognizances, arising in Ireland, may be applied in 
aid of certain Local Charities and purposes. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Fines and Recognizances (Jreland) 
Bill, that they have Power to make provision therein, 
pursuant to the said Resolution. 


of Clare Advance Bill, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the Bill be committed to Lord 
Viscount Morpeth, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. More O’ Fer- 
rall, Sir Edmund Hayes, Mr. Curry, Mr. Litton, Sir 
David Roche, Mr. Lucas, Mr. O’ Connell, Sir Tho- 
mas Acland, and Sir Robert Ferguson, with Power 
to send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five cS the Quorum. 


better Preservation of Fish in Rivers, Lakes and 
Inland Waters, might be read; and the same was 
read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act of the 
Parliament of Zreland, 21 and 22 Geo. 3, c. 40, for 
continuing, renewing and amending several tempo- 
rary Statutes, might be read; and the same was 
read, 

The House was also moved, That the Act of the 
Parliament of Ireland, 23 and 24 Geo. 3, c. 40, for 
the Protection and Improvement of the Inland 
Fisheries of this Kingdom, might be read ; and the 
same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act of the 
Parliament of Jreland 26 Geo. 3, c. 50, to explain 
and amend an Act passed in the twenty-third and 
twenty-fourth years of his present Majesty, inti- 
tuled, “ An Act for the Protection and Improve- 
ment of the Inland Fisheries of this Kingdom,” 
might be read; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act of the 
Parliament of Ireland, 32 Geo. 3, c. 40, for reviving 
and continuing certain temporary Statutes, might 
be read; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act of the 
Parliament of Ireland, 33 Geo. 3, c. 50, for the 
encouragement of the Fisheries in this Kingdom, 


(Ireland) Bill. further consideration the Report on the Loan So- | #2 for continuing certain Acts respecting the same, 
cieties (Zreland) Bill ; might be read; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
ootitietation ‘To-mesrow. to explain and amend the said Acts: And that Mr. 
Emerson Tennent and Mr. O’Connell do prepare, 
Toe die The Order of the day being read, for the Com- | 2nd bring it in. 
+) mittee on the Fi d Recognizances (Ireland , 
(Ireland) Bill. Bill: Reis sae ita a Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Brig « Water 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday |# Copy of the Report of Sir Patrick Campbell, or witch.” 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. Senior Officer, on the sailing qualities of Her Ma- 
‘ ere jesty’s Brig Waterwitch, in the years 1836 and 
Supply. The Order of the day being read, for taking into |'1837, in continuation of Report ordered 21st June 
(7 July.] further consideration the last of the Resolutions | last. 


Vot. 93. 





4uU 


) 
-_ 


Mr. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a County of Clare 
Committee, upon Monday next, upon the County Advance Bill. 


_ The House was moved, That the Act of the Par- fisheries 
liament of Ireland, 17 and 18 Geo. 3, c. 19, for the (Ireland) Bill. 








700 


Fisheries Mr. Emerson Tennent presented a Bill tu explain | 
(Ireland) Bill. and amend certain Provisions in Acts of the Parlia- 
No. 581. ment of Jreland, for the Protection of Fisheries in 
that Kingdom: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 

Friday next ; and to be printed. 


Vestries in The Order for the House to resolve itself intoa Com- 
Churches Bill. mittee, To-morrow, upon the Vestries in Churches 
Bill, was read, and discharged. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
the 19th day of this instant July, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


Record 
Commission. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of any Treasury Minutes which relate to the 
altered system of arranging and keeping the Books 
and Papers of the late Record Commission :—A 
Statement of the Progress made in a Work entitled 
“The Ancient Historians of Britain,’ undertaken 
in pursuance of an Address of the House of Com- 
mons; specifying the Names of the Authors or 
Chronicles printed wholly or in part, and the Num- 
ber of Pages occupied by each :—A Return of the 
several other Works in the Press, but left unfinished 
by the Record Commission ; specifying the Title of 
each, the period to which the portion printed refers, 
and the Number of Pages contained therein :—and, 
a similar Return of the several Works, or portions 
of Works, prepared for the Press, but not printed. 


Dublin Ordered, That the Return relative to Dublin 
coos Curates, which was presented upon the 26th day 
V0. ° 


of April last, be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-m orrow, 








Jovis, 12° die Julii ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


Committees. QRDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit till four of the clock this day during the 
sitting of the House. 


Shannon Navi- 
gation. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by 
Her Majesty’s command,—Third Report of the 
Commissioners for the Improvement of the Naviga- 
tion of the River Shannon, with Details of Plans, 
&amp;c.; with an Appendix. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Table. 
RoyalExchange Ordered, That the Royal Exchange Re-building 
— Bill be read the third time upon Monday next. 


Middlesex , 2 
Beneay Come The Order of the day being read, for resuming 


Bill. the adjourned Debate upon the Amendment which 
was yesterday proposed to be made upon the third 
reading of the Middlesex County Court Bill; 

Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Monday next. 


11°-—12° Julie. 





A. 1838. 


ampton Railway Act), 5 and 6 Will. 4, c. 107 (Great 
Western Railway Act), 6 and 7 Will.4, c. 75 (London 
and Dover, or South Eastern Railway Act), 6 and 7 
Will. 4, c. 103 (London and Cambridge, or Northern 
and Eastern Railway Act), 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 106 
(London and Norwich, or Eastern Counties Railway 
Act), 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 108 ( Thames Haven Rail- 
way Act), 1 Vic. c.119 (Brighton Railway Act), as 
impose a Duty of 1s. 1d. per ton to be paid to the 
Corporation of the City of Zondon on Coals carried 
on the several Railways sanctioned by those Acts 
respectively, nearer to London than certain points 
specified in those several Acts, and which points 
vary in distance, from the limits of the City of Lon- 
don, from about fifteen to eighteen miles :-— It passed 
in the Negative. 

Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee. 

(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; tobe read 2°, paragraph by paragraph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Crausss N° 1 to N° 12, amended, and agreed to. 


Cravuse N°13 (Bye-laws for regulating Coal ves- 
sels in the Port of London, to be made by the Cor- 
poration of London, and allowed by the Board of 
Trade) read. 

Amendment proposed, P. 9. 1. 40: To leave out 
the following proviso: ‘“ Provided also, That no 
such regulations which apply exclusively to the 
‘ Coal trade, shall prevent any vessel from remain- 
“ ing, with the cargo thereof unsold, within the Port 
“ of London, for a period not exceeding fifteen 
“ days.” 

Question put, That the Proviso stand part of 
the Clause ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the Yeas, { mo . , } 
Tellers for the Noes, on oy . } 


Ciavse N° 13, as amended, agreed to. 
Cuause offered (respecting Duties upon Coals) 
——and by leave withdrawn. 


Schedules amended, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 





” 


49 
96. 





The Trading Companies Bill was, according to Trading _ 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Companies Bil. 
Committee of the whole House, for Saturday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Prisons Bill. 
further consideration the Report on the Prisons Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Grand —_ 
reading of the Grand Jury Presentments (Jreland) ireland) Bill. 


Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Bankrupts’ 





a _—_ A Petition of Robert Matthew, Agent for the 

i” Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company, London, 
praying that the Coal Trade (Port of London) Bill 
may not pass into law as it now stands, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Tabie. 

Bice. The Order of the day being read, for taking into 

don) Bill. further consideration the Report on the Coal Trade 


(Port of Zondon) Bill:—The Bill was re-committed 
to a Committee of the whole House. 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That it be an Instruction to the Committee, that 


further consideration the Report on the Bankrupts’ Estates 
Estates (Scotland) Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being, 
proposed, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Saturday next ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out the words “ Saturday 
“ next,” in order to add the words, “ upon this day 


they have Power to make provision for the repeal of| “ month,” instead thereof. 


such parts of the Acts 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 36 (Bir- 
mingham Railway Act), 4and 5 Will. 4, c. 38 (South- 


And the Question being put, That the words 
“ Saturday next” stand part of the Question ; 








The 


(Scotland) Bill. 





Registt 
(Scotla 


Parliat 
Burgh: 
(Scot 


Pa 
Bil 


Po fb 


ht wd hee 





2 Vicroriz. 


The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby; 
The Noes to the new i 
Tellers for the Yeas, + - ey } 62. 
{ Sir William Rae 
Tellers for the Noes, } Captain Gor ade } 34. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Saturday next. 


Registration 

oe) pi, eading of the Registration of Leases (Scotland) Bill; 

( ‘Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Parliamentary 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

jon 4) ma, meee on the Parliamentary Burghs (Scotland) 

ill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question be- 
ing proposed, That. Mr. Speaker do now leave the 

alr ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That ” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

; The Lord Advocate, 

Tellers for the Yeas, { Mr. Fox Maule: 56. 

Tellers for the Noes, Chotae Gonder } 36. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
— , That the Committee had made Progress in the 

ill; and that he was directed to move, That the 
Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Public Records The Public Records Bill was, according to Order, 


Bill. read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 
Glass Duties The Order of the day being read, for the third 
Bill. reading of the Glass Duties Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 
Schools 


__ The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 
(Scotland) Bill. Report on the Schools (Scotland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 


day next. 
Municipal The Order of the day being read, for the second 
caer se reading of the Municipal Boundaries (Ireland) Bill; 
a. Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 
Arms ([reland) The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Bill, mittee on the Arms (Jreland) Bill ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 
re The Order of the day being read, for the second 
Secariting pi), 7e2ding of the Revenue Departments Securities Bill; 
* Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 
Division of 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Division of Parishes Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 

Vox. 93. 


Parishes Bill, 


12° Julie. 








701 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Church 
mittee on the Church Building Acts Amendment Building Acts 
Bill; Bill. ment 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Insane Persons 
mittee on the Insane Persons (England) Bili ; (England) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Dublin Police Bill; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Mr. More O’ Ferrall presented a Bill to amend County 
an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for pro- Treasurers 
gee (Ireland) Bill. 
viding more effectual means to make Treasurers of 
Counties and Counties of Cities in Zreland account N® 588- 
for Public Monies, and to secure the same: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 
be read a second time To-morrow; and to be 
printed. 


Dublin Police 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Punishments Panishments 
(Royal Marines), which was presented upon the 25th (Royal Me- 


day of April last, be printed. — 584. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Punishments Punishments 
(Royal Artillery), which was presented upon the 21st hn Artil- 
day of May last, be printed. No. 584. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Punishments Punishments 
(Army), which was presented yesterday, be printed. oe 
0. . 
Ordered, That the Accounts relative to the East East India 
India Company, which were presented yesterday, ComP™y- 
be printed. No. 585. 


Ordered, That all Committees have leave to sit Committees. 
To-morrow, during the sitting of the House. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to au- Legh’s _ 
thorize the making of Conveyances in Fee, or De- Fst#te Bill. 
mises for long Terms of Years, of Estates devised by 
or settled to the uses of the Will of Thomas Peter 
Legh, Esquire, deceased, for building on or other- 
wise improving the same under yearly Rents to be 
reserved in the same Conveyances and Demises, and 
to sell certain parts of the said Estates, and to pur- 
chase other Estates in lieu thereof, under the control 
of the Court of Chancery, and for other purposes 
connected with the same Estates, was read the third | 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Blackburn do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and agquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


Petitions from Manchester;—and, Chorley; pray- Factories 
ing that the Factories Regulation Bill may not pass Regulation Bill. 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers of Bristol, Sale of Beer 
praying for the amendment of the Sale of Beer Act, 4% 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Carrick-on-Shannon ;—and, Callan Spirit Dealers 
and Thomastown; praying that Spirit Dealers in (eland.) 
Ireland may be placed upon the same footing with 
those in England and Scotland,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Congregation of Idolatry 
Protestant Dissenters meeting in Orchard-street (India) 
Chapel, Stockport, praying the House to prohibit 

4uU3 the 








Maynooth 
College. 


Haverfordwest 
(Portfield) 
Inclosure Bill. 





702 


aga and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. ° 


Petitions from Guildford;—and, Ripon; praying 
the House not to sanction any further grants to the 
Roman Catholic College of Maynooth,—were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sir Richard Philipps reported from the Committee 
to whom the Amendments made by the Lords to 
the Bill, intituled, An Act for dividing, allotting and 
inclosing Common and Waste Lands, called Port- 
field, otherwise Poorfield, in the County of the Town 


‘of Haverfordwest, were referred, to inquire whether 


the Parties concerned consent to the same; That the 
Committee were satisfied that all the Parties inter- 
ested in the lands to be allotted had signified their 
consent to the said Amendments. 

Then the House proceeded to take into consi- 
deration the said Amendments ; and the same were 
read, as follow ; 

Pr. 1. 1. 17. Leave out “are or” and insert “ on 
“ the one hand, and the freemen of the said borough 
“ on the other hand respectively.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 26. Leave out “ not.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 24. Leave out from “ the” to “ to” 
in 1, 31. and insert “ majority of freemen present at 
“ a meeting of the freemen, to be called within the 
said borough, by notice to be affixed on or near 
“* the outer door of the Shire Hall in the said bo- 
rough, Ten days at least previous to the day ap- 
pointed for such meeting, and by advertisement 
to be previously inserted twice at the least in the 
Carmarthen Journal, or some other newspaper 
“* circulated in the county of Pembroke.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 20. Leave out from “ the” to “ town” 
in 1. 21. 

Pr. 5. 1. 27. Leave out “ council” and insert 
“ freemen.” 

Pr. 19. 1. 21. Leave out from “ same” to “ And” 
in Ll. 30. 

Pr. 29. |. 25. Leave out from “ for” to “ such” 
in 1. 28; and in 1. 28. leave out “ other.” 

Pr. 29. |. ult. Leave out from “ to” to “such” 
in the interlineation, Pr. 30. 1. 2; and in the inter- 
lineation leave out “ other.” 

Pr. 30. 1. 3. Leave out from “ of” to “ such” 
in the interlineation, 1. 5 ; and in the interlineation 
leave out “ other.” 

Pr. 30. 1. 8. Leave out from “ of” to “ such” 
in the interlineation, 1.10; and in the interlineation 
leave out “ other.” 

Pr. 31. 1. 38. After “ execution ” insert “ and 
the costs, charges and expenses which the body 
of freemen have incurred in petitioning Parlia- 
“‘ ment and protecting theiryinterests during the 

passing of this Act, not exceeding the sum of One 
“ hundred pounds.” 

Pr, 45. 1. 36. After “ them” insert “ equally 
between all the said freemen for the time being, 
“ share and share alike: and that such distribution 
“ shall be made within the town of Haverfordwest 
as often as the sum to be divided shall amount 
to Forty shillings at the least to each freeman, 
and that public notice of the time and place of 
“ the payment of such distribution shall be given 
“ in or near the outer door of the said Shire fall 
“and that any distributive share not claimed b 
any freemen within Six calendar months after the 
“ said notice shall be forfeited, and fall into the 
fund for distribution at the next succeeding di- 
vision; and it shall be lawful for the trustees for 
the time being to order and direct from time to 
time.” 

Pr. 48. 1.35. Leave out from “thereof” to “for” 
in |. 37. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 


12°—13° Juli. 


the interference of British functionaries in the ma- | 
nagement of Idolatrous Observances in India, was | 








A. 1838. 


Ordered, That Sir Richard Philipps do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


Notice being taken that Forty Members were not 
resent, the hese was told by Mr. Speaker; and 
orty Members not being present; and it being 

then after Four of the clock :—The House was ad- 

journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 





Veneris, 13° die Julii ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


: E House proceeded to take into further con- fngia steam 


sideration the Report which, upon Tuesday Ship Company 


last, was made from the Committee on the India Bill. 


Steam Ship Company Bill; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed Education. 


to consider the best means of providing useful 
Education for the children of the poorer classes in 
large towns in England and Wales, have Power to 
report their observations and opinion thereupon to 
the House, together with the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them. 

Mr. Slaney reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee; That they had considered the matters to 
them referred ; and had come to several Resolutions, 
which they had directed him to report, together with 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them ; 
and the Resolutions of the Committee were read, and 
are as follow: 

1. Resolved, That inthe Metropolis and the great 
Towns of England and Wales, there exists a great 
want of Education among the children of the 
Working Classes. 

2. Resolved, That it is desirable that there should 
be means of suitable daily Education (within the 
reach of the Working Classes), for a proportion of 
not less than about one-eighth part of the popula- 
tion. 

3. Resolved, That the amount of assistance af- 
forded by Government should be regulated as here- 
tofore, subject to modification of their rules in cases 
where the poverty of the district was proved to re- 
quire it, the special ground being reported in each 
case. 

4. Resolved, That under existing circumstances, 
and under the difficulties which beset the question, 
Your Committee are not prepared to propose any 
means for meeting the pF sat beyond the con- 
tinuance and extension of the grants which are at 

resent made by the Treasury for the promotion of 
ducation, through the medium of the National 
and the British and Foreign Schools Societies. 

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


Petitions from Coleraine ; — Marybororgh and spirit Dealers 


No. 589. 


Mountmellick ;—Newcastle and Rathcale ;— Moun-(!reland.) 


trath ; — Mountmellick ; — Ennis ; — Coleraine and 

Jewtownlimavady ;— Kinsale ;—and, Londonderry ; 
—(two Petitions); praying that Spirit Dealers in 
Ireland may be placed on the same footing with those 
in England and Scotland,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Leeds ;—Hampstead ;—and, Sal- Idolatry 
ford; praying the House to prohibit the interference (I&gt;die- ) 


of British functionaries inthe management of Ido- 
latrous Observances in India,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition 








Pilota 


Brick: 


Eccle 
Com! 


Post 


Edu 
(Ire 


Fic 
(Se 









































2 VicToriZ. 


Pilotage Bil, A Petition of James and George Burns, and others, 
residing in Glasgow, praying that the Pilotage Bill 
may pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Master Brick-makers and Brick- 
builders in Glasgow, praying for the repeal of the 
duty on Bricks, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the 
Archdeaconry of Coventry, praying the House to 
stay the Proceedings of the Ecclesiastical Commis- 
sioners, and not to sanction any further alterations 
in the constitution, discipline or services of the 
Church, till an opportunity shall have been afforded 
through her legitimate organs, of deliberating and 
expressing her mind respecting the meditated 
changes, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Bricks. 


Ecclesiastical 
Commission. 


Postage. Petitions from Gosport ;—Crail ;—and, Charter- 


house Hinton; praying for the establishment of a 
low and uniform rate of Postage on Letters,—were 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Postage. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Dublin, praying that 
the present system of National Education in Lreland 
may not be persisted in, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Education 
(Ireland. ) 


Fictitious Votes 
(Scotland. ) 


No. 590. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to 
inquire how far the intentions of the Reform Act are 
defeated by the creating and registering Fictitious 
and improper Votes in » Tero have Power to re- 
port their observations thereupon to the House, to- 
gether with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

Mr. Walter Campbell reported from the said Se- 
lect Committee; and to whom several Petitions were 
referred ; That they had considered the matters to 
them referred; and directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House, together with the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them, and an Appendix. 

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


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before the Select Committee appointed in the last 
Session of Parliament, to inquire how far the inten- 
tions of the Reform Bill are defeated by the creating 
and registering of Fictitious and improper Votes, in 
the counties of Scotland, be laid before this House. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of the 
Society of Ship-owners of Leith, praying that the 
Edinburgh and Leith Agreement Bill may not pass 
into a law as it now stands, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President of the Bristol Cham- 
ber of Commerce, Trade and Manufactures, praying 
the House to call the attention of the Government 
to the present state of the commercial intercourse 
with Foreign Countries, with a view of insuring full 
protection to every branch of Trade actually in ex- 
istence, as well as of promoting its extension to 
other countries now developing their resources, aided 
by improved means of communication, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy, Bankers and others of 
Portsmouth, praying for the amendment of the Sale 
of Beer Act, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Archbishop of Armagh, praying 
the House to place the Association for discoun- 
tenancing Vice, and promoting the knowledge and 
practice of the Christain Religion in Ireland, on its 
former efficient footing, and enable it to promote its 
important objects, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vou. 98. 


Fictitious Votes 
(Scotland.) 


Edinburgh and 
Leith Agree- 


Foreign 
Commerce. 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Association 
for discounte- 
Dancing Vice 
(Ireland. ) 


13° Julie. 











793 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the Answer to 
House, that their several Addresses of the 9th and 10th 4s. 
days of this instant July, (that Her Majesty would be 
graciously pleased to give directions that the Papers 
therein mentioned might be laid before this House,) 
had been presented to Her Majesty, and that Her 
Majesty had commanded him to acquaint this House, 
that She will give directions accordingly. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to an Address Church Lands. 
to Her Majesty,—A Copy of all the Parliamentary 
Surveys of Church Lands made in 1646, and depo- 
sited by Parliament in the Library of Manuscripts 
at Lambeth Palace. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- Mails on _ 
solve itself into a Committee upon the Mails on Railways Bill. 
Railways Bill:—The House accordingly resolved No. 588. 
itself into the Committee; and, after some time 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. Bernal reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Prisons Bill. 
further consideration the Report on the Prisons Bill: 
—The Bill was re-committed to a Committee of the ° 
whole House:—And the House immediately re- 
solved itself into the Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; To be read 2° paragraph by para- 
graph. ; 
Preamble postponed. 
Cravuses, N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 
Ciause, N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravsez, N° 4, agreed to. 
Cuause, N° 5, amended, and agreed to. 
Crausss, N° 6 and N° 7, agreed to. 
Crausgs, N° 8, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravussz, N° 9, agreed to. 
CravusE N° 10, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravuses, N° 11 and N° 12, agreed to. 
CriavseE N° 13, (Justices, &amp;c., authorized to make 


rules for classification and separation of Prisoners) 
read. 
Amendmeut proposed, P. 5. 1. 38. after the word 
“ Prisoner,” to insert the words “ after conviction.” 
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 


To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 








* Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress 
in the Bill; and that he was directed to move, That 
the Committee may have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the da 
further consideration th 
Tenements Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon this day three months. 


being read, for taking into Rating of 
e Report on the Rating of Tenements Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Payment of 
further consideration the Report on the Payment of Rates Bill. 
Rates Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon this day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Highway Rates 

reading of the Highway Rates Bill; Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 

morrow. 


4u4 The 































































Prisons 


(Scotland) Bill. 


Land Tax 
Commissioners’ 
Names Bill. 


Supply. 


East India 
Labourers Bill. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Local Commis- 
sioners’ Relief 
Bill. 


Post Office 
Bill. 


China Courts 
Bill. 


Sea Coast 
Fisheries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Imprisonment 
for Debt Bill. 


Fisheries 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Lough Foyle 
and Lough 
Swilly Drain- 
age bill. 


Lough Foyle 
and Lough 
Swilly Drain- 
age Bill. 





704. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Prisons (Scotland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Land-Tax Commissioners’ 
Names Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Robert Steuart 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the East India Labourers Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Local Com-- 
missioners’ Relief Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Post Office Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the China Courts Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Sea Coast Fisheries (Jreland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Imprisonment for Debt Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Fisheries (Jreland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Farrer and 

Mr. Brougham : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords do agree to a Conference with this 
House, on the subject matter of the Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for draining and embanking certain Lands in 


13° Jultz. 








| 





. A. 1838. 


Then the names of the Managers were called 
over ; and they went to the Conference ;—And being 
returned ; 

Captain Jones reported, That the Managers had 
been at the Conference, which was managed on the 
part of the Lords by the Earl of Shaftesbury ; and that 
they had delivered the Reasons for disagreeing to 
the said Amendments; and had left the Bill, and 
Amendments, with their Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving Coal Trade 
the Report on the Coal Trade (Port of Zondon) Bill ; yey Lon- 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. °”? ¥"" 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Grand Jury 
reading of the Grand Jury Presentments (Ireland) Presentments 


Bill - (Ireland) Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. v 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Municipal 
reading of the Municipal Boundaries (Zreland) Bill ; Boundaries | 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time ‘'*!*™4) Bil. 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Arms (Ireland) 
mittee on the Arms (Jreland) Bill; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Revenue Departments Securities Bill was, Revenue 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- Departments 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- 5°": Bil 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Division of 
reading of the Division of Parishes Bill; Parishes Bill 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Church 


mittee on the Church Bujlding Acts Amendments Building Acts 
Bill ; Amendment 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, -= 


resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Insane Persons 
mittee on the Insane Persons (England) Bill ; (England) Bil 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Dublin Police 
reading of the Dublin Police Bill : Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The County Treasurers (Jreland) Bill was, ac- County 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Treasurers F 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To-("¢!"¢) B™ 
morrow, 


Ordered, That the Report on the Loan Societies Loan Societies 
(Ireland) Bill be taken into further consideration (Ireland) Bill. 
To-morrow. 





Sir John Yarde Buller reported from the Select Liverpool 


Committee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in Clery Endo 


ment Bill. 


the case of the Petition for the Liverpool Clergy En- 


Lough Swilly and Lough Foyle, in the Counties of dowment Bill, notice had been given in the News- 
Donegal and Londonderry, as desired by this House, | papers, pursuant to the Order of the House of the 


in their Message of Friday last; and appoint the | 6th da 


same presently in their Lordships’ Committee Room, 
No. 5: And then the Messengers withdrew. 
Ordered, That the Committee who were to draw 
up Reasons to be offered to the Lords at a Confer- 
ence for disagreeing to certain of the said Amend- 
ments, do manage the Conference :—And the names 
of Lord Viscount Ebrington, Mr. Robert Steuart, 
Lord Viscount Ingestre, Mr. George William Wood, 
Sir Frederick Trench, Lord Stanley and Mr. Nicholl, 


were added to them. 





of this instant July; that the Committee 
must Rees that the subject matter of dispute be- 
tween the Petitioners and certain Parties toa Deed 
for the Endowment of the Clergy of Liverpool, to 
settle which dispute it is proposed to bring in a 
Bill, is not distinctly stated in the Petition, but it 
has appeared, on evidence before the Committee, 
that the Bill proposes to effect a pecuniary arrange- 
ment, and that no Standing Orders are applicable. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for uniting the two Medieties of the hectory of 
Liverpool, 


eee 





ae 





2 Vicroriz. 


Liverpool, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and 
for providing more effectually for the Endowment 
thereof, and of other Churches in the said Town: 
And that Lord Viscount Sandon and Mr. Creswell 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ship “ Vernon.” 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Expenses of Building Her Majesty’s 
Ship “ Vernon.” 


Land Tax The House was moved, That the Act 54 Geo. 3, 
Resemption c. 173, to alter and amend certain of the powers and 


provisions of several Acts passed for the Redemption 
and Sale of the Land-Tax, and for making further 
provision for the Redemption thereof, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to vest in the Commissioners of the Treasury the 
powers heretofore exercised by Commissioners ap- 

~ pointed for certain purposes relating to the Redemp- 
tion and Sale of the Land-Tax, and to determine 
disputes as to the division in which Lands are liable 
to be rated to the Land-Tax: And that Mr. Robert 
Steuart and Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Recovery of —§ Mr. Aglionby reported from the Select Committee 
Tenements Bill.on the Recovery of Tenements Bill; That they had 
No. 587. examined the sivaiiine of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 

and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Wednesday next; and the Bill, 
as amended, be printed. 

Land Tax 


Redemption Mr. Robert Steuart presented a Bill to vest in 
Bill. the Commissioners of the Treasury the Powers here- 

No.586, tofore exercised by Commissioners appointed for 
certain purposes relating to the Redemption and 
Sale of the Land-Tax, and to determine disputes as 
to the division in which Lands are liable to be rated 
to the Land Tax: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next ; and t® be printed. 


Prisons. Mr. Robert Steuart presented, by Her Majesty’s 
command,—Third Report of the Inspectors of Pri- 
sons of Great Britain. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Shipwrights, 
&amp;c., (Dock-yards), which was presented upon 
Tuesday last, be printed. 


Shipwrights, 
&amp;e., (Dock 
Yards. ) 


No. 591. : 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 


Sabbati, 14° die Juli ; 
Anno 2° Victoria Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


RDERED, That all Committees have leave 
to sit this day, till four of the clock, during the 
sitting of the House. 





Comuuittees. 


India Steam An ingrossed Bill for forming and regulating a 
on Company Company, to be called “The India Steam Ship 
- Company,” and to enable the said Company to pur- 
chase certain Letters Patent, was read the third 
time; and an ingrossed Clause was added to the 
Bill by way of rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. John Henry Vivian do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Pilotage Bill. Petitions from the Commissioners for the Port or 

Harbour of Neath, in the county of Glamorgan; 

—Royal Burghs of Scotland in General Convention 

assembled ; — and, Aberdeen; praying that the 

Pilotage Bill may not pass into a law,—were pre- 

on — read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
OL. 93. 


13°—14° Juliz. 





705 


A Petition of Magistrates, Bankers, Manufac- Fire Insurance. 
turers, Merchants, Heritors and Inhabitants of Aber- 
deen, praying for the repeal of the duty on Policies 
of Fire ee oe was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Lurgan and Portadown (two Pe- Spirit Dealers 

titions) ;— Kingstown ;— Armagh (two Petitions) ;— (!e!4-) 
Ballymena and Ballymuney (two Petititions) ;— 
Downpatrick ; — Downpatrick and Portaferry ;— 
Newry; — Drogheda and Ardee;— Navan and 
Kells ;— Dundalk (two Petitions) ; —Athy ;—and, 
Newry and Bambridge ; praying that Spirit Dealers 
in Ireland may be placed on the same footing with 
those in England and Scotland,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Bath Church of Ecclesiastical 
England Lay Association, praying that the powers Commission. 
granted to the Ecclesiastical Commission may be 
withdrawn ; and the changes recommended by that 
Commission may not be adopted until such time as 
the full and free consent of the Church herself, 
through her proper organs, shall have been obtained, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Heritors, Merchants, Ship-owners Parliamentary 
and Inhabitants of Leith, praying that the Parlia- Borghs 
: : (Scotland) Bill, 
mentary Burghs (Scotland) Bill may not pass into 
a law as it now stands, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Edinburgh and 
further consideration the Report on the Edinburgh Leith Agree- 
and Leith Agreement Bill:—The Bill was re-com- ™* B"! 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House :-—And 
the House accordingly resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 

Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fox Maule 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 

day next. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Paisley, praying that prisons 
the Prisons (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law, (Scotland) Bill, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


The ingrossed Bill to improve Prisons and Prison pyisons 
Discipline in Scotland was, according to Order, read (Scotland) Bill. 
the third time ; and Amendments were’ made to the 
Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill in; Pr. 26. 1. 8. by inserting after the word 
“ Boards” the words “ and that the chief magis- 
“ trates of any burgh returning or contributing to 
“ the return of a Member of Parliament, be ex officio 
“ a member of any local board which shall hold 
“ its sitting within such burgh.” 

And the Question being put, That those words be 
there inserted:—It passed in the Negative. 

Then several other Amendments were made to the 
Bill. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill in Pr. 46. 1. 11. by inserting after the 
word “ aforesaid” the words “ county within which 
“ such burgh is situated.” 

And the Question being put, That those words be 
there inserted :—It passed in the Negative. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill in Pr. 51. 1. 34. by inserting after the 
words “ determined by” the words “ the ancient 
“« bounds of royalty.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted :—It passed in the Negative. 

Resolved, That the bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

4x Mr. 








Coal Trade Mr. Bernal reported the Coal Trade (Port of 
(Port of Lone Jondon) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
don) Bill. agree d to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


A Petition of Joseph Bensted, of Maidstone, in 
the County of Kent, Artist, was delivered in, and 
read; setting forth, That at the now last Election 

of a Member to serve in this present Parliament for 

: the Borough of Maidstone, the Petitioner was an 

elector for the said Borough, and claims to have had 

a right to vote and did vote at the said Election for 
i | John Minet Fector, one of the Candidates at that 
. Election to represent the said Borough in Parlia- 

. ment, and still is an elector, and claims to have a 
| right to vote at any Election for the said Borough 
which shall take place before the first day of No- 
i . vember in the present year, One thousand eight 
iH hundred and thirty-eight; that the said John Minet 
Fector was at the said last Election duly qualified 
to be elected, and was duly elected and returned, 
to serve in this present Parliament for the said Bo- 
rough; that the Petitioner finds that a certain 
Petition, complaining of the said Election and Re- 
turn of the said John Minet Fector to serve in this 
present Parliament for the said Borough, thatistosay, 
a certain Petition purporting tobe a Petition of George 
Beacon, William Lucking Wright, Walter Harris, 
George Powell, William Jury and William Richard 
Brown, therein described as electors of the said Bo- 
rough, has been presented to the House, and has been 
ordered to be taken into consideration on the seven- 
teenth day of this present month of July; that the 
| Petitioner is desirous that he should be admitted as 
t a party, together with the said John Minet Fector, 
| in defence of the said Election and Return of the 
said John Minet Fector, and in opposition to the said 
Petition and the prayer thereof; and praying that he 
may be admitted as a party, together with the said 
| | John Minet Fector, for the purposes aforesaid, accord- 
y ing to the form of the Statute in such case made and 
Ve provided. 
Hl The House was moved, That the Tenth Section 
it of the Act 9 Geo. 4, c. 22, “to consolidate and 
amend the Laws relating to the Trial of Contro- 
| verted Elections, or Returns of Members to serve 
| in Parliament,” might be read; and the same being 
We read; 
i Ordered, That the Petitioner be admitted a party, 
| 
i 


Maidstone 
Election. 


pursuant to the prayer of his Petition. 


it Imprisonment A Petition of Prisoners confined for Debt in the 
Hi for Debt Bill. Prison of the Queen’s Bench, praying that the Im- 
| prisonment for Debt Bill may not pass into a law 
as it now stands, was presented, and read; and or- 
i dered to lie upon the Table. 


Iaprisonment = The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
| | for Debt Bill... Committee upon the Imprisonment for Debt Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 


| Preamble postponed. 

| Cuauses, N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 
Cravse, N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 
Crausss, N° 4 to N° 20, agreed to. 
Crauseg, N° 21, amended, and agreed to. 
Crausgs, N° 22 to N° 61, agreed to. 
Cuavsgs, N° 62 to N° 65, disagreed to. 
Crausts, N° 66 to N° 84, agreed to. 


Cravusg, No 85 (Court may permit execution to 
be taken out thereupon when Insolvent is of ability 
to pay, or is dead leaving assets) read. 

mendment proposed: P. 43, 1. 40, After the 
words “ if at any time” to insert the words “ within 








cannes 2 


‘ 
a 








706 14° Julit. A. 1838. 


“ the space of three years from the date of the afore- 
“ said discharge.” 
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Cuavse, N° 85, agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 86 to N° 108, agreed to. 

Clauses added. 

Schedules amended, and agreed to. 

Preamble read, and agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon 
Tuesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Loan Societies 
further consideration the Report on the Loan So- (Ireland) Bill, 
cieties (Ireland) Bill :—The Bil was re-committed og 
to a Committee of the whole House:—And the 
House immediately resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 

Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend the Acts relating to Dublin Police 
the Police of the district of the Dublin Metropolis, ®*- 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Revenue 

into a Committee upon the Revenue Departments a oes 
ae ‘ . . ecurities Bill. 

Securities Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fox Maule 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. e 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself County 
into a Committee upon the County ‘Treasurers (Zre- eT 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr.*~ — 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Fox Maule 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Insane Persons 
into a Committee upon the Insane Persons (Jre- (Ireland) Bill. 
land) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 

Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 

day next. 


Mr. Robert Steuart reported the Land Tax Com-LandTax 
missioners’ Names Bill; and the Amendments were Commissioners 
Names Bill. 
read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed; and read the third time upon Monday 
the 23d day of this instant July. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Trading 
mittee on the Trading Companies Bill ; Companies Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Pankrupts’ 
further consideration the Report on the Bankrupts’ ew a) 8 
Estates (Scotland) Bill ; (Sentient) Be. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Bighany Rates 
reading of the Highway Rates Bill ; Fer 
Ordered, 


Sea Co: 
Fisherie 
( Trelans 


Fisheri 
(Irelan 


Count} 
Advan 


Queen 
Printe 
(Scotls 


Shann 
Navi 
_ 

lone 


Pabl 
[Ad 
Mon 


Hal 


Cor 








2 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


Sea Coast The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 

area pi), Muttee on the Sea Coast Fisheries (Lreland) Bill; 

(Irelane) ©" Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

Fisheries The Order of the day being read, for the second 


(Ireland) Bill. reading of the Fisheries (Ireland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


County of Clare Lord Viscount Morpeth reported from the Select 
Advance Bill. Committee on the County of Clare Advance Bill ; 
That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, 
and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Bill be re-committed to a Com- 

~ mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


Queen’s Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
&gt; to consider of the Patents of the Queen’s Printer and 
cotianc. 


Stationer for Scotland:—And a Committee was ap- 
pointed of The Lord Advocate, Mr. Goulburn, Mr. 
Hume, Sir Willam Rae, Mr. Robert Ferguson, Sir 
Robert Harry Inglis, Mr. Ord, Mr. Chalmers, Mr. 
Villiers, Mr. Robert Steuart, Mr. Gally Knight, Mr. 
Wallace, Sir George Sinclair, Mr. James Loch and 
Mr. Brotherton, with Power to send for persons, 
papers and records. 
Ordered, That Five be the Quorum. 


Shannon A Motion being made, That this House will, upon 
rs mag , Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee, to 
— consider of authorizing an Advance of Exchequer 


Bills, or of Money out of the Consolidated Fund of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
for the improvement of the Navigation of the River 
Shannon ; 

Lord John Russell, by Her Majesty’s command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Public Records 
[Advance of 
Money. ] 


A Motion being made, That this House will, upon 
Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee, to 
consider of authorizing issues out of the Consoli- 
dated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Ireland, for the poonee of any Act for keep- 
ing safely the Public Records ; 

Lord John Russell, by Her Majesty’s command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


HalfPay (Civil Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
and Military.) Account of the several Amounts paid in each of the 
year#1834, 1835, 1836 and 1837, for Half-pay and 
Retired Allowances, Civil and Military; distin- 
guishing the Amount under separate heads and 
departments. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 
Account in detail, of the manner in which the sum 
of £12,000, voted in the Estimates of 1837, to 
defray the whole expense of the conveyance of 
Convicts to the several Depdts was expended; so 
as to exhibit he average expense of removing each 
prisoner from the different prisons in England and 

Wales to the Convict Depots. 
Liverpoo! 


2 Lord Viscount Sandon presented a Bill for 
nen Bir” Uniting the two Medieties of the Rectory of Liver- 
ill, Ad , 
pool, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and for 
providing more effectually for the Endowment thereof, 
and of other Churches in the said town: And the 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 
Vor. 93. 


Convicts, 


14°—16° Julie. 





707 


Mr. Chalmers, one of the Clerks attending Com- Fictitious Votes 
mittees of this House, presented, pursuant to Order, (Scotland. 
—The Minutes of the Evidence taken~before the No. 590. 
Select Committee appointed in the last Session of 
Parliament, to inquire how far the intentions of the 
Reform Bill are defeated by the creating and regis- 
tering of Fictitious and improper Votes in the coun- 
ties of Scotland. 

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


A Petition of Inhabitants of St. Mary Shandon, Tithes __ 
Cork, praying that a Clause may be inserted in the (Ireland) Bill, 
Tithes (Zreland) Bill for the abolition of Ministers’ 

Money, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of James Mills, of Battersea Fields, Battersea_ ¢ 
praying the House to appoint a Select Committee — — 
to inquire into the complaints relative to Convic- “ 
tions for trespasses on Battersea Common Fields, 
and amend the Penal Statute by granting a cer- 
tiorari in case of illegal convictions, was presented, _ 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Newbridge and Two- Vote by Ballot. 
mile- House, praying that the Votes at all Elections 
for Members to serve in Parliament be taken by 
Ballot, and that each Parliament shall not continue 
longer than three years, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Naas, praying the Electiov 
House to appoint a Select Committee to inquire Committees. 
into the subject of Election Committees, and to 
remedy any defect which may appear in their for- 
mation and proceedings, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 


Lune, 16° die Juli ; 


Anno 2° Victoria Regine, 1838. 





PRAYERS. 


T HE Order of the day being read, for the third Royal Exchange 
reading of the ingrossed Bill for improving the Re-building Bilt. 
Site of the Royal Exchange, in the City of London, 
and the Avenues adjoining thereto ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read the third time ; 

he Amendments following were proposed to be 

made to the Question, viz., to leave out the word 
“‘ now,” and at the end of the Question to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now”’ 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, yr me Wood, 102. 
Tellers for the Noes,{ Sf ngs Hall, } 38. 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third time; 
and an ingrossed Clause was added to the Bill, by 
way of rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Matthew Wood do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming Middlesex 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendment which, County Court 
upon Wednesday last, was proposed to be made ™ 
upon the third reading of the Middlesex County 
Court Bill; 


4x2 Ordered, 











+e men 


+ 


Batthyany’s 
Nat. Bill. 


Basiness of 
the House. 


Government 
of Oude. 


Prisons 
( West Indies.) 


Slavery 
Abolition Act. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Suitors’ Money 
Bill. 


Oaths to 
Witnesses 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Kingstown 
and Dublin 
Harbour Bill. 


Ashby-de-la- 
Zouch Small 


Debts (No. 2.) 


Bill. 





708 16° Juli. A. 1838. 


Ordered, That the Debate be further adjourned 
till Wednesday next. 


Sir Richard Philipps reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
for naturalizing Gustavus Theodore Anthony Count 
Batthyany; That they had examined the allega- 
tions of the Bill, and found the same to be true; and 
had gone through the Bill, and directed him to re- 
= the same, without any Amendment :—And the 

ill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Sir Richard Philipps do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, without any Amend- 
ment. 


Resolved, That, during the remainder of the 
Session, Orders of the day have precedence of No- 
tices of Motions on Tuesdays and Thursdays. 


Mr. Robert Gordon presented, pursuant to Order, 
—Copies of all Minutes of the Governor General 
and Members of Council in Bengal, and of all Pro- 
ceedings of the Governor General in Council, and 
of all Communications from the Governor General 
in Council to the Court of Directors; and of all 
Communications from the Resident of the East 
India Company at Lucknow to the Governor-General 
in Council, or to the Court of Directors, relative to 
the death of the late King of Oude, Nussur-oddeen- 
Hyder, and the steps ee we by the Resident of 
the Company for the regulation of the succession 
to the Throne :—Of all Memorials addressed to the 
Governor General in Council, to the Court of Di- 
rectors, or to the Board of Commissioners for the 
Affairs of India, by any individuals asserting a claim 
to the Throne of Oude, and the Answers returned 
thereto :—And, of all Treaties ratified between the 
Governor General in Council and the present reign- 
ing King of Oude. 

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


SirGeorge Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s com- 
mand,—Report of Captain J. W. Pringle, on the 
Prisons in the West Indies (Jamaica.) 

Sir George Grey also presented, pursuant to the 
directions ofan Act of Parliament,— List of all Per- 
sons appointed Special Justices of the Peace for 
carrying into effect the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, c. 73, 
for the abolition of ge ty! throughout the British 
Colonies ; specifying the Date of every such Com- 
mission or Appointment, by whom appointed, and 
the Amount of the Salary assigned to every such 
Justice of the Peace. 

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


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Adam and 
Mr. Senior : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for making further In- 
vestments from the Money of the Suitors of the 
Court of Chancery and the Court of Exchequer, and 
for providing for the Payment into Court of Fees 
received by certain Officers of the Lord Chancellor : 

A Bill, mtituled, An Act to empower the Fore- 
man, or any other Member of Grand Juries in Jre- 
land, to administer Oaths to Witnesses on Bills of 
Indictment : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to make further Pro- 
visions, and to amend the Acts relating to the Har- 
bour of Kingstown, and the Port and Harbour of 
Dublin: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to rectify a Mistake in 
an Act passed in the present Session of Parliament, 
for the Recovery of Small Debts within the Town 


of Ashby de la-Zouch, and other places, in the 
Counties of Leicester, Derby, Warwick and Stafford: 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Grand Jury 
Act to amend the Laws relating to the Levy of Grand Cess (Dublin) 
Jury Cess in the County of the City of Dublin, with Bi" 
an Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords Tit 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, lr 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Eastern 
Act to amend and enlarge the Powers and Provisions oe - 
of the Act relating to the Eastern Counties Railway, “""*9 Bil 
with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
— desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Forms of 
for continuing, under certain limitations, the Powers Pleading Bill. 
given to the Judges for altering the Forms of Plead- 
ing in the Courts of Common Law at Westminster, 
and elsewhere; to which the Lords desire the con- . 
currence of this House :—And then the Messengers 
withdrew. 


A Petition of Merchants, Booksellers and others Fourdrinier’s 
of Nottingham, praying the House to take into con- Patent. 
sideration the case of Messrs. Fourdrinier relative 
to their Patent for the manufacture of paper, was 
or. and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Leominster, praying Idolatry 
the House to prohibit the interference of British (India.) 
functionaries in the management of Idolatrous Ob- 
servances in India, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Act 3 and 4 Tithes 
Will. 4, c. 100, for the Relief of the Owners of Tithes (Ireland) 
in Ireland, and for the amendment of an Act passed eee Bill] 
in the last Session of Parliament, intituled, An Act 
to amend three Acts passed respectively in the 
fourth, fifth, and in the seventh eal sights years of 
the reign of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, 
—— for the establishing of Compositions for 

ithes in Ireland, and to make such Compositions 
permanent, might be read; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 6 and 
7 Will. 4. c. 108, to amend an Act passed in the 
first and second years of his present Majesty, for 
the extension and promotion of Public Works in 
Ireland, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, That this House will 
immediately resolve itself into a Committee, to con 
sider of so much of the said Acts as authorizes the 
issue of Exchequer Bills for the Relief of the Owners 
of Tithes in Jreland ; 

Lord John Russell, by Her Majesty’s command, 
acquainted the House, That Her Majesty, having 
been informed of the subject-matter of this Motion, 
recommends it to the consideration of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, immediately, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee :—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee. * 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That Ex- 
chequer Bills to an amount not exceeding the residue 
of the sum of One million, remaining unappropri- 
ated, under an Act of the 3d and 4th of King Wil- 
liam the Fourth, c.100, and under an Act of the 
6th and 7th year of his said Majesty, c. 108, be 
issued and applied, together with the instalments 
| paid, or which may be paid under the first-men- 
tioned Act, to the relief of the owners of Composi- 
tions for Tithes in Ireland, for the years 1836 and 
1837, and that the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Treasury be authorized to remit such instalments in 
| certain cases. 

To report Progress, and ask leave to sit again. 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress _ 
the 








“Tithes F 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Prisons Bill, 
No. 592, 


2 Victroriz. 


the matter to them referred ; and that he was di- 
rected to move, That the Committee may have leave 
to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon ‘Thursday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
mto a Committee upon the Tithes (Jreland) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 


graph. 
ls postponed. 
Crauses, N° 1 and N° 2, agreed to. 


Crausz, N° 3 (All lands subject to the payment 
of Tithe Compositions charged with any annual sum 
by way of rent-charge, &amp;c.)——read. 

Several Amendments made. 

Amendment proposed: At the end of the Clause 
to add the following Proviso: “ Provided always, 
“ That if at any time such cst shall be in 


“ arrear and unpaid for the space of Six months 
“ 





next after the same shall have accrued due and 
payable, then and in such case a sum equal to 
four-fifths of the amount of such Tithe Compo- 
sitions, shall pro illé vice be due and payable, 
in lieu of such three-fourths.” 
Question, That those words be there added—— 

Amendment by leave, withdrawn. 

Cravsez, N° 3, as amended, agreed to. 

Cxravusgs, N° 4 to N° 7, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 8, amended, and agreed to. 

Crause, N° 9 (Composition for Tithes may be 
revised on application to the Lord Lieutenant in 
Council) read. 

Several Amendments made. 

Question put, That the Clause, as amended, stand 
part of the Bin’; 
The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Robert Steuart, \ 103 


Mr. Sheil: F 
. Mr. Lefroy, 

Tellers for the Noes,{ Guidant Merueal: 88. 

Cravuszs, N° 10 to N° 20, agreed to. 

CuiauseE, N° 21, amended, and agreed to. 

Cravses, N° 22 to N° 29, agreed to. 

Crauss, N° 30, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauss, N° 31, agreed to. 

Cause, N° 32, amended, and agreed to. 

Cuiause, N° 33, disagreed to. 

Cuiauses, N° 34 to N° 40, agreed to. 

Cxiausez, N° 41 (Interpretation of words used in 
this Act) read. 

Amendment proposed : P. 24. 1. 8. After the 
words “ applied to”’ to insert the words “ ministers’ 
“ money, and te.” : 

Question, That those words be there inserted—-— 
put, and Negatived. 

Cravse, N° 41, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 42, agreed to. 

Clause added. 

Preamble read, and agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Thurs- 
day next. 


“cc 
if7 
“ 
“ 











The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Prisons Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 


Cuiavusss, N° 14 to N° 25, agreed to. 


Clauses added. 
Vat. 93, 


16° Juliz. 


709 


Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Friday 
next. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself Trading 
into a Committee upon the Trading Companies Bill ; Companies Bill. 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into County of Clare 
a Committee, to consider of authorizing an Advance oom ; . 
of Money, out of the Consolidated Fund of the we 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for 
the County of Clare, and of the payment of the 
Public Monies which have been advanced to the 
said County. 

(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct that the 
Monies payable under the Recognizances of the late 
Treasurer of the County of Clare, and also a sum, 
not exceeding the sum of Fifteen thousand pounds, 
due to the County from the said Treasurer, shall be 
advanced, out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for 
the Relief of the County of Clare. 
Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. More 
O’ Ferrall reported, That the Committee had come 
to a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Bankruptcy 
mittee on the Bankruptcy Court Bill ; Court Bas. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Shannon Navi- 
reading of the Shannon Navigation Bill ; ations 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Parochial 
mittee on the Parochial Assessments Bill ; Assessments 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday ®" 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Tithes and 
into a Committee upon the Tithes and Land Merger find Merger 
Bill ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker pe 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Pryme reported, That ~* 0. 593. 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Pryme reported the Bill accordingly; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further con- 
sideration upon Wednesday next; and the Bill, as 
amended, to be printed. 


Mr. More O’ Ferrall reported the Court of Chan- Court of 
cery (Ireland) Bill; and the Report was ordered to ye sel 
be taken into further consideration upon Wednesday ‘ sega 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Kegistration of 
further consideration the Report on the Registration Pl&lt;ctors Bill. 





of Electors Bill; 
4x3 Ordered, 








Fines and 
Recognizances 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Supply _ 
[7 Fuly.] 


Parliamentary 
Burghs 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Public Records 
Bill. 


Glass Duties 
Bill, 


Schools 


(Scotland) Bill. 


Mails on 
Railways Bill, 


Depeiy: 


Ways and 
Means, 


Local Commis- 
siouers’ Relief 
Bill. 


Post Office Bill. 


China Courts 


Bill. 


Grand Jury 
Presentments 


(Ireland) Bill, 


Municipal 
Boundaries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


710 


Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Fines and Recognizances (Jreland) 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the last of the Resolutions, 
which, upon the 7th day of this instant July were 
reported from the Committee of Supply ; 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be taken into 
further consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Parliamentary Burghs (Scotland) 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, fur the Com- 
mittee on the Public Records Bil; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Glass Duties Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report on the Schools (Scotland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Mails on 
Railways Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into further consideration the Report on the Local 
Commissioners’ Relief Bill; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed, and read the third time upon Wed- 
nesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Post Office Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the China Courts Bill; 

Resclved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


being read, for the second 


The Order of the da 
} ry Presentments (Ireland) 


reading of the Grand 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Municipal Boundaries (Jreland) Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


16°—17° Julii. 








A. 1838, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Division of 
reading of the Division of Parishes Bill ; Parishes Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Church 
mittee on the Church Building Acts Amendment Building Acis 
Bill ; Amendment 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday ~ 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Highwa 
Bill. 


The Land Tax Redemption Bill was, according Land Tax 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a Redemption 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. - 


A Petition of the Moderator of the Presbytery of Edinburgh ana 
Edinburgh, preying that the Edinburgh and Leith a 
Agreement Bill may not pass into a law as it now : 
stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Mr. Robert Steuart reported the Edinburgh and Edinburgh aud 
Leith Agreement Bill; and the Amendments were a 
read, artd agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Coal Trade 
reading of the Coal Trade (Port of London) Bill ; ay of Lon. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- °” ®#" 

morrow. 


Sea C 
Fisher 
(Irelai 
And the House having continued to sit till after 


twelve of the clock on Tuesday morning ; 
Martis, 17° die Julii, 1838: 


Mr. Robert Steuart reported the Loan Societies Loan Socicties 
(Ireland) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and (Ireland) Bill, 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed; and read the third time upon Thursday 
next. 


Fisher 
(Irela 


Count 
Advai 


Mr. Robert Steuart reported the Revenue Depart- Revenue 
ments Securities Bill; and the Amendments were Departments 
read, and agreed to. a 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed; and read the third time, this day. 


Shan 
Navi 
{Adv 
cheqr 


Mr. More O’Ferrall reported the County Trea- County 
surers (Jreland) Bill; and the Amendments were Treasurers _ 
read, and agreed to. (Ireland) Bill 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill 
(County of Tyrone may present for payment of Con- 
tract):—And the said Clause was brought up, and 
twice read with a blank ; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House :—The House accord- 
ingly resolved itself into the Committee; and, after 
some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the 
Chair; and Mr. More O’ Ferrall reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Clause, and made 
an Amendment thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. More O’Ferrall accordingly reported the 
Clause ; and the Amendment was read, and agreed 
to; and the said Clause was agreed to, to be made 
part of the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


Publ 
Mor 


: Bo 
Mr. Robert Steuart reported the Insane Persons Insane Persons : 


(England) Bill; and the Amendments were read, (England) Bill. 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Bankrupts’ 
further consideration the Report on the Bankrupts’ (Seotlan 4) Bill. 
Estates (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration this day. 


The 








Highway Rates 
Bill. 


Sea Coast 
Fisheries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Fisheries 


(Ireland) Bill. 


County of Clare 
Advance Bill. 


Shannon 
Navigation 
{Advance of Ex- 
chequer Bills. ] 


Public Records 
| Advance of 
Money.] 


Bones, 


Ecclesiastica! 
Ppointments 
Uspensiun Bil!, 


2 VictorizZz. 16°—17° Julzz. 711 


The ingrossed Bill to authorize the application of 
a portion of the Highway Rates to Turnpike Roads 
in certain cases, was, according to Order, read the 
third time; and an ingrossed Clause was added to 
the Bill, by way of rider. 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Bill, by way of rider (That money raised in 
— be appropriated only to the repair of the 

urnpike Roads running through the same) :—And 
the said Clause was brought up ; and read the first 
time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second time ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, a Grimsditch, \ 1 

Mr. Aglionby : 

Tellers for the Noes, { 3 aed aia } 44, 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to authorize the levy of Highway 
Rates for the Repair of Turnpike Roads in certain 
cases. 

Ordered, That Mr. Shaw Lefevre do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


2. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Sea Coast Fisheries (Jre/and) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House was also moved, That the Act 6 and 
7 Will. 4, c. 77, for carrying into effect the Reports 
of the Commissioners appointed to consider the 
state of the Established Church in England and 
Wales, with reference to Ecclesiastical Duties and 
Revenues, so far as they relate to Episcopal Dio- 
ceses, Revenues and Patronage, might be read ; and 
the same was read. ; 

The House was also moved,. That the Act 1 Vic. 
c.71, to continue until the First day of August One 
thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight, and to the 
end of the then Session of Parliament two Acts of 
the last Session of Parliament for suspending ap- 
pointments to certain Dignities and Offices in Ca- 
thedral and Collegiate Churches, and to Sinecure 
Rectories, and for preventing the immediate effects 
on Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions of the measures in 
progress for the alteration of Dioceses, might be 
read; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for further suspending the appointment to certain 
Dignities and Offices in Cathedral and Collegiate 
Churches and to Sinecure Rectories: And that Lord 
John Russell and Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer 
do ‘prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed Militia 
to prepare Estimates of the Charge of the Disem- tite» 
bodied Militia of Great Britain and Ireland, for a 
year, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

Ordered, That the Committee benominated thisday. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Tumnpike Acts 
continue, for a limited time, the Local Turnpike Continuance 





The Fisheries (Jreland) Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the County of Clare Advance Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of autho- 
rizing an Advance of Exchequer Bills, or of Mone 





out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Ireland, for the improvement 
of the Navigation of the River Shannon ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee to consider of authorizing Issues out of 
the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, for the purposes of any 
Act for keeping safely the Public Records. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That compensation to the present Re- 
cord Keepers and Officers, shall be defrayed out of 
the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. #obert 
Steuart reported, That the Committee had come to 
a Resolution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Quantity of Bones imported into the 
United Kingdom from Foreign Countries in the 
years 1835 and 1836, distinguishing the Quantity 
from each Country. 


The House was moved, That the Act 6 and 7 
Will. 4, c. 67, for suspending, for one year, ap- 
pointments to certain dignities and offices in Ca- 
thedral and Collegiate Churches, and to Sinecure 
Rectories, might be read; and the same was read. 

Voz. 93. 








Acts for England and Wales which expire with this 
or the ensuing Session of Parliament: And that 
Lord John Russell and Mr. Fox Maule do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Perpetuity 
encourage and facilitate the purchase of Perpetuities ireland) Bill 
by the Lessees of Church Lands in Jreland: And “"*" : 
that Mr. Lucas and Mr. French do prepare, and 
bring it in. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed New Street 
to inquire into and report upon the Claims of the 4‘ 
Paving Committee of the Parish of Saint James, 
Westminster, for the sum of £.7,000, said to be due 
to them, and unpaid, by the Commissioners under the 
New Street Act:—And a Committee was appointed 
of Sir De Lacy Evans, Mr. Edward John Stanley, 
Mr. Leader, Lord Viscount Lowther, Mr. Robert 
Gordon, Mr. Hawes, Mr. Bramston, Mr. Byng, 
Mr. George Wilbraham, Mr. Wilson Patten, Mr. 
Bannerman, Mr. Hume, Mr. Robert Steuart, Mr. 
Lascelles, and Mr. Solicitor General; with Power to 
send for persons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the quorum. 


Lord John Russell presented a Bill for further Ecclesiastical 
suspending the appointment to certain Dignities and io 
Offices in Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, and ed ae 
to Sinecure Rectories: And the same was read the 0-594. 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Wednesday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Lucas presented a Bill to encourage and faci- pepewiy 
litate the Purchase of Perpetuities by the Lessces (7/eland) Bill 
of Church Lands in Ireland: And the same was” wy 595 
read the first time; and ordered to be read a second : 
time upon Friday next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords to Private 
request that their Lordships will give leave to the Business. 
Duke of Richmond to attend, in order to his being 
examined as a Witness before the Select Committee 
appointed by this House, to consider whether any 
and what improvement can be adopted in the mode 
of conducting private Business: And that Mr. Ber- 
nal do carry the said Message. 

4x4 Resolved, 








2 ieee aeicat aioe Be 
ks 

ad 

eee 


Gibraltar, &amp;c. 
Lighthouses 
[Tolls on 
Vessels.] 


Customs. 


Liverpool 
Clergy Endow- 
ment Bill, 


Public 
Petitions. 


Maidstone 
Flection. 


Eastern 
Counties 
Railway Bill. 


712 16°—17° Julie. 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into a Committee to consider of imposing 
dues for the maintenance of a Lighthouse at Gib- 
raltar, and the collection of Tolls for other Light- 
houses not being within the United Kingdom. 


The House was moved, That the several Acts 
imposing Duties of Customs, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of 
the said Acts. 


Ordered, That the Liverpool Clergy Endowment 
Bill be read a second time upon Monday next. 

Ordered, That leave be given to the Committee on 
the said Bill to sit and proceed on Tuesday next. 

Ordered, That the Parties promoting the said 
Bill do give Notice of such leave in some Newspaper 
published in Liverpool; and that the same be proved 
before the said Committee. 


Mr. George William Wood reported from the Se- 
lect Committee on Public Petitions ; That they had 
examined the Petitions presented from the 9th to 
the 14th days of this instant July, both inclusive ; 
and had directed him to make a Report thereof to 
the House. 

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


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till one of the clock on Tuesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. 





Martis, 17° die Julii; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


g H E hour appointed for taking into considera- 
tion the Petition of the there undersigned 
Electors of the Borough of Maidstone, in the County 
of Kent, and who had a right to vote, and claim to 
have had a right to vote, at the last Election of a 
Member to serve in Parliament for the said Borough, 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the said Borough, being come ; 

Mr. Speaker took the Chair. 


The Serjeant-at-Arms was sent with the Mace to 
the places adjacent, to require the attendance of the 
Members on the business of the House ; and being 
returned ; 

The House was counted by Mr. Speaker; and 
two hundred and thirty-seven Members being pre- 
sent ; 

And Joseph Bensted, of Maidstone, in the County 
of Kent, Artist, having by an Order of the House 
of the 14th day of this mstant July, been admitted 
a Party with the sitting Member to defend the said 
Return; 

The several Parties, their counsel and agents, 
were called in. 


And the door being locked ; 

The Order of the day for taking the said Petition 
into consideration, was read. 

And the names of the Members were drawn, and 
read, in the usual manner. 

And the whole number of thirty-three names was 
completed:—And Lists of the said names were de- 
livered to the Clerk appointed to attend the said 
Committee ; and then the door was opened, and the 
Parties, their counsel and agents, withdrew. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to amend and enlarge the powers 
and provisions of the Act relating to the taaots 





A. 1838. 


Counties Railway; and the same were read, as 
follow ; 

Pr. 3. 1. 3. Leave out “ passing of this,” and 
insert “expiration of the period for that purpose 
“ limited by the said recited.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 34. Leave out “same,” and insert 
“ line through the estate of Lord Petre.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 16. Leave out “ settled.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 38. Leave out “ that.” 

Pr. 14. 1.4. Leave out “ the” and insert “a 
certain.” 

Pr. 14. 1.5. Leave out from “ deposited” to 
“ and” in 1. 8. and insert “with the clerk of the 
“ parish of Ingatestone.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 11. Leave out from “ commons” to 
“ and” in|. 12. and insert “ as the copy of a plan 
“ deposited in the Private Bill Office of the House 


“ 


“é 


of Commons, and signed by the Chairman of the 
“ Committee, to whom this Act when a Bill was 
“ referred in that House.” 

Pr. 16. 1.8. After “ Petre” insert “in the 
“ fields.” 

Pr. 16. ls. 25 and 26. After “ respectively” in- 
sert “ on the said plan.” 

Pr. 20. 1. 20. After “ spots” insert “as,” and 
in the same line, after “ desire” insert “ and.” 

Pr. 22. 1.2. Leave out “thereof,” and insert 
“ whereof.” 

Pr. 24, 1. 10. Leave out “ part,” and insert 
“ parts.” 

Pr. 30. 1. 33, After “ Railway” insert “ or.” 

Pr. 33. 1. 8. Leave out “ No.” and insert 
“ numbered.” 

Pr. 33. 1.9. Leave out “ mentioned,” and in the 
same line after “the” insert “ parish of Writtle 
“ on the.” 











Pr. 33. 1.10. Leave out “ and book of refer- 
“ ence.” 

Pr. 36. l. ult. After “ the” insert “ said.” 

Pr. 37. 1.33. Leave out “ portions.” 

Pr. 40. 1. 24. Leave out “ but,” and insert 
“ provided.” 

Pr. 40. 1. 25. Leave out from “ shall” to 
“ purchase” in 1. 26. and insert “ within six months 
“ after notice of such estate, right or interest.” 

Pr. 40. 1. 27. Leave out from “ for” to “ the” 
in |. 29. and in 1. 29. after “ the” insert “ some 
“ such.” 

Pr. 40. 1. 31. Leave out “ be paid for the same 
“ shall.” 

Pr. 40. 1. 33. Leave out from “ paid” to “ in” 
in 1. 37. 

Pr. 41. 1. 2. Leave out from “ paid” to “in” 
in 1. 3. 

Pr. 41. 1. 4 and 1. 5. Leave out from “ pur- 
“ chased” to “ such” inl. 6. 

Pr. 41. 1. 10. Leave out from “ admit” to 
“ and” in Pr. 42. 1. 30. 

Pr. 43. 1. 18. After ‘superintendence’ 
“ and to the satisfaction.” 

Pr. 45. 1. 21. After “Act” insert “ or this 
“ Act.” 

Pr. 45. 1. 29. After “ Act” insert “ or” this 
“ Act.” 

Pr 46.1. 7. After “ Act” insert “ or this Act.” 

Pr 60. 1. 35. After “any” insert “ gate.” 

Pr 63. 1.1. Leave out “is,” and insert “ are.” 

Pr 70. 1. 22. Leave out “ then,” and in the 
same line after “had” insert “ at the time of the 
“ passing of the said Act.” } 

Pr 84. 1. 7. Leave out “or,” and insert “ and.” 

Pr. 84. 1. 15. Leave out “ or,” and insert 
“ and.” 

Pr. 84. 1. 34. Leave out “ or,” and insert 
“ and.” 

Pr 86. 1. 2. Leave out “ said,” and in the same 
line after “ Haven,” insert “ Dock and.” 

Pr. 89. 1.16. After “ Haven” insert “ Dock 
“ and.” 

Pr. 92. 1. 23. Leave out “ or.” 


’ 


insert 


? 


The 


Sug 
Pat 


Ido 
(In 


Sal 
Act 


Po: 


(Ir 


~~ tee 


~~ a 








Sugar Refining 
Patent Bill. 


Idolatr 
(India.) 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Postage. 


Butter Trade 
(Ireland. ) 


Royal Burghs 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Church 
Property. 


Maynooth 
College, 


Local Courts. 


Church 
Temporalities 
(Ireland) Act. 


2 VictorizZ. 


The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Sugar Refining Patent Bill be 
read a second time To-morrow. 


Petitions from Salisbury;—Saint Ives (Cornwall) ; 

— Norwich ;— Warrington ;—North Shields ;—and, 

Stockton-on-Tees ; praying the House to prohibit the 

interference of British functionaries in the manage- 

ment of Idolatrous Observances in Jndia,—were 

—*, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Magistrates, Council and other In- 
habitants of Bridgnorth, praying for the repeal of 
the Sale of Beer Act, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Horsham;—and, Darlington ; 
praying for the establishment of a low and uniform 
rate of Postage on Letters,—were presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Postage. 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders and others 
concerned in the butter trade in Sligo, praying the 
House to take into consideration the state of the 
Butter Trade in Jreland, and to repeal the Act 
10 Geo. 4, c. 41, which did away with the necessity 
of a public inspection, orto adopt such other measures 
as will give confidence to the British Merchants in 
the brands of the public officer, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Magistrates and Town Council of 
Dumbarton, praying that the Royal Burghs (Scot- 
land) Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Worfield, praying 
that all increase of Revenue that may arise Sock an 
improved system of leasing Ecclesiastical Property, 
be left at the disposal of the Church, to supply 
the deficiency of spiritual instruction for the people, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the 
Archdeaconry of Ely, praying that Chnichs Poaparty 
may not be removed from the control and manage- 
ment of those Ecclesiastics in whom by law it is 
now vested, and that no application be made of any 
portion of such property, either as a substitute for 
Church Rates, or to any other purposes than those 
for which it was originally vested in the Bishops, 
Deans and Chapters and other Ecclesiastical Bodies, 
was also presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bristol ;—Chepping Wycombe ;— 
Willington; — Buckingham ; — Great Wigston ; — 
Peckham ;—Ely (Clergy of Archdeaconry) ;—UI- 
verston;—and, East Dereham; praying the House 
not to sanction any further grant to the Roman 
Catholic College of Maynooth,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Soham, praying for 
the establishment of Local Courts for the Recovery 
of Small Debts, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Parishioners of Raphoe and Convoy, 
praying for the amendment of the Church Tempo- 
ralities (Ireland) Act, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vou. 93. 


17° Julte. 





713 


A Petition of the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Education, 
Ely, praying the House not to sanction any system 
of general Education which is not based upon the 
principles of the Established Church, was presented 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
A Petition of Inhabitants of West Bromwich, 
praying for the establishment of a national system )/ 
of Education, was also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Wharton and another, praying Imprisonment 
that the Imprisonment for Debt Bill may not pass for Debt Bill. 
into a law as it now stands, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Castlerea ; — Roscommon ; — New Spirit Dealers 

Ross (two Petitions);— James Corr ;— Ballyshannon (1reland.) 
(two Petitions) ;— Gorey and Newtownbarry ;—and, 
Lifford and Strabane; praying that Spirit Dealers 
in Ireland may be placed upon the same footing with 
those in England and Scotland,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of William Eyre and Francis Eyre, of W. and F. Eyre. 
Kingston-upon-Hull, Merchants and Co-partners, 
complaining of the detention by the Custom House 
Officers at Hull, of a cargo of Chicory Root be- 
longing to the Petitioners, and praying for an in- 
quiry into the circumstances, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Printers and others of Sheffield, Fourdrinier’s 
praying the House to take into consideration the Patent. 
case of Messrs. Fourdrinier, relative to their Patent 
for the manufacture of paper, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Azminster;—and, Members and Church 
Friends of the Protestant Association of London, a 
praying the House to take into consideration the ‘“*"* a 
present state of the Protestant Ecclesiastical Church 
Establishment in the Canadas,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Chairman of a Meeting of Employment 
Delegates met at Manchester ;—Chairman of a Meet- o the Poor. 
ing of Inhabitants of Manchester ;—and, Chairman 
of a Meeting of Members of the Bristol Branch of 
the Association ; praying thie House to take into 
consideration the Plans proposed by Mr. Robert 
Owen, for the employment of the Poor,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Manchester (Chamber of Com- Ronding 
merce) ;—and, Manchester (Chairman of a Meeting); Warehouses. 
praying for the establishment of Inland Bonding 

arehouses,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Manchester, praying Oaths. 
that Separatists and others may be permitted to 
make Affirmation, in cases where an oath is now 
required, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Richard Sulley, of Nottingham, Com Laws. 
praying for the repeal of the Corn Laws, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the Registraticn of 
Archdeaconry of Totnes, praying for the amendment ysis &amp;e., 
of the Registration of Births, &amp;c.; and, Marriages ““* 

Acts, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Protestants of Raphoe, praying that Education 
the present system of national Education in Ireland (Teland.) 
may not be persisted in, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


4yY A Petition 

















{ 
4 
i 


Post Horse, 
&amp;c., Duties. 


Spirituous 
Liquors Sale 
Bill. 


Edinburgh and 
Leith Agree- 
ment Bill. 


Negro Appren- 
ticeship. 


East India 
Labourers. 


Justice of 
Peace Courts 
(Glasgow. ) 


County 
Treasurers 
(Ireland.) 


Maidstone 
Election. 


714 17° Julie. 


A Petition of Postmasters, Stage Coach Pro- 
prietors and Inn-keepers of Sunderland, praying for 
the repeal of the Duties on Post Horses and Car- 
riages, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers of Kingston- 
— praying that the Spirituous Liquors Sale 

ill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Farmers and others of Edinburgh, 
praying for the insertion of a declaratory Clause in 
the Edinburgh and Leith Agreement Bill, that no 
custom duty or impost’ shall be levied on Wheat, 
Barley or Flour brought into Edinburgh or Leith, 
unless exposed in stock for sale in the public market 
of Edinburgh, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Whitley, praying for 
the abolition of the system of Negro Apprentice- 
ship, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


_ A Petition of Members of the Anti-Slavery 
Society of Kendal, praying that the East India 
Labourers Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to an Address 
to Her Majesty,—A Return, showing the Number of 
Justice of Peace Courts held in the City of Glasgow 
since the Appointment of the present Justice of the 
Peace Clerk for the Lower Ward of Lanarkshire, 
the Number of Causes tried and decided in each 
year since his Appointment, the Amount of Fees 

aid to, or received by, or on account of said Justice 
of Peace Clerk, the Number of Courts at which he 
officiated personally, also the Number in which his 
Deputy officiated, stating the profession to which 
the Principal and Depute Clerks belong, and, if in 
Partnership, the Names of their’Partners, if any ; 
also, the period or periods in each year during which 
the Justice of Peace Clerk of Glasgow has been 
absent from that City since his Appointment ; show- 
ing distinctly, in Columns, the Taine of Causes 
and Courts, and Sums, made up yearly, to the 1st 
of May, with the Totals for each year, since the 
Date of the Appointment of the said Justice of Peace 
Clerk for the Lower Ward of Lanarkshire. 


Mr. Fox Maule also presented, pursuant to Order, 
—A Return of the Amount received for the Fee 
Fund, under the 1st Vic. c. 54, and the Regulations 
by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in pursuance 
thereof, and of the Payments out of the same Fund 
to the 25th of March last; distinguishing the Sum 
paid by the Treasurer of each County, &amp;c., and the 
Amount of each Payment. 

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


The counsel and agents before mentioned, being 
returned to the bar, the Clerk appointed to attend 
the said Committee delivered in to the House a 
reduced List ; and the same was called over as fol- 
loweth ; 

Thomas Barnwell Martin, Esquire, Lord Vis- 
count Alford, Lord Norreys, Robert Otway Cave, 
Esquire, The Right honourable Sir George Henry 
Rose, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Henry George Boldero, 
Esquire, Kedgwin Hoskins, Esquire, The Marquis 
of Douro, Robert Rushbrooke, Esquire and Fred- 
erick Hodgson, Esquire. 


And the said eleven Members, being the Select 
Committee for trying the merits of the Petition 
complaining of an undue Election and Return for 
the Borough of Maidstone were sworn by the Clerk 





A. 1838. 


at the Table, in the usual manner ; and thereupon 
the counsel and agents withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Committee do meet forth- 
with in one of the Committee Chambers appointed 
for hearing the Trials of Controverted Elections. 


The ingrossed Bill to continue an Act for regu- Coal Trade 
lating the Vend and Delivery of Coals in the Cities ars ig 
of London and Westminster, and in certain parts of oo 
the Counties of Middlesex, Surrey, Kent, Essex, 
Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire, was, 
according to Order, read the third time, and an in- 
grossed Clause was added, by way of rider; and 
Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to continue for Seven years, an Act 
for regulating the Vend and Delivery of Coals in 
the Cities of London and Westminster, and in cer- 
tain parts of the Counties of Middlesex, Surrey, 

Kent, Essex, Hertford, Buckingham and Berks. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 

the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to regulate and secure the Edinburgh and 
Debt due by the City of Edinburgh to the Public, a _ 
to confirm an Agreement between the said City and i 
its Creditors, and to effect a Settlement of the Affairs 
of the said City and the Town of Leith, was, accord- 
ing to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ; 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend an Act of the last County 
Session of Parliament, for providing more effectual (Isclend) Bil 
means to make Treasurers of Counties and Counties ; 
of Cities in Jreland account for Public Monies, and 
to secure the same, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend an Act for enabling Revenue 
agg to make Deposits of Stock or Exchequer Departments 





ills, in lieu of giving security by Bond to the — 
Postmaster-General and Commissioners of Land 
Revenue, Customs, Excise, Stamps and Taxes, was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to continue two Acts relating Insane Persons 
to the care and treatment of Insane Persons in (England) Bill. 
England, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to continue for Three years, and 
from thence to the end of the then next Session of 
Parliament, two Acts, relating to the care and 
treatment of Insane Persons in England. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence, 








The House was moved, That the Order made yes- Militia 


\terday, that a Select Conmimittee be appointed to Estimates. 


| prepare Estimates of the Charge of the disembodied 
| Militia of Great Britain and Ireland for a year, to 
| 31st day of March 1839, might be read; and the 
same being read ; 

A Committee was nominated of Lord Viscount 
Howick, Sir Henry Hardinge, Mr. Fox Maule, Mr. 
Hume, Mr. Gore Langton, Colonel Perceval, Mr. 
Ayshford Sanford, Mr. Robert Gordon, Lord Vis- 
count Clive, Mr. Eaton, Mr. More O’ Ferrall, Mr. 
Hawes, Mr. John Parker, Mr. Shaw Lefevre, and 
all Colonels of Militia. 





Ordered, That Five be the quorum. 


A Motion 


Gibré 
Ligh’ 
Tol! 


ess 








Gibraltar, &amp;c., 
Lighthouses 
(r olls on 
Vessels. ] 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Slave Trade 
(Sweden) Bill. 


Slave Trade 
(Hans Towns) 
Bill. 


Slave Trade 
(Netherlands) 
Bill. 


Legh’s 
Estate Bill. 


Rirmingham 
and Derby 
Railway Bill. 


Lough Foyle 
and Lough 
Swilly Drain- 
age Bill, 


Glass Duties 
Bill, 


2 Vicroriz. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the Committee have Power to send for per- 
sons, papers and records ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for thef Mr. Hume, 25 
Yeas, Mr. Divett: 1 aed: 

Tellers for the { Mr. Robert Steuart, Lios 
Noes, Sir Charles Burrell: Ries 7 


So it passed in the Negative. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee, to consider of imposing Dues for 
the maintenance of a Lighthouse at Gibraltar, and 
the collection of Tolls for other Lighthouses, not 
being within the United Kingdom. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That it is expedient to authorize the 
levying of Tolls on Vessels, for the maintenance of 
the Lighthouse at Gibraltar ; and to provide for the 
collection of ‘Tolls for Lighthouses not being within 
the United Kingdom. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Adam and 
Mr. Senior : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to carry into effect an 
additional article to a Treaty with Sweden, relative 
to the Slave Trade. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for carrying into effect 
a Convention of Accession of the Hans Towns, to 
two Conventions with the King of the French, for 
suppressing the Slave Trade. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for carrying into effect 
an additional Article to a Treaty with the Nether- 
lands, relating to the Slave Trade: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to au- 
thorize the making of Conveyances in Fee, or De- 
mises for long Terms of Years, of Estates devised 
by or settled to the uses of the Will of Thomas Peter 
Legh, Esquire, deceased, for building on or other- 
wise improving the same, under yearly Rents, to be 
reserved in the same Conveyances and Demises, and 
to sell certain parts of the said Estates, and to pur- 
chase other Estates in lieu thereof, under the control 
of the Court of Chancery, and for other purposes 
connected with the same Estates, without any 
Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to alter the Line of the Birmingham and Derby 
Junction Railway, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords do not insist on the Amendments made 
by their Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act for 
draining and embanking certain Lands on Lough 
Swilly and Lough Foyle, in the Counties of Donegal 
and Londonderry ; to which this House hath dis- 
agreed :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


The ingrossed Bill to consolidate and amend the 
Laws for collecting and securing the Duties of Excise 
on Glass, was, according to Order, read the third 
time ; and ingrossed Clauses were added to the Bill, 
by way of riders. 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Bill, by way of rider: (Makers of Glass not 
to make of common bottle metal any bottle of less 
content than half a pint)—And the said Clause 
was brought up, and read the first time. 

Vor. 93. 














17° Julie. 715 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 


being put, That the said Clause be now read a 
second time ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Hawkes, re 3 
Yeas, Mr. Blackburn : _— 
Tellers for the ¢ Lord Seymour, 66 
Noes, Mr. Robert Steuart : , 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Then several Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Registration of 
further consideration the Report on the Registration Electors Bill. 


of Electors Bill:—The Bill was re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House :—And the House 
immediately resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 


Preamble postponed. 

Crauszs, N° 1 to N° 18, agreed to. 

Cuavuses, N° 19 to N° 21, amended, and agreed 
to. 

Crausss, N° 22 to N® 26, agreed to. 

Cuauss, N° 27, amended, and agreed to. 

Crauses, N° 28 to N° 30, agreed to. 


Crauses, N° 31 and N° 32, amended, and agreed 
to. 


Ciauses, N° 33 to N° 37, agreed to. 
Crause, N° 38, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravse, N° 39, agreed to. 

Crause, N° 40, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuavuses, N° 41 and N° 42, agreed to. 
Cravusr, N° 43, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravsss, N° 44 to N° 48, agreed to. 


Crause, N 49 (Power to Barristers to give costs 
in ~— cases to parties claiming or objecting) 
——read. 

Amendment proposed: P. 20. 1. 41. After the 
words “ in such cases ” to insert the words “ where 
“ the person so objected to shall previously have 
“ been in the Register of Voters for the said county, 
“ riding, parts, or division of the said county, or for 
“ the said city or borough.” 

Question put, That those words be there inserted ; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the Yeas,{ a Agtionby “4 at \ 39. 
Mr. John Parker, 

Mr. Pryme: } oan 


Amendment proposed, at the end of the Clause, 
to add the following Proviso: “ Provided always, 
“ That whenever such payment shall have been or- 
‘ dered by such Revising Barrister, no other objec- 
tion made by the same objector shall be gone 
into, unless it shall have been first shown, to the 
‘ satisfaction of the Revising Barrister, that the 
‘ said payment has been made to the party entitled 
“ thereto.” 

Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Crause, N° 49, agreed to. 

Cuiavuses, N° 50 to N° 57, agreed to. 

Clause offered: (For revision of opinion of Re- 
vising Barristers to the superior courts of law) 
brought up, and read a first time. 

Question, That the Clause be read a second time 
——by leave, withdrawn. 

4A¥ 2, Schedules 


Tellers for the Noes, 


nn 


“cc 


n 


‘ 


n 


n 





eearraR NCE retat manne 











Post Office 
Bill. 


Trading 
Companies Bill. 


East India 
Labourers Bill. 


Imprisonment 
tor Debt Bill. 


County of Clare 
[ Advance of 
Money. ] 


Shannon Navi- 
gation Bill. 


716 


Schedules amended, and agreed to. 
Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Thurs- 
day next. 


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


Mercurii, 18° die Juliit, 1838: 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Post Office Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read a second time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add 
the words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Questiun being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the( Mr. More O” Ferrail, 

Yeas, Mr. Robert Steuart : 
Tellers for the Colonel Sibthorp, 
Noes, { Sir John Yarde Buller : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time: 
—The Bill was accordingly read a second time; 
and committed to a Committee of the whole House, 
for To-morrow. 


} a8. 
F 


bo 


Mr. Bernal reported the Trading Companies Bill ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the East India Labourers Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 
Report on the Imprisonment for Debt Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee, to whom 
it was referred to consider of authorizing an Advance 
of Money, out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for 
the County of Clare, and of the payment of the 
Public Monies which have been advanced to the 
said County, a Resolution, which was read, as fol- 
loweth ; 

Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to direct that the 
Monies payable under the Recognizances of the late 
Treasurer of the County of Clare, and also a sum, 
not exceeding the sum of Fifteen thousand pounds, 
due to the County from the said Treasurer, shall 
be «dvanced, out of the Consolidated Fund of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for 
the relief of the County of Clare. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the County of Clare Advance Bill, that 
they have Power to make Provision therein, pur- 
suant to the said Resolution. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Shannon Navigation Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 





17°—18° Juliz. 











A. 1838. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Fines and 
into a Committee upon the Fines and Recognizances Recognizances 
(Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, ({"eland) Bill. 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 0-598. 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further con- 
sideration To-morrow ; and the Bill, as amended, to 
be printed. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Supply 
further consideration the last of the Resolutions !7Jy-] 
which, upon the 7th day of this instant July, were 
reported from the Committee of Supply ; 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be taken into 
further consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Schools 
Report on the Schools (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland) Bill. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Report be now received ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Robert Steuart, 71 37 

Yeas, Mr. Attorney General: f°’ 

Tellers for the f Mr. Gillon, } 12 

Noes, Mr. Langdale : al 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Robert Steuart accordingly reported the Bill; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to; 
and a Clause was added to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Mails on 
further consideration the Report on the Mails on Railways Bill. 
Railways Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Saturday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Land Tar 
mittee on the Land Tax Redemption Bill ; Redemption 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- ¥#!!- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Bankrupts’ 
further consideration the Report on the Bankrupts’ Pstates’ 
Estates (Scotland) Bill; (seeded) = 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Friday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself County of Clare 
into a Committee upon the County of Clare Advance eins 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. More O’ Ferrall re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Mr. Solicitor General reported from the Com- Public Records 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of autho- ont . 
rizing Issues out of the Consolidated Fund of the “a 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for 
the purposes of ~ Act for keeping safely the Public 
Records, a Resolution, which was read, as fol- 
loweth ; 

Resolved, That Compensation to the present Re- 
cord Keepers and Officers shall be defrayed, out of 
the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland. iia 

e 








Am 


wi 


Army: 


Army (Com- 
wissariat. ) 


Army (Medical 
Department.) 4 Return of the Number of Officers of the Medical 


Navy, 





Q2Vicroriz. . 


The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Public Records Bill, that they have 
Power to make Provision therein, pursuant to the 
said Resolution. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Number of Officers in the Army, of 
each Regimental Rank, on Full Pay, on the 25th 
of June 1838 ; distinguishing the Number in each 
Class who held Brevet Rank in addition to their 
Regimental, and stating also what Brevet Rank ; 
together with an Abstract of the Total Amount of 
Pay of such Officers, for the year 1838 :—Of the 
Number of Officers in the Army, of each Regi- 
mental Rank, including unattached, upon Half Pay, 
and upon Retired Pay; distinguishing the Number 
of each Class, and also the Number who held Brevet 
Rank in addition to their Regimental; together 
with an Account of the Total Amount of the Pay 
of such Officers, for the year 1838 :—Of the Num- 
ber of Officers in the Army who have been pro- 
moted by Brevet since the 25th June 1838 ; stating 
the Number of each Rank, and how many from Full 
Pay, and from Half and Retired Pay; and the 
Amount of additional Pay and Allowances which 
the Officers of each Rank will receive in consequence 
of that promotion; the Amount of additional Annual 
Expense of each Rank, and of the whole Expense 
by such Brevet Promotion :—and, of the Names of 
all Officers in the Army promoted by Brevet since 
the 25th June 1838; distinguishing those on Full 
from those on Half and on Retired Pay, at the time 
of Promotion. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Number of Officers of the Commis- 
sariat Department, on the 25th June 1838 on Full 
Pay; distinguishing the Number of each Rank :— 
A similar Return of the Number on Half and on 
Retired Pay :—And, a Return of the Number of 
Officers of the Commissariat Department promoted 
on or since 28th June 1838; distinguishing the 
Number of each Rank, and whether promoted from 
Full, Half or Retired Pay ; stating also the Date of 
entry of each into the Service, the Dates of their 
several Promotions, the aggregate time each has 
served on Full Pay, and the aggregate time each 
has been on Half and Retired Pay since entering 
the Service ; likewise, the annual increase of Ex- 
pense to the Country, in consequence of such Pro- 
motions since 28th June 1838. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


Department of the Army, on the 25th June 1838, 
on Full Pay; distinguishing the Number of each 
Rank :—A similar Return of the Number on Half 
and on Retired Pay :—and, a Return of the Number 
of Officers of the Medical Department of the Army 
promoted on or since 28th June 1838; distinguish- 
ing the Number of each Rank, and whether pro- 
moted from Full, Half or Retired Pay; stating also, 
the Date of entry of each into the Service, the Dates 
of their several Promotions, the aggregate time each 
has served on Full Pay, and the aggregate time each 
has been on Half and Retired Pay, since entering 
the Service; likewise, the annual increase of Ex- 
pense to the Country in consequence of such Pro- 
motions. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Total Number of Officers of the Royal 
Navy on the 25th June 1838, of each Rank, from 
Admiral to Lieutenant inclusive, and distinguishing 
the Number of each Rank employed afloat from the 
Number of Officers on Half and on Retired Pay at 
that Date: —and, of the Total Number of Promotions 
in the Royal Navy made on and since the 25th June 
1838, from the Rank of Midshipman to that of Ad- 
miral, inclusive, stating the Number of each Rank 
promoted; distinguishing the Number of each Rank, 


17°—18° Julzz. 





117 


employed and afloat, from those on Half and Retired 
Pay, and the Amount of additional Pay and Allow- 
ance which the Officers of each Rank will receive in 
ge Te of that Promotion, the Amount of Pay 
to each class, and the Total annual Amount of Ex- 
pense to the Country by such Promotion. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Navy. 
Return of the Names of all Admirals, Vice-Admirals, 
Rear-Admirals, Retired Rear-Admirals, Retired 
Captains, Captains, Commanders and Lieutenants, 
in the Royal Navy, promoted on or since the 28th 
June 1838 ; distinguishing those on Full Pay from 
those on Half Pay, at the time of their Promotion ; 
stating the Date of entry of each Officer into the 
Navy, and of the several Commissions which they 
have successively attained. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Navy (Medical 

Return of the Number of Officers of the Medical Pepe") 
Department of the Navy, on 25th June 1838, on 
Full Pay; distinguishing the Number of each Rank: 
—A similar Return of the Number on Half and on 
Retired Pay :—And, a Return of the Number of 
Officers of the Medical Department of the Navy, 
promoted on or since the 28th June 1838; distin- 
guishing the Number of each Rank, and whether 
promoted from Full, Half or Retired Pay; stating 
also, the Date of entry of each into the Service, the 
Dates of their several Promotions, the aggregate 
time each has served on Full Pay, and the aggregate 
time each has been on Half and Retired Pay since 
entering the Service ; likewise the annual increase 
of Expense to the Country in consequence of such 
Promotions. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Advertisement 
Return of Advertisement Duty charged to each of ony 
the Provincial Journals in England and Wales, from 
the 30th June 1837 to the 30th June 1838 ; speci- 
fying the Amount to each Paper by name. 


Ordered, That the Papers relative to the Govern- Government 
ment of Oude, which were presented yesterday, be ° — 
priuted. No, 599. 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to Prisons ( Wes¢ Prisons (West 


Indies), which resented yesterday, be printed. M™4i¢* 
ndies), W was prese yesterday, be printe =i 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after one of the clock 
on Wednesday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 


Mercurii, 18° die Julii ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1858. 
PRAYERS. 
T HE Sugar Refining Patent Bill was, according Sugar Refining 


to Order, read a second time ; and committed Patent Bill. 
to Mr. Pease and the Durham List. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Birminghamand 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- — Railway 
tituled, An Act to alterthe Line of the Birmingham’ ~ 
and Derby Junction Railway; and the same were 
read, as follow; 

Pr. 3. 1.36. Leave out “ point,” and insert 

Pr.4. 1.1. f* field.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 4. After “ plan” insert “ there to form 
“ a junction with the London and Birmingham Rail- 

“ way.” 

Pr, 16. 1.24. After “ Act” insert Clause (A.) 

Cravuse(A.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
“ it shall be lawful for a majority of the Justices of 
“ the Peace assembled at some petty sessions of an 
“ district where the works of the said Railway shall 
“ be in progress, and they are hereby required, to ap- 
“ point from time to time such fit and proper persons, 
“ as may be named to them by the said Company, 
“ and as they shall think proper to be special con- 
“ stables within the said Railway and other works, 
“ and every or any part thereof during the progress 





Vou. 93. 





4x3 “ thereof, 


























718 


Middlesex 
County Court 
Bill. 


“ thereof, and until the same shall be completed ; 
“ and every person so appointed shall make a so- 
“ Jemn declaration to be administered by any one 
“ Justice of the Peace, duly to execute the office of 
constable within the limits hereafter mentioned ; 
and every person so appointed and having made 
such declaration as aforesaid shall have power to 
act as a constable for the preservation of the 
peace, and for the security of persons.and pro- 
perty against felonies and other unlawful acts 
within the limits of the said Railway and other 
works, and within half a mile therefrom, and shall 
have, use, exercise and enjoy all such powers, 
authorities, protections and privileges for the ap- 
prehending offenders as well by night as ” day, 
and for doing all acts, matters and things for the 
prevention, discovery and prosecution of felonies 
and other offences, and for the preservation of 
the peace as constables duly appointed now have 
by the laws and statutes of the Kingdom; and in 
case the said Company shall fail to nominate to 
the said justices a sufficient number of fit and 
proper persons to be appointed by them as con- 
stables upon being required so to do, the said 
Justices may, within Seven days after such de- 
fault nominate any person or persons whom they 
may think proper to act as constables aforesaid, 
and it shall be lawful for any Two Justices to 
dismiss or remove any such constable from his 
office of constable, and to appoint another fit and. 
proper person in his stead to be nominated by the 
said Company as aforesaid, or in case of their 
default as aforesaid, then to be nominated by 
the said Justices ; and upon every such dismissal 
or removal all powers, authorities, protections 
and privileges by virtue of such appointment as 
aforesaid vested in any person so dismissed or 
removed shall wholly cease ; and every person so 
appointed by such Justices as aforesaid shall, 
during such time as he shall act as constable for 
the purposes aforesaid, receive from the said 
Company such reasonable salary as the said 
Justices shall appoint; and such salary shall 
be payable at such times and in such manner 
as the said Justices shall appoint, and shall be 
recoverable in the same manner as damages to a 
small amount are by the said recited Act directed 
to be recovered.” 

Pr. 16. 1.35. Leave out from “ enlarged” to 
that”’ in 1, penult. 

Pr. 17. 1. 1. After “ lands” insert “ so far only 
as relates to the line of deviation by this Act 
authorized, and the works connected therewith.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir Eardley Wilmot do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed tothe Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


“ 
¢ 
‘ 
ce 


ann 


“ 
é 
é 


~ 


“ 
“ 
if3 
“ 
« 
¢ 
cs 


n 


n 
nx 


co 
wn 


‘ 


n 


The Order of the day being read, or resuming 
the adjourned Debate upon the Amendment which, 
upon Wednesday last, was proposed to be made 
upon the third reading of the ingrossed Bill, for 
the further Improvement of the County Court of 
Middlesex ; and which Amendment was, to leave 
out from the words “said plaintiff” in Pr. 29. 1. 25. 
to the word “ And,” in Pr, 32. 1. 1. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the Bill: 
~The House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas, _ Cranfare, } 16. 

r. Aglionby: 
Mr. Maule, ton 
Sir Edward Sugden:J = 
So it passed in the Negative. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


18° Julzz. 











A. 1838. 


Then several other Amendments were made to 
the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Crawford do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. John Henry Vivian, by Order, reported from 
the Committee on the Fishguard Harbour (No. 2.) 
Bill; That they had examined the allegations of the 
Bill, and found the same to be true; and had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


A Petition of Merchants, Manufacturers, Bankers, 
Ship-owners and others of the city of Glasgow, was 
presented, and read ; setting forth, That the Peti- 
tioners approach the House with the expression of 
the increased anxiety and alarm with which they 
view the present distressed condition of our Foreign 
Trade, our position with foreign states, the exclusion 
of our commerce from countries open from time im- 
memorial to British industry, the unredressed in- 
juries inflicted on British merchants by foreign 
powers, by infraction of treaties, and insults to our 
flag ; it is only by the abandonment of our power to 
resist aggression, secret or avowed, and the sacrifice 
of our nights, that Great Britain can be endangered, 
and it is only in consequence of the loss of strength 
she has incurred by the estrangement of allies, and 
the sacrifice of her national character, that any 
power could presume to form designs hostile to the 
peace of the World or Great Britain; considering 
the Dardanelles as the most important geographical 
military and political position in the world, the Pe- 
titioners look upon the navigation of the Black Sea 
as essential to the mercantile interests of Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland, as well as the continuance of 
general peace ; they therefore humbly implore the 
House to devise such means as may tend to give 
protection to our commerce and merchant ships on 
that sea, to preserve our friendly relations with 
Turkey, Persia and Circassia, and to maintain the 
right of British commerce by a strict fulfilment of 
existing treaties with other nations; in conclusion, 
the Petitioners feel assured that the House will give 
the most earnest and deliberate attention to the im- 
portant subjects to which they have called its atten- 
tion, and that no legislative measures of minor 
moment will be allowed to interfere with the con- 
sideration of views whereon hangs the fate of this 
great empire. 

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


Sir George Grey presented,—Return to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, dated the 9th day of this 
instant July, for Copies of Instructions to Lord Dur- 
ham, for the constitution of the Special Council :— 
Of Lord Durham’s Proclamation dissolving the 
Special Council :—Of Lord Durham’s Letter to the 
Members of the Executive Council, dispensing with 
their attendance :—and, of the Appointments made 
by Lord Durham, of the Executive Council and the 
Special Council. 

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


Fishguard 
Harbour 
(No. 2.) Bill, 


Foreign 
Commerce, 


Canada. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Registration 
into a Committee upon the Registration of Voters of Voters 


(Ireland) (No. 2.) Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Estcourt reported, That the Committee had gone 
throuch the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Estcourt reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration upon this day three months; and the 
Bill, as amended, to be printed. 


The 


(Ireland) 
(No. 2.) Bill. 


No. 601. 


Westel 
Austra 


Recov 
Tenem 





Westen 
Australia Bill. 


Recovery of 
Tenements Bill. 


Bankruptc 
Court Bill. 


Parochial 
Assessments 
Bill, 


Parochial 
Assessments 
Bill, 





2 Vicroriz. 


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


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Recovery 
of Tenements Bill:—The Bill was re-committed to 
a Committee of the whole House. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
‘“* this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Aglionby, } 112 

Yeas, Mr. Solicitor General : si 

Tellers for the f Sir Edward Sugden, } 7 

Noes, Captain Wood: 4 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 

(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Cuiauses, N° 1 (Where tenant or occupier of pre- 
mises where there is no rent, or where the rent is 
under the rate of 102. a year, holds over, &amp;c.)—— 
read. 

Amendment proposed: P. 1.1.11. To leave out 
the word “ under” and insert the words “ not ex- 
“ ceeding.” 

Amenament, by leave, withdrawn. 

Another Amendment proposed: L. 12. To leave 
out the words “ Ten pounds” and insert the words 
“ not exceeding the rate of Twenty pounds.” 

Question, That the words “ Ten pounds” stand 
part of the Clause——put, and Negatived. 

Question, That the words “ under the rate of 
Twenty pounds” be there inserted put, and 
agreed to. 

Several Amendments made. 


CuausE, N° 1, as amended, agreed to. 

Crauses, N°2 and N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuiauses, N° 4 to N° 9, agreed to. 

Schedules agreed to. 

Preamble read, and agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. James 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Bankruptcy Court Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


A Petition of the Dean and Chapter of Winchester, 
praying that the Parochial Assessments Bill may not 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Parochial Assessments Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
—_ proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 

air ; 


Voi. 93. 


18° Jultz. 





719 


An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, 
“ resolve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for thef Mr. Shaw Lefevre, 59 

Yeas, Mr. Charles Wood: } _— 

Tellers for thef Mr. Estcourt, 31 

Noes, L Sir Robert Harry Inglis: } . 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Pryme 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Tithes and Land 
further consideration the Report on the Tithes and Merger Bill. 
Land Merger Bill:—The Bill was re-committed to 
a Committee of the whole House :—And the House 
immediately resolved itself into the Committee; and, 
after some time spent therem, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Pryme reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Court of 

further consideration the Report on the Court of Chancery 
Chancery (Ireland) Bill:—The Bill was re-com- {!¢!4) Bill 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House :—And 
the House immediately resolved itself into the Com- 
mittee ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. John Parker 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


bring a het raat reno new Betennciery 
s eae upon the Parliamentary Burghs (errand) Bill. 
(In the Committee.) 

Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 

Preamble postponed. 

Cuauses, N° 1 to N° 5, agreed to. 

CrauseE, N° 6, disagreed to. 

Ciause, N° 7, amended, and agreed to. 

Crausz, N° 8, agreed to. 


Cuauses, N° 9 and N° 11, amended, and agreed 
to. 


Crause, Ne 12, agreed to. 


Crauses, N° 13 and N° 14, amended, and agreed 
to. 


Ciavuses, N° 15 and N° 16, agreed to. 
CravuseE, N° 17, amended, and agreed to. 
Ciavses, N° 18 and N° 19, agreed to. 
Ciause, N° 20, amended, and agreed to. 
Cuause, N° 21, amended, and agreed to. 
Cxiauses, N° 22 to N° 30, agreed to. 
Criavuse, N° 31, amended, and agreed to. 
CiausE, N° 32, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 33, amended, and agreed to. 
Ciausss, N° 34 and N° 35, agreed to. 


CiavuseE, N° 36, amended, and agreed to. 
4y4 CLAUSES, 


























Public Records 
Bill. 


Supply. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Local Commis- 
sioners’ Relief 


Bill. 


China Courts 
Bill. 





720 


~ Criauses, N° 37 to N° 43, agreed to. 


Crauses, N° 44 and N° 45, amended, and agreed 
to. 


Crauses, N° 46 to N° 53, agreed to. 

Cuauses, N° 54 and N° 55, amended, and agreed 
to. 

CiausE, N° 56 to N° 59, agreed to. 

Ciause, N° 60, amended, and agreed to. 


Cravuses, N° 61 to N° 63, amended, and agreed 
to. 


Crauses, N° 64 to N° 67, disagreed to. 
CriauseE, N° 68, agreed to. 

Cravuses, N° 69 and N° 70, disagreed to. 
Criause, N° 71, amended, and agreed to. 
Crause, N° 72, disagreed to. 

Crausrs, N° 73 and N° 74, agreed to. 


Criauses, N° 75 and N° 76, amended, and agreed 
to. 


Cuauses, N° 77, and N° 78, agreed to. 
Scuepute (A.) agreed to. 

ScHEDULE (B) disagreed to. 
Scuepu-e (C.) agreed to. 

Scuepuce (D.) agreed to. 

Preamble read, and agreed to. 

Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





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


Jovis, 19° die Julii, 1838: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. John 
Parker reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Public Records Bill : 

A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House do now adjourn ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

. Colonel Sibthorp, 

Tellers for the Yeas, Sir George Since aes } 

r 7 Mr. Fox Maule, 

Tellers for the Noes,{ nr. le Deke. } 39. 

So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That Mr. Speaker 
do now leave the Chair :—It was resolved in the 


=. 


Affirmative :—The House accordingly resolved itself 


into the Committee; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
John Parker reported, That the Committee had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordcred, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 


Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve | 


itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Local Commissioners’ Relief Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the China Courts Bill ; 


18°—19° Julie. 





A. 1858. 


Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Division of Parishes Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day three months. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Fisheries (Zre/and) Bill ; 
and, after some time spent there, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Sir George Sinclair re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Ecclesiastical Appointments Suspension Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
this day. 


Mr. John Parker reported from the Committee 
to whom it was referred to consider of imposing 
dues for the maintenance of a Lighthouse at Gib- 
raltar, and the collection of Tolls for other Light- 
houses, not being within the United Kingdom, a 
Resolution, which was read, as followeth ; 

Resolved, That it is expedient to authorize the 
levying of Tolls on Vessels for the maintenance of 
the Lighthouse at Gibraltar; and to provide for 
the collection of Tolis for Lighthouses not being 
within the United Kingdom. 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be taken into 
further consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the East India Labourers Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
morrow. 


Mr. Fox Maule reported the Imprisonment for 
Debt Bill; and the Amendments were read, as 
follow : 

Pr. 3. 1. 7. After “ issued ” insert “ Provided 
always, That the said writ of capias, and all 
writs of execution to be issued out of the Superior 
Courts of Law at Westminster into the counties 
“ palatine of Lancaster and Durham, shall be di- 
rected to the Chancellor of the county palatine of 
Lancaster, or his deputy there, or to the Bishop 
of Durham, or his Chancellor there in manner 
heretofore accustomed there.” 

Pr. 5. 1.19. After “ plaintiff” insert Clause (A.) 

Ciause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That if any 
single creditor, or any two or more creditors, 
being partners, whose debt shall amount to One 
hundred pounds or upwards, or any two creditors 
whose debts shall amount to One hundred and 
fifty pounds and upwards, or any three or more 
creditors whose debts shall amount to Two hun- 
dred pounds or upwards, of any trader within the 
meaning of the laws now in force respecting bank- 
rupts, shall file an affidavit or affidavits in Her 
Majesty’s Courts of Bankruptcy that such debt or 
debts is or are justly due to him or them respec- 
tively, and that such debtor as he or they verily 
believe is such trader as aforesaid, and shall cause 
him to be served personally with a copy of such 
affidavit or affidavits, and with a notice in writing 
requiring immediate payment of such debt or 
' debts; and if such trader shall not within Twenty- 
“ one days after personal service of such affidavit 
“ or affidavits and notice, pay such debt or debts, 
“ or secure or compound for the same to the satis- 
“ faction of such creditor or creditors, or enter into 
‘‘ a bond in such sum, and with such two sufficient 
“ sureties as a Commissioner of the Court of Bank- 
“ ruptcy shall approve of, to pay such sum or sums 
“ as shall be recovered in any action or actions 
« which shall have been brought or shall ee 

he 


“cc 
“ 


«ce 


~ na a 
as oi = Ss 


wn 
— 


nw 
n 


‘ 


~ nm A 
~ aA AR RA 


‘ 


ca 
~ 





Division of 
Parishes Bill, 


Fisheries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Appointments 


Suspension Bill. 


Gibraltar, &amp;c., 
Lighthouses 
[Tolls on Ves. 
se Is. J 


East India 
Labourers Bill. 


Imprisonment 
for Debt Bill. 














2 Vicroriz. 18°—-19° 


“ be brought for the recovery of the same, together 
with such costs as shall be given in the same, or 
“ to render himself to the custody of the gaoler of 
“ the court in which such action shall have been or 
may be brought, according to the practice of such 


as the said court, or any Judge thereof, shall 
direct, after judgment shall have been recovered 
in such action, every such trader shall be deemed 
to have committed an act of bankruptcy on the 
Twenty-second day after service of such affidavit 
or affidavits and notice.” 

Pr. 15. 1.30. After “notice” insert Clauses 
“3%. “S12 3s. 

Cause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That every 
such order shall specify the amount of the stocks, 
fuuds or annuities sought to be charged, and the 
name and description of the person or persons in 
whose name the same stand; and the original order 
or a duplicate thereof, signed by one of the Judges 
of the said Superior Courts, shall be delivered to the 
person or persons intended to be restrained thereby, 
orin case of corporations to their authorized agents, 
and at the expiration of six months from the ser- 
vice of any such order, the person or persons in 
whose name any such stock shall be standing, 
and where the same shall be the judgment debtor, 
then some officer of the company or society in 
whose books such stock shall be transferable, 
shall, on the application of the judgment creditor, 
or his attorney or agent, transfer the stocks, funds 
or annuities charged as aforesaid to some officer 
of the Court in which the action was brought, to 
be named in the said order; and thereupon it 
shall be lawful for any one of the judges of either 
of the Superior Courts, to order and direct the 
said officer to raise thereout the debt, interest and 
costs due to the judgment creditor, and the said 
officer shall for that purpose sell and dispose of 
so much of the said stocks, funds and securities 
as shall be necessary to raise the same, together 
with the commission and charges on such sale, 
and shall re-transfer the residue thereof to or into 
the name of the person or persons out of whose 
names the same had been previously transferred, 
their executors or administrators.” 

CiauseE(B 1.) “ And be it further Enacted, 
That every order made by any one of the judges 
of either of the Superior Courts, shall be and is 
hereby declared to be a full and complete 
indemnity and discharge to the Governor and 
Company of the Bank of England, and all other 
companies and societies, and their officers and 
servants, for all acts and things done or per- 
mitted to be done, pursuant thereto, and that 
such acts and things shall not be questioned or 
impeached in any Court of Law or Equity, to 
their prejudice or detriment.” 

CrauseE (B 2.) “ Provided always, and be it 
further Enacted, That in all cases in which orders 
shall be made in pursuance of this Act, for the 
transfer of stock, the person to be named in such 
order shall be either the person in whose name 
the stock stands, or where the stock shall stand 
in the name of the debtor, some officer of the 
company or society in whose books the transfer 
thereof shall be directed to be made, and where 
such transfer shall be directed to be made in 
books kept by the Governor and Company of the 
Bank of England, such officer shall be the Secre- 
tary or Deputy Secretary, or Accountant-General 
for the time being of the said Governor and Com- 
pany, or his Deputy.” 

Pr. 20. 1.16. Leave out from “therein” to 
shall” in 1. 18, 

Pr. 22.9]. 10. Leave out “ and,” and insert “ or.” 

Pr. 22. 1.19. After “ Westminster” insert “ Pro- 
vided also, That no order directing any person or 
persons to be held to bail under this Act, nor any 
order for discharging out of custody any person 
Vor, 93. 


“ 


ii) 


“ 
n 


a a A &amp; 
— a oe. 


eas ee ee oe eS ee ee 
ao oe ae aS Se. Se 


“ 
n 


° 
~ 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 





court, or within such time and in such manner | 








‘ 
&amp; 
cc 
“ 
“ 


Julie. 721 


or persons arrested under this Act, shall be made 
by any justice or justices of the Court of Pleas, 
in the County Palatine of Durham, who shall 
not be a Judge orJudges of one of the said Courts 
of Common Law at Westminster.” 

Pr. 30. 1. 29. After “ being” insert “ and that 
it shall be lawful for the Lord High Treasurer, or 
Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Lreland for the time being, to direct that such 
sum or sums shall be paid as may appear fit and 
necessary for the defraying the travelling expenses 
of such Commissioners and Officers in execution 
of their duties under this Act.” 

Pr. 41.1. 1, After “ behalf” insert “ or in case 
such prisoner shall obtain his full discharge from 
custody, without any adjudication being made by 
the said Court, then before such prisoner shall be 
so fully discharged from custody.” 

Pr. 41. 1. 25. Leave out from “ case ” to “ be” 
inl, 33. and insert “ the Petition of any such pri- 
soner shall be dismissed by the said Court, such 
vesting order made in pursuance of such Petition, 
shall, from and after such dismission, be null and 
void to all intents and purposes: Provided also, 
That when such vesting order shall have been 
made on the petition of a creditor as aforesaid, it 
shall be lawful for the said Court if it shall seem 
just and right, but not without proof made to the 
satisfaction of the said Court of the consent of 
the petitioning creditor, to make order, declaring 
such vesting order to be null and void, and the 
same shall thereupon.” 

Pr. 70. 1.29. Leave out from “ act” to “ and,” 


Pr. 80. 1. 7, and insert Clauses (C.) (D.) (E.) (F.) 
(G.) and (H.) 


nan Nn 
nan nN 


n“ 
n 


xn na 8K 
. a 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


i 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 
nN 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


é 


cad 
nUlUmsm 


CravuseE (C.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
the said provisional assignee shall keep account 
from day to day, the same to be of record in the 
said Court, of all monies received and paid, and of 
every thing done by him and under him in the 
matter of every estate of any such prisoner vested 
in him, and shall make oath of the truth of every 
such account as often as he shall be duly required 
so to do ; and that every other assignee of any suck: 
estate, at the end of three months at the farthest 
from the time of his appointment, or sooner if the 
said Court shall direct, and so from time to time 
as occasion shall require, or the said Court shall 
direct, shall make up an account of such estate, 
and make oath in writing before any person before 
whom affidavits are by this Act directed to be 
sworn, that such account contains a fair, just and 
particular account of the estate and effects of 
such prisoner, got in by or for such assignee, and 
of all payments necessarily made or deducted 
therefrom, and of all expenses sought to be al- 
lowed in respect thereof, up to the time of filing 
such account, or to some ulterior time if need be, 
which account so sworn, together with a minute 
concerning the probable assets of the estate, if 
any shall be filed, with the proper officer of the 
said Court, and thereupon, and at the time of so 
filing the same appointment, shall be made for 
the examination of such accounts, and for taxation 
of all costs and charges claimed by such paren, 
and examination shall be had of the proceedings 
of the said provisional assignee, or of any other 
assignee or assignees, as the case may be, and of 
all the matters of his or their account by the 
Court or a Commissioner thereof, or an Examiner 
duly appointed, before any such assignee shall 
proceed to a dividend, and if upon such examina- 
tion there shall appear to be in the hands of such 
assignee or assignees any balance wherewith a 
dividend may be made, proceedings shall be had 
forthwith, under the direction of the said Court, 
for making such dividend, and also when it shall 
appear necessary for correcting and ascertaining 
the list of creditors entitled to receive the same, 

42 “ and 































ne pT Tecan german ES 


Ant ee RS NTR Rem eee er tay ace” oP 


722 


‘ 


nw 


6 
73 
‘&lt; 
‘ 
rT 7 
“ 
rT 7 
rT; 


an A 
nn 8 


~~ A 
xn 8 


‘ 


wn 


‘ 


na 


‘ 


hal 
nw 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


~ ~A KR RRR RRR 
=f &amp; 2s &amp; =| &amp; &amp; 


“~ 
. 


~ a &amp; 
nn. a! 


. 
n” 


- 
“ 


18°—19° 


and notice of any meeting ordered to be held for a 
such ascertaining of debts, or for declaring divi- |“ 


dend thereupon, or for both purposes, shall be |“ 


given for such time and place, and in such manner 


as the said Court shall at any time or in any case | 
direct, and in case such dividend shall be made| 
before adjucation shall have been made in the | 


matter of such prisoner’s petition, as hereinafter 
provided, the same shall be made amongst the 
creditors of such prisoner who shall prove their 
debts, in pursuance of any order of the said Court 
to be made in that behalf, and in case such divi- 
dend shall be made after such adjudication, the 
same shall be made amongst the creditors of such 

risoner whose debts shall be admitted in his or 
Sa schedule so sworn to as hereinafter directed, 
and amongst such other creditors (if any) who 
shall prove their debts in manner aforesaid, in 
proportion to the amount of the debts so proved 
and so admitted and proved respectively, as the 
case may be: Provided always, That if any such 
prisoner, creditor or assignee, shall object in whole 
or in part to any debt tendered to be so proved as 
aforesaid, or to any debt mentioned in the sche- 
dule of such prisoner, or if any person whose 
demand is stated in such schedule, but is not 
admitted therein to the extent of such demand, 
shall claim to be admitted as a creditor for the 
whole of such demand, or for more thereof than 


is so admitted, the said objections and claims | 


shall, upon application duly made, be examined 
into by the said Court, or a Commissioner thereof 
on his circuit; and the said Court or Commis- 
sioner may, if it shall seem fit, refer the examina- 
tion of the same to an officer of the said Court, 
or to an examiner duly appointed in pursuance 


of this Act; and the said Courtor Commissioners, | 


and such officer or examiner to whom such refer- 
ence shall have been made, shall have full power 
for the purpose aforesaid, to require and compel 
the production of all books, papers and writings 
which may be necessary to be produced, as well 
by the person claiming such debt as by such pri- 
soner, or his or her assignee or assignees, creditor 
or creditors, and to examine all such persons and 
their witnesses upon oath, as the nature of the 
case may require, and to take all other measures 
necessary for the due investigation of such objec- 
tions and claims, and the decision of the said 
Court or Commissioner thereupon: shall be con- 
clusive with respect to the title of any such 
creditor or creditors to his, her or their share of 
of such dividend under the provisions of such Act : 
Provided always, That if in any case it shall appear 
expedient that the proof of any debt or debts 
should be required to be made at any earlier or 
other period than as aforesaid, it shall be lawful 
at any time for the said Court by notice as may 
be directed in that behalf, to cause all or any of 
the creditors to prove their debts in such manner 
as the said Court or a Commissioner thereof shall 
require, and to decide upon such debts and the 
rights to receive dividends thereupon and to do 
all things requisite thereto as aforesaid.”’ 
Crause,(D.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
in ¢ase such prisoner, or any of his or her cre- 
ditors, or the said Court shall at any time be dis- 
satisfied with the account of any such assignee or 
assignees so rendered upon oath as aforesaid, and 











“ 
“ 


n 
n 


&gt; = *» 
nxn nN 8 


a 
“ 


é 


~a n~n na nan RR ARERR RK 
ae &amp; @ 6 4 64 8 &amp; a2 &amp; &amp; OA ee 


n 
n 


~ nan KR OA 
an Nn KR Ow 


ea owe626s8sss8 ff 842 3 ©@ 
a a fe oe oe ae oe oe, oe ee ee 


Sa |e 
a a ae i ae 


és 


“cc 


nn 


‘ 
“ 


it shall appear to the said Court that the matters | 
of such account require a fuller or further exam- |“ 
ination, or in case any such assignee or assignees | “ 
shall neglect to render such account, or shall | “ 


2 


neglect to dispose of the property, or collect the 


\ 


effects of such prisoner, or shall in any manner |‘ 


waste or mismanage the estate or effects of such 


prisoner, or neglect to make a due distribution | “ 


thereof, it shall be lawful for the said Court to 
require such assignee or assignees to render such 
account, on oath, as is directed by this Act, if not 





| &amp;¢ 


“ 


| 4 


Julie. A. 1838. 


before rendered, and for the said Court or any 
Commissioner thereof on his circuit to examine or 
further examine any account so rendered, and to 
inquire into any waste, mismanagement or neg- 
lect of the estate and effects of such prisoner, and, 
if it shall seem fit, to order that it shall be referred 
to an officer of the said court, or to an examiner 
duly appointed in pursuance of this Act, to inves- 
tigate the accounts of such assignee or assignees 
so rendered as afuresaid, together with all matters 
brought forward in objection thereto, and to ex- 
amine into the truth thereof, and to report thereon 
to the said Court or Commissioners ; and it shall 
and may be lawful for the said Court or Commis- 
sioner ; or such officer or examiner upon such 
reference as aforesaid, to require and compel the 
production of all books, papers and writings ne- 
cessary for such purposes, and to summon all 
parties before him or them, and to examine all 
parties and their witnesses on oath as the case 
may require, and the said Court or Commissioner 
shall and may take all such measures as shall be 
necessary for the compelling of the rendering of 
of such account, and for the due investigation 
thereof, and shall have power to disallow any 
charge or charges in such account which it shall 
appeur to the said Court or Commissioner ought 
not in fairness to be allowed, and to ascertain the 
produce of the estate and effects of any such pri- 
soner to be divided among his or her creditors, and 
todirect the distribution thereof, and to takeall such 
measures and make such orders as shall be neces- 
sary for compelling the proper disposition and dis- 
tribution thereof, and to award costs against any of 
the parties, as justice shall require, and that if it 
shall appear tothe said Court or Commissioner upon 
any examination of the matters of account that any 
such assignee or assignees shall have wilfully re- 
tained in his or their hands or otherwise employed for 
his or their own benefit any sum or sums of money 
part of or being the produce of such estate or 
effects, the said Court or Commissioner shall have 
power and authority to order such assignee or 
assignees to be charged in his or their accounts 
with the estate of such prisoner with such sum or 


‘ sums of money as shall be equal to the amount 


of interest, computed at a rate not exceeding 
twenty pounds per centum per annum, on all sums 
of money appearing to the said Court or Commis- 
sioner to be so retained or employed by him or 
them for the time or times during which he or 
they shall have so retained or employed the same, 
and the said Court shall, in pursuance of such 
order, charge such assignee or assignees in their 
accounts with such sum or sums of money accord- 
ingly, and the decision of the said Court or Com-: 
missioner upon all such matters shall be final and 
conclusive.” 

Crauss, (E.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
in all cases where any dividend or dividends have 
remained in the hands of any assignee or assignees 
for the space of twelve months next following the 
declaring thereof, such dividend or dividends shall 
be paid by such assignee or assignees into the 
said Court, to be placed to the credit of the proper 
party or parties in that behalf under such estate : 
Provided always, That it shall be lawful for the 
said Court or a Commissioner thereof, at any time, 
although such twelve months may not have ex- 
pired, if it shall seem fit, to direct that all unpaid 
and unclaimed dividends together with the balance 
remaining in the hands of any assignee or assig- 
nees shall be paid forthwith into the said Court 
to the credit of the said estate, or of the particular 
creditors thereof, as the case may be.” 

Cravse, (F.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
in case any assignee of the estate and effects of 
any such prisoner so appointed as aforesaid, shall 
be unwilling to act, or in case of the death, in- 
capacity, disability, misconduct or — 

e 














2 VicrorRi£. 


“c 
“ 
“ 
cc 
“ec 
‘ 


n 


sé 
é 
6c 
&lt;c 


a An 
na nw 


n 
nn 


n 
wn 


a A BR A 
nan an an 8 


‘&lt; 


n 


“cc 
¢ 


n 


ce 


‘ 
“ 


wn 


‘ 


wn 


the realm of any such assignee, or other cause of 
unfitness appearing to the said Court, it shall be 
lawful to and for any creditor or creditors of such 
prisoner to apply to the said Court to appoint a 
new assignee or assignees, with like powers and 
authorities as are given by this Act to the assignee 
or assignees hereinbefore mentioned, and that the 
said Court shall have power to remove such 
assignees and to appoint such new assignee or 
or assignees and to compel any assignee who shall 
be removed, and the heirs, executors or adminis- 
trators of any deceased assignee to account for 
and deliver up to the said Court, or as the said 
Court shall order, all such estate and effects, 
books, papers, writings, deeds and other evidences 
relating thereto, as shall remain in his or their 
hands, to be applied for the purposes of this Act, 
and the decision of the said Court in the matters 
aforesaid shall be final and conclusive ; and from 
and immediately after such appointment of a new 
assignee or assignees, and by virtue of the order 
of the said Court in that behalf, all the estate, 
effects, rights and powers of such prisoner vested 
in any such former assignee or assignees shall 
become and the same are hereby vested in such 
new assignee or assignees without any assignment 
or conveyance executed in that behalf, and every 
such removal and appointment shall be entered 
of record in the said Court; and such notice 
thereof shall be published as the said Court shall 
at any time direct, and proof of such removal and, 
appointment so entered of record as aforesaid, 
shall be received by such certified copy thereof as 
is hereinbefore directed to be received as proof of 
such order and appointment as aforesaid, made in 
pursuance of this Act.” 


Criause (G.) “ And be it further Enacted, That ; 


in case any assignee or other person shall disobey 
any rule or order of the said Court duly made by 
the said Court, for enforcing the purposes and pro~ 
visions of this Act, or made and entered into by 
the consent of such assignee or other person for 
carrying into effect the purposes and provisions of 
this Act, it shall and may be lawful for the said 
Court to order the person so offending to be ar- 
rested and committed as for a contempt of the said 
Court, to the prison of the Queen’s Bench, or to 
the common gaol of any county, city or place 
where he or she shall be, or where he or she shall 
usually reside, there to remain, without bail or 
mainprize, until such person shall have fulfilled 
the duty required by the said recited Acts or this 
Act, or until the said Court shall make order to the 
contrary: Provided always, That nothing herein 
contained shall authorize a Commissioner of the 
said Court acting out of Court upon summons 
to commit any person for disobedience of any 
order of the said Court or of any Commissioner 
thereof.” 

Crause (H.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
all enactments and provisions in this Act con- 
tained, concerning the appointment and removal 
of assignees and otherwise concerning assignees, 
and concerning debts and dividends, and the ma- 
nagement and control of the estates of insolvent 
debtors, shall be deemed to extend to all cases 
which shall be of record, in the said Court for 
the Relief of Insolvent Debtors, at the commence- 
ment of this Act, as well as to cases arising sub- 
sequently thereto.” 

Pr. 143. 1. 17. After “ town” insert “ and that 
such examiner shall and may receive for his 
trouble the sum of One es and no more, for 
every meeting held by him in pursuance of this 
Act, to be paid by the person or persons requiring 
the same,” and insert Clause (I.) 

Cravuse (I.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
keepers of the several prisons in London and 
Middlesex, and of the prisons of the Queen’s Bench, 
Marshalsea, Horsemonger-lane and of the bo- 

Vor. 93. 


18°—19° Julze. 


“ rough of Southwark, shall be entitled to receive 


(K.) 





723 


the sum of Three shillings and no more from 
every prisoner in the custody of such keepers re- 
spectively, for carrying him before the said Court, 
on the hearing of such prisoner as aforesaid, and 
that all keepers of prisons shall be entitled to 
receive the sum of One shilling and sixpence 
and no more, from every prisoner in the custody 
of such keepers respectively, for carrying him 
before a Commissioner of the said Court on his 


‘ circuit, or before such justices as aforesaid, at their 


sessions aforesaid, on the hearing of such pri- 
soner, and that the expense of conveying any 
prisoner to any assize or other town appointed as 
the place of hearing the matters of his or her 
petition as aforesaid, in every case where the 
gaol in which such prisoner shall be confined 


‘ shall not be situate within such assize or other 
“ town, not exceeding One shilling a mile, shall be 


paid to the keeper or gaoler, or officer who shall 
bring such prisoner to such assize or other town, 


“ in obedience to the order of the said Court, out of 
‘ the estate and effects of such prisoner, if the 


same shall be sufficient to pay such expense, and 
if not, then such expense shall be paid by the 
treasurer of the county or county of a city or 
town in which such prisoner shall be imprisoned, 


“ as the same shall be directed or ordered by the 
‘ Commissioner or Justices before whom such pri- 
‘ soner shall be so brought in pursuance of such 
‘ order, and in all such cases the reasonable ex- 
‘ pense of such Clerk of the Peace or his deputy 
“ as aforesaid, and of such proper officers to pre- 
“serve order as hereinbefore mentioned, and all 
“ other expenses necessary for making ready such 


‘ court-house or other place as aforesaid, for the 
‘ dispatch of business in pursuance of this Act, 
‘ shall be paid by such treasurer as aforesaid, and 
‘ the Justices of the Peace of every such county, 


“ or county of a city or town, are hereby em- 


‘ powered and required to order such treasurer to 
‘ pay the same at their general or general quarter 


“ sessions next ensuing the day when such hearing 
“ shall have taken place: Provided nevertheless, 
‘ That where the duties at any city, borough, town 
‘ or place shall be performed by any town clerk or 
“ other officer in pursuance of such order of the said 
‘ Court as above mentioned in that behalf, the rea- 
‘ sonable expenses of such town clerk or other of- 
‘ ficer, and of such proper officers as aforesaid, and 
“ of such court-house or other place as aforesaid, 


‘ shall be defrayed by the said city, borough, town 
‘ or place, in the same manner as such like expenses 
‘ are defrayed therein upon other occasions.” 

Pr. 150. 1. 22. After “ direct” insert Clause 


Crause (K). “ And be it Enacted, That no 
letter of attorney, affidavit, certificate or other 
‘ proceeding, instrument or writing whatsoever, 
before or under any order of the said Coart, or 
‘ before or under any order of any Commissioner 
‘ thereof, or before any Justice or Justices of the 


n 


‘ Peace acting in the execution of this Act, nor any 
‘ copy thereof, dver 
“ any newspaper by the direction of the said Court 
‘ relating to matters within the jurisdiction of the 
‘ said Court, shall be liable to or chargeable or 
“ charged with the payment of any stamp or other 
“ duty whatsoever, and that no sale of any real or 
‘ personal estate of any such prisoner as aforesaid 
‘ for the benefit of his or her creditors under this 
‘ Act shall be liable to any auction duty. 


nor any advertisement inserted in 


Pr. 151. 1. 34. After “least” insert Clause (L.) 
Crause (L.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 


“ be lawful for the said Court for the Relief of In- 
“ golyent Debtors in its discretion, to direct that 
“ the expenses of applying for and obtaining the 
“ discharge of any prisoner under this Act, or any 
“ part of such expenses, may and shall be paid out 
“ of the estates and effects of such prisoner which 


422 “ may 














a ce a A a A I mE 





724 18°—19° Juliz. 


“ may be in the hands of the provisional or other 


assignee or assignees under this Act; and if the 
same shall not be sufficient for that purpose, then 
that such expenses, or any part thereof, may and 
shall, in cases where the said Court shall be 
satisfied that the prisoner has not the means of 
defraying the same, be paid and advanced out of 
the interest and profit arising from any Govern- 
ment securities upon which any unclaimed money 
produced by the estates and effects of insolvent 
debtors may be invested ; and in every such last- 
mentioned case the estate and effects of such 
prisoner which may then be or may thereafter 
come to the hands and be vested in the provisional 
or other assignee or assignees under this Act, 
shall be liable in the first place to repay the 
money so advanced and paid, and the said Court 
is hereby authorized to make such order or orders 
as shall be necessary for that purpose.” 


In the Schedule : 

Pr. 156. 1. 8. After “ Westminster ” insert “ [or 
as the case may be.]” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Then the Amendments following were made to 
the Bill : 

In Clause (A.), added in Committee, at the end of 
the Clause, add “ provided a fiat in bankruptc 
“ shall issue against such trader, within Two calen- 
dar months from the filing of such affidavit or 
affidavits, but not otherwise.” 

Pr. 40. 1. 6. After “ Court ”’ insert “ and the 
said Court shall and may require such prisoner to 
file his schedule, and shall and may cause such 
prisoner to be brought up to be dealt with accord- 
ing to this Act, and all things to be done there- 
upon or preparatory thereto, as in other cases 
according to this Act.” 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


“ 
‘ 


n 


“ 
‘ 


” 


&lt; 


“a 


“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
&lt;&lt; 
“ 
« 


wn 


“ 
ce 
“cc 
“ 


“c 


morrow. 
County of Clare Mr, John Parker, by Order, reported the County 
Advance Bill. 4f Clare Advance Bill; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 
Apprenticed Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
egroes. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Returns showing the Quantity of Food allowed 
weekly to each Apprenticed Negro in each of the 
Colonies of Great Britain, subject to the provisions 
of the Act for the Abolition of Slavery, previously 
to the 11th April 1838, with the Date of the Order 
in Council, or Proclamation, by which such supply 


of Food was regulated; together with Copies of| 


any Orders in Council or Instructions sent to any 
of such Colonies subsequently to that Date, re- 
garding the amount of such Food :—Copy of the 
Instructions sent to the Governor of each of the 
Colonies subject to the provisions of the Act for 
the Abolition of Slavery, for giving effect to the 
“ Act to amend the Act for the Abolition of Slavery 
in the British Colonies :”’—Return of the respective 
Numbers of Predial and Non-Predial Apprentices, 


according to the classification in each of the Colonies | 


of Great Britain, subject to the provisions of the 
Act for the Abolition of Slavery, together with a 
Return of the Number, if any, of disputed Cases 
still remaining undecided :—Copies or Extracts of 
all Communications, showing the progress of Negro 
Education in all the Colonies of Great Britain, 
subject to the Act for the Abolition of Slavery, 
with the exception of the Report from Mr. Latrobe 
on Education in the Windward and Leeward Islands, 
of the Date of the 14th of April last, and the first 
Report of the Trustees of the Mico Charity, already 
before the House :—and, Copies of all Acts passed 
in the Colonies of Great Britain in the year 1838, 


A. 1838. 


| for the final termination of the Apprenticeship System 
in August next, and for making provision for the 
aged and infirm Negroes, with the = of the 
Acts passed by the Legislative Bodies of Barbadoes, 
Montserrat, and St. Vincent, already before this 
House. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Colonial 
Return of the Number of Ships, Brigs, Schooners Shipping. 
or other rigged Vessels, and their registered Ton- 
nage, built in each of our Colonies, and in the seve- 
ral Ports of British India, since the year 1814; 
distinguishing each year and each Colony; together 
with an Abstract of the whole. 





| 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Constables on 
provide for Payment of Constables for keeping the — Werte 
Peace near Public Works: And that Mr. Fox Maule ~"’ 
and Lord John Russeil do prepare, and bring it in. 


| Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Patents for 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased J=ventions. 
|to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Total Amount of Fees and 
other Expenses payable on taking out a Patent of 
| Invention for England, Scotland and Ireland, in the 
respective Patent Offices, stating the duty performed 
y each Officer, to whom such Payment is made: 
‘and, the increased Amount, if any, payable on the 
Patent being taken out by more than one Person, 
and occupying more than one Skin in length. 
| Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
| Her Majesty by such Members of this Sai as are 
| of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


| Mr. Fox Maule presented a Bill for the Payment Constables on 
of Constables for keeping the Peace near Public £°Ple Wo" 
Works: And the same was read the first time; and N 602 

ordered to be read a second time To-morrow ; and aiieeoes 
to be printed. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented a Bill to continue for a Turnpike Acts 
limited time, the Local Turnpike Acts for England Continuance 
and Wales which expire with this or the ensuing 
Session of Parliament: And the same was read the 2-69: 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time To- 
morrow ; and to be printed. 


Petitions from Crosland ;— Almondbury ;— Honley taolatry 
(two Petitions); — Huddersfield (two Petitions); — (Lndia.) 
Kirkburton ; — Sheepridge ; — Longwood ;— Wood- 
house ;— Hereford ;—and, Stanhope-street Chapel, 

Saint Pancras ; praying the House to prohibit the 
interference of British functionaries in the manage- 

ment of Idolatrous Observances in India,—were pre- 

| sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

| 








| A Petition of Merchants, Bankers, Booksellers Fourdrinier’s 
jand others of Edinburgh, praying the House to take Patent. 
| into consideration the case of Messrs. Fourdrinier, 


| relative to their Patent for the manufacture of paper, 


| was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
| the Table. 


| A Petition of Inhabitants of Burley-on-the-Hill, Maynooth 
ange “ ~ : College. 

| praying the House to discontinue the annual grant 

'to the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth, was pre- 

| sented,and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


| A Petition of the Chairman and Stewards of wards ey eo 
6,7 and 8,in the Middlesex side of Whitecross-street oe eee 
Prison, praying that the Imprisonment for Debt 

' Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 

‘and ordered to lie upon the Table, 

| 

| A Petition of Thomas Tully Crybbace, A.M. of Thomas Tully 
the University of Edinburgh, and Minister of the Crybace- 
_Gospel,at present sojourning in Ireland, complaining 

,of the opposition he has experienced from certain 
magistrates 








Negro / 
ticeship 


Registr 
of Elec 
(Irelan 
(No. 2. 


Justice 
Peace | 
(Glasg 

No. 


Count: 
Treasu 
(Irelat 


No 


Passit 
on Ve 


Sho 
Har 


M: 
El 


Negro Appren- 
ticeship. 


Registration 
of Electors 
(Ireland) _ 
(No, 2.) Bill. 


Justice of 

Peace Courts 

(Glasgow. ) 
No. 600. 


County 
Treasurers 
(Ireland.) 


No. 604. 


Passing Tolls 


on Vessels. 


Shoreham 
Harbour, 


Maidstone 
Election, 


Grohte’s 
Nat. Bill, 


2 Vicroriz. 


magistrates in Ireland to his preaching the gospel 
in places under their authority; and praying that 
such magistrates may be deprived of Her Majesty’s 
Commission of the Peace ; and that the House will 
take measures to sever the clerical and magisterial 
offices in that part of the United Kingdom, was 
tg and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of John Rhodes and others, of Greas- 
ley, praying for the abolition of the system of Negro 
Apprenticeship, was  owepaag and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Caragh, praying| 


that a Clause may be introduced into the Registra- 
tion of Electors (Ireland) (No. 2.) Bill, enacting that 
the Registry be final as to value, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Justice 
of Peace Courts (Glasgow), which was presented 
yesterday, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to County 
Treasurers (Ireland), which was presented yesterday, 
be printed. 

And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after one of the clock on 
Thursday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Jovis, 19° die Julii ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Stephenson, from the Treasury, was called 
in, and at the bar presented, pursuant to 
Orders,—Returns of all Tolls now authorized to be 
levied for the maintenance of any Piers or Harbours 
on the Coast of Great Britain and Treland, on 
Vessels passing by, but not entering within such 
Piers or Harbours; distinguishing the Amount of 
any such Tolls, the period at which they were au- 
thorized to be levied, and the time during which 
they are to be continued ; together with the Amount 
of such Tolls received in each year, from the year 
1807 up to the present time:—And then he with- 
drew. 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 


Mr. Cameron, fromthe Commissioners of Shoreham 
Harbour, was called in, and at the bar presented, 
ursuant to the directions of an Act of Parliament,— 
he Report of the Commissioners acting under and 
by virtue of an Act of Parliament passed in the 56th 
year of the reign of his late Majesty King George 
the Third, intituled, “ An Act for the more effectual 
Security and Improvement of the Harbour of New 
Shoreham, inthe County of Sussex :’—And then he 
withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the 
Maidstone Election Petition have leave to sit this 
day till five of the clock, during the sitting of the 
House. 


Mr. Brotherton reported from the Committee on 
the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Natu- 
ralizing Frederick Rudolph Grohte; That they had 
examined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, and 
directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment :—And the Bill was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Vou. 93. 





18°—19° Juliz. 





725 


Ordered, That Mr. Brotherton do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without any Amendment. 


An ingrossed Bill to amend an Act of the last Fishguard 
Session of Parliament, for improving the Harbour (Nea) Bill 
of Fishguard, in the County of Pembroke, was read* ° 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
| Title be, An Act to repeal an Act of the last Session 
| of Parliament,.for improving the Harbour of Fish- 





| guard, in the County of Pembroke. 
| Ordered, That Mr. John Parker do carry the Bili 


to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


| Petitions from Leicester; — and, Mottram in Employment 
| Longdendale ; praying the House to take into con- of the Poor. 
_ sideration the plans proposed by Mr. Robert Owen for 


| the Employment of the Poor,—were presented, and 


read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Liverpool ;— and, Gosport and Maynooth 
| are: praying the House not to sanction any ©lleee: 
further grant to the Roman Catholic College of 
Maynooth,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
|to lie upon the Table. 
| A Petition of Inhabitants of Bath, praying for the 
| continuance of the said grant, was also presented, 


,and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


| A Petition of the Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Mails on 

| Railway Company, praying that the Mails on Rail- Railways Bill. 
| ways Bill may not pass intoa law, was presented, 

| and read: and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

| Petitions from Maidstone; — and, Addlethorpe Postage. 
'and Ingoldmelis ; praying for the establishment of 

_a low and uniform rate of Postage on Letters,— 

|were presented, and read; and referred to the 


| Select Committee on Postage. 


Petitions from Tingley ;—Nottingham (three Pe- Idolatry 
titions) ;— Leeds (two Petitions); — Dewsbury ;— (India.) 
Headingley ;—Holbech ;— Mirfield ; — Hunslet ;— 
Lindley ;—Bristol (two Petitions) ;— Wem ;—Bees- 
ton ; — Huddersfield; — Ossett; — Batley Car ; — 
Lancaster ;— Directors of the London Missionary 
Society ;—Committee of the Baptist Missionary 
Society for propagating the Gospel among the 
Heathen ;—Lincoln ;— Greenock ;— Sunderland ;— 
Carlisle ;— Swansea ;— Carmarthen ;— Whitby ;— 
Oldham ;—Frome ;--Nunney ;-—--Burton-upon- Trent; 
—and, Yoxall; praying the House to probibit the 
interference of British functionaries in the manage- 
ment of Idolatrous Observances in Jndia,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 





Petitions from Mew Sarum ;—Southampton ;— Sule of Beer 
and Bridgewater ; praying for the repeal of the Sale Act. 
of Beer Act,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the President, Vice-President, Trea- Imprisonment 
surer and Committee of the Liverpool Guardian  Pebt Bill. 
Society for the Protection of Trade, praying that the 
Imprisonment for Debt Bill may not pass into a law 
as itnow stands, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Corporation of Liverpool, pray- 
ing that provision may be made in the said Bill for 
placing counties palatine, as to process against 
absconding debtors, on the same footing as the 
other counties, was also presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Market Rasen ;—Epworth ;~and, Vestries in _ 
Barton-upon-Humber ; praying that the Vestries in Churches Bil 
Churches Bill may not pass into a law as it now 

423 








stands,— 











Tithes 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Tithes 
(Ireland.) 


Four-and-a-half 


per-Centum 
Duties. 


Lieut. Bevan. 


Edinburgh and 
Leith Agree- 
ment Bill. 


Church 
Establishment 
(Canada.) 


Newfoundland. 


Bank of 
Ireland. 


Spirits 
(Ireland.) 





726. 


stands,—were presented, and read ;*and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Bury Saint Edmund's, 
praying that the said Bill may pass into a law, was 
also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Clergy of Dromore, praying 
that the Tithes (Jreland) Bill may not pass into a 
law as it now stands, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- 
habitants of Ardcath, praying for the abolition of 
Tithes in Ireland, was — and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bristol, praying the 
House to abolish the Four and a-half per centum 
Duties in the Colony of Antigua, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Miss Sarah Easter Ricketts, Admi- 
nistratrix of the late Lieutenant Bevan, R.N. com- 
plaining of certain arrears of Half-pay having been 
withheld, was offered to be presented :—But the Pe- 
tition containing an application for Public Money, 
and the recommendation of the Crown not having 
been signitied: —The said Petition was not re- 
ceived. 


A Petition of the Incorporation of Coopers of 
South Leith, praying that the Edinburgh and Leith 
Agreement Bill may not pass into a law, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


Petitions from Leeds;—and, the ee ; pray- 
ing the House to secure to the members of the 
Established Church settled in the provinces of 
Upper and Lower Canada and elsewhere in North 
America, the permanent advantages of a regular and 
independent ministry,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders and Inhabitants 
of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, praying the House to 
redress certain grievances of which the Petitioners 
complain, and that, among other steps for that pur- 

ose, means may be taken to secure to all Her Ma- 
jesty’s subjects im that island, the free and uncon- 
trolled exercise of their civil and religious rights ; to 
protect the Judges and officers of justice in the 
fearless administration of the laws; and also to make 
permanent provision for the Magistrates, Constables 
and others connected with the Police, thereby ren- 
dering them independent of popular control, and 
amenable only to the executive branch of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Government for the faithful discharge of their 
duties, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Gentry, Merchants and others, of 
New Ross, praying that the Charter of the Bank of 
dreland may not be renewed, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on Joint 
Stock Banks. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Dublin, praying that 
the sale of Spirits by Grocers in Jreland, may be 
prohibited, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


_A Petition of Grocers and Spirit Dealers of Dub- 
lin, praying the House to repeal so much of the 
Excise icenses (Ireland) Act as prohibits the sale 
of Spirits by Grocers in Ireland, was also presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


19° Julie. =~ 





A. 1838. 


A Petition of Builders of Dublin, praying the Combination 
House to institute an inquiry into the cause of of Workmen, 
Illegal Combinations of Workmen, was presented, 

and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Joseph Brown and others, of Dub- Registration 

lin, praying the House to pass an Act rendering of Voters 

payment of icipal ~ (Treland,) 
yment of municipal cesses rates or taxes un 

necessary, as a condition precedent to registering as 

Electors in the city of Dublin, was presented, and 

read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bray ;—Arklow and Rathdrum ; Spirit Dealers 
— Carlow ;— Ballinasloe (two Petitions) ;— Galway (teland.) 
(two Petitions) ;—and, Carlow and Tullow ; praying 

that Spirit Dealers in Ireland may be placed on 

the same footing with those in England and Scot- 
land,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 

upon the Table. 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers of Kingston- Licensed 
upon-Hull, setting forth, That the Petitioners are Victuallers. 
by the existing laws, relating to their liability, re- 
quired to make good the losses of their guests and 
customers ; and that they have heard, with great 
satisfaction, that a Motion is about to be made in 

the House for leave to bring in a Bill for the relief 

of Licensed Victuallers from this responsibility ; and 
praying that leave may be given to introduce such 

Bill, and that the same may pass into a law, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Incorporation of Hammermen pariiamentary 
of South Leith, praying that the Parliamentary Burghs 
Burghs (Scotland) Bull may pass into a law, was (Scotland) Bill 
— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, by Her Majesty’s com- factories, 
mand,—Reports of the Inspectors of Factories to 
the Secretary of State for the Home Department, 
for the Quarter ending 30th June 1838. 
‘ Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed New Street 
to inquire into the Report upon the claims of the Act. 
Paving Committee of the parish of Saint James, 
Westminster, for the sum of £.7,000, said to be due 
to them, and unpaid, by the Commissioners under 
the New Street Act; have Power to Report their 
Opinion thereupon to the House. 

Sir De Lacy Evans reported from the said Select 
Committee ; That they had considered the matter 
to them referred; and had come to a Resolution, 
which they had directed him to report; and the 
Resolution of the Committee was read, as followeth; 

Resolved, That it is the Opinion of this Com- 
mittee, after having heard Evidence in support of 
the claims of the Petitioners, that it is not expe- 
dient, under the circumstances of the case, to 
recommend to the House to interfere in a question 
which has already been decided on in a Court of 
Law against the Petitioners. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Commite- Vestriesin_ 
tee on the Vestries in Churches Bill; Churches Bill. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 

hair ; 

An Amendment was iy sy to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” 


to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ this House will, upon this day three months, 
“ resolve itself into the said Committee” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 


he 








Titl 


Is: 
fs 








2 Vicroriz. 


The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 
Tellers forthe { Mr. Nicholl, 1 76 
Yeas, \Sir Robert Harry Inglis: J °™ 
Tellers forthe; Mr. Hume, 
Noes, {M r. Hodges: 
So it passed in the Negative. 
And the Question being put, That the words “ this 
“‘ House will, upon this day three months, resolve 
“ itself into the said Committee” be added instead 
thereof:—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
three months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


78. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee to consider of so much of the Acts 
8 and 4 Will.4,c. 100; and, 6 and 7 Will. 4, c.108, 
as authorizes the issue of Exchequer Bills for the 


Relief of the Owners of Tithes in Lreland. 


(In the Committee.) 


Motion made, and Question proposed, That Ex- 
chequer Bills to an amount not exceeding the re- 
sidue of the sum of One million, remaining unap- 
propriated, under an Act of the 3d and 4th of King 
William the Fourth, c. 100, and under an Act of 
the 6th and 7th year of his said Majesty, c. 108, be 
issued and applied, together with the instalments 
paid, or which may be paid, under the first-men- 
tioned Act, to the relief of the owners of Composi- 


19° Julie. 


| Petition of George Beacon and others, Electors, 





727 


complaining of an undue Election and Return for the 
Borough of Maidstone, and to defend which Return 
Joseph Bensted had, by Order of the House of the 
14th day of this instant July, been admitted a Party 
with the Sitting Member, informed the House, That 
the Committee had determined ; 

That John Minet Fector, Esquire, is duly elected 
a Burgess to serve in this present Parliament, for 
the Borough of Maidstone : 

That the Petition of George Beacon, and others, 
did appear to the Committee to be frivolous and 
vexatious : 

That the opposition to the said Petition, did not 
appear to the Committee to be friviolous or vexa- 
tious : 

That the opposition of Joseph Bensted, who had 
been admitted a Party with the Sitting Member to 
defend the Return, did not appear to the Committee 
to be frivolous or vexatious. 

And the said determinations were ordered to be 
entered in the Journals of this House. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Registration of Electors Registration of 
Bill ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. Electors Bill. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Tithes (Jreland) Bill:—Tithes 
And the Bill was re-committed to a Committee of the (Ireland) Bill. 


whole House, for Monday next. 


Mr. Solicitor General reported the Public Records Public Records 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


tions for Tithes in Zreland, for the years 1836 and 

1837, and that the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 

I. Treasury be authorized to remit such instalments in 
certain cases. 

Amendment proposed, to leave out from the word 


That” to the end of the Question, in order to add The House, according to Order, resolved itself Western 


into a Committee upon the Western Australia Bill ; Australia Bill. 


the words, “the proposed grant of Six hundred and | . . ; , 
“ forty satinil iktitl which had been advanced | 24, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 


“ 


from the Treasury of the United Kingdom as a 
loan to the Clergy of the Established Church, and 
the Lay Proprietors of Tithes in Zreland ; also, the 
additional grants of One hundred thousand pounds, 
and of Two hundred and sixty thousand poundsy 
now proposed to be made for the Church of Jre- 


é 


n 


‘ 


“ 


é 


n 


‘é 


n 


‘ 


na 


resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal + That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and di- 
rected him to report the same without Amend- 
ment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


morrow. P 


“ land, making in the whole One million sterling, 


will be highly unjust to the people of England 
and Scotland, and subversive of those principles 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Gibraltar, &amp;c., 
into further consideration the Resolution which was Lighthouses 


‘ 


nx 


- [Tolls on Ves- 
“cc 


on which good Government and equal justice can 
alone be maintained,” instead thereof. 

Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Question ; 

The Committee divided; 

Tellers for the f Mr. Edward John Stanley, \ 


“cc 


Yeas, \ Mr. Robert Steuart : a, 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hume, les 
Noes, U Mr. Harvey: nae 


Resolved, That Exchequer Bills, to an amount not 
exceeding the residue of the sum of One million, 
remaining unappropriated, under an Act of the 3d 
and 4th of King William the Fourth, c. 100, and 
under an Act of the 6th and 7th year of his said 
Majesty, c. 108, be issued and applied, together with 
the instalments paid, or which may be paid, under 





yesterday reported from the Committee to whom it 
was referred to consider of imposing dues for the 
maintenance of a Lighthouse at Gibraltar, and the 
collection of Tolls for other Lighthouses not being 
within the United Kingdom; and the same was 
again read, as followeth ; 

“ Resolved, That it is expedient to authorize the 
levying of Tolls on Vessels, for the maintenance of 
the Lighthouse at Gibraltar ; and to provide for the 
collection of Tolls for Lighthouses not being within 
the United Kingdom.” 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Poulett Thomson and 
Mr. Labouchere do prepare, and bring in. 


the first-mentioned Act, to the relief of the owners 
of Compositions for Tithes in Jreland, for the years 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Land Tax 
Redemption 


into a Committee upon the Land Tax Redemption },°)' 


1836 and 1837, and that the Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Treasury be authorized to remit such in- 
stalments in certain cases. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Re- 
solution. 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Sir George Rose, from the Select Committée a 
pointed to try and determine the merits of the 
Von. 93. 





Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. More O’Ferrall re- 
ported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Fines and 


into further consideration the Report on the Fines 
and Recognizances (Jre/and) Bill; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed, and read the third time To-morrow. 
424 The 


































































































































































cn crn 








































































Trading 


the first year of 


728 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
Companies Bill. yeading of the ingrossed Bill to amend an Act of 


er present Majesty, for better 


enabling Her Majesty to confer certain Powers and 
Immunities on Trading and other Companies; _ 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 


time ; 


The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. to leave out the word 
“ now” and, at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon Monday next.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question:—It was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time ; and an ingrossed Clause was added to the Bill, 
by way of rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 


Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 


Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


County of Clare 


time ; 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 

Advance Bill. yeading of the ingrossed Bill to authorize the Ad- 
vance of a certain Sum of Money for the Relief of 
the County of Clare, and of the Creditors and others 
remaining unpaid by reason of the default of the 
late Treasurer of the said County, and to provide 
for the repayment of such Advances, and to direct 
certain Proceedings to be taken in reference to the 
default of such late Treasurer; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 

being put, That the Bill be now read the third 


The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the ( Mr. Robert Steuart, 


\ Mr. More O’ Ferrall: J 57. 


Tellers for the { Sir Robert Harry Inglis, } 61 


Mr. Frederick Hodgson: 


So it passed in the Negative. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 


Monday next. 


Customs, 


Customs in 
Company's 


of this Motion, recommends it to the consideration ! 


The Order of the day being read, for the House 
to resolve itself into a Committee to consider of the 
several Acts imposing duties of Customs ; 

And a Motion being made, That it be an Instruc- 
tion to the Committee, that they have Power to 
consider of making Compensation to the South Sea 
Company, for the repeal of certain Duties of 


~~ for the creation of the South Sea 
uarantee ; 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s command, acquainted the House, that Her ; 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject-matter | several Resolutions. 


of the House. 
Then the House resolved itself into the Com- 


mittee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That instead of the Duties of Cus- 


toms now payable on the importation of the several 
articles mentioned in the following Table, the re- 
— Duties set forth in such Table shall be 


Ss 
c 


Amboyna or Kyabucca Wood, the ton - 
Apples, raw, for every 1007. of the value - 
Asphaltum or Bitumen Judaicum, the ton 
Blackwood, the ton - - - - 
Cherries, raw, for every 100/. of the value 
Cochineal, from the 5th of January 1839, the 
cwt. - - - 
Hats or Bonnets, viz. 
Chip, the lb. - = - - - - - 
—— Straw each Hat or Bonnet not exceeding 





arged, that is to say :— 


£. 


— 
onml ao 


i) t.24 &amp; 


1imir&amp; 


1 
_ 
i 


24 inches in diameter, the dozen - - -1 3 8 - 





19° Juli. 


Hides, viz. Sea Cow, Elephant, and Eland or 
large Deer Hides, the produce of and imported 
from the British Possessions, viz. 

not tanned, tawed, curried or in any way 

dressed ; viz. 

----- dry, the ewt. ~ - - 
er oie ak wet, the ewt. - - - 
tawed, and not otherwise dressed, the lb. 
- - - cut or trimmed, the lb. - 
such Hides and pieces of such Hides, 

tawed, curried or in any way dressed, 

the lb. - - - - 
- - - cut or trimmed, the Ib. 

Horns, viz. pieces of Horn, the ton - 

Iron, viz. Bloom Iron, the ton - - 

Kingwood, the ton - - - - 

Lancewood Timber or Masts, the load 

Mahogany, the produce of and imported from 
the Bay of Honduras or the Musquito Shore, 

is, Se ee a a a a ae 

Nutmegs, viz. Wild Nutmegs in the shell, the Ib. 

Pears, raw, for every 100/. of the value - 

Percussion Caps, the 1,000 - -— - 

Seeds, viz. Poppy Seed, the quarter- = - 

Skins, viz. Goose Skins, undressed, the skin 

Spirits or Strong Waters, viz. 

For every gallon of such Spirits or Strong 
Waters, of any strength not exceeding the 
strength of proof by Sykes’s hydrometer, and 
so in proportion for any greater or less strength 
than the strength of proof, and for any greater 
or less quantity than a gallon, viz. 

not being Spirits or Strong Waters the 

produce of any British Possessions in America, 

or any British Possession within the limits of 
the East India Company’s Charter, and not 
being sweetened Spirits, or Spirits mixed with 
any article, so that the degree of strength 
thereof cannot be exactly ascertained by such 
hydrometer- - - - - = = 

Spirits or Strong Waters, the Produce of 

any British Possession in America, not being 

sweetened Spirits or Spirits so mixed as afore- 
said - - - - - - - - 

Spirits or Strong Waters, the produce of 

any British Possession within the limits of the 

East India Company’s Charter, not being 

rw, Spirits, or Spirits so mixed as afore- 

said - - 























Tulip Wood, the ton = - 








South Sea Company. 
Resolutions to be reported. 





Tuesday next. 
reading of the Municipal 
Bill ; 


morrow. 


Bill ; 








Tails, viz. Buffalo, Bull, Cow or Oxtails, the ewt. 





A. 1838. 


Sind. 


L | bo 
upc bo 


peoptinst hh eos 
' 
oe 


188 ol = 

i 
{imr1tieo 
coieill 


15 - 
- 6 


bit 


2. Resolved, That as a compensation to the South 
Sea Company for the repeal of certain Duties of 
Customs, imposed for the creation of a Guarantee 
Fund, the annual sum of £.3,720 shall be paid out 
of the Duties of Customs, to be applied towards the 
completion of the Guarantee Fund, established in 
pursuance of an Act of the 55th year of King 
George the Third, for repealing the provisions of 
former Acts, granting exclusive privileges to the 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Robert 
Steuart reported, That the Committee had come to 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day i read, for the second 
oundaries (Ireland) 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 
The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Church Buildmg Acts Amendment 4 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Loan Societies (Jredand) Bill ; 


Ordered, 


The Grand Jury Presentments (Ireland) Bill was, Grand Jury 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 


Presentments 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Municipal 
Boundaries — 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Church 
Building Acts 
mendment 


Bill. 


Loan Societies 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Sea ¢ 
Fish¢ 
(Irel 


Post 
Bill. 


gati 


Soy 
17: 


2 VicToriz. 


morrow. 


Sea Coast 
Fisheries 
(Ireland ) Bill. 


Post Office 
Bill. 


Shannon Navi- 
gation Bill. 


Supply 
{7 July] 


Schools 


mittee on the Sea Coast Fisheries (Jreland) Bill ; 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


mittee on the Post Office Bill; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 


Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 





Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 


solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


reading of the Shannon Navigation Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 


To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 


further consideration the last of the Resolutions 
which, upon the 7th day of this instant July were 
reported from the Committee of Supply ; 


Ordered, That the said Resolution be taken into 


further consideration To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 


(Scotland) Biil. reading of the Schools (Scotland) Bill ; 


Recovery of 


Tenements Bill. Bill - 


Tithes and Land 
Merger Bill. 


Court of 
neer 
(Ireland) Bill, 


un 


“ec 
“ 
“cc 
“ 
“ 
“ 
‘ 
‘ 
&lt; 
“cc 
“ec 
T3 
“cc 
&lt; 
«“ 
“c 
“c 
“ 
“ec 
“ 
‘ 


“ 
“ 
“ec 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 


To-morrow. 


Mr. Aglionby reported the Recovery of Tenements 
; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Tuesday 
next. 


Mr. Lynch, by Order, reported the Tithes and Land 


Merger Bill; and the Amendments were read, as 
follow ; 


Pr. 1. 1.6. After “ fourth” insert “ intituled, 


“ An Act for the Commutation of Tithes in England 
“ and Wales.” 


Pr. 2. 1. 4. Leave out from “ Act” to the end 


of line ult., and insert “ it shall be lawful for any 
““ person or persons who shall, either alone or to- 


‘ gether, be seized of, or have the power of acquiring 


or disposing of the fee-simple in possession of any 
Tithes or Rent-charge in lieu of Tithes, by any 
deed or declaration, under his or their hand and 
seal, or their hands and seals, to be made in such 
form as the Tithe Commissioners for England and 
Wales shall approve, and to be confirmed under 
their seal, to convey, appoint, or otherwise dis- 
pose of the same, so that the same may be abso- 
lutely merged and extinguished in the freehold 
and inheritance of the lands out of or on which 
the same shall have been issuing or charged, and 
every such deed or declaration as aforesaid shall 
be valid and effectual for the purpose aforesaid, 
although the same may not be executed or made 
in the manner, or with the formalities or requi- 
sites which, if this Act had not been passed, 
would have been essential to the validity of any 
instrument by which such person or persons could 
have acquired or disposed of the fee-simple in 
possession of such Tithes or Rent-charge, in lieu 
of Tithes,” and insert Clause (A.) 

Criause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That no 
deed or declaration authorized by this Act, for 
the merging of Tithes, shall be chargeable with 
any Stamp Duty.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 


nw 


¢ 
‘ 


n 


wn 


were agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 


Monday next. 


Mr. Curry reported the Court of Chancery (Jre- 


land) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. ; 


Vot. 93. ° 





19°—20° Julie. 





729 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Satur- 
day next. 


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


Veneris, 20° die Julii, 1838: 


The ingrossed Bill for relieving the Commissioners Local Commis. 
and others acting in the execution of divers Local soners’ Relief 
Improvement Acts, from.certain Penalties and Disa- ~ 
bilities, was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Ordered, That the further proceeding upon the 
said Bill, be adjourned till this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- China Courts 
mittee on the China Courts Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Emerson Tennent reported the Fisheries (Jre- Fisheries 
land) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and (Ireland) Bill. 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ecclesiastical 

mittee on the Ecclesiastical Appointments Suspen- ere 

sion Bill ; Suspension Dill, 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 


The Order for receiving the Report on the Paro- Parochial 
chial Assessments Bill, upon Monday next, was read, Asessments 
and discharged. ‘ 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Tues- 
day next. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Arms and 
amend and continue the several Acts relating to the ee 
importation and keeping of Arms and Gunpowder “1"¢!#4) Bill 
in Lreland: And that Lord Viscount Morpeth and 
Mr. More O’ Ferrall do prepare and bring it in. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to Turnpike Acts 
continue the several Acts for regulating the Turn- oes =A 
pike Roads in Ireland: And that Lord Viscount ("e!n¢) Bill 
Morpeth and Mr. More O’ Ferrall do prepare and 


bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Tothill Fields 

Return of the Amount collected by the Trustees of Trust. 
the Tothill Fields Trust, under the Act 6 Geo. 4, c. 
134, in each year since the passing of that Act ; 
stating the Amount of Rated Property assessed, 
and the rate per pound of each year’s Assessment ; 
also, the manner in which the Amount collected has 
been expended in each year, so as to exhibit the 
Charge for Salaries and Establishment paid, and the 
Amount expended under separate Heads, in each 
ear. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Private 
Accounts of the several Purchases made by the bishthouses. 
Trinity House Board of Private Lighthouses, under 
the Act of the year 1836; stating the Amounts paid 
for each, and the conditions of Purchase :—And of 
the Monies borrowed for the purpose of these 
Payments, and the Rate of Interest paid for such 
Money. 

Orderid, That there be laid before this House, a Magistracy 
Copy of Mr. Drummond’s Circular Letter to the (*!#4-) 
Lords Lieutenant of Counties in Jreland, ccncern- 
ing the Magistracy, dated 4th May 1838. 

Ordered, ‘That there be laid before this House, a Navy Prize 
Copy of the last Order in Council for distribution Me": 
of Prine Money in the Navy. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill to amend Arms and 
and continue the several Acts relating to the im- 
portation and keeping of Arms and Gunpowder in 

oA 


Gunpowder 
(Ireland ) Bill, 





Treland: 





Turnpike Acts 
Continuar ce 
(Treland) Bill. 


Canada, 


No. 605, 


Staines Bridge. 


Idolatr 
(India) 


Spirit Dealers 
({reland.) 


Negro Appren- 
ticeship, 


Factories 
Regulation Bill, 


Church Rates, 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Maynooth 
College. 


730 19°— 


Ireland: And the same was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time this day. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill to con- 
tinue the several Acts for regulating the Turnpike 
Roads in Jreland: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time this 
day. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Canada, 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ad then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after twelve of the clock on 
Friday morning, adjourned till this day. 


Veneris, 20° die Julii; 
Anno, 2° Victorie Regine, 1838. 








PRAYERS. 
R. Horne, from the Commissioners of Staines 
Bridge, was called in; and at the bar _ 
sented, pursuant to the directions of an Act of Par- 
liament,—An Account of the Receipts and Disburse- 
ments of the Tolls and other Monies collected on 
Staines Bridge, from the 26th day of March 1837 
to the 25th day of March 1838, both days inclusive : 
—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Account do lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Foleshill; — Truro; — Sheffield 
(three Petitions) ; — Runcorn ;— Bridport ;— West- 
bury ;— Andover ;—and, Scarborough; praying the 
House to prohibit the interference of British func- 
tionaries in the management of Idolatrous Obser- 
vations in India,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 





Petitions from Sligo (two Petitions) ;— Castlebar ; 
— Cavan; — Dungannon (two Petitions); — and, 
Limerich (two Petitions) ; praying that _ 
Dealers in Ireland may be placed on the same foot- 
ing with those in England and Scotland, — were 
er and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Protestant Dissenters of the Baptist 
Denomination meeting in High-street, Andover, 
praying for the abolition of the system of Negro 
Apprenticeship, was 0 gaa and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Elland (Chairman of a Meeting) ; 
—Ashton-under-Lyne (Chairman of a Meeting) ;— 
Todmorden (Chairman of a Meeting); — Hyde 
(Chairman of a Meeting) :—Huddersfield (Chairman 
of a Meeting) ;—Manchester (three Petitions) ;— 
Stockport ;—and, Chorley ; praying that the Facto- 
ries Regulation Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
See and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Reverend William Deering and 
others, praying for the abolition of Church Rates, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Andover, praying 
for the amendment of the Sale of Beer Act, was 
= and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Cricklade ;—and, Saffron Walden; 
praying the House to discontinue the annual grant to 
the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth,—were 
Baws and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


20° Juliz. 








A. 1838. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Pershore Union, Poor Law 
praying for the amendment of the Poor Law Amendment 
Act, was presented, and read ; and referred to the ““ 
rg Committee on the Poor Law Amendment 

ct. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Giles, Cam- Church 
berwell, praying that all increase of Revenue that Property. 
may arise from an improved system of leasing Eccle- 
siastical Property, be left at the disposal of the 
Church to supply the deficiency of spiritual instruc- 
tion for the people, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint George, Cam- Church 
berwell, praying the House to take into considera- Establishment 
tion the present state of the Ecclesiastical Esta- (©) 
blishment in the Canadas, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Postmasters and others on the Post-horse, 

Hastings Road ;—County of Kent ;—Croydon and *¢- Duties. 
Brighton Road;— Watford Road ;—Western Roads; 
—Surrey and Sussex ;—Norfolk ;—Essex ;—Surrey; 
— Kilmarnock ;— Edinburgh ;—and, Edward Reid ; 
praying for the repeal of the Duties on Post-horses 
and Carriages,—were presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions of the Corporation of Liverpool ; Imprisonment 
praying that the Imprisonment for Debt Bill may ft Debt Bill 
not pass into a law as it now stands,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Poor Inhabitants of Kentford, stating Kentford and 
that they are entitled to the rents and profits of cer- &amp;42¢!y Lands 
tain Lands in the parishes of Kentford and Gazely, 
but that for some years past no distribution has been 
made, and that they are informed that there is no 
redress but by proceedings in the Court of Chancery, 
in which they are unable to bear the expense; and 
praying the House to afford them redress, was 
— and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Ministers, Elders and Members of Education 
the Congregation in Boveva, praying that the pre- (Ireland. 
sent system of National Education in Ireland may 
not be persisted in, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Message from the Lords by Mr. Adam and Mr. Message from 

Senior : the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Dean Forest 
Act for regulating the opening and working of Mines Bill. 
Mines and Quarries in the Forest of Dean and Hun- 
dred of Saint Briavels, in the County of Glou- 
cester, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 

And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Dean Forest 
Act to empower the Commissioners of Her Majes- Fncroachments 
ty’s Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, to confirm — 
the Titles to, and to grant Leases of Encroachments 
on the Forest of Dean, in the County of Glou- 
cester, with Amendments; to which Amendments 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 

And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Glasgow 
Act to alter and amend, and in part repeal, the aaa 
Powers of certain Acts for supplying the City of ©” 
Glasgow and Suburbs with Water; to enable the 
Company of Proprietors of the Glasgow Water- 
works to purchase the Cranstonhill Catrnuats, 


and to raise a further Sum of Money; and to alter 
the Rates leviable by the said Company of Propri- 


etors 





or 


for 


Pr 


Gi: 
Bil 


Gla 
Bil 


Chi 
Sco 


Pil 


Aus 


sion 


Bill 








2 VicToRIz. 


etors, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to dissolve the "series of Lieutenant-Colonel 
Lethbridge, with Sarah Anne, his now wife, and to 
enable him to marry again, and for other purposes 
therein mentioned ; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House :—And then the Messen- 
gers withdrew. 


Lethbridge’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Imprisonment 


a ebt Bill. A Petition of Joseph Rutland, of High-street, 


Southwark, Gentleman, praying that a Clause may 
be introduced into the Imprisonment for Debt Bill, 
authorizing compensation to be granted to him for 
the losses he has already sustained and will con- 
tinue to sustain by the operation of the said Bill, if 
passed into a law, was presented, and read ; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Prisons Bill. A Petition of the Corporation of Liverpool, pray- 
ing that the Prisons Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of Peter Drew, Merchant in Glasgow, 
praying that the House will not agree to the Amend- 
ment introduced by the Lords into the Glasgow 
Waterworks Bill, without such further Amendments 
as may be necessary to make the said Bill consis- 
tent with the preamble as so altered, and with its 
notices and title, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Glasgow 
Waterworks 
Bill. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Glasgow Waterworks Bill be taken 
into consideration upon Monday next. 


Glasgow 
Waterworks 
Bill, 


A Petition of Members of the second United 
Associate Congregation of the Session Church in 
Dunse, praying the House not to sanction any fur- 
ther endowment to the Church of Scotland, was 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Church of 
Scotland. 


A Petition of the Provost, Magistrates and 
Town Council of Greenock, praying that the Pilo- 
tage Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Pilotage Bill. 


Mails on A Petition of the Bolton and Leigh Railway 
Railways Bill. Company, praying that the Mails on Railways Bill 
may not pass into a law as it now stands, was 


presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Western The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to con- 
Australia Bill. tinue until the Thirty-first day of December, One 
thousand eight hundred and forty-one, and from 
thence to the end of the then next Session of Par- 
liament, an Act of the tenth vear of his late Ma- 
jesty King George the Fourth, “for providing for the 
Government of his Majesty’s Settlements in Western 
Australia, on the western coast of New Holland,” 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Local Commis-’ The House, according to Order, resumed the ad- 
-— Relief journed proceeding upon the third reading of the 
ingrossed Bill for relieving the Commissioners and 
others, acting in the execution of divers Local 
Improvement Acts, from certain Penalties and Dis- 

abilities. 


Vou. 93. 


20° Jule. 





731 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Sanford do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, pur- New Churches. 
suant to the directions of an Act of Parliament,— 
The Eighteenth Report of Her Majesty’s Commis- 
sioners for Building New Churches. 
. Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s Registration of 
Command,—Copy of the Report of the Commis- its &amp;c- 
sioners appointed to inquire respecting Registers of 
Births or Baptisms, Deaths or Burials, and Mar- 
riages, in England and Wales. 

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


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Adam and Message from 
Mr. Senior : the Lords. 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Vagrant Act 
Act to amend an Act for punishing Idle and Dis- Amendment 
orderly Persons and Rogues and Vagabonds, with- ®#"- 
out any Amendment: And alse, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Qualification of 
Act to amend the Laws relating to the Qualification Members Bill. 
of Members to serve in Parliament, with Amend- 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House ; And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Administration 
to continue, until the Thirty-first day of December - a (N sa 
One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, and &amp;c.) Bil, 
from thence to the end of the then next Session of 
Parliament, an Act of the ninth year of his Ma- 
jesty King George the Fourth, for the Administration 
of Justice in New South Wales and Van Diemen’s 
Land; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Entails 
to extend the Powers of an Act of the sixth and (Scotland) Bill. 
seventh year of the reign of his late Majesty, in 
relation to granting Tacks and making Excambions 
by Heirs of Entail; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Judges’ _ 
to extend the Jurisdiction of the Judges of the Su- ag ag 
perior Courts of Common Law, to amend chapter aeeiiees 
56 of the first year of Her present Majesty’s reign, 
for regulating the Admission of Attorneys, and to 
provide for the of taking Special Bail in the absence 
of the Judges ; to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House :--And then the Messengers 
withdrew. 


The Order of the day being read for the Commit- supply ; 
tee of Supply ; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
—s proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
lair ; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words Factories. 
“ this House deeply regrets, that the law affecting 
“ the Regulation of the Labour of Children in Fac- 
“ tories, having been found imperfect and ineffective 
“ to the purpose for which it was passed, has been 
¥ ont to continue so long without any amend- 
“ ment” instead thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out, stand part of the Question ; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


‘ellers for the { Mr. Edward John Stanley, 191 
Yeas, { Mr. Robert Steuart : . 
Tellers for the { Lord Ashley, dee 
Noes, Sir Thomas Fremantle: ° : 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


5a 2 Ordered, 





Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Public Records 
Bill. 


Customs. 





732 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


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


Sabbati, 21° die Julii, 1838: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had made Progress in 
the matter to them referred, and that he was di- 
rected to move, That the Committee may have leave 
to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 


next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Poor Relief (Zreland) Bill be taken 
into consideration upon Tuesday next. 


The ingrossed Bill for keeping safely the Public 
Records was, according to Order, read the third time ; 
and Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Robert Steuart reported from the Committee 
to whom it was referred to consider the several Acts 
imposing Duties of Customs, several Resolutions, 
which were read, as follow ; 


1. Resolved, That, instead of the Duties of Cus- 
toms now payable on the importation of the several 
articles mentioned in the following Table, the re- 
spective Duties set forth in such Table shall be 
peat that is to say :— 
£. 
Amboyna or Kyabueca Wood, the ton = - 1 
Apples, raw, for every 1007. of the value - 
Asphaltum or Bitumen Judaicum, the ton 
Blackwood, the ton - - - - - 
Cherries, raw, for every 100/. of the value 
Cochineal, from the 5th of January 1839, the 

cwt. - - - - - - - - 


-| 6 
-| 2 
-| 6 


trim ia 
iin * 


_ 
I 


Hats or Bonnets, viz. 
—Chip,thelb - - - - - -| = 8 
Straw, each Hat or Bonnet not exceeding 
24 inches in diameter, the dozen - - oh. 26a 


Hides, viz. Sea Cow, Elephant, and Eland or 
large Deer Hides, the produce of and imported 
from the British Possessions, viz. 

not tanned, tawed, curried or in any way 

dressed, viz. 
----- dry, the ewt. - - - 
~ee-- wet, the cwt. - - - 

—- tawed, and not otherwise dressed, the Ib. 

- - - cut or trimmed, the Ib. - - 
——- such Hides and pieces of such Hides, | 
tawed, curried or in any way dressed, 
the Ib. - - - 
- - - cut or trimmed, the Ib. 

Horns, viz. pieces of Horn, the ton - 

tron, viz. Bloom Iron, the ton - - 

Kingwood, the ton - - - - - - 

Lancewood Timber or Masts, the load = - - 

Mahogany, the produce of and imported from 
the Bay of Honditras or the Musquito Shore, 
the ton - - - - - - - 

Nutmegs, viz. Wild Nutmegs in the shell, the lb. 

Pears, raw, for every 100/. of the value - - 

Percussion Caps, the 1,000 —- ws és a 

Seeds, viz. Poppy Seed, the quarter - - - 

Skins, viz. Goose Skins, undressed, the skin - 








2 


43 





at a 
| = bo 


riit as 


ees ty 3 


1bttiat~ 
I 
colel il 


Spiri:s or Strong Waters, viz. 

For every gallon of such Spirits or Strong 
Waters, of any strength not exceeding the 
strength of proof by Sykes’s hydrometer, and 
so in proportion for any greater or less strength 
than the strength of proof, and for any greater | 
or less quantity than a gallon, viz. 

——— not being Spirits or Strong Waters the | 
produce of any British Possessions in America, | 
or any British Possession within the limits of | 
the East India Company’s Charter, and not | 
being sweetened Spirits, or Spirits mixed with | 
any article, so that the degree of strength | 
thereof cannot be exactly ascertained by such | 
hydrometer eS a ete “i ¥ 3 6 


20°—-2 a* Juli. A. 











£. s. d. 


15 





Spirits or Strong Waters, the produce of 
any British Possession in America, not being 
—— Spirits, or Spirits so mixed as afore- 
sai ea - o - * - - o 
Spirits or Strong Waters, the produce of 
any British Possession within the limits of the 
East India Company's Charter, not being 
sweetened Spirits, or Spirits so mixed as afore- 
ew ie” 6 eae oe 
Tails, viz. Buffalo, Bull, Cow or Oxtails, the ewt. 
Tulip Wood, the ton oo ee | 








It 
iat 


bol tl 


| 
| 
| 
| 


2. Resolved, That, as a compensation to the South 
Sea Company for the repeal of certain Duties of 
Customs, imposed for the creation of a Guarantee 
Fund, the annual sum of £.3,720 shall be paid out 
of the Duties, of Customs, to be applied towards 
the completion of the Guarantee Fund, established 
in pursuance of an Act,of the 55th year of King 
George the Third, for repealing the provisions of 
former Acts, granting exclusive privileges to the 
South Sea Company. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolutions: And that Mr. Robert Stewart, Mr. 
Poulett Thomson and Mr, Labouchere do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Mr. Robert Steuart reported the Land Tax Re- Land Tax 
demption Bill; and the Amendments were read, and ee 


agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


Mr. Robert Steuart reported from the Committee qithes 
to whom it was referred to consider of so much of (Ireland) 


the Acts 3 and 4 Will. 4, c.100; and 6 and 7 Will. 
4,c. 108, as authorizes the issue of Exchequer Bills 
for the relief of the Owners of Tithes in Ireland; 
a Resolution, which was read, as followeth ; 

Resolved, That Exchequer Bills, to an amount 
not exceeding the residue of the sum of One million, 
remaining ps ag under an Act of the 3d 
and 4th years of King William the Fourth, c. 100, 
and under an Act of the 6th and 7th years of his 
said Majesty, c. 108, be issued and applied, together 
with the instalments paid, or which may be paid, 
under the first-mentioned Act, to the relief of the 
owners of Compositions for Tithes in Jreland, for the 
years 1836 and 1837, and that the Commissioners 
of Her Majesty’s Treasury be authorized to remit 
such instalments in certain cases. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee on the Tithes (Jre/and) Bill, that they have 


Power to make provision therein, pursuant to the 
said Resolution. 


| Issue of Ex- 
chequer Bills.] 


The ingrossed Bill for the more effectual levying rines and 


of Fines, Penalties, Issues, Deodands and Amer- a 
ciaments, and of forfeited Recognizances estreated (ite!an¢) Bill 


in Ireland, and for the application and distribution 
thereof, was, according to Order, read the third time; 
and an Amendment was made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill 
to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill for the amendment of the Laws Loan Societies 
relating to Loan Societies in Jreland, was, according (Ire!and) Bill. 


to Order, read the third time, and ingrossed Clauses 
were added, by way of riders; and Amendments 
were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Biil do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Arms and Gunpowder (Zreland) Bill was, jems and 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- Gunpowder 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for (!cland) Bill 


Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


The 


No. 613. 





Turnpi 
Contint 
Bill. 


Turnpi 
Contin 
(Irelar 


Prison 


Shann 
Navig 
{Adv 
Exche 
Bills. 


Perp 
Func 
(Irel 


Est 
(Sec 


Par 
Bar 
(Sc 


Me 


for 


two 


ee ood 








Turnpike Acts 
Continuance 
Bill. 


Turnpike Acts 
Continuance 
Ireland) Bill. 


Prisons Bill. 


Shannon 
Navigation 
{Advance of 
Exchequer 
Bills.] 


Perpetuity 
Fund Increase 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Bankrupts’ 
Estates 


(Scotland) Bill, 


Parliamentary 
Burghs 


Ways and 
Means. 


Imprisonment 
for Debt Bill. 


Constables on 
Public Works 
Bill. 


Registration of 


Electors Bill. 


Post Office Bill. 


Shannon Navi- 


gation Bill, 


Supply 
{7 July.) 


Poor Law 
Commission, 


g 
(Scotland) Bill. 


2 Vicroriz. 


The Turnpike Acts Continuance Bill was, accord- 
ing to Order, read a second time ; and committed 
toa Committee of the whole House, for Monday 
next. 


The Turnpike Acts Continuance (Zreland) Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time ; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Prisons Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of autho- 
rizing an advance of Exchequer Bills, or of Money, 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the Improve- 
ment of the Navigation of the River Shannon ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Perpetuity Fund Increase (Jreland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time, 
upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Bankrupts’ 
Estates (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 
Report on the Parliamentary Burghs (Scotland) 
Bill; 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Imprisonment for Debt Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Monday next. 


The Constables on Public Works Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the Registration of Electors Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Post Office Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Shannon Navigation Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take 
into further consideration the last of the Resolu- 
tions which, upon the 7th day of this instant July, 
were reported from the Committee of Supply ; and 
the same was again read, and is as followeth ; 


“ Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty-four | 


20°—21° Sulzz. 


733 


granted to Her Majesty, to defray, in the year 1888, 
the Charge of Salaries and Expenses of the Com- 
missioners for carrying into execution the Poor Law 
Amendment Act.” 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Schools 
reading of the Schools (Scotland) Bill ; (Scotland ) Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

upon Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- China Courts 
mittee on the China Courts Bill ; Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Saturday 
the 28th day of this instant July, resolve itself into 
the said Committee. 


The ingrossed Bill to explain and amend certain Fisheries 
Provisions in Acts of the Parliament of Jreland, for (Ireland) Bill. 
the protection of Fisheries in that Kingdom, was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Emerson Tennent do carry the 
Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ecclesiastical 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Appointments Suspen- Appointments 
sion Bill; Suspension Bill. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House was moved, That the Act 6 &amp; 7 Will. Spirit Licenses 
4, c. 38, toamend an Act passed in the third and (/reland) Bill. 
fourth years of the reign of his present Majesty, 
intituled, An Act to amend the Laws relating to 
Excise Licenses, and to the Sale of Wine, Spirits, 

Beer and Cider by Retail in Jreland, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
suspend the operation of so much of the said Act 
as prohibits the holding of Licenses for the Sale of 
Spirits by Retail by Grocers in Zreland: And that 

r. Emerson Tennent and Mr. Lynch do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Ecclesiastical 
Account of the manner in which the Sum of One Commissioners, 
hundred thousand pounds has been appropriated by 
the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, under the Act 
6 &amp; 7 Will. 4, c. 108; stating the Dates of the 
Advances, and the purposes for which advanced, the 
Amounts repaid, if any, and the Dates on which 
the outstanding Balances are to be repaid. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Exchequer 

Account of the Yearly Expenses of the Board of Bills (Public 
Commissioners for the Issue of Exchequer Bills for “°™**) 
Public Works for each year :— Also, Amounts 
allotted to the Commissioners for distribution, 
under the several Acts of Parliament passed for 
that purpose; the Amount remaining unappropriated : 
—And also, Amounts advanced to Borrowers, and 
contracted to be advanced; the Dates of such 
Advances, the objects thereof, Rates of Interest, 
Amounts of Interest paid, of Principal repaid, and 
of Principal remaining unpaid. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Prisoners in the 
Return of the several Persons who were confined Fleet (Con- 
for Contempt of Court in Her Majesty’s Prison of ““”? edie 
the Fleet, under process issuing out of the Courts 
of Chancery and Exchequer, on the 11th February 
1830 ; and, also, of those who have been committed 
since that period ; stating what Persons have died, 
or been discharged from their Contempts, since the 
said 11th February 1830, and how many now remain 





in Custody for such Contempt; stating the period 
of Confinement of each Person who has died or 


thousand two hundred and fifty-two pounds, be | been discharged, or remains in Prison. 


Vor. 93. 


5A 3 Lord, 














































nina hots nein emne Een pia eal net ee Oo aa ag ta a 


NT A I SS a SS ae ee Ss a 


pop eee techs 2 


siete pe rami 


~ Se ic ee = 


a cl i haste a oa nn om SO Mir ianretnw. oar evens AES = = 


a ear A Ag a ec ih 


aa 


AR SIRS AAS HIBS GET 


Siac o-nsdain es 











734 20° —21° Juliz. 


British Auxili- | Lord Viscount Palmerston presented, pursuant to 

ary Legion several Addresses to Her Majesty,—Return to an 

(Fortugal.) Address to Her Majesty, dated the 10th day of this 
instant July, for Copy of a Letter from General Sir 
Milley Doyle, and other Officers of the British 
Auxiliary allen addressed to Lord Howard de 
Walden, 6th January 1838, complaining of the new 
Commission appointed by the Portuguese Govern- 
ment to investigate their claims. 

French Copies of all ele or other Documents which 

Fishermen. ‘have been received by Her Majesty’s Government, 
since 1st January 1832, complaining of the aggres- 
sions of French Fishermen on the British Coast. 

Ordered That the said Papers do lie upon the 

Table. 


Justice of 
Peace Courts 
(Glasgow.) 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return showing the Number of Justice of 
Peace Courts held in the City of Glasgow since the 
Appointment of the present Justice of the Peace 
Clerk for the Lower Ward of Lanarkshire, the 
Number of Causes tried and decided in each year 
since his Appointment, the Amount of Fees paid to, 
or received by, or on account of said Justice of 
Peace Clerk, the Number of Courts at which he 
officiated personally, also the Number in which his 
Deputy officiated, stating the Profession to which 
the Principal and Depute Clerks belong, and, if in 
Partnership, the Names of their Partners, if any ; 
also, the period or periods in each year during which 
the Justice of Peace Clerk of Glasgow has been 
absent from that City since his Appointment, to the 
ist day of August ; the Return to be in Columns, 
showing distinctly the Number of Causes and Courts, 
and Sums, made up yearly, to the 1st of May, with 
the Totals for each year since the Date of the Ap- 
pres of the said Justice of Peace Clerk for the 

ower Ward of Lanarkshire. 

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


Postage The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
(Public Oilices.) the 23d day of May last, that there be laid before 
this House, a Return of the Public Offices that 
frank and receive Letters free:—And, a Return, 
in detail, of the Total Expense and Sums Total in- 
curred on account of Postage in each of the Five 
last years ending 5th January 1838, by each Public 
Office not franking or receiving Letters free, might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 
Ordered, That a Return to the said Order be laid 
before this House, forthwith. 


Spirie Licenses _ Mr. Emerson Tennent presented a Bill to suspend 
({reland) Bill. the operation of so much of an Act of the sixth and 
No. 606. seventh year of King William the Fourth, as pro- 
hibits the holding of Licenses for the Sale of Spirits 
by Retail by Grocers in Jreland: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 

time this day ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Robert Steuart presented a Bill for maintain- 
ing a Lighthouse at Gibraltar, and respecting Light- 


Gibraltar, &amp;e. 
Lighthouses 


Bill. houses not within the United Kingdom: And the 

No.607. same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time this day ; and to be printed. 

Customs Bill. Mr. Robert Steuart presented a Bill to amend the 

No.608. Laws relating to the Customs: And the same was 


read the first time; and ordered to be read a second 
time this day; and to be printed. 
Administration The Administration of Justice (New South Wales) 
~ Sg gag &amp;c. Bill, was read the first time; and ordered to be 
&amp;ec.) Bill. read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
No. 609. Printed. 














A. 1838. 





The Entails (Scotland) Bill was read the first Entuils 
time, and ordered to be read a second time upon (Scotland) Bil 


Monday next ; and to be printed. 


No. 610. 


The Judges’ Jurisdiction Extension Bill was read Judges’ 


the first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Jurisdiction 
Extension Bill, 


No. 611. 
Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Sale of Beer Churct 
Return of the Number of Convictions for Offences Act. Scotlar 


under the Act for regulating the Sale of Beer, which 
have taken place in the Towns of Manchester and 
Salford, since the 1st January 1836. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Factories, Factories. 


which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
tilla quarter of an hour after one of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 











Sabbati, 21° die Julii; 


Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1838. 





PRAYERS. 


Postag 
No. 612, 


Sale ¢ 
Act. 


Leth 
Divo 


ETITIONS from Thetford; — Exeter ; — Idolatry 
Gateshead ;— Barton;—Methwold;— Brandon; (1"42-) Land 


— York ; — Lambeth ;—- Hastings ;— Norwich; — 
Feltwell ;—and, Lynn; praying the House to pro- 
hibit the interference of British functionaries in the 
management of Idolatrous Observances in India,— 


were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Bill. 


A Petition of the Pilot Commissioners of the Pilotage Bill. 


Port of King’s Lynn, praying that the Pilotage Bill 
may not pass into a law, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Guardians of the Poor of Stoke- Poor Law 
upon- Trent, praying that whenever the Poor Law — 


Amendment Act may be re-considered by the House, 
such alterations and amendments only may be in- 
troduced as more extended experience shall sug- 
gest, and that it may continue to have a fair and 
candid trial of its adaptation to the wants of the 
country, was presented, and read; and referred to 


the Select Committee on the Poor Law Amendment 
Act. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Permanent Ser. B 


Cu 


Li 


Return of the Sums paid yearly at the Treasury, pei tal 
under the Act 41 Geo. 8, c. 32, “ for granting to ({reland.) 


his Majesty several Sums of Money for defraying 
the Charge of certain permanent Services in that 
part of the United Kingdom called Jreland ;” speci- 
fying the Names of the present recipients, and how 
long they have been so. 


a net PO 


A Petition of Clergy and Inhabitants of Exeter, Church 


praying the House to take into consideration the 
state of the Church of Upper Canada, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Establishment 
(Canada.) 





A Petition of Bankers, Merchants, Manufacturers Mails on 


and others residing in or near Manchester, praying 
that the Mails on Railways Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 

A Petition of the Chamber of Commerce and 
Manufactures at Manchester, praying that the said 
Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands, was 
also presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of the Manchester and Leeds Railway 
Company, praying that in any Bill which may pass 
the House providing for the conveyance of Mails by 
Railways, provision be made for securing to Railway 

Companies 


Railways Bill. 





Church of 
Scotland. 


Postage. 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Lethbridge’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Land Tax 
Redemption 
Bill, 


Customs Bill. 


Gibraltar, &amp;c. 
Lighthouses 
ill, 


Parliamentary 
Burghs 


(Scotland) Bill. 


Mails on 
Railways Bill. 





2 Vicroriz. 


Companies a fair remuneration for the capital they 


21° SJuliz. 


735 
Question, That the said proviso be there added 


have embarked, as well as for the services they may | ——put, and negatived. 


render, and that such power may be left to the 
Companies as may sufficiently secure the safety of 
the public as well as the success of Railway under- 
takings, was also presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Mew Cumnock, 
praying the House not to sanction any further en- 
dowments to the Church of Scotland, was pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of North Leach, praying 
for the establishment of a low and uniform rate of 
Postage on Letters, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Postage. 


A Petition of the Mayor and Aldermen, Bur- 
gesses, Clergy, Manufacturers, and other Inhabitants 
of Congleton, praying for the amendment of the 
Sale of Beer Act, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Lethbridge’s Divorce Bill, was read the first time ; 
and ordered to be read a second time. 


The ingrossed Bill to vest in the Commissioners 
of the Treasury the powers heretofore exercised by 
Commissioners appointed for certain purposes re- 
lating to the Redemption and Sale of the Land Tax, 
and to determine Disputes as to the division in which 
Lands are liable to be rated to the Land Tax was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to vest in the Commissioners of the 
Treasury the Powers heretofore exercised by Com- 
missioners appointed for certain purposes relating 
to the Redemption of the Land Tax, and to authorize 
the Court of Exchequer to determine Disputes as 
to the Division in which Lands are liable to be 
rated to the Land Tax. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Customs Bill was, according to Order, read 
a second time; and committed to a Committee of 


Ciause N° 1, agreed to. 
Criauses N° 2 to N° 14, agreed to. 


Cuiause N° 15, (for settling differences between 
Postmaster-General and Railway Companies in cer- 
tain cases) read. 

Amendment proposed: To add at the end of the 
Clause “ And such arbitrators or umpire shall 
“ take into their consideration the original cost of 
“ construction of such Railway and the mainte- 
“ nance thereof, so far as the same is applicable to 
“ the service of the Post Office.” 

Question, That those words be there added—— 
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. 

Ciause N® 15, agreed to. 

Crausgs N° 16 to N° 19, agreed to. 

Preamble read, and agreed to. 


Bill, as amended, to be reported. 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair, and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon Mon- 
day next. 


Prisons was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

An ingrossed Clause was offered to the Bill, by 
way of rider, (where the average number of Pri- 
soners of a religion differing from the Established 
Church shall amount to Justices may 
appoint a teacher for the same.) 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the said Clause be now-brought up; 

A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 
said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 
drawn. 

And the Question being again proposed, That the 
Clause be now brought up :—And a Debate arising 
thereupon ; 

Ordered, That the Debate be adjourned till Mon- 
day next. 





the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the being read, for the second 
reading of the Gibraltar, &amp;c. Lighthouses Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Mr. Fox Maule reported the Parliamentary 
Burghs (Scotland) Bill; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to; and an Amendment was made 
to the Bill. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Mails on 
Railways Bill:—The Bill was re-committed to a 
Committee of the whole House:—And the House 
immediately resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read 1°; To be read 2° paragraph by para- 
graph. 
Preamble postponed. 


Crause N° 1, (Postmaster General may require 
Railway Companies to convey the Mails) read. 
Amendment proposed: To add at the end of the 
Clause “ Provided always, That nothing herein 
“ contained shall extend to Railway Companies not 
‘¢ carrying goods or passengers for hire.” 
VoL. 93. 





abling Masters of that Court, upon Petition, to 
execute renewals of Leases for Lives containing Co- 
venant for Renewal, in the names of persons bound 
by such Covenants to execute the same, and being 
out of the Jurisdiction of the Court, and to extend 
such Powers to cases of Terms for Years or Lives 
dependent upon Years, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to enable Masters of the Court of 
Chancery in Ireland, upon application to that Court 
by Petition, to execute renewals of Leases for Lives 
containing Covenants for Renewal, in the names of 
persons bound by such Covenants to execute the 
same, and being out of the Jurisdiction of the Court, 
and to extend such Powers to cases of Terms for 
Years, whether absolutely or dependent upon Lives. 

Ordered, That Mr. Curry do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Appointments Suspen- 
sion Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Spirit Licenses (Jreland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 





5a 4 The 





The ingrossed Bill for the better ordering of prisons Bill. 


The ingrossed Bill to restore the Ancient Juris- Court of 


diction of the Court of Chancery in Jreland, en- Chancery 
(Lreland) Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Appointments 
Suspension Bill. 


Spirit Licenses 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Setar TSE 


een teeta 
mai wal Hh tt GAP na on an TB kA NRE IS NA IL ALA TT 
~ 





SORE 


ae 


a a AYE SE 


PS tk EEE AIA 


SS aE 


SS pont tbo AE HOSA TAGE + SADIE et 





A i AU ii gst apna 


Grand Juries 
(Dublin) Bill. 


Mediterranean 
Postage. 


Members’ 
Qualification 
Bill, 


Infirmaries 


(Ireland. ) 


736 


The House was moved, That the Act of the Par-| 
liament of Ireland, 26 Geo. 3, c. 14, for making, 
widening and repairing Public Roads in the County | 
of Dublin, and for repealing parts of several Acts | 
formerly made for that purpose, might be read ; and | 
the same was read. | 

The House was also moved, That the Act 43 | 
Geo. 3, c. 25, to alter and amend an Act made in | 
the twenty-sixth year of the reign of his present 
Majesty, intituled, An Aet for making, widening 
and repairing Public Roads in the County of Dublin, | 
and for repealing parts of several Acts formerly | 
made for that purpose, might be read; and the 
same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 50 
Geo 3, c. 60, to amend so much of an Act made 
in the Parliament of Jreland, in the. twenty-sixth 

ear of his present Majesty, for making and a 
ing Public Roads in the County of Dublin, as relates 
to the Roads within the Barony of Rathdown, might 
be read; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 51 
Geo. 3, c. 36, to amend an Act made in the Parlia- 
ment of Jreland, in the twenty-sixth year of his pre- 
sent Majesty, for making and repairing Public Roads 
in the County of Dublin, with respect to the Roads 
within those parts of the Baronies of Upper Cross | 
and Newcastle which are situate on the south-east 
side of the great Turnpike Road leading from Dublin 
to Cork by Rathcoole and Naas, might be read; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
for amending and consolidating the Laws relating to 
the Presentment of Public Money by Grand Juries 
in the County of Dublin: And that Mr. George 
Evans and Lord Brabazon do prepare, and bring 
it in. 





The House was moved, that the Act 1 Vic. c. 34, 
for the Regulation of the Duties of Postage, might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday | 
next, resolve itself into a Committee to consider of | 
granting rates of Postage on Letters, sent by packet- 
boats in the Mediterranean and other parts. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to amend the Laws relating to the 
Qualification of Members to serve in Parliament ; 
and the same were read, as follow ; 

Pr. 10. 1.31. After “sit” insert “ or vote after 
the choice of a Speaker.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 32. Leave out from “ Commons” to 
deliver” in ]. 34. 

Pr. 12. 1, 24, After “him” insert Clause (A.) 

Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That any per- 
son who shall make and subscribe any such decla- 
ration as aforesaid, or who shall sign and deliver 
in any such paper as aforesaid, knowing the same 
to be untrue in any material particular, shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Warburton do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath. agreed to the Amendments made by their 


Lordships. 


“cc 


7 
~ 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Total Annual Income of every In- 
firmary, Fever Hospital and Dispensary in each 
County, County of a City, and County of a Town 
in Ireland, supported partly or entirely by Public 
Funds, during each of the years 1835, 1836 and 
1837; showing the Amount of Funds derived from 
County Presentments, from Subscriptions and Do- 
nations, and from other sources :—Of the Total An- 
nual Expenditure of every such Institution during 


21°—95° Julte. 





each of the above years; specifying, in detail, the 


A. 1838. 


Sums paid in Salaries to the Medical Attendants, 
and in Salaries and Wages to other Officers and to 
Servants, for Medicines and contingencies :—Of the 
Number of Patients admitted as intern into every 
such Institution during each of the above years, and 
of the Number that was discharged, and that died : 
—Of the Number of extern Patients that obtained 
Medical Aid from every such Institution during 
each of the above years, and of the Number that 
was attended at their own residences, so far as the 
same can be procured :—Of the Number of Patients 
in every such Infirmary and Fever Hospital on the 
31st day of December last, and of the Number of 
Beds which every such Institution was then capable 
of containing; and of the Number of Physicians, 
Surgeons and Apothecaries attached to every such 
Infirmary, Fever Hospital or Dispensary at that 
date :—Of the Number of Governors to every such 
Institution, on the 31st day of December last, who 
were qualified ex-officio, or by payment of subscrip- 
tions, to vote in the election of medical officers ; 
specifying the Number of each class of Governors: 
—And, general Summaries of the foregoing Re- 
turns, brought out in Totals, for the whole of Jre- 
land. 


Mr. George Evans presented a Bill for amending Gang Juries 
and consolidating the Laws relating to the Present- (Dublin) Bill, 


ment of Public Money by Grand Juries in the 
County of Dublin: And the same was read the 
first time; and ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday the 27th day of August next ; and to 
be printed. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 


Lune, 23° die Julii ; 


Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1838. 








PRAYERS. 


No. 614. 


T HE Liverpool Clergy Endowment Bill was read Liverpool 


a second time; and committed to Lord Viscount © 
Sandon and the Lancaster List. 


lergy Endow- 
ent Bill. 


Petitions from Norwich ;—Sapcote ;-—Ridlington ; Maynooth 
—and, Derby ; praying the House not to sanction College. 


any further grant to the Roman Catholic College 
of Maynooth,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Oakham, &amp;c. ;—Dalkeith ;— Haii- Idolatry 


Brighton ; Aberdeen ;— Cardiff ;-—Launceston ;— 
Merthyr Tydvil ;—Lynn ;-- Hay and Glasbury ;— 
Wigan and other places ; -—- Great Grimsby ; — 
Boston ;— Clitheroe ;— Bisley ;—Peterborough and 
other places ; — Grantham ; —Brecon ;— Leith ;— 
Bingham ;— Bidgeford ;—South Shields ;—Sheffield 
(two Petitions) ;—Jpswich ;--Almondbury ;— Hartle- 
pool;— Kingston-upon-Hull (five Petitions) ;—Barn- 
staple ;— Eastersnow ;— Boyle ;—Secretaries of the 
Committee of the Church Missionary Society for 
Africa and the East ;— Dovor;— Bodmin ;—Derby; 
— Thirsk Circuit ;— Lewes ;— Eastbourne and Hel- 
lingly ;— Bristol ;— Mildenhall;— Dorset ;— Retford; 
—Aspatria ;— and, York; praying the House to 
prohibit the interference of British functionaries in 
the management of Idolatrous Observances in India, 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Kilkenny ;--Belfast (two Petitions) ; spirit Dealers 


fax ; — Huddersfield ; —- Edinburgh ; — Stroud ; — (India.) 


— Mullingar ;— Bandon Bridge ;— Longford and ( reland.) 


Granard ;—Longford ;—Portarlington and Monas- 
tereven ;— and, Wexford (two Petitions); praying 
that Spirit Dealers in Jreland may be placed on the 
same footing as those in England and Scotland,— 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition 





Kew ¢ 


Eccles 


Appoii 
Susper 


Parocl 
Assess 
Bill. 


Chure! 
Establ 
(Cana 


Bank « 
Trelan 





Kew Gardens, 


Ecclesiastical 
Appointments 
Suspension Bill. 


Parochial 
Assessments 
Bill. 


Church 
Establishment 
(Canada, ) 


Bank of 
Treland, 


Bible Print 
(Betand,) = 





2 VicTortZ. 


A Petition of the President, Vice President and 
Members of the Council of University College, Zon- 
don, was presented, and read ; setting forth, That 
the Petitioners have been informed that a Report has 
lately been made to Her Majesty’s Government by 
Commissioners appointed to examine the state of 
the Royal Gardens, suggesting that the Royal Garden 
at Kew might with advantage be converted into a 


23° Jultt. 





737 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to alter and amend, and in part 
repeal, the Powers of certain Acts for supplying the 
City of Glasgow and Suburbs with Water ; to enable 
the Company of Proprietors of the Glasgow Water- 
works to purchase the Cranstonhill Waterworks, 
and to raise a further Sum of Money; and to alter 





National Botanical Establishment; that the Peti- the Rates leviable by the said Company of Pro- 


tioners would represent to the House that, although 
Great Britain possesses peculiar facilities for the 
collection of rare plants from different parts of the | 
world, by means of its numerous colonial establish- | 
ments and commercial relations, yet that it is the | 
only country in Europe the vicinity of whose metro- | 
polis is not adorned with a National Botanic Garden; | 
that the Royal Garden at Kew was granted by his 
late Majesty King George the Third for the promo- 
tion of botanical science, and that the Petitioners 
believe that the institution has contributed in an 
important degree towards that object, but that it is 
not at present in such a condition as to rival in all 
respects some foreign establishments, or even some 
private collections in this country; that the Peti- 
tioners conceive that the establishment of a National 
Botanic Garden would contribute to the promotion 
of science among the public at large, and among 
the numerous students who resort to the capital for 
medical and scientific education, and that it would 
afford an additional proof of the solicitude of the 
House to advance the liberal education of the people, 
and to diffuse an enlightened taste for the study of 
the productions of nature, which so much contributes 
to the morals and happiness of mankind ; and pray- 
ing the House to take the subject of the Petition 
into consideration, with the view of giving increased 
efficiency to the original design of the Royal Garden 
at Kew, and of affording to the public the advantage 
of a National Botanic Garden. 

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


A Petition of the Dean and Chapter of the Ca- | 
thedral Church of Chichester, praying that the Eccle- 


siastical Appointments Suspension Bill may not pass 
into a law as it now stands, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Clergy of the Archdeaconry of 
Lewes ;—Clergy of the Rural Deanery of Alton ;—- 
Clergy in the Archdeaconry of Sudbury ;—Arch- 
deacon and Clergy of the diocese of Canterbury ;— 
and, Dean, Archdeacon, Prebendary and Clergy of 
Norwich; praying that the Parochial Assessments 
Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Lyme Regis;—and, Buriton and 
Petersfield; praying the House to take into con- 
sideration the present state of the Ecclesiastival 
Establishment in Canada, and extend to the Church 
in those Provinces protection and encouragement, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Shareholders of the London Joint 
Stock Banking Company ;—Directors of the London 
Joint Stock Bank ;—Kells ;—and, Waterford; pray- 
ing that, in the event of the Charter of the Bank of 
Ireland being renewed, no powers be given it to the 
exclusion of Joint Stock Banks,—were presented, 
and read ; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Joint Stock Banks. 


A Petition of Members of the Relief Church, Saint 
Andrew’s-street, Aberdeen, praying the House to 
refuse their sanction to any measure for renewing 
the Patents creating an exclusive right of printing 
the Holy Scriptures in Scotland, was presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Queen’s Printers’ Patent (Scotland.) 

Vot. 93. 


prietors ; and the same were read, as follow: 
Pr. 3. 1. 3. Leave out from “ selling ” to “ their” 
1. 4. 
Py. 7. 1.4. Leave out from “ sterling” to “ which” 
in |. 7. 

Pr. 7. 1. 37. Leave out “ present.” 


Pr. 7. 1. penult. Leave out “amounting ” and in 
sert “ which are hereby declared to have amounted.” 
Pr. 13. 1, 10. After “ monies” insert “ already,” 
and in the same line after “ borrowed ”’ insert “ in 
** virtue of the said recited Acts.” 
Pr. 13. 1. 11. Leave out “as aforesaid ” and in- 
sert “ under this Act.” 
Pr. 13. 1. 14. Leave out from “ water” to “ shall” 
in 1, 17. 
Pr. 18. 1.1. After “ furnish ” insert “ in the 
“ manner provided by the said first two recited 
“ Acts.” 
Pr. 19. 1. 5. Leave out “ for the reception of 
water.” 
Pr. 24. 
“ some.” 
Pr. 28. 1. 9. Leave out “ of” and insert “ five 
hundred thousand.” 
Pr. 35. 1. 13. Leave out “ aforesaid ” and insert 
herein provided.” 
Pr. 41. 1. 16. After “ fines” insert Clause (A.) 


Cuavse (A.) “ Provided also, and be it Enacted, 
That in the event of any dispute or difference of 
opinion between the Magistrates or Master of 
Works of the said city, or a person to be named 
by them or him, and the said Company, or a per- 
son to be named by the said Company, as to the 
proper number and situation of fire plugs, and 
other things directed by the said recited Acts or 
“ this Act, to be furnished at the expense of the 

said Company, such dispute or difference of opinion 

“ shall be decried by the Sheriff of Lanarkshire, 
whose decision shall be final and binding on all 
parties ; and the said Company shall be bound 
“ to furnish to the Superintendent or Master of Police 
of the said city, a set of keys for opening the 
“ stop-cocks between the main pipes and service 
pipes, to be used in case of fire: Provided always, 
“ That the keys to be placed in the hands of the 
said Superintendent or Master of Police shall in 
“ no case be used in such a manner as to be pre- 
“ judicial to the works of the said Company, or to 
the legitimate use of the water; and in the event 
of the said keys being used by the Superintendent 
“&lt; of Police, or those in the charge of the fire engines, 
without the co-operation of the said Company, 
“ due notice of such use shall be given in writing 
“ to the said Company as soon as practicable there- 
“ after.” 

Pr. 46. 1. 20. Leave out from “ incurred ” to 
“ And,” in Pr. 47. 1. 8. 

Pr. 50, 1.29. Leave out “ future” and insert 
“ next annual general meeting of the said Compan 
of Proprietors shall be held on the fourth Wed- 
“ nesday after passing of this Act, and all sub- 
“ sequent.” 

Pr. 51. 1. 23. After “ the ” insert “ next.” 

Pr. 51. 1.24. Leave out “ last” and insert 
“ fourth.” 

Pr. 51. 1. 25, Leave out “ of June.” 


Pr. 51. 1. 30. After “said” insert “next annual.’ 
| Pr. 52. 1.7. Leave out from “ appointed” to 
‘ 





i 
=} 


“ 


1, 2. After “ of” insert “ good whole- 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


wn 


nan 8 
xan #n 





nan 4 
na wn 


n 
n 


wn 
n 


al 
wn 








n 


shall” in 1. 9. and insert “ as aforesaid.” 
5B Pr,. 57. 





Gla 
Wai 


Bill 


Sgow 
terworks 
























‘ 
H 
i 
i 


gs ol z 








Sugar Refining 
Patent Bill. 


Postage. 


Shipping. 


Education, 
/ 


Public 
Petitians. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill, 


ford, praying the House to pass a law, rendering it 


\ were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


738 23° Sulit. 


Pr. 57. 1. 2. Leave out from “ Magistrates ” to | 
“ of inl. 3. 

Pr. 58. 1, 2. Leave out “ and Town Council of | 
“ the city.” 

Pr. 61. Is. 9. and 10. Leave out from “ Magis- 
“ trates ” to “ of” in 1. 11. 

Pr. 63. 1. 15. After “ whatsoever” insert Clause 

(B.) 

CriavusE (B) “ And be it Enacted, That all the 
“ clauses, perenne and provisions hereinbefore 
“ contained against the contamination of water, by 
the washings, waste liquids, substances or things, 
arising or produced in or by any gas work, or 
the manufacture of gas, and for the detection 
thereof, or relative thereto, shall be applicable 
and be applied to, for and in respect of any wash- 
ings, waste liquids, substances or things arising 
in the use of gas, tar and oil, in any operation or 
manufacture whatever, or nuisance arising there- 
from ; and all the penalties and forfeitures hereby 
imposed upon any person, company or corpora- 
tion making or supplying gas, and offending as 
aforesaid, shall be and are hereby imposed upon 
any person, company or corporation using gas- 
tar and oil, and offending by contamination of 
water or nuisance as aforesaid, and shall be re- 
coverable, and be applied in the like manner as 
the penalties and forfeitures hereby imposed in 
respect of gas are authorized and directed to be 
recovered and applied.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Lord William Bentinck do carry 
the Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


Two Petitions from Sugar Refiners of London; 
praying that they may be heard, by themselves, their 
counsel or agents, against certain parts of the Sugar 
Refining Patent Bill,—were presented, and read. 

And the said Petitions were ordered to be re- 
ferred to the Committee on the Bill; and the Peti- 
tioners heard, by themselves, their counsel or agents, 
upon their Petitions, if they think fit; and counsel 
heard, in favour of the Bill, against the said Peti- 
tions. 


Petitions from Blandford Forum ;—and, Water- 
ford (two Petitions); praying for the establishment 
of a low and uniform rate of Postage on Letters,— 
were presented, and read ; and referred to the Select 
Committee on Postage. 


A Petition of the Chamber of Commerce of Water- 





imperative on all vessels belonging to the United 
Kingdom and its dependencies to be provided with, | 
and exhibit night signals, was presented, and _ read ; | 
and ordered to lie upon the ‘Table. 


Petitions from Members of the Committee of the 
London Working Men’s Association ;— Swaffham ; 
—London ;—and, Berwick-upon-Tweed; praying for 
the establishment of a National system of Education, 


the Table. 


Mr. Yates reported from the Select Committee 
on Public Petitions ; That they had examined the 
Petitions presented from the 16th to the 21st days 
of this instant July, both inclusive ; and had directed | 
him to make a Report thereof to the House. 

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


A Petition of Inhabitants of Waterford, praying 
that the Poor Relief (Jreland) Bill may not pass 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 





lie upon the Table. 





A. 1838. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Short-time Factories Re. 
Committee of Factory Operatives of Leeds, praying gulation Bill, 
that the Factories Regulation Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Tarrant Gunville, church 
praying the House to leave the Established Church Property, 
in the full enjoyment of its endowments, and that 
no portion of its revenues may be diverted to other 
than ecclesiastical purposes, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Waterford, praying Spirits 
that the sale of Spirits by Grocers in Jreland may (teland.) 
be prohibited, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Schoolmasters, Members of the Education 
“ Northern Teachers’ Friendly Association,” School (teland.) 
Managers, Visitors and others, approving the objects 
of said Association, in the county of Antrim, pray- 
ing for the adoption of a general system of Educa- 
tion in Ireland, and that measures may be devised 
for improving the general character and condition 
of Irish elementary schoolmasters, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Benjamin Robert Haydon, stating School of 
that in the arrangements for the instruction of the Desig 
English Mechanic in the school established by the 
present Government, the study of the human figure, 
so important a component part of the studies of the 
French Mechanic at Lyons, and the Scotch Mechanic 
in Edinburgh is left out; and praying that the 
English School of Design be conducted on the 
same principles as those Schools which have given 
Foreign mechanics their superiority over the English 
mechanic, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chamber of Commerce of Marine 
Waterford, praying for the repeal of the duty on Insurance. 
Policies of Marine Insurance, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Waterford, praying Salmon 
that the Salmon Fisheries (Zreland) Bill may pass Tiaelad) Bil 
into a law, was presented, and read ; and ordered eas 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chamber of Commerce of the Bonded Com 


| city of Waterford, praying that the Bonded Corn Bi! 


Bill may pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Cadogan Williams, praying the steam Vessels 
House to direct the Lords of the Admiralty to cause 
experiments to be made to ascertain a safe mode 
for constructing boilers for Steam Vessels, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Canada 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of all Appointments made by the 
Earl of Durham since his arrival in Canada; the 
date of the Appointments; the Names of Persons 
holding such Appointments; and the Salaries at- 
tached to each. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Mediterrenem 
into a Committee, to consider of granting rates of Postase- 
Postage 








Is. 


Dean Forest 
Mines Bill, 


2 Vicroriz. 


Postage on Letters sent by packet-boats in the Me- 
diteranean and other parts. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That the following Rates of Postage 
be charged on Letters sent by packet-boats between 
the places after mentioned, that is to say ; 


For every single Letter (not having been first | s. d. 
brought from the United Kingdom, or not 
being intended to be conveyed to the United 
Kingdom) transmitted by packet-boat between 
any places situate upon the Mediterranean 
Sea, the Adriatic Sea, the Archipelago and 
Black Sea, in Turkey in Europe and Asia, in 
Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, in the Medi- 
terranean, and upon the Northern Coast of 
Africa, whether in the Mediterranean or the 
Straits of Gibraltar, the sum of - - - - 6 

And for every single Letter (not having been 
first brought from the United Kingdom, or not 
being intended to be sent to the United King- 
dom) transmitted between any of the places 
aforesaid, and any place in the East Indies, by 
way of the Red Sea or the Persian Gulf, in 
addition to any other rates of Postage which 
may be payable in respect of such last-men- 
tioned Letters, the sumof - - - - - 6 





2. Resolved, That the Postmaster General be 
authorized to charge Rates of Packet Postage on 
Letters sent by packet-boats between ports and 

laces where Rates of Postage have not hitherto 
een established. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 


Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for regulating the opening and 
working of Mines and Quarries in the Forest of 
Dean and Hundred of Saint Briavels, in the County 
of Gloucester ; and the same were read, as follow; 

Pr. 9. 1, 29. Leave out “ or persons.” 

Pr. 10. 1. ult. In the interlineation, 1. 4. leave 
out the second “the,” and insert “ his.” 

Pr. 11. 1.9. Leave out “ other,” and in the 
same line after “ Commissioners”’ insert “ of Her 
“ Majesty’s Woods, Forests, Land Revenues, Works 
“ and Buildings for the time being.” 

Pr. 11. 1.15. In the interlineation 1. 25. leave 
out “ other.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 26. After “Commissioners” insert 
“* of Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests, Land Reve- 
“ nues, Works and Buildings for the time being.” 
- In Clause (A.), added by way of rider to the 

ill: 

Line 7. After “ Act” insert “ or shall not use 
“‘ due diligence in the execution thereof, or shall 
“ become possessed of any right, title or interest to 
“ or in the said mines, minerals or quarries.” 

Line 12. Leave out from “ them” to “to” in 
1. 18., and insert “ or for the Commissioners for the 
“time being of Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests, 

Land Revenues Works and Buildings.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 29. After “I” insert “and not pos- 
sessed of any right, title or interest to or in the 
mines, minerals, or quarries, within the Forest of 
Dean, or the Hundred of Saint Briavels, and 
“ that I.” 


Pr. 11. 1. 34. Leave out “ present,” and insert 
first and second.” 


Pr. 13. 1. 4. After “Treasury” insert Clause (A.) 


“ec 


cad 
wn 





23° Julie. 739 


iT 


such clerk as aforesaid, it shall be lawful for such 
“ poor person to require such clerk to act as his or 
we agent and protector, and such clerk shall 
thereupon inquire into any such facts and matters 
as may be advanced before him by such poor 
person, and into any other facts and matters 
which may in his opinion be necessary to the 
elucidation of any such claim, and shall to the 
best of his knowledge and ability place the same 
before the said Commissioners fairly, and with 
good faith, so that in all cases right may be done 
to the poor as well as unto the rich.” 

Pr, 14. 1. 25. After “ Newnham” insert “or.” 
Pr. 22. 1. 19. After “‘ claiming,” insert “through 
“2.” 

Pr. 22. 1. 30. After “ Hundred” insert “ or of 
any estate or interest therein.” 

Pr. 46. 1. 27. Leave out “or,” and insert 
“ mortgages ” and in the same line after “ leases,” 
insert “ or other dispositions.” 

Pr. 46. 1.35. Leave out from “sales” to “ and” 
in 1.36., and insert “ mortgages, leases or other 
“ dispositions.” 

Pr. 46. 1. ult. Leave out “or,” and insert 
“ mortgaged,” and in the same line, after “leased ” 
insert ‘“ or otherwise disposed of.” 

Pr. 47. 1. 3. After “the” insert “ mortgagors 
or mortgagees.”’ 

Pr. 66. 1.18. After “direct” insert “ and for 
the purposes of this Act, the day shall be taken 
to begin at ten of the clock in the forenoon, and 
end at five of the clock in the afternoon.” 

Pr. 68. 1. 30. After “inrolments” insert “ Pro- 
vided always, That the power hereby given to 
grant licenses for forming any railroad or tram- 
road, along or across any of the inclosures of Her 
Majesty, shall not extend to abridge or prejudice 
any rights or privileges now by law vested in any 
Company or Companies heretofore established 
and empowered by Act of Parliament, to make 
and maintain railways within the said Forest.” 

Pr. 76. 1. 12. Leave out from “ Act,” to “ shall” 
inl, 15. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Robert Gordon do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 


House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


“ 


n 
n 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Dean Forest 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, — 
intituled, An Act to empower the Commissioners of -_ 


Her Majesty’s Woods, Forests and Land Revenues, 
to confirm the Titles to, and to grant Leases of En- 
croachments on the Forest of Dean, in the County 
of Gloucester ; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 11. 1. 36. Leave out “ after.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 9. Leave out “ after.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 15. Leave out from “ reserved”? to the 
second “and,” inl. 21. ae 

Pr. 18. 1. 26. Leave out “ the covenants,” and 
insert “ such covenant.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 27. Leave out “on the part of the 
“ Lessee.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Robert Gordon do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


The ingrossed Bill to appoint additional Commis- Land Tax 
sioners for executing the. Acts granting a Land —a 
poor persons having or claiming to have a right,!Tax and Duties on Personal Estates, Offices and Xs ®™ 
title or interest to or in the said mines, minerals | Pensions, was, according to Order, read the third 
or quarries or any of them; Be it Enacted, That | time. 
if any such poor person shall desire to have his| Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
or her claim brought before the Commissioners} Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
a a under this Act or their successors by | the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

on. 93. 


5B2 The 


i Cravuse (A.) “ And whereas there may be divers 


&lt; 
if 
1610 ‘ 


nan On 


“c 








Turnpike Acts 
Continuance 
Bill. 


Turnpike Acts 
Continuance 
(ireland) Bill, 


Supply. 


Administration 
of Justice (New 
South Wales, 
&amp;e.) Bill. 


Prisons Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


County 
Treasurers 


(Ireland) Bill. 


South Australia 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill, 


Tithes 
(Ireland) Bill. 


No. 615. 


740 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Turnpike Acts Conti 
nuance Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Turnpike Acts Conti- 
nuance (Jreland) Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Bernal reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Wednesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Administration of Justice (New South Wales, 
&amp;c.) Bill was, according to Order, read a second 
time; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for resuming the 
adjourned Debate upon the Question proposed upon 
Saturday last, That the Clause which was offered 
to be added upon the third reading of the ingrossed 


Bill for the better ordering of Prisons, be now |. 


brought up. 

And the Question being again proposed :—The 
House resumed the said adjourned Debate. 

And the Question being put :—It was resolved in 
the Affirmative. 

The said Clause was accordingly brought up, and 
read the first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the { Mr. Langdale, 1131 
Yeas. Mr. Gibson: J : 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Estcourt, \ $1 
Noes. Sir Robert Harry Inglis : : 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—The said 
Clause was accordingly read a second and third 
time, and agreed to, to be made part of the Bill, by 
way of rider. 

Then several other ingrossed Clauses were added, 
by way of riders; and Amendments were made to the 

ill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell 

and Mr. Farrer : 
Mr. Speaker : 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to amend an Act of the last Session of Parlia- 
ment, for providing more effectual means to make 
Treasurers of Counties and Counties of Cities in 
Treland account for Public Monies, and to secure 
the same, without any Amendment: And also, 


Tne Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to amend an Act of the fourth and fifth years 
of his late Majesty, empowering his Majesty to 
erect South Australia into a British Province or 
Provinces, with an Amendment; to which Amend- 
ment the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
—And then the Messengers withdrew. 

The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Tithes (Jreland) Bill. 


(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 
graph. 


23° Julie. 








A. 1838. 


Preamble postponed. 


Cravuse, N° 1. (Compositions for Tithes abol- 
ished )—~—read. 


Amendment proposed: To leave out from the 
words “ authority of the same,” and to insert instead 
thereof, the following words: “ That the right of all 
“ persons in and to all Tithes or Compositions for 
se Tithes heretofore accrued, or at any time hereafter 
to accrue due in Jreland, shall wholly cease and 
determine: Provided, that nothin lneeia con- 
tained shall extend to any arrears of Compositions 
heretofore accrued, due and payable to or by any 
person entitled to the receipt, or bound to the 
payment of the same by virtue of any such certi- 
ficate of agreement as is mentioned in an Act 

ene in the second and third year of his late 
“ Majesty’s reign, intituled, ‘An Act to amend 
three Acts, passed respectively in the fourth, fifth, 
and in the seventh and eighth years of the reign 
of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, pro- 
viding for the establishing of Compositions for 
Tithes in Zreland, and to make such Compositions 
permanent ;’ and provided further, That nothing 
herein contained shall extend to any Composi- 
tions for Tithes, the right whereto may be vested 
in Her Majesty under the provisions hereinafter 
following, nor to any Tithes, or Composition for 
Tithes, for the recovery whereof any suit, action 
or other proceeding shall have been commenced 
previous to the sixteenth day of July in this pre- 
sent year, in any Court of Law or Equity, but 
that the plaintiff may either prosecute such action 
or other proceeding, or discontinue or dismiss the 
same without payment of costs, at his option ; 
and if he shall think fit to discontinue or dismiss 
the same, and if such Tithes or Compositions for 
Tithes shall have accrued due for the years One 
thousand eight hundred and thirty-four, One thou- 
sand eight hundred and thirty-five, One thousand 
eight hundred and thirty-six, or One thousand 
eight hundred and thirty-seven, then and in such 
case he shall be entitled to the like relief as other 
— entitled to Tithes or Compositions for 

ithes for those years may have under the provi- 
“ sions of this Act.” 


Question, That the words proposed to be left out 
stand part of the Clause,——put, and Negatived. 


Question proposed, That the proposed words be 
added instead thereof; 


Amendment proposed to the said proposed Amend- 
ment: To insert after the word “ accrued,” the words 
“ due in Ireland shall, in the cases hereafter men- 
“ tioned, be vested in Her Majesty, her heirs and 
“ successors, and that the rights of all persons in 
“ and to all Tithes or Compositions for Tithes.” 

Question put, That the proposed words be there 
inserted ; 

The Committee divided : 


“ 
“ 


Tellers for the { Colonel Perceval, 101 
Yeas. UMr. Lefroy : } : 

Tellers for the f Mr. Edward John Stanley, 122 
Noes. L Mr. Robert Steuart: } ane 


Proposed Amendment agreed to. 


Question put, That the Clause, as amended, stand 
part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for thef Mr. Edward John Stanley, } 171, 


Yeas. Mr. Robert Steuart: 
Tellers for thes Mr. Hume, } 43 
Noes. \ Mr. Sanford: : 


Crause N° 2, disagreed to. 


Cuausg, N° 3, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravses N°4 to N° 7, agreed to. 
Ciavse N° 8, amended, and agreed to. 
Cravusgs N° 9 to N° 20, agreed to. 


CravuseE N° 21, amended, and agreed to. 
CLAUSES, 





Mails on 
Railways Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Appointments 
Suspension Bill. 


Bankrupte 
Court Bill 


County of Clare 
Advance Bill, 


2 Vicroriz. 


Cravsss, N° 22 to N° 29, agreed to. 
Cause, N° 30, amended, and agreed to. 


Crause, N° 3], agreed to. 


Cravustz, N° 32, amended, and agreed to. 
Curause, N° 33, disagreed to. 
Cuiauszs, N° 34 to N° 42, agreed to. 


Cuavss offered: “ Provided always, That nothing 
in this Act contained shall authorize the remission 
of any such instalment as aforesaid, &amp;c. 


Amendment proposed: At the end of the Clause, 
to leave out the words “ or by persons having such 
“ like estates or interests in the lands charged there- 
‘¢ with as would make the owners thereof liable to 
“ the payment of Rent-charge under the provisions 
“ of this Act.” 


Question put, That the words proposed to be left 
out stand part of the Clause ; 


The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Fox Maule, Lea 
Yeas. \ Mr. Labouchere : fine 
Tellers for the f Mr. Lucas, } 98 
Noes. Captain Jones : ; 


Clause offered, “ That the expenses of the 
revision of Memorials and Schedules be first de- 
frayed out of the Fund in the Exchequer, and 
the residue distributed rateably among the Memo- 
rialists.” 

Question put, That the Clause be added to the 
Bill ; 

The Committee divided : 


Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Solicitor-General, 7 eo 
Yeas. Mr. Robert Steuart : ha 
Tellers for the { Mr. Lefroy, } 51 
Noes, { Sir Robert Harry Inglis : : 


Several Clauses amended, and added. 
Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





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


Martis, 24° die Julti, 1838: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Bernal reported the Bill accordingly ; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Thursday 
next. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


Mr. Labouchere reported the Mails on Railways 
Bill; and the Amendments were read, and agreed 
to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Appointments Suspen- 
sion Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Bankruptcy Court Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the County of Clare Advance Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 
Ordered, That the Bill be withdrawn. 
VoL. 93. 


25° 4° Julie. 


741 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Sea Coast Fisheries (Jreland) Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
three months, resolve itself into the said Com- 
mittee. 


ing to Order, read the third time; and the Amend- 
ments following were made to the Bill : 


After Clause (A.) added by the Committee to the 
Bill, insert Clauses (B.) and (C.) 


Cravsek (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That in all 
cases where tithes, or rent-charge in lieu of tithes, 
and the lands out of which the same are payable, 
are both settled to the same uses, it shall be 
lawful for any person in possession of an estate 
for life in both such lands and tithes, or rent- 
charge in lieu of tithes, by any deed or declaration 
under his hand and seal, to be made in such form 
as the said Commissioners shall approve, and to 
be confirmed under their seal, to release, assign 
or otherwise dispose of such tithes or rent-charge 
so that the same may be absolutely merged and 
extinguished in the freehold and inheritance of 
the lands out of which such tithes shall have been 
issuing, or on which such rent-charge shall have 
been charged.” 


Crause (C.) “ And whereas doubts have been 
entertained whether, according to the true con- 
struction of the said Act any tithes, or rent-charge 
in lieu of tithes, can be merged in lands of copy- 
hold tenure, and it is expedient that such doubts 
should be removed; BE it therefore Declared 
and Enacted, That the provisions in the said Act 
contained, as to the merger of any tithe, or rent- 
charge in lieu of tithe, shall be deemed and taken 
to extend to all lands being copyhold of inherit- 
ance, or copyhold for lives, or of any other tenure 
whatsoever.” 

In the Title of the Bill: 
L. 2. Leave out “ and,” and insert “ in. 
Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 
ass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lynch do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


“ 
“ 
‘ 


nn 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


a 


“ 
“ 


&gt;? 


into a Committee upon the Arms and Gunpowder 
(Ireland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Robert 
Steuart reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 














rizing an Advance of Exchequer Bills, or of Mone 


Sea Coast 
Fisheries 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to fa- Tithesand Lana 
cilitate the Merger of Tithes and Land, was, accord- Merger Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Arms and 


Gunpowder 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Shannon 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of autho- Navigation 


dvance of 


Y Exchequer 


out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- Bills.] 


dom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the Improve- 


ment of the Navigation of the River Shannon ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The nay ag: Fund Increase (Jreland) Bill was, Perpetuity 


according to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for Fri- 
day next. 


Fund Increase 
(Ireland) Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Bankrupts’ 
further consideration the Report on the Bankrupts’ Estates 


Estates Scotland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


5B3 The 


(Scotland) Bill. 





742 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


Ways and 
Means, 


Tmprisonment 


: The Order of the day being read, for the third 
for Debt Bill. 


reading of the Imprisonment for Debt Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


Constables on 
Public Works 
Bill, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Constables on Public Works 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Robert Steuart re- 
orted, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Registration of 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
Electors Bill. 


reading of the Registration of Electors Bill; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


Post Office Bi. The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Post Office Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 


itself into the said Committee. 


Shannon Navi- 
gation Bill. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Shannon Navigation Bill; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Thursday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the ingrossed Bill to facilitate the Foun- 
dation and Endowment of additional Schools in 
Scotland ; 

Anda Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the Bill be now read the third time; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided: 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Edward John Stanley,\ 42 

Yeas, Mr. John Parker : P he 

Tellers for the [ Mr. Gillon, lar 

Noes, Mr. Philip Howard: shes 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Schools 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Entails 


(Scotland) Bill The Order of the day being read, for the second 


reading of the Entails (Scotland) Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
To-morrow. 
Judges’ 


Jurisdiction 
Extension Bill. 


The Judges’ Jurisdiction Extension Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 
day. 

Customs Bill © The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Customs Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 


next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Gibraltar, &amp;c. 
Lighthouses 


Bill. 


The Gibraltar, &amp;c. Lighthouses Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time ; and committed to a 
x . &gt; e 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 
Parliamentary The ingrossed Bill to provide for the better Re- 
Burghs ., gulation of Municipal Corporations in the several 
(Scotland) Bill. rohe ¢ aa * 

Burghs and Towns of Scotland which now return 


Q3°—24° Juli. 





A. 1838. 


or contribute to return Members to Parliament, and 
are not Royal Burghs, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause was offered to be added to 
the Bill, by way of rider, respecting Electors in Bo- 
roughs, in Schedule (A.) 

And a Motion being made, and the Question be- 
mg. put, That the said Clause be now brought up ; 

he House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for thes Mr. Gillon, } 6 

Yeas, Mr. Wallace: 
Tellers for the; Mr. Edward John Stanley, \. 
Noes, { Mr. John Parker: J 

So it passed in the Negative. 

Then an Amendment was made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


46. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second spirit Licenses 
reading of the Spirit Licenses (Zreland) Bill ; (Ireland) Bill, 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time To- 


morrow. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed raucation 
on the State of Education in Scotland. (Scotland.) 

Ordered, That the Committee be nominated To- 
morrow. 


Lord Viscount Howick reported from the Select ititia 
Committee appointed to prepare Estimates of the Estimates. 
Charge of the Disembodied Militia of Great Bri- No. 616. 
tain and Ireland, for a year, to the 31st day of March 
1839; That they had prepared the said Estimates 
accordingly ; and directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

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


The Oaths Validity Bill was read the first time ; Oaths Validity 
and ordered to be read a second time upon Thurs- Bill. 
day next. No. 617. 
Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill County of Clare 
to authorize the County of Clare to borrow a Sum of Treasurer Bill 
Money for the relief of the Creditors and others re- 
maining unpaid by reason of the default of the late 
Treasurer of the said County, to provide for the re- 
payment of the same, and to direct Proceedings in 
reference to the default of such late Treasurer: And 
that Mr. More O’ Ferrall and Lord Viscount Mor- 
peth, do prepare and bring it in. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Grand Jury 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, inti- Sane 
tuled, An Act to amend the Law relating to the’ 
levy of Grand Jury Cess in the County of the 
City of Dublin; and the same was read, as fol- 
loweth ; 

Pr. 1. 1. 8. Leave out from “ the” to “ and,” 
in |, 13. and insert “ fifth year of the reign of King 
“ George the Fourth, intituled, An Act to provide 
“ for valuing the Houses situate in and near the Cit 
“ of Dublin, and for the more equal Payment of the 
“ local Taxes there.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Merchant — 
Return from the Trustees of the Merchant Seamen’s Seameu’s Fund. 
Fund at the several Cut-ports not under the manage- 
ment of the Corporation in London, of the Gross 

Amount 








2 VicToriz. 


Amount of Pensions paid to each of the three Classes 
of Disabled Seamen, Widows and Children, and of 
the Rates of Pension and Number of Pensioners in 
each class, for the year ending the 31st of December 
1837. 


County of Clare Mr. More O’ Ferrall presented a Bill to authorize 
Treasurer Bill. the County of Clare to borrow a Sum of Money for 
No.618. the relief of the Creditors and others remaining un- 
paid by reason of the default of the late Treasurer of 
the said County, to provide for the re-payment of the 
same, and to direct Proceedings to be taken in re- 
ference to the default of such late Treasurer: And 
the same was read the first time; and ordered to 

be read a second time this day; and to be printed. 


New Churches. | Ordered, That the Eighteenth Report of the Com- 
No. 619. missioners for building New Churches, which was 
presented upon Friday last, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till half an hour after one of the clock on 
Tuesday morning, adjourned till this day. 








Martis, 24° die Julit ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


Postage (Pub- Meo oe from the Treasury, was called in ; and 

lic Offices. ) at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders,— 

A Return of the Public Offices that frank and receive 

Letters free:—And a Return, in detail, of the total 

Expense and Sums total incurred on account of 

Postage in each of the Five last years ending 5th 

January 1838, by each Public Office not franking 

or receiving Letters free. 

An Account of the Quantity of Foreign and Colo- 
nial Grain and Meal remaining in warehouse on the 
5th of July 1838. 

Bones. An Account of the Quantity of Bones imported into 
the United Kingdom from Foreign Countries in the 
years 1835 and 1836, distinguishing the Quantity 
from each country:—And then he withdrew. 

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


Grain and ~ 
Meal, 


William Boyce. A Petition of William Boyce, late Surgeon in the 
Royal Navy, complaining of having been deprived 
of his rank and half-pay, and praying the House to 
take his case into consideration, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 
Parochial Petitions from Clergy of the Rural Deanery of 
——— Southampton, in the Archdeaconry of Winchester ;— 
; and, Dyffryn; praying that the Parochial Assess- 
ments Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


_ Postage. Petitions from Sutherland;—and, Warrington ; 
praying for the establishment of a low and uniform 
rate of Postage on Letters,—were presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Postage. 


Royal Burghs 


A Petition of the Royal Burghs of Scotland, in 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Convention assembled, praying that the Royal 
Burghs (Scotland) Bill may not pass into a law as 
it now stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


‘taney Petitions from Ripon ;—Knaresborough and Har- 

(India. rogate ;— Aylesbury ;—Leicester ;— Worcester ;— Ta- 
vistock ;—Cheetham Hill;—Manchester (four Peti- 
tions) ;— Falmouth ;— and, Penryn; praying the 
House to prohibit the interference of British func- 
tionaries in the management of Idolatrous Observ- 
ances in Jndia,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vou. 93. 


23°—94° Julii. 743 


A Petition of the Magistrates and Town Council Pilotage Bill. 
of Dumfries, praying that the Pilotage Bill may not 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Birmingham, praying Recovery of 
that the Recovery of Tenements Bill may pass into Tenements Bill. 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 

upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Glasgow, praying Royal Burghs 
that the Royal Burghs (Scotland) Bill may pass (Scotland) Bill. 
into a law, was presented, and read; and ordered 

to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Chairman of the Glasgow Employment 
Branch Association of all Classes ;—and, Finsbury; of the Poor. 
praying the House to take into consideration the 

plans a by Mr. Robert Owen for the Employ- 

ment of the Poor,—were presented, and read; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Arbroath, praying gible Printing 
the House to refuse any application for a renewal of (Scotland) Bill. 
the Patent now possessed by Her Majesty’s Printers 

in Scotland of printing Bibles, was presented, and 

read; and ordered to Tie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Ashton-under-Lyne, Bonding 
praying for the establishment of Inland Bonding Warehouses. 
Varehouses, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


of Warrington, praying that all Votes for Members 
toserve in Parliament be taken by Ballot, was pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Short Time Factories 
Committee of Factory Operatives of Stockport, Regulation Bill. 
praying that the Factories Regulation Bill may not 
pass into a law, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Dean and Chapter of the Cathe- Ecclesiastical 
dral Church and Metropolitical Church of Christ, Appointments 
Canterbury, praying that the Ecclesiastical Appoint- 
ments Suspension Bill may not pass into a law, was 


= and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Henbury, praying Maynooth 
the House not to sanction any further grant to the College 
Roman Catholic College of Maynooth, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Tralee ;— Tralee and Killarney ;— Spirit Dealers 
and, Jrim; praying that Spirit Dealers in Zre- ‘'*l*"¢) 
land may be placed upon the same footing with those 
in England and Scotland,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the there-undersigned of Ryde, Negro Appren- 
praying for the abolition of the system of Negro ‘ieship- 
Apprenticeship, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Order made Navy Prize 
upon Thursday last, That there be laid before this Money- 

ouse, a Copy of the last Order in Council for 
distribution of Prize Money in the Navy, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the last Proclamation of Her 
Majesty for distribution of Prize Money in the 
Navy. 








5B4 Ordered, 


A Petition of Magistrates, Gentry and Inhabitants Vote by Ballot. 


? Suspension Bill. 


| 
| 
| 
| 
| 





744 


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


Answer to 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the 
Addresses. 


House, That their several Addresses of the 18th, 20th 
and 23d days of this instant July, (That Her Ma- 
jesty would be graciously pleased to give directions, 
that the Papers therein mentioned might be laid 
before this House) had been presented to Her Ma- 
jesty; and that Her Majesty had commanded him 
to acquaint this House, that She will give directions 
accordingly. 
Canada. Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to an Address 
to Her Majesty,—A Return of all Appointments 
made by the Earl of Durham since his arrival in 
Canada, the date of the Appointments, and the 
Names of Persons holding such Appointments. 
Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 


Turnpike Acts 
Continuance 
Bill. 


Mr. Fox Maule reported the Turnpike Acts Con- 
tinuance Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Turnpike Acts 
Continuance 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Mr. Fox Maule reported the Turnpike Acts Con- 
tinuance (Ireland) Bill; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Arms and Mr. Fox Maule reported the Arms and Gun- 
Gunpowder 


(Ireland) Bill. powder (Jreland) Bill; and the Amendments were 
read, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Administration The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
South Wels)” into a Committee upon the Administration of Justice 
Ke. Bill, (ew South Wales), &amp;c. Bill; and, after some time 
spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and 
Mr. Robert Steuart reported, That the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and directed him to report 
the same, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 


Constables on Mr. Fox Maule reported the Constables on Public 
= Works Works Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
: agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Gibraltar, &amp;c. 
Lighthouses 
Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Gibraltar, &amp;c. Light- 
houses Bill. 

(In the Committee.) 


Bill read 1°; to be read 2°, paragraph by para- 3 


graph. 
Preamble postponed. 
Cravse N° 1, agreed to. 


Criause N° 2 (In respect of every vessel not be- 
longing to Her Majesty, at each time of departing 
from any port or place in the United Kingdom to any 
port or place in the Mediterranean Sea, or at, within, | 
or near to the entrance of the said Sea :)—Pro- 
posed to fill the blank with “ one shilling ;” 

Question put, That the blank be filled with “ one 
shilling ;” | 

The Committee divided : 

Tellers for the fy Mr. Edward John Stanley,\ .. 
Yeas, { Mr. Fox Maule : J ~ 
Tellersforthes Mr. Hume, ali 
Noes, | Mr. Wallace : } ee 

Cravuse N° 3, agreed to. 


24° Julit. 








A. 1838. 


Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 








Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Robert 
Steuart reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell Message from 
and Mr. Wingfield: ee Sate, 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to consolidate and amend Glass Duties 
the Laws for collecting and securing the Duties of Bill. 
Excise on Glass: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to transfer the Manage- Waterloo 
ment of certain Annuities on Lives from the Trustees Amuities Bill. 
of the Waterloo Subscription Fund, to the Com- 
missioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, 
and to amend several Acts for enabling the said Com- 
missioners to grant Life Annuities and Annuities 
for Terms of Years: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, Sudbury Town 
An Act for authorizing the Mayor, Aldermen and Lands Bill. 
Burgesses of the Borough of Sudbury, in the County 
of Suffolk, to release and discharge from Shackage 
and Commonage certain lands within the said Bo- 
rough, and for other purposes relating to other 
Lands belonging to the said Borough, with Amend- 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Cirencester 
to authorize the holding the Court of the Seven Hundreds Court 
Hundreds of Cirencester, in the County of Glou- . 
cester, at any other place within the said Seven 
Hundreds as wellas at Cirencester, and to amend the 
Act relating thereto; to which the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House :—And then the Mes- 
sengers withdrew. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Poor Relief 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, (Ireland) Bill. 
intituled, An Act for the more effectual Relief of the 
Destitute Poor in Jreland ; and the same were read, 
as follow : 

Pr. 2. l. 4. Leave out “ oaths,” and insert 
“ oath.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 37. After ““Workhouses ”’ insert “ Houses 
of Industry and Foundling Hospitals.” 

Pr. 3. 1.5. Leave out “ destitute.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 30. After “ state” insert “ unless one 
of Her Majestv’s Secretaries of State shall sooner 
“ allow the same.” 

Pr, 7.1.2. After “ seal” insert “to any one of 
the Commissioners or.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 3. Leave out “such,” and insert “ acting 
in Ireland any.” : 

Pr. 7. 1. 4. After “hereby” insert “ or by any 
other Act.” 

Pr.9. 1. 37. After “ any” insert “ other.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 4. Leave out “of an,” and insert 
other.” 

Pr. 11. 1.33. After “fit”? insert “ so neverthe- 
less, that in making or altering such electoral 
divisions, no townland shall be divided: Provided 
always, That whenever one or more townlands 
lying adjacent shall be the property of one or 
more proprietors, who shall be rated instead of the 
occupiers of such property as hereinafter is pro- 
vided, and who shall serve notice in writing to 
that effect upon the Commissioners, the said Com- 
missioners shall be at liberty, if they shall deem 
it expedient, to form such townland or townlands 
“ into an electoral district.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 10. After “Guardians ” insert “b 
reason whereof there shall be no legally consti- 
“ tuted Board of Guardians of such Union.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 24. Leave out from “ Act” to “ the,” 
in 1, 27, and in 1. 27, after “ Commissioners,” insert 
“ shall 


‘ 


wn 


na 
nw 


~ 
wn. 








2 Vicroriz. 


“ 
&lt; 


n 


electoral division, or shall declare the place of 
such Guardian as aforesaid to be void, as the case 
may be, and in such latter case shall order a fresh 
election of a Guardian in lieu of such Guardian 
as aforesaid ; and if an election of Guardians for 
such electoral division or Union shall not there- 
upon take place, or any Guardian who may be 
elected at such fresh election shall neglect or re- 
“ fuse to act, then the Commissioners.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 33. Leave out from “ Act” to “ as,” 
in |. 35. 

Pr. 17, 1. 7. Leave out from “ Act” to “ shall,” 
in |. 8. 

Pr. 17. 1. 13. Leave out from “ Guardians” to 
“ and,” in 1. 24. 
Pr. 17. 1. 34. After “ Commissioners ” insert 
shall declare such Board of Guardians to be dis- 
solved, and shall order a fresh election of the 
Guardians of such Union; and in case the Guar- 
dians elected at such fresh election shall not hold 
regular meetings at the times enjoined by the 
orders of the Commissioners, or in case, through 
the default of such Guardians, the duties of such 
Board of Guardians shall not be duly and effec- 
tually discharged according to the intention of 
this Act, then the Commissioners.” 

Pr. 18. 1. 32. After “ sued ” insert “ plead and 
“ be impleaded in law and in equity.” 

Pr. 19.1. 18. After “at” insert “ any.” 
Pr. 19. 1. 23. Leave out from “ Commissioners ” 
to “ upon,” in 1. 25. 

Pr. 19.1.33. After “ Guardians” insert “ and 
countersigned by their clerk.” 

Pr. 21. ]. 2. Leave out “ and.” 

Pr. 21.1. 36. After “of” insert “ Auditors, 
Returning Officers and.” 

Pr. 22. 1. 5. Leave out “ townland” and insert 
electoral division.” 

Pr. 23. 1. 18. After “ Parliamentary ” insert 
tax.” 

Pr. 23. 1.25. After “real” insert “ and the 
produce of any tax.” 

Pr. 24. 1.19. After “ every ” insert “ such.” 

Pr. 24. 1.25. After “ but” insert “ every.” 

Pr, 24. 1.27. After ‘‘ shall ” insert “ subject 
always to the control and orders of the Commis- 
sioners.” 

Pr, 24. 1. 33. After “direct” insert “ Provided 
always, That such Commissioners shall take 
measures for the gradual reduction of the number 
of inmates in such Foundling Hospitals, due re- 
gard being had to the welfare and protection of 
the objects of the charity.” 

Pr. 26. 1. 32. After “ thereof ” insert Clause (A). 

Ciause (A.) “Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That after the period at which the 
Commissioners shall have declared the Work- 
house of the Union fit for the reception of desti- 
tute poor, it shall not be lawful for the Commis- 
sioners to direct the expenditure in such Union of 
any sum or sums of money exceeding Four hun- 
dred pounds for any of the purposes aforesaid, 
without the previous consent in writing of a majo- 
rity of the elected Guardians of such Union, 
except for the completion of buildings already in 
part erected, according to the plan or plans origi- 
nally sanctioned by the Commissioners, and depo- 
sited with the clerk of the Union.” 

Pr. 26.1. 37. After “ interest” insert “ other 
than lessees rendering rent, and not holding for a 


«“ 
“ 
ae 
‘ 
“ 


n 


&lt;&lt; 
&lt;&lt; 


“ 
” 
‘ 


wn 


¢ 


n 


if4 
“cc 
‘ 


n 


“ 
“ 
“ 


“ 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


“ 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


&lt; 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


nw 


&lt; 


n 


‘ 


wn 


é 


nw 


“cc 
‘ 


wn“ 


“ 
‘ 


n 


‘ 


nx 
nxn nN 


‘ 


n 


&lt; 


nw 


a“ 





life or lives, with covenants for perpetual renewal.” 

Pr. 29. 1. penult. Leave out from “ Act” to 
“ and,” in Pr. 30. }. 21. 

Pr. 31. 1. 27, Leave out “ the.” 

Pr. 31. 1.28. Leave out from “ work” to. 
such” in 1, 29. and insert “ therein, in the first | 
place such destitute poor persons as by reason of 
old age, infirmities or defect, may be unable to 
support themselves, and destitute children, and in 

Vot. 93. | 


“ 
‘ 


n 


“ 
“cc 








Q4° Jultz. 745 


shall order a fresh election of Guardians for such | “ the next place,” and in |. 29. after “ such ” insert 


“ other.” 

Pr. 31. 1. 34. After “ means” insert “ Provided 
always, That in any case where there may not be 
sufficient accommodation for the relief of all the 
persons applying for relief, whom the Guardians 
shall deem to be destitute poor, the Guardians 
shall relieve such of the said persons as may be 
resident in the Union before or in preference to 
“ those who may not be so resident,” and also insert 
Clauses (B.) (C.) and (D.) 

Cravuse (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
“ Commissioners shall cause to be — for the 
“ use of every Union a sufficient number of Register 
Books for making entries of the descriptions of 
persons admitted into and relieved in the Work- 
house according to the form in the First Schedule 
to this Act annexed, and in such Register Books 
shall be printed upon each side of every leaf the 
heads of information herein required to be regis- 
tered respecting the persons so to be admitted and 
relieved, together with such other particulars as 
the Commissioners may prescribe ; and every page 
of each such book shall be numbered progressively 
from the beginning to the end, beginning with 
number One; and every place of entry shall be 
also numbered progressively from the beginning 
to the end of the book, beginning with number 
One ; and every entry shall be divided from the 
following entry . a printed line. 

CuiauseE (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
Commissioners shall furnish to every Board of 
Guardians, for the use of the Master or other prin- 
cipal resident officer of every Workhouse, one of 
such Register Books, at a reasonable price, the 
cost whereof shall be borne by the Union in which 
such Workhouse shall be situate ; and every such 
master or officer shall, as soon as conveniently 
may be, register in the said book the sae 
required to be registered according to the form in 
the said First Schedule, touching every person to 
be admitted into and relieved in such Workhouse ; 
and such Register Book shall be produced at every 
meeting of Guardians for their examination, ap- 
proval or correction, and when so approved or 
corrected, shall be signed by the Chairman, and 
countersigned by the Clerk.” 

Cravuse(D.) “And be it Enacted, That the 
Board of Guardians of every Union shall cause 
accounts to be kept of the expense incurred in 
respect of the persons relieved in any Workhouse 
within such Union, and such accounts shall be 
made up at the end of every six calendar months ; 
and the Board of Guardians shall charge against 
the electoral division as formed by virtue of this 
Act, at the end of such period, the proportion of 
such expense as shall appear to have been incurred 
in respect of every person so relieved, who shall 
be stated in the registry to have been resident 
within such electoral division, and the expense 
incurred in respect of every person so relieved, and 
not stated in the Registry to have been resident 
within such electoral division of the Union, shall 
be borne by and charged against the whole Union : 
Provided always, That from and after the expira- 
tion of Three years from the period at which the 
Commissioners shall have declared the Workhouse 
of the Union fit for the reception of destitute poor, 
it shall be lawful for the Guardians elected for any 
Two or more electoral divisions within such Union, 
by writing under their hands, to agree, with the 
approbation of the said Commissioners, that all 
charges in respect of destitute poor persons resi- 
dent within such electoral divisions respectiveiy, 
shall thenceforth be borne in common by such 
electoral divisions ; and in such case such agree- 
ment, having been first signed by the said Guar- 
dians, shall be signed and sealed by the Commis- 
sioners, and one part thereof deposited with the 
Commissioners, and a counterpart or counterparts 

5c “ thereof, 


“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 


“ 
‘ 


nw 


“ 
“ 
“ 


n 
wn 


.-_ nn RON 
Ce a 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


nw 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


i “a ao 2 62°64 2 2 ¢ 
mn enn ae SS = ee SS 


nx 
wn 


o 
wn“ 


nan On 
na 8 


“cc 
“ 
“cc 
“ 


“cc 


if 
} 








746 


“ thereof, signed by the said Guardians, and signed 
“ and sealed by the Commissioners, deposited with 
“ the Clerk of the Peace of the county in which the 
“ Workhouse of such Union shall be situate; and 
every such Clerk of the Peace shall and is hereby 
required, upon the receipt of such agreement, part 
or counterpart, to file the same with the records 
of such county, and from and after the depositing 
of such last-mentioned agreement or counterpart, 
the same shall be binding upon such electoral 
divisions, and shall not be revoked or annulled, 
unless at the desire of the Guardians elected for 
such Two or more electoral divisions, and with 
the consent of the Commissioners, or unless the 
Commissioners shal] alter any one or more of such 
electoral divisions, any thing hereinbefore con- 
tained to the contrary notwithstanding.” 

Pr. 31.1. penult. After “ them ” insert “ if they 
shall so think fit.” 

Pr. 32. 1. 4. Leave out “ destitute.” 

Pr. 32. Is. 8 and 9. After “ presentment ”’ insert 
or contribution.” 

Pr, 32.1. 11. After “determine” insert Clauses 
(E.) and (F.) 

Crausg (E.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
said Commissioners shall, so soon as conveniently 
may be after the formation of any Union, make 
or cause to be made strict inquiry into the state 
of the several Fever Hospitals, Dispensaries or 


. 
n 


”~ 
n 


. 
n 


n 


”~ 


‘ 


a a 


‘ 


~ «4 n 
~ a &amp; 


“~ 
nn 


cent poor, whether as intern or extern patients, 
existing within the limits of such Union, and into 
the nature and extent of the relief so afforded ; 
and the Commissioners shall report thereupon to 
one of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of 
State, and in such report they shall set forth the 
number of Hospitals or Dispensaries which in their 
opinion ought to be provided for the relief of the 
sick and convalescent poor, in addition to such 
Workhouse or Workhouses as aforesaid, and also 
an estimate of the sum or sums which will be 
annually required for defraying the expenses of 
such additional Hospitals or Dispensaries.”’ 

Cuiause(F.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
Commissioners shall, and are hereby authorized 
from time to time, if requested so to do by the 
Governors of any Hospital or Infirmary supported 
in part by Grand Jury Presentments or Parlia- 
mentary Grants, to inspect and examine into the 
administration of such Hospital or Infirmary, and 
with the concurrence of the said Governors, to 
give such direction for the better and more effec- 
tive management thereof as the said Commis- 
sioners shall think fit, and to cause the same to be 
recorded in the books of such Hospital or Infir- 
mary. 

Pr, 23. 1. 21. Leave out from “ appointment ” to 
“ of,” in 1. 27. 

Pr. 32. 1. penult. Leave out from “ chaplains ” to 
and,” in Pr, 33, 1. 9.and insert “ Provided always, 
That in the appointment of such chaplain, pre- 
ference shall be given to some clergyman of the 
Established Church officiating within the parish 
* in which such Workhouse shall be situated, if duly 
— and in like manner to some Dissenting 
Minister, and some clergyman of the Roman Ca- 
tholic Religion, if duly qualified, acting as such 
within the said parish.” 

Pr. 33. 1.10. Leave out from “ no ” to “ inmate,” 
in 1. 12. and in |. 12. and in 1. 13. after “ Work- 
“ house ” insert “ shall be obliged,” and in 1. 13. 
after “attend ” insert “ or be present at.” 

Pr. 33.1. 25. After “ the” insert “ Guardian or 
“ Guardians.” 

Pr. 33. 1. ult. After “religion ” insert “ in 
some separate room or place in which no persons 
of different religious persuasion shall be.” 

Pr. 35. 1. 1. After “ the” insert “ guardian or.” 
_ Pr. 35. 1. 2. Leave out from “any ” to “ from ” 
in 1, 4, and insert “ electoral division, to direct a 


~ nn «A ~~  @£ Be tee 
se a a | ae” ee ee. oe 


nw 
- 


“ 
n 


~ &amp; 
nn wn 


“ 


‘ 


94° Jultc. 


Institutions for the relief of the sick or convales-_ 














A. 1838. 


meeting of the rate-payers of such division to be 
held, after Fourteen days’ previous notice given 
and published in such form and manner as the 
Commissioners shall direct, at some place within 
the division to be named in such notice, at which 
meeting the Guardian of the division, or if there 
be more than one, such one of the Guardians 
present as shall have been first named in the re- 
turn for such electoral division, and in the absence 
of any such Guardian, some rate-payer to be 
elected by the majority present at the meeting, 
shall be chairman; and if at any such meeting 
the majority in value of the rate-payers present 
shall agree to and sign an application to the Com- 
missioners for the raising of a rate to assist emi- 
gration, it shall be lawful for the Commissioners.” 

Pr. 35. 1.13. Leave out “ Union,” and insert 
division.” ; 

Pr. 35. 1.17. After “ Act ” insert “ on such di- 
vision.” 

Pr..35. 1.18. Leave out “ Union,” 
“ division.’ 

Pr. 35. ls. 26. and 27. After ‘‘ Commissioners ” 
insert “ by the Guardians of the Union.” 

Pr. 35. 1. 31. Leave out from “ persons ” to 
And” in 1. penult. and insert “ resident in such 
division.” 

Pr. 37. 1. 20. After “ lent” insert Clause (G.) 

CriauseE (G.) “ And be it Enacted, That when 
any relief shall have been given to any person 
entitled to or in receipt of any pension, superan- 
nuation or other allowance in respect of his service 
in the Navy, Royal Marines, Army or Ordnance, 
or to his wife, or to any child whom he may be 
liable to maintain, it shall be lawful for the 
Guardians, by minute, to require that the next 
payment which shall become due of such pension 
or allowance shall be made to such Guardians ; 
and such Guardians shall transmit a copy of such 
minute, attested by their clerk, at least Oue month 
before such payment shall become due, addressed 
to the Paymasters General of Her Majesty’s Forces, 
with the words ‘ Chelsea Pensioner,’ or ‘ Green- 
wich Pensioner,’ or ‘ Ordnance Pensioner,’ or 
‘ Royal Marines Pensioner’ (as the case may be), 
written thereon, which said Paymaster General 
shall thereupon, and upon sufficient proof being 
given that the person whose pension or other 
allowance shall be so required to be paid shall 
be living when the same shall become payable, 
and would have been otherwise entitled to receive 
the same, cause payment to be made to such 
Guardians ; and the said Guardians so receiving 
any pension or allowance shall retain and apply 
“ so much thereof as will repay the cost of relief 
“ actually given as aforesaid for the use and in- 
“ demnity of the Union, and shall pay the surplus, 
“« if any, to the pensioner or person entitled thereto; 
“ and upon the receipt of any such minute as afore- 
“ said, the payment of the pension or other allow- 
“ ance mentioned therein shall be suspended, until 
“ sufficient proof shall have been given to entitle 
“ the Guardians named in such minute to receive 
“ the money thereby required to be paid to them.” 

Pr. 37. 1. 22. Leave out “ or bodily.” 

Pr. 38. 1. 20. Leave out from “ person ” 
who ” in |. 21. 

Pr. 38. 1. 22. After “lodged ” insert “ and.” 

Pr. 38. 1. 23. Leave out “ or set to work.” 

Pr. 38. 1. 24. Leave out “ such” and insert 
“ any.” 

Pr. 38. 1. 
in |, 26. ; 

Pr. 38. 1. 30. After “ shall” insert “ refuse to 
“ be set to work, or shall.” 

Pr. 39. 1. 14. After “‘ month” insert Clause (H.) 

Cravse (H.) “ And be it Enacted, That if any 
“ person shall desert and leave his wife, or any child 
“ whom such person shall be liable to maintain, so 


“ that such wife or child shall become destitute re 
“cc e 


and insert 


“ 


? 
“ 
“ 


b 


to 


9 
« 
9 
“ 


25. Leave out from “ while ” to “his” 














2 VicrorRiZ. 


“ 


be relieved in the Workhouse of any Union, every 
such person shall, on conviction thereof before 
any Justice of the Peace at petty sessions in open 
court, either by the confession of the offender, or 
by the evidence of One or more credible witness 
or witnesses, be committed to the common gaol 
or house of correction, there to be kept to hard 
labour for any term not exceeding Three calendar 
months.” 

Pr, 39. 1. 16. Leave out from “ Peace” to 
upon ”’ in |. 19. 

Pr. 40. 1. 1. After “ Union ” insert Clause (I.) 

Cravuse(I.) “ And be it Enacted, That in making 
every such rate, due regard shall be had to the 
amount which shall in manner aforesaid have been 
ascertained to be chargeable upon any electoral 


“cc 
“ 
“cc 
“ 
“ec 
“ 
é 


n~ 


ce 


“ 


« 


nN 


‘ 
‘ 
“cc 


n 


24° Julie. 





division, in respect of its proportion of the ex- 
&lt;é 


&lt;c 


a 
n 


* extend.” 


Pr, 40. 1. 17. After “ always ” insert “ That no 
turf bog or turf bank used for the exclusive pur- 
pose of cutting or saving turf, or for taking turf 
moved therefrom for fuel or for manure, shall be 
rateable under this Act, unless a rent or other 
valuable consideration shall be payable for the 
same: And provided also.” 

Pr. 40. 1. 20. Leave out “ chargeable,” and in- 
sert “ rateable.” 

Pr. 40. 1. 25. Leave out “ chargeable,” and in- 
sert “ rateable.” 

Pr. 40. 1. 32. Leave out “ always,” and insert 
“ also.” 

Pr. 41. 1. 21. Leave out from the second “ year”’ 
to “ the” in 1. 23. 

Pr. 41. 1. 27. After “ state” insert “ and all 
rates, taxes and public charges, if any, except 
“ tithes.” 

Pr. 41. 1. 37. After “ the ” insert “ second.” 

Pr. 42. 1. 12. Leave out Clause (A.), added by 
way of rider to the Bill. 

Pr, 42. 1. 38. Leave out from “the” to “ And” 
in Pr, 43. 1. 30, and insert “ Commissioners, where 
“ they shall see fit, either to appoint or to direct 
the Guardians to appoint a fit professional person 
or persons to make such survey and valuation, or 
to revise and correct any existing survey or valua- 
tion; and for the purpose of making any such 
survey, valuation or revision, the said Guardians, 
or the valuators or surveyor by them appointed, 
may at all reasonable times enter every field, 
garden or other inclosed land, and all buildings 
(not being inhabited dwelling-houses) situate 
within such Union ;” and also insert Clause (K.) 

Criavuse (K) “ And be it Enacted, That every 
body corporate and every Company of Proprietors 
and Joint Stock Company associated by authority 
of Parliament, or by Royal Charter or Letters 
Patent, or to whom any privileges or powers have 
been or shall be granted by Parliament, or by 
Royal Charter, or by Letters Patent, who shall be 
entitled to any tolls or profits from or on account 
of the use of any canal, navigation, railway, right 
of way, or other easement, or to any other tolls 
which shall be rateable under this Act, shall cause 
to be duly kept, accounts showing the gross 
amount of the monthly receipts in respect of such 
tolls and profits received in every year from and 
after the passing of this Act, and also the amount 
of the expenditure in every such year on account 
of the repairs, insurance and other expenses, the 
probable annual average cost of which, under the 
provision hereinbefore contained, should be taken 
into account in ascertaining the net annual value 
of such canal, navigation, railway, right of way, 
easement or tolls, and of the rates, taxes and 
charges thereon; and the Guardians of the Poor 
of the Union or several Unions within which such 


“ec 
é 


wn 


‘ 


n 


ce 
‘ 


n 


“ec 


“ 
“se 
ce 
“ 
“&lt;&lt; 
“ec 
&lt; 


n 


“ 
“ 
“ 


« 


n 


&lt; 


o 


&lt; 
“ec 
¢ 


n 


&lt; 
‘ 


n 


“ 
“é 
‘ 


wn 


&lt; 


na 


«&lt; 
‘ 


wn 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


&lt; 


wn 


‘ 


n 


‘ 
‘ 


nan On 


n ee 


&lt; 
‘&lt; 


a a 


&lt; 


‘ 


wn 


Voi. 93. 


— incurred in the relief of persons within the | : 
orkhouse of the Union, durmg the period to| i 
which the last account of such expenses shall | 


| 
| 
| «6 








747 


or tolls shall be rateable, or any agent by such 
Guardians authorized under their seal, shall have 
free access to and liberty to inspect the same 
during the months of April.and October in every 
year.’ 

Pr. 44, 1. 26. Leave out from “every ” to “shall” 
in l. 27, and insert “ rate-payer within such Union.” 

Pr, 45. 1. 29. After “ demanded ” insert Clause 
(L.) 

Crause (L.) “ Provided always, and be it 
“ Enacted, That in any case where the net annual 
“ value of any property shall not amount to Five 
pounds, if the occupier and his immediate lessor 
by any writing under their hands shall require, 
and if the Guardians of the Union wherein such 
property is situate shall by a minute of their board 
agree thereto, such immediate lessor shall be 
rated instead of such occupier, and such rebate 
from the rate may be made (not exceeding Ten 
per centum) as the Guardians shall by such 
minute, allow, and such minute until altered 
as hereinafter provided, shall bind such les- 
sor, his heirs and assigns, unless the Com- 
missioners shall at any time disallow the same, 
or any part thereof, which shall thenceforth, so far 
as the same shall be disallowed, be of no effect ; 
and such minute shall in no case be altered or 
rescinded by the Guardians until Twelve months 
after the making or last previous alteration thereof, 
nor within Six months after the consent of the 
occupier and lessor to be affected by the altera~ 
tion shall have been given to such alteration: 
Provided nevertheless, That the occupier of any 
property the immediate lessor of whom shall have 
been so charged shall be entitled to be rated, on 
giving to the Board of Guardians of the Union in 
which such property is situate Six months’ notice, 
according to the form contained in the Third 
Schedule to this Act annexed.” 

Pr. 45. 1. 32. Leave out “townland,” and insert 
electoral division.” 

Pr. 45. 1. 32. Leave out “ the,” and insert 
any.” 

Pr. 45. 1. 34. Leave out “being.” 

Pr, 45. 1. 35. After “ on,” insert “ any part of.” 

Pr. 45. 1. 36. Leave out “ townland,” and insert 
electoral division shall be approved of by the 
Commissioners and.” 

Pr. 46. 1. 6. Leave out “ townland,” and insert 
electoral division.” 

Pr. 64.1. 14. Leave out “ townland,” and insert 
electoral division.” 

Pr. 46. 1. 37. After “ shall,” insert “ with the 
approval of the Commissioners.” 

Pr. 47. 1. 37. After “ him,” insert “ Provided 
always, That every lessor rated as aforesaid, in- 
stead of any occupier of rateable property, shall 
be entitled to deduct from any rent paid by him 
in respect of such property a sum bearing such 
a proportion to one-half of the entire rate on such 
property as the rent paid by him bears to the net 
annual value of such property.” 

Pr. 48. 1. 6. Leave out from “ arise,” to “ Pro- 
vided ” in 1. 20. 

Pr. 51. 1. 24. Leave out from “ property,” to 
and” in |, 25. 

Pr. 51. 1.26. Leave out from “ Tithe” to “ shall” 

in |, 28. 

Pr. 52. 1.31. Leave out “ exceed Five 
“ and,” and in the same line leave out “ 
and insert “ Twenty.” 

Pr. 52. 1. 32. Leave out “ Fifty,” and insert 
“&lt; Twenty,” and in the same line leave out “ One 
“ hundred,” and insert “ Fifty.” 

Pr. 52. 1. 33. Leave out “ One hundred,” and 
insert “ Fifty,” and in the same line leave out 
“ One hundred and fifty,” and insert “ One hun- 
“ dred.” 

Pr. 52.1. penult. Leave out “ One hundred and 


n 


“ce 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 


n 
a 


na 
nw 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


“ 


aa 
ifty,” 


canal, navigation, railway, right of way, easement | “ fifty,” and insert “ One hundred,” and in the same 


5c2 line 








748 


line leave out “ Two hundred,” and insert “ One 
“ hundred and fifty.” 

Pr. 32. |. ult. Leave out “ Two hundred,” and 
insert “ One hundred and fifty” and in the same 
line leave out “ upwards,” pit insert “ not to Two 
“ hundred pounds,” and also in the same line after 
“ votes,” insert “ to Two hundred pounds and up- 
“ wards .... Six Votes.” 

Pr. 54. ls. 6 and 7. Leave out “ district,” and 
insert “ division.” 

Pr. 54. 1. 8. Leave out “ district,” and insert 
“ division.” 

Pr, 54. 1. 21. After “ or” insert “ by.” 

Pr. 57. 1. 21. Leave out “ place or district,” and 
insert “ or electoral division.’ 

Pr. 57. |. 30. Leave out “ place or district,” and 
insert “ or electoral division.” 

Pr. 57. 1. 30. Leave out “ place or district,” and 
insert “ or electoral division.” 

Pr. 58. 1. 20. Leave out “ place or district,” and 
insert “ or electoral division.” 

Pr. 58.1. 36. After “ persons,” insert “ appointed 
mg” f 

Pr. 60. 1. 32. Leave out “ Board,” and insert 
“ Boards.” 

Pr. 63. 1. 33. After “ balances,” insert “ found 
“ by any such Auditor to be.” 

Pr. 67. 1. 3. After “ offending,” insert “ shall 
“ be dismissed from his office and.” 

Pr. 67.1. 5. Leave out from “ pounds,” to “ one,” 
inl. 6. 

Pr. 74.1. 10. After “ pounds,” insert “ or by any 
rate made under this Act, or shall have any mate- 
rial objection to any person or persons being put 
in or left out of such rate, or to the sum charged 
on any person therein.” 

Pr. 74.1. 13. Leave out “ by or before,” and insert 
in the presence of.” 

Pr. 74.1.15. After “ which”’ insert “such rate or.” 

Pr. 74.1. 27. After “ the” insert “ Justices and.” 

Pr. 74. 1. 29. Leave out “ is,” and insert “ are.” 

Pr. 74.1. 33. Leave out “ him,” and insert “them.” 

Pr. 74. 1. ult. “ After“ parties” insert “ and in case 
of any appeal against any rate as aforesaid, to order 
the name of any person interested or concerned 
in the event of such appeal, and having had notice 
thereof as is herein provided, to be inserted in such 
rate, and to be rated at such sum or sums of money, 
or to order the name of any such person to be 
struck out of such rate, or the sum or sums at 
which any such person is rated therein, to be 
altered as the said Justicesand Assistant Barrister 
shall think right ; and such Justices and Assistant 
Barrister, or some proper officer of the Court, shall 
forthwith add to or alter the rate accordingly : 
Provided always, That the Justices and Assistant 
Barrister to whom such appeal shall be made shall 
not examine or inquire into any other cause or 
ground of appeal than such as is stated and 
specified in the notice of appeal, nor alter any 
such rate with respect to other persons or matter 
than are mentioned and specified in the notice of 
appeal ; but, if upon an appeal from the whole of 
any rate, it shall be found necessary to quash or 
set aside the same, then the said Justices and 
Assistant Barrister shall quash the same, and shall 
in that case order the Guardians to make a new 
rate, and they are hereby required to make the 
same accordingly ;” and also insert Clause (M.) 

Crause (M.) “ and be it Enacted, That if upon 
the hearing of any appeal from any rate made 
under this Act, the Justices and Assistant Barrister 
shall order the name of any person to be struck 
out of such rate, or the sum or sums rated on 


‘ 


~ 


‘ 


‘ 


o 


‘ 


“~ 


“ 


shall be made appear to the Justices and Assist- 
ant Barrister that such person hath previously to 
the hearing of such appeal paid any sum or sums 
of money In consequence of such rate which he 
ought not to have been charged with, then and in | 





94° Juliz. 


any person to be decreased or lowered, and if it | 





A. 1838. 


every such case the said Justices and Assistant 
Barrister shall order all and every such sum and 
sums of money to be repaid by the said Guardians, 
together with all reasonable costs, charges and 
expenses, occasioned by such person having been 
required to pay the same, to be recovered as 
“ penalties nd forfeitures under this Act.” 

Pr. 75.1.7. After “ the” insert “ Clerk of the 
Guardians or the.” 

Pr. 75.1. 8. After “ the” insert “ Justices and.” 


Pr. 75. 1. 13. After “ appeal” insert “ and if any 
person or persons shall appeal against arate because 
any other person is rated or omitted therein, or 
because any other person is rated therein at any 
greater or less sum that the net annual value of 
the hereditaments in respect of which such other 
person shall be rated, or for any other cause that 
shall require any alteration to be made in such 
rates with respect to any other person, then and 
in every such case the person or persons so appeal- 
ing shall give such notice of appeal as aforesaid, 
not only to the Clerk of the Guardians of the 
Union wherein such rate shall be made, but also 
to every other person so interested or concerned 
in the event of such appeal, and every such other 
person shall, if he so desire, be heard upon such 
appeal ;” and also insert Clause (N.) 

Crause (N.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That notwithstanding any such appeal 
or notice thereof, every rate shall be pay- 
able and shall be levied as if no appeal had been 
made, until such rate shall be actually quashed 
or amended.” 

Pr. 75. 1. 21. Leave out from “held ” to “the” 
in 1, 22, and insert “ in the presence of.” 

Pr. 75.1. 25. Leave out “such,” and insert “the 
“« Justices and,” and in the same line after “ Barris- 
“ ter,” insert “ at such sessions.” 

Pr. 75.1. 26. After “ such” insert “ Justices 
“ and.” 

Pr.75. 1. 30. Leave out “ his,” and insert “ their.” 

Pr. 75.1. 32. Leave out “ he,” and insert “ they.” 

Pr. 75.1. 32. Leave out “ his,” and insert “their.” 

Pr. 82. 1. 20. Leave out from “ that ” to “ Act,” 
in l, 29. and insert “ it shall be lawful for any one 
“ of the Commissioners, when required by one of 
“ Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State, or 
“ when the Board shall deem fit.” 
Pr. 83. 1. 9. Leave out from “ Parliament,” to 
a ” in I. 10. and insert “ on or before the first 
“ day of May.” 

Pr. 85. ls. 5 and 6. Leave out from “ Barrister,” 
to “ And” in 1. 13. 

Pr. 85.1. 18. At the end of the Bill insert new 
Schedule marked (No. 1.) 


“ 


“ 


“Schedule (No. 1.) 
“The First ScHEDULE to which this Act refers. 


“ Registry of Persons admitted into the Workhouse 
of the Union. 








| ' . 
. 2 -— 
3 | = #3 
iT Bis (eal laa 

| = 
B| ese ei Bs | oe | RE] SE 
c= es oe Ff es s aa 
,/22/ 25) y |e) S| GE) gs | 22 | £2 
A) is = iM a | f 
21s laa ¢\|&lt;¢! 8 |Sa\/a48|25 |e 











| 
| | 





























Line 19. In the heading to the Schedule of the 
Bill after “ The” insert “ Second.” 


Line ult. Leave out “ Union.” 
Pr. 36. 1. 2. Immediately before “ in” 





insert 





“ Union.” 


In 








2 VictTorizZ. 
In the Schedule. 


After the seventh column, 
































Estimated 
Extent. 
namely Ba P | insert 
| 
Z g 5 8 
s | ¥ g ing Re ae 43: &amp; |e 
oe . ) s 
~ ls lig isle seisPli IZLE le 1a is 
elelsele ls (ss issi a | els] 2g (3.4, 
elie (|S [ue i]e/25/s5] = |e] = = |23) 68 
&lt;/E/S/F/2i/Egies|8 |e] 8] = | BEI SE 
elslai{e|8i/se!84/3/8|8)] 9/38! 98 
Elfa/s|a8)]5 | as | Se) &amp; 5 5 5 | §m | fa 
Siu leyule la |e i ee 14 &amp; 
Lsd@jisdls.dlusdjiis.d.is.d.us.djis.dus.diis.dils.dilus.d. ls. d. 
| | | 
| j 
os | | 
| | | 
| | 
ve | 
































Pr. 86. 1. ult. Insert “A. B. clerk of the Union” 
and also insert new Schedule marked (No. 2.) 


“ Schedule (No. 2.) 
“ The Third ScuEpULE to which this Act refers. 


“J, A. B., Occupier of [describe the property as 
nearly as possible in the manner in which it is 
described in the valuation], in respect of which 
B. C. (the Lessor) is now rated, hereby require to 
be rated as the occupier of the same. And I do 
hereby undertake to pay all rates lawfully made 
in respect of such property, under the authority 
of the Act passed in the year of the 
reign of Her Majesty Victoria, for the more 
effectual Relief of the destitute Poor in Jre- 


land. A. B” 


The said Amendments being read a second time, 
several were agreed to, without Amendment; others 
were amended, and agreed to; and others were dis- 
agreed to, which will fully appear in the Report of 


n 
n 


the Committee appointed to draw up Reasons to be | &amp; 


offered to the Lords at a Conference, for disagreeing 
to certain of the said Amendments, [vide p. 753.] 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw 
up Reasons to be offered to the Lords at a Confer- 
ence, for disagreeing to the Amendments to which 
this House hath disagreed: And a Committee was 
appointed of Mr. Bernal, Lord John Russell, Lord 
Viscount Morpeth, Lord Viscount Howick, Mr. 
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Attorney General, 
Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Attorney General for 
Ireland, Lord Viscount Clements, Mr. Edward John 
Stanley, and Mr. Lynch. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Registration of 
Electors Bill. 


The ingrossed Bill for the Registration of Parlia- 
mentary Electors was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 

An ingrossed Clause was offered to be added to 
the Bill, by way of rider, (How the distances are to 
be computed):—And the said Clause was brought up, 
and read the first, second and third time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be added to the Bill, by 
way of rider ; 

he House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the f Mr. Attorney General, | . 0 
Yeas, Mr. Charles Wood : Sent 

Tellers for the f Colonel Sibthorp, T's. 
Noes, Mr. Round: : oleae 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Another ingrossed Clause was offered to be added 
to the Bill, by way of rider, (Mode by which the 
admeasurement of seven statute miles shall be 
taken) :—And the said Clause was brought up. 

Vox. 93. 


24°—95° Julie. 


749 


And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read :—It passed 
in the Negative. 

Then several Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Ecclesiastical 
into a Committee upon the Ecclesiastical Appoint- 3ppointnens 
ments Suspension Bill; and, after some time spent ~”” , 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 

Fox Maule reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Come Post Oitice Bill. 
mittee on the Post Office Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question ; by leaving out from the word “ That” 
to the end of the Gestion, in order to add the 
words “this House will, upon this day three months, 
“ resolve itself into the said Committee” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out, stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr. fox Maule, les 

Yeas, Mr. Edward John Stanley :{ ~~* 

Tellers for the { Colonel Sibthorp, \ 56 

Noes, USir Robert Harry Inglis: § 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 
“4 read 1°; To be read 2° paragraph by para- 
raph. 
Fuente postponed. 
CiauseE N° 1, agreed to. 
Crauses N° 2 and N° 3, amended, and agreed to- 
Crauses N° 4and N° 5, agreed to. 


CrauseE N° 6, (The person first named as Com- 
missioner may sit and vote as a Member of the 
House of Commons) read. 

Several Amendments made. 

Motion made, and Question put, That the Clause, 
as amended, stand part of the Bill; 

The Committee divided ; 

Mr. Labouchere, 
Mr. Robert Steuart: 


- 


vo» 





Veo. 


Tellers for the Yeas,{ 


J 
baie 7 ’ Mr. Hume, as 
Tellers for the Noes, Colonel Sibthorp : }s 7. 


Clause offered, (Limitation of duration of Act to 
Three years, and to the end of the then next 





Session of Parliament,)——brought up and read 1° 
Question, That the Clause be read 2° put, and 
Negatived. 


Preamble read, and agreed to. 
Bill, as amended, to be reported. 





And the House havin 
twelve of the clock on 


Mercurii, 25° die Julii, 1838: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


continued to sit till after 
ednesday morning ; 











The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for qmprisonment 
‘abolishing Arrest on Mesne Process in Civil Actions, for Deit Bill. 
‘except in certain cases, for extending the Remedies 
| 5c3 of 





750 Q4°—95° Juliz. 


of Creditors against the Property of Debtors, and 
for amending the Laws for the Relief of Insolvent 
Debtors in England, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 

A Clause was offered to be added to the Bill, 
(Magistrates in sea ports may issue Writs of Capias 
in certain cases.) 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now brought up :—It 
passed in the Negative. 


Then the Amendments following were made to 
the Bill: 

Pr. 3. 1.7. In Amendment made by the Com- 
mittee leave out “ Bishop of,” and insert “ Chan- 
“ cellor of the county palatine of ;” and after “‘ Dur- 
“ ham” leave out to the end of the Amendment, 
and insert “ or his Deputy there.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 19. After “passed” insert “ Provided 
“ also, That nothing herein contained shall be 
“ deemed or taken to alter or affect any doctrine of 
“ Courts of Equity whereby protection is given to 
“‘ purchasers for valuable consideration without 
* notice.” 

Leave out Clauses (B.), (B. 1.) and (B. 2.) 

Pr. 22. 1. 19. After the proviso, added in Com- 
mittee, insert Clause (B.) 


Criauss (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That in all 
cases where final judgment shall be obtained in 
any action or suit in any inferior Court of Record 
in which at the time of passing of this Act a 
Barrister of not less than seven years’ standing 
shall act as Judge, Assessor or Assistant, in the 
trial of causes, and also in all cases where any 
rule or order shall be made by any such inferior 
Court of Record as aforesaid, whereby any sum of 
money, or any costs, charges or expenses shall 
be payable to any person, it shall be lawful for 
the Judges of any of Her Majesty’s superior 
Courts of Record at Westminster, or for any if udge 
of any of the said courts at chambers, either in 
term or vacation, upon the application of any per- 
son who at the time of the commencement of this 
Act shall have recovered, or who shall at any 
time thereafter recover such judgment, or to whom 
any money or costs, charges or expenses shall be 
payable by such rule or order as aforesaid, or 
upon the application of any person on his be- 
half, and upon the production of the record of 
such judgment, or upon the production of such 
rule or order, such record, or rule or order, as 
the case may be, being respectively under the 


wn“ 


‘ 


a 
n 


“a 
. 


- 
nn 


~ 
” 


“a 
nw 


- 
na 


~ 
nn 


o 
nw 


proper officer thereof, to order and direct the 
judgment, or as the case may be, the rule or 
order of such inferior court, to be removed into 
the said superior court; and immediately there- 
upon such judgment, rule or order shall be of 
the same force, charge and effect as a judgment 
recovered in, or a rule or order made by such su- 
perior court, and all proceedings shall and may 
be immediately had and taken thereupon, or by 
reason or in consequence thereof, as if such judg- 
ment so recovered, or rule or order so made, had 
been originally recovered in or made by the said 
superior court, and all the reasonable costs and 
charges attendant upon such application and re- 
moval shall be recovered in like manner as if the 
same were part of such judgment, or rule or or- 
der: Provided always, That no such judgment, 
or rule or order, when so removed as aforesaid, 
shall affect any lands,tenements or hereditaments, 
as to purchasers, mortgagees or creditors any fur- 
ther than the same would have done if the same had 
remained a judgment, rule or order of such inferior 


~ « 
nxn A 


a“ 
a 


or other officer yy 2g to execute the same.” 
Pr. 154. 1. 16. 


sert “ December.” 


A. 1838. 


Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 

ass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments ; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concur- 
rence of their Lordships. 


to a Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


granting Rates of Postage on Letters sent by packet- 
boats in the Mediterranean and other parts, several 
Resolutions, which were read as follow : 


1. Resolved, That the following Rates of Postage 
be charged on Letters sent by packet-boats between 
the places after mentioned (that is to say); 


For every single Letter (not having been first | «. d. 
rought from the United Kingdom, or not 
being intended to be conveyed to the United 
Kingdom) transmitted by packet-boat between 
any places situate upon the Mediterranean 
Sea, the Adriatic Sea, the Archipelago and 
Black Sea, in Turkey in Europe and Asia, in 
Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, in the Medi- 
terranean, and upon the Northern Coast of 
Africa, whether in the Mediterranean or the 
Straits of Gibraltar, thesumof - -— - 
And for every single Letter (not having been 
first brought from the United Kingdom, or not 
being intended to be sent to the United King- 
dom) transmitted between any of the places 
aforesaid, and any place in the East Indies, by 
way of the Red Sea or the Persian Gulf, in 
addition to any other rates of Postage which 
may be payable in respect of such last-men- 
tioned Letters, the sum of - ~ - - - 6 








2. Resolved, That the Postmaster General be 
authorized to charge Rates of Packet Postage on 
Letters sent by packet-boats between ports and 
places where Rates of Postage have not hitherto 
been established. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolutions: And that Mr. John Parker and Lord 


Seymour do prepare, and bring it in. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 





seal of the inferior court, and signature of the | 





mittee on the Grand Jury Presentments (Jreland) 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Church Building Acts Amendment 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The County of Clare Treasurer Bill was, accord- — of Corp 
ing to Order, read a second time; and committed “*™' °": 


Mr. John Parker, by Order, reported from the Mediterranean 
Committee, to whom it was referred to consider of Postage. 


Grand Jury 
Presentments 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Church 
Building Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 


The ingrossed Bill to facilitate the Recovery of Recovery of 


possession of Tenements after due determination of Tenemen's Bil. 


the Tenancy, was, according to Order, read the third 
time; and Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Aglionby do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Parochial As- 


Report on the Parochial Assessments Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-- 
morrow. 


sessments Bill. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Judges’ 


into a Committee upon the Judges’ Jurisdiction Ex- 


court, unless and until a writ of execution thereon | tension Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
shall be actually put into the hands of the Sheriff | Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Solicitor 
|General reported, That the Committee had gone 
eave out “ October,” and in-| through the Bill, and directed him to report the 
| same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, 


Jurisdiction — 
Extension Biil. 





For 
Ple 


&gt; 


Sec 
on 












2 Vicroriz. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 





To-morrow. 
Forms of The Forms of Pleading Bill was read the first 
Pleading Bill. time; and ordered to be read a second time To- 
No. 622. morrow. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


second Report Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 

on Pensions. to inquire into the Pensions granted in virtue of 

No. 621. the Act 1 Will. 4, c. 24, and charged on the Civil 

List, and in virtue of the Act 2 and 3 Will. 4, c. 116, 

and charged on the Consolidated Fund, ought to be 

continued, having due regard to the just claims of 

the Parties, and to economy in the Public Expendi- 

ture ; and who were empowered to report from time 

to time, have Power to report the Minutes of their 
Proceedings. 

Mr. Sanford reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee, That they had further considered the Matters 
to them referred ; and had directed him to make a Re- 
port thereof to the House, together with an Analysis 
of the Pension List. 

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


Mediterranean Mr. John Parker presented a Bill for imposing 
Postage Bill. Rates of Postage on the Conveyance of Letters by 
No. 620. Packet-boats between Places in the Mediterranean 
and other parts: And the same was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time upon 

Thursday next ; and to be printed. 


Ballast Board Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an 

(Dublin.) Account of the whole Receipt and Revenue of the 
Dublin Ballast Board, distinguishing the particular 
Sources from which the same are derived ; together 
with a particular and detailed Account of the appro- 
priation of the same, for the years 1835, 1836 and 
1837. 


js ora Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Strond.) Return of the whole Receipt and Revenue of the 


Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond, 





distinguishing the particular Sources from which 
the same are derived; together with a particular 
and detailed Account of the appropriation, for the 
years 1836 and 1837. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till one of the clock on Wednesday morning, 
adjourned till this day. ° 








Mercurii, 25° die Julii ; 
Anno 2° Victoria Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 
+ ivate R. Berthon, from the Trinity House, was called 
a in; and at the bar presented, pursuant to 
Order,—A Statement of the several Purchases made 
by the Corporation of Trinity House, of Deptford 
Strond, of Private Lighthouses, under the Act 6 and 
7 Will. 4, c. 79; statmg the Amounts paid for each 
and the conditions of Purchase:—and, of the Monies 
borrowed by the said Corporation for the purpose 
of these payments, with the rate of Interest paid for 
such Money :—And then he withdrew. 
r e/a That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


“nec Tg The House proceeded to take into consideration 
ands Bill, 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 

intituled, An Act for authorizing the Mayor, Alder- 

men and Burgesses of the Borough of Sudbury, in 

the County of Suffolk, to release and discharge from 

Shackage and Commonage certain Lands within the 

= — and for other purposes relating to 
OL. 93. 





24° —95° Julie. 751 


other Lands belonging to the said Borough; and 
the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 1. 1. 11. Leave out from “ subject ” to “to” 
in 1. 15. 

Pr. 1. 1.17. Leave out from “ year” to “ cer- 
“ tain” in 1, 18. and insert “ which right of shack- 
age and commonage is now, and has for a great 
number of years, ‘been exercised by those inha- 
bitants and burgesses to whom the said Mayor, 
Aldermen and Burgesses have granted the right 
of turning out cattle on.” 


Pr. 1. 1. 25. Leave out from “ Essex” to “ And” 
in ], 28, and insert “ in consideration of a sum of 
“ money paid by such burgesses for the purchase 
of such right, and also of an annual sum of money 
“ imposed by the said Mayor, Aldermen and Bur- 
“ gesses, and varied in different years at their dis- 
“ cretion, for each head of cattle belonging to such 
Burgesses.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 12. Leave out from “ mentioned” to 
“ And” in I. 84. 

Pr 4, 1. 26. After “ of” insert “any such arable 
“ lands for.” 

Pr. 4. 1, 28. Leave out “ in any such arable 
“ lands.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 38. After “of” insert “any such arable 
“ lands for.” 

Pr. 4. 1. ult. Leave out from “ possession ” to 
“ whereof” in Pr. 5. 1. 1. 

Pr. 15. 1.17. Before “ I” insert “ Know all 
men by these presents, that.” 

Pr. 21. 1. 37. After “interested ” insert “in the 
“ lands comprised.” 


Pr. 24. 1. 16. After “ tenants ” insert “ Provided 
always, That no body or bodies corporate or poli- 
tic, or person or persons who are, is or shall be 
. ectitied, in remainder, reversion, expectancy or 
succession, or for any future interest to any lands 
or hereditaments comprised in such mortgage, 
shall, nor shall the said lands or hereditaments 
upen their, his or her coming into possession 
thereof, be in anywise subject or liable to the 
payment of any arrears of interest secured by such 
mortgage for more than Six calendar months pre- 
ceding the time that the title to such possession 
* shall have accrued.” 


Pr, 28, 1. 20. Leave out from “ Act” to “ and” 
in |, 24, 

Pr. 29. 1. 6. After “‘ Act” insert “ or as to such 
“ part of the same residue as the said Court shall 
“ deem proper in defraying the expenses of en- 
“ closing, fencing, planting, draining and appearing 
“ any lands to be conveyed tothe said Mayor, 
“ Aldermen and Burgesses under the provisions of 
“ this Act, or any of the common meadow or pasture 
“ Jands of the said borough, or in the redemption, 
*« purchase or discharge of any land tax, or any 
“ rent-charge for which any tithes impropriate shall 
‘&lt; be commuted, rents or other charges or incum- 
“ brances, now or at any time hereafter issuing out 
“ of, charged upon or affecting any of the same 
“ lands respectively, to the intent to merge and 
“ extinguish the same in the inheritance and owner- 
“ ship of the same lands.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 11. After “ be” insert “ otherwise.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 12. Leave out from “ Act” to “ shall” 
in |, 13, 

Pr. 29. 1.14. After “ and” insert “ subject at 
“¢ all times to such application.” 

Pr. 30. 1.23. Leave out “ purchaser or pur- 
“ chasers,” and insert “ purchase or baron or 
“ other proper purpose or purposes for the appli- 
“ cation of such monies.” 

Pr. 30. 1. 26. After “ same” insert “ Navy, 
“ Victualling or Exchequer Bills respectively.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Benjamin Smith do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 


n 


n 


x 





504 House 


: 
} 
} 
| 





Lethbridge’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Linen Manu- 
factures 
(ireland) Bill. 


Edinburgh and 
Leith Agree- 
ment Bill. 


Fishguard Har- 
bour (No. 2.) 
Bill. 


National Loan 
Fund Life As- 
surance Society 
Bill. 


Benefices 
Plurality Bill. 


Dublin Police 
Bill. 


Prisons (West 
Indies) Bill. 


Conveyances 


of Estates Bill, 


Idolatry 
(india. ) 


Spirit Dealers 
(Ireland. ) 


752 


House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships. 


Lethbridge’s Divorce Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Thursday, the 2d day of 
August next. 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, That they do hear Counsel and examine 
Witnesses for the said Bill; and also that they do 
hear Counsel and examine Witnesses against the 
Bill, if tne Parties concerned think fit to be heard 
by Counsel or produce Witnesses. 

Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords, 
to request that their Lordships will communicate 
to this House any depositions transmitted from India 
relating to the said Bill :—And that Mr. Praed do 
carry the said Message. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell 

and Mr. Wingfield: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue for Five years, 
and from thence until the end of the then next 
Session of Parliament, an Act of the fifth and sixth 
years of his late Majesty, for the Regulation of the 
Linen and Hempen Manufactures in Ireland : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to regulate and secure 
the Debt due by the City of Edinburgh to the 
Public, to confirm an Agreement between the said 
City and its Creditors, and to effect a Settlement of 
the Affairs of the said City and the Town of Leith: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to repeal an Act of the 
last Session of Parliament, for improving the Har- 
bour of Fishguard, in the County of Pembroke : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the National 
Loan Fund Life Assurance Society to sue and be 
sved in the name of the Chairman or Secretary, or 
any one Director of the said Society : And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to abridge the holding of Benefices in Plurality, 
and to make better Provision for the Residence of 
the Clergy, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to amend the Acts relating to the Police of the 
District of the Dublin Metropolis, with Amend- 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for the better Government of Prisons in the West 
Indies; to which the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
to remove Doubts respecting Conveyances of Estates 
vested in Heirs and Devisees of Mortgagees ; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Petitions from Gloucester ; —Lincoln ; — Yeovil ; 
— Robin Hoods Bay, Peak and Thorpe;—Whit- 
church (Hants) ;— Whitby (two Petitions) ;— Glaze- 
dale and other places ;— and, Adwichk-le-Street ; 
prayiig the House to prohibit the interference of Bri- 
tish functionaries in the management of IJdolatrous 
Observances in Jndia,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kilkenny ;—Enniscorthy (two Pe- 
titions) ;— Tullamore (two Petitions) ;—Monaghan 
(two Petitions) ;—Parsonstown (two Petitions) ;— 
and, Omagh (two Petitions); praying that Spirit 
Dealers in Ireland may be placed on the same foot- 
ing with those in England and Scotland,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


25°— Julie. 











A. 1838. 


A Petition of Grocers and Spirit Retailers of Spirit Licenses 
Nenagh, praying that the Spirit Licenses (Zreland) (!reland) Bill. 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and 

read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Truro, praying the Church 
House to take into consideration the present state Establishment 
of the Ecclesiastical Establishment of the Canadas, ne 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Truro;—and, Backwell; praying Maynooth 
that the annual grant to the Roman Catholic Col- College. 
lege of Maynooth be discontinued ,—were presented, 

and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Bath ;—Mansfield;—and, Boyton; Sale of Beer 
praying for the repeal of the Sale of Beer Act,— Act. 
were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

A Petition of John Christie M‘Cormich, of Man- 
chester, praying that the said Act may not be re- 
pealed, was also presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Benefices 
Lords to the Benefices Plurality Bill be taken into Plurality Bill 
consideration upon Monday next. No. 624, 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended by the Lords, 
be printed. 


The Cirencester Hundreds Court Bill was read the Cirencester 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time, Hundreds 
Court Bill. 

A Petition of the Chamber of Commerce and Trading Con- 
Manufactures of Greenock, praying that the Trading panies Bil. 
eo Bill may not pass into a law as it now 
stands, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Owners and Occupiers of land in Parochial As- 
Bradford (Wilts), praying that the Parochial Assess- *°*s™e"* Bill 
ments Bill may pass nto a law, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Alexander Vattemare, praying the International 
House to take into consideration the propriety of Exchange of 
Poe ; Books, &amp;c. 
permitting the International Exchange of books 
and documents, objects of art, antiquities and 
curiosities, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


*A Petition of John Fairrie, of Church-street, White- Sugar Refining 
chapel, Sugar Refiner, praying that he may be heard, Pstent Bill 
by himself, his counsel or agent, against certain 
parts of the Sugar Refining Patent Bill, was pre- 
sented, and read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill; and the Petitioner heard, 
by himself, his counsel or agent, upon his Petition, 
if he think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Lochee, praying that Royal Burgls 
the Royal Burghs (Scotland) Bill may not pass into (Scotland) Bil 
a law as it now stands, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant tu an Address Spirit Licenses 
to Her Majesty,—-Return to an Order, dated the 25th (Lanarkshire.) 
day of June last, for a Return, in Columns, showing 
the Number of Spirit Licenses applied for and refused 
in the first instance, but granted on appeal before 
the Justice of Peace Court of the Lower Ward of 
Lanarkshire, held in Glasgow, in the year 1837, and 
up to the first of June 1838, with the Names of the 
Parties, and the Date and Amount of the Fee or 
Fees levied as above by the Justice of Peace Clerk ; 
showing also the nature of the Service rendered for 
each Payment, and the authority under which the 
Justice of Peace Clerk exacts the Fee or Fees, with 
the 








Tarn] 
Cont 
(Irel: 


Tur 
Con 
Bill. 


a ee 



























2 Victoriz. 


the Sum Total of Fees paid him on applications ap- 
pealed in each of the doe years :-—and a Return, 
for the above period, showing the Sum Total received 
by the aforesaid Justice of Peace Clerk, in each year, 
for all Fees paid for Spirit Licenses. 


Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
Table. 
Turnpike Acts The ingrossed Bill to continue the several Acts 
Content. 20° regulating the Turnpike Roads in Jreland, was, 
(Ireland) ©" according to Order, read the third time. 


Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to continue for one year, and from 
thence, until the end of the then next Session of 
Parliament, the several Acts for regulating the Turn- 
pike Roads in Jreland. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Turnpike Acts 


Continuance 
Bill, 


The ingrossed Bill to continue, for a limited time, 
the Local Turnpike Acts for England and Wales 
which expire with this or the ensuing Session of 
Parliament, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to continue, until the first day of 
June One thousand eight hundred and forty, and to 
the end of the then Session of Parliament, the Local 
Turnpike Acts for Great Britain, which expire with 
this or the ensuing Session of Parliament. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Arms and 
Gunpowder 
(ireland) Bill. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend and continue the 
several Acts relating to the Importation and Keeping 
of Arms and Gunpowder in Ireland, was, according 
to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the Title 
be, An Act to amend and continue for One year, and 
from thence to the end of the then next Session of 
Parliament, the several Acts relating to the Impor- 
tation and Keeping of Arms and Gunpowder in 
Ireland. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
continue until the thirty-first day of December one 
thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, and from 
thence to the end of the then next Session of Par- 
liament, an Act of the ninth year of his Majesty 
King George the Fourth, for the Administration of 
Justice in Mew South Wales and Van Diemen’s 
Land, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, do 

ass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


The ingrossed Bill for the Payment of Constables 
for keeping the Peace near Public Works, was, ac- 


Administration 
of Justice (New 
South Wales) 
&amp;c. Bill. 


Constables on 
Public Works 


cording to Order, read the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Gibraltar, &amp;e, Mr. Robert Steuart reported the Gibraltar, &amp;c. 
piuthouses Lighthouses Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 
Mails on The Order of the day being read, for the third 
Railways Bill. reading of the Mails on Railways Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time To- 
morrow. 
Eatails 


The Entails (Scotland) Bill was, according to 

(Scotland) Bill. Qrder, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 

Vor. 93, 


25° Julie. 


753 

The Order of the day being read, for receiving the Ecclesiastical 
Report on the Ecclesiastical Appointments Sus- Appointments 
pensi on Bill; Suspension Bill. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for nominating Education 
the Select Committee on Education (Scotland) ; (Scotlaud.) 
Ordered, That the Committee be nominated To- 
morrow. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by Her Canada. 
Majesty’s Command,— An Estimate of the Sum that No. 623. 
will probably be required to defray the Expenses be- 

yond the ps Met grants for the years 1837-8, and 

1838-9, for Army and Ordnance Services, occasioned 

by the Insurrection in Upper and Lower Canada. 

Ordered, That the said Estimate do lie upon the 

Table; and be printed. 


Ordered, That the Secret Committee appointed to Joint Stock 
inquire into the operation of the Acts permitting the Banks. 
establishment of Joint Stock Banks in England and No. 626, 
Ireland, and whether it be expedient to make any 
Amendment in the provisions of these Acts, have 
Power to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them. 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported from 
the said Select Committee, That they had considered 
the matters referred to them ; and had directed him 
to make a Report thereof to the House, together with 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 
Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed. 


Lord John Russell reported from the Committee Poor Relief 
appointed to draw up Reasons, to be offered to the (Ireland) Bill, 
Lords at a Conference, for disagreeing to certain of 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for the more effectual Relief of the 
Destitute Poor in [reland; That they had drawn up 
Reasons accordingly ; which they had directed him 
to report ; and the same were read, as follow : 

The Commons disagree to the Amendment Pr, 2. 
1. 4, because the alteration is rendered unnecessary 
by the Interpretation Clause. 

The Commons agree to the Amendments as far as 
Pr. 7. 1.'9. 

The Commons propose to amend the Amendment 
Pr. 7. 1. 2., by inserting after the word “ Commis- 
“ sioners ” the words “ with the approbation of one 
“ of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State.” 

The Commons propose to amend the Amendment 
Pr. 7.1. 8. by inserting before the words “ acting in 
“ Treland”’ the one “* provided such Assistant 
“ Commissioners shall be.” 

The Commons agree to the Amendments as far 
as Pr. 11. 1. 33. 

The Commons propose to amend the Amend- 
ment Pr. 11.1]. 33. by leaving out the words “ so 
“ nevertheless that in making or altering such elec- 
“ toral divisions no townland shall be divided.” 

The Commons agree to the Amendments as far 
as Pr. 24,1. 33. 

The Commons propose to amend the Amendment 
Pr, 24. |. 33. by inserting after the word “ Hospital ” 
“ the words “ and from time to time shall direct so 
much only of any such tax as aforesaid to be levied 
for the support of such Foundling a HO, and 
“ the inmates therein, as may appear to them to be 
“‘ thenceforth necessary for such support.” 

The Commons propose to amend Clause (A.) by 
leaving out the word “ elected,” Fo. 1. 1. 12. 

The Commons agree to the Amendments as far 
as Clause (D.) 

The Commons propose to amend Clause (D.) by 
leaving out the words “ with the approbation of the 
“ said Commissioners” Fo. 2. 1. 11. and |. 12. and 
by inserting after the word “ Commissioners,” Fo. 2. 
1.19. the words “ if after due inquiry made by them 
“ they shall approve of the same.” 

The Commons agree to the Amendments as far 
as Pr. 82. Is. 8. and 9. 

The 


“ 


“ 


5 D 




















754 


The Commons propose to amend the Amendment | 
Pr. 32. ls. 8. and 9. by inserting before the words “ or | 
“ contribution,” the word “ tax.” 

The Commons agree to Clause (E.) 

The Commons propose to amend Clause (F.) by 
leaving out the words “ if requested so to do by the 
“ Governors,” Fo.1. Is. 3. and 4. and inserting the 
words “to inspect and examine into the Adminis- 
“ tration ;” by leaving out from the word “ Grants,” 
Fo. 1. 1. 7. to the se “and ” 1. 9.; by leaving out 
the word “ said,” 1. 10. and in the same line after 
the word “ Governors,” by inserting the words “ of 
“ such Hospital or Infirmary.” 

The Commons agree to the Amendments as far 
as Pr. 33.1. 10. 

The Commons disagree to the Amendment, Pr. 33. 
1.10. such Amendment being to leave out the 
words “ order of the Commissioners, nor any bye- 
“ Jaw shall oblige any,” because the words struck 
out are necessary to the right construction of the 
Clause. 

The Commons disagree to the insertion of the 
words ‘ shall be obliged,” Pr. 33. 1. 13. because the 
words proposed to be restored render such insertion 
unnecessary. 

The Commons agree to the Amendments as far 
as Pr, 33. 1. ult. 

The Commons disagree to the Amendment, Pr. 33. 
l.ult., such Amendment being to insert the words 
“‘ in some separate room or place in which no per- 
“ sons of different religious persuasion shall be,” 
because these words might exclude every officer 
employed under the Act. 

The Commons agree to the Amendments as far 
as Clause (G.) 

The Commons propose to amend Clause (G.) by 
inserting after the word “ minute,” Fo. 1.1. 9. the 
words “ stating the particulars of the relief so given 
“ and the person to whom given;” by leaving out 
the words “ Paymaster-General of Her Majesty’s 
“ Forces,” Fo. 1. ls.17. and 18. and inserting “ Her 

Majesty’s Paymaster-General, provided the Pen- 

sion or other Allowance shall have been granted 

for service in the Navy or Marines, or to the Com- 

missioners of Chelsea Hospital, provided the Pen- 

sion or other Allowance shall have been granted 

for service in the Army or Ordnance;”’ by leaving 
out the words “ or Ordnance Pensioner or Royal 
“ Marines Pensioner,” Fo. 1. Is. 20. and 21. and by 
inserting after the word “ given,” Fo. 2.1. 3. the 
words “ to the satisfaction of the Paymaster-General 
“or Commissioners of Chelsea Hospital respec- 
“ tively.” 

The Commons agree to the Amendments as far 
as Pr.85. 1.18. Schedule No. 1. 

The Commons propose to amend Schedule No. 1. 
by inserting after the word “into,” Fo. 1.1. 2, tlhe 
words “ and discharged from.” 

The Commons propose to amend the Amend- 
ments to the second Schedule, by leaving out in the 
first column of the Amendments, namely “ Gross 
“ annual value,” the word “ Gross,” and inserting 
“ the word “ Net;” the fourth column, by inserting 
after the words “ Landlord’s taxes” the words “ and 
“ other public charges ;”’ and the fifth column, by 
inserting after the words “Tenant’s taxes” the words 
“ und other public charges.” 


The Commons propose to omit the sixth and se- 
venth columns, being “ Landlord’s and other public 
charges,” and “ Tenant’s and other public charges.” 

he Commons propose to amend the eighth 
column by inserting alter the words “ Landlord’s 
“ repairs”? the words “ and insurance,” and the 
ninth column by inserting after the words “ Tenant’s 
“* repairs” the words “ and insurance.” 

e Commons propose to omit the tenth column, 
Landlord’s insurance ;” the eleventh column, 
Tenant’s insurance ;” the twelfth column, “ Land- 
lord’s other expenses;” the thirteenth column, 
Tenant’s other expenses.” 


| 


““ 
“ 
“ 


“e 


25° Juli. 


A. 1838. 


In consequence of the before-mentioned Amend- 
ments in the first column, the Commons propose to 
amend the last column but one in the said Schedule, 
namely “ Net annual value,’ by omitting the word 
“ Net” and inserting the word “ Gross.” 

The Commons agree to the other Amendments 
to the Bill. 

The said Reasons, being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Conference be desired with the 
Lords upon the subject-matter of the Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the said Bill: And that 
Lord John Russell do go to the Lords, and desire the 
said Conference. 


Lord John Russell reported, That having been with 
the Lords, to desire a Conference on the subject- 
matter of the Amendments made by their Lordships 
to the Bill, intituled, An Act for the more effectual 
Relief of the destitute Poor in Jreland, the Lords do 
agree to a Conference, and appoint the same imme- 
diately in their Committee Room, No. 5. 

Ordered, That the Committee who were to draw 
up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at a Con- 
ference, for disagreeing to certain of the said Amend- 
ments, do manage the Conference :—And the names 
of Sir Henry Hardinge, Sir Samuel Crompton, Mr. 
Pendarves, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Lord Granville 
Somerset, Sir George Sinclair, Sir Robert Price and 
Lord Dalmeny, were added to them. 

Then the names of the Managers were called 
over; and they went to the Conference :—And being 
returned ; 

Lord John Russell reported, That the Managers 
had been at the Conference, which was managed on 
the part of the Lords by the Duke of Richmond; 
and that they had delivered the Reasons for dis- 
agreeing to the said Amendments ; and had left the 
Bill and Amendments with their Lordships. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being Suppiy. 


proposed, That the Order of the day for the Com- 
mittee of Supply be now read ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ a Select Committee be appointed, to inquire into 
“ the situation of Officers in the Navy as compared 
“ with other branches of the Public Service” in- 
stead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question :—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative, 

Ordered, That the Order of the day for the Com- 
mittee of Supply be now read; and the same being 
read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 


mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday next, 
resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second s 
reading of the Spirit Licenses (Jreland) Bill; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
roposed, That the Bill be now read 2 second time ; 
The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. "ro leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 
And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“now” stand part of the Question ; 


And notice being taken that Forty Members were 
not present, the House was told by Mr. Speaker; 
and Forty Members not being present ; and it being 
then after four of the clock:—The House was ad- 
journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first put, 
till To-morrow. 








Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill, 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Bill, 


Union Work- 
houses. 


Registration of 
Births, &amp;c, Act. 


Postage. 


Cirencester 
Hundreds 
Court Bill, 


Sale of Beer 
Act, 


Idolatry 
(lndia.) 


Parochial As- 
sessments Bill, 


Tithes 

(ireland); and, 

Municipal 
sorporatio rs 


(Ireland) Bills, 


2 Victori@. 


Jovis, 26° die Julit ; 
Anno 2° Victoria Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


R. Parker, Assistant Secretary to the Poor 

Law Commissioners, was called in; and at 

the bar presented,—Return to an Order, dated the 

22d day of March last, for a Return of the Number 

of Union Workhouses used for the reception of 

Parochial Poor on the 1st January 1838 ; specifying 

the Parish in which situate, and the Number of 

Parochial Poor in each Workhouse on the said 1st 
January 1838 :—And then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 

Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Scarborough, com- 
plaining of a Notice having been exhibited in that 
town by the Clergymen of parte and the 
neighbourhood, with reference to the Registration 
of Baptism, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of Members of the Bath Mechanics 
Institution, praying for the establishment of a low 
and uniform rate of Postage on Letters, was pre- 
sented, and read; and referred to the Select Com- 
mittee on Postage. 


Ordered, That the Cirencester Hundreds Court 
Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Peti- 
tions for Private Bills, to inquire whether any 
Standing Orders apply to the said Bill, and if so 
how far the same have been complied with. 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit 
and proceed upon Tuesday next. 

Ordered, That the Parties promoting the said 
Bill do give notice, in some Newspaper published 
in the County of Gloucester, that the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills have leave to 
sit and proceed on Tuesday next, to inquire whether 
the Standing Orders apply to the said Bill, and if 
so, how far the same have been complied with; and 
that the same be proved before the said Com- 
mittee. 


Petitions from Dewsbury ;—Saint Ives (Cornwall); 
-—Saint Erth, Phillack and Gwinear ;—Saint Just 
in Penwith, and other places ;—Marazion ;—Pen- 
zance ;— and, Fartown, Deighton and Bradley; 
praying for the amendment of the Sale of Beer Act, 
—were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Macclesfield ;— Pontefract ;—Ken- 
dal ;— Gilling ; — Meltham ; — Doncaster ;— Lyme 
Regis ; — Bayswater ;--- Chester ;-—Bawtry ;—and, 
Ross; praying the House to prohibit the interfer- 
ence of British functionaries in the management of 
Idolatrous Observances in Jndia,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Malmesbury ;—Bradford (Wilts) ; 
— Taunton ; -~ Trowbridge ; — Southwell; — Dur- 
ham ;—Drozford (two Petitions) ;—Braughing ;— 
Braughing and Harlow ;—Fordingbridge ;—Arch- 
deacon and: Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Essex ; 
—the Reverend George Barnes ;—and, Bedford 
(Archdeacon) ; praying that the Parochial Assess- 
ments Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read ; se ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Bangor, praying 
that the Tithes (Ireland); and, Municipal Corpora- 
tions (Jreland) Bills may not pass into law as they 
now stand, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Vo. 93. 


26° Julia. 





755 


Petitions of the London and Greenwich Railway Mails on 
Company ;—and, the Northern and Eastern Rail- Railways Bill, 
way Company ; praying that the Mails on Railways 
Bill may not pass into a law as it now stands,— 


were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of the Archdeacon and Clergy of the Ecclesiastical 
Archdeaconry of Barnstaple, praying the House to Commission. 
stay the Proceedings of the Ecclesiastical Commis- 
sioners, and not to sanction any further alterations 
in the constitution, discipline or services of the 
Church, till an opportunity shall havebeen afforded, 
through her legitimate organs, of deliberating and 
expressing her mind respecting the meditated 
changes, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Robert George White and others, Spirit Licenses 
praying that the Spirit Licenses (Ireland) Bill may “"e!"¢) Bill 
not pass into a law, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Land-owners, Merchants, Traders Bank of 
and others of Kilkenny, praying the House not to 7*!#"¢- 
grant any powers to the Bank of Ireland to the 
exclusion of Joint Stock Banks, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


“ 

Mr. Robert Steuart presented, pursuant to Order, Fossil Remains 
—Copy of a Memorial presented to the Chancellor 
of the Exchequer, recommending the purchase, by 
the Trustees of the British Museum, of the two 
Collections of Fossil Remains belonging to Mr. 
Mantell and Mr. Hawkins. 


A Return of the Convictions against Persons for Beer. 
adulterating Beer ; distinguishing the Beer Retailers 
licensed by the Excise from those licensed by the 
Magistracy, for the three years ending October 1837. 


Copy of any Treasury Minutes which relate to Record 

the altered system of arranging and keeping the Commission. 
Books and Papers of the late Record Commission : 
—A Statement of the Progress made in a Work, 
intituled, “ The Ancient Historians of Britain,” 
undertaken in pursuance of an Address of the 
House of Commons ; specifying the Names of the 
Authors, or Chronicles, printed wholly or in part, 
and the Number of Pages occupied by each:—A 
Return of the several other Works in the Press, but 
left unfinished by the Record Commission ; speci- 
fying the Title of each, the period to which the 
portion printed refers, and the Number of Pages 
contained therein:—And, a similar Return of the 
several Works, or portions of Works, prepared for 
the Press, but not printed. 

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


A Petition of Thomas Perratt, of Middlezoy, in Bridgwater 
the County of Somerset, stating that notorious, ex- eee 
tensive and systematic bribery and corruption has 
long prevailed and been carried on by the electoral 
body of the Borough of Bridgwater, and praying 
the House to cause inquiries to be made into the 
state of the constituency of the said Borough, was 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Brailsford, praying Maynooth 
the House not to sanction any further grant to the College. 
Roman Catholic College of Maynooth, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Short Time Committee of the Factories Rc- 
Factory Operatives of Preston, praying that the sv!stior Bi: 
Factories Regulation Bill may not pass into a law, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


5D2 A Petition 











756 


A Petition of the Inhabitants of Regenios pray- 
ing for the abolition of the system of Negro Appren- 
ticeship, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Negro Appren- 
ticeship. 


Tithes Com- 
mutation Act. 


A Petition of the Reverend Thomas Baker, Rector 
of Whitburn, praying for the amendment of the 
Tithe Commutation Act, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Army Estimates 
( Balance 
Sheet.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Balance Sheet of the Estimate and Expenditure on 
account of Ordinary Army Effective Services, for 
the Twelve months ended the 31st March 1837; 
showing the Amount of Expenditure which was 
finally audited, on the 1st April 1838, and the 
Amount of Outstanding Demands, and of un- 
audited Expenditure, on the same date. 

Lord Viscount Howick accordingly, presented the 
said Paper. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Protest of the Agent of Ja- 
maica, addressed to Lord Glenelg, 21st July 1838, 
in relation to a Bill, intituled, An Act for the better 
government of Prisons in the West Indies. a 

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


Prisons (West 
Indies Bill.) 


Judges’ 
Jurisdiction 
Extension Bill. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
extend the Jurisdiction of the Judges of the Supe- 
rior Courts of Common Law, to amend chapter 56 
of the first year of Her present Majesty’s reign, for 
regulating the admission of Attornies, and to pro- 
vide for the taking of Special Bail in the absence of 
the Judges, was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without any Amendment. 


Gibraltar, &amp;c, | The ingrossed Bill for maintaining a Lighthouse 
— at Gibraltar, and respecting Lighthouses not within 
ut, 


the United Kingdom, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. . 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


County of Clare The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
Treasurer Bill. 4 Committee upon the County of Clare Treasurer 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Attorney General re- 
i That the Committee had gone through the 

ill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Message from 


tonnage A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell 
the Lords. 


and Mr. Farrer : 


Mr. Speaker, 


International The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

Copyright Bill. Act for securing to Authors, in certain cases, the 
Benefit of International Copyright, with Amend- 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this Heuse: And also, 

Oldham Gas The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

and Watery = Act for enlarging and extending the Powers and 

works Bill, sil © 


altering and amending the Provisions of an Act 
passed in the sixth year of the reign of King George 
the Fourth, intituled, “An Act for lighting with 
Gas the Town of Oldham and the Neighbourhood 
thereof, within the Parish of Prestwich-cum- Oldham, 
in the County Palatine of Lancaster, and for the 
better supplying the Inhabitants of the said Town 
and Neighbourhood with Water,” with Amend- 





26° Julie. 





A. 1838. 


ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House ; And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Duke of 
for authorizing the Sale and Exchange of the real Brangows 
Estate devised by the Will of the Right honourable Estate Bill, 
William Henry Earl of Rochford, deceased, and for 
the application of the produce thereof, and for 
authorizing the granting of Leases of the same 
Estate, and for other purposes, to which the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords communicate to this House the Depo- Lethbridge’s 
sitions transmitted from India, relating to the Bill, Divorce Bill, 
intituled, An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Lieu- 
tenant Colonel Lethbridge with Sarah Anne his 
now wife, and to enable him to marry again, and for 
other purposes therein mentioned, as desired by this 
House ; and request that the said Depositions may 
be returned to them:—And then the Messengers 
withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Depositions be referred to 
the Committee of the whole House upon the said Bill. 


Petitions from South Wexford ;—and, Barrymore Tithes 
and Imohkilly ; praying for the abolition of Tithes in (Ireland.) 
Ireland,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third Tithes 
reading of the ingrossed Bill to abolish Compositions (!elaud) Bil. 


| for Tithes in Ireland, and to substitute Rent-charges 


in lieu thereof ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question ; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. More O’ Ferrall, 148 

Yeas, Mr. Edward John Stanley: . 

Tellers for the { Mr. Dillon Browne, ee 

Noes, \ Mr. Hume : ‘ 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third time: 
—The Bill was accordingly read the third time; and 
ingrossed Clauses were added, by way of riders ; 
and Amendments were made to the Biil. 

Another Amendment was proposed to be made 
to the Bill in Pr. 57. 1. 14. by leaving out from the 
word “ determined” to the word “ And” in Pr. 60. 
1. 12. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Bill ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. Edward John Stanley, } 96 


Yeas, U Mr. More O’ Ferrall : 
Tellers for the f Mr. Hume, } 39 
Noes, Mr. Hawes: sis 


So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then other Amendments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, 'That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to provide for the Conveyance Maiiscn 
of the Mails by Railways, was, according to Order, Raiiways Bil. 
read the third time; and an ingrossed Clause was 
added, by way of rider ; and Amendments were made 
to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 

he Lords, and desire their concurrence. a 

e 








-— i ty TP 





Customs Bill. 


Grand Jury 
Presentments 
(Ireland) Bill, 


Parochial As- 
sessments Bill. 


Shannon 
Navigation 
{Advance of 
Exchequer 
Bills.] 


Shannon Navi- 
gation Bill. 


Oaths Validity 


Bill. 


Post Office 
Bill. 


Church 
Building Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Forms of 
Pleading Bill. 


Mediterranean 
Postaye Bill, 


Entails 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Appointments 
Suspension Bill. 


Education 
(Scotland.) 


Spirit Licenses 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Prisons (West 
Indies) Bill. 


No, 628, 





2 Vicroriz. 





The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Customs Bill. 


And the House havin 
twelve of the clock on 


continued to sit till after 
riday morning ; 


Veneris, 27° die Julii, 1838: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Grand Jury Presentments (Jreland) 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon this day 
three months, resolve itself into the said Committee, 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving the 
Report on the Parochial Assessments Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon this 
day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of autho- 
rizing an Advance of Exchequer Bills, or of Mone 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the Improve- 
ment of the Navigation of the River Shannon ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Shannon Navigation Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


The Oaths Validity Bill was, according to Order, 
read a second time; and committed to a Committee 
of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report on the Post Office Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Church Building Acts Amendment 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Saturday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Forms of Pleading Bill was, according to 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The Mediterranean Postage Bill was, according 
to Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Entails (Scotland) Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
the Report on the Ecclesiastical Appointments Sus- 
pension Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for nominating 
the Select Committee on Education (Scotland) ; 
F Ordered, That the Committee be nominated this 
ay. 


Ordered, That the Spirit Licenses (Ireland) Bill 
be read a second time upon Monday next. 


The Prisons ( West Indies) Bill was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Saturday next ; and to be printed. 

Vor. 93. 


20°—27? Sulit. 





157 


The Duke of Hamilton and Brandon’s Estate Bill Duke of 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a fiamilton and 
. randun’s 
second time. Estate Bill. 
The Conveyances of Estates Bill was read the Conveyances of 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time Estates Bill. 
upon Monday next; and to be printed. No. 627. 


The Order for the House to resolve itself into a Bankruptcy 
Committee, this day, upon the Bankruptcy Court Court Bill. 
Bill was read, and discharged. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth presented, pursuant to Magistracy 
Order,—Copy of Mr. Drummond’s Circular Letter to (elan¢.) 
the Lieutenants of Counties in Jreland concerning 
the Magistracy, dated 4th May 1838. 

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


Ordered, That the Account relative to Grain and Grain and 
Meal, which was presented upon Tuesday last, be Mel 
printed. No. 635. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to Bones, Bones. 


Y | which was presented upon Tuesday last, be printed. No. 636. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Canada, Canada. 
which was presented upon Tuesday last, be printed. No. 634, 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before two of the 
clock on Friday morning, adjourned till this 
day. 








Veneris, 27° die Julii; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


Fee eye by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher Royal Assent 
of the Black Rod: to Bills, 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do de- 
sire the immediate attendance of this Honourable 
House in the House of Peers, to hear the Commis- 
sion read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read; giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
Assent to the several Public and Private Bills 
therein mentioned; and that the Lords, thereby 
authorized, had declared the Royal Assent to the 
said Bills: Which Bills are as follow : 

An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws for Glass Duties 
collecting and securing the Duties of Excise on Bill. 
Glass : 

An Act to continue until the Thirty-first day of Administration 
December One thousand eight hundred and thirty- te —— 
nine, and from thence to the end of the then next ge) pil, 
Session of Parliament, an Act of the ninth year of 
his Majesty King George the Fourth, for the Admi- 
nistration of Justice in New South Wales and Van 
Diemen’s Land: 

An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Quali- Qualification of 
fication of Members to serve in Parliament: Members Bill, 

An Act to extend the Jurisdiction of the Judges Judges’ _ 
of the Superior Courts of Common Law; to amend fiisdiction, 
Chapter Fifty-six of the First year of Her present 3 
Majesty’s Reign, for regulating the Admission of 
Attornies; and to provide for the taking of Special 
Bail in the absence of the Judges: 

An Act to transfer the management of certain Waterloo _ 
Annuities on Lives from the Trustees of the Waterloo AmuitiesBill 
Subscription 


5D3 


758 


Subscription Fund to the Commissioners for the 
Reduction of the National Debt, and to amend se- 
veral Acts for enabling the said Commissioners to 
grant Life Annuities, and Annuities for Terms of 
Years: 

An Act to amend an Act for punishing idle and 
disorderly Persons, and Rogues and Vagabonds : 


Vagrant Act 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Slave Vessels 


An Act for the better and more effectually carry- 
Captured Bill. 


ing into effect the Treaties and Conventions made 
with Foreign Powers for suppressing the Slave 
Trade: 

An Act to carry into effect an additional Article 
to a Treaty with Sweden, relative to the Slave 
Trade: 

An Act for carrying into effect a Convention of 
Accession of the Hans Towns to two Conventions 
with the King of the French, for suppressing the 
Slave Trade: 

An Act for carrying into effect an additional 
Article to a Treaty with the Wetherlands, relating to 
the Slave Trade : 

An Act to empower the Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Woods, Forests and land Revenues to 
confirm the Titles to and to grant Leases of En- 
croachments in the Forest of Dean, in the County 
of Gloucester : 

An Act for regulating the opening and working 
of Mines and Quarries in the Forest of Dean and 
Hundred of Saint Briavels, in the County of Glou- 
cester : 

An Act to continue until the Thirty-first day of 
December One thousand eight hundred and forty- 
one, and from thence to the end of the then next 
next Session of Parliament, an Act of the Tenth 
year of his late Majesty King George the Fourth, 
“ for providing for the Government of his Majesty’s 
Settlements in Western Australia, on the Western 
Coast of New Holland :” 

An Act for making further Investments from the 
Money of the Suitors of the Court of Chancery 
and the Court of Exchequer, and for providing for 
the Payment into Court of Fees received by certain 
Officers of the Lord Chancellor : 

An Act to regulate and secure the Debt due by 
the City of Edinburgh to the Public; to confirm an 
Agreement between the said City and its Creditors ; 
and to effect a Settlement of the Affairs of the said 
City and the Town of Leith: 

An Act to amend the Laws relating to the levy 
of Grand Jury Cess in the County of the City of 
Dublin: 

An Act to empower the Foreman, or any other 
Member of Grand Juries in Jreland, to administer 
Oaths to Witnesses on Bills of Indictment: 

An Act to amend an Act of the last Session of 
Parliament for providing more effectual means to 
make Treasurers of Counties, and Counties of Cities 
in Ireland, account for Public Monies, and to secure 
the same : 

An Act to continue for Five years, and from 
thence until the end of the then next Session of Par- 
liament, an Act of the fifth and sixth years of his 
late Majesty, for the Regulation of the Linen and 
Hempen Manufactures in Jreland : 

An Act to make further Provisions, and to amend 
the Acts relating to the Harbour of Kingstown, and 
the Port and Harbour of Dublin: 

An Act for granting further Powers to the Festi- 
niog Railway Company : 

An Act to amend and enlarge the Powers and 
Provisions of the Act relating to the Eastern Coun- 
ties Railway : 

An Act to alter the Line of the Birmingham and 
Derby Junction Railway : 


Slave Trade 
(Sweden) Bill. 


Slave Trade 
(Hans Towns) 
Bill. 


Slave Trad« 
(Netherlands) 
Bill. 


Dean Forest 
Encroachments 
Bill. 


Dean Forest 
Mines Billi. 


Western 
Australia Bill. 


suitors’ Money 
Bill. 


Edinburgh and 
Leith Agree- 
ment Bill. 


Grand Jury 
Cess (Dublin) 
Bill. 


Oaths to 
Witnesses 
(Treland) Bill. 


County 
Treasurers 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Linen Manu- 
factures 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Kingstown and 
Dublin Harbour 
Bill. 


Festiniog 
Railwey Bill, 
Eastern Coun- 
ties Railway 
Bill. 
Birmingham 
and Derby 
railway Bill. 
Farringdon An Act for making a new Street from Holborn 
nee Bridge, in the City of London, towards Clerkenwell 

= Green: 

An Act for maintaining the Pier and Harbour of 

Newquay, in the County of Cornwall : 


Newquay 
Harbour Bill. 


27° Sulit. 





A. 1838. 


An Act to repeal an Act of the last Session of Fishguard 
Parliament for improving the Harbour of Fishguard, inet Bil 
in the County of Pembroke : _— 


An Act to alter and amend, and in part repeal, Glasgow 
ee 
ill. 


the Powers of certain Acts for supplying the City 
of Glasgow and Suburbs with Water; to enable the 
Company of Proprietors of the Glasgow Water- 
works to purchase the Cranstonhill Waterworks, 
and to raise a further Sum of Money, and to alter 
the Rates leviable by the said Company of Pro- 
prietors : 

An Act for draining and embanking certain Lands Lough Swilly 
in Lough Swilly and Lough Foyle, in the Counties we Lag 
of Donegal and Londonderry: Bi 

An Act for establishing a Steam Communication pembroke 
over Milford Haven, at or near Pembroke Ferry, in Ferry Biil. 
the County of Pembroke : 

An Act to amend an Act for the amendment of Blackheath, 
four several Acts passed in the fifth, sixth, tenth _ Small 
and forty-seventh years of the Reign of his “late aides 
Majesty King George the Third, for the Recovery 
of Small Debts within the Hundreds of Blackheath, 
of Bromley and Beckenham, of Rokesley otherwise 
Ruzxley, and of Little and Lesness, in the County of 
Kent, and within the Hundred of Wallington, in 
the County of Surrey, and to extend the powers 
thereof : 

An Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery Barnsley 
of Small Debts within the Town of Barnsley, and Small Debis 
— Places in the West Riding of the County of _ 

ork: 

An Act to rectify a Mistake in an Act passed in Ashiy-de-la- 
the present Session of Parliament for the Recovery Zouch, &amp;c., 
of Small Debts within the Town of Ashby-de-la- pom 2.) Bil 
Zouch, and other Places in the Counties of Leicester, nen 
Derby, Warwick and Stafford : 

An Act to enable The National Loan Fund Life National Loan 
Assurance Society to sue and be sued in the Name Fund Life 
of the Chairman, or Secretary, or any one Director _—_ Bill 
of the said Society : wo 

An Act for repairing and maintaining the Road Wortley, 
from the Leeds and Halifax Turnpike Road at Stan- At — F 
ningley, to the Bridge over the Leeds and Liverpool — em 
Canal, and making and maintaining a continuation 
of the same Road to Water-lane in Leeds, and other 
Roads communicating therewith, all in the West 
Riding of the County of York: 

An Act for more effectually repairing, improving Dudiey Hill 
and maintaining the Dudley Hill and Killinghali 4 Killingball 
Turnpike Road, and for making a new Road there- soi 
from to communicate with the Leeds and Harrogate 
Turnpike Road, all in the West Riding, of the 
County of York: 

An Act for authorizing the Sale of part of the smiti’s 
Estates devised by the Will of Samuel Smith, Es- Estate Bill. 
quire, deceased, and for investing the Proceeds of 
such Sale in the purchase of other Estates to be 
settled upon the same Trusts: 

An Act to confirm a Division already made, and Gray’s 
to enable a further Division of the Residuary Per- Estate Bill. 
sonal Estate of William Gray, deceased, and to de- 
termine the Right of Survivorship, and Contingency 
affecting the same : 

An Act for effecting an Exchange between the Al! Souls Col- 
Warden and Fellows of the College of All Souls, lege (Oxford) 
Oxford, and Thomas Penrice, Esquire : — 

An Act to authorize the making of Conveyances fegh's 
in Fee, or Demises for long Terms of Years of Estate Bil. 
Estates devised by or settled to the uses of the Will 
of Thomas Peter Legh, Esquire, deceased, for build- 
ing on or otherwise improving the same under yearly 
rents, to be reserved in the same Conveyances and 
Demises, and to sell certain parts of the said Es- 
tates, and to purchase other Estates in lieu thereof, 
under the control of the Court of Chancery, and for 
other purposes connected with the same Estates : 

An Act for enabling the Trustees of certain Lands paddington 
situate in the Parish of Paddington, in the County Estates Bill. 
of Middlesex, to grant Building Leases of the said 
Lands, and for other purposes : 

An Act 








Sudbury Town 
Lands Bill, 


Haverfordwest 
(Portfield) 
Inclosure Bill. 


Batthyany’s 
Nat. Bill. 
Grohte’s 
Nat. Biil. 


Answer to 
Addresses. 


Prisons (West 
Indies) Bill. 


Navy. 


Navy. 


Navy (Medical 


Department.) 


2 Vicroriz. 


An Act for authorizing the Mayor, Aldermen and 
Burgesses of the Borough of Sudbury, in the County 
of Suffolk, to release, and discharge from Shackage 
and Commonage certain Lands within the said Bo- 
rough, and for other purposes relating to other Lands 
belonging to the said Borough : 

An Act for dividing, allotting and inclosing Com- 
mon and Waste Lands, called Portfield otherwise 
Poorfield, in the County of the Town of Haverford- 
west : 

An Act for naturalizing Gustavus Theodore An- 
thony Count Batthyany : 

An Act for naturalizing 


Frederick Rudolph 
Grohte. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported to the 
House, That their several Addresses of the 24th and 
26th days of this instant July (that Her Majesty 
would be graciously pleased to give directions that the 
Papers therein mentioned might be laid before this 
House,) had been presented to Her Majesty; and 
that Her Majesty had commanded him to acquaint 
this House, that She will give directions accord- 
ingly. 


Sir George Grey presented, pursuant to an Ad- 
dress to Her Majesty, —Copy of the Protest of the 
Agent of Jamaica, addressed to Lord Glenelg, 21st 
July 1838, in relation toa Bill, intituled, An Act 
for the better Government of Prisons in the West 
Indies. 

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


Mr. Charles Wood presented, pursuant to Orders, 
—Returns of the Total Number of Officers of the 
Royal Navy on the 25th June 1838, of each Rank, 
from Admiral to Lieutenant, inclusive, and distin- 
guishing the Number of each Rank employed afloat 
from the Number of Officers on Half and on Retired 
Pay at that date :—And, of the Total Number of 
Promotions in the Royal Navy made on or since the 
25th June 1838, from the Rank of Midshipman 
to that of Admiral, inclusive, stating the Number of 
each Rank promoted; distinguishmg the Number 
of each Rank employed and afloat, from those on 
Half and on Retired Pay, and the Amount of addi- 
tional Pay and Allowance which the Officers of each 
Rank will receive in consequence of that Promotion, 
the Amount of Pay to each Class, and the Total 
Annual Amount of Expense to the Country by such 
Promotion. 

A Return of the Names of all Admirals, Vice 
Admirals, Rear Admirals, Retired Rear Admirals, 
Retired Captains, Captains, Commanders and Lieu- 
tenants in the Royal Navy, promoted on or since 
the 28th June 1838; distinguishing those on Full 
Pay from those on Half Pay at the time of their 
Promotion; stating the Date of Entry of each Of- 
ficer into the Navy, and of the several Commissions 
which they have successively attained. 

Returns of the Number of Officers of the Medical 
Department of the Navy, on 25th June 1838, on 
Full Pay; distinguishing the Number of each 
Rank:—Of the ara of Officers of the Medi- 
cal Department on Half and on Retired Pay on 
the 25th June 1838; distinguishing the Number 
of each Rank :—And, of the Number of Officers 
of the Medical Department of the Navy promoted 
on or since the 28th June 1838; distinguishing 
the Number of each Rank, and whether promoted 
from Full, Half or Retired Pay; stating also the 
Date of Entry of each into the Service, the Dates 
of their several Promotions, the aggregate time 
each has served on Full Pay, and the aggregate 
time each has been on Half and Retired Pay since 
entering the Service ; likewise the Annual Increase 
of Expense to the Country in consequence of such 
Promotions. 

Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 
Table. 
VoL. 93. 


27° Juli. 





759 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Ojdham Gas 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for enlarging and extending the 
Powers and altering and amending the Provisions 
of an Act passed in the sixth year of the reign of 
King George the Fourth, intituled, “ An Act for 
lighting with Gas the Town of Oldham, and the 
Neighbourhood thereof, within the Parish of Prest- 
wich-cum-Oldham, in the County Palatine of Zan- 


| caster, and for the better supplying the Inhabitants 


of the said Town and Neighbourhood with Water ;” 
and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 4. 1. 1. Leave out from “ water” to “ And” 
mld 

Pr. 4. 1. 33. Leave out from “ making 
agers in 1. 34. 

r. 5. 1. 23. Leave out from “also” to “ to” 
in 1. 25, and in 1. 25. leave out from “ make” to 
“ aqueducts”’ in 1. 31. ' 

Pr. 5. 1. 32. Leave out from “ pipes ” to “ to ” 
in |. 33. 

Pr. 6. 1.6. Leave out from “reservoir” to “ And” 
inl. 8. 

Pr. 8. 1.3. Leave out “ reservoir.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 13. Leave out “the ” and insert “ an.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 14. Leave out “ reservoir” and insert 
of an enlarged size or dimensions, and of an in- 
“ tended additional.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 15. After “ feeder”’ insert “ and of,” 
and in the same line after “ aqueducts’”’ insert 
“ and,” and also in the same line leave out “ and 
other works.” 

Pr. 29. 1.27. After “ riding” insert “ and where- 
as since the depositing of such maps or plans it 
has been determined that the said intended addi- 
tional reservoir, and certain pipes leading from 
the same, delineated on the said maps or plans, 
shall not be made.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 28. After “that” insert “ maps or 
plans, describing the lines of the said intended 
additional feeder, and of the said aqueducts and 
pipes, as the same are intended to be made, au- 
thenticated by the signature of the Clerk of the 
Parliament, shall, together with amended books 
of reference, within Three calendar months after 
the passing of this Act, be deposited with the 
said Clerks of the Peace respectively, and.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 30. After “‘ reference” insert “ so to 
be deposited.” 

Pr. 30. 1. 10. Leave out “ an.” 

Pr. 30. 1. 11. Leave out from “ additional” to 
aqueducts ” in 1.12. and in 1. 12. leave out “ there- 
“¢ from.” 

Pr. 30. 1. 
in 1. 16. 

Pr. 30.: 1. 
in |, 22. 

Pr. 30. 1. 28. After “ the” insert “ brooks.” 

Pr. 30. 1. 29. Leave out “ and,” and insert “ or,” 
and in the same line after “ rivulets” insert “ called 
“ Counthill Brook, Leeming Brook, Roebuchloe 
“ Brook, top of Meadows’ Brook, Strines’ Brook 
“ and Lower Brook.” 

Pr. 30. 1. 35. After “ such” insert “ brooks.” 

Pr. 30. 1. penult. Leave out “ present,” and in 
the same line after “ reservoir ”’ insert “ and works.” 

Pr. 31. 1. 1. Leave out from “ aforesaid” to 
“ for’’ in |. 4. 

Pr. 31. 1. 21. Leave out “ reservoirs” and insert 


bh] 


to 


“ce 


“ 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 
nn 


n 
n 


“ 


15. Leave out from “ the ” to “lands” 


21. Leave out from “such” to “lands 


“ reservoir.” 
Pr. 31. 1. 27. After “ pipes” insert “ and.” 
Pr. 31. 1. 28. Leave out “ and reservoirs.” 
Pr. 40. 1. 12. Leave out “ reservoir and.” 
Pr. 40. 1. 22. Leave out “ reservoir or.”’ 
Pr. 40. 1. 31. Leave out “ reservoir.” 
Pr, 55. 1. 28. Leave out “ mills, manufactories.” 
Pr. 56. 1. 3. Leave out “ reservoirs’ and insert 


“ reservoir.” 
Pr. 60. 1. 9. Leave out from “ tenements” to 
“ works ” in 1. 10. 
5D4 Pr, 60. 





and Water- 
works Bill. 





760 

Pr. 60. 1. 25. Leave out “ reservoirs.” | 

Pr. 61. 1. 7. Leave out “ mills, manufactories.” | 

Pr. 64. 1. 4. Leave out “ mills, manufactories.” 

Pr. 68. 1. 18. Leave out “ mills, manufactories.” 

Pr. 69. 1. 6. Leave out from “ tenements” to 
“ buildings” in 1. 7. 

Pr. 72. 1. 13. Leave out “ mills, manufactories.” 

Pr. 72. 1. 31. Leave out from “ tenements ” to 
“ buildings ” in |. penult. 

Pr. 73. 1. 16. Leave out from “ tenements ” to 
“ buildings” in 1. 17. 

Pr. 73. 1. 25. Leave out “ mills, manufactories.” 

Pr. 74. 1. penult. Leave out from “ tenements ” 
to “ buildings ” in I. ult. 

Pr. 75. 1. 10. Leave out “ mills, manufactories.” 

Pr. 84. 1. 16. Leave out “ or reservoirs.” 

Pr. 95. 1. 24. Leave out “ reservoirs” and in- 
sert “ reservoir.” 

Pr. 95. 1. 30. Leave out “ reservoirs’ and in- 
sert “ reservoir.” 

Pr. 96. 1. 1. Leave out “ reservoirs” and in- 
sert “ reservoir.” 

Pr. 97. ls. 11. and 12. Leave out “ reservoir.” 

Pr. 98. 1. 28. Leave out “ middle” and insert 
“ said.” 

Pr. 98. l. ult. Leave out from “ said” to “and ” 
in Pr. 99. 1. 1. and insert “ reservoir.” 

Pr. 104, 1. 15. Leave out “ reservoirs” and in- 
sert “ reservoir.” 

Pr. 110. 1. 12. Leave out “ or their said in- 
“ tended.” 

Pr. 110. 1.15. Leave out from“ year” to “three” 
in 1. 21. 

Pr. 111. 1. 30. After “ parties’ insert “ or such 
“ two of them as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 112. 1. 10. Leave out from 
“ there” inl. 14. 

Pr. 112. 1. 17. Leave out from 
“ then ” in |]. 28. 

Pr. 112. |. ult. Leave out from “ time ” 
“ when ” in Pr. 113. 1. 5. 

Pr. 113. 1. 6. Leave out “ upper.” 

Pr. 113. 1. 8. Leave out from “ upwards” to 
“ neglect” in |. 21. 

Pr. 115. 1. 13. Leave out from “ suit” to “ And” 
in |. 34. and in 1. 34. leave out from “ And ” to “ Be ” 
in |. ult. 

Pr. 116. 1. 26. After “ appointed ” insert “ or 
any two of them.” 

Pr. 116. 1. 29. Leave out from “ person” to 
as” in Pr. 117. 1. 9. 

Pr. 117. 1. 10. After “ shall” insert “ and they 
are hereby required.” . 
Pr. 117. 1. 13. Leave out from “ seal ” to “ as- 
certain” in |. 30. and insert “ to.” 

Pr. 118. 1. 8. Leave out “ each of.” 

Pr. 118. 1. 9. Leave out “ reservoirs,” and insert 
reservoir.” 

Pr. 118. 1. 27. Leave out “ each of,” and in 
s. 27. and 28. leave out “ reservoirs,” and insert 

reservoir.” 

Pr, 118. 1. 31. Leave out “ reservoirs respec- 

tively,” and insert “ reservoir.” 

Pr, 119. 1. 1. Leave out “ present.” 

Pr. 119. 1. 37. Leave out from “ thirty-nine” 
to “ And” in Pr. 120. 1. 25. 

Pr. 125. 1. 19. Leave out “ reservoirs or.” 

Pr. 139. 1. 25. Leave out “ reservoir.” 


In the Schedule to the Bill: 


“ made” to 
(74 


water ” to 


to 


“ 


27° Jultz. 








Pr. 143. 1. 13. Leave out from “ public ” to) 
“ water” in Pr, 144. 1. 17. and in Pr, 144, 1.17. | 
leave out *‘ of,” and insert “ running into ;” and also | 
in Pr. 144. 1. 17. leave out “common river or brook.” | 

Pr. 143. 1.31. Leave out from “ public” to 
“ footpath” in Pr. 145. 1. 25. 


Pr. 145. 1. 31. Leave out from “ deceased ” to 


“ lower” in Pr. 146. 1. 18. | 


| 


A. 1838. 


Pr. 145. 1. 25. Leave out from “ public ” to 
- Edward Moss | - 


* Plantation - | Jonathan 


Schofield.” 


in Is. 34. and 35. 


Pr. 145. ls. 37. and 38. In the first column, 
leave out “ and river Medlock.” 

Pr. 147. ls. 6.7.8. 9.10.11, 12. 13. 14. and 15. 
Leave out 
“ Cottage - 
Mill cottage and 

vacant land. 


ditto 
ditto 


Joseph Shaw. 
James Shaw, 
and Joseph 
Lees. 
Mill-dam, yard, ditto.” 
goit, foot-path | 
and river Med- | 
lock. 


and insert 
“ Footpath 


ditto 





ditto 


James Shaw 
and Joseph 
Lees.” 

Pr. 147. ls. 34. 35. 36. and 37. 


“ Goit to Shaw’s 
mill. 


Leave out 


James Shaw 
and Joseph 
Lees.” 

Pr. 147. 1. 38. In the second column, leave out 

‘¢ ditto,” and insert “ Samuel Lees.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. John Fielden do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 


hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Samuel Lees 











A Petition of Inhabitants of Mary-le-bone, pray- Maynooth 
ing the House to discontinue the annual grant to College. 
the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Persons signing the same, at Exeter Charch 
Hall, London, praying the House to take into con- Establishment 
sideration the present state of the Ecclesiastical ©") 
establishment in Canada, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Frome Selwood ;—Archdeacon and Parochial 
Clergy of the county of Mottingham ;—and, Clergy Assessments 
of the Rural Deanery of the east and west divisions _ 
of the Isle of Wight; praying that the Parochial 
Assessments Bill may not pass into a law,—were 
ee and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


Petitions from Bal/yragget and other places ;— Tithes 
and, Gowran; praying for the abolition of Tithes in (Ieland.) 
Treland,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Mechanics, Artisans and Workmen Masters and 
in general, of Kelso, complaining of the operation of Women 
the Act 4 Geo. 4, c. 34, to enlarge the powers of 
Justices in determining complaints between Masters 
and Servants, and between Masters, Apprentices, 
Artificers and others, under which a mechanic of 
Kelso has been imprisoned, on the complaint of his 
employer; and praying the House to alter or repeal 
that part of the said Act, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Bath Poor Law 
Union, praying the House to repeal the 27th section — 
of the Poor Law Act, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on the Poor Law 
Amendment Act. 


Petitions from Stamford ; — Bedford ; — Great Idolatry 
Queen-street Chapel, Lincoln’s-Inn Fields ; —Car- (India. 
lisle (two Petitions) ;—Bedminster ;— and, Bristol 
(six Petitions); praying the House to prohibit the 

interference 








Customs Bill. 
No. 629. 


Supply. 


Bank of 
Treland. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Slave Vessels 
Captured Bill. 


Revenue 
Departments 
Securities Bill. 


Turpentine 
Penalties Bill. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill. 





2 VicToriz. 


interference of British functionaries in the manage- 
ment of Idolatrous Observances in Jndia,— were pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Robert Steuart reported the Customs Bill; 
and the Report was ordered to be taken into further 
consideration To-morrow ; and the Bill, as amended, 
to be printed. 


A Motion being made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That the Order of the day for the Committee 
of Supply be now read ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “ That the ” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ exclusive privileges now enjoyed by the 
“ Bank of Jreland, are injurious to the best interests 
“« of that country; and it is therefore most expedient 
“‘ and just to place, as soon as possible, the Banks 
“ of Ireland on a footing of equality” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative 





A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Dowdeswell 
and Mr. Farrer: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for the better and more effectually carrying into 
effect the Treaties and Conventions made with Fo- 
reign Powers for suppressing the Slave Trade, with- 
out any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to amend an Act for enabling Persons to make 
Deposits of Stock or Exchequer Bills, in lieu of 
giving Security by Bond to the Postmaster-General 
and Commissioners of Land Revenue, Customs, 
Excise, Stamps and Taxes, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence 
of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act toamend so much of an Act of the Twenty-fifth 

ear of King George the Third, for the further and 
better Regulation of Buildings and Party-walls, and 
for the more effectually preventing Mischiefs by Fire, 
within the Cities of London and Westminster, and as 
relates to Manufactories of Pitch, Tarand Turpentine, 
with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords desire a present Conference with this 
House, in their Lordships’ Committee-room, No. 5, 
upon the subject-matter of the Conference on Wed- 
nesday last, relative to the Amendments made to 
the Bill, intituled, An Act for the more effectual 
Relief of the destitute Poor in Ireland :—And then 
the Messengers withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House doth agree to a Con- 
ference with the Lords, as desired by their Lordships. 

And the Messengers were again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith :—And then 
they again withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Managers who managed the 
last Conference do manage this Conference :—And 
the names of Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Gally Knight, 
Sir James Graham, Sir George Grey, Mr. Pendarves, 
and Mr. Poulett Thomson, were added to them. 

Then the names of the Managers were called 
over, and they went to the Conference :—And being 
returned ; 


Lord John Russell reported, That the Managers 
had met the Lords at the Conference, which was 
managed on the part of the Lords by the Earl of 
Shaftesbury, who acquainted them, that the Lords, 
having taken into consideration the Reasons given 
by the Commons at the last Conference, for dis- 
agreeing to several Amendments made by their 
a to the said Bill, do not insist on the 

‘ou. 93. 


97° Juli. 


761 


Amendments to which the Commons have disagreed; 
that they disagree to two of the Amendments pro- 


aay ig bee Commons to the Amendments proposed 
y the Lords, for which they gave their Sadie, 
and agree to the rest of the said Amendments; and 
the said Reasons were read, and are as follow : 


The Lords do not insist on their Amendment in 
Pr. 2. 1. 4., to which the Commons disagree. 


The Lords agree to the Amendments made by the 
Commons, as far as Pr. 11. 1. 33. 


The Lords do not agree to the Amendment made 
by the Commons to the Amendment in Pr. 11. 1. 33., 
which Amendment of the Commons is, to leave out 
the words “ so nevertheless that in making or alter- 
‘ ing such electoral divisions, no townland shall be 
“ divided,” for the following Reason : 


Because, it being understood that most com- 
monly a townland is the property of one in- 
dividual, it appears desirable that it should 
not be divided between two or more electoral 
divisions, inasmuch as if it were so divided 
all the endeavours of the proprietor to di- 
minish the poor-rate, by improving the con- 
dition of his tenantry, might be defeated by 
the annexation of parts of his property to 
electoral divisions containing a pauperized 
population. 


The Lords agree to the Amendments made by the 
Commons, and do not insist on their Amendments 
to which the Commons disagree, as far as the second 
Schedule to the Bill. 


The Lords agree to the Amendments made by 
the Commons to their Amendments in the second 
Schedule, with the exception of the Amendment 
which leaves out the twelfth column added by their 
Lordships, namely “ Landlord’s other expenses,” and 
the thirteenth column, namely “ Tenant’s other ex- 
“* penses ;” to which Amendment the Lords do not 
agree, for the following Reason : 


Because, if the twelfth column “ Landlord’s other 
expenses,” and the thirteenth column “ Te- 
nant’s other expenses,” were omitted, the 
sum stated under the head of “ Gross annual 
value” in the last column but one, as pro- 
posed to be amended by the Commons, would 
not, in the event of there being any such 
other expenses, be the total of the sums 
stated in the preceding columns, and the 
rate-book would show five only instead of 
six several charges, which by the fifty-sixth 
clause are directed to be taken into account 
in estimating the net annual value of the 
hereditaments to be rated under the pro- 
visions of the Bill. 


The Lords agree to the other Amendment made 
by the Commons to the Amendments of their Lord- 
ships to the Bill. 


The said Reasons and Amendments, being read 
a second time ; 

Resolved, That this House doth not insist upon 
the Amendments proposed by them to the Amend- 
ments proposed by the Lords to the said Bill, to 
which the Lords have disagreed. 

Ordered, That Lord John Russell do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
doth not insist upon the Amendments proposed by 
them tothe Amendments proposed by the Lords to the 
said Bill, to which their Lantabign ave disagreed, 


mittee of Supply, be now read ; and the same being 
read ; 


which, upon the 23d day 
was made from the Select Committee appointed to ® 


5E bodied 





Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the Com- gu; ply ; 


And a Motion being made, That the Report papers, 
of this instant July, referred: 


prepare Estimates of the Charge of the Disem- mates 





Canada. 


Poor Law 
Conimissioners. 


British 
Museum. 


Revising 
Barristers. 


Sheriffs. 


County Rates, 


Distressed 
Poles. 


Etruscan 
Antiquities 
(British 
Museum. ) 


Steam Naviga- 
tion (India. ) 


Bahamas, 


762 


a year to the 31st day of March 1839, be referred to 
the Committee ; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s command, acquainted the House, that Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject-matter 
of this Motion, recommends it to the consideration 
of the House. 

Ordered, That the said Report be referred to the 
Committee. 

Ordered, That the Estimate of the Sum that will 
probably be — to defray the Expenses beyond 
the ordinary Grants for the years 1837-8, and 


1838-9, for Army and Ordnance Services, occa- 
sioned by the Insurrection in Upper and Lower 

Canada, be referred to the Committee. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
Mr. Speaker do now leave the 


being proposed, That 
Chair; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “That” 
to the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ there be laid before this House, a Copy of a Letter, 
“ dated sth January 1838, addressed by the Poor 
Law Commissioners to the Assistant-commis- 
sioners, with which certain proposed orders for 
the appointment of Assistant-overseers - were 
“ sent” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question :—It 
was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair:— The House accordingly resolved itself 
into the Committee. 


ce 
“ 
“ 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
seven thousand four hundred and sixty-nine pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for the service of the 
British Museum, for the year ending Lady Day 
1839. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
seven thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to pay the Allowances and Expenses of the Barris- 
ters employed in revising Lists of Voters, under the 
Act to amend the Representation of the People in 
England and Wales, to the 31st day of March 
1839. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ten thou- 
sand and eight hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray, to the 31stday of March 1839, the 
expenses incurred by Sheriffs, formerly paid from 
Civil Contingencies ; also, to make good the defi- 
ciency of the Fees in the Office of the Queen’s Re~ 
membrancer in the Exchequer, and to pay the 
Salaries and Ancient Allowances of certain Officers 
of the Court of Exchequer. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray, in the year 1838, certain Charges heretofore 
paid out of County Rates. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ten thou- 
sand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty to enable 
Her to grant relief to the distressed Poles now in 
this Country. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six hun- 
dred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to enable 
the Trustees of the British Museum to purchase, 
for that Institution, the Collection of Etruscan 
Antiquities belonging to Signor Campanari. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards defraying the Expense of Steam Navigation 
to India by way of the Red Sea, to the 31st day 
of March 1839. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand nine hundred and ninety-three pounds 
six shillings and eight pence, be granted to Her 


27° Juli: 


bodied Militia of Great Britain and Jreland, for | 





A. 18338. 


Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil Esta- 
blishment of the Bahama Islands, to the 31st day 
of March 1839. 

9. Resolved, That a sum not exceeding Four Bermudas, 
thousand four hundred and forty-nine pounds thir- 
teen shillings and four pence, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil Esta- 
blishment of the Bermudas, to the 31st day of 
March 1839. 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three Prince Ed. 
thousand and seventy pounds, be granted to Her W*'’s Island. 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil Esta- 
blishment of Prince Edward’s Island, to the 31st 
day of March 1839. 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Nine Western Coast 
thousand eight hundred and eighty pounds, fifteen °f A‘tic. 
shillings and ten pence, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Charges of the Civil Establishments 
on the Western Coast of Africa, to the 31st day of 
March 1839. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eleven Ecclesiastical 
thousand seven hundred and ninety pounds eighteen =st#blishment 
shillings and sixpence, be granted to Her Majesty, initia) 
to defray the Expenses of the Ecclesiastical Esta- 
blishment of the British North American Provinces, 
to the 31st day of March 1839. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six Westem 
thousand one hundred and forty-nine pounds and 4¥Stlia. 
sixpence, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Expense of the Settlement of Western Australia, 
to the 31st day of March 1839. 


14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Nineteen Indian 
thousand one hundred and fifty-five pounds and a 
twelve shillings, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray ‘ : 
the Expense of the Establishment and Pensions of 
the Indian Department in Lower and Upper Canada, 
to the 31st day of March 1839. 


15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven- Governors of 
teen thousand six hundred and sixty-seven pounds, West India 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of “°° 
the Salaries of the Governors, Lieutenant Governors 
and others, in Her Majesty’s West India Colonies, 
to the 31st day of March 1839. 


16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Nine Heligoland. 
hundred and sixty-three pounds and ten pence, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the Civil Establishment of Heligoland, to the 31st 
day of March 1839. 

17. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty- special Justices 
nine thousand nine hundred and fifty pounds, be (Slavery Aboli- 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day "" Ast.) 
of March 1839, the Charge of Salaries and Allow- 
ances to the Special Justices appointed in pursuance 
of the Act for the abolition of Slavery throughout 
the British Colonies. 

18. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty Negro 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Education. 
defray, in the year 1838, such expenses as She may 
incur in aiding the Local Legislatures in providing 
for the religious and moral Instruction of the Em- 
ancipated Negro Population. 

19. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three Emigration. 
thousand eight hundred and seventy-one pounds 
sixteen shillings and three pence, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for the Salaries of the Agents for Emigra- 
tion, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

20. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixteen Saint Helena. 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of the Civil Establishment of 
Saint Helena, and of Pensions and Allowances to 
the Civil and Military Officers and Soldiers of the 
East India Company’s late Establishments in that 
Island, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

21. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four Nova Scotie. 
thousand and nine hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the Civil Go- 
vernment of Nova Scotia, to the 31st day of March 


1839. 
22. Resolved, 








2 Vicroriz. 


22. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight 
thousand and six hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray, in the year 1838, the Charge of 
the Repair and Maintenance of the Rideau and 
Ottawa Canals, in Canada. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


Canals in 
Canada. 





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


Sabbati 28° die Julii, 1838: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several | 
Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. Bernal also acquainted the House, that he 
was directed to move, That the Committee may have 
leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Ways and 
Means. 


Mr. More O’ Ferrall reported the County of Clare 
Treasurer Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


County of Clare 
Treasurer Bill. 


Shannon The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Navigation ; mittee to whom it was referred to consider of autho- 
oer rizing an Advance of Exchequer Bills, or of Money, 


out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the Improve- 
ment of the Navigation of the River Shannon ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Bills.] 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


Shannon Navi- 


gation Bill, reading of the Shannon Navigation Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time this 
day. 
Post Office Mr. Fox Maule reported the Post Office Bill; 
Bill. 


and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Mon- 
day next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Mediterranean Postage 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr.Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Robert Gordon, re- 
ogg That the Committee had gone through the 

ill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Mediterranean 
Postage Bill. 


Entails 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
(Scotland) Bill. 


into a Committee upon the Entails (Scotland) Bill ; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Chalmers reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill; and 
directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment. 

Ordered, That the 


day. 


Mr. Fox Maule reported the Ecclesiastical Ap- 
poimtments Suspension Bill; and the Amendments 
were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


Bill be read the third time this 


Ecclesiastical 
Appointments 
Suspension Bill, 


Education 


The House was moved, That the Order made 
(Scotland. ) 


upon Monday last, that a Select Committee be ap- 
on the State of Education in Scotland ; 
Vout. 93. 


97° —28° Jultz. 


763 


A Committee was nominated of Mr. Robert 
Steuart, Mr. George William Hope, the Lord Advo- 
cate, Sir George Sinclair, Mr. Wallace, Mr. Glad- 
stone, and Mr. Wyse; with Power to send for per- 
sons, papers and records. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


Promulgation 
of the Statutes, 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Scheme of Distribution of the Statutes 
under the Order of the House for their Promulga- 
tion; stating the Number sent to each Office, 
County and Borough, for the aoe 1837; stating 
the Total Number of Acts distributed, the Charge 
per Sheet, and the Aggregate Expense for the year. 


Copyholds 
Enfranchise- 
ment. 


Ordered, That a Select Committee be appointed 
to consider of the Enfranchisement of Copyholds, 
and to report their Opinion thereupon to the House: 
—And a Committee was appointed of Mr. Attorney 
General, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Goulburn, Sir Ed- 
ward Knatchbull, Sir James Graham, Sir William 
Follett, Mr. Yorke, Mr. Darby, Mr. Freshfield, 
Mr. James Stewart, Mr. Hayter, Mr. Lynch, Mr. 
Duckworth, Mr. Strutt, Mr. Aglionby, Mr. Shaw 
Lefevre, Mr. Sanford, Mr. William Blake, Lord 
Viscount Eastnor, Mr. William Miles, and Mr. 
Wrightson; with Power to send for persons, papers 
and records. 

Ordered, That Five be the Quoram. 


Transfer of 
Funds (War 
Office) Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
respecting the Transfer of certain Funds to the Se- 
cretary at War and the Paymaster General: An 
that Lord Viscount Howick and Sir Henry Parnell 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Act 7 Geo. 4, Jvint Stock 
c. 46, for the better regulating Co-partnerships of ®*™*s BM 
certain Bankers in England, and for amending so 
much of an Act of the thirty-ninth and fortieth 
years of the reign of his late Majesty King George 
the Third, intituled, “ An Act for establishing an 
Agreement with the Governor and Company of the 
Bank of England for advancing the Sum of Three 
Millions towards the supply for the service of 
the year One thousand eight hundred,” as relates 
to the same, might be read ; and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Report 
which, upon Wednesday last, was made from the Se- 
lect Committee appointed to inquire into the opera- 
tion of the Acts permitting the establishment of Joint 
Stock Banks in England and Ireland, and whether 
it be expedient to make any amendment in the pro- 
visions of these Acts, might be read; and the same 
being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the Law relative to Legal Proceedings by 
certain Joint Stock Banking Companies, against 
their own Members, and by such Members against 
the Companies: And that Mr. Chancellor of the 
Exchequer and Mr. Poulett Thomson do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


Lord Viscount Howick presented a Bill respect- Transfer of 
ing the Transfer of certain Funds to the Secretary Ofc) Bill, 
at War and the Paymaster General: And thesame 44, 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a N% 630. 
second time upon Monday next ; and to be printed. 


Joint Stock 
Banks Bill. 


No. 631. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill 
to amend the Law relative to Legal Proceedings by 
certain Joint Stock Banking Companies against 
their own Members, and by such Members against 
the Companies: And the same was read the first 
time ; and ordered to be read a second time upon 
Monday next ; and to be printed. 


The House was moved, That the Act 1 Will. 4, Pensions. 








c.25, for the support of his Majesty’s Household, 
E 2 


5 and 





764 


and of the Honour and Dignity of the Crown of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
might be read ; and the same was read. 

he House was also moved, That the Act 2 and 
3 Will. 4, c. 116, to provide for the Salaries of cer- 
tain High and Judicial Officers, and of Payments 
heretofore made out of the Civil List Revenues, 
might be read; and the same was read. 

he House was also moved, That the Act 1 Vic. 
c.2, for the support of Her Majesty’s Household, 
and of the Honour and Dignity of the Crown of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, That this House 
will, upon Monday next, resolve itself into a Com- 
mittee, to consider of providing for the payment 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom 
of Great Britain and Ireland, of such Pensions as 
prior to the accession of Her Majesty were charged 
upon the Consolidated Fund, the Civil List, and the 

our and a Half per Centum Duties ; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject-matter 
of this Motion, recommends it to the consideration 
of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, by Her Majesty’s 
command,-—Second Report of the Commissioners 
appointed to consider and recommend a general 
system of Railways for Jreland. 

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


Second Report 
on Railways 
(Treland.) 


The Order made upon the 27th day of June last, 
for referring the Return relative to the Pershore 
Union, to the Select Committee on the Poor Law 
Amendment Act, was read, and discharged. 

Ordered, That the said Return be printed. 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act (Pershore 
Union.) 


No. 641. 


Fossil Remains. 


No. 637. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Fossil Re- 
mains, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Beer, which 
was presented yesterday, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Record 
Commission, which was presented yesterday, be 
printed. . 


Beer. 

No. 638. 
Record 
Commission. 


No. 639. 


Army Estimates 
(Balance 
Sheet.) 


No. 640. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Army 
Estimates (Balance Sheet), which was presented 
yesterday, be printed. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour before one of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 


this day. 





Sabbati, 28° die Julii ; 
Anno 2° Victoria Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


Ms Holmes reported, fromthe Committee on the 
Sugar Refining Patent Bill; and to whom 
several Petitions against the said Bill were referred ; 
That they had heard counsel in support of one of the 
said Petitions, and had also heard counsel in favour 


Sugar Refining 
Patent Bill, 


of the Bill; and had examined the allegations of 


the Bill, and found the same to be true; and had 
gone through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Names of any Chief Magistrates or 
other Paymasters of the Peace Preservation or Con- 
stabulary Force in Ireland, who have not yet paid 


Constabulary 
(Ireland. ) 


27° —28° Julit. 





A. 1838. 


back to the Treasury balances of public money | 
which are in their hands, prior to 1st October 1836; 
stating the Sum in arrears, the Date when any such 
Paymaster’s duty ceased, what Securities are held 
for its repayment, and, if any, what steps have been 
taken for the recovery thereof. 


Petitions from Winchester ;—and, Colwich; pray- Idolatry 
ing the House to prohibit the interference of British India.) 
functionaries in the management of Idolatrous Ob- 
servances in Jndia,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Olveston and Alves- Maynooth 
ton, praying the House to discontinue the annual College. 
grant to the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth, 
was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Public Works 
Return of the manner in which the Sum of £50,000, Ireland.) 
granted to the Commissioners of Public Works in 
freland, by the Act 1 Vic. c. 21, was expended, 
distinguishing the sums advanced under the pro- 
visions of that Act, on applications from Present- 
ment Sessions. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Southampton, praying Sale of Beer 
for the repeal of the Sale of Beer Act, was presented, Act- 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Clergy of the Rural Deanery Parochial 
of Andover, praying that the Parochial Assessments Assessments 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and’ 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The Prisons ( West Indies) Bill was, according to Prisons (West 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a /ndies) Bill. 
Committee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


The ingrossed Bill to authorize the County of County of Clare 
Clare to borrow a Sum of Money for the relief of Teasurer Bill 
the Creditors and others remaining unpaid by reason 
of the default of the late Treasurer of the said County, 
to provide for the repayment of the same, and to 
direct proceedings to be taken in reference to the 
default of such late Treasurer, was, according to ~ 
Order, read the third time. 

An ingrossed Clause was offered to be added to 
the Bill, by way of rider, (Chief Remembrancer to 
order recognizances entered into by George O’ Calla- 
ghan to be vacated upon payment of the same): 

And the said Clause was brought up and read the 
first time. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That the said Clause be now read a second 
time :—It passed in the Negative. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


A Message from the Lords by Mr. Dowdeswell and Message from 
Mr. Farrer : the Lords. 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to vest in the Commis- Lond Tax 
missioners of the Treasury the Powers heretofore Retempt 
exercised by Commissioners appointed for certain 
Purposes relating to the redemption of the Land 
Tax, and to authorize the Court of Exchequer to 
determine Disputes as to the Division in which 
Lands are liable to be rated to the Land Tax: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to enable the Masters Court of 
of the Court of Chancery in Ireland, upon applica- (Ireland) Bill. 
tion to that Court by Petition, to execute renewals 
of Leases for Lives containing Covenants for Re- 
newal in the Names of Persons bound by such 
Covenants to execute the same, and being out of the 
Jurisdiction of the Court, and to extend such 

Powers 








Land Tax 
Commissioners’ 
Names Bill. 


India Steam 
Ship Company 
Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Sheriff Courts 


(Scotland) Bill. Act to regulate the Constitution, Jurisdiction and 


John Nicholl 
Thom. 


Entails 
(Scotland) Bill. 


China Courts 
Bill. 


2 VictroriZ. 


Powers to Cases of Terms for Years whether abso- 
lutely or dependent upon Lives : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to appoint additional 
Commissioners for executing the Acts granting a 
Land Tax and Duties on Personal Estates, Offices 
and Pensions: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for forming and regula- 
ting a Company to be called “ The India Steam 
Ship Company,” and to enable the said Company to 
purchase certain Letters Patent: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations 
and Borough Towns in Ireland, with Amendments ; 
to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


Forms of Process of Sheriff Courts in Scotland, with 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then 
the Messengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on the case 
of John Nicholl Thom, have leave to sit this day till 
four of the clock during the sitting of the House. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to 
extend the powers of an Act of the sixth and seventh 
year of the reign of his late Majesty, in relation to 
granting Tacks and making Excambions by Heirs of 
Entail, was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Captain Gordon do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without any Amendment. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the China Courts Bill; 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr.Speaker do now leave the Chair; 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words, 
‘&lt; it is inexpedient to pass any Bill for the establish- 
ment of Courts of Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction 
within the Chinese territories, until satisfactory 
‘ evidence shall have been laid on the Table of this 
House, that the Court of Pekin has signified its 
consent : 
“ That any attempt to establish such Courts by 


“cc 
‘ 


n 


¢ 


n 


28° Julie. 





the connivance, or even formal consent of the 
Local Authorities, would inevitably lead to the 
most embarrassing discussions respecting the in- 
dependence and jurisdiction of the said Courts ; 
and that it appears from the papers laid before 
this House, that, ‘ on the first occasion of dis- 
cussion in Canton, it may be anticipated that no 
alternative will remain but the most revolting sub- 
mission, or removal from the port :’ 

“ That British Courts of Civil Jurisdiction in 
China, unless distinctly recognized by the Chinese 
Authorities, would be, in an especial manner, inju- 
rious to the interests of British subjects trading 
in that country, as they would be thereby liable 
to be harassed by the most vexatious prosecutions 
on the part of Chinese plaintiffs, while they would 
be wholly without hope of redress against Chinese 
defendants: 

“ That with a view to the prevention of the re- 
currence of disputes in China in case of homicides 
committed by British subjects, it is expedient 
that the British Superintendent should be em- 
powered to summon a Special Court, to sit, in 
each case, on board of some British vessel in the 
port of Canton, or its vicinity, for the trial and 
“* punishment of such offences,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the 
words proposed to be left out stand part of the 
Question :—The said proposed Amendment was, 
with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Vot. 93. 


“cc 








765 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 
Bill read the first time. 
Bill withdrawn. 
The Chairman left the Chair. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair. 





Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Municipal 
Lords to the Municipal Corporations (Zreland) Bill, Corporations 
be taken into consideration upon Thursday next. —_relend) _ 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended by the Lords, No. 632. 
be printed. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the sheriff Courts 
Lords to the Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Bill be taken (Scotland) Bill. 
into consideration upon Wednesday next. No. 633. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended by the Lords, 
be printed. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to Customs Bill. 
take into further consideration the Report on the 
Customs Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 
An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Bill; in Clause 6, by leaving out the words “ and 
“ into the British Possessions abroad.” 
And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Bill; 
The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new sg 
Tellers for the Yeas, “ya ohn Parker, 39. 
ord Seymour : J 
Tellers for the Noes,{ 5 a } 8. 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Another Amendment was proposed to be made to 
the Bill, in Clause 6, by leaving out the word “ or” 
in]. 4. and inserting the word “ and ”’ instead thereof. 
And the Question being put, That the word “ or” 
stand part of the Bill:—It was resolved in the 
Affirmative. 
Then Amendments were made to the Bill. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time up6n Monday 
next. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Mediterranean Postage 
Bill ; and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


Mediterranean 
Postage Bill. 


Mr. Bernal reported, from the Committee of supply; 
Supply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as 
follow : 

1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- British 
seven thousand four hundred and sixty-nine pounds, Museum. 
be granted to Her Majesty, for the service of the 
British Museum, for the year ending Lady-day 
1839. 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- Revising 
seven thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, Barristers. 
to pay the Allowances and Expenses of the Barris- 
ters employed in revising Lists of Voters, under the 
Act to amend the Representation of the People in 
England and Wales, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ten thou- gherifts, 
sand and eight hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March 1839, 
the expenses incurred by Sheriffs, formerly paid from 
Civil Contingencies ; also, to make good the defi- 
ciency of the Fees in the Office of the Queen’s 
Remembrancer in the Exchequer, and to pay the 


Salaries and ancient Allowances of certain Officers 
of the Court of Exchequer. 





5E3 


4. Resolved, 


766 


4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eighty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray, in the year 1838, certain Charges heretofore 
paid out of County Rates. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Ten 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
enable Her to grant relief to the distressed Poles 
now in this Country. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six hun- 
dred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to enable 
the Moshtoss of the British Museum to purchase, 
for that Institution, the collection of Etruscan Anti- 
quities belonging to Signor Campanari. 

7. Resolved, "That a sum, not exceeding Fifty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to- 
wards defraying the Expense of Steam Navigation 
to India by way of the Red Sea, to the 31st day of 
March 1839. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand nine hundred and ninety-three pounds, six 
shillings and eight pence, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Charge of the Civil Establishment 
of the Bahama Islands, to the 31st day of March 
1839. 

9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand four hundred and forty-nine pounds thir- 
teen shillings and four pence, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil Esta- 
blishment of the Bermudas, to the 31st day of March 
1839. 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
sisland. thousand and seventy pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Civil Esta- 
blishment of Prince Edward’s Island, to the 31st 
day of March 1839. 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Nine 
thousand eight hundred and eighty pounds fifteen 
shillings and ten pence, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Charges of the Civil Establishments 
on the Western Coast of Africa, to the 31st day of 
March 1839. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eleven 
thousand seven hundred and ninety pounds eighteen 
shillings and sixpence, be granted to Her Majesty, 
to defray the Expenses of the Ecclesiastical Esta- 
blishment of the British North American Provinces, 
to the 31st day of March 1839. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Six 
thousand ohe hundred and forty-nine pounds and 
sixpence, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the 
Expense of the Settlement of Western Australia, to 
the 31st day of March 1839. 

14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Nine- 
teen thousand one hundred and fifty-five pounds 
twelve shillings, be granted to Her Majesty to defray 
the Expense of the Establishment and Pensions of 
the Indian Department in Lower and Upper Canada, 
to the 31st day of March 1839. 

15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven- 
teen thousand six hundred and sixty-seven pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Salaries of the Governors, Lieutenant Governors 
and others, in Her Majesty’s West India Colonies, 
to the 31st day of March 1839. 

16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Nine 
hundred and sixty-three pounds and ten pence, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
the Civil Establishment of Heligoland, to the 31st 
day of March 1839. 

17. Resolved That a sum, not exceeding Sixty- 
nine thousand nine hundred and fifty pounds, be 
= to Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day 

arch 1839, the Charge of Salaries and Allowances 
to the Special Justices appointed in pursuance of 
the Act for the abolition of Slavery throughout the 
British Colonies. 

18. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray, in the year 1838, such Expenses as She may 
incur in aiding the Local Legislatures in providing 


County Rates. 


Distressed 
Poles, 


Etruscan 
Antiquities 
(British 
Museum.) 


Steam Navigas 
tion (India.) 


Bahama 
Islands. 


Bermudas. 


Prince Ed- 


ward’ 


Western Coast 
of Africa, 


Ecclesiastical 
Establishment 
(North 
America.) 


Western 
Australia. 


Indian 
Department 
(Canada.) 


Governors of 
West India 
Colonies. 


Heligoland. 


Special Justices 
(Slavery Abo- 
lition Act.) 


Negro 
Education. 


28° Jultz. 





A. 1838. 


for the religious and moral Instruction of the Eman- 
cipated Negro Population. 

19. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three Emigration, 
thousand eight hundred and seventy-one pounds 
sixteen shillings and three pence, be granted to Her 
Majesty, for the Salaries of the Agents for Emigra- 
tion, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

20. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixteen Saint Helena, 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of the Civil Establishment of 
Saint Helena, and of Pensions and Allowances to 
the Civil and Military Officers and Soldiers of the 
East India Company’s late Establishments in that 
Island, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

21. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four Nova Scotia, 
thousand nine hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expenses of the Civil Go- 
vernment of Nova Scotia, to the 31st day of March 
1839. 

22. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight Canals in 
thousand six hundred pounds, be granted to Her Canada. 
Majesty, to defray, in the year 1838, the Charge of 
the Repair and Maintenance of the Rideau and 
Ottawa Canals, in Canada. 

The first Resolution of the Committee being read 
a second time ; 

Ordered, That the said Resolution be taken into 
further consideration upon Monday next. 

The subsequent Resolutions of the Committee 
being read a second time, were agreed to. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-Chureb 
mittee on the Church Building Acts Amendment Building Acts 
Bill ; — 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Shannon 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of ok cana 
authorizing an Advance of Exchequer Bills, or of tng 
Money, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Bills.] 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the 
improvement of the Navigation of the River Shan- 
non ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Tuesday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Shannon 
reading of the Shannon Navigation Bill; —— 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon * 
Tuesday next. 


The House was moved, That the Copy of a Con- Slave Trade 
vention between Her Majesty, the King of the Treas 
French, and the King of the Two Sicilies, for the 1"? 
more effectual suppression of the Slave Trade, signed 
at Naples, February 14th 1838, which was presented 
upon the 1st day of June last, might be read; and 
the same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, That this House will, 
upon Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee 
to consider of the said Convention ; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Majes- 
ty’s Command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject-matter 
of this Motion, recommends it to the consideration 
of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The House was moved, That the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 

4, c. 72, for carrying into effect Two Conventions 
with the King of the French, for suppressing the 
Slave Trade, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

Ordered, That the said Act, be referred to the 
Committee. 


The House was moved, That the Copy of a Con- Slave Trade 
vention between Her Majesty, the King of the (T&lt;#y-) 
French, and the Grand Duke of Tuscany, for the 

more 








2 Vicroriz. 


more effectual suppression of the Slave Trade, signed 
at Florence, November 24th 1837, which was pre- 
sented upon the 26th day of March last, might be 
read ; and the same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, That this House will, 
upon Monday next, resolve itself into a Committee 
to consider of the said Convention ; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s Command, acquainted the House, that Her 
Majesty, having been formed of the subject-matter 
of this Motion, recommends it to the consideration 
of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 

The House was moved, That the Act 3 &amp; 4 Will. 
4,c. 72, for carrying into effect Two Conventions 
with the King of the French, for suppressing the 
Slave Trade, might be read; and the same being 


26°— 30° Julte. 





read ; 
Ordered, That the said Act be referred to the 
Committee. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return of the Number of Persons, other- 
wise entitled to be included, but whose Names have 
been omitted by the Overseers from the Lists of 
Electors of Cities, Boroughs and Cinque Ports, in 
the year 1838, on account of their non-payment of 
Poor Rates or Assessed Taxes; with the Amount 
of rental respectively, at which the Persons so 
omitted have been assessed to the Poor Rates. 

Ordered, that the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as 
are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, inti- 
tuled, An Act to amend an Act of the fourth and fifth 
years of his late Majesty, empowering His Majesty 
to erect South Australia into a British Province or 
Provinces ; and the same was read, as followeth : 

Pr. 10. 1.26. After “ done” insert Clauss (A). 
CravusE (A.) “ And whereas it is in and by the 
said Act provided, that in case the Commissioners 
* should be unable to raise by the issue of Colonial 
Revenue Securities the whole of the sum of two 
hundred thousand pounds therein mentioned, or 
that the ordinary revenue of the said province 
should be insufficient to discharge the obligations 
of all or any of the said securities, the public 
lands of the said province then remaining unsold, 
and the monies to be obtained by the sale thereof, 
should be deemed a collateral security for pay- 
ment of the principal and interest of the said 
Colonial Debt, but no monies obtained by the 
sales of public lands were to be employed in de- 
fraying the principal or interest of the said Colonial 
Debt, so long as any obligation created by the 
‘ public Land Securities in the said Act mentioned 
should remain undischarged: And whereas the 
Commissioners have raised the sum of 
, by issue of Colonial Revenue Securities, but 
the said Commissioners have not issued any South 
Australian Public Land Securities ; and whereas 
the ordinary revenue of the said Colony hath been 
from the first issue of the said Colonial Revenue 
Securities, and still is insufficient to pay the inte- 
rest thereon, or on any partthereof: Be it therefore 
Enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the 
said Commissioners, by any a or orders, signed 
by them or any two of them, to direct their 
Treasurer or Treasurers to apply so much of the 
monies received or tu be received, as and for the 
proceeds of the sales of public lands in the said 
province as may be necessary, in payment and 
discharge of all or any part of the principal due 
and owing, and of the interest accrued and to 


accrue upon the Colonial Revenue Securities 
Vor. 93. 





767 
issued or to be issued by them, and so from time 
to time: Provided always, that in case the said 
Commissioners shall hereafter issue any of the 
South Australian Public Land Securities in the 
said Act mentioned, then and in such case it shall 
not be lawful for the said Commissioners to issue 
any such order as hereinbefore mentioned, till 
such South Australian Public Land Securities 
have been paid off and discharged : Provided also, 
that the sums so paid in pursuance of any such 
order, shall constitute a Colonial debt, owing by 
the said province to the said Commissioners, as in 
the said Act mentioned.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hutt do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 





Lune, 30° die Julii ; 


Anno 2° Victorie Regine : 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1838 


PRAYERS. 


M 


at the bar presented, pursuant to the directions of 
an Act of Parliament,—List No 91; specifying the 
Particulars of the Compensation proposed to be 
granted to the family of a person who belonged to 
the late Maritime Service of the East India Com- 
pany, under an arrangement sanctioned by the 
Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, 
and laid before the Honourable the House of Com- 
mons on the 26th February 1835. 


Abstracts of all Correspondence between the Direc- 
tors of the East India Company and the Company’s 
Government in Jndia, since the 1st day of June 
1827, on the subject of Slavery in the at acs 
under the Company’s rule ; also respecting any Slave 
Trade therein ; also, of all Orders, and Regulations 
issued, or any Proceedings taken, by order or under 
the authority of the Company, with a view to the 
abolition of Slavery and the Slave Trade, since the 
above date; also, of any Correspondence between 
the Board of Control and the Court of Directors 
on the said subjects :—And then he withdrew. 

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


the said Company to purchase certain Letters Patent, 
was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Holmes do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


mittee on the Liverpool Clergy Endowment Bill; 
That notices had been given in the newspapers, 
pursuant to the Order of the House of the 16th 
day of this instant July, and that the Committee 
had examined the allegations of the Bill, and found 
the same to be true; and had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto; and the Amend- 
ments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed. 


Mr. Lockhart and the West Scotland List. 








5E4 Petitions 


| 
) 


R. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of East India 
the East India Company, was called in, and Company. 


Mr. Campbellalso presented,—Further Return toan Slave Trade 
Order, dated the 1st day of March last, for Copies or (East India.) 





SST SS 


SAE 


"TSEe 


eee 


eee 


eagastse es 


An ingrossed Bill for forming and establishing Sugar Refining 
The Colonial Patent Sugar Company, and to enable Patent Bill. 





Lord Viscount Sandon reported from the Com- Liverpool 


The Duke of Hamilton and Brandon’s Estate Duke of 
Bill was read a second time; and committed to Hamilton and 





Employment 
of the Poor. 


Church 
Establishment 
¢Canada.) 


Spirit Dealers 
(Ireland.) 


Idolatry 
(India. ) 


Third Report on 
Fictitious Votes 
(Ireland.) 


No. 643. 


Public 
Petitions. 


Spirits 
(Ireland. &gt; 


Tithes 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Charles Pitt. 


Canada. 


768 


Petitions from Salford;—and, Ashton-under- Lyne; | 
praying the House to take into consideration the | 
plans proposed by Mr. Robert Owen, for the Employ- 
ment of the Poor,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Ipswich, praying the 
House to take into consideration, the present state 
of the Ecclesiastical Establishment in Canada, and 
extend to the Church in those provinces protection 
and encouragement, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Spirit Retailers of Enniskillen, 
praying that Spirit Dealers in Jreland may be 
placed on the same footing with those in England 
and Scotland, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Romney-terrace Westminster ;— 
Liverpool (five Petitions) ;—Stalybridge;—Ashton- 
under-Lyne ;— Hereford ;— Newark-upon- Trent ;— 
and, Hyde; praying the House to prohibit the interfer- 
ence of British functionaries in the management of 
Idolatrous Observances in India,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Select 
Committee appointed to inquire how far the inten- 
tions of the ; ree Bill are defeated by creating 
and registering Fictitious and improper Votes in 
Ireland ; That they had made further Progress in the 
matters to them referred, and had directed him to re- 

ort the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

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


Mr. George William Wood reported from the 
Select Committee on Public Petitions ; That they 
had examined the Petitions presented from the 23d 
to the 28th days of this instant July, both inclusive, 
and had directed him to make a Report thereof to 
the House. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the ‘Table ; 
and be printed. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Monkstown, praying 
that the sale of Spirit by Grocers in Jreland may 
be prohibited, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Christopher Delmege, of Castle-park, 
in the county of the city of Limerick, Esquire, praying 
that if the present compositions for Tithes shall be 
opened, such provision may be made in the Tithes 
(Yreland) Bill, as will enable the tithe-owners in 
case they shall be without other sufficient evidence, 
to require the Revising Barristers to have new va- 
luations made of the Tithes of the parishes under 
revision, according to the present prices of agricul- 
tural produce (which are moderate,) and thereby to 
found the amount of composition thenceforward to 
be payable ; and, in order that such valuations may 
be fair and impartial, that the valuators shall be 
persons of respectability and appointed by Govern- 
ment, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


A Petition of Charles Pitt, of Adam-street, 
Adelphi, Surveyor, complaining of injury inflicted 
upon his professional character by the Board of 
Wocds and Forests; and praying that he may be 
heard at the bar of the House or before a Com- 
mittee, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Sir George Grey presented,— Further Return to 
anAddress to Her Majesty, dated the 23d day of this 
instant July, for a Return of all Appointments made 
by the Earl of Durham since his arrival in Canada ; 
the date of the Appointments ; the Names of Per- 
sons holding such Appointments; and the Salaries 
attached to each. 

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


30° Juliz. 








A. 1838. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill Private Bil 
to provide for the custody of certain Monies paid Peposits Bill. 
in pursuance of the Standing Orders of either House 
of Parliament by Subscribers to Works or Under- 
takings to be effected under the authority of Par- 
liament: And that Mr. Pouleté Thomson and Mr. 

Shaw Lefevre do prepare, and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Indian Law, 
a Copy of the Penal Code po by the Indian 
Law Commissioners, and published by Command of 
the Governor General of Jndia, in Council. 
Mr. Vernon Smith accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Benefices 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords Plurality Bill, 
to the Benefices Piurality Bill ; 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 
into consideration To-morrow. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Revenue 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, ——-. 
intituled, An Act to amend an Act for enabling Per- 
sons to make Deposits of Stock or Exchequer Bills, 
in lieu of giving security by Bond to the Postmaster 


General and Commissioners of Land Revenue, Cus- 


toms, Excise, Stamps and Taxes; and the same were 


read, as follow: 

Pr. 4. 1. 4. After “aforesaid” insert “ and any 
Stock or Exchequer Bills which shall at any time 
hereafter be required to be transferred or depo- 
sited by way of security, in pursuance of the said 
‘ Act or this Act.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 6. After “into” insert “or deposited in.” 

Pr, 4. 1.10. After “into” insert “ and in.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 13. Leave out “ was,” and insert “ has 
“ been or may be.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 14. Leave out from “by” to “ and,” 
in |. 15. and insert “ him or them.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 20. After “ person” insert “ or per- 
sons.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 24. After “ aforesaid ” insert “ or by 
any other person or persons duly authorized by 
letter of attorney executed by such person or per- 
sons, or body corporate.” 

Pr. 6. 1. penult. Leave out from “ Crown” to 
the” in Pr. 7. 1.1. and insert “ and it shall be 
lawful to and for.” 

Pr. 7. 1.7. Leave out “ to be certified.” 

Pr. 7. 1. ult. At the end of the Bill add “ to 
appoint the officer or officers in whose name or 
names such Stock or Exchequer Bills shall be 
deposited, and to make such regulations as may 
be necessary for extending the provisions of the 
said recited Act, and of this Act, to such other 
cases as are hereby authorized.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


ce 


“ 


‘ 
“ 


na 


“ 


- 
n 


International 


The House proceeded to take into consideration ational 
Copyright Bill. 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for securing to Authors, in certain 
cases, the Benefit of International Copyright ; and 
the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 3. 1. 3. After “‘ Company” insert Clauses 
(A.) and (B.) 
Crause (A.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That if a book be published anony- 


mously, it shall be sufficient to msert in the entry 
thereof, in such register-book, the name and place 
of abode of the first publisher thereof, instead of 
the name and place of abode of the author thereof, 
together with a declaration that such entry 1s 

“ made 














Prisons (West 
Indies) Bill. 


Mediterranean 
Pestage Bill. 


Pensions, 


2 VicToriZ. 
“‘ made either on behalf of the author, or on behalf 
of such first publisher, as the case may require.” 

Cravse (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That every 
such entry shall be primé facie proof of a rightful 
first publication ; but if there be a wrongful first 
publication, and any party have availed himself 
thereof to obtain an entry of a spurious work, the 
author, or his first publisher, may apply by Pe- 
tition, or on Motion, to the Court of Chancery to 
order such entry to be amended, but no such order 
shall be made unless it be proved to the satisfac- 
tion of the said Court, first with respect to a 
wrongful publication in a country to which the 
author or first publisher does not belong, and in 
regard to which there does not subsist with this 
country any treaty of International Copyright, 
that the party making the application was the 
author or first publisher, as the case requires ; 
second, with respect to a wrongful first publica- 
tion either in the country where a rightful first 
publication has taken place, or in regard to 
which there subsists with this country a treaty of 
International Copyright, that a court of compe- 
tent jurisdiction in any such country where such 
wrongful first publication has taken place has 
given judgment in favour of the right of the party 
claiming to be the author or first publisher.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 31. After “import” insert “ for sale.” 

Pr. 5. 1s. 82. and 33. After “ imported ” insert 
for sale.” 

Pr. 6. 1.1. After “ imported ” insert “ for sale.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


‘ 


n 


we 
¢ 


ww“ 


« 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


wn 


if3 
‘ 


n 


“ 
‘ 


n 


‘ 


wn 


“ 
its 
“ 
‘ 


n 


“cc 
“ 
“ 
“c“ 
cc 
“ 
“ 
“cc 
ci 


a“ 
n 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Prisons (West Indies) 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr.Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The ingrossed Bill for imposing Rates of Postage 
on the Conveyance of Letters by Packet Boats be- 
tween Places in the Mediterranean and other Parts, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee to consider of providing for 
the payment out of the Consolidated Fund of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
of such Pensions as prior to the accession of Her 
Majesty were charged upon the Consolidated Fund, 
the Civil List, and the Four and a Half per Centum 
Duties. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That provision be made out of the Con- 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, to defray the charge of such 
Pensions as, prior to the Accession of Her Majesty, 
were charged upon the Consolidated Fund, under 
the authority of the Act 2 and 3 Will. 4, c. 116, 
upon the Civil List, and upon the Four and a Half 
per Centum Duties. 

Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to a Reso- 
lution. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Vot. 93. 


30° Julie. 








769 


M 
a yeaa from the Lords, by Mr. Wingfield and nee Seem 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased Joint Stock 
to communicate to their Lordships a Copy of a Re- B@™** 
port made from the Select Committee appointed by 
this House in the present Session of Parliament to 
inquire into the operation of the Acts permitting the 
establishment of Joint Stock Banks in England and 
Ireland, and whether it be expedient to make an 
amendment in the provisions of these Acts, together 
with the Minutes of Evidence taken before the Com- 
mittee ; and the Appendix and Index:—-And then 
the Messengers withdrew. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the said Message. 

Resolved, That this House will send to the Lords 
a printed Copy of the said Report, as desired by 
their Lordships. 

And the Messengers were again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith; and a 
printed Copy of the said Report was delivered to 
them, to be communicated to the Lords:—And then 
they again withdrew. 


A Motion being made, and the Question being Supply ; 
proposed, That the Order of the day, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply, be now read ; 

An protien «xi was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words, 
“ a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into 
the state of the various Commissions issued since Commissions. 
1830, with regard to those that have been in- 
stituted, those that ceased, or so stated, that are 
now existing, for the purpose of ascertaining the 
bond fide amount of all expenses that have been 
incurred directly or indirectly, amount that has 
been paid or now due, as well as the final deci- 
sion and result on each Commission, for what 
cause any Commission has been abandoned or re- 
newed, or further measures recommended, and 
the cause why certain payments have been with- 
held,” instead thereof, 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
osed to be left out stand part of the Question :— 
t was resolved in the Affirmative. 


Ordered, That the Order of the day, for the Com- 
mittee of Supply, be now read ; and the same being 
read ; 

The House resolved itself into the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty Education 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Ireland.) 
enable the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland to issue 
Money for the Advancement of Education in Jreland, 
to the 31st day of March 1839. 


2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twelve Foundling 
thousand five hundred —_ be granted to Her Hospital 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Foundling yon. 
Hospital in Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1839. 


3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty House of 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Indsty- 
defray the Expense of the House of ledutng in 
Dublin, the Lunatic Department, and the four Ge- 
neral Hospitals attached, to the 31st day of March 
1839. 

4, Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- Hibernian — 
dred and fifty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, Marine Suciety. 
to defray the Charge of the Hibernian Marine So- 
ciety in Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One thou- Female 
sand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray Orphan House 
the Expense of the Female Orphan House, Circular 
Road, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two thou- Westmoriand 
sand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her Ma- Lock Hospital. 

5 F jesty, 











770 


jesty, to defray the Expense of the Westmorland 
Loch Hospital, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One thou- 
sand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Expense of the Lying-in Hospital in Dublin, to 
the 31st day of March 1839. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One thou- 
sand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Expense of Dr. Steeven’s Hos- 
pital in Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand eight hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Fever Hos- 
pital and House of Recovery, Cork-street, Dublin, 
to the 31st day of March 1839. 


Lying-in 
Hospital. 


Dr. Steeven’s 
Hospital, 


Fever Hospital, 


Hospital fur 10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five hun- 

Incurables. § dred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Expense of the Hospital for Incurables, to the 
31st day of March 1839. 

Renetutete 11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight 

vollege. 


thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Roman Catholic College in Ireland, to the 31st day 
of March 1839. 


Royal Irish 12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 


Academy. hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 
fray the Expense of the Royal Irish Academy, to 
the 31st day of March 1839. 

Royal 13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 

Hibernian hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 

cane fray the Sue of the Royal Hibernian Academy 
to the 31st day of March 1839. 

Royal Dublin 14, Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five 

Society. thousand three hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Royal Dublin 
Society, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

Charitable 15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven 


Donations and hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to de- 


mayo. fray the Salaries and Expenses of the Commissioners 
of Charitable Donations and Bequests in Jreland, 
to the 31st day of March 1839. 

Royal Belfast 16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 

Academical = thousand eight hundred pounds, be granted to Her 

Institution. —__Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Royal Bel- 
fast Academical Institution, to the 31st day of 
March 1839. ‘ 

Publi 17, Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirteen 

uildings, 


thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
repairing and maintaining the several Public Build- 
ings in the Department of the Commissioners of 
Public Works in Ireland, to the 31st day of March 
1839. 

18. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
two thousand three hundred and thirty-two poli 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieu- 
tenant of Ireland in Dublin and London, and Her 
Majesty’s Privy Council Office in Jreland, and of 
Printing for the Public Offices in Jreland, to the 
31st day of March 1839. 


19. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twelve 
thousand three hundred and ninety-four pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Salaries of the Officers and Attendants of the House- 
hold of the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland, and certain 
other Officers and Services formerly charged on the 
Civil List in Jreland, to the 31st day of March 
1839. 

20. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of the, Office of Paymaster of 
Civil Services in Zreland, to the 31st day of March 
1839. 

21. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four 
thousand one hundred and fifty pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Canvas for publishing 


Chief Secretary 
to Lord Lieu- 
tenant, &amp;c. 


Household of 
the Lord 
Lieutenant. 


Paymaster of 
Civil Services. 


Proclamations 
aad Statutes, 


30°~ 31° Julze. 








A. 1838. 


Proclamations, and printing the Statutes in Jreland, 
to the 3ist day of March 1839. 

22. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- Protestant 
one thousand seven hundred and nineteen pounds, Dissenting 


be ted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense a 

of Teiviestthecmsings - a de and Protestant Dis- Jo 
senting Ministers in Ireland, to the 31st day of - 
March 1839. 

23. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty- Criminal 
six thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to Prosecutions, 2 
Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Criminal 0 
Prosecutions and other Law Charges in Jreland, 
to the 31st day of March 1839. 

24. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- Police k 
one thousand three hundred and fifty-seven pounds, (Dublin.) E 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the ( 
Charge of the Public Offices and Metropolitan Police 
of Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

25. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three Public Works. 
thousand two hundred and six pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Board 
of Public Works in Ireland, to the 31st day of March ( 
1839. 


26. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven Townland 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to S¥v¢y- 
defray the Expense of the Townland Survey of Jre- 
land, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

27. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twelve Railways 
thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to Her Commission. 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Commission 
to inquire into the best system of Railways for Ire- 
land, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

28. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty Civil Contin- 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 8°" 
complete the sum required to defray the Charge of 
Civil Contingencies, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

29. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty- Miscellaneous 
three thousand two hundred pounds, be granted to es 
Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March (St) 
1839, Law Expenses, Grants to Scottish Universities 
and other Charges, formerly paid out of the Here- 
ditary Revenues, and not provided for out of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Civil List, nor out of the Consolidated Fund. 

30. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- Commissariat. 
dred and one thousand two hundred and six pounds 
three shillings and four-pence, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Commissariat 
Department, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

31. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty 
thousand and fifty-four pounds three shillings and 
eight-pence, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Expense of Half-Pay, Pensions and Allowances 
in the Commissariat Department, to the 31st day of 
March 1839. 

32. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five Canada. 
hundred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Expenses beyond the ordinary 
Grants for the years 1837-8, and 1838-9, for Army 
and Ordnance Services, occasioned by the Insur- 
rection in Upper and Lower Canada. e 

33. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- Disembodied 
dred and eighty-two thousand six hundred and Militia. 
twenty-two ag one shilling and one penny, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Disembodied Militia of the United Kingdom, to the 
3ist day of March 1839. 


Resolutions to be reported. 





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


Martis, 31° die Juli, 1838: 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had come to several 
Resolutions. 


Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend the Laws relating Customs Bill. 
to the Customs was, according to Order, read =~ 
thir 








2 VicroriZ. 


third time ; and an Amendment was made to the 
Bill. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. ; 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Joint Stock The Joint Stock Banks Bill was, according to 

Banks Bill. = Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 

Transfer of The Transfer of Funds (War Office) Bill was, 

ose bond according to Order, read a second time; and com- 

Ofice) Bl, mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for this 
day. 

Bankrupts’ Petitions from the Company of Merchants of 

_—. a) Bill Edinburgh ;—and, Chamber of Commerce and Ma- 

sas “nufactures of Edinburgh; praying that the Bank- 
rupts’ Estates (Scotland) Bill may pass into a law, 
—were presented,and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 

Bankrupts’ The Order of the day being read, for taking into 


(Seatland) pi}, further consideration the Report on the Bankrupts’ 


Estates (Scotland) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon this day three months. 


Oaths Validity 


Biil, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Oaths Validity Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Forms of 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Pleading Bill. 


mittee on the Forms of Pleading Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
— proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 

alr ; 

A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House do now adjourn ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Tellers for the ( Mr. John Ellis, Yio, 
Yeas, Colonel Sibthorp : Be 

Tellers for the ( Mr. Solicitor General, 38 
Noes, Mr. Fox Maule: } fj 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House, accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Foa Maule 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made an Amendment thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Spirit Licenses 


a The Order of the day being read, for the second 
(Ireland) Bill, 


reading of the Spirit Licenses (Ireland) Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
this day. 


Conveyances of The Conveyances of Estates Bill was, according 


Estates Billk + Order, read a second time ; and committed to a 
Committee of the whole House, for this day. 
ae ag The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
our t's mittee on the Bankruptcy Court Bill; 
Resolved, That this House will, upon this day three 
months, resolve itself into the said Committee. 
ha ia The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
aus, : 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 
ae Office The Order of the day being read, for the third 


reading of the Post Office Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 
he eam The Order of the day being read, for the third 
Suspension Bill. Feading of the Ecclesiastical Appointments Suspen- 
sion Bill; 


Vou. 93. 


30°—3 1° Sulit. 





771 


Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time this 
day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into supply 
further consideration the first of the Resolutions (28 July.) 
which, upon Saturday last, were reported from the 
Committee of Supply ; 

Ordered, That the said Resolution. be taken into 
further consideration this day. 


The Order of the day being read, forthe Committee Church Building 
on the Church Building Acts Amendment Bill ; Acts — 

Resolved, That this Honse will, this day, resolve a 
itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself a siave Trade 

Committee to consider of a Convention between Her Treaties 
Majesty, the King of the French, and the King of (Si!) Bill 
the two Sicilies, for the more effectual suppression 
of the Slave Trade, signed at Naples, February 14, 
1838, which was presented upon the 1st day of 
June last; and after some time spent therein; Mr. 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. For Maule 
reported, That he was directed by the Committee 
to make a Motion. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Fox Maule accordingly reported, That he 

was directed by the Committee to move the House, 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill for carrying 
into effect a Convention of accession of the King of 
the two Sictlies to two Conventions with the King 
of the French for suppressing the Slave Trade :— 
And he moved the House accordingly. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the 
Bill: And that Mr. Fox Maule and Lord Viscount 
Palmerston do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into slave Trade 
a Committee to consider of a Convention between Treaties | 
Her Majesty, the King of the French, and the Grar.d (Te*™¥) Bi. 
Duke of Tuscany, for the more effectual Suppres- 
sion of the Slave Trade, signed at Florence, Novem- 
ber 24th 1837, which was presented upon the 26th 
day of March last; and after some time spent 
therein; Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Fox Maule reported, That he was directed by the 
Committee to make a Motion. 
Ordered, That the Report be now received. 
Mr. Fox Maule accordingly reported, That he 
was directed by the Committee to move the House, 
That leave be given to bring in a Bill for carrying 
into effect a Convention of accession of the Duke of 
Tuscany to the two Conventions with the King of 
the French for suppressing the Slave Trade :—And 
he moved the House accordingly. 
Ordered. That leave be given to bring in the Bill : 
And that Mr. For Maule and Lord Viscount Pal- 
merston do prepare, and bring it in. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented to Criminals _ 
Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (S°o!™4.) 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return by the Clerks to the Commissioners 
of Supply of the several Counties in Scotland, show- 
ing the Amount of Rogue Money annually assessed 
on each County during the last five years; distin- 
guishing in separate columns, in so far as practicable, 
the Amounts respectively applied to the apprehend- 
ing, the subsisting, and the prosecuting of Criminals, 
and to any other purposes, stating what such other 
purposes are :—A Return by the (Queen’s and Lord 
Treasurer’s Remembrancer in Exchequer in Scot- 
land, showing the several Sums annually allowed in 
the several Sheriffs’ Accounts during the last. five 
years, for Expenses of Criminal Investigations, Pro- 
secutions, Trials, or other Criminal Proceedings ; 
distinguishing, under .separate heads, in so far as 
practicable, the purposes to which such Sums have 
been applied :—And, a Return by the Crown Agent 





5 F2 in 














Militia Ballots 
Suspension Bill, 


Railroad 
Commission 
(Ireland.) 


Valuation 
of Lands, &amp;c., 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Patrick McTier. 


Justice of 
Peace Courts 
( Glasgow.) 


Slave Trade 
Treaties 
(Sicily) Bill. 


No, 644, 


712 


in Scotland, showing the Expenses of Criminal Inves- | f 
tigations, Prosecutions, Trials, or other Criminal | ordered to be read a second time this day ; and to 


roceedings, in the name or under the authority of the | 


rd Advocate, during the last Five years; distin- 
guishing, in separate columns, in so far as practicable, 
the portion of such Expenses applicable to Inves- 
tigations and to Proceedings in the Court of Justi- 
ciary, and in the Sheriff’s and other inferior Courts; 
and stating from what sources such Expenses have 
been defrayed. 

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


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to suspend for a limited time the making of Lists, 
and the Ballots and Enrolments for the Militia of 
the United Kingdom: And that Mr. Fox Maule 
and Lord Viscount Howick do prepare, and bring 


it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Treasury Minute, dated 3d November 
— respecting the Railroad Commission for Jre- 
and. 

Mr.Chancellor of the Exchequer accordingly pre- 
sented the said Paper. 

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


The House was moved, That the Act 6 &amp; 7 Will. 
4, c. 84, to consolidate and amend the several Acts 
for the Uniform Valuation of Lands and Tenements 
in Ireland, and to incorporate certain detached 
portions of Counties and Baronies with those Coun- 
ties and Baronies respectively whereto the same may 
adjoin, or wherein the same are locally situate, might 
be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to amend the said Act: And that Lord Viscount 
Morpeth and Mr. Attorney General for Ireland do 
prepare and bring it in. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Evidence taken before the Stipendiary 
Magistrates appointed by the Lord Lieutenant of 
Boland, to inquire into the Memorial presented b 
Patrick M‘ Tier, of Upper Commovws, in the Boroug 
of Newry, against Mr. Trevor Corry. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented,—Further Return to an 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 20th day of this 
instant July, for a Return, showing the Number of 
Justice of Peace Courts held in the City of Glas- 
gow since the Appointment of the present Justice 
of the Peace Clerk for the Lower Ward of Lanark- 
shire, the Number of Causes tried and decided in 
each year since his Appointment, the Amount of 
Fees paid to, or received by, or on account of said 
Justice of Peace Clerk, the Number of Courts at 
which he officiated personally, also the Number in 
which his Deputy officiated, stating the profession 
to which the Principal and Depute Clerks belong, 
and if in partnership, the Names of their Partners, 
if any; also, the period or periods in each year 
during which the Justice of Peace Clerk of Glasgow 
has been absent from that City since his appoint- 
ment, to the Ist day of August; the Return to be in 


30°—31° Julzz. 








A. 1838. 


Trade: And the same was read the first time; and 


be printed. : 


Lord Viscount Palmerston presented a Bill for Slave Trade 


carrying into effect a Convention of accession of the 
Duke of Tuscany to the two Conventions with the 
King of the French for suppressing the Slave Trade: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time this day; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Labouchere reported from the Select Com- 
mittee appointed to inquire into the operation 
of the Act 6 Geo. 4, c. 129, and generally into 
the constitution, proceedings and extent of any 
Trades Union or Combination of Workmen, or Em- 
ployers of Workmen in the United Kingdom, and 
to whom several Petitions were referred; and who 
were empowered to report their observations there- 
upon, together with the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them from time to time to 
the House; That they had made further Progress 
in the matters to them referred ; and had directed 
him to report the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them. 

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


Mr. Labouchere presented a Bill to provide for 


the custody of certain Monies paid, in pursuance of Deposits Bill. 


the Standing Orders of either House of Parliament, 
by Subscribers to works or undertakings, to be 
effected under the authority of Parliament : And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time this day ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented a Bill to suspend for a Militia Ballots 
of Lists, and the Ballots Suspension Bill. 


limited time the makin 
and Enrolments for the Militia of the United King- 
dom: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time this day. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to Menor Courts 


Treaties 
(Tuscany) Bill, 


No. 645. 


Second Report 
on Combination 


of Workmen. 


No. 646, 


Private Bill 


No. 647, 


inquire into the operation of the Small Debts Juris- (Ireland.) 


diction of Manor Courts in Ireland, the abuses which 
may exist therein, and the remedies proper to be 
applied, have Power to report their Observations and 
Opinion thereupon to the House; together with the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Morgan John O'Connell reported from the 
said Select Committee, That they had considered the 
matters to them referred ; and had come to several 
Resolutions, which they had directed him to report, 
together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them ; and the Resolutions of the Committee 
were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That it is highly desirable that the 
means of recovering Small Debts in Ireland should 
be easy, cheap and effectual. 

2. Resolved, That the frequent holding of well- 
regulated Courts for such purpose, placed in conve- 
nient situations, presided over by competent and 
impartial judges, and conducted on a simple and 
uniform system, would conduce materially to that 
end. 

3. Resolved, That the Assistant Barristers’ Courts 
are found highly efficient for the Recovery of Small 


columns, showing distinctly the Number of Causes | Debts, and that the establishment of such Courts 


and Courts and Sums, made up yearly to the Ist 
of May, with the Totals for each year since the 


date of the Appointment of the said Justice of 


Peace Clerk for the Lower Ward of Lanarkshire. 
. — That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


has proved eminently beneficial to the public. 


4. Resolved, That if the costs in such Courts for 
the recovery of debts not exceeding forty shillings 
were reduced, if they were held more frequently, and 
in such localities as that suitors, defendants and 


| witnesses would not be compelled to be absent at 
‘night from their homes, the necessity of Courts of 


Lord Viscount Palmerston presented a Bill for |inferior jurisdiction might probably be avoided, 


carrying into effect a Convention of accession of the | 


a the two Sicilies to two Conventions with 
the 





unless in considerable towns. 
5. Resolved, That until such extension of the 


ing of the French, for suppressing the Slave | Assistant Barristers’ Courts shall take place, to 


which 


No. 648. 





Tu 
Pei 





Turpentine ‘ 
Penalties Bill. 


No. 649. 


Royal Assent 
to Bilis. 


Revenue 
Departments 
Securities Bill. 


South Australia 
Act Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Land Tax 
Redemption 
Bill. 


Land Tax 
Commissioners’ 
Names Bill. 


International 
Copyright Bill. 
Poor Relief 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Court of 
Chancer 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Oldham Gas 
and Water- 
works Bill, 


2 Vicroriz. 


which there appear very serious obstacles, it is desi- 
rable and necessary to preserve and take advantage 
of the Courts now existing in different parts of Jre- 
land, (though by no means equally or universally 
distributed) for the recovery of Small Debts; re- 
ducing the costs, and placing many of them on a 
more satisfactory footing than, by the evidence taken 
before this Committee, they now appear to be. 

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


Ordered, That the Turpentine Penalties Bill, as 
amended by the Lords, be printed. 


Notice being taken that Forty Members were not 
arm the House was told by Mr. Speaker; and 

orty Members not being present, and it being then 
a quarter of an hour after one of the clock on Tues- 
day morning :—The House was adjourned by Mr. 
Speaker, without a Question first put, till this day. 





Martis, 31° die Julii ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


Ae by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gen- 
tleman Usher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do de- 
sire the ete 7 attendance of this Honourable 
House in the House of Peers, to hear the Commis- 
sion read. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers, where a Commission 
under the Great Seal was read ; giving, declaring 
and notifying the Royal Assent to the several 
Public Bills therein mentioned ; and that the Lords, 
thereby authorized, had declared the Royal Assent 
to the said Bills: Which Bills are as follow: 

An Act to amend an Act for enabling Persons to 
make Deposits of Stock or Exchequer Bills in lieu 
of giving Security by Bond to the Postmaster Ge- 
neral, and Commissioners of Land Revenue, Cus- 
toms, Excise, Stamps and Taxes: 

An Act to amend an Act of the fourth and fifth 
years of his late Majesty, empowering his Majesty 
to erect Seuth Australia into a British Province or 
Provinces : 

An Act to vest in the Commissioners of the 
Treasury, the Powers heretofore exercised by Com- 
missioners appointed for certain purposes, relating 
to the Redemption of the Land Tax ; and to autho- 
rize the Court of Exchequer to determine disputes 
as to the Division in which Lands are liable to be 
rated to the Land Tax: 

An Act to appoint additional Commissioners for 
executing the Acts granting a Land Tax and Duties 
on personal Estates, Offices and Pensions : 

An Act for securing to Authors in certain cases, 
the Benefit of International Copyright : 

An Act for the more effectual Relief of the desti- 
tute Poor in Ireland : 

An Act to enable Masters of the Court of Chan- 
cery in Jreland, upon application to that Court by 
Petition, to execute Renewals of Leases for Lives, 
containing Covenants for Renewal in the Names of 
Persons bound by such Covenants to execute the 
same, and being out of the Jurisdiction of the Court, 
and to extend such Powers to Cases of Terms for 
Years, whether absolutely or dependent upon Lives : 

An Act for enlarging and extending the Powers, 
and altering and amending the Provisions of an Act 
passed in the sixth year of the reign of King George 
the Fourth, intituled, An Act for lighting with Gas 
the Town of Oldham and the Neighbourhood there- 
of, within the Parish of Prestwich-cum-Oldham, in 
the County Palatine of Zancaster, and for the 

Vor. 93. 


30°—3 1° Julie. 








778 


better supplying the Inhabitants of the said Town 
and Neighbourhood with Water : 

An Act for forming and regulating a Company, to India Steam 
be called “The India Steam Ship Company” and oa Company 
to enable the said Company to purchase certain" 
Letters Patent. 


Ordered, That the Committee on the Duke of Duke of 
Hamilton and Brandon’s Estate Bill, have leave to Hamilton and 


sit and proceed upon Friday next. Benes Bill. 


Petitions from Grantham (Deanery) ; —- Exeter Parochial 
(Diocese) ;—and, Winchester (Archdeaconry); pray- ee: 
ing that the Parochial Assessments Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Moderator and Members of RomanCatholic 
the Presbytery of Dunoon, praying for the repeal of Relief Act. 
the Roman Catholic Relief Act, was presented, and 
read ; and:ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Oldham (Chairman and Secretary Factories 

of the Short Time Committee of Factory Opera- Regulation Bill. 
tives) ;—and, Bradford (Chairman and Secretary 

of the Committee of Factory Operatives for pro- 

moting the passing of a ten hours Bill); praying 

that the Factories Regulation Bill may not pass 

into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 

to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Farlington ;—and, London; praying Church 
the House to take into consideration the present Establishment 
state of the Ecclesiastical Establishment in ya (Consde.) 
and extend to the Church of those Provinces pro- 
tection and encouragement,—were presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Benjamin Willis, of Brighton, Freneh 
Fisherman, Owner of the fishing boat called “The Fishermen. 
Neptune,” licensed from the Port of Shoreham, and 
James Humphrey, of Brighton, Fisherman, one of 
the Shareholders of the nets and sailing as Master 
of the said boat, complaining of the aggressions of 
the French Fishermen on the British Coast, and 
praying for relief, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Chelmsford ;—and, Castle Don- sale of Beer 
nington; praying for the repeal of the Sale of Beer Act. 
Act,—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Wesleyan Methodists of Monmouth tdolary 
and Chepstow, praying the House to prohibit the (India.) 
interference of British functionaries in the manage- 
ment of Idolatrous Observances in India, was pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to John Nicholl 
inquire into all the circumstances connected with the Thom. 
discharge of John Nicholl Thom, alias Courtenay, No.651. 
from the Kent Lunatic Asylum, have Power to re- 
port the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them. 

Mr. Pendarves reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; That they had considered the matters to 
them referred; and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House, together with the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

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


A Petition of Samuel Dickson, of the city of Municipal 
Limerick, Esquire, praying that the Municipal Boun- eee 4 
daries (Ireland) Bill may not pass into a law as it “4 Bi 
now stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


5F3 Petitions 








Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Kew Gardens, 


Bankruptcy 
Court Bill. 


Linen Manu- 
factures 
(Ireland) Act, 


Liverpool 
Clergy Endow- 
ment Bill. 


Cirencester 
Hundreds 
Court Bill. 


Government 
of Oude. 


Valuation 
of Lands 
(Ireiand) Bill, 


No. 650. 


774 


Petitions from Warrington;—and Stockport, 
praying that the Sale of Beer Act may not be re- 
porieteerrssare presented, and read ; and ordered to 
ie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Horticultural So- 
ciety of London, praying the House to grant the 
necessary means for the appropriation of the Royal 
Botanical Gardens at Kew, to the purposes of a 
National Botanical Establishment, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Thomas Cooper, of Brighton, Hotel- 
keeper, praying that a Clause may be inserted in the 
Bankruptcy Court Bill, for the relief of Bankrupts 
from their liability to pay the insurance on property 
mortgaged by them previous to their Bankruptcy, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the table. 


A Petition of Manufacturers, Buyers and Sellers 
of Linen Yarn and Flax, in the County of Monaghan, 
praying for the renewal of the Linen Manufactures 
(Ireland) Act, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


An ingrossed Bill for uniting the Two Medieties 
of the Rectory of Liverpool, in the County Palatine 
of Lancaster, and for providing more effectually for 
the Endowment thereof, and of other Churches in 
the said Town, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for uniting the Medieties of the 
Rectory of Liverpool, in the County Palatine of 
Lancaster, and for the better Endowment thereof, 
and of certain Churches in the said Town. 

Ordered, That Lord Viscount Sandon do carry 
the Bill to the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Mr. Shaw Lefevre reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Petitions for Private Bills; That in the 
case of the Cirencester Hundreds Court Bill, the 
Resolution of the House of the 26th day of this in- 
stant July had been complied with, and it appeared 
to the Committee that the application does not come 
within the Standing Orders, it not being a Court 
established by Act of Parliament. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon Friday next. 


Sir John Hobhouse presented,—Further Return 
to an Order, dated the 10th day of this instant 
July, for a Return of all Minutes of the Governor- 
General and Members of Council in Bengal, and 
of all Proceedings of the Governor-General in 
Council, and of all Communications from the Go- 
vernor-General in Council to the Court of Directors; 
and of all Communications from the Resident of 
the East India Company at Lucknow to the Go- 
vernor-General in Council, or to the Court of Direc- 
tors, relative to the death of the late King of Oude, 
Nussur-oddeen Hyder, and the steps adopted by the 
Resident of the Company for the regulation of the 
succession to the Throne :—Of all Memorials ad- 
dressed to the Governor-General in Council, to the 
Court of Directors, or to the Board of Commis- 
sioners for the Affairs of India, by any individuals 
asserting a Claim to the Throne of Oude, and the 
Answers returned thereto :—and, Of all Treaties ra- 
tified between the Governor-General in Council, and 
the present reigning King of Oude. 

: Ordered, That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill to amend 
an Act of the sixth and seventh years of his late 
Majesty, for the Uniform Valuation of Lands and 
Tenements in Ireland, and for incorporating de- 
tached portions of Counties and Baronies with 





31° Julie. 








A. 1838. 


those Counties and Baronies respectively whereto 
the same may adjoin, or wherein the same are locally 
situate: And the same was read the first time ; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday 
next ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Canada, Canada. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 642, 
Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Railroad Railroad 
Commission (Jreland,) which was presented yester- Commission 


) (Treland.) 
day, be printed. No. 654, 


Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Slave Slave Trade 
Trade (East India), which were presented upon the (24st India,) 
4th day of April last, the 4th day of this instant No. 697. 
July, and yesterday, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Papers relative to Slavery in Slavery in 
Ceylon, which were presented upon the 18th day of Ceylon. 
May last, be printed. No. 697. 


The Militia Ballots Suspension Bill was, ac- Militia Ballots 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Suspension Bill 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for 
To-morrow. 


The Slave Trade Treaties (Sicily) Bill was, ac- Slave Trade 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- Treaties _ 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House for ls) Bil 
To-morrow. 


The Slave Trade Treaties ( Tuscany) Bill was, ac- Slave Trade 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- a = 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for (Tuscany) Bill 
To-morrow. 


The Private Bills Deposits Bill was, according to Private Bill 
Order, read a second time; and committed to a Deposits Bill 
Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Mr. Robert Steuart reported the Prisons ( West Prisons (Wes 
Indies) Bill; and the Amendments were read, as Idies) Bil. 
follow ; 

Pr. 3. 1.36. Blank 
“ December.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


“ 31st’ and second blank 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Transfer of 
into a Committee upon the Transfer of Funds (War ps0 boy 
Office) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. a 
Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Robert Steuart 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the’ 

Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee of Sup- supply ; 
ply, several Resolutions ; which were read, as follow : 

1. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty Education 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to (elan¢.) 
enable the Lord Lieutenant .of Jreland to issue 
Money for the advancement of Education in Ireland, 
to the 31st day of March 1839. | 

2. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twelve Foundling 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 0 va 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Foundling (?*"™ 
Hospital in Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

3. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty pyouse of 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Industry. 
defray the Expense of the House of Industry in 
Dublin, the Lunatic Department, and the four 
General Hospitals attached, to the 3ist dayof March 
1839. 

4. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One hun- yibemian 


dred and fifty pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, Marine Society. 


to defray the Charge of the Hibernian Marine So- 
ciety in Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1839. 
5. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Female 


thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Orph™ House. 


defray the Expense of the Female Orphan House, 
. Circular 


— Oo 





Westmorland 
Lock Hospital. 


Lying-in 
Hospital. 


Dr. Steeven’s 
Hospital. 


Fever Hospital 
- and House of 
Recovery. 


Hospital for 
Incurables. 


Roman Catholic 
College. 


Royal Irish 
Academy. 


Royal 
Hibernian 
Academy. 


Royal Dublin 
Society. 


Charitable 
Donations and 
Bequests. 


Royal Belfast 
Academical 
Institution. 


Public Works. 


Chief Secretary 
to the Lord 
Lieutenant, 


Household 
of Lord 
Lieutenant, 


Paymaster of 
Civil Services, 


Proclamati 
tions 
&amp;e, P 


2 VicrorRiz. 


Circular Road, Dublin, to the 31st day of March 
1839. 

6. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Two 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
are to defray the Expense of the Westmoreland 
Lock Hospital, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

7. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of the Lying-in-Hospital in 
Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

8. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
thousand five hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of Dr. Steeven’s 
Hospital, in Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

9. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand eight hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Rivedée of the Fever Hos- 
pital and House of Recovery, Cork-street, Dublin, 
to the 31st day of March 1839. 

10. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of the Hospital for Incurables, 
to the 3ist day of March 1839. 

11. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Eight 
thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Roman Catholic College in Ireland, to the 31st day 
of March 1839. 

12. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of the Royal Jrish Academy, to 
the 31st day of March 1839. 

13. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Expense of the Royal Hibernian Academy, 
to the 31st day of March 1839. 

14. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five 
thousand three hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Royal Dublin 
Society, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

15. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven 
hundred pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Salaries and Expenses of the Commis- 
sioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests in 
Freland, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

16. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One 
thousand eight hundred pounds, be granted to Her 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Royal Belfast 
Academical Institution, to the 31st day of March 
1839. 

17. Resolved, Thata sum, not exceeding Thirteen 
thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine ae be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of 
repairing and maintaining the several Public Build- 
ings in the Department of the Commissioners of 
Public Works in Jreland, to the 31st day of March 
1839. 

18. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
two thousand three hundred and thirty-two pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to pay the Salaries and 
Expenses of the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieu- 
tenant of Ireland in Dublin and London, and Her 
Majesty’s Privy Council Office in Ireland, and of 
Printing for the Public Offices in Lreland, to the 31st 
day of March 1839. 

19. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twelve 
thousand three hundred and ninety-four pounds, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of 
the Salaries of the Officers and Attendants of the 
Household of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and 
certain other Officers and Services formerly charged 
on the Civil List in Zreland}to the 31st day of March 
1839. 

20. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to 
defray the Charge of the Office of Paymaster of 
Civil Services in Lreland, to the 31st day of March 
1839. 

21. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Four 
os ane hundred and fifty pounds, be granted 

OL, Jv. 


31° Juliz. 





775 


to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge for publisaing 
Proclamations, and printing the Statutes in Ireland, 
to the 31st day of March 1839. 

22. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- 
one thousand seven hundred and nineteen pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense 
of Non-conforming, Seceding and Protestant Dis- 
senting Ministers in Ireland, to the 31st day of 
March 1839. 

23. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty- Criminal 
six thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to Prosecutions. 
Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of Criminal Pro- 
secutions and other Law Charges in Ireland, to the 
31st day of March 1839. 

24. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Thirty- Police (Dubliv.) 
one thousand three hundred and fifty-seven pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the 
Charge of the Public Offices and Metropolitan Police 
of Dublin, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

25. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Three Public Works. 
thousand two hundred and six pounds, be granted 
to Her Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Board 
of Public Works in Ireland, to the 31st day of March 
1839. 

26. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Seven Townland 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to Sorvey. 
defray the Expense of the Townland Survey of Jre- 
land, to the 31st day of March 1839. 


27. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twelve Railways 
thousand seven hundred pounds, be granted to Her Commssion. 
Majesty, to defray the Expense of the Commission 
to inquire into the best System of Railways for 
Ireland, to the 31st day of March 1839. 


28. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty Civil Contin- 
thousand pounds, be granted to Her Majesty, to gencies. 
complete the sum required to defray the Charge of 
Civil Contingencies, to the 31st day of March 1839. 


29. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Sixty- Miscellaneous 
three thousand two hundred pounds, be granted to (Scotland ) 
Her Majesty, to defray, to the 31st day of March me 
1839, Law ficpenses, Grants to Scottish Universi- 
ties, and other Charges formerly paid out of the 
Hereditary Revenues, and not provided for out of 
owe Majesty's Civil List, nor out of the Consolidated 

und. 

30. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Commissariat. 
hundred and one thousand two hundred and six 
pence three shillings and four-pence, be granted to 

er Majesty, to defray the Charge of the Commis- 
sariat Department, to the 31st day of March 1839. 

31. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Fifty 
thousand and fifty-four pounds three shillings and 
eight-pence, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray 
the Expense of Half-Pay, Pensions and Allowances 
in the Commissariat Department, to the 31st day of 
March 1839. 

32. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Five Canada. 
hundred thousand pounds, be granted to Her Ma- 
jesty, to defray the Expenses beyond the ordinary 
Grants, for the years 1837~8, and 1838-9, for Army 
and Ordnance Services, occasioned by the Insurrec- 
tion in Upper and Lower Canada. 

33. Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding One Disembodied 
hundred and eighty-two thousand six hundred and Mts 
twenty-two pounds one shilling and a penny, be 
granted to Her Majesty, to defray the Charge of the 
Disembodied Militia of the United Kingdom, to the 
31st day of March 1839. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the last 
of the said Resolutions: And that Mr. Bernal and 
Lord Viscount Howick do prepare, and bring it in. 


Protestant 
Dissenting 
Ministers. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded 1o Supply 
take into further consideration the first of the Reso- [?8 Ju'y-] 
lutions which, upon Saturday last, were reported 
from the Committee of Supply; and the same wss 
again read, as followeth ; 

5Fr4 “ Resolved, 











British 
Museum, 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Local Commis- 
sioners’ Relief 
Bill. 


Tithes and Land 


Merger Bill. 


776 


“ Resolved, That a sum, not exceeding Twenty- 
seven thousand four hundred and sixty-nine pounds, 
be granted to Her Majesty, for the service of the 
British Museum, for the year ending Lady Day 
1839.” 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, was 
agreed to. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Wingfield 

and Mr, Farrer : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for relieving the Commissioners and others, 
acting in the execution of divers Local Improvement 
Acts, from certain Penalties and Disabilities, with 
Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords de- 
sire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to faci- 


_ litate the Merger of Tithes in Land, with an Amend- 


Affirmations 
Bill. 


Saint Saviour’s 
(Southwark) 
Grammar 
School Bill. 


Affirmations 
Bill. 


No. 683, 


Saint Savicur’s 
(Southwark) 
Gramma: 
School Bill. 
Militia Pa 
Bill. ' 


No. 652. 


Pensions. 


ment; to which Amendment the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for permitting Affirmation to be made instead of an 
Oath, in certain cases; to which the Lords desire 
the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for enabling the Governors of the Possessions, Re- 
venues and Goods of the Free Grammar School of 
the Parishioners of the Parish of Saint Saviour in 
Southwark, in the County of Surrey, to sell the old 
School and School-house, and the Site thereof, and 
also for enabling the ap Reverend Charles Ri- 
chard, Lord Bishop of Winchester, and his Lessees, 
to grant to the said Governors another Site for the 
pupae of a more convenient School and School- 

ouse, and proper Offices being erected thereon ; to 
which the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 
—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


The Affirmations Bill was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time upon Thursday 
next; and to be printed. 


The Saint Saviour’s (Southwark) Grammar School 
Bill was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time. 


Lord Viscount Howick presented a Bill to defray 
the Charge of the Pay, Glothing and Contingent 
and other Expenses of the Disembodied Militia in 
Great Britain and Ireland, and to grant Allowances, 
in certain cases, to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, 
Paymasters, Quartermasters, Surgeons, Assistant- 
Surgeons, Mates and Serjeant-Majors of the Militia : 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Thursday next ; and 
to be printed. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to whom 
it was referred to consider of providing for the pay- 
ment, out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, of such 
Pensions as, prior to the Accession of Her Majesty, 
were charged upon the Consolidated Fund, the Civil 
List, and the Four-and-a-half per centum Duties, 
a Resolution ; which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That provision be made, out of the Con- 
solidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Ireland, to defray the Charge of such 
Pensions as, prior to the Accession of Her Majesty, 
were charged upon the Consolidated Fund, under 
the Authority of the Act 2 and 3 Will. 4, c. 116, 
upon the Civil List, and upon the Four-and-a-half 
per centum Duties. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolution: And that Mr. Bernal, Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer, and Lord John Russell, do pre- 
pare, and bring it in, 





31° JSultz. 








A. 1838. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Benefices 
consideration the Amendments made by the Lords F!™lity Bil 


to the Benefices Plurality Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
ee proposed, That the said Amendments be now 
read ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ be” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ taken into consideration upon this day three 
“ months ” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment and Motion were 
severally, with leave of the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into 
consideration upon Monday next. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Joint Stock Banks Bill; 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The ingrossed Bill for further suspending the 
Appointment to certain Dignities and Offices in 
Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, and to Sinecure 
Rectories, was, according to Order, read the third 
time ; and an ingrossed Clause was added to the 
Bill, by way of rider. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for suspending, until the First day 
of August, One thousand eight hundred and Thirty- 
nine, and to the end of the then Session of Parlia- 
ment, the Appointment to certain Dignities and 
Offices in Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, and 
to Sinecure Rectories. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 
reading of the ingrossed Bill for the better Govern- 
ment of Her Majesty’s Post Office ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question to add the 
words ‘‘ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word 
“now” stand part of the Question :—It was re- 
solved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third time 
—The Bill was accordingly read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Joint Stuck 
Banks Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Appointments 
Suspension Bilh 


Post Office: 
1 ie 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Conveyances 


into a Committee upon the Conveyances of Estates 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
directed him to report the same, without Amend- 
ment, 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Forms of Pleading Bill ; 
and the Amendment was read, as followeth : 

Pr. 3. 1. 37. Leave out from “ Scotland” to the 
end of the Bill. 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
upon Thursday next. me 

e 


of Estates Bill. 


Forms of 
Pleading Bill. 


eS erm DD 


bet ee TF 





Oaths Validity 
Bill. 


Shannon 
Navigation 
[Advance of 
Exchequer 
Bills.] 


Shannon 
Navigation 
Bill. 


Spirit Licenses 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Church 
Building Acts 
Amendment 
Bill, 


Prisoners 

in the Fleet 
(Contempt of 
Court.) 


Public Works, 


2 VicTorizZ. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Oaths Validity Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee to whom it was referred to consider of autho- 
rizing an Advance of Exchequer Bills, or of Mone 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the Improve- 
ment of the Navigation of the River Shannon ; 


Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Shannon Navigation Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 
upon this day three months. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the Spirit Licenses (Jreland) Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question be- 
ing proposed, That the Bill be now read a second 
time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. To leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question, to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being put, That the word “ now” 
stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 


Tellers for the Yeas, oa rons a 43. 

Tellers for the Noes, re es } 15. 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time : 
—The Bill was accordingly read a second time; and 


committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Thursday next. 


Mr. Shaw, 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Church Building Acts Amendment 
Bill; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Thursday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


Notice being taken that Forty Members were not 
present; the House was told by Mr. Speaker ; and 
Forty Members not being present; and it being 
then after Four of the clock :—The House was ad- 
journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. 





Mercuri, 1° die August: ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 
R. Brown, Warden of the Fleet Prison, was 
called in; and at the bar presented, pursuant 
to Order,—a Return of Persons who were confined 
for contempt in Her Majesty’s prison of the Fleet, 
under process issuing out of the Courts of Chancery 
and Exchequer, on the 11th day of February 1830; 
and also, a Return of those Persons who have been 
committed since that period, and what persons have 
died, or been discharged from their contempts, since 
the said 11th day of iene 1830, and how many 
now remain in custody for such contempt ; and also 
the period of confinement of each person who has 
died or been discharged, or still remains in prison :— 
And then he withdrew. 
. as That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
a Return of all Applications for Grants of Public 


Money made to the Commissioners of Public Works 
Voi. 93. 


— 81° Juliz.— 





1° Augustz. 777 


under the Act 1 and 2 Will. 4, c. 33, and to the 
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland under the Act 1 Vic. 
ce. 21; V0 the Nature of the proposed Work, 
the estimated Cost thereof, and by whom the appli- 
cation was made ; distinguishing those applications 
on which Grants have been made from those which 
have been rejected, and the respective amounts of 
such Grants. 


Petitions from Chelsea ;—Manchester ;—Altrin- Idola 
cham, &amp;c. ;— Farnham ;—Salford (two Petitions) ;— (India 
and, Wesleyan Methodists in the Colchester Circuit ; 
praying the House to prohibit the interference of 
British functionaries in the management of Idola- 

trous Observances in Jndia,—were presented, and 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Traders and Inhabitants gojdiers’ Wives 
of Newcastle-upon- Tyne, praying that provision may and Children, 
be made for the wives and children of soldiers whilst 
on active service, was presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Members of the Zamlaght O’ Crilly spirits 
Temperance Society, praying that the sale of Spirits (Ireland.) 
by grocers in Ireland may be prohibited, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Two Petitions from Athlone, praying that Spirit Spirit Dealers 
Dealers in Jreland may be placed upon the same (!reland.) 
footing with those in England and Scotland,— 
were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Common Brewers and Retail Beer- Sale of Beer 
sellers of Salford, praying that the Sale of Beer Act Act 
may not be repealed, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of In- Newcastle 
habitants of Paisley, complaining of the interference Meeting. 
of the military at a late meeting of the inhabitants 
of Newcastle, and praying for an inquiry, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Kennington, pray- Church 
ing the House to take into consideration the present Establishment 
state of the Ecclesiastical Establishment in Canada, see 
and extend to the Church of those provinces pro- 
tection and encouragement, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Camberwell, praying Maynooth 
that the annual grant to the Roman Catholic College College. 
of Maynooth be discontinued, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Jeffries Kingsley, Lieutenant of the Ordnance 
3d Regiment of Dragoons, complaining of inac- Serrey of 
curacies in the Ordnance Survey of Ireland, and '**"¢ 
praying the House to take the same into consider- 
ation, and adopt means for remedy of the grievance, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Mr. Wallace reported from the Select Committee Second Report 

appointed to inquire into the present Rates and Postage. 
Mode of charging Postage, with a view to such a - No. 658. 
reduction thereof as may be made without injury to 
the Revenue ; and for this purpose to examine espe- 
cially into the mode recommended for charging and 
collecting Postage in a pamphlet published by Mr. 
Rowland Hill ; and who were empowered to report 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them from 
time to time to the House; That they had made fur- 
ther Progress in the matters to them referred ; and 
had directed him to report the Minutes of the Evi- 
dence taken before them. 

Ordered, That the Report do lie upon the Table ; 
and be printed, 

5G Ordered, 

















Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act, 


County 
Treasurers 
(Ireland.) 


Steam Com- 
munication 


(India. ) 


Medical 
Profession. 


Stamp Dies Bill. 





778 


Ordered, That a Message be sent to the Lords to 
request that their Lordships will be pleased to com- 
municate to this House a Copy of the Minutes of 
Evidence taken before the Select Committee ap- 
pointed by their Lordships to examine into the seve- 
ral cases alluded to in certain Papers respecting the 
operation of the Poor Law Amendment Act, and to 
report thereon: And that Mr. Freshfield do carry 
the said Message. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Amount of the Sums ordered to be 
levied under each Grand Warrant issued by the Trea- 
surer of any County, County of a City or County of 
a Town in Jreland in each of the years 1836, 1837 
and 1838, and of the Sums levied by virtue thereof 
respectively; also, the Amount of the Presentments 
made at each Assizes, and of the Sums re-presented 
in Aid :—Of the Amount of the Monies in the hands 
of each Treasurer immediately after the payments at 
Spring Assizes in each of the said years :—And, of 
the Sums presented at each Assizes in each of the 
said years, for the purpose of repaying Advances 
from the Board of Public Works, with the Date of 
the Receipt of each Sum by the Treasurer, and the 
period at which it was paid. 


Petitions from Inhabitants of Calcutta and its 
neighbourhood ;—and, Madras; praying the House 
to adopt measures for a direct Communication by 
Steam with India, by way of the Red Sea,—were 


presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the 
lable. 


A Petition of Members of the Glasgow Medical 
Association, complaining of the grievances arising 
from the conflicting and indefinite nature of the 
powers vested in the various existing medical cor- 
wage of the United Kingdom, and praying the 

ouse to institute a National Faculty of Medicine, 
or association embracing within it all regularly li- 
censed practitioners in medicine, was presented, and 
read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
to authorize the using in any part of the United 
Kingdom Stamps denoting Duties payable in Great 


_ Britain and Ireland, respectively: And that Mr. 


Pensions Bill. 


No, 655. 


Stamp Dies Bill, 
No. 656. 


Military Board 
(Calcutta.) 


Land Revenue 
(India. ) 


Education 


(India.) 


Steam Com- 
munication 


(India.) 


Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Robert Steuart 
do prepare, and bring it in. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill 
to provide for the Payment of certain Pensions: 
And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
to be read a second time To-morrow; and to be 
printed. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill 
to authorize the using inany part of the United 
Kingdom Stamps denoting Duties payable in Great 
Britain and Bein, respectively: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read 
a second time To-morrow ; and to be printed. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Annual Report of the Military Board 
in Calcutta, of the Progress of Public Works in 
India, for the years 1834, 1835, 1836 and 1837. 

Ovdered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of the Reports of the Board of Revenue in the 
Western Provinces of Jndia upon the settlement of 
the Land Revenue for the years 1835, 1836 and 
1837. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Annual Reports of the Committee of 
General Instruction in Caleutia upon the subject of 
Education, for the years 1835, 1836 and 1837. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return showing the Number of the Mails dispatched 
to India, via Egypt and the Red Sea, in consequence 
of the arrangements entered into between Her Ma- 


i Auguste ; 











A. 1838. 


jesty’s Government and the Court of Directors of 
the East-India Company, under the Resolution of 
the Parliamentary Committee, the 14th July 1834, 
and the date of their arrival at their respective Pre- 
sidencies :—A similar Return of the Steamers sent 
from India, via the Red Sea, the Port or Ports from 
whence they commenced their voyage in India, the 
Dates of the several Letters or Despatches received 
by the Court of Directors from the respective 
Governments abroad, distinguishing any of those 
Despatches which may have been received by the 
way of Marseilles, or otherwise through France :— 
Return, showing the Dates of the Arrivals of the 
India Mails at and from Falmouth, Gibraltar, 
Malta, Alexandria, Suez, Mocha and Bombay, re- 
spectively :—Return of the Expense, so far as the 
same can be made out, of the Charge which has 
been incurred on account of such conveyance :— 
Return, specifying the number, size, description and 
steam power, of the several sea-going Steamers, 
vessels belonging to the Indian Governments, when 
and where built, and how generally employed:—And, 
Copies of any Representations, with their Dates, 
received by the Court of Directors from any or all 
of the Presidencies in India, or any portion of the 
Indian community, expressive of a desire that Steam 
Communication sor be extended to such Presi- 
dencies or Communities, with the Replies thereto, or 
Decisions thereon. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Ventilation, 
Detailed Accounts of all Expenses incurred in &amp;* of the 


Experiments for improving the Ventilation and 
Warming of the House of Commons, whether carried 
on in London or Edinburgh, distinguishing the items 
included in page 10 of Miscellaneous Estimates, 
No. 1, headed, “ For taking up hair cloth, and 
cleaning dirt from under the same, £1,150 :’—Of 
the Expenses attending the Experiment for light- 
ing the House of Commons with Gas; distinguishing 
the Charges for Gas, for Machinery, for Fire-engines, 
and Fire-men, &amp;c.—And, of all the Expenses of 
every kind attending those Experiments in lighting 
the hens of Commons with Candles which have 
ended in the present Lustres and Shades, including 
the temporary Lustres and Attendance, and every 
Expense incurred during the course of the Experi- 
ments. 


The House was moved, That the Act 1 and 2 Geo. Bank of Ireland 


Touse, 


4,c. 72, to establish an Agreement with the Go- a, 


vernor and Company of the Bank of Ireland for ® 


advancing the sum of Five hundred thousand pounds 
Trish Currency, and to empower the said Governor 
and Company to enlarge the Capital Stock or Fund 
of the said Bank to Three millions, might be read ; 
and the same was read. 

The House was also moved, That the Act 3 Geo. 4, 
c. 26, to reduce the rate of interest payable on the 
sum of One million two hundred and fifty thousand 
pounds advanced by the Governor and Company of 
the Bank of Ireland for the Public Service under 
an Act made in the forty-eighth year of his late 
Majesty, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
further to postpone the Repayment of certain Sums 
advanced by the Bank of Ireland for the Public 
Service: And that Mr. Chancellor of the Exche- 
quer and Mr. Robert Steuart do prepare, and bring 
it in. 


The House was moved, That the Act 1 Vic. c. 62, Slave Trade 
to authorize Her Majesty until Six months after the Treaties Bi 


commencement of the next Session of Parliament, to 
carry into immediate execution by Orders in Coun- 
cil, any Treaties, Conventions or Stipulations made 
with any Foreign Power or State for the Suppression 
of the Slave Trade, might be read; and the same 

being read ; Ai oe 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a ®ill 
to continue the said Act: And that Lord Viscount 
Palmerston 





Sher 
(Sco 





Sheriff Courts 
(Scotland) Bill, 


2 VicToriz. 
Palmerston and Sir George Grey do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to regulate the Constitution, Ju- 
risdiction and Forms of Process of Sheriff Courts 
in Scotland ; and the same were read, as follow ; 

Pr. 4.'1. 17. Leave out from “ writing” to “and” 
in |. 18. 

Pr. 4.1. 24. Leave out “ or,” and insert “and.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 28. Leave out from “ evidence” to 
and” in Pr. 7. 1. 7. and insert Clause (A.) 

Ciauss (A.) “ And whereas, by the death of 
Duncan Mathieson, Esquire, Advocate, late She- 
riff Substitute of Leith, the office of Sheriff 
Substitute has become vacant: Be it Enacted, 
That the said office of Sheriff Substitute of Leith 
as heretofore constituted, shall cease and deter- 
mine, any thing in any Act of Parliament to the 
contrary, notwithstanding.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 33. Leave out from “ defender” to 
the” in Pr. 8. 1. 3., and insert “ shall fail to 
— after being duly cited.” 

r. 8.1.5. Leave out from “ the” to “ defen- 
der” in |. 7. and in |. 7. after “ defender ” insert 
had been personally present.” 

Pr. 8. 1.8. Leave out from “that ” to “ where” 
in |. 14. 

Pr. 8.1.15. After “ shall” insert “have been 
* pronounced in absence, and shall.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 23. After “ cause ” insert “ and upon 
payment by the defender to the complainer of such 
expenses as the sheriff may judge reasonable.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 26. Leave out from “ complaint” to 
and ” in 1. 28, and insert “ without delay.” 

Pr. 9. 1. ult. After “ that” insert “ the ci- 
tation and further procedure in such summary 
removings shall, in so far as not provided for by 
this Act, be the same as those established by the 
said recited Act for the trial of Small Debt causes 
in Sheriff Courts, and where decree of removing 
is pronounced, it shall be in the form or to the 
effect of the said Schedule (A.) and shall have 
the full force of a decree of removing and warrant 
of ejection, and.” 

Pr. 10. 1.6. Leave out from 
And” inl. 19. 

Pr. 10. 1. 27. After “ may” insert “likewise.” 

Pr.10. 1.37. Leave out from “ profits” to 
And” in Pr. 11. 1. 9. and insert Clause (B.) 

Cuause (B.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
in all cases where the defender has found caution, 
he shall be allowed to give in written answers to 
the complaint, and in all cases where written an- 
swers shall be ordered, such cases shall there- 
after be conducted as nearly as may be according 
to the forms in use in ordinary processes of re- 
moving, and the judgment of the sheriff therein 
shall be subject to review in common form.” 

Pr. 11. 1.20. Leave out “ is,” and insert “are.” 

Pr. 11. 1.34. Leave out from “ situated” to 
and,” in Pr. 15. 1. 30. 

Pr. 16. 1. 9. After “kept” insert “by the clerk.” 

Pr. 16. 1.18. After “ receipt” insert “ upon 
such inventory.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 29. After “ removing” insert “ raised 
under authority of this Act.” 

Pr. 16. 1.37. Leave out “ payment or.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 2, Leave out “ have power to.” 

Pr. 17. 1.7. After “ extracted” imsert “ and 
shall have power to award to the pursuer such 
part of the expenses consigned as he may judge 
reasonable.” 

Pr. 17. 1.11. Leave out from “be” to “again” 
in 1.12. and insert “ executed.” 

Pr. 17. 1.15. Leave out from “ issued” to 
“ the” in 1.16. and insert “ the same being pre- 
“ viously indorsed by.” 

Vor. 93. 


nw 
n 


n 
n 


« 


nw 


“ 
ce 


ce 
“ 


nan An 
nan An 


* Session” to 
(74 


‘ 


n 


&lt; 


n 


‘ 


xn 


‘ 


n 


wn 
-~ 


‘ 


i 


‘ 


ww 


&lt; 


n 


‘ 
‘ 


nn 


‘ 


n 


1° Augustt. 





779 


Pr. 17. 1. 17. Leave out from “ county ” to “is” 
in |, 19. and insert “ who.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 22. Leave out from “ and ” to “ all” 
in 1, 26. and insert “ executed.” 

Pr. 18. 1, 4. Leave out “ of suspension.” 

Pr. 18. 1. 11. After “ incurred ” insert “ in the 
“ Sheriff Court.” 

Pr. 19. 1. 7. After “ review” insert “ either in 
the Circuit Court of Justiciary or,” 

Pr. 20. 1. 11. After “ raised” insert “ and pro- 
vided also, That it shall not be competent to the 
Sheriff to try any crime committed on the seas, 
which it would not be competent for that Judge 
to try if the crime had been committed on land.” 

Pr. 20. 1. 27. Leave out “ poindings.” 

Pr. 20. 1. 29. After “Courts” insert “ excepting 
poindings.” 

Pr. 20. 1. 37. Leave out “ service or.” 

Pr, 22. 1, 34. Leave out from “granted” to “by” 
in 1. 37. 

Pr, 23. 1. 1. After “ Sheriff” insert “ and also 
any warrant granted by a Sheriff against a person 
as being in meditatione fuga.” 

Pr. 28. 1. 18. Leave out from “ that” to “ as” 
in |, 23. and insert “ nothing herein contained shall 
“ in any way abridge or affect the power vested in 
the Court of Session to make and establish rules 
and regulations by Acts of Sederunt, as authorized 
by an Act passed in the sixth year of his Ma- 
jesty King George the Fourth, intituled, ‘ An Act 
“ for the better regulaticn of the Sheriff and Stewart 
“ and Burgh Courts in Scotland;’ and the said Court 
“ shall so frame such Acts of Sederunt.” 

Pr, 28. 1. 38. Leave out “herein provided,” and 
in the same line after “ and” insert ‘ the Court of 
“ Session shall.” 

Pr. 28. 1. penult. Leave out the second “ to.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 28. After the second “ time” insert 
and all Acts of Sederunt so passed by the Court 
of Session shall in terms of the said recited Act 
of his Majesty King George the Fourth, apply to 
and receive effect in the Courts of the Royal 
Burghs in Scotland as well as in the Sheriff 
Courts,” and in the same line leave out from 
always” to “ that” in 1. 37. 

Pr. 30. 1. 1. After “all” insert “ such.” 

Pr. 30. 1. 2. Leave out from “ Sederunt ” to 
“ And” inl. 3. 

A Pr. 31. 1. 26. After “ allowed” 
(C.) 

Causes (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
“ be lawful for all agents duly qualified to practice 
‘ before the Court of Session, to practice as agents 
in all Sheriff Courts in all actions or proceedings 
to which the jurisdiction of the Sheriffs is extended 
by this Act, and which could not have been com- 
petently brought before the Sheriff Courts prior 
to the passing hereof: Provided always, That they 
shall not be entitled to payment of any other or 
higher fees than those legally exigible by other 
agents before these Courts; and provided also, 
that all such agents in practising in Sheriff Courts 
shall be subject to such orders and regulations as 
the Court of Session shall make by Act or Acts 
of Sederunt, in manner hereinbefore provided.” 

Pr. 31. 1.27. Leave out from “ word ” to “ per- 
son” in Pr. 32. 1. 2. 

Pr. 32. 1.30. Leave out “ thirtieth ” and insert 
thirty-first.” 

Pr. 32. 1.31. Leave out “September ” and insert 
December.” 


(In Schedule A. to the Bill.) 


Pr. 34. 1.21. After “confessed ” insert “ ordains 
such citation to be made at least [state the period 
‘ which the Sheriff may fix to intervene betwixt 
‘ the citation and diet of compearance], previous 
‘ to the said diet of compearance.” 

Pr. 35. 1. penult. Leave out “leaving” and insert 
delivering.” 


n 


‘ 


“cc 
“ 
“ 


ns 
n 


n 


‘ 


“cc 
“ 


z 


“ 
cc 


n 


‘ 


“ 
“ 
“ 


“ 


“ 


insert Clause 


wn 


~ 
n 


ifs 


“ 


a A 8 


a3 


5G2 Pr. 36. 











Ways and 


Means. 


Militia Ballots 
Suspension Bill. 


Slave Trade 


Treaties 
(Sicily) 


Bill. 


Slave Trade 


Treaties 


(Tuscany) Bill. 


Private Bill 


Deposits Bill. 


Prisons (West 


Indies) Bill. 


Transfer of 


Funds 
Office) 


War 
ill, 


780 
Pr. 36. 1.2. Leave out “ for,” and insert “ to.” 
Pr. 36. 1. 3. Leave out “ in his hands.” 

Pr. 36. 1. 6. Leave out “ witness.” 

The said Amendments being read a second time, 
several were agreed to without Amendment, others 
were amended and agreed to, and others were dis- 
agreed to; which will fully appear in the Report of 
the Committee appointed to draw up Reasons to be 
offered to the Lords at a Conference for disagreeing 
to certain of the said Amendments (vide p. 782.) 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw 


up Reasons to be offered to the Lords at a Conference | , 


for disagreeing to the Amendments to which this 
House hath disagreed :—And a Committee was ap- 
pointed of The Lord Advocate, Mr. Wallace, Mr. 
Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor General, Mr. Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Robert Steuart, Sir 
John Hobhouse, Mr. Poulett Thomson and Sir 
George Grey:—And they are to withdraw imme- 
diately. 
Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means; 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Friday 
next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Militia Ballots Suspen- 
sion Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 


Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 


ported, That Committee had gone through the Bill, 
and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Slave Trade Treaties 
(Sicily) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed; and read 
the third time To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Slave Trade Treaties 
(Tuscany) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed ; and read the 
third time To-morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Private Bill Deposits 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for the 
better Government of Prisons in the West Indies, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Transfer of Funds (War 
Office) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 





1° Augusti. 








A. 1838. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Joint Stock Banks Bill ; Joint Stock 


and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 
_ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time, To-morrow. 


Banks Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Dublin Police 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Bill. 


tituled, An Act to amend the Acts relating to the 
Police of the District of the Dublin Metropolis: 
And the same was read, as followeth ; 

At the end of the Bill, add Clause (A.) 

CrauseE (A.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
all penalties imposed by, or recoverable under, 
or which shall have been incurred under or by 
virtue of an Act passed in the Parliament of 
Ireland in the thirty-seventh year of the reign of 
his late Majesty King George the Third, intituled, 
‘An Act for amending and reducing into one Act 
of Parliament the Laws relating to Hackney and 
other Carriages, plying in the City of Dublin, and 
within seven miles thereof,’ shall and may be pro- 
ceeded for, prosecuted, enforced or recovered by 
or before any of the Divisional Justices of the 
Police District of Dublin Metropolis, and every 
or any such Divisional Justices shall and may, 
from and after the passing of this Act, have and 
exercise all such rights, powers, privileges, juris- 
dictions and authorities, in relation to any offence 
or offences, prohibited by a penalty or penalties 
imposed by or recoverable under, or which shall 
have been incurred under or by virtue of said last- 
mentioned Act, as are or may be had or exercised 
by the Divisional Justices of the division in which 
the Castle of Dublin is or shall be situate, and 
every or any one or more of the Divisional Justices 
“ of the Police District of Dublin Metropolis shall, 
when thereunto required by the Justices appointed 
under the provisions of said Act, passed in the 
sixth and seventh years of the reign of his late 
“ Majesty King Wiliam the Fourth, attend at such 
place or places within the district of Dublin 
Metropolis, and at such time or times as shall be 
specified by any writing under the hands of the 
said Justices so appointed, under the provisions 
of the said last-mentioned Act, for the purpose of 
hearing and determining complaints in relation 
to any such offences or penalties as aforesaid.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


n 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill Bank of Ireland 
further to postpone the Repayment of certain Sums Repayment 


advanced by the Bank of Jreland, for the Public 
Service: And the same was read the first time; and 
ordered to be read a second time To-morrow ; and 
to be printed. 


ill. 


No. 657. 


The House was moved, That the Act, 57 Geo. Exchequer Bills 
3,¢. 34, to authorize the issue of Exchequer Bills (Public Works.) 


and the Advance of Money out of the Consolidated 
Fund, to a limited amount, for the carrying on of 
Public Works and Fisheries in the United Kingdom, 
and Employment of the Poor in Great Britain, in 
manner therein mentioned, might be read; and the 


| Same was read. 


The House was also moved, That the Act 4&amp; 5 
Will. 4, c. 72, to amend several Acts for authorizing 
the issue of Exchequer Bills, for carrying on Public 
Works and Fisheries, and Employment of the Poor, 
and to authorize a further issue of Exchequer Bills 
for the purposes of the said Acts, might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into a Committee, to consider of the said 
Acts. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Tithesand Land 
the Amendment made by the Lords, to the Amend- Merger Bill. 


ments made by this House to the Bill, intituled, 
An 











Passing Tolls 
on Vessels. 


No. 659. 


Government 
of Oude. 


No. 660. 


Lethbridge’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Second Report 
on Metropolis 
Improvements. 


No. 661. 


Idolatry 
(India, ) 


Parochial 
Smments 
1 . 


Sale of Beer 
Act, 


% VicTorRizZ. 


An Act to facilitate the Merger of Tithes and Land ; 
and the same was read, as followeth ; 

In Clause (C.) added by the Commons to the 
Bill, 1. 9. After “ Act” insert “ and this Act.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Lynch do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that thi: House 
hath agreed to the Amendment made oy tneir 
Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Passing 
Tolls on Vessels, which was presented upon the 16th 
day of this instant July, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Papers relative to the Govern- 
ment of Oude, which were presented yesterday, be 
printed. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 2° die August ; 
Anno 2° Victoria Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 

HE House, according to Order, resolved itself 

into a Committee upon Lethbridge’s Divorce 
Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Freshfield reported, 
That the Committee had heard counsel, and exa- 
mined witnesses for the Bill; and that no counsel or 
party appeared before the Committee to oppose the 
Bill; and that the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and directed him to report the same, without 
Amendment. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to 
take into their consideration the several Plans for 
the Improvement of the Metropolis, concerning 
which a Report was made to this House by a Com- 
mittee in the year 1836, together with any other 
Plans for the same object, which they may deem 
deserving of consideration, and to report their opi- 
nion as to the expediency of adopting any of the 
said Improvements, and alsoas to the best means of 
carrying the same into effect; and who were em- 
powered to report their Observations thereupon from 
time to time to the House, have Power to report the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

Sir Matthew Wood reported from the said Select 
Committee; That they had further considered the 
matters to them referred; and had directed him 
to make a Report thereof to the House; together 
with the Minutes of the Evidence taken before 
them, 

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


Petitions from Mewcastle-upon-Tyne (two Peti- 
tions) ;—Birkenhead ;— Workington ;—Coningsby ; 
—Southwark ; — Uppingham ; — Thetford ; — and, 
Rugely; praying the House to prohibit the inter- 
ference of British functionaries in the management 
of Idolatrous Observances in India,—were presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Dartford ;—Surrey (South East 
Division) ;— Hawkesbury ;—and, Rural Deanery of 
the East Division of Andover; praying that the Paro- 
chial Assessments Bill may not pass into a law,— 


were presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Petitions from Gloucester ;— Whitstone ;—.Deal;— 
and, President of the Board of Guardians of the 
Halsted Union ; praying for the repeal of the Sale 
of Beer Act,—were presented, and read; and or- 
dered to lie upon the Table. ; 

Vou. 93. 


1°—2° Augusti. 





781 

Petitions from Adlingfleet ;— Proprietor, Com- postage. 
positors, Pressmen, &amp;c., of the Printing Office, 
Dorset-street, Fleet-street;—and, George Keys, 
Secretary to the Guardian Assurance Company ; 
praying for the establishment of a low and uniform 
rate of Postage on Letters,—were presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on 
Postage. 


A Petition of the Minister, Deacons and Members Bible Printing 

of the Church and Congregation of Congregational (Scotland.) 
Dissenters assembling in George-street Chapel, 
Aberdeen, praying the House to abolish the mono- 
poly at present held by Her Majesty’s Printers in 
Scotland, of exclusively printing Bibles, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Dealers in and Retailers of Ales ee 
and Spirits in Aberdeen, praying that the Spirit Li- a Sphrieioes 
censes (Scotland); and, Spirituous Liquors Sale Bills, Liquors Sale 
may pass into law, was presented, and read; and Bills. 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Landed Proprietors, Merchants, Sea Coast 
Bankers and others of Aberdeen, praying that the ireland) Bill. 
Sea Coast Fisheries (Zreland) Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Church of 


Two Petitions from Aberdeen, praying the House 
= Scotland. 


not to sanction any further Endowments to the 
Church of Scotland,-—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Saint Helena — 
Copy of the Commissioners’ Report, in so far as it gs 
refers to the Compensation necessary to be awarded "7 : 
to the Civil and Military Servants of the East India 
Company at Saint Helena; together with the Copies 
of the Sums awarded to each on being compelled to 
retire by Her Majesty’s Government. 


Local Cummis- 
sioners’ Relief 
Bill. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for relieving the Commissioners and 
others, acting in the execution of divers Local Im- 
provement Acts, from certain Penalties and Dis- 
abilities ; and the same were read, as follow ; 

Pr. 1. 1, 15. After “ contract” imsert “ for the 
supply of gas and water.” 

Pr. 1. 1. 25. After “ disabilities” at the end of 
the interlineation, insert “ and it is expedient to 
afford them relief.” 

Pr. 3. 1.5. Leave out “ mentioned or.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 6. Leave out from “ to” to the first 
to” in 1. 8., and insert “ by reason of his or their 
being concerned in, or holding or having any share 
of or interest in any gas light company.” 

Pr. 3. 1.20. After “ costs” insert “ charges 
and expenses,” and in the same line leave out 
out of pocket.” 

Pr. 3. 1, 23. After “ costs” insert 
and expenses.” 

Pr. 3. 1.34. After “ costs” insert “ charges 
and expenses.” 

Pr. 3. 1. penult. Leave out from “that” to “any” 
in 1}. ult. “a insert “ if in any case.” 

Pr. 4. 1.1. After “ information” insert “ for 
the recovery of any such pecuniary penalty or 

nalties as aforesaid, incurred by reason of his 
Savi been concerned in or having had any share 
of, or interest in, any gas light company before 
the passing of this Act.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


“ 


‘ 


wn 


“ charges 


“ 
“cc 
“c 
cc 
“ 


G3 The 


5 





































































































































































































































Sheriff Courts 


(Scotland) Bill. appointed to draw up Reasons to be offered to the 


782 


The Lord Advocate reported from the Committee | 


Lords at a Conference for disagreeing to certain of 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to regulate the Constitution, Juris- 
diction and Forms of Process of Sheriff Courts in 
Scotland; That they had drawn up Reasons accord- 
ingly, which they had directed him to report; and 
the same were read, as follow: 


The Commons agree to the Amendments as far as 
Pr. 11. 1. 34. 

The Commons have taken into consideration the 
Amendment proposed by your Lordships, Pr. 11. 
1. 34., the said Amendment being to leave out from 
the word “ situated ” to the word “ And,” in Pr. 15. 


2° Auguste. 





1. 30. including therein four Clauses. 
The Commons proceeded to take into considera- 
tion the said Amendment, Clause by Clause. 


The Commons disagree to a out the first of 
the said Clauses, for the following Reasons :— 


Because this Clause, or one similar to it, is 
much desired by the Country of Scotland, 
and necessary as the foundation of any Acts of 
Sederunt which may be made by the Court 
of Session under authority of this Act, and 
ought not to be omitted, for the following 
Reasons :-— 

ist. The Acts of Sederunt which have 
been passed by the Court of Session 
under the 6 Geo. 4, cap. 23, for the 
better Regulation of Sheriff Courts in 
Scotland have not reguated those Courts 
so as to prevent an undue number of 
written Papers, and the great delay, 
and expense and looseness of procedure 
arising from their number. 

2d. That the Country of Scotland having 
stated this grievance, the Commons con- 
sidered it their duty to inquire into it, 
and redress it as far as they could, and 
this Clause of the Bill was framed for 
that purpose, after the matter had been 
repeatedly canvassed by a Select Com- 
mittee, and considered by the House 
during two different Sessions of Parlia- 
ment. 

3d. That the omission of this Clause will 
show an indisposition on the part of the 
Legislature to attend to the just com- 
plaints of the people, and to redress 
evils in the administration of justice in 


Scotland. 


The Commons disagree to leaving out the second 
of the said Clauses, for the following Reasons :— 
? t=) 


Because this Clause ought to be retained for 
the Reasons stated with reference to the 
omission of the first of the said Clauses; 
and also, because a vivd voce statement which 
might occupy a very short time might ex- 
plain points in the cause which may not have 
been understood or met by the other party, 
and of which the Judge may take a note, and 
prevent the necessity of Papers which might 
not be given in to the Sheriff for months, 
and which even then might not meet the 
matter which requires explanation. 


The Commons disagree to leaving out the third 
of the said Clauses, for the following Reason :— 


Because proofs ought, where it can be done, 
to be taken before the Sheriff; and where 
Commissioners are appointed some provision 
should be made which may operate as a 
check against the appointment of persons not 
well qualified. 


The Commons propose to amend the said Clause 
by leaving out the word “ such” in Pr. 14. 1. 30., 
and after the word “ Commissioners,” in the same 





A. 1838. 


line, by inserting the words “ who have been so 
“ appointed.” 

the Commons disagree to leaving out the last of 
the said Clauses :— 

Because they consider it should be retained for 

the Reasons stated against the omission of 
“ the first of the said Clauses. 
The Commons agree to the Amendments as far 
Pr. 28. 1. 18. 
The Commons disageee to the Amendment, Pr. 28. 
1, 18 :— 

Because, if the first part of this Clause is 
omitted, there is nothing which sufficiently 
expresses the desire of the Legislature that 
the Court of Session should pass an Act of 
Sederunt. The insertion proposed by your 
Lordships is not objected to so far as it re- 
serves the power of the Court under the 
6th Geo. 4, and declares that the Court shall 
so frame such Acts of Sederunt as may be 
best calculated to carry into effect the pur- 
poses of this Act, &amp;c.; but the urgency of 
some change in the rules and regulations of 
Sheriff Courts, especially so far as regards 
written pleadings, makes it necessary that 
the first part of this Clause should be re- 
tained. 

The Commons agree to the Amendments as far 
the second Amendment in Pr. 29. 1. 28. 


The Commons disagree to the second Amend- 
ment in Pr, 29. 1. 28., the said Amendment being 
to leave out from the word “ always” to the word 
“ that,” inl. 37:— 

Because it appears necessary that the Court of 
Session, while passing such Acts of Sederunt, 
should have an opportunity of receiving ob- 
servations with regard to them ; they other- 
wise have not an opportunity of receiving 
Communications from parties who may be 
suffering from those delays, and might fur- 
nish statements which might not occur to the 
Judges. 

The Commons agree to the other Amendments to 
the Bill. 


The said Reasons, being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Conference be desired with the 
Lords upon the subject-matter of the Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the said Bill: And that 
the Lord Advocate do go to the Lords, and desire 
the said Conference. 


Mr. Fox Maule reported the Private Bill Deposits 
Bill; and the Report was ordered to be taken into 
further consideration To-morrow. 


Mr. Fox Maule reported the Militia Ballots Sus- 
pension Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


The ingrossed Bill for carrying into effect a Con- 
vention of Accession of the King of the Two Sicilies 
to two Conventions with the King of the French for 
suppressing the Slave Trade, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill for carrying into effect a Con- 
vention of Accession of the Duke of Tuscany to the 
two Conventions with the King of the French for 
suppressing the Slave Trade, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 














The 


Private Bill 
Deposits Bill, 


Militia Ballots 
Suspension Bill. 


Slave Trade 
Treaties 
(Sicily) Bill. 


Slave Trade 
Treaties 
(Tuscany) Bill. 


Qme 


tat to 


mre 





2 VictoriZ. 


2° Augustt. 783 


Transfer of The ingrossed Bill respecting the Transfer of cer-|_ The Lord Advocate reported, That the Managers 
Funds tain Funds to the Secretary at War and the Pay- | had been at the Conference, which was managed on 


master General, was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


the part of the Lords by the Earl of Shaftesbury ; 
and that they had delivered the Reasons for dis- 
agreeing to the said Amendments ; and had left the 
Bill and Amendments with their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Municipal | 
Joint Stock The ingrossed Bill to amend the Law relative to} the Amendments made by, the Lords to the Bill, Corporations : 
Banks Bills Legal Proceedings by certain Joint Stock Banking | intituled, An Act for the 


Affirmations 
Bill. 


Militia Pay 
Bill. 


Stamp Dies Bill, 


Valuation 
of Lands 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Forms of 
Pleading Bill. 


Bank of Lre land 
Repayment 
Bill, 


Message from 
the Lords, 


Sheriff Courts 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Companies against their own Members, and by such 
Members against the Companies, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to amend, until the end of the next 
Session of Parliament, the Law relative to Legal 
Proceedings by certain Joint Stock Banking Com- 
panies against their own Members, and by such 
Members against the Companies. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


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


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


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


The Valuation of Lands (Ireland) Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- 
morrow. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for 
continuing, under certain Limitations, the Powers 
given to the Judges for altering the Forms of Plead- 
ing in the Courts of Common Law at Westminster, 
and elsewhere, was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendment, 


do pass. 

Sedat, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with an Amendment; to which 
Amendment this House doth desire the concurrence 
of their Lordships. 


The Bank of Ireland Repayment Bill was, ac- 
cording to Order, read a second time; and com- 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- 
morrow. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Wingfield 

and Mr. Farrer: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords agree to a Conference with this House 
upon the subject-matter of the Amendments made 
by their Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
to regulate the Constitution, Jurisdiction and Forms 
of Process of Sheriff Courts in Scotland, as de- 
sired by this House, in their Message of this day, 
and do appoint the same to be held presently in 
their Committee-room, No. 5:—And then the Mes- 
sengers withdrew. 

rdered, That the Committee who were to draw 
up Reasons to be offered to the Lords at a Con- 
ference for disagreeing to certain of the said Amend- 
ments, do manage the Conference :—And the names 
of Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Wallace, Mr. Attorney 
General for Ireland, Mr. Lynch, Lord Charles Fitz- 
ree Mr. Pryme, and Mr. Thornely, were added to 
them. . 
Then the names of the Managers were called over; 


and they went to the Conference :—And being re- 
turned ; 


Vou. 93. 





Corporations and Borough Towns in Ireland; and 
the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 2. 1. 11. After “ borough” insert “ named 
“ in the said Schedules (A.) and (B.)” 

Pr. 2. 1.16. After “ any ” insert “ such.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 17. After “ passed ” insert “ otherwise 
than by gift or purchase.” 

Pr, 2. 1. 21. After “ burgess ” insert “ or of any 
person who might have been admitted a freeman 
or burgess of any such borough as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 24. After “ any ” insert “ such.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 25. After “burgess” insert “ or of any 
such person as last aforesaid.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 27. After “ apprentice” insert “ to any 
such freeman or burgess, or any such person as 
last aforesaid.” 

Pr. 2. 1.34. After “ any ” insert “such.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 16. After the second “ was” insert 
“ admitted.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 18. After “ any” insert “ such.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 24. After “money” insert “ in manner 
following (that is to say); if such rights be within 
any borough named in the said Schedule (A.), or 
in any borough to which a charter of incorporation 
shall have been granted as hereinafter is men- 
tioned, of the boroughs named in the said Schedule 
“ (B.) ” 

Pr. 5. 1. 29. After “ mentioned ” insert “ but if 
such rights be within any borough named in the 
“‘ said Schedule (B.) to which no such charter of 
incorporation shall have been granted, every such 
person shall be entitled to have or claim such 
share or benefit without payment of any fine, fee 
or sum of money.” 

Pr. 6. 1.19. After “ any” insert “such.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 20. After “borough ” insert “as afore- 
“ said,” and in the same line after “ purchase ” in- 
sert Clause (A.) 

Crause (A.) “ And whereas the right of voting 
in the election of Members to serve in Parliament 
was by an Act passed in the second and third years 
of the reign of his late Majesty, intituled, ‘ An 
Act to amend the Representation of the People 
of Ireland, preserved to all freemen, freeholders 
and persons who by reason of any corporate or 
other right were then by law entitled to vote at 
the election of a Member or Members to serve in 
Parliament for any city, town or borough, and 
all persons who, by reason of birth, marriage or 
service, or of any statute then in force, should be 
at any time thereafter admitted to their freedom 
in any city, town or borough, subject to the con- 
ditions and provisions in that Act contained: Be 
it Enacted, That all persons now entitled to vote 
at the election of a Member or Members to serve 
in Parliament for any city, town or borough shall 
continue to enjoy such right as fully as if this Act 
had not been passed ; and that every — who, 
“ if this Act had not been passed, would have had 
a right to be admitted a freeman, or to be placed 
on the roll of freemen of any such borough as 
aforesaid, in order to be registered, and to vote in 
the election of a Member or Members to serve in 
Parliament, or might hereafter have been entitled. 
to acquire in respect of birth, or marriage or ser- 
vitude, or of any statute then in force, as a freeman, 
the right of voting in the election of a Member or 
Members to serve in Parliament for such borough, 
“ shall be entitled, if such borough ‘be one of the 
“ boroughs named in the said Schedule (A.), or one 

“ 


é 


nn 


“ 
“ 


“ 


“ 


nan A 
xn 4 


it 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“c 
“ 
if9 
iT 3 
“ 
“«&lt; 
“ 
“ 
‘ 
‘ 


wn 


“ 


n 
n 


5G4 of 


eculation of Municipal (Ireland) Bill, | 





784 


“&lt; of the boroughs to which a charter of incorpora- 


tion shall have been granted, as hereinafter is 
“« mentioned, to be admitted a freeman and placed 
“ on the roll of freemen of such borough, and to 
“ acquire and enjoy such right of voting as fully as 
if this Act had not been passed ; and if such bo- 
rough be one of the boroughs named in the said 
“ Schedule (B.) to which no such charter of incor- 
“ poration as aforesaid shall have been granted, to 
acquire and enjoy, without having been admitted 
a freeman, such right of voting as fully as if this 
“ Act had not been passed, and he had been ad- 
“ mitted a freeman.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 23. After “ borough” insert “ named 
in the said Schedule (A.)” 

Pr. 6. 1. 26. Leave out “ Schedules,” and insert 
Schedule.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 27. Leave out from “ borough” to 
shall” in 1. 31. 

Pr. 7. 1. 9. After “ trusts ” insert “ powers, au- 
thorities.” 

Pr, 7. 1. 17. Leave out from “ those ”’ to “ chari- 
table ” in |. 18. and insert “ subject to any ;” and | 
in 1. 18. leave out from “ charitable ” to “ provisions” 
in |. 20. and insert “ uses or trusts, and those in 
“‘ respect of which other ;” and in 1. 20. after ‘* pro- 
“* visions ” insert “ are.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 31. Leave out from “ Act” to “ And” 
in Pr, 8. |. 24. and insert Clauses (B.), (C.), (D.), 
(E.), (F.), (G.) and (IL.) 

Cuause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That every | 
borough in the said Schedule (A.) shall be divided | 
into the number of wards mentioned in such Sche- | 
dule, in conjunction with the name of such bo- ; 
“ rough, and that the limits and boundaries of the | 
“* several boroughs named in the said Schedule (A.) | 
“ and of the wards into which the said boroughs 
“ named in the said Schedule (A.) are to be divided, | 
“ shall, for the purposes of this Act, be taken and | 
held to be according to the description and spe- | 
“ cification of such limits and boundaries set forth | 
“ and contained in Schedule (C.) to this Act annexed, | 
“ and all the houses, lands and hereditaments within | 
“ the boundaries therein specified, shall hereafter, 
“ for the purposes of this Act be parts of the said | 
“ boroughs: Provided always, That the following 
“ rules shall be observed in the construction of the 
“ several descriptions of boundaries contained in 
“ the said Schedule (C.) hereunto annexed (that is 

to say); 

“ 1. That the words ‘ Northward,’ ‘ Southward,’ 

“ « Eastward,’ ‘Westward,’ shall respectively 

“‘ be understood to denote only the general 
direction in which any henntney proceeds 

from the point last described, and not that 
such boundary shall continue to proceed 
throughout in the same direction to the 

‘ point next described : 

“2, That when any road is mentioned merely by | 

“ the name of the place to which such road | 

“ leads, the principal road thither from the 

“ borough of which the boundary is in course 

“ of description shall be understood : 

“3. That whenever a line is said to be drawn 
from, to, through or in the direction of any 
distance to be measured from or to an 
object, such line shall, in the absence of | 
any direction to the contrary, be under- | 
stood to be drawn trom, to, through or in | 
the direction of, or such distance to be | 
measured from or to the centre of such 
object, as nearly as the centre thereof can 
be ascertained : 

“4. That every building through which or 

“‘ through any part whereof any boundary 

“ hereby established shall pass shall be con- 

“ sidered as within such boundary : 

“5. That whenever any boundary by this Act 

“ established is said to pass along any other 

“ boundary, or along any street, road, lane, 


“ 


é 
“cc 


“ 
“ 


if3 





« 
“ 
“&lt;&lt; 


« 


“ 
“ 
“cc 

‘ 





“ 





2° August. 


A. 1838, 


path, river, stream, canal, drain, brook of 
* ditch, the middle (as near as the same can 
“ be ascertained) of such other boundary, or 
“ of such road, lane, path, river, stream, 
** canal, drain, brook or ditch, shall, in the 
“ absence of any direction to the contrary, 
“ be understood : 
“ 6, That the middle of any street, road or lane 
“« shall be understood as the middle of the 
“* carriage-way along the same: 
“7, That when any boundary by this Act esta- 
“ plished is said to proceed, or any distance 
to be measured, along a street, road, lane, 
path, stream, river, canal or drain, from or 
to any object, such boundary shall be un- 
“ derstood to proceed, or such distance to 
“« be measured (as the case may be) from or 
“ to that point in tle middle of such road, 
lane, path, river, stream, canal or drain 
from which the shortest line would be 
drawn to the centre of such object as 
nearly as the centre thereof can be ascer- 
“ tained : 
That the point at which any fence, hedge, 
‘ wall, boundary, street, road, lane, walk, 
path, river, stream, canal, drain, brook or 
ditch is said to cut, meet, join, cross, reach 
or leave any boundary, street, road, lane, 
path, wall, walk, river, stream, canal, drain, 
brook or ditch, shall, in the absence of 
any direction to the contrary, be understood 
as that point at which a line passing along 
the middle of the boundary, street, road, 
lane, path, wall, walk, river, stream, canal, 
drain, brook or ditch, so cut, met, joined, 
crossed, reached or left would be inter- 
sected by a line drawn along the middle 
of the fence, hedge, wall, boundary, street, 
road, lane, walk, path, river, stream, canal, 
drain, brook or ditch, so cutting, meeting, 
joining, crossing, reaching or leaving, if 
such line were prolonged sufficiently far : 
“ 9. That when a line is said to be drawn to a 
“ road, lane, river, stream or canal, such line 
shall, in the absence of any direction to 
the contrary, be considered as prolonged 
to the middle of such road, lane, river, 
stream or canal : 
“10. That by the words ‘ sea’ and ‘ sea coast’ 
“ shall be understood the low-water mark : 
“11. That if any deficiency shall be found to exist 
“in the line of any boundary described in 
“ the said Schedule to this Act annexed, 
“ by reason of the intervention of any space 
“* between any two immediately consecutive 
* points, such deficiency, shall be supplied 
“ by a straight line to be drawn from the 
“ one to the other of such two immediately 
consecutive points.” 
Crause (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That all 
“* places locally situate or included within the boun- 
“ daries of any borongh or of any ward thereof, as 
defined under this Act, shall for the purposes of 
“ this Act only be deemed and taken to be a part 
“ or parts of such borough or of such ward thereof 
respectively ; and in those boroughs which are 
counties of themselves shall be part of such 
county and of none other; and in every case in 
which the metes and bounds of any borough or 
county under the provisions of this Act, shall not 
iaclale any place or precinct which before the 


“ 


“ce 
«c 
ce 


“ce 
it 
“cc 
“cc 


“¢. 


‘ 


“ 
“ 
“ 


“cc 
“ 
“ 
“ 


“ 


“ 


‘ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“cc 


passing of this Act was part of such borough or 
county, such place or precinct shal! thencefor- 
ward be taken to be part of the county wherein 
such place or precinct is situated, or with which 
it has the longest common bouudary: Provided 


nevertheless, That if any such place, or precinct 
shall have been liable before the passing of this 
Act, to contribute to any rate made for the pur- 
pose of satisfying any lawful debt to which the 

“ rate-payers 





2 VicToRIz. 


« 
‘ 


n 


‘ 


a 


é 
“c 
c 


nw 


n 


“cc 
“ 
“ 
&lt; 
“ 
&lt; 
&lt; 


nan Nn 


“ 
“ 
&lt; 
“ 
‘ 
&lt; 
“c 


n 


“ 
hid 
&lt; 
&lt; 
i t3 
‘ 


“ 


ii 
“ 
¢ 
é 


nn 


“ 
¢ 
é 
¢ 
“&lt;&lt; 
“ 
&lt; 


nan nan 8 


wn 


“ 
“ 
“ 
&lt; 
&lt; 
&lt; 
‘ 
“ 


‘ 


nw 


&lt; 
“cc 
‘ 


n 


“ 
“ 
“cc 
“c 
‘é 


a 


&lt; 
4 


n 


‘é 


n 


‘4 


n 


‘ 


n 


ti 
‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


nn 


n 


‘ 


nm 


&lt;&lt; 
é 


n 


&lt; 


n 


&lt; 


n 


&lt; 


n 


‘ 


wn 


&lt; 
&lt; 


wn 


“cc 
‘ 


n 


&lt;&lt; 
“ 





rate-payers of such borough or county were liable 
to contribute before the passing of this Act; and 
in case any difference shall arise concerning the 
roportion of such debt which ought therefore to 
% paid and contributed in respect of such place 
or precinct, it shall be lawful for the Chief Justice 
of Her Majesty’s Court of Queen’s Bench, in 
Dublin, in the case of the county of Dublin and 
the county of the city of Dublin, and in the case 
of any other county, for the senior Justice of 
Assize for the county of which such place or pre- 
cinct shall thenceforward be taken to be part on 
his circuit, on the application of the council of 
such borough, or of the chairman of a public 
meeting of the rate-payers of such place or pre- 
cinct to appoint, by writing under his hand, a 
Barrister, not having any interest in the question, 
to arbitrate between the parties, and by his award, 
under his hand and seal, to assess the proportion, 
if any, of such debt which ought therefore to be 
paid and contributed in respect of such place or 
precinct ; and such arbitrator shall also assess 
the costs of the arbitration, and shall direct by 
whom and in what proportion, and out of what 
fund, the same shall be paid; and such rate as 
aforesaid shall continue to be levied by warrant 
of the council of such borough, and paid by such 
place or precinct as if this Act had not passed, 
until such proportion shall have been fully paid 
and satistied to the Treasurer of the borough and 
no longer: Provided nevertheless, That every 
county gaol, house of correction or lunatic asylum 
or court of justice, which at the time of the 
passing of this Act is taken to be for any purpose 
within any county, shall still for all such purposes 
be taken to be within such county, any thing 
herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding: 
Provided also, That the jurisdiction of the several 
courts of the boroughs named in the said Schedule 
(A.) shall remain and extend to all places within 
the limits and boundaries of such boroughs and 
the liberties thereof as they are at present con- 
stituted, or are now taken to be, by virtue of any 
charter or usage, any thing herein contained to 
the contrary thereof in anywise notwithstanding.” 

Ciause (D.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That no misnomer or inaccurate descrip- 
tion contained in this Act, or in the Schedule (C.) 
hereto annexed, shall in anywise prevent or 
abridge the operation of this Act, with respect to 
the subject of such description, provided the same 
shall be designated so as to be commonly under- 
stood; and that for the purpose of identifying 
the descriptions contained in the said Schedule 
with the subject of such descriptions respectively, 
such descriptions shall, if such construction should 
be necessary, be held to apply to such subjects 
as they existed on the First day of March One 
thousand eight hundred and Thirty-six.” 

Cause (E.) “ And whereas it is expedient that 
the metes and bounds of the several boroughs, 
and of the several wards into which the same are 
by this Act respectively divided, as described in 
the Schedule (C.) to this Act annexed, should be 
constantly maintained, and that the same should 
be generally known; BE it Enacted, by the 
authority aforesaid, That the Mayor of each of 
the said boroughs respectively, within Six calendar 
months after the first election of municipal of- 
ficers to be held under this Act, shall cause to 
be set up, at the expense of the body corporate of 
which he is Mayor, permanent and conspicuous 
boundary marks of iron, wood, stone or other 
durable macerial, in exact conformity with, or as 
near as circumstances will admit, to the respective 
metes and bounds of such boroughs, and the 
several wards thereof specified in the Schedule 
(C.) to this Act annexed, and in the most public 
and convenient places along or near the line of 
such metes and Thou ; and further, within the 

Vou. 93. 





2° Auguste. 


it 
if 
“cc 


n 
n 


xn nan KR AK 
nxn An RA 


“ 


785 


period of Six calendar months, after the expiration 
of every successive period of Three years after 
the first election of municipal officers to be held 
under this Act, a circuit of perambulation of the 
metes and bounds of such boroughs respectively, 
and of the several wards into which the same are 
by this Act respectively divided, as settled and 
described in the said Schedule (C.) to this Act 
annexed, shall be made by the Mayor for the 
time being, of such borough respectively, ac- 
companied by the Town Clerk thereof; and the 
Town Clerk shall, at the time of making such 
perambulation, inquire whether the name or 
names whereby the same metes and bounds or 
any part thereof are or is described in the said 
Schedule (C.) to this Act annexed have or has 
been changed, and by what name or description 
the same are or is there commonly known and 
distinguished, and if any change in the descrip- 
tion thereof shall have taken place, shall note the 
same in a book to be kept by Lies for that purpose, 
and to be called the “ Boundary Book” of such 
borough ; and the Mayor is hereby required, in 
the event of any such boundary mark or marks . 
as aforesaid being obliterated or defaced, to cause 
the same to be renewed at the expense of the 
body corporate, within Three calendar months 
next after such perambulation as aforesaid.” 


Cuausz (F.) “ And be it Enacted, That if any 
such Mayor or Town Clerk shall neglect to per- 
form the duties hereinbefore described, such 
Mayor or Town Clerk shall forfeit the sum of 
Twenty pounds to Her Majesty, to be recovered 
by action in any one of the superior Courts at 
Dublin, or by civil bill in an Court of Record 
having jurisdiction within such borough respec- 
tively.” 

Cuauss (G.) “ And be it Enacted, That if any 
person or persons shall wilfully or maliciously 
pull down, deface, obliterate, injure, conceal or 
destroy any such boundary marks as aforesaid, 
such person or persons shall for every such offence 
forfeit and pay, in addition to the value of such 
boundary mark or marks as aforesaid, any sum 
not exceeding Forty shillings, to be recovered, 
paid and levied according to the provisions in this 
Act contained, relative to offences against this 
Act punishable upon summary conviction.” 


Cuause (H.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
several wards into which the several boroughs in 
the Schedule (C.) to this Act annexed mentioned 
are by this Act respectively divided shall hence- 
forth be denominated and distinguished by the 
name and names by which in such Schedule such 
wards are specified and described in conjunction 
with the names of such boroughs respectively, 
and by no other name or names.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 27. Leave out “ Schedule,” and insert 
Schedule (A.)” 

Pr. 8. 1. 34. After “ resident ” 
such.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 37. Leave out “ hold and.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 6. Leave out from “ be” to “ shall” 


insert “ as 


in 1, 22. and insert “ of the yearly value of not less 


“ 
“ 


“ 
sé 
“ce 
“a 
“ 
“cc 
“ 
‘“ 
‘ 


na 
nan An 


than Ten pounds to be ascertained and deter- 
mined as hereinafter mentioned.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 28. After “ borough” insert “ and 
such yearly value shall be ascertained and deter- 
mined in manner following, and not otherwise ; 
(that is to say), such value shall be a sum com- 
posed of the net annual value at which the pre- 
mises so occupied by such man shall be rated (as 
they are ‘let required to be) to the relief of 
the poor under an Act passed in the present 
Session of Parliament, and of the amount of the 
sums at which the landlord’s repairs and the 
landlord’s insurance shall be estimated and stated 
in any rate to be made in pursuance of the said 


Act.” 
5H Pr. 9. 








786 


Pr. 9. 1. 36. After “ borough” insert “ and 
“ yated as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 37. Leave out “ six” and insert 
“ twelve.” 

Pr. 9. 1. penult. Leave out “enrolment” and 
insert “ last day of August.” 

Pr. 9. 1. ult. After “shall” insert “on or before 
“ the last day of August in such year.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 1. After “all” insert “ rates for the 
“ relief of the poor and all,” and in the same line, 
after “ municipal” insert “ or other local.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 2. Leave out “if any.” 

Pr. 10. 1.3. Leave out “ legally due and.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 7. Leave out “ due” and insert 
“ payable.” 

Pr.10. Is. 8. and 9. Leave out “ enrolment” 
and insert “last day of August.” 

Pr. 10. 1.11. Leave out “ in any year.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 16. After “ received” insert “ relief 
“ by order of any Board of Guardians or of any 
“ paid officer to be a by virtue of the said 
‘ Act for the relief of the poor or.” 

Pr. 10. 1.31. After “borough” insert “ named 
“ in the said Schedule (A.)” 

Pr. 11. 1. 20. After “borough” insert “named 
in the said Schedule (A.)” 

Pr. 11. 1. 26. Leave out “ holding,” and insert 
rating.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 32. Leave out “ holding,” and insert 
rating.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 35. Leave out “ held and,” and in 
the same line, after “occupied” insert “ and been 
“ rated for.” 

Pr.11. Is. 37. and 38. Leave out “ holding,” and 
insert “ rating.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 7. After “borough” insert “ or that 
“ he was an occupant or rated within the same.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 8. Leave out from “the” to “and” 
in ], 9. and insert “ title to such house or other pro- 
“ perty as aforesaid, shall have devolved upon 
im. 

Pr. 12. 1.15. Leave out from “to” to “ Pro- 
“ vided,” in 1]. 16. and insert “ such devolution of 
“ title as aforesaid.” 

Pr, 12. 1. 22. Leave out from “ of” to “ and” 
in Pr. 13. 1. 16. and insert “ such devolution of 
“ title as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 13. 1, 25. After “occupancy” insert “ ra- 
“ ting.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 25. Leave out from “ Act” to “ and” 


“ 


“ 


“cc 


2 Augusti. 





in Pr. 17. 1. 26. 


Pr. 17. 1.31. After “ borough” insert “ named | 


“ in the said Schedule (A.)” 


Pr. 17. 1. penult. After “‘ out ” insert “ from the ; 


assessment to be made of hereditaments within 
such parish and borough under the said Act passed | 


; “ ‘ ‘ &gt; eee 
in the present Session of Parliament for the relief’ i 


of the destitute poor of [reland.” 
Pr. 18.1. 1. Leave out “ C.” and insert “ D.”’ | 
Pr. 18.1. 19. After “ aforesaid” insert Clause 
. 3. 
CriavseE(S8. 3.) “ And beit Enacted, That the several 
and respective Collectors of the Poor Rates, and of 
all other cesses, rates and taxes payable within an 
borough named in the said Schedule (A.), shall, 
on or before the third day of September in ever 
rear, make out or cause to be made out, anugel 
mg to the form numbered 6 in the said Schedule 
(D.) to this Act annexed, an alphabetical list of 
all persons who shall be subject to the payment 
of such poor rate, cesses, rates or taxes, within 
‘ the limits of such borough, and within the collec- 
tion of the person by whom or by whose direction 
the same shall be made out ; and every such Col- 
lector shall sign the list so to be made out for his 
collection, and shall cause a true copy of such list 
to be prepared, and shall keep the same to be 
rused by any person, without payment of any 
ee, at all reasonable hours during the Ten days 
next after the same third day of September ; and 





A. 1838. 


every such Collector shall, on the same third day 
of September, deliver the list,so signed by him 
as aforesaid, to the Town Clerk of such borough, 
and such Town Clerk shall forthwith cause to be 
printed true copies of every such list, and shall 
deliver one or more of such respective printed 
copies to any person applying for the same, on 
payment of a serene price for each copy.” 

Pr. 18. 1. 20. After “ borough” insert “ named 
in the said Schedule (A.)” 

Pr, 18.1. 37. After “ behalf” insert “ and if 
there shall be no Mayor, the Lord Lieutenant shall 
appoint, by writing under his hand, a “my. per- 
son to perform the duties required to be done by 
yo with regard to the Town Clerk under this 

es.” 

_ Pr. 19.1. 15. After “ borough ” insert “ named 
in the said Schedule (A.)” 

Pr. 19. 1. 20. Leave out “ C.” and insert “ D.” 

Pr. 20.1. 30. Leave out “ C.” and insert “ D.” 

Pr. 21.1.12. Leave out “ C.” and insert “ D.” 

Pr. 21.1.18. Leave out “ C.” and insert “ D.” 

Pr. 21.1. 22. Leave out “ C.” and insert “ D.” 

Pr. 22.1.35. After “ borough” insert “ named 
in the said Schedule (A.)”’ 

Pr, 22. 1. penult. Leave out “ of the borough.” 

Pr. 22. 1. ult. After “ mentioned” insert “ of 
the borough.” 

Pr. 25. 1, 24, Leave out “ Clause (A.) added, by 
way of rider, to the Bill.” 

Pr. 25. 1. 37. After “ any” insert “ rate for the 
relief of the poor.” 


Pr. 28. 1. 15. After “ Act” insert Clause (I.) 


Cravusz (I.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall be 
lawful for any person whose claim shall have been 
rejected or name expunged at the revision of the 
Burgess Roll of any of the said boroughs to apply 
before the end of the term then next following to the 
Court of Queen’s Bench for a mandamus to the 
Mayor for the time being of that borough to insert 
his name upon the Burgess Roll, and thereupon for 
the Court to inquire into the title of the applicant 
to be so enrolled; and if the Court shall award 
such mandamus, the ~— shall be bound to 
insert the name upon the Burgess Roll, and shall 
add thereunto the words ‘ By Order of the Court 
of Queen’s Bench,’ and shall subscribe his name 
to such words; and the Town Clerk shall be bound 
to produce the said Burgess Roll to the Mayor for 
that purpose; and thereupon the person whose 
name shall be so added to the Burgess Roll shall 
be deemed a burgess, and entitled to vote and act 
as a burgess in all respects as if his name had 
been put upon the Burgess Roll by the Barrister or 
‘ Mayor and Assessors ; and upon every such ap- 
‘ plication the Court shall have power to make 
such order with respect to the costs as to the 
Court shall seem fit. 

Pr. 28. 1. penult. Leave out “ ten,” and insert 
fifty.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 36. After “ borough ” insert “ named 
in the said Schedule (A.)” 

Pr. 30.1. 25. After “ shall ” insert “ be or there- 
after.” 

Pr. 30. 1. 32. After “ shall” insert “ within 
seven days after the making thereof.” 

Pr. 30. 1. 34. After “ claim” insert “ im res- 
pect of birth, servitude or marriage.” 

Pr. 30. 1. 38. After “ said ” insert “ freemen’s.” 

Pr. 31. 1. 4. After “ thereof” insert “ or extract 
therefrom.” i 

Pr. 31.1. 7. After “ copy ” insert Clause (K.) 

CuavuseE (K.) “ And be it Enacted, That for the 
“ purpose of better ascertaining who are the bur- 
“ec gesses of any such ward, the Burgess Roll of every 
“ borough so divided into wards shall thenceforward 
“ yearly be made out, by or under the direction of 
“ the Town Clerk, in alphabetical lists of the bur- 
“ gesses in each ward, to be called Ward cue 

r. 31. 


cc 
“&lt; 
“ 
6 
it 
‘ 

“ 
it 








2 Vicrori£. 


Pr. 31.1. 9. After “ Borough” insert “named 
in the said Schedule (A.)” 

Pr. 31.1. 16. Leave out “ the said,” and insert 
such.” 

Pr. 31. 1.20. After “ borough ” insert named in 
‘ the said Schedule (A.)” 

Pr. 31.1. 25. After “ and” insert in the dif- 
ferent wards of every such borough there shall be 
elected at the time and in the manner hereinafter 
‘ mentioned.” 

Pr. 31. 1. penult. and 1. ult. Leave out “ Sche- 
dules,” and insert “ Schedule,” and in 1. ultimo 
leave out “ and B.” 

Pr. 32. 1. 29. Leave out from “ debts” to “ nor” 
in Pr, 33.1. 14. 

Pr. 33.1. 17. After “ any” insert “ such.” 

Pr. 34.1. 5. After “ of” insert “ any ward in.” 

Pr. 34.1.9. After “ borough” insert “ and in 
“ the Ward List for such borough.” 

Pr. 34. 1. 11. After “Councillors” insert “ of 
“ such ward.” 

Pr. 34. 1. 16. After“ Roll” insert “and Ward 
“ List.” 

Pr. 34. 1. 19. After “ election ” insert “ Clause 
(L.) 

Cuavse (L.) “ Andbe it Enacted, That every bur- 
gess of any borough named inthe said Schedule(A.) 
shall be entitled to vote in the election of the 
Aldermen and Councillors to be chosen within 
that ward in which some part of the property of 
such burgess in respect of which he is enrolled on 
the Burgess Roll for the time being of such borough 
shall appear to be situated, en not otherwise ; 
and in case it shall happen that any burgess shall 
be entitled to be enrolled in respect of property 
in two or more wards, then he shall, if otherwise 
duly qualified according to the provisions of this 
Act be enrolled and vote in such one of the said 
wards as he shall at the time of his enrolment 
select, by writing under his hand delivered to the 
Town Clerk, or left at his office on or before the 
Fifth day of September in any year, or in default 
of his selection as the mayor shall determine, but 
not in more than one.” 


Pr. 34. 1. 25. Leave out from “ said ” to “ the” 
in |, 27. and insert“ Schedule (A.)” and in 1. 27. after 
“« burgesses ” insert “ in every ward of every such 
“« borough.” 

Pr, 34. 1. 32. Leave out “ Schedules,” and insert 
“ Schedule (C.y’ 

Pr. 34. 1. 34. Leave out “ borough ” and insert 
ward. 

Pr. 34. 1. 36. After “ borough” insert “ to be 
elected in such ward.” 

Pr, 35.1.1. Leave out “ borough,” and insert 
ward.” 

Pr, 35.1.4, Leave out “ borough,” and insert 
ward,” 

Pr. 35. 1. 12. After the second “ of” insert 
every ward of.” 

Pr. 35. 1. 15. Leave out “ borough,” and insert 
Ward List of such ward.” 

Pr. 36. 1. 23. After “ borough” insert “ except 
in the city of Dublin.” 

Pr. 36.1. 27. Leave out “ borough,” and insert 
ward.” 

Pr, 36. 1. 29. Leave out “ borough,” and insert 
Ward List.” 

Pr. 36. Is. 38. and 34. After “ Aldermen ” insert 
and in the city of Dublin the burgesses of each 
of eight wards shall separately elect in each third 
subsequent year the Aldermen of that ward, the 
Council determining in which wards the Alder- 
men shall be first re-elected ; and the Aldermen 
first elected in the eight wards so determined upon 
by the Council shall go out of office at the end 
of three years after their election,” and in 1. 34. 
after “ Aldermen” insert “ of every ward of 
every other borough.” 

Vor. 93. 


u~ 
n 


un“ 


ce 
‘ 


xn A 


“ 


a 


‘ 
‘ 
ce 


n 


&lt; 
“ 
¢ 


n 


&lt; 
“ 
‘ 


wn 


“ 
af 
é 
“ 


nu wn 


“ec 
“ 
‘ 


n 


&lt; 
&lt;“ 


cc 


&lt; 


n 


if9 


“ 


&lt; 


“ 


&lt; 


wn 


“ 


“ec 


‘ 


nw 


&lt; 
&lt; 
‘ 
« 


n 


&lt; 
“ec 
“ 
“ 
“c 


2° August. 





787 


Pr. 37. 1. 17. Leave out “ borough,” and insert 
“ ward.” 

Pr. 37. 1. 20. Leave out from “ the” to “and ” 
in 1, 23. and insert “‘ Mayor for the time being of 
“ such borough, or the person whom the Mayor 
“ shall appoint for that gj oe in such ward re- 
“ spectively,” and in 1. 33. leave out “ Barrister,” 
and insert “ Mayor.” 

Pr. 37.1. 25. Leave out “ Mayor,” and insert 
“ Alderman.” 

Pr. 37.1. 27. Leave out from “ the” to “and 
in 1, 28. and insert “ Alderman.” 

Pr. 37.1. 32. Leave out “ borough,” and insert 
“ ward.” 

Pr. 37.1. 35. Leave out “ Mayor,” and insert 
Alderman, or if more than one, such Aldermen 
of the ward as the Council shall appoint.” 

Pr. 37. 1. 37. Leave out “ borough,” and insert 
ward.” 

Pr. 38. 1. 13. Leave out “ Barrister,” and insert 
person appointed as aforesaid, or Alderman (as 
the case may be.)” 

Pr. 38. 1. 28. Leave out “ Barrister,” and insert 
in any ward the Alderman before whom the elec- 
tion shall be held.” 

Pr. 38. 1. ultimo. Leave out “ Barrister,’ and 
insert “ Alderman.” 

Pr. 39.1. 2. Leave out “ Barrister,’ and insert 
“ Alderman.” 

Pr. 39. 1. 32. Leave out “ Barrister,” and insert 
“ Alderman.” 

Pr. 39.1. 35. Leave out “ Barrister,” and insert 
“ Alderman.” 

Pr. 41. 1. 6. Leave out from “ provisions” to 
* = wi % 

Pr. 41. 1. 23. Leave out “ Barrister,” and insert 
“ Alderman and Assessors (as the case may be.)” 

Pr. 41. 1. 38. After “ Assessors” insert “ or 
“ Aldermen and Assessors.” 

Pr. 41.1. ultimo. Leave out “ Barrister,” and in- 
sert “ person appointed by the Mayor as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 42. 1.15. After “ Burgess ” insert “ or any 
“ two Burgesses together.” 

Pr. 42. 1. 27. After “ election” insert Clause 
(M.) 

Cravuse (M.) “ And be it Enacted, That if at 
any election of Aldermen, Councillors or Assessors 
for any borough named in the said Schedule (A.) 
any person shall be elected an Alderman, Coun- 
cillor or Assessor in more than one of the wards 
of such borough, he shall within Three days after 
notice thereof choose, or in default the Mayor 
shall declare, for which one of the said wards 
such Alderman, Councillor or Assessor shall serve, 
and such person shall thereupon be held to be 
elected in that ward only which he shall so chocse 
or which the mayor shall so declare.” 

Pr. 42. 1.33. Leave out “ that,” and insert “ the 
whole,” and in the same line after “ shall ” insert 
at an election to be holden before the Mayor.” 

Pr. 43. 1. 1. After “ borough” insert “ and 
besides the two Assessors chosen as aforesaid by 
the burgesses for the whole borough to hold the 
Court with the Mayor for revising the Burgess 
Lists, the burgesses of every ward shall on the 
First day of November next after the election of 
Councillors in such ward, and in every nae sn 
year, elect from the persons qualified to be Coun- 
cillors two Assessors for such ward, in the form 
and manner hereinbefore provided for the election 
of Councillors.” 

Pr, 43. 1. 12. After “ Auditors ” insert “ or 
Assessors of the borough.” 

Pr. 43. 1. 13. After “ Assessors ” insert “ of the 
ward.” 

Pr. 44. 1. 34. After “ borough ” insert “ named 
in the said Schedule (A.)” 

Pr. 45. 1. 2. Leave out “ Schedules,” and insert 
Schedule,” and in the same line leave out “ and 
B.” 


“ 
“ 


‘ 
“ 


n 


“ 
“ 


5 H2 Pr. 45. 














788 


Pr. 45.1. 15. After “ borough ” insert “ named 
“¢ in the said Schedule (A.)”’ 

Pr. 46. Is. 19 and 20. Leave out from “ notwith- 
“ standing” to “ and ” in Pr. 52. 1. 6. 

Pr. 52. 1. 10. After “ borough” insert “ named 
“ in the said Schedule (A.)” 

Pr. 52. 1. 14. After “ Alderman” insert “ ap- 
“ pointed as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 53.1. 11. Leave out from “ office ” to “ the ” 
in]. 15. 

Pr. 53. 1. 18. Leave out “ within,” and insert 
on a day to be fixed by the Mayor of such borough, 
or by the Aldermen, appointed as aforesaid, of 
the ward in which the vacancy has happened, or if 
there shall be no Alderman appointed as afore- 
said, by such Alderman or Councillor as shall 
have been appointed for that purpose by the 
council, such day not to be later than.” 

Pr. 53.1. 34. Leave out from “ until” to “his” 
in ], 35. and in 1. 35. after “ successor” insert “ shall 
“ have accepted the office of Mayor, and shall have 
made and subscribed the declaration required in 
that behalf.” 

Pr. 54. 1. 20. After “ borough” insert “ named 
in the said Schedule (A.)” 

Pr. 54. 1. 33. After “ any” insert “ such.” 

Pr. 55.1. 15. After “ Mayor” insert “ Auditor 
or Assessor for any borough or.” 

Pr. 55.1. 16. Leave out “ or,” and in the same 
line leave out “ or Auditor.” 

Pr. 55. 1. 17. Leave out “ borough or.” 


Pr. 56. 1. 12. Leave out from “ pounds” to 
over” inl, 16. 

Pr. 56.1.16. Leave out from “ debts ” to “and ” 
in 1. 35. 

Pr. 57. 1. 9. After “ him” insert “ and every 
Mayor, Alderman, Councillor, Auditor or Assessor 
who shall in any such declaration wilfully make 
a false statement shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
demeanor, and may be indicted zee punished 
accordingly: Provided always, That nothing in 
this Act contained shall be construed to dispense 
with the obligation of any person to make and 
subscribe the oath provided and enjoined by an 
Act made in the tenth year of the reign of his late 
Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, ‘ An 
Act for the Relief of His Majesty’s Roman Catho- 
lic Subjects.’” 

Pr. 47. 1. 17. After “ borough” insert named 
in the said Schedule (A.)”’ 

Pr. 57. 1. 18. Leave out “ such,” and insert 
the.” 

Pr. 57. 1. 19. After “ been” insert “ so.” 

Pr. 60. 1. 9. After “ borough” insert “ named 
in the said Schedule (A.)” 

Pr. 62. 1. 4. After “ borough ” insert named in 
the said Schedule (A.)” 

Pr. 62.1. 5. Leave out “ any,” and insert “such.” 

Pr. 64. 1. 36. After “ borough ” insert “ named 
in the said Schedule (A.)” 

Pr. 66. 1. 36. After “ borough” insert “ named 
in the said Schedule (A.)” 

Pr. 67. 1. 31. After “‘ shilling ” insert “ and any 
burgess shall be at liberty at all seasonable times 
“* to make any copy or take any extract from such 
“ book.” 

Pr. 69. 1. 20. After “ borough ” insert “ named 
“ in the said Schedule (A.) and in the same line 
leave out “ every,” and insert “ the,” and also in 
the same line after “ year” insert “in which this 
“* Act shall come into operation.” 

Pr. 69. 1, 25. After “ and” insert “ in every 
“&lt; year.” 

Pr. 74. 1. 23. After “ borough ” insert “ named 
“ in the said Schedule (A.) 

_Pr. 76.1. 8. After “ borough” insert “ named 
“ inthe said Schedule (A.) and in the same line 
after “ or” insert “ of any.” 

Pr. 77. 1. 1. Leave out “ the passing of,” and in 


“ 
‘ 
“ 
“ 
“ 


“ 


“ 


“ 


“cc 


‘ 
‘ 
‘ 


‘ 


2° Auguste. 


A. 1838. 


the same line after “ Act” insert shall come into 
“ operation in such borough.” 

r. 79. 1. 24. After “ thereto ” insert “ Provi- 
ded also, That it shall be lawful for any such 
Town Clerk to include in the amount of compen- 
sation to be so claimed by him, not only the salary 
and just emoluments of his office of Town Clerk, 
but also the profits derived from the performance 
of legal business of the body corporate of the 
borough in which he shall be such Town Clerk, 
executed by him in his official capacity, and the 
just emoluments of any other corporate appoint- 
ment held by such Town Clerk, and usually held 
in conjunction with or attached or annexed to 
the office of Town Clerk: Provided also, That in 
any case in which such Town Clerk or any other 
officer of any such borough shall hold his office for 
life or during good behaviour, or where the usage 
has been such as to raise a just expectation that 
the office shall continue for the life of the holder, 
a compensation for not less than two-thirds of 
his profits may be granted to such officer, cal- 
culated upon an average of his just emoluments, 
or those of his predecessors, for the Five years 
next before this Act shall come into operation in 
such borough previous to the First of January 
preceding the passing of this Act.” 

Pr. 80.1. ult. Leave out “ Schedules ”’ and insert 
Sehedule (A).” 

Pr. 81. 1. 2. After “ servant” insert “ or to 
any officer, by permanent infirmity rendered inca- 
pable of performing the duties of his office.” 

Pr. 82. |]. 22. Leave out “ stand” and insert 
stands.” 

Pr. 82. 1. 29. After “ borough” insert “ named 

“ inthe said Schedule(A.y’ 

Pr.82.1.33. Leave out from “capacity” to “any,” 
in 1,35. and insert “ or any person or persons elected 
“ from among or out of the Members, or any of the 
“ members of such body corporate or.” 

Pr. 82 1. ult. After “corporate” insert “ now 
“ stands or stand solely or together, with any other 
“ body or bodies corporate, person or persons.” 

Pr. 83. 1.13. Leave out the first “or” and 
insert “ in cases where the body corporate shall be 
“ such Trustee, shall on the day on which this Act 
shall come into operation in any such borough be 
and are hereby vested, and until Parliament shall 
otherwise provide shall continue vested, in the 
ab who shall on the same day have been the 
Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council, or other 
governing officers of such body corporate, alone 
or together with the body or bodies corporate, 
person or persons who shall have been seised or 
“ possessed of or entitled to exercise the same, to- 
“ gether with such body corporate (as the case may 

be), and in all other cases all the estate, right, 
title and interest, and all the powers.” 

Pr. 83. 1.14. Leave out “ nominee or nomi- 
nees.” 

Pr. 83.1. 15. After “ corporate” insert “ or of any 
“ such person or persons elected as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 83. 1.16. After “ shall” insert “ until Par- 
“ liament shall otherwise provide.” 

Pr. 83. 1. 18. Leave out “ the passing of.” 

Pr. 83. 1.19. Leave out “are” and insert 
“ coming into operation shall be,” and in the same 
line after “ such ” insert “ Trustee or.” 

Pr. 83. 1. 21. Leave out “ they” and insert “ he 
“ or they, or such of them as shall have been a 
“ member or members of a body corporate as afore- 
“ said. 

Pr. 83. 1.23. After “ Act” insert “he or” and 
in the same line after “ they,” insert “ was or.” 

Pr. 83. 1. 24. After “such ” insert “ Justice 
“ or,” and in the same line leave out from “ trus- 
“ tees” to “ provided,” in 1. 32. and insert “ and 
s natwinatbaiil that he or they or any of them, 
“ (whether a member or members of any such body 
“ corporate, or a person or persons elected as afore- 


“ec 
“ 
‘ 

“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 





“ said), 








2 VicrorizZ. 


‘“ 
-6é 
“ 
“ 
‘é 


“ 


nn 


‘ 


“ 


said), may have gone out of office at any time 
after the day on which this Act shall have come 
into operation in such borough, or otherwise would 
have ceased, if this Act had not been made, to be 
such trustee or trustees.” 
Pr. 83. 1. 34. Leave out 
such.” 

Pr. 83. 1. 36. Leave out “ the said first day of 
om and insert “ any other provision shall be 
made by Parliament.” 

Pr. 84. 1.3. Leave out “ another ” and insert 
a fit person to be.” 

Pr. 84. 1.4. Leave out from “ vacancy” to 
and,” in 1. 31. 


Pr. 84. 1. ult. Leave out “ or trustees.” 
Pr. 84. 1. ult. Leave out from “appointed ” to 


“the ” and insert 


“ and,” in Pr. 85. 1. 22., including Clause (B.), 
added, by way of rider, to the Bill, and insert 


“cc 


n 
n 


nn 
nx 


“cc 
“ 


jointly with the other trustee or trustees: Pro- 
vided always, That where any hereditaments or 
any sums of money, debts or securities for money, 
or any other personal estate, held upon any chari- 
ritable uses or trusts as aforesaid, or any part 
thereof, shall be exclusively applicable to or to- 
wards the establishment, maintenance or support 
of religious education or religious worship accord- 
ing to the principles of the Wicteittiad hurch of 
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
land, or according to the principles of any Pro- 
testant Dissenters, or for the benefit of any person 
or persons being Protestants, or any class or de- 
nomination of Protestant Dissenters, or otherwise 
for purposes relating to and for the benefit of the 
Protestant Religion, no person professing the 
Roman Catholic Religion shall be appointed by 
the Lord Chancellor or Lords Commissioners for 
the custody of the Great Seal, to be a trustee of 
such hereditaments or personal estate, or any part 
thereof ; and if any person who shall be appointed 
such trustee shall at any time thereafter profess 
the Roman Catholic Religion, he shall thereupon 
cease to be such trustee, and all his estate, right, 
title and interest, power and authority, in, to, over 
and upon such real and personal estate shall cease 
and determine ; and such real and personal estate, 
power and authority shall thereupon vest in his 
co-trustees in like manner as if he had died: Pro- 
vided also, That nothing herein contained shall 
extend or be construed to extend to any corpora- 
tion of a House of Industry, Fever Hospital or 
County Infirmary in Ireland, or to the President 
and Assistants of the Charitable Society of Bel- 
fast, or to the Hospital and Free School of King 
Charles the Second, Dublin, commonly called the 
Blue Coat Hospital, or any real or personal estate 
belonging thereto,” and thes insert Clauses (T 3.) 


(V. 3.), and (N.) 


“ 
“ec 


Ciause (T3.) “ And whereas by Letters Patent | 


of King Charles the Second, bearing date the 
Fifth day of December, in the Twenty-third year 
of his reign, the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, Commons 
and Citizens of the City of Dublin and their suc- 
cessors, are constituted a body politic and corpo- 
rate, by the name of ‘The Governors of the 
Hospital and Free-school of King Charles the 
the Second, Dublin:” And whereas the govern- 
ment, management and direction of the said Hos- 
pital and Free-school are now exercised by sixty- 
one standing governors (whereof four are the 
treasurer for the time being, and three other go- 
vernors of the schools founded by Erasmus Smith, 
Esquire,) appointed by the governors of the said 
school, in pursuance of an Act of the Parliament 
of Ireland, made in the Tenth year of the reign 
of King George the First ; Be it further Enacted, 
That from and immediately after this Act shall 
come into operation in the said City of Dublin, 
the persons who at that time shall be the Gover- 
nors of the said Hospital, and the survivors of 
Vot. 93. 








2° Augusti. 


“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
‘ 


n 


‘ 
‘ 
‘ 


a an UN 


‘é 


n 


‘ 


n 


nan 8 
nxn nN 


nan wn 
nn 


‘ 


n 
nn 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘é 


n 


‘ 


na 
nan #8 


‘ 


n 


“ 
‘ 


wn 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


- 


‘ 


nn 


789 


them, and their successors, to be appointed in 
manner hereinafter mentioned, shall be and they 
are hereby constituted a body politic and corpo- 
rate by the aforesaid name of ‘The Governors of 
the Hospital and Free-school of King Charles the 
Second, Dublin,’ in the place and stead of the 
said Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, commons and citizens 
of the said City of Dublin, who shall no longer 
be such body politic and corporate, in like manner, 
to all intents and purposes, as if the said Sixty- 
one persons and the survivors of them and their 
successors, had been the persons appointed by 
virtue of the said letters patent, instead of the 
said Lord Mayor, Sheriffs, commons and citizens, 
and all and singular the hereditaments, sums of 
money, chattels, securities for money and other 
personal estate of the said body corporate consti- 
tuted by the said letters patent, and all the 
estate, right, interest and title, and all the rights, 
powers, privileges and immunities of such body 
corporate ; and all rights of action and suit vested 
in such body corporate shall be, and are hereby 
vested in the body corporate hereby constituted 
in the place and stead thereof ; and the body cor- 
porate hereby constituted shall be subject to the 
same liabilities, and governed according to the 
same regulations as the body corporate appointed 
by the said letters patent shall be subject to and 
governed by: Provided always, That the trea- 
surer for the time being and Three other governors 
of the schools founded by the said Erasmus Smith, 
such as the governors of the said schools shall 
from time to time choose and appoint, shall and 
they are hereby declared to be standing governors 
of the said Hospital, in like manner as by the 
said Act of the Tenth year of the reign of King 
George the First, they were made governors of 
the said Hospital: Provided also, That the gover- 
nors of the said Hospital hereby constituted shall 
never consist of less than Fifty, and that when 
and so often as any of the governors hereby ap- 
pointed or to be appointed as hereinafter is men- 
tioned, (other than the said treasurer and Three 
other governors of the said schools founded by 
the said Erasmus Smith), shall depart this life, 
then it shall be lawful for the surviving governors 
for the time being, or the major part of them 
present at any meeting duly held for that purpose, 
and they are hereby empowered to elect One or 
more person or persons in the place or places, 
and as a successor or successors of the deceased 
governor or governors, or any of them, so as to 
make up with the surviving governors the number 
at the least of Sixty governors, including the said 
treasurer and Three other governors of the said 
schools, founded by the said Erasmus Smith ; and 
every person so elected a governor shall be a 
governor jointly with the surviving governors for 
the time being, and shall have the same powers 
and authorities as if he had been appointed a 
governor by this Act.” 
~Cuavuse (V 3.) “ And be it further Enacted, 
That from and immediately after this Act shall 
come into operation in the said City of Dublin, so 
much of the said Act of Parliament Her in 
the Tenth year of the reign of King George the 
First as provides that the Lord Mayor and Re- 
corder of the City of Dublin, then and for the 
time being, and two of the aldermen of the said 
city, such as the governors of the schools founded 
by Erasmus Smith, Esquire, should from time to 
time select and appoint, should for ever thereafter 
be standing governors of the said schools, shall be 
and the same is hereby repealed ; and that Four of 
the governors for the time i of the said Hospital 
and Free-school of King Charles the Second, Dub- 
lin, such as the Governors of the said Hospital and 
Free-school for the time being, or the major part 
of them, shall from time to time select and appoint, 
shall for ever thereafter be standing governors of 
5H 3 “ the 





|| 
i 
i 





790 2° Auguste. 


“ the said schools founded by the said Erasmus 
Smith.” 

Crauss (N.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
in every borough named in the said Schedule (A.) 
in which the body corporate, solely or together, 
with any other body or bodies corporate, or person 
or persons is or are trustee or trustees for any 
purposes other than charitable uses or trusts, or 
is or are authorized to exercise any powers or pro- 
visions of any Acts of Parliament now in force 
for supplying water or gas, or for any other pur- 
pose or purposes producing profits which, or part 
of which, are to be divided between shareholders 
or proprietors or other person$ for their own be- 
nefit, all the estate, right, title and interest in or 
to any hereditaments or personal estate held in 
whole or in part upon such trusts, and all the 
powers of such body corporate, solely or toge- 
ther, for the purpose or purposes aforesaid, shall, 
on the day on which this Act shall commence as 
hereinafter is mentioned, be and is hereby vested 
and shall continue until Parliament shall other- 
wise provide, to be vested in the persons who shall 
on the preceding day have been the Mayor, Alder- 
men and Common Council, or other governing 
officers of such body corporate, alone or together 
with the body or bodies corporate, person or per- 
sons who shall have been a joint trustee or joint 
trustees, together with such body corporate 
aforesaid, as the case may be ; and in every such 
borough in which one or more of the members of 
such body corporate, in his or their corporate 
capacity, or any person or persons elected from 
among or out of the members or any of the 
members of such body corporate, or any person 
or persons elected solely by such body corporate, 
or solely by any particular member, class or de- 
scription of members of such body corporate, is 
or are trustee or trustees for any purposes other 


“~ 
nw 


wx“ 
nx 


7 
n 


to exercise any powers or provisions of any Acts 
of Parliament now in force for supplying water 
or gas, or for any other purpose or purposes pro- 
ducing profits which, or part of which, are to be 
divided between shareholders or proprietors, or 
other persons for their own benefit, all the estate, 
right, title and interest in, or to any hereditaments 
or personal estate, held in whole or in part upon 
such trusts, and all the powers of such member 
or members of such body corporate, or any such 
person or persons elected as aforesaid, solely or 
together, for the — or purposes aforesaid, 
shall, solely or together as aforesaid, until Par- 
liament shall otherwise provide, continue in the 
person or persons who shall on the preceding day 
be such trustee or trustees as aforesaid, notwith- 
standing that he or they or such of them as shall 
have been a member or members of a body cor- 
porate as aforesaid may have ceased to hold any 
office, by virtue of which, before the passing of 
this Act, he or they were such trustee or trustees, 
and notwithstanding that he or they or any of 
them (whether a member or members of any such 
body corporate, or a person or persons elected as 
aforesaid), would have gone out of office at any 
time after the commencement of this Act, or 
otherwise have ceased to be such trustee or trus- 
tees: Provided always, That if any vacancy shall 
be occasioned among such trustees for an 
borough before any other provision shall be made 
by Parliament, it shall be lawful for the Lord 
Chancellor of Jreland or Lords Commissioners 
for the custody of the Great Seal for the time 
“ being, upon Petition in a summary way, to appoint 
“ a fit person to be a trustee to supply such vacancy; 
“ and every person so appointed a trustee as last 
“ aforesaid, shall be a trustee until the time at which 
“ the person in the room of whom he was chosen 
“ would regularly have ceased to be a trustee, and 
“ he shall then cease to be a trustee.” 


n~ 
n~ 


than charitable purposes, or is or are authorized | 














A. 1838. 


Pr. 85. 1. 26. After “ borough”’ insert “ named 
“ in the said Schedule (A.),” and in the same line 
after “which,” insert “ any one or more of the 
“ members of the body corporate, or any person or 
“ persons elected from among or out of the members 
“ of such body corporate or any of them, or any 
“ person or persons elected by such body corpo- 
“ rate.” 

Pr. 85. 1. 29. Leave out from “ corporate” to 
“ trustees” in 1. 32. and insert “ is or are or shall 
“ be, when this Act shall so come into operation.” 

Pr. 85. 1. 35. Leave out from “ Trust” to “ by” 
in |, penult., and insert “ other than any Act or 
" trust for which any other provision is hereby made 

or. 

Pr. 85. 1. ult, Leave out from “ custom” to 
“ lawfully ” in Pr. 86. Is. 1. and 2. and insert “ is 
“ or are or shall be when this Act shall so come 
“ into operation,” and in 1. 2. leave out “ exercised,” 
and insert “ authorized to exercise.” 


Pr. 86. 1.7. Leave out from “ Act” to “ on” 
in |. 8. and insert “ such acts, trusts, powers, duties 
“ and functions shall, after this Act shall have come 
into operation, be executed, exercised and per- 
formed by the member or members to be elected 
in pursuance of this Act of such body corporate, 
“ or the pee or persons who shall hereafter cor- 

respond in office, mode of election and number 
with the member or members, person or persons 
by whom the same are or ought to be executed, 
exercised and performed before this Act shall 
have so come into operation ; and in case there 
shall be no member or members, or person or per- 
sons after this Act, shall have so come into opera- 
tion, who shall correspond as aforesaid with such 
last-mentioned member or members, person or 
persons, then the council of the body corporate 
shall, by writing under the seal of the body cor- 
porate, appoint the member or members, person 
or persons who in their judgment shall most 
nearly correspond with such member or members, 
person or persons, to execute, exercise and per- 
form such acts, trusts, powers, duties and func- 
tions; and the member or members, person or 
persons so appointed, are hereby authorized and 
empowered to execute, exercise and perform the 
same as fully and effectually as the member or 
members, ~ or persons by whom the same 
are or ought to be executed, exercised and per- 
formed before this Act shall have so come into 
operation; and in every case in which any such 
member or members, person or persons as afore- 
said is or are in pursuance of any such statute, 
charter, bye-law, custom, deed, will or otherwise, 
elected or appointed for a definite term of years 
or other shorter term, then.” 

Pr. 86. 1.9. After “day” insert “or time,” 
and in the same line after “‘ Act” insert “ charter, 
“ bye-law, deed or will.” 

r. 86. 1.10. Leave out from “ aforesaid ” to 
“ for,” in 1, 12. 

Pr. 86. 1.16. Leave out from “ made ” to the 
first “as” in |. 22., and insert “ some other mem- 
“ ber or members, person or persons, or the same or 
“ any of them if re-eligible, shall be elected,” and 
in 1, 22. leave out “ near” and insert “ nearly.” 

Pr. 86, 1. 23. Leave out “to” and insert “of,” 
and in the same line leave out from “ number” to 
“ ceasing” in 1. 32., and insert “ and in the like 
“ manner as the member or members, person or 
“ persons.” . 

Pr. 86. 1.35. Leave out from “ functions” to 
“ and” inl. 36. and insert “ and in whose room 
‘ he or they shall be appointed.” 

Pr. 86. 1. 38. Leave out “the” and _ insert 
“ such,” and in the same line leave out from “ per- 
“ sons” to “ the” in 1. penult., and insert “‘ another 
“ person shall be elected to supply such vacancy in 
“ like manner as nearly as may be as such extraor- 

“ dinary 


“ 


nw 








2 VictToriz. 


“cc 


dinary vacancy would have been supplied before 
this Act shall have so come into operation as 
aforesaid, or where such vacancy cannot be sup- 
“« plied in such or the like manner.” 

Pr. 86. 1. ult. Leave out “ one other” and in- 
insert “ a,” and in the same line leave out from 
“ member” to “in” in Pr. 87.1. 1. and insert “ or 
“ person,” and in Pr. 87. 1. 1. after “the” insert 
member or.” 


Pr. 87.1. 3. Leave out “ to” and insert “ every 
member or person appointed to supply an extra- 
ordinary vacancy shall.” 

Pr. 87. 1.11. Leave out from “ corporate” to 
“ or” inl. 13. and in 1. 13. after “ or” insert “ of.” 


Pr. 87. 1.16. After “ corporate ” insert “ or any 
person or persons elected from among or out 
of the members of such body corporate or any of 
them, or any person or persons elected by any 
particular number, class or description of members 
of such body corporate.” 

Pr. 87. 1. 18. Leave out from “ be” to “a,” in 
1, 19. 

Pr. 87. 1. 25. Leave out from “passed” to the 
first “ or” in 1. 27., and insert “‘ whether for a defi- 
“ nite number of years or other shorter term.” 

Pr. 87. 1.30. Leave out from “ corporate” to 
“ and” in Pr. 88. 1. 7., and insert “ or other inde- 
“ finite time.” 

Pr. 88. 1. 8. Leave out “ member or.” 

Pr. 88. 1.11. Leave out “such,” and in the same 
line leave out from “ act to “ deed,” in]. 12. and 
insert “ charter, bye-law ;” and in 1. 12. leave out 
“ or,” and also in |. 12. after “ will” insert “ or 
“ custom, and alsoin 1. 12. leave out “ last.” 

Pr. 88. 1.13. Leave out from “ perform” to 
“ any” inl. 15. and in |. 15. after “ specific ” in- 
sert “ trusts.” 

Pr. 88. 1. 25. Leave out from “ passed” to 
“ And” in 1. 32. and insert Clause (O.) 

Ciause (O.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
nothing in this Act contained shall alter or affect 
the provisions of any Local Act or Acts of Parlia- 
ment made before the passing of this Act, for 
lighting, watching, cleansing, paving, supplyin 
with water or otherwise relating to any Boroug 
or Town named in the said Schedule (A.) to this 
Act annexed, further or otherwise than as the 
same are inconsistent with, or contrary to, the 
provisions of this Act.” 

Pr. 90. 1. 5. Leave out from “ respectively” to 
“ And” in Pr. 101. 1. 27. and in Pr. 101. 1. 27. 
leave out “ the said,” and insert “an.” 

Pr. 104. 1. 35. Leave out from “ lighting” to 
“ great” in 1. 37. and in 1. 37. after “ facilities ” 
insert “ may be.” 

Pr. 105. 1. penult. Leave out “ if.” 

Pr. 105. 1. ult. Leave out from “ borough” to 
“ the” in Pr. 106. 1.10. and insert “ named in the 
said Schedule (A.) shall have and exercise on the 
First day of January next after this Act shall 
come into operation in such borough.” 

Pr. 106. 1. 33. Leave out from “ same” to 
in” in], 29. and insert “and the powers and 
duties vested in such Commissioners (if any.)” 


Pr. 106. 1. 30. Leave out “ and to levying 
rates,” and insert “ shall thereupon cease and 
determine; but the council shall, and they are 
hereby authorized and required to levy rates.” 


Pr. 106. 1. 32. Leave out from “ borough” to 
And” in Pr. 108. 1. 38. and insert “ not accord- 
ing to the powers contained in the said Act of the 
ninth year of the reign of his Majesty King 
George the Fourth, but according to the pro- 
visions hereinafter contained for levying and rais- 
ing a borough rate.” 

Pr. 111. 1.27. Leave out from “those” to “as” 


in |, 28. and insert “ vested or continued in other 
“ trustees.” 


Vou. 93. 


n 


‘ 
“ 


“ 


‘ 


xn 


“ 
i 


“ 


na An 
un hLN 


n 
" 


2° Augustt. 








791 


Pr. 111. 1. 32. Leave out “ Schedules,” and in- 
sert “ Schedule,” and in the same line, and in 
1. 33. leave out “ and (B.)” 

Pr. 112. 1. 5. After “borough” insert “ named 
in the said Schedule (A.)” 

Pr. 112. 1. 32. After “ county” insert “ and 
that of any such order any burgess shall be at 
liberty at all seasonable times to make a copy 
or take an extract therefrom,” and also insert 
“ Clause (P.) 

Ciavse (P.) And whereas it is expedient to 
give all persons interested in the borough fund of 
any borough a more direct and easy remedy for 
any misapplication of such fund; Be it therefore 
Enacted, That any order of the council of an 
borough named in the said Schedule (A.) for the 
the payment of any sum of money from or out of 
the borough fund of any such borough may be 
removed into the Court of Queen’s Bench by writ 
of certiorari, to be moved for according to the 
usual practice of the said court with respect to 
writs of certiorari, and that such order may be 
disallowed or confirmed upon motion and hearing, 
with costs, according to the judgment and dis- 
cretion of the said court.” 

Pr. 114. 1. 7, Leave out from “ borough” to 
the ” in]. 12. and insert “ in or towards,” and in 
1, 12. leave out from “ payment” to “ of,” in 1.14. 

Pr.114. 1. 21. After “applied” insert “ towards 
the paving, cleansing and lighting the streets of 
the borough by or.” 

Pr. 114. 1. 22. After “ council” insert “ or by 
any trustees appointed by any Act or Acts of Par- 
liament for paving, cleansing and lighting the 
streets, or any of such purposes, where the powers 
of such Acts shall not have been transferred to 
the council, and.” 

Pr. 114. 1. 31. Leave out “Schedules,” and in- 
sert “ Schedule ;” and in the same line leave out 
“ and (B.)” 

Pr. 115. Is. 9. and 10. After “ satisfied” insert 
Provided always, That nothing in this Act con- 
tained shall be construed to affect any tolls or 
dues paid before the passing of this Act to any 
member or officer of any body corporate in his 
corporate capacity, by permission of the true and 
real owner thereof.” 

Pr. 116. 1.17. Leave out from “ except” to 
and,” in 1. 18. and insert “ that every such rate 
shall be and is hereby authorized to be levied 
and raised in an equal and uniform manner from 
and off the owners, occupiers and tenants of all 
houses, shops, warehouses, cellars, mills, yards, 
gardens, lands and tenements within such bo- 
rough, according to the yearly value at which the 
same shall be estimated, for the purpose of a rate 
for the relief of the poor in Lreland, except an 
such premises of which the yearly value, esti- 
mated as aforesaid, shall be under the value of 
Five pounds.” 

Pr. 116. 1. 22. Leave out from “ fund” 
“ And,” in Pr. 118. 1. 10. 

Pr. 118. 1. 15. Leave out “ the passing of ;” 
and in the same line after “ Act” insert “ shall 
“ come into operation in any borough.” 

Pr. 118. 1. 19. Leave out “ the passing of.” 

Pr. 118. 1. 20. After “Act” insert “shall have 
so come into operation.” 

Pr. 118. 1. 31. After “borough” insert “named 
‘ in the said Schedule (A.)” 

Pr. 119. 1. 4. After “ borough” insert “ and it 
shall be lawful for the mayor, or for any alderman 
or councillor, at all seasonable times, to make 
any copy of or take any extract from any such 
* book.” 

Pr, 122. 1. 13. Leave out “ the council of.” 

Pr. 122. 1.14. Leave out “to be elected under,” 
and insert “ of any borough named in the said Sche- 
“ dule (A.) at any time after the passing of.” 

Pr. 122. 1. 30, After “June” insert “ or except 

5H 4 “ in 


‘ 


nw 


nw 
n 


n 
n 


to 


“ 


n 


n 


‘ 


nn 
nn 


“ 





792 


“ in the case of a mortgage to raise money for pay- 
“ ment of debts contracted before the passing of 
“ this Act.” 

Pr. 130. 1.7. Leave out “ therefor.” 

Pr. 133. 1. 4. Leave out “ courts,” and insert 
“ court.” 

Pr. 135. 1. 11. After “ situated” insert Clauses 
(Q.) and (R.) 

Cravuse (Q.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
several provisions contained in an Act passed in 
this present Session of Parliament, intituled, ‘ An 
Act for facilitating the Sale of Church Patronage 
belonging to Municipal Corporations in certain 
“ cases,’ shall, so far as the same are applicable, 
“ be extended to every right of nomination similarly 
“ circumstanced which shall at the time of passing 
“ this Act be vested in any Municipal Corporation 
“ in Zreland, or in any member of such Corporation 
in virtue of his office as such, and every such 
right of nomination shall become a benefice pre- 
sentative, and the curate or minister presented 
“« thereto shall be a body politic and corporate.” 

Crause (R.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That the body corporate called ‘ The 
Warden and Vicars Choral of the Royal College 
or Coilegiate Church of Galway,’ shall continue 
in force unless and until the same shall be dis- 
solved by the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners 
in manner hereinafter mentioned ; and the vicars 
choral of the said college or collegiate church 
shall respectively continue to be such vicars 
choral during their respective lives, or until the 
respectively shall resign or be removed from nok 
benefices respectively, or the said college shall 
be dissolved in manner hereinafter mentioned ; 
and that any resignation made by the said present 
warden and vicars choral, or any of them, of their 
respective benefices, to the archbishop of Tuam 
for the time being, shall be valid and effectual ; 
and the said Ecclesiasitical Commissioners shall, 
and they are hereby authorized and empowered, 
if they shall think proper, by any instrument in 
writing under their corporate seal, with the con- 
sent of the Lord Lieutenant and of Her Majesty’s 
Privy Council in Jreland in council assembled 
(six at least consenting), and with the consent of 
the archbishop of Tuam, to declare that the said 
college and collegiate church of Galway shall be 
dissolved upon the death, resignation or removal 
of the said present warden ; and that the vicarage 
of Galway, the vicarage of Mary, the rectories of 
Rowes and Moycullen, the rectory and vicarage 
of Trowranmore, the vicarage and rectory of 
Rosscam, the vicarages of Clare and Kilcouran, 
the vicarages of Shrome, in the diocese of Ar- 
magh, Tuam and the vicarage of Skryen, in the 
diocese of Tuam, which now belong to the said 
college or collegiate church of Galway, shall there- 
upon be divided into such separate and distinct 
benefices or parishes as they shall think proper ; 
and that the parcel of tithes in the said town of 
Galway, vulgarly called ‘The Bishop’s Quarter,’ 
and the churches, or churchyards and burial 
places, and other the revenues, tithes, profits and 
emoluments now belonging to the alk: college or 
or collegiate church of Galway, shall be divided 
among and united to the said distinct parishes or 
benefices respectively as they shall direct ; and 
that such persons as shall be vicars choral of the 
said college or collegiate church at the time of 
such dissolution, shall become the incumbents of 
such of the said distinct parishes and benefices 
respectively as the said Ecclesiastical Commis- 
sioners shall thereby direct ; and if such dissolu- 
tion shall be made as aforesaid, the said college 
or collegiate church shall be dissolved upon the 
death, resignation or removal of the said present 
warden; and the said vicarages and rectories shall 
thereupon become distinct benefices and parishes 
accordingly ; and each of the persons who at the 


ce 
“ 
“ 
“ 


“ 
« 
“ 


2° August. 


A. 1838. 


time of such dissolution shall be a vicar choral of © 
the said college or collegiate church, shall there- 
upon, by virtue of this Act, and without any pre- 
sentation, induction, institution or other ceremony, 
become rector or vicar of the distinct benefice or 
parish of which such vicar choral shall be directed 
as aforesaid to become the rector or vicar; and 
the advowson, right of presentation and nomina- 
tion to the said offices of warden and vicars cho- 
ral of the said college or collegiate church of 
Galway, or in case the same shall be dissolved as 
aforesaid, the advowson or right of nomination or 
presentation to each of the distinct benefices or 
parishes into which the rectories and vicarages 
aforesaid shall be divided, shall be sold by the 
council of Galway, with the consent of the said 
Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and the purchase- 
money shall be applied in like manner as in the 
case of any other advowson is hereby directed to 
be sold, and they are hereby empowered to make 
a valid grant and conveyance thereof to any pur- 
chaser or purchasers accordingly ; and in case of 
the dissolution of the said college or collegiate 
church, all the ecclesiastical jurisdiction and 
powers belonging thereto, or to the warden thereof, 
shall be and are hereby vested in the Archbishop 
of Tuam for the time being.” 

Pr. 135. 1.15. After “ operation” insert “ and 
the Commissioners of every town in which Com- 
missioners shall be appointed by virtue of the pro- 
visions hereinafter contained.” 

Pr. 135. 1. 22. After “ corporation” insert “ or 
Commissioners,” as the case may be.” 

Pr. 135. l.-ult. After “in” imsert “ each and 
every of.” 

Pr. 136. 1. 3. Leave out “ Carrickfergus.” 

Pr. 136. 1. 4. After “ Galway” insert “ which 
respectively are boroughs named in the said 
Schedule (A.), and also in the county of the town 
of Carrickfergus.” 

Pr. 136. 1.10. Leave out from “ year” to “ and” 
in Pr. 137. 1, 22. and insert “ a Sheriff shall be 
“ nominated and appointed by Her Majesty, Her 
heirs and successors, in the same manner to all 
intents and purposes as the Sheriff of any county 
at large in Jreland is now by law nominated and 
gen : 

r. 137. 1. 33. After “longer” insert Clause 


“ 
‘ 


“ 


‘“ 
“ 
if 
“ 


a 
(S.) 


“ 


Cuiavuss (S.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
after the commencement of this Act all such 
duties and powers now performed and exercised 
by any Bailiff, Provost or Portreeve in any bo- 
rough named in the said Schedule (A.) to this Act 
annexed, and which are performed and exercised 
by Sheriffs in other places, shall be performed 
and exercised in every such borough respectively 
“ by the Sheriff of the county in which such bo- 
“ rough is situated.” 

Pr. 141, 1. 2. After “ otherwise” insert Clause 
(T.) 


Cuauset (T.) “ And be it Enacted, That in case 
of illness or unavoidable absence, the Coroner 
for the time being of any borough, town or city 
in Zredand shall be empowered and he his hereby 
required, by writing under his hand and seal, to 
appoint a fit person, being an Attorney of One of 
Her Majesty’s Courts in Dublin, and not being 
an Alderman or Councillor of such borough, town 
or city, to act for him as Deputy Coroner during 
the illness or unavoidable absence of such Co- 
roner, but no longer or otherwise: Provided 
always, That the Mayor or Two Justices of such 
borough, town or city shall on each occasion 
certify under their hands and seals the necessity 
for the appointment of such Deputy Coroner, and 
such certificate shall state the cause of absence 
of the Coroner, and shall be openly read to every 
Inquest Jury summoned by such Deputy Coroner, . 
and the particulars of every inquest holden be- 


“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 





“ fore 








2) Vicrori 4. 


. “ fore any Deputy Coroner shall be included in the 
“« return to be made by the Coroner to the Lord 
“ Lieutenant as herein provided.” 

Pr. 141. 1, 28. After “ borough” insert “ named 
in the said Schedule (A.)” 

Pr. 148. 1. 16. Leave out from “ vacancy” to 
“ and” in 1. 21. 

Pr. 149. 1. 37. Leave out from “ empowered ” 
to “to” in 1. 38. 

Pr. 150. 1. 13. After “ which” imsert “ the 
““ Sessions Court of the city of Dublin.” 

Pr, 150. 1. 26. Leave out from “ authority” to 
as” in]. 28. 

Pr. 150. 1. 29. After “ the” 
sions Court or in the.” 

Pr. 154. 1. 8. After “ borough” insert “named 
in the said Schedule (A.) or in any other borough 
in Ireland.” 

Pr. 157. 1.24. After “borough” insert “ named 
“ in the said Schedule (A.) and in the same line, 
after “ or” insert “ any.” 

Pr. 157. 1.25. After “corporate” insert “ in 
any such borough or in any other borough in 
Ireland.” 

Pr. 161. 1. 10. After “ record” insert “ except 
in boroughs where the Town Clerk acts as such 
Registrar.” 

Pr. 165. 1. 14. After “ mentioned” insert “ Pro- 
vided nevertheless, That no person shall be sum- 
moned to serve as a Juror at such Sessions or 
Court of Record oftener than once in any One 
year, unless every person qualified and liable to 
serve shall have been summoned once during that 

ear.” 
~ 170. 1.19. Leave out “ Schedules” and in- 
sert ‘ Schedule (A.)” 

Pr. 182. l.ult. After “ borough” insert “ or 
where there shall be no borough fund, be paid to 
or for the use of the parish or union where such 
offence shall have been committed, to be applied 
in aid of the poor rate of such parish or union.” 

Pr. 186. 1. 4. Leave out from “ and” to “be” 
in |, 6. and insert “ it shall be lawful for such 
“« justices to order the offender to be detained in 
“safe custody until return can conveniently be 
made to the warrant of distress, unless the said 
offender shall give sufficient security to the satis- 
faction of such Justices for his or her appearance 
before them on such day as shall be appointed for 
the return of such warrant of distress, such day 
not being more than Eight days from the day of 
taking the security, and which security the said 
Justices are hereby empowered to take. by way of 
recognizance or otherwise ; and if upon the return 
of such warrant it shall appear that no sufficient 
distress can be had thereupon, or in case it shall 
appear to the satisfaction of such Justices, either 
by the confession of the offender or otherwise, 
that the offender hath not sufficient goods and 
chattels whereon such sum of money and costs 
may be levied were a warrant of distress issued, 
such Justices shall not be required to issue such 
warrant of distress, and thereupon it shall be 
lawful for any such Justices and they are hereby 
authorized and required to cause such offender 
“ to. 

Pr. 190. 1. 35. Leave out “Schedules” and in- 
sert “Schedule” and in the same line, leave out 
“ and (B.)” 

Pr. 191. 1.17. After “operation” insert “ com- 
mence.” 

Pr. 193. 1. 14. After “ directed” insert “ or 
after the time when such person shall have be- 
come disqualified.” 

Pr. 195. 1. ult. After “ whereas” insert “ it 
“« may be expedient that some of the towns in Jre- 
“ land named in the Schedule (B.) to this Act 
“ annexed should continue to be corporations, and 
“ should be assimilated to the boroughs named in 
“« the the said Schedule (A.): And whereas.” 

Vou. 93. 


“c 


insert “ said Ses- 
“ac 


‘ 


n 


wn 


“c 
“ec 


&lt; 


wn 


“ 


&lt; 


w. 


&lt; 


n 


“ 
‘ 


n 


“ec 
“ 


“ 
ee 
é 
‘ 


a a8 


“é 
é 
‘ 


nx 


“ 
“ 
“ 
““ 
‘ 


n 


“&lt;&lt; 
&lt;&lt; 
‘ 


n 


‘ 


7 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


é 


nw 


“ec 
‘ 


wn 


‘ 


° 


‘ 


n 


“cc 


‘&lt; 


n 


‘ 


n 


2° Augusti. 














793 


Pr. 196. 1. 7. Leave out from “ incorporated” 
to “ Be” in I. 12. 

Pr. 196. 1.18. Leave out from “that” to “it” 
in 1, 17. and insert “the Lord Lieutenant of Jreland 
“ shall, after this Act shall come into operation in 
any borough, by warrant under his hand, appoint 
a day, not less than Six calendar months or more 
than Twelve calendar months next after this Act 
shall come into operation in any borough, on or 
before which the inhabitants of towns in Jreland 
who are desirous that such towns shall be incor- 
porated according to the provisions of this Act, 
shall present a petition to Her Majesty to grant 
to them a Charter of Incorporation for that pur- 
pose, and notice of the day to be appointed by 
the Lord Lieutenant as aforesaid shall be pu- 
“ blished by Royal Proclamation in the Dublin 
Gazette, Three calendar months at least before 
such day; and if on or before the day so to be 
appointed a Petition to grant a Charter of Incor- 
poration to the inhabitants of such town shall be 
presented to Her Majesty, signed by a majority 
of such of the inhabitants of any borough named 
in the said Schedule (B.), or in any other borough 
in Ireland in which the population, according to 
the last census taken in the year One thousand 
eight hundred and thirty-one by authority of Par- 
liament, exceeded the number of Three thousand, 
as would be qualified (so far as such qualification 
can be ascertained from the assessment to the 
rate for the relief of the poor, to be made in pur- 
suance of the said Act passed in this present 
Session of Parliament) to have been gan oh on 
the Burgess Roll of such town if the same had 
been named in the said Schedule (A.), and such 
Burgess Roll had been made according to the pro- 
visions hereinbefore contained, then and in every 
such case.” 

Pr. 196. 1. 19. After “ fit” insert “ by advice 
of Her Privy Council.” 

Pr. 196, 1. 25. Leave out “ thereupon,” and in- 
sert “in every such Charter shall be described the 
** boundaries of the district to which the same is to 
extend, which shall be determined according to 
the following rules ; (that is to say) such boundary 
shall include only the ancient limits of the town, 
in all cases in as such limits include all the 
buildings considered to form part of the town, 
and a sufficient space to allow of the probable 
increase of the town; but when the town extends 
beyond its ancient limits, such boundaries shall 
be made to include the whole of such town; and 
where there is a suburb near but not contiguous 
to such town, then in determining whether such 
suburb shall be included in the said boundaries 
there shall be taken into consideration the extent 
and occupation of the ground which separates 
such suburb from the town, and the nature and 
employment of the population of such suburb, 
and their connexion with the town; and when 
the ancient boundaries include a rural district, 
the boundaries shall be confined to the town, and 
shall not include such rural district; and every 
“ such town shall be divided into wards whenever 
the population thereof according to the said last 
census exceeded in number Eight thousand, and 
there shall be, as nearly as may be on an average, 
One ward and Three Aldermen and Nine Council- 
“ lors to a population of every Four thousand per- 
sons; and such Charter shall specify the number 
of wards (if any) into which the town is to be 
“ divided, and the number of Aldermen and Coun- 
cillors to be elected therein respectively ; and 
“‘ upon the day to be named in such Charter.” 

Pr. 196. 1. 28, Leave out from “ cease” to 
“ and” in 1. 30. and in|. 30. after “and” insert 
“ at the same time.” 

Pr. 196. 1. 38. Leave out “ at such times and.” 

Pr. 196. 1. 38, Leave out “ or towns were’”’ and 
“ insert “ had been.” 


“ 
‘ 


~ 


‘ 


wn 


“ 
‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


“ 
‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


n 
n 


nn 
n 


nx 
n 


51 Pr. 196. 





794 





Pr. 196. 1. penult Leave out “either of” and in 


the same line, leave out “ Schedules” and insert 


‘“ 


Schedule.” 
Pr. 196. 1. ult. Leave out “ or(B.)” and in the 


same line after “ annexed” insert “ and all the re- 


““ 


‘ 


n 


“ 
‘ 


nx 


‘ 


rs 


‘ 


n~ 


“&lt; 


‘ 


nx 


‘ 


n~ 


“~ 
n 


n 
“~ 


nn 
n 


gulations, provisions, clauses, matters and things 
in this Act contained with respect to the said bo- 
roughs named in the said Schedule (A.) shall 
extend and be applied to such town, from and 
after the day to be named in the Charter granted 
to such town, in the same manner to all intents 
and purposes as the same would have taken effect 
from and after the coming into operation of this 
Act if such town had been one of the boroughs 
named in the said Schedule (A.) to this Act 
annexed, and the boundaries and wards and 
number of Aldermen and Councillors mentioned 
in such Charter, had been contained in Schedule 
(C.) to this Act annexed; and in every borough 
named in the said Schedule (B.), and in every 
other town in Jreland to which a Charter of In- 
corporation shall be granted as aforesaid, and 
which shall not thereby be divided into wards, the 
Aldermen and Councillors to be assigned to such 
borough shall be elected by the burgesses of the 
whole borough in like manner as the Aldermen 
and Councillors of any ward are directed by the 
provisions hereinbefore contained to be elected in 
every ward, except that every such election here- 
inbefore directed to be holden before the Alderman 
and two Assessors of the ward shall be holden 
before the Mayor and Two Assessors of the bo- 
rough, and the Two Assessors chosen to hold the 
court with the Mayor for revising the Burgess 
Lists sliall also perform all the same duties and 
shall have the same powers within the borough as 
are to be performed and exercised ina borough 
divided into wards by the Two Assessors chosen 
for each ward; and the votings and other pro- 
ceedings in all other respects at such elections 
within such borough shall be conducted in the 
same manner as js hereinbefore directed with re- 
gard to similar elections in wards.” 

Pr. 197. 1. 12. After “ considered ” insert 


Clauses (U.) to (R 3.) inclusive (70 Clauses.) 


Cravuse (U.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
within One week after the commencement of the 
Session of Parliament next after the day to be 
pr agg by the Lord Lieutenant as aforesaid, or 
if the day appointed shall happen during the 
Session of Parliament, then within One week 
next after such day, a return of all the towns in 
Treland, from which Petitions shall have been pre- 
sented for Charters of Incorporation, in pursu- 
ance of the provisions hereinbefore contained, 
shall be laid by One of Her Majesty’s Principal 
Secretaries of State before both Houses of Par- 
liament.”’ 

Cravuse (W.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
in every borough named in the said Schedule (B.) 
from which no Petition for a Charter of Incor- 
penton signed as aforesaid shall be presented to 

er Majesty on or before the day to be named by 
the said Lord Lieutenant, as hereinbefore men- 
tioned, and also in every borough named in the 
said Schedule (B.) to which no Charter of Incor- 
poration in pursuance of any Petition signed as 
avoresaid shall be granted within Twelve calendar 
months next after the day to be named by the 
said Lord Lieutenant as aforesaid, there shall be 
constituted, if the body corporate in such borough 
shall appear from the report of the Jrish Corpo- 
rations _ see tea presented to his late Ma- 
jesty King William the Fourth in the year One 


' thousand eight hundred and thirty-five to be 


seised or possessed of or entitled to any property 
consisting of any real estate, or of any personal 
estate exceeding in annual amount or value the 
sum of One hundred pounds, but not otherwise, 
a Board of Commissioners for the disposition of 








2° Auguste. 


“ 
“ 


n 


‘ 


n 
n 


“ 
“ 


n 


é 
¢ 


nn 


“ 
ce 
“cc 
“ 
“ce 
&lt;&lt; 
“ 


“ 
“ec 
“ 
“ 


A. 1838. 


bd 
such property according to the provisions herein- 
after contained.” 

CriauseE (X.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
in every such borough as last aforesaid, the num- 
ber of Commissioners who shall be elected to 
constitute such board as aforesaid, shall be after 
the rate of one Commissioner for every Five hun- 
dred of the population of such borough, according 
to the said census hereinbefore mentioned.” 

Crause (Y.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
the Mayor of every borough in which a Board of 
Commissioners is ac ae directed to be con- 
stituted, shall appoint some day, not less than 
Seven days nor more than Twenty-eight days, to 
be computed, where no such Petition for Incor- 
poration shall have been presented from such bo- 
rough as aforesaid, from the day to be named by 
the said Lord Lieutenant as aforesaid, and where 
such Petition shall have been presented from 
such borough from the expiration of Twelve calen- 
dar months next after the day to be named by 
the said Lord Lieutenant as aforesaid, for the 
election of the said Commissioners, and shall give 
Three clear days’ notice of such election, by writing, 
to be fixed on or near to the door of the Town 
Hail, or in some public aad conspicuous situation 
within the said borough.” 

Cuause (Z.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
at the election of such Commissioners for any 
borough every man shall be entitled to vote who 
is of full age, and shall be an inhabitant house- 
holder resident within the borough, according to 
the present limits thereof, by virtue of any charter 
or usage, and shall hold and occupy within the 
same any house, warehouse, counting-house, office 
or shop, either separately or jointly with any land 
within such borough occupied therewith by him 
as tenant under the same landlord, or occupied 
therewith by him as owner, which premises shall 
be of the yearly value of not less than Ten pounds, 
to be ascertained and determined in the manner 
hereinbefore provided with respect to the qualifi- 
cation of burgesses in boroughs in the said Sche- 
dule (A.); and in case any premises shall be 
jointly occupied by two or more persons, each or 
every of such joint occupiers shall be entitled to 
vote if the yearly value of such premises, ascer- 
tained and determined as aforesaid, shall be equal 
to the amount of as many sums of Ten pounds 
as shall be equal to the number of such joint oc- 
cupiers; and the election shall be held before 
the Mayor, and the voting at every such election 
shall commence at nine of the clock in the fore- 
noon, and shall finally close at four of the clock 
in the afternoon of the same day, and shall be 
conducted in manner following (that is to say); 
every person entitled to vote in the election may 


‘ vote for any number of persons, not exceeding 


the number of Commissioners then to be chosen, 
by delivering to the Mayor a voting paper con- 
taining the christian names and surnames of the 
persons for whom he votes, with their respective 
places of abode and descriptions, such paper being 
previously signed with the name of the person 
voting, and with the name of the street, lane or 
other place in which the property in respect of 
which he is rated and votes is situated.” 

CrausE (A1.) “ And be it Enacted, That at 
every election of Commissioners under this Act 
in any borough, the Mayor, if it shall appear to 
him expedient for taking the poll at such election, 
may cause booths to be erected or rooms to be 
hired and used as such booths, for different parts 
of such borough; and such booths or rooms may 
be situated either in one place or in several places, 
and shall be so divided and allotted into compart- 
ments as to the Mayor shall seem most convenient ; 
and the Mayor shall appoint a clerk to take the 
poll at each compartment, and shall cause to be 
affixed on the most conspicuous part of,each “a 

““ the 














2 VicToriz. 


“ 
ae 
‘ 


nv 


é 


a 


é 
‘ 
“ 


nn 


“ 
“ec 
« 
&amp; 
&amp; 
“é 
&lt; 
“ 
&lt; 
&lt; 
&lt; 
&lt; 
&lt;&lt; 


‘é 


n 


“ 
&lt; 
“ec 
cc 
“ 
“ 
‘ 


nw 


‘ 


nx 


‘ 


- 


&lt; 
é 


n 


&lt; 
&lt; 


on 


és 
‘ 


n 


“ 
“ 


4 


n 


é 


wn 


‘ 


n 


“ 
“c 
“ 
« 
“ 
“cc 
“ce 
‘ 


n 


“ 
“c 
‘ 


n 


&lt; 


wn 


&lt; 
&lt; 


n 


‘ 


n 


« 


n 


“ 
“ 
&lt; 


nx 


“ 
if 


ri 


&lt;&lt; 
“ 


«&lt; 


the said booths the names of the parts of the bo- 
rough for which such booth is respectively allotted ; 
and no person shall be admitted to vote at an 
such election except at the booth allotted for the 
part wherein the house, warehouse, counting-house, 
office or shop occupied by him, as described in 
the assessment to be made as aforesaid may be ; 
but in case no booth shall happen to be provided 
for any particular part as aforesaid, the votes of 
the persons voting in respect of property situate 
in any part so omitted may be taken at any of 
the said booths, and public notice of the situation, 
division and allotments of the different booths 
shall be given Two days before the commence- 
ment of the poll by the Mayor; and in case the 
booths shall be situated in different places, the 
Mayor may appoint a deputy to preside at each 
place ; provided that no election shall be holden 
under this Act in any borough, in any church, 
chapel or other place of public worship.” 


Criavuse (B1.) “ And be it Enacted, That no 
inquiry shall be permitted at any election as to 
the right of any person to vote for the election of 
Commissioners in any borough, except only as 
follows (that is to say); that the Mayor or other 
presiding officer shall, if required by any two 
persons entitled to vote in the same borough, put 
to any voter at the time of his delivering in his 
voting paper, and not afterwards, the following 
questions, or any of them, and no other: 


“1.—Are you the person whose name is. signed 
“as A.B. to the voting paper now delivered 
“ by you? 
“« 2.—Are you the person whose name appears as 
“‘ A. B. on the assessment for the relief of 
the poor of the parish of in 
this borough, being rated therein for property 
described to be situated in ? 
[Here specify the street, &amp;c., as described in 
the rate-book. ] 
3.—Have you already voted at the present elec- 
“ tion? 
And no person required to answer any of the said 
questions shall be permitted or qualified to vote 
until he shall have answered the same ; and if 
any person shall wilfully make a false answer to 
any of the questions aforesaid, he shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be indicted and 
punished accordingly.” 

Crause (C.1.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
Mayor shall examine the voting papers so deli- 
vered as aforesaid, for the purpose of ascertaining 
which of the several persons voted for are duly 
elected, and so many of such persons, being equal 
to the number of persons then to be chosen, as 
shall have the greatest number of votes, shall be 
deemed to be elected ; and in case of an equality 
in the number of votes for any two or more per- 
sons, the Mayor shall name from amongst those 
persons for whom the number of votes shall be 
equal, so many as shall be necessary to complete 
the requisite number of persons to be chosen ; 
and the Mayor shall cause the voting papers to 
be kept in the office of the Town Clerk during 
Six calendar months at the least after every such 
election, and the Town Clerk shall permit any 
person who was entitled to vote, or any two such 
persons together, to inspect the same, on payment 
of One shilling for every search; and the Mayor 
shall publish a list of the names of the persons so 
elected, together with the number of votes given 
in favour of each person so elected, not later than 
Two of the clock in the afternoon of the day next 
but one following the day of such election, unless 
such day be Sunday, and then on the Monday 
following: Provided always, That if the Mayor 
of any borough shall, at the time when it shall 
be necessary to execute the powers and duties 


herein provided with respect to electors, be dead, 
Vou. 93. 


&lt;&lt; 


n 


‘ 
6 
ce 
cc 
“ 





2 August. 


‘ 


nn 
na 


nn 
nan a 


- 
n 


n 
n 


~~ a An A 
xn nan NR A 


795 


“ absent or otherwise incapable of acting, the Al- 


dermen and Common Council, or other governing 
officers of such borough, shall forthwith elect one 
of the aldermen or other governing officers to 
execute all such powers and duties in his place, 
whose acts shall be as valid as any act of the 
person instead of whom he shall have been so 
elected.” 

Criause (D.1.) “ And be it Enacted, That no 
person being in holy orders, or being the regular 
minister of any dissenting congregation, shall be 
qualified to be elected or to be a Commissioner 
of any borough, nor shall any person be qualified 
to be elected or to be a Commissioner of any bo- 
rough who shall not be assessed in respect of pro- 
perty in such borough, to a rate or rates amount- 
ing to Twenty pounds or upwards, nor unless he 
shall be seised or, possessed of real or personal 
estate, or of both, of the clear value of One thou- 
sand pounds above what will satisfy his debts ; 
nor shall any person so qualified to be elected or 
to be a Commissioner of any borough, who shall 
hold any office or place of profit in the gift or dis- 
posal of the Commissioners or charitable trustees 
of such borough, or while he is an uncertificated 
bankrupt, or during such time as he shall have 
directly or indirectly, by himself or his partner, 
any share or interest in any contract or employ- 
ment with, by or on behalf of such Commissioners 
or charitable trustees; provided that no person 
shall be disqualified from being a Commissioner 
of any borough as aforesaid by reason of his being 
a proprietor or shareholder of or in any —- 
which shall contract for lighting or supplying wit 
water any part of the said borough, or insuring 
against fire any property therein.” 

Cuause (E.1.) “ And be it Enacted, That no 
person elected a Commissioner for any borough 
under the provisions of this Act shall be capable 
of acting as such, except in administermg the 
declaration hereinafter contained, until he shall 
have made and subscribed before any Two or 
more of such Commissioners (who are Sashes re- 
spectively authorized and required to administer 
the same) a declaration in the words or to the 
effect following (that is to say) ; 

“&lt;], A. B., having been elected Commissioner 
“ for the borough of , do hereby 
declare, That I take the said office upon 
myself, and will duly and faithfully fulfil the 
duties thereof, according to the best of m 
‘ judgment and ability ; and I do hereby de- 
clare, That I am seised or possessed of real 
or personal estate [or both, as the case may 
be], to the amount of One thousand pounds, 
over and above what will satisfy my debts ; 
and that I now occupy a house situate within 
the borough of , in respect 
of which I am assessed to a rate of Twenty 
pounds and upwards, under the Act for the 
Relief of the Poor :’ 
And that every Commissioner who shall have 
made and subscribed the foregoing declaration in 
respect of estate and rating shall, once in every 
period of Three years, if required in writing so to 
do by any Commissioner, make and subscribe a 
declaration that he is qualified to the same amount 
in real or personal estate, or both, as the case 
may then be, and rating as the amount mentioned 
in the declaration origmally made or subscribed 
by him.” 

Ciavuse (F.1.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That if any person holding the office of 
Commissioner for any borough shall be declared 
bankrupt, or shall apply to take the benefit of 
any Act for the relief of Insolvent Debtors, or 
shall compound by deed with his creditors, then 
and in every such case such person shall there- 
upon immediately become disqualified, and shall 
cease to hold the office of such Commissioner.” 

512 CLAUSE 


“ 
“ec 
“ 


‘ 
‘ 


wn 


a 
n 





796 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


nw 


~~ a a A 
, a a ee 


° 
n“ 


~ A 
xn wn 


o 
. 


Crause (G.1.) “ And be it Enacted, That if 
any person shall act as Commissioner for any 
borough without having made the declaration 
hereinbefore required in that behalf, or without 
being duly qualified at the time of making such 
declaration, or after he shall have ceased to be 
qualified according to the provisions of this Act, 
or after he shall have become disqualified to hold 
any such office, he shall for every such offence 
forfeit the sum of Fifty pounds, such sum to be 
recovered with full costs of suit, by any person 
who will sue for the same within Three calendar 
months after the commission of such offence, by 
action of debt or on the case, in any of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Superior Courts of Record; and every 
person so sued by reason of not being so qualified 
in respect of estate, shall prove that he was at the 
time of so acting qualified as aforesaid, or other- 
wise shall pay the said penalty, without any fur- 
ther evidence being given on the part of the 
plaintiff than that such person has acted as the 
Commissioner of such borough: Provided always, 
That it shall be lawful for any defendant, by judge’s 
order, or by the order of the court, to be obtained 
within Fourteen days after he shall have been 
served with process in any such action, to require 
the plaintiff to give security for costs; and in 
such case all further proceedings in the said cause 


shall be stayed until the plaintiff shall give se- | 


curity to the satisfaction of the proper officer of 
the court for the costs of such action in case a 
verdict shall pass for the defendant, or the plaintiff 
shall become nonsuit or discontinue such action, 
or if upon demurrer or otherwise judgment shall 
be given against the en: and the defendant 
shall in either of such cases recover his full costs 
as between attorney and client: Provided also, 
That no such action shall be brought except by 
a person qualified to vote for Commissioners for 
such borough, nor unless such person bringing 
the same shall, within Fourteen days after the 
commission of the offence, have served a notice 
in writing personally upon the party committing 
such offence, of his intention to bring such action; 
and in case the plaintiff in any such action shall 
obtain a verdict, the money so to be recovered 
shall, after payment of the costs and expenses 
attending the recovery thereof, be paid and ap- 
portioned as follows (that is to say); one moiety 
thereof to the person so suing, ‘and the other 
moiety thereof to the Treasurer to be appointed 
by virtue of this Act, to be by him applied in aid 
of the town fund: Provided always, That all acts 
and proceedings of any person in possession of 
the office, and acting as a Commissioner, shail, 
notwithstanding such disqualification or want of 
qualification, or any other defect or want of title, 
be as valid and effectual as if such person had 
been duly qualified or entitled.” 

Crause (H.1.) “ And be it further Enacted, 
That after the election of Commissioners under 
this Act in any borough named in Schedule (B.), 
the body or reputed or late body corporate named 
in the said Schedule (B.) to this Act annexed in 
connexion with such borough shall be dissolved, 
save only so far and for such purposes as herein- 
a‘ter are mentioned.” 

Cuausse (I. 1.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
if the body corporate in any borough named in 
the said Schedule (B.), from which no Petition 
for a Charter of Incorporation, signed as aforesaid, 
shall be presented to Her Majesty on or before 
the day to be named by the said Lord Lieutenant, 
as hereinbefore is mentioned, or in any borough 
named in the said Schedule (B.) to which no 
Charter of Incorporation in pursuance of any Peti- 
tion signed as aforesaid shall be granted within 
Twelve calendar months next after the day to be 
named by the said Lord Lieutenant as aforesaid, 
shall not be seised of or possessed of or entitled 








2° Auguste. 





A. 1838. 


to any property consisting of any real estate, or 
of or to any personal property, exceeding in 
annual amount and value the sum of One hun- 
dred pounds, then and in every such case, where 
no such petition as aforesaid shall have been pre- 
sented from the inhabitants of such borough on 
or before the day to be named by the said Lord 
Lieutenant as aforesaid, and where such a petition 
shall have been presented at the expiration of the 
said Twelve calendar months next after the day 
to be named as aforesaid (as the case may be), 
the body or reputed or late body corporate named 
in the said Schedule (B.) to this Act annexed in 
connexion with such borough shall be dissolved, 


* save only so far and for such purposes as herein- 


after are mentioned.” 

Crause (K.1.) “ And be it further Enacted, 
That after this Act shall have come into operation 
in any borough named in the said Schedule (A.) 
no election shall be holden for any officer of the 
body corporate named in the said Schedule (B.) 
in connexion with any borough, except for the 
purpose of supplying a vacancy cccasioned by 
death, removal or resignation ; and in every case 
in which an election of any such officer is ap- 
pointed by any statute, charter, bye-law or custom 
to be holden between the day on which this Act 
shall so come into operation as aforesaid, and the 
day on which a Charter of Incorporation shall be 
granted to the inhabitants of such borough in 
pursuance of a Petition signed as aforesaid, or on 
which such body corporate shall by virtue of this 
Act be dissolved, and the day on which such office 
shall cease, or the person holding it shall go out 
of office, or be duly removed, the person holding 
or elected to such office on the day on which this 
Act shall so come into operation as aforesaid shall 
hold such office, and have all the powers and be 
subject to all the duties belonging thereto, in the 
same manner as if he had been elected to such 
office at any time between the day on which this 
Act shall so come into operation and the said day 
on which his office shall cease, or he shall go out 
of office, or be removed from such office: Pro- 
vided always, That no person so elected for the 
purpose of supplying such vacancy shall be en- 
titled to any compensation under the provisions 
of this Act.” . 

Cuause (L.1.) “ And be it further Enacted, 
That the powers and duties (except such as are 
hereinafter continued) of the Mayors, Aldermen 
and Common Councilmen, and all other members, 
by whatever name or style they may be called, of 
any body corporate named in the said Schedule 
(B.) which shall be dissolved by virtue of this Act, 
shall cease on the day on which such body corpo- 
rate shall be dissolved by virtue of the provisions 
hereinbefore contained.” 

Crause (M.1.) “ And be it further Enacted, 
That the powers and duties of all persons who by 
virtue of any charter shall be Justices of the Peace 
in any of the said boroughs named in the said 
Schedule (B.) shall, in case the body corporate 
nemed in the said Schedule in connexion with 
such borough, shall be dissolved by virtue of this 
Act, cease on the day on which such body corpo- 
rate shall be dissolved by virtue of the provisions 
hereinbefore contained: Provided always, That 
if the body corporate of the borough of Carrick- 
fergus shall be dissolved, the powers and duties 
of all persons who by virtue of any charter, shall 
on the day preceding such dissolution be Justices 
of the Peace in such borough, notwithstanding 
they may have ceased to hold the office by virtue 
of which thev shall be such Justices, shall con- 
tinue until a separate Commission of the Peace 
shall have been granted to such borough or town 
of Carrickfergus, and no longer.” 

Cravuss(N.1.) “ And be it further Enacted, 
That the powers and duties of all persons who, 
“ on 











2 Vicroriz. 


“a 
nw 


n 
n 


a a &amp; 2-2 &amp; 2 BAB 
na nanan nw &amp; 


“ 
nx 


n 
n 


~ 
n 


~ 
“ 


na 
n 


“cc 
“é 


on the day preceding the dissolution of any body 
corporate by virtue of this Act, shall be Justices 


-of the Peace with salaries or fees, by virtue of any 


Act or Acts of Parliament now in force in the 
boroughs named in the said Schedule (B.) to this 
Act annexed in connexion with such body corpo- 
rate, whether such persons shall be Justices in 
their respective corporate capacities, or shall have 
been elected or appointed by any such body cor- 
porate, or any member or members thereof in his 
or their corporate capacity, and where such per- 
sons shall have been such Justices in their re- 
spective corporate capacities, notwithstanding that 
they shall have ceased to hold the offices by virtue 
of which they shall be such Justices, shall con- 
tinue, and the same police office and officers, and 
servants and establishments, for the performance 
of such powers and duties, and all laws and pro- 


‘ visions relating thereto, shall be continued and 


remain in force in the same manner as if this Act 
had not been passed, until such time as the Lord 
Lieutenant shall, by notice to be published in the 
Dublin Gazette, declare that the same shall de- 
termine; and at the time to be mentioned in any 
such notice the powers and duties of the person 
or persons therein named as Justice or Justices 
in such town shall cease.” 

Criause (O.1.) “ And be it further Enacted, 
That such of the powers and duties of any Mayor, 
Bailiff, Provost or Portreeve of any borough 
named in the said Schedule (B.) to this Act an- 
nexed, as are exercised and performed in other 
places by Sheriffs, shall, in case the body corpo- 
rate named in connexion with such borough in 
the said Schedule shall be dissolved by virtue of 
this Act, cease on the day on which such body 
corporate shall be dissolved.” 

Crause (P.1.) “ And be it further Enacted, 
That the powers and duties of Coroners of an 
boroughs named in the said Schedule (B.) to this 


Act annexed shall, in case the body corporate 


named in connexion with such borough in the said 
Schedule shall be dissolved by virtue of this Act, 
cease on the day on which such Corporation shall 
be dissolved.” 

CriauseE (Q.1.) “ And be it further Enacted, 
That every person who shall have been elected or 
appointed by any body corporate named in the 
said Schedule (B.) to this Act annexed, which 
shall be dissolved by virtue of this Act, or by any 
member or members thereof, in his or their cor- 
porate capacity, to be a clerk of a market, or a 
weighmaster of all goods, wares and merchan- 
dizes, or a weighmaster of butter, or taster of 
butter, or assay master, and shall not be entitled 
to such office as a member of such body corpo- 
rate in his corporate capacity, shall continue to 
hold such offices, and to execute all the duties 
heretofore belonging thereto, as if this Act had 
not passed : Provided always, That if such office 
shall be filled up upon any resignation or removal 
made after the passing of this Act, in such case 
the person appointed to such office may be re- 
moved at the pleasure of the Lord Lieutenant, 
and any person so removed shall not be entitled 
to compensation under the provisions of this Act.” 

Cravse (R.1.) “ And be it Enacted, That every 
person who shall be a Town Clerk, Bailiff, Trea- 
surer or Chamberlain, or other ministerial or exe- 
cutive officer of any body corporate named in the 
said Schedule (B.) to this Act annexed, which 
shall be dissolved by virtue of this Act, and who 
shall be in such office at the time of such dissolu- 
tion, shall continue to execute all the duties here- 
tofore belonging to his office, so far as the same 
are not inconsistent with the provisions of this 
Act, in the same manner as he would have done 
if this Act had not passed, until he shall be re- 
moved from his office by the Commissioners to 


be appointed in such borough by virtue of this 
Vou. 93. 





“ 
‘ 


nw 


xn 
o 


n 
n 


2° Auguste. 797 


Act, or where tiere shall be no such Commis- 
sioners by the Lord Lieutenant.” 

Crausse (S8.1.) “ And be it Enacted, That every 
officer of any body corporate named in the said 
Schedule (B.) which shall be dissolved by virtue 
of this Act, and in the borough named in con- 
nexion with which in the same Schedule Commis- 
sioners shall be appointed as aforesaid, who shall 
be in any office of profit at the time of the passing 
of this Act, whose office shall be abolished, or who 
under the provisions of this Act shall be removed 
from his office, or deprived of fees or emoluments 
to which he would have been entitled if this Act 


‘ had not been passed, shall be entitled to have an 


adequate compensation, either by way of a sum 
in gross or of annuity, out of the property of such 
body corporate respectively, to be assessed and 
paid as hereinafter is mentioned, for the salary, 
fees and emoluments of the office which he shall 
cease to hold, or of the fees or emoluments of 
which he shall be so deprived, regard being had 
to the manner of his appointment to the said 
office and his term or interest therein, whether 
such ferson shall have held his office for life, or 
the usage shall have been such as to raise a just 
expectation that the office should continue for 
life, and all other circumstances of the case ; and 
every person entitled to such compensation as 
aforesaid, shall deliver to the Treasurer of the 
Commissioners to be appointed in pursuance of 
this Act, a statement under the hand of such per- 
son, setting forth the amount received by him or 
his predecessors in every year during the period 
of Five years next before the passing of this Act, 
on account of the salary, fees, emoluments, pro- 
fits and perquisites in respect whereof he shall 
claim such compensation, distinguishing the office, 
place, situation, employment or appointment in 
respect whereof the same shall have been received, 
and containing a declaration that the same is a 
true statement according to the best of the know- 
ledge, information and belief of such person, and 


‘ also setting forth the sum claimed by him as such 


compensation.” 

Cuiauss (T. 1.) “ And be it Enacted, That all 
eae and allowances granted on or before the 
7ifth day of June One thousand eight hundred 
and thirty-five, or sums granted in conformity 
with established usage, by any corporate body 
named in the said Schedule (B.) which shall be 
dissolved by virtue of this Act, and in the borough 
named in connexion with which in the said Sche- 
dule (B.) Commissioners shall be appointed as 
aforesaid, to any officer or servant retired there- 
froin, or by sickness or infirmity rendered inca- 
pable of performing the duties of his office, or to 
the widow or child of any member, officer or ser- 
vant, and all stipends and allowances, which 
during Seven years next before the said Fifth da 
of June, have been usually paid and granted to 
the minister or late minister of any church or 
chapel, or to the master or usher of any school, 
or to the governor or master of any hospital, 
within the town in which such body corporate is 
constituted, and all charitable allowances which 
have been usually paid as aforesaid to the inmates 
of any almshouses by such corporate body, shall 
be paid as hereinafter mentioned to every person 
entitled or accustomed to have and receive the 
same, unless the property of such body corporate 
and vested in such Commissioners shall not be 
sufficient for the payment therecf.” 

Ciavuse (V. 1.) “ And be it further Enacted, 
That the said Commissioners to be elected in 
every borough in pursuance of this Act, shall 
meet and sit as a Board of Commissioners for 
carrying this Act into execution, at such place or 
places, and at such time or times as they shall 
think expedient or as the Lord Lieutenant shall 
direct, and may ’adjourn from time to time as they 

513 * may 





















798 


nw 
nw 


ca 
n 


n~ 
n 


n~ 
nn 


- 
wn 


~ « 
na nw 


car 
nx 


-~ 
- 


- 
nn 


‘ 


~ 


‘ 


wn“ 


a 
wn 


‘ 


- 


. 
nn 


‘ 


“ 


‘ 


. 


a 
— 


‘ 


. 


‘ 


. 


«“ 


‘ 


‘ 


- 


may think proper; but no business shall be trans- 
acted at any such Board unless Three Commis- 
sioners be present; and at every such Board One 
of the Commissioners present shall be appointed 
chairman ; and all questions shall be determined 
by a majority of votes, and all the powers and 
authorities by this Act granted to or vested in the 
Commissioners shall and may, from time to time 
be exercised by the major part of them present 
at meetings to be holden as aforesaid; and in 
case of an equality of votes the chairman shall 
have a second or casting vote; and every Com- 
missioner shall have power to direct a Board to 
be summoned at any time, and for any purpose 
relating to the execution of this Act which he may 
think proper.” 

Crause (W. 1.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
said Commissioners in every borough shall ap- 
point, to be removeable at their pleasure, a fit 
person or persons to be the treasurer or treasurers 
of the said Commissioners, and also shall and may 
appoint any fit persons, being officers of the body 
corporate named in the said Schedule (B.) to this 
Act annexed, in connexion with such borough re- 
spectively, or any other person or persons, to be 
collectors or other officers (except such officers 
as are by this Act directed to be appointed by the 
Lord Lieutenant or other person or persons), for 
enabling them to carry into execution the various 
powers and duties vested in them by virtue of this 
Act, and may from time to time discontinue the 
appointment of such officers as shall appear to 
them unnecessary, and shall take such security 
for the due execution of his office by any such 
treasurer or other officer as the said Commis- 
sioners shall think proper, and shall order to be 
paid to the treasurer, and to every such other officer 
to be employed as aforesaid, such salary or allow- 
ance as the said Commissioners shall think rea- 
sonable; and in case of a vacancy in any such 
office as aforesaid, by death, resignation, removal 
or otherwise, the said Commissioners may appoint 
another fit person in the place of the person so 
making be vacancy.” 

Cuiavuse (X.1.) “ And be it Enacted, That no 
treasurer of the said Commissioners of any bo- 
rough shall pay any money on account of the said 
Commissioners, save only upon the order in writing 
of a Board of Commissioners of such borough, 
signed by Two or more of the Commissioners, 
and countersigned by their clerk.” 


Crause (Y.1.) “ And be it further Enacted, 
That the receipt or receipts of any Treasurer of 
the said Commissioners of any borough for any 
purchase monies, rents or profits, or other sum or 
sums of money payable unto him by virtue of this 
Act, shall be a sufficient and effectual discharge, 
or sufficient and effectual discharges for the 
money in such receipt or receipts expressed or 
acknowledged to be received, and the purchaser 
or purchasers to whom the same respectively shall 
be given shall not afterwards be answerable or 
accountable for the misapplication or non-applica- 
tion of the money in such receipt or receipts ex- 
pressed or acknowledged to be received.” 


Cuiause (Z.1.) “ And be it Enacted, That every 
Treasurer or other officer appointed by the Com- 
missioners shall, at such times during the conti- 
nuance of his office, or within Three calendar 
months after the expiration of his office, and in 
such manner as the said Commissioners shall 
direct, deliver to the gaid Commissioners, or to 
such person as they shall authorize for that pur- 
pose, a true account in writing of all matters 
committed to his charge by virtue of this Act, or 
under colour of his office, and also of all monies 
which shall have been by him received by virtue 
or for the purposes of this Act, or under colour 
of his office, and how much thereof shall have 





2° Auguste. 


“ 
‘ 


n 


‘ 


. 


ee ae Dar Ser Va ee ee ee” 
ae ee oe re ee ee 


nw 
wn“ 





A. 1838. 


been paid and disbursed, and for what purposes, 
together with proper vouchers for such payments, 
and also a list of the names of all such persons 
as shall not have paid the monies due from them 
for the purposes of this Act, and of amount due 
from each of them; and every such officer shall 
pay all such monies as shall remain due from him 
to the Treasurer for the time being, or to such 
person as the said Commissioner shall authorize 
to receive the same; and if any such officer shall 
refuse or wilfully neglect to deliver such account, 
or the vouchers relating to such account, or such 
list as aforesaid, or to make payments as aforesaid, 
or shall refuse or wilfully neglect to deliver to the 
said Commissioners, or to such person as they 
shall authorize, within Three days after being 
thereunto required by notice in writing under the 
hands of any Two or more of the said Commis- 
sioners, to be given to or left at the last place of 
abode of such officer, all books, papers and wri- 
tings in his custody or power relating to the 
execution of this Act, or to give satisfaction to the 
said Commissioners, or to such other person as 
aforesaid, respecting the same, then and in ever 
such case, upon complaint made, on behalf of the 
said Commissioners, by such person as they shall 
authorize for that purpose, of any such refusal or 
wilful neglect as aforesaid, to any Justice of the 
Peace for the county or other jurisdiction wherein 
such officer so refusing or neglecting shall be or 
reside, such Justice is hereby authorized and re- 
quired to issue a warrant under his hand and seal 
for bringing such officer before any Two Justices 
of the Peace for such county or jurisdiction, and 
upon the said officer appearing or not being found, 
it shall be lawful for such Justices to hear and 
determine the matter in a summary way ; and if 
it shall appear to such Justices that any monies 
remain due from such officer, such Justices may, 
and they are hereby authorized and required, 
upon non-payment thereof, by warrant under their 
hands and seals, to cause such monies to be levied 
by distress and sale of the goods of such officer, 
and if sufficient goods shall not be found to sa- 
tisfy the said monies and the charges of the dis- 
tress, or if it shall appear to such Justices that 
such officer has refused or wilfully neglected to 
deliver such account or the vouchers relating 
thereto, or such list as aforesaid, or that any books, 
papers or writings relating to the execution of 
this Act remain in the hands or in the custody or 
power of such officer, and that he has refused or 
wilfully neglected to deliver the same, or to give 
satisfaction respecting the same as aforesaid, then 
and in every such case such Justices shall, and 
they are hereby required to commit such offender 
to the common gaol or house of correction for 
the county or jurisdiction where such offender 
shall be or reside, there to remain without bail 
until he shall have paid such monies as aforesaid, 
or shall have compounded with the Commissioners 
for such monies, and shall have paid such compo- 
sition in such manner as they shall appoint, (which 
composition the said Commissioners are hereby 
empowered to make and receive,) or until he shall 
have delivered a true account as aforesaid, toge- 
ther with such vouchers and list as aforesaid, or 
until he shall have delivered up such books, papers 
and writings, or have given satisfaction in respect 
thereof to the said Commissioners or to such 
other person, as the case may be: Provided 
always, That no person so committed shall be 
detained in prison for want of sufficient distress 
only for a longer space of time than Three calen- 
dar months: Provided also, That nothing in this 
Act contained, shall prevent or abridge any re- 
medy by action against any such officer so offend- 
ing as aforesaid, or against any surety for any 
such officer, but such officer shall not be sued 
by action, and also proceeded against in a sum- 
“ mary 





2 Victoriz. 


“i 


“cc 


n~ «#4 
nn 


ee aaa 


mary manner by virtue of this Act for the same 
cause.” 

CriauseE (A. 2.) “ And be it further Enacted, 
That on the day on which any body corporate 
named in connexion with any borough in Sche- 
dule (B.) to this Act annexed, shall be dissolved 
by virtue of this Act, all the manors, advowsons, 
messuages, town-halls, public and other buildings, 
lands, rents, hereditaments, leasehold estates, 
goods, chattels, money, debts, stocks, funds, se- 
curities, personal estate and effects, and all other 
property whatsoever and wheresoever, and of 
what nature or kind soever, of or to which any 
such body corporate, or any one or more of the 
members of such body corporate, in his or their 
corporate capacity, is or are or shall be seised or 
possessed or entitled for any estate or interest 
whatsoever, (except property held in trust for any 
charitable uses or trusts or other purposes, and 
property in respect of which other provisions are 
herein contained,) and all the estate, right, title 
and interest of such bodies corporate, member 
or members, shall be, and the same are hereby 
vested in the Commissioners to be elected in such 
borough respectively in pursuance of this Act, 
subject to such mortgages, charges, debts and 
incumbrances, rents, contracts, covenants and 
conditions, as the same respectively shall then be 
subject or liable to.” 

Crause (B. 2.) “ And be it further Enacted, 
That every person and body corporate who, on 
the day preceding the day on which any body 
corporate named in connexion with any borough 
in Schedule (B.) to this Act annexed shall be dis- 
solved by virtue of this Act, shall owe any sum of 
money to such body corporate, shall pay the same, 
together with all interest (if any) due, or to accrue 
due for the same, to the Commissioners to be 
elected in such borough in pursuance of this Act 
or their treasurer; and all rents and sums of 
money which on the same day shall be due and 
payable, or then accruing due and payable to 
such body corporate, shall become and be due 
and payable to the said Commissioners, and shall 
and may be collected and recovered by the like 
ways and means, and with the same penalties in 
respect thereof, and in like manner as the body 
corporate to whom the same respectively shall 
be due or payable might have collected and re- 
covered the same respectively if this Act had not 
been passed; and all conveyances, contracts, 
agreements, bonds, covenants and securities made 
or entered into before the day on which such body 
corporate shall be dissolved, to, with or in favour 
of such body corporate, shall be good, valid and 
effectual in favour of the said Commissioners, and 
may be enforced in the same manner to all in- 
tents and purposes as such body corporate might 
have enforced the same if this Act had not been 
made.” 

Cuiause (C. 2.) “ And be it further Enacted, 
That every person and body corporate who, on 
the day preceding the day on which any body 
corporate named in connexion with any borough 
in Schedule (B.) to this Act annexed shall be 
dissclved by virtue of this Act, shall claim to be 
entitled, or would thereafter if this Act had not 
been passed have become entitled, to any sum of 
money owing from or payable by such body cor- 
porate, or shall claim any part of the property of 
such body corporate in respect of -any mort- 
gage, charge, conveyance, contract, agreement, 

nd, covenant or security which shall have 
been made or entered into with or in favour of 
him or them by such body corporate before the 
same day, shall and may recover or enforce the 
same as against the property of such body corpo- 
rate respectively by this Act vested in the said 
Commissioners by the same actions, suits, reme- 


dies or proceedings against the said Commis- 
Vox. 93. 





é 
rT 
6 
‘ 


n 


‘ 


” 


“ 
“ 
“ce 
‘ 


n 


“ 
“ 


n 
n 


nan 8 
nan n 


2° Augusti. 799 


sioners, and in the same manner as he or they 
respectively might have recovered or enforced the 
same against such body corporate respectively if 
this Act had not been made; but the costs of the 
said Commissioners in any such actions, suits, re- 
medies or other proceedings shall be raised and 
paid out of the property of such body corporate 
respectively hereby vested in them in preference 
to any sum of money, costs, damages or expenses, 
claim or demand in favour of any such person or 
body corporate claiming as aforesaid.” 

Crause (D. 2.) “ And be it Enacted, That it 
shall not be lawful for any body corporate named 
in the said Schedule (B.) at any time after the 
a0 i of this Act to sell, mortgage or alienate the 
ands, tenements and hereditaments of the said 
body corporate, or any part thereof, except in pur- 
suance of some covenant, or contract or agree- 
ment bond fide made or entered into on or before 
the Fifth day of June in the year One thousand 
eight hundred and thirty-five, by or on behalf of 
such body corporate, or of some resolution duly 
entered in the corporation-books of such body 
corporate on or before the said Fifth day of June, 
or to demise or lease, except in pursuance of 
some covenant, contract or agreement bond fide 
made or entered into on or before the said Fifth 
day of June, by or on behalf of such body cor- 
porate, or in pursuance of some resolution duly 
entered in the corporation-books of such body 
corporate on or before the said Fifth day of 
June, except in the cases hereinafter mentioned, 
any lands, tenements or hereditaments of such 
body corporate, or any part thereof, or to enter 
into any new contract or agreement, except in the 
cases hereinafter mentioned, for demising or leas- 
ing the said lands and tenements and _heredita- 
ments, or any part thereof, for any term exceed- 
ing thirty-one years from the time when such 
lease shall be made, or if made in pursuance of a 
previous agreement, then from the time when such 
agreement shall have been entered into; and in 
every such lease for any term not exceeding such 
term of thirty-one years there shall be reserved 
and made payable, except in the cases hereinafter 
mentioned, during the whole of the term thereby 
granted, such clear yearly rent as to the body 
corporate shall appear reasonable, without taking 
any fine for the same.” 

Ciause (E. 2.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That in all cases in which any body cor- 
porate shall on the Fifth day of June in the year 
One thousand eight hundred and thirty-five have 
been bound or engaged by any covenant or agree- 
ment, express or implied, or have been enjoined 
by any deed, will or other document, or have 
been sanctioned or warranted by ancient usage, 
or by custom or practice, to make any renewal of 
lease for years, or for life or lives, or tor years de- 
terminable with any life or lives at any fixed or 
determinate, or known or accustomed period, or 
after the lapse of any number of years, or on the 
dropping of any life or lives, at a fine certain, or 
under any special or specific terms or conditions, 
and also in all cases in which any body corporate 
shall theretofore have ordinarily made renewal of 
any lease for years, or for life or lives, or for years 
determinable with any life or lives, at any fixed or 
determinate, or known or accustomed period, or 
after the lapse of any number of years, or upon 
the dropping of any life or lives, upon the pay- 
ment of an arbitrary fine, it shall be lawful for 
such body corporate, and after the dissolution 
thereof by virtue of this Act for the Commissioners 
to be appointed in the borough named in con- 
nexion with such body ee in the said Sche- 
dule, to renew such lease for such term or number 
of years, either absolute or determinable with an 
life or lives, or for such life or lives, and at oe 
rent, and upon the payment of such fine or pre- 

514 “ mium, 































































Coe Se 


“ 
“ 
“ 
if 


¢ 


n 


« 


wn 


“ 
“ 
¢ 


wn 


&lt; 


n 


¢ 


wn“ 


¢ 


a 


« 


n 


‘ 


nw 


‘ 


n 


“ 
és 
‘ 


. 


‘ 


nw 


&lt; 


i 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


nw 


« 


wn 


¢ 


n 


‘ 


nw 


‘ 


a“ 
nan #8 


‘ 


a 
nn 


¢ 


xn 


‘ 


n 


¢ 


~~ “ 
. nxn 8 


“ 
nn 


“a 
~ 


“~ 
_ 


cor 
. 


n“ 
* 


800 





mium, either certain or arbitrary, and with or 
without any covenant for the future renewal 
thereof, as such body corporate could or might 
have done in case this Act had not been passed.” 
Cravse (F. 2.) “ And be it Enacted, That all 
purchases, sales, leases and demises not made in 
pursuance of some such bond fide covenant, con- 
tract, agreement or resolution made and entered 
into as aforesaid hefore the said Fifth day of June, 
and all contracts for the purchase, sale, lease or 
demise of any lands, tenements and_heredita- 
ments, and all divisions and appropriations of the 
monies, goods and valuable securities, or any part 
of the real or personal estate of which on or before 
the said Fifth day of June the body corporate, 
whether in their own right or as trustees for 
charitable or other purposes, was seised or pos- 
sessed, which shall have been made or contracted 
between the said Fifth day of June, may be called 
in question by the Commissioners for the borough 
named in connexion with such body corporate in 
the said Schedule; and for that purpose, if it 
shall appear to such Commissioners that there is 
ground for believing that any such purchase, sale, 
lease or demise, or such contract, or such division 
or appropriation of the premises, was collusively 
made for no consideration, or for an inadequate 
consideration, such Commissioners, at any time 
within Twelve calendar months next after the 
election of such Commissioners, shall have such 
or the like powers of causing to be inquired of and 
found, upon notice of the value of the lands, tene- 
ments, hereditaments and premises in question; 
and the consideration which shall have been 
given, and also that which ought of right to have 


‘ been given for the purchase, sale, lease, demise 


or appropriation thereof, according to the terms 
of such purchase, sale, lease, demise, contract or 
appropriation ; and the party to any such pur- 
chase, sale, lease, demise, contract or appropria- 
tion shall have in similar cases the like option 
either to re-convey and restore the lands, tene- 
ments, hereditaments and premises in question, 
and to abandon the contract to which he shall 
have been party, or to give in each case additional 
consideration upon the like terms, and with the 
like provisions, unless he shall make such option 
for making void every such purchase, sale, lease, 
demise, contract and conveyance, and with all the 
like provisions, powers and authorities, and sub- 
ject to the like regulations and provisions, as 
hereinbefore are given to the council first to be 


‘ elected in any borough named in the said Sche- 
‘ dule(A.) under the provisions of this Act in similar 


cases.” 
Criause (G, 2.) “ And be it further Enacted, 
That the provisions hereinbefore contained, to 


‘ take effect on the day upon which this Act shall 
' come into operation, with respect to any heredita- 


ments, or any sum of money, chattels, securities 
for money, or any other personal estate of which 
the body corporate in any borough named in the 
said Schedule (A.), or any one or more of the 
members of such body corporate in his or their 
corporate capacity, or any person or persons 
elected from among or out of the members, or 
any of the members of such body corporate, or 
any person or persons elected solely by such body 
corporate, or solely by any particular number, 
class or description of members of such body cor- 
porate, stands or stand, solely or together with 
any other body or bodies corporate, person or 
persons, seised or possessed, for any estate or in- 
terest whatsoever, in whole or in part for the bene- 
fit of any charitable uses or trusts whatsoever, or 
upon trust for any other purposes ; and also with 
respect to powers or provisions of any Act or Acts 
of Parliament authorized to be exercised by any 
such body corporate, person or persons, for sup- 
plying water or gas, or for any other purpose pro- 





2° August. 


“ce 
‘ 


“cc 


Ye @&amp; &amp; ee SS 
xan An RR ORR OH 


wn 
n 


~ a fn &amp; 
ee 


‘ 


an 8 


‘ 
‘ 


na 


‘ 


na 


‘ 


nn 


—— oe a a oe 
a ee &amp; &amp; 








A. 1838. 


ducing profits, which, or part of which, are to be 
divided between shareholders or proprietors, or 
other persons, for their own benefit, and which 
provisions are to take effect on the day on which 
this Act shall come into operation, shall, upon the 
dissolution by virtue of this Act of any borough 
named in the said Schedule (B.), to this Act an- 
nexed, but not before, be extended and be applied 
to any hereditaments, or any sums of money, 
chattels, securities for money or other personal 
estate, or powers or authorities, which the bod 
corporate in any borough named in the said Sche- 
dule (B.) which shall be dissolved by virtue of this 
Act, or any one or more of the members thereof 
in his or their corporate capacity, or any person 
or persons elected from among or out of the mem- 
bers or any of the members of such body corpo- 
rate, or by such body corporate, or any member 
or members thereof as aforesaid, stands or stand, 
solely or together, as aforesaid, seised or pos- 
sessed for any estate or interest whatsoever upon 
trust for any charitable uses or trusts, or upon 
trust for any other purposes ; and with respect to 
powers or provisions of any Act or Acts of Parlia- 
ment authorized to be exercised by any such body 
corporate, person or persons, for the like purposes 
as aforesaid, in the same manner to all intents 
and purposes as if the same provisions were re- 
peated, the words “ borough named in the said 
Schedule (A.)” being altered into the words “ bo- 
rough named in the said Schedule (B.), and which 
shall be dissolved by virtue of this Act,” and were 
made to take effect on the day of the dissolution 
of such body corporate respectively, instead of the 
day on which this Act shall commence.” 

Cuiavse (H. 2.) “ And be it Enacted, That no- 
thing in this Act contained shall alter or affect. 
the provisions of any local Act or Acts of Parlia- 
ment made before the passing of this Act for light- 
ing, watching, cleansing, paving or otherwise re- 
lating to any borough or town named in the said 
Schedule (B.) to this Act annexed, further or 
or otherwise than as the same are inconsistent 
with or contrary to the provisions of this Act; 
and that all powers which by such Act of Parlia- 
ment are vested in any body corporate named in 
the said Schedule (B.) which shall be dissolved 
by virtue of this Act, or any member or members 
thereof in his or their corporate capacity, or any 
limited number, class or description thereof, or 
any person or persons elected from among or out 
of the members of such body corporate or any of 
them, or any person or persons elected by such 
body corporate, or any member or members thereof, 
shall, upon the day on which such body corporate 
respectively shall be dissolved, and thenceforth 
until Parliament shall otherwise provide, be exer- 
cised in manner hereinafter mentioned ; (that is 
to say) such of the said powers as relate to the 
appointment of Justices of the Peace or magis- 
trates (other than the election of persons who 
shall in their corporate capacity be such justices 
or magistrates), or to the appointment of other 
officers for the administration of justice, or in 
anywise relating thereto, or to the appointment 
of constables or other persons for purposes relating 
to police, shall be exercised by the Lord Lieu- 
tenant as if he had been named in such’ Act of 
Parliament respectively instead of such body cor- 
porate, or member or members, person or persons, 
and ail other of the said powers not otherwise 
herein provided for shall be exercised, alone or 
together with such other persons (if any) as would 
have been entitled to join in exercising the same 
if this Act had not been passed, by the persons 
who on the preceding day shall have been the 
Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council, or other 
the governing officer of such corporation, in the 
place of such body corporate, in cases where the 
same are vested in the body corporate alone, or 
“ together 








2 Vicroriz. 


&lt; 


“~ 


“ 
&lt; 


. 


“c 
“é 
&lt; 
&lt;&lt; 
&lt; 


nx 


if 
‘ 


nn 


cs 
‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


“ 
ce 
&lt; 
« 
iid 
“ 
“cc 
“ 
« 
«&lt; 
&lt; 
“ 
ce 
“c 
&lt; 
cc 
ce 
&lt; 
“cc 
&lt;c 
&lt; 


a 
“cc 
4 


wn 


&lt; 


nn 


&lt; 


wn” 


‘ 
4 


wn 


‘ 


n 


&lt; 


n 


4 


wn 


cc 
“cc 
“ 
“ 
é 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


nx 


‘ 


wn 


¢ 


n 


é 


wn 


‘ 


a 


&lt; 


n 


é 


w 


&lt; 
‘ 


n 


4 


wn 


‘ 
‘ 
‘ 


xn nA RK 


‘ 


n 


&lt; 
“ 
“ec 
&lt;c 
“c 
“ 
é 


n 


“ 
“ 
‘ 


nw 


‘ 


wn 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


wn 


“ec 
a“ 





together with any other persons (as the case may 
be), and in other cases by the person or persons 
who shall on the preceding day have been such 
member or members of such body corporate, or 
person or persons elected as aforesaid, who, alone 
or together, as aforesaid, shall continue to exercise 
the same, notwithstanding that he or they, or 
such of them as shall have been a member or 
members of any such body corporate, have ceased 
to hold the office by virtue of which, before the 
dissolution of such body corporate, he or they 
shall have been entitled to exercise or join in 
peg the same, and notwithstanding he, they 
or any of them (whether a member or members 
of any such body corporate, or a person or per- 
sons elected as aforesaid) would have gone out of 
office at any time after the day of such dissolution, 
or otherwise ceased to have been entitled to ex- 
ercise or join in exercising the same if this Act 
had not passed; and the persons hereby ap- 
pointed to exercise such powers shall be removable 
by the Commissioners to be elected in such bo- 
rough respectively by virtue of this Act, when 
the said Commissioners shall think proper, who 
shall upon any such vacancy (if they shall think 
necessary, but not otherwise) appoint a person, 
or the like number of persons, or a number of 
persons as near as may be to the like number of 
persons who were enabled to exercise or join in 
exercising such powers in room of, and who shall 
have the same power and authority as the body 
corporate, or member or members of such body 
corporate, or person or persons, claiming to exer- 
cise or join in exercising such powers.” 

Crausz (I. 2.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
in every case in which any body corporate named 
in the said Schedule (B.) to this Act annexed 
which shall be dissolved by virtue of this Act, or 
any one or more of the members of such body 
corporate in his or their corporate capacity, or 
any limited number, class or description of the 
members thereof, or any person or persons elected 
from among or out of the members of such body 
corporate, or any person or persons elected by 
any such body corporate, or any member or mem- 
bers thereof, is any other body corporate, or part 
of, or is or are amember or members of any other 
body corporate for any charitable or public or 
other purpose, such other body corporate shall 
continue in force as if this Act had not passed ; 
and on the day of the dissolution of such bod 
corporate respectively, and thenceforth until Par- 
liament shall otherwise provide, where any bod 
corporate named in the said Schedule (B.) to this 
Act annexed is such other body corporate or part 
thereof, then, instead of such body corporate, the 
persons who on the preceding day shall have been 
the Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council, or 
other governing officers of such body corporate, 
shall be members of such other body corporate ; 
and in other cases the person or persons who on 
such preceding day shall have been a member or 
members of such other body corporate shall con- 
tinue to be a member or members thereof, not- 
withstanding he or they, or such of them as shall 
have been a member or members of a body cor- 
porate mentioned in the said Schedule (B.) to 
this Act annexed, may have ceased to hold any 
office by virtue of which he or they were a mem- 
ber or members, or elected to be member or 
members thereof, and notwithstanding he or they, 
or such of them as shall be a member or members 
of any such last-mentioned body corporate, or 
person or persons elected as aforesaid, would, b 


going out of office at any time after the day of | 


such dissolution or otherwise, have ceased to be 

a member or members of such other body cor- 

porate if this Act had not passed: Provided 

always, That any vacancy which may happen 

among such members of another body corporate 
Vo, 93. 





2° August. 801 


“&lt; 


before any other provisions shall be made by Par- 
liament shall be supplied in manner hereinafter 
mentioned ; (that is to say) where such other body 
corporate shall have been constituted for any 
charitable purpose, or for supplying water or gas, 
or any other perpoee producing profits, which or 
part of which are divided between shareholders 
or proprietors, or other persons, for their own 
benefit, by an order of the Lord Chancellor of 
Treland or Lords Commissioners for the custody 
of the Great Seal for the time being, to be made 
upon petition in a summary way, and where such 
other body corporate shall have been constituted 
for any public or other purpose, and is not re- 
quired to divide any profits among any share- 
holders or proprietors or other persons for their 
own benefit, by the Commissioners to be appointed 
by virtue of this Act; and _ every such va- 
cancy the said Lord Chancellor or Lords Com- 
missioners for the custody of the Great Seal, or 
the Commissioners to be appointed by virtue of 
this Act (as the case may be), shall appoint a fit 
person to be a member of such other body cor- 
porate to supply such vacancy.” 


Cuavuse (K.2.) “ And be it Enacted, That in 
every case in which a body corporate named in 
the said Schedule (B.), which shall be dissolved 
by virtue of this Act, or any particular class, 
number or description of members, or the govern- 
ing body of any body corporate, now is or are, in 
their corporate capacity, and not as charitable 
trustees, according to the meaning and provisions 
of this Act, seised or possessed of any manors, 
lands, tenements or hereditaments whereunto any 
advowson or right of nomination or presentation 
to any benefice or ecclesiastical preferment is 
appendant or appurtenant, or of any advowson in 
gross, or hath or have any right or title to nomi- 
nate or present to any benefice or ecclesiastical 
preferment, and the same would, if such body 
corporate had been named in Schedule (A.) to 
this Act annexed, have been sold and conveyed 
by such body corporate according to the pro- 
visions hereinbefore contained, the same shall be 
sold in like manner, at such time and in such 
manner as the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for 
Ireland may direct, so that the best price may be 
obtained for the same; and it shall be lawful for 
the Commissioners of such borough, and they are 
hereby authorized and required, with the consent 
of the said Ecclesiastical Commissioners or an 
Three or more of them, in writing under their 
hands, to convey and assure the same in like 
manner as a body corporate of any borough named 
in the said Schedule (A.) is hereinbefore autho- 
rized and required to convey and assure, under 
the common seal of such body corporate, in a 
similar case, any such advowson or such right of 
nomination or presentation as aforesaid; and eve 
such conveyance and assurance made by the said 
Commissioners shall have the same force and 
effect as a conveyance under the common seal of 
any body corporate named in the said Schedule 
(A.) would have had by virtue of the provisions 
hereinbefore contained, or otherwise, if such ad- 
vowson or such right of nomination or presenta- 
tion had been the property of such body corporate ; 
and the proceeds of every such sale shall be paid 
to the treasurer of the Commissioners of the bo- 
rough, whose receipt shall be a sufficient and 
effectual discharge to the purchaser or purchasers 
to whom the same shall be given for the amount 
of his or their purchase money: Provided always, 
That in any case of vacancy arising before any 
such sale shall have taken place and been com- 
pleted, such vacancy shall be supplied by the pre- 
sentation or nomination of the bishop or ordinary 
of the diocese in which such benefice or eccle- 
siastical preferment is situated.” 


5K CLAUSE 











Sree ee co oer 








Mt 
Ki 
| 
} 


802 


~ 
~~ 


Cravuse (L.2.) “ And be it further Enacted, | 
That the said Commissioners of every borough | 
shall with all convenient speed ascertain and 
collect all the real and personal property belong- 
ing to the body corporate named in the said 
Schedule (B.) to this Act annexed in connexion 
with such borough, and which shall become vested 
in such Commissioners by virtue of this Act, and 
shall ascertain the revenue and income produced | ‘ 
thereby, and all the charges and incumbrances 
upon and the outgoings and debts payable in 
respect of the same.” 


Crause (M. 2.) “ And be it further Enacted, 
That it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners 
in any borough to commence and prosecute any 
actions, suits or proceedings for collecting and 
recovering the property of the body corporate 
named in the said Schedule (B.) to this Act an- 
nexed, in connexion with such body respectively, 
and to discontinue or compromise any such action, 
suit or proceedings, and to allow any time which 
they may think proper for payment of any money 
due and owing to them in respect thereof, and 
also to pay any debt or sum of money claimed to 
be due from any such body corporate, and to be 
payable out of such property, upon any evidence 
which they may think proper to admit, and to 
defend or compromise any action, suit or other 
proceeding which may be brought against them 
by virtue of this Act, and to adjust and settle any 
account or accounts depending between such body 
corporate and any person or persons or other 
body corporate or bodies corporate, and submit 
to arbitration any difference between such body 
corporate or the said Commissioners, and any 
other person or persons relating to the property 
of such body corporate, and abide by and perform 
the award of any arbitrator or arbitrators respect- 
ing the same, and to do, perform and execute all 
such deeds and things as they, the said Commis- 
sioners respectively, shall think expedient for as- 
certaining and collecting in the most advantageous 
manner the property vested in them by virtue of 
this Act, and settling all claims and demands 
relating thereto.” 


Crause (N.2.) “ And be it further Enacted, 
That the said Commissioners of every borough 
shall cause an account to be kept of the property 
belonging to the body corporate named in the |&lt; 
said Schedule (B.) to this Act annexed, in con- |. 
junction with such borough, and vested in such |&lt; 


~ #8 


Commissioners by virtue of this Act, and of all | « 


rents, profits, revenue, income and sums of money 
to be received in respect thereof or produced |&lt; 
therefrom, and of the application and appropria- | 
tion thereof; and the property comprised in every 
such account shall be called the Town Fund of the 
borough for which such Commissioners respec- | , 
tively shall have been chosen; and all sums of 
money received by the treasurer of such Commis- |, 
sioners in respect of the property comprised in 
every such account shall, when the same shall |, 


n~ 


7 


n 


n~ 

















not be directed by the said Commissioners to be | « 
immediately applied to any other purpose, be paid | « 
into the Bank of Jreland in the name of the | « 


treasurer of such Commissioners to an account | « 
called the account of the Town Fund of the bo- | « 





rough of which tke same shall form part.” 


‘ 


Cxiause (O. 2.) “ And be it further Enacted, | “ 
That the said Commissioners of every borough | “ 
shall, with all convenient speed, pay or make due | “ 
provision for payment out of the town fund of |“ 
such borough of the outgoings, rates and charges | “ 
payable in respect of the property therein com- | “ 
prised, and of all charges and incumbrances pay- | “ 
able thereout, and of all debts, annuities, pensions, | “ 
allowances and sums of money payable by the | “ 
body corporate, to whom the property comprised | “ 


in such town fund shall have belonged.” i$ 


2° August. 


n 


nn 


wn 


n 


ann 


n 


na 


i 


n An 


ns 


nan A 


“ 





A. 1838. 


Criavuse (P.2.) “ And be it further Enacted, 
That it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners 
of every borough, from time to time, to demise or 
lease any such manors, messuages, lands or here- 
ditaments vested in them by virtue of this Act, or 
any part or parts thereof, from year to year, or for 
any term or number of years, either with or with- 
out taking any fine or premium for the same, and 
on such other terms as such Commissioners shall 
think expedient, and also to cause any repairs to 
be made to any buildings or premises which they 
may think expedient, and to insure any buildings 
from loss or damage by fire, and pay the expenses 
of such repairs and insurances out of the said 
town fund, and also cause to be invested in their 
names, or in the name of their Treasurer, any 
monies forming part of any such town fund, in 
any stocks, funds or securities, and alter and vary 
such stocks, funds and securities as they shall 
think proper, and in all other respects manage the 
property comprised in every or any such town 
fund, and invest or dispose of the same and all 
revenues thereof, in such manner as they shall 
think most advantageous.” 

Crause (Q.2.)-“ And be it further Enacted, 
That in the meantime, and until Parliament shall 
otherwise provide, the said Commissioners to be 
elected in any borough in pursuance of this Act 
shall, subject to the payment of any debt payable 
out of any town fund, or such part thereof as such 
Commissioners shall, from time to time, be re- 
quired or deem it expedient to pay, and the inte 
rest thereof, or so much thereof as shall, for the 
time being, remain unpaid, and all other charges 
and expenses to be paid thereout, as hereinbefore 
is Mentioned, pay the surplus income or revenue 
of any such town fund to the Commissioners 
appointed in such towns respectively, by virtue of 
the said Act of the ninth year of the reign of his 
said late Majesty, in aid or diminution of the rates 
to be received by them, or to any local Board or 
Boards of Commissioners or Trustees in such 
town appointed or to be appointed under any local 
Act or Acts of Parliament, in such manner and 
in such proportions as the said Commissioners to 
be appointed by virtue of this Act, with the con- 
sent of the Lord Lieutenant, shall think proper ; 
and in case the surplus income of the town fund 
of any town shall be more than sufficient for the 
purposes aforesaid, the residue thereof, or in cases 
where there shall be no such Commissioners or 
such Board as aforesaid, the whole of such sur- 
plus income and revenue shall be applied by the 
said Commissioners, under the direction of the 
Lord Lieutenant, for the public benefit of the 
inhabitants of such town respectively.” 

Crause (R. 2.) “ And be it further Enacted, 
That the said Commissioners of every borough 
shall, with all convenient speed, and within Two 
years next after the passing of this Act, make a 
report or reports in writing to the said Lord Lieu- 
tenant, and thereby state the nature and amount 
of the property belonging to the body corporate 
named in the said Schedule (B.) to this Act an- 
nexed in connexion with such borough, and which 
shall become vested in such Commissioners re- 
spectively by virtue of this Act, and from the town 
fund of such borough respectively, and also the 
particulars and amount of the incumbrances and 
debts and outgoings charged upon and payable 
out of the same, and the means whereby such 
incumbrances and debts can be paid or satisfied 
in the most advantageous manner, and also any 
leases which they shall have made or shall think 
proper to make of any part of any such town 
fund, and the manner in which any monies pro- 
duced therefrom or received from the revenue or 
income thereof, shall have been or shall be pro- 
posed to be expended or applied, and also the 
probable amount of the value of such town funds 

“ respectively, 





2 Vicroriz. 


“ 
““ 
‘ 


n 


‘ 
“ 


n 


‘ 


wn“ 


‘ 
“ 
“ 


n 


ae 
&lt; 


n 


“ 
‘ 


n 


“ 
&lt; 


wn 


“ 


‘ 


n 


é 


n 


‘ 


n 


&lt; 
‘ 


n 


4 


n 


‘ 


n 


&lt; 


na 


‘ 


“ 


“ 
é 


n 


‘ 


nn 


‘ 


wn 


“cc 
¢ 


n 


&lt;&lt;“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“&lt;&lt; 
“ 
“ 
cc 
cc 
‘ 


n 


‘ 


nw 


&lt; 


n 


‘ 


n 


“ 
‘ 


n 


&lt; 


n 


‘ 


a 
nn 


“cc 
és 


nx 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 
‘ 


nn 


“ 


n 


&lt; 
“ 


nn 


‘ 
“ 
“cc 
“cc 


n 


&lt; 


n 


4 
« 
&lt; 


- 


&lt;“ 
«“ 


&lt; 


nn 


&lt; 


n 


“ 
&lt;“ 





respectively, and of the income thereof, after all 
the incumbrances and debts payable thereout 
shall have been discharged or satisfied.” 

Cuiavuse(S. 2.) “ And be it further Enacted, 
That the said Commissioners of any borough, 
with the consent of the said Lord Lieutenant 
(testified by some writing under his hand), shall 
out of the monies forming part of the town fund 
of such borough, purchase such annuities, leases 
or other interests charged upon or existing in any 
property forming part of such town fund as they 
shall think it advantageous to purchase; and 
that the said Commissioners shall, and they are 
hereby empowered, with the consent of the Lord 
Lieutenant, to be signified by some writing under 
his hand, to abolish any tolls forming part of the 
town fund of such borough, after full payment 
or satisfaction of all debts and charges upon the 
said tolls, or to which they may be liable, which 
it may be thought desirable to abolish, and also 
to purchase any tolls which it may be thought 
desirable to purchase, in order that the same may 
be abolished, and after the conveyance thereof to 
them to abolish the same; and the said Commis- 
sioners shall cause notice to be given of the 
abolition of all such tolls as shall be abolished as 
aforesaid, by advertisement in the Dublin Gazette, 
and also in one or more newspaper or newspapers 
usually circulated in the town in which such tolls 
respectively shall be payable.” 

Craust (T. 2.) “ And be it further Enacted, 
That it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners 
ofany borough, with the consent of the said Lord 
Lieutenant, (testified by some writing under his 
hand), to appropriate and settle any town hall, 
police office, or other public building, in any town 
forming part of the town fund of such borough re- 
spectively, for the purposes of a court for the hold- 
ing of quarter sessions, or a court of record for civil 
actions, or a court of conscience, or police station, 
and for that purpose to convey the same to any 
Commissioners or trustees upon such trusts, with 
such powers of appointing new trustees, and other 
powers, and in such manner as the said Commis- 
sioners shall think proper.” 

Crause (U. 2.) “ And be it Enacted, That it 
shall be lawful for the said Commissioners of any 
borough, with the consent of the Lord Lieutenant, 
to remove from the performance of the duties 
which, notwithstanding his office shall have 
ceased, he shall continue to perform in pursuance 
of this Act, every person who shall on the day 
preceding the day of the dissolution of the body 
corporate therein be a town clerk, bailiff, trea- 
surer or chamberlain, or other ministerial or 
executive officer of such borough, or of the bod 
corporate named in the said Schedule (B.) to this 
Act annexed, in connexion with such borough ; and 
every such person or officer who shall be in pos- 
session or receipt of any monies, goods, valuable 
securities, books or papers belonging to or con- 
cerning the body corporate, whose officer he is, 
shall deliver up and account for the same to such 
Commissioners; and in case he shall refuse or 
wilfully neglect to deliver such accounts, vouchers 
and lists, or to make such payments, or to deliver 
such books, papers and writings, or to give satis- 
faction respecting the same as is hereinbefore 
provided in the case of officers appointed by such 
Commissioners, every such person or officer may 
be proceeded against, and shall be subject and 
liable to the several provisions hereinbefore con- 
tained in cases of officers appointed by such Com- 
missioners.” 

Crauser (W. 2.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
said Commissioners of every borough shall take 
into consideration and determine upon the amount 
and nature of compensation which they shall 
think ought to be given to any member of any 
body corporate, or officer or person whose office 

Von. 93. 








2” Augusti. 


‘ 


wn 


‘ 


n 


“ 


nan A 
nn 


“ce 


n 


‘ 
iT 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“c 
“cc 
“sé 
“ 


803 


shall be abolished, or who shall be removed from 

his office or deprived of fees and emoluments to 

which he would have been entitled ifthis Act had 

not been passed ; and in case and as soon as they 

shall have determined upon the amount or nature 

of the compensation to be given in any such case, 

they shall cause notice in writing to be given to 

such officer or person ; and in case the claim of 
such officer or person shall be admitted in part 

and disallowed in part, such notice shall specify 

the particulars in which the same shall have been 

admitted and disallowed respectively ; and in case 

the officer or person preferring such claim shall 

think himself aggrieved by the determination of 
the Commissioners thereon, it shall be lawful for 

the officer or person preferring such claim to 

appeal to the Lords Commissioners of Her Majes- 

ty’s Treasury, who shall thereupon make such 

order as to them shall seem just, and such order, 

signed by Three or more of such Lords Commis- 

sioners, shall be binding on all parties: Provided 

also, That the officer or person preferring such 

claim, if any Commissioners shall so require, upon 

receiving notice in wniting, shall from time to time 

attend at any meeting or adjourned meeting of. 
the Commissioners for the investigation of such 

claim, and then and there upon his oath or so- 

lemn affirmation, or his declaration to be taken 

or made before the said Commissioners (any one 

of whom is hereby authorized to administer the 

same), shall answer all such questions as shall be 
asked by any Commissioners touching the mat- 

ters set forth in the statement subscribed by such 

person as aforesaid, and produce all books, papers 

and writings in his possession, custody or power 

relating thereto: Provided also, That every such 

officer or person who shall be continued in or re- 

appointed to such office under the provisions of 
this Act, and who shall be subsequently removed 

from such office for any cause other than such 

misconduct, as would warrant removal from any 

office held during good behaviour, shall be entit- 

led to compensation in like manner as if he had 

been forthwith removed under the provisions of 
this Act, and had not been continued in or re- 

appointed to such office.” 

CriauseE (X.2.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
amount of the sum or annuity payable to any 
person as such compensation as aforesaid, if not 
forthwith paid, shall be secured to such person 
by a certificate or certificates, in writing, under 
the seal of the Commissioners of the borough out 
of the town fund, of which the same shall be 
payable, stating that the town fund of the town 
in which such person shall be or have been in 
office is liable to the payment to such persons, 
his executors or administrators or assigns, of the 
amount of such sum, with interest, and all arrears 
(if any), accrued due before the date of such 
certificate respectively ; and every such certificate 
shall be prepared and executed at the expense of 
such town fund respectively, and delivered to the 
person entitled to such compensation, as soon as 
conveniently may be after the amount thereof 
shall have been determined as aforesaid by the 
said Commissioners, or shall have been deter- 
mined in the event of such appeal as aforesaid, 
by order of the said Lords Commissioners.” 

Crause (Y. 2.) “ And be it Enacted, That when 
any person shall be entitled to any pension, allow- 
ance, stipend or sum of money payable out of 
the town fund of any borough which shall be 
sufficient for payment thereof, the said Commis- 
sioners of such borough shall give a certificate 
under their common seal to such person that such 
town fund is liable to the payment to such per- 
son, his executors and administrators, of such 
pension, allowance, stipend or sum of money, with 
all arrears thereof, if any, accrued due before the 
date of such certificate, and such certificate shall 

5K 2 “ be 





804. 


“ 
6 


- 
ns 


be prepared and executed at the expense of the 
town fund.” 

Cravuse (Z. 2.) “ And be it further Enacted, 
That the Commissioners to be ee in every 
borough in pursuance of this Act shall, in the 
month of January in every year, cause to be made 
out in writing and to be printed a full abstract of 
the accounts relating to the town fund of such 
borough for the year; and a copy thereof shall 
be deposited with such person resident in such 
town as the Commissioners shall appoint, and 
shall be open to the inspection of all the inhabi- 
tants of such town, and copies thereof shall be 
delivered to all inhabitants of such town applying 
for the same, on payment of One shilling for each 


copy.’ 

rn (A. 3.) “ And be it further Enacted, 
That the Commissioners to be elected in any 
borough in pursuance of this Act shall cause all 
their proceedings to be entered in writing in a 
book or books, which shall be submitted to the 
Lord Lieutenant as often as he shall require the 
same.” 

Cravuse(B. 3.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
the said Commissioners to be elected in any 
borough in pursuance of this Act shall from time 
to time, at such time as the said Lord Lieutenant 
shall direct, give to the said Lord Lieutenant 
requiring the same such information respecting 
their proceedings or any part thereof as the said 
Lord Lieutenant shall require.” 

Crause (C. 3.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
said Commissioners to be elected in any borough 
in pursuance of this Act shall, before the first day 
of March in each year, transmit to the Lord 
Lieutenant a general report of their proceedings 
within the year preceding, which report shall be 

repared in such form and manner as the Lord 
Listtennnt shall direct; and such report shall 
refer to the year ended upon the first of January 
of the year in which such report is hereby re- 
quired to be so transmitted, and such report, or 
an abstract thereof, shall be laid before both 
Houes of Parliament during their sitting in the 
same year in which the report shall be transmitted 
as aforesaid.” 

CravseE(D.3.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
the powers and duties of the Commissioners to be 
elected in any borough under this Act shall cease, 
in case and so soon as the town fund of such 
borough shall have been applied according to the 
directions hereinbefore contained and shall be 
entirely exhausted.” 

Crauss (E. 3.) “ And be it further Enacted, 
That in every borough named in the said Schedule 
(B.) from which no petition for a charter of in- 
corporation, signed as aforesaid, shall be presented 
to Her Majesty on or before the day to be named 
by the said Lord Lieutenant as hereinbefore is 
mentioned, and also in every borough named in 
the said Schedule (B.) to which no charter of 
incorporation, in pursuance of any petition signed 
as aforesaid, shall be granted within Twelve ca- 
lendar months next after the day to be named by 
the said Lord Lieutenant as aforesaid, and in 
which borough no Board of Commissioners shall 
be constituted, by reason of the body corporate in 
such borough not being seised or possessed of, or 
entitled to any property consisting of any real 
estate, or of or to any personal estate exceeding 
in annual amount or value the sum of One hun- 
dred pounds, the Mayor, Aldermen and Common 
Council or other governing officers of such body 
corporate, should pay or transfer the personal 
estate, if any, of or to which such body corporate 
shall be possessed or entitled to the Commis- 
sioners appointed in such town respectively by 


virtue of the said Act of the ninth year of the |. 


reign of King George the Fourth, in aid or diminu- 
tion of the rates to be received by them, or to any 








9° Augustt. 


“ 
“ 
“ce 
“ 





A. 1838. 


local Board or Boards of Commissioners or Trus- 
tees in such town appointed or to be appointed 
under any local Act or Acts of Parliament in 
such manner and in such proportion as the said 
Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council or go- 
verning officers shall think proper; and in case 
there shall be no such Commissioners or such 
Board as aforesaid, the whole of such surplus 
income and revenue shall be applied by the said 
Mayor, Aldermen and Common Council or other 
governing officers, under the direction of the 
Lord Lieutenant, for the public benefit of the 
inhabitants of such town respectively.” 

Crause (F. 3.) “ And be it further Enacted, 
That in case a charter of incorporation shall not 
be granted upon such petition as aforesaid to the 
town of Carrickfergus, then from and after the 
dissolution of the body corporate named in the 
said Schedule (B.) to this Act annexed in con- 
nexion with such town, if a sheriff of the said 
town shall not then have been appointed as here- 
inbefore is mentioned, the person who shall on 
the day preceding such dissolution fill the office 
of shevift of the said town, shall be and remain 
such sheriff, and fulfil and execute the duties of 
the said office, until the sheriff of the said town, 
to be appointed as hereinbefore is mentioned, shall 
come into office, and no longer.” 

CuiausE (G. 3.) “ And be it further Enacted, 
That all the powers, authorities, directions, pro- 
visions, regulations, clauses, matters and things 
hereinbefore contained, with respect to the as- 
signment to so many persons as Her Majesty shall 
think proper to act as Justices of the Peace in 
and for each of the boroughs, being counties of 
towns respectively, named in the said Schedule 
(A.), to which Her Majesty may be pleased to 
grant a Commission of Peace, and to the Clerk 
of such Justices, and to the grant of a separate 
Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace, or a 
Court of Record for the trial of civil actions, in 
and for such borough, and the proceedings therein, 
and to a Recorder of such borough, and the 
Clerk of the Crown or Clerk of the Peace therein, 
shall extend and be applied to the said town of 
Carrickfergus in the same manner as if such town 
had been named in Schedule (A.) to this Act an- 
nexed, except that no salary or emolument (other 
than fees) shall be paid to the Recorder of the 
said town of Carrickfergus, and that Her Majesty 
may grant that a Court of Quarter Sessions of 
the Peace and a Court of Record for the trial of 
civil actions, or either of them, shall be holden in 
and for such town without any petition for that 
purpose having been made to the Lord Lieutenant 
and Privy Council in Jreland; and that in the 
absence of the Recorder and Deputy Recorder 
the Clerk of the Peace or other person discharg- 
ing the duties of that office, and the Registrar of 
the Court of Record, instead of the Mayor, shall 
and they are hereby respectively authorized to 
open and adjourn over the said respective Courts, 
and to respite recognizances conditioned for ap- 
pearing at the same.” 

Curavuse (H. 3.) “ And whereas in several of the 
boroughs named in the said Schedule (B.) there 
are Courts of Record for the trial of civil actions, 
and such Courts, when well regulated, have been 
found useful to the inhabitants uf the said towns; 
Be it Enacted, That from and after the passing of 
this Act all the powers, authorities, usages and 
jurisdiction of any existing Court of Record in 
every town named in the said Schedule (B.) to 
this Act annexed in which the body corporate 
named in connexion with the said borough in the 
said Schedule shall be dissolved by virtue of this 
Act, whether the same shall have been established 
by usage, statute or otherwise, shall continue in 
the same manner as if this Act had not passed, 
until the Lord Lieutenant shall think proper to 

“ determine 





Q Vicroriz. 


. 
n 


n 
n 


n~ A 
nan An 


determine the same; and at any time it shall be 
lawful for the Lord Lieutenant, by an order under 
his hand, to declare that any such Court shall be 
discontinued at atime to be mentioned in such 
order, and to be not less than Two calendar 
months after the date of such order; and every 
such order shall be advertised in the Dublin 
Gazette ; and at the time appointed for that pur- 
pose in such order, such Court of Record, and 
all powers, authorities and jurisdictions thereof, 
shall wholly cease and determine, save only as to 
the execution of any decrees or orders of the said 
Court theretofore lawfully made; and the present 
Judge and other officers of the said Court shall, 
during the continuance thereof, remain in their 
respective offices notwithstanding he, they or any 
of them may have ceased to hold any office by 
virtue of which he or they shall be such Judge or 
officer or officers; and upon any future vacancy 
in the office of Judge of any such Court, the 
Lord Lieutenant shall appoint a fit person, being 
a Barrister of not less than Six years’ standing, 
to be Judge of such Court during the continuance 
thereof and his good behaviour, and upon any 
vacancy in any other office belonging to such 
Court the Judge of the Court shall appoint a fit 
person to supply such vacancy.” 

Crause (I. 3.) “ And whereas in several of the 
boroughs in Jreland named in the said Schedule 
(B.) there have been Courts for the recovery of 
Small Debts in a summary way, commonly called 
Courts of Conscience, and such Courts when well 
regulated have been found useful to the poorer 
inhabitants of the said boroughs, and it is expe- 
dient to make new and further provisions for the 
establishment and regulation of such Courts in 
certain cases; Be it Enacted, That from and 
after the passing of this Act all the powers, 
authorities and jurisdictions of any existing Court 
for the Recovery of Small Debts, commonl 
called the Court of Conscience, in every Selena 
named in the said Schedule (B.) to this Act an- 
nexed, in which the body corporate named in con- 
nexion with such borough in the said Schedule 
shall be dissolved by virtue of this Act, whether 
the same shall have been established by usage, 
statute or otherwise, shall continue in the same 
manner as if this Act had not passed, until the 
Lord Lieutenant shall think proper to determine 
the same; and at any time it shall be lawful for 
the Lord Lieutenant, by an order under his hand, 
to declare that any such Court shall be discon- 
tinued at a time to be mentioned in such order, 
and to be not less than Two calendar months 
after the date of such order; and every such 
order shall be advertised in the Dublin Gazette ; 
and at the time appointed for that purpose in 
such order such Court of Conscience, and all 
powers, authorities and jurisdictions thereof shall 
wholly cease and determine, save only as to the 
execution of any decrees or orders of the said 
Court theretofore lawfully made.” 

Ciause (K. 3.) “And be it further Enacted, 
That in case the Lord Lieutenant, with the advice 
and consent of Her Majesty’s Privy Council in 
Ireland, shall at any time think it expedient that 
any Court of Conscience now existing shall be 
continued, or that a Court of Conscience under 
such regulations as are herein contained shall be 
established in any borough named in the said 
Schedule (B.) to this Act annexed, in which the 
body corporate named in connexion with such 
borough in the said Schedule shall be dissolved 
by virtue of this Act, where no such Court now 
exists, then the Lord Lieutenant may appoint a 
fit person, being a Barrister of not less than Six 
years’ standing, who shall be and shall be called 
the Judge of the Court of Conscience for swch 
town, and shall hold such office during his good 
behaviour; and in the event of any vacancy in 

VoL. 93. 





2° August. 


“ 


“ 


805 


such office he may appoint a fit person to he such 
Judge ; and from and after the appointment of 
such Judge in such town a Court shall be holden 
for the Recovery of Small Debts, to be called the 
Court of Conscience of such borough, and the 
Judge or President of such Court shall have full 
power and authority to hear and determine in a 
summary way causes in all Small Debts between 
party and party, not exceeding in amount the sum 
of Forty shillings, where the cause of action 
shall have accrued within the said borough, or the 
defendant shall reside within the same.” 

Curause (L.3.) “ And be it Enacted, That any 
Recorder or Assistant Barrister, whose duties 
shall not prevent him from performing in addition 
thereto, the duties of a Judge of a Court of Con- 
science of any borough named in the said Sche- 
dule (B.), and who shall be willing to undertake 
such office, shall be appointed a Judge of a 
Pe of Conscience under the provisions of this 

ct.” 

Cravse (M.3.) “ And be it further Enacted, 
That it shall be lawful for the Judge of the Court 
of Conscience of any borough named in the said 
Schedule (B.), to appoint and remove at his plea- 
sure a clerk and i necessary officers of such 
court; and where the Recorder shall be the Judge 
of the Court of Conscience, the Registrar of the 
Court of Record shall also be the Clerk of the 
Court of Conscience.” 

Crause(N.3.) “ And be it further Enacted, 
That all the powers, authorities, directions, provi- 
sions, regulations, clauses, matters and _ things 
hereinbefore contained, with respect to the pro- 
ceedings of Courts of Conscience in the boroughs 
named in Schedule (A.) to this Act annexed, 
(except the power of appeal to the Recorder of 
the borough), shall extend and are hereby extend- 
ed to the Courts of Conscience to be continued 
or established by the Lord Lieutenant, with the 
advice and consent of Her Majesty’s Privy 
Council of [reland as aforesaid.” 

Ciause (O.3.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That in any borough named in the said 
Schedule (B.), in which the body corporate named 
in connexion with such borough in the said Sche- 
dule shall be dissolved by virtue of this Act, 
wherein the Town Clerk 1s now in right of his 
office Clerk of the Peace, Registrar of the Court 
of Record for the trial of civil actions, and clerk 
of the Court of Conscience, or in such right holds 
any of those offices, the person who shall be such 
Town Clerk on the day preceding such dissolu- 
tion, shall continue to hold the same offices re- 
spectively, or such of them as are now held by 
him, durmg good behaviour, under the provisions 
of this Act.” 

Crause (P.3.).“ And be it further Enacted, 
That the accounts for the receipt and expenditure 
of every corporation, or of such Commissioners 
as aforesaid, shall, from and after the passing of 
this Act, be referred by the Secretary of State to 
the Commissioners appointed or to be appointed 
for auditing public accounts, under an Act passed 
in the twenty-fifth ee of the reign of his Ma- 
jesty King George the Third, intituled, ‘ An Act 
for the better examining and auditing the Public 
Accounts of this Kingdom,’ also under an Act 
passed in the forty-sixth year of the reign of his 
said late Majesty pss. George the Third, inti- 
tuled, ‘An Act for making more effectual provi- 
sion for the more speedy and regular Examination 
and Audit of the Public Accounts of this Kingdom,’ 
and also under an Act passed in the first and 
second years of the reign of his late Majesty 
King George the Fourth, intituled, ‘ An Act to 
alter and abolish certain Forms of Proceedings in 
the Exchequer and Audit Office relative to Public 
Accountants, and for making further Provisions 
for the purpose of facilitating and expediting the 

5K3 “ passing 











806 


“ 
‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


nn 


x 


a“ 
n 


wn 
nx 


x An 
nan OK 


~ aA 
nn 


a aA 
un wn 


clude” in 1. 38. 


“ 


“é 


ce 


cc 


insert two new Schedules, marked (B.) and (C.) 


and ” in 1, 33. 


passing of Public Accounts in Great Britain; 
and to render perpetual and amend an Act passed 
in the fifty-fourth year of his late Majesty, for 
the effectual Examination of the Accounts of cer- 
tain Colonial Revenues,’ and all the powers and 
provisions now in force of the same Acts, shall 
extend and be applicable to the examination, 
audit, and discharge of the accounts of the said 
boroughs by the said Commissioners as far as their 
powers and provisions are applicable thereto.” 

Cuiause (Q. 3.) “ And be it further Enacted, 
That it shall be lawful for the Commissioners of 
Her Majesty’s Treasury for the time being, or any 
Three or more of them, from time to time, by 
warrant under their hands, to direct such new 
arrangements in the office of the said Commis- 
sioners for auditing public accounts, and to assign 
to the Commissioners individually or es pte 
the exercise of such duties, and to make suc 
orders and regulations in respect to the conduct 
of the business of the office as the said Com- 
missioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury shall deem 
expedient, and best calculated to insure the most 
prompt and speedy examination and audit of the 
accounts of the receipt and expenditure of the said 
boroughs.” 

Crause(R.3.) “ And be it further Enacted, 
That after any borough named in the said Sche- 
dule (B.) to this Act annexed, shall be dissolved 
by virtue of this Act, the Sheriff of the County or 
his Deputy shall be the returning officer at all: 
elections (if any) of a Member or Members of 
Parliament for such borough.” 

Pr.197. 1.26. After “crown” insert “or any Lord 
of any Manor, or any person or persons other than 
the member or members of a body corporate in 
his or their corporate capacity, or a person or 
persons elected or appointed by any such body 
corporate, or some member or members thereof.” 

Pr. 197. 1. 31. Leave out from “ corporate ” to 


Pr. 197. 1. 35. Leave out from “to” to “ in- 


Pr. 197. 1. ult. Leave out “ bodies,” and insert 
body.” 

Pr. 198. 1.1. Leave out “ respectively.” 

Pr. 199. 1.19. After “ Roll” insert “ Burgess 
List.” 

(In Schedule (A.) to the Bill.) 

Pr. 200. Is. 4 and 5. Leave out “ Parliamentary 
Boundaries to be taken.” 

Pr. 200. 1.11. In the second column leave out | 
2” interlined, and insert “ 3.” 


Leave out Schedule (B.) annexed to the Bill, and 


“ SCHEDULE (B.) 











Borough. Style of Corporate Body. 

Ardee - - | The Portreeve, Burgesses and Commons of the Corpo- | 
ration of Atherdee, | 

Armagh = - | The Sovereign, Free Burgesses and Commonalty of the | 
Borough of Armagh. 

Athlone - | The Sovereign, Bailiffs, Burgesses and Freemen of the 
Town of Athlone. 

Athy - - | The Sovereign, Bailiffs, Free Burgesses and Common- 
alty of the Borough of Athy 

Bardon - | The Provost, Free Burgesses and Commonalty of the 
Borough of Bandon Bridge. 

Boyle - - | The Borough Master, Free Burgesses and Commonalty 
of the Borough of Boyle. 

Callan - - | The Sovereign, Burgesses and Freemen of Callan. 

Carlow - | The Sovereign, Free Burgesses and Commonalty of the 


Carrickfergus 
Cashel - 


Charleville 


Charleville. 
Cloghnakilty - | The Sovereign, Free Burgesses and Commonalty of the | 
Borough of Cloghnakilty. | 
Coleraine - | The Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Town of | 


2° Augusti. | 





A. 1838. 


SCHEDULE (B. )—continued. 

















Borough. | Style of Corporate Body. 

Dingle - | The Sovereign, Burgesses and Commonalty of the Town 
of Dingle-i-couch. 

Dundalk - | The Bailiff, Burgesses and Commonalty of the Borough 
of Dundalk. 

Dungannon - | The Provost, Free Burgesses and Commons of the 
Borough of Dungannon. 

Ennis - - | The Provost, Free Burgesses and Commonalty of the 
Town of Ennis. 

Enniscorthy - | The Portreeve, Free Burgesses and Commonalty of the 
Borough of Enniscorthy. 

Enniskillen - | The Portreeve, Free Burgesses and Commonalty of the 
Borough of Enniskillen. 

Fethard - | The Sovereign, Chief Burgesses, Portreeve and Freemen 
of the Town of Fethard. 

Gorey - - | The Sovereign, Burgesses and Free Commons of the 
Borough and Town of Newborough. 

Kells - - | The Sovereign, Provosts, Burgesses and Commonalty of 
the Borough of Kells. 

Kinsale - | The Sovereign, Burgesses and Commonalty of the Town 
of Kinsale. 

Longford - | The Sovereign, Bailiffs and Burgesses of the Borough 
of Longford. 

Maryborough | The Burgomaster, Bailiffs, Burgesses and Commonalty 
of Maryborough. 

Monaghan ~- | The Provost, Free Burgesses and Commonalty of the 
Borough of Monaghan. 

Naas - - | The Sovereign, Provost, Burgesses and Commonalty of 
Naas. 

Navan - - | The Portreeve, Burgesses and Freemen of the Town or 
Borough of Navan. 

New Ross - | The Sovereign and Burgesses of New Ross. 

Portarlington | The Sovereign, Bailiffs and Burgesses of the Borough 
and Town of Portarlington. 

Strabane - | The Provost, Free Burgesses and Commonalty of the 
Town of Strabane. 

Tralee - - | The Provost, Free Burgesses and Commonalty of the 
Borough of Tralee. 

Trim - - | The Portreeve, Burgesses and Freemen of Trim. 

Tuam - - | The Sovereign, Free Burgesses and Commonalty of the 
Borough of Tuam. 

Wexford - | The Mayor, Bailiffs, Free Burgesses and Commonalty of 
the Town or Borough of Wexford. 

Youghal - | The Mayor, Bailiffs, Burgesses and Commonalty of the 


Town of Youghal. 





meets the 





Borough of Catherlagh. 
The Mayor, Sheriff, Burgesses and Commonalty of the 
Town of Carrickfergus. 


BELFAST. 


which the 





The Mayor, Aldermen, Bailiffs, Citizens and Commons 
of the City of Cashel. 


Coleraine. 





The Sovereign, Bailiffs and Burgesses of the Borough of 





“ SCHEDULE (C.) 


1.—BELFAST. 





GENERAL BOUNDARY. 


FROM the point at which the River Blackstaff meets the water- 
course which flows along the street called Donegal Pass, along the 
said watercourse, to the point at which Donegal Pass crosses the 
aqueduct which supplies the town; thence, southward, along the 
aqueduct to the point at which the same joins the stream by which 
it is fed; thence, westward, along the said stream to the point at 
which the same meets Blackstaff-lane ; thence along the south side 
of Blackstaff-lane to the centre of the brick building of the reser- 
voir or fountain ; thence in a straight line to a circular building at 
a spring head or well called Tea-lane Fountain ; thence ina straight 
line to another circular bricked fountain or well in the grounds near 
the flax mill belonging to Messrs. Murphy and Company; thence 
in a straight line to the south-eastern angle of the boundary of the 
townland of Edenderry ; thence, northward, along the said townland 
boundary to the point at which the same meets a stream; thence, 
westward, along the said stream to the point at which the same 


western wall of Mr. Francis M‘Cracken’s rope-walk ; 


thence, northward, along the wall of the said rope-walk to the 
point at which the same meets the Shank Hill Road; thence in a 
straight line to the southernmost point at which the boundary of 
the new burying ground meets the Antrim Road; thence, north- 
ward, along the Antrim Road to the point at which the same meets 
the road leading from the Antrim Road to the old road from Belfast 
to Carrickfergus; thence along the said road leading to the old 
road to Carrickfergus to the point at which the same meets the old 
road from Belfast to Carrickfergus; thence, northward, along the 
old road from Belfast to Carrickfergus to the point at which the 
same meets the mill water ; thence, eastward, along the mill water 
to the point at which the same meets the shore of Belfast Lough ; 
thence, southward, along the shore of Belfast Lough to the point at 


same meets the northern boundary of the townland of 


Ballymacarrett ; thence, eastward, along the boundary of the town- 
land of Ballymacarrett to the southernmost point at which the same 
meets the river Lagan ; thence, southward, along the River Lagan 
to the point at which the same meets the River Blackstaff ; thence 
along the River Blackstaff to the point first described. 


To be divided into five wards according to the following 
boundaries ; and in every of such wards there shall 
be two aldermen and six councillors, 


No. 1.—Dockx Warp. 


From the south-eastern angle of Donegal-quay, westward, along 
Donegal-quay, to the point at which the same meets Waring- 
street ; thence along Waring-street to the point at which the 
same meets Mary-street ; thence, northward, along Mary-street 
to the point at which the same meets Gordon-street ; thence, 


eastward, 








2 Vicroriz. 





9° Augusti. 807 





BELFAST—continued 


SCHEDULE (C. )—continued. 


eastward, along Gordon-street to the point at which the same 
meets James-street ; thence along James-street to the point at 
which the same meets Great Patrick-street ; thence, westward, 
along Great Patrick-street to the point at which the same 
meets Frederick-street ; thence along Frederick-street to the 
point at which the same meets North Queen-street ; thence, 
northward, along North Queen-street to the point at which the 
same meets the boundary of the borough ; thence, northward, 


along the boundary of the borough to the point first described. 


No. 2.-Sr. Ann’s Warp. 

From the point at which Waring-street meets Mary-street, north- 
ward, along Mary-street, to the point at which the same meets 
Gordon-street ; thence, eastward, along Gordon-street, to the 
point at which the same meets James’s-street ; thence along 
James’s-street to the point at which the same meets Great 
Patrick-street ; thence, westward, along Great Patrick-street 
to the point at which the same meets Frederick-street ; thence 
along Frederick-street to the point at which the same meets 
North Queen-street ; thence, northward, along North Queen- 
street to the point at which the same meets the boundary of 
the borough ; thence, westward, along the boundary of the 
borough to the point at which the same meets the Old Lodge 
Road ; thence, eastward, along the Old Lodge Road to the 
point at which the same meets North-street ; thence, eastward, 
along North-street to the point at which the same meets 
Waring-street ; thence along Waring-street to the point first 
described. 

No. 3.--SmirHFrieLtp Warp. 


From the point at which North-street meets Rosemary-street, 
along Rosemary-street, to the point at which the same meets 
Hercules-place ; thence, southward, along Hercules-place, 
passing in front of the northern bank, to the northern end of 
Donegal-place ; thence along Donegal-place to the point at 
which the same meets Donegal-square North; thence, west- 
ward, along Donegal-square North to the point at which the 
same meets Wellington-place ; thence along Wellington-place 
to the point at which the same meets College-square East ; 
thence, northward, along College-square East to the point at 
which the same meets College-square North; thence, westward, 
along College-square North to the point at which the same 
meets Durham-street; thence, northward, along Durham- 
street to the point at which the same meets Pound-street ; 
thence, along Pound-street to the point at which the same 
meets the boundary of the borough ; thence, northward, along 
the boundary of the borough to the point at which the same 
meets the Old Lodge Road ; thence, eastward, along the Old 
Lodge Road to the point at which the same meets North-street ; 
thence, eastward, along North-street to the point first described. 


No. 4.--St. Grorce’s Warp. 

From the south-eastern angle of Donegal-quay, westward, along 
Donegal Quay, to the point at which the same meets Waring- 
street ; thence along Waring-street to the point at which the 
same meets Rosemary-street ; thence along Rosemary-street to 
the point at which the same meets Hercules-place ;_ thence, 
southward, along Hercules-place, and passing in front of the 
northern bank, to the northern end of Donegal-place ; thence 
along Donegal-place to the point at which the same meets 
Donegal-square North; thence, eastward, along Donegal-square 
North, to the point at which the same meets Chichester-street; 
thence along Chichester-street to the point at which the same 
meets the River Lagan; thence, southward, along the River 
Lagan to the new bridge over the River Lagan; thence, east- 
ward, along the new road from Belfast to Bangor to the point 
at which the same meets the old road from Belfast to Bangor ; 
thence, eastward, along the Bangor Road to the point at which 
the same crosses the boundary of the borough ; thence, north- 
ward, along the boundary of the borough -to the point first 
described. 


No. 5.—Cromac Warp. 


From the point at which the boundary of the borough crosses 
Pound-street, southward, along Pound-street, to the point at 
which the same meets Durham-street ; thence along Durham- 
street to the point at which the same meets College-square 
North; thence along College-square North, to the point at 
which the same meets College-square East; thence along 
College-square East to the point at which the same meets 
Wellington-place ; thence along Wellington-place to the point 
at which the same meets Donegal-square North ; thence along 
Donegal-square North to the point at which the same meets 
Chichester-street ; thence along Chichester-street to the point 
at which the same meets the River Lagan ; thence, southward, 
along the River Lagan to the new bridge over the River Lagan; 
thence, eastward, along the new road from Belfast to Bangor 
to the point at which the same meets the old road from 
Belfast to Bangor; thence, eastward, along the Bangor-road 
to the point at which the same crosses the boundary of the 
borough ; thence, southward, along the boundary of the borough 
to the point first described. 








2.—CLONMEL. 





GENERAL BOUNDARY, being the PARLIAMENTARY BounbDary. 





CLONMEL, 


FROM the point at which the western inclosure wall of the 
| House of Industry meets the River Suir, along the said western 


/ wall to the point at which the same meets Marl-street ; thence along 


\ St. Stephen’s-lane to the point at which the same meets the old 
| Cahir-road ; thence, eastward, along the old Cahir-road to the 


} 


"Vou. 93. 











| 
| 


SCHEDULE (C. )—continued. 


point at which the same is met by a lane running northward ; 
thence, northward, along the said lane to the point at which the 
same is met by the first bank on the right; thence, eastward, along 
the said bank to the point at which the same is met by a lane 
coming from the north and turning to the east ; thence, eastward, 
along the last-mentioned lane to the point at which the same meets 
Heywood-street ; thence along a bank which runs eastward from a 
house a little to the south of the point last described, to the point 
at which the said bank meets a small bye-lane leading to the Cashel- 
road ; thence, southward, along the said Cashel-road to the point 
at which the same is met by the southern boundary wall of the park 
or pleasure-grounds of Mr. David Malcolmson; thence along the 
said boundary wall to the point where the said wall meets Upper 
Johnson-street ; thence, eastward along Backbone-lane to the 
extremity thereof; thence to a point in the new road to Fethard, 
which point is Sixty-four yards to the north of the spot at which 
the said road is crossed by Bonlie-lane; thence, southward, for 
Sixty-four yards to the said spot where the Fethard-road is crossed 
by Bonlie-lane ; thence, eastward, along Bonlie-lane for about Six 
hundred and forty-four yards to a point at which the same is met 
by a bank on the right, opposite a small house ; thence, southward, 
along the said bank for the distance of about Two hundred and nine 
yards to the point where it is met by another bank running eastward; 
thence, eastward, along the last-mentioned bank for about Fifty 
yards to a point where the same makes an angle in turning to the 
south ; thence, southward, for about Fifty yards along a bank which 
leads to a bye-road to Powerstown until the said bank reaches the 
said bye-road ; thence, eastward, along the said bye-road for the 
distance of about Two hundred and seventeen yards to the spot 
where it is met by the first bank on the right; thence in a straight 
line to the most northern point of a bank on the ‘southern side of 











3 the Dublin-road, which point is distant about Four hundred and 
.B | sixty-four yards from a stone in Barrack-street which marks the 
= south-eastern corner of the Ordnance land ; thence along the last- 

mentioned bank to the point at which the same meets the River 
if Suir; thence along the southernmost channel of the River Suir, as 
3 far as Moore’s Island ; thence along the channel of the same to the . 
= | north of Moore’s Island to the point first described. 
iS To he divided into three wards, according to the 
on following boundaries ; and in every such ward there 
eo shall be Two aldermen and Six councillors. 

No. 1.--East Warp. 

East ward to be bounded on the north and east by that portion 
of the north and east exterior boundary which extends from 
the Fethard-road to the Waterford-road ; on the west by Upper 
Johnson-street and Johnson-street ; and on the south by a line 
going eastward from the south end of Johnson-street, through 
Main-street, Barrack-street and the Waterford-road, till it 
meets the exterior boundary. 

No. 2.--West Warp. 

West ward to be bounded on the north and west by that portion 
of the north and west exterior boundary lying between the 
Fethard-road and Marl-street ; on the east by a line running 
along Upper Johnson-street and Johnson-street; and on the 
south by a line going west from the south end of Johnson- 
street, along Main-street, Irish-town and Marl-street, till it 
meets the exterior boundary at the House of Industry. 

No. 3.—Sourn Warp. 

South ward to be bounded on the south by the south exterior 
boundary in its whole length along the River Suir; on the 
east by that portion of the eastern exterior boundary lying 
between the River Suir and the Waterford-road ; on the west 
by that portion of the western exterior boundary lying between 
the River Suir and Marl-street; and on the north by a line 
going eastward, along Marl-street, Irish-town, Main-street, 
Barrack-street and the Waterford-road, till it meets the east 

\ exterior boundary. 

3.—CORK. 
GENERAL BOUNDARY. 

r FROM the point where Silver Stream-lane meets the Dub- 
lin-road, northward, along the said lane to the Upper Glanmire- 
road ; thence in a straight line and north direction to the spring 
and stream that flows into the Glen River ; thence follow the stream 
to the river ; thence, west, along the River Glen to the eastern wall 
of Gallaghan’s distillery ; thence, northward, along the said wall to 
Spring-lane ; thence, east, along Spring-lane to Ballyvo-road ; 
thence in a straight line and westerly direction to the junction of 
the Mallow and old Dublin-roads ; thence in a straight line and 
westerly direction to the junction of Fairfield-lane and Brocklesbury- 

. | street; thence in a straight line and southerly direction to the west 
4 } end of Water-lane; thence to a point in Fair-lane, Five hundred 
&amp; yards to the north of the junction of the said lane with Corbett’s- 
© | lane; thence to a point on the Granagher-road, Four hundred yards 


from its junction with Blarney-road ; thence in a straight line to a 
junction of the lane (near Skilla-lane) leading to the city gaol with 
the Blarney-road ; thence along the lane leading to the city gaol to 
the south-west corner of the surrounding wall of the said gaol ; 
thence in a straight line to a point on the Sunday Well-road Three 
hundred yards to the east of Wellington-bridge; thence in a straight 
line to a point on the Mardyke-walk, Seven hundred yards to the 
east of the lane Jeading from Wellington Bridge to the said Mardyke- 
walk ; thence in a straight line to the road leading to the county 
gaol; thence along the said road to the north-east corner of the 

surrounding 





5K 4 






} 
| 
| 














808 





2° Auguste. 





A. 1838. 





CORK—continued. 














SCHEDULE (C.)—continued. 


surrounding wall of the said county gaol; thence along the said 
north-east wall to the Northern Macroom and Bandon-road ; thence 
in a straight line to a point on the Bandon-road, One hundred and 
twenty yards west of the junction of the said road with the southern 
Macroom and Bandon-road ; thence in a straight line to a point on 
the Kinsale-road, Three hundred and seventy yards from the junction 
of Lough-lane with the Bandon-road, and measured along the 
middle of Lough-lane and the Kinsale-road ; thence in a straight 
line to the junction of Poula Duff-road with Gallow’s-green ; thence 
in a straight line and south-east direction to the point where the 
new Burying-ground-lane meets Friar’s-walk ; thence along the new 
Burying-ground-lane to the Curragh-road ; thence in a north-east 
direction along the Curragh-road to Evergreen-road ; thence in a 
straight line and north-east direction to a point on the Passage- 
road where a lane leads from the said road to the junction of the 
Black Rock-road with Boreen Managh-lane ; thence along the said 
lane to the point of junction of the said Black Rock-road and Boreen 
Managh-lane ; thence, east, along the said Black Rock-road to Lucy 
Ville-lane ; thence in a straight line to the nearest point of the 
surrounding wall of the city gas works ; thence along the eastern 
wall of the said gas works, to the nearest point of the river; thence, 
eastward, along the high-water mark to the point nearest the old 
castle ; thence across the river to the first-named point. 


To be divided into eight wards, according to the follow- 
ing boundaries ; in every of which wards there shall 
be Two Aldermen and Six Councillors. 


No. 1.—Lrer Warp. 


From the point where Fair-lane meets the borough boundary 
proceed, southward, along Fair-lane, Baily’s-lane, Rogerson- 
lane, Bishop’s-lane, Manning’s-lane to Dominick-street ; east- 
ward, along Dominick-street to Widderly-lane, along Wid- 
derly-lane to the River Lee ; westward, along the River Lee 
to the borough boundary; northward, along the borough 
boundary to the point first described. 


No, 2.—Sr. Parricx’s Warp. 


From the point where Fair-lane meets the borough boundary 
proceed, southward, along Fair-lane, Baily’s-lane, Rogerson- 
lane, Bishop’s-lane, Manning’s-lane, to Dominick-street ; east- 
ward, along Dominick-street to Widderly-lane, along Widderly- 
lane to the River Lee, thence along the River Lee to St. 
Patrick’s Bridge ; northward, up Bridge-street, St. Patrick's 
Hill, Audley-place ; eastward, along the old road to Youghal 
to the point at which it is intersected by the new road to Bally- 
hooly ; thence along the new road to Ballyhooly to the boun- 
dary of the borough ; westward, along the boundary of the 
borough to the first-named point. 


No. 3.—Gtanmire Warp. 


From St. Patrick’s Bridge, north, up Bridge-street, St. Patrick’s 
Hill, Audley-place ; east, along the old road to Youghal to the 
point at which it is intersected by the new road to Ballyhooly, 
thence along the new road to Ballyhooly to the borough boun- 
dary ; east, along the borough boundary to the River Lee ; 
thence, west, along the River Lee’to the point first described. 


No. 4.—Corn Market Warp. 


From Parliament Bridge, east, along the south channel of the 
River Lee to the borough boundary ; thence, south, along the 
borough boundary to Friar’s-walk ; north, along Friar’s-walk 
to Cat-lane ; west, along Cat-lane, Bluecoat-street, Abbey- 
street, Travers-street, Drunam-street ; east, along Sullivan’s- 
quay to the point first described. 


No. 5.—Sr. Fix Barr’s Warp. 


From the point where Friar’s-walk meets the borough boundary, 
north, along Friar’s-walk to Cat-lane ; west, along Cat-lane to 
Bluecoat-street, along Bluecoat-street, across Abbey-street, 
along Travers-street, Drunam-street, Sullivan’s-quay, to Par- 
liament Bridge ; west, along the southern branch of the River 
Lee to South Bridge; northward, up South Main-street to 
Great George-street ; east, along Great George-street to Wan- 
desford-street, along Wandesford-street to Clarke’s Bridge ; 
west, along the south branch of the River Lee to the borough 
boundary ; south, along the borough boundary to the point 
first described. 


No. 6.—Mansion Housrt Warp. 


From North Bridge proceed, south, along North Main-street to 
Great George-street to Wandesford-street, along Wandesford- 
street to Clarke’s Bridge ; thence, west, along the south branch 
of the River Lee to the borough boundary ; north, along the 
borough boundary to the north branch of the River Lee ; 
east, along the north branch of the River Lee to the point first 
described. 


No. 7.—ExcHance Warp. 


From North Bridge proceed, south, along North Main-street, 
along South Main-street, to South Bridge ; east, along the 
south channel of the River Lee to the point opposite Queen- 
street, thence to Queen-street, along Queen-street to South 
Mall ; west, along South Mall to Marlboro’-street, along Marl- 
boro’-street, across St. Patrick’s-street, to Academy-street, 
along Academy-street, Halfmoon-street, to the north channel ; 
west, along the north channel to the point first described. 


CORK—continued. 


SCHEDULE (C. )—continued. 


No. 8. —Custom House Warp. 


| 

| From the point on the south channel of the River Lee opposite 
| Queen-street, proceed direct to Queen-street ; north, along 
Queen-street to South Mall; west, along South Mall to Marl- 
\ boro’-street, along Marlboro’-street, across St. Patrick’s-street, 
to Academy-street, along Academy-street, Halfmoon-street, to 
| the north channel ; east, along the north channel and round 
the island; and west, along the south channel to the point 
\ first described. 





DROGHEDA. 


4.—DROGHEDA. 


GENERAL BOUNDARY. 


( FROM the point called Liberty Bridge, near Greenhills, on the 
left bank of the River Boyne, east of the town, where a small stream 
enters the river in an easterly direction, up Cord-lane to the south- 
east corner of the burial-ground ; thence, northerly, along the east 
boundary wall of the burial-ground up the lane to Scarlet-lane , 
thence to the north-west corner of the gaol-wall; thence in a 
straight line to the north-east corner of Harman’s garden-wall ; 
thence, southerly, round; the garden-wall to the south-west corner ; 
thence in a straight line to the cross-roads at the top of Windmill- 
lane; thence to the north road to the point where the Parlia- 
mentary boundary crosses it ; thence in a straight line, keeping the 
Parliamentary boundary, to the south-west corner of Laburnum 
nursery, being about Three hundred yards; thence in a straight 
line to the junction of Mell-lane and Collon-road ; thence in a 
straight line to low-water mark, left bank of the river; thence, 
diagonally across the river, down stream to a sluice where a small 
stream enters the river and the Parliamentary boundary crosses ; 
thence to the south end of Mr. Ball’s house, Ball’s-grove ; thence 
to the junction of a lane coming from the south with the road to 
Navan and the Black Lion near a stone quarry, and about Two 
hundred and fifty yards south of the river; thence in a straight 
line to Levan’s Bridge ; thence, keeping the course of the brook, 
westerley, to Cooley Bridge ; thence in a straight line to the south- 
east angle of the boundary wall of St. Mary’s Church-yard, being 
part of the old town walls; thence in a straight line to the Dublin- 
road at the point of junction with a kane running north from 
Cromwell’s Mount; thence in a straight line to the east end of 
Mr. Weir's new house on the road to Morningtown; and thence 
across the river to the point first described. 


To be divided into Three wards, according to the fol- 
lowing boundaries; in every of which wards there 
shall be Two aldermen and Six councillors. 


No. 1.—West Gate Warp. 


ComMeEnciNG at the borough boundary on the north road, and 
thence in a south-easterly direction down the centre of the 
north road to its intersection with Fair-street ; thence, easterly, 
down Fair-street to its intersection with Scholes-lane ; thence, 
southerly, down Scholes-lane to its intersection with West- 
street ; thence, easterly, down West-street to its intersection 
with Shop-street ; thence, southerly, down Shop-street, over 
the bridge, up the Bull-ring, to its intersection with Barrack- 
lane ; thence, south-westerly, up Barrack-lane, past the bar- 
racks, to its intersection with Duleek-street ; thence up Du- 
leek-street to the borough boundary at Cooley Bridge ; thence, 
westerly, round the borough boundary, across the river, keep- 
ing the boundary, to the point first named. The whole of 
the area within this line to form West-gate ward. 


No. 2.—Fair Gate Warp. 


ComMENcING at the borough boundary on the north road as 
before, and coming in a south-easterly direction down the 
centre of the north road to its intersection with Fair-street ; 

| thence, easterly, down Fair-street to its intersection with 

Scholes-lane ; thence, southerly, down Scholes-lane to its in- 

tersection with West-street; thence, easterly, down West- 

street to its intersection with Peter-street ; thence, northerly, 
up Peter-street to where it meets the ends of William-street 
and Fair-street ; thence, easterly, down William-street to its 
intersection with Palace-street ; thence, northerly, up Palace- 
street to its intersection with Scarlet-lane ; thence, easterly, 
down Scarlet-lane to the borough boundary ; thence, westerly, 
round the borough boundary to the point first named on. the 
north road. The whole of the area within this line to form 
Fair-gate ward. 





No. 3.—Sr. Lawrence Gate Warp. 


ComMeENcING at the west end of St. Lawrence-street, where that 
street, Peter-street, West-street and Shop-street all meet ; 
thence, northerly, up Peter-street till it meets the ends of Fair- 
street and William-street ; thence, easterly, down William- 
street to its intersection with Palace-street ; thence, northerly, 
up Palace-street to its intersection with Scarlet-lane ; thence, 
Easterly, down Scarlet-lane to the borough boundary ; thence, 
southerly, along the borough boundary, crossing the river, and 
continuing the boundary, to Cooley Bridge ; thence, northerly, 
down Duleek-street, keeping the eastern boundary of West- 
gate ward, to the intersection of Shop-street, Lawrence-street 
and Peter-street, being the point first named. The whole of 

° the area within this line to form St. Lawrence-gate ward. 














5.—DUBLIN. 





2 Vicroriz. 





2° August. 


809 





DUBLIN. 





SCHEDULE (C.)—continued. 


5.--DUBLIN. 


GENERAL BOUNDARY. | 


FROM the point of intersection of Park-gate street with a road | 
running northerly along the Phenix Park-wall, along the said 
Phenix Park-wall until it meets the Circular-road, and easterly, | 
along the Circular-road to the west end of the Roman Catholic | 
chapel of Saint Peter; thence, northerly, in a straight line to the 
west end of Mr. Hay’s mill, about Three hundred and sixty yards 
to the westward of Westmoreland Bridge across the Royal canal ; 
thence in a direct line across the Royal canal to its northern bank ; 
thence, south-east, along the northern bank of the Royal canal to 
Jones’s Bridge; thence, northward, along the road forming the con- 
tinuation of Russell-street and Jones's Bridge to its junction with the 
Clonliffe-road; thence north-eastward along said Clonliffe-road, and 
Ballybough Bridge to the centre of said Bailybough Bridge; thence, 
easterly, along the centre of the River Tolka to the centre of An- 
nesley Bridge ; thence, south-east, in the direction of a point dis- 
tant perpendicularly, northward, Three hundred yards from the 
south-east corner of the wall extending from Annesley Bridge to the 
east wall, to the point where such line is intersected by the prolon- 
gation of a line drawn between two points, the one distant Three 
hundred yards perpendicularly eastward from the north-east corner 
of the east wall, the other distant perpendicularly Three hundred 
yards eastward from the south-east corner of Mr. Halpin’s patent 
slip in the Ballast-office yard; thence, southward, along the last- 
mentioned line and in continuation thereof until such line reaches 
the mid-channel of the River Liffey ; thence, westward, along the 
mid-channel of the River Liffey until the line thus drawn is inter- 
sected by a line drawn from the centre of Ringsend Bridge to a 
point on the north wall Two hundred and forty yards (measured 
along the said wall) from its eastern termination; thence, southerly, 
along the last-mentioned line to the centre of Ringsend Bridge ; 
thence, westward, along the road to Dublin (being a continuation 
of Great Brunswick-street) until it intersects Barrow-street; thence, 
southward, along Barrow-street to its point of intersection with 
Grand Canal-street ; thence, westward, along Grand Canal-street to 
Macquay Bridge; thence, in a westerly direction, along the southern 
bank of the Grand Canal to its point of intersection with the branch 
leading to the City Basin near Griffith Bridge ; thence, northward, 
in a straight line to the turnpike-gate, No. 3, at the south-west | 
angle of the Circular-road ; thence, northward, along the said road, | 
through Island Bridge, and over Tarah Bridge across the Liffey, to | 
its point of intersection with Conyngham-road ; thence, eastward, 
along Conyngham-road and Park Gate-street to the point first 
described. 





To be divided into Sixteen wards, according to the fol- 
lowing boundaries; and in every of such wards 
there shall be One Alderman and Three Councillors. 


No. 1.—Corttece Warp. 


From the centre of Carlisle Bridge, southward, along Carlisle 
Bridge, Westmoreland-street, the east side of College-green 
and Grafton-street, to the point of intersection of said Graf- 
ton-street with Nassau-street ; thence, south-east, along Nas- 
sau-street and Leinster-street to the point of intersection of 
said Leinster-street with Park-street ; thence, eastward, along 
Park-street and Harcourt-place, to the point of intersection of 
said Harcourt-place with Cumberland-street ; thence, north- 
ward, along Cumberland-street to its point of intersection with 
Great Brunswick-street ; thence, east, along Great Bruns- 
wick-street, the Dublin-road and Ringsend Bridge, to the 
borough boundary; thence, northward, along the borough 
boundary to the middle channel of the River Liffey ; thence, 
west, through the middle channel of the River Liffey to the 
point first described. 


No. 2.--Merrion Warp. 


From the point of intersection of Nassau-street with Dawson- 
street south, along Dawson-street to the point of intersection 
of said Dawson-street with Saint Stephen’s-green north ; 
thence, south-east, along Saint Stephen’s-green north and 
Merrion-row to the point of intersection of said Merrion-row 
with Upper Merrion-street ; thence, northward, along Upper 
Merrion-street to its point of intersection with Merrion-square 
south ; thence, south-east, along Merrion-square south, Upper 
Mount-street and Huband Bridge, to the east end of said 
Huband Bridge; thence, North-east, along the eastern bank 
of the Grand Canal to Macquay Bridge; thence, south-east, 
along Grand Canal-street to its point of intersection with Bar- 
row-street; thence, northward, along Barrow-street to its 
point of intersection with Great Brunswick-street ; thence, 
westward, along Great Brunswick-street to its point of inter- 
section with Cumberland-street ; thence, southward, along 
Cumberland-street to its point of intersection with Harcourt- 
place; thence, westward, along Harcourt-place and Park- 
street to the point of intersection of said Park-street with 
Leicester-street ; thence, north-west, along Leicester-street and 
Nassau-street to the point first described. 


No. 3.—Sr. SrerHen’s Warp. 


From the point of intersection of Mercer-street with King- 
street southward, along Mercer-street and French-street to the 
point of intersection of said French-street with Cuff-street ; 
thence, eastward, along Cuff-street to its point of intersection 
with Harcourt-street ; thence, southward, along Harcourt- 
street to its point of intersection with the CircularRoad; thence, 
south-east, along the Circular Road and Eustace Bridge to the 


Vou. 93. 





DUBLIN—continued. 








SCHEDULE (C.)—continued. 


south end of said Eustace Bridge ; thence, north-east, along 
the southern bank of the Grand Canal to the east end of 
Huband Bridge; thence, north-west, along Huband Bridge, 
Upper Mount-street, and Merrion-square south, to the point 
of intersection of said Merrion-square south with Upper Mer- 
rion-street ; thence, south-west, along Upper Merrion-street to 
its point of intersection with Merrion-row ; thence, north-west, 
along Merrion-row, Stephen’s-green north, and King-street 
south, to the point first described. 


No. 4.—Sr. Anprew's Warp. 


From the centre of Carlisle Bridge, southward, along Carlisle 


Bridge, Westmoreland-street, the east side of College-green 
and Grafton-street, to the point of intersection of said Graf- 
ton-street with Nassau-street; thence, eastward, along Nassau- 
street to its point of intersection with Dawson-street ; thence, 
southward, along Dawson-street to its point of intersection 
with Stephen’s-green north; thence, northwest, along Ste- 
phen’s-green north and King-street south to the point of 
intersection of said King-street south with Johnston’s-place ; 
thence, north-west, along Johnston’s-place and Lower Ste- 
phen-street to the point of intersection of said Lower Ste- 
phen-street with Drury-lane; thence, northward, along Drury- 
lane to its point of intersection with Fade-street ; thence, 
westward, along Fade-street to its point of intersection with 
Great George’s-street south; thence, northward, along Great 
George’s-street south to its point of intersection with Dame- 
street ; thence, westward, along Dame-street to its point of 
intersection with Parliament-street; thence, northward, along 
Parliament-street and Essex Bridge to the centre of Essex 
Bridge ; thence, eastward, through the middle channel of the 
River Liffey to the point first described. 


No. 5.—CastLe Warp. 


From a point in the centre of the River Liffey one hundred and 


sixty yards westward from Essex Bridge, southward, to the 
point of intersection of Fishamble-street with Essex Quay ; 
thence, southward, along Fishamble-street, Werburgh-street 
and Bride-street, to the point of intersection of said Bride- 
street with Bishop street; thence, eastward, along Bishop- 
street to its point of intersection with Redmond-hill; thence, 
southward, along Redmond-hill to its point of intersection with 
Cuff-street ; thence, eastward, along Cuff-street to its point of 
intersection with French-street; thence, northward, along 
French-street and Mercer-street to the point of intersection of 
said Mercer-street with King-street south ; thence, north-west, 
along Johnston’s-place and Lower Stephen-street to its point 
of intersection with Drury-lane; thence, northward, along 
Drury-lane to its point of intersection with Eade-street ; 
thence, westward, along Fade-street to its point of intersection 
with Great George’s-street south ; thence, north, along Great 
George’s-street south to its point of intersection with Dame- 
street ; thence, westward, along Dame-street to its point of 
intersection with Parliament-street ; thence, northward, along 
Parliament-street and Essex Bridge to the centre of Essex 
Bridge ; thence, westward through the middle channel of the 
River Liffey to the point first described. 


No. 6.—Srt. Parricx’s Warp. 


From a point in the centre of the River Liffey one hundred and 


sixty yards westward from Essex Bridge, south, to the point of 
intersection of Fishamble-street with Essex Quay ; thence, 
southward, along Fishamble-street, Werburgh-street and Bride- 
street, to the point of intersection of said Bride-street with 
Bishop-street ; thence, eastward, along Bishop-street to its 
point of intersection with Redmond-hill; thence, southward, 
along Redmond-hill to its point of intersection with Cuff-street ; 
thence, eastward, along Cuff-street to its point of intersection 
with Harcourt-street ; thence, southward, along Harcourts 
street to its point of intersection with the Circular Road ; thence, 
south-east, along the Circular Road and Eustace Bridge to the 
south end of said Eustace Bridge; thence, westward, along the 
southern bank of the Grand Canal to Clanbrassil Bridge ; 
thence, northward, along Clanbrassil Bridge, Clanbrassil-street, 
New-street, Patrick-street and Nicholas-street, to the point of 
intersection of said Nicholas-street with Back-lane ; thence, 
north-west, along Back-lane to its point of intersection with 
High-street ; thence, eastward, along High-street to its point 
of intersection with School-house-lane; thence, northward, 
along School-house-lane and Skipper’s-alley to the point of 
intersection of said Skipper’s-alley with Merchant's Quay ; 
thence, northward, in a straight line to a point in the centre 
of the River Liffey ninety yards west of Richmond Bridge ; 
thence, eastward, through the middle channel of the River 
Liffey to the point first described. 


No. 7.—Srt. Aupron’s Warp. 


From a point in the centre of the River Liffey one hundred and 
fifty-yards westward from Whitworth Bridge, southward to the 
point of intersection of Meeting-house-yard with Usher's 
Quay ; thence, southward, along Meeting-house-yard and New- 
row to the point of intersection of said New-row with Thomas- 
street ; thence, westward, along Thomas-street to its point of 
intersection with Meath-row ; thence, southward, along Meath- 
row, Meath-street, Brabazon-street and Brabazon-row, to the 
point of intersection of said Brabazon-row with New Market ; 
thence, westward, along New Market and Chamber-street to 
the point of intersection of said Chamber-street with Weaver’s- 
square; thence, southward, along Weaver’s-square to its point 
of intersection with Brown-street; thence, westward, along 

Brown-street 
5 L 














A ae BOR ET AEM 


810 





2° Augusti. A. 1838. 








DUBLIN —contiv.ned. 





SCHEDULE (C. )—continued. 





Brown-street to its point of intersection with Love-lane; thence 
southward, along Love-lane and Parnell Bridge tothe south 
end of said Parnell Bridge; thence, eastward, along the 
southern bank of the Grand Canal to Clanbrassil Bridge ; 
thence, northward, along Clanbrassil Bridge, Clanbrassil-street, 
New-street, Patrick-street and Nicholas-street, to the point of 
intersection of said Nicholas-street with Back-lane; thence, 
north-west, along Back-lane to its point of intersection with 
High-street ; thence, eastward, along High-street to its point 
of intersection with School-house-lane; thence, northward, 
along School-house-lane and Skipper’s-alley to the point of 
intersection of said Skipper’s-alley with Merchant’s Quay ; 
thence, northward, in a straight line to a point in the centre 
of the River Lifféy ninety yards westward from Richmond 
Bridge ; thence, westward, through the middle channel of the 
River Liffey to the point first described. 


No. 8.—Sr. CarHerine’s Warp. 


From the point in the centre of the River Liffey one hundred 
and fifty-five yards westward from Whitworth Bridge, south- 
ward, to the point of intersection of Meeting-house-yard with 
Usher’s Quay; thence, southward, along Meeting-house-yard 
and New-row to the point of intersection of said New-row with 
Thomas-street; thence, westward, along Thomas-street to its 
point of intersection with Meath-row ; thence, southward, along 
Meath-row, Meath-street, Brabazon-street and Brabazon-row, 
to the point of intersection of said Brabazon-row with New 
Market; thence, westward, along New Market and Chamber- 
street, to the point of intersection of said Chamber-street with 
Weaver’s-square ; thence, southward, along Weaver’s-square, 
to its point of intersection with Brown-street; thence, west- 
ward, along Brown-street to its point of intersection with Love- 
lane; thence, southward, along Love-lane and Parnell Bridge to 
the south end of Parnell Bridge ; thence, north-west, along the 
southern bank of the Grand Canal, to its point of intersection 
with the branch leading to the City Basin near Griifith Bridge ; 
thence, east, along the middle channel of said branch of the 
Grand Canal to a point opposite Forbes-lane; thence, east- 
ward, along Forbes-lane to its point of intersection with Mar- 
rowbone-lane ; thence, north-east, along Marrowbone-lane, 
Thomas-court, Bridgefoot-street and Queen’s Bridge, to the 
centre of Queen’s Bridge ; thence, eastward, through the mid- 
dle channel of the River Liffey to the point first described. 


No. 9.—Sr. James’s Warp. 


From the centre of Sarah Bridge, southward, along Sarah Bridge, 
through Island Bridge, and along the Circular Road, to the 
turnpike gate, No. 3, on the south-west corner of the Circular 
Road; thence, southward, in a straight line, to the point of 
intersection of the Grand Canal with the branch leading to the 
City Basin, near Griffith Bridge, thence, east, along the mid- 
dle channel of said branch of the Grand Canal to a point 
opposite Forbes-lane ; thence, east, along Forbes-lane to its 
point of intersection with Marrowbone-lane; thence, north- 
east, along Marrowbone-lane to its point of intersection with 
Thomas Court; thence, northward, along Thomas-court, 
Bridgefoot-street and Queen’s Bridge, to the centre of Queen’s 
Bridge; thence, westward, through the centre of the River 
Liffey to the point first described. 


No. 10.—Custom House Warp. 


From a point in the centre of the River Liffey three hundred 
and ten yards eastward from Carlisle Bridge, northward, to the 
point of intersection of Eden Quay with Beresford-place ; 
thence, northward, along Beresford-place and Lower Gardi- 
ner-street, to its point of intersection with Summer-Hill; 
thence, eastward, along Summer-Hill, Summer-Hill Parade, 
Clarke Bridge, Edward-terrace, Foster-street, Spring-Garden 
Parade and Ballybough Bridge, to the borough boundary ; 
thence, southward, along the borough boundary to the centre 
of the River Liffey; thence, westward, through the middle 
channel of the river to the point first described. 


No. 11.—Sr. Grorcr’s Warp. 


From the point of intersection of Binn’s Bridge with the borough 
boundary, south-east, along the borough boundary to Bally- 
bough Bridge; thence, south-east, along Spring-Garden 
Parade, Foster-street, Edward Terrace, Clarke Bridge, Sum- 
mer-Hill Parade, Summer-Hill and Great Britain-street, to 
the point of intersection of said Great Britain-street with 
Granby-row ; thence, north-west, along Granby-row, Rutland- 
square west, and Granby-row, to the point of intersection of 
said Granby-row with Lower Dorset-street; thence, north- 
east, along Lower Dorset-street, Upper Dorset-street and 
Binn’s Bridge, to the point first described. 


No. 12.—Posr Orricre Warp. 


From a point in the centre of the River Liffey three hundred and 
ten yards eastward from Carlisle Bridge, north, to the point of 
intersection of Eden Quay with Beresford-place; thence, 
northward, along Beresford-place and Lower Gardiner-street, 
to the point of intersection of said Lower Gardiner-street with 
Talbot-street ; thence, west, along Talbot-street, Earl-street, 
Henry-street and Mary-street, to the point of intersection of 
said Mary-street with Capel-street; thence, south, along 
Capel-street and Essex Bridge to the centre of said Essex 
Bridge ; thence, eastward, through the middle channel of the 
River Liffey to the point first described. 





DUBLIN—continued. 








SCHEDULE (C. )—continued. 


No. 13.—Sr. Toomas’s Warp. 


From the point of intersection of Lower Gardiner-street with 


Talbot-street, west, along Talbot-street, Earl-street, Henry- 
street and Mary-street, to the point of intersection of said 
Mary«Street with Jervis-street; thence, north, along Jervis- 
street, to its point of intersection with Great Britain-street ; 
thence, east, along Great Britain-street to its point of inter- 
section ; thence, east, along Great Britain-street to its point of 
intersection with King’s-Inns-street ; thence, northward, along 
King’s-Inns-street, to its point of intersection with Bolton- 
street; thence, north-east, along Bolton-street and Lower 
Dorset, to its point of intersection with Granby-row ; thence, 
south-east, along Granby-row, Rutland-square, west, and 
Granby-row, to the point of intersection of said Granby-row 
with Great Britain-street; thence, north-east, along Great 
Britain-street, to its point of intersection with Lower Gardi- 
ner-street ; thence, south, along Lower Gardiner-street to the 
point first described. 


No. 14.—Lixen Hatt Warp. 


From a point in the centre of the River Liffey one hundred and 


forty-five yards westward from Essex Bridge, northward, to the 
point of intersection of Arran-street east, with Upper Ormond 
Quay ; thence, northward, along Arran-street east, Boot-lane, 
Petticoat-lane and Green-street, to the point of intersection of 
said Green-street with King-street north; thence, westward, 
along King-street north, to its point of intersection with Cole- 
raine-street ; thence, northward, along Coleraine-street, Con- 
stitution-hill and Foster Aqueduct, to the north end of Foster 
Aqueduct ; thence, northward, along the western bank of the 
branch of the Royal Canal, leading to the Royal Canal Harbour to 
its point of intersection with the Royal Canal, about three hun- 
dred and sixty yards north of Blaquiere Bridge ; thence, north- 
ward, in the same straight line to the northern bank of the Royal 
Canal; thence, south-east, along the northern bank of the 
Royal Canal to Binn’s Bridge; thence, south-west, along 
Binn’s Bridge, Upper Dorset-street, Lower Dorset-street and 
Bolton-street, to the point of intersection of said Bolton-street 
with King’s-Inns-street; thence, south-east, along King’s- 
Inns-street to its point of intersection with Great Britain- 
street; thence, westward, along Great Britain-street to its 
point of intersection with Jervis-street ; thence, southward, 
along Jervis-street to its point of intersection with Mary-street ; 
thence, westward, along Mary-street to its point of intersection 
with Capel-street ; thence, southward, along Capel-street and 
Essex Bridge to the centre of said Essex Bridge; thence, west- 
ward, through the middle channel of the River Liffey to the 
point first described. 


No. 15.—Four Courts Warp. 


From a point in the centre of the River Liffey one hundred and 


forty-five yards westward from Essex Bridge, northward, to 
the point of intersection of Arran-street east with Upper 
Ormond Quay; thence, northward, along Arran-street east, 
Boot-lane, Petticoat-lane and Green-street, to the point of 
intersection of said Green-street, with King-street north; 
thence, westward, along King-street north to its point of inter- 
section with Coleraine-street ; thence, northward, along Cole- - 
raine-street, Constitution-hill and Foster Aqueduct, to the 
north end of Forster Aqueduct ; thence, northward, along the 
western bank of the branch of the Royal Canal, leading to the 
Royal Canal Harbour to its point of intersection with the Royal 
Canal about three hundred and sixty yards north of Blaquiere 
Bridge; thence in the same straight line to the northern bank 
of the Royal Canal; thence, north-west, along the borough 
boundary to its intersection with the Bradogue Water on the 
Circular Road; thence, southward, along the Bradogue Water 
to north-west angle of the Richmond Penitentiary ; thence, 
south, along the west front of the Richmond Penitentiary to 
south-west angle of said Penitentiary; thence, south, along 
Grange Gorman-lane and George’s-lane to the point of inter- 
section of said George’s-lane with King-street north ; thence, 
eastward, along King’s-street north to its point of intersection 
with Bow-street ; thence, southward; along Bow-street to its 
point of intersection with May-lane; thence, eastward, along 
May-lane to its point of intersection with Old Church-street ; 
thence, southward, along Old Church-street and Whitworth 
Bridge to the centre of said Whitworth Bridge; thence, east- 
ward, through the middle channel of the River Liffey to the 
point first described. 


No. 16.—Sr. Paut’s Warp. 


From the centre of Sarah Bridge in a northerly direction along 


the borough boundary to its intersection with the Bradogue 
Water on the Circular Road; thence, southward, along the 
Bradogue Water to the north-west angle of the Richmond 
Penitentiary; thence, southward, along the west front of the 
Richmond Penitentiary to the south-west angle of said Peni- 
tentiary ; thence, southward, along Grange Gorman-lane and 
George’s-lane to the point of intersection of said George’s-lane 
with King-street north; thence, eastward, along King-street 
north to its point of intersection with Bow-street; thence, 
southward, along Bow-street to its point of intersection with 
May-lane ; thence, eastward, along May-lane to its point of 
intersection with Old Church-street ; thence, southward, along 
Old Church-street and Whitworth Bridge to the centre of said 
Whitworth Bridge; thence, westward, through the middle 
channel of the River Liffey to the point first described. 








6.—GALWAY. 








2 Vicroriz. 








2° Augusti. 


811 











GALWAY. 


SCHEDULE (C. )—continued. 
6.—GALWAY. 


GENERAL BOUNDARY. 


( FROM the south-eastern angle of the house called Bellmount 
(now the property of William Kelly, Esq.) on the eastern side of 
the Oughterard-road, eastward, in a straight line to the point on the 
southern shore of Turlough, at which a lane leaves such shore and 
meets the Bohermore-road at about six hundred and eighty yards 
north-eastward of the entrance gate of the County Infirmary ; thence 
along the said lane to its point of junction with the Bohermore- 
road ; thence, southward, in a straight line to the south-eastern 
angle of the College on the northern side of the College-road ; 
thence, southward, in a straight line to the direction of the edge of 
the steep cliff which forms the western shore of Hare Island, to the 
point at which such straight line meets the northern shore of Lough 
Athalia; thence, south-westward, in a straight line to the eastern 
point of the new pier called Slate Pier ; thence, westward, along the 
shore of Galway Bay to the point at which it is intersected by a 
line from the lighthouse in Mutton Island to the tower of the house 
called “ Fort Eyre,” (now in the occupation of the Reverend Ed- 
ward Eyre Maunsell)-; thence, north-westward, along such line to 
a point one l:undred and five yards north-westward from the northern 
side wall of the road to the village of Boherard; thence, north- 
eastward, in a straight line to the point first described. 


To be divided into three wards, according to the follow- 
ing boundaries; and in every of such wards there 
shall be Two Aldermen and Six Councillors. 


No. 1.—West Warp. 


From the point at which Lough Corrib cuts the Municipal 
Boundary, southward, down the centre of the Lough to the 
new Bridge; thence down the centre of the River Galway to 
the West Bridge; thence in a right line to the head of the 
pier forming the northern side of the Fishing Boats Harbour ; 
thence along the bank of the River of Galway to the head of the 
Slate Pier; thence, westward, along the Municipal Boundary to 
the point first described. 


—~ 


No. 2.—NortH Warp. 


From the point at which Lough Corrib cuts the Municipal 
Boundary, southward, down the centre of the Lough to the new 
Bridge ; thence down the centre of the River of Galway to the 
West Bridge; thence, eastward, along the West Bridge, Bridge- 
street, the Main Guard, Shop-street, William-street, the north 
side of Eyre or Meyrick-square and Bohermore-road, to the 
Municipal Boundary ; thence, northward, along the Municipal 
Boundary to the point first described. 


No. 3.—-Soutnh Warp. 


From the point at which the Bohermore-road cuts the Municipal 
Boundary, westward, along the Bohermore-road, the north side 
of Eyre or Meyrick-square, William-street, Shop-street, the 
Main Guard and Bridge-street ; thence, south-eastward, along 

the bank of the River Galway and the sea-shore to the Muni- 

t cipal Boundary ; thence, northward, along the Municipal 

Boundary to the point first described. 








KILKENNY. 


7.—KILKENNY. 


GENERAL BOUNDARY. 


, FROM the point south-west of the city, where the Brega River 
crosses the road to Clonmel, following the course of the river 
northerly, to the point where the river makes a sudden turn to the 
eastward, and where the mill stream, from a ruined factory west of 
the river, meets the River Brega; thence in a straight line to the 
point on the Bonnetstown-road, where a bye-road leading to Lousy 
Bush leaves the Bonnetstown-road ; thence in a straight line to the 
point at the south end of Farmhouse on the western road to Fresh- 
ford, belonging to Mr. Purcell, and occupied by Michael M‘Donell ; 
thence in a straight line across the main road to Freshford, and 
across the River Nore to the point where the road to Ballyragget, 
along the river, leaves the old road to Castlecomer, and just north 
of the police station at Mount Brilliant ; thence following the old 
road to Castlecomer to the point where it joins the new road lead- 
ing from the Barracks at a new house belonging to Mr. Nowlan ; 
thence in a straight line to the point at the north-east corner of the 
Barrack enclosure, and following the back or eastern wall of the 
Barracks to the south-eastern corner thereof on the road to John’s 
Well at the point; thence in a straight line across the Clara-road 
and across Williams’-lane to a remarkable building on a hill east of 
the city, belonging to Mr. Purcell, called the Gazebo; thence in a 
straight line across the River Nore to the point at the south-eastern 
corner of Mr. Scott’s garden on the road to Bennett’s Bridge ; 
thence, following the southern enclosure of the said garden and of 
the adjoining garden of Switzer’s Asylum, to the point where it 
meets a lane leading from the Bennett’s Bridge-road to the Water- 
ford-road ; thence following the said lane to the point where it joins 
the Waterford-road ; thence in a straight line to the point at the 
south-western corner of the enclosure of the House of Correction ; 
thence following the western side of the enclosure wall, to the point 
where, if produced, it would meet the road to Kells; thence, 
westerly, along the road to Kells to the point where a quarry on the 
north side of the road joins the said road, and about one hundred 
yards from the point ; thence, turning northerly, along a stone wall 
about ninety yards to the point where the said stone wall meets a 
laxie called Waters’s-lane, leading from Upper Patrick-street towards 
Mr. Robertson's house, called “ Rose Hill ;” thence along the said 


Vor. 93. 





KILKENN Y—continued. 


SCHEDULE (C. )—continued. 


lane, westerly, to the point where it crosses the River Brega, south 
of Rose Hill; thence along the Brega to the point first described. 
To be divided into three wards, according to the follow- 
ing boundaries ; and in every of such wards there 
shall be Two Aldermen and Six Councillors. 


No. 1.—East Warp. 


From the bridge where the Brega River crosses the Castle 
Blunden Road, easterly, down Upper Walkins-street and Lower 
Walkins-street to its intersection with High-street ; thence, 
southerly, along High-street to its junction with Patrick-street ; 
thence, easterly, down Rose Inn-street to the centre of Saint 
John’s Bridge, and along the centre of the River Nore, northerly, 
till it intersects the city boundary ; thence following the said 
boundary, eastward, to the bridge over the Brega on the Castle 
Blunden Road. 


No. 2.—Sr. Mary’s Warp. 


From the centre of Saint John’s Bridge, westerly, up Rose Inn- 
street to its point of meeting with Patrick-street and High- 
street; thence, northerly, along High-street, Coal-market, 
Watergate, Bull-alley, Vicar’s-street, Bishop’s Hill, and along 
the Freshford-road till it meets the borough boundary ; thence 
along the said boundary, eastward, to the centre of the River 
Nore, and, southerly, along the river to Saint John’s Bridge. 


No. 3.—Sr. Canice’s Warp. 

From the bridge over the Brega on the Castle Blunden Road, 
northward, along the boundary of the east ward till it joins the 
High-street ; thence, northerly, along High-street, Coal- 
market, Watergate, Bull-alley, Vicar’s-street, Bishop’s Hill, 
and along the Freshford-road till it meets the city boundary ; 





thence, westerly, along the said boundary to the bridge over 
\ the Brega on the Castle Blunden-road. &lt; 








LIMERICK. 


8.—LIMERICK. 


GENERAL BOUNDARY. 


( FROM the point at the north of King’s Island where the Salmon 
Weir River flows, from the Shannon, along the said Salmon Weir 
River till it reaches the point where the canal joins the said river ; 
thence in a direction easterly, along the canal for about half a mile 
to the centre of Park Bridge which crosses the canal; thence in 
a straight line to the centre of the Cupola upon the top of the 
Lunatic Asylum ; thence in a straight line and south-westerly 
direction, to the point in the Roxborough-road where it is met by 
Wilmont-lane; thence along Wilmont-lane to the west pier of a 
gate belonging to Mr. Malony on north side of said lane and nearly 
opposite to Wilmot Villa; thence, in a straight line and north- 
westerly direction, across Mr. Maloney’s field and two other fields 
till it reaches the extremity of a small lane; thence, continuing 
along said lane, past the limestone quarry of William Hargan until 
it reaches Bohirboy-road ; thence, westerly, along Bohirboy till 
it reaches Hore’s-street; thence, north-westerly, along Hore’s- 
street to the South Circular-road; thence, north-easterly, about 
twenty-three yards along the Circular-road to where Court Brack 
Avenue leads off north-westerly ; thence, north-westerly, along 
Court Brack Avenue till it reaches Harvey’s Quay, situated at the 
end of the said avenue ; thence in a straight line across the Shannon 
to Barrington’s Quay upon the Clare side near the old ruins of 
Kilrush church; thence, about two hundred yards north-easterly 
along Barrington’s Quay, to the North Circular-road; thence, 
north-westerly, and following the direction of the Circular-road to 
where it meets the Shelbourne and Farrenshowen Roads; thence 
along the Farrenshowen-road to where it crosses the new Ennis 
Mail-road at nearly halfa mile from Wellesley Bridge ; thence con- 
tinuing about one hundred yards up the Farrenshowen-road to 
where there is a cottage at a turn in the road ; thence in a straight 
line to the point where the Killaloe-road meets the old North Ennis- 
road; thence along the Killaloe-road to the point where it meets 
the Black Stick-road ; thence in a straight line to the point first 
described. 
To be divided into five wards, according to the follow- 
ing boundaries ; and in every of such wards there 
shall be Two Aldermen and Six Councillors, 


No. 1.—TxHomonp Brince Warp. 

From the Point of Barrington Quay, along the municipal boun- 
dary, to the north point of the King’s Island; thence, south- 
ward and westward, along Salmon Weir River till it reaches 
the Shannon; thence, south-westerly, along the Shannon to 
the point first described. 


No. 2.Joun-streeT Warp. 


From the commencement of the canal in the Salmon Weir 
River to the centre of the Park Bridge which crosses the 
canal; thence in a straight line to the centre of the Cupola 
of the Lunatic Asylum ; thence in a straight line to the point 
where the Wilmont-road meets the Roxborough-road ; thence, 
northerly, along the Roxborough-road, Upper William-street, 
High-street, Mungret-street, to the centre of Ball’s Bridge ; 
thence to the point first described. 


No. 3.—Parrick-strEEt Warp.. 

From the Shannon by a straight line through the centre of Bed- 
ford-row; thence, through Thomas-street; thence through 
part of Wickham-street into High-street; thence through 

High-street, 





5L2 








2° Augustt. 





A. 1838. 















LIMERICK~--continued. 


SCHEDULE (C. )—continued. 


High-street, Mungret-street, Broad-street, to the centre of 
Ball’s Bridge; thence along the stream passing under New 
Bridge to the Shannon, and along its course, southward, to the 
line of Bedford’s-row produced. 


No. 4.—GLentwortH-stTREET WARD. 


From the Shannon by a straight line through the centre of 
Mallow-street ; thence, westerly, through a part of Bohirboy- 
street to Carey’s-road ; thence along Carey’s-road to the John- 
street-ward boundary in the Roxborough-road ; thence along 
that boundary to the Patrick-street ward; thence along the 
Patrick-street ward boundary to the Shannon, and along its 
course, southward, to the line of Mallow-street produced. 


No. 5.—RicuMonp-PiLace Warp. 


From the Shannon, along the Municipal Boundary, to the ex- 
treme southerly point; thence, northwards, along the same 
boundary to the John-street ward boundary; thence along the 
John-street ward boundary to the Glentworth-street boundary ; 
thence along the Glentworth-street boundary to the Shannon, 
and along its course, westwards, to the Municipal Boundary. 






























































) the River Foyle to the cottage about one hundred and sixty yards 


LONDONDERRY. 


9.—LONDONDERRY. 


GENERAL BOUNDARY. 


FROM a stout masonry pillar north side of gateway at Black 
Bush cottage on west side of the road to Fahan, eastward, by a 
straight line to the west end of the brick wall forming a part of 
the north boundary of the premises of the Free Grammar School of 
Foyle Academy; thence, easterly, along the above-mentioned brick 
wall to its eastern termination at the high road on the bank of the 
River Foyle; thence, eastward, in a straight line, in continuation of 
the line of the brick wall last-mentioned, until the same arrives at 


the east shore of the River Foyle; thence, southward, along the 
line of the ordinary low-water mark until such line is terminated 
by the prolongation westward of the line of the south boundary 
fence of the pleasure grounds of the late William Bond, Esquire ; 
thence, eastward, along the line of the above-mentioned boundary 
fence of pleasure grounds until it arrives at its point of intersection 
with the east side of the road to Newtown Limavady; thence, 
south-easterly, in a straight line to a stout masonry pillar west side 
of a gateway on the south side of the Dungiven-road, about fifty 
yards east of Newtown Limavady-road ; thence, southerly, in a 
straight line to a point on the Clondermot-road where the north 
boundary fence of the tannery premises of Mr. William M‘Carter 
terminates ; thence, south-westerly, in a straight line to the point 
on the road to Dunymanagh, distant two hundred and fifty feet 
from its point of junction with the old Strabane-road ; thence, 
westerly, in a straight line to the point on the old Strabane-road 
where a lane departs southerly to the fields ; thence, westerly, along 
the old Strabane-road to the south-westernmost gable of the houses 
at Gobnascale on the north-west side of said old Strabane-road ; 
thence, westerly, in a straight line to a point in the townland 
boundary between Gobnascale and Tamnymore where said boundary 
is met by a lane from the north-east ; thence, north-westerly, in 
continuation and prolongation of last-mentioned townland boundary, 
| until it meets and intersects the line of ordinary low-water mark 
| on the east shore of the River Foyle; thence, south-westerly along 
| the line of the ordinary low-water mark, until it is intersected by 
| a line drawn from the north-east angle of Foyle-hill Park, across 








east of the point of intersection of the boundary between the town- 
land of Gobnascale and Tamnymore and the old Strabane road; 
| thence, north-westerly, along the intersecting line just mentioned to 
the north-east angle of the boundary fence of Foyle Hill Park; thence, 


the point being its intersection of the ordinary low-water mark on | 


LONDONDERRY—continued. 


SCHEDULE (C. )—continued. 


lane to the point at which the same meets the Rope-walk ; 
thence along the Rope-walk to the point at which the same 
meets St. Columb’s Well-road ; thence, northward, along St. 
Columb’s Well-road to the point at which the same meets the 
Cow Bog ; thence along the Cow Bog to Butcher-gate ; thence 
along Butcher-street to the point at which the same meets the 
Diamond ; thence in a straight line to the point first described. 


No. 2,—East Warp. 


From the Corporation Hall in a straight line to the point at which 
Ferry Quay-street meets the Diamond; thence along Ferry 
Quay-street to the point at which the same meets Pump- 
street ; thence along Pump-street to the point at which the 
same meets Widow’s-row ; thence, southward, along Widow’s- 
row to the point at which the same meets Fountain-street ; 
thence, westward, along Fountain-street to the point at which 
the same meets Wapping-lane ; thence along Wapping-lane to 
the point at which the same meets the River Foyle ; thence, 
southward, along the River Foyle to the point at which the 
same meets the boundary of the borough; thence, eastward, 
along the boundary of the borough to the point at which the 
same crosses a straight line drawn in prolongation of the 
Wooden Quay ; thence along such straight line to the eastern 
end of the Wooden Quay ; thence along the Wooden Quay to 
the point at which the same meets Ship Quay-street; thence 
along Ship Quay-street to the point at which the same meets the 
Diamond ; thence in a straight line to the point first described. 


No. 3.—Soutn Warp. 


From the Corporation Hall in a straight line to the point at 
which Ferry Quay-street meets the Diamond; thence along 
Ferry Quay-street to the point at which the same meets Pump- 
street ; thence along Pump-street to the point at which the 
same meets Widow’s-row ; thence, southward, along Widow’s- 
row to the point at which the same meets Fountain-street ; 
thence, westward, along Fountain-street to the point at which 
the same meets Wapping-lane; thence along Wapping-lane to 
the point at which the same meets the River Foyle ; thence, 
southward, along the River Foyle to the point at which the 
same meets the boundary of the borough; thence, westward, 
along the boundary of the borough to the point at which the 
same meets the Rope-walk ; thence along the Rope-walk to the 
point at which the same meets St. Columb’s Well-road ; 
thence, northward, along St. Cobumb’s Well-road to the point 
at which the same meets the Cow-bog ; thence along the Cow- 
bog to Butcher-gate ; thence along Butcher-street to the point 
at which the same meets the Diamond ; thence in a straight 

\ line to the point first described. 











north-westerly, along the boundary fence of Foyle Hill Park to the 
| point where it meets Long Moor-lane ; thence, north-westerly, along 
| the north boundary fence of Foyle Hill Park to a point two hun- 
| dred feet west of Long Moor-lane; thence, north-easterly, in a 
| Straight line to the north end of the brick wall form: ; the western | 
boundary fence of Walker’s nurseries ; thence, north-easterly, along 
the western boundary of the nursery grounds to a point on the road 
to Newton Cunningham, where it forms a sharp angle; thence, 
northerly, in a straight line to a point in the avenue leading to the 
deer park at two hundred feet distant westward from the entrance | 
gate in Long Moor-lane ; thence, north-easterly, in a straight line 
to the south-west end of the Rope-walk on the Creggan road ; thence, 
north-easterly, in a straight line to a point in the lane leading west- 
ward from the gate at the Black Bush Cottage, at one hundred feet 
distance westward of said gate ; thence, eastward, one hundred feet 
along last-mentioned lane to the point on the Fahan road already 
described. 


To be divided into three wards, according to the fol- 
lowing boundaries: in every of such wards there 
shall be Two Aldermen and Six Councillors. 


No. 1.—Nortu Warp. 


From the Corporation Hall in a straight line to the point at which 
Ship Quay-street meets the Diamond ; thence along Ship Quay- 
street to the point at which the same meets the Wooden Quay ; 
thence along the Wooden Quay, and along a straight line drawn 
in prolongation of the Wooden Quay to the point at which 
such straight line cuts the boundary of the borough ; thence, 
northward, along the boundary of the borough to the point at 
which the same meets the avenue to the Bishop's demesne ; 
thence, eastward, along the said avenue to the point at which 
the same meets Long Moor-lane; thence along Long Moor- 








SLIGO. 


10.—SLIGO. 


GENERAL BOUNDARY. 


( FROM the northern angle of the new stone quay called Ballast 
Bank, eastward, in a straight line to the centre of the bridge on the 
road leading from Old Bridge across the townland of Cartron to the 
townland of Ballincan ; thence, eastward, in a straight line to the 
centre of the bridge on the road leading from Old Bridge to the 
townland of Carcash ; thence, south-eastward, in a straight line to 
the north-eastern angle of the Sligo Fever Hospital; thence, south- 
ward, in a straight line to the point where the boundary between 
the townlands of Abbey Quarter and Cleveragh meets the southern 
bank of the River Garvoge ; thence in a straight line to the south- 
eastern angle of the County Gaol enclosure wall ; thence, south-west- 
ward, in a straight line to the north-eastern angle of the house 
called Peterville, on the western side of the Boyle-road; thence, 
north-westward, in a straight line to the north-western angle of the 
house called Rose Hill, now in the occupation of Thomas Read, Esq. ; 
thence, northward, in a straight line to the point at which the 
north-western face of Ballast Bank Quay terminates, being about 
eighty yards south-westward of the point first described; thence 





along the north-western face of such quay to the point first de- 

| scribed. 

To be divided into three wards, according to the fol- 
lowing boundaries ; and in every of such wards there 
shall be Two Aldermen and Six Councillors. 


No 1.—NortTHERN Warp. 


From the point at which the River Garvoge cuts the Municipal 
Boundary, westward, along the river to the centre of Old 
Bridge; thence along Old Bridge or Bridgefoot-street, Wine- 
street, and the road which forms the boundary between the 
townlands of Rathedmond and Knappaghbeg, to the point at 
which such road meets the Municipal Boundary ; thence, north- 
eastward, along the Municipal Boundary to the point first 
described. 


No. 2.—Eastern Warp. 


at which the River Garvoge cuts the municipal 
y, westward, along the river to the centre of Old 
Bridge ; thence along Old Bridge or Bridgefoot-street, Knox’s- 
street, Radcliffe-street, Market-street, High-street, Pound- 
street and the Boyle mail-coach road, to the point at which 
such road meets the Municipal Boundary; thence, north-east- 
ward, along the Municipal Boundary to the point first — 

o. 3. 


From the point 
h Aa 














Q Victoriz. 
SCHEDULE (C. )—continued. 


No. 3.—WestTERN Warp. 


From the point at which the Boyle Mail-coach road cuts the 
Municipal Boundary, along such road, Pound-street, High- 
street, Market-street, Radcliffe-street, Knox’s-street, Wine- 
street, and the road which forms the boundary between the 
townlands of Rathedmond and Knappaghbeg, to the point at 
which such road meets the Municipal Boundary ; thence, south- 
ward, along the Municipal Boundary to the point first described. 


SLIGO—gpniinued. 


~~ 





11.—WATERFORD. 


ENERAL BOUNDARY. 


- FROM the point on the north-west extremity of the town where 
the yard wall of the brewery of Messieurs Davis, Strangman and 
Company joins the River Suir, in a straight line to the point where 
Summer Hill Gallows-road and Morgan’s-street meet ; thence along 
the Military-road, Morrisson’s-road, Barrack-street, Manor Hill, 
College-street, Bath-street, across John’s Pill at Wyse’s Bridge, 
along Poleberry-street to near the south corner of Mr. Deleander’s 
house ; thence in a straight line to where the John’s Town-road 
and Upper Newtown-road meet ; thence along the Upper Newtown- 
road towards East-passage to the centre of the road in front of the 
Orphan House ; thence in a straight line to, across the river, the 
Roman Catholic chapel in the Abbey Church Lands ; thence in 
a straight line to Mr. Charles Gatson’s cottage on the side of Mount 
Misery ; thence across the river to the point first described. 


To be divided into five wards, according to the follow- 
ing boundaries ; and in every of such wards there 
shall be Two Aldermen and Six Councillors. 


No. 1.—Towrer Warp. 


From the point at which the River Suir meets Henrietta-street, 
along Henrietta-street to the point at which the same meets 
the open space in front of Christ Church ; thence in a straight 
line to Colebeck-street, along Colebeck-street ; thence through 
Beresford-street to John’s-street ; thence through a part of 
John’s-street to John’s Bridge; thence along the centre of 
John’s Pill to Wyse’s Bridge; thence along the Municipal 
Boundary, eastward, to the river bank, and along the course 
of the river to the point first described. 


No. 2.—Custom House Warp. 

From the point at which the River Suir meets Henrietta-street, 
along the boundary of Tower Ward, until it meets John’s- 
street ; thence, to the north, through part of John’s-street, 
Michael-street, Broad-street and Barron Strand-street to the 
river ; and thence along its course to the point first described. 


WATERFORD. 


No. 3.—Centre Warp. 

From the quay opposite Baron Strand-street, along the boun- 
dary of Custom House Ward, to where Patrick’s-street crosses 
it; along Patrick’s-street, westwards, to Ballybricken ; along 
the west wall of the county gaol, across Barker-street, along 
Henry-street and Hanover-street, to the river ; and thence to 
the point first described. 


No. 4.—West Warp. 


From the quay, opposite Hanover-street, along the boundary of 
Centre Ward, to where it meets Ballybricken ; thence, west- 
wards, along Ballybricken and Morgan-street to the point on 
the municipal boundary where Summer Hill, Gallows-road and 
Morgan-street meet; thence along the Municipal Boundary 
across the river. This ward to include also the whole space 
comprehended within the Parliamentary boundary on the north 
side of the River Suir. 


No. 5.--SourHh Warp. 

From the point in the Municipal Boundary where Summer Hill, 
Gallows-road and Morgan-street meet, along the boundary of 
West Ward, through Morgan-street, Ballybricken and Patrick’s- 
street, to the boundary of Custom House Ward ; along that 
boundary to the point where it meets the boundary of Tower 
Ward ; along the boundary of Tower Ward to Wyse’s Bridge ; 
and thence along the Municipal Boundary to the point first 

x described. 


In the heading to Schedule (C.): Leave out 
“ C.” and insert “ D.” 


Pr. 209. 1. ult. After “‘ Clerk ” at the end of the 
Schedule, add 





“ No. 6. 


List of Persons subject to the Payment of [here insert Poor Rate, &amp;c., 
as the case may require] within the Limits of the Borough of [here 
insert the Name of the Borough] and within the Collection of the 
undersigned Collector. 




















2 Auguste. 





Description of Name or Amount of 
— Property Situation of | Poor — Cess To “ hat 
Occupier rated the samt hy ao : 
7 case ma 4 
or assessed. Property. | charged thereon, | POO UP- 
Vo. 93. 





813 


Leave out Schedule (D.) annexed to the Bill. 

The Amendments as far as Clause (B.), being 
read a second time, several were agreed to, without 
Amendment, and others were amended, and agreed 
to. 

Clause (B.), the next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by adding at the end thereof the words “ Pro- 
“ vided also, That it shall be lawful for the Lord 
Lieutenant of Ireland, with the advice of the Privy 
Council of Ireland, at any time within Twelve 
calendar months after this Act shall have come 
into operation in any borough, to alter the boun- 
daries of any such borougg, for the purpose of 
including therein any part or suburb of the town 
(if any) which may not be included within the 
boundaries of any borough as defined under this 
Act, and also to alter the Gountidétes of the several 
wards thereof, in such manner as may become 
necessary by reason of any such addition to the 
borough, or for the purpose of equalizing, as far 
as may be, the number of burgesses in each ward, 
and every such alteration shall be published in 
the Dublin Gazette, and every provision in this 
Act, concerning the boundaries of any borough 
or ward as defined under this Act, shall, after 
any such publication, be taken to apply to the 
boundaries so altered, as if such altered boundar 
had been inserted in this Act, instead of the 
“ boundary defined by this Act.” 

And the Question being put, That those words 
be there added ; 

The House divided: 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Fox Maule, 1 

Yeas, Mr. Robert Steuart : } a 

Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremantle, 103 

Noes, LSir Robert Harry Inglis: } : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And the said Amendment, so amended, was 
agreed to. 

The Amendments as far as the Amendment in 
Pr. 9. 1. 6. being read a second time, several were 
agreed to without Amendment, and others were 
amended, and agreed to. 

The Amendment in Pr. 9. 1. 6. which was to leave 
out from “ be” to “ shall” in 1. 22. and to insert 
“ of the yearly value of not less than Ten pounds, 
“ to be ascertained and determined as hereinafter 
“ mentioned,” instead thereof, being read a second 
time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
words proposed to be inserted, by leaving out the 
words “ of the yearly value of,’’and inserting the words 
“ rated to the relief of the Poor under an Act passed 
in this present Session of Parliament, at any sum 
“ which, with the addition of one-fourth part thereof, 
“ to be made in consideration of the probable annual 
“ average cost of the rates and taxes, and of the 
“ repairs, insurance and other expenses necessary 
to maintain the premises in their actual state, 
“ shall be,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Amend- 
ment ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


‘c 


n 


“ 


Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 154 
Yeas, \ Mr. Holmes : ¥ 
Tellers for the ( Mr. Charles Wood, 169 
Noes, Mr. Robert Steuart : } ; 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
rated to the relief of the poor under an Act passed 
in this present Session of Parliament, at any sum 
which, with the addition of one-fourth part thereof, 
to be made in consideration of the probable annual 

5L3 “ average 


‘ 


wn 


‘ 


” 
na wn 





Conveyances of 


Estates Bill. 


Oaths Validity | 


Bill. 
No. 662. 


814 


“ average cost of the rates and taxes, and of the 
“ repairs, insurance and other expenses necessary to 
“ maintain the premises in their actual state, shall 
“ be,” be inserted instead thereof :—It was resolved 
in the Affirmative. 

And the said Amendment, so amended, was agreed 
to. 
The Amendments as far as the Amendments in 
Pr, 10. 1. 1. being read a second time, were agreed 


The Amendments in Pr. 10. 1. 1. which were 
after “all” to insert “ rates for the relief of the poor, 
“ and all,” and in the same line after “ Municipal ” 
to insert “ or other local,” being read a second 
time ; ' 

An Amendment was proposed to be made there- 
unto, by leaving out “ and in the same line after 
“ ¢ Municipal ’ to insert ‘ or other local.’”’ 

And the Question being put, That the words 
proposed to be left out, stand part of the Amend- 
ment ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the ¢ Sir Thomas Fremantle, 


Yeas, Mr. Holmes: _ 
Tellers for the f Mr. Vernon Smith, Lies 
Noes, Mr. Charles Wood: t Jat as 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the said Amendment, so amended, was agreed 
to. 
The Amendments as far as the Amendment in 
Pr. 13. 1. 29. being read a second time, were agreed 
to. 

The Amendment in Pr. 13. 1. 29. which was to 
leave out from “ Act” to “ And” in Pr. 17. lL. 26. 
(four Clauses), being read a second time ; 

And the Question being put, That this House doth 
agree with the Lords in leaving out the first and 
second Clauses:—It was resolved in the Affirm- 
ative. 

And the Question being put, That this House 
doth disagree with the Lords, in leaving out the 
third Clause :—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

And the Question being put, That this House 
doth disagree with the eels in leaving out the 
fourth Clause ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the f Mr. O’ Connell, 157 

Yeas, Mr. Hume : 

Tellers for the { Sir Thomas Fremantle, } 137 


Noes, \ Mr. Holmes : 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
And the House having continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Friday morning ; 
Veneris, 3° die Augusti, 1838: 
The Amendments as far as the Amendment in 
Pr. 79. 1. 24. being read a second time, several were 
agreed to without Amendment, and others were 
amended, and agreed to. 


Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken into 
further consideration this day. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to re- 
move Doubts respecting Conveyances of Estates 
vested in Heirs and Devisees of Mortgagees, was, 
according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Oaths ey Bill ; 
and after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 


2°— 3° Augusti. 





A. 1838. 


That the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 

made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Fox Maule reported the Bill accordingly ; 

and the Report was ordered to be taken into furt!#r 
consideration this day; and the Bill, as amend‘d, 

to be printed. 

The Order of the day being read, for the Com= Spirit Licenses 
mittee on the Spirit Licenses (Ireland) Bill ; \ feland) Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 

itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Church Building 
mittee on the Church Building Acts Amendment A¢ts Amend- 
Bill; ment Bill. 
Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 

next, resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The Pensions Bill was, according to Order, read Pensions Bill. 
a second time ; and committed to a Committee of 
the whole House, for this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Exchequer Bills 
into a Committee, to consider of the Act 57 Geo. 3, (Public Works.) 
c. 34, to authorize the Issue of Exchequer Bills and 

the Advance of Money out of the Consolidated 

Fund, to a limited Amount, for the carrying on of 

Public Works and Fisheries in the United Kingdom, 

and Employment of the Poor in Great Britain, 

in manner therein mentioned; and also the Act 

4 &amp; 5 Will. 4, c. 72, to amend several Acts for 
authorizing the Issue of Exchequer Bills, for carry- 

ing on Public Works and Fisheries, and Employ- 

ment of the Poor, and to authorize a further Issue of 
Exchequer Bills for the purposes of the said Acts. 


(In the Committee.) 


Resolved, That Her Majesty be enabled to direct 
Exchequer Bills, to an amount not exceeding Five 
hundred thousand pounds, to be issued to Commis- 
sioners, to be by them advanced towards the com- 
pletion of Works of a ca nature, or for the 
encouragement of the Fisheries, or for the employ- 
ment of the Poor, on due security being given for 
the re-payment of the sum so advanced. 


Resolution to be reported. 





Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. More 
O’ Ferrall reported, That the Committee had come 
to a Resolution. | 
Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill for pistrict Courts 
promoting the Establishment of District Courts in in Boroughs 
Boroughs: And that Mr. Fox Maule and Lord ®"!. 

John Russell do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Act 1 and 2 Will. Duchies of 
4, c. 5, to enable his Majesty to make Leases, oT 
Copies and Grants of Offices, Lands and Heredita- wa 
ments Parcel of the Duchy of Cornwall, or annexed 
to the same, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 

And a Motion being made, That leave be given 
to bring in a Bill to revive and continue the said 
Act, and to make provision for rendering to Par- 
liament annual Accounts of the Receipts and dis- 
bursements of the Duchies of Cornwall and Lan- 
caster ; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject mat- 
ter of this Motion, gives Her consent, as far as 
Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, that the House 
may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 

And that Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer and 
Lord Jolin Russell do prepare, and bring it in. 





resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Fox Maule reported, 





A Motion 





N: 





Duchy of 
Cornwall Pose 
sessions Bill. 


Duchy of 
Cornwall 
(Tin Duties.) 


District Courts 
in Boroughs 
Bill, 


No, 663. 


Duchies of 
Comwall and 
Lancaster Bill. 


No. 664. 


Duchy of 
Lancaster. 


Duchy of 
Cornwall. 


Navy Prize 
Money. 


2 VicTorRiz. 


A Motion being made, That leave be given to bring 
in a Bill to quiet Possessions as against Claims 
made by or on behalf of the Duchy of Cornwall ; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject mat- 
ter of this Motion, gives Her consent, as far as 
Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, that the House 
may do therein as they shall think fit. 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill: 
And that Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer and 
Lord John Russell do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House was moved, That the Act 3 and 4 Will. 
4, c. 56, for granting Duties of Customs, might be 
read; and the same being read ; 

And a Motion being made, That this House will, 
To-morrow, resolve itself into a Committee, to con- 
sider of abolishing the Duties of Coinage payable 
on Tin in the Counties of Cornwall and Devon, of 
making an annual payment to Her Majesty, or the 
Personage entitled to the Revenues of the Duchy of 
Cornwall in lieu of the said Duties, and Compensa- 
tion to the Officers of the said Duchy in relation 
thereto, and of reducing the Customs Duties pay- 
able on Tin ; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Majes- 
ty’s command, acquainted the House, That Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject-matter 
of this Motion, recommends it to the consideration 
of the House. 

Resolved, That this House will, this day, resolve 
itself into the said Committee. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented a Bill for promoting 
the Establishment of District Courts in Boroughs: 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time this day ; and to be printed. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill 
to revive and continue an Actof the first and second 
years of his late Majesty to enable his Majesty to 
make Leases, Copies, and Grants of Offices, Lands 
and Hereditaments, Parcel of the Duchy of Corn- 
wall, or annexed to the same, and to make Pro- 
vision for rendering to Parliament Annual Accounts 
of the Receipts and Disbursements of the Duchies 
of Cornwall and Lancaster: And the same was 
read the first time ; and ordered to be read a second 
time upon Monday next; and to be printed. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by 
Her Majesty’s command,—A Statement of the 
Revenue and Expenditure of the Duchy of Lan- 
caster, for the year ended 20th June 1838. 

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


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented, by 
Her Majesty’s command,—An Account, showing 
the Income arising from, and the Charges on, the 
Revenues of the Duchy of Cornwall. 

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


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented,—Re- 
turn to an Address to Her Majesty, dated the 24th 
day of July last, for a Copy of the last Proclamation 
of Her Majesty for Distribution of Prize Money in 
the Navy. 

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


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after one of the clock 
on Friday morning, adjourned till this day. 


VoL. 93. 





Q°—3° Auguste. 





815 


Veneris, 3° die August; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1838, 


PRAYERS. 


M* Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in; Post Office 
and at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders, (Sotland.) 
—Copies or Extracts of all Letters and other Docu- 
ments from the Deputy Post Master of Glasgow, 
the Post Office Surveyor of that District, the Secre- 
tary and Solicitor of the Edinburgh Post Office, 
and the Solicitor of the General Post Office in 
London, or others, addressed to the Post Masters 
General, or to the Secretaries or others in the De- 
partment, with the Replies thereto, respecting the 
opening of Letters, or abstracting Letters, with or 
without Money, Cash, Notes, Bills, or other valuable 
Property therein contained, i into or passing 
through the Post Office of Glasgow, or alleged to 
have been so, since the consolidation of the Post 
Offices to the 1st January 1838:—also, A Return 
to amend and explain the Return No. 265 of this 
Session, relative to Letters or Packets containing 
Money, Bank Notes or other valuable Property 
entrusted to or passing through the Post Offices in 
Scotland, by stating the Nature or Contents of the 
Letters or Packets referred to in the aforesaid Return, 
and described as Papers of Importance, Papers of 
Value, and Enclosures of Value, stating the Haines 
of the Parties they were addressed to, or alleged to 
be addressed to, the Names of those who applied 
for them, the Post Office they were alleged to have 
been lost in or taken from, the Place they were 
found at if recovered, with the Dates applicable to 
each case. 

A Return of the Number of Loan Societies which Loan Societies. 
have been registered in the United Kingdom under 
the Regulations of the Loan Societies Acts; speci- 
fying the Name of each Place where they are esta- 
blished. 

A Return of Advertisement Duty charged to Advertisement 
each of the Provincial Journals in England and Duty. 
Wales, from the 30th June 1837 to the 30th June 
1838; specifying the Amount to each Paper by 
Name :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Nine Petitions of Inhabitant Householders re- Cirencester 
siding within the manor and seven hundreds of rman 
Cirencester, in the county of Gloucester ;—and, — 
Shopkeepers and Inhabitants of Stroud; praying 
that the Cirencester Hundreds Court Bill may pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lié upon the Table. 


The Cirencester Hundreds Court Bill was read Cirencester 
a second time; and committed to Lord Granville rama 
Somerset and the Gloucester List. ; 
Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit 
and proceed on Wednesday next, provided that the 
Parties give notice in the ‘aiepanter N pi To- 
morrow, that the said Committee have such leave to 
sitand proceed, and that the same be proved before 
the said Committee. 


Petitions from Tendring and Lexden ;—Fording- Parochial 
bridge (West Division); —and, Archdeaconry of a 
Wilts ; praying that the Parochial Assessments Bill ~~ 
may not pass into a law,—were proses and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Deputy Chair- Joint Stock 
man of the Banking Company or Partnership called Banks Bill. 
“The London and Westminster Bank,” praying that 
the Joint Stock Banks Bill may not pass into a law as 
it now stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Tabl ° 


Petitions from Saint Paul, Covent Garden ;—and, Poor Law 
Warbleton ; praying for the amendment of the Poor oo ment 





5L4 Law “““" 





—————————— 


aa ee 


Metropolis 
Improvements. 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Idolatry 
(India. ) 


Public Bills. 





816 3° Augusti. 


Law Act,—were presented, and read ; and referred 
to the Select Committee on the Poor Law Amend- 
ment Act. 


A Petition of Inhabitant Householders and 
Owners of property in the parish of Saint Paul, 
Covent Garden, praying that in any Act which may 
be passed for the improvement of any part of the 
city of Westminster it may be provided that a 
wide and handsome street be built running from 
Coventry-street to King-street, Covent Garden, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Windlesham ;-—and, Hulcote and 
Salford; praying for the amendment of the Sale of 
Beer Act,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Devonport (two Petitions) ;—Ply- 
mouth ;— Morice Town ;— Darlington ;— East Stone- 
house;—Stanton Saint Bernard;— Northampton ;— 
Chelmsford ;—Brailsford ;—and, Birkin ; praying 
the House to prohibit the interference of Britis 
functionaries in the management of Idolatrous Ob- 
servances in India,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman of the Chamber of 
Commerce and Manufactures of Greenock, incorpo- 
rated by royal charter, was presented, and read ; 
setting forth, That the Petitioners are induced to 
bring under the notice of the House, in the hope 
that a remedy may be provided for the evil, a practice 
adopted by Her Majesty’s Government, of intro- 
ducing to Parliament, at a period of the Session 
which precludes the possibility of their — sub- 
jected to careful consideration, measures deeply 
affecting the commercial interests of the country ; 
by this means, the measures are unavoidably hurried 
through Parliament without affording to the Mem- 
bers of the Legislature an adequate opportunity of 
considering their effects, and maturing their details, 
and the country at large is thus prevented from 
offering any suggestion for their ees ; and 
to this objectionable practice may be traced many 
of the crude, inconvenient and injurious enactments, 
which have been allowed to pass uncorrected into 
law, in the Bills carried through Parliament of late 
years for regulating the trade of the country ; that 
this subject has been forced on the attention 
of the Petitioners by what has just occurred with 
reference to a Bill recently introduced into the 
House, intituled, “ A Bill to amend the Laws re- 


lating to the Customs,” a copy of which Bill (dis- | 


patched, as the Petitioners verily believe, as soon 
as copies were put into the hands of Members of 
the House), reached the Petitioners only by the 
same post which brought an account of the Bill 
having passed through a Committee of the House; 
and, judging from the rapidity with which it has 
been pressed through the preceding stages, they are 





A. 1838. 


after the Easter Recess, without sufficient reason 
being assigned for the delay, and special leave 
given by the House, or to devise some other remedy 
or the evil complained of. 

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


A Petition of Emigrants about to sail for South Postage: 
Australia in the “ Pestongee Bomanjee,’ praying 
for the establishment of a low and uniform rate of 
Postage on Letters, was presented, and read; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Postage. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed Transportation,. 
to inquire into the system of Transportation, its No, 669, 
efficacy as a punishment, its influence on the moral 
state of society in the Penal Colonies, and how far 
it is susceptible of improvement, have Power to re- 
port their observations thereupon to the House, to- 
gether with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them. 

Mr. Leader reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee; That they had considered the matters to 
them referred, and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House, together with the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

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


A Petition of Inhabitants of Monktown Farleigh; Church 
praying that all increase of Revenue that may arise P*P*rty. 
from an improved system of leasing Ecclesiastical 
Property be left at the disposal of the Church, to 
supply the deficiency of spiritual instruction for the 
people, was presented, and read ; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy of the Diocese of Salisbury, Ecclesiastical’ 
praying that the proceedings of the Ecclesiastical een, 
Commission be stayed, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Bankruptcy 
Copy of Returns (made in March last, by the Court. 
Official Assignees of the Court of Bankruptcy, to 
Mr. Vizard, Secretary of Bankrupts to the Lord 
Chancellor), of Sums paid into the Bank of Eng- 
land by the said Official Assignees, under Commis- 
sions of Bankrupt dated prior to the 11th January 


1852. 


A Petition of John Keene and James Keene, Law of Libel. 











apprehensive that it will have been carried through 
the House before it is possible for them to bestow 
on it their deliberate attention, with the view of 
submitting their views on the subject to the Legisla- 


Printers and Publishers of a newspaper called 
Keene’s Bath Journal, in the parish of Walcot, in 
the city of Bath, praying for the amendment of the 
Law of Libel, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions from Dublin; praying that Spirit Spirit Dealers 
Dealers in Ireland may be placed upon the same (1!) 
footing with those in England and Scotland,—were 


| presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 


Table. 


A Petition of the Registrars and Deputy Regis- Parliamentary 


ture ; that the Petitioners hold it to be of the utmost | trars of Armagh, complaining of not having been a 


importance to the commercial interests of this | 


country, that every measure affecting its trade should 


be irtroduced into the House at such a period of | 
the Session as would not only allow of its being | 


submitted to the careful and deliberate consideration 
of the Members of the Legislature, but as should 
admit of its being duly considered by the country, | 
before being passed into a law; and with that| 
view the Petitioners pray, That the House would 
make a Standing Order, that no Bill affecting the 


consider of the Patents of the Queen’s 





trade and manufactures of the country, or pro- 
ducing any change in the laws or duties of Customs 
or Excise, should be introduced into the House | 


remunerated for preparing Parliamentary Returns, 
and praying the Hoase to take their case into con- 
sideration, was presented, and read ; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to Queen’s : 
rinter and Printer’s Patent 
; ~ CScotland.) 
Stationer for Scotland, have Power to report their No.670 
Opinion thereupon to the House. viola 

The Lord Advocate _ pe from the said Select 
Committee; That they had considered the matters 
referred to them; and had come to several Reso- 
lutions, which they had directed him to report to 

the 


stk 
a 








2 Victoriz. 


the House, with an Appendix; and the Resolutions 
of the Committee were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That it appears to this Committee, 
that the Patents granted to Her Majesty’s Printers, 
Stationers, Booksellers and Bookbinders, under the 
Great Seal of Scotland, dated 2d November 1785, 
for the period of Forty-one years, from 17th July 
1798, will expire on the 17th day of July 1839, when 
all rights, privileges and profits enjoyed under those 
Patents will cease. 

2. Resolved, That it appears that an agreement 
was made between the Lords Commissioners of his 
late Majesty’s Treasury and the Patentees, com- 
mencing on Ist January 1834, that the supply of 


3° Augustt. 


817 


to print and publish Editions of Bibles, Testaments 
ne Psalms, on their finding security to the Queen’s 
and Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer, for the con- 
formity of the text with the version now printed by 
Her Majesty’s Printers in Scotland. 

10. Resolved: That it should be made an indict- 
able offence to interpolate or corrupt the text of any 
edition of the Bible professing to be the same ver- 
sion as that which was formerly printed by Her 
Majesty’s Printers ; and that such editions may be 
interdicted and seized. 

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


stationery, printing and bookbinding for the use of 
the Public Revenue Offices in Scotland by the Pa- 
tentees should be discontinued, and that an allow- 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Sidmouth, praying Church 
the House to take into consideration the present icone 
state of the Ecclesiastical Establishment in Canada, , 


ance of Twelve and a half per cent. upon the future 
supplies to those Offices by the Stationery Office in 
London should be paid as compensation for the 
profits before enjoyed by the Patentees, and that 
such compensation is to continue to be made until 
the 17th July 1839. 

3. Resolved, That the amount received by the 
Patentees as compensation for their giving up their 
right to supply stationery and for printing for the 
Revenue Offices in Scotland, has been, 


For the year 1835 - - £.478 2 8 
oo” $006: &lt;..&lt;;.., 42 + = 
* 1887 - - 508 6 6 


and the same rate of allowance will be made up to 
the 17th of July 1839, after which time the amount 
of the said allowance will be saved to the public if 
the Patent shall not be renewed. 

4. Resolved, That the supplies of stationery, 
printing and bookbinding for the use of the Public 
Revenue Offices in Scotland have been made from 
the Stationery Office in London since January 1834, 
and it appears that by that change upwards of Six 
thousand pounds per annum has been saved to the 
public, and the public offices in Scotland have been 
supplied in the same manner from the Stationery 
Office as the public offices in England have been. 

5. Resolved, That the introduction into Scotland 
of Bibles and Testaments, printed by the Univer- 
sities of Oxford and Cambridge, by the Queen’s 
Printers in England, as well as from every other 
place, has been prevented by the privileges of the 
Queen’s Printers in Scotland, and that such privi- 
leges will continue until the 17th day of July 1839. 

6. Resolved, That it appears by the evidence before 
the Committee of 1837, and also from the Reports 
of previous Committees, that the price of Bibles and 
Testaments, of which Her Majesty’s Printers have 
thus had the sole monopoly in Scotland, have been 
increased by that monopoly to a considerable 
amount, so as to interfere with the free distribution 
of the Scriptures; and that obstacles have been 
thrown in the way of devout persons obtaining such 
copies of the Sacred Volume as they wished to 
possess. 

7. Resolved, That in the opinion of this Com- 
mittee, the Queen’s Printers’ Patents in Scotland 
should not be renewed, and that the people of Scot- 
land should have the advantage of the competition 
which the free introduction of Bibles and Testa- 
ments from the presses of the Universities of Oxford 
and Cambridge, and from Her Majesty’s Printers in 
England and Ireland, will aftord. 

8. Resolved, That the Committee recommend, 
that the General Assembly of the Church of Scot- 
land, and also each of the Universities of Aberdezn, 
Edinburgh, Glasgow and Saint Andrew’s shall be 
empowered, by License from the Queen, to appoint 
a Printer of the Holy Scriptures, under their autho- 
rity, and subject to such conditions, as to security 
for the accuracy of the text, as they shall respect- 
ively sanction. 

9. Resolved, That in the opinion of this Com- 
cae a in Scotland. should be permitted 

OL. 93. 


and extend to the Church in those provinces pro- 
tection and encouragement, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to Pawnbrokers 
inquire into the Laws and Regulations which affect (leland.) 
the Trade of Pawnbroking in Jreland, and their No. 677. 


practical operation, and to report to the House whe- 
ther any and what alterations may be advantageously 
adopted therein, have Power to report the Minutes 
of the Evidence taken before them. 

Lord Viscount Clements reported from the said 
Select Committee ; That they had considered the 
matters to them referred; and had directed him to 
make a Report thereof to the House, together with 
the Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a Tipperary 
Copy of the Correspondence which has recently Ceuty- 


taken place between Her Majesty’s Government 
and the Magistrates of the County of Tipperary, 
relative to the disturbed state of that County. 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to several Royal Burghs 
Addresses to Her Majesty,—Returns of the gross (Sl!and.) 


yearly Proceeds of the common Good, Property and 
Revenues of the several Royal Burghs of Scotland : 
—and, Of all Deductions therefrom for defraying 
the ordinary Municipal and Police Charges and 
Expenses, and other annual burthens chargeable on 
ae common Good, Property or Revenues, in- 
cluding the interest of Debts due by each Burgh. 


A Return of the different Sums paid as Compen- Municipal 
sation to Town Clerks and others, under the Act to CerPor#tions 


provide for the Regulation of Municipal Corpora- 
tions in England and Wales. 

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


Sir George Grey presented, pursuant to an Ad- Australia. 


dress to Her Majesty,—A Return of all the Expenses 
defrayed by this Country in the Colony of Western 
Australia during the last three years, ending the 
5th April 1838, in each year respectively ; distin- 
guishing the Expenditure provided for in the Esti- 
mates laid before Parliament, the Cost of the Army, 
Navy and Ordnance, and of every other Department 
respectively, of which the entire charge is not main- 
tained out of Funds raised in the Colony:—An 
Account of all Monies received by the Sale of Crown 
Lands, in each year during the same period; the 
Number of Ships, and Amount of their Tonnage, 
which have cleared out of any Port of Great Bri- 
tain and Ireland, in each year respectively, since 
the 5th April 1835 ; and the Number of Inhabitants 
exclusive of Troops, so far as it can be ascertained, 
now in the Colony :—Copy of a Despatch from 
Governor Sir James Stirling, bearing date the 15th 
of October 1835, forwarding a Memorial from the 
Inhabitants of Western Australia; together with 
a Copy of the Answer which has been returned 
thereto:—A similar Return for South Australia :— 





5M also, 








County Courts 
Bill. 


Merchaut 
Shipping. 


Ecclesiastical 
Duties and 
Revenues Bill, 


Militia Ballots 
Suspension Bill. 


Stamp Dies 
Bill. 


Charities, 


Municipal 
Corporations. 


Valuation 
of Lands 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Exchequer Bills 
(Public Works.) 


818 3° Augustz. 


also, A Return of the annual Charge to be provided | 
for by the Local Government of South Australia, | 
under the several heads of Interest on Debts con- | 
tracted on the Credit of the Colonial Revenue ; of | 
Expenses of the Local Establishment and Contin- | 
gencies; and, of Expenses of the Establishment of | 
the Colonization Commissioners in this Country, and 
Contingencies. 

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


A Petition of Justices of the Peace of the Hun- 
dred of Mutford and Lothingland, in the county of 
Suffolk, praying that the County Courts Bill may 
not pass into a law as it now stands, was presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Merchants, Ship-owners and others, 
residing within the Port of Bombay, praying for 
the amendment and revision of the Maritime Laws 
of the United Kingdom, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Dean and Chapter of the 
Cathedral Church of Salisbury ;—and, Clergy of 
the Diocese of Salisbury; praying that the Eccle- 
siastical Duties and Revenues Bill may not pass into 
a law,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 





The ingrossed Bill to suspend, for a limited Time, 
the making of Lists, and the Ballots and Enrolments 
for the Militia of the United Kingdom, was, accord- 
ing to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to suspend, until the end of the 
next Session of Parliament, the making of Lists, 
and the Ballots and Enrolments for the Militia of 
the United Kingdom. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 





into a Committee upon the Stamp Dies Bill; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the 
Committee had gone through the Bill, and directed 
him to report the same, without Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed ; and read the 
third time upon Monday next. 


Lord John Russell presented, by Her Majesty’s 
command,—Thirty-second Report (Part 3), of the 
Charity Commissioners for England and Wales. 

Reports upon certain Boroughs, drawn by TZ. J. 
Hogg, Esquire. 

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


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Valuation of Lands 
(Jreland) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Baill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Mr. Bernal reported from the Committee to whom 
it was referred to consider of the Act57 Geo. 3, c.34, 
to authorize the Issue of Exchequer Bills and the 
Advance of Money out of the Consolidated Fund, 
to a limited Amount, for the carrying on of Public 
Works and Fisheries in the United Kingdom, and 








Employment of the Poor in Great Britain, in 
manner therein mentioned; and also the Act 4 &amp; 5 | 
Will. 4, c. 72, to amend several Acts for authorizing | 
the Issue of Exchequer Bills, for carrying on Public | 
Works and Fisheries, and Employment of the Poor, | 
and to authorize a further Issue of Exchequer Bills | 
for the purposes of the said Acts; a Resolution; 
which was read, as followeth : 

Resolved, That Her Majesty be enabled to direct 
Exchequer Bills, to an amount not exceeding Five 





| 





A, 1838. 


hundred thousand pounds, to be issued to Commis- 
sioners, to be by them advanced towards the com- 
pletion of Works of a public nature, or for the 
encouragement of the Fisheries, or for the employ- 
ment of the Poor, on due security being given for 
the repayment of the Sum so advaficed. 

The said Resolution, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the 
said Resolution: And that Mr. Bernal, Mr. Chan- 
cellor of the Exchequer and Mr. Baring do prepare, 
and bring it in. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Bank of Ireland 
into a Committee upon the Bank of (Jre/and) Re- Repayment 


— Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Pensions Bill, 


mittee on the Pensions Bill; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
— proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 

air ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out, stand part of the Question :— 
It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Wingfield and Message from 


Mr. Farrer: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
Jowing, without Amendment; viz. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act for maintaining a Light- Gibraltar, &amp;c. 
house at Gibraltar, and respecting Lighthouses not fiehthouses 


within the United Kingdom : 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend, and continue Arms and 


for One year, and from thence to the end of the then ne r 


next Session of Parliament, the several Acts relat- 
ing to the Importation and Keeping of Arms and 
Gunpowder in Ireland: 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue until the Turnpike Acts 
First day of June One thousand eight hundred and — 
Forty, and to the end of the then Session of 


Parliament, the Local Turnpike Acts for Great 
Britain, which expire with this or the ensuing Ses- 
sion of Parliament : 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue for One year, Turnpike Acts 
Continuance 


and from thence until the end of the then next Ses- (Ireland) Bill 


sion of Parliament, the several Acts for regulating 
the Turnpike Roads in Ireland: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made — hag 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for the °? "" 


better Government of Prisons in the West Indies, 
without any Amendment: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Ciecland 


Act to explain and amend certain Provisions in Acts 
of the Parliament of Jreland, for the Protection of 
Fisheries in that Kingdom, with Amendments; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An ae 
Act for the better Regulation of Hackney Carriages, (;, 
and of Omnibuses used in and near the Metropolis, Bill. 


and of the Drivers and Attendants thereof, with 
Amendments ; 





vam 


P 
A 








Royal Exchange 
Re-building 
Bill. 


Manor Courts 
(Ireland. ) 


Church Leases. 


Transportation, 


Education, 


Police Offices 
(Metropolis. ) 


Poor Law 
Amendment 


Act. 


2 Victoriz. 


Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords) 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Act 
for improving the Site of the Royal Exchange, in the 
City of London, and the Avenues adjoining thereto, 
with Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the 
Report made from the Select Committee appointed 
by this House in the present Session of Parliament to 
inquire into the operation of the Small Debt Juris- 
diction of Manor Courts in Jreland, the abuses 
which may exist therein, and the remedies proper 
to be applied; together with the Minutes of Evi- 
dence taken before the Committee: And also, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of a Re- 
port made from the Select Committee appointed by 
this House in the present Session of Parliament to 
inquire into the mode of granting and renewing 
Leases of the landed and other Property of the 
Bishops, Deans and Chapters, and other Ecclesias- 
tical Bodies of England and Wales, and into the 
probable amount of any increased value which 
might be obtained by an improved management, 
with a due consideration of the interests of the Esta- 
blished Church, and of the present Lessees of such 
Property; together with the Minutes of Evidence 
taken before the Committee: And also, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the 
Report made from the Select Committee appointed 
by this House in the present Session of Parliament 
to inquire into the system of Transportation, its 
efficacy as a punishment, its influence on the moral 
state of society in the Penal Colonies, and how far 
it is susceptible of improvement; together with the 
Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee : 
And also, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of a Re- 
port made from the Select Committee appointed by 
this House in the present Session of Parliament 
to consider the best means of providing useful 
Education for the Children of the poorer classes 
in large Towns throughout England and Wales ; 
together with the Minutes of Evidence taken before 
the Committee: And also, 

The Lords request that this House will be pleased 
to communicate to their Lordships, a Copy of the 
Report made from the Select Committee appointed 
by this House in the present Session of Parliament 
to inquire into the Provisions of the Act 3 and 4 
Will. 4, c.19 (Metropolis Police Offices Act;) to- 
gether with the Minutes of Evidence taken before the 
Committee :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 

Resolved, That this House will send an Answer 
to the last part of the said Message by Messengers 
of their own. 

And the Messengers were again called in, and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith :—And then 
they again withdrew. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of Returns which have been trans- 
mitted to the Office of Her Majesty’s Secretary of 
State for the Home Department, showing the weekly 
Diet of several Independent Labourers in the Coun- 
ties of Leicester, Lincoln and Cambridge ; and also 
a Return from several Parishes in the Counties of 
Cambridge and Suffolk of the Number of Pauper 
Marriages, and of Illezitimate Births in stated pe- 
riods before and since the operation of the Poor Law 
Amendment Act. 

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

Vou. 93. : 


3° Augusti. 








819 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Municipal 


into further consideration the Amendments made b 


the Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act for the Re- “"¢!™4) Bill. 


gulation of Municipal Corporations and Borough 
Towns in Ireland. 

The Amendments, as far as Clause (X.), being 
read a second time, several were agreed to without 
Amendment ; others were amended, and agreed to; 
and others were disagreed to. 

Clause (X.), the next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made there 
unto, by inserting, after the word “ And,” the words # 
“ whereas by the said recited Act of the ninth year 
of the reign of his late Majesty King George the 
Fourth, it is, amongst other things, enacted, that 
upon the application of twenty-one or more house- 
holders residing in any city, town corporate, bo- 
rough, market town, or other town in Jreland, 
the lighting, watching, cleansing or paving of 
which is not provided for under any Act of Par- 
liament, each of such householders occupying a 
dwelling-house or other tenement of the annual 
value of Twenty pounds or more, it shall be lawful 
for the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief Governor 
or Governors of Ireland, to authorize the carrying 
of the said Act into execution, and for that pur- 
pose to order and direct that a meeting shall be 
convened; Be it Enacted, That so much of the 
said Act as requires, or may be construed to re- 
quire, that an application shall be made by any 
number of householders to the Lord Lieutenant or 
other Chief Governor or Governors, in any bo- 
“ rough named in the Schedule (B.) to this Act an- 
nexed, in which, under the provisions of this Act, 
Commissioners are to be elected to administer the: 
corporate property until the grant of a charter of 
incorporation to such borough as hereinbefore pro- 
vided, and in which no Commissioners shall have 
been previously elected under the last recited Act, 
shall be and the same is hereby repealed, but so 
as not to affect any thing already done under the 
™ — of the said Act; and that the Lord 

ieutenant or other Chief Governor or Governors 

of Ireland, without any application from any 
householder of any such borough as last aforesaid, 
“ shall direct that the said recited Act shall be 
carried into execution in every such borough as 
last aforesaid ; and for that purpose shall direct 
that any two or more Justices of the Peace resi- 
dent within Ten miles of any such borough as last 
aforesaid shall convene a meeting for the purpose 
“ of carrying the said Act as altered by this Act 
into execution, and shall preside thereat, and 
such order and direction shall be signified and 
published in the same manner as an order made 
“‘ under the said recited Act is thereby directed to 
be signified and published ; and at every meeting 
-so convened, the persons who, under the provisions 
“ of the said Act would be entitled to vote ata 
“ meeting convened under the said Act shall be en- 
“ titled to vote; and it shall not be lawful for the 
“ said meeting to determine that the provisions of 
“ the said Act shall not be carried into execution as 
“ directed by such order; but the persons so as- 
“« sembled and entitled to vote shall proceed to elect 
“ Commissioners, as directed by the said Act, from 
“ among the persons qualified, according to the pro- 
“ visions of the said Act: Provided always, how- 
“ ever, That in case a poll shall be demanded, it 
“ shall not be continued longer than the hour of 
“ Four of the clock in the afternoon on the second 
“ day of polling, but may be closed before that hour 
“ after the lapse of one hour without any person 
“ having tendered his vote, and the Commissioners 
“ elected as aforesaid shall have all the powers, 
“ rights and privileges which Commissioners elected 
“ wnder the said recited Act now have, and shall 
“ continue in office for the same period, and be 
“ bound to perform the same duties, and be liable 
5M 2 “ to 


nxn nA KR A 
nan nan a Aw 


n 
n 








Ways and 
Means. 


Surplus of 
Ways and 
Means. 





820 


“ 
“c 


“ the said Act with respect to the Commissioners 
elected under the provisions thereof, and all pro- 
visions herein contained concerning Commis- 
sioners to be elected as aforesaid, shall apply to 
the Commissioners (if any) who shall have been 
previously elected, under the last recited Act.” 
And the Question being put, That those words 
be there inserted ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the { Mr. Edward John Stanley, |, 

Yeas, UMr. Robert Steuart: } " 

Tellers for the { Mr. Holmes, 97 

Noes, Sir Thomas Fremantle : } ; 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then an Amendment was made to the said Clause, 
by leaving out from the said word “ And” to the 
end of the Clause. 

And the said Amendment, so amended, was 
agreed to. 

Then the subsequent Amendments, being read 4 
second time, several were agreed to without Amend- 
ment; others were amended, and agreed to; and 
others were disagreed to; which will fully appear 
in the Report of the Committee appointed to draw 
up Reasons to be offered to the Lords at a Con- 
ference for disagreeing to certain of the said Amend- 
ments [pp. 823.] 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw 
up Reasons to be offered to the Lords at a Confer- 
ence for disagreeing to the Amendments, to which 
this House hath disagreed :—And a Committee was 
_— of Lord John Russell, Lord Viscount 

orpeth, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. 
Attorney General for Jreland, Mr. Attorney General, 
Mr. Solicitor General, Sir John Hobhouse, Mr. Lynch, 
Sir William Somerville, Mr. Curry, Sir George Grey, 
and Mr. Bernal:—And they are to withdraw im- 
mediately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee of Ways and Means ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That Mr.Speaker do now leave the Chair; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words, 
“ a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into 
“ those cases in which the Jrish Government has 
“ offered rewards for the apprehension or the con- 
“ viction of offenders against the Laws; and in 
“ which such rewards, or any portion of them, have 
not been paid after such apprehension or convic- 
“ tion; and into the causes why they have been 
“ withheld,” instead thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
proposed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

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


Sabbati, 4° die Augusti, 1838: 


. 


The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee. 


(In the Committee.) 

1. Resolved, That, towards making good the Sup- 
ply granted to Her Majesty, there be issued and 
applied the sum of One liundred and fifty-one thou- 
sand seven hundred and eighty pounds seven shil- 
lings and sixpence, being the surplus of Ways and 
Means granted for the service of any preceding 
years. 


$°_..#P Augusti é 


to the same penalties, as the Commissioners under 
the said Act are, and new Commissioners to sup- 
ply their places shall be elected as is provided by 


A. 1838. 


2. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply Exchequer Os 
granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Eleven millions *""* Bi 
and forty-four thousand and five hundred and fifty 
pounds, be raised by Exchequer Bills, for the ser- 
vice of the year 1838. 

3. Resolved, That, towards making good the Sup- Consolidated 
| ply granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Five millions 4. 
five hundred and seventy thousand pounds be issued 
out of the Consolidated Fund of the United King- 
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the service of 
the year 1838. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. More 
O’ Ferrall reported, ‘That the Committee had come 
to several Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 

Mr. More O’ Ferrall also acquainted the House, 
that he was directed to move, That the Committee 
may have leave ‘to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Duchy of ( 

into a Committee to consider of abolishing the (Tin Dats.) 

Duties of Coinage payable on Tin in the Counties ; 

of Cornwall and Devon, of making an annual pay- 

ment to Her Majesty, or the Personage entitled to 

the Revenues of the Duchy of Cornwall, in lieu of 

the said Duties, and Compensation to the Officers 

of the said Duchy in relation thereto, and of reducing 

the Customs Duties payable on Tia. 


(In the Committee.) 


1. Resolved, That the Duties of Customs payable 
on the Importation of Tin and Tin Ore shall cease, 
and in lieu thereof the following Duties shall be 
paid ; (that is to say) 





Tin, the ewt. - - - - - - 15 
Tin Ore, for every 100/. of the value - 10 - 

2. Resolved, That the Duties payable on the 
Coinage of Tin in the Counties of Cornwall and 
Devon shall be abolished. 

3. Resolved, That, in lieu of the Coinage Duties 
on Tin in the Counties of Cornwall and Devon, the ! 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury be autho- 
rized to direct the issue to Her Majesty, or the 
Personage entitled to the Revenues of the Duchy of 

Yornwall, of an annual sum out of the Consolidated 
Fund, equal to the net average annual amount of 
the said Coinage Duties. 

4. Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Treasury be authorized to make Compensa- 
tions, out of the Consolidated Fund, to all Officers 
and others employed in relation to the said Coinage 
Duties, for any loss they may sustain by the abo- | 
lition thereof. 


Resolutions to be reported. 


a a 3 


Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Robert 
Steuart reported, That the Committee had come to 
several Resolutions. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Militia Pay 
into a Committee upon the Militia Pay Bill; and, - 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Robert Steuart reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received this day. 








The House, according to Order, resolved itself ~ ee, 

into a Committee upon the Affirmations Bill; and, “"~ 

after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 

the Chair; and Mr. John Parker reported, That 

the Committee had gone through the Bill, and di- 

rected him to report the same, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 

this day. 





The 











Oaths Validity 
Bill. 


Spirit Licenses 
(Ireland) Bill. 


District Courts 
in Boroughs 
Bill. 


Private Bill 
Deposits Bill. 


Slave Trade 
Treaties Bill. 


Turpentine 
Penalties Bill, 


2 Vicroriz. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to 
take into further consideration the Report on the 
Oaths Validity Bill; and the Amendments were 
read, as follow: 

Pr. 1. Is. 8. and 9. Leave out “ by law,” and in 
the same line after “ may” insert “ lawfaily,” and 
after “ be” insert “‘ and shall have been.” 

Pr. 1. 1. 14. Leave out “ this,” and insert “the 
“ united. 

Pr. 1. 1.17. Leave out “the,” and insert “ such ;” 
and in the same line leave out “swearing.” 

Pr. 1. 1. 18. After “ administered” insert “ pro- 
“* vided the same shall have been administered.” 

Pr. 1. 1. 21. After “ and” insert “every such 
“ person in case of wilful false swearing.” 

Pr. 1. 1. 23. Leave out from “ perjury” to “in” 
in 1, 24, 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Spirit Licenses (Jreland) Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the Yeas,{ ay ee laa 28. 
Mr. Shaw, 
Mr. Lucas: 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative :—The House 
accordingly resolved itself into the Committee ; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. O’ Connell reported, That the 
Committee had made Progress in the Bill; and that 
he was directed to move, That the Committee may 
have leave to sit again. 

Resolved, That this House will, upon Monday 
next, again resolve itself into the said Committee. 


} 23. 


Tellers for the Noes, 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 
reading of the District Courts in Boroughs Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
Monday next. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report on the Private Bill 
Deposits Bill ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Tuesday next. 


Mr. Robert Steuart, by Order, presented a Bill 
to revive and continue an Act of the last Session of 
Parliament for authorizing Her Majesty to carry 
into execution, by Orders in Council, Treaties for 
the Suppression of the Slave Trade: And the same 
was read the first time; and ordered to be read a 
second time this day. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to amend so much of an Act of the 
twenty-fifth year of King George the Third, for the 
further and better regulation of Buildings and Party- 
walls, and for the more effectually preventing mis- 
chiefs by Fire, within the Cities of London and 
Westminster, and as relates to Manufactories of 
Pitch, Tar and Turpentine; and the same were read, 
as follow : 

Pr. 2. 1.35. After “ any” insert “ pitch, tar 
or.” 
Pr. 3. 1.3. Leave out “ a turpentine,’ 
sert “ such.” 
Pr. 3. 1.5. Leave out from “ including ” to 
“ distillery” in]. 6. and insert “ such.” 
Vor. 93. 


? and in- 


3°—4° Augusti. 





821 


Pr. 3. 1.13. After “thereof” insert Clause (A.) 

Cuauss (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That no pro- 
prietor or occupier of any distillery of pitch, tar 
or turpentine, or of any building used for the 
purposes of the trade of such distillery, whose 
distillery shall have been in operation during the 
space of Thirty years at the least next before the 
passing of this Act, shall be liable to any penalty 
or forfeiture whatever, under or by virtue of the 
provisions of the said recited Act, until the First 
“ day of August One thousand eight hundred and 
forty.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 16. After “ any ” insert “ other.” 


Pr. 3. 1. 21. Leave out “‘ September,” and insert ° 


“ January.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 23, Leave out “ Eight,” and insert 
“ Nine.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Hutt do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Foreign 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Slave Trade. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a Memorial to the Queen from the 
Assembly of Jamaica, on the subject of the Foreign 
Slave Trade. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Westeru 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Avstralis- 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of a Despatch from the Governor of 
Western Australia to Lord Gilenely, dated 3d De- 
cember 1837. 

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


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, an Poor Law 
Abstract of any Returns received by the Poor Law Amendment 


Commissioners, in pursuance of an Order of a Com- 
mittee of this House of the date of 29th March 1838, 
showing the Nature of any Relaxations made in the 
peremptory Orders forbidding Out-door Relief to 
Able-bodied Labourers or their Families. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Justices’ Clerks 


ct. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased (Lanark. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Copy of the Warrant under which the 
Clerks to the Justices of the Peace for the County of 
Lanark hold their Appointments. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Justices of 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Peace 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, a Return, showing in columns, the Number 
of Cases tried before the Justices of Peace of the 
Lower Ward of Lanarkshire, at the instance of the 
Fiscal to the Justice of Peace Court, or upon infor- 
mation, or howsoever originated, where Hines have 
been prosecuted for and Expenses awarded against 
Delinquents, under the following heads, during the 
years 1835, 1836, 1837 and 1838; viz. cases for 
breach of the Excise Laws, for selling Wine, Spirits 
or Ale, or other Liquors, on Sunday ; or for breach 
of the Glasgow Bridewell Act, or any other Act of 
Parliament under which Fines are imposed by Jus- 
tices of Peace: —These Returns to show the Expenses 
as taxed in each Case, and the Name of the recipient 
of the said Expenses; the Amount of Fine imposed ; 

5M 3 the 


Lanark.) 











822 3°— 4° Augusti. 


the Amount paid by the Party; the application of 
the same, and the Names and Employments of the 
Persons to whom Fines or shares of Fines have been 
aid; the authority for levying the Amount of the 
ei decerned for and the applications of the 
Fines imposed ; also, the Sums Total of Fines and 
Expenses as taxed in each year, in separate columns. 
Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Four and-a-haif A Motion being made, That leave be given to 
aay bring in a Bill to repeal the Four-and-a-half per 
uties Bill, : 
centum Duties ; 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, by Her Ma- 
jesty’s command, acquainted the House, that Her 
Majesty, having been informed of the subject- 
matter of this Motion, gives Her consent, as far as 
Her Majesty’s interest is concerned, that the House 
may do therein as they shall think fit. 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in the Bill : 
And that Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr. 
Baring do prepare, and bring it in. 


County Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill 
(hreiend) Bill to facilitate Advances out of County Monies for the 
* support of County Gaols and Institutions in Jre- 

land: And that Mr. More O’ Ferrall, Lord Viscount 

Morpeth, and Mr. Attorney General for Lreland do 


prepare, and bring it in. 


Exchequer Bills Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill 
_" Works) to authorize a further Issue of Exchequer Bills for 
_ , Public Works and Fisheries, and Employment of 
No. 666. the Poor, and to amend the Acts relating thereto : 
And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and 

to be printed. 
or A of Corn- Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill 
oa oes to quiet Possessions as against Claims made by and 
No. ccs, 0” behalf of the Duchy of Cornwall: And the 
“same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 

printed. 


Four-and-a-half © Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill 


eee y to repeal the Four-and-a-half per centum Duties : 
No.667 And the same was read the first time; and ordered 
™*"* to be read a second time upon Monday next; and 

to be printed. 
County Mr. More O’ Ferrall presented a Bill to facilitate 


Treasurers 


(Ireland) Bill Advances out of County Monies for the support of 
’ County Gaols and Institutions in Zreland: And the 


No. 671. ° 
same was read the first time; and ordered to be 
read a second time upon Monday next; and to be 
printed. 
Fisheries 


7 Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
(Ireland) Bill. Lords to the Fisheries (Jreland) Bill be taken into 
consideration upon Monday next. 


Spirit Licenses 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirit Li- 
(Lanarkshire.) 


censes (Lanarkshire), which was presented upon the 


No. 672. 95th day of July last, be printed. 
Justice of Ordered, That the Return relative to Justice of 
- hemp Peace Courts (Glasgow), which was presented upon 
No. on. Monday last, be printed. 


Indian Law. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Indian Law, 
No. 673. Which was presented upon Monday last, be printed. 


Prisoners inthe | Ordered, That the Return relative to Prisoners in 


aire, oe the Fleet (Contempt of Court), which was presented 
yt oO A . . 

No.674, UP Wednesday last, be printed. 

Duchy of Ordered, That the Statement relative to the Duchy 
Lancaster. 


of Lancaster, which was presented yesterday, be 


No. 665. printed, 








A. 1838. 


Ordered, That the Account relative to the Duchy Duchy o¢ 
of Cornwall, which was presented yesterday, be Comal. 
printed. No. 665. 

Ordered, That the Returns of the Number of Navy. 
Officers of the Navy on the 25th June 1838, and No. 675, 
Number of Promotions on and since that day, which 
were presented upon Friday last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return of the Names of Officers Navy. 
of the Navy promoted onand since the 28thJune1838, No. 675. 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to Navy (Me- Navy (Medical 
dical Department), which were presented upon Department.) 
Friday last, be printed. No. 675, 

Ordered, That the Copy of the Proclamation of Navy Prize 
Her Majesty for distribution of Prize Money in the Money. 
Navy, which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 676. 


And then the House, having continued to sit 
till a quarter of an hour after two of the 
clock on Saturday morning, adjourned till 
this day. 





Sabbati, 4° die Augusti ; 


Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1838. 





PRAYERS. 


A PETITION of Inhabitants of Allonby, pray- Idolatry 
ing the House to prohibit the interference of (die) 
British functionaries in the management of Idola- 

trous Observances in India, was presented, and read ; 

and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Valuation of Lands Valuation 
(Ireland) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and of Lands 
(Ireland) Bill, 
agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for Affirmations 
permitting Affirmation to be made instead of an Bill. 
Oath, in certain cases, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Bank of Jreland Re- Bank of Ireland 
payment Bill; and the Amendments were read, and a ia aoe 
agreed to. ~ 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Pensions Bill; and the Pensions Bill. 
Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


A Message by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher of Royal Assent 
the Black Rod : to Bills. 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do 
desire the immediate attendance of this Honourable 
House in the House of Peers, to hear the Commis- 
sion read. 
Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers, where a Commission 
under the Great Seal was read, giving, declaring 
and notifying the Royal Assent to the several 
Public Bills therein mentioned ; and that the Lords, 
thereby authorized, had declared the Royal Assent 
to the said Bills: Which Bills are as follow: 
An Act to facilitate the Merger of Tithes in Tithesand Land 
Land: Merger Bill. 
An 








Prisons (West 
Indies) Bill. 


Conveyances 
of Estates Bill. 


Local Commis- 
sioners’ Relief 
Bill. 


Turnpike Acts 
Continuance 
Bill. 


Gibraltar, &amp;c. 
Lighthouses 
Bill. 


Arms and 
Gunpowder 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Turnpike Acts 
Continuance 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Dublin Police 
Bill. 


Entails 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Militia Pay 
Bill, 


Municipal 
Corporations 


(Ireland) Bill. 


| The Figures in 
the Margin refer 
to the Page and 
Line of the Bill 
(No, 261.) as 
amended in 
Committee of 
the House of 
Lords. ] 


2 Vicroriz. 


An Act for the better Government of Prisons in 
the West Indies: 


An Act to remove doubts respecting Conveyances 
of Estates vested in Heirs and Devisees of Mort- 
gagees : 

An Act for relieving the Commissioners and others 
acting in the execution of divers Local Improvement 
Acts from certain Penalties and Disabilities: 


An Act to continue until the first day of June One 
thousand eight hundred and Forty, and to the end 
of the then Session of Parliament, the Local Turn- 
pike Acts for Great Britain which expire with this 
or the ensuing Session of Parliament : 


An Act for maintaining a Lighthouse at Gibraltar, 
and respecting Lighthouses not within the United 
Kingdom : 

An Act to amend and continue for One year and 
from thence to the end of the then next Session of 
Parliament, the several Acts relating to the Im- 
portation and Keeping of Arms and Gunpowder in 
Ireland: 

An Act to continue for One year and from thence 
until the end of the then next Session of Parliament, 
the several Acts for regulating the Turnpike Roads 
in Ireland: 


An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Police 
ofthe District of the Dublin Metropolis : 

An Act to extend the Powers of An Act of the 
sixth and seventh year of the reign of his late Ma- 
jesty, in relation to granting Tacks and making 
Excambions by Heirs of Entail. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Militia Pay Bill ; and 
the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time upon Monday 
next. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth reported from the Com- 
mittee appointed to draw up Ranaens to be offered 
to the Lords at a Conference for disagreeing to 
certain of the Amendments made by the Lords 
to the Bill, intituled, An Act for the henieios of 
Municipal Corporations and Borough Towns in 
Treland; That they had drawn up Reasons accord- 
ingly, which they had directed him to report ; and 
the same were read, as follow ; 


The Commons agree to the Amend- 
ments as far as Pr. 5. 1. 29. 

The Commons propose to amend the 
Amendment Pr. 5. 1. 29. by leaving out 
all the words after the word “granted,” 
and adding instead thereof the words 
“ then to such person as shall be ap- 
“ pointed by the Lord Lieutenant to 
receive the same, to be applied to the 
public benefit of the inhabitants there- 
of.” 

The Commons agree to the Amend- 
ments as far as Clause (A.) 

The Commons propose to amend 
Clause (A.) by inserting after the word 
“ the” Fo. 1.1.4. the words “ Session 
“ of Parliament holden in the,” and 
by adding at the end of the Clause the 
following Proviso : 

“ Provided he shall be enrolled on 
the Freemen’s Roll in any such city, 
town or borough, according to the 
provisions hereinafter contained ; and 
in every such borough as fast afore- 
said the Lord Lieutenant of [reland 
shall appoint a fit person to make out 
a list to be called the Freemen’s Roll ; 
and whenever any person who if this 
Act had not passed would have been 
entitled to be admitted to his freedom 
i such borough by reason of birth, 


Page 3. 1. 35. 


“cc 
“ 
“ 


Page 4. 1. 12. 


Page 5. 1. 3. 


Vou. 93. 


4° A ugustt. 





823 


marriage or service, shall claim to be 
enrolled upon such Roll, the person 
so appointed shall examine into such 
claim, and upon such claim being 
established shall enrol the name of 
such claimant upon the Roll; and 
shall keep a true copy of such Roll, 
to be perused by any person, without 
payment of any fee, at all reasonable 
times, and shall deliver a copy 
thereof or extract therefrom to any 
person requiring the same, on payment 
of a reasonable price for such copy.” 

The Commons agree to the Amend- 
ments as far as Clause (B.) 

The Commons propose to amend 
Clause (B.) by adding at the end thereof 
the following Proviso : 

“ Provided also, That it shall be 
lawful for the Lord Lieutenant of 
Ireland, with the advice of the Privy 
Council of Zreland, at any time within 
Twelve calendar months after this 
Act shall have come into operation in 
any borough, to alter the boundaries 
of any such borough for the purpose 
of including therein any part or sub- 
urb of the town (if any) which may 
not be included within the boundaries 
of any borough as defined under this 
Act, and also to alter the boundaries 
of the several wards thereof in such 
manner as may become necessary by 
reason of any such addition to the 
borough, or for the purpose of equal- 
izing, as far as may be, the number 
of burgesses in each ward ; and every 
such alteration shall be published in 
the Dublin Gazette ; and every pro- 
vision in this Act concerning the 
boundaries of any borough or ward 
as defined under this Act shall, after 
any such publication, be taken to 
apply to the boundaries so altered, 
as if such altered boundary had been 
inserted in this Act instead of the 
boundary defined by this Act.” 

The Commons propose to amend 
Clause (C.) by inserting after the word 
“ That,” Fo. 1. 1. 1. the words “ for the 
purposes of this Act,” and in l. 6. by 
leaving out the words “ for the pur- 
poses of this Act,” and in Fo. 5. Is. 
3 and 4.* by leaving out the words “ re- 
“ main, and,” and by inserting after the 
word “ extend” 1. 4. the words “ to 
“ all places within the limits and boun- 
“ daries of such boroughs as defined 
“ under this Act, and also.’ 

The Commons agree to Clauses (D.), 
(E.), (F.), (G.), and (H.), and the 
Amendments as far as the Amendment 
Pr. 9. 1. 6. 

The Commons propose to amend the 
Amendment Pr. 9. 1. 6. by leaving out 
the words “ of the yearly value of,” 
and inserting instead thereof the words 
“ rated to the relief of the Poor, under 
an Act passed in the present Session 
of Parliament, at any sum which, 
with the addition of One fourth part 
thereof, to be made in consideration 
of the probable annual average cost 
of the rates and taxes, and of the 
repairs, insurance and other expenses 

“* necessary 


”“ 
nx 


Page 8. 1. 12. 


Page 8. 1. 13. 


Page 8. 1.15. “ 


“ 
“ 


Page 10. 1. 15. 





* Clause (C. ) having been amended by the House of Lords on the Third 
Reading, but not printed, it is found impossible further to refer to the 
page and line. The whole Clause is now given on p. 17, with the proposed 
Amendments of the House of Commons marked in the usual manner. 


5M 4 








4° Augusti. 


“ necessary to maintain the premises in | Page 23. 1.33, out by leaving out after the word “house” 
“ their actual state, shall be,” and by | (Black Letter.) Py, go. 1. 30. the words “ of the clear 


leaving out all the words after the words 
“ Ten pounds.” 
The Commons disagree to the| 
Amendment Pr. 9. 1. 28. for the follow- | 
ing Reason : 
Because the words proposed to be 
inserted by the Lords are incon- | 


sistent with the last Amendment | Page 24. 1. 37. 


proposed to be made by the Com- | 
mons to the Amendment of the 
Lords. 

The Commons disagree to the Amend- | 
ment Pr. 9. 1. 37. for the following 
Reason : 

Because the Commons do not deem 
it necessary that the period of 
occupancy of the rated tenement 
by which the franchise is to be | 
obtained should be longer than the | 
period of Six months during which 
the burgess is required to be an 
inhabitant householder in or near 
the borough, as provided in the 
former part of the Clause, to which 
the Lords have agreed. 

The Commons agree to the Amend- 
ments as far as Pr. 10. 1. 1. 

The Commons propose to disagree to 
the second Amendment Pr. 10. |. 1.) 





. . “oN ici - insert | 
which is, after “ Municipal,” to insert } pase 96. 1. 30 


“ or other Local,” for the following 
Reason : 
Because the Commons do not con- | 
sider the insertion of these words 

to be necessary. 

The Commons disagree tothe Amend- | 
ments in 1, 3. to leave out “ legally 
“ due, and,” and in |. 7. to leave out 
“ due,” and insert “ payable,” for the 
Reason last assigned. 
The Commons agree to the Amend- | 
ments as faras Pr. 13. 1. 29. 
The Commons propose to amend the | 
Amendment in Pr. 13. 1. 29. being to 
leave out from “ Act” to “ And” in 


Pr, 17. 1. 26., including four Clauses ; by | ie gue Som 


restoring the third and fourth of the | 
Clauses left out by the Lords. | 

The Commons agree to the Amend- 
ments as far as Pr. 25. |. 24. 


The Commons disagree to leaving out | Pase 27. 


Clause (A.) added, by way of rider, to | 
the Bill, but propose to amend the said | 
Clause in Pr. 1. 1. 2. by leaving out the | 
words “ Schedules to this Act,’” and 
inserting the words ‘‘said Schedule (A.)”’ 
Because in many instances no de- | 
mand has been made for Rates and | 
Taxes to which the liability of the 
parties from whom they areclaimed | 

is disputed, till the said parties ten- | 





der their votes, and itis reasonable | Page 27. 1. 


that the parties so claiming to vote 
should not be debarred of their 
right by any mere colourable claim 
for the payment of such Rates or 
Taxes to which their liability is 
disputed, and for which no de- 
mand has been made at the period 
when they were alleged to become 

due. 
The Commons agree to the Amend- | 
ments as far as Pr. 32. 1. 29. 
The Commons disagree tothe Amend- 
ment Pr. 32. 1. 29., the same being to 
leave out from “ debts ” to “nor” in Pr. 
33. 1. 14., but propose to amend the said 
words proposed by the Lords to be left 








| Page 26. 1. 32. 


1 


~I 
. 


A. 1838. 


“ yearly value of,” and inserting instead 
thereof the words “ which shall be rated 
“ to the relief of the poor at a sum 
“ which, with the addition of one fourth 
“* part thereof, to be made as aforesaid, 
“ shall be,” and after the word “ house” 
Pr. 33. 1. 11. by leaving out the words 
“ of the clear value of,” and inserting 
instead thereof the words “ which shall 
“ be rated to the relief of the poor at a 
“ sum which, with the addition of one 
“ fourth part thereof, to be made as 
“ aforesaid, shall be.” 

Because the Commons are of opinion 
that in the smaller towns of Sche- 
dule (B.) it is not expedient to 
require so high a qualification for 
the Members of the Council as in 
the boroughs of Schedule (A.) 


The Commons agree to the Amend- 
ments as far as Pr. 37. 1. 20. 

The Commons propose to amend the 
Amendment Pr. 37. 1. 20. by leaving 


- out the words “ Mayor for the time being 


“ ofsuch borough,’ and inserting instead 
thereof the words “ Barrister to be ap- 
“ pointed by the Lord Lieutenant to 
“ revise the list of burgesses as afore- 
“ said,” and also by leaving out the 


- word ‘“ Mayor,” and inserting the words 


“ said Barrister” instead thereof. 


The Commons disagree to the Amend- 
ment Pr. 37. 1. 23. the same being to 
leave out the word ‘ Barrister,” and 
insert the word “ Mayor,” but propose 
after the word “ Barrister,” to insert the 
words “ or other person.” 

Because the Amendment proposed 
by the Lords is inconsistent with 
the last Amendment proposed to 
be made by the Commons. 


The Commons agree to the Amend- 
ments as far as |. 35. 

The Commons propose to amend the 
said Amendment |. 35. by leaving out 
the words “ more than one,” and insert- 
ing instead thereof the words “ there be 
“ more than one Alderman of the ward, 
“ then before,” and by leaving out the 
word “ Aldermen,” and inserting the 
word “ Alderman.” 

The Commons agree to the Amend- 
ments as far as Pr. 38. 1. 13. 


The Commons disagree to leave out 


. the word “ Barrister,” Pr. 38.1. 13., but 


ropose after the word “ Barrister,’ to 
insert the word “or,” for the same Rea- 
son as that assigned to the Amendment 
in Pr. 37. 1. 23. 
The Commons disagree to leaving out 


- the word “ Barrister ” 1. 28. and insert- 


ing the words “ in any ward the Alder- 
“ man before whom the election shall 
“ be held,” but propose after the word 
“ Barrister ” to msert the words “ or 
“ Alderman or other person,” for the 
“ same Reason.” 

The Commons propose to amend the 
Amendment Pr. 38. 1. ult. by adding 


- after the word “ Alderman” the words 


“ or Barrister or other person,’ and in 
Pr. 39. 1. 2. by adding after the word 
“ Alderman” the words “ or Barrister 
“ or other person,” and in 1. 32. by add- 
ing after the word “ Alderman ” the 
words “ or Barrister or other person,” 
and in |. 35. by adding after the word 

“ Alderman ” 








eye: 


2 Vicroriz. 


Page 28. 1. 5. 


Page 29. 1. 2. 


Page 29. 1. 8. 


Page 29. 1. 9. 


ad 
to 
[oi 


Page 30. 


Page 37. 1. 5. 


Page 37. 1. 6. 


Page 37. 1. 29. 
(Black Letter. ) 


Page 37. 1. 30. 
(Black Letter. ) 


Page 87. 1. 


Page 46. 1. 


Page 47. 


Page 49. 


Page 49. 1. 34, 


Page 49. 1. 


Vo. 93. 


1.32, Amendment, Pr. 82. 1. 33. by 


«“ Alderman” the words “ or Barrister 
“ or other person.” 

The Commons propose to amend the 
Amendment in Pr, 41. 1. 23. by insert- 
ing after the word “ Assessors ” the words 
“ or the Barrister or other person ap- 
‘“* pointed as aforesaid,” and 1. 38. by 
leaving out the word “ Aldermen,” and 
inserting the word “ Alderman ;” and 
the Commons disagree to leave out the 
word “ Barrister” in 1. ult. and propose 
to add the words “ or other,” and after 
“‘ appointed ” to leave out “ by the 
“« Mayor,” for the Reason last assigned. 

The Commons propose to correct a 
clerical mistake, Pr. 43. 1.34. by leaving 


- out the word “ electors,” and inserting 


the word “ elections.” 

The Commons agree to the Amend- 
ments as far as Pr. 56. 1. 12. 

The Commons disagree to the Amend- 
ment, Pr. 56. 1. 12. to leave out from 
“ pounds” to “ over” 1. 14. and also 
to the Amendment, l. 16. to leave out 
from “‘ debts” to “ And ” in 1. 35. be- 
cause the restoration of the words struck 
out by the Lords is rendered necessary 
by the Amendment proposed to be made 
by the Commons to the Lords’ Amend- 
ment in Pr. 32. 1. 29., but propose to 
amend the words proposed to be left 
out, by leaving out after the words “ oc- 
“ cupancy ofa house” the word “value,” 
and after the word “ house” the words 
“* of the clear yearly value of Twenty- 
“ five pounds or Fifteen,” and inserting 
instead thereof the words “ rated to the 
“ relief of the poor at Twenty pounds 
“ or Twelve,” and propose to leave out 
after the words “ borough of” the fol- 
lowing words “ Provided that when a 
“ borough rate shall have been imposed 
in any borough under this Act, the 
words ‘ rated as being of the value’ 
“ shall be inserted instead of the words 
“ “of the clear yearly value,’” for the 
Reason last assigned. 

The Commons propose to amend the 


“ 
“cc 


. Amendment, Pr. 57. 1.9. by leaving out 


the Proviso after the words “ punished 
** accordingly.” 


The Commons disagree to the Amend- 


. ment Pr. 77. 1. 1: 


Because the Commons are of opinion 
that sufficient provision has been 
made by the Clause as originally 
framed to secure the persons whose 
interest it is the object of the 
Clause to protect. 

The Commons disagree to the Amend- 


. ment, Pr. 79. 1. 24. to insert Proviso, for 


the Reason last assigned. 

The Commons agree to the Amend- 
ments as far as Pr. 82. 1. 33. 

The Commons propose to amend the 
leaving 
out the word “ or,” and adding after the 
words “ body corporate” the words 
“ now stands or stand solely, or to- 
“ gether with.” . 

The Commons propose to amend a 
clerical mistake, Pr. 82. 1. 38., by leaving 
out the word “ member,” and inserting 
the word “ number.” 


The Commons disagree to the Amend- 


5. ment Pr. 82. |. ult: 


Because the words inserted by the 
Lords are rendered unnecessary 
by the last Amendment proposed 


4° Auguste. 


Page 50. 1. 6. 


Page 50. 1. 10. 


Page 50. 1. 12. 


Page 50. 1. 16. 


Page 50. 1. 28. 


Page 51. Is. 12. 
13, 14. 15. 16. 


Page 51. 1. 16. 


Page 51. 1s. 16. 
R7. 
Page 51. 1, 20. 


Page 51. 1. 21. 





825 


to be made by the Commons to 
the Lords’ Amendments. 


The Commons propose to amend the 
Amendment, Pr. 83. 1. 13. by leaving 
out the words “and until Parliament 
“ shall otherwise provide shall continue 
“ vested,” and by leaving out the words 
“‘ body or bodies corporate ” after the 
words “ together with the,” and after 
the words “ case may be,” by inserting 
the words “ and shall continue vested 
“‘ in such persons until the First day of 
“ May in the year next after the year 
‘in which this Act shall come into 
operation in such borough, or until 
Parliament shall sooner otherwise 
order, and shall immediately there- 
upon utterly cease and determine.” 


wn 


“ 


n 


‘ 
“ 
“ 


The Commons disagree to the Amend- 
ment in 1. 16. 


Because the acknowledged difficulty 
of providing a legislative oom 
for the regulation of charitable 
trusts renders it inexpedient to 
leavé these trusts in the hands of 
the governing bodies of the cor- 
porations which are now to be re- 
modelled for so long a period as 
may elapse before the enactment 
of such a measure, if no definite 
time be provided in this Bill for 
the termination of their powers ; 
and after the expiration of such 
limited time the regulation of such 
trusts would be more properly 
confided to the Lord Chancellor 
of Ireland, acting under his legal, 
official and judicial responsibilities, 
than to the individuals formerly 
composing the governing bodies 
of such corporations, but no longer 
acting in any corporate or recog- 
nized capacity before the public. 


The Commons agree to the Amend- 
ments in Is. 18. 19. 21. 23. 


The Commons propose to amend the 
Amendment in 1. 24. by adding after 
the word “ trustees” the words “ until 
“* the First day of May in the year next 
“ after the year in which this Act shall 
“* come into operation in such borough, 
or until Parliament shall sooner other- 
wise order, and shall immediately 
thereupon utterly cease and deter- 
mine.” 


The Commons agree to the Amend- 
ments as far as Pr. 84. 1. ult. 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


if4 
cc 


The Commons propose to amend the 
words proposed to be inserted in Pr. 84. 
1. ult. by leaving out the words “ or ac- 
“ cording to the principles of any Pro- 
“ testant Dissenters, or for the benefit 
“ of any person or persons being Pro- 
“ testants, or any class or denomination 
“ of Protestant Dissenters, or otherwise 
“ for purposes relating to and for the 
“ benefit of the Protestant religion,” 
and by inserting after the words “ no 
person” the words “‘ our a member 
“ of the said united church,” and by 
leaving out the words “ professing the 
“ Roman Catholic religion,” and by 
leaving out the word “ who,” and insert- 
ing the words “except as aforesaid,” and 
by leaving out the word “ shall” and 
the words “ profess the Roman Catholic 
“ religion,” and by leaving out from the 

5.N word 





; 
; 
: 


Seeneeeeenee ee 
EE 


; 
: 
; 
| 
} 








826 4° Auguste. A. 1838. 


Page 52. 1.4. word “died” to the end of the Clause,* 
and by adding the following Proviso: 

te Provided also, That, if Parliament 
shall not otherwise direct, on or before 
the said First day of May, the Lord 
Chancellor of Jreland or Lords Com- 
“ missioners of the Great Seal then 
“ shall make such orders as he or they 
“ shall see fit for the appointment of a 
“ trustee or trustees, and the adminis- 
“ tration of such trust estate, subject to 
“ such charitable uses or trusts as afore- 
“ said; and thereupon the trustee or 
“ trustees so appointed shall come in 
the room of the persons heretofore 
named or continued as trustees, and 
all the estate, right, interest and title 
at law and in equity of and in such 
trust estates, hereditaments and pre- 
mises shall forthwith, without any 
conveyance or assignment thereof, 
pass to and be vested in the trustees 
so appointed by the Lord Chancellor 
or Lords Commissioners of the Great 
Seal: Provided always, That no use 
or trust for cleansing, lighting, paving 
or supplying with water any city, 
town or borough shall be deemed a 
charitable use or trust within the 
meaning of the enactment hereinbe- 
fore contained.” 


The Commons disagree to so much 
of the Amendment as proposes to leave 
Page 52.1.7. Out from the word “ Jreland,” Pr. 85. 
(Black Letter.) ], 2. to the word “ And” in 1. 22., but 
propose to amend the Clause by leaving 
Page 52. Is. 14. out the words, Pr. 85. 1. 14., “ and other 
15. 16.17.18. « than Acts authorizing the erection or 
“ establishment of works at the joint 
“ expense and for the joint benefit of 
“ such corporate body and any other 
“* public body, or of such corporate 
“« body and any person or persons in his 

“ or their private capacity :” 

Because, although the powers of the 
corporations which are not ex- 
pressly taken away will vest in 
the new councils, yet the former 
part of this Clause will be useful 
m removing doubts that might 
ctherwise exist with regard to 
these trusts; and the latter part 
is necessary to provide for the 
execution of trusts which are not 
otherwise provided for. 

The Commons disagree to the re- 
mainder of the Amendment, to leave out 
(Black Letter.) Clause (B.), added, by way of rider, to 
Page 52. |. 23. the Bill, but propose to amend the same 
Page 52. 1. 31. by inserting after the word “ shall” 
1.15. the words “ from and after the 
“ time when this Act shall come into 
“* operation,” for the Reason given for 
ee to the Amendment in Pr, 83. 
. 16. 
The Commons disagree to Clauses 
(T. 3.) and (V. 3.)+ 

Because the Commons do not think 
it expedient in this Bill to make 
particular provision for this School 
and Hospital. 

Pages 52. 53 The Commons disagree to Clause (N.) 
— for the Reagon assigned for disagreeing 
to the Amendment in Pr. 83. 1. 16. 


‘ 
é 
‘ 


an a 8 


nan wn 


nanUmsN 
nan On 





* The part here proposed to be left out by the Commons was a Proviso 
added by the House of Lords on the Third Reading. It will be found 
on page 18. 


+ These Clauses were added by the House of Lords on Third Reading. 
See pages 19 and 20, 


The Commons propose to amend the 
Amendment, Pr. 86. 1. 7. by inserting 
Page 55. 1.19. after the word “ operation”’ the words 
“ until the appointment of another per- 
“ son or other persons in his or their 
“ room as hereinafter provided.” 
The Commons propose to amend the 
Amendment in |. 16. by inserting before 
Page 55. 1.26. the words “ some other” the words 
“ and if he or they shall have been so 
“ elected or appointed for life, or for an 
“ indefinite period, or if there shall be 
“ no such day named or usually ob- 
“ served, then upon the First day of 
“ January in every year.” 
The Commons agree to the Amend- 
ments as far as Pr. 87. 1. 18. 
The Commons disagree to the Amend- 
0. ment Pr. 87.1. 18: 
Because the Amendment proposed 
by the Lords appears to the Com- 
mons to be inconsistent with a 
main principle of the change in 
the constitution of the corpora- 
tions to be effected by this Bill, 
by the substitution of periodical 
election instead of the tenure of 
corporate offices for life. 
The Commons disagree to the Amend- 
Page 56. Is. 23. ment in |. 25. for the same Reason. 
- The Commons disagree to the Amend- 
Page 56. 1. 25.&amp; ment in 1. 30., for the same Reason. 
Page 57.1.1. = The Commons disagree to the Amend- 
ment, Pr. 88. 1. 13., to leave out the 
(Black Letter.) Words “ during a definite number of 
Page 57. 1. 34. “ years, or other shorter time ;”’ and to 
- the Amendment in 1, 25. to leave out 
the words from “ passed” to “ And” 
in |. 32., for the same Reason. 
Page 57. 1. 8 — Commons disagree to Clause 
(O.) 

Because the Clause proposed to be 
inserted by the Lords appears to 
the Commons to be unnecessary, 
aud calculated to create doubts 
in other Acts of Parliament from 
which such a precautionary Clause 
might chance to be omitted. 

The Commons agree to the Amend- 
ments as far as Pr. 106. 1. 30. 
The Commons disagree to the Amend- 
Page 67. Is. 17, ment Pr. 106. 1. 30: 
18, 19. Because the words inserted by the 
Lords are inconsistent with an 
Amendment proposed to be made 
by the Commons in the next 
Amendment made by the Lords 
in this Clause. 
The Commons propose to amend the 
Page 67. ls. 20. Amendment Pr. 106. 1. 32. by inserting 
21, 22.23. the words “ shall thereupon cease and 
“ determine,” instead of the words pro- 
posed to be inserted by the Lords; but 
the Commons disagree to so much of 
the said Amendment as proposes to 


Page 68. 1. 3. &amp; leave out the Clause beginning Pr. 106. 
Page 69, to end. 1. 35: 
(Black Letter.) “* °%,° 


to 


Page 56. 1. 


Because the valuation required by 
this Clause is necessary for carry- 
ing into effect a subsequent Clause 
in which the Commons disagree 
to the Amendments proposed by 
the Lords. 

The Commons agree to the Amend- 
ments as far as Pr. 114. 1. 7. 

The Commons disagree to the omis- 
Page 72. Is. 10, sion of the words in Pr. 114. 1. 7: 
11,12, 13. 14. Because the purposes contemplated 
i by the words struck out by the 
Lords are essential to the health, 





good 








2 VicToriz. 


Page 72. 1. 15. 


Page 73. ls. 24. 
to 32. 


Page 77. ls. 10. 
&amp; ‘11. 


Page 85. ls. 1. 
2.3. 4. 5. 


Page 85. 1. 10. 


good order and government of the 
towns ; and it is fitting that the 
councils should have power to 
call upon the inhabitants to con- 
tribute towards those purposes if 
there are no other funds from 
which the expense can be de- 
frayed. 

The Commons propose to amend the 
Amendments in 1. 12. by inserting the 
word “and” before the words inserted 
by the Lords. 

The Commons disagree to the Amend- 
ments in |. 21., and to the Amendment 
in 1, 22 :* 

Because the Commons do not think 
it reasonable that the corporate 
funds should be administered in 
any borough in which the corpo- 
ration is reformed under this Bill 
by any but the councils consti- 
tuted by it. 

The Commons disagree to the Amend- 
ment in Pr. 115. 1. 9. and 1. 10: 

Because the Commons are of opinion 
that the Amendment made by the 
Lords is unnecessary, inasmuch as 
the corporation cannot in any way 
interfere with any tolls or dues, 
except those of which the corpo- 
ration is the owner. 

The Commons disagree to the pro- 
posed insertion in Pr. 116. 1. 18: 

Because the Commons do not deem 
it expedient to alter the scale of 
rating now imposed by an Act 
—— in the ninth year of his 

ajesty King George the Fourth, 
so as to introduce two different 
scales of rating to be in force 
for analogous purposes in certain 
towns at the same period. 

The Commons agree to the Amend- 
ments as faras Pr. 122. 1. 30. 

The Commons disagree to the Amend- 
ment Pr. 122. 1.30: 

Because the Commons are of opinion 
that it is not expedient to leave 
to the corporations an unlimited 
power of mortgaging their lands 
for the purpose of paying debts 
contracted before the passing of 
this Act. 

The Commons agree to the Amend- 
ments as far as Pr. 136.1. 10. 

The Commons disagree to the Amend- 
ment Pr. 136. 1. 10: 

Because the Commons do not think 
it expedient to deprive the cor- 
porations of all share in the nomi- 
nation of Sheriffs. 

But the Commons propose to add the 
following Proviso at the end of the 
Clause, Pr. 175. 1. 33: 

“ Provided always, That if when this 
Act shall come into operation in any 
of the said counties of cities or towns 
there shall be a Sheriff elect, he shall 
come into office at the same period 
as if this Act had not passed, and 
shall hold his office until the appoint- 
ment of a Sheriff in that city or town 
under this Act: Provided also, That 
if this Act shall come into operation 
in any such city or town more than 
Ong calendar month before the 
Twenty-ninth day of September in 


os 
n 


“cc 





* These Amendments were made by the House of Lords on Third 


Reading. 
Vou. 93. 


See the Clause at length at page 21. 





4° Auguste. 


Page 86. 1. 1. 


Page 97. 1. 24. 


Page 111. 1. 


Page 114. 
to 13. 


Page 114. i. 13, 


Page 114. 1. 16. 


Page 114. L. 32. 


Page 115. 1. 17. 
Page 115. 1. 


Page 115. 1. 18. 


Page 115. 1. 29. 


Page 116. 1. 24. 


Page 116. 1. 25. 


Page 116. Is. 25. 
to 28. 


Page 116. L. 33. 
to 37. 


ls. 1. 


827 


any year, the Sherift of the county 
of that city or town shall be, before 
the Twenty-ninth day of September 
in the same year, appointed by the 
Lord Lieutenant of Jreland, without 
any nomination by the council being 
requisite as to the Sheriff so first ap- 
inted under this Act.” 
The Commons disagree to Clause (S.) 
Because the Commons see no reason 
for superseding the officers men- 
tioned in this Clause in the exer- 
cise of the powers referred to. 
The Commons agree to the Amend- 
ments as far as Pr. 161. 1. 10. 

The Commons disagree to the Amend- 
ment Pr. 161. |. 10. 

[The Amendment being to insert after 
“record” the words “ except in bo- 
“ roughs where the Town Clerk acts as 
“ such registrar.” ] 

Because the Commons deem it ex- 
pedient to leave the appointment 
of the Registrar to the discretion 
of the council. 

The Commons agree to the Amend- 
ments as far as Pr. 190. 1. 35. 

The Commons disagree to the Amend- 


. ments in Pr. 190. 1. 35: 


Because the Amendments are incon- 
sistent with the Bill as proposed 
to be amended by the Commons. 

The Commons agree to the Amend- 
ments as far as Pr. 196. 1. 13. 

The Commons propose to amend the 
Amendment Pr. 196. 1. 13. by leaving 
out from the beginning of the Amend- 
ment to the words “ a Petition to grant,” 
and by inserting the word “ if,” and by 
leaving out the word “ borough ” and 
inserting the word “ town.” 

The ac propose to amend the 
Amendment Pr. 196. 1. 25., by inserting 
after the word “ determined ” the words 
“as nearly as may be found conve- 
“ nient,” and by leaving out the words 
“ three Aldermen,” and inserting the 
words “two Aldermen” ; and by leaving 


- out the words “ nine Councillors,’ and 


inserting the words “ six Councillors ;” 
and by inserting after the words “ four 
“ thousand persons ” the words “ and 
“ shall in every case be an even number 
“ of Aldermen, and the number of 
Councillors shall be three times the 
“ number of Aldermen.” 

The Commons agree to the Amend- 
ments as far as Pr. 196. ]. ult. 

The Commons propose io amend the 
Amendment Pr. 196, |. ult. by inserting 
after the first “ said Schedule (A.)”’ the 
words “ except with regard to the amount 
“ of the qualification of Aldermen and 
“ Councillors, which shall be as herein- 
“ before expressly provided as to bo- 
‘* roughs in the said Schedule (B.)”’ 

The Commons agree to the Amend- 
ments as far as Clause (U.) 

The Commons propose to amend 
Clause (U.) by leaving out the word 
“ further” Fo. 1.1. 1.; by leaving out 
the words “ one week” in 1. 2. and 
inserting the words “ six weeks ;” by 
leaving out the word “ the,” 1. 3. and 
inserting the word “ each ;” and by 
leaving out from the word “ Parliament 
1. 4. to the words “ a return,” }. 10. 

The Commons propose to amend 
Clause (W.) by leaving out from the 
word “ that,” Fo. 1. 1. 2., to the words 


5N 2 “in 


if3 


’ 
? 








828 


Page 116. 1. ult. 
&amp; Page 117. 1.1. 


Page 117. 1. 9. 


Page 117. Is. 10. 
to 14, 


“ 


4° Augusti. 


in every borough,” 1. 10.; and by 


leaving out from the word “the” 1. 16. 
to the word “ there,” 1. 18., and insert- 
ing the words “ day on which this Act 
“ shall come into operation ;” and by 
adding at the end of the Clause the 
words “ until such charter may at any 


“ 


time afterwards be granted ; and upon 
the grant of any such charter, and 
the election of a council under its 
provisions, the board of Commis- 
sioners shall cease, and all the said 
estate, and any accumulation thereof, 
shall forthwith, without any convey- 
ance thereof, vest in the body so in- 
corporated.” 

The Commons propose to amend 


Clause (X.) by inserting after the word 
“and,” Fo. 1. 1. 1., the following words : 


“ Whereas by the said recited Act 
of the ninth year of the reign of His 
late Majesty King George the Fourth 
it is, amongst other things, enacted, 
that upon the application of Twenty- 
one or more householders residing in 
any city, town corporate, borough, 
market town, or other town in Jreland, 
the lighting, watching, cleansing or 
paving of which is not provided for 
under any Act of Parliament, each of 
such householders occupying a dwel- 
ling-house or other tenement of the 
annual value of Twenty pounds or 
more, it shall be lawful for the Lord 
Lieutenant or other Chief Governor 
or Governors of Ireland, to authorize 
the carrying of the said Act into exe- 
cution, and for that purpose to order 
and direct that a meeting shali be 
convened ;” and by leaving out all 
the words after “ that,” Fo. 1. 1. 2., 


and adding instead thereof the following 
words: ‘so much of the said Act as 


“ 


n~ 
. 


o 
. 


requires or may be construed to re- 
quire that an application shall be 
made by any number of householders 
to the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief 
Governor or Governors in any Bo- 
rough named in the Schedule (B.) to 
this Act annexed, in which, under the 
provisions of this Act, Commissioners 
are to be elected to administer the 
corporate property until the grant of 
a charter of incorporation to such bo- 
rough as hereinbefore provided, and 
in which no Commissioners shall have 
been previously e1ected under the last- 
recited Act, shall be and the same is 
hereby repealed, but so as not to 
affect any thing already done under 
the provisions of the said Act; and 
that the Lord Lieutenant or other 
Chief Governor or Governors of Jre- 
land, without any application from 
any householder of any such borough 
as last aforesaid, shall direct that the 
said recited Act shall be carried into 
execution in every such borough as 
last aforesaid, and for that purpose 
shall direct that any Two or more 
Justices of the Peace resident within 
Ten miles of any such Borough as 
last aforesaid shall convene a meeting 
for the purpose of carrying the said 
Act as altered by this Act into exe- 
cution, and shall preside thereat, and 
such order and direction shall be 
signified and published in the same 
manner as an order made under the 
said recited Act is thereby directed to 





Page 117. ls. 15. 


to 27. 


“ 
wn 


n 
n 


“~ 
n 


“ 


ad 
n 


‘é 


n 





A. 1838. 


be signified and published; and at 
every meeting so convened the persons 


‘ who under the provisions of the said 


Act would be entitled to vote at a 
meeting convened under the said Act 
shall be entitled to vote, and it shall 
not be lawful for the said meeting to 
determine that the provisions of the 
said Act shall not be carried into 
execution as directed by such order, 
but the persons so assembled and 
entitled to vote shall proceed to elect 
Commissioners, as directed by the 
said Act, from among the persons 
qualified, according to the provisions 
of the said Act: Provided always, 
however, that in case a poll shall be 
demanded it shall not be continued 
longer than the hour of four of the 
clock in the afternoon on the second 
day of polling, but may be closed 
before that hour, after the lapse of 
one hour without any person having 
tendered his vote; and the Commis- 
tioners elected as aforesaid shall have 
all the powers, rights and privileges 
which Commissioners elected under 
the said recited Act now have, and 
shall continue in office for the same 
period, and be bound to perform the 
same duties, and be liable to the same 
penalties as the Commissioners under 
the said Act are; and new Commis- 
sioners to supply their places shall be 
elected as is provided by the said Act 
with respect to the Commissioners 
elected under the provisions thereof; 
and all provisions herein contained 
concerning Commissioners to be 
elected as aforesaid shall apply to 
the Commissioners (if any) who shall 
have been previously elected under 
the last recited Act.” 

The Commons propose to amend 


Clause (Y.) by leaving out the word 
“ further” in Fo. 1. 1. 1. and also all the 
words after the word “ That,” and in- 
serting the words, “ the Commissioners 


sé 


nm 
n 


ce 
“cc 


&lt;&lt; 


of every such borough as last afore- 
said shall be trustees for executing 
the powers and provisions of all Acts 
of Parliament made before the pass- 
ing of this Act (other than Acts made 
for securing charitable uses and trusts), 
and of all trusts (other than charitable 
uses and trusts) of which the body 
corporate, or any of the members 
thereof in their corporate capacity, was 
or were sole trustees before the pass- 
ing of this Act, or before the time of 
the first election of such Commission- 
ers in such borough; and in every 
such borough as last aforesaid in 
which the body corporate, or a parti- 
cular or limited number, class or de- 
scription of members of the body cor- 
porate, or of persons appointed by the 
body corporate, was or were before , 
the passing of this Act trustees jointly 
with other trustees for the execution 
of any Act of Parliament, or of any 
trust, and in every borough named in 
the said Schedule (B.) in which the 
body corporate, or any particular or 
limited number, class or description 
of members or nominees of the body 
corporate, by any statute, charter, 
bye-law or custom, was or were before 
the passing of this Act lawfully ap- 
pointed to or exercised any powers, 

“ duties 








2 Vicroriz. 


duties or functions whatsoever not | 
otherwise herein provided for, and the 
continuance of which is not inconsist- 
ent with the provisions of this Act, 
the Commissioners elected or to be 
elected as aforesaid of such borough 
on the day named in such Act as last 
aforesaid, or in the deed or will by 
which such trust is created for a new 
election, nomination or appointment 
has usually been made (and if there 
shall be no such day named or usu- 
ally observed, then on the first day of 
January in every year,) shall appoint 
the like number of persons, properly 
qualified, or as near as may be, as 
there were theretofore members or 
nominees of such corporate body, who 
in right of their office were such trus- 
tees, or charged with the execution of 
such powers, duties and functions, in 
room of the members or nominees of 
such corporate body ceasing to be 
trustees, or ceasing to exercise such 
powers, duties and functions by virtue 
of this Act; and in every case of ex- 
traordinary vacancy among the trus- 
tees or persons so appointed shall 
forthwith appoint one other person in 
the room of the person by whom such 
vacancy has been made, and to hold 
his trust or office for such time as the 
person by whom such vacancy has been 


n~ 
n 


xn 
“ 


4° Auguste. 





made would regularly have held it.” 


829 


“ trusts,” Fo. 4. 1.4. tothe words “ and 
“ with respect,” 1. 6. 
The Commons propose to amend 
Clause (H. 2.) by leaving out from the 
Page 125. 1.26. words ‘‘ by the” Fo. 4.1.7. to the end 
1° Kase 186. of the Clause, and inserting the words 
ce “ said Commissioners.” 
The Commons propose to amend the 
Clause (I. 2.) by leaving out from the 
Page 136. ls.29. word “the” Fo. 2. 1.17. to the words 
adnan “ shall be Members” Fo. 3.1. 3., and 
inserting the words “ said Commission- 
“ ers,” and by leaving out all the words 
Page 136. 1. 32. after the words “ other body corporate ” 
to end of Clause} 4. to the end of the Clause. 

The Commons agree to Clauses (K. 2.) 
(L. 2.) (M. 2.) (N. 2.) (O. 2.) 

The Commons disagree to Clauses 
(P. 2.) and (Q. 2.), for the Reason last 
assigned. 

The Commons agree to Clauses (R. 2.) 
(S.2.) (T. 2.) (U. 2.) (W. 2.) (X.2.)(Y.2.) 
(Z. 2.) (A. 3.) (B. 3.) (C. 3.) 

The Commons disagree to Clause 
Page 145. 1.3. (D.3.), for the Reason last assigned. 

The Commons propose to amend the 

the Clause (E.3.) by leaving out from 

Page 145. Is. 9. the words “ said Schedule” Ro. 1. Is. 3. 
to 13. and 4. to “(B.)” 1.18.; and by leaving 
Page 145. ls.15-out from the words “ after the day” 
om ], 18. to the word “ and” Fo. 1. 1. ult., 
and by inserting instead thereof the 

words “ on which this Act shall come 

into operation in any such “ borough ;” 


Page 139. 1. 37. 
&amp; Page 140. 


lL 15. 


Page 117. 1.28. TheCommons disagree to Clause(Z.), | Page 145. 1. 22+ and by leaving out from the words “ bod 
s hes 123. and to Clause (A. 1.), (B. 1.), (C. 1.), | “« corporate’ Fo. 2. 1. 14. to the words 


(D. 1.), (E. 1.), (F. 1.) and (G. 1.), be- 
cause these Clauses are inconsistent 
with the Bill as proposed to be amended 
by the Commons. 


The Commons agree toClause (H.1.), 
with the following Amendment: Leave 
out from “ dissolved” to the end of the 
Clause. 

The Commons disagree to Clauses 
(I. 1.) and (K. 1.), for the Reason last 
assigned. 

The Commons agree to Clause (L.1.); 
and (M. 1.) with the following Amend- 
ment: After “ borough or town” Fo. 2. 
1, penult. insert the words “ or county 
“ of the town.” 

The Commons agree to Clauses 
(N. 1.), (0.1.), (P.1.), (Q. 1.), (R. 1.); 
and (S. 1.) with the following Amend- 
ment: After the words “ passing of this 
“ Act,” Fo. 1. 1. 11. by inserting the 
words “ to which he was or shall have 
“ been appointed since the sixteenth 
“ day of February in the year One thou- 


“ if any” |. 16., and by inserting instead 
thereof the words “ shall pay the sur- 
“ plus income and revenue.” 

The Commons agree to the rest of the 
Amendments to the Bill. 

The Commons agree to Schedule (B.) 
with an Amendment, by inserting after 


Page 155. the word “ Wexford” the words 

a sans “ Wicklow - - - The Portreeve, Free 
Burgesses and Com 
monalty of the Town 
of Wicklow.” 


The Commons agree to the other 
Amendments made by the Lords to the 
Schedules to the Bill. 


The said Reasons, being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 


Ordered, That a Conference be desired with the 
Lords upon the subiect-matter of the Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the said Bill: And that 
Lord Viscount Morpeth do go to the Lords, and 
desire the said Conference. 


“ sand eight hundred and thirty-six.” 
The Commons agree to Clause (T. 1.) 
The Commons disagree to Clauses 

(V.1.), (W. 1.), (X. 1.), (Y. 1.), (Z. 1.), 

for the Reason last assigned. 

The Commons agree to Clauses(A. 2.), 

(B. 2.), (C. 2.), (D. 2.), (E. 2.), (F. 2.); 


The Slave Trade Treaties Bill was, according to Slave Trade 
Order, read a second time, and committed toa Com- Treaties Bill. 


Page 127. 1. 5. 
Page 130.1. mittee of the whole House, for Monday next. 


to Page 130. 1.3. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth reported, That having Municipat 
been with the Lords to desire a Conference on the ome meg ol 
subject-matter of the Amendments made by their ({*e#4) Bill- 


(G. 2.) with the following Amendment: 
After the words “such body corporate,” 
Fo. 1. 1.17. by leaving out the word 
“ or,” and by inserting the words “ now 


Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act for the re- 
gulation of Municipal Corporations and Borough 
Towns in Jreland, the Lords do agree to a Confer- 
ence, and appoint the same immediately in the Com- 


mittee Room, No. 5. 


Ordered, That the Committee who were to draw 
up Reasons to be offered to the Lords at a Confer- 
ence for disagreeing to certain of the said Amend- 
ments, do manage the Conference :—And the names 
of Lord Seymour, Sir Hussey Vivian, Mr. John 
Parker, Mr. Robert Steuart, Mr. Edward John 
Stanley, Sir Thomas Troubridge, Mr. Yates, Mr. 

5N3 Sergeant 


“stands or stand solely or together 
“with; ” by leaving out from the words 
“body corporate,” Fo. 2. 1.1. to the 
words “ seised or possessed,” 1. 4.; and 
by leaving out from the words “ trusts 
‘* whatsoever,” Is. 7. and 8. to the words 
“ and which provisions,” ls. 19. and 20.; 
and by leaving out the words “uses or 


Vou, 93. 


Page 134. Is. 6. 
to 8. 


Page 134, ls. 10. 
to 15. 


Page 134. Is. 29. 
&amp; 30. 














630 


Serjeant Zalfourd, Sir Charles Lemon and Mr. Pen- 
darves, were added to them. 

Then the names of the Managers were called 
over; and they went to the Conference :—And being 
returned ; 

Lord Viscount Morpeth reported, That the Mana- 
gers had been at the Conference, which wasmanaged 
on the part of the Lords by the Earl of Shaftesbury ; 
and that they had delivered the Reasons for dis- 
agreeing to the said Amendments; and had left the 
Bill and Amendments with their Lordships. 


Message from 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Wingfield and 
the Lords. 


Mr. Farrer: 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment ; viz. 
Insane Persons A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue for Three 
(England) Bill. years, and from thence to the end of the then next 
Session of Parliament, two Acts relating to the 
Care and Treatment of Insane Persons in England : 
Liverpool A Bill, intituled, An Act for uniting the Medieties 
Clergy Endow- of the Rectory of Liverpool, in the County Palatine 


ment Bill. of Lancaster, and for the better Endowment thereof, 
and of certain Churches in the said Town: And 
also, 

Coal Trade The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 

» sige Act to continue for Seven years an Act for regu- 


4° Augusti. 





lating the Vend and Delivery of Coals in the Cities 
of London and Westminster, and in certain parts of 
the Counties of Middlesex, Surrey, Kent, Essex, 
Hertford, Buckingham and Berks, with Amend- 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 
on The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
(Scotland) Bill. Act to diminish Delay and Expense in Advocations 
and Suspensions in the Court of Session in Scot- 
land, with Amendments ; to which Amendments the 
Lords desire the concurrence of this House: And 
also, 
Recovery of The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Tenements Bill, Act to facilitate the Recovery of Possession of Tene- 
ments after due determination of the Tenancy, with 
an Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House:—And then 
the Messengers withdrew. 
Duchy of Mr. Bernal, by Order, reported from the Com- 
Cornwall mittee to whom it was referred to consider of 
= Duties) abolishing the Duties of Coinage payable on Tin in 
the Counties of Cornwall and Devon, of making an 
annual payment to Her Majesty, or the Personage 
entitled to the Revenues of the Duchy of Cornwall 
in lieu of the said Duties, and Compensation to 
the Officers of the said Duchy in relation thereto, 
and of reducing the Customs Duties payable on 
Tin, several Resolutions; and the same were read, 
as follow: 

1. Resolved, That the Duties of Customs payable 
on the importation of Tin and Tin Ore shall cease, 
and, in lieu thereof, the following Duties shall be 
paid, that is to say: 


Tin, the ewt.  - - - - ~ - 15 
Tin Ore, for every 100/. of the value - 10 - 

2. Resolved, That the Duties payable on the 
Coinage of Tin in the Counties of Cornwall and 
Devon shall be abolished. 

3. Resolved, That, in lieu of the Coinage Duties 
on Tin in the Counties of Cornwall and Devon, the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury be autho- 
rized to direct the issue to Her Majesty, or the Per- 
sonage entitled to the Revenues of the Duchy of 
Cornwall, of an annual Sum out of the Consolidated 
Fund, equal to the net average annual Amount of 
the said Coinage Duties. 

4. Resolved, That the Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Treasury be authorized to make Compen- 
sations, out of the Consolidated Fund, to all Officers 
and others employed in relation to the said Coinage 














A. 1838. 


Duties, for any loss they may sustain by the aboli- 
tion thereof. ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the said Resolutions be now 
read a second time; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “ That 
“ the ” to the end of the Question, in order to 
add the words “‘ Report be taken into further con- 
“ sideration upon this day three months,” instead 
thereof. 

And the Question being proposed, That the words 
—— to be left out stand part of the Question : 
—The said proposed Amendment was, with leave of 
the House, withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the said Resolutions be now read 
a second time:—The said Resolutions were accord- 
ingly read a second time, and agreed to. 

rdered, That a Bill be brought in upon the said 
Resolutions: And that Mr. Bernai, Mr. Chancellor 
of the Exchequer and Mr. Baring do prepare, and 


bring it in. 


Mr. Bernal, by Order, reported from the Com- Ways and 
mittee of Ways and Means, several Resolutions ; Means. 
which were read, as follow: 

1. Resolved, That, towards making good the Sup- Surplus of 
ply granted to Her Majesty, there be issued and Waysand 
applied the sum of One hundred and fifty-one thou- *“*"" 


sand seven hundred and eighty pounds seven shil- 


lings and sixpence, being the Surplus of Ways 
and Means granted for the service of any preceding 
years. 

2. Resolved, That, towards raising the Supply Exchequer 
granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Eleven millions Bi!!s. 
and forty-four thousand five hundred and _ fifty 
pounds, be raised by Exchequer Bills, for the ser- 
vice of the year 1838. 

3. Resolved, That, towards making good the Consolidated 
Supply granted to Her Majesty, the sum of Five "4 
millions five hundred and seventy thousand pounds 
be issued out of the Consolidated Fund of the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the 
service of the year 1838. 

The said Resolutions, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the first 
and third of the said Resolutions: And that Mr. 
Bernal, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mr, 
Baring do prepare, and bring it in. 

Ordered, That a Bill be brought in upon the se- 
cond Resolution: And that the same gentlemen do 
prepare and bring it in. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill Duchy of 
for the abolition of the Duties payable on the Coinage Seay oy 
of Tin in the Counties of Cornwall and Devon, and praia ira 
for giving Compensation in lieu of such Duties, and No.678. 
to reduce the Duties of Customs payable on Tin: 

And the same was read the first time ; and ordered 
to be read a second time upon Monday next; and 
to be printed. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill Goalie 
to apply a Sum, out of the Consolidated Fund and *""° *" 
the Surplus of Ways and Means, to the Service of 

the year One thousand eight hundred and Thirty- 

eight: And the same was read the first time; and 

ordered to be read a second time upon Monday 

next. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer presented a Bill gig — 
for raising a Sum of Money by Exchequer Bills, nat 
for the Service of the year One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Thirty-eight: And the same was read the 
first time ; onl ordered to be read a second time 
upon Monday next. 


Lord John Russell reported to the House, That Answer to 
their several Addresses of the 28th and 30th days Addesses 
of 


110444559) 








2 VicToriz. 


of July last, and of the 3d day of this instant August 
(that Her Majesty would be graciously pleased to 

ive directions, that the Papers therein mentioned 
might be laid before this House), had been presented 
to Her Majesty; and that Her Majesty had com- 
manded him to acquaint this House, that She will 
give directions accordingly. 


Western 
Australia. 


Sir George Grey presented, pursuant to several 
Addresses to Her Majesty,—Copies of, or Extracts 
from, a Statistical Report of the Colony of Western 
Australia, which accompanied Sir James Stirling’s 
Despatch of the 15th October 1837, also the Land 
Regulations contained in the Appendix, addressed 
to the Secretary of State for the Colonies :—and, 
Copy of a Despatch from the Governor of Western 
Australia to Lord Gilenelg, dated 3d December 1837. 

Copy of a Memorial to The Queen from the As- 
sembly of Jamaica, on the subject of the Foreign 
Slave Trade. 

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


Foreign 
Slave Trade. 


Promuigation Mr. John Parker presented, pursuant to Order,— 
of the Statutes. A Statement of the Number of the Statutes sent to 
each Office, County and Borough, for the year 1837 ; 
the Total Number of Acts distributed, the Charge 
per Sheet, and the Aggregate Expense for the year. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 

Table. 


Private 
Business, 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
to consider whether any and what improvement can 
No. 679. be adopted in the mode of conducting Private Busi- 
ness, have Power to report their Observations there- 
upon to the House, together with the Minutes of 
the Evidence taken before them. 

Mr. Poulett Thomson reported from the said Select 
Committee, That they had considered the matters 
referred to them; and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House, together with the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them, with 
an Appendix. 

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


Royal Exchange 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 


— Lords to the Royal Exchange Re-building Bill be 
taken into consideration upon Monday next. 
Hackney Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
arriages 


mses... Lords to the Hackney Carriages (Metropolis) Bill 
(ucePols) be taken into consideration upon Monday next. 


Recovery of 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 

Tenements Bill. Lords to the Recovery of Tenements Bill be taken 
into consideration upon Monday next. 

Adjournment, | A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 

posed, That this House do now adjourn :—And the 

said Motion was, with leave of the House, with- 

drawn. 


Liverpool Port 
(Post Office 
Packets.) 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Memorial of certain Merchants and 
Tradesmen of Liverpool to the Treasury, respecting 
their Claims upon the late Agent for the Post Office 
Packets at that Port, and of any Treasury Minutes 
made in reference to such transactions. 


And then the House adjourned till Monday 
next. 


VoL, 93. 


4°—6° Augusti. 





831 


Lune, 6° die Augusti ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


get, Order of the day being read, for taking RoyalExchange 

into consideration the Amendments made by Re-building 

the Lords to the Royal Exchange Re-building Bill; ®*" 
Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 

into consideration To-morrow. 


The Saint Saviour’s (Southwark) Grammar School Saint Saviour’s 
Bill was read a second time; and committed to — 
Captain Alsager and the Surrey List. School Bill 

Ordered, That the Committee have leave to sit 
and proceed on Thursday next, provided that the 
Parties give notice, in some newspaper circulated in 
the county of Surrey, that the said Committee have 
such leave to sit and proceed; and that the same 
be proved before the said Committee. 


Captain Alsager, by Order, reported from the Com- Duke of 
mittee on the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act a and 
for authorizing the Sale and Exchange of the real ne aa. 
Estate devised by the Will of the Right honourable 
William Henry Earl of Rochford, deceased, and for 
the application of the produce thereof, and for 
authorizing the granting of Leases of the same 
Estate, and for other purposes; That they had exa- 
mined the allegations of the Bill, and found the 
same to be true; and that the Parties concerned had 
given their consent to the Bill, to the satisfaction of 
the Committee ; and that the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment :—And the Bill was read 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Captain Alsager do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


A Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to dis- Lethbridge’s 
solve the Marriage of Lieutenant-Colonel Lethbridge Divorce Bill. 
with Sarah Anne his now Wife, and to enable him 
to marry again, and for other purposes therein men- 
tioned, was read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Winthrop Praed do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the same, without Amend- 
ment. 

Ordered, That the Depositions transmitted from 
India, relating to the said Bill, be returned to the 
Lords ; and that Mr. Winthrop Praed do carry the 


same. 


A Petition of Land-owners, Merchants, Traders Bank of 
and others of Tuam, praying the House not to grant Hland 
any powers to the Bank of Lreland to the exclusion 
of Joint Stock Banks, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Kilmoylan and Tithes 
Cummer, praying for the abolition of Tithes in Jre- (reland.) 
land, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Petitions from Paisley ;—Padiham ;—Hudders- Employment of 
field (Chairman of a Meeting); — Leigh ;—Chow- the Poor. 
bent ;—and, Hyde; praying the House to take into 
consideration the plans proposed by Mr. Robert 
Owen for the Employment of the Poor,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


Petitions from Hyde ;—Northowran ;— Aldmond- Universal 
bury ;— Ambler Thorn ;— Heptonstall ;— Midgley ;— Suffrage 
Chairman of a Meeting of Members of the Cobbeté 
Club ; — Mixenden ; — Queenshead ;—Stainland ;— 

5N 4 Coulden 





Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Hand-loom 
Weavers. 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Parochial 
Assessments 


Bill. 


Postage. 


Bonding 
Warehouses. 


Public 
Petitions, 


Prisons (West 
Indies ) Bill. 


No. 682. 


Loan Societies. 


No. 683. 
Advertisement 
Duty. 

No. 684. 
Australia. 

No. 685. 


Municipal 
Corporations, 


No. 686, 
Western 
Australia. 

No. 687. 
Foreign 
Slave Trade. 

No. 688. 


Parochial 
Schoolmasters 
(Scotland.) 





832 6° Augusti. 


Coulden-in-Heptonstall ; — Elland ; — Halifax ;— 
Bradford (York) ;—and, Wadsworth; praying for 
the adoption of Universal Suffrage, Vote by Ballot 
and Annual Parliaments,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Maldon ;—Joseph Pellam ;—and, 
Alfriston (Chairman of a Meeting) ; praying for the 
repeal of the Poor Law Act,—were presented, and 
read; and referred to the Select Committee on the 
Poor Law Amendment Act. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Secretary of a 
Meeting of Hand-loom Weavers in Norwich, praying 
for a law for the better regulation of their wages, 
was presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


Petitions from Fareham;—and, Poole; praying 
for the repeal of the Sale of Beer Act,—were pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 

A Petition of Common Brewers and Retail Beer 
Sellers of Manchester, praying that the said Act 
may not be repealed, was also presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from ihe Archdeacon and Clergy of the 
Rural Deanery of Ewell (North Division), in the 
Archdeaconry of Surrey ;—and, Archdeacon and 


Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Coventry ; praying | 


that the Parochial Assessments Bill may not pass 
into a law,—were presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Oxford, praying for 
the establishment of a low and uniform rate of 
Postage on Letters, was presented, and read ; and 
referred to the Select Committee on Postage. 





Petitions from Crompton ;—and, Oldham; praying 
for the establishment of Inland Bonding Ware- 
houses,—were presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Mr. Freshfield reported from the Select Com- 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined 
the Petitions presented from the 30th day of July 
last, to the 4th day of this instant August, both in- 
clusive ; and had directed him to make a Report 
thereof to the House. 

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


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Prisons 
(West Indies) Bill, which was presented upon the 
27th day of July last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Loan So- 
cieties, which was presented upon Friday last, be 
printed. 

Ordered, That the Return relative to Advertise- 
ment Duty, which was presented upon Friday last, 
be printed. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to Australia, 
which were presented upon Friday last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Reports upon certain Boroughs 
in England and Wales by T. J. Hogg, Esquire, 
which were presented upon Friday last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to Western 
Australia, which was presented upon Saturday last, 
be printed. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to Foreign 
Slave Trade, which was presented upon Saturday 
last, be printed. 


Ordered, That the Copies or Extracts from all 
the Presbytery Books in Scotland, including Orkney 
and Shetland, of all the cases which have been 
brought before such Presbyteries respecting Paro- 
chial Schoolmasters under the Act 43 Geo. 3, 











A. 1838. 


c. 54 s. 21, Copies of the Libels served on such Rec 
Schoolmasters, and Copies of Sentences or Deli- Ten 
verances passed on such Schoolmasters ; likewise 

stating whether such Sentences have been carried 

into effect in the manner pointed out by the said 

Act, which were presented upon the 9th day of 

February 1836, be referred to the Select Committee 

on Education ( Scotland.) 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to an Address Justices’ Clerks 
to Her Majesty,—A Copy of the Warrant under (Lanark.) 
which the Clerks to the Justices of the Peace for 
the County of Zanark hold their Appointments. 

Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 


Table. 
The House proceeded to take into consideration Coal Trade _ 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- (Port of Lou (t 


tituled, An Act to continue for Seven years an Act ¢) Bill 


for regulating the Vend and Delivery of Coals in 
the Cities of London and Westminster, and in cer- 
tain parts of the Counties of Middlesex, Surrey, 
Kent, Essex, Hertford, Buchinghan and Berks ; and 
the same were read, as follow; 

Pr. 14. 1.11. After “that” insert “ from and 
“ after Sixty days after the passing of this Act.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 18. Leave out “ unloaded,’ imter- 
lined, and insert “ landed.” 

Pr. 14. 1.27. After “ market” insert “ before 
“ such coals shall have been unloaded.” I 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken i 
into further consideration upon this day three 
months. 


sec 


The House was moved, That the Act 1 and 2 Coal Trade 
Will. 4, c. 76, for regulating the Vend and Delivery (London, &amp;c.) , 
of Coals in the Cities of London and Westminster, - 
and in certain parts of the Counties of Middlesex, 
Surrey, Kent, Essex, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire 
and Berkshire, might be read; and the same being 
read ; 
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
continue the said Act: And that Mr. Labouchere 
and Lord Seymour do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Fisheries 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- (Ireland) Bil... 
tituled, An Act to explain and amend certain Pro- 
visions in Acts of the Parliament of Zreland, for the 
Protection of Fisheries in that Kingdom; and the 
same were read, as follow ; 

Pr. 5. 1.10. After “ gaol” insert “or house of 
correction.” 
Pr. 5. 1.12. After “ mainprize” insert “ and 
“ to be kept at hard labour.” 
Pr. 5. 1. 25. After “ or” insert “which are 
“ not.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made bytheir Lord- 
ships. 







“c 
















Mr. Labouchere presented a Bill to continue the Coal Trade 
Act regulating the Vend and Delivery of Coals in (London, &amp;c.) 
the Cities of London and Westminster, and in cer- ~"* 
tain parts of the Counties adjoining thereto: And 
the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be 
read a second time. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read a second 
time, and committed to a Committee of the whole 
House, for To-morrow. 












A Petition of William Plater Bartlett and Ri- Duchy of 
chard Boswell Beddome of Nicholas-lane, in the Cornwall 
city of London, praying that the Duchy of Corn- ny Duties) 
wall (Tin Duties) Bill may not pass into a lawas it” 
now stands, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

The 















2 Vicroriz#£. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


Recovery of | 
Tenements Bill. the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to facilitate the Recovery of Posses- 
sion of Tenements after due Determination of the 

Tenancy; and the same was read, as followeth : 
Pr. 1. 1.19. Leave out “of years or for any 
“ shorter period,” and insert “ not exceeding Seven 


“ vears.” 


The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Aglionby do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Idolatry 


Petitions from Southampton ;—and, Innismacsaint ; 
(India. 


praying the House to prohibit the interference of 
British functionaries in the management of Tdola- 
trous Observances in Jndia,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ecclesiastical 
Duties and , 
Revenues Bill. 


A Petition of the Venerable the Chapter of the 
Collegiate Church of the Blessed Mary the Virgin, 
of Southwell, praying that the Ecclesiastical Duties 
and Revenues Bill may not pass into a law, was 


presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


District Courts 


The Order of the day being read, for the second 


in Boroughs ~~ reading of the District Courts in Boroughs Bill ; 

- Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time upon 
this day three months. 

Consolidated The Consolidated Fund Bill was, according to 

Fund Bill. 


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


Exchequer Bills Lhe Exchequer Bills Bill was, according to 
(£.11,044,550-) Order, read a second time; and committed to a 
Bill, Committee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Stamp Dies 


The ingrossed Bill to authorize the using in any 
Bill. 


part of the United Kingdom Stamps denoting 
Duties payable in Great Britain and Ireland re- 
spectively was, according to Order, read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to amend an Act of the sixth 
and seventh years of his late Majesty, for the 
Uniform Valuation of Lands and Tenements in 
Ireland, and for incorporating detached Portions of 
Counties aud Baronies with those Counties and 
Baronies respectively whereto the same may adjoin, 
or wherein the same are locally situate, was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time ; and Amend- 
ments were made to the Bill. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Valuation 
of Lands 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Bank of Ireland 
Repayment 
Bill, 


The ingrossed Bill further to postpone the Re- 
payment of certain Sums advanced by the Bank of 
Ireland for the Publie Service, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act further to postpone until the First 
day of January One thousand eight hundred and 
forty, the Repayment of certain Sums advanced by 
the Bank of Jreland for the Public Service. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Militia Pay The ingrossed Bill to defray the Charge of the 
Bill, Pay, Clothing and Contingent and other Expenses 
of the Disembodied Militia in Great Britain and 
Ireland, and to grant Allowances.in certain cases to 


6° Augusti. 


833 


Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quarter- 
masters, Surgeons, Assistant-Surgeons, Mates and 
Serjeant-Majors of the Militia, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to defray the Charge of the Pay, 
Clothing and Contingent and other Expenses of the 
Disembodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland, 
and to grant Allowances in certain cases to Subaltern 
Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, 
Surgeons, Assistant-Surgeons, Surgeons’ Mates and 
Serjeant Majors of the Militia, until the First day 
of July One thousand eight huudred and _thirty- 
nine. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to re- Oaths Validity 
move Doubts as to the Validity of certain Oaths, Bill. 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

behind, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments this House doth desire the concur- 
rence of their Lordships. 


The Exchequer Bills (Public Works) Bill was, Exchequer Bills 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- (Public Works) 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- au, 
morrow. 


The Four and a Half per Centum Duties Bill, was four-and-a-half 
according to Order, read a second time; and com- per-Centum 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- Duties Bill. 
morrow. 


The County Treasurers (Ireland) Bill was, ac- County 
cording to Order, read a second time ; and com- Treasurers 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- (1"!#»4) Bil. 
morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into slave Trade 
a Committee upon the Slave Trade Treaties Bill; and, Treaties Bill. 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That the Com- 
mittee had gone through the Bill, and made Amend- 
ments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


The ingrossed Bill to provide for the payment of pensions Bill. 
certain Pensions was, according to Order, read the 
third time. 
A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That the further Proceeding on the said Bill be ad- 
journed till To-morrow :—It passed in the Nega- 
tive. 
Resolved, That te Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster Bill was, Duchies of 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- Cornwall and 
mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- /******" Bill- 
morrow. 








Vo. 93. 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Benefices 
into consideration the Amendments made by the Plurality Bill. 
Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act to abridge 
the holding of Benefices in Plurality, and to make 
better Provision for the Residence of the Clergy ; 
and the same were read, as follow: 
Pr. 1. 1. 8. After “ life” insert ‘ lives.” 
Pr. 2. 1. 36. Leave out “or,” and insert “ and.” 
Pr. 3. 1.8. Leave out “ or” and insert “ and.” 
Pr. 3. 1.15. Leave out “ herein,” and insert 
“ hereinbefore.” 


50 Pr. 3. 





834. 


Pr. 3. 1. 9. After “ Benefices” insert “ under 
“ the limitations hereinafter mentioned with respect 
“ to distance, joint yearly value, and population, 
“ and;” and in the same line after “ which” in- 
sert “ benefices.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 20. Leave out from “ within” to “ in,” 
inl. 21. and insert “‘ the diocese of which his arch- 
“ deaconry forms a part, or one cathedral prefer- 
ment.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 22. After 
collegiate.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 35. Leave out “ person,” and insert 
persons.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 36. Leave out from “ preferment” to 
And” in Pr, 4. 1. 18. 

Pr, 4. 1. 19. After “That” insert “ except as 
hereinafter provided.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 21. Leave out “ or,” and insert “and.” 

Pr. 4, 1. 25. In the Interlineation : | 


L. 1. After “shall” insert “accept and take 
to.” 


“ 


“ ecathedral’’ insert “ or 


“~ 
nw 





‘ 


nw 


‘ 


n 


“ 


L. 2. After “ benefice” insert “ having at the | % 
time of his admission, institution or being licensed | , 
thereto, a population of more than five hundred | ,, 





6° August. 


“ 
“ 
“cc 
“ 
“ 
“cc 
“c 
«“ 


“ 


“ 
“c 
iT 3 


Ti 
‘ 


“ 
“ 
‘ 


n 


‘ 


nw 


persons; nor shall any spiritual person holding | ,, 
a benefice with a population of more than five | , 
hundred persons, accept and take to hold there-| , 
with any other benefice, having at the time of , 


na “n 


“to, a population of more than three thousand 


persons. 

_ Pr. 5. 1. 13. Leave out from “ of” to “ shall,” 
in |. 14. and insert “ three hundred pounds, and 
“ the a. of which shall exceed two thou- 
“ sand persons.” 


Pr. 6. 1. 11. In the Interlineation : 

L. ult. After “ together” insert “ Provided 
always, That in the last-mentioned case, the 
Bishop of the diocese within which such benefice, 
having a population exceeding two thousand per- 
sons, is situate, may from time to time, if he 
shall so think fit, by an order under his hand, 
and revocable at any time, require that such in- 
cumbent should keep residence on, and personally 
serve such benefice during the space of ninemonths 
in each year; and if such incumbent shall not, 
in obedience to the terms of such order, and until 
the same be revoked, reside on and personally 
serve such benefice, he shall be liable to all the 
penalties for non-residence imposed by this Act, 
notwithstanding he may have a legal exemption 
permanent or temporary from residence, or may 
be resident on some other benefice of which he 
may be possessed, or may be residing and per- 
forming the duties of an office residence on, and 
performance of the duties of which might in other 
cases be accounted as residence on some benefice: 
Provided always, That such spiritual person may, 
within one month after servigg upon him of any 
such order, appeal to the AMhbishop of the pro- 
vince, who shall confirm or rescind such order, as 
to him may seem just and proper.” 


Leave out Clause (B.) added, by way of rider, 
= the Bill, and insert Clauses (A.), (B.), (C.) and 
(D.) 
Cravuse (A.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
where any spiritual person shall be desirous of 
o taining a license or dispensation for holding 
together any two benefices, such spiritual person 
shall, previously to applying for the grant of such 
license or dispensation, deliver to the Bishop of 
the diocese where both benefices are situate in the 
same diocese, or to the Bishops of the two dio- 
ceses where such benefices are situate in different 
dioceses, a statement in writing under his hand, 
verified as such Bishop or Bishops respectively 
may require ; in which statement such spiritual 
person shall set forth, according to the best of 


“ 
= 


his belief, the yearly income arising from each of 


his admission, institution, or being licensed there- | , 











x 
n 


oa 
nw 


“~ 
na 


nn A 
nan nN 


n~ 
wn“ 


ax“ nn nm 
a 


xn 





A. 1838. 


the said benefices, separately, on an average of 
the three years ending on the Twenty-ninth day 
of September next before the date of such stute- 
ment, and the sources from which such income is. 
derived, and also the yearly amount, on an ave- 
rage of the same period of three years, of all 
taxes, rates, tenths, dues and other permanent 
charges and outgoings to which the same bene- 
fices are respectively subject, and also the amount 
of the population of each of the said benefices, to. 
be computed according to the last Returns made 
under the authority of Parliament, and also the 
distance between the two benefices, to be com- 

uted according to the directions of this Act; and. 
it shall be lawful for the Bishop to whom such 
statement shall be delivered to make any inquiry 
which he may think right as to the correctness of 
the.same in respect to the benefiges or benefice 
within his diocese ; and such Bishop is hereby. 
required, within the space of One month after he 
shall have received such statement as aforesaid, 
to transmit to the Archbishop of Canterbury a 
certificate under his hand, in which certificate 
such Bishop shall set forth or shall annex thereto 
a copy of the statement delivered to him as afore- 
said, and shall thereby certify the amount at which 
he considers that the annual value and the popu- 
lation of each of the two benefices (where both 
benefices are situate in the same diocese,) and the 
distance of the said two benefices from each 
other, or the amount at which he considers the 
annual value and the population of the benefice 
within the diocese of such Bishop (where the two 
benefices are situate in different dioceses,) and 
and the distance of such benefice from the other 
benefice ought to be taken with respect to the 
license or dispensation in question ; and whenever 
both or either of the benefices shall be in the 
diocese or jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Can- 
terbury, a certificate shall be made out in manner 
~~ by the Archbishop, and shall be retained 

im.” 

‘Guan (B.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
in estimating the annual value of any benefice for 
the purpose of any such certificate as aforesaid, 
it shall be lawful for the Archbishop or Bishop by 
whom such certificate shall be made, and eve 
such Archbishop and Bishop is hereby directed 
to deduct from the gross amount of the yearly 
income arising from such benefice, all taxes, 
rates, tenths, dues, and other permanent charges 
and outgoings to which such benefice shall 
be subject, but not to deduct or allow for any 
stipend or stipends to any stipendiary curate or 
curates, nor for such taxes or rates in respect 
of the house of residence on any benefice, or of 
the glebe land belonging thereto, as are usually 
paid by tenants or occupiers, nor for monies ex- 
pended in the repair or improvement of the house 
of residence, and buildings and fences belonging 
thereto.” 

Criause (C.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
the certificate or certificates to be transmitted to 
or retained by the Archbishop of Canterbury as 
aforesaid shall be deposited in the said office of 
Faculties, and in the event of the required license 
or dispensation being granted, shall, for the pur- 
poses of this Act, be conclusive evidence of the 


‘ annual value and population of each of the 


benefices to which the same shall relate, and 
of their distance from each other; and the Re- 
gistrar of the Faculties shall, and he is hereby 
required to produce such certificate or certificates 
to any person who may require to inspect the 


' same.” 


Cuavuse (D.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
for all the other purposes of this Act the annual 
value of all benefices shall be the net annual 
value thereof, to be estimated in the same manner 
as is hereinbefore directed for the purpose of an 
&lt;2. 





2 VicToriz. 


“ such certificate as aforesaid ; and that it shall be 
“ lawful for the court before whom any suit shall 
“ be depending for the recovery of any penalty or 
“ forfeiture under this Act, and for any Bishop act- 
“ ing under any of the provisions of this Act, to 
make or cause to be made such inquiries, and call 
for such evidence as such court or Bishop shall 
think fit, and otherwise to proceed upon the best 
information which such court or Bishop may be 
able to procure for estimating in manner afore- 
said the annual value of any benefice ; and with 
respect to the same, the decision of such court, 
save when appealed from in due course of law, 
or of such Bishop, founded on such evidence 
or other information, shall be final and conclu- 
sive.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 28. Leave out from “ two” to “ And,” 
Pr. 7. 1. 32. gnd insert “ or more benefices shall 
accept any cathedral preferment, or any other be- 
nefice, or if any spiritual person holding two or 
more cathedral preferments shall accept any bene- 
fice, or if any spiritual person holding any cathe- 
dral preferment or preferments, and benefice or 
benefices, shall accept another benefice, he shall, 
before he is instituted, licensed, or in any way ad- 
mitted to the said cathedral preferment or bene- 
fice, in writing under his hand declare to the 
Bishop or Bishops within whose diocese or dio- 
ceses any of the cathedral preferments or bene- 
fices previously holden by him are situate, which 
cathedral preferment and benefice, or which two 
benefices (such cathedral preferment and benefice, 
or such two benefices being tenable together under 
the provisions of this Act,) he proposes to hold 
together, and a duplicate of such declaration shall 
by such spiritual person be transmitted to the 
registry of the diocese, and be there filed; and 
immediately upon any such spiritual person being 
instituted, licensed, or in any way admitted to 
the cathedral preferment or benefice which he 
shall have accepted as aforesaid, such cathedral 
preferment or preferments, benefice or benefices 
as he previously held, and as he shall not as afore- 
said have declared his intention to hold, or as 
shall not be tenable under the provisions of this 
Act with such newly-accepted cathedral prefer- 
ment or benefice, shall be and become ipso facto 
void, as if he had died, or had resigned the same ; 
and if such spiritual person shall in any such case 
refuse or wilfully omit to make such declaration 
as aforesaid, every cathedral preferment and be- 
nefice which he previously held shall be and be- 
come ipso facto void as aforesaid: Provided 
always, That nothing herein contained shall be 
construed to affect the provision hereinbefore 
made with respect to Archdeacons, or with re- 
spect to spiritual persons holding, with any ca- 
thedral preferment, offices in the same cathedral 
or collegiate church.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 8. Leave out from “ Act” to “ Pro- 
vided” in Pr. 9. 1. 1. and insert Clause (E.) 

Cuiavuss (E.) “ And be it Enacted, That nothing 
in this Act contained shall be construed to prevent 
'“ any spiritual person possessed of One or more 

“ than one Benefice at the time of the passing of 
*“ this Act, and to whom or in trust for whom the 
next presentation or nomination to any other be- 
nefice has been conveyed, granted or devised by 
any deed or will made before the passing of this 
Act, from taking the said last-mentioned benefice, 
“ and holding together such benefice and any One 
such first-mentioned benefice (although the bene- 
“ fices to be held together be not within the limits 
nor under the joint yearly value, nor the popula- 
“ tion thereof under the amount prescribed by this 
Act), but so nevertheless that the said two bene- 
fices be such as might have been held together 
“ before the passing of this Act by dispensation 
“ duly granted and confirmed ; and the Bishop of 
“ the diocese in which such second or other bene- 

Vor, 98. 


in 
“ 


un 
wn 


nw 
n 


nw 
nw 


6° August. 








835 


“ fice is situate shall and may, after a license or 
“ dispensation shall have been obtained by such 
“spiritual person as is by this Act required for 
holding two benefices together, admit, institute 
or license such spiritual person thereto, any thing 
herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding ; 
unless such spiritual person, after the passing of 
this Act, and before he shall be so admitted, in- 
stituted or licensed to such second or other be- 
nefice as aforesaid, shall have accepted and taken 
any cathedral preferment or any other benefice, 
the holding of which with such second or other 
benefice would be contrary to the provisions of 
this Act.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 9. Leave out from “ possession ” to 

prescribed” in }. 12. and insert “ at the time of 
the passing of this Act, any cathedral preferment, 
or any benefice which may be conferred on them 
or either of them by Her Majesty, in considera- 
tion of their respective services as such chaplains, 
although any such benefices be not within the 
limits nor under the joint yearly value, nor the 
population thereof under the amount.” 
_ _Pr. 9. 1. 28. Leave out from “ shall ” to “ by ” 
in 1. 30. and insert “ appear to the Archbishop of 
“ the province with respect to his own diocese, and 
“ whenever it shall be represented to him.” 

Pr. 9. ls. 32. and 33. After “ benefices”’ insert 
or that One or more benefice or benefices, and 
“ One or more spiritual sinecure rectory or rectories, 
“ vicarage or vicarages ;” and in |. 33. after “ their” 
insert “ diocese or ;” and also in 1. 33. after “ being” 
insert “ either in the same parish or.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 37. After “aggregate” insert “ yearly.” 

Pr. 10. ls. 1. and 2. Leave out “ Commis- 
sioners,” and insert “ Archbishop of the Pro- 
vince.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 4. Leave out from “ if” to “ that” in 
1. 5. and insert “ on such inquiry it shall appear to 
“ him.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 8. After “ benefices ’’ insert “ sinecure 
“rectory or rectories, vicarage or vicarages ;” and 
in the same line and in]. 9. after “ respectively ” 
insert “ is or.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 12. Leave out from “ patrons” to 
“ shall” in 1. 13. and insert “ the said Archbishop.” 

Pr, 10. 1. 14. Leave out “ at least.” 

Pr. 10. 1.17. After “ cause” insert “ with re- 
spect to his own diocese, a statement in writing 
of the facts, and in other cases.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 18. Leave out “ such,” and insert “ the 
“ aforesaid.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 23. Leave out from “ benefices” to 
to” in 1, 25. and insert “ sinecure rectories or 
vicarages, with notice to any person or persons 
interested, that he, she or they may within such 
Six weeks, show cause in writing under his, her 
or their hand or hands to the said Archbishop 
against such union, and if no sufficient cause be 
shown within such time, the said Archbishop shall 
certify the inquiry and consent aforesaid.” 

Pr. 10, 1. 29. After “ order” insert “ or orders.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 30. After “benefices” insert “sinecure 
rectory or rectories, vicarage or vicarages.” 

Pr. 10. 1. 31. After “ benefices ” insert “ with 
cure of souls.” 

Pr. 10. Is. 38. and penult. After “ present ” in- 
sert “ or nominate.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 6. After “ order” insert “ or orders.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 7. After “ the ” insert “ registry or.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 8. After “ the ” insert “ diocese or.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 13. After “benefices” insert “sinecure 
“ rectories or vicarages.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 14. After “ order ” insert “ or orders.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 15. After “ the ” insert “ registrar or,” 
and in the same line after “ such” insert “ diocese 
“ or respective.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 19. After “ order”’ insert “ or orders.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 23, After “ order ” insert “ or orders.” 

502 Pr. 11. 


” 


if3 


ii 
“ 


“ 


na 8 
na 


“ 


” 
n 


n 
n 


‘ 


n 


“ 
‘ 


wn 














836 


Pr. 11. 1. 24. After “ benefices ” 
cure rectories or vicarages.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 27. After “then” insert “if any of 
such benefices, sinecure rectories or vicarages 
shall at such time be vacant, and if not then.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 28. After “ benefices ” insert “ sine- 
cure rectories or vicarages.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 32. After “ benefice” insert “ or be- 
nefices, sinecure rectory or rectories, vicarage or 
vicarages.”” 

Pr. 11. 1.33. After “ present’ insert “ or no- 
minate.” 

Pr. 11. 1. 35. After 


insert “ sine- 


wn 
. 


‘ 


wn 


é 


wn 


‘ 


nx 


‘ 


n 


“ 


“ institute’ insert “ or 
license ;” and in the same line and in 1. 36. after 
benefice” insert “ or benefices, sinecure rectory 
or rectories, vicarage or vicarages ;” and in 1. 36. 
after “ of ” insert “ the other or.”’ 

Pr. 11. 1. 37. After “ benefice” insert “ sine- 
“ cure rectory or rectories, vicarage or vicarages.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 3. After “ order” insert “ or orders 
on all but one of the said benefices, sinecure rec- 
tories or vicarages shall at such time be vacant.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 6. After “ benefices ” insert ‘ sinecure 
rectories or vicarages.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 9. After “benefices ” insert “ sinecure 
rectory or rectories, vicarage or vicarages.” 

Pr. 12. 1.13. After “ benefice” insert “ with 
cure of souls.” 

Pr. 12. 1.27. Leave out from “ specified” to 
“ Provided ” in Pr. 13. 1. 9. and insert Clauses (F.) 
(G.) and (H.) ) 
Crauss (F.) “ And be it Enacted, That when i 
shall further appear to the Archbishop of the pro- 
vince, with respect to his own diocese, or it shall 


“ 


“ ? 


“ 


“ 
“ 


“ 


“ 


“ 


&lt; 


n“ 


“ 
“c 


6° Augusti. 





be further represented to him by the Bishop of 
any other diocese, that the total income of any 
benefice or benefices, sinecure rectory or rectories, 
vicarage or vicarages, proposed to be united as 
aforesaid, would be larger than sufficient for the 
due maintenance and support of the incumbent 
of the benefice when united, and that the whole 
or some specified part or parts of the glebe lands, 
tithes, tenements and hereditaments belonging to 


«“ 


n 


‘ 
“ 
ii 
¢ 


n 


“ 
&lt;&lt; 
&lt;&lt; 
“ 


“ tories, vicarage or vicarages, proposed to be united, 


or any of them, might and could, with advantage 
to the interests of religion, be excepted out of 
such union, and be exchanged for certain other 
lands, tithes, tenements and hereditaments, or 
any of them, in some other specified benefice 
situate in the same diocese, and having no com- 
petent provision belonging thereto, and that the 
lands, tithes, tenements or hereditaments proposed 
to be given in exchange for such excepted lands, 
tithes, tenements or hereditaments, might with 
like advantage be granted, conveyed and assured, 
as a further perpetual endowment for the incum- 
bent of such last-mentioned benefice, and that 
the patron or patrons of the said benefice or bene- 
fices, sinecure rectory or rectories, vicarage or 
vicarages respectively, and the incumbent or in- 
cumbents for the time being thereof respectively, 
or of such thereof as shall not be then vacant, and 
the owner or owners, impropriator or impropria- 
tors of such lands tithes, tenements or heredita- 
ments respectively, so proposed to be given in 
exchange, is or are consenting thereto, such con- 
sent to be signified in writing under their re- 
spective hands, it shall be lawful for the said 
Archbishop, after inquiring into such further 
matter, to certify in like manner as aforesaid such 
further circumstances to Her Majesty in Council; 
and thereupon it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, 
in and by such order as aforesaid, or any other 
order or orders, to direct that such first-mentioned 
lands, tithes, tenements and hereditaments shall 
be excepted out of such united benefice, and be 
granted, conveyed and assured unto such owner 
or Owners, impropriator or impropriators, as afore- 
* said, in exchange for an equal value of Jands, 


. 


«“ 


‘ 


n 


&lt; 
‘ 
“ 


x #8 


«c 


. 
” 











the benefice or benefices, sinecure rectory or rec- | 





A. 1838. 


“ tithes, tenements or other hereditaments situate 


or arising within the limits of such benefice, to be 
by such owner or owners, impropriator or impro- 
priators, granted, conveyed and assured for the 
further endowment of such other benefice; and 
such order or orders shall be registered in the 
register of the diocese to which such united bene- 
fice and other benefice shall belong, and which 
order or orders the Registrar of such diocese, im- 
mediately on the receipt thereof, is hereby re- 
quired to register accordingly ; and such order or 
orders shall thenceforth be binding on all parties 
whatsoever; and such lands, tithes, tenements 
and hereditaments, so directed to be granted, 
conveyed and assured to such owner or owners, 
impropriator or impropriators as aforesaid, shall, 
immediately upon and after the execution and 
inrolment in manner hereinafter directed of the 
deed or deeds, instrument or instruments, herein- 
after mentioned, be for ever freed and discharged 
of and from all estate, right, title and interest 
whatsoever of all and every the incumbent or 
incumbents for the time being of the said bene- 
fices, sinecure rectory or rectories, vicarage or 
vicarages, so to be united, and become and be 
subject and liable in every respect to all and sin- 
gular the uses, trusts, estates and charges of or 
to which the lands, tithes, tenements or other 
hereditaments so granted, conveyed or assured by 
such owner or owners, impropriator or impro- 
priators, for such further endowment as aforesaid, 
may at the time of such execution have been 
subject or liable ; and that such last-mentioned 
lands, tithes, tenements or other hereditaments 
so granted, conveyed and assured by such owner 
or owners, impropriator or impropriators, for such 
further endowment as aforesaid, shall in like 
manner become and be for ever annexed to such 
other benefice for the further endowment of which 
the same shall be so granted, conveyed and assured, 
and be held and enjoyed for ever by the incum- 
bent for the time being thereof, as part of the 
endowment thereof, freed and discharged of and 
from all uses, trusts, estates and charges what- 
soever, to which the same respectively, or any 
part thereof, were or was before subject or liable.” 
Ciause (G,) “ Provided always, and be it 
further Enacted, That all such grants, convey- 
ances and assurances as aforesaid shall be made 
by a deed or deeds, instrument or instruments in 
writing, under the hand and seal or hands and 
seals of the patron or patrons of the benefice or 
benefices, sinecure rectory or rectories, vicarage or 
vicarages affected thereby, and of the owner or 
owners, impropriator or impropriators of the 
lands, tithes, tenements and hereditaments so to 
be given in exchange as aforesaid ; and the Bisho 
of the diocese for the time being shall testify his 
approval thereof by being a party, and affixing 
his episcopal seal thereto; and the incumbent or 
incumbents for the time being of such of the said 


“ 
“ 
“ 
‘ 


n 


“ 


n~ 
n 








benefice or benefices, sinecure rectory or rectories, 
vicarage or vicarages, as shall not be then vacant, 
shall testify his or their approval by being a party 
or parties to and signing the same respectively, 
and shall be the party or parties by whom the 
grant, conveyance and assurance to be made or 
executed to such owner or owners, impropriator 
or impropriators as aforesaid, shall be made-and 
executed ; and such deed or deeds, instrument or 
instruments in writing, shall be enrolled in Her 
Majesty’s High Court of Chancery within Six 
calendar months after the execution thereof re- 
sr or else have no operation under this 
ct.” 

Cuiause (H.) “ Provided always, and be it 
Enacted, That the approval of the said Bishop, 
testified as aforesaid, shall be conclusive that the 
lands, tithes, tenements and hereditaments so to 
be granted, conveyed and assured under or by 
“ virtue 


“ 
“cc 


| « 














2 Vicroriz. 


“ 


virtue of the provisions aforesaid, were respect- 
“ 


ively of the proper value required by this Act, and 
were respectively granted, conveyed and assured, 
in due accordance with the provisions aforesaid.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 2. After “ and ” insert “ with respect 
to his own diocese it shall appear to the Arch- 
bishop of the province or.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 4. Leave out “ Commissioners,’ 
insert “ Archbishop of the province.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 11. pee out “ such Commissioner,” 
and insert “the said Archbishop.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 14. Leave out “ they shall be satis- 
“ fied,” and insert “on such inquiry it shall appear 
“ to him.” 

Pr. 14. 1.18. Leave out “ they,” and insert 
“ he.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 22. After “ cause” insert “ with re- 
spect to his own diocese, a statement in writing 
of the facts,“nd in all other cases.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 23. Leave out “ such,” and insert 
the aforesaid.’ 

Pr. 14. 1. 30. Leave out from “ benefice” to 
to” in |. 32. and insert “ with notice to any per- 
son or persons interested that he, she or they may 
within such Six weeks show cause in writing 
under his, her or their hands to the said Arch- 
bishop against any such disunion; and if no 
sufficient cause be shown within such time the 
Archbishop shall certify the inquiry and consent, 
when the patron’s consent is necessary.” 

Pr. 14. 1. penult. After “benefices” insert “and 
“ for declaring the rights of patronage of the several 
“« patrons, if there be more than one patron ;’”’ and 
in the same line leave out “ directing.” 

Pr. 14. 1. ult. Leave out “ to,” and insert 
“ shall.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 31. After “ may ” insert “ according 
to the terms of such order.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 32. After “ present” insert “ or no- 
minate.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 2. After “ years” insert “ before the 
‘ passing of this Act.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 27. After “ present” insert “ or no- 
“ minate.” 

Pr. 17. 1.14. Leave out from “the” to “with” 
in ]. 15. and insert “ Archbishop of Canterbury.” 

Pr. 20. 1. 18. After “applied ” insert “ and dis- 
posed of by the Governors of the Bounty of Queen 
“ Anne.” 

Pr. 20. 1. 28. Leave out from “ the ” to “with” 
in 1. 30. and insert “ Archbishop of Canterbury.” 

Pr. 20. 1. 33. After ‘* benefice” insert “ such 
consents to be signified in writing under their 
respective hands.” 

Pr. 20. 1. ult. Leave out from “ council” to 
“ And” in Pr. 22. 1. 30. and insert Clause (I.) 

Cuavuse (I.) “ And whereas in some instances 
tithings, hamlets, chapelries and other places or 
districts may be separated from the parishes or 
mother churches to which they belong with great 
advantage, and places altogether extra-parochial 
may in some instances with advantage be annexed 
to parishes or districts to which they are con- 
tiguous, or be constituted separate parishes for 
ecclesiastical purposes: Be it Enacted, That when, 
with respect to his own diocese, it shall appear 
to the Archbishop of the province, or when the 
Bishop of any diocese shall represent to the said 
Archbishop that any such tithing, hamlet, cha- 
pelry, place or district within the diocese of such 
Archbishop, or the diocese of such Bishop, as 
the case may be, may be advantageously sepa- 
rated from any parish or mother church, and 
either be constituted a separate benefice by itself 
or be united to any other parish to which it may 
be more conveniently annexed, or to any other ad- 
joining tithing, hamlet, chapelry, place or dis- 
trict, parochial or. extra-parochial, so as to form 
‘““ a separate parish or benefice, or that any extra- 
“ parochial eh oe may with advantage be annexed 

Vou. 93. 


ae 
“ 


“ 
‘ 


“~ 


? 


and 


&lt; 
“ 


&lt; 


n 


“ 
“ 
“ 
‘ 


n 


“ 
&lt;&lt; 
&lt;&lt; 
&lt;“&lt; 


“a 


‘ 


“~ 


“ 


‘ 


‘ 


n 


“ 


“cc 
“ 
“ 
‘ 


n 


“ 
if 


nw 


“ 
‘ 


wn 


“ec 
“cc 
“ 
é 


n 


“ec 
¢ 


n 


“&lt; 
« 
‘ 


n 


‘ 


x 


“ 
‘ 


nx 


‘ 


n 


6° Augusti. 





837 


to any parish to which it is contiguous, or be 
constituted a separate parish for ecclesiastical 
purposes; and the said Archbishop or Bishop 
shall draw up a scheme in writing (the scheme 
of such Bishop to be transmitted to the said 
“ Archbishop for his consideration) describing the 

mode in which it appears to him that the altera- 
tion may best be effected, and how the changes 
consequent on such alteration in respect to eccle- 
siastical jurisdiction, glebe lands, tithes, rent- 
charges and other ecclesiastical dues, rates and 
payments, and in respect to patronage and rights 
to pews, may be made with justice to all parties 
interested ; and if the patron or patrons of the 
benefice or benefices to be affected by such altera- 
tion, shall consent in writing under his or their 
hands to such scheme, or to such modification 
thereof as the said Archbishop may approve, and 
the said Archbishop shall, on full consideration 
and inquiry, be satisfied with any such scheme 
or modification thereof, and shall certify the same 
and such consent as aforesaid, by his Report to 
Her Majesty in Council, it shall be lawful for 
Her Majesty in Council to make an order for 
carrying such scheme, or modification thereof, as 
the case may be, into effect; and such order, 
being registered in the registry of the diocese, 
which the Registrar is hereby required to do, shall 
be forthwith binding on all persons whatsoever, 
including the incumbent or incumbents of the 
benefice or benefices to be affected thereby, if he 
or they shall have consented thereto in writing 
under tis or their hands; but if such’ incumbent 
or incumbents shall not have so consented thereto, 
the order shall not come into operation until the 
next avoidance of the benefice by the incumbent 
objecting to the alteration, or by the surviving 
incumbent objecting, if more than One shall object 
thereto ; and in such case the order shall forth 
with, after such avoidance, become binding on all 
persons whatsoever.” 

Pr. 23. 1. 4. After “ payments” insert “ pa- 
tronage.” 

_ Pr. 24. 1. 7. After “ purpose” insert “ under 
“ his hand,” 

Pr. 26. 1. 26. Leave out from the second “ for ” 
to “ or” in the interlineation in 1. 28. and insert 
“ disposing of any books or other works, to or by 
“« means of any bookseller or publisher.” 

Pr. 27. 1. 14. Leave out from “sale” to “ And” 
in Pr. 28. 1. 1. and insert Clause (J.) 

Cravuss (J.) “ And be it Enacted, That if any 
spiritual person shall trade or deal in any manner 
contrary to the provisions of this Act, it shall be 
lawful for the Bishop of the diocese where such 
person shall hold any cathedral preferment, be- 
nefice, curacy or lectureship, or shall be licensed 
or otherwise allowed to perform the duties of any 
ecclesiastical office whatever, to cause such person 
to be cited before his Chancellor or other com 
petent Judge, and it shall be lawful for such 
Chancellor or other Judge, on proof in due course 
of law of such trading, to suspend such spiritual 
person for his first offence for such time not ex- 
ceeding One year as to such Judge shall seem 
fit; and on proof in like manner’ before such or 
any other competent ecclesiastical Judge of a 
second offence committed by such spiritual per- 
son subsequent to such sentence of suspension, 
such spiritual person shall for such second offence 
be suspended for such time as to the Judge shall 
seem fit; and for his third offence be deprived 
“ ab officio et beneficio; and thereupon it shall be 
lawful for the patron or patrons of any such 
cathedral preferment, benefice, lectureship or 
office to make donation or to present or nominate 
‘“ to the same as if the person so deprived were 
actually dead ; and in all such cases of suspension 
the Bishop during such suspension shall sequester 
“ the profits of any cathedral preferment, benefice, 
503 “ lectureship 


nn 
an 


na nn 
nn 8 


‘ 


wn 


“ 
‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 








838 6° Augusti. 


“ lectureship or office of which such spiritual per- 
“ son may be in possession, and by an order under 
“ his hand direct the application of the apr of 
“ the same respectively, after deducting the neces- 
“ sary expenses of ery. for the due performance 
* of the duties of the same respectively, towards 
the same purposes and in the same order, as near 
as the difference of circumstances will admit, as 
are hereinafter directed with respect to the profits 
of a benefice sequestered in case of non-compliance 
after monition with an order oo W. a spiritual 
person to proceed and reside on his benefice, save 
that no part of such profits shall be paid to the 
spiritual person so suspended, nor applied in 
satisfaction of a sequestration at the suit of a cre- 
ditor ; and in case of deprivation the Bishop shall 
forthwith give notice thereof in writing under his 
hand to the patron or patrons of any cathedral 
preferment, benefice, lectureship or office which 
the said spiritual person may have holden in the 
manner hereinafter required with respect to notice 
to the patron of a benefice continuing under 
sequestration for one whole year, and thereb 
becoming void; and any such cathedral Fc 
ment or , Ber shall lapse at such period after 
the said notice as any such last-mentioned be- 
nefice would under the provisions of this Act 
lapse: Provided always, That no contract shall 
be deemed to be void by reason only of the same 
having been entered into by a spiritual person 
trading or dealing, either solely or jointly with 
any other person or persons, contrary to the pro- 
visions of this Act, but every such contract may 
be enforced by or against such spiritual person, 
either solely or jointly with any other person or 

ersons, as the case may be, in the same way as 
if no such spiritual person had been party to such 
contract.” 

Pr. 30. 1. 1. Leave out “ One mile,”’ and insert 
“ Two miles.” 

Pr. 30. 1. ult. Leave out from “ being” to 
“ head” in Pr. 31. 1. 2. 
Pr. 31. |. 9. After the second “ or” insert 


n~ 


“ any.” 

Py. 31. 1. 18. Leave out from “the ” to “ And” 
in l, 17. and insert “ time of the passing of this 
* Act.” 

Pr. 31. ls. 25. and 26. After “ person” insert 
“ being Dean of any cathedral or collegiate church, 
“ during such time as he shall reside upon his 
“‘ deanery, and no spiritual person ;” and in I. 26. 
leave out from “ holding” to “ any” in 1. 27. 

Pr. 31. 1. 28. Leave out from “ readership ” to 
“ in” in], 29. 

Pr. 31. 1. 32. Leave out “ while.” 

Pr. 31. 1. 33. Leave out from “therein” to “ Pro- 
‘ vided ” in 1. 35. and 1. 36. 

Pr. 52. 1. 10. After “‘ Majesty” insert “ or of 
“ the Queen Dowager.” 

Pr. 33. 1. 3. After “ elsewhere ” insert “ or as 
n se ag in any of the Inns of Court or at the 
olls,” 

Pr. 33. 1. 9. After “ house ” insert “ or Prin- 
“ cipal of Saint David’s College, or Principal of 
‘ King’s College, London.” 

Pr. 35. 1. 10. Leave out from “ person” to “in” 
in 1, 16. and insert “ being in possession of any 
“ benefice at the time of the passing of this Act, 
“ and entitled by the law previously.” 

Pr. 35. 1. 26. After “ residence” insert “ and 
“ to the same right of appeal in case of refusal or 
“ revocation of a license.” 

Pr. 35. 1. 27. Leave out from “ entitled ” to the 
first “and” in 1. 30. and insert “ before the time of 
“ the passing of this Act.” 

Pr. 36. 1, 27. Leave out “ put the same,” and 
insert “ and within One month after service of such 
“ monition show cause to the contrary, to the satis- 
“ faction of the Bishop, or put such house.” 


- 








A. 1838. 


Pr. 36. 1.29. Leave out from “ Bishop” to 
“ shall” in 1. 31. 

Pr. 36. 1. 37. Leave out from “repair” to“ And” 
in 1. 40. 

Pr. 36. 1, 41. Leave out from “ that ” to “ pre- 
“ sent” in 1, ult. and insert “ every spiritual person 
“ applying for a license for non-residence shall.” 

r. 37. 1. 1. Leave out from “ by” to “ and” 
in 1, 2. and insert “ some person approved by the 
“ Bishop in that behalf.” 

Pr. 37. 1. 5. Leave out “ himself and,” and in- 
sert “ of his benefice in person, and in that case.” 

Pr. 37. 1. 30. Leave out from “ what” to “ or” 
in 1. 31. and insert “ cathedral preferment, and any 
“ and what benefice.” 

Pr. 38. 1. 13. Leave out “ not,” and in the 
same line leave out “ public.” 

Pr. 38.1.14. Leave out “ or disclosed, or,’ and 
insert “ and.” ° 

Pr. 38, 1. 15. Leave out “ except.” 

Pr. 38. ]. 33. After the second “ benefice”’ in- 
sert “ or out of the limits prescribed by this Act.” 

Pr. 39. 1. 4. After “ benefice” insert “ or within 
“ the limits prescribed by this Act.” 

Pr. 39. 1. 6. After “body” insert “ and also 
for a period not exceeding Six months to any 
spiritual person on account of the dangerous illness 
of his wife or child making part of his family, and 
residing with him as such; but that no such 
license on account of the illness of a wife or child 
shall be renewed save with the allowance of the 
Archbishop of the province previously signified 
under his hand, in pursuance of a recommenda- 
tion in writing from the Bishop, setting forth the 
circumstances, proofs and reasons which induce 
him to make such recommendation.” 

Pr. 40.1. 12. Leave out from “ that” to “ such ” 
in 1. 20. 

Pr. 40. 1. 22. Leave out “ such,” and in the 
same line leave out “to,” and insert “ of any such 
“ license.” 

Pr. 40. 1. 24. Leave out from “ shall ”’ to “ con- 
“ firm ” in 1. 32. 

Pr. 41.1. 4. Leave out “ jurisdiction,” and in- 
sert “ diocese.” 

Pr. 41. 1. 5. Leave out from “ the” to “limits ” 
in]. 7,and inl. 7 leave out from “ benefice” to 
“ provided ” in 1. 8. 

Pr. 41. 1. 17. Leave out from “ forthwith” to 
shall” in 1. 35. and insert “ proceed therein as 
hereinafter provided, in cases of appeal and.” 

Pr. 42. 1. ult. After the first “ year” insert 
next.” 

Pr. 43. ls. 21. and 22. Leave out from “ resi- 
“ dence” to “ shall” in 1. 24. 

Pr. 44. 1. 12. Leave out from “ appeal” to 
“ and” in 1. 16. and insert “ to the Arc bishop of 
the province, who shall confirm or annul such 
revocation, as to him shall appear just and 
“ proper.” 

Pr. 47. 1. 21. After “ Act” imsert “ or any re- 
newal of a license in the case of the dangerous 
“ illness of the wife or child of any spiritual 
“ person.” 

Pr. 47. 1. 25. After “ licenses ” insert “ or “ re- 
newals.” 

Pr. 47. 1. 34. After “ license” insert “ or “ re- 
“ newal.” 

Pr. 47. ls. 36. and 37. After “ granting ” insert 
or recommending.” 

Pr. 48. 1. 8. After “ license” insert “ or re- 
newal.” 

Pr. 49. 1. 24. After “ the” insert “ first.” 

Pr. 51. 1.7. Leave out from “ this” to “ Act” 
inl. 9; and in |. 9. after “ Act” insert “ or for 
“ penalties incurred before the passing of this Act, 
“ under the Act of the fifty-seventh year of his 
“ Majesty King George the Third.” 

Pr. 52. 1. penult and 1. ult. Leave out “ propor- 
“ tion,” and insert “ proportions.” 


“ 
‘ 


na 


o 
wn 


Pr. 53. 











2 Vicroriz. 


Pr. 53. 1. 2. After “ of” insert “ the penalties 
‘ proceeded for, if any, and of.” 

Pr. 53. 1. 6. After “ place” insert “ towards the 
“* repair or sustentation of the chancel, house of re- 
© vl of such benefice, or of any of the buildings 
“ and appurtenances thereof, and of the glebe and 
‘« demesne lands; and in the next place, where such 
“ benefice shall be likewise under sequestration at the 
“« suit of any creditor, then towards the satisfaction 
of such last-mentioned sequestration; and after the 
satisfaction thereof, then and in the next place.” 

Pr. 53. 1. penult. Leave out from “ person ” to 
“ and,” in Pr, 54. 1. 4. 

Pr. 54. 1.16. Leave out from “that” to “such” 
in |, 21. and imsert “ any.” 

Pr. 54. 1. 22. After “ person” insert “ may.” 

Pr. 54. 1. 23. After “ after” insert “ service 
“ upon him of.” 

Pr. 54. 1. 24. Leave out from “ sequestration ” 
to “‘ appeal” in 1. 25. 

Pr. 54. 1.27. Leave out from “ shall” to “ make” 
in |. 34. 

Pr. 55. 1s. 3. and 4. Leave out from “ Arch- 
“ bishop” to “ to,” in 1. 10. 

Pr. 55. 1.22. Leave out “ in obedience to,” 
and insert “ forthwith obey.” 

Pr. 55. 1. 23. Leave out from “order” to “ and” 
in |, 24. 

Pr. 55.1. 27. Leave out “ return,’ 
“ obedience.” 

Pr. 56. 1. 37. Leave out from “ person” to 
but ” in Pr, 57. 1. 2., and insert “ may, within 
“ One month after the service upon him of the 
order for any such sequestration, appeal to the 
Archbishop of the province, who shall make such 
“ order relating thereto, or to the profits seques- 
“ tered, or to any part thereof, as to him may seem 
just and proper.” 

Pr. 57. 1. 21. After “ shall” insert “ forthwith.” 

Pr. 57. 1. 28. Leave out from “a” to “ the” in 
1, 25. and insert “ statement of.” 

Pr. 57. 1. 28. Leave out from “ remission” to 
“ and ” in |. 33. and insert “ of any such penalty.” 

Pr. 58. 1. 2. Leave out “ such.” 

Pr. 58.1. 3. After “residence ” insert “ granted 
in cases not hereinbefore expressly enumerated.”’ 

Pr. 58. 1. 24. Leave out from “ appeal” to 
which” in 1. 29. and insert “ such benefice shall 
thereupon become void ; and it shall be lawful 
for the patron of such benefice to make donation 
or to present or nominate to the same as if such 
spiritual person were dead, and the Bishop, on 
such benefice so becoming void, shall give notice 
in writing under his hand to such patron.” 

Pr. 59. 1. 6. Leave out from “ and” to “ the”’ 
in |. 9. and insert “ for the purposes of lapse.” 

Pr. 59. 1. 13. Leave out from “or” to “ the” 
in 1. 16. and insert “ from the day on which Six 
“ months shall have expired after.” 

Pr. 59. 1. 22. Leave out from “ patron” to 
« and” in 1. 23. and insert “ or the place of abode 
“ of the patron is unknown, or that he is said to be 
“ out of England, as the case may be.” 

Pr. 59. 1. 25. Leave out “ become void,” and 
insert “ lapse.” 

Pr, 59.1. 32. After “ to” insert “ appoint by dona- 
“ tion or.” 

Pr, 63. Is. 6. and 7. Leave out from ‘ notwith- 
“ standing” to “and” in Pr. 64. |. 32. and insert 
“ Clauses (K.), (L.), (M.), (N.), (O.), (P.), (Q.), (R.), 
“ (S.),(T.), (U.), (V.) and (W.). 

Cravse (K.) “ And be it Enacted, That upon 
or at any time after the avoidance of any benefice 
“« it shall be Jawful for the Bishop of the diocese to 
«&lt; issue a Commission to four beneficed clergymen, 
““ one of whom shall be the Rural Dean (if any) of 
“‘ the rural deanery or district wherein such bene- 
“ fice shall be situate, directing them to inquire 

whether there is a fit house of residence within 
“« such benefice, and what are the annual profits of 
Vor. 93. 


cal 


wn 


n 


&lt; 


wn 


, 


and insert 


&lt; 


n 


&lt;é 


n 


&lt; 


n 


é 


wn 


&lt; 


n 


&lt; 


wn 


&lt; 


n 


&lt; 
&lt; 


n 


&lt; 


n 


4 


n 


‘ 


n 


wn 


&lt; 


n 


6° Augusti. 





839 


such benefice, and if the clear annual profits of 
such benefice exceed One hundred pounds, 
whether a fit house of residence can be conve- 
niently provided on the glebe of such benefice or 
otherwise ; and if the said Commissioners, or an 
three of them, shall report in writing under their 
“ hands to the said Bishop that there is no fit 
house of residence within such benefice, and that 
the clear annual profits of such benefice exceed 
“ One hundred pounds, and that a fit house of re- 
sidence can be conveniently provided on the glebe 
of such benefice, or on any land which can be con- 
veniently procured for the site of such house of 
“ residence, it shall be lawful for the said Bishop 
and he is hereby required to procure from some 
skilful and experienced workman or surveyor a 
certificate containing a statement of the condition 
“ of the buildings (if any), and of the value of the 
timber and other materials (if any) thereupon fit 
to be employed in building or repairing, or to be 
sold, and also a plan or estimate of the work fit 
and proper to be done for building or repairing 
such house of residence, with all necessary and 
convenient offices, and thereupon, by mortgage 
of the glebe, tithes, rents, rent-charges, and other 
profits and emoluments arising or to arise from 
such benetice, to levy and raise such sum or sums 
as the said estimate shall amount to, after deduct- 
ing the value of any timber or other materials 
which may be thought proper to be sold, not ex- 
ceeding Four years’ net income and produce of 
such benefice, after deducting all outgoings (ex- 
cept only the salary of the assistant curate, where 
such a curate is necessary), which mortgage shall 
be made tothe person or persons who shall advance 
the money so to be levied and raised for the term 
of Thirty-five years, or until the money so to be 
raised, with interest for the same, and such costs 
and charges as may attend the recovery thereof, 
shall be fully paid and satisfied according to the 
provisions of this Act; and the same mortgage 
shall be made by one or more deed or deeds in 
the form or to the effect for that purpose contained 
in the second Schedule to this Act, and shall bind 
the incumbent of such benefice for the time being 
and his successors until the principal and interest, 
costs and charges shall be fully paid off and sa- 
tisfied ; and every incumbent for the time bein 
is hereby made liable to the payment of so rae 3 
of the principal, interest and costs, as under the 
directions thereinafter contained shall become 

ayable during the time he shall be such incum- 
we Saute and every such incumbent and his repre- 
sentatives shall be and are hereby also made 
respectively liable to the proportion of the pay- 
ments for the year which shall be growing at the 
time of the death of such incumbent or avoidance 
ofsuch benefice, according to thedirections herein- 
after contained, which said principal, interest and 
costs, and the preportion of payment growing at 
the time of the death of such incumbent or of such 
avoidance, shall and may be recovered by action of 
“ debt in any Court of Record.” 

Ciause (L.) “ Provided always, and be it 
“ Enacted, That the said Bishop shall cause to be 
transmitted to the patron and the incumbent (if 
any) of such benefice copies of the report so to 
be made by such Commissioners, and of the plan, 
estimate and certificate so to be made by such 
workman or surveyor, Two calendar months at 
the least before making any such mortgage as 
aforesaid ; and that in case the patron and the 
“ incumbent, or either of them, shall object to the 
“ proposed site for a residence, or to the — 
“ plan for erecting or repairing such residence, or 
“ to the amount proposed to be raised, and shall 
“ deliver such objections in writing to the said 
“ Bishop before the expiration of such period of 
“‘ Two calendar months, the said Bishop shall have 
“ full power to direct that the pian proposed to be 
504 “ carried 


~ nA 8 
Cr. 


nn 
wn 


nn 
nan nN 


n 
n 


nan A 
xn nw 








840 


“ 
cs 


~ 
n 


nn 
wn 


carried into effect shall be altered and modified 
in such manner as he may think iit.” 

Crause (M.) “ And be it Enacted, That every 
such mortgagee shall execute a counterpart of 
every such mortgage, to be kept by the incum- 
bent for the time being; and a copy of every 
such deed of mortgage shall be registered in the 
office of the registrar of the Bishop of the diocese, 
after having been first examined by him with the 
original, which officer shall register the same, 
and be entitled to demand and receive the sum 
of Five shillings, ana uo more, for such register ; 
and every such deed shall be referred to upon all 
necessary occasions, the “gr inspecting the 
same paying One shilling for every such search ; 
and the said deed or a copy thereof certified 
under the hand of the Registrar, shall be allowed 
as legal evidence, in case any such mortgaged 
deed shall happen to be lost or destroyed. 

Ciavuse(N.) “ And be it Enacted, That when- 
ever the principal and interest directed to be paid 
to the mortgagee under the provisions of this 
Act shall be in arrear and unpaid for the space of 
Forty days after the same shall become due, it 
shall be lawful for such mortgagee, his executors, 
administrators or assigns, to recover the same, and 
the costs and charges attending the recovery 
thereof, by distress and sale, in such manner as 
rents may be recovered by landlords or lessors 
from their tenants by the laws in being.” . 

Crause (O.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
money so to be raised shall be paid into the 
hands of such person or persons as shall be no- 
minated and appointed by the Bishop of the 
diocese by writing under his hand to receive and 
apply the same for the purposes aforesaid, in the 
form for that purpose contained in the said Sche- 
dule, after such nominee shall have given a bond 
to the ordinary, with sufficient surety, in double 
the sum so to be borrowed or raised, with condi- 
tion for his duly applying and accounting for the 
same according to the directions of this Act; and 
the receipt of the person or persons so to be no- 
minated shall be a sufficient discharge to the 
person or persons who shall advance and pay the 
money ; and the person or persons so to be nomi- 
nated shall enter into contracts with proper per- 
sons for such buildings or repairs as shall be 
approved by the said Bishop, and shall be speci- 
fied in an instrument written upon parchment 
and signed by him, and shall inspect and have 
the care of the execution of such contracts, and 
shall pay the money for such buildings and re- 
pairs, according to the terms of such agreements, 
and also the expenses of preparing the mortgage 
deed and incident thereto, and of making such 
certificate, plan and estimate, and copies thereof 
as aforesaid, and shall take proper receipts and 
vouchers for the same; and as soon as such 
buildings or repairs shall be completed and the 
money paid, shall make out an account of his 
receipts and payments, together with the vouchers 
for the same, and enter them in a book fairly 
written which shall be signed by him and laid 
before the Bishop of the diocese, and examined 
by him; and when allowed by writing under his 
hand, such allowance shall be a full discharge 
to the person so nominated in respect to the 
said accounts; and if any balance shall remain 
in the hands of such nominee or nominees, the 
same shall be laid out in some further lasting 
improvements in building upon such glebe, or 
shall be paid and applied in discharge of so much 
of the said principal debt as such balance will 
extend to pay, at the discretion of the said Bishop, 
by order signed by him; and an account shall 
also be kept, made out and allowed of such 
further disbursements in manner aforesaid ; all 
which accounts when made out, completed and 
allowed, shall be deposited with the vouchers in 





6° Augusti. 


“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 


n 
n 


~ 
n 


n 
n 








A. 1838. 


the hands of the said Registrar, and kept by him 
for the use and benefit of the incumbents of such 
benefice for the time being, who shall have a 
right to inspect the same whenever occasion shall 
require, paying to such Registrar or Deputy Re- 
gistrar the sum of One shilling for every such 
inspection.” 

Cravuse (P.) ‘‘ And be it Enacted, That the 
incumbent of every such benefice, in cases where 
such mortgage or mortgages shall be made as 
aforesaid, and his successors for the time being 
shall, from and after the expiration of the First 
year of the said term (in which year no part of 
the principal sum borrowed shall be repayable,) 
yearly and every year, (such year to be computed 
from the date of such mortgage,) pay to the 
mortgagee One-thirtieth part of the principal 
sum until the whole thereof shall be repaid, and 
shall at the end of the first and each succeeding 
year pay the yearly interest on the principal sum, 
or so much thereof as shall from time to time 
remain unpaid; and that every such incumbent 
shall annually, at his own expense, from the time 
such buildings authorized to be made by this Act 
shall be completed, insure at one of the public 
offices established in London or Westminster for 
insurance of houses and buildings, the house and 
other buildings upon such glebe against accidents 
by fire, at such sum of money as shall be deter- 
mined upon by the Bishop; and in default of the 
payment of either the principal or interest in 
manner aforesaid, or neglect of the incumbent to 
make such insurance, the Bishop shall have power 
to sequester the profits of the benefice till such 
payment or insurance shall be made.” 

Cuiause (Q.) “ And be it Enacted, That the sum 
payable at the end of any year in which there 
shall be an avoidance of such benefice shall be 
apportioned between the successor and incum- 
bent avoiding such benefice by death or other- 
wise, or his representatives, in such proportions 
as the profits of such living shall have been 
received by them respectively for the year in 
which such death or avoidance shall happen, and 
that, in case any difference shall arise mm adjust- 
ing or settling the proportions aforesaid, the same 
shall be determined by two indifferent persons, 
the one to be named by the said successor, and 
the other by the person making such avoidance, 
or his representatives in case of his death; and 
in case such nominees shall not be appointed 
within the space of Two calendar months next 
after such death or avoidance, or if they cannot 
agree in adjusting such proportions within the 
space of One calendar month after they shall 
have been appointed, the same shall be deter- 
mined by some neighbouring clergyman, to be 
nominated by the Bishop, whose determination 
shall be final and conclusive between the parties.” 

Cravuse(R.) “ And be it Enacted, That all 
sums of money recovered or received, by suit or 
compositions, from the representatives of any for- 
mer incumbent of such benefice, and not Jaid out 
in the repairs of such buildings, shall go and be 
applied in part of the payments under such esti- 
mate as aforesaid ; and that all money thereafter 
to be recovered or received, in case the same can- 
not be had before such buildings are completed, 
and the money paid for the same, shall be applied 
as soon as received in payment of the principal 
then due, as far as the same will extend; or in 
case the said mortgage-money shall have been 
discharged, all such money arising from dilapida- 
tions shall be paid into the hands of the nominee 
to be appointed as aforesaid, or of some other 
person or persons to be nominated by the Bishop, 
in case such nominee shall be dead, or shall de- 
cline to act therein, to be laid out and expended 
in making some additional buildings or improve- 
ments upon the glebe of such benefice, to be 
“ approved 


2 VicToRI&amp;£. 


&lt; 


n 


“ 
“ 
&lt; 
““ 


“ 
“ec 
‘ 
&lt; 


n 


&amp; 
“ec 
é 


nn 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


6 
“ 
we 
6é 
“ 
‘ 
“ 


n 


“ 
&amp;é 
“ 
“ec 
&lt; 
é 


nw 


‘ 
&lt; 


wn 


“ 
“ 
“ 
« 
“cc 
és 
“ 
“ 
e 
“&lt; 


wn 


é 
““ 
“ec 


4 
é 
‘ 
‘ 


xa an KN ON 


‘ 


nan nw 


‘ 
é 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 
é 
¢ 


na nan OK 


‘ 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


nw 


« 


n 


‘ 


wn 


‘ 


n 


4 


nx 


‘ 
‘ 
‘ 
‘ 
“a 
4 
‘ 


xn nan KR Om 


nxn A 


‘ 
“ec 


n 


‘ 
‘ 
é 
“ 
“ 
sc 


nn 





approved by the Bishop; and in the mean time, or 
in case such buildings shall not be necessary, 
then in trust to lay out the same in government or 
other good securities, and pay the interest thereof 
to the incumbent for the time being.” 

Cuavuse (S.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
where new buildings are necessary to be provided 
for the residence of the incumbent of any benefice 
exceeding in value One hundred yen S a year, 
and avoided after the passing of this Act, and 
where such new buildings cannot be conveniently 
erected on the glebe of such benefice, it shall be 
lawful for the Bishop to contract, or to authorize, 
if he shall think fit, the person so to be nomi- 
nated by him as aforesaid to contract, for the ab- 
solute purchase of any house or buildings in a 
situation convenient for the residence of the in- 
cumbent of such benefice, and also to contract for 
any land adjoining or lying convenient to such 
house or building, or to contract for any land 
upon which a fit house of residence can be con- 
veniently built, and to raise the purchase-money 
for such house, or buildings and land adjoming, 
or for such land upon which a house of residence 
can be conveniently built (as the case may be), by 
mortgage of the glebe, tithes, rents or other pro- 
fits and emoluments arising or to arise from such 
benefice, in the same manner in all respects as is 
hereinbefore directed with respect to the mortgage 
hereinbefore authorized or Sod to be made, 
which mortgage shall be binding upon the incum- 
bent and his successors, and he and they and 
their representatives are hereby made liable to the 
payment of the principal, interest and costs, in the 
same manner and to the same extent as herein- 
before directed with respect to the aforesaid mort- 
gage; and the receipt of such nominee or nomi- 
nees as aforesaid shall be a sufficient discharge to 
the person or persons who shall advance or pay the 
money so to be raised: Provided always, That no 
greater sum shall be charged on any benefice, 
under the authority of this Act, than Four years’ 
net income and produce of such benefice, after 
such deduction as aforesaid.” 

Crause (T.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
buildings and lands so to be purchased shall be 
conveyed to the patron of such benefice, and his 
heirs in trust, for the sole use and benefit of the 
incumbent of such benefice for the time being 
and his successors, and shall be annexed to such 
benefice, and be enjoyed and go in succession 
with the same for ever; but no contract of pur- 
chase made by the nominee shall be valid until 
confirmed by the Bishop, by writing under his 
hand; and every such purchase deed shall be in 
the form or to the effect contained in the Sche- 
dule hereunto annexed, and shall be registered in 
such manner and in such office as the other deeds 
are hereby directed to be registered.” 

Criavse (U.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for the governors authorized or ap- 
pointed to regulate and superintend the bounty 
given by her late Majesty Queen Anne, for the 
augmentation of the maintenance of the poor 
clergy,to advance and lend out of the money which 
has arisen or shall from time to time arise from 
that bounty for | pg and assisting the pur- 
poses of this Act, any sum not exceeding the 
amount hereby authorized to be raised upon such 
mortgage and security as aforesaid, and subject 
to the several regulations of this Act, and to re- 
ceive interest for the same not exceeding Four 
pounds for one hundred pounds by the year.”’ . 

Cuiause (V.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for any college or hall within the Uni- 
versities of Oxford and Cambridge, or for any 
other corporate bodies possessed of the patronage 
of ecclesiastical benefices, to advance and lend 
any sum or sums of money of which they have 
the power of disposing in order to aid and assist 


Vot. 98. 








6° Augusti. 


“ 
“ 


n 
nw 


“ 


“ 


“ 


‘ 


nx 


“ 


841: 


the several purposes of this Act for the building, 
re-building, repairing or purchasing of any houses 
or buildings for the ‘habitation and convenience of 
the clergy, upon benefices under the patronage 
of such college or hall, upon the mortgage and 
security directed by this Act for the repayment 
of the principal, without taking any interest for 
the same.” 

Cravuse (W.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for the said Bishop, by writing under 
his hand, to make such allowance to the person 
or persons to be nominated by him for the purpose 
of paying and applying the money so to be raised 
as aforesaid as he shall think fit, not exceedin 
the sum of Five pounds for every One toe | 
pounds so to be laid out and expended as afore- 
said.” 

Pr. 64. 1. 38. After “shall” insert “ with the 
consent of the Bishop from time to time signified 
in writing under his hand and revocable at any 
time.” 

Pr. 64. 1. 39. After “same” insert “ he either 
being resident on another benefice, of which he 
shall also be the incumbent, or having a legal 
exemption from residence on his benefice or.” 

Pr. 65. 1. 2. Leave out “ two” and insert 
three.” 

Pr. 65. 1. 3. After “ altogether” insert “ or to 
be accounted at several times.” 

Pr. 66. 1. 26. After “ parish” insert “ or 
place.” 

Pr. 66. 1. 30. After “ parish” insert “ or 
place.” 

Pr. 66. 1. penult. After “shall” insert “ also.” 

Pr. 67. 1. 4. Leave out “a,” and insert “ any.” 

Pr. 67. 1. 8. After “clergyman” insert “ of his 
diocese.” 

Pr. 67. 1.16. Leave out from “ incumbent” to 
to” in l. 17. and insert “ of the said benefice.” 

Pr. 67. 1. 19. Leave out from “ within” to 


and’ inl. 21. and insert “ such diocese.” 
Pr. 68. 1. 2. After “that” insert “ in their 
opinion.” 


r, 68. 1. 26. After “ appoint” insert “ and 
license.” 


Pr. 69.1.1. Leave out “ every affidavit made,” 


and insert “ the evidence.” 


“ 
“ 
‘&lt;c 


Pr. 69. 1. 6. Leave out from “ person” to 
any” inl. 8. and insert “ within one month after 
the service upon him of such requisition to nomi- 
nate a curate or of notice of,” and inl. 8. after 
appointment” insert “ and license.” 

r. 69. Is. 10. and 11. Leave out from “ pro- 
vince” to “and” in |. 14. and insert “ who 
shall approve or revoke such requisition, or con- 
firm or annul such appointment as to him may 
seem just and proper,’ and also insert Clauses 


(X.) and (Y.) 


na 
wn 


n 
wn 


wn 
n 


nxn 8 
nn 


nan Aw 
nan nw 


“ 


Cuavuse (X.) “ And whereas there are several 
benefices, in every of which more than One spi- 
ritual person is instituted to the cure of souls 
generally within the same: And whereas it would 
conduce to the spiritual good of the inhabitants 
if the cure of souls were apportioned between or 
among the said spiritual persons; Be it Enacted, 
That from and after the passing of this Act, it 
shall be lawful for the Bishop of the diocese in 
which any such benefice having more than One 
spiritual person instituted or licensed to the cure 
of souls generally within the same is locall 
situated, from time to time to direct a decree wit 
intimation to issue from the registry of the diocese, 
calling upon the spiritual persons instituted to the 
cure of souls, and upon the churchwardens or 
chapelwardens and other inhabitants of any 
ik benefice, or any of them, to show cause 
before the Bishop in person, at a time and place 
specified in such decree, such time not bein 
within One month from the service of men 
decree, and such place being within the diocese, 

5 P “ why 








842 


“c 
ce 
es 
“ 
6e 
““ 

“ 


* 
n 


a“ 
n~ 


“ 


why the spiritual duties of such benefice should 
not be apportioned between or among such spiri- 
tual persons in the manner and in the proportions 
specified in such decree; and if at the time and 
place appointed cause to the contrary be not 
shown to the satisfaction of the said Bishop, it 
shall be lawful for him to issue an order in pur- 
suance of and in conformity with such decree, 
or, if cause be shown, to withhold, amend or vary 
such order, as to him may seem just and proper ; 
and every such order shall issue under the hand 
and seal of the Bishop, and shall, on its being 
issued, be registered in the registry of the diocese ; 
and every such decree and order shall be served 
on every such spiritual person thereby affected, 
and on one of the churchwardens or chapel- 
wardens of the benefice, by delivering to them 
a copy thereof, or leaving a copy at the house or 
legal residence of such spiritual person, church- 
wardens or chapelwardens, and on the inhabitants 
of the benefice, by affixing and leaving affixed 
a copy thereof on the doors of the several churches 
or chapels of such benefice ; and a copy of such 
order shall be deposited and preserved by the 
churchwardens of the parish or parishes within 
such benefice, or one of them, in the parish 
chest of every such parish, and be shown, without 
fee, to any parishioner requiring to see the same, 
at reasonable times: Provided always, That any 
such spiritual person who shall have appeared to 
show cause against the issuing of any such order 
may, within One month from the service of such 
order, appeal to the Archbishop of the province, 
who sal deallies, revoke or amend such order, 
as to him may seem just and proper; and if he 
shall revoke or amend the same, such revocation 
or amendment shall be registered in the registry 
of the diocese, and be served, preserved and 
shown, as hereinbefore directed with regard to 
the original order.” 

Cuiause(Y.) “ And be it Enacted, That in case 
any such last-mentioned spiritual person shall 
refuse to comply with any such order or amended 
order, as the case may be, for the space of One 
month after the service thereof as aforesaid, or 
shall at any time after such service refuse or 
neglect to perform the spiritual duties of the be- 
nefice in the manner and proportions in and by 
such order or amended wie directed, then and 
m any or either of such cases it shall be lawful 
for the Bishop, if he shall see fit, by writing under 
his hand, to require such spiritual person to no- 
minate to him a Curate with a sufficient stipend 
to perform or assist.in performing such of the 
duties of the benefice as by such order or 
amended order were assigned to such spiritual 
person, ahd shall specify in such writing the 
grounds of such requisition ; and if such spiritual 
person shall neglect or omit to make such nomi- 
nation for the space of Three months after such 
requisition so made as aforesaid, it shall be 
lawful for the Bishop to appoint and license a 
Curate with such stipend as he shall think fit to 
ee not exceeding the respective stipends 
allowed to Curates by this Act in the case of 
non-resident incumbents, and such Bishop shall 
cause a copy of every such requisition to be forth- 
with filed in the registry of his court: Provided 
always, That any such spiritual person may within 
One month after service upon him of any such 
requisition to nominate a Curate, or of notice 
of any such appointment of a Curate, appeal to 
the Archbishop of the province, who shall ap- 
prove or revoke such requisition, or shall confirm 
or annul such appointment, as shall to him seem 
Just and proper.” 

Pr. 69. 1.18. Leave out from “ possession” to 
shall,” in 1.21. and insert “at the time of the 
passing of this Act.” 

Pr. 69. 1. 24, After “thousand” insert “ per- 





6° Augustz. 


“ 
“ 
T3 
cc 
“ 
“ 


“ 


if4 
“ce 
cc 
“ 
“ 


n 
nx 


‘ 


n 


4 


A. 1838, 


sons, or though the population do not amount to 
Three thousand persons, if there be in the said 
benefice a second church or chapel situated not 
less than Two miles from the mother church, and 
with a hamlet or district connected with it con- 
taining Four hundred.” 

Pr. 70. 1.3. Leave out “ Two,” and insert 
Three.” 

Pr. 76. 1.16. Leave out from “ benefice” to 
And” in Pr. 71. 1.19. and insert “ Provided al- 
ways, That such spiritual person may, within One 
month after service upon him of such requisition 
to nominate a Curate, or of notice of any such 
appointment of a Curate, appeal to the Arch- 
bishop of the province, who shall approve or re- 
voke such requisition, or confirm or annul such 
appointment, as to him may appear just and 
proper.” 

Pr. 71. 1. 35. Leave out from “ That” to the 


Interlineation in Pr. 72. 1. 7. and insert “ it shall 


é 
it4 
“ 


be lawful for the Bishop, in his discretion, to 
order that there shall be two full services, each 
of such services, if the Bishop shall so direct, to 
include a sermon or lecture, on every Sunday 
throughout the year, or any part thereof, in the 
church or chapel of every or any benefice within 
his diocese, whatever may be the annual value or 
the population thereof.” 

Pr. 72. 1. 7. In the Interlineation : 

L. 2. After “ parish” insert “or chapelry.” 

L. 4. After “ parishes” insert “ or chapelries.” 

L. 8. After “ parish” insert “ or chapelry.” 

L.11. After “parish” insert “ or chapelry.” 

L.13. Leave out from “ persons” to ‘‘ Provided” 


in Pr. 72. 1. 20. 


Pr. 75. 1.37. Leave out from “ thereon” to 


the second “the” in Pr. 76. 1. 4. 


“ 


Pr. 76. ls. 5. and 6. After “ licensed” insert 
under the provisions of this Act.” 
Pr. 77. 1. 30. Leave out “ to assign to each,” 


and insert “ if such spiritual person shall neglect or 


“ 
“ 
‘ 


n 


“ 
“ 
“ 


“ 
“ 
ce 
“ 
‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


“ 


ce 
¢ 


n 


“ 
3 


omit to make such nomination for the space of 
Three months after such requisition so made as 
aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the Bishop to ap- 
point and license two Curates or a second Curate, 
and in all and every of such cases to assign to 
each Curate so nominated or eae 

Pr. 77. 1. 37. After “ stipend” insert “ Pro- 
vided always, That such incumbent -— within 
One month after service upon him of such requi- 
sition, or of notice of any such appointment of 
two Curates, or a second Curate, appeal to the 
Archbishop of the province, who shall approve or 
revoke such requisition, or confirm or annul such 
appointment, as to him may appear just and 

roper.” 

Pr. 78. 1.14. After “ Bishop” imsert “ with 
the consent of the Archbishop of the province, to 
be signified in writing under the hand of the said 
Archbishop, upon the license to be granted to 
such Curate.” 

Pr. 78. 1. 31. 

Pr. 78. 1. 32. 

Pr. 81. 1. 24. 


Leave out “ not.” 
Leave out “ unless.” 
Leave out from “ died” to “ And ” 


in |, 32. 


“ 


&lt;&lt; 


it4 


“ 
i 





Pr. 84. 1. 34. 
order.” 

Pr. 84. 

a Sa 
"Pr. 84. 
of.” . . . 

Pr. 84. 1. penult. After “ paid” insert “ within 
One year ending at Michaelmas day next pre- 
ceding the date of such order.” 

Pr. 85. 1. 9. After “ That” insert “ every Cu- 
rate shall quit and give up the cure of any bene- 
fice which shall become vacant, upon having Six 
weeks’ notice from the spiritual person admitted, 
collated, instituted or licensed to such benefice, 
provided such notice shall be given within Six 

“ months 


Leave out “ direct,” and insert 


? 


1.35. Leave out “ repay’ and insert 


1. 36. After “ all” insert “ or any part 








2 VicrorRi&amp;£. 


** months from the time of such admission, colla- 
“ tion, institution or license; and that in all other 
“ cases.” 

Pr. 85. 1. 10. Leave out from “ the” to the In- 
terlineation in 1. 11. and insert “ incumbent of 
“ any benefice, whether resident or non-resident 
“ thereon.” : 

Pr. 85. 1.11. In the Interlineation : 

L. 4. Leave out from “ hand” to the end of the 
Interlineation. 

Pr. 85. 1.21. Leave out from “notice” to “And” 
in 1, 28. and insert “ Provided always, That any in- 
“ cumbent resident on his benefice or not resident, 
“ but desiring to reside on his benefice, may, within 
One month after refusal of such permission as 
aforesaid by the Bishop, appeal to the Archbishop 
of the province, who shall either confirm such re- 
fusal or grant such permission, as to him may seem 
just and proper.” 

Pr. 85. 1. 29. After “ That” insert “every Cu- 
rate who shall reside in the house of residence of 
any benefice which shall become vacant, shall 
peaceably deliver up possession thereof, with the 
appurtenances, upon having Six weeks’ notice 
from the spiritual person admitted, collated, insti- 
tuted or licensed to such benefice, provided such 
notice be given within Six months from the time 
of such admission, collation, institution or license; 
and that in all other cases.” 

Pr. 85. 1. 30. Leave out “ Bishop or.” 

Pr. 85. 1.31. After “incumbent” insert “ of 
“ any benefice,” and in the same line in the Inter- 
lineation, leave out “ or Archbishop as aforesaid,” 
and insert “ of the diocese, or for such Bishop.” 

Pr. 86. 1.5. Leave out from “notice” to “ and” 
in 1.15. and in 1. 15. leave out from “ and” to 
“ any” in 1. 16. and insert “ if.” 

Pr. 86. 1. 18. After “ premises ” insert “in any 
or either of the cases aforesaid.” 

Pr. 88. 1.1. Leave out from “ reasonable” to 
And” in |. 9. and insert “ Provided always, That 
any such Curate may, within One month after 
service upon him of such revocation, appeal to the 
Archbishop of the province, who shall confirm or 
annul such revocation, as to him shall appear just 
and proper.” 

Pr. 88. 1.14. After “ required” insert “ if the 
incumbent shall not perform the duties of the 
said benefice,” and in the same line after “ to” 
insert “appoint and,” and also in the same line 
leave out “ and appoint.” 

Pr. 88. 1.32. ae out “ and” and insert “ or.” 

Pr. 90. 1. 80. Leave out “ and.” 

Pr. 91. 1. penult. After “ any” insert “ spiri- 
“ tual.” 

Pr. 92. 1. 2. Leave out “ sacrament” and insert 
sacraments.” 

Pr. 92. 1.5. Leaveout from “that” to “ such” 
in 1. 12. and insert “ any.” 

Pr. 92. 1.13. After “ person” insert “ may,” 
and in the same line leave out “ to.” 

Pr. 92. 1.16. Leave out from “shall” to “ either” 
in |. 24. 

Pr. 92. 1.29. In the Interlineation : 

L.1. Leave out “always” andinsert “also.” 

Pr. 96. 1. 7. Leave out “ recovered ” and insert 
“ duly docketed.” 

Pr. 96. 1.16. Leave out from “ respectively” to 
“ and” in 1.37. and insert Clause (Z.) 

Cuavse (Z.) “ And be it Enacted, That all ap- 
“ peals under the provisions of this Act to any 
“ Archbishop shall be in writing, signed by the 
“ party appealing ; and that in order to discourage 
frivolous appeals, no proceeding shall be had in 
any such appeal until the appellant shall, if re- 
quired, have given security, m such form and to 
such amount as the Archbishop shall direct, of 
“ payment to the Bishop of such costs as shall be 
“ awarded by the Archbishop, if he shall decide 
= ogy appellant ; and that after such secu- 

OL. 93. 


ii 
&lt; 
“ 


nn 


“ 
“ec 


é 
ce 
¢ 
&lt; 


Nn 


n 


“c 
&lt;“ 
&lt; 
“ 
“ 


“ 


&lt;“ 
{9 
“ 
‘ 
‘ 


nao nw 


“ec 


“ 
&amp; 


“cc 


“&lt;&lt; 
“cc 
“ 
“ 


6° Auguste. 





843 


“ rity, if required, shall have been given, the said 
“ Archbishop shall forthwith, either by himself or 
“ by some commissioner or commissioners, ap- 
24 — under his hand, from among the other 

ishops of his province, make or cause to be made 
inquiry into the matter complained of, and shall, 
after such inquiry, and in the latter case after a 
report in writing from his said commissioner or 
commissioners, give his decision in such appeal 
in writing, under his hand; and when he shall 
decide against the appellant, he shall also award 
and direct whether any and what amount of costs 
shall be paid by the appellant to the Bishop re- 
spondent.” 

Pr. 97. 1. 2. After “and” insert “ such moni- 
tion, and any other instrument or notice issued in 
pursuance of the provisions of this Act, and not 
otherwise specially provided for.” 

Pr. 97. 1.4. After “ named” 
whom it shall be directed.” 

Pr: 97. 1. 5. Leave out “ same” 
original.” 

Pr. 97. 1. 6. Leave out “ under seal.” 

Pr. 97. 1. 9. Leave out from “ found” to “ by” 
in 1. 11. 

Pr. 97. 1. 18. After “also” insert “ in the case 
“* of such monition.” 

Pr. 97. 1.19. Leave out from “copy” to“ with” 
in |, 20. and insert “ thereof.” 

Pr. 97. 1.23. Leave out from “ affixing” to 
on” in 1, 24. and insert “‘ another copy thereof.” 

Pr. 97. 1.28. After “ monition” insert “ other 
“ instrument or notice as aforesaid.” 

Pr. 97. 1. 35. Leave out “ such monition ” and 
insert “ the same.” 

Pr. 97. ls. 36. and 37. After “ thereupon” in- 
sert “ in case of such monition.” 

Pr. 101. 1. 15. Leave out from “ imcurred”’ to 
And” in 1.19. and insert “ subsequent to the 
first day of January, in the year immediately pre- 
ceding the year in which such proceedings shall 
be commenced.” 

Pr. 102. 1.12. Leave out from “ whatever” to 
“ And” in 1. 24. and insert Clause (A. 1.) 

Cuause (A.1.) “And be it Enacted, That when 
authority is given by this Act to any Archbishop 
or Bishop by this Act to require any statement or 
facts to be verified by evidence, or to inquire or to 
cause inquiry to be made into any facts, such 
Archbishop or Bishop may require any such state- 
ment or any of such facts to be verified in such 
manner as the said Archbishop and Bishop shall 
see fit; and that when any oath, affidavit or 
affirmation, or solemn declaration, is by this Act 
required to be made, such oath, affidavit or af- 
firmation, or solemn declaration, shall and may 
be made either before such Archbishop or Bishop, 
or the commissioner or commissioners, or one of 
them, of such Archbishop or Bishop ery, 
or before some ecclesiastical Judge or his surro- 
gate, or before a Justice of the Peace, or before 
a Master or Master Extraordinary in Chancery, 
who are hereby authorized and empowered, in all 
and every of the cases aforesaid, tu administer 
such oath, affidavit and affirmation, or to take 
such declaration, as the case may be.” 

Pr. 103. 1.16. After “ notwithstanding ”’ insert 
Clause (B. 1.) 

Cuavse (B. 1.) “ And be it Enacted, That to 
every case in which the consent of, or the execu- 
tion of any deed or deeds, instrument or instru- 
ments, by the patron of any cathedral preferment, 
or of any benefice, sinecure rectory or vicarage, 
or the owner or impropriator of any lands, tithes, 
tenements or hereditaments, is required for carry- 
“ ing into effect any of the purposes of this Act, 
and also in every case in which it may be neces- 
sary to give any notice to any such pease for any 
ot the said purposes, the consent of execution by 
or notice to the pat on or person entitled to make 

5P2 * donation, 


insert “ or to 
“ 


and imsert 


“ 


“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 


n 
n 


nn 
n 


xn 
n 


n~ 
n 


n 
n 


nan 8 
na "8 











844 


“ donation, or present or nominate to such cathedral 
“ preferment, benefice, sinecure rectory or vicarage, 
“« in case the same were then vacant, or the person 
“ or persons who shall be in the actual possession, 
receipt or perception of the rents, proceeds or _ 
fits of such lands, tithes, tenements or heredita- 
ments, for an estate or interest not less than an 
estate for life, shall respectively be sufficient.” 

Pr. 103. 1.21. After “ Act” insert “ or in 
which any notice shall be required by this Act to 
be given to the patron of any benefice.” 

Pr. 103. 1. 25. After “ testified” insert “ and 
such notice shall be given respectively.” 

Pr. 103. 1. 32. After “ by” insert “and any 
such notice shall be given to.” 

Pr, 103. 1. penult. After “ by” insert “ and 
any such notice shall be given to.” 

Pr. 104. 1. 7. After “ by” insert “and any 
such notice shall be given to.” 

Pr. 104. 1. 10. After “ by” insert “and any 
such notice shall be given to.” 

Pr.104. 1.13. After “by” insert “and a suffi- 
cient notice to.” 

Pr. 104. 1. ult. After “ Act” insert “ or in 
which any notice shall be required by this Act to 
be given to the patron of any benefice.” 

Pr. 105. 1. 6. After “ testified” insert “ and 
such notice shall be given respectively.” 

Pr. 105. 1.11. After “by” insert “ and any 
such notice shall be given to.” 

Pr. 105, 1. 17. After “by” insert “ and any 
such notice shall be given to.” 

Pr. 105. 1. 25. After “ by” insert “ and any 
such notice given to.” 

Pr. 105, 1. 29. After “by” insert “ and a suffi- 
“ cient notice to.” 

Pr. 105. 1.30. Leave out from “ benefice” to 
and” in Pr. 106. 1. 29. 

Pr. 107. 1. 34. In Clause (D.) added, by way of 
rider, to the Bill : 

Pr.1. 1.14. After “ institution” insert “ in- 
“ stallation.” 

Pr. 1. 1.18. After “any” imsert “ cathedral 
“* preferment.” 

Pr. 2. 1.19. After “any” insert “ cathedral 
“ preferment or any.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 20. Leave out “ Canterbury” and in- 
sert “ London.” j 

Pr. 108. 1,12. In the heading of the Schedule 
to the Bill : 

Before “ Schedule” insert “ The First.” 

In the Schedule to the Bill: 

Pr. 109. 1. 1. Leave out from “ year” to 
serving” in]. 2. 

Pr. 109. 1.6. After “ chapel” insert “ and 
when and for how long you served the same.” 

Pr. 109. 1.7. Leave out “ and when and for 
“ how long.” 

Pr. 109. 1.11. After “chapel” insert “and 
when and for how long you served the same.” 

Pr. 109. ]. 12. After “church” insert “is a 
sermon or lecture given at every or which of such 
services.” 

Pr. 109. 1. 15. After “ any” insert “ is a 
sermon or lecture given at every or which of such 
services.” 

Pr. 109. 1.19. Leave out from “ Curates” to 
14,” in |. 20. and insert “ if so, state his or 
their names, also whether he or they is or are 
licensed, and the amount of his or their stipend, 
or respective stipends.” 

Pr. 109, 1. 34. Leave out from “ benefice” to 
what” in |]. 35. 

Pr. 109. 1. 36. After “ duties” insert “if any,” 
and in the same line after “ performing” insert 
“ and where do you now reside.” 


na 


‘ 


na 


‘ 


wn 


“c 


‘ 


n 


6 


x 


‘ 


na 


‘ 


~~ 


‘ 


~ 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


~ 


- 
nx 


‘ 


‘ 


n 


o 
~ 


- 
- 


&lt; 


- 


7 


‘ 


ca 
. 


Pr. 109. 1. 37. Leave out “these,” and insert! 


“ the foregoing.” 
Pr, 110. 1.1. After “ answered” insert “ in 
“ addition to the foregoing.” 





6° Augustz. 








A. 1838. 


Pr. 110. 1. 28. Leave out “gross” and insert 
“ net.” 
At the end of the Schedule add new Schedule 
marked No. 1. 
“Schedule No. 1. 
Tue Szconp ScHEDULE 
Referred to’in the foregoing Act. 
“ Form of the Mortgage. 
“ This indenture, made the 
in the year of our Lord 
“ between the Right reverend Father in God 
" Lord Bishop of of the 
one part; and of the other part : 
“ Whereas the said Bishop, pursuant to the direc- 
“ tions of an Act passed in the second year of the 
reign of Her Waisety Queen Victoria, intituled, 
“ ¢ An Act to abridge the holding of Benefices in 
Plurality, and to make better Provision for the 
“ Residence of the Clergy,’ hath determined to levy 
and raise the sum of pounds, to be 
laid out and expended in building, rebuilding or 
repairing (as the case shall be) the parsonage 
house and other necessary offices upon the glebe 
belonging to the rectory, vicarage, &amp;c., of [des- 
cribing it] [or, in purchasing a house and land 
for the residence and occupation of the incum- 
“ bent of the rectory, &amp;c.]: And whereas the said 
hath agreed to lend and advance 
the sum of pounds, upon a mortgage 
of the glebe, tithes, rents and other profits and 
emoluments of the said benefice, pursuant to the 
directions and the true intent and meaning of the 
“ said Act: Now this indenture witnesseth, that 
the said Bishop, in consideration of the sum of 
ounds, paid at or before the sealing 
“ and delivery heneel, into the hands of 
[a person or persons (as the case shall be) no- 
minated by the said Bishop to receive the same, 
‘* pursuant to the directions of the said Act, (which 
nomination is hereunto annexed,) and which 
receipt of the said sum of ounds, 
“ the said have or hath acknowledged 
by an indorsement on this deed,] hath granted, 
bargained, sold and demised, and by these pre- 
sents doth grant, bargain, sell and demise unto 
“ the said his executors, adminis- 
trators and assigns, all the glebe lands, tithes, 
rents, moduses, compositions for tithe, salaries, 
stipends, fees, gratuities and other profits and 
emoluments whatsoever, arising, coming, growing, 
renewing or payable to the incumbent of the said 
benefice in respect thereof, with all and every the 
rights, members and appurtenances thereunto 
belonging ; to have, hold, receive, take and enjoy 
the said premises and their appurtenances, unto 
“ the said his executors, administrators 
and assigns from henceforth, for the term of 
Thirty-five years, fully to be complete and ended: 
Provided always, That if the incumbent for the 
time being of the said benefice and his successors 
shall, from and after the expiration of the First 
year of the said term, yearly and every year, 
(such year to be computed from the date hereof,) 
pay to the said his executors, 
administrators and assigns One-thirtieth part of 
the sum of pounds, until the whole 
“ thereof shall be repaid; and at the end of the 
First and each succeeding year pay interest, at 
“ the rate of per cent. per annum on the 
said sum of pounds, or so much 
“ thereof as shall from time to time remain unpaid, 
“ according to the true intent and meaning of the 
“ said Act and of these presents, and also all costs 
“ and charges which shall be occasioned by the 
“ non-payment thereof, these resents, and every 
“ thing herein contained, shall be void : Provided 
“ also, That it shall be lawful for the incumbent 
“ for the time being of the said benefice, and his 
“ sucessors, peaceably and quietly to hold and 
“ enjoy 


day of 





2 Vicroriz. 


“ 


enjoy the said glebe lands, tithes, rents, moduses, 
compositions for tithes, stipends, fees, gratuities 
and other emoluments and profits whatsoever, 
arising or to arise from or in respect of the said 
“ benefice, until default shall be made by him or 
“‘ them respectively in the payment of the interest 
and principal, or some part thereof, at the times 
and in the manner aforesaid. In witness, &amp;c. 


“ 


‘ 


n~ 


“ec 


‘ 


wn 


‘ 


n 


“« APPOINTMENT of the Nominee (to be written 
on parchment.) 


“ I, the Right reverend Father in God 
Lord Bishop of 

hereby nominate and appoint 

of to receive the money autho- 
rized to be raised by an Act passed in the second 
year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, 
intituled, “ An Act to abridge the holding of Be- 
nefices in Plurality, and to make better Provision 
for the Residence of the Clergy,’ for the purpose 
of building, rebuilding, repairing or purchasing 
the parsonage-house, &amp;c. [as the case may be] to 
the rectory, vicarage, &amp;c., of be- 
longing, and to pay and apply the same, and to 
enter into contracts with proper persons for such 
buildings or repairs, and to inspect and to take 
care of the execution of such contracts, and to 
take such receipts and vouchers, keep such ac- 
counts, and do and perform all such other matters 
and things which nominees are authorized and 
required to do and perform in and by the said 
Act, the said having given 
security for the due application thereof, according 
“ to the directions of the said Act. Given under 
“ my hand, this day of % 


do 


xn A OR 
nN ON 


a «A 
os an 


nn 
wn 


“ Form of the Deed of Purchase of Buildings 
“ or Lands to be annexed to the Benefice. 


“* This Indenture, made the 
in the year of our Lord 
Between A. B., 
of of the one part, the Right 
reverend Father in God Lord Bishop 
“ of and E. F., of Patron 
of the rectory, &amp;c., of of the other 
art: Whereas there is no fit parsonage-house 
longing to the said rectory, &amp;c.: And whereas 
“ a contract hath been made, by the direction of 
the said Bishop, with the said A. B., for the 
absolute purchase of the house, buildings and 
lands hereinafter described, for the price or sum 
“of pounds, pursuant to the di- 
rections of an Act passed in the second year of 
the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victaria, inti- 
“ tuled,‘ An Act to abridge the holding of Benefices 
in Plurality, and to make better Provision for the 
Residence of the Clergy.’’ Now this Indenture 
witnesseth, That the said A. B., in consideration 
of the sum of — pounds, to him 
in hand paid for the purchase aforesaid, the re- 
ceipt of which sum the said A. B. hath admitted 
by an indorsement on the back of this Deed, hath 
granted, bargained and sold, and by these pre- 
sents doth grant, bargain and sell unto the said 
E. F. and his heirs, All, &amp;c. [here insert a full 
description of the buildings or lands so intended 
to be conveyed, with their and every of their 
rights, privileges and appurtenances]; To hold 
unto the said E. F. and his heirs, in trust for the 
sole use and benefit of the incumbent of the said 
benefice and his successors, rectors, vicars, &amp;c. 
[as the case may be] of the said benefice for the 
time being, for ever. [Usual covenants for title 

*f to be added.] In witness, &amp;c. 


The Amendments, as far as the Amendment in 
Pr. 3.1. 36, being read a second time, were agreed 
to. 

Pr. 3. 1. 36. the next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

Vou. 98. 


day of 


an 
n 


a aA A A 
Le . 2) 


iz, 
n 


6° Augustz. 











845 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House doth disagree with the 
Lords in the said Amendment ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 


Mr. Hawes %; 
Tellers for the Yeas, Mr. Aalieah - } 28. 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Robert Steuart, os 


Mr. More O’ Ferrall: 

So it passed in the Negative. 

The Amendments as far as the Amendment in 
Pr. 70. 1.16. being read a second time, several were 
agreed to without Amendment; others were amended, 
and agreed to, and others were disagreed to. 

Pr. 70. 1. 16. the next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being put, That this House doth disagree with the 
Lords m the said Amendment ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Hawes, 


Yeas, Mr. Aglionby: } - 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. John Parker, 46 
Noes, Sir Thomas Troubridge : } , 


So it passed in the Negative. 

Then the subsequent Amendments, being read 
a second time, several were agreed to, without 
Amendment, and others were amended, and agreed 
to; which will fully appear in the Report of the 
Committee appointed to draw up Reasons to be 
offered to the Lords at a Conference for disagreeing 
to certain of the said Amendments. [Vide p. 849.] 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw 
up Reasons to be offered to the ae at a Con- 
ference for disagreeing to the Amendments to which 
this House hath disagreed :—And a Committee was 
appointed, of Lord John Russell, Mr. Chancellor of 
the Exchequer, Lord Viscount Morpeth, Mr. At- 
torney General, Mr. Solicitor General, Sir Robert 
Price, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, and Sir Thomas 
Acland :—And they are to withdraw immediately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


The Order of the day being read, for the second Duchy of 


reading of the Duchy of Cornwall Possessions Bill ; 


Ordered, That the Bill be read a second time 53) 


upon this day three months. 


The Duchy of Cornwall (Tin Duties) Bill was, Dechy of 
according to Order, read a second time ; and com- Cornwall (Tin 


mitted to a Committee of the whole House, for To- 
morrow. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- Ways and 


mittee of Ways and Means ; 
Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Hackney 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Carriag 
intituled, An Act for the better Regulation of Hack~- (¥et'eP 


ney Carriages, and of Omnibuses, used in and near 
the Metropolis, and of the Drivers and Attendants 
thereof ; and the same were read, as follow ; 

Pr. 1. 1. 1. Leave out from “ whereas” to “it ” 
in ], 14. 

Pr. 5. 1.10. Leave out from “ male” to “and” 
in Pr, 6. 1.14. 

Pr. 7. 1.15. Leave out Clause (A.), added, by 
way of rider, to the Bill. 

n Clause (B.), added, by way of rider, to the Bill: 

L, 1. Leave out “ in,” and insert “ upon.” 

L.2. After “ such”’ insert “‘ metropolitan stage,” 
and in the same line after “ carriage ” insert “ there 
“ shall be affixed immediately above the Stamp 
“ Office Plates, or in such other position as the 
“ Registrar to be appointed by virtue of this Act 
“ shall direct, a plate or plates, upon which there 

5P3 “ shall 








846 2 6° Auguste. 


“ shall be inscribed in black letters of at least one 
“ inch in height, and of a proportionate breadth, 
“ upon a white ground, the words Metropolitan 
“ Stage Carriage, or such other device as the said 
“ Registrar shall from time to time direct, and also 
“ that upon every such Metropolitan Stage Car- 
“ riage the number of the Stamp Office plate re- 
“ latmg to such stage carriage and.” 

L. 3, After “ passengers ” insert “ which such 
“ carriage shall be licensed to carry in the inside 
“‘ and on the outside thereof.” 

L. 9. Leave out “ or other officer.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 34. After “ person” insert “ whether 
“ duly licensed or not under this Act.” 

Pr. 9. 1. 35. Leave out “ twenty-four ” and in- 
sert “ forty-eight.” 

Pr. 9. Is. 36. and 37. Leave out from “ accident” 
to “and ” in Pr. 10. 1. 4. 

Pr. 14.1.34. Leave out “ or waterman” and 
insert “ not being a proprietor of a metropolitan 
“ stage carriage.” 

Pr, 15. 1. 2. After “legible ” insert “ and every 
“‘ driver or conductor of any metropolitan stage 
“ carriage who shall be the proprietor of such car- 
“ riage, shall at all such times as aforesaid, carry 
“ such ticket about his person.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 7. After “and” insert “ except in 

the case of any driver or conductor of any metro- 

“ politan stage carriage who shall be a proprietor 
“ of such carriage.” 
Pr, 22. 1.38. After “ granted” insert Clause 


n 


? 


A. 

lien (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
“ not be lawful for any driver or conductor, autho- 
“‘ rized by any proprietor to act as driver of any 
“ hackney carriage, or as driver or conductor of any 
“ metropolitan stage carriage, to permit or suffer 
“‘ any other person to act as driver of such hackne 
“ carriage, or as driver or as conductor of suc 
“ metropolitan stage carriage, without the consent 
“ of the proprietor thereof, (except in the cases 
‘“‘ hereinbefore mentioned), or for any person whe- 
“ ther duly licensed or not,.to act as driver or as 
“ conductor of any such carriage, without the con- 
sent of the proprietor thereof (except in the cases 
hereinbefore mentioned), and it shall be lawful 
“ for any police constable, without any warrant for 
“ that purpose, to apprehend any person unlawfully 
acting asa driver or as a conductor, and to convey 
him before any Justice of the Peace, to be dealt 
with according to law, or to be held to bail to 
answer the said offence.” 

Pr. 24. 1. 7. Leave out from “ carriage” to 
shall” in |, 10. 

Pr, 24. 1.14. After “by” insert “ loitering, or 
by any.” 

Pr. 24. 1.19. Leave out from “ carriage ” to 
shall ” in. lL. 24., and in 1. 24. after “by” insert 
loitering, o by any.” 

Pr. 24. 1.27. Leave out from “ shall” to “ im- 
properly,” in |. 28. 

Pr. 24. 1. 35. Leave out from “ or” to“ except” 
in |. 36. 

Pr. 25. 1. 6. After “shillings” insert Clauses 
(B.) and (C.) 

Criavuse (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That in case 
“ of any complaint or dispute between the pro- 
“ prietor of any hackney carriage and the driver 
“‘ thereof, or the proprietor of any metropolitan 
“ stage carriage and the driver or the conductor 
“ thereof, in respect to the amount of earnings, or 
“ to such sums of money as such driver or con- 
“ ductor shall huve engaged to pay day by day to 
such proprietor, vr in respect to injury, damage 
or loss which shall have arisen through the ne- 
glect or default of such driver or conductor to the 
property of such proprietor intrusted to his care, 
or of penalties, forfeitures or expenses which shall 
“ have been incurred by such proprietor through 
“ the misconduct of such driver or conductor, or re- 


n 


w~ 


‘ 


nw 


n 


‘ 


wn 


‘ 


nn 


‘ 


i“ 


wn 


- 


iT 
&lt; 


n 


&lt; 


nn“ 


“ 
&lt;&lt; 





A. 1838. 


|“ specting wages or reward alleged to be due to such 
driver or conductor, and to be improperly with- 
held by such proprietor, or in respect of any sum 
of money deposited by such driver or conductor 
in the hands of such proprietor, or in any other 
case of dispute or complaint between the pro- 
prietor of any such carriage, and the driver or 
conductor thereof, upon complaint made to any 
Justice of the Peace by such proprietor against 
such driver or conductor, or by such driver or 
conductor against such proprietor, the said Justice 
shall inquire into and determine the same, and 
order such compensation to be made to either 
party as to such Justice shall seem proper.” 

Cuause (C.) “ And whereas by the said recited 
“ Act of the first and second years of his late Ma- 
jesty’s reign it was Enacted, That the owner of 
every waggon, wain, cart, car, dray or other car- 
riage, should, before any such carriage should be 
driven or used in any public street or road within 
the distance of Five miles from the General Post 
Office in the city of London, paint or cause to be 
painted in words at full length, and in one or 
more straight line or lines upon some conspicuous 
place on the right or off side of every such car- 
riage clear of the wheel or wheels thereof or upon 
“ the right or off side shaft thereof the true christain 
name and surname and place of abode of the 
owner, or if there be more than one, of the prin- 
cipal owner of such carriage in the manner in 
such Act directed; Be it Enacted, That in all 
cases where the owner of any such carriage shall 
be a Peer of the realm or shall be known or 
“ usually designated by some title of rank, it shall 
be deemed to bea compliance with the provisions of 
“ the aforesaid Act, that the title only and place of 
abode of such Peer or other person shall be 
painted in the manner therein described upon 
any such waggon, wain, cart or other carriage.” 

Pr. 25. 1. 15. Leave out “ fourteen,” and insert 
seven.” 

Pr. 28. 1. 38. After “ metropolitan” insert 
stage.” 

Pr. 29. 1. 15. Leave out “ fourteen,” and insert 
“ seven.” 

Pr. 30. 1. 5. Leave out “be,” and insert “such 
“ justice.” 

Pr. 32. 1. 33. After “complaint” insert “ Pro- 
vided always, That no person shall be convicted 
under any of the provisions of this Act where the 
only evidence against him shall be that of the 
person who may be entitled to or expect any 
part of the pecuniary penalty on the conviction 
of such person unless such person so entitled as 
“ aforesaid shall before he shall be sworn to give 
evidence, give up all claim to the pecuniary pe- 
“ nalty and every part thereof which may be inflicted 
“ in case of conviction.” 

Pr. 33, 1.2. After “ police” insert “of the 
“ district in which the offence shall be committed.” 

Pr. 33. 1.7. Leave out “ Fourteen,” and insert 
“ Seven.” 

Pr, 33. 1. 8. After “ committed” insert “unless 
“‘ such person shall have given up all claim to the 
“ said penalty and every part thereof, in which case 
“ the whole of such penalty shall go in aid of 
“ expenses of the said police.” 


In the Title of the Bill : 


L. 2. Leave out “ omnibuses,” and insert 
metropolitan stage carriages, and of waggons, 
“ carts and drays.” 

The said Amendments, as far as the second Amend- 
ment in |. 2. of Clause (B.), added, by way of rider, 
were read a second time, and agreed to. 

L. 2 of Clause (B.), the next Amendment, being 
read a second time ; 

An Amendment was made thereunto, by leaving 
out the word “ device,” and inserting the word 
“ words,” instead thereof. 

And 


nxn a 
au wn 


n~ 
wn 


n 
n 


n 
nw 





. 
“~ 














doewa 





Church 
Building Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 


* Spirit Licenses 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Dublin 
Election. 


Naval Officers. 


2 Vicroriz. 


And the said Amendment, so amended, was agreed 
to. 
The Amendments as far as Clause (A.), being 
read a second time, were agreed to. 

Clause (A.), the next Amendment, being read a 
second time; 

An Amendment was made thereunto, in Fo. 2. 1. 2. 
by inserting after the words “ the Peace” the words 
“ at one of the police offices in the city of London, 
“ or in the counties of Middlesex and Surrey.” 

And the said Amendment, so amended, was 
agreed to. 

Then the subsequent Amendments, being read 
a second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir Matthew Wood do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendments made by 
their Lordships, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments this House doth desire the concurrence of 
their Lordships. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Church Buildmg Acts Amendment 
Bill ; 

Resolved, That this House will, To-morrow, re- 
solve itself into the said Committee. 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
mittee on the Spirit Licenses (Jreland) Bill ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the word “ That” to 
the end of the Question, in order to add the words 
“ this House will, upon this day three months, re- 
“ solve itself into the said Committee,” imstead 
thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 


The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the fate Morgan John O’C ase 35 

vo. 

Yeas, Mr. Pryme: 
Tellers for thef Mr. Shaw, os 
Noes, Mr. John Ellis: } iis 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair :—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee ; and, after some time -— therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. O’Connell 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings 
and the Evidence taken before the Select Committee 
on the City of Dublin Election Petition in the pre- 
sent Session be laid before this House. 


A Motion was made, and the Question being pro- 
posed, That there be laid before this House, a Return 
of the grounds on which the late Commander Ed- 
wards, Mr. William Boyce, late Surgeon, and Mr. 
Rowland Milner, late a Lieutenant of Her Majesty’s 
Navy, were deprived of their Rank and Half Pay ; 


And Notice being taken that Forty Members were 
not present, the House was told by Mr. Speaker ; 
and Forty Members not being present ; and it being 
then after Four of the clock :—The House was ad- 
journed by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first 
put, till To-morrow. ; 


Vo. 93. 


O°—7° Augusti. 


847 
Martis, 7° die Augusti ; 


Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1838. 
PRAYERS. 


S IR Robert Harry Inglis reported from the Stand- Library of the 
ing Committee appointed to assist Mr. Speaker House. 

in the direction of the Library; That they had con- 
sidered the matters to them referred; and had 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the House ; 
with an Appendix. 

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


No. 691. 


Petitions from Oxford ;—Winhkfield ;—Ipswich ; Idolatry 
— Southwark (two Petitions) ;—City-road ;—Spital- die.) 
fields ;—Ashbourn ;—Liverpool-road Chapel, Mid- 
dlesex ;—Rochester ;— Brompton (Kent);— Walsall 
Circuit ;— Woolwich ;— Weymouth ;— Wakefield (two 
Petitions) ;— Wolverhampton;— Blandford;—Bury 
Saint Edmund's ;--and, Sturminster; praying the 
House to prohibit the interference of British func- 
tionaries in the management of Idolatrous Obser- 
vances in India,—were presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Kilmain ; — and, Burrishoole ; Tithes 
praying for the abolition of Tithes in Jreland,—were (Ieland.) 


—— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


Petitions from Stockport ;—Rochdale ;— Halifax Employment 
(Chairman of a Meeting of Inhabitants) ;—and, ot the Poor. 
Bath ; praying the House to take into consideration 
the plans proposed by Mr. Robert Owen for the 
Employment of the Poor,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Ingoldmeils, praying Church 
the House to take into consideration the present Establishment 
state of the Ecclesiastical Establishment in the (©) 
Canadas, was presented, and read; and ordered to 
lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from the Clergy of Durham;—and, Clergy Parochial 
of the Rural Deanery of -. North Eastern Division Assessments 
of Basingstoke, in the Archdeaconry of Winchester ; ® 
praying that the Parochial Assessments Bill may 

not pass into a law,—were presented, and read; and 

ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Two Petitions of Mr. Thomas Kinder, com= Thomas Kinder. 
plaining of the conduct of the Mexican Government 
i their transactions with him, and of the inade- 
— support afforded to him by Her Majesty’s 
overnment therein, were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Clergy, Merchants, Manufacturers Sale of Beer 
and Inhabitants of Honley, praying for the repeal 4¢t- 
of the Sale of Beer Act, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Factories. 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of all the Mills and Factories, 
specifying the Firms, which have neglected to 
transmit Returns to the Inspectors, when called 
upon, at any time during the twelvemonth ending 
30th June 1838:—Of the Number of Persons em- 

loyed in Cotton, Woollen, Worsted, Flax and Silk 

actories of the United Kingdom ; distinguishing 
Counties and Parishes, the deocsiptin of Manu- 
facture, the Horse-Power, and whether moved by 
Steam-Engines or Water-Wheels ; also, the moving 
Power, if Steam and Water together, and, finally, 
the Actual Power; likewise, the Number of Chil- 





dren under Nine years of Age, the Number also of 
Children between Nine and Thirteen, and of young 
5P4 Persons 








| 
| 
| 
| 


Church Leases, 
No. 692, 


Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


Saint Saviour’s 
(Southwark) 
Grammar 
School Bill. 


Forty-ninth 
Report on 
Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act. 


No. 681. 


848 7° Augustz. 


Persons between Thirteen and Eighteen, the Total 
Number of Hands employed in all cases, distin- 
guishing the sexes; according to the plan adopted 
by Mr. Inspector Rickards, in the Return ordered 
to be printed March 30th 1836:—And, of the 
Names of all Mills and Firms from which Answers 
have not been obtained for the purpose of the 
above Return. 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to 


Her Majesty by such Members of this House as'| 
are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Coun-/|the local boards have been ready to adopt, and 


cil. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed 
to inquire into the mode of granting and renewing 
leases of the landed and other propert 
Bishops, Deans and Chapters and other Ecclesias- 
tical Bodies of England and Wales, and into the 
probable amount of any increased value which 
~~ be obtained byan improved management, with 
a due consideration of the interests of the Esta- 
blished Church and of the present lessees of such 

roperty, have Power to report the Minutes of the 
vidence taken before them. 

Mr. Vernon Smith reported from the said Select 
Committee, and to whom several Petitions were 
referred ; That they had considered the matters to 
them referred ; and had directed him to make a Re- 
port thereof to the House; together with the Mi- 
nutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

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


Petitions from Samuel Roberts;—Coggleshall ;— 
Newcastle-upon-Tyne (Chairman of a Meeting of the 
Working Men's Association) ; — Taunton ;—Dar- 
lington ;— Braintree and Bocking ;—Thundersley ;— 
Saint George-the-Martyr, Southwark (Chairman of 
a Meeting of Inhabitant Householders) ; — and, 
Thurstonland ; praying for the repeal of the Poor 
Law Act,—were presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Saint Saviour’s, 
Southwark, praying that the Saint Saviour’s (South- 
wark) Grammar School Bill may not pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee —— 
to inquire into the administration of the Relief of 
the Poor, under the Orders and Regulations issued 

y the Commissioners appointed under the pro- 
visions of the Poor Law Amendment Act, have 
Power to report their Observations and Opinion 
thereupon to the House. 

Mr. Poulett Scrope reported from the said Select 
Committee, and to whom several Petitions were re- 
ferred ; That they had considered the matters to 
them referred ; and had come to several Resolutions ; 
which they had directed him to report, together with 
the Minutes of the Evidence ra before them ; 
and the Resolutions of the Committee were read, 
as follow: 

1. Resolved, That in the important duties com- 
mitted to them the Commissioners have evinced 
zeal, ability and great discrimination ; and the Com- 
mittee recommend the continuance of their power, 
in preference to any system which, by leaving the 
administration of the Poor Laws without the con- 
trol and superintendence of a Central Board, might 
cause the recurrence of those abuses which existed 
in many counties previously to the passing of the 
Poor Law Amendment Act. 

2. Resolved, That the Evidence taken before the 
Committee proves that the practice of confining re- 
lief to the able-bodied i paupers to the work- 
house, has been in many districts established by the 
Guardians in the discretion left to them by the 


of the | 





A. 1838. 


Commissioners, and that where this practice has 
been enforced by an order of the Commissioners, 
such order has in several instances been issued at 
the suggestion of the Guardians; that the Com- 
mittee are convinced, that the utmost benefit has 
resulted from the general adoption of this system of 
relief, and they strongly recommend that it should 
in future be adhered to, subject to such occasional 
| departures from the ordinary rule, under the pres- 
sure of special circumstances, as it appears that 




















|the Commissioners to sanction, in cases of real 
necessity. 


3. Resolved, That a power should be continued to. 

| the Boards of Guardians, taking into consideration 

the character of the parties, to relieve, out of the 

workhouse, widows with young children left depend- 
ent upon them for support. 


4. Resolved, That it appears that relief to the 
aged and infirm has been generally given out of 
the workhouse, and that the allowances to this class 
of paupers have been rather increased than dimi- 
nished since the passing of the existing law; the 
Committee approve of this mode of administering 
the law. 

5. Resolved, That the Commissioners should have 
power to dissolve existing incorporations without 
the consent of two-thirds of the Guardians; and 
likewise to add parishes to unions, and to take 
parishes from unions, without the consent of two- 
thirds of the Guardians, provided the consent of 
the Guardians of such parishes be obtained: and’ 
that in making any such alterations, or in an 
alterations which may now be made by law in the 
size of the unions, regard should be had to the con- 
venience of applicants for relief in obtaining access 
to the Board of Guardians; and that those parts of 
Local Acts which relate to the poor-rate and to the 
— of relief to the poor should be re- 
pealed. 

6. Resolved, That larger districts seem, in some 
instances, to have been assigned to relieving officers 
than is desirable; and that, in arranging the size 
of these districts, particular attention should be had 
to the observations contained in the following pas- 
sage in the Instructional Letter from the Commis- 
sioners, dated 31st January 1837: “It has been 
found, that an active relieving officer may attend to 
the average number of paupers in more than eight 
rural parishes, containing a population of between 
5,000 and 6,000 inhabitants, or to the average of 
pauperism existing in a town population of from 
10,000 to 15,000; it must be taken into account, 
that by the operation of the new system, the amount 
of out-door pauperism will be gradually diminished, 
if not finally extinguished.” 

7. Resolved, That the administration of medical 
relief to the poor has heen in many respects 
amended under the new law, but that there is still 
room for further improvement; that the medical 
districts, in some instances, seem to be inconve- 
niently large; that they should be of such a size as 
to admit an easy access of the medical man to his 
patients; and that the remuneration should be 
such as to insure proper attention and the best: 
medicines. 

8. Resolved, That the Board of Guardians have 
power, with the consent of the Guardians of the 
respective parishes for the time being, to appoint 
collectors of rates, with the powers now possessed 
by assistant-overseers, so far as relates to the collec- 
tion of rates. 

9. Resolved, That the powers now vested in. 
overseers of the poor in the case of the removal of 
lunatics, of paupers, and the desertion of families 
by the husband, be given to relieving officers. 

10. Resolved, That power be given to the Com- 
missioners, to divide large parishes into wards for 
the election of guardians separately. 








11. Resolved 








Dublin 
Election. 


Cirencester 
Hundreds 
Court Bill. 


Negro Appren- 


liceship. 


Ccrn Laws, 





2 Vicroriz. 


11. Resolved, That the Commissioners be em- 
powered, with the consent of the Guardians, to 
combine parishes or unions for the support and ma- 
nagement of district schools, and to regulate the 
distribution of the expenses of such establishments. 

12. Resolved, That the system of auditing the 
accounts at present is open to abuse, and that the 
Commissioners should have power henceforward to 
appoint district auditors. 

13. Resolved, That better provision should be 
made for the due custody of pauper lunatics and 
idiots, either in separate wards in the workhouses or 
in district or county asylums. 

i4. Resolved, That in accordance with a Minute 
issued by the Poor Law Commissioners on the 12th 
of March 1838, and subject to the regulations 
therein contained, it does seem desirable that on 


7° Auguste. 





849 


Mr. Fox Maule presented, pursuant to an Address Poor Law 
to Her Majesty,—A Copy of the Returns which Amendment 
have been transmitted to the Office of Her Majes- 4“ 
ty’s Secretary of State for the Home Department, 
showing the Weekly Diet of several Independent 
Labourers in the Counties of Leicester, Lincoln and 
Cambridge:—And also, a Return from several Pa- 
rishes in the Counties of Cambridge and Suffolk, 
of the Number of Pauper Marriages and of Illegi- 
timate Births in stated periods, before and since the 
operation of the Poor Law Amendment Act. 


Mr. Fox Maule also presented, pursuant to Order, Outrages 
—a Return of all Outrages and Assaults committed ('elan¢-) 
on the person, property, or place of worship, of 
Protestant Ministers of all denominations in Jre- 
land :—Also, a Return of all Outrages and Assaults 
committed on Persons engaged in communicating 


the Sabbath-day inmates of workhouses should | Religious Instruction to the People of Jreland, from 
attend divine service in the church of the parish in| June 1835 to the present time. 


which such workhouse is situated; and that those 


Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 


paupers who cannot conscientiously join in the) Table. 


service of the Established Church should be per- 
mitted to attend their respective places of worship. 

15. Resolved, That it is the opinion of the Com- 
mittee, that many of the abuses arising under the 
former administration of the laws relating to Bast- 
ardy, have been corrected by the Clauses in the 
Poor Law Amendment Act relating to this subject, 
an end having been put to the compulsory mar- 
riages, and the facilities to perjury, formerly prevalent, 
but that the remedy afforded by that Act leads, in 
many instances, to great expense in the trials in 
Courts of Quarter Sessions, which are often offensive 
to public decency, and that. the law, being rendered 
generally inoperative by these inconveniences at- 
tending it, requires the further consideration of the 
Legislature, especially with the view of inflicting 
some punishment for the crime of seduction. 

16. Resolved, That the Assistant-commissioners 
be instructed from time to time to remind overseers 
and churchwardens, throughout their districts, that 
it is their duty to relieve cases of sudden and 
urgent necessity. 

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


Mr. Chalmers, one of the Clerks attending Com-| Act for amending certain Acts relating to the Civil 
mittees of this House, was called in; and at the bar| Court of Record of the Borough of Liverpool, and 





| 
} 


| 


| 
| 
| 


| 


| Act to facilitate the 


A Message trom the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson Message from 
and Mr. Senior: the Lords. 
Mr. Speaker : 

The lewd have agreed to the Biil, intituled, An Loan Societies 
Act for the Amendment of the Laws relating to (Iteland) Bill. 
Loan Societies in Jre/and, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Public Records 
Act for keeping safely the Public Records, with Bill 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 


The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Juvenile 
Act for establishing a Prison for Young Offenders, Offenders Bill. 
with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Schools , 
Foundation and Endowment of (Scotland) Bill. 
additional Schools in Scotland, with Amendments ; 


| to which Amendments the Lords desire the concur- 


rence of this House: And also, 
The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 


Liverpool 
Court of Pas- 


sage Bill. 


presented, pursuant to Order,—Minutes of the Pro-| improving the Proceedings thereof, with an Amend- 
ceedings and Evidence taken before the Select’ ment; to which Amendment the Lords desire the 


Committee on the City of Dublin Election Petition 
in the present Session. 

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


A Petition of Inhabitants of Stroud, praying that 
the Cirencester Hundreds Court Bill may be referred 
to a Committee, to inquire whether the Standing 
Orders of the House have been complied with; and 
that they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, 
against the said Bill, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Petition of Inhabitants of Stroud, praying, that 
they may be heard, by their counsel or agents, against 
— parts of the said Bill, was also presented, and 
read. 

Ordered, That the said Petition be referred to the 
Committee on the Bill ; and the Petitioners heard, 
by their counsel or agents, upon their Petition, if 
they think fit; and counsel heard, in favour of the 
Bill, against the said Petition. 


A Petition of Members of the Wesleyan Society | 


and Congregation of Faversham, praying for the abo- 
lition of the system of Negro Apprenticeship, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of Stroud, praying for 
the repeal of the Corn Laws, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vou. 93. 


concurrence of this House: And also, 
The Lords communicate to this House, a Copy of New Zealand. 
the Evidence taken before the Committee of their 
Lordships on the Colonization of New Zealand :—- 
And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Public Records 
Lords to the Public Records Bill be taken into con- 3! 
sideration upon Thursday next. 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported from Benefices 
the Committee appointed to draw up Reasons, to Plurality Bill. 
be offered to the Lords at a Conference, for dis- 
agreeing to certain of the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act to abridge the 
holding of Benefices in Plurality, and to make 
better Provision for the residence of the Clergy, 

That they had drawn up Reasons accordingly ; and 
the same were read, as follow: 





The Commons agree to the Amendments as far as 
Pr. 5.1.13. 

The Commons propose to amend the Amendment 
Pr. 5. 1. 13., by leaving out the words “ three hun- 
“ dred,” and inserting the words “One hundred . 
“ and fifty.” 

The Commons propose to amend the Amendment 
Pr, 6. 1. 11., by leaving out the words “ residing, 
“ and” and the words “ residence on,” and after 





the word “ and” by inserting the word “ the.” 
5Q The 








850 7° August. 


The Commons propose to amend Clause (A.) by 
inserting after the word “ require,” Fo. 1. 1.16. the 
words “ according to a form or forms to be promul- 
“ gated from time to time by the Archbishop of the 
“ Province, and approved by the Queen in Coun- 
“ cil,” and by leaving out the word “ Canterbury,” 
Fo. 3. 1.13., and inserting the words “the Pro- 
“ vince.” 

The Commons agree to Clauses (B.) and (C.) 


The Commons propose to amend Clause (D.) by 
inserting after the word “ Court,” Fo. 2.1. 6. the 
words “ or of such Bishop, founded on such evi- 
“ dence or other information, shall be final and 
“ conclusive,” and by leaving out from the words 
“ course of law,” |. 7. to the end of the Clause. 


The Commons propose to amend the Amendment 
in Pr. 6. |. 28. by leaving out the words “ Cathedral 
“ preferment and benefice or such,” and after the 
word “ or” by inserting the words “ such benefice ;” 
and by leaving out the words “ cathedral prefer- 
“ ment or;” and after the words “ cathedral pre- 
“ ferment ” by inserting the words “ and with or 
“« without a benefice.” 

The Commons propose to amend Clause (E.) by 
inserting after the words “ trust for whom ” Fo. 1. 
1.7. the words “ the Advowson of or,” and by 
leaving out the words “ passing of this Act ” 1. 11. 
and inserting the words “ Twenty-third day of De- 
“ cember One thousand eight hundred and thirty- 
“ seven.” 

The Commons agree to the Amendments as far 
as Clause (F.) 

The Commons propose to amend Clause (F.) by 
inserting after the words “ tithes,” Fo. 1. 1. 17., the 
words “ rent-charges,’ and by making the same 
Amendment in Fo. 2.1. 13., Fo. 4.1. 2., Fo. 6.1. 8. 
and |. 17. 

The Commons agree to Clause (G.) 

The Commons propose to amend Clause (H.) by in- 
serting after the word “tithes ” Fo. 2.1.4. the words 
* rent-charges.” 

The Commons agree to the Amendments as far 
as Pr. 17. 1. 14. 

The Commons propose to amend the Amendment 
Pr. 17.1. 14., by leaving out the word “ Canterbury” 
and inserting the words “ the Province.” 

The Commons agree to the Amendment Pr. 20. 
1.13., and propose to amend the Amendment I. 28., 
by leaving out the word “ Canterbury” and insert- 
ing the words “the province.” 

The Commons agree to the Amendments as far as 
Pr. 40. 1. 12. 

The Commons propose to add to the Amendment 
Pr. 40. 1. 12., by inserting the word “any” in the 
place of the words omitted ; and in the Amendment 
1, 22., after the word “license,” by inserting the 
word “ may.” 

The Commons agree to the Amendments as far as 
Clause (K.) 

The Commons propose to amend Clause (K.) by 
leaving out the words “ of the diocese” Fo. 1.1. 5., 
and inserting the words “and he is hereby required,” 
and by inserting after the word “ clergymen ” 1. 6. 
the words “ of his diocese, or if the benefice be 
“ within his peculiar jurisdiction, but locally situate 
“ in another diocese, then to four beneficed clergy- 
“* men of such last-mentioned diocese.” 

The Commons propose to add the following Pro- 
viso to the end of Glanse (L.): “ Provided also, That | 
“ if the Bishop shall, after receiving the Report to | 
“be made by such Commissioners, be of opinion 
“ that it is not expedient, under the special circum- 
** stances of any such benefice, to levy and raise 
any sum or sums of money by mortgage as herein- 
before required, or otherwise to take measures for 
providing a fit house of residence for such bene- 
“ fice, he shall state in detail such special circum- 
“* stances, and the grounds of his opinion in the next | 
“ annual Return, to be made by him to Her Ma- | 


{ 


“ 


“ 


“ 














A. 1838. 


“ jesty in Council, according to the directions here- 
“ inbefore contained.” 

The Commons agree to Clauses (M.), (N.), (O.), 
(P.), (Q.), (R.), (S.) 

The Commons propose to amend Clause (T.) by 
inserting after the word “ heirs,” Fo. 1.1. 5. the 
words “ or successors, as the case may be.” 

The Commons agree to the Clauses (U.), (V.) and 
(W.), and the Amendments as far as Pr. 67. 1. 8. 

The Commons propose to amend the Amendment 
Pr. 67. 1. 8. by inserting after the word “ diocese” 
the words “ or if the benefice be within his peculiar 
“ jurisdiction, but locally situate in another diocese, 
“ then to four beneficed clergymen of such last- 
“ mentioned diocese.” 

The Commons propose to amend the Amendment 
1.19. by leaving out the word “ such,” and inserting 
the words “ the same.” 

The Commons agree to the Amendments as far as 
Clause (X.) 

The Commons disagree to Clauses (X.) and (Y.), 
for the following Reason : 

Because the principle of these Clauses appears 
to the Commons to be very doubtful, and to 
require the fullest consideration in those 
places to which they would apply. 

The Commons agree to the Amendments as far as 
Pr. 71. 1. 35. 

The Commons propose to amend the Amendment 
Pr. 71. 1. 35. by leaving out the words “ whatever 
“ may be the annual value or the population thereof,” 
and inserting the words ‘‘ whereof the annual value 
“ shall amount to One hundred and fifty pounds, 
and the population shall amount to Four hundred 
“ persons.” 

The Commons agree to the Amendments as far as 
Clause (Z.) 

_ The Commons propose to amend Clause (Z.) by 
inserting after the word “ decide” Fo. 2. 1. 11. the 
words “ the merits of the appeal,” and at the end 
of the Clause by adding the words “and in like 
“ manner when he shall decide in favour of the 
appellant, he shall also award and direct whether 
any and what amount of costs shall be paid by 
the Bishop respondent to the appellant.” 

The Commons agree to the Amendments as far 
as Pr. 97. 1. 28. 

The Commons propose to amend the Amendment 
Pr. 97. 1. 28., by inserting the word “ or” before the 
words “ other instrument.” 

The Commons agree to the Amendments as far as 
Clause (A. 1.) 

The Commons propose to amend Clause (A. 1.), 
by leaving out the words “by this Act,” Fo. 1. 1. 4. ; 
and by leaving out the word “ and” 1. 12. and in- 
serting the word “ or,” and by leaving out the word 
“ by” 1.15. and inserting the words “ or may be 
“ by or in pursuance of the provisions of.” 

The Commons agree to the Amendments as far as 
further Questions, No. 29. 

The Commons propose to amend Question No. 
29. by inserting before the word “ net ” the words 
“ gross, and what is the.” 

The Commons propose to amend the second 
Schedule, form of the mortgage, by inserting after 
the word “ tithes” Fo. 2.1.15. the words “ rent- 
“ charges;” and by making the same Amendment 
in Fo. 4. 1. 2. and in Fo. 6.1. 15. 

The Commons propose to amend the form of the 
deed of purchase of buildings or lands to be annexed 
to the benefice, by inserting after the word “heirs,” 
Fo. 11. 1.15. the words “ or successors, as the case 
“ may be.” ‘ 

The said Reasons, being read a second time, were 
agreed to. ; 

Ordered, That a Conference be desired with the 
Lords, upon the subject-matter of the Amendments 
made by their ae to the said Bill: And that 
Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer do go to the Lords, 
and desire the said Conference. od 

e 


“ 


if4 
“ec 
“ 





ow 


tio ah gine 





2 Victoriz. 
The Order of the day being read, for taking into 


Private Bill 
Deposits Bill. further consideration the Report on the Private Bill 
Deposits Bill ; 
Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Thursday next. 


Consolidated 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com- 
Fund Bill. 


mittee on the Consolidated Fund Bill ; 

Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, That they have Power to receive a-Clause of 
Appropriation. 

hen the House resolved itself into the Commit- 
tee; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. John Parker reported, 
That the Committee had gone through the Bill, and 
made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To- 


morrow. 


Corporate 
Property 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
restrain the Alienation of Corporate Property in 
certain Towns in Jreland: And that Lord Viscount 
Morpeth and Mr. Attorney General for Zreland do 
prepare, and bring it in. 


Dublin Corpo- 
ration (Com- 
pensation to 


Officers) Bill. 


Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
provide Compensation for certain Officers of the Cor- | 
poration of the City of Dublin: And that Mr. Shaw | 
and Mr. O’Connell do prepare, and bring it in. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
(£.11,044,55°-) into a Committee upon the Exchequer Bills Bill; 
Bill. : . 
and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker re- 
sumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To- 
morrow. 


Exchequer Bills 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Exchequer Bills (Public 
Works) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To- 
morrow. 


Exchequer Bills 
(Public Works) 
Bill. 


Four-and-a-half 
per-Centum 
Duties Bill, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Four-and-a-Half per- 
Centum Duties Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Bernal reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and made Amendments there- 
unto. 

Ordered, That the Reports¢be received To- 
morrow. 


Royal Exchange 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
eng 
ill, 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for improving the Site of the Royal 
Exchange, in the City of London, and the Avenues 
adjoining thereto; and the same were read, as 
follow : 
Pr. 7. 1. 33. In Clause (A.), added, by way of 

rider, to the Bill: 

L. 6. After “as” insert “ Number 104, Corn- 
“ (6n,” 

Pr. 10. 1. 29. After “ places ” insert “ as shall 
“ be necessary for the purposes of this Act.” 

Pr. 17. 1.10. After the second “ or” 
“ in case he, she or they cannot be found.’’ 

Pr, 23. 1. 23. Leave out from “ building” to 
“ and” in 1. 26. 

Pr. 34. 1. 4. Leave out from “ same” to “ And” 
in |, 21. 

Pr. 76. 1. 38. Leave out “ J.’ 
“ Josiah.” 

Pr. 78. Is. 24. and 25. Leave out 
and insert “ lessee.” 


Vor 93. 








insert 


and insert 


“ lessees ” 











7° Augusti. 


851 


Pr. 86. 1.10. After “ Act” insert “ with the 
“ consent of the Lord Bishop of London for the 
“ time being in writing under his hand first had 
and obtained.” 

Pr. 86. 1.12. After 
church.” 

Pr. 87. Is.19.and 20. Leave out “respectively,” 
and in 1, 20. after “ being ” insert “ respectively.” 

Pr. 87. 1.24. Leave out “ and” and _ insert 
erecting or.” 

Pr. 97. 1. 2. After “ lessees” insert “ and.” 

Pr. 123. 1. 13. After “expressed” insert “ with 
“ the consent of the Lord Bishop of London for the 
“ time being in writing under his hand first had and 
“ obtained.” 

Pr, 123. ls. 26. and 27. After “ aforesaid” in- 
sert “ subject to the consent of the Lord Bishop of 
“ London for the time being as aforesaid.” 

In the Schedule to the Bill : 

Pr. 131. 1.25. In the second column after 
“ the” insert “ tower of the.” 

Pr. 131. ls. 33, 34. 35. 36. 37. and 38. In the 
second column leave out “ also the vestry and south 
“ church-yard.” 

At the end ofthe Schedule insert “ no part of the 
“ property marked (E.) and (F.) is to be takén with- 
“ out the consent of the Lord Bishop of London for 
“ the time being in writing under his hand first had 


“ 


steeple” insert “ of the 


nn 


“ 


| ** and obtained.” 


The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Sir Matthew Wood do carry the Bill 
to the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House 
= agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


Lord Viscount Palmerston reported the Slave Slave Trade 
Trade Treaties Bill:—And the Bil was re-com- !reaties Bill. 
mittted to a Committee of the whole House. 
The House was moved, That the Act 1 Vic. c. 62, 
to authorize Her Majesty, until six months after the 
commencement of the next Session of Parliament, 
to carry into immediate execution, by Orders in 
Council, any Treaties, Conventions or Stipulations 
made with any Foreign Power or State for the Sup- 
pression of the Slave Trade, might be read ; and the 
same being read ; 
Ordered, That it be an Instruction to the Com- 
mittee, that they have Power to amend the said 
Act. 
Then the House resolved itself into the Commit- 
tee ; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To- 


morrow. 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself Duchies of 
into a Committee upon the Duchies of Cornwall pms — 
. ; ancaster Bill, 
and Lancaster Bill; and, after some time spent 
therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. 
Bernal reported, That the Committee had gone 
through the Bill, and directed him to report the 
same, without Amendment. 
Ordered, That the Bill be ingrossed ; and read 
the third time To-morrow. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth presented a Bill to re- Corporate 
strain the alienation of Corporate Property in certain Property 
Towns in Ireland: And the same was read the “¢!"¢) Bill. 
first time ; and ordered to be read a second time 
this day. 


Mr. Shaw presented a Bill to provide Compensa- Dublin 


: ; 9. ; Corporation 
tion for certain Officers of the Corporation of the (Compenution 


City of Dublin: And the same was read the first to Oficers) Bill. 
time; and ordered to be read a second time this 


day. 
’ 2 The 


Q 


5 








852 7°—8° 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
a Committee upon the Duchy of Cornwall (Tin 
Duties) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 


Duchy of 
Cornwall (Tin 
Duties) Bill. 


Ordered, That the Report be received To- 
morrow. 
County The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 


Treasurers 


(Ireland) Bill. ® Committee upon the County Treasurers (Ireland) 
* Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To- 
morrow. 


Coal Trade The House, according to Order, resolved itself into 
(London, &amp;c.) 4 Committee upon the Coal Trade (London, &amp;c.) 
Bill. : ° 3 
Bill; and, after some time men therein, Mr. Speaker 
resumed the Chair ; and Mr. Bernal reported, That 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 





Augusti. A. 1838. 

Mr. John Parker also presented, pursuant to the Pensions. Coal 
directions of an Act of Parliament,—A List of all coy 
Pensions granted between the 20th day of June “a 


1837 and the 20th day of June 1838, and charged 
upon the Civil List. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 





Table. con 
And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. tie 
Mercurii, 8° die August ; 
Anno 2° Victoria Regine, 1838. 
PRAYERS. Che 
(CPROE RED, That the Select Committee on Postage. - 
Postage have leave to sit this day till Four of 


the clock, during the sitting of the House. 


The Order made upon Monday last, That the Saint Saviou’s 
Committee on the Saint Saviour’s (Southwark) Gram- a 
mar School Bill have leave to sit, and proceed, on gehool Bill, 
Thursday next, provided that the Parties give notice, 





Ordered, That the Report be received To- 
morrow. 


Corporate 


The Corporate Property (Zreland) Bill was, ac- 
{lnelend) Bill cording to the Order made this day, read a second 
No, 689 * time ; and committed to a Committee of the whole 
*"- House, for To-morrow. 
Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 
Adjournment. Resolved, That this House will, at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till To-morrow, at two 
of the clock. 


Church Building The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
Acts Amend- jnto a Committee upon the Church Building Acts 
ment BU. Amendment Bill; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through the 
Bill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To- 
morrow. 


Dublin The Dublin Corporation (Compensation to Of- 

= eee ficers) Bill was, according to the Order made this 

to Officers) Bill, day, read a second time ; and committed to a Com- 
No. 690. ‘mittee of the whole House, for To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. 


Spirit Licenses The Order of the day being read, for receiving 
(Ireland) Bill. the Report on the Spirit Licenses (Jre/and) Bill; 
Ordered, That the Report be received To- 
morrow. 


in some Newspaper circulated in the county of Sur- 
rey, that the said Committee have such leave to sit 
and proceed, and that the same be proved before the 
said Committee, was read, and discharged. 


Mr. Bernal, by Order, reported the Consolidated Consolidated 
Fund (Appropriation) Bill; and the Amendments Fund — 
were read, and agreed to. — 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Exchequer Bills Bill ; Exchequer Bills 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. (£-11,044,550.) 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be” 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Exchequer Bills (Public Exchequer Bills 
Works) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and —_ Werks) 
agreed to. ; 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Four-and-a-Half per cen- Four-and-a-half 
tum Duties Bill ; and the Amendments were read, Per-Centum 
Duties Bill. 
and agreed to. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Slave Trade Treaties Bill; - atten 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. ee a 





Schools. Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Copy of the Treasury Minute respecting Schools, 
towards the erection of which Grants have been 
made by the Public. 

Mr. John Parker accordingly presented the said 
Paper. 


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





Spirit Licenses 


Mr. John Parker presented, pursuant to Or- 
Ireland.) 


ders,—A Return of the Number of Retail Spirit | 
Licenses now in force in Jreland ; specifying the | 
Number in each City, Borough, Town and County: | 
Also, the Number of such Retail Spirit Licenses 
held by Persons who are Grocers: Also, the Num- 
ber of Persons holding such Licenses as occupiers 
of premises under the value of £.10. 


Liverpool Port A Copy of the Memorial of certain Merchants 


Post Office : 
( tebe and Tradesmen of Liverpool, to the Treasury, re- 





sury Minutes made in reference to such Transac- 
tions. 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


The ingrossed Bill to revive and continue an Act Duchies of 
of the first and second years of his late Majesty powering 7 
to enable his Majesty to make Leases, Copies and ; 
Grants of Offices, Lands and Hereditaments, parcel 
of the Duchy of Cornwall, or annexed to the same, 
and to make provision for rendering to Parliament 
Annual Accounts of the Receipts and Disburse- 
ments of the Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster, 
was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the 
Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee on Standing Standing Orders 
Orders Revision have leave to sit this day till Four Pevisiow 
of the clock during the sitting of the House. 


Mr. Bernal reported the County Treasurers (Zre- County 


specting their Claims upon the late Agent for the |/and) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and Treasurers 

Post Office Packets at that Port, and of any Trea- | agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
tw ingrossed ; and read the third time T ae 
¥. 


(Crelaud) Bill. 








Coal Trade 
(London, &amp;¢:) &amp;e,) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and 


Bill. 


Corporate 


Property 
(Ireland) Bill. 


hurch Building 
Acts Amends 
ment Bill. 


2 VicToriz. 


agreed to. 


ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


into a Committee upon the Corporate Property (Jre- 
la 


s 


Amendment Bill; and the Amendments were read, 
as follow : 


(B.), (C.) 


‘ 


na 


cc 
‘cc 
“c 
é 


wn 


“” 
. 


~ 
n 


. 
na 


nw 
n 


cal 
n 


‘ 


~ 


“ec 
4 


n 


peaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal re- 
orted, That the Committee had gone through the 


B 


‘and incumbent of the parish district, parish or | 


Mr. Bernal reported the Coal Trade (London, 


Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 


nd) Bill; and, after some time spent therein, Mr. 


ill, and made Amendments thereunto. 
Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Church Building Acts 


Pr. 12. 1. 20. After “ Act ” insert Clauses (A.), 


Cuiause (A.) “* And whereas doubts are enter- 
tained whether since the Duchy of Cornwall be- 
came vested in Her Majesty, any lands, grounds, 
tenements or hereditaments, parcel of the said 
Duchy can be granted, conveyed or enfranchised 
under the provisions of the hereinbefore recited 
Acts for the purposes thereof: Be it therefore 
Enacted, That it shall be lawful for any Three or 
more of the officers of the said Duchy who, by 
virtue of their several offices, are or shall be con- 
cerned in the general superintendence and ma- 
nagement of the revenue and affairs of the said 
duchy, and duly authorized by Her Majesty and 
her successors, during the time that the Duchy 
of Cornwall is not held separately from the Crown 
by any deed or instrument under their hands and 
seals, in the form prescribed by the said recited 
Act of the third year of his late Majesty King 
George the Fourth, or as near thereto as circum- 
stances will permit, to grant, convey or enfranchise 
lands, grounds, tenements or hereditaments for 
any such purposes of the said recited Acts, or any 
or either of them, as are in the said Acts, or any 
or either of them, specified, in relation to grants to 
be made by public departments under the said 
recited Acts.” 

Cravuss (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That all the 
powers and authorities given and conferred by 
the said Act passed in the fifty-eighth year of 
his Majesty King George the Third, intituled, ‘ An 
Act for the building and promoting the building 
of additional Churches in populous Parishes,’ for 
enabling the bodies politic and persons therein 
mentioned to convey, and the Commissioners to 
take, land for the sites of churches and chapels, 
shall extend to the transfer by sale or exchange 
only of land for a site for a house of residence of 
any incumbent, provided the same do not exceed 
Five acres.” 


Cuause (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That in all 


8°—9° Auguste. 





cases where a church or chapel has been or shall 
be hereafter built by subscription and endowed 
and subsequently augmented by a grant from | 
Queen Anne’s Bounty, and where the patronage | 
of such church or chapel shall have been acquired | 
for regulating the distribution of such Bounty, it | 
shail be lawful for the said Commissioners, with | 
the consent of the said Bishop and the patron | 


district parish in which the said church or chapel | 
may be, to assign a district to such church or | 
chapel, and make the same a district parish, and | 
that the patronage of such church or chapel shall 
not be affected thereby.” 

Pr. 12. 1.33. Leave out “ Five ” and insert 
Three.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 30. After “ taken” insert “ and that 
the subdivision of a district parish shall not take 
effect during the time of the existing minister of 
such district church, without his consent.” 

Vox! 93. 





853 


Pr. 17. 1. 31. Leave out “ the case of,” and in- 
sert “ all district churches and.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
To-morrow. 


A Petition of Members of the Select Vestry of Church Building 
the parish of Saint John-the-Evangelist, Waterloo mee gu 
Bridge Road, Lambeth, praying that the Church” * 
Building Acts Amendment Bill may not pass into 
a law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 
upon the Table. 


Mr. Bernal reported the Duchy of Cornwall (Tin Duchy of 
Duties) Bill; and the Amendments were read, and nergy (Tin 
uties) Bill. 
agreed to; and an Amendment was made to the 
Bill. 
_ Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 


Petitions from Limehouse;—and, Poplar ; praying Idolatry 
the House to prohibit the interference of British (adia.) 
functionaries in the management of Idolatrous Ob- 
servances in Jndia,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Justices Justices’ Clerks 
Clerks (Zanark), which was presented upon Monday (Lavark-) 
last, be printed. No. 672. 

Ordered, That the Returns relative to the Poor Poor Law 
Law Amendment Act, which were presented yester- a 


day, be printed. No. 694. 


Ordered, That the Copy of the Evidence taken New Zealand. 
before the Select Committee appointed by the Lords No, 680. 
on the Colonization of New Zealand, which was yes- 
terday communicated from the Lords, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to Schools, which Schools. 
was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 695. 

Ordered, That the Paper relative to Pensions, Pensions. 
which was presented yesterday, be printed. No. 696. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 





Jovis, 9° die August ; 


Anno 2° Victoria Regine, 1838. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Parker, Assistant-Secretary to the Poor Poor Law 
Law Commissioners, was called in ; and at the Amendment 
bar presented,—Returns to an Order, dated the 3d ““" 
day of this instant August, for an Abstract of any 
Returns received by the Poor Law Commissioners 
in pursuance of an Order of a Committee of this 
House, of the date of 29th March 1838, showing the 
nature of any Relaxations made in the peremptory 
Orders forbidding Out-door Relief to Able-bodied 
Labourers or their Families :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Returns do lie upon the 


| Table. 


Mr. Maltby, from the Trinity House, was called Trinity House 
in; and at the bar presented,—Return to an Order, (Deptford 
dated the 24th day of July last, for a Return of the ee 
whole Receipt and Revenue of the Corporation of 
Trinity House of Depiford Strond, distinguishing 
the particular sources from which the same are de- 
rived; together with a particular and detailed 
Account of the Appropriation, for the years 1836 
and 1837 (so far as relates to the year 1836 :)—And 
then he withdrew. 

Ordered, That the said Return do lieupon the Table. 


Petitions from Whitehaven ; — Newcastle-upon- Idolatry 
Tyne (Pastor and Deacons of the Postern Cha- (India) 
pel); — Brotherton ; — Shropshire ;— Church Mis- 
sionary Association ;— Ferryfryston ; — Stockport ; 
—and, King’s Lynn; praymg the House to pro- 
hibit the interference of British functionaries in the 

5Q3 management 





Spirits 
(Treland.) 


Standing Orders 


Revision. 


Dublin 
Election. 


No. 703. 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


‘Drunkenness, 


Dublin 
University 
(Right of 
Voting Bill.) 


Church 
Establishment 
(Canada.) 


Slavery. 


Postage. 


Rowland 
Milner. 


Michae! 
Fitzgerald. 


854 


management of Idolatrous Observances in India, 


—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


A Petition of Female Inhabitants of Dublin, 
praying that the Sale of Spirits by Grocers, in Zre- 
land, may be prohibited, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to 
consider the Standing Orders of the House of Com- 
mons relating to Private Bills, and to compare them 
with those of the House of Lords, with the view of 
assimilating as much as possible the Standing Orders 
of both Houses, have Power to report their Obser- 
vations thereupon to the House. 

Mr. Shaw Baeve reported from the said Select 
Committee; That they had considered the matters 
to them referred ; and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House, with an Appendix. 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Minutes of the Proceedings 
and Evidence taken before the Select Committee 
on the City of Dublin Election Petition in the 
present Session, which were presented upon Tuesday 
last, be printed. 


Petitions from the Guardians of the Winslow 
Union ;—and, Saddleworth; praying for the repeal 
of the Sale of Beer Act,—were presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of Inhabitants of the county of Surrey, 
and the Vicinity of London, praying that certain | 
suggestions contained in the Petition of Magnus | 
Klein, upon the subject of Drunkenness, which was 
presented upon the 22d day of December last, be 


9° Auguste. 


A. 1838. 


A Petition of the Members and Friends of the Employment 
Sheffield Branch of the Association of all classes of“ t¥ Poor. 
all nations, praying the House to take into consider- 
ation the plans proposed by Mr. Robert Owen for 
the Employment of the Poor, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Chairman and Secretary of the Factories 
Short Time Committee of Factory Operatives of Hud- Regulation Bill, 
dersfield, praying that the Factories Regulation Bill 
7 not pass into a law, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Reverend Thomas Vowler Short, Church Pastoral 
and others, praying the House to take into consi- Aid Society, B 
deration the lamentable want of religious instruction 
and pastoral superintendence which exists in many 
parts of this kingdom, and to adopt measures for 
enabling the Established Church effectually to supply 
the same, was presented, and read ; and doclae.: to 
lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Watt, of Dulwich College, Weights and 
submitting a plan for obviating the present compli- Measures, &amp;c. 
cated system of Weights and Measures, and divi- 
sions of Money, and praying the House to take the 
same into consideration, was presented, and read ; 2 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


~ 


Mr. Shaw presented a Bill, to amend the Act of Dublin 
the second and third years of King William the University 


ight of 
Fourth, ‘ to amend the Representation of the People Tee Bill. ) 


jof Ireland,’ in respect of the right of Voting in the wo, ggg. 


University of Dublin: And the same was read the 


carried into effect, was presented, and read; and|merits of the Petitions ae of undue Elec- 


ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House was moved, That the Act 2 &amp; 3 Will. | 
4. c. 88, to amend the Representation of the People 
of Ireland, might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to 
amend the said Act, in respect of the right of voting 
in the University of Dublin: And that Mr. Shaw 
and Mr. Lefroy do prepare, and bring it in. 


Petitions from Gloucester ;—and, Alford; pray- 
ing the House to take into consideration the present | 
state of the Ecclesiastical Establishment in Canada, | 
—were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon | 
the Table. 


A Petition of George Stephen, of Collins, in the | 
parish of Princes Risborough, in the county of Buck- | 
ingham, praying the House to direct an inquiry to 
be made into all the circumstances connected with 
the deportation or migration under contract of any | 
free born Asiatics, to the Mauritius, Demerara or | 
Berbice, and to provide for the immediate restoration | 
of them to their native country, at the expense of 
the parties at whose instance or through whose 
agency they have been deported, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 





A Petition of William Cox, and other Commer- 
cial Travellers, praying for the establishment of a 
low and uniform rate of Postage on Letters, was 
presented, and read ; and referred to the Select Com- | 
mittee on Postage. 








| 


ouse | 


A Petition of Captain James Wilson, R. N., pray- 
ing that he may be heard at the bar of the if. 

in favour of the claim of Mr. Rowland Milner, to be | 
restored to the rank of Lieutenant in the Navy, was pre- 
sented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | 


A Petition of Michael Fitzgerald, of Jane-street, 
Commercial-road, complaining of certain acts of} 
oppression exercised against him by the Portuguese | 
Government, and praying redress, was presented, | 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. | 





first time ; and ordered to be read a second time, To- J 

morrow; and to be printed. } 
Ordered, That the Clerk who attended the Select Maidstone 

Committees appointed to try and determine the F/ections. 

tions and Returns for the Borough of Maidstone, 

jin the present Session, have leave to attend the : 


Assizes tor the county of Kent, at Maidstone, in the 
cause of Coppock agamst Bower, and to produce the 
Minutes of Evidence taken before the said Select 
Committees. 


Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to Foundation 
inquire into Schools of Public Foundation in Ireland, — 4 
have Power to report their Observations thereupon pane.) 
to the House. No. 701, 

Mr. Wyse reported from the said Select Com- 
mittee ; That they had considered the matters re- 
ferred to them; and had directed him to make a 
Report thereof to the House, together with the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them. 

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


Mr. Robert Steuart reported the Corporate Pro- Corporate 
perty (Jreland) Bill; and the Amendments were a Bill 
read, and agreed to. —— 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, be 
ingrossed ; and read the third time this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Private Bill | 
further consideration the Report on the Private Bill Deposits Bill. 
Deposits Bill :-—The Bill was re-committed to aCom- No. 698. 
mittee of the whole House :—And the House imme- 
diately resolved itself into the said Committee ; and, 
after some time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed 
the Chair; and Mr. Charles Wood reported, Thiat 
the Committee had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be now received. 

Mr. Charles Wood reported the Bill accordingly ; 
and the Amendments were read, and agreed to. 

Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
be ingrossed ; and read the third time To-morrow. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended, be printed. 


The ingrossed Bill to apply a sum, out of the Consolidated 
Consolidated Fund and the Surplus of Ways and Fund ig 
Means, to the Service of the year One thousand °™""" " 

* eight 





2 Vicroriz. 


eight hundred and Thirty-eight, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to apply a Sum, out of the Conso- 
lidated Fund and the Surplus of Ways and Means, 
to the Service of the year One thousand eight hun- 
dred and Thirty-eight, and to appropriate the Sup- 
plies granted in this Session of Parliament. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Exchequer Bills 
(£.11,044550+) 
Bill. 


The ingrossed Bill for raising a Sum of Money, 
by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the year One 
thousand eight hundred and Thirty-eight, was, ac- 
cording to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act for raising the Sum of Eleven mil- 
lions forty-four thousand five hundred and fifty 
pounds, by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the 
year One thousand eight hundred and Thirty-eight. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


Exchequer Bills The ingrossed Bill to authorize a further issue of 
(Public Works) Exchequer Bills for Public Works and Fisheries, 
- and Employment of the Poor, and to amend the 
Acts relating thereto, was, according to Order, read 
the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to repeal the Four-and-a-Half 
per Centum Duties was, according to Order, read 


Four-and-a-half 
per-Centum 


Duties Bill, the third time. 
Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 
Slave Trade The ingrossed Bill to revive and continue an Act 


Treaties Bill. of the last Session of Parliament for authorizing 


Her Majesty to carry into execution, by Orders in 
Council, Treaties for the Suppression of the Slave 
Trade, was, according to Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to revive and continue, until Six 
months after the commencement of the next Session 


9° Auguste. 





of Parliament, and to amend an Act for authorizing 
Her Majesty to carry into immediate execution, by 
Orders in Council, any Treaties made for the Sup- 
pression of the Slave Trade. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to facilitate Advances out of 
County Monies, for the support of County Gaols 
and Institutions in Ireland, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


County 
Treasurers 


(Ireland) Bill. 


Coal Trade 


The ingrossed Bill to continue the Act regulating 
$ . &amp;e.) 
ul, 


the Vend and Delivery of Coals in the Cities of 
London and Westminster, and in certain parts of 
the Counties adjoining thereto, was, according to 
Order, read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to continue for Seven years an 
Act for regulating the Vend and Delivery of Coals 
in London and Westminster, and in certain parts of 
the adjacent Counties. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 

Dublin 
Corporation 


Compensation 
to Officers) Bill, 


The House, according to Order, resolved itself 
into a Committee upon the Dublin Corporation 
(Compensation to Officers) Bill; and, after some 
time spent therein, Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair ; 
and Sir Robert Inglis reported, That the Committee 
had gone through the Bill, and made Amendments 
thereunto. 

Ordered, That the Report be received To-morrow. 

Vou. 93. 





855 


The ingrossed Bill for the abolition of the Duties Duchy of 
payable on the Coinage of Tin in the Counties of ee (Tin 
Cornwall and Devon, and for giving Compensation D&amp;*) Bil 
in lieu of such Duties, and to reduce the Duties of 
Customs payable on Tin, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The ingrossed Bill to restrain the Alienation of Corporate 
Corporate Property in certain Towns in Ireland, Property 
was, according to the Order made this day, read (1elaud) Bill. 
the third time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act to Church 
amend and render more effectual the Church Build- Building Acts 
ing Acts, was, according to Order, read the third — 
time. ‘ 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the con- 
currence of their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration ,qyocations 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- (Scotland) Bill. 
tituled, An Act to diminish Delay and Expense in 
Advocations and Suspensions in the Court of Session 
in Scotland ; and the same were read, as follow; 

Pr. 2. 1.14. Leave out from “ practice” to 
“ being” in |. 15. and insert “ required.” 

Pr. 3. Is. 3.and 4. Leave out from “ proceed” 
to “in” inl. 7. 

Pr. 3. 1.29. Leave out “ the,” and insert “a,” 
and in the same line leave out from “ ordinary” to 
“ who” in 1. 31. and insert “ named in the note.” 

Pr. 4, 1. 27. Leave out “ held necessary or 
“ sufficient,” and insert “ required.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 37. Leave out “ interim.” 

Pr. 5. 1.10. Leave out from “ roll” to “ and” 
inl, 12. and insert “ in like manner as at present 
“ on ex pede Letters of Advocation.” 

Pr, 5. 1. 32. After “ suspension” insert “ with 
“ the exception of any judgment pronounced in 
** actions of removing.” 

Pr. 6. 1.9. After “on” insert “such,” and in 
the same line and in 1. 10. after “ caution” insert 
“as is by the present practice required,” and in 
1.10. leave out from “ found” to “ for” in 1. 11. 

Pr. 6. 1. 17. After “ Bills” insert “ and certi- 
“ fied notice of the note having been passed being 
“ transmitted to the clerk of the inferior Court, the 
“ process shall be forthwith transmitted to the 
“ Court of Session.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 27. Leave out from “ roll” to “ and” 
in 1. 29. 

Pr. 6. 1.57. After “ caution” insert “ and also 
in the suspension of decreets of removing.” 

Pr. 6. 1. ult. Leave out “and reasons of sus- 
pension.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 8. Leave out “ interim.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 25. After “note” insert “ and - 
vided also, that in all cases of suspension it shall 
be competent to the inferior Court or the Court of 
Session to regulate all matters regarding interim 
possession in like manner as is by the present 
law and practice competent in the case of Advo- 
cations.” 

Pr. 7. 1. 36. Leave out from “upon” to “con- 
signation”’ in |. 37. 

Pr. 8. 1.6. After “ passed” insert “and the 
Lord Ordinary shall have power to award to the 
pursuer such part of the expenses consigned as 
may appear to be just.” 

5 Q4 Pr. 8. 


“ 





Schools 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Loan Societies 


(Ireland) Bill. 





856 9° Augusti. 


“&lt; 


Pr. 8. 1. 30. Leave out “ other,” and insert | 
“* suspension and interdicts and.” 
Pr. 8. 1. 31. Leave out from “ suspensions” to 


“ not” in |. 33. | ¢ 


| 

Pr. 9. 1.10. Leave out “ interim.” 

Pr. 9. 1, 28. After “cases” imsert “ and power 
** to reclaim to the inner house.” 

Pr. 12. 1.23. Leave out “ twelfth,” and insert | 
“ thirty-first.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 24. Leave out “ November,” and in- 
sert “‘ December.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to! 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House | 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


{ 
| 
1 


| 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to facilitate the Foundation and 
Endowment of additional Schools in Scot/and ; and 
the same were read, as follow; | 

Pr. 7. 1. 15. Leave out “ the,” and insert, 
“ such” and in the same line, after “ manner” in-| 
sert “ and subject to the like examination and ap-| 
“ proval by the presbytery as is.” | 

Pr. 7. 1. 22. After “ gratis” insert “ such 
“ scholars as the Kirk Session shall declare to be 
“ unable to pay fees.” 

The first Amendment, being read a second time, | 
was agreed to. | 

The last Amendment being read a second time; | 

An Amendment was made thereunto, by leaving | 
out from the word “ such” to the end of the Amend- | 
ment, and inserting the words “ poor Children as the 
‘* heritors and Minister shall recommend, in terms | 
“ of the said recited Act of the forty-third year of the | 
“ reign of his Majesty King George the third.” | 

And the said Amendment, so amended, was' 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to the | 
Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath | 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships, 
with an Amendment; to which Amendment this 
House doth desire the concurrence of their Lordships. | 








The House proceeded to take into consideration | 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- | 
tituled, An Act for the Amendment of the Laws | 
relating to Loan Societies in Ireland ; and the same | 
were read, as follow; 

Pr. 17. 1.13. Leave out Clause (A.), added, by 
way of rider, to the Bill, and insert new Clause 
(A.) 

Crauss (A.) “ And whereas it is expedient that 
additional powers should be given to the Loan 
*“* Fund Board in cases where Loan Fund Societies 
“do not strictly adhere to their rules; Be it! 
““ enacted, That in case it shall appear to the afore- 
said Loan Fund Board in Dublin, after due in- 
vestigation and inquiry, that any of such Loan 
Societies as aforesaid have not adhered strictly to | 
their rules, or have applied any of their profits 
or done any matter or thing contrary to the pro- 
visions of the said recited Act of the sixth and 
seventh years of his late Majesty or of this Act, 
the said Loan Fund Board, instead of advertising 
and proceeding as required by the said recited 


4 


n 


. 


4 


n 


é 


nan nN 


‘ 
‘ 
‘ 
‘ 
‘ 


= &amp; eS 


nn 


‘ 
‘ 
‘ 


“ 





. 


may, if they shall so think fit, after notifying | 
their decision in that behalf to such Society and | 
also to the Clerk of the Peace with whom the 
rules of such Society shall be filed, cause the! 
affairs of such Society to be wound up, and for | 


nx 


‘ 


- 


‘ 


nn 


“ec 
“ 
“ec 
‘ 


n 


‘ 


” 


‘ 
‘ 


” 


name of the treasurer, trustees or other officer or | 


wn” 


“&lt; 


Act of the sixth and seventh of his late Majesty, | land) Bill. 


officers of such Society, to institute the necessary | posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 
| 


A. 1838. 


proceedings for that purpose, and such person 
Shall have all the powers vested in the said 
treasurer, trustees or other officer or officers of 
such Society under the aforesaid Act or this Act ; 
and if, after paying all lawful debts and demands 
and also necessary expenses, any surplus effects 
or property shall remain, it shall and may be 
lawful for the trustees of such Society to appro- 
priate the same to the establishment of any other 
Loan Society or Societies, or to increase the 
capital of any existing Loan Society or Societies 
in the same neighbourhood, or to such hospital, 
infirmary or other local charitable purpose as the 
said trustees, with the consent and approbation 
“ of the said Loan Fund Boerd, shell think proper : 
Provided always, That it shall be lawful for any 
such society, within One calendar month after 
notice shall be given of any such decision as 
aforesaid to such society, to appeal against such 
decision to the Lord Lieutenant or other Chief 
Governor or Governors of Jreland for the time 
being, and the Privy Council thereof, whose 
judgment in the premises shall be final and con- 
clusive: And provided further, That no steps 
shall be taken towards winding up the affairs of 
any such society until the expiration of One 
calendar month from the date of such notice, nor, 
if any appeal shall be lodged within that time, 
until judgment shall be given on such appeal 
against the appellants.” 

Pr, 2. 1. 15. After “ by” insert “ the members 
at large of such Society or by.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to.” 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


“&lt; 


“ 
‘ 


“ 
“ 
“&lt;&lt; 
“e 
“ 
“ce 
&lt;&lt; 
“ 
“ 


“cc 
“cc 
“ 
‘ 


x 


“c 
“ 


‘ 


wn“ 


“ 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Baptisms and 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased Burials. 


to give directions, that there be laid before this 
House, Returns of the Number of Births in each 
District of the undermentioned Counties and places, 
during the Twelve months ending 30th June 1838, 
distinguishing the Sexes :—And, of the Number of 
Deaths in the same Districts, during the same 
period ; distinguishing each year of Age up to the 
Fifth year inclusive, and afterwards showing the 
Number for each period of Five years; also, uni 
formly distinguishing the Sexes, Counties and 


| places: — Essex, Rutland, the Metropolis; the Cities 


of Chester, Norwich and Carlisle; the Towns of 
Bolton-le-Moors, Bury, Preston, Wigan, Bradford 
(in Yorkshire,) Stockport and Macclesfield; the 
Town of Leeds; the Township of Holbeck, in the 
Parish of Zeeds; and the Town of Manchester. 
Ordered, That the said Address be = to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


The Order of the day being read, for — Public Records 


consideration the Amendments made by the Lords Bill. 
to the Public Records Bill ; 
Ordered, That the said Amendments be taken 


into consideration To-morrow. 


Mr. O’Connell reported the Spirit Licenses (re spirit Licenses 
(Ireland) Bill. 


And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Amendments made by the 
Committee to the Bill be now read a second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “ That 


that purpose may appoint a fit and proper person “ the” to the end of the Question, in order to add 
to call in and receive all outstanding debts and | the words “ Report be taken into further considera- 
demands, and, either in his own name or in the “ tion upon this day three months,” instead thereof. 


And the Question being put, That the words pro- 


The 





pa he be ket 








Poor Law 
Amendment 
Act (Pershore 
Union, ) 


Juvenile 
Offenders Bill. 


Q Vicroriz. 


The House divided : 
The Yeas to the old Lobby ; 
The Noes to the new Lobby. 


: f Mr. O’ Connell, 7 
Tellers for the Yeas, 1 Captain Pechell: f 48. 
Tellers for the Noes, Mr. Shaw, log, 


Colonel Perceval: Jf 
So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 
Ordered, That the said Amendments be now read 

a second time :—The said Amendments were ac- 

cordingly read a second time, and agreed to. 
Ordered, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 

be ingrossed, and read the third time To-morrow. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Copies of all Letters written to the Poor Law Com- 
missioners in London, and their Answers thereto, 
on the subject of Mr. Annesley’s Conduct, Clerk to 
the Pershore Union, respecting proceedings con- 
nected with the said Union :—And, of the Evidence 
taken in August 1837, by the Assistant Commis- 
sioner, Mr. Weale, on the same subject. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for establishing a Prison for Young 
Offenders ; and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 2. 1.15. After “ chaplain” insert “ being 
“ a clergyman, not having any other cure of souls.” 

Pr. 4. 1.40. Leave out Clause (A.) added by 
way of rider, to the Bill. 

Pr. 6.1.18. After “ punishment ” insert Clauses 
(A.), (B.) and (C.) 

Ciause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That as soon 
as the said buildings shall be appointed to be used 
as a prison as aforesaid for the reception of 
offenders, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty, with 
the advice of Her Privy Council, to nominate 
and appoint Three or more fit and discreet persons 
to be visitors of the said prison, and from time 
to time to remove all or any of such visitors, and 
appoint others in their stead, or in the stead of 
such as shall die or resign, or be unable, by sick- 


n 


‘“ 
‘ 


n 


“ec 
cc 
é 


n 


‘ec 
‘ 


wn 


é 


n 


9° Augusti. 


857 


sentenced to transportation or imprisonment has 
been or shall be pardoned by Her Majesty for 
such offence upon such condition as aforesaid, 
and has or shall accept such conditional pardon, 
and shall afterwards abscond from such institu- 
tion, or wilfully neglect or refuse to abide by and 
conform to the rules thereof, it shali and may be 
lawful to and for any Justice of the Peace acting 
in and for the county, city, riding or division 
wherein the said offender shall actually be at the 
time he shall so abscond or neglect or refuse as 
aforesaid, upon due proof thereof made before 
him upon the oath of one credible witness, by 
warrant under his hand and seal, to commit the 
party so offending for every such offence to any 
gaol or house of correction for the said county, 
city, riding, or division, with or without hard 
labour, for any period not exceeding Three calendar 
months, for the second or any subsequent offence, 
in case the managers or directors of any such 
charitable institution shall be willing to receive 
any such young offender after his or her being 
convicted of absconding, neglecting or refusing 
as aforesaid ; and in every case such imprisonment 
shall be in addition to the original sentence of 
such young offender; and after the expiration of 
the time of such additional punishment, if the 
managers or directors of any such charitable in- 
stitution shall refuse to receive such offender, or 
if Her Majesty shall not be pleased to exercise 
Her Royal Prerogative in pardoning the breach 
of the condition on which the former pardon was 
granted, the said party shall forfeit all benefit of 
the said pardon, and shall be remitted to the 
original sentence, and shall undergo the residue 
thereof, as if no such pardon had been granted.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
: to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


“ 


“cc 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Liverpool 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- Court of Pas 


‘ 


n 


ness, or otherwise, to attend ; and One or more 


“‘ of such visitors shall personally visit such prison 


wn 


sage Bill. 
‘ 


n 


at least three times in each quarter of a year, and 
oftener, if occasion shall require, and shall exa- 
mine into the behaviour and conduct of the re- 
spective officers, and the treatment, behaviour 
and condition of the prisoners, and of all abuses 
within the prison ; and if he or they shall discover 
any abuse or abuses therein, he or they is or are 
hereby required to report the same in writing to 
one of Her Majesty’s principal Secretaries of 
State.” 

Crause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That the said 
visitors shall make a half-yearly report in writing 
to One of Her Majesty’s principal Secretaries of 
State concerning the state and condition of such 
prison, and of any abuse or abuses which they 
may have observed, or have reason to believe to 
exist in the said prison, or in the management of 
the prison, as well as of the general state of the 
prisoners as to morals, discipline and employ- 
ment, and observance of rules.” 

CriavuseE (C.) “ And whereas Her Majesty has 
lately exercised Her Royal Prerogative of mercy 
in granting pardons to young offenders who have 
been sentenced to transportation or imprisonment, 
upon the condition of placing himself or herself 
under the care of some charitable institution for 
the reception and reformation of young offenders 
named in such pardon, and conforming to and 
abiding by the orders and rules thereof: And 
whereas the same has been found beneficial: And 
whereas it is expedient that some provision should 
be made for carrying the same more fully into 
effect ; Be it therefore further Enacted, That from 
and after the passing of this Act, in case any 
young offender who has been or shall be hereafter 

Vou, 93. 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


wn 


‘é 


“ 


‘ 


wn 


“ec 
“ 


4 


n 


é 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


a 
nan *K 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


wn 


‘ 


nw 


‘é 


— 


‘ 


n 


“ec 
‘ 


nw 


‘ 
cc 
‘4 


n 


nw 


‘ 


wn 


“cc 
“ 
“ec 
“ 


tituled, An Act for amending certain Acts relatin 
to the Civil Court of Record of the Borough of 
Liverpool, and improving the Proceedings thereof ; 
and the same was read, as followeth ; 

Pr. 5. 1. 6. Leave out from “ aforesaid ” to 
“and” in Pr. 6. 1. 37. 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
— to the Amendment made by their Lord- 
ships. 


on the subject-matter of the Amendments made b 
their Lordships to the Bill, intituled, “ An Act to 
abridge the Rtn of Benefices in Plurality, and 
to make better provision for the Residence of the 
Clergy,” the Lords do agree to a Conference, and 
appoint the same immediately in the Committee- 
room, No. 5. 

Ordered, That the Committee who were to draw 
up Reasons to be offered to the Lords at a Con- 
ference for disagreeing to certain of the said Amend- 
ments, do manage the Conference:—And the names 
of Sir Hussey Vivian, Mr. Shaw Lefevre, Mr. Lynch, 
Mr. Pendarves, Mr. Alston, Mr. Labouchere, Lord 
Viscount Ebrington, Sir Charles Lemon, Sir George 
Grey, Mr. Chalmers, Mr. Hector, and the Lord 
Advocate, were added to them. 

Then the names of the Managers were called 
over; and they went to the Conference: —And 
being returned ; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported, That 
the Managers had been at the Conference, which 





5R was 


Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported, That Benefices _ 
having been with the Lords to desire a Conference P!*@lity Bill. 





SS eee 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Constables on 
Public Works 
Bill. 

Stamp Dies 
Bill. 


Slave Trade 
(Sicily) Bill. 


Slave Trade 
(Tuscany) Bill. 


Bank of Ireland 
Repayment 
ill. 


Hackney 
Carriages 

( Metropolis) 
Bill. 


Schools 
(Scotland) Bill. 


County of Clare 
Treasurer Bill. 


Fines and 


Recognizances 


‘Treland) Bill, 


Municipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Municipal 
Corporations 
(Ireland) Bill. 





858 


was managed on the part of the Lords by the Duke 
of Richmond; and that they had delivered the 
Reasons for disagreeing to the said Amendments ; 
and had left the Bill and Amendments with their 
Lordships. 


A Message from the Lords by Sir Giffin Wilson 
and Mr. Senior : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without any Amendment ; viz. 
A Bill, intituled, An Act for the Payment of Con- 
stables for keeping the Peace near Public Works : 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize the using in 
any part of the United Kingdom, Stamps denoting 
Duties payable in Great Britain and Ireland re- 
spectively : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for carrying into effect 
a Convention of Accession of the King of the Two 
Sicilies to two Conventions with the King of the 
French, for suppressing the Slave Trade : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for carrying into effect 
a Convention of Accession of the Duke of Tuscany 
to Two Conventions with the King of the French, for 
suppressing the Slave Trade: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act further to postpone until 
the First day of January, One thousand eight hun- 
dred and forty, the repayment of certam Sums 


advanced by the Bank of Jreland for the Public! 


Service: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act for the better 
Regulation of Hackney Carriages and of Omnibuses 
used in and near the Metropolis, and of the Drivers 
and Attendants thereof, without any Amendment : 
And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made 
by this House to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships, to the Bill, intituled, An Act to facilitate 
the Foundation and Endowment of additional Schools 
in Scotland, without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to authorize the County of Clare to borrow a 
Sum of Money for the Relief of the Creditors and 
others remaining unpaid by reason of the Default of 
the late Treasurer of the said County, to provide 
for the Repayment of the same, and to direct Pro- 
ceedings to be taken in reference to the Default of 
such late Treasurer, with an Amendment ; to which 
Amendment the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for the more effectual levying of Fines, Penalties, 
Issues, Deodands and Amerciaments, and of for- 
feited Recognizances estreated in Ireland, and for 
the Application and Distribution thereof, with Amend- 
ments ; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords do desire a present Conference with 
this House in their Lordships Committee-room, 
No. 5, upon the subject-matter of the Conference on 


9° Augusti. 





Saturday last, relative to the Amendments made to 
the Bill, intituled, “ An Act for the Regulation of | 
Municipal Corporations and Borough Towns in| 
Treland :’—And then the Messengers withdrew. _| 

Resolved, That this House doth agree to a Confe- 
rence with the Lords, as desired by their Lordships. 

And the Messengers were again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith :—And then 
they again withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Managers who managed the 
last Conference do manage this Conference: And 
the names of Sir Edward Codrington, the Lord 
Advocate, Mr. More O’ Ferrall, Mr. Chalmers, Mr. 
Hector, and Mr. Shaw Lefevre, were added to them. 

Then the names of the Managers were called 
over; and they went to the Conference :— And 
being returned ; 








A. 1838. 


Lord Viscount Morpeth reported, That the Ma- 
nagers had met the Lords at a Conference, which 
was managed on the part of the Lords by the Earl 
of Shaftesbury; who acquainted them, that the 
Lords, having taken into consideration the Reasons 
given by the Commons at the last Conference for 
disagreeing to several Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the Bill, intituled, An Act for the 
Regulation of Municipal Corporations and Borough 
Towns in Jreland,’ do insist upon some of the 
Amendments to which this House hath disagreed, 
for which they gave their Reasons, and do not insist 
_ other of the said Amendments to which this 

ouse hath disagreed ; and do disagree to some of 
the Amendments made by this House to the Amend- 
ments made by their Lordships; and do agree to 
some of the said Amendments, without any Amend- 
ment; and to other of the said Amendments, with 
certain Amendments; to which they desire the con- 
currence of this House: And the said Reasons and 
Amendments were read, as follow : 


The Lords agree to the Amendments made by the 
Commons as far as Clause (B.) added by their Lord- 
ships to the said Bill. 


The Lords do not agree te the Amendment made 
by the Commons to Clause (B.), for the following 
Reason : 

Because the altering of the boundaries and 
wards of corporate towns in England and in 
Scotland has been deemed to be a matter of 
grave importance, to be reserved for the decision 
of Parliament, and the Lords do not see grounds 
for delegating to the Lord Lieutenant, with the 
advice of the Privy Council in Ireland, a power 
of dispensing with and changing the law as it is 
to be established by this Bill. 


The Lords agree to the Amendments made by the 
Commons to Clause (C.) added by their Lordships 
to the said Bill, but propose, as a consequential 
Amendment, to omit the word “ only” in 1. 7. of 
the said Clause. 


The Lords do not agree to the Amendments made 
by the Commons to the Amendment in Pr. 9. 1. 6., 
and insist on their Amendments in Pr. 9. 1. 28. and 
in 1. 37. to which the Commons disagree, for the 
following Reasons : 

Because the addition of one-fourth part to 
the sum at which premises are rated to the 
relief of the poor in consideration of certain 
probable annual charges could hardly coincide 
in any case with the true amount of such charges 
as shown in the rate-book, and would therefore 
be unsupported by fact. 

Because such addition, being the same whether 
the premises consist wholly of buildings or of 
buildings and land jointly, would in the latter 
case be excessive wherever the value of the 
buildings, which alone are subject to the prin- 
cipal charge (that for repairs), might be small 
in proportion to the value of the land held 
jointly therewith. 

Because such uniform addition of a sum 
bearing a fixed proportion to the rateable value 
of premises, in consideration of certain charges, 
which in fact bear no such fixed proportion 
thereto, must have the effect of creating a 
franchise not dependent upon uniformity of 
real value. 

Because therefore, in many cases, and espe- 
cially in that to which reference has been made, 
the franchise would be enjoyed by the occupier 
of premises inferior in real value to other pre- 
mises from which no franchise would be derived. 

Because they do not deem it desirable to 
create a new variety of municipal franchise, but 
rather to adopt a franchise already known in 
the Corporations to be reformed by the Bill ; 
and precluded from considering the expediency 
of introducing the English franchise, founded 

' as 








2 VicrorRiz. 


as it is on a previous rating for nearly Three 
years, and therefore inapplicable to Ireland, 
they think it advisable to adopt in the Corpora- 
tions now to be reformed the municipal franchise 
recently established in Scotland, carefully de- 
fining such franchise according to the manner 
in which it is commonly interpreted, and referring 
to the rate-book, framed for other purposes and 
by impartial persons, as the test of the real 
value of the premises from which the franchise 
is to be derived. 


The Lords insist on their Amendment in Pr. 10. 
1. 1. to which the Commons disagree : 

Because they consider the introduction of 
the words necessary for the purpose of prevent- 
ing litigation and dispute. 

The Lords insist on their Amendments in I. 3. 
and in |. 7. to which the Commons disagree, for the 
Reason last assigned. 


The Lords do not agree to the Amendment made 
by the Commons to their Lordships’ Amendment in 
Pr. 13. 1. 29. being to leave out from “ Act” to 
“ And” in Pr, 17. 1. 26., which Amendment of the 
Commons was to restore the two last Clauses struck 
out by the Lords, for the following Reason : 

Because the first of the Clauses which the 
Commons propose to restore contains a pro- 
vision which is at variance with the general 
rules of law; and under the second of these 
Clauses, the collector, after having in vain 
demanded the payment of the rate, might, upon 
attempting to enforce it, be exposed to the con- 
sequences of an irregular act, by the money 
being in the mean time paid into the Bank. 


The Lords insist upon their Amendment which 
was to leave out Clause (A.) added, by way of rider, 
to the Bill, to which the Commons disagree, for the 
following Reason : 

Because the Clause contains a_ provision 
having reference to the Clause in Pr. 16. to 
which the Lords have already disagreed ; and 
the tribunal provided in the Clause for the 
decision of. a legal question does not seem to 
be competent for that purpose ; while in a sub- 
sequent Clause introduced by the Lords and 
agreed to by the Commons, a satisfactory 
tribunal is provided for the decision of claims 
of persons to be placed upon the roll. 


The Lords do not insist on their Amendment in 
Pr. 32. 1. 29. being to leave out from “ debts” to 
“ nor” in Pr, 33. 1. 14. to which the Commons 
disagree, but disagree to the Amendments proposed 
by the Commons to the words thereby restored to 
the Bill, for a similar Reason to that assigned with 
reference to the Amendments in Pr. 9. ls. 6. 28. 37. 

The Lords agree to the Amendments made by the 
Commons, and do not insist on their Amendments 
to which the Commons disagree, as far as Pr. 56. 
1, 35. 

The Lords agree to the Amendments made by the 
Commons to the words restored to the Bill in Pr. 56. 
1. 16. to 1. 35. being to omit the word “ value ” 
after the words “ occupancy of a house,” and also 
to omit the words “ provided that when a borough 
“ rate shall have been imposed in any borough 
“ under this Act the words ‘ rated as being of the 
“ value’ shall be inserted instead of the words 
“ ¢ of the clear yearly value.’ ” 

The Lords do not agree to the other Amendments 
proposed by the Commons to the words so restored 
to the Bill, for the Reason last assigned. 


9° Augusti. 


859 


should be generally taken by corporate officers 
being Roman Catholics, it does not appear to 
the ends that the reform to be effected by this 
Bill in the eens Corporations of Ireland, 
will render the taking of such oath less expe- 
dient than it was deemed to be at the time at 
which it was imposed. 


The Lords do not insist on their Amendments in 
Pr. 77. 1. 1. and in Pr, 79. 1. 24. to which the 
Commons disagree. 


The Lords do not agree to the Amendment made 
by the Commons to the Amendment in Pr. 82. 1. 33: 
Because it is inconsistent with a subsequent 
Amendment in the same Clause, to which the 
Lords have insisted. 


The Lords agree to the Amendment made by the 
Commons to the original Bill in Pr. 82. 1. 38. 


The Lords insist on their Amendment in Pr. 82. 
1. ult. to which the Commons disagree : 
Because the words inserted by the Lords are 
considered by them to be necessary. 


The Lords agree"to the Amendment made by the 
Commons to the Amendment in Pr. 83. 1. 13. which 
Amendment is to leave out “ and until Parliament 
“ shall otherwise provide shall continue vested,” 
but do not agree to the Amendment made by the 
Commons to the said Amendment, to leave out 
“ body or bodies corporate,” for the Reason last 
assigned. 

The Lords agree to the other Amendment made 
by the Commons to the said Amendment, with the 
following Amendment : 

Leave out “ May in the year next after the year 
“ in which this Act shall come into operation in 
“ such borough,” and insert “ October One thou- 
“ sand eight hundred and forty.” 

The Lords do not insist on their Amendment in 
1. 16. to which the Commons disagree. 


The Lords agree to the Amendment made by the 
Commons to the Amendment in |. 24. with the 
following Amendment : 

Leave out “ May in the year next after the year 
“ in which this Act shall come into operation in 
“ such Borough,” and insert “ October in the year 
“ One thousand eight hundred and forty.” 


The Lords do not agree to that part of the Amend- 
ment of the Commons to the Amendment in Pr. 84. 
1. ult. which leaves out “ or according to the prin- 
“ ciples of any Protestant Dissenters, or for the 
benefit of any person or persons being Protestants, 
or any class or denomination of Protestant Dis- 
senters,” for the following Reason : 

Because it appears to the Lords to be as 
necessary to provide that charities intended for 
the benefit of the several classes of Dissenters, 
being Protestants, should be intrusted to the 
management of persons of the several per- 
suasions of such classes respectively, as that 
the charities intended for the benefit of members 
of the said united charch should be intrusted 
only to the management of members of the 
same. 


The Lords agree to that part of the Amendment 
which leaves out “ or otherwise for purposes relating 
“ to and for the benefit of the Protestant religion.” 


The Lords agree to the Amendment made by the 
Commons to the said Amendment, being to leave 
out “ professing the Roman Catholic religion ” and 
to insert the words “ except a member of the said 
“ united church,” with the following Amendment ; 








The Lords do not agree to the Amendment made | 


by the Commons to the Amendment in Pr. 57. 1. 9. |. 
which Amendment of the Commons is to leave out 
the Proviso after the words “ punished accordingly,” | 


for the following Reason : 


. . . “ 
Because Parliament having at a recent period 


required that the oath referred to in the Proviso 
VoL. 93. 


after “ church” insert “ or, as the case may be, 
“ who shall not profess the principles of such class 
‘ or denomination of Protestant Dissenters, for the 
“ promoting whose education or worship or for 
whose benefit any such property as aforesaid may 
be applicable.” 


The Lords do not agree to the Amendments made 
5R2 by 


“ 





iy 


ofl 
‘ 


ge ES 





860 9° Auguste. 


by the Commons to the said Amendment, to leave 
out “who ” and to leave out “ shall :” 
Because these words appear to them to be 
necessary. 


The Lords agree to the Amendment made by the 
Commons to the said Amendment, to leave out the 
words “ profess the Roman Catholic religion ;” but | 
propose, instead thereof, to insert the following words, 
“ profess any other religion than such as he shall 
* fam professed at the time of his appointment as 
“ such trustee.” 

The Lords do not agree to the Amendment made 
by the Commons to the said Amendment, to leave 
out from “ died” to the end of the Clause, for the 
following Reason : 

Because the Corporations named in the Pro- 
viso are mainly managed by voluntary sub- 
scribers, with the exception of the Blue Coat 
Hospital, which is specifically provided for by 
a subsequent Clause, on which the Lords like- 
wise insist. 

The Lords agree to the Proviso added by the 
Commons to the said Amendment, with the following 
Amendment ; leave out “ May” and insert “ Oc- 
“ tober.” 

The Lords agree to the Amendments made by the 
Commons, and do not insist on their Amendments 
to which the Commons disagree, as far as Clause 
(T. 3.) added by their Lordships to the said Bill. 


The Lords insist upon Clause (T. 3.) to which the 
Commons disagree, for the following Reasons : 
Because, unless the present trustees, who are 
very numerous, be continued as a Corporation, 
great inconvenience must arise from each and 
all of them being required to execute every 
lease or other instrument affecting the charity, 
whereby the due administration of its affairs 
will be rendered difficult, if not impossible. 
Because the Lords are of opinion that the 
same course which was adopted in the case of 
the Louth school, in the Act for regulating 
Corporations in England, may be followed with 
advantage in the present instance. 


The Lords insist upon Clause (V. 3.), added by 
their Lordships to the said Bill, to which the Com- 
mons disagree, for the following Reason : | 

Because the corporators who were made by 
Act of Parliament standing trustees of Erasmus 
Smith’s schools were so appointed on account 
of their being governors of the Blue Coat Hos- 
pital, which they will cease to be under the 
operation of Clause (T.), upon which the Lords 
have insisted. 

The Lords agree to the Amendments made by the 
Commons, and do not insist on their Amendments 
to which the Commons disagree, as far as Pr. 106. 
1. 30. 

The Lords insist upon their Amendment in Pr. 
106. 1. 30., to which the Commons disagree; and 
do not agree to the Amendment made by the Com- 
mons in Pr. 106. 1. 32., to insert “ shall thereupon 
“* cease and determine ”’ instead of the words pro- 

osed to be inserted by the Lords, for the following 
Reason : 
Because the Lords think it reasonable that | 











there should be one uniform system of taxation | 
provided for by the present Bill. | 
The Lords insist upon that part of their Amend-| 
ment which proposes to leave out the Clause begin-| 
ning Pr. 106. 1. 35., to which the Commons disagree, | 
for the following Reason : 
Because the Lords propose to disagree to, 
the subsequent Clause, for the purpose of which | 
this Clause is proposed to be retained. 
The Lords insist upon their Amendment in Pr. 
114. |. 7., to which the Commons disagree : 
Because the Lords are of opinion that in 
those cases only where there is a surplus of the 





‘ 


A. 1838. 


Borough Fund, it should be applied to defray 
the expenses of the objects mentioned in this 
Clause. 


The Lords de not agree to the Amendment made 
by the Commons to their Amendment in 1. 12. for 
the same Reason. 


The Lords insist upon their Amendments in Is. 21. 
and 22., to which the Commons disagree : 

Because the Lords are of opinion that it is 
reasonable that, if there be any surplus, it should 
be applied to the objects referred to, in diminu- 
tion of the public burdens imposed by local 
boards, notwithstanding their powers shall not 
have been transferred to the council. 


The Lords insist upon their Amendment in Pr. 
115. 1s. 9. and 10. to which the Commons disagree : 
Because they think the introduction of the 
words advisable, with a view to prevent dispute 
and litigation. 


The Lords insist upon their Amendment in Pr. 116. 
1. 18, to which the Commons disagree, for the fol- 
lowing Reason : 

Because the Lords consider that the mode 

of rating provided for by their Amendment is 

a much more equable and just system of rating 

than that which is prescribed by the Act re- 
ferred to in this Clause. 


The Lords do not insist upon their Amendment in 
Pr. 122. 1. 30. to which the Commons disagree. 


The Lords insist upon their Amendment in Pr. 136. 
1. 10. to which the Commons disagree, but propose 
to amend the words inserted by their Lordships, by 
leaving out “‘ Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors,” 
and inserting “ the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland,” for 
the following Reasons: 

Because, having on a former occasion ac- 
quiesced in the opinion then expressed by the 
Commons, that offices connected with the ad- 
ministration of justice in Jreland should be 
removed from local influence, and placed under 
the immediate aiithority of the Crown, they are 
now unwilling to adopt a provision which might 
in practice conflict with the principle thus 
established. 

Because the alteration proposed is necessary 
in consequence of the agreement of the Lords 
to the Proviso next referred to. 


The Lords agree to the Proviso added by the 
Commons to the end of the Clause, Pr. 137. 1. 33. 
with the following Amendment : 

Leave out “ Sheriff of the county of that city or 
town shall be before the Twenty-ninth day of 
September in the same year appointed by the 
Lord Lieutenant of Jreland, without any nomina- 
tion by the council being requisite as to the Sheriff 
so first appointed under this Act,” and insert “ first 
Sheriff of the county of that city or town to be 
appointed under this Act, shall be appointed 
before the Twenty-ninth day of September in the 
same year.” 


The Lords do not insist upon Clause (S.), added 


by their Lordships to the said Bill, to which the 
Commons disagree. 


The Lords insist upon their Amendment in Pr. 161. 
1. 10. to which the Commons disagree, for the fol- 
lowing Reason : 

Because the Lords are of opinion that it is 
proper that the Town Clerk should be the Re- 
gistrar, and because the same provision is con- 
tained in the Act for regulating Corporations in 
England. 


The Lords agree to the Amendments made by the 
Commons, and do not insist upon their Amend- 
ments to which the Commons disagree, as far as 
Clause (X.) added by their Lordships to the said 
Bill. 


“ 
“cc 


The Lords do not agree to the Amendments made 
by 











2 Vicrori2. 


by the Commons to Clause (X.), for the following 
Reasons : 

Because the Amendment proposed by the 
Commons would not only introduce into certain 
towns in Ireland the provisions of an Act which 
the persons most highly taxed in such towns 
have shown their unwillingness to adopt, but 
would compel the introduction thereof where 
a majority of the persons entitled to vote in the 
election of Commissioners under that Act, and 
even where all such persons should unanimously 
declare their unwillingness that its provisions 
should be carried into execution. 

Because the Lords do not deem it expedient 
thus forcibly to impose upon such towns a 
system of local government, under which the 
only appeal against an assessment alleged to 
be unjust is to the Commissioners by whom 
such assessment has been made; and the ma- 
jority who elect the Commissioners may, by 
means of such illusory appeal to their own 
nominees, and of the graduated scale of taxation 
established by that Act, subject the minority to 
an undue proportion of the public burdens. 

Because the provisions of that Act enable 
the Commissioners to exercise the power of 
appointing and paying an indefinite number of 
persons under the name of watchmen, a power 
which the Commons have concurred with the 
Lords in withholding from the corporate bodies 
to be constituted by this Bill. 


The Lords disagree to the Amendments made by 
the Commons to Clause (Y.) added by their Lord- 


6° A ugustt. 





ships to the said Bill, for the Reason last assigned. 


The Lords insist upon Clauses (Z.), (A. 1.), (B. 1.) 
and (C.1.), added by their Lordships to the said 
Bill, to which the Commons disagree, for the fol- 
lowing Reason: 

Because these Clauses are rendered necessary 
in consequence of previous Amendments on 
which the Lords have insisted. 


The Lords insist upon Clause (D.1.) added by 
their Lordships to the said Bill, to which the Com- 
mons disagree, but propose the followmg Amend- 
ments to the said Clause : 

Leave out “ be assessed in respect of property in 
“ such borough to a rate or rates amounting to 
“« Twenty pounds or upwards, nor unless he,” and 
insert ‘ for Twelve months next previous have oc- 
“ cupied a house of the clear yearly value of Fifteen 
“* pounds or upwards, situate within the borough or,” 
and leave out “ One thousand,” and insert ‘‘ Five 
“* hundred.” 








The Lords insist upon Clause (E.1.) added by 
their Lordships to the said Bill, to which the Com-'| 
mons disagree, but propose the following Amend- | 
ments to the said Clause: 

Leave out “ One thousand,” and insert “ Five 
«« hundred ;” after “ debts ” leave out “ and,” and 
insert “ or ;” leave out “ a house situate within the | 
“ borough of in respect of which | 
“ I am assessed to a rate of Twenty pounds and 
“* upwards under the Act for the Relief of the Poor,” 
and insert “ and have occupied for Twelve months 
“« last past a house situate within the borough of 
- of the clear yearly value of Fifteen 
“ pounds or upwards;” leave out “ and rating,” 
and insert “ or occupation ;” leave out “ to the same 
“ amount ;” and leave out “ and rating as the, 
“ amount,” and insert “ or by occupation of a, 
“ house as.” 


Which Amendments in the said Clauses (D. 1.) 
and (E. 1.) the Lords have made: 

Because they are rendered necessary by their 
Lordships having assented to some previous 
Amendments proposed by the Commons. 

The Lords insist upon Clauses (F. 1.) and (G. 1.) 


added by their Lordships to the said Bill, to which 
Vox. 93. 


| 








861 


the Commons disagree, for the Reason assigned with 
reference to Clause (Z.) 

The Lords agree to the Amendment made by the 
Commons to Clause (H.1.) added by their Lied 
ships to the said Bill. 

The Lords insist upon Clause (I. 1.) added by their 
Lordships to the said Bill, to which the Commons 
disagree, but propose the following Amendments, 
for the purpose of carrying into effect certain Amend- 
ments of the Commons to which the Lords have 
agreed : 

Leave out “ in any borough named in the said 
“ Schedule (B.) from which no Petition for a Charter 
“ of Incorporation, signed as aforesaid, shall be 
presented to Her Majesty on or before the day to 
be named by the said Lord Lieutenant as herein- 
before is mentioned, or ;” leave out “ of Incorpo- 
ration :” leave out “ to be named by the said Lord 
Lieutenant as aforesaid,” and insert “ on which 
“ this Act shall come into operation ;” leave out 
from “ case’’ in Fo. 2. 1. 6. to the end of the Clause, 
and insert “ the powers and duties of the body or 
“ reputed or late body corporate named in the said 
Schedule (B.) to this Act annexed, in connexion 
with such borough, shall cease, except such as 
are necessary for continuing the corporation, and 
except such as are hereinafter mentioned, in like 
manner as if the said body corporate were dis- 
solved ; and every provision hereinafter contained 
with reference to bodies corporate which shall be 
dissolved by virtue of this Act shall, so far as the 
same are applicable, apply to every such body 
corporate as aforesaid.” 

The Lords insist upon Clause (K.1.) added by 
their Lordships to the said Bill, to which the Com- 
mons disagree; but propose, for the Reason last 
assigned, the following Amendments : 

Leave out (A.), and insert (B.); and leave out 
“ any” between the words “ with” and “ borough,” 
and insert “ such.” 

The Lords agree to the Amendment made by the 
Commons to Clause (M.1.), added by their Lord- 
ships to the said Bill. 

The Lords do not agree to the Amendment made 
by the Commons to Clause (S. 1.), added by their 
Lordships to the said Bill : 

Because it does not seem just to confine the 
compensation proposed by the said Clause to 
persons appointed since the Sixteenth of Fe- 
bruary One thousand eight hundred and Thirty- 
six. 

The Lords insist upon Clauses (V.1.), (W.1.), 
(X.1.), (Y. 1.) and (Z. 1.) added by their Lordships 
to the said Bill, to which the Commons disagree: 

Because these Clauses are rendered necessary 
in consequence of previous Amendments on 
which the Lords have insisted. 

The Lords do not agree to the Amendments made 
by the Commons to Clause (G.2.) added by their 
Lordships to the said Bill, to leave out “ or,” and 
insert “ now stands, or stand solely or together 
“ with ;” nor to leave out from “ body corporate ” 
to “ seised ;”’ nor to leave out from “ trusts what 
“ soever ” to “ and which provisions :” 

Because the restoration of the words omitted 
by the Commons is rendered necessary on ac- 
count of previous Amendments of their Lord- 
ships, on which they have insisted. 

But the Lords propose, instead of the last Amend- 
ment, to leave out from “ trusts whatsoever” to 
“ and also with,” being the following words: ‘ or 
“ upon trust for any other purposes.” 

The Lords agree to the other Amendment made 
by the Commons to the said Clause. 

The Lords agree to the Amendment made y the 
Commons to Clause (H.2.) added by their Lord- 
ships to the said Biil, with the following Amend- 


“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 
“ 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


“ 


ment: 


After “ Commissioners ” insert “ or if there be 
“ no such Commissioners, then, until Parliament 
5 R38 “ shall 








No. 713. 


No. 713. 


Fines and 
Recognizances 


(Ireland) Bill. 


862 


“« shall otherwise provide, by such Trustees as the 
“ Lord Chancellor of ZJreland or Lords Commis- 
“ sioners for the custody of the great seal for the 
“ time being shall, by order to be from time to time 
“ made upon Petition in a summary way, appoint 
“ and select.” 

The Lords also propose to amend the said Clause, 
by leaving out at the commencement thereof the 
following words: “ nothing in this Act contained 
‘ shall alter or affect the provisions of any local 
“ Act or Acts of Parliament made before the pass- 
“ ing of this Act for lighting, watching, cleansing, 
“ paving or otherwise relating to any borough or 
“ town named in the said Schedule (B.) to this Act 
“ annexed, further or otherwise than as the same 
‘“* are inconsistent with or contrary to the provisions 
“ of this Act, and that all powers which by any 
“ such Act of Parliament are vested in,” and in- 
serting instead thereof the words following: “ all 
“ powers and trusts not otherwise herein provided 
“ for, which by any Act of Pariiament or otherwise 
“ are vested in or exercised by ;” which Amend- 
ment they consider necessary in consequence of not 
having insisted on Clause (O.), to which the Com- 
mons disagree. 


The Lords agree to the Amendments made by the 
Commons in Clause (I. 2.) added by their Lord- 
ships to the said Bill, with the followmg Amend- 
ment : 

After “ Commissioners” insert “ where there 
“ shall be such Commissioners.” 


The Lords insist upon Clauses (P. 2.) and (Q. 2.) 
added by their Lordships to the said Bill, to which 
the Commons disagree : 

Because these Clauses are rendered necessary 
in consequence of previous Amendments on 
which the Lords have insisted. 


The Lords do not insist upon Clause (D. 3.) added 
by their Lordships to the said Bill, to which the 
Commons disagree. 

The Lords agree to the other Amendments made 
by the Commons to their Lordships’ Amendments. 





Ordered, That the said Reasons and Amendments 
be taken into further consideration upon this day 
three months. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended by the Lords, 
be printed. 

Ordered, That the said Reasons and Amendments 
be printed. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for the more effectual levying of 
Fines, Penalties, Issues, Deodands and Amercia- 
ments, and of forfeited Recognizances estreated in 
Ireland, and for the Application and Distribution 


9°—10° Augusti. 





A, 1838. 


Pr. 15. 1. ult. Leave out from “himself” to 
“ and” in Pr. 18. 1. 37. and insert Clause (A.) 

Cuavse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 
“ said respective chief constables of police or the 
said justice shall, and they are hereby required 
respectively forthwith to lodge the amount of 
“ every such warrant received by him in the Bank 
“ of Ireland, or in some branch bank thereof to 
“ the credit of the Paymaster of Civil Services in 
“ Treland, m an account to be entitled in the 
“ matter of this Act and the said Paymaster shall 
“ from time to time draw on the said Bank of 
‘* Treland for such parts of ‘the said sums so lodged 
“ as are appropriated to any special purpose by any 
“ Act or Acts now in force or under this Act in 
favour of the party, public institution or fund 
entitled thereto, taking a receipt for the same in 
writing which shall not be subject to any stamp 
duty, and the said Paymaster shall keep an ac- 
“ count of all sums paid under this Act.” 

Pr. 19. 1. 3. After “ aforesaid” insert “ and 
“ the said respective chief constable or the said 
justice who shall have been empowered to levy 
any sums of money, and the said Paymaster of 
civil services.” 

Pr. 19. 1. 12. 
quire.” 

Pr. 19. ls. 19. and 20. Leave out from “ respec- 
tively” to “and” in Pr. 20. 1, 15. and insert 
and of allsums of money levied, paid or applied, 
and of all sums then remaining in said Bank to 
the credit of the account aforesaid.” 


~ 
nx 


After “ direct” insert “ or re- 
“ 


‘ 


n 


nx 
n~ 


‘ 


nx 


‘ 


n 


Pr. 23. 1l. 35. After “ Lreland” insert “ in 
“ council.” 
Pr. 24. 1.5. After “ Act” insert “ and.not 


n 
n 


already appropriated by any Act or Acts to any 
special purpose.” 

Pr. 24. 1. 29. After 
council.” 

Pr. 24. 1.35. Leave out from “ accordingly” 
to “ provided” in 1. 38. 

Pr. 27. ls. 27. and 28. After “ constable” in- 
sert “‘ empowered to levy any sum of money under 
“ this Act.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


n 
n 


“ Treland”’ insert “ in 
ce 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Veneris, 10° die August ; 


Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1838. 





thereof; and the same were read, as follow ; 

Pr. 1. 1. 21. Leave out “ party, witness, juror 
“ or other.’ 

Pr. 1. 1. 23. Leave out from “ any” to 
“ Court” in |. penult. 

Pr. 2. 1. ult. Leave out from “be” to “ and” 
in Pr. 3. 1. ult. and insert “ and every such entry 
“ shall state what part of such sum, if any, is pay- 
able to any public institution, corporation or 
municipal bodies or borough fund, or to any in- 
former or informers, party or parties greived, or 
other person, as part of the penalty, or for costs 
or otherwise, and to whom the same is so pay- 
“ able.” 

Pr. 4. 1. 1. Leave out from “ that” to “such ” 
inl. 6. and insert “ every.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 15. Leave out from 


se 


‘ 
“ce 
“é 
“cc 


“ thereof’”’ to 


“ 


commanding” in Pr. 6. 1. 17. 

Pr. 14. 1. 16. After “ inflicted” insert “ or to 
any case where the fine or penalty is imposed or 
levied by the authority of the Court of Petty 
“ Sessions.” 


i 


“e 





PRAYERS. 


man Usher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do de- 
sire the immediate attendance of this Honourable 
House in the House of Peers, to hear the Commis- 
sion read. 








| Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers, where a Commission 
‘under the Great Seal was read; giving, declaring 
'and notifying the Royal Assent to the several 
| Public and Private Bills therein mentioned; and 
that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared 
‘the Royal Assent to the said Bills: Which Bills 
are as follow; 

An Act to authorize the using in any part of the 
United Kingdom Stamps denoting Duties payable 
in Great Britain and Ireland respectively : 

An Act to amend so much of an Act of the Ten. 
t 





MESSAGE by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentle- “4 ne 


Stamp Dies 
Bill. 


‘Turpentine 


h Penalties Bill. 


Joven 
Offent 


Slave 
Treatl 
(Sicil; 


Slave 


(Tase 


Afirm 
Bill. 


Recor 
Tenet 
Thsan 


(Engl 


Const 
Publi 
Bill, 

Hack 
Carti 
(Met 
Bill, 


Bank 
Reps 
Bill. 


Loa) 
(Ire] 


Fishe 
(Irel 


Scho 
(Sco 
Adv 
(Sco 


Live 
Cler 
men 


Live 
of R 


Roy 
Re- 
Bill 


Dul 
Har 


Est 


Let! 
Div 


Pat 


Pos 


Cha 








2 Vicroriz. 


fifth year of King George the Third, for the further 
and better Regulation of Buildings and Party Walls, 
and for the more effectually preventing Mischiefs 
by Fire within the Cities of London and Westminster, 
as relates to Manufactories of Pitch, Tar and Tur- 


pentine : 
Javenile An Act for establishing a Prison for young Of- 
Offenders Bill, fenders: 
Slave Trade An Act for carrying into effect a Convention of 
Treas pil, Accession of the King of the Two Sicilies to two 
(Sicily) BM. Conventions with the King of the French, for sup- 
pressing the Slave Trade : 
save Trade =, An Act for carrying into effect a Convention of 
(Tuscany) Bill. Accession of the Duke of Tuscany to two Conven- 
tions with the King of the French, for suppressing 
the Slave Trade : 
Afirmations An Act for permitting Affirmation to be made in- 
Bill. stead of an Oath, in certain cases : 


Recovery of An Act to facilitate the Recovery of Possession of 

Tenements Bill. Tenements after due Determination of the Tenancy: 

Insine Persons An Act to continue for Three years, and from 

(England) Bills thence to the end of the then next Session of Parlia- 
ment, two Acts relating to the Care and Treatment 
of Insane Persons in England: 

— - An Act for the Payment of Constables for keeping 

_ oS the Peace near Public Works: 

An Act for the better Regulation of Hackney Car- 


wre riages, and of Metropolitan Stage Carriages, and of 
(Metropolis) ~Waggons, Carts and Drays used in and near the Me- 
bu tropolis, and of the Drivers and Attendants thereof: 
Bauk of Ireland An Act further to postpone, until the First day 
Repayment 


of January One thousand eight hundred and forty, 
the Repayment of certain Sums advanced by the 
Bank of Jreland for the Public Service: 

An Act forthe Amendment of the Laws relating 
to Loan Societies in Ireland: 
Fisheries An Act to explain and amend certain Provisions 
(Ireland) Bill. jn Acts of the Parliament of Zreland for ‘the Pro- 

tection of Fisheries in that Kingdom : 

Schools An Act to facilitate the Foundation and Endow- 
(Scotland) Bill. ment of additional Schools in Scotland : 


ill. 


Loan Societies 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Advocations 


10° duguste. 


863 


dated the 8th day of March last, for Returns of the 
Number of Informations filed in the Courts of Equity 
by the Attorney General, at the instance of the 
Commissioners appointed to {inquire concerning 
Charities intEngland and Wales, from the day of 
the last Return to the present time; specifying the 
Names of the Defendants, the Objects of each Pro- 
ceeding, the Result of each Cause terminated, the 
Costs incurred, and to whom, and by whom paid, 
and the present state of the Causes in progress :— 
Of the Number of Petitions preferred by the At- 
torney General at the instance of the Commis- 
sioners:—Showing what further Proceedings have 
been taken in the several Causes set forth as un- 
settled or pending; specifying the Results of each 
Cause terminated, the Amount of Costs subsequent 
to the last Return incurred, and by whom and to 
whom paid, and the present Stage of each Cause in 
progress :—-Statement of the Total Amount of the 
Money which, since the appointment of the said 
Commissioners, has been advanced by the Treasury, 
on account of the Costs of such Proceedings, and 
the Total Amount which has been received from 
Parties, or out of the Charity Funds, to reimburse 
such Costs; specifying whether such Costs are 
taxed, and by whom the disallowed portion of Costs 
is paid, and the Total Amount of such Disallowance: 
—Of all Informations signed by the Attorney Gene- 
ral at the instance of Relators, and of Petitions 
allowed by him since holding the Office of Attorney 
General, with the title of each Proceeding:—And, 
Statement of the Total Expenses which have been 
incurred by the Charity Commission, from its com- 
mencement in the year 1818 to its final termination ; 
specifying whether any portion thereof remains un- 
paid, and upon what account. 

An Account of the several Amounts paid in each Half Pay (Civil 
of the years 1834, 1835, 1836 and 1837, for Half- 4 Miltary.) 
pay and Retired Allowances, Civil and Military ; 
distinguishing the Amount under separate Heads 
and Departments. 


\ __ An Act to diminish Delay and Expense in Advo-| A Return of the Sums paid yearly at the Treasury, Permanent Ser- 
(Scotland) Bills cations and Suspensions in the Court of Session in | under the Act 41 Geo. 3, c. 32, “for granting to his We —. 
Scotland: nnual Charges 


Liverpool An Act for uniting the Medieties of the Rectory 
Clergy Endow- of Liverpool, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, 
alas and for the better Endowment thereof, and of certain 
Churches in the said Town : ' 
LiverpoolCourt An Act for amending certain Acts relating to the 
Record Bill. Civil Court of Record of the Borough of Liverpool, 
and improving the Proceedings thereof: 
RoyalExchange An Act for improving the Site of the Royal Ex- 
a change, in the City of London, and the Avenues 
adjoming thereto : 

An Act for authorizing the Sale and Exchange of 
the real Estate devised by the Will of the Right 
honourable William Henry, Earl of Rochford, de- 
ceased, and for the Application of the Produce 
thereof, and for authorizing the granting of Leases 
of the same Estate, and for other purposes : 

An Act to dissolve the Marriage of Lieutenant 
Colonel Lethbridge with Sarah Anne, his now Wife, 
and to enable him to marry again, and for other 
purposes therein mentioned. 


Duke of 
Hamilton and 
Brandon’s 
Estate Bill, 


Lethbridge’s 
Divorce Bill. 


Public Bills, Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 


Return of all Public Bills which have passed this 
House during the present Session, stating the Days 
on which they were severally sent up to the House 
of Lords, and distinguishing such as have passed, 
and such as have been rejected by that House, or, 
having been amended by the House of Lords, have 
been disagreed to by this House. 

Postage, Ordered, That the Select Committee on Postage, 

have leave to sit To-morrow, notwithstanding the 

adjournment of the House. 

Charities, Mr. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in; and 


at the bar presented,—Returns to several Orders 
Vox, 93. 








Majesty several Sums of Money for defraying the (Ireland.) 
charge of certain permanent Services in that part of 

the United Kingdom called Ireland ;” specifying the 

Names of the present Recipients, and how long 

they have been so. 

A Copy of the Commissioners’ Report, in so far Saint Helena 
as it relates to the Compensation necessary to be (Civil and Mili- 
awarded to the Civil and Military Servants of ‘he ‘9 Servants.) 
East India Company at Saint Helena; together 
with the Copies of the Sums awarded to each on 
being compelled to retire by Her Majesty’s Govern 
ment. 

A Return of the manner in which the Sum of publicWorks 
£.50,000, granted to the Commissioners of Public (Ireland.) 
Works in Zreland, by the Act 1 Vic. c. 21, was ex- 
pended, distinguishing the Sums advanced under 
the provisions of that Act, on applications from Pre- 
sentment Sessions :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Mr. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of the Education 
East India Company, was called in ; and at the bar (India. ) 
presented pursuant to Order,—Copies of the Annual 
Reports of the Committee of General Instruction in 
Calcutta, upon the subject of Education, for 1835, 

1836 and 1837. 

Mr, Campbell also presented, pursuant to the di- East India 
rections of several Acts of Parliament,—Resolutions Company. 
of the Court of Directors of the East India Com- 
pany, being the Warrants or Instruments granting 
any Pension. 

Resolutions of the Court of Directors of the East 
India Company, being the Warrants or Instruments 
granting any Salary or Gratuity. 

List, No. 92, specifying the Particulars of the East India 
Compensation proposed to be granted to certain Company. 

5R4 Persons 








a 


864 10° Augustz. 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


Idolatry 
(India. ) 


Land Tax. 


Standing Orders 
Revision. 


No. 700. 


Doblin 
University 
(Right of 
Voting} Bill. 


Private Bill 
Deposits Bill. 


Dublin 
Corporation 
(Compensation 
to Officers) Bill. 


Public Records 
Bill. 


Persons who belonged to the late Maritime Service | 
of the East India Company, and to the Widow of | 
a Person who belonged to the same Service, under | 
an arrangement sanctioned by the Board of Com- | 
missioners for the Affairs of India, and laid before | 
the Honourable the House of Commons on the 26th | 
February 1835. 

List, No. 93, Statement of the Amount proposed | 
to be transferred from the Company’s Cash to the | 
Credit of the Fund for the benefit of the Widows and | 
Families of Officers and Clerks of the regular Home | 
Establishment of the East India Company, and to 
the Credit of the Fund for the benefit of the Widows 
and Families of Extra Clerks and others of the said 
Establishment as Compensation, under an arrange- 
ment sanctioned by the Board of Commissioners for 
the Affairs of India, and laid before the Honour- 
able the House of Commons on the 26th February 
1835. 

List, No. 94, specifying the Particulars of the 
Compensation proposed to ke granted to certain re- 
duced Servants of the East India Company in | 
England, wder an arrangement sanctioned by the 
Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India, | 
and laid before the Honourable the House of Com- | 
mons on the 26th February 1835 :—And then he | 
withdrew. | 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the | 
Table. | 








Petitions from Gosport and Alverstoke ;—and, | 
Helston; praying for the amendment of the Sale | 
of Beer Act,—were presented, and read; and or-— 
dered to lie upon the Table. 


Petitions from Whitchurch (Hants) ;—and, South- 
borough ; praying the House to prohibit the interfe- 
rence of British functionaries in the management 
of Idolatrous Observances in India,—were presented, 
and read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Amount of Money received for Pro- 
perty sold for the Redemption of the Land Tax, by 
each Ecclesiastical Corporation, sole or aggregate, 
under the different Acts of Parliament authorizing 
the same. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into 
further consideration the Report from the Select 
Committee on Standing Orders Revision ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon Monday next. 


Ordered, That the Report be printed. 


The Dublin University (Right of Voting) Bill 
was, according to Order, read a second time, and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House, for 
Friday next. 


The ingrossed Bill to provide for the Custody of | 
certain Monies paid in pursuance of the Standing 
Orders of either House cf Parliament by Subscribers 
to Works or Undertakings to be effected under the 
authority of Parliament, was, according to Order, 
read the third time. 

Resolved, ‘That the Bill do pass. 


1 ¢ 





Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 


the Lords, and desire their concurrence. 


The Order of the day being read, for receiving | 
the Report on the Dublin Corporation (Compen- 
sation to Officers) Bill ; | 

Ordered, That the Report be received upon this 
day three months. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act for keeping safely the Public Re- 
cords ; and the same were read, as follow; 








A. 1838. 


Pr. 2. l. ult. After “office” insert .“ and the 
“ Office of the Land Revenue and Enrolments or of 
“ the late Auditor of the Land Reveues of England 
“ and Wales and the Records lately deposited in 
“ the Office of the Pells of the Exchequer and now 
“in the custody of Her Majesty’s Comptroller of 


|“ the Exchequer.” 


Pr. 6. 1. 8. Leave out from “Court” to “and” 
in |. 17. and insert “ norfor removing any Records 
“ or documents from the Office of Land Revenue 
Records and Enrolments or from the Office of Her 
Majesty’s Comptroller of the Exchequer, unless 
the same shall be first approved by the Lord 
High Treasurer or any three or more of the Com- 
missioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury.” 

Pr.7. 1. 7. After “be” insert “ deposited 
and.” 

Pr. 8. 1. ult. Leave out from “ Treasury” to 
~ and” in Pr. 9. 1. 36. and insert Clauses (A.) and 
(B.) 

Cravuse (A.) “And be it Enacted, That the 
Lord High Treasurer or any three or more of the 
Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury, shall 
provide such suitable and proper or additional 
building or buildings as may be required for the 
“ reception and safe custody of all the Public Re- 
“ cords which, under the provisions of this Act, 
“ shall be in the legal custody of the Master of 
“ the Rolls.” 

Cuiause (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That as soon 
as conveniently may be after the appointment of 
a Deputy Keeper of the Records under the provi- 
“ sions of this Act, a Public Record Office shall be 
“ established under the direction of the Master of 
the Rolls, and that the said Deputy Keeper of 
“ Records and the Assistant Record Keepers and 
‘ every other person employed in the care of the 
“ Records in the custody of the Master of the 
Rolls, wheresoever the same may be at any time 
deposited, as well before as after the time when 
such building or buildings as aforesaid shall have 
been provided, shall be taken to be employed in 
the Public Record Office and that from and after 
the time when such Record Office shall be esta- 
blished every office or place where Public Records 
which by the authority of this Act are placed 
under the charge and superintendence of the 
Master of the Rolls are or shall be deposited 
shall be, so long as such Records shall remain 
therein, deemed and taken to be a branch or part 
of such Public Record Office.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 22. After “ books” insert “ pro- 
ceedings, decrees, bills, warrants, accounts.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships. 


“ 


wn 


‘ 
“ 
cc 


“sé 


n 


“ce 


“ 


a nf 


~ 


n 
he 


‘ 


~ aA RnR KR A 
Ne a 


nan Aw 
nxn An 


. 
na 


‘ 


ns 


‘ 


. 


The ingrossed Bill to suspend the operation of so Spirit Licenses 
much of an Act of the sixth and seventh yone of (Ireland) Bill. 


King William the Fourth, as prohibits the holding 
of Licenses for the Sale of Spirits by Retail by 
Grocers in Ireland was, according to Order, read 
the third time. ‘ 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass: And that the 
Title be, An Act to suspend until the Tenth day of 
October One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine 
the operation of so much of an Act of the sixth and 
seventh years of King William the Fourth, as pro- 
hibits the holding of Licenses for the Sale of 
Spirits by Retail by Grocers in Ireland. 

Ordered, That Mr. Morgan John O'Connell do 
carry the Bill to the Lords, and desire their con- 
currence. 


Mr. Lahouchere presented, by Her Majesty’s com- 
mand, Tables of the Revenue, Population, Commerce, 


&amp;e., 








10°-—13° 


&amp;c., of the United Kingdom and its Dependencies, 
[Supplement to Part 6, Colonies 1836.] 

Tables of the Revenue, Population, Commerce, 
&amp;c., of the United Kingdom and its Dependencies 
[Part 7, 1837.] 

Papers relative to the drawing of Acts of Par- 
liament, and to the means of ensuring the uniformity 
thereof in language, in form, in arrangement, and 
in matter. 

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


2 Vicroriz. 


A Motion was made, and the Question was pro- 
osed, That an humble Address be presented to Her 
ajesty, that She will be graciously pleased to give 

directions, that there be laid before this House, 
Copies or Extracts of all Despatches between the 
British Government and the Government of the 
King of the French, concerning Seizures made, by 
French authority, of British Vessels and Cargoes 
on the Coast of Africa, in the years 1834 and 1835 ; 
and also relating to the Blockade imposed by the 
French Government on the Coast of Africa at 
Portendic:—And the said Motion was, with leave 
of the House, withdrawn. 


A Message from the Lords, by Sir Giffin Wilson 

and Mr. Senior : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Amendments made by their 
Lordships, to the Bill, intituled, An Act to facili- 
tate the Foundation and Endowment of additional 
Schools in Scotland, without any Amendment: And 
also, 


Augusti. 865 


Ordered, That Mr. More O’Ferrall do carry the 
Bill to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this 
House hath agreed to the Amendment made by 
their Lordships. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the Tithes 
Lords to the Tithes (Ireland) Bill be taken into (Ireland) Bill. 
consideration upon Monday next. ' No, 698. 

Ordered, That the Bill, as amended by the Lords, 
be printed. 


A Petition of Licensed Victuallers of Ashton and Bonding 
Stayleybridge, praying for the establishment of Warehouses. 
Inland Bonding Warehouses, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Sir George Grey presented, pursuant to the direc- jew south 
tions of several Acts of Parliament,—Copies of the Wales. 
Laws and Ordinances passed by the Governor and 
Council of the Colony of New South Wales, 1836. 

Copies of the Laws and Ordinances passed by Van Diemen’s 
the Governor and Council of the Colony of Van Land. 
Diemen’s Land, 1836. 

Copies of the Laws and Ordinances passed by Western 
the Governor and Council of the Colony of Western Australia. 
Australia, 1836-37. 

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


Ordered, That the Return relative to Postage 
(Public Offices,) which was presented upon the 
24th day of July last, be referred to the Select 
Committee on Postage. 


Postage 
(Public Offices.) 


And then the House adjourned till Monday next. 











The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to abolish Compositions for Tithes in Ireland, | 
and to substitute Rent-charges in lieu thereof, with 
Amendments; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House :—And then 
the Messengers withdrew. 





Lune, 13° die Augusti; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


PRAYERS. 


The House was moved, That the several Acts 
imposing Duties of Customs might be read; and 
the same being read ; 


Customs. 


‘) [': Mudge, from the Office of Woods and Condon and 


Forests, was called in; and at the bar pre- 6 ig whe 
| sented, pursuant to the directions of several Acts of 


ads, 


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, 
That this House will immediately resolve itself into | 
. * as . | 
a Committee, to consider of the Duties on Grapes, | 


Parliament,—The Fifteenth Report of the Com- 
missioners for the Improvement of the Road from 
London to Holyhead, and from London to Liver- 


Apples, Cherries, Pears and other Fruits imported | pool:—And then he withdrew. 


into the United Kingdom from Foreign Parts :— 
It passed in the Negative. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | 
Return of the Amount in Value of Foreign Fruit | 
taken from Importers by the Officers of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Customs, under the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, 
c. 52, s. 22, during the years 1836, 1837 and 1838. 


Resolved, That this House will at the rising of 
the House this day, adjourn till Monday next. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 
tituled, An Act to authorize the County of Clare 
to borrow a Sum of Money for the Relief of the 
Creditors and others remaining unpaid by reason of 
the default of the late Treasurer of the said County, | 
to provide for the Repayment of the same, and to. 
direct Proceedings to be taken in reference to the | 
default of such late Treasurer; and the same was , 
read, as followeth ; 

Pr. 9. 1.11. After “male” insert “ Provided 
always, That nothing herein contained shall be 
construed to release, or to authorize the said | 
Chief Remembrancer to release, the sureties of | 
the said George O’Callaghan from their liability 
under the recognizances entered into by them or 
“ either of them.” 

The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 





sc 
sc 
sé 
6é 
““ 





Vou, 93. 


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


Mr. Bristow, from the Court of Bankruptcy, was Bankruptcies, 
called in ; and at the bar presented,— Further Return 
to an Order, dated the 18th day of May last, for Re- 
turns as to Bankruptcies previous to the Act of Par- 
liament, 1831, appointing Official Assignees to take 
possession of the Estates:—1. The Names of the 
Official Assignees, and of their Official Residence :— 
2. The Names of the Bankrupts previous to the Act 
whose Estates were taken possession of, in whole or 
in part, their Description and Residence :—3. Dates 
of their Bankruptcies :—4. Amount of Assets of each 
Estate received from the origmal Assignees :—5. 
Amount of Debts due to the Estates not then re- 
ceived :—6. Amount of Assets from the Estate since 
received :—7. Amount of further expected Assets from 
the Debts : —8. Amount of Dividends declared by the 
Official Assignees, and Dates:—9. Total Amount 
paid to Creditors:—10. Total Amount remaining 


|unpaid to Creditors:—11. Expense charged for 


Assignees, Commission and Allowances:—12. Ex- 


' pense charged to the Estate for Petty Charges :- -- 


13. Balance of Cash ineach Account, debiting the 
same only with the Cash paid away and Charges :-— 
14. How the Balance is disposed of, whether paid 
to the Accountant-General :—15. Or retained in the 
hands of the Official Assignees for Creditors not 
having yet applied for their Dividends :—The Re- 
ceipts or Payments on account of the undivided 

58 Estates, 





a SS et ih Rs 


So 


Cirencester 
Hundreds 
Court Bill. 


Cirencester 
Hundreds 
Court Bill. 


866 


Estates, or of unclaimed Dividends, to be separately 
returned :—And then he withdrew. 

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


Petitions from Shopkeepers and Inhabitants of 


Bisley; — Rodborough ;—Stroud (three Petitions) ; 
Horsley and Avening ; —Painswick ;—and, Minchin- 


hampton; praying that the Cirencester Hundreds | 


Court Bill may not pass into a law,—were presented, 
and read, and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Lord Granville Somerset reported from the Com- 
mittee on the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act 
to authorize the holding the Court of the Seven 
Hundreds of Cirencester, in the County of Glouces- 
ter, at any other place within the said Seven Hun- 
dreds, as well as at Cirencester, and to amend the 
Act relating thereto, and to whom a Petition against 
the said Bill was referred; That the Order of the 
House of the third day of this instant August had 
been complied with ; and that they had heard coun- 
sel in support of the said Petition ; and had examined 
the allegations of the Bill, and found the same to 
be true; and had gone through the Bill, and made 
Amendments thereunto; and the same were read ; 
as follow : 

In Clause (A.), added by the Lords, 1. 15. after 

“ on” insert “ the first,” and in 1. 16. leave out 
“ fortnight,” and insert “ month.” 

In Clause (B.), added by the Lords, |. 6. after 
“* more ” insert “ clerk or clerks and,” and in 1. 10. 
after “ such” insert “ clerk or clerks and;” and 
in |. 12. after “ the” insert “ clerk and.” 

Pr. 3. 1. 21. After “* held” insert Clauses (A.) 
(B.) and (C.) 

Cravuse (A.) “ And whereas for the purpose of 
carrying this Act into execution it will be necessary 
that certain Commissioners in addition to those 
named in the said recited Act, and residing in 
divers parts of the said manor and seven hun- 
dreds, should be appointed: Be it therefore fur- 
ther Enacted, That William Henry Hyett, Joseph 
“ Watts, Henry Burgh, Edmund Gilling Hallewell, 
Henry Wyatt, William Stanton, George Stracey, 
“ Robert Snow Paul, James Wason, William Clut- 
“ terbuck Chambers, Nathaniel Samuel Marling, 
“ William Caple, Philip Wathen, Edward Humpage, 
Samuel Clutterbuck, Charles Page Sweeting, Jo- 
“ seph Pinfold, William Pinfold, Frederick Pinfold, 
** John Kibble, Charles Newman, Robert Bamford, 
“ Thomas Howell the elder, Daniel Cox, William 
Playne the elder, William Playne the younger, 
Francis Chambers, Charles Stanton, Isaac Day, 
Goodman, the Reverend Thomas Keble, Tho- 
mas Hall, Christopher Crouch the elder, John 
Crouch, Nathaniel Partridge the elder, Natha- 
niel Partridge the younger, Captain Townsend, 
“ George Playne, Edward Playne, Peter Playne 
“ the elder, Peter Playne the younger, Thomas 
*€ Shill, John Watts, the Reverend William George, 
“ Edward Wise, John Wise, John Webbe, John 
“ Farrabee, the Reverend William Pye, Edward 
** Barnard, John Mills, John Pain, William Hob- 
* son, Charles Sutton, Harry Edmund Waller, 
“ Thomas Wells, John Raymond Barker, Sir James 
Musgrave, William Crouch, the Reverend 
“ Bennett, the Honourable James Dutton, Charles 
“ Frederick Davis, Samuel Saunders, Henry Wood, 
the Reverend Thomas Giasscott, the Reverend 
“ Samuel Lloyd, James Hallewell, Joseph Lewis, 
the Reverend William Cockin the elder, and the 
Reverend William Cockin the younger, shall be 
added to, and form part of the first list of Com- 
missioners named and referred to in the said re- 
cited Act; and Thomas Marling, George Barker, 
John Stanton, James Bateman, James Butt, 
Samuel Stevens Marling, Henry Haycraft, Ben- 
“ jamin Bucknall, Thomas M Adam, James Withy, 
Ebenezer Durden, John Vick, John Mills, John 
“* Long Champion, Charles Hodges, 








. Lal 
wn 


wn 
“ 


a 
”~ 





| 








13° Auguste. 


” 
wn 


“ 
nw 


n 
n 


” 
nx 


n 
x 


n 
nn 


n 
wn“ 


- Clark, \ 


A. 1838. 


James Birt, John William Partridge, John Bid- 
dle, Richard White, Daniel Hewlett, Richard 
Coombs, Thomas Mills, Joseph Fisher, George 
Scuse, of Minchinhampton, Jacob Scuse, of Min- 
chinhampton, Nathaniel Jones, William Lawrence, 
Thomas Creed, Joseph Crissold, Samuel Clissold, 
James Crissold, Christopher Smith, Charles Gyde, 
William Bishop, Charles Jenkins, Thomas Samp- 
son, Henry Fisher, James Norton, William Smith, 
of Nailsworth, Isaac Hillier, Joseph Blackwell, 
Francis Holmes, John Warn, Taylor, of 
Telbury, — Dalton, — Whitehead,— 
Bird, Samuel Francis, Abraham Flint, John 
Moreton, William Hunt, Daniel Foot Taylor, 
Edward Taylor, Shillito Stratton, Thomas Dunn, 
the Reverend John Williams, Doctor in Divinity, 
Francis Thornton, William Halliday, William 
Barnard, John Hunt, Robert Tanner, Daniel 
Tanner, Thomas Tanner, Thomas Barrett, J. B. 
Evans, Timothy Neens, Joseph Dawson, Horace 
B. Price, Thomas Horne, John Gale Goodwyn, 
W. A. Glover, John B. Sealy, George Clarke, 
William Fowler, Richard Kilmister, William 
Bennett,— Osborne, Charles Ratcliffe, John 
Hayward, John Wigmore, Martin Tanner and 
John Webb, shall be added to and form part of 
the second list of Commissioners named and re- 
ferred to in the said recited Act, and shall be, 
and they and their successors, to be appointed as 
hereinafter mentioned, are hereby declared, con- 
stituted and appointed Commissioners together 
with the Commissioners named in or appointed 
by virtue of the said recited Act or such of them 
as are ncw living and capable of acting in execu- 
tion of this and the said recited Acts, to carry 
the said Acts into execution, all which said Com- 
missioners shall be and are hereby invested with 
all and every the powers, privileges and authori- 
ties in every respect, and shall be under and 
subject to such and the like restrictions, penalties 
and regulations as are given to, or imposed upon 
the Commissioners and their successors named 
and appointed in and by the said recited Act as 
fully and effectually to all intents and purposes, 
as if the same had been herein expressly re-en- 
acted, any thing herein or in the said recited Act 
expressed, declared, implied or contained to the 
contrary thereof notwithstanding.” 

Cravse (B.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
from time to time and as often as it shall be ne- 
cessary, either by the death of any of the said 
Commissioners hereinbefore particularly named 
as forming part of the said first list, or of any 
of their successors to be appointed in manner 
hereinafter mentioned, or by his or their refusing 
or neglecting for the space of Twelve months to 
act herein, or by his or their ceasing to be a 
householder or removing out of the limits of the 
said recited Act, it shall be lawful for the owner 
or owners, proprietor or proprietors of the said 
manor and seven hundreds for the time being, at 
any time after such death, refusal, neglect or re- 
moval, to appoint a Commissioner in the stead 
and place of each such Commissioner so dying 
or neglecting or refusing to act or removing as 
aforesaid, and every such Commissioner so ap- 
pointed shall be soa is hereby enabled to act in 
the execution of this and the said recited Act, as 
fully and effectually to all intents and purposes 
as if he had been particularly named therein.” 

Ciauss (C.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
from time to time, as often as it shall be necessary, 
either by the death of any of the said Commis- 
sioners named as forming part of the said second 
list, or of any of their successors to be appointed 
in manner hereinafter mentioned, or by his or their 
refusing or neglecting for the space of Twelve 
months to act herein, or by his or their ceasing 
to be a householder or removing out of the limits 
of the said recited Act, it shall be lawful for the 

“ said 























2 Vicroriz. 


“é 
‘ 


n 


‘é 


na 


é 


nw 


‘ 


n 


&lt; 


nw 


é 


n 


rf 
‘ 
é 


nxn Nn nN 


é 


n 


‘ 


n 


é 


n 


“ 





said Commissioners for the time being, consti- 
tuting the said second list, or any five or more of 
them in court assembled for that purpose, at any 
time after such death, refusal, neglect or removal, 
to appoint a Commissioner in the stead and place 
of each such Commissioner so dying or neglecting 
or refusing to act, or removing as aforesaid, and 
every such Commissioner so appointed shall be 
and is hereby enabled to act in the execution of 
this and the said recited Act as fully and effec- 
tually to all intents and purposes as if he had 
been particularly named therein: Provided always, 
That no appointment of Commissioner shall be 
made by the Commissioners as aforesaid, unless 
Fourteen days’ notice be given of the Court at 
which such appointment is to be made by adver- 
tisement in some newspaper printed in the county 
of Gloucester.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 24. After “ divided ” insert Clause (D.) 

Crause (D.) “ Provided also, and be it further 
Enacted, That nothing herein or in the said re- 
cited Act contained, shall be construed to prevent 
any plaintiff or plaintiffs from proceedings in the 
said Court for the recovery of any debt by reason 
that such debt is part of a larger sum than may 
be recovered in the said Court: Provided always, 
That in such last-mentioned case, a judgment in 
the said Court shall be a bar to any further claim 
of the plaintiff or plaintiffs in respect of such debt.” 

Pr. 5. 1. 26. Leave out from “that” to “if” in 


1. 35. 


nw 
n 


nw 
n 


“cc 


““ 


Pr. 5. 1.37. Leave out “ such.” 
Pr. 6. 1. 18. Leave out from “ case” to “ by” in 


. 38, and insert “the said plaintiff or plaintiffs shall 


and is hereby required to pay to the defendant or 
defendants his or their reasonable costs and ex- 
penses incurred by him or them, and also a rea- 
sonable compensation for any loss of time he or 
they may have sustained, the amount of such costs, 
expenses and compensations to be settled by the 
said Commissioners or the clerk of the said court, 
who shall order and compel the payment of such 
costs, expenses and compensation.” 

Pr. 7. ], 2. Leave out from “recovered ” to “ Pro- 
vided ” in 1, 24. 

Pr. 9. 1. 23. Leave out from “ deficiency ” to 
And” in Pr. 11. 1. 4. 

Pr. 12. 1.15. Leave out “ in that behalf parti- 
cularly.” 

Pr. 12. 1. 33. Leave out “ for any debt of what- 
ever amount.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 2. After “accordingly ” insert Clauses 


(E.) and (F.) 


‘&lt; 


n 


“cc 
“cc 
‘&lt; 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


n 


‘ 


nx 


~a a &amp;w 
._ nA An 


“ 
“ec 
“ 


“ 


Crause (E.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
if any clerk, sergeant or other officer employed 
in putting the said recited Act or this Act or an 
of the powers thereof in execution, shall wilfully 
exact, take or accept any fee or reward other 
than and except such fees as are allowed by the 
said recited Act for or on account of any thing 
done or to be done by virtue of the said recited 
Act or of this Act, or on any account whatsoever 
relative to the execution thereof, every such per- 
son so offending shall, upon proof thereof before 
the said Court or any Justice of the Peace, be 
subject to a penalty of Forty shillings, and for 
any second offence to the payment of the sum of 
Five pounds to be recovered by action of debt in 
any of Her Majesty’s Courts of Record whatever, 
by any person aggrieved thereby; and upon 
verdict of the said Court on payment of the party 
guilty of such second offence, the person or per- 
sons so offending shall be for ever incapable of 
serving or being employed under this Act or 
urlder the said recited Act.” 

Criause (F.) “ Provided always, and be it 
further Enacted, That neither the Lord of the 
said manor and seven hundreds of Cirencester, 
ror any clerk, sergeant or other person whosoever 
nolding any office in or connected with the said 


Vot. 93. 


13° A ugustt. 











867 


Court shall be entitled to claim any compensation 
for the loss of or diminution of the profits thereof 
in respect of any emoluments or increased emolu- 
ments arising from any provisions of this Act.” 
And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
proposed, That the said Amendments be now read a 
second time ; 

An Amendment was proposed to be made to the 
Question, by leaving out from the words “ That 
the” to the end of the Question, in order to add the 
words “ Report be taken into further consideration 
upon this day three months,”’ imstead thereof. 

And the Question being put, That the words pro- 
posed to be left out stand part of the Question ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the new Lobby ; 

The Noes to the old Lobby. 

Tellers for the ( Lord Granville Somerset, 


“ 
“ 
“ 
“c 


x 


hes, 


Yeas, Lord Ashley : : 
Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Pouleté Scrope, } ae 
Noes, Mr. Phillpotts : - 


So it passed in the Negative. 

And the Question being put, That the words 
“ Report be taken into further consideration ‘upon 
“ this day three months,” be added, instead thereof : 
—It was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the main Question, so amended, being put ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration upon this day three months. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 


Accounts of the Quantity of Grain, Malt and Flour, &amp; 


exported from Ireland to England and Scotland, 
during each of the last nine years preceding the 10th 
October 1837, and from the 10th October 1837 to 
5th April 1838; distinguishing the different kinds 
of Grain, the respective Ports shipped from and to, 
and the Quantity from and to each Port:—Of the 
Quantity of Grain, Malt and Flour, exported from 
England and Scotland to Ireland, during each of the 
last nine years preceding the 10th October 1837, and 
from the 10th October 1837 to 5th April 1838; dis- 
tinguishing the different kinds of Grain, the respec- 
tive Ports shipped from and to, and the Quantity 
from and to each Port:—and, of all the British 
Corn, Flour and Malt shipped at the different Pofts 
of England and Scotland during each of the last 
nine years preceding the 10th October 1837, and 
from the 10th October 1837 to 5th April 1838 ; dis- 
tinguishing the different kinds of Grain, the respec- 
tive Ports shipped from and to, and the Quantity 
from and to each Port ; distinguishing the Quanti- 
ties of each shipped Coastwise and to Ponsign Ports; 
viz. 1. British Corn, Flour and Malt, shipped 
Coastwise from and to the several Ports of England 
and Scotland: 2. British Corn, Flour and Malt 
shipped from the several Ports of England and 
Scotland to Foreign Ports. 


A Petition of Edward Duncombe, Clerk, praying 
that the Tithes (Jreland) Bill may not pass into a 
law, was presented, and read; and ordered to lie 


upon the Table. 


Petitions from Penrith ;—Coventry ;—Long Sut- 
ton;—and, Derby; praying the House to prohibit 
the interference of British functionaries in the 
management of Idolatrous Observances in Jndia, 
— were presented, and read ; and ordered to lie upon 


the Table. 


A Petition of Leicester Stanhope, praying the 
House to adopt measures to induce the Dean and 
Chapter of Westminster to permit the erection of a 
monument in Westminster Abbey, to the memory of 
Lord Byron, was presented, and read ; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the Petition be printed. 


Mr. Wallace reported from the Select Committee 
appointed to inquire into the present rates and modes 
of charging Postage, with a view to such a Reduc- 

5s 2 tion 


Grain, Malt, 
Co 


Tithes 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Idolatry 
(India. ) 


Lord Byron, 


Third Report 


on Postage. 


No. 708. 











Parochial 
Assessments 
Bill. 


Commissions 
of Lunacy. 


Copyholds’ 
Entranchise- 
ment. 


No. 707. 


Tithes 
(Ireland) Bill. 


868 


tion thereof as may be made without injury to the| 
Revenue ; and for this purpose to examine specially | “ 
into the mode recommended for charging and col- 
lecting Postage, in a pamphlet published by Mr. 
Rowland Hill, and who were empowered to report the 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them from time 
to time to the House, and to whom several Petitions 
relative to Postage were referred; That they had |“ 
further considered the matters to them referred, and 
directed him to make a Report thereof to the House, | “ 
together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken 
before them. ¥ 

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


A Petition of the Clergy of the county of Hun-| « 
tingdon, praying that the Parochial Assessments ;, 
Bill may not pass into a law, was presented, and |&lt;, 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. &amp; 


| «« 


wn“ 


| ¢ 
! 


‘é 





A Petition of the Gentlemen of the Jury, empan-! 
nelled to inquire into the state of mind of John |“ 
Jepson, of Sinton Point, in the county of Hereford, | i 
Esquire, under a Commission of Lunacy issued by |“ 
the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, and|“ 
dated the 8th day of February 1838, praying the| “ 
House to investigate the present law and _ practice | “ 
in ccntroverted cases of Lunacy, with a view to the! “ 
amendment of the same, was presented, and read ; “ 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


- 
nx 


1¢é 

Ordered, That the Select Committee appointed to eg 
consider of the Enfranchisement of Copyholds, and « 
to report their Opinion thereupon to the House, « 
have Done to report their Observations thereupon, | « 
together with the Minutes of the Evidence taken | « 
before them. ‘ 

Mr. Attorney-General reported from the said|« 
Select Committee ; That they had considered the! « 
matters referred to them, and directed him to make! « 
a Report thereof to the House, together with the) « 
Minutes of the Evidence taken before them, with| « 
an Appendix. 

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


n 


nx 


7 
| 

“&lt; 
|e 
| 


The House proceeded to take into consideration | “ 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, |“ 
intituled, An Act to abolish Cumpositions for Tithes | “ 
in Ireland, and to substitute Rent-charges in lieu 
thereof; and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 3.1.15. In Clause (B.) added, by way of | 
rider, to the Bill: 
Pr. 1. 1. 36. After “ Lieutenant” insert “ in; 
‘“€ Council.” ‘Seg 
Pr. 1. |. 37. Leave out from “ to” to “ who” |“ 
in Pr. 2. 1. 5. and insert “ such person or persons| “ 
“ as he may think proper.” |“ 
Pr. 2. 1. 16. Leave out from “ Ireland” 
shall” in |. 19. and insert “ in Council.” 
Pr. 2.1]. 21. Leave out “ and,” and insert “ in. 
In Clause (C.) added, by way of rider, to the Bill: | “ 
L. 2. Leave out from “ tor” to “to” in]. 4./“ 
and insert “ such person or persons.” ke 
In Clause (D.) added by way of rider, to the, 
Bill: re 
L. 2. Leave out “ and,” and insert “ in.” 
L. 35. Leave out “ and,” and insert * in.” | 
Pr. 7. 1. 3. In the interlineation, leave out‘ 
“end,” and inzert “ in.” - 
Pr. 7. |. 12. In the interlineation, leave out) 
“ and,” and insert “ in.” | 
Pr. 8. 1. 30. In the interlineation, 1. 1. Leave out | “ 
from “that” tothe end of the interlineation, and insert | 
* any landlord who shall have undertaken the pay- a 
ment of any composition for tithes under the provi- , “ 
sions of the herembefore recited Act of the second | “ 
and third years of the reign of hislate Majesty, shall, | “ 
for and during the continuance of his estate and | “ 
interest with the rent-charge payable in lieu of] “ 
such composition, be liable to the payment of |“ 
such rent-charge, provided he has an estate not |“ 
less than an estate of inheritance in such lands.” | “ 





“cc 


| « 


“&lt; 
iT 3 
73 


to| “ 


| é 


99 | e 
| 
6“ 


- 


“ 
“&lt; 


. 


. 


‘ 


. 


. 


ca 


‘ 


. 
“ 





‘ 


*. 


n~ 
- 


* 
~ 





13° Auguste. 


A. 1838. 


Pr. 19. 1.17. Leave out from “ determined ” to 
and” in Pr. 39. 1. 2.and insert Clauses (A.)and(B.) 

Crause (A.) “ And whereas in cases where the 
said compositions for tithes have been established 
by a sole Commissioner appointed by the Lord 
Lieutenant, in pursuance of an Act passed in the 
second and third years of the reign of His late 
Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled, An 
Act to amend three Acts passed respectively in 
the fourth, fifth and im the seventh and eighth 
years of the reign of His late Majesty King 
George the Fourth, providing for the establishing 
of compositions for tithes in Jreland, and to make 
such compositions permanent, it is just and ex- 
pedient, with a view to a final and satisfactory 
settlement of the amount of the said compositions 
for tithes, and the rent-charges payable in lieu 
thereof, that appeals should be allowed within a 
limited time agaiast the certificates of such com- 
positions where the amount thereof may have 
been unduly affected by fraud or concealment : 
BE it therefore Enacted, That it shall and may be 
lawful for any person or persons in any parish 
who would have been, in case this Act had not 
been made, individually or collectively liable to 
the payment of more than one half of the amount 
of the whole composition established in and for 
such parish, whether the several sums payable by 
him or them respectively shall be or may have 
been payable to any party entitled to the receipt 
of any composition, or to any landlord who may 
have taken upon him the payment of such compo- 
sition, at any time before the first day of October 
next to appeal, to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 
in Council in behalf of such parish against the 
certificate of such composition, in like manner as 
by the said Act of the second and third years of 
his said late Majesty king William the Fourth, and 
the Acts therein recited, an appeal might have 
been made by direction of the vestry of the parish 
within the time thereby limited, and the grounds 
of such appeal shall be stated in writing and 
signed by such person or persons, and lodged with 
the clerk of the Privy Council before the said 
first day of October, and in like manner it shall 
be lawful for any person who would have been, 
in case this Act had not been made, entitled to 
any composition for tithes, before the said first 
day of October, to appeal to the said Lord Lieu- 
tenant in Council against such certificate in like 
manner as by the said last-mentioned Acts such 
appeals might have been made within the time 
thereby limited; and notice of every such appeal 
shall be posted on the church door or usual place 
of posting notices of application of grand jury 
presentments in the barony or half barony in 
which the parish to which such application may 
refer is situate, and once inserted by or on behalf 
of the appellant party in some newspaper circu- 
lating within such parish within Ten days next 
after such appeal shall have been lodged with the 


‘ clerk of the Privy Council: Provided always, 


That where the effect of any composition may 
have been suspended previous to the passing of 
this Act by virtue of any lease or agreement in 
writing, the owners and occupiers of any lands 
upon which collectively a sum exceeding one- 
half of the amount of such composition may 
have been applotted shail be deemed and taken 
to be qualified within the meaning of this Act to 
make such appeal.” 

Cuiavse (B.) “ And be it Enacted, That every 
such appeal shall be heard and determined, and 
an order made thereupon for confirming or for 
decreasing or increasing or modifying the amount 
of such composition, in like manner as is provided 
by the said last-mentioned Act with respect to 
appeals thereby authorized to be made against 
such certificates; and all the enactments and 

rovisions contained in the same Act relating to 
the appeals thereby authorized to be made a 
“ such 





2 


‘ 


n 


“cc 





VICTORI&amp;. 


such certificates, and the costs thereof, shall | “ 
extend and be applied to appeals authorized by | “ 
this Act, and the costs thereof, except so far as |“ 
the same are repugnant to the provisions of this | “ 
Act: Provided always, That no order shall be | 
made on any such appeal, otherwise than for con- | “ 
firming the composition stated in the certificate, | “ 
unless it shall be proved that some fraud, con- |‘ 
cealment, misrepresentation or circumvention was 
practised by or on the part of some party inter-| ‘ 
ested in such composition, whereby the Com-| “ 
missioner may have been deceived, or whereby 
the knowledge of any fact or facts which was or 
were essential to enable the Commissioner to 
make a just decision was withheld from him, and 
whereby the amount of such composition was 





“ 


n 


iT 


nw 





13° Auguste. 


a 


869 


Majesty King William the Fourth, it is enacted, 
that a certified copy of or extract from the me- 
morial and schedule or return attached thereto, 
a duplicate of which is by that Act required to be 
lodged with the Clerk of the Peace, shall be suffi- 
cient evidence to all intents and purposes of the 
several matters and things therein set forth: Be 
it Enacted, That every Clerk of the Peace with 
whom any such duplicate, memorial and schedule 
or return attached thereto is lodged, shall and is 
hereby required to furnish a certified copy of or 
extract from the same respectively, to any person 
requirmg the same, on payment of a sum not 
exceeding Three-pence for every ninety words 
contained in such copy or extract.” 

The Amendments in Pr. 1. 1. 36. and Pr. 1. 1. 37. 


unduly affected: Provided also, That when an) 
appeal from any certificate of composition has 
before the passing of this Act been decided upon 
the merits by the Lord Lieutenant in council, or 
by any Judge of Assize, no further appeal relating | 
thereto shall be made by virtue of this Act. 

Pr. 39. 1. 5. Leave out “ apply for the revision,” 


wn“ 


n~ 
n 


and insert “ appeal against the certificate.” | 


Pr. 39. 1. 12. Leave out from “ lodged ” to! 
“ next” in 1.13. and insert “ at any time before the 
“ First day of October ;” and in |. 12. leave out from 
“ next” to “ with” in 1. 14. 

Pr. 39. 1.17. Leave out from “as” to “ of” 
in ], 18. and insert “ appeals against certificates.” 

Pr. 39. 1. 30. Leave out “ and,” and insert “in. 

Pr. 40. 1. 4. Leave out “and,” and insert “in,” | 

Pr. 40. ls. 16. and 17. After “ Lieutenant” in-| 
sert “ in council.” 


2? 


9? 


mid 


\&amp;¢ 


of Clause (B.), added, by way of rider, to the BiL, 
being read a second time, were agreed to; but in 
consequence of the last of the said Amendments, an 
Amendment was made in Pr. 2. 1. 26. of the said 
Clause, by leaving out the word “ said.” 

The Amendments, as faras Pr. 39. 1. 5. being read 
a second time, were agreed to. 

The Amendment in Pr. 39.1. 5. being read a se- 
cond time, was agreed to so far as relates to the 
omission of the words “ apply for the revision,” but 
in consequence of the provisions of Clause (A.) an 
amendment was made to the Clause by leaving out 
from the word “ any” 1. 3. to the words “to apply ” 


1. 6. and inserting instead thereof the words “ person 


“* or persons in any parish, who would have been, in 


case this Act had not been made, individually or 
collectively liable to the payment of more than 
one-fourth of the amount of the whole composi- 


“cc 


nw 
n 


Pr. 40. 1. 28. After “ effect” insert “ and in|“ 
every case in which no applotment shall hitherto | “ 
have been made, it shall be lawful for any such |“ 
persons as are hereinbefore authorized to appeal | “ 
against the certificate of any composition to apply | “ 
for the making of such applotment in like manner |“ 


tion established in and for such parish, whether 
tiie several sums payable by him or them respec- 
tively, shall be or may have been payable to any 
party entitled to the receipt of any composition, 
or to any landlord who may have taken upon him 
the payment of such composition,’ such Amend- 


and within the like period as is hereinbefore pro-| 
vided with respect to memorials for the amend- 
ment of any applotment ; and in every such case 
it shall and may be lawful for the said Lord Lieu- 
tenant in council to appoint one or more skilful 
person or persons to make such applotment, who 
shall therein have and exercise the like powers, 
privileges and authorities, and observe, as far as 
may be, the like regulations as are given and 
directed to be observed by the said Acts for esta- 
blishing compositions of tithes.” 

Pr. 40. 1. 35. Leave out from “ presentment ” 
“ And” in |. penult. 

Pr. 48. 1. 5. After “ soever ”’ insert Clause (C.) 

Cravuse (C.) “ And be it Enacted, That the 





said rent-charges shall be deemed and taken to 
be Tithes within the meaning of an Act passed 
in this present Session of Parliament, intituled, 
An Act for the Relief of the destitute Poor in 
Ireland, and that the persons entitled to the re- 
ceipt of such rent-charges shall be deemed and 
taken to be tithe-owners within the meaning of 
that Act.” 

Pr. 65. 1. 23. After “ thereunder” insert “ Pro- 
vided, That in case of the death, illness, absence, 
disability or incapacity of any person entitled to 
relief under this Act, it shall be lawful for the per- 
sonal representatives, guardian, attorney, steward 
or agent of such person to make such application 
as aforesaid, and that in such case the contents 
of the memorial and schedule shall be verified upon 
oath by such personal representatives, guardian, 
attorney, steward or agent, as the case may be.” 


Pr. 75. 1. 28. After “ the” insert “ third and.” 

Pr. 75. 1. 29. Leave out “ and fifth year” and 
insert “ years.” ; 

Pr. 76. 1.26. After “aforesaid” insert Clause (D.) 


Crause (D.) “ And whereas by the said Act of 
“ the third and fourth yearsof the reignof His late 


ment being necessary to render the wording con- 
formable to the wording in Clause (A.), only sub- 
stituting the words “ one-fourth” for the words 
“ one-half.” 

The Amendments, as far as Pr. 40. 1. 28., being 
read a second time, were agreed to. 

Pr. 40. 1. 28. the next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

An Amendment was made thereunto, by leaving 
out the words “ appeal against the certificate of any 
“ composition,” and by inserting the words “ apply 
“ for the Amendment of any applotment, instead 
“ thereof.” 

And the said Amendment, so amended, was 
agreed to. 

Pr. 40. 1.35. the next Amendment, being read 
a second time ; 

An Amendment was made thereunto, by insert- 
ing the words “ on or off the parish in which such 
“ expenses shall have been incurred; and a certifi- 
cate of the amount so expended in respect of each 
such parish shall be transmitted under the hand 
of one of the joint or assistant Secretaries of the 
Commissioners of the Treasury, to the Treasurer 
of the county in which such parish may be situate ; 
and such Treasurer shall insert the sum specified 
in such certificate in his warrant, for the collection 
of the money to be raised and levied off such 
parish, by presentment of the grand jury at the 
assizes next succeeding, and such sum shall be 
applotted (if need be by a separate applotment), 
and raised and levied off the lands liable to rent- 
charge in such parish, in like manner and by the 
like ways and means as if such sum had been 
presented by the said grand jury at such assizes 
to be levied off such lands, and shall be paid over 
‘¢ by the said Treasurer when and as by him received 
“ to such bank or person and in such manner as the 
“ said Commissioners of the Treasury shall direct,” 
instead of the words left out. 





Vou. 93. 


583 And 





Lunatics’ 
Estates. 


Foreign Fruits. 


870 13° Augusti. 


And the said Amendment, so amended, was agreed 

to. 

The Amendments, as far as Clause (D.), being read 
a second time, were agreed to. 

Cravse (D.), the last of the said Amendments, 
being read a second time ; 

An Amendment was made thereunto, by adding 
at the end thereof, the words “ and every sum of 
“ money set forth in such copy or extract shall be 
“ reckoned only as a single word.” 

And the said Amendment, so amended, was agreed 
to, and the said Clause was transposed, and placed 
after the words “ or Tithes,” in Pr. 79. 1. 12. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships, 
with Amendments; to which Amendments this House 
doth desire the concurrence of their Lordships. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return made up to the latest possible period, of the 
Number of Persons found Lunatic by Commission, 
and of whose Estates Committees Be been ap- 
——- and of the Total Amount of their Annual 

ncomes; distinguishing the Number of Persons 
and Amount of Income of those who individually 
have less than £.100 per annum:— Also, the 
Number and Amount of Income of those who have 
£.100 and less than £.200 per annum; the Number 
and Amount of Income of those who have £.200 
and less than £.300 per annum; and those who have 
£.300 and less than £.400 per annum; and the 
Number and Amount of Income of those who have 
£.400 per annum and upwards. 


The House was moved, That the Order made upon 
Friday last, That there be laid before this House, a 
Return of the Amount in Value of Foreign Fruit 
taken from Importers by the Officers of Her Ma- 
jesty’s Customs, under the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, 
c. 52, s. 22, during the years 1836, 1837 and 1838, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Order be discharged. 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, 
Returns of the Quantities, either in weight or b 
measurement, according to the mode in which the 
Duties are levied, of Foreign( Raw) Fruit and Vege- 
tables imported into the United Kingdom, during 
the years 1836, 1837 and 1838, and the Amount of 
Duty paid thereon :—And, of the Amount, in value, 
of Foreign (Raw) Fruit and Vegetables, upon which 
an ad-valorem Duty has been paid, imported during 
the years 1836, 1837 and 1838, and the Amount of 





A. 1838. 


before this House, Returns as to Bankruptcies pre- 
vious to the Act of Parliament, 1831, appointing 
Official Assignees to take possession of the Estates: 
—1. The Names of the Official Assignees, and of 
their Official Residence :—2. Names of the Bank- 
rupts previous to the Act whose Estates were taken 
possession of, in whole or in part, their Description 
and Residence :—3. Dates of their Bankruptcies : 
—4. Amount of Assets of each Estate received from 
the original Assignees:—5. Amount of Debts due to 
the Estates not then received :—6. Amount of As- 
sets from the Estates since received :—7. Amount of 
further expected Assets from the Debts :—8s. 
Amount of Dividends declared by the Official As- 
signees, and Dates:—9. Total Amount paid to 
Creditors :—~10. Total Amount remaining unpaid to 
Creditors :—11. Expenses charged for Assignees, 
Commissionand Allowances :—12. Expense charged 
to the Estate for Petty Charges:—13. Balance of 
Cash in each Account, debiting the same only with 
the Cash paid away, and Charges :—14. How the 
Balance is disposed of, whether paid to the Ac- 
countant General :—15. Or retained in the hands of 
the Official Assignees for Creditors not having yet 
applied for their Dividends :—The Receipts or Pay- 
ments, on account of the undivided Estates, or of 
unclaimed Dividends, to be separately returned, 
might be read ; and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That a Return to the said Order be laid 
before this House forthwith. 


amendment of the Municipal Corporations Act, was 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


fession by unlicensed practitioners ; and praying the 
attention of the House thereto, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


account to disturb the principle of the new Poor Law 
Amendment Act, but to limitany alteration they may 
be inclined to make in the said Act to such modifica- 
tions of the measure as may be calculated to increase 
without impairing its efficiency, was presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of John Tweedale, and other Trustees Municipal 
of the Charities of King’s yin, praying for the ayer 


A Petition of Medical Practitioners of Stroud, Medical 
complaining of the injury done to the Medical Pro- Profession. 


A Petition of the Board of Guardians of the Poor Law 
Burton-upon-Trent Union, praying the House on no a 


Mes 
the. 


Pen 


Join 
Ban! 


Med 
Post 


Mili 
Bill. 


Milit 
Susp 


Mail 
Rails 


Suga 
Pate: 


Regi 
Elect 


Eccle 
Appe 
Suspe 


Court 
(Scot 


A Petition of Proprietors of heritable property in Prisons (Scot- 
the city of Glasgow, praying that the Prisons (Scot- — 
Y : 7 ya urg 1S 

Resolved, That an humble Address be presented | /and); and, Royal Burghs (Scotland) Bills, may not (gcotiand) 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased | pass into law, was presented, and read ; and ordered Bills. 
to give directions, that there be laid before this|to lie upon the Table. 

House, a Return of the Names of Persons who have 
been convicted in Upper Canada of Treason, Mis- i 
prision of Treason or Felony, since 1st October 1837;| further consideration the Report from the Select Revision. 
the Value of the Personal Property, the Number of|Committee on Standing Orders Revision ; 

Acres of real Estate, the Value of the Houses, Build-| Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 

ings and Lands, if any, belonging to such Persons, | consideration To-morrow. 

forfeited to the Crown ; the Grants and Sales, if any, 
of such forfeited Property and Estates; the Names| Resolved, That an humble Address be presented fmprisonment 
of the Purchasers and Grantees of such Property |to Her Majesty that She will be graciously pleased for Debt 
and Estates, and the Value of the personal and real | ¢, give directions, that there be laid before this Sertane) — 
Estates, so forfeited, retained by the Crown; and} House. a Return of the Number of Persons im- Plural 
the Amount or Value of real or personal Estate, if prisoned for Civil Debts in the different Gaols in 
any, that has been granted by the Crown to the Scotland, for the first three months of the year 
Widows, Children and Relatives of such Persons, 1838 ; distinguishing whether the Persons were im- 
and the Names of such Grantees. prisoned for Debts not exceeding £.8. 6s. 8d. ster- 

Ordered, That the said Address be presented to | jing (£.100 Scots), or for Civil Debts exceeding that 
Her Majesty, by such Members of this House as are | gum. 


Duty paid thereon. 


Upper Canada, Cast 








The Order of the day being read, for taking into Standing Orders Bene 


Plora 








of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. Ordered, That the said Address be presented mais 
to Her Majesty by such Members of this House No 


The House was moved, That the Order made jas are of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy 
upon the 18th day of May last, That there be laid Council. 
A Message 


Banhiuptcies, 





Message from 
the Lords. 


Pensions Bill. 


Joint Stock 
Banks Bill. 


Mediterranean 
Postage Bill. 


Militia Pay 
Bill. 


Militia Ballots 
Suspension Bill. 


Mails on 


Railways Bill. 


Sugar Refining 
Patent Bill. 


Registration of 
Electors Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 
Appointments 
Suspension Bill. 


Court of Session 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Customs Bill, 


Benefices 
Plorality Bill, 


Benefices 
Plurality Bill. 


Registration of 
lectors Bill, 


No, 706, 





2 VicTori2. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham and 
Mr, Farrer : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment ; viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to provide for the Pay- 
ment of certain Pensions: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to amend, until the end 
of the next Session of Parliament the Law relative 
to Legal Proceedings by certain Joint Stock Bank- 
ing Companies against their own Members, and by 
such Members against the Companies : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for imposing Rates of 
Postage on the Conveyance of Letters by Packet 
Boats between Places in the Mediterranean and 
other Parts: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to defray the Charge of 
the Pay, Clothing and contingent and other Ex- 
penses of the Disembodied Militia in Great Britain 
and Jreland, and to grant Allowances in certain 
cases to Subaltern Officers, Adjutants, Pay-masters, 
Quarter-masters, Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, 
Surgeons’ Mates, and Serjeant Majors of the Militia, 
until the First day of July One thousand eight hun- 
dred and thirty-nine: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to suspend until the 
end of the next Session of Parliament the making 
of Lists, and the Ballots and Enrolments for the 
Militia of the United Kingdom : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to provide for the Con- 
veyance of the Mails by Railways: 

A Bill, intituled, An Act for forming and esta- 
blishing “ The Colonial Patent Sugar Company,” 
and to enable the said Company to purchase certain 
Letters Patent: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for the Registration of Parliamentary Electors, 
with Amendments ; to which Amendments the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for suspending until the First day of August 
One thousand eight hundred and Thirty-nine, and 
to the end of the then Session of Parliament, thé 
Appointment to certain Dignities and Offices in 
Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, and to Sinecure 
Rectories, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to make certain Alterations in the Duties of the 
Lord Ordinary,and in the Establishment of Clerks 
and Officers of the Court of Session and Court of 
Commissioners for Teinds in Scotland, and to re- 
duce the Fees payable in those Courts, with Amend- 
ments; to which Amendments the Lords desire the 
concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to amend the Laws relating to the Customs, with 
an Amendment; to which Amendment the Lords 
desire the concurrence of this House: And also, 

The Lords desire a present Conference with this 
House in their Lordships’ Committee-room, No. 5, 
upon the subject-matter of the Conference on Thurs- 
day last, relative to the Amendments to the Bill, 
intituled, “ An Act to abridge the holding of Bene- 
fices in Plurality, and to make better Provision for 
the Residence of the Clergy :’—And then the Mes- 
sengers withdrew. 


Resolved, That this House doth agree to a Con- 
ference with the Lords, as desired by their Lord- 
ships. 

And the Messengers were again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith :—And then 
they again withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Registration of Electors Bill be taken 
into consideration To-morrow. 

Ordered, That the said Amendments be printed. 

Vou. 93. 


13° A uguste. 


871 


the names of Mr. Edward John Stanley, Mr. Ser- 
jeant Talfourd, Lord William Bentinck, Mr. Holmes, 
Lord Stanley, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Sir Frederick 
Pollock, and Lord Granville Somerset, were added 
to them. 

Then the names of the Managers were called 
over; and they went to the Conference :—And being 
returned ; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported, That the 
Managers had met the Lords at a Conference, which 
was managed on the part of the Lords by the Earl 
of Shaftesbury ; who acquainted them that the 
Lords, having taken into consideration the Reasons 
given by the Commons at the last Conference for 
disagreeing to several Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the Bill, intituled, “ An Act to abridge 
the holding of Benefices in Plurality, and to make 
better provision for the Residence of the Clergy,” 
do not insist upon some of the Amendments to 
which this House hath disagreed ; and do disagree 
to some of the Amendments made by this House to 
the Amendments made by their Lordships, for which 
they gave their Reasons; and do agree to some of 
the said Amendments, without any Amendment ; 
and to other of the said Amendments, with certain 
Amendments, to which they desire the concur- 
rence of this House; and the said Reasons and 
Amendments were read, as follow: 

The Lords agree to the Amendments made b 
the Commons as far as Clause (A.) added by their 
Lordships to the Bill. 


The Lords agree to the Amendment made by the 
Commons to Clause (A.), which Amendment is to 
insert after “ require” the words “ according to a 
“ form or forms to be promulgated from time to 
“« time by the Archbishop of the province, and ap- 
“* proved by the Queen in Council,” with the follow- 
ing Amendment; leave out “ the province” and 
insert “ Canterbury.” 

The Lords do not agree to the other Amendment 
made by the Commons to the said Clause, for the 
following Reasons : 

Because by the 25th of Henry the Eighth, c. 
21, the power of granting license or dispensation 
for plurality of benefices is given exclusively to 
the Archbishop of Canterbury, and has ever 
since been exercised in his Court of Faculties 
in respect to the province of York as well as 
of Canterbury, in conformity to the directions 
of that Act. 

Because the power is continued under certain 
new regulations to the Archbishop of Canter- 
bury by the sixth and seventh Clauses of this 
Bill, and the Amendment made by the Com- 
mons in the eighth Clause, substituting the 
Archbishop of the province for the Archbishop 
of Canterbury, does not correspond with the 
provisions of the two Clauses immediately pre- 
ceding, and would probably have the effect of 
rendering them inoperative in the province of 
York, where there is no Court of Faculties. 


The Lords agree to the Amendments made by the 
Commons, and do not insist on their Amendments 


'to which the Commons disagree, as far as Pr. 71. 


1. 35. 

The Lords do not agree to the Amendment made 

by the Commons to the Amendment in Pr. 71. 1. 35. 
for the following Reasons : ; 

Because they are of opinion that the duties 

of a clergyman should be regulated not by the 

amount of his income, but by a regard to the 

spiritual benefit of his parishioners. 

Because as to a great number of parishes 

the Amendment would defeat one of the primary 

obiects of the Bill; because the preaching of 

one sermon on the Sunday was the minimum re- 

quired by the 48d canon at a time when many 











584 of 


Ordered, That the Managers who managed the Benefices 
last Conference do manage this Conference :—And Plurality Bill. 








eA AE SSG AAC LITLE 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Canada 
Tudemnity Bill. 


Canada 
Indemnity Biil, 


No. 702. 


Lower Canada. 


872 19°-—14° 


of the clergy were not qualified to be preachers, 
and this Amendment would make it the ma.zi- 
mum in avery considerable number of parishes. | 

Because as it rarely happens that more than 
one-half of the parishioners ever attend divine 
service more than once a day, every clergyman 


who is not permitted to serve a second church | 


ought to perform two full services every Sunday, | 
although the population may not amount to 
400 persons, in order that those who cannot 
attend church twice may not lose the benefit of 
a sermon or lecture when they do attend. 
Because every Bishop has now full powers’ 
both under the Acts of uniformity and the) 
statute 57 Geo. 3, c. 99, s. 51, to require the) 
performance of two services, with ‘a sermon at! 
the morning service, in every church or chapel 
within his diocese, and because the intention of | 
the Legislature in the last-mentioned enact- 


5 . . 
ment was to give to the Bishop the power of 








A. 1838. 


clamation issued by the Governor of Lower Canada, 
on the 28th day of June last. 

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


Augusti. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Private Light- 


Private 


houses, which was presented upon the 25th day of Lighthouses, 


July last, be printed. 
Ordered, That the Return to explain and amend 


the 3d day of this instant August, be printed. 


No. 709, 
Post Office 


| the Return, No. 265 of this Session, relative to the (Scotland.) 
‘Post Office (Scotland), which was presented upon No. 704. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to Liverpool Liverpool Port 


Port (Post Office Packets), which was presented 
upon Tuesday last, be printed. 

Ordered, That the Papers relative to the Poor 
Law Amendment Act, which were presented upon 
Thursday last, be printed. 








( Post Oftice 
Packets.) 


No. 710, 


Poor Law 


Amendment 
Act. 


requiring two full services, although such power | Ordered. TI “— -elativ Trinj No.711, 
has not been actually conveyed, owing to the’ rdered, that the Keturn relative to trinity — House 
omission of some word or words, which appears ieee “" —— which was presented upon Sea” 
from considering that the Clause, if not intended | huraday last, be printed. No. 709. 
to do this, only gave to the Bishops a power And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 
which they had before, and because the Amend- 
ment proposed by the Commons does in ap- ~—— —— gS 
pearance, if not in effect, restrain the power! , . : . 
which the Bishops have always possessed, Ma rtis, 14° die Augusti ; 
instead of giving effect to the intentions of the| ae Was . 
Legislature in enacting the Clause last re-| Rae 3 See TM, SESS. 
ferred to. PRAYERS. 

The Lords agree to the other Amendment made | MESSAGE by Mr. Pulman, Yeoman Usher Royal Assent 

by the Commons to their Lordships’ Amendments | i “\X of the Black Rod: to Bills. 


to the said Bill. 

The said Reasons and Amendments, being read 
a second time ; 

Resolved, That this House doth not insist upon 
the Amendments made by the Commons to the 
Amendments made by the Lords, to which their 


Lordships have disagreed, and agree to the Amend-| 


ments made by the Lords to the ‘Amendments made 
by the Commons to the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the said Bill. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House doth 
not insist wpon the Amendments made by the Com- 
mons to the Amendments made by the Lords, to 
which their Lordships have disagreed, and agree to 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Amend- 
ments made by the Commons to the Amendments 
made by the Lords to the said Bill. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham and 
Mr. Senior : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act 
for indemnifying those who have issued or acted 
under certain parts of a certain Ordimance made 
under colour of an Act passed in the present Session 
of Parliament, intituled, “ An Act to make Tem- 
porary Provision for the Government of Lower 
Canada :’—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


The Canada Indemnity Bill was read the first 
time; and ordered to be read a second time. 
Ordered, That the Bill be now read a second time : 


Mr. Speaker, 

| The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to seve- 
‘ral Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire the 
immediate attendance of this Honourable House in 
‘the House of Peers, to hear the Commission read. 
_ Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
|up to the House of Peers :—And being returned ; 

Mr. Speaker reported, That the House, at the 
desire of the Lords, authorized by virtue of Her 
Majesty’s Commission, had been at the House of 
Peers, where a Commission under the Great Seal 
was read, giving, declaring and notifying the Royal 
Assent to the several Public Bills therein mentioned ; 
and that the Lords, thereby authorized, had declared 
the Roya! Assent to the said Bills :—Which Bills 
are as follow: 





by Exchequer Bills, for the Service of the year One 
thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight : 





thereto: 


An Act to repeal the Four-and-a-half per Centum 
Duties : 


to the Secretary at War and the Paymaster General: 


An Act to provide for the Payment of certain 
Pensions: 





—The Bill was accordingly read a second time ; and 
committed to a Committee of the whole House for 
To-morrow. 


Ordered, That the Bill be printed. | 


An Act to abridge the holding of Benefices in 
Plurality, and to make better Provision for the Re- 
sidence of the Clergy : 


An Act for raising the Sum of Eleven millions Exchequer Bills 
forty-four thousand five hundred and fifty pounds CE 11,044.55) 


An Act to authorize a further Issue of Exchequer Exchequer Bilis 
Bills for Public Works and Fisheries, and Employ- gn Works) 
ment of the Poor, and to amend the Acts relating ~ 


Four-and-a-half 
per Centum 
Duties Bill. 


An Act respecting the Transfer of certain Funds Transfer of 
Funds (War 
Office) Bill. 


Pensions Bill. 


Benefices 
Plurality Bill. 


An Act to defray the Charge of the Pay, Clothing Militia Pay 


Bill, 


and Contingent and other Expenses of the Disem- 
Resolved, That an humble Address be presented] bodied Militia in Great Britain and Ireland, and 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased| to grant Allowances in certain cases to Subaltern 
to give directions that there be laid before this| Officers, Adjutants, Paymasters, Quartermasters, 
House, Copies of an Ordinance passed by the Go-| Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Surgeons Mates, and 
vernor and Special Council of Lower Canada, inti-| Serjeant Majors of the Militia, until the First day 
tuled, “ An Ordinance to provide for the Security of/of July One thousand eight hundred and Thirty- 
the Province of Lower Canada;”—-and, of a Pro-| nine: 


| Au 


| 
i 


Militi 
Suspe 


Form: 
Plead 


Oath: 
Bill. 


Mail: 
Raily 
Medi 
Poste 


Publi 
Bill. 
Coal 
(Lon 
Bill. 


Duc 
Corn 
Lanc 


Slav 
Tres 


Joir 
Ban 


Fin 
Rec 
(Ire 


Cor 


(Ir 
Car 
Tre 
(Ire 


(f 








2 Victoriz. 


Militia Ballots An Act to suspend until the end of the next Ses- 

Suspension Bill. sion of Parliament, the making of Lists and the 
Ballots and Enrolments for the Militia of the United 
Kingdom : 

Forms of An Act for continuing, under certain limitations, 

Pleading Bill. the Powers given to the Judges for altering the 
Forms of Pleading in the Courts of Common Law 
at Westminster, and elsewhere : 

Oaths Validity An Act to remove Doubts as to the Validity of 

Bill. certain Oaths : 

Mailson An Act to provide for the Conveyance of the Mails 

Railways Bill. by Railways : 

Mediterranean An Act for imposing Rates of Postage on the 

Postage Bill. Conveyance of Letters by Packet Boats between 
places in the Mediterranean and other Parts: 


= An Act for keeping safely the Public Records: 


Coal Trade An Act to continue for Seven Years an Act for 
(London, &amp;¢-) yeoulating the Vend and Delivery of Coals in London 
= and Westminster and in certain parts of the adjacent 
Counties : 

Duchies of | An Act to revive and continue an Act of the first 
eaerteA and second years of his late Majesty, to enable his 
ajesty to make Leases, Copies and Grants of 
Offices, Lands and Hereditaments, Parcel of the 
Duchy of Cornwall, or annexed to the same ; and 
to make provision for rendering to Parliament Annual 
Accounts of the Receipts and Disbursements of the 

~ Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster : 

An Act to revive and continue until Six months 
after the commencement of the next Session of Par- 
liament, and to amend an Act for authorizing Her 
Majesty to carry into immediate execution by Orders 
in Council any Treaties made for the Suppression 
of the Slave Trade : 

An Act to amend, until the end of the next Ses- 


Public Records 


Slave Trade 
Treaties Bill. 


Joint Stock 


Banks Billy sion of Parliament, the Law relative to Legal Pro- 
ceedings by certain Joint Stock Banking Companies 
against their own Members, and by such Members 
against the Companies : 

Fines and An Act for the more effectual levying of Fines, 

(lrelerd) Bill Penalties, Issues, Deodands and Amerciaments, and 
of Forfeited Recognizances estreated in Ireland, and 
for the Application and Distribution thereof : 

Corporate 


: An Act to restrain the Alienation of Corporate 
(Ireland) pill, Property in certain Towns in Ireland : 


County of Clare An Act to authorize the County of Clare to borrow 
(iclandy pil, 2 Sum of Money for the Relief of the Creditors and 
’ others remaining unpaid by reason of the Default 
of the late Treasurer of the said County, to provide 
for the Repayment of the same, and to direct Pro- 
ceedings to be taken in reference to the Default of 

such late Treasurer : 


Sugar Refining An Act for forming and establishing The Co- 


Patent Bill. Jonial Patent Sugar Company, and to enable the 
said Company to purchase certain Letters Patent. 
Poor Law Mr. Parker, Assistant Secretary to the Poor Law 
(pandmentAct Commissioners, was called in; and at the bar pre- 
Union.) sented, pursuant to Order,—Copies of all Letters 


written to the Poor Law Commissioners in London, 
and their Answers thereto, on the subject of Mr. An- 
nesley’s conduct, Clerk to the Pershore Union, re- 
specting Proceedings connected with the said Union: 
—and, of the Evidence taken in August 1837, by 
the Assistant Commissioner, Mr. Weale, on the same 
subject:—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the 
Table. 
Fire Insurance. A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses 
of Norwich, praying for the repeal of the Duty on 
Policies of Fire Insurance, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Idolatry 


(indin} Petitions from Templecarne ; — and, Norwich ; 
a 


praying the House to prohibit the interference of 
British functionaries in the management of Idola- 
trous Observances in Jndia,—were presented, and 
read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Vot. 93. 


14° Augusti. 














873 


A Petition of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich, Ecclesiastical 
praying that the Ecclesiastical Duties and Revenues iroketen 
ill may not pass into a law, was presented, and as 

read ; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


A Petition of the Clergy and Inhabitants of Wey- Church 
mouth and Melcombe Regis, praying the House to —— 
take into consideration the present state of the — 
clesiastical Establishment in Canada, was presented, 
and read; and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Lord John Russell reported to the House, That Answer to 
their several Addresses of the 7th, 9th and 13th days Addresses. 
of this instant August (that Her Majesty would be 
graciously pleased to give directions that the Papers 
therein mentioned might be laid before this House), 
had been presented to Her Majesty, and that Her 
Majesty had commanded him to acquaint this House, 
that She will give directions accordingly. 


Sir George Grey presented, pursuant to an Ad- Lower Canada. 
dress to Her Majesty,— Copies of an Ordinance No. 705. 
ee by the Governor and Special Council of 

ower Canada, intituled, “ An Ordinance to provide 
for the security of the Province of Zower Canada :” 
—and, of a Proclamation issued by the Governor of 
Lower Canada, on the 28th June last. 

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


Mr. Robert Steuart reported from the Select Com- Education 
mittee appointed to inquire into the state of Educa- (Scotland.) 
tion in Scotland; and to whom were referred the No. 715. 
Returns presented to the House, pursuant to an 
Address, dated the 30th day of March 1835, of all 
Cases brought before all the Presbyteries in Scotland, 
including Orkney and Shetland, respecting Parochial 
Schoolmasters, under the Act 43 Geo. 3, c. 54, s. 

21; That they had made Progress in the matters to 
them referred; and had directed him to make a Re- 
port thereof to the House. 


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


Ordered, That the Fifteenth Report of the Com- London and 
missioners of the London and Holyhead, &amp;c. Roads, poser &amp; 
hich was presented yesterday, be printed. 7 
bs he No. 716. 
Ordered, That the Return relative to Spirit Li- spirit Licenses 


censes ‘ Ireland), which was presented upon Tuesday (Ireland.) 
last, be printed. No. 717. 


A Petition of Shareholders in the Great Leinster Railways 
and Munster Railway, complaining of certain state- (Ireland.) 
ments in the Report of the Commissioners on Rail- 
ways in Ireland, and praying for inquiry, was pre- 

— and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
able. 


A Petition of the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses Postage. 
of Norwich, praying for the establishment of a low 
and uniform rate of Postage on Letters, was pre- 


sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of the Minister and Deacons of the Poor Law 
Baptist Church at Ludgershall, complaining of an Amendment 
inmate of the poor-house at Andover having been 4% 
refused permission to attend public worship at a 
Dissenting Chapel, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration geclesiastical 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Appointments 
intituled, An Act for suspending, until the First day S»spension Bill. 
of August, One thousand eight hundred and Thirty- 
nine, and to the end of the then Session of Parlia- 
ment, the am im to certain Dignities and 
Offices in Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, and 

5T to 





















































































Message from 
the Lords. 


Duchies of 
Cornwall and 
Lancaster Bill. 


874 14° Augusti. 


to Sinecure Rectories ; and the same were read, as 


follow : : 
Pr. 2. 1. 15. After “ Parliament” insert Clause 


A. 
ial (A.) “ And be it further Enacted, That 
“ during the vacancy of any dignity, prebend, 
“‘ canonry or benefice without cure of souls, which 
“‘ is now vacant under the provisions of the said 
“ recited Acts, or which shall hereafter become 
“ vacant during the continuance of such provisions 
“ by virtue of this Act, the holder or incumbent of 
“‘ which respectively, if a successor had been duly 
“‘ admitted thereto, would have been in right thereof 
the patron of any benefice with cure of souls, the 
patron of such dignity, prebend, canonry or be- 
nefice without cure, shall be considered for all 
“ legal purposes to be the patron for the time being 
of any such benefice with cure of souls.” 

Pr. 2. 1. 36. After “ Act” insert Clause (B.) 

CiauseE (B.) “ Provided always, and be it further 
Enacted That every Bishop to whom any portion 
“* of another diocese shall have been transferred by 
“ any order in council under the provisions of the 
last recited Act passed in the Session held in the 
“ sixth and seventh years of the reign of his late 
“ Majesty, shall, during the visitation of such por- 
“ tion of his diocese so transferred, be anak by 
“ his own Chancellor or Commissary, and attended 
“ by his own Registrar; and that during any such 


a a a4 
a 


ww 
n 


“~ 
nw 


cal 
nx 


~~ «8 
nxn A 


shall in the name of such Bishop, and in con- 
“ formity with the usages observed in such diocese, 
“ inhibit all inferior and concurrent jurisdictions, 
“ receive presentments, admit churchwardens to 
“ their office, issue marriage licenses, grant probates 
“ of wills and letters of administration to the effects 
“ of intestates, and exercise in every respect the 
“ same jurisdiction which the Chancellor or Com- 
S naga. | of any preceding Bishop has exercised 
“in such portion of his diocese so transferred, 
“ pending the visitation of the diocesan, and the 
“ duration of any inhibition which may have issued 
“ in consequence of such visitation, any thing in 
“ the last recited Act to the contrary notwithstand- 
“ ing; and that all acts which have been or shall 
“be done by any Chancellor or Commissary so 
“ assisting such Bishop as aforesaid, shall be taken 
“ to be good and valid in law to all intents and 
‘* purposes whatsoever.” 

Pr, 3. 1. 19. After “ divinity ” insert “ nor to 
“ prevent the Bishop of Hereford from disposing 
“ of the canonry and prebend in the cathedral 
“ church of Hereford, now held by the Reverend 
“* Henry C. Hobart, M. A., should the same become 
“ vacant.” 

Pr. 3, 1. 21. Leave out “ Jenkins,” and insert 
“ Jenkyns.” 

Pr. 3. 1. ult. Leave out Clause (A.) added, by 
way of rider, to the Bill. 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham and 
Mr. Senior : 

Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the several Bills fol- 
lowing, without Amendment, viz. 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to revive and continue 
an Act of the first and second years of his late Ma- 
jesty, to enable his Majesty to make Leases, Copies 
and Grants of Offices, Lands and Hereditaments, 
Parcel of the Duchy of Cornwall, or annexed to 
the same, and to make provision for rendering to 
Parliament Annual Accounts of the Receipts and 
Disbursements of the Duchies of Cornwall and 
Lancaster : 


visitation the Chancellor or Commissary aforesaid. 








A. 1838. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to revive and continue Slave Trade 
until Six months after the commencement of the Taties Bill. 
next Session of Parliament, and to amend, an Act 
for authorizing Her Majesty to carry into immediate 
Execution by Orders in Council, any Treaties made 
for the Suppression of the Slave Trade : 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to restrain the Alienation Corporate 


ss - : . Propert 
of Corporate Property in certain Towns in Ireland: Shain 4) Bill, 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to continue for Seven Coal Trade 
years, an Act for regulating the Vend and Delivery (London, &amp;c.) 
of Coals in London and Westminster, and in certain * 
parts of the adjacent Counties : 

A Bill, intituled, An Act to authorize a further Exchequer Bills 
Issue of Exchequer Bills for Public Works and (Public Works) 
Fisheries and Employment of the Poor, and to Pi 
amend the Acts relating thereto: 

A Bill, mtituled, An Act for raising the Sum Exchequer Bills 
of Eleven millions forty four thousand five hun- (£-11,044,550) 
dred and fifty pounds by Exchequer Bills for the 
service of the year One thousand eight hundred 
and thirty eight. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act to repeal the Four-and- four-and-a-half 


a half per centum Duties : per Centum 
Duties Bill. 


A Bill, intituled, An Act respecting the Transfer Transfer of 
of certain Funds to the Secretary at War and the Funds (Wer 
Paymaster General: And also, Office) Bill. 


The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made Oaths Validity 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to re- Bil. 
move Doubtsas to the Validity of certain Oaths, 
without any Amendment: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendment made Forms of 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for Pleading Bill. 
continuing under certain Limitations, the Powers 
given to the Judges for altering the Forms of 
Pleading in the Courts of Common Law at West- 
minster, and elsewhere, without any Amendment : 

And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, ntituled, An Valuationof 
Act to amend an Act of the sixth and seventh Lands (Ireland 
years of his late Majesty, for the Uniform Valuation 
of Lands and Tenements in Jreland, and for incor- 
porating detached Portions of Counties and Ba- 
ronies with those Counties and Baronies respectively 
whereto the same may adjoin, or wherein the same 
are locally situate, with Amendments; to which 
Amendments the Lords desire the concurrence of 
this House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An Personal 
Act to amend the .— of Scotland in matters re- Diligence ‘ 
lating to Personal Diligence, Arrestments and (S¢°tn¢) Bil. 
Poindings, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An County Trea- 
Act to facilitate Advances out of County Monies, surers (Ireland) 
for the support of County Gaols and Institutions in 
Lreland, with an Amendment; to which Amendment 
the Lords desire the concurrence of this House: 

And also, 

The Lords have passed a Bill, intituled, An Act Debtors’ __ 
touching the insertion of Schedules of Debtors in Schedules Bill. 
Newspapers, to which the Lords desire the concur- 
rence of this House: And also, 

The Lords communicate, a Copy of the Evidence Poor Law 
taken before the Select Committee of their Lord- Amendment 
ships on certain Papers respecting the Operation of ““ 
the Poor Law Amendment Act 1837-8 : And also, 

The Lords desire a present Conference with this sheriff Courts 
House, in their Lordships’ Committee Room No, 5, (Scvtlund) Bill. 
upon the subject-matter of the Conference on 
Thursday the 2d day of this instant August, rela- 
tive to the Amendments made to the Bill, intituled, 

An Act to regulate the Constitution, Jurisdiction 
and Forms of Process of Sheriff Courts in Scotland : 
—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Resolved, That this House doth agree to a Con- Sheriff Courts 
ference with the Lords, as desired by their Lord- (Scotland) Bill. 


ships. 
. And 


Sherif 
(Scotl 


Mes 
the 


Chi 
Bui 


Bil 


Tit 
(Ir 





Sheriff Courts 
(Scotland) Bill. 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Church 
Building Acts 
Amendment 
Bill. 


Tithes 
(Ireland) Bill. 


Imprisonment 


for Debt Bill. 


Imprisonment 


for Debt Bill. 


Imprisonment 
_ for Debt Bill. 


2 Vicroriz. 14°—15° 


And the Messengers were again called in; and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith :—And then 
they again withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Managers who managed the 
Conference upon Thursday the 2d day of this in- 
stant August, do manage this Conference :—And 
the names of Lord Viscount Howick, Lord Viscount 
Ebrington, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Ellice, Sir Henry 
Parnell and Sir Robert Price, were added to them. 

Then the names of the Managers were called 
over; and they went to the Conference :—And 
being returned ; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported, That 
the Managers had met the Lords at the Conference, 
which was managed on the part of the Lords by 
the Earl of Devon, who acquainted them that the 
Lords having taken into consideration the Reasons 
given by the Commons at the last Conference for 
disagreeing to several Amendments made by their 
Lordships to the said Bill, do insist upon the 
Amendments to which this House hath disagreed, 
for which they gave their Reasons. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham and 
Mr. Senior : 


Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act to 
amend and render more effectual the Church 
Building Acts, without any Amendment: And 
also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Amendments made by the 
Lords to the Bill, intituled, An Act to abolish 
Compositions for Tithes in Zreland, and to substitute 
Rent-charges in lieu thereof, without any Amend- 
ment: And also, 

The Lords desire a present Conference with this 
House, in their Lordships’ Committee Room No. 5, 
upon the subject-matter of the Amendments made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for 
abolishing Arrest on Mesne Process in Civil Actions, 
except in certain cases; for extending the remedies 
of Creditors against the Property of Debtors, and 
for amending the Laws for the Relief of Insolvent 
Debtors in England:—And then the Messengers 


withdrew. 


Resolved, That this House doth agree to a Con- 
ference with the Lords, as desired by their Lord- 
ships. 

And the Messengers were again called in; and 
Mr, Speaker acquainted them therewith :—And then 
they again withdrew. 


Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to 
manage the Conference:—And a Committee was 
appointed of Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, 

r. Attorney General, Mr. Poulett Thomson, Mr. 
Vernon Smith, Sir Robert Price, Sir George Grey, 
Lord Viscount Ebrington, Mr. Ellice, Sir Henry 
Parnell, Mr. Bernal, Mr. Hawes and Mr. Labou- 
chere. 

Then the names of the Managers were called 
over; and they went to the Conference :—And 
being returned ; 

Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer reported, That 
the Managers had met the Lords at the Conference, 
which was managed on the part of the Lords b 
the Earl of Devon; and that they had brought 
back the Bill, with the Amendments ; and that their 
Lordships had delivered to the Managers their 
Reasons for disagreeing to one of the Amendments 
made by the Commons; and that they do — to 
some of the Amendments made by this House, 
without any Amendment, and to other of the said 
Amendments, with certain Amendments, to which 
they desire the concurrence of this House. 

Vou. 93. 














Auguste. 875 


The Order of the day being read, for the Com-Canada __ 
mittee on the Canada Indemnity Bill ; Indeanity Bill. 
And a Motion being made, and the Question 
— proposed, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
air ; 


And the House i continued to sit till after 
twelve of the clock on Wednesday mornin 


Mercurit 15° die Augusti, 1838 


And the Question being put :—It was reso:ved in 
the Affirmative, 

Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do now leave the 
Chair:—The House accordingly resolved itself into 
the Committee ; and, after some time spent therein, 
Mr. Speaker resumed the Chair; and Mr. Bernal 
reported, That the Committee had gone through 
the Bill, and directed him to report the same, with- 
out Amendment. 

Ordered, That the Bill be read the third time 
this day. 


The Order of the day being read, for taking into Standing Or- 
further consideration the Report from the Select ders Revision. 
Committee on Standing Orders Revision ; 

Ordered, That the Report be taken into further 
consideration this day. 


The House proceeded to taxe mto consideration Registration of 
the Amendments mad cby the Lords to the Bill, in- Electors Bill. 
tituled, An Act for the Registration of Parliamentary 
Electors ; and the same were read, as follow : 

Pr. 4. .14. Leave out from “ writing” to “ of” 
in 1. 15. 

Pr. 6. 1. 8. Leave out “ first.” 

Pr. 6. 1. 4. After “ August” insert “ next.” 

Pr. 8. 1.17. Leave out from “ left” to “ any” 
in 1. 18. and insert “ with.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 21. After “ Register” insert “ if the 
description of any such tenant, or of the qualify- 
ing property shall, according to the true intent 
and meaning of this Act, be therein sufficiently 
stated for that purpose.”’ 

Pr. 8. 1.25. Leave out “ occupying tenant,” 
and insert “ person on the register.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 36. Leave out “ aforesaid,” and insert 
described in such list or register, or in the case 
“ of notice to the Overseers, directed to the Over- 
“ seers of the parish or township to which such list 
“ or register may relate.” 

Pr. 12. ls.6.and 7. After “ Barrister” insert “ or 
“ by affidavit sworn before some person authorized 
“ by law to administer an oath.” 


Pr. 14. 1. 38. After “ mentioned” insert Clause 
(A.) 
Cravuse (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That it shall 
be lawful for any person whose name shall be on 
the register in force for the time being for any 
“ city or borough, i request made by him at any 
“ reasonable time between the Twentieth day of 
“ July and the Twenty-fifth day of August in every 
“ year to any Overseer or other officer having the 
“ custody of any poor-rate book, or to any Assessor 
“ or Collector of Taxes, or to any other officer hav- 
ing the custody of any duplicate or tax assess- 
“ ment for any — or township, to inspect such 
“ poor-rate book, or any such duplicate or tax as- 
“ sessment, and to extract therefrom such particu- 
lars as may be necessary to enable such person 
“ (if he shall desire so to do), to object to any other 
person whose name shall be on any list of voters 
“ for such city or borough, as not having been en- 
“ titled on the last day of July in that year to have 
“ his name inserted therein, and every such Over- 
“ seer, Assessor or Collector of Taxes, or other 
“ officer as aforesaid, is hereby required, upon such 
“ request as aforesaid, to permit such inspection, 

“ and the making of such extracts.” 
Pr. 17. l. ult. Leave out from “ waiting” to 

“ of” in Pr. 18. 1. 1. 

5T2 Pr. 19. 


iff 
“ 
“c 
“ec 


n 


‘é 








876 14°—15° 


Pr. 19. 1. 31. After the second “ any” insert 
* such.” 

Pr. 23. 1.11. Leave out from “in” to “ year” 
in 1. 13. and insert “ every.” 

Pr. 23. 1. 16. Leave out “ forthwith,” and insert 
“* within Seven days.” 

Pr. 23. 1. penult. Leave out from “ in” to 
every” in line ult. and in line ult. leave out sub- 
sequent.” 

Pr. 24. 

Pr. 24. 

Pr. 25. 


ii 
“ 


28. Leave out “ in the present and.” 
29. Leave out “ succeeding.” 
10. Leave out “ in the present and.” 
Pr. 25. 1.11. Leave out “ succeeding.” 
Pr, 25. 1. 13. Leave out “ usual.” 
Pr. 25. 1.14. After “ abode” insert “ as de- 
scribed in such list.” 


Pr. 26. 1.1. Leave out from “ September ” to 
“in” inl.2. and inls. 2. and 8. leave out “ suc- 
ceeding.” 

Pr, 26. ls. 21. and 22. Leave out from “ Sep- 
tember” to “in” in 1. 23. and in 1. 23. leave out 
succeeding.” 

Pr. 26. |. 24. After “ year” insert “ Provided 
always, That such notice of objection as aforesaid 
may be sent by the post, directed to the person 
objected to, at his place of abode, as intel in 
such livery list, so that it be sent free of postage, 
or the sum chargeable as postage for the same 
being first paid.” 

Pr. 28. 1. 5. In Clause (A.), added, by way of 
rider, to the Bill: 

L. 5. Leave out from “be” to the end of 
the Clause, and insert “ measured in a straight 
“ line from the same point within any city, or bo- 
rough or place sharing in the election therewith 
from which such distance is to be measured, ac- 
cording to the directions in that behalf in the 
said recited Act contained,” and also insert 
Clause (B.) 

Crause (B.) “ AND whereas it is Enacted by 
the said recited Act, That no person shall be 
allowed to have any vote in the election of a 
Knight or Knights of the Shire, for or by reason 
of any trust estate or mortgage, unless such 
trustee or mortgagee be in actual possession or 
receipt of the rents and profits of the same estate : 
And whereas doubts have arisen as to the true in- 
tent and meaning of such last-mentioned enact- 
“ ment; BE it therefore Declared and Enacted, 
“ That no person, mortgagee or other, shall have 
any vote in the election of a Knight or Knights 
of the Shire, as a mortgagee or otherwise, for or 
by reason of any estate, unless he be in actual 
possession or receipt of the rents and profits of 
such estate for his own use and benefit.” 

Pr. 31. 1.1. Leave out “ place” and insert 
of the places.” 

Pr. 37. 1. 34. After “them” insert “ and the 
part of the register of voters then in force which 
relates to their parish or township.” 


Pr. 40. 1.10. After “ Act” insert Clause (C.) 

Crause (C.)“ And be it Enacted, That if it 
shall happen that any person who shall have 
given to the Overseers of any parish or township 
due notice of his claim to have his name inserted 
“ in the list of persons entitled to vote in the elec- 
“ tion of a Knight or Knights of the Shire shall 
have been omitted by such Overseers from such 
list, it shall be lawful for the Barrister, upon the 
revision of such list, to insert therein the name of 
the person so omitted, in case it shall be proved 
to the satisfaction of such Barrister that such 
person gave due notice of his claim to the said 
Overseers, and that he was entitled on the last 
day of July then next preceding, to be inserted in 
the list of persons entitled to vote in the election 
of a Knight or Knights of the Shire for the county, 
or for the riding, parts or division of the county 
wherein the parish or township of such Overseers 


eel 
° = . . 


‘é 


wn“ 


- 
n~ 


“ 
“ 
“ 


“cc 


“ 


‘ 


wn” 


~ 
~ 


““ 


“ 
‘ 


. 


~ aA o 
~~ nN On 


o 
. 








Augusti. A. 1838. 


“ may be situate, in respect of the qualification de- 
“ scribed in such notice of claim.” 

Pr. 53. 1. 23. After “or” insert “ who shall 
“ wilfully omit to insert therein the name of any 
person who shall have given due notice of claim, 
or who shall wilfully refuse or neglect.” 

Pr. 56. ls. 15. and 16. After “ appear” insert 
“ by himself, or some one on his behalf.” 

Pr. 57. Is. 13. and 14. After “ objecting” in- 
sert “or the person who shall by writing, signed 
“ and delivered to the Barrister as aforesaid, have 
“ declared his willingness to be deemed the party 
“ objecting.” 

In Schedule (A.) to the Bill: 


Pr. 70. 1.33. After “ aforesaid” insert “ and 
the part of the register of voters for your parish.” 

Pr. 72. 1. 23. In the fourth column leave out 
or,” and insert “ [or township] and.” 

Pr. 72. 1.25, Leave out “ [or township.]” 

Pr. 72. 1. 27. After “or” imsert “ (in cases 
where such particular description cannot be given) 
the.” 

Pr. 73. 1.17. Leave out “ or,” and insert “ [or 
township] and.” 

Pr. 73. 1.19. Leave out “ or township.” 

Pr. 73. 1.21. After “ or” insert “ (in cases 
where such particular description cannot be given) 
* ie.” 

Pr. 76. 1. 13. Leave out “ or,” and insert “ [or 
township] and.” 

Pr. 76, 1.15. Leave out “ or township.” 


In Schedule (B.) to the Bill: 
Pr. 82. 1.18. In the third column, after “ situ- 
ate” insert “ and number of house (if any.)” 
Pr. 83. 1.18. In the third column, after “ situ- 
ate” insert “ and number of house (if any.)” 
Pr. 84. 1.13. After “house” insert “ No. 1 (as 
the case may be) here state the number (if any) of 
the house.” 
Pr. 85. 1. 4. In the third column, after “ situ- 
ate” insert “ and number of house (if any).” 
Pr. 90. 1.6. In the third column, after “ situ- 
ate” insert “ and number of house (if any.)” 
In Schedule (D.) to the Bill: _ 
Pr. 96. 1.22. In the last column leave out 
where or,” and insert “ and.” 
Pr. 96. 1. 23. After “ any” insert “ where.” 
The said Amendments, as far as the Amendment 
in Pr, 28. 1. 5. being read a second time, were 
agreed to. 

The Amendment in Pr. 28. 1. 5. being read a 
second time ; 

An Amendment was made thereunto, by leaving 
out the words, “ and insert ‘ measured in a straight 
“ “line from the same point, within any city, or 
‘ borough or place sharing in the election there- 
“ ¢ with, from which such distance is to be mea- 
“ ¢ sured, according to the directions in that behalf 
“ «in the said recited Act contained.’”’ 

And the said Amendment, so amended, was 
agreed to. 

Clause (B.), the next Amendment, being read a 
second time ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That this House doth disagree with the Lords 
in the said Amendment ; 

The House divided : 

The Yeas to the old Lobby; 

The Noes to the new Lobby. 

Tellers for the ¢ Mr. Robert Steuart, } as 

Yeas, Mr. John Parker : : 

Tellers for the f Sir Thomas Fremantle, } os 

Noes, { Mr. Holmes : 

So it was resolved in the Affirmative. 

Then the subsequent Amendments, being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw 
up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at a Confer- 


wn“ 


‘ 


n 
nx 


nn 
wn 


n~ 
n 


nw 
na 


n 
n 


“ 





ence, for disagreeing to the Amendment to — 
this 


for 


Imprisonment 
for Debt Bill. 


Valuation of 





2 VicToriz. 


this House hath disagreed :—And a Committee was | 
appointed of Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor 
General, the Lord Advocate, Mr. Robert Steuart, 
Mr. John Parker, Mr. Edward John Stanley, Mr. 
Shaw Lefevre, Dr. Lushington, Mr. Fox Maule, and 
Lord Viscount Morpeth :—And they are to with-| 
draw imm&lt;diately. 


Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration | 
the Reasons given by the Lords, at the Conference 
held this day, for disagreeing to one of the Amend- 
ments made by this House to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act for abolishing Arrest on Mesne Process in Civil 
Actions, except in certain cases, for extending the 
Remedies of Creditors against the Property of Debt- 
ors, and for amending the Laws for the Relief of 
Insolvent Debtors in England; and the same were 
read, as follow: 

The Lords agree to the Amendments made by the 
Commons, as far as Clause (B.), added by the Com- 
mons to the said Bill. 

The Lords agree to Clause (B.), with the follow- 
ing Amendments ; 

Fol. 1. 1. 20. After “ Westminster” insert “ or 
“ if such inferior court be within the County Pala- 
“ tine of Lancaster, for the Judges of the Court of 
“ Common Pleas at Lancaster.” 

Fol. 3. 1. 2. After “ Court ” insert “ or into the 
‘ Court of Common Pleas at Lancaster, as the case 
“ may be.” 

Fol. 3. 1.15. After “ Court” insert “ or into the 
“ Court of Common Pleas at Lancaster, as the case 
“ may be.” 

The Lords agree to the Amendments made by 
the Commons, as far as Pr. 41. 1. 25. 

The Lords agree to the Amendment in Pr, 41. 1. 
25. with the following Amendment. 

L. 9. After ‘ purposes” insert “ Provided also 
that in case any such vesting order as aforesaid, 
shall become null and void by the dismission of 
the prisoner’s petition, all the acts theretofore 
done by the said provisional assignee, or any per- 
son or persons acting under his authority, accord- 
“‘ ing to the provisions of this Act, shall be good 
“ and valid, and no action or suit shall be com- 
“ menced against such provincial assignee, nor 
against any person duly acting under his autho- 
rity, except to recover any property, estate, money 
or effects of such prisoner, detained after an order 
made by the said court for the delivery thereof, 
“ and demand made thereupon.” 

The Lords agree to the other Amendments of the 
Commons, as far as Pr. 154.1. 16. 

The Lords do not agree to the Amendment in Pr, 
154. 1.16. which is to leave out “ October” and 
insert “‘ December,” for the following Reason : 

Because it is desirable that the relief to be 
afforded by this Bill should commence at 
as early a period as possible, and because 
there does not appear to be any provision in the 
Bill, making it mdispensably necessary that its 
commencement should be postponed beyond 
the First day of October next. 

The Lords agree to the Amendment made by the 
Commons to the Schedule of the Bill. 

The said Reasons, being read a second time ; 

Resolved, That this House doth agree to the 
Amendments made by the Lords, to the Amend- 
ments made by this House to the said Bill, and do 
not insist upon the Amendment to which the Lords 
have disagreed. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House doth 
agree to the Amendments made by the Lords, to the 
Amendments made by this House to the said Bill, 
and do not insist upon the Amendment to which 
their Lordships have disagreed. 


xn 


“ec 
‘ 


n 


és 
“ 
“ 


‘ 


n 


“ 
‘é 


n 


&lt; 


n 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 


pants ireland) the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 


Von. 93. 


14°—15° Augustz. 





877 


intituled, An Act to amend an Act of the sixth and 
seventh years of his late Majesty, for the Uniform 
Valuation of Lands and Tenements in Jreland, and 
for incorporating detached Portions of Counties and 
Baronies, with those Counties and Baronies respec- 
tively whereto the same may adjoin, or wherein the 
same are locally situate ; and the same were read, as 
follow ; 

Pr. 1. 1.13. Leave out from “ situate ” to “ and ” 
in Pr. 4. 1.12. 

Pr. 4. 1. 21. After “ Enacted ” insert “* by the 
“ Queen’s most excellent Majesty, by and with the 
“ advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and 
“ temporal and Commons, in this present Parliament 
“ assembled, and by the authority of the same.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, in- 


tituled, An Act to facilitate Advances out of County (Ireland) Bilt 


Monies, for the Support of County Gaols and Insti- 
tutions in Ireland; and the same was read, as fol- 
loweth ; 
Pr.%. 1. ult. At the end of the Bill, add Clause(A.) 
Crause (A.) “ And be it Enacted, That in every 

case in which any such treasurer as aforesaid has 
made, or within a month from the passing of this 
“ Act shall have made, any payment by law, autho- 
rized out of any balance struck ugainst him upon 
“ his last declared account, it shall be lawful for the 
‘“* Chief Remembrancer to give him credit for the 
“ same by endorsement upon the said account, and 
“ the residue shall be forthwith lodged by him in 
** such bank as aforesaid, or such proceedings shall 
“ be had against him, as is directed in and by the 
“ said Act.” 

The said Amendment, being read @ second time, 
was agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


n 
n 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Customs 
the Amendment made by the Lords to the Bill, Bi 


intituled, An Act to amend the Laws relating to the 
Customs; and the same was read, as followeth ; 
At the end of the Bill, add Clause (A.) 

Ciause (A.) “ And whereas by one other of the 
said first-mentioned Acts, intituled, An Act for the 
Encouragement of British Shipping and Navi- 
gation, it is Enacted, That goods, the produce 
of Asia, Africa or America, shall not be imported 
from Europe for consumption in the United King- 
dom, except in certain cases: and whereas by the 
“ said Act it is provided that goods, the produce of 
“ Asia or Africa, which have been brought into 
“ places in Lurope, within the straits of Gibraltar, 
“ from or through places in Asia or Africa within 
“ those straits, and not by way of the Atlantic 
“ Ocean, may be imported from such ports in 
“ Europe in British ships: and whereas treaties, 
“ beneficial to British shipping, may be made with 
“ countries having ports within the straits of Gib- 
“ raltar, if Her Majesty were empowered to autho- 
“ rize the importation of such goods from such ports 
“ in the ships of such countries respectively: Be it 
“ therefore Enacted, That in case any treaty shall 
“ be made with any such country, stipulating that 
“ such productions of Asia or Africa shall be im- 
“ ported from the ports of such country in the ships 
“ of the same, as well as in British ships, such 
“ goods so imported shall, in virtue of such treaty, 
“ be admitted to entry in the United Kingdom, to 
“ be used and consumed therein, anything in the 
“ said Act of Navigation to the contrary notwith- 
“ standing.” 

The 


n 
nw 


n 
n 


573 








Sheriff Courts 
(Scotland) Bill. 


878 


The said Amendment, being read a second time, 
was agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendment made by their Lordships. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Reasons abe by the Lords at the Conference 
held this day, for insisting upon certain of the Amend- 
ments made by their Lordships to the Bill, intituled, 
An Act to regulate the Constitution, Jurisdiction 
and Forms of Process of Sheriff Courts in Scotland; 
and the same were read, as follow ; 


The Lords insist upon their Amendment in Pr. 11. 
1. 34. to which the Commons disagree, the said 
Amendment being to leave out from the word 
“ situated” to the word “ And” in Pr. 15. 1. 30. 
including therein four Clauses. 

They insist upon the omission of the first Clause : 

Because while the Lords participate in the 
anxiety expressed by the Commons to satisfy 
the just desire of the people of Scotland that 
there should be no unnecessary delay and ex- 
pense in the disposal of causes in the Sheriff 
Courts of that country, they are at the same 
time of opinion that the Clause proposed does 
not offer the best or the only means of effecting 
this their common object : 

Because the Lords object to the making of 
detailed legislative provisions, which can only 
be altered by the further intervention of Par- 
liament in matters with respect to which an 
existing body eminently qualified by knowledge 
and experience is already empowered to make 
from time to time such rules and regulations 
with respect to the forms of process as ma 
tend to secure to the people of Scotland the 
benefits of. an improved and economical admi- 
nis‘ration of justice in the provincial courts. 


The Lords insist upon the omission of the second 
of these Clauses : 

Because they are of opinion that mischiefs 
might arise from making any note taken by 
the Sheriff, however loose such note might be, 
a part of the process of the court. 


The Lords insist upon the omission of the third 
of these Clauses : 


Because they consider that the duty of taking 
proofs will be best discharged by Commissioners 
i om according to the existing system. 
The Lords insist upon the omission of the fourth 
of these Clauses, for the Reasons already stated with 
reference to the first Clause : 


The Lords insist upon their Amendment in Pr. 28. 
1. 18. to which the Commons disagree : 


Because they think it essential to preserve 
the power of the court, and because they con- 
ceive the concluding words of their insertion to 
indicate as plainly as the original words, that 
the Court shall do what is required. 


The Lords insist upon their Amendment in Pr, 29. 
}, 28. to which the Commons disagree : 
Because they consider that the course pro- 
osed by the Commons might be deemed to 
intimate a want of confidence in the Court of 
Session, who are competent judges of what pro- 
visions may be requisite in such Acts of Sede- 
runt, and who possess moreover ample op- 
rtunity in all cases of doubt of acquiring 
information from the best sources. 
The said Reasons being read a second time ; 
Resolved, That this House doth not insist upon 
their disagreement to the said Amendments. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House doth 
not insist upon their disagreement to the Amend- 
ments made by their Lordships. 


14°—15° A uguste. 





A. 1838. 


the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to make certain Alterations in the 
Duties of the Lord Ordinary, and in the Establish- 
ment of Clerks and Officers of the Court of Session 
and Court of Commissioners for Teinds in Scotland, 
and to reduce the Fees payable in those Courts; and 
the same were read, as follow ; 

Pr. 5. 1. 23. After “ reduction ” insert “ and 
“ Teind causes.” 

Pr. 7. 1.24. After “ aforesaid ” insert “ and 
their respective successors.” 

Pr. 8. 1. 8. After “nominated ” insert “ and his 
successors.” 

Pr. 22. 1.15. Leave out from “ shall” to “ super- 
intend,” in |. 18. 

Pr. 22. 1. 19. After “ extracts” insert “ by 
giving such directions or instructions from time 
to time as he may think fit, or be by the Court 
directed to give, which directions or instructions 
the Extractor is hereby required to comply with : 
Provided always, That in order to give . effi- 
ciency to the foregoing provisions, the junior Clerk 
of Session for the time being from time to time as 
he may think proper, and at any rate shall, Four- 
teen days before the termination of each winter 
and summer session of the Court, report to the 
Court how far the duties of the principal Extractor 
and his assistants and clerks are properly dis- 
charged, with such other matters touching the 
same as he shall deem fit to be so reported.” 

Pr. 30. 1. 30. Leave out from “ case ” to “ think ”’ 
in 1, 33. 

Pr. 31. 1.35. Leave out from “ Scotland” to 
“ and ” in Pr. 82. 1. 5. 
Pr. 32. 1.33. Leave out from the second “ time” 
to “ Provided” in Pr. 33.1. 7. 
Pr. 33. 1. 28. Leave out “ October,” and insert 
“ December.” 
In the Title of the Bill: 


L. 2. Leave out “ Lord,” and insert “ Lords.” 

The said Amendments as far as the Amendment 
in Pr. 30. 1. 30. being read a second time, were 
agreed to ; 

The Amendment in Pr. 30.1. 30. being read a 
second time ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question being 
put, That this House doth disagree with the Lords 
in the said Amendment :—It was resolved in the 
Affirmative. 

Then the subsequent Amendments being read a 
second time, were agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw 
up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at a Confe- 
rence, for disagreeing to the Amendment to which this 
House hath disagreed:—And a Committee was 
appointed of Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor 
General, Mr. Edward John Stanley, Mr. Robert 
Steuart, Mr.Shaw Lefevre, Lord Viscount Ebrington, 
Mr. Bernal, Mr. Fox Maule, Mr. John Parker, and 
Lord Viscount Morpeth :—And they are to withdraw 
immediately. 

Ordered, That Three be the Quorum. 


“ 


“c 


day ; and to be printed. 


Notice being taken that Forty Members were not 

resent ; the House was told by Mr. Speaker, and 
Forty Members not being present, and it being then 
a quarter of an hour before two of the clock on 
Wednesday morning :—The House was adjourned 
by Mr. Speaker, without a Question first put, till 
this day. 





The House proceeded. to take into consideration Court of Session 
(Scotland) Bill. 


The Debtors’ Schedules Bill was read the first Debtors __ 
time; and ordered to be read a second time this Schedules Bill 


No. 714. 











C 





2 VicToriz. 


Mercuri, 15° die Augusti ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 18 38. 


PRAYERS. 

MESSAGE by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gen- 
tleman Usher of the Black Rod: 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission for declaring Her Royal Assent to 
several Acts agreed upon by both Houses, do desire 
the immediate attendance of this Honourable House 
in the House of Peers, to hear the Commission 
read. 

Accordingly Mr.Speaker, with the House, went 
up to the House of Peers, where a Commission 
under the Great Seal was read; giving, declaring 
and notifying the Royal Assent to the several 
Public Bills therein mentioned ; and that the Lords, 
thereby authorized, had declared the Royal Assent 
to the said Bills: Which Bills are as follow ; 

An Act to amend and render more effectual the 
Church Building Acts: 


An Act for suspending until the First day of 


Royal Assent 
to Bills. 


Church Building 
Acts Amend- 
ment Bill. 


Ecclesiastical 

Appointments August One thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine, 

Suspension Bill. snd to the end of the then Session of Parliament, 
the Appointment to certain Dignities and Offices in 
Cathedral and Collegiate Churches, and to Sinecure 
Rectories : 

Tithes An Act to abolish Compositions for Tithes in 

(Ireland) Bill. Jrejand, and to substitute Rent-charges in lieu 
thereof : 


Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do issue his Warrant 
to the Clerk of the Crown to make out a new Writ 
for the electing of a Burgess to serve in this present 
Parliament for the Borough of Great Yarmouth, in 
the room of William Wilshere, Esquire, who, since 
his election for the said Borough, hath accepted the 
office of Steward or Bailiff of Her Majesty’s Three 
Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke, Desborough and Bo- 
nenham, in the County of Buckingham. 


Great Yarmouth 
Writ. 


Loans 


Mr. Crafer, from the Treasury, was called in; and 
(Ireland.) 


at the bar presented, pursuant to Orders,—A Re- 
turn of the Sums advanced for the Relief of Com- 
mercial Credit in Jreland, under the Acts 1 Geo. 4, 
c. 39, 3 Geo. 4, c. 22,3 Geo. 4, c.118 and 4 Geo. 4, 
c. 42, the Sums remaining due of such Loan on 1st 
April 1838, with the Names and descriptions of the 
Sureties for Repayment, and whether such Sureties 
be solvent, or otherwise, and the Names of the 
Commissioners under whose direction such Loans 
were made. 

A Return of the Number of Ships, Brigs, Schoon- 
ers or other rigged Vessels, and their registered 
Tonnage, built in each of our Colonies and in the 
several Ports of British India, since the year 1814; 
distinguishing each year and each Colony ; together 
with an Abstract of the whole. 

Returns to an Order, dated the 28th day of 
July last, for a Return of the Names of any Chief 
Magistrates or other Paymasters of the Peace Pre- 


Colonial 
Shipping, 


Constabular 
(Ireland,) 


15° Augustz. 


879 


tinguishing the pear for Gas, for Machinery, 
for Fire Engines and for Fire-men, &amp;c, &amp;c. :—And 
the Expenses of every kind attending those Ex 
riments in lighting the House of Commons with 
Candles which have ended in the present Lustres 
and Shades, including the temporary Lustres and 
Attendance, and every Expense incurred during the 
course of the Experiments :—And then he with- 
drew. 

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


Mr. Campbell, from the Court of Directors of the Military Board 
East India House, was called in; and at the bar (Calcutta. ) 
presented,—Return to an Order, dated the 1st day 
of this instant August, for a Copy of the Annual 
Report of the Military Board in Calcutta, of the 
Progress of Public Works in India, for the years 
1834, 1835, 1836 and 1837, so far as relates to the 
years 1834 and 1835 :—And then he withdrew. 

. — That the said Return do lie upon the 
able. 


Captain Alsager reported from the Committee on St. Saviour’s 
the Bill from the Lak intituled, An Act for —" 
enabling the Governors of the Possessions, Reve- School Bill 
nues and Goods of the Free Grammar School of 

the Parishioners of the Parish of Saint Saviour in 
Southwark, in the County of Surrey, to sell the old 

School and School-house, and the Site thereof, and 

also for enabling the Right Reverend Charles Ri- 

chard Lord Bishop of Winchester, and his Lessees, 

to grant to the said Governors another Site for the 

purpose of a more convenient School and School- 

house, and proper Offices, being erected thereon ; 

That they had examined the allegations of the Bill, 

and found the same to be true; and had gone 

through the Bill, and made Amendments thereunto ; 

and the same were read, as follow: 

Pr. 6. 1. 20. Leave out from “ England” to 
“ and” in Pr. 7, 1. 23. 

Pr. 27. 1. 2. Leave out from “ thereto” to 
“but” in Pr. 28. 1. 1. 
Pr. 32. 1. penult. Leave out from “ thereto” to 
saving” in Pr. 35. 1.1. 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time ; 

And the House being informed by a Member, 

That the Parties heretofore opposing the Bill had 
withdrawn their opposition ; 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time :—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill, with the Amendments, 
do pass. 

Ordered, That Captain Alsager do carry the Bill 
to the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House 
hath agreed to the same, with Amendments ; to 
which Amendments this House doth desire the 
concurrence of their Lordships. 


“ 





servation or Constabulary Force in Ireland, who 
have not yet paid back to the Treasury Balances of 
Public Money which are in their hands, prior to 
1st October 1836; stating the Sum in Arrears, the 
Date when any such Paymaster’s Duty ceased, what 
Securities are held for its Repayment ; and if any, 
what steps have been taken for the Recovery 
thereof, 

A detailed Account of all Expenses incurred in 
Experiments for improving the Ventilation and 
Warming of the House of Commons, whether car- | 
ried on in London or in Edinburgh, distinguishing | 
the items included in page 10 of Miscellanous 
Estimates, No. 1, headed, ‘ For taking up hair 
cloth, and cleaning dirt from under the same, 
£.1,150 ?—The Expenses attending the Experiment 
for lighting the House of Commons with Gas; dis- 

Vo. 23. 


Ventilation , &amp;e, 
ofthe House, 





A Petition of the there-undersigned Members of Employment of 
the Association of all classes of all nations, praying ‘* Poor. 
the House to take into consideration the plans pro- 
posed by Mr. Robert Owen for the Employment of 
the Poor, was presented, and read; and ordered 
to lie upon the Table. 


A Petitition of Inhabitants of North Wezford, _ 
praying for the abolition of Tithes in Jreland, was (Ireland. ) 
presented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


A Petition of Inhabitants of North Wexford, Landlord and 
praying for the amendment of the law of Landlord ors .) 
and Tenant in Jreland, was presented, and read; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 

574 Ordered, 











Railroad 
Commission 


(Ireland. ) 


Sale of Beer 
Act. 


London and 
Hol; head Road. 


Negro 
Apprenticeship. 


Indentured 
Africans. 


Personal 
Diligence 


(Scotland) Bill. 


880 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a| 


15° Augusti. 





A. 1838. 


&gt; 


Pr. 15. 1. 14. Leave out “ on,” and insert 


Return in detail, under separate heads, of the Ex-|“ from.” 


penditure by the Commission in Ireland, on the | 


Pr. 15. 1.15. After “ said” insert “ Thirty ;” 


subject of Railroads in that Country ; stating the and in the same line leave out “ October” and in- 
Name of every Person employed, and in what |sert “ December.” 


capacity employed, who received more than £.100 | 


Pr. 15. ls. 38. and penult. Leave out “ deliver- 


as Salary or Pay for the Services performed ; stating “ ance,” and insert “ judgment.” 


also the period of such Services. | 

A Petition of Licensed Retailers of Ale and Beer, | 
resident in Taunton, praying that the Sale of Beer 
Act may not be repealed, was presented, and read; | 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. | 

Ordered, That there be laid before this House, a | 
Return of all Sums advanced and Contracts entered | 
into by the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, 
in conformity to the provisions of an Act passed in| 
the 3d and 4th year of his late Majesty Will. 4, | 
c. 43, relative to the levelling of the high Road. 
between London and Holyhead. | 








Sir George Grey presented, by Her Majesty’s | 
command,-—Papers relating tothe Measures adopted | 
by the Legislatures of Jamaica, British Guiana,’ 
Dominica, Grenada and Tobago, for the abolition of | 
the system of Apprenticeship on the 1st August, 
1838. 

Copies of Two Orders in Council dated the 30th | 
of July 1838, respecting Indentured Africans in the | 
Colonies. 

Ordered, That the said Papers do lie upon the | 
Table. 

The House proceeded to take into consideration 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, | 
intituled, An Act to amend the Law of Scotland 
in matters relating to Personal Diligence, Arrest-| 
ments and Poindings; and the same were read, as | 
follow : 

Pr. 1. 1. 15. Leave out “ on,” and insert “ from, 
and in the same line after “ the ” insert “ Thirty.” | 

Pr. 1. 1.16. Leave out “ October,” and insert 
“* December.” 


9? 


Pr. 4. 1. 16. After “ no” insert “ lawful.” | 


Pr. 4. 1. 36. After “ Act” insert “ issued.” | 
Pr. 6. 1. 9. Leave out from “ the” to “ it” in} 
]. 10. and insert “ commencement of this Act.” 


* ; 7 
Pr. 6. 1. 20. Leave out “on,” and insert “ from.” | 


Pr. 6. 1. 21. After “ said” insert “ Thirty.” 

Pr. 6. 1.22. Leave out “ October,” and insert 
* December.” 

Pr. 7. 1.13. Leave out from “ the” to “ it” in 
. 14. and insert “ commencement of this Act.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 13. Leave out “ on,” and_ insert 
“ from.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 14. After “ said” insert “ Thirty.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 15. Leave out “ October,” and insert 
* December.” 

Pr. 13. 1. 33. After “ arrestment ” insert “ and 
“also by letters of arrestment raised upon any 
‘ libelled summons, according to the present prac- 
“ tice.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 6. After “ the ” insert “ expiry of the 
“ said period of Twenty days after the.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 7. After “ vacation” insert “ or pre- 
“ vious to the first calling day in the Session next 
“ ensuing.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 9. Leave out from “ next” to “ and” 
in 1. 10. and insert “ thereafter.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 18. Leave out “ on,” 
“* from.” 

Pr. 14. 1. 19. After “ said” insert “ Thirty ;” 
and in the same line leave out “ October,” and, in- 
sert ‘* December.” 

Pr. 14. 1. ult. Leave out “ on,” and insert 
“ from ;’’ and in the same line after “ said ”’ insert 
“ Thirty.” 

Pr. 15. 1. 1. Leave out “ October,” and insert 
«© December.” 


7 


ae 


nw 


wn 


and insert 








Pr. 16. 1. 3. Leave out “ of the said order,”’ and 
insert “ thereof.” 

Pr. 16. 1. 4. Leave out “ on,” and _ insert 
“ from.” 

Pr, 16. 1. 5. After “ said” insert “ Thirty ;” 
and in the same line leave out “ October,” and in- 
sert “ December.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 7. Leave out “ on,” and insert 
“ from;” and in the same line after “ said ” insert 
“ Thirty.” 

Pr. 17. 1. 8. Leave out “ October,” and insert 
“ December.” 

Pr. 18. 1. 32. Leave out from “ that ” to “ the” 
in |. 34. 

Pr. 19. 1. 4. After “ sale” insert “ excepting 
“ in the case of perishable effects.” 

Pr. 22. 1. 20. After “ Scotland” insert Clause 
(A.) 

Cuiause (A.) “ Provided always, and be it 
“ Enacted, That diligence executed under the pro- 
‘ visions of this Act shall have the same effect as 
“ if such diligence had been executed by virtue of 
“ letters of horning or letters of caption, or if arrest- 
‘ ments and poindings had been executed under the 
“ forms heretofore in use.” 

The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


, 


- 


n 


The House, according to Order, proceeded to take Standing 


into further consideration the Report which, upon 


the 9th day of this instant August, was made from y,, 731 


the Select Committee appointed to consider the 
Standing Orders of the House of Commons relating 
to Private Bills, and to compare them with those of 
the House of Lords, with the view of assimilatin 
as much as possible the Standing Orders of both 
Houses; and the same was again read, and agreed to. 

The House was moved, That the present Stand- 
ing Orders relative to Private Bills might be read ; 
and the same being read ; 

Ordered, That the said Standing Orders be 
amended accordingly. 

Ordered, That the Standing Orders, as amended, 
be printed. 





Mr. Attorney General reported from the Com- Registration 
mittee appointed to draw up Reasons, to be offered ° Flectors Bill. 


to the Lords at a Conference, for disagreeing to cer- 


Bill for the Registration of Parliamentary Electors ; 
That they had drawn up Reasons accordingly, which 
they had directed him to report; and the same were 
read, as follow: 

The Commons agree to the Amendments as far 
as Pr. 28. 1. 5. 

The Commons disagree to the insertion of the 
words proposed by your Lordships in Rider (A.) in 
Pr. 28. 1. 5.; and also to Clause (B.) proposed to 
be inserted by your Lordships : 

Because both the foregoing Clauses have 
reference to the right of election and not to the 
registration of voters, and cannot therefore 
properly form part of this Act; the Commons 
therefore propose to omit the whole of Clause 
(A.) added, by way of rider, to the Bill, as well 
as Clause (B.) added by your Lordships. 

The Commons agree to the rest of the Amend- 
ments to the Bill. 

The said Reasons, being read a second time, were 


agreed to. 
Ordered, 





Orders 


Revision. 


tain of the Amendments made by the Lords to the. 





se 








Court of Session 


2 Vicroriz. 


Ordered, That a Conference be desired with the 
Lords upon the subject-matter of the Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the said Bill: And that 
Mr. Attorney General do go to the Lords, and desire 
the said Conference. 


Mr. Attorney General reported, from the Com- 


(Scotland) Bill. mittee appointed to draw up Reasons, to be offered 


Canada 


to the Lords at a Conference, for disagreeing to one 
of the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act to make certain alterations in the 
Duties of the Lord Ordinary, and in the Establish- 
ment of Clerks and Officers of the Court of Session 
and Court of Commissioners for Teinds in Scotland, 
and to reduce the Fees payable in those Courts ; 
That they had drawn up a Sines accordingly, which 
they had directed him to report; and the same was 
read, as followeth : 

The Commons agree to the Amendments as far 
as Pr. 30. 1. 30. 

The Commons disagree to the Amendment in 
Pr. 30. 1. 30: 

Because the Amendment alters the conditions 
on which the compensations authorized to be 
granted by the Act are directed to be made, 
which compensations are charged upon and 
payable out of the Public Revenue ; the Com- 

’ mons therefore trust your Lordships will con- 

sider this Reason sufficient to induce your 
Lordships not to insist on your Amendment, 
and occasion so necessary a Bill to be lost in 
the present Session. 

The Commons agree to the other Amendments 
made to the Bill. 

The said Reason, being read a second time, was 
agreed to. 

Ordered, That a Conference be desired with the 
Lords upon the subject-matter of the Amendments 
made by their Lordships to the said Bill: And that 
Mr. Attorney General do go to the Lords, and desire 
the said Conference. 


The Order of the day being read, for the third 


Indemnity Bill. reading of the Bill from the Lords, intituled, An 


Message from 
the Lords. 


Private Bill 
Deposits Bill. 


Court of Session 


- Act for indemnifying those who have issued or 


acted under certain parts of a certain Ordinance 
made under colour of an Act passed in the present 
Session of Parliament, intituled, An Act to make 
Temporary Provision for the Government of Lower 
Canada ; 

And a Motion being made, and the Question 
being proposed, That the Bill be now read the third 
time 





A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham 

and Mr. Senior : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Lords have agreed to the Bill, intituled, An 
Act to provide for the Custody of certain Monies 
= in pursuance of the Standing Orders of either 

ouse of Parliament by Subscribers to Works or 
Undertakings to be effected under the authority of 
Parliament, with Amendments; to which Amend- 
ments the Lords desire the concurrence of this 
House :—And then the Messengers withdrew. 


Mr. Attorney General reported, That, having been 


(Scotland) Bill. with the Lords to desire a Conference on the subject- 


matter of the Amendments made by their Lordships 
to the Bill, intituled, An Act to make certain Altera- 
tions in the Duties of the Lord Ordinary, and ip 
the Establishment of Clerks and Officers of the 
Court of Session, and Court of Commissioners for 
Teinds in Scotland, and to reduce the Fees payable 
in those Courts, the Lords do agree to a Conference, 
and appoint the same immediately in their Com- 
mittee-room, No. 5. 

Ordered, That the Committee who were to draw 
up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at a Con- 
ference, for disagreeing to one of the said Amend- 

Vot. 93. 


15° Augustz. 





881 


ments, do manage the Conference :—And the names 
of Mr. Poulett Thomson, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Vernon 
Smith, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Hawes, 
Mr. Pryme, Mr. Aglionby, and Mr. Macleod, were 
added to them. 

Then the names of the Managers were called 
over; and they went to the Conference :—And 
being returned ; 

Mr. Attorney General reported, That the Managers 
had been at the Conference, which was managed 
on the part of the Lords by the Earl of Shaftesbury; 
and that they had delivered the Reasons for dis- 
agreeing to the said Amendment ; and had left the 
Bill and Amendments with their Lordships. 


Mr.. Attorney General re 


matter of the Amendments made by their Lordships 
to the Bill, intituled, An Act for the Registration 
of Parliamentary Electors, the Lords do agree to 
a Conference, and appoint the same immediately in 
their Committee-room, No. 5. 

Ordered, That the Committee who were to draw 
up Reasons, to be offered to the Lords at a Con- 
ference, for disagreeing to one of the said Amend- 
ments, do manage the Cisitiemnce :—And the names 
of Sir George Grey, Dr. Lushington, Mr. Sanford, 
Mr. Poulett Thomson, Lord Viscount Howick, Mr. 
Alston, Mr. Pryme, and Mr. Vernon Smith, were 
added to them. 

Then the names of the Managers were called over, 
and they went to the Conference :—And being 
returned ; 

Mr. Attorney General reported, That the Managers 
had been at the Conference, which was managed on 
the part of the Lords by the Earl of Shaftesbury ; 
and that they had delivered the Reasons for dis- 
agreeing to the said Amendment; and had left the 
Bill, and Amendments, with their Lordships. 


And the Question being again proposed, That the Canada 
Bill from the Lords, intituled, An Act for indem- !demnity Bill. 


nifying those who have issued or acted under certain 
parts of a certain Ordinance made under colour of 
an Act passed in the present Session of Parliament, 
intituled, An Act to make Temporary Provision for 
the Government of Lower Canada, be now read 
the third time ; 

The Amendments following were proposed to be 
made to the Question; viz. "to leave out the word 
“ now,” and at the end of the Question to add the 
words “ upon this day three months.” 

And the Question being proposed, That the word 
“ now” stand part of the Question : --The said pro- 
posed Amendment was, with leave of the House, 
withdrawn. 

Ordered, That the Bill be now read the third 
time:—The Bill was accordingly read the third 
time. 

Resolved, That the Bill do pass. 

Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the same, without Amendment. 


Ordered, That there be laid before this House, Corn Exported. 


a Return of all Corn exported from bond within the 
United Kingdom to the United States of America, 
in the years 1836, 1837 and 1838. 


A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham and Message from 
i the Lords. 


Mr. Senior : 
Mr. Speaker, 


The Lords do not insist upon their Amendment Court of Session 
made to the Bill, intituled, An Act to make certain (Scotland) Bill, 


Alterations in the Duties of the Lord Ordinary, 
and in the Establishment of Clerks and Officers of 
the Court of Session and Court of Commissioners 
for Teinds in Scotland, and to reduce the Fees pay- 
able in those Courts, to which this House dis- 
agrees :—And also, 

The 


5 U 


rted, That having been Registration of 
with the Lords to desire a Conference on the subject- Electors Bill. 











Registration of 
Electors Bill. 


Registration of 
Electors Bill. 


882 


The Lords desire a present Conference with this 
House, in their Lordships’ Committee-room, No. 5, 
upon the subject-matter of the Conference had this 
day relative to the Amendments made to the Bill, 
intituled, An Act for the Registration of Parlia- 
mentary Electors :—And then the Messengers with- 
drew. 

Resolved, That this House doth agree to a Con- 
ference with the Lords, as desired by their Lord- 


ships. 

And the Messengers were again called in, and 
Mr. Speaker acquainted them therewith :—And then 
they again withdrew. 


Ordered, That the Managers who managed the 
last Conference do manage this Conference :—And 
the names of Mr. Hawes, Mr. Pendarves and Mr. 
Warburton, were added to them. 

Then the names of the Managers were called 
over; and they went to the Conference :—And 
being returned ; 

Mr. Attorney General reported, That the Managers 
had met the Lords at the Conference, which was 
managed on the part of the Lords by the Earl of 
Shaftesbury ; who acquainted them, that the Lords, 
having taken into consideration the Reasons given 
by the Commons at the last Conference for disagree- 
ing to one of the Amendments made by their Lord- 
ships to the said Bill, do insist upon the Amendment 
to which this House hath disagreed, for which they 
gave their Reasons ; and the said Reasons were read, 
as follow: 

The Lords insist upon their Amendments to which 
the Commons disagree : 

Because they consider that in a Bill which 
inflicts a fine of Five pounds on the objector to 
a vote which has been once allowed before 
a revising barrister, if “ no change shal] have 
taken place in the qualification of the voter 
since the last decision,” it becomes necessary 
to explain certam enactments of the Reform 
Bill which have received various and contra- 
dictory interpretations in the revision courts ; 
for otherwise parties, however interested they 
may be in the purity of the register, will be 
deterred from objecting in a subsequent year 
to a vote once allowed, from a fear of incurring 
the penalty should the case be brought for deci- 
sion before the same barrister, or before one 
who may give a similar interpretation to the 
law, although they still consider the same to be 
an illegal vote, and although it might perhaps 
be so considered, and rejected, by another bar- 
rister in an adjoining parish. 

The Lords insist on their Amendment in Pr. 28. 
1. 5, to which the Commons disagree : 

Because they consider it to be the strict legal 
interpretation of the words of the Reform Bill. 

Because those words having been so inter- 
— in numerous instances, parties now 
egally possessed of votes would be disfranchised 
by allowing the distance to be measured in 
a different manner ; and because it appears to 
the Lords to be expedient in determining a 
right of franchise to adopt a limit which will 
remain invariable, and not one liable to change 
by the alteration of a road, the building of a 
bridge, or by any of those improvements in the 
internal communications of the country, which 
are daily taking place. 

The Lords insist on Clause {B.) added by their 
Lordships to the said Bill, to which the Commons 
disagree : 

Because they are of opinion that it was 
never intended to give in the Reform Bill a 
more extended right of voting to mortgagees 
and trustees than they before enjoyed ; because 
unless a man is in the receipt of the rents and 
profits for his own use, he cannot be considered 
to be possessed of such an interest in the pro- 


15° Auguste. 





A. 1838. 


perty as may fairly entitle him to a vote for it ; 
and because the contrary interpretation has led 
to a systematic splitting, and creation of ficti- 
tious votes. 
Ordered, That the said Reasons and Amendments 
be taken into further consideration upon this day 
three months. 


Mr. Edward John Stanley presented, by Her Charities, 


Majesty’s Command,—Thirty-second Report of the 

Commissioners appointed to inquire concerning 

Charities in England and Wales, (Part 5.) 

m Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
able. 


The House proceeded to take into consideration Private Bill 
the Amendments made by the Lords to the Bill, Peposits Bill 


intituled, An Act to provide for the Custody of cer- 
tain Monies paid in pursuance of the Standing 
Orders of either House of Parliament by Subscribers 
to Works or Undertakings to be effected under the 
authority of Parliament ; and the same were read, 
as follow: 
Pr. 1. 1. 30. After “them” insert “ shall.” 
Pr. 3. 1.31. After “ remembrancer” insert “ of 
“ the Court of Exchequer.” 
P. 3. 1.35. Leave out from “ paid” to “ by,” 
in 1. 36. 
Pr. 5. 1. ult. After “ paid” imsert “ into the 
“ Bank of England or the Bank of Ireland.” 
Pr. 7. 1.17. After “ they ” insert “ may.” 
The said Amendments, being read a second time, 
were agreed to. 
Ordered, That Mr. Bernal do carry the Bill to 
the Lords ; and acquaint them, that this House hath 
agreed to the Amendments made by their Lordships. 


Mr. Poulett Thomson presented,—Return to an Patents for 
Address to Her Majesty, dated the 18th day of July Inventions. 


last, for a Return of the Total Amount of Fees and 
other Expenses payable on taking out a Patent of 
Invention for England, Scotland and Ireland, in the 
respective Patent Offices, stating the Duty per- 
formed by each Officer to whom such Patent is 
made :—Also, the increased Amount, if any, pay- 
able on the Patent being taken out by more than 
one person, and occupying more than one skin in 
length. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Factories Act. 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that each of the Four Factory 
Inspectors do report separately, at the period of his 
quarterly general Report, on the effects of the edu- 
cational provisions of the Factories Act, as exempli- 
fied in not less than Twelve of the Schools situated 
in his district, in which these provisions have been 
observed in the most efficient manner :—And, that 
the Four Factory Inspectors do make a joint Report 
as to any modification of the existing educational 
provisions of the Factories Act, which may appear to 
them desirable. 

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


The Debtors’ Schedules Bill was, accordin 
Order, read a second time ; and committed to a Com- 
mittee of the whole House, for Wednesday next. 


to Debtors’ 
Schedules Bill. 


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented Courts of 


to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased . 


to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Names of the Assistant Barrister, 
Chairman and other presiding Officer, Clerk, Regis- 
trar, and other Officers of the Courts of Request in 
England and Wales; stating by whom, and when 
appointed ; the Amount of Salaries, Fees and other 

moluments respectively received by the said 





Officers 


equest. 








Cor 


bh eet 








County Courts, 
&amp;e. 


Kensington 
Gardens Lake. 


Royal Belfast 
titution. 


2 VicrToriz. 


Officers in the years 1835, 1836 and 1837 respec- 
tively ; the Number of suits instituted in each of the 
said years for Sums under 40s., for Sums amount- 
ing to 40s. and not exceeding £.3, for Sums above 
£.3 and not exceeding £.5, for Sums above £.5 
and not exceeding £.7, for Sums above £. 7 and not 
exceeding £. 10, for Sums exceeding £.10 ; the Total 
Number of Suits heard and determined in each of 
the said years ; the Total Amount of Debts sued 
for, and the Total Amount of Debts recovered; the 
Total Amount of Costs incurred; a Table of the 
Fees sanctioned by the Court ; the Total Amount of 
Sums paid into Court ; the Amount of Sums remain- 
ing unclaimed ; whether any Security is given for 
the due Application of Sums paid into Court ; 
the Number of Persons imprisoned in each of the 
said years; the Gaol to which committed; the 
Number of Persons committed for the maximum 
term of Imprisonment for which the Court can 
commit, classified according to the Amount of Debt 
by which the maximum term of Imprisonment is 
regulated; the Number of Commissioners (if any) 
associated with the presiding Officer ; the Qualifica- 
tion of the Commissioners, and by whom appointed ; 
and the Number of Days the Court sat in each of 
the said years. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She will be graciously pleased 
to give directions, that there be laid before this House, 
a Return of the Amount of the Salaries, Fees and 
other Emoluments, received by the presiding and 
other Officers of the County Courts, Hundred Courts, 
and Borough Courts of Record in England and 
Wales, in each of the years 1835, 1836 and 1837 ; 
the Number of Summonses or Writs issued in each 
of the said years; the Amount of Debts sued for 
under 40s. and not exceeding £.3, above £.3 and 
not exceeding £.5, above £.5 and not exceeding 
£.10, above £.10 and not exceeding £. 20, and for 
Sums above £. 20; the Total Amount of Debts sued 
for, and of Debts recovered in each of the said years; 
the Total Amount of Fees received ; a Table of the 
Fees sanctioned by the Court; the Application of 
Fees received ; the Names of the presiding and other 
Officers of the said Courts, and by whom appointed ; 
the Number of Days that the Court sat in each of 
the said years, the Number of Persons imprisoned in 
each year by order of the Court, and the Number of 
Persons imprisoned for the maximum term of Impri- 
sonment for which the Court can commit. 

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


Resolved, That an humble Address be presented 
to Her Majesty, that She wili be graciously pleased 
to give directions that there be laid before this House, 
a Copy of the Correspondence which passed between 
Her Majesty’s Board of Woods and Forests and the 
Commissioners of Sewers for the City and Liberty 
of Westminster and part of the County of Middlesex, 
preparatory to the passing of the Act 4 &amp; 5 Will. 4, 
c. 96, for the purpose of bringing clear Water into 
the Lake in Kensington Gardens from the Bayswater 
Stream; the Expense that has been incurred in or 
towards effecting the object, and the Amount paid 
by the Commissioners of Sewers to the said Board 
of Woods and Forests, or paid by the said Board 
to the said Commissioners in part payment of the 
same. 

Ordered, That the said Address be seer to 
Her Majesty by such Members of this House as are 
of Her Majesty’s Most honourable Privy Council. 


Mr. Edward John Stanley presented, pursuant to 
oe of all Persons who have become 
OL. 93. 


15°—16° Augusti. 





883 


Proprietors of the Royal Belfas¢ Institution, since 

the Date of the last Returns, with the grounds on 
which they claim :—Of all applications for Transfers 

of Proprietorships made to the Joint Boards of the 

Royal Belfast Institution, with the Answers to the 
same; specifying the Date of the Receipt of such 
Applications by the Secretary :—Of all Public Money 

paid to the Royal Belfast Institution since May 

1829, with the Expenditure of the same, as accounted 

for to the Auditors of Public Accounts :—and, of all 
Money received from Private Sources by the Royal 
Belfast Tnstitution, with the Items of the Expendi- 

ture of the same, since May 1829. 

_ Returns of the Dates of the several Commissions Ministers’ 
issued by the Lord Lieutenant and Privy Council of Moe , 
freland, pursuant to the Acts 17 &amp; 18 Charles 2, — 
7; specifying the Parishes, Cities or Corporate Towns 
assessed :——and, of the amount of Ministers’ Money 
assessed under each Commission or Valuation, with 

the Amount thereof actually paid to each Clergyman, 

for the years 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835, 1836 

and 1837, respectively. 

An Account of the whole Receipt and Revenue Ballast Board 
of the Dublin Ballast Board, distinguishing the (?%&gt;!-) 
particular Sources from which the same are derived ; 
together with a particular and detailed Account of 
the Appropriation of the same, for the years 1835, 

1836 and 1837. 

A Copy of the Proceedings taken before the Patrick M‘Tier. 
Stipendiary Magistrates appointed by the Lord 
Lieutenant of Zreland to inquire into the Memorial 
presented by Patrick M‘ Tier, of Upper Commows, 
in the Borough of Newry, against Mr. Trevor Corry. 

Copy of the Correspondence which has recently Tipperary 
taken place between Her Majesty’s Government and County: 
the oo of the County of Tipperary, relative 
to the disturbed state of that County. 
‘. — That the said Papers do lie upon the 

able. 


Ordered, That the Paper relating to the Poor Poor Law 


Law Amendment Act, (Pershore Union), which was pee 
presented yesterday, be printed. Union. ) 
; No. 718. 


Ordered, That the Copy of the Evidence taken Poor Law 
before the Select Committee of the House of Lords Amendment 
on the Poor Law Amendment Act, which was com-““" 
municated to this House yesterday, be printed. Nay 718. 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Charities, Charities. 
which was presented upon Friday last, be printed. No. 720. 


And then the House adjourned till To-morrow. 








Jovis, 16° die August? ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1858. 
PRAYERS. 


R. Waller, from the Commissioners of Her Woods and 
Majesty’s Woods, Forestsand Land Revenues, f** &amp;¢- 
was called in; and at the bar presented, pursuantto No. 721. 
the directions of an Act of Parliament,—The Fif- 
teenth Report of the Commissioners of Her Majesty’s 
Woods, Poreste, Land Revenues, Works and ‘Build. 
ings, being the Ninth Annual Report of the said 
Commissioners :—And then he withdrew. 
Ordered, That the said Paper do lie upon the 
Table ; and be printed. 


Mr. Speaker acquainted the House, That a Return Public Bills. 
of all Public Bills which have passed this House No, 722. 
during the present Session, stating the day on which 
they were severally sent up to the House of Lords, 
and distinguishing such as have passed and such as 
have been rejected by that House, or, having been 
amended « the House of Lords, have been disagreed 
to by this House, was upon the Table. 

Ordered, That the said Return be printed. 

5u2 Petitions 








884 


Idolatry Petitions from Ockbrook ;—and, Matlock; pray- 

Gams.) ing the House to prohibit the interference of British 
functionaries in the management of Idolatrous Ob- 
servances in India,—were presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

Sale of Beer A Petition of Edward Chance, of Well-street, 


Act. Camberwell, praying that the Sale of Beer Act may 
not be repealed, was presented, and read; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Tithes 


A Petition of the Chairman and Secretary of a 
(Ireland.) Rs 


Meeting of Inhabitants of the parishes of Kilvem- 
non, Cloneen and Drangan, praying for the aboli- 
tion of Tithes in Jreland, was presented, and read ; 
and ordered to lie upon the Table. 


Lords’ Messages 


The House proceeded to take into consideration 
cousidered. 


those parts of the Messages from the Lords, of the 
1st, 8th and 22d days of May last; of the 14th day 
of June last; and, of the 3d day of this instant 
August, wherein their Lordships request that this 
House will be pleased to communicate to their Lord- 
ships Copies of the Reports made from the Select 
Committees appointed by this House on Postage ; 
Railroads (Ireland); Fictitious Votes (Jreland) ; 
Highways Act; Rating of ‘lenements ; Metropolis 
Police Offices ; Transportation ; Manor Courts (Jre- 
land); Education ; and, Church Leases. 

Resolved, That printed Copies of the said Reports 
be communicated to the Lords, as desired by their 
Lordships: And that Mr. Robert Steuart do deliver 
the same. 


Church A Petition of Inhabitants of Spilsby, praying the 
(Consda.) House to take into consideration the present state 


of the Ecclesiastical Establishment in Canada, and 
extend to the Church of those provinces protection 
and encouragement, was presented, and read ; and 
ordered to lie upon the Table. 

A Message from the Lords, by Mr. Brougham 


Message from 


the Lords. = and Mr. Senior : 
Mr. Speaker, 
The Lords have agreed to the several Bills follow- 
ing, without Amendment. 
Consolidated A Bill, intituled, An Act to supply a Sum out of 


pe the Consolidated Fund, and the Barphen of Ways 
priation) Bill ‘and Means to the Service of the year One thou- 
sand eight hundred and Thirty-eight, and to ap- 
— the Supplies granted in this Session of 
arliament : 
Duchy of A Bill, intituled, An Act for the Abolition of the 
Cormwall (Tin Duties payable on the Coinage of Tin in the Coun- 
Duties) Bill. ties of Cornwall and Devon, and for giving Compen- 
sation in lieu of such Duties, and to reduce the 
Duties of Customs payable on Tin: And also, 

The Lords have agreed to the Amendments made 
by this House to the Bill, intituled, An Act for en- 
abling the Governors of the Possessions, Revenues 
and Goods of the Free Grammar School of the 
Parishioners of the Parish of Saint Saviour, in 
Southwark, in the County of Surrey, to sell the 
old School and School-house, and the Site thereof ; 
and also for enabling the Right honourable Charles 
Richard Lord Bishop of Winchester, and his Lessees, 
tc grant to the said Governors another Site for the 
— of a more convenient School and School- 

ouse, and proper Offices, being erected thereon, 
without any Amendment :—And then the Messen- 
gers withdrew. 


Saint Saviour’s 
¢Southwark) 
Grammar 
School Bill. 


Glasgow Cotton 
Spinners. 


A Petition of the Chairman of a Meeting of the 
Trade, and Inhabitants of Glasgow, praying the 
House to investigate the case of the Glasgow Cot- 
ton Spinners lately convicted of conspiracy to raise 
wages, and to cause them to remain in this country 
to await the result of such investigation, was pre- 
sented, and read; and ordered to lie upon the 
Table. 


16° Augustz. 








A. 1838. 


A 'Petition of the Secretary of the Carmarthen Canada. 
Working Men’s Association, praying the House to 
recommend to Her Majesty to grant a full and un- 
conditional pardon to persons convicted or accused 
of Treason, &amp;c., in Upper and Lower Canada, and 
also to remove the troops from those provinces, was 
ge and read; and ordered to lie upon the 

able. 


A Petition of Clergy of the Deaneries of Sam- Parochial 


ford and Newport, in the Archdeaconry of Col- Assessments 


chester and Diocese of London, praying that the ™ 
Parochial Assessments Bill may not pass into a law, 


was gpa and read; and ordered to lie upon 
the Table. 


Mr. Freshfield reported from the Select Com- Public 
mittee on Public Petitions ; That they had examined Petitions. 
the Petitions presented from the 6th to the 16th 
days of this instant August, both inclusive ; and 
had directed him to make a Report thereof to the 
House. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Union Work- 
That each Assistant Poor Law Commissioner do uses. 
forthwith prepare a Report to the Board at Somerset 
House, as to how far he may be of opinion that the 
Regulations now in force for refusing out-door relief 
in money to the able-bodied, and for the separation 
of man and wife in the Workhouses, after 60 years 
of age (each), should or should not be modified, 
stating the reasons for whichever view he may take: 

—It passed in the Negative. 


Lord Viscount Palmerston presented, by Her North American 
—— command,—(B.) Proceedings and Cor- Boundary. 
respondence relating to the Pretensions of the 
States of Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, 
and to the question of Jurisdiction within the dis- 
puted Territory, 1831-1837. 

List of Her Majesty’s Consuls Abroad, distin- Consuls 
guishing those who are restricted from trading, and 4&gt;roa4. 
those who are not restricted from trading. 

ye relative to the Occupation of Algiers by Algiers. 
the French. 

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


A Motion was made, and the Question being put, Union Work- 
That there be laid before this House, a Return of houses. 
the Number of Married Couples in each Union 
Workhouse, communicating their age, previous con- 
dition of life, present state of health, and the time 
they have remained therein :—It passed in the 
Negative. 


Mr. Edward John Stanley presented, by Her Poor Law 
Majesty’s command,—Fourth Annual Report of the Commission. 
Poor Law Commissioners for England and Wales, 
together with Appendixes. 

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


Ordered, That the Return of Compensations St. Helena 
granted to Civil and Military Servants of the East Soaty “oe = 
India Company at Saint Helena, which was pre- Ne ~-. 
sented upon Friday last, be printed. yry ee 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Half-Pay yair Pay (Civil 
(Civil and Military), which was presented upon and Military.) 
Friday last, be printed. No. 732. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Promul- Promulgation of 
gation of the Statutes, which was agers upon the Statutes. 
the 4th day of this instant August, be printed. No. 733. 


Ordered, That the Paper relative to the County Tipperary 
of Tipperary, which was presented yesterday, be County. 
printed. No. 735. 

Ordered, 





so 


— ~*~ bed 








2 VicTorRiz. 


Ballast Board Ordered, That the Account relative to the Bal- 
(Dublin.) last Board (Dublin), which was presented yesterday, 
No. 734. be printed. 
Post Office Ordered, That the Copies of Correspondence re- 
rae specting the opening, &amp;c., of Letters at the Post 
Oo. a 


fice of Glasgow, which was presented upon the 
3d day of this instant August, be printed. 


Permanent Ser- 
yices and other 
Annual Charges 


Ordered, That the Return relative to Permanent 
Services and other Annual Charges (Jreland,) which 


(Ireland.) | Was presented upon Friday last, be printed. 
No. 736. 

Loans Ordered, That the Return relative to Loans (Zre- 

ae land,) which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
NO. e 

Colonial Ordered, That the Return relative to Colonial 

Shipping. Shipping, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
No. 724. 

Ventilation, &amp;c. | Ordered, That the Account relative to the Venti- 


ofthe House. ation, &amp;c., of the House, which was presented yes- 
No. 725.  terday, be printed. 


Military Board | Ordered, That the Paper relative to the Military 


(Celeutta.) Board (Calcutta,) which was presented yesterday, 
No. 726. be printed. 
Negro Ordered, That the Papers relative to Negro Ap- 


Apprenticeship. prenticeship, which were presented yesterday, be 


No. 727. printed. 
Indentured Ordered, That the Paper relative to Indentured 
yen Africans, which was presented yesterday, be printed. 
0. 728. 
Patents for Ordered, That the Return relative to Patents 
Inventions. for Inventions, which was presented yesterday, be 
No. 729. printed. 
Minister’ Mo- | Ordered, That the Returns relative to Ministers’ 


ney (Ireland.) Money (Zreland,) which were presented yesterday, be 
No. 730. printed. 


Royal Assent 


gel A Message from Her Majesty, by Sir Augustus 
to Dills, 


Clifford, Gentleman, Usher of the Black Rod : 
Mr. Speaker, 

The Queen commands this Honourable House to 
attend Her Majesty immediately in the House of 
Peers. 

Accordingly Mr. Speaker, with the House, went 
up to attend Her Majesty, where Her Majesty was 
ae to give the Royal Assent to the several 

ublic Bills, and to one Private Bill following ; viz. 
Consolidated An Act to apply a Sum out of the Consolidated 
Fund (Appro- Funds and the Surplus of Ways and Means to the 


pration) Bill. Service of the year One thousand eight hundred 
and Thirty-eight, and to appropriate the Supplies 
granted in this Session of Parliament : 
Duchy of An Act for the abolition of the Duties payable 
Porat on the Coinage of Tin in the Counties of Cornwall 
~~ and Devon, and for giving Compensation in lieu of 
such Duties, and to reduce the Duties of Customs 
ayable on Tin: 
Customs Bill. 


An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Cus- 
toms : 

An Act for abolishing Arrest on Mesne Process 
in Civil Actions, except in certain Cases, for ex- 
tending the Remedies of Creditors against the Pro- 
perty of Debtors, and for amending the Laws for 
the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in England : 

An Act for indemnifying those who have issued 

or acted under certain Parts of a certain Ordinance 
made under colour of an Act passed in the present 
Session of Parliament, intituled, An Act to make 
Temporary Provision for the Government of Lower 
Canada : 
An Act to provide for the Custody of certain 
onies paid in pursuance of the Standing Orders 
of either House of Parliament by Subscribers to 
Works or Undertakings to be effected under the 
Authority of Parliament : 


Imprisonment 
for Debt Bill. 


Canada 
Indemnity Bill. 


Private Bill 
posits Bill, M 


16° August. 





885 


An Act to facilitate Advances out of County County 
Monies for the support of County Gaols and Insti- Treasurers 
tutions in Jreland : ara 

An Act to amend an Act of the sixth and seventh Valuation 
years of his late Majesty, for the Uniform Valuation °f Lands, &amp;c. 
of Lands and Tenements in Jreland, and for incor- sated 
porating detached Portions of Counties and Baro- 
nies with those Counties and Baronies respectively, 
whereto the same may adjoin or wherein the same 
are locally situate : 

An Act to amend the Law of Scotland in matters Personal 
pr to Personal Diligence, Arrestments and (Sentiond) Bill. 

oindings : 

An Act to make certain Alterations in the Duties Court of Session 
of the Lords Ordinary and in the Establishment of (Scotland) Bill. 
Clerks and Officers of the Court of Session and ' 
Court of Commissioners for Teinds in Scotland, 
and to reduce the Fees payable in those Courts : 

An Act to regulate the Constitution, Jurisdiction sheriff Courts 
and Forms of Process of Sheriff Courts in Scotland: (Scotland) Bill. 
An Act for enabling the Governors of the Posses- st. Saviour's 

sions, Revenues and Goods of the Free Grammar (Southwark) 
School of the Parishioners of the Parish of Saint our nin 
Saviour in Southwark, in the County of Surrey, to : 
sell the old School and Schoolhouse and the Site 
thereof; and also for enabling the Right Reverend 
Charles Richard Lord Bishop of Winchester, and 
his Lessees, to grant to the said Governors another 
Site for the purpose of a more convenient School 
and Schoolhouse, and proper Offices, being erected 
thereon. 


After which Her Majesty was pleased to make a Her Majesty's 
most gracious Speech from the Throne to both Speech. 
Houses of Parliament, as followeth : 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


The state of Public Business enables Me to close 
this protracted and laborious Session. 

I have to lament that the Civil War in Spain 
forms an exception to the general tranquillity. I 
continue to receive from all Foreign Powers the 
strongest assurances of their desire to maintain with 
Me the most amicable relations. 

The Disturbances and Insurrections which had 
unfortunately broken out in Upper and Lower Ca- 
nada have been promptly suppressed ; and I enter- 
tain a confident hope that firm and judicious mea- 
sures will empower you to restore a Constitutional 
Form of Government which unhappy events have 
compelled you for a time to suspend. 

I rejoice at the progress which has been made in 
My Colonial Possessions towards the entire abolition 
of Negro Apprenticeship. 

I have observed with much satisfaction the atten- 
tion which you have bestowed upon the amendment 
of the Domestic Institutions of the Country. I 
trust that the mitigation of the Law of Imprison- 
ment for Debt will prove at once favourable to the 
liberty of My Subjects, and safe for Commercial 
Credit; and that the Established Church will derive 
increased strength and efficiency from the restriction 
of the granting of Benefices in Plurality. 

I have felt great pleasure in giving Assent to 
the Bill for the relief of the destitute Toa in Ire- 
land. 1 cherish the expectation that its provisions 
have been so cautiously framed and will be so pru- 
dently executed, that, whilst they contribute to 
relieve distress, they will tend to preserve order and 
to encourage habits of industry and exertion. 

I trust likewise that the Act which you have 
passed relating to the Compositions for Tithe in 
Ireland, will increase the security of that property 
and promote internal peace. 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


I cannot sufficiently thank you for your despatch 
and liberality in providing for the expenses of My 
Household and the maintenance of the Honour and 
Dignity of the Crown. 


503 I offer 





Parliament 
prorogued, 


Parliament 
prorogued. 


886 


I offer you My warmest acknowledgments for the 
addition which you have made to the mcome of My 
beloved Mother. 

I thank you for the Supplies which you have 
voted for the ordinary Public Service, as well as for 
the readiness with which you have provided means 
to meet the extraordinary expenses rendered neces- 
sary by the state of My Canadian Possessions. 


My Lords, and Gentlemen, 


The many useful measures which you have been 
able to consider, while the settlement of the Civil 
List and the State of Canada demanded so much of 
your attention, are a satisfactory proof of your zeal 
for the public good. You are so well acquainted 
with the duties which now devolve upon you in your 
respective Counties, that it is unnecessary to remind 
you of them. In the discharge of them you may 
securely rely upon My firm support; and it only 
remains to express an humble hope that Divine 
Providence may watch over us all, and prosper our 
united efforts for the welfare of our Country. 


Then the Lord Chancellor, by Her Majesty’s 


command, said, 


My Lords and Gentlemen, 

It is Her Majesty’s Royal will-and a that 
this} Parliament be prorogued to Thursday, the 
Eleventh day of October next, to be then here 
fwlden; and this Parliament is accordingly pro- 
rogued to Thursday, the Eleventh day of October 
next. 








Jovis, 11° die Octobris ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


F I ‘HE House being met, pursuant to the last 
Prorogation ; and Mr. Speaker being in the 
country ; 








16° Augusti.—11° Octobris.— 4° Decembris. A. 1888. 


A Message was brought from the Lords, by Mr. 
Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod : 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, desire the immediate attendance of 
this Honourable House in the House of Peers, to 
hear the Commission read. 


Accordingly the House, with the Second Clerk 
Assistant, went up to the House of Peers; where 
the Commission was read, for the further proroguing 
of the Parliament until Tuesday, the 4th day of 
December next ; and the Parliament was accordingly 
prorogued until Tuesday, the 4th day of easier 
next. 





Martis, 4° die Decembris ; 
Anno 2° Victorie Regine, 1838. 


HE House being met, pursuant to the last Parliament 
Prorogation ; and Mr. Speaker being in the rrsued. 


country ; 


A Message was brought from the Lords, by Mr. 
Pulman, Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod : 


Gentlemen of the House of Commons, 


The Lords, authorized by virtue of Her Majesty’s 
Commission, desire the immediate attendance of this 
Honourable House in the House of Peers, to hear 
the Commission read. 


Accordingly the House, with the Clerk Assistant, 
went up to the House of Peers; where the Com- 
mission was read, for the further proroguing of the 
Parliament until Tuesday, the 5th day of February 
next; and the Parliament was accordingly pro- 
rogued until Tuesday, the 5th day of February 
next. 





INDEX. 





</pre>        </div><!--/.container-->
              </main>
    </div><!--/#wrap-->

    <!-- Timing ...
     rendered on: www09.us.archive.org
 seconds diff sec                                      message   stack(file:line:function)
=========================================================
  0.0000   0.0000                                petabox start   petabox/www/sf/download.php:1:require
                                             |common/ia:66:require_once
                                             |setup.php:384:log
  0.0049   0.0049                             redis_read start   petabox/www/sf/download.php:79:main_wrap
                                             |download.php:98:main
                                             |download.php:317:getItem
                                             |common/Item.inc:78:parseMetadata
                                             |Item.inc:138:get_obj
                                             |Metadata.inc:612:_get_obj
                                             |Metadata.inc:641:run_pipeline
                                             |Metadata.inc:1690:read
                                             |Metadata/AdapterPipeline.inc:288:_read
                                             |AdapterPipeline.inc:324:pipeline
                                             |AdapterPipeline.inc:466:fetch
                                             |AdapterPipeline.inc:895:execute_pipeline
                                             |RecordServer.inc:184:log
  0.0081   0.0032                            redis_read finish   petabox/www/sf/download.php:79:main_wrap
                                             |download.php:98:main
                                             |download.php:317:getItem
                                             |common/Item.inc:78:parseMetadata
                                             |Item.inc:138:get_obj
                                             |Metadata.inc:612:_get_obj
                                             |Metadata.inc:641:run_pipeline
                                             |Metadata.inc:1690:read
                                             |Metadata/AdapterPipeline.inc:288:_read
                                             |AdapterPipeline.inc:324:pipeline
                                             |AdapterPipeline.inc:466:fetch
                                             |AdapterPipeline.inc:895:execute_pipeline
                                             |RecordServer.inc:193:log
  3.2829   3.2748                             start db connect   petabox/www/sf/download.php:79:main_wrap
                                             |download.php:98:main
                                             |download.php:317:getItem
                                             |common/Item.inc:78:parseMetadata
                                             |Item.inc:138:get_obj
                                             |Metadata.inc:612:_get_obj
                                             |Metadata.inc:641:run_pipeline
                                             |Metadata.inc:1690:read
                                             |Metadata/AdapterPipeline.inc:288:_read
                                             |AdapterPipeline.inc:324:pipeline
                                             |AdapterPipeline.inc:578:pipeline_stage
                                             |AdapterPipeline.inc:717:populate
                                             |Adapter/SimpleListsAdapter.inc:60:get_memberships
                                             |SimpleLists.inc:86:get_records
                                             |SimpleLists/Storage.inc:39:q
                                             |DB.inc:381:execute
                                             |DB.inc:1125:query
                                             |DB.inc:136:query0
                                             |DB.inc:165:ping
                                             |DB.inc:813:connect
                                             |DB.inc:105:conn
                                             |DB.inc:915:log
  3.3003   0.0174                                       got db   petabox/www/sf/download.php:79:main_wrap
                                             |download.php:98:main
                                             |download.php:317:getItem
                                             |common/Item.inc:78:parseMetadata
                                             |Item.inc:138:get_obj
                                             |Metadata.inc:612:_get_obj
                                             |Metadata.inc:641:run_pipeline
                                             |Metadata.inc:1690:read
                                             |Metadata/AdapterPipeline.inc:288:_read
                                             |AdapterPipeline.inc:324:pipeline
                                             |AdapterPipeline.inc:578:pipeline_stage
                                             |AdapterPipeline.inc:717:populate
                                             |Adapter/SimpleListsAdapter.inc:60:get_memberships
                                             |SimpleLists.inc:86:get_records
                                             |SimpleLists/Storage.inc:39:q
                                             |DB.inc:381:execute
                                             |DB.inc:1125:query
                                             |DB.inc:136:query0
                                             |DB.inc:165:ping
                                             |DB.inc:813:connect
                                             |DB.inc:105:conn
                                             |DB.inc:964:log
  3.3074   0.0072                            redis_write start   petabox/www/sf/download.php:79:main_wrap
                                             |download.php:98:main
                                             |download.php:317:getItem
                                             |common/Item.inc:78:parseMetadata
                                             |Item.inc:138:get_obj
                                             |Metadata.inc:612:_get_obj
                                             |Metadata.inc:641:run_pipeline
                                             |Metadata.inc:1690:read
                                             |Metadata/AdapterPipeline.inc:288:_read
                                             |AdapterPipeline.inc:324:pipeline
                                             |AdapterPipeline.inc:594:store_record
                                             |AdapterPipeline.inc:627:execute
                                             |IO/Attempt.inc:307:wait
                                             |WaitForCondition.inc:177:IO\{closure}
                                             |IO/Attempt.inc:125:iteration
                                             |Attempt.inc:342:Metadata\{closure}
                                             |Metadata/AdapterPipeline.inc:626:update
                                             |RecordServer.inc:248:_update
                                             |RecordServer.inc:283:log
  3.3107   0.0033                           redis_write finish   petabox/www/sf/download.php:79:main_wrap
                                             |download.php:98:main
                                             |download.php:317:getItem
                                             |common/Item.inc:78:parseMetadata
                                             |Item.inc:138:get_obj
                                             |Metadata.inc:612:_get_obj
                                             |Metadata.inc:641:run_pipeline
                                             |Metadata.inc:1690:read
                                             |Metadata/AdapterPipeline.inc:288:_read
                                             |AdapterPipeline.inc:324:pipeline
                                             |AdapterPipeline.inc:594:store_record
                                             |AdapterPipeline.inc:627:execute
                                             |IO/Attempt.inc:307:wait
                                             |WaitForCondition.inc:177:IO\{closure}
                                             |IO/Attempt.inc:125:iteration
                                             |Attempt.inc:342:Metadata\{closure}
                                             |Metadata/AdapterPipeline.inc:626:update
                                             |RecordServer.inc:248:_update
                                             |RecordServer.inc:290:log
  3.3201   0.0093                          begin session_start   petabox/www/sf/download.php:79:main_wrap
                                             |download.php:98:main
                                             |download.php:504:stream
                                             |download.php:872:head
                                             |common/Nav.inc:155:__construct
                                             |Nav.inc:230:session_start
                                             |Cookies.inc:50:log
  3.3201   0.0000   skipping session_start, user not logged-in   petabox/www/sf/download.php:79:main_wrap
                                             |download.php:98:main
                                             |download.php:504:stream
                                             |download.php:872:head
                                             |common/Nav.inc:155:__construct
                                             |Nav.inc:230:session_start
                                             |Cookies.inc:60:log
  3.4177   0.0976                                     bug dump   petabox/www/sf/download.php:79:main_wrap
                                             |download.php:98:main
                                             |download.php:504:stream
                                             |download.php:902:footer
                                             |common/setup.php:148:footer
                                             |Nav.inc:820:dump
                                             |Bug.inc:94:log
    -->
    <script  nonce="d4d12399f9865115a54d99fc66f5235b" >
if (typeof archive_analytics !== 'undefined') {
  archive_analytics.send_pageview_on_load(archive_analytics);
  archive_analytics.process_url_events(location);
  var vs = archive_analytics.get_data_packets();
  for (var i in vs) {
    if (!vs[i]) {
      vs[i] = {};
    }
    vs[i]['cache_bust']=Math.random();
    vs[i]['server_ms']=3417;
    vs[i]['server_name']="www09.us.archive.org";
      }
}
</script>
          <img src="//athena.archive.org/0.gif?kind=track_js&track_js_case=control&cache_bust=1161411266" alt="" />
          <noscript>
        <img src="//athena.archive.org/0.gif?kind=track_js&track_js_case=disabled&cache_bust=405140959" />
      </noscript>
          <script  nonce="d4d12399f9865115a54d99fc66f5235b" >
        document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
          if (typeof archive_analytics !== 'undefined')
            archive_analytics.create_tracking_image('in_page_executes');
        });
      </script>
      </div>
  </body>
</html>
    